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With federal government approvals for New York City’s congestion pricing plan in the rearview mirror, Gov. Hochul, right, is kicking off a series of virtual hearings at which city residents will give feedback on the new system. She also said she will look into the length of a proposed 16-to-18-month rollout.

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Congestion pricing meetings set: MTA Outerborough issues are hot topic for Sept. 23, 30; Gov. Hochul’s on board

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t was proposed back in the Michael Bloomberg administration, fought for since then and, some proponents claim, delayed by President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation.

Now, seven months after it received federal approval, congestion pricing will be the subject of 10 meetings the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has scheduled for those who want their say or just information about the plan, marking the start of what will be a 16-month study.

Two of the regional meetings, on Sept. 23 and Sept. 30, will include time dedicated to the specific concerns of people in Queens, though anyone may register to attend or speak at any or all of the meetings online at new.mta.info/ project/CBDTP. The aim is to create a tolling system that would charge drivers for entering Midtown or Downtown Manhattan either by bridge, tunnel or by crossing a yet-to-be-designated street — 60th Street, one block north of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge crossing, has been suggested countless times — into the Manhattan Central Business District.

The stated goals are: • to reduce traffic congestion and vehicle exhaust pollution; and

• to raise $1 billion believe it has to hapa year in revenue for pen for all the reasons the MTA, which the we know congestion agency would use to pricing works. But I leverage $15 billion in also got to work on loans to advance its finding out the rollout five-year, $51 billion time. I know they’re capital plan for mods a y i n g f r o m 18 ernization of rail and months to 16 months, bus service. but I want to check MTA acting Chairinto that.” man and CEO Janno She said earlier in Lieber called the study the month that the “a crucial project for state will have to keep the MTA and our ridan eye out to see if the ers” in a press release Covid-19 pandemic issued Aug. 20. comes into play as the While congestion The ball now is rolling on the Metropolitan plan is developed. pricing was able to Transportation Authority’s plan for congestion Opponents of the pass the state Legisla- pricing into Manhattan. PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON plan say it is nothing t u re back in 2019 more than another tax when it finally got the approval of former Gov. on drivers who already fund the MTA through Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Hochul’s views had been mandatory fees on car registrations, gasoline the subject of speculation in the days leading to taxes and bridge and tunnel tolls that keep skyher swearing-in on Aug. 24. rocketing even as bus and subway fares have In an email to the Chronicle on Friday after- been at $2.75 per single ride since 2015. noon, Hochul’s office included a quote from an Two of the more outspoken opponents are interview with The New York Times on Aug. Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Mead25. ows) and Councilman Barry Grodenchik “I’ve supported it from its inception,” said (D-Oakland Gardens).

Hochul, now the de facto head of the MTA. “I There also is the federal Anti-Congestion

Tax Act, filed Aug. 11 by U.S. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ).

“Or as I also like to call it, the Manhattan Moocher Prevention Act,” Gottheimer said according to a transcript obtained from his official website. He said it could cost a typical New Jersey commuter $3,000 per year with none of the money benefitting the Garden State or New Jersey Transit.

Gottheimer’s bill would, if passed into law, prohibit U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg from awarding any new capital investment grants to any MTA project until drivers from New Jersey are exempt from the fee if entering Manhattan via the already-tolled Holland or Lincoln tunnels or the George Washington Bridge.

It also would establish a year-end federal tax credit for New Jersey drivers equal to the amount they are charged in congestion pricing tolls.

