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City prepares parents for school bus strike DOE, mayor have contingency plan in place for student transportation

by Kristen Guglielmo

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tudents and parents may soon have to scramble for last-minute rides to school due to a possible bus drivers’ strike, described in an email sent to parents by the city schools Chief Operating Officer Emma Vadehra on Monday morning.

“This may impact your child’s transportation to school if your child uses yellow bus service to get to school. In the event of a strike, our top priority remains ensuring that every student, especially our most vulnerable, can continue attending their schools without interruption,” Vadehra wrote.

The announcement comes after Schools Chancellor David Banks warned parents about the potential for a bus strike at a parent advisory council meeting on Aug. 10.

At the time, Banks told members that negotiations were being held with the Amalgamated Transit Union, according to reports.

He said a strike could affect between 85,000 and 150,000 students.

“NYC remains hopeful for a resolution where our dedicated bus drivers can continue their crucial role. Until then, we’re prepared to support all affected families. ... Every student deserves uninterrupted education, and we stand committed to that promise,” Banks wrote on Twitter.

“Ensuring our students can conour families in all ways possible.” tinue to go to school and learn The COO encouraged parents to every day is our top priority. We monitor schools.nyc.gov/transporhave a plan in place to help ensure tation for information on that, even if a strike by school bus interruptions. drivers does occur this fall, parents Parents can call 311 for updates will still be able to get their kids to on yellow bus service, and will be school with minimal interruptions,” notified multiple times by the DOE said Mayor Adams in a tweet on in the event of a strike.

Monday afternoon.

The DOE also addressed on its The possible strike, according to website safety concerns for stuthe email, could impact as many as dents having to navigate to school. half of the school bus routes.

“We are working with the city “NYC Public Schools and the and our partners at the New Yor k Mayor’s Office are monitoring the City Police Department to closely situation closely and working with monitor this situation and to engage our partners across the city to supall necessary resources to ensure port a resolution, with the goal of the safe commute of our students,” avoiding the substantial impact a the web page reads. “In the event o f strike would have on our students School bus drivers may go on strike, according to an email from the a bus strike, NYPD will station and families,” the email said. city Department of Education sent to parents on Monday. FILE PHOTO additional transit officers where we All families impacted by any anticipate increased numbers o f tation recommended on their Individualized strike will have the option of emergency students using public transportation and/o r Education Program or 504 Accommodation MetroCards for both the student and caregivwalking to school.”

Plan, the email detailed. The planned reimer. The cards will provide a total of four trips Though Section 210 of the Taylor Law, also bursement rate is 58 cents per mile, with a daily, from Monday through Friday between known as the Public Employees Fair Employ5:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to the Depart- maximum reimbursement of $200 per day. ment Act, prohibits New York public employ“All parties are working diligently towards ment of Education. ees from striking, school bus drivers are not Additionally, the DOE will provide prepaid a resolution, and it is our hope that these plans state or city employees. They are contracte d will not be necessary,” Vadehra wrote. “We by Local 1181, and therefore, a strike would rideshare services and offer reimbursement to Q students with disabilities who have transpor- are committed to supporting you and all of not violate the law.

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Ozone Park gathers to ‘break bread’ Community movers and shakers participate in citywide initiative

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

More than 350 people walked through the doors of Majestic Marquise party hall in Ozone Park on Monday evening to attend a Breaking Bread, Building Bonds gathering.

The event is part of a citywide initiative by the Adams administration that “aims to cultivate the immense diversity of our city and bring New Yorkers together to learn about common bonds, share cultures and traditions and break down silos between communities,” according to the program’s city website.

Monday evening’s gathering was organized by the Ozone Park Residents Block Association after Patricia Raghunandan, of the mayor’s Community Affairs Division, called block association President Sam Esposito and asked him to organize the event on short notice.

“I said no, and she said yes, and I said no, and she said yes,” Esposito quipped at the event, which he was able to organize in a matter of four and a half days.

Sandra and Roj Datnarain, owners of Majestic Marquise, donated the space and Esposito got to work inviting community figures and leaders. Roberto Collado of Enzo’s Pizza donated large trays of Italian food, and kosher and halal dining options were also provided. Snapple donated 750 cases of beverages

Sandra Datnarain, left, Sam Esposito, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., Assemblymembers Stacey Pheffer Amato and JenPHOTO BY KRISTEN GUGLIELMO ifer Rajkumar and Patricia Raghunandan pose at Monday evening’s gathering. for the event.

Attendees included state Sen. Joe Add abbo Jr. ( D -Wood haven), Assemblymembers Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park)and Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven), a represent at ive of Rep. Nyd ia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan), a representative of Queens District Attorney Melinda

Katz, Capt. Jeremy Kivlin, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, and Capt. Mario Deras of the 106th Precinct.

Religious leaders from a number of organizations were also present: Imams, pastors and pandits all gathered together, and a prayer from each faith was said before dinner was served.

Esposito worked as the evening’s emcee, at one point grabbing a pair of microphones and having every person in attendance introduce themselves to the crowd.

Kivlin lauded the program in a speech, saying, “It’s important for us to come together to talk about our problems, and then come together to solve them.”

“I think just making time to know the community better is so important,” Pheffer Amato told the other attendees. “So I’m here for you with anything you need. I want to continue this relationship, and I’m proud to be part of it.”

Rajkumar echoed a similar message, telling the audience, “This is about opening our hearts, breaking bread and breaking all the walls in our hearts and coming together.

And that’s what we are doing. And I want to thank Mayor Eric Adams for doing this all across the city, bringing us together.”

Addabbo praised the gathering for its effort to facilitate communication, and reminded the other attendees to reach out to their elected officials to communicate their concerns in the future. “We’re not mindreaders. We need to hear from our people,” he said. “The bottom line is you have to let us know w h a t ’s h a p p e n i n g , w h a t ’s important.”

“This community just got that much closer to working together to bring the best Ozone Park has to offer,” Esposito wrote on Facebook after the social, promising that the block association will put on “some of the most unique events Ozone Park has ever seen” in 2024.

The neighborhood will see another Breaking Bread, Building Bonds event in the coming months, accordQ ing to Esposito.

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One year into 24/7 surveillance, fatalities are down by 25 percent

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

A year since the city’s speed cameras became operational 24/7, speeding violations, injuries and fatalities have been on the decline, the city’s Department of Transportation announced on Monday.

“The results are in: The program has reduced speeding, decreased the number of injuries and made our streets safer,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement.

“Speeding happens most often on nights and weekends, and expanded enforcement has been a highly effective tool to keep New Yorkers safe.”

The expansion was the result of legislation approved by both the City Council and the state Legislature last

year. In making the city’s 2,000 cameras in 750 school zones operational 24 hours a day, with speed limits in school zones typically 20 miles per hour during certain weekday hours, the city still had a default 25-mph limit on most streets much of the day, even while it sought to change driver habits.

On average, speeding violations are down by 30 percent citywide, the DOT said; traffic fatalities decreased 25 percent since the Adams administration put the policy change into effect.

City Council Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton) called the decrease “promising.”

“As Chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, my focus is ensur-

ing all communities benefit equitably from the implementation of measures and infrastructure that keep New Yorkers safe,” she said in a statement. “Transit deserts in outer-borough neighborhoods like the ones I represent deserve infrastructure investments that will save lives.”

Robert Sinclair, a spokesperson for AAA, agreed. “AAA policy generally supports the use of automated enforcement and looking at the data ... it seems like it is working to reduce crashes,” he said in an email to the Chronicle. “That’s a good thing given the significant increase in fatal crashes during COVID.” In Queens, the DOT noted speeding continued on page 15

Since last year, the city’s 2,000 speed cameras in 750 school zones have been on at all times of the day and on weekends.

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Approximately 70 residents gathered Aug. 24 at the Aliento de Vida Christian Church in Corona Plaza for a town hall hosted by Borough President Donovan Richards: an opportunity to raise questions and concerns about recent developments in the community.

The forum was part of Richards’ “Borough Hall on Your Block” initiative for western Queens, which included a job fair, self-defense training and youth events for the community.

I n lig ht of the recent enforcement sweep on unlicensed street food vendors, several questions pertained to the city’s issuance of permits.

“We are working with different entities to look into pushing the administration — and working with the administration, quite frankly — to correct some of the systemic things that have happened around the licenses,” Richards said.

State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights), who joined Richards at the event, also addressed the issue, and informed resi-

dents that although there is a limit to vendor permits per year, each one also needs a food handling permit from the Department of Health. According to Ramos, since there is no limit on the Department of Health permits, there is “no excuse” for vendors not to get those certifications while waiting on the status of their other permits.

Many of the vendors’ supporters, such as state Assemblywoman Jessica GonzálezRojas (D-East Elmhurst), say they are doing just that.

“It’s a very unfair system and it’s been happening now for 30 years,” Ramos said. She compared the situation to the immigration system, saying that they “mirror” each other.

“In the same way that people can’t just get in line and get papers ... people can’t just get in line and get a food vending permit,” she said.

Ramos empathized with the street food vendors, saying that the system is unjust.

“That’s actually what we have been trying to change for a long time,” she said.

One questioner asked if there are any solutions to the street vendor situation.

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Deputy Inspector Bacchi The commanding officer of the 106th Precinct has been promoted from captain to deputy inspector.

Deputy Inspector Jerome Bacchi, right, seen above with Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, has served in the NYPD for over 20 years and was named the 106th Precinct’s commanding officer in 2021.