On Aug. 24, however, Hochul received a letter imploring her support, with 29 signatories including Betsy Plum of the Riders Alliance; Jean Ryan of Disabled in Action of Metropolitan NY; Mary Barber of the Environmental Defense Fund; Catherine Gray of the League of Women Voters; Julie Tighe of the New York League of Conservation Voters; Jaqi Cohen of NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign; James continued on page 10

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Concerns swirl over school protocols Council questions DOE over testing, quarantine policies in hearing

by Max Parrott

Since the vaccine is still unavailable to children under 12, all elementary schoolers will be subjected to After Mayor de Blasio outlined a testing, pending the consent of their set of safety protocols for the reopenguardian. Only unvaccinated middle ing of schools last week, parents and and high schoolers will be tested. elected officials have raised concerns After all teachers and school staff are over testing and remote learning. vaccinated, as the city is requiring On Wednesday, the City Council starting with one dose by Sept. 27, held a hearing on the fall school they will also be exempt from testing. reopening protocols, which will go The DOE has set up an online porinto effect in less than two weeks on tal for families to indicate whether the first day of school Sept. 13. students have been vaccinated, but is In addition to providing a forum for not able to require parents to upload a continued push by Public Advocate this information.

Jumaane Williams and Education During the hearing, Councilman Committee Chairman Mark Treyger Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gar(D-Brooklyn) for a remote option, the dens) also raised concerns over Covid hearing scrutinized testing protocols, transmission within buses, whose which has been a subject of debate since the reopening last year.

The announcement of safety protocols for the coming drivers are not required to be vacciUnder the Department of Educa- school year prompted concerns from parents and council- nated like indoor DOE staff.

With the announcement about the tion’s plan, every school will test a members.

FILE PHOTO protocols, the city released a 13-page sample of 10 percent of unvaccinated “Health and Safety” guide that details how people twice a month. Students and staff mandatory.

In the hearing, Treyger raised a concern schools will test and quarantine students who are fully vaccinated are not required shared by some principals that schools will and close classrooms or buildings during to be tested.

But while last year the DOE required fam- test the same small group of children whose the first fully in-person school year since ilies to turn in consent forms allowing their parents have submitted the forms every the coronavirus crisis began.

The guidance also includes separate prochildren to be tested, this year it will not month.

City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi tocols for elementary schools and middle require parents to turn the forms in. Community Education Council 26 President replied that he believes that the city will be and high schools.

After a positive case appears in an eleAdriana Aviles told the Chronicle that her able to accurately measure the prevalence northeast Queens superintendent told her of disease in the public school population mentary school classroom, all students in the class will quarantine for 10 days and that the consent forms were no longer through its approach.

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continue to receive remote instruction from their regular teacher while they do so.

A positive case in a middle or high school classroom will result in several scenarios. Students who are fully vaccinated but not showing symptoms will continue to attend school in-person. The DOE said those students will be encouraged to take a Cov id t est t h ree t o f ive d ays af t er exposure.

Those who are fully vaccinated with symptoms will have to quarantine for 10 days and will have access to remote learning while quarantining.

All unvaccinated students in a classroom with a positive case will have to quarantine for up to 10 days and continue their learning remotely. The fifth day of their quarantine, those students can take a Covid test, and with a negative result, return to school in-person after the seventh day.

A school will be closed if, after an investigation, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene finds there is widespread transmission in the building. At the hearing Wednesday, DOE officials clarified that the DOHMH staff conducting those investigations will have access to a city registry of vaccinations so that they can confirm which students have been vaccinated.

The DOHMH has also provided a list of 21 medical conditions that would authorize students to be able to receive home instrucQ tion.

Cleanup crew picks up Addabbo bridge After city DOT drops trash route, senator finds new recovery program

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The infamous Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge trash problem is getting a fix – and this time it’s not neighborhood Good Samaritans who have to do the work.

After more than a year of neighborhood complaints about piles of trash amassing on the bridge, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has found a cleaning crew — at least until the end of the year.

In an effort to remedy the situation, Addabbo has utilized a recently instituted program called the City Cleanup Corps, to bring in cleaners on a regular basis. The senator has partnered with the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, which greenlit his request to send out a crew to the trash-strewn bridge.

The city Department of Transportation used to provide personnel who would occasionally clean the bridge, but that program had to be suspended due to

the pandemic, according to Addabbo’s office, leaving the bridge and its pedestrian paths full of debris. Last summer Howard Beach residents picked up the slack by organizing several extensive bridge cleanups, but the trash eventually piled back up.

After a host of constituents alerted Addabbo about the condition of the bridge, his office team reached out to the CCC, which in turn connected the senator with the JCC to approve the cleanup project. Under the mayor’s Recovery for All program, of which the CCC program is a part, funding for cleanup projects is delivered through community-based organizations like the JCC. “While I understand why DOT could not continue their cleaning of the bridge during COVID, and I greatly appreciated their work, the growing debris issue needed to be addressed on a regular basis. I’m also extremely grateful for the efforts of all the volunteers from the community

who did a great job cleaning the bridge and surrounding area,” Addabbo said in a statement. “But the conditions have worsened and the trash has accumulated so quickly, that currently a daily maintaining of the bridge is needed. I am thankful that the opportunity to work with the JCC and CCC arose.”

The bridge now has up to four people from the CCC to clean the bridge, five days a week.

“I want to express my thanks to the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island for their partnership in this endeavor, as long as the funding lasts.”

The senator is hopeful that with additional city or state funding, the program can continue well into 2022.

If an individual is looking for work, Addabbo’s office can help get in touch with the CCC, which is looking for people to be a part of that cleanup program. For more information, contact Addabbo’s Q office at (718) 738-1111.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., left, and his chief of staff, Neil Giannelli, right, meet with City Cleanup Corps members Jesus Lopez, Isiaih Watkins and Ashanti Wilkens.

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Putting Hochul’s agenda to the test New governor calls special session amidst major ongoing challenges

by Max Parrott

house and bring in a fresh perspective, as well as keeping some people who have been working, While Kathy Hochul may have toiling very hard in their respecspent her first week as governor tive jobs in different cabinets, letdistancing herself from disgraced ting them know that there’s a difAndrew Cuomo, her first test ferent culture, different environarrived her second week as she ment, and I welcome some to called the Legislature back into an stay,” she said on “CBS This emergency session to address a Morning” last Wednesday. looming eviction crisis.

Assembly ma n Ron K i m Last week Hochul gave her first (D-Flushing) has stressed that in address in which she outlined her order to follow through on her priorities, several of which involve promise to increase government reforms to change the culture in transparency, Hochul needs get rid A lba ny u nder the Cuomo of all the advisors involved in the administration.

Cuomo report that did not disclose O t her over a rch i ng t opics the true Covid death toll in nursinclude getting federal aid out the ing homes. gate and into the hands of constit“I fall into the camp of believuents and f ighting the Delta variant.

Gov. Hochul’s move to select state Sen. Brian Benjamin as her lieuten- ing actions speak louder than Hochul’s move to call state law- ant was called a shrewd political move, as she faces pressure to get words ... Are you going to fire makers back into session aligns rid of Andrew Cuomo’s advisors.

NYS GOVERNOR’S OFFICE / FLICKR Howard Zucker and turn over everything around nursing homes her with the left-leaning Senate and Assembly on the pressing housing issues. revising the way New York counts its corona- that my constituents desperately want to know Hochul laid out a proposal in a Tuesday eve- virus death toll to be more complete and eth- about?” he said, with the caveat that underning press conference extending the just- ics training requirement for all state employ- staffing within state government will pose a expired statewide eviction moratorium to Jan. ees indicates that Hochul’s No. 1 priority is challenge to Hochul. Kim also named Jim 15. The fix proposed by the Legislature would defining herself as being outside of the Malatras, a Cuomo adviser who was named chancellor of New York’s public college sysamend the law to comply with a Supreme Cuomo administration.

Though she has replaced many of Cuomo’s tem in August, as someone who needs to go.

Court ruling that blocked the section of the In addition to appointing a new secretary to law that allowed tenants to self-attest to their key advisors with her own aides, the former governor’s adversaries on the left have called the governor and counsel over the past two hardship.