The precinct shared a message on Twitter on behalf of Bacchi, writing that he “extends his gratitude to the women and men of the 106 for their continued hard work & commitment to making our city a safer place for all and to the community partners for their unwavering support to making our mission — Kristen Guglielmo successful.”

Borough President Donovan Richards hosts his town hall in Corona, flanked by officials with various agencies. State Sen. Jessica Ramos also joined the table. Resident Massiel Lugo, at left PHOTO BY ARIELLA KISSIN with her daughter, wanted answers on prostitution but did not get them.

“Yes,” Richards said. “I can’t talk about it openly ... But I feel relatively good that we’re going to come to a resolution on this issue in the coming weeks.”

Richards assured the residents that several city agencies have been working closely with Mayor Adams’ administration to come to a solution.

Corona resident Massiel Lugo, who attended the town hall with her 14-year-old daughter, was among a group of residents demanding answers pertaining to sex work in the area. Though her question on it was not relayed to the panel by the moderator, Lugo called out at the end of the forum, asking for an answer.

“That is not something we would speak openly about,” Richards responded, stating that the NYPD — specifically the vice unit — would handle such issues.

“I wanted to speak specifically about the prostitution going on and how congested the area is,” Lugo told the Chronicle after the forum. “Our kids can no longer walk [around] the community. So that is why the community is coming together.”

Lugo is organizing a protest on Sept. 10 near the Jackson Heights post office on 78th Street for concerned residents.

She expressed disappointment at the lack of conversation about the issue, which also was raised by City Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) and residents at a recent rally.

Though many town hall attendees wrote their questions down for the moderator, only a few were selected. Lugo, among others, left the event with questions they consider critical unanswered.

Richards was joined at the town hall by about 10 agency officials, among them NYPD Assistant Chief at Patrol Borough Queens North Christine Bastedenbeck and representatives from the Department of Health and Department of Transportation.

Prior to the highly anticipated Q&A session, the officials briefly updated residents on recent

developments at their agencies.

Assistant Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Social Services Hailey Nolasco informed attendees that victims of SNAP, aka food stamps, benefit scams from the past year are now able to apply for replacement and reimbursement. Parks Commissioner for Queens Jacqueline Langsam announced a new initiative called “Let’s Green NYC,” which she said is expected to “engage in a record number of partners, volunteers and stakeholders in caring for parks.”

“Volunteering not only improves the health of our parks and our communities, but also the health of New Yorkers,” Langsam said.

The assistant commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Ricky Wong, reminded residents to get updated vaccinations as the back-to-school season begins.

He also announced that despite an uptick in Covid cases, there is less hospitalization than usual. Wong also briefly spoke about three recently confirmed West Nile Virus cases, stating that there were no fatalities.

“We just want to remind folks to take precautions,” he said.

For the Q&A session, residents were given note cards on which to write their questions, which were consequently read aloud by a moderator.

While Lugo’s question about prostitution was not selected, one from her daughter about a different topic was.

The teen’s inquiry regarding solutions to children struggling mentally in school was commended by the panel and gained a round of applause from the audience.

In response, Richards cited the Queens Mental Health Initiative as a resource, and said that the city has “hired hundreds more social workers and guidance counselors” in schools.

“There’s still a lot of work to be done around that,” Richards admitted.

“I openly talk about mental health all the time,” he added. “Even for me, as the borough Q president, there’s a lot to balance.”

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Here in New York City, the three-day Labor Day weekend marks the beginning of a new year in many ways. Many of us are enjoying the last days of summer, traveling or spending time with friends and family, and our children are getting ready to return to school.

This chance to relax and recharge is possible thanks to the American labor movement, whose members fought for so many workplace benefits that we now take for granted — from basic safety protections to the 40-hour workweek.

Labor Day celebrates those landmark achievements and the people who continue to fight for workers and their rights.

As New York Cit y’s blue-collar mayor, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with working people all my life. As a former union member and the son of a union member, I’ve experienced firsthand the transformative power of labor organizing. Being part of a union was what allowed my mother — a single mom raising her six children in a modest home — to provide for our family and keep a roof over our heads.

Now that I am in City Hall, our administration is working hard to create jobs, support labor unions and ensure that working people get the wages, rights, and benefits they deserve. We have actively worked to promote a Working People’s Agenda that calls for investments in housing, job training and education — as well as support for those who serve our city every day.

I am proud our administration has actively worked to support our municipal unions, reaching landmark contract agreements with the Uniformed Officers Coalition, a group that includes the NYPD, FDNY, DSNY and the Department of Corrections. We also reached new and improved labor contracts with the United Federation of Teachers, PBA and DC 37, New York City’s largest pub-

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lic sector union. All of t hese labor agreements support the thousands of N e w Yo r k C i t y workers who support us — and keep us the greatest city in the world.

Ou r economy continues to show record growth and recovery. In fact, we have recovered 99 percent of the privatesector jobs lost during the pandemic.

And we are focused on creating more jobs than ever before — jobs you can build your life around, and you can build our city and our economy around.

We’re bringing jobs directly to the people by creating the Office of Community Hiring. Community hiring will use the city’s immense purchasing power to create a more equitable economy by ensuring that contractors who benefit from the city’s spending hire from oftenoverlooked communities. Once fully implemented, community hiring has the potential to create 186,000 jobs for economically disadvantaged workers and residents over the next five years.

We have also launched a number of new job-training programs, including New York City PINCC, or Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers.

This program would train and place over 2,000 New Yorkers into high-wage, career-track jobs in the construction, transportation and utility sectors over the next three years.

Workers are the bedrock of our city’s prosperity, and as more asylum seekers continue to arrive, we want to make sure they are getting an opportunity to support themselves and integrate into our society. That is why we continue to call for work authorization for asylum seekers, who have so much to contribute to our economy, and who can help fill the jobs New Yorkers do not want.

We have thousands of unfilled jobs right here in New York City, including openings in manufacturing, food service, home care and transportation. And, just as so many previous immigrants did, we must help new arrivals get a job and do their part in pursuing the American Dream.

New York City is America’s largest union town, and union solidarity is what makes so many American Dreams possible. As a proud supporter of workers from all walks of life, I’ll continue to fight for the same things unions do: fairer wages, better benefits and a higher Q quality of life. Happy Labor Day! Eric Adams is Mayor of New York City.

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ent. The mayor is correct that the population on Rikers is too large and unnecessarily, because The plan to close Rikers roughly half of those detained Island for four smaller boroughhave a mental health diagnosis based jails in Queens, Manhatand could be better served tan, Brooklyn and the Bronx elsewhere.” continues to be a topic of conThe Mental Health Roadmap cern for Mayor Adams. was passed earlier this year by Since Adams took office in the City Council and the legislaJanuary 2022, he has brought into question if shutting down Mayor Adams questioned tion includes Intro 1021-A, the city’s largest jail in the next the feasibility of closing Rik- which would require the mayor four years is the right choice, ers Island Tuesday. FILE PHOTO to establish four new crisis respite centers to provide the and he continued to cast doubt on the initiative at the New York Law School mentally ill increased access to communitybased, peer-run facilities that are alternatives to on Tuesday morning.

“It was flawed from the beginning” Adams hospitalization.

Intro. 1022-A would require five new clubsaid during his visit at the school, according to houses, which are community-based facilities multiple reports.

The mayor also noted the exorbitant cost to designed to support people with serious mental close the 413-acre complex, which the City illness by providing wraparound services and Council would like to transform into an energy opportunities for social connection.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) hub, to erect the smaller jails, including one in shares the mayor’s concerns with closing RikKew Gardens.

“Everyone created this ideal environment, ers Island.

“The left’s religious movement to closing and now we’re stuck with something that started at one price tag, and now it has ballooned Rikers is not a viable solution; my proposed legislation to renovate the island offers the beyond belief,” he added.

The project is estimated to cost the city $8.7 pragmatic path forward that resonates with the billion, but none of the newer facilities are concerns of New Yorkers,” Holden said via expected to be completed by the 2027 deadline email.

Holden introduced the Committee on Crimiand the prison population has been increasing during his tenure. The jail complex has more nal Justice bill last year to create a commission than 6,000 detainees per month, which is to examine the cost of renovating jail facilities approximately 1,000 more since he took office, on Rikers Island. If it were enacted, the comand the borough-based jails are projected to mission would be required to issue a report of hold somewhere between 3,300 to 4,200 once its findings.

During Adams tenure, 27 people have died built, reported the Queens Daily Eagle with at Rikers Island and 43 have since 2021, data from the Department of Correction.

A spokesperson for the City Council said via according to the Queens Daily Eagle. Many of email that the law is clear and Rikers must the deaths have been blamed in part on poor conditions at the jail complex. close by 2027.

During an off-topic section of a faith-related “The Council remains committed to ensuring the City adheres to its legal mandate,” said press conference that was held later that evethe spokesperson. “The responsibility of every ning Adams said, “How do we come up with a mayoral administration is to implement the plan that gets the reform we are looking for and Q laws and the plan to close Rikers is no differ- the safety we are looking for?”

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he Queens Chronicle’s 2023 Back to School and Fall Guide special supplement is in your hands — either just a few pages away or, if you’re reading this online, a few clicks away. Each story is posted at qchron.com as an individual item, and the entire section is there in PDF form.

You’re not going to just go right to our one-stop public school calendar for 2023-24 so you can cut it out and put it on the fridge, are you? It’s perfect for that. The city’s listing online takes up two pages; ours is all on one. The freezer door is where our calendar wants to be. You just have to make sure you don’t skip all the stories on the way to it!

One of our staples leads off the supplement: a look at new schools and expansions in Queens. Much of the borough has long lacked enough school seats. And while it’s true that overall student population has been dropping, the ongoing influx of migrants is changing the calculus. Find out where the new seats are. (And if you’re lucky enough to have a kid going to the new IS 429 in Sunnyside, which our education editor just toured, it’s got a baby grand piano and a parent room. Alas, the former is not in the latter, but still.)

In addition to traditional district schools, we have a piece on charters, an option that appeals to many families —

enough so there are waiting lists. Another story talks about why parents might choose a Catholic education, whether they’re of the faith or not. We talk to some top schools.

Not shy about tackling the hard issues even in a seasonal supplement, we have a piece looking at how school curricula are being adjusted to better incorporate groups who historically have been marginalized: the black community, LGBTQ+ people and others. It’s an ongoing project.

Beyond the classroom, we examine how schools are trying to mold their student athletes into leaders not just on the field or court but in life. So it always has been, but both the Public School Athletic League and the Catholic High School Athletic Association are increasing their efforts in that area. Sport is not just an extracurricular activity, it’s about “building an individual for life,” the top CHSAA official for Brooklyn and Queens schools told us.

Lastly, one of our writers hit the stores, both chains and indies, to report on youth fashion from preteen to college.

On the Fall Guide side, we start with our traditional listing of upcoming community theater shows, by our expert who’s been covering the boards for us for decades. Leave it to him to notice a distinct trend away from big musicals

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Adams’ shady deals Dear Editor: Re your Aug. 24 editorial “Shady donations and public money”: Straw donors to Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign aren’t the only aspect of his conduct that’s under scrutiny. New York’s City Council will investigate “billions of dollars in no-bid contracts the Adams administration has doled out to cope with the massive migrant crisis,” noted the New York Post (“Council probing no-bid pacts,” Aug. 20). City Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan), who chairs the Committee on Oversight and Investigation, will hold a hearing on “emergency deals that prompted a slew of complaints from lawmakers.” One of those deals cited is a $432 million contract to DocGo, a migrant shelter firm paid to relocate “asylum seekers” to upstate New York. There are many more dubious deals like that.

Nearly all contracts going to migrant crisis vendors were awarded without competitive bidding, despite NYC’s Procurement Law requiring competitive sealed bids on all contracts for goods and services valued at $1 million or more (nyc.gov). Why did the Adams administration ignore the competitive bidding rule? How many of those no-bid contracts went to the mayor’s campaign donors and political cronies? We need answers.

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and toward actual plays. Let’s see what audiences think!

Next we go into some detail about a number of the latest exhibits in our museums and art galleries — everything from vaunted MoMA PS1 in Long Island City to the Garage Art Center in Bayside, which is just what it’s name says it is. Small space does not mean small art, though.

We’re all about Queens, of course, but it’s long been a tradition to include one piece on a day trip outside the city, or maybe just outside the borough, in these supplements.

This time we turn our gaze toward the Pocono Mountains.

When you need a break from the concrete, the scooters, the sirens, the Poconos have it all: natural parks, theme parks, rafting, cycling, zip lines, haunted houses, a big animal park and so on. Pharmacies that stay open until 11 and the 24-hour transit system will still be here when you get back.

Among the toughest topics we cover is what the Mets can do in the fall and beyond to field a better team next year. Again, we have our expert on the job — he’s been watching the Amazin’s up close for decades. You might need some comfort food after reading that one, though, so we have a story with some nice recipes for cooler weather.

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1970s “poverty pimps.” Are the recipients of no-bid contracts from the Adams administration “migrant crisis crooks”? The City Council must find out.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Transit deserts are real Dear Editor: This statement by a congestion pricing advisor proves that the decision makers do not use transit nor understand what a transit desert is: “Other than Breezy Point, every census block in the five boroughs is within a half mile of a bus or subway stop” (“Study finds one boro transit desert: TMRB,”Aug. 24, multiple editions).

First of all, the accepted domestic standard for a local bus stop is one-quarter mile, not onehalf mile. Studies have shown that is the distance most people are willing to walk to access a local bus route. Even if it were one half-mile, if only one east-west route is available and you

wish to travel north or south, the bus or subway available is of no use to you. The same holds true if the route is north-south and you wish to travel east or west.

Transit deserts are very common in many areas of the city and certainly are not limited to Breezy Point.

Allan Rosen Brooklyn The writer is a former director of MTA New York City Transit Bus Planning with three decades of experience in transportation and a master’s degree in urban planning.

Cross-hire hurricane Dear Editor: In the last few years after hurricanes, Florida, Texas and other Gulf Coast states have relied on migrant workers to assist with the cleanup and rebuilding of damaged homes and infrastructures. With recent catastrophes related to climate change and the National Oceanic

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We write to support the request made by New York Gov. Hochul for federal funding for educational, housing, security and healthcare services to offset the costs that local and state governments are incurring with limited federal aid. In addition, there is a compelling need for expedited processing of asylum applications and work permits for those who meet federal eligibility standards. Immigration policies and control of our country’s border are clearly a federal responsibility; state and local governments have no standing in this matter.

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Wrongful convictions vacated: QDA Katz Three men sent to prison for nearly 30 years over false statements

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Three men who were imprisoned in two separate criminal cases in the 1990s had their wrongful convictions vacated last Thursday.

New evidence came to light freeing Earl Walters, along with Armond McCloud and Reginald Cameron, according to the Office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

In the case of Walters, fingerprint evidence implicated other men in the abductions and robberies of two women in Jamaica in 1992, which he ended up spending 20 years in prison. As for McCloud and Cameron, the detective on their Lefrak City murder and robbery case was known for eliciting false confessions, including that of the “Central Park Five” in 1989 and that of a defendant in the 1990 murder of a tourist to the US Open tennis tournament, prosecutors said. McCloud spent more than 28 years in prison and Cameron, who pleaded to a lesser robbery charge, was out after eight years.

There was also no probable cause to arrest McCloud and Cameron and both of their confessions did not align with the facts of the crime.

Several criminal justice groups helped to fight the wrongful conviction cases, according to Katz.

“I want to thank the New Jersey Innocence Project at Rutgers University, the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, the Exoneration Initiative and the Legal Aid Wrongful Conviction Unit for their work on these cases with our Conviction I nteg r it y Un it,” K atz said i n a statement.

On Sept. 2, 1992, two men approached a woman, 28, in Borough Park as she was exiting a friend’s car that was just parked in front of a building where she lived, and one of them struck her in the head with a gun and forced her to lie on the floor in the back of the car, prosecutors said. The men then rif led through her belongings, found an ATM card and then demanded her PIN. The car was then driven to an ATM on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica and approximately $2,000 in cash was withdrawn. The vehicle was abandoned and found stripped months later with all potential forensic evidence destroyed.

A second similar incident occurred a few weeks later on Sept. 24 to a 58-year-old woman, who was also getting out of her car after parking near her Flushing home. As she was putting a steering wheel lock on two men approached her. She was punched in the face, had her head slammed repeated-

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page tipping off suspects before searches, refusing to interview Hunter, hiding FBI documents and firing IRS investigators.

He is firmly in Biden’s corner and regardless, Justice Department regulations require that special counsels be selected from outside the U.S. government, which he is not.

It’s an appointment that says the fix is in: to stall this investigation until after the election, just like in 2020, when they didn’t report on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is proceeding at warp speed in prosecuting President Biden’s most likely opponent in next year’s presidential election.

Keep up the good work, Rep. James Comer of the House Oversight Committee, because if this isn’t two-tier justice, we don’t know what is.

Take it from “two deplorables” who ain’t that dumb!

Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens

Can’t handle the truth Dear Editor: When letters are written by individuals quick to dismiss incidents related to voting fraud to appease their own beliefs, based solely on hatefulness, there’s a one-sided bias against logical reasoning. Lost in the melee

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by some sort of media manipulation of the truth are stories related to ballots suddenly appearing out of nowhere — or tossed outright in the middle of the night. Where’s the investigation into these allegations? Instead, naysayers are given voice to label those people who have every reason to be skeptical.

Common sense tells us that the only logical explanation for any kind of problem today goes through a series of preconceived notions that have very little basis in reality.

When dismissing story lines makes what may be the truth impossible to believe, the public has no choice but to be skeptical of what is written, heard on the radio or watched on television. In foreign countries this is called brainwashing.

We are a nation of free thinkers who believe in seeking truth to achieve the goal of righteousness. Sadly, our society is dependent on how many people can be convinced that what we believe is not in keeping with a popular narrative. Curiously enough, people are willing to accept lies to make their lives easier, to follow the bouncing ball on their screens.

These people cannot handle the truth. It’s easier for them to believe what they are told to believe. They can be persuaded to accept anything if it’s part of the popular narrative.

Thinking for themselves is not an option.

Craig Schwab Glendale

ly into the steering wheel and then was other detectives failed to do so, prosecutors thrown into the back of the car. Similar to said.

On Aug. 4, 1994, a tenant of the Columthe previous victim, they demanded her ATM card and PIN, but one of the men also bia building in Lefrak City reported shots sexually assaulted her as the other withdrew fired at 11:20 p.m. Japanese national Kei money from her account. She was then Sunada, 22, was found with a gunshot dragged out of her car and thrown over a wound to the head on the landing of the fence near train tracks, and they urinated on fourth-f loor stairwell by a peace officer. her, according to authorities. The victim The victim died three days later. By Aug. 8, then called 911 at a bodega after she made McCloud and Cameron were arrested without probable cause sure the men were because a 16-yeargone. old being questioned Walters, who was in an unrelated rob17 at the time, initialairness in the criminal bery told police he ly was considered a justice system means we ove r h e a r d p e o ple witness in an unresaying that someone lated Sept. 21 carre-evaluate cases when who fit the former jacking and murder. ma n’s descr ipt ion He later emerged as a credible new evidence ... killed Sunada. suspect in all three After being intercases. After being emerges.” rogated for approxiinterrogated for 16 — District Attorney Melinda Katz mately nine hours, hours while in police McCloud, who was custody without thirsty and hungry, cou nsel, he made statements implicating himself and two oth- said he confessed and hoped after recanting ers, prosecutors said. The witness in the his admission of guilt, his innocence would first carjacking identified him as well, but come to light in court. Cameron was interonly after picking two other candidates and rogated for approximately eight hours, confessed and recanted his statement after conferring with a detective.

Three carjackings and robberies of describing the interrogation techniques to women, similar to the first two aforemen- be coercive.

Despite that, McCloud was convicted of tioned incidents, occurred while Walters was still in custody, and three men, Kraigo- murder in 1996 and sentenced to 25 years to ry Odom, Robert Masters and Jermaine life. He was released in January 2023. CamWilliams, were charged for similar crimes, eron pleaded guilty to robbery in exchange but Walters was convicted at a trial in for the dismissal of murder charges after March 1994. He would eventually get seeing how his co-defendant’s case turned out and served eight years. The latter defenreleased to parole in April 2013.

In 2020, with the help of Rebecca Freed- dant spent more than half of the recomman and Glen Garber of the Exoneration mended 3.75-year minimum in pretrial Initiative, Walters requested Katz’s Convic- detention before his plea.

Further review of the case shows that tion Integrity Unit to review the case and specifically requested that fingerprints asso- Gonzalez inaccurately reported that Sunada ciated with the two carjackings be compared was found lying face down in a pool of blood in a fourth-floor hallway, not stairto Odom, Masters and Williams.

The NYPD Latent Print Section used fin- well. Another officer incorrectly noted that gerprint database technology that wasn’t the victim was shot twice, not once. The available in the 1990s to re-examine the evi- men’s confession described a robbery in the dence and obtained a match to Williams and hallway and Cameron added that the man Masters. There was no evidence that Wal- was shot twice, which matched the inaccuters was associated with either man and he racies in the reports, prosecutors said. The was excluded as a source of any of the “false fed facts” indicated that the confesforensic evidence in the case, prosecutors sions came from an interrogator, not direct knowledge of a crime. said.

A crime scene reconstruction expert also After being formed in 2020, Katz’s Conviction Integrity Unit reinvestigated the determined that the murder could only have McCloud and Cameron case after an inter- happened in the stairwell, where the vicnal review uncovered potential discrepan- tim’s body was discovered.

The discrepancies, along with the lack of cies between the facts of the crimes and the confessions, which were the basis for the any reliable evidence to implicate either man in the murder, led to their convictions convictions.

Det. Carlos Gonzalez, a member of the being vacated, according to Katz’s Office.

“Fairness in the criminal justice system Police Department who was accused of eliciting false confessions for the 1990 convic- means we must re-evaluate cases when tions of the Central Park Five and Johnny credible new evidence of actual innocence Hincapie, a man who was accused of fatally or wrongful conviction emerges,” Katz said stabbing a Utah native who was visiting in a statement. “Those who have served New York to attend the US Open Tennis prison time for crimes they demonstrably Championships, also obtained admissions of did not commit deserve to have the slate Q guilt from McCloud and Cameron when wiped clean.”

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Joseph Giacalone is a retired NYPD detective who now teaches at John Jay College in Early this summer, Eileen, a senior citi- Brooklyn. Both told the Chronicle that there zen and Queens resident, had an unexpected are things seniors can do before a planned medical absence from home, and plans they medical emergency.

“I thought I would be in the hospital for can have in place before emergency strikes.

“First, if this was planned, whether she four days,” she said.

But it turned out to be more serious than lives in a private house or an apartment, she she thought, and after an extended stay in should mention to a neighbor, someone she the hospital, Eileen — not her real name — knows, someone she trusts, that she’s going to be away and have them take in her mail, required a stay at a rehabilitation facility.

Very early on during her stay, Eileen’s Klitsberg said. “That’s the first thing.

“When you see a lot of mail piling up, letter carrier saw mail piling up for a few days when it should not have been. The that’s a sign that no one is home. If her letter NYPD was notified to conduct a wellness carrier noticed it, somebody else will notice check, with officers forcing their way in it too.”

Giacalone, former commander of the hoping not to discover the worst.

While recuperating, Eileen periodically NYPD’s Bronx Cold Case Squad, said if it is checked with her bank, and each time her planned, people can arrange with the Post Office to hold their mail. If not, there are prebalance was what she expected it to be. cautions that can be taken.

Until it wasn’t.

“If they have no family members who can “I had just over $200 left,” she said. readily help, they need to Eileen recently got an have some sort of plan,” emergency release and Giacalone said. “There’s was brought back home, got to be a caretaker who where she fou nd the here’s got to be a can be trusted. There are door slightly open. caretaker who can lawyers who handle this, D u r i ng her week s estate lawyers, who are away, her residence was be trusted.” available to take care of burglarized. things like this — ‘When The door will have to — John Jay Professor and retired I get home, I’ll contact be replaced. Personal NYPD Detective Joseph Giacalone you. If I don’t, you know items lay strewn on the what to do.’” floor of two rooms. And Klitsberg said one should always keep his her personal papers were laid out as if they were gone through in an orderly manner by or her car locked.

“Always lock up important things in a someone who knew what to look for.

“He took my driver’s license, the registra- strongbox or something,” he added. “Get a tion for my car,” she said. “He took my extra timer for your lights. Let them go on at a certain time. Let them go off at a certain car keys.”

And at least one check from her check- time. You can get those at a hardware store book, which was cashed for a great deal of for a few dollars. Especially if you have a private house, you want lights to go on in money.

“I was at motor vehicles yesterday getting the evening. If they don’t, that’s a sign my new license and registration,” she said, nobody is home.”

Giacalone said even a strongbox is not with a determined grit, but still no small trace of despair in her voice over the fact enough caution by itself for important perthat her home, her sanctuary, had been bro- sonal papers, credit cards and other important or valuable items. ken into.

“If a pro gets in ... where do people keep Bar r y Klitsberg is president of the Queens Interagency Council on Aging. their important stuff?” he asked. “In the Senior News Editor

bedroom. Every burglar knows this. It’s in your sock drawer. You need to switch that up, be more creative about where you keep those things.”

Both men said the same goes for securing medications, as thieves do target drugs.

Klitsberg added that prescription medicine containers also contain personal information.

NYPD CompStat figures through Aug. 20 show a 10.3 percent drop in burglaries citywide year-to-date from 2022.

In Queens, however, cases are up just over 4.4 percent year-to-date, with 1,984 incidents being reported in the borough through Aug. 20, as opposed to an even 1,900 last year.

Giacalone said that in some cases, the pilfered documents mentioned by Eileen can work in detectives’ favor once they are reported stolen.

“If you go to use these documents, and the place has a good security camera ...

Eileen said she had no problem whatsoev-

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er with her letter carrier contacting police, knowing he or she was acting in good faith.

But she is concerned that perhaps officers didn’t secure her door as well as they should have.

Klitsberg didn’t think that was likely the issue, as the NYPD has safety checks down to a routine.

“If they have to break in, they have to repair the door,” he said. “They lock up everything again. So I’m assuming it wasn’t sitting there with an open door.

“The procedure, when we have to make an entry like that, is that the city is responsible for securing that door,” Giacalone said.

“They leave a cop there until somebody comes to secure that door.

“They have to file a report called ‘City Involved’ and call a division in the department to come and secure that door.

“Because word will get around the neighborhood fast. And who needs to go out of their way to go to [the Department of ] Q Motor Vehicles like she had to?”

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Advocates and law enforcement professionals say there are measures seniors can take to protect their homes and documents from burglars if they have extended absences that are either planned or emergency-mandated. One older Queens resident just found out what can happen the hard way.

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continued from page 4 dropped 83 percent on Union Turnpike and that traffic injuries during overnight and weekend hours declined by 16 percent on Queens Boulevard. The agency declined to say what stretches it was referring to on each of those roadways.

When the policy was announced last summer, the Chronicle reported that the cameras remained set to flag the speed at which one gets a ticket when the default is 25 — 36 mph since the first 10 mph over do not trigger a summons. Since they were not adjusted to be lower during school hours, a driver would not be ticketed for going up to 35 mph even during the school day.

Not all Queens lawmakers are excited by the DOT’s report — Councilmember Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) said the agency’s social media pages are “virtually indistinguishable from those of the radical TransAlt[ernatives] lobby.”

“For this reason any study pointing to the ‘success’ of the deeply unpopular and increasingly predatory 24/7 speed camera program must be taken with a grain of salt,” she said in a statement. “They are desperate to justify a program that regular working people are increasingly fed up with outside of a very small but very influential activist community whose ultimate goal is to abolish cars in New York Q City entirely.”

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Rockwood food distribution Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach held a free distribution of an assortment of fruits and vegetables in partnership with The Caruana Foundation on Monday, Aug. 28.

The distribution star ted at 3 p.m., according to Harold Rosenbaum, president of Rockwood Park, and within one hour, the last piece of produce was gone. Over 110

people showed to claim their share of food.

According Rosenbaum, this is the third time the center has used its facilities to help the communit y with a food distribution.

Rosenbaum extended special thanks to Michael Sakhai and Rabbi Shuie Samuels for making the event possible.

— Kristen Guglielmo

The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association is hosting a Patriot Day fundraiser on Sept. 9 at the PS 207 schoolyard, co-sponsored by the office of City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park). There will be crafts, food, raffles and games available.

The event’s itinerary begins with an adult fitness course at 11 a.m. Registration is $25. To register, send your payment to @HBL-Civic on Venmo with your name, cell phone number and email address.

At 12 p.m., children can participate in an American flag scavenger hunt.

Registration is $5 per child, and payment should be sent to the same Venmo account, along with your child’s name and your contact information.

The fundraiser is being held in memory of Rocco Morabito, a 7-yearold boy born with a severe condition that he braved through for years.

Morabito’s father, John, is a retired firefighter who saved countless lives on 9/11.

The proceeds will go toward funding the neighborhood’s 9/11 mural site and to the Tunnel to Towers FoundaQ tion.

— Kristen Guglielmo

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US Open nets tennis fans new and old

Sold-out tickets for the first games at Flushing Meadows

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practice courts, to see what’s going on and do some shopping.”

Guests were able to go to several Thousands of people swarmed Flushing Meadows Corona Park for venues for tennis swag including US the US Open to watch tennis, cheer Open Collection and Tennis Point, to on their favorite players or simply name a few.

Joseph Goldman had a father-son root for the USA for the first games of the last of the Grand Slam tourna- day at the games as he drove Samuel Goldman, 12, six hours to attend the ment of the year on Monday.

The Queens Chronicle was at the US Open from Boston.

“I’m looking forward to seeing games and interviewed people who came from near and far and were Tiafoe,” said Sam. “Last time we e x c i t e d a b o u t t h e t e n n i s were here, he was in the top 50, now he’s like in the top 10. I think it’s competitions.

Wendy Wider-Burroughs told the really cool because he is from Chronicle that she took a more-than America.”

Tiafoe is ranked 10th for men’s -five-hour flight from Mississippi with layovers in Memphis and Chi- ten n is, wh ile Ca rlos A lca ra z cago before she reached LaGuardia (Spain), Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Airport, but once she got to the Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Holger Rune (Denmark), Casper Ruud Open all the tickets were sold out.

“I was looking forward to the (Norway), Jannik Sinner (Italy), Stegames but they are all sold out of fanos Tsitsipas (Greece), Andrey grounds passes and the cheapest Rublev (Russia) and one fellow tickets are for $400,” Wider-Bur- American, Taylor Fritz, are the nine roughs said. “I’m just a little too p l a y e r s r a n k e d a b ove h i m , cheap for that, but I’m going to the respectively.

“This is really nice because he ticket office to see if they have passgrew up playing tennis,” said Joseph es for Tuesday and Wednesday.”

Gold man, who is Wider-Burroughs or iginally f rom pulled an Issa Rae Flushing. “He’s as and joked that she is e’s as excited about it as I rooting for all of the am.”

Black players. excited Sam is consider“Well of course Coco [Gauff ] for about it as I ing a tennis career in the future. sure, and [Francis] am.”

Francesca Falletta, Tiafoe on the guy along with her son sides,” Wider-Bur— Joseph Goldman Lucas Oskwarek and roughs added. partner, Noah Osk“Those are my warek, spent 90 minutes on the road favorites.”

Marcy Morgan and her friend coming in from Connecticut.

“I’m looking forward to Dominic Gretchen Bergstresser came in from Thiem playing Alexander Bublik on Connecticut.

“We drove in from Stamford,” the grandstand,” said Lucas, who Morgan said. “We are excited to be plays tennis. “He’s hard-hitting and on the grounds, being able to see the has a powerful serve, especially his Associate Editor

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Thousands of people from all over the country were in Queens for the US Open on Monday. spike.”

Lucas, 15, is also inspired by Thiem’s comeback story.

“He got injured and now he’s back at the US Open,” said Lucas, who has played tennis for 10 years.

In 2020, Thiem, an Austrian player, won the US Open to become a Grand Slam champion, but at the 2021 Mallorca Open he suffered a wrist injury and had to miss out on Wi mbledon a nd ot her t en n is competitions.

J.L. Jose of Crown Heights was on the subway for 70 minutes to get to the games.

“I love tennis in general, but I’m a big Djokovic fan,” said Jose. “He has great determination, will, and you can’t deny his greatness overall.”

Jose is also a fan of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Gauff, along with Serena and Venus Williams.

Paul Cohen, from Manhattan, said it was his third time attending the game.

“There are a few matches I want to watch,” Cohen said. “I want to watch Sorana Cîrstea versus [Kayla] Day, the American.”

Cohen was also looking forward to seeing Djokovic and Tiafoe play.

“I think Francis Tiafoe is probably the best American player right now,” Cohen added.

Brian Yin said he is from the Upper East Side and came to the US Open to take a business client out for the games and to enjoy some drinks.

“I haven’t been in a few years, but I really don’t remember anything about this experience at all,” Yin said. “I just know I had a good time.

The client is bringing his family with him and I hope they get some exposure to the games.”

Some food vendors at the games included Van Leeuwen, an ice cream joint; Nixtama, which sold tacos, nachos and chips and salsa; and Queens’ very own The Nourish Spot, a juice bar from Jamaica.

Gayle Burkett, originally from Jamaica, West Indies, and a resident of Jamaica, Queens, since 1992, said that she grew up watching the games back on the island nation.

“I’m a big tennis fan,” Burkett told the Chronicle. “They used to broadcast Wimbledon in Jamaica

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and I started watching [Martina] Navratilova. She became my favorite player and I’ve loved it ever since.”

She is looking forward to seeing Alcaraz, Gauff and Tiafoe play.

Kenneth Smith of College Point, similar to Wider-Burroughs, joked that he is rooting for the “brothers and the sisters” at the game.

“The history of sports in America is part of the history of America and I’m always rooting for Black players,” said Smith, who was given a ticket by a friend who couldn’t make it to Monday’s games. “I’m grateful to be here last minute to come opening day ... This is my second time at the US Open.”

Smith has been watching tennis since the 1970s because of Arthur Ashe, the first Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

Ashe won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles, along with a Davis Cup for the men’s national team, before retiring in 1980.

A tennis arena named for Ashe Q opened at the park in 1997.

Rebeka Masarova, left, a Swiss-born Spanish tennis player, beat her first top-10 opponent, Maria Sakkari of Greece, at the opening games on Monday. Gayle Burkett, a Jamaica resident, was happy to attend the games. Joseph and Samuel Goldman, a father-and-son duo, came in from Connecticut to watch the games. Joseph Goldman grew up in Flushing.

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Deadline for applications is Nov. 21 The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportations Workers is seeking applicants for its Local 28 apprenticeship program.

The people who are selected into the five-year program will be able to earn an income while they learn about the sheet metal industry, according to the Local 28 union. To apply, applicants must be at least 17 years of age, have basic math skills and a desire to work hard with their hands and mind.

The people selected into the program will take an entrance exam for classes entering 2024, and successful candidates must pass a drug screening. There will be random drug tests for the duration of the program.

As a sheet metal worker, apprentices will learn to design, fabricate, install, weld and service ductwork for heating, ventilating and air conditioning, the union added.

They will use galvanized metal, copper and aluminum, along with a wide variety of specialty materials.

Throughout the program, those within it

will work full-time for a union contractor that pays them to attend classes, and once the apprenticeship is completed they will receive college credit from select accredited institutions of higher learning. The first six to eight months to a year, however, will be considered a pre-apprenticeship indenture and the initial month will include mandatory lessons without pay until a person is assigned a union contractor.

Applications must be submitted in person from Nov. 6 to 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. to the training center, which is located at 139-20 143 St. in Jamaica. People can take the E train to the Jamaica/Van Wyck stop or the F train to the Sutphin Boulevard stop to get to the center. They can also take the Long Island Rail Road to Jamaica. The training facility also has a parking lot on 143rd Street, but space is extremely limited. For more information, one may call (718) 297-5570.

Information on other union recruitments may be found online at dol.ny.gov/apprenQ ticeship/overview.

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Kim Russo’s homecoming Ozone Park’s own Kim Russo, the celebrity psychic colloquially known as “The Happy Medium,” returned to Queens on Tuesday, Aug. 22 for a gallery-style reading event at Villa Russo in Richmond Hill.

Russo is known for her appearances on shows “Celebrity Ghost Stories,” “Psychic Intervention” and “The Haunting of ...”

Through her readings, Russo is believed to be able to offer closure and insight to those

who may have lost a loved one by connecting with those who have passed.

The event was organized by the Ozone Park Residents Block Association and the Ozone Park Howard Beach Lions Club.

According to Sam Esposito, president of the block association and Lions Club, the event was sold out with 111 people in attendance, eager to see Russo in person and — Kristen Guglielmo receive a reading.

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Mets to retire Doc’s, Straw’s uniform nos.

16 and 18 to join team’s legends atop Citi Field in 2024 ceremonies

by Peter C. Mastrosimone and Michael Gannon

getting there, going 17-6 with 200 strikeouts, the f ifth-highest in the National League, according to baseballreference.

Editor-in-Chief and Senior News Editor Two of the Mets’ greatest stars from the com. And even though he did not win a 1980s, both of them key to the team’s sec- postseason game, the Mets won four out of ond World Series win, will see their num- the five that he started, and beat the Boston Red Sox for the title. bers retired next year.

Strawberry only hit .259 in the regular Darryl Strawberry, the rightf ielding power hitter, will see his No. 18 retired. season in 1986, but he belted 27 homers and Lights-out pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden drove in 93 runs. He too was less than stellar in the postseason, hitting .227 against will get the same honor for his No. 16.

The Mets announced the move in a trio of the Astros in the National League Championship Series with two tweets last Thursday. homers, and only .208 First came one sayagainst the Sox, puting Nos. 16 and 18 are nd to my brother Darryl, t i ng on e ove r t h e “forever enshrined in fence.

Mets history.” it looks like they really The Mets did not The next one said, el a b o r a t e i n t h e i r “Doctor K dominated do love us.” tweets as to how they the ’80s. Next year his — Dwight Gooden will mark the retirenumber 16 will forever ment of the two stars’ be immor talized in numbers during the our history.” It was accompanied by a short video of highlights rebuilding year that will be the 2024 season, but later said they would have individual from Gooden’s time on the mound.

The third one said, “No one had a sweeter ceremonies.

Gooden in a tweet said the honor made swing than Straw. Next season his number 18 comes home for good.” The highlight reel for “an extraordinary day.” He thanked shows a few of those smooth-as-silk swings. owners Steve and Alex Cohen, his teamThough Gooden underperformed in the mates, the Mets organization and the fans. postseason in 1986, he was key to the Mets’ He also thanked his late parents, and the

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Veteran baseball journalist Ken Rosenthal caused a stir when he wrote in The Athletic that the Mets and Milwaukee Brewers were “within field goal distance” of making a trade that would have sent Pete Alonso to America’s beer capital.

Of course, today’s NFL kickers can make field goals from more than 60 yards out, so the deal may not have been as close to consumption as Rosenthal’s analogy would indicate.

Mets General Manager Billy Eppler did not deny Alonso was the source of trade talk before the Aug. 1 deadline. He made it clear the return he expected had better be quite large. No team offered a tempting haul.

Alonso has one more season left before he becomes a free agent. My guess is the Mets will not seriously discuss moving him unless he says he would prefer to play elsewhere. Alonso, however, has been vocal about how he loves both New York City and being a Met. Mets owner Steve Cohen, like all successful hedge fund entrepreneurs, made his fortune understanding markets. He knows the supply of power-hitting first basemen is far smaller than the demand from other teams. I doubt Alonso is leaving Queens in the immediate future.

Alonso’s teammate Francisco Lindor is a huge tennis fan. Last Thursday, the shortstop was at the launch of tennis star Coco Gauff’s new line of

athletic shoes, the CG1. New Balance officials believe Gauff can be the face of women’s tennis now that Serena Williams has retired. New Balance touted how the CG1 sneakers have carbon fiber instead of foam in the soles, reducing foot stress. Lindor, who also has an endorsement deal with New Balance, hopes to watch Gauff compete at the US Open if his Mets schedule permits.

The US Open is not only a Grand Slam tennis event, but it has increasingly become an outstanding epicurean one as well. There were long lines at every food vendor at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during Fan Week. Among the popular choices were Crabby Shack’s lobster rolls, Melba’s catfish and sweet potato fries combo, Pat La Frieda’s Angus steak sandwich, and Hill Country’s chipped brisket and pulled pork sandwiches.

Just as the Mets welcome Queens food purveyors to Citi Field, so has the United States Tennis Association. Open attendees can enjoy sandwiches from Forest Hills’ Stacked and smoothies from South Jamaica’s The Nourish Spot.

Interest in tennis is great news for the country’s fastest growing racquet sport, pickleball. A few days before the start of the US Open, Venus Williams and defending men’s US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz took part in a pickleball exhiQ bition at the Lotte New York Palace hotel.

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Dwight Gooden, left, and Darryl Strawberry will formally take their places among New York Mets immortals in 2024 when the team plans to retire their numbers. The club has announced they PHOTOS BY BARRY COLLA VIA WIKIPEDIA will be honored in separate, individual ceremonies. family and friends “who have stood by me through all the highs and lows of life.”

“And to my brother Darryl, it looks like they really do love us!”

“It’s been a long time coming,” tweeted longtime Mets announcer, lifetime fan and Bayside native Howie Rose. “Thrilled that these Mets icons will receive this rightful honor.”

Both men spent their prime years with the Mets.

Strawberry was with them from 1983 to 1990, later playing for the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees. He wound up with a career batting average of .259 with 335 home runs and 1,000 runs batted in.

Gooden was with the Mets from 1984 to 1994, later pitching for the Yankees, Indians, Astros and Devil Rays. He ended up with a win-loss record of 194-112, an earned run average of 3.51 and 2,293 strikeouts.

Straw and Doc were major stars and fan favorites, who also got themselves into trouble. Gooden has been arrested multiple times for offenses related to alcohol and drugs and has done time in prison. Strawberry also has been arrested a number of times, including for drugs, and has spent time in jail. He says he has been clean and sober for more than 10 years now.

Despit e t hei r t roubles, bot h were Amazin’ at their peak.

“In 1987, Strawberry hit 39 home runs and stole 36 bases, joining the exclusive 30-30 club at the time becoming one of only 10 players in baseball history to accomplish the feat,” Wikipedia notes. “In addition to that, he hit 32 doubles and drove in 104 runs.”

A year later, Strawberry would lead the National League in homers, again hitting 39.

“In 1985, Gooden pitched one of the most statistically dominating single seasons in baseball history,” the online encyclopedia

says. “Leading Major League Baseball with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, and a 1.53 ERA (the second-lowest in the live-ball era, trailing only Bob Gibson’s 1.12 in 1968) Gooden earned the major leagues’ pitching Triple Crown. He led the National League in complete games (16) and innings pitched (276 2 ⁄ 3) . From his second star t onward, Gooden’s ERA never rose above 2.00.”

Doc in 1996 pitched a no-hitter for the Yankees, beating the Seattle Mariners.

The two won back-to-back National League Rookie of the Year awards, with Strawberry capturing the honor in 1983 at age 21, and Gooden following a year later at just 19.

Strawberry was named to eight consecutive All-Star teams, including during his last seven seasons in Flushing.

He finished in the top 10 vote recipients for most valuable player four times, including a second-place finish behind the Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson in 1988.

Gooden won the Cy Young Award in his sophomore season, and played in four AllStar games.

Strawberry (1996 and 1999) and Gooden (2000) both won World Series rings with the Yankees.

Both men remain conspicuous presences in the Mets’ record book, according to baseballrefrence.com.

Strawberry still holds the team record for home runs with 252. He remains in the top 10 in club history in slugging percentage (3), games played (9), at-bats (8), hits (9), runs batted in (2), walks (2), strikeouts (2) and stolen bases (5).

Gooden’s .649 winning percentage still is the club’s best by far. He ranks in the team’s top 10 for career earned run average (7), wins (2), losses (3), games (10), innings (3), strikeouts (2), starts (3), complete games (3) Q and shutouts (4).

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Dance Festival gears up to end season with epic events

by Mark Lord ack in 2014, Karesia Batan was an up-and-coming young dancer, living in Long Island City, and doing what she calls the “typical New York City artist hustle”: going to auditions and trying “to get the lay of the land.”

But, she recently recalled, she felt she was missing something.

She felt the need to meet fellow dancers. She wanted to know where they all went to rehearse. She wondered why there seemed to be so few dance per formances around the borough.

“There must be something happening in Queens,” she remembers thinking to herself at the time.

That ’s when she decided to make thing s happen, building, from the ground up, an event that has evolved into one of the borough’s major annual attractions, the Queensboro Dance Festival.

Now about to wrap up its 10th season, highlighted by three nights of performances at Queens Theatre from Sept. 15 to 17, the festival brings together dozens of per formers

who are as diverse in cultural background and dance st yle a s the borough’s resident s themselves.

When Batan launched the festival, her mission was “to strengthen the dance community in Queens a n d i n s p i r e g r e at e r a p p r e c i ation for Queens dancers,” she said.

It began modestly enough, she explained, as a three-night run at a local theater.

Eventually, she realized that “if we wanted to reach as many Queens residents as possible, we had to tour. The

tour was a major step in our growth.”

This year’s edition began on June 3, running weekends throughout the summer with free outdoor performances in parks, in plazas and on the borough’s streets, with classes and dance parties adding to the fes tive atmosphere.

Two such performances remain this year: On Sept. 2, the festival makes a s top at Jack son Height s’ Diversit y Pla za (73-19 37 Road) from 6 to 7:15 p.m., continued on page 21

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Luciano “Charlie” Scorsese was born on May 8, 1913 in New York City. He fell in love with Catherine Cappa, born April 16, 1912, one year his senior, and they were married in May 1934 according to ancest r y.com (not 1933 as listed elsewhere).

They settled down at 232 Elizabeth St. in NYC. Their first child, Frank, was born in 1936. Their second son, Martin, joined the family on Nov. 17, 1942. Needing more room, they moved out to Queens, to 53-17 104 St. in Corona.

Martin could not play sports because of asthma and spent his time in movie The childhood home of filmmaker and director theaters. This greatly influenced his life Martin Scorsese at 53-17 104 St. in Corona, as it and future. After graduation from Cardi- looked in the 1940s when he grew up there.

INSET VIA WIKIPEDIA nal Hayes High School, he considered the priesthood, but it was not to be.

At the Tisch School of the Arts he was ing Bull,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” making movie shorts and got noticed. After “GoodFellas” and “The Departed” followed.

Married five times with three children, directing his breakout hit movie “Taxi Driver,” he was recognized as one of the great Scorsese is not slowing down. After meeting new young filmmakers and was on his way. Pope Francis in May 2023, he said he will Q Many other renowned movies such as “Rag- make a new epic film about Jesus.

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There was a time when movies featured neither superheroes nor computer animation. Instead they were replete with something called “acting,” which, done by several different people all at once and captured on reels of “film,” served to entertain humans whose attention spans were as yet undamaged. Some of these movies ran for more than two hours without a single explosion or squeal from some googly-eyed thing that appears to be half emoji, half Dr. Seuss reject.

Sure, this type of thing is still done to a degree, especially among independent filmmakers, but no one’s mistaking the 2020s for a new golden age of Hollywood. Are they? One institution that will take you back — even as it also joins in the modern zeitgeist — is the Queens Public Library. From one end of the borough to the other, the library shows movies both new and old, including some of the best ever made.

In Howard Beach, audiences can let out their inner anguished cry of “Stella!” next week when the 1951 Southern drama “A Streetcar Named Desire” is screened, at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Based on the Tennessee Williams play, the film made Marlon Brando a star and reminded everyone that Vivien Leigh is pretty good at playing a troubled Southern belle.

Howard Beach goes back and forth: The following week it has a movie based on a video game, then on the 22nd and 23rd it has “The Outsiders,” a 1983 coming-of-age drama with Brat Packers that will take Gen Xers back, and then on the 29th and 30th it has a recent franchise slasher movie.

Glen Oaks has a nice mix of flicks for those with mature minds in its September Saturday Afternoon Movies lineup.

James Stewart and Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchock’s “Vertigo,” often ranked as one of the best movies ever made and PARAMOUNT PICTURES showing at the Jamaica Library Oct. 6.

On Sept. 9 at 12 p.m. it will demonstrate that if you screen it they will come with a showing of “Field of Dreams,” the 1989 baseball fantasy. The 2005 version of “Oliver Twist” follows on Sept. 16. A week later it’s “Lansky,” the 2021 biographical crime drama about leading organized crime figure Meyer Lanksy, aka “The Mob’s Accountant.” Then on Sept.

30 “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the 1969 Western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, rides in.

Other libraries show other films, both of the animatedthings-zipping-and-quipping variety and of the kind that might appeal to parents and guardians. They’re all free, and can be found here: tinyurl.com/3y4h28z3. Remember you’re welcome at any branch, regardless of where you live.

Sunnyside shows classics on Mondays at 3 p.m. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion,” the 1941 romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, screens Sept. 11. On the 18th it’s “The Letter” (1940) with Bette Davis and on the 25th “Miss Sadie Thompson” (1953), starring Rita Hayworth.

But it’s the Central Library in Jamaica that truly turns into a movie palace of yore, every Friday at 2 p.m. Or maybe it’s just that Central’s Friday flicks are listed online all the way through December already (it also has movies on Mondays).

The lineup is impressive for fans of old Hollywood, both the Golden Age and beyond. It starts tomorrow, Sept. 1, with “Mean Streets,” the 1973 drama about a young man torn between the church and the mob, among other things.

A few names say it all: Scorsese. Keitel. De Niro.

On Sept. 8 “Rebel Without a Cause” rolls in from 1955, with its tragic stars James Dean (dead at 24: car wreck) and Natalie Wood (dead at 43: drowning; foul play?) portraying troubled teenagers. A week later it’s “The Mark of Zorro” from 1940 (almost a proto-superhero, is he not?). “From Russia with Love” follows, from the year someone killed Kennedy, the second James Bond film. Then on the 29th it’s “You Can’t Take it With You,” the 1938 screwball romantic comedy about a zany family in a zany house, with a stellar cast and a message about monopolistic capitalism.

Quality remains job one in Jamaica on Oct. 6, with James Stewart and Kim Novak starring in Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” the 1958 psychological thriller that is often ranked among the top movies of all time, sometimes even topping “Citizen Kane.” The next week brings “Friday the 13th,” but at least it’s the 1980 original, and it is October, after all. More scary stuff follows, and the tide of classics appears never to ebb. Q

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The three-night season finale moves indoors to Queens Theatre (14 United Nations Ave. South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park) with a different lineup of da nce t roup es scheduled for each performance.

Show time each night is 7:30 p.m. Tickets for each night are $27; three-night passes are $66. Discount tickets are available and ASL and CART captioning will be provided (details are posted in the calendar at queensborodancefestival.org).

Sept. 16 will also offer a preshow gala dinner and a “Dancing with the Queens Stars” competition, pairing three Queens community leaders with three of the festival’s choreographers. Separate tickets are needed for the gala, at $100 each. For further information on the events at Queens Theatre, call (718) 760-0064.

As the festival’s founding executive director, Batan, who now lives in Sunnyside, said she would “love to see us continue to grow our audiences. We’re proud to say we’re a mainstay and we’re earning the trust of everyone we’re here to support.

There’s more work ahead to reach as many Q different dancers as possible.”

Performances in the Queensboro Dance Festival have included Manhatitlan, above, in Bliss Plaza, and Mala’s Odissi Indian dance, right, in Forest Park. On the cover: The Cole Collective performs at the Unisphere. Remaining shows are set for Jackson Heights, Long Island City PHOTOS BY ROBIN MICHALS, and Queens Theatre.

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On Sept. 3, it’s off to Queensbridge Park in Long Island City (Vernon Boulevard at 41st Avenue), also from 6 to 7:15 p.m., for a show featuring hip-hop, street jazz and Mexican and Japanese dance.

As with all the festival’s out-of-doors performances, they are free and open to the public.

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Co-ops For Sale Howard Beach/Lindenwood/ Fairfield Arms, (High-Rise). Unit 2D, 2 BRs converted to 3 BRs, 2 full baths. Reduced $214K. Unit 5D, 2 BR, 2 baths, needs TLC, 5th fl. Reduced $2 08K. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF Queens, NYCTL 2019-A Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 2019A Trust, Plaintiff, vs. One Three Seven 24 Holdings LLC, ET Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to Hi-Ranch, 4 BR, 3 new full baths. a Judgment of Foreclosure and Wood burning fireplace, in-ground Sale dated February 23, 2023 pool. Asking $1,198K. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136 and duly entered on March 10, 2023 and a Short Form Order dated June 9, 2023 and duly entered on June 12, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on September 15, Kew Gardens Hills, 77th Rd & Main 2023 at 10:00 a.m., premises St. 2 BR, 1 bath apt to share.

Working M/F. Internet, utils incl. known as 137-24 231st $1,200/mo, 1st & last month down.

Street, Laurelton, NY 11413. Avail 9/15. Call 917-593-0236 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements Howard Beach, Crossbay Blvd. thereon erected, situate, lying Hi-traffic loc, 1,100 sqft. $4,500/ and being in the Borough mo, parking lot in rear of the and County of Queens, City store. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136 and State of New York, Block 13172 and Lot 50.

Approximate amount of judgment is $33,426.59 plus NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY THE BROOKLYN interest and costs. Premises UNION GAS D/B/A NATIONAL GRID, BROOKLYN will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY KEYSPAN GAS Index # 724281/2020. The D/B/A NATIONAL GRID, HICKSVILLE Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 402 of the COVID-19 policies concerning Abandoned Property Law of the State of New York that: public auctions of foreclosed a) a report of unclaimed amounts of money or other property properties. These policies, held or owing by the above named corporation has been along with the Queens County made to the Comptroller of the State of New York, and that Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, a list of names of the persons appearing from the records of can be found on the Queens such corporation to be entitled thereto is on file and open to Supreme Court - Civil Term public inspection at its principal office or place of business website.

William Driscoll, in (name of city, village, or county) where any such property Esq., Referee, Bronster, LLP, is payable; 156 West 56th Street, Suite 703, New York, New York b) such deposits, payments, and refunds, together with interest 10019, Attorneys for Plaintiff due thereon and less lawful deductions, will be paid by it

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on or before the succeeding thirtieth day of September to persons establishing to its satisfaction their right to receive the same; and c) in the succeeding month of October, and on or before the tenth day thereof, such unclaimed deposits, payments, and refunds, together with interest due thereon and less lawful deductions, still remaining will be paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York and that it shall thereupon cease to be liable therefore.

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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).

Name: 212A Properties, LLC. Articles

DEAR INNER SELF, LLC Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State

of Organization fi led with Secretary of

(SSNY) 06/27/2023. Offi ce in

State of New York (SSNY) on June 5,

Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent

2023. Offi ce location: Queens County.

of LLC upon whom process

SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be

may be served. SSNY shall mail

served. SSNY may mail a copy of any

copy of process to Maisie Wong,

process to: 212A Properties, LLC, c/o

102-55 67th Road, Apt. 5X,

Aram P. Cazazian 166-25 Powells Cove Blvd., Beechhurst, New York 11357.

Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose:

Purpose: for all legal purposes.

Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 70TH ROAD, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/19/23. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

DS11, LLC, Arts. of Org. fi led

9155 Gold LLC, Arts of Org.

Notice of Formation of Golia LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/11/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MICHAEL J GOLIA, 233-34 40TH AVE., DOUGLASTON, NY 11363.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/6/2023. Cty: Queens.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Frances Ariola, 157-05 91st St., Howard Beach, NY 11414.

General Purpose

with the SSNY on 08/29/2023.

Offi ce loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Simon Blitz & Daniel Gazal, 11-11 44th Drive, Long Island City, NY 11101.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of GRAMPS GIFT LLC. Arts. of Org. APRD LLC Articles of Organization fi led with the SSNY on 08/24/23. were fi led with the Secretary of Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY State of New York (SSNY) on 07/21/2023.

Offi ce location:designated as agent of the LLC Queens County. SSNY has been upon whom process against designated as agent of the it may be served. SSNY shall LLC upon whom process mail copy of process to the LLC, against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o Melissa Katz-Fusco, 600 S APRD C/O ASHLEY, 9511 64TH Ocean Boulevard, Apartment ROAD, APT. 11B, REGO PARK, NY 407, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

11374. Purpose: For any lawful Purpose: Any lawful purpose. purpose.

Notice of formation of Notice of Formation of CUCCHIARA FAMILY, LLC, a KUSH & KEMET HOLDINGS, LLC domestic LLC in NY. Articles of OrArts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of ganization fi led with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/21/23.

State of New York (SSNY) on Offi ce location: Queens County.

08/14/2023.

Offi ce location:Princ. offi ce of LLC: 111-12 Sutphin Queens County. SSNY is desigBlvd., Jamaica, NY 11435. SSNY nated as agent upon whom process designated as agent of LLC upon against the LLC may be served. whom process against it may be SSNY shall mail a copy of any served. SSNY shall mail process to process to: 87-11 163rd Avenue, Corporation Service Co., 80 State Howard Beach, New York 11414. St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful act.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS – BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, -againstISHA CLAYTON, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES CLAYTON; ANY AND ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES CLAYTON; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; RAVIN CLAYTON AKA RAVINE CLAYTON, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES CLAYTON; RADIN CLAYTON AKA RAYDIN CLAYTON, AS HEIR, DEVISEE, DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF MARY FRANCES CLAYTON; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10,” said names being fi ctitious and unknown to plaintiff, intended to be possible tenants or occupants of the premises, or corporations, persons, or other entities having or claiming a lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants - Index No.: 721325/2022 Plaintiff Designates Queens County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Queens County.

To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being fi led pursuant to an order of the court dated July 27, 2023.

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 fi led this foreclosure proceeding against you and fi ling 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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH 125 MOUNT LLC Articles of 170-21 JAMAICA AVENUE, THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by Org. fi led NY Sec. of State LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Allan B. Weiss, the SSNY on 08/22/23. OfJ.S.C. Dated: July 27, 2023 Filed: July 27, 2023. The object of (SSNY) 7/5/23. Offi ce in Queens fi ce: Queens County. SSNY this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC designated as agent of the LLC known as 17911 Eleventh Road, Jamaica, NY 11434. Dated: whom process may be served. upon whom process against March 28, 2023 Filed: August 12, 2023 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Meir Weiss, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, SSNY shall mail process to it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212) 172-14 89th Ave., Jamaica, LLC, 89-05 138th Street, 524-5050 No Service by fax) Service purposes only: Trade Centre NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: South 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 P: (888) 491-1120 F: (954) 343-6982 purpose.

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REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF - COUNTY OF QUEENS JPMORGAN QUEENS, BANTAM FUNDING CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOII, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. UNITED CIATION, Plaintiff - against - HUGO ASSETS CORPORATION USA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to VELASTEGUI, et al Defendant(s). a Judgment of Foreclosure and Pursuant to a Judgment of ForeSale duly entered on June 7, closure and Sale entered on De2023, I, the undersigned Referee cember 27, 2019. I, the underwill sell at public auction on the signed Referee will sell at public outside steps of the Queens auction on the Courthouse steps County Supreme Court, 88-11 of the Queens Supreme Court, loSutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY cated at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, 11435 on September 8, 2023 Jamaica, New York on the 15th day at 11:00 a.m., premises known of September, 2023 at 10:45 am. as 1142 Welling Court, Astoria, All that certain plot, piece or parNY 11102. All that certain plot, cel of land, with the buildings and piece or parcel of land, with improvements thereon erected, the buildings and improvements situate, lying and being in the Borthereon erected, situate, lying ough and County of Queens, City and being in the Borough and State of New York. Premises and County of Queens, City known as 103-12 104th Street, and State of New York, Block Ozone Park, New York 11417.

506 and Lot 60. Approximate (Block: 9507, Lot: 12) Approxiamount of judgment is mate amount of lien $722,088.99 $854,910.06 plus interest and plus interest and costs. Premises costs. Premises will be sold will be sold subject to provisions subject to provisions of filed of fi led judgment and terms of Judgment Index #712227/2020. sale. Index No. 704393/2014.

The Referee shall comply with Charlane O. Brown, Esq., Referee. the Eleventh Judicial District’s McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, COVID-19 policies concerning LLC, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 public auctions of foreclosed Lexington Avenue, Suite 840, New properties. These policies, York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409 along with the Queens County For sale information, please visit Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, Auction.com at www.Auction.com can be found on the Queens or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: July Supreme Court - Civil Term 12, 2023 During the COVID-19 website. Richard M. Gutierrez, health emergency, bidders are Esq., Referee, Polsinelli PC, required to comply with all Amy E. Hatch, Esq., 600 Third governmental health requireAvenue, 42nd Floor, New York, ments in effect at the time of New York 10016, Attorneys for sale including but not limited Plaintiff to, wearing face coverings and Notice of Formation of maintaining social distancing 11935 191 MADISON PROPERTY (at least 6-feet apart) during LLC Articles of Organization were the auction, while tendering fi led with the Secretary of State of deposit and at any subsequent New York (SSNY) on 12/20/2022. closing. Bidders are also reOffi ce location: Queens County. quired to comply with the SSNY has been designated as Foreclosure Auction Rules and agent of the LLC upon whom proCOVID-19 Health Emergency cess against it may be served.

Rules issued by the Supreme SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: NEKEBWE SUPERVILLE, 14419 Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in 107TH AVE., JAMAICA, NY 11435.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. the Terms of Sale.

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C M SQ page 26 Y K SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX # 705468/2013 FILED: 06/22/2023 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC, Plaintiff, against DEBORAH RASCOE AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED RASCOE AND AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO MILDRED RASCOE; MELVIN RASCOE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO MILDRED RASCOE, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, 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 otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any; ELIZABETH FANNIE HORNE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO MILDRED RASCOE, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, 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 otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any; EACH AND EVERY PERSON NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED WHO MAY BE ENTITLED TO OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE VERIFIED COMPLAINT; ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE UNKNOWN, AND CANNOT AFTER DILIGENT INQUIRY BE ASCERTAINED BY THE PLAINTIFF; STATE OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; Defendants. To the above-named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This action was commenced to foreclose a mortgage against property located at 13908 111th Avenue, New York 11435, Tax Parcel ID No.: Block 11955 Lot 22. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Caren Bailey, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 4N25, Melville, NY 11747. (631) 812-4084. (855) 845-2584 facsimile.

File # 548-0155. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid offi ce, there are government agencies and non- profi t organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department`s website at www.dfs.ny.gov RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profi t from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed.

State law requires anyone offering such services for profi t to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE LAW

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NAGHDI, PLLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 08/18/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 109-21 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY 11418. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Law.

LLANOS PROPERTY GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 07/20/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 30-05 38th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of MORNINGSIDE NELSON APARTMENTS LLC Cert. of Conversion fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/17/23, converting MORNINGSIDE HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. to MORNINGSIDE NELSON APARTMENTS LLC. Offi ce location: Queens County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 118-35 Queens Blvd., Queens, NY 11375. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Nelson Management Group at the princ. offi ce of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Queens Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 721980/2022 HSBC Bank USA, National Association, As Trustee, On Behalf Of The Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-SN1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Plaintiff, Vs Khadiza Khanam If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Lucus Valley Inc., New York City Environmental Control Board, Capital One Bank USA, NA, People Of The State Of New York, New York City Department Of Finance, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 4057 Junction Boulevard Corona, NY 11368 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Khadiza Khanam, Lucus Valley Inc. Defendants In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Ulysses B. Leverett of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-Sixth day of July, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated June 27, 2003, executed by Khadiza Khanam to secure the sum of $582,140.00. The Mortgage was recorded at CRFN 2004000030303 in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County on January 15, 2004. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 26, 2009 and recorded on October 30, 2009, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2009000355947. The mortgage was subsequently modified on October 25, 2011. The property in question is described as follows: 4057 Junction Boulevard, CORONA, NY 11368 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE 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: August 3, 2023 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville, NY 14221, The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 77469

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2 BR, 1 bath Co-op in the heart of Lindenwood. Walking distance to bus, shopping & recreation. 300 shares, $30/share fl ip tax, 30% down payment. Parking is $25 (waitlist).

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