“I think what she’s doing is pretty smart. on her to remove his allies like Health Com- weeks, Hochul has selected Brian Benjamin, a She’s going after the low-hanging fruit and missioner Howard Zucker. Hochul has said Harlem state senator who recently lost a Demthat’s really what she needs to do,” said Brian she will take up to 45 days to assess which ocratic primary bid for comptroller as lieutenBrowne, a political science professor at St. cabinet officials to keep as she assembles her ant governor. team.

“She’s trying to establish, obviously, John University.

“I’m going to make sure that we clean bonafides with people of color and she’s tryBrowne said that Hochul’s moves like Associate Editor

ing to head off [Attorney General] Letitia James. In everything that has to do with her running for election, I think it’s a very, very smart move,” Michael Krasner, a political science professor at Queens College, told the Chronicle.

Hochul wasted no time announcing that she would be running for re-election after her inauguration, although there’s speculation that won’t stop James or other competition like Public Advocate Jumaane Williams or Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Suffolk, Queens) from challenging her in the 2022 primary.

A large motivating factor in Hochul’s decision to call a special session in Albany stems from the fact that the state’s rent assistance program, set up to disburse federal aid to landlords on behalf of struggling tenants, has lagged behind in its effort to get out the funding.

Last week, Hochul promised to speed up the rental assistance payments.

Whether or not she can follow through on that pledge provides a test for her to prove her effectiveness in handling government bureaucracies, and could turn out to be politically useful.

“I think if she does make that program work, it is a way of establishing herself as someone who helps people who have lower incomes and people of color,” said Krasner.

In her address Tuesday, Hochul also announced her intention to amend the Open Meetings Law to allow for more remote accessibility and appoint nominations to cannabis regulators that would kickstart the industry — two agenda items that several liberal legislaQ tors in Queens have pushed for.

Howard Beach to commemorate 9/11

Neighborhood holding multiple events to honor attack’s 20th anniversary

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This month Queens will join the rest of the city and country in marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with a number of vigils and ceremonies.

Howard Beach, which has hosted a wellattended candlelight vigil every year since the attack on the World Trade Center, will offer a number of different events and fundraisers to commemorate the anniversary.

The Friends of Charles Park Committee and American Legion Post 1404 will host a community sunset ceremony at 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 9 at the flagpole in Charles Park.

The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic will be running a patriotic bow drive as part of the remembrance for the 20th anniversary of Sept.

11.

The cost is $6 per bow. To purchase a bow contact Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067 or email HBLCIVIC2014@gmail.com or use Venmo username: @HBL-Civic.

Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation in support of first responders and military personnel.

The civic will also host a ceremony at a new 9/11 mural at noon Sept. 11 on 84th Street between 157th Avenue and Shore Parkway.

A group of selected neighborhood artists joined together to pay tribute and memorialize those who died in the attacks. The images in the mural reflect drawings that neighborhood residents presented to the artists.

STARS, the Striving to Achieve and Reach Success Community Center, is organizing its annual candlelight memorial ceremony of the attack at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Our Lady of Grace parking lot on 100th Street between 158th and 159th avenues. The ceremony will remember the victims with words and music.

The parking lot will be closed to all vehicles.

Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. All attendees are encouraged to bring their own candle and American flag and chairs, if they so wish. Q

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P Protect renters and landlords EDITORIAL

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ith the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that eviction moratoriums are unconstitutional if landlords’ rights are completely ignored, New York State is scrambling to come up with a way to protect renters that can hold up in the courts.

The need is dire because the state has failed so miserably in handing out the gobs of money it got from the federal government to prevent a Covid-driven eviction crisis. We can hope that was due to the inability of former Gov. Cuomo to run a decent government while facing the end of his political career and possible criminal charges in multiple jurisdictions, and that new Gov. Hochul will be able to get things back on track. To do so, she called a special session of the state Legislature in order to extend New York’s eviction moratorium until Jan. 15.

The lawmakers just have to ensure that the extension passes constitutional muster by giving landlords a chance to challenge tenants’ claims that they can’t pay the rent.

It’s only fair that landlords be accorded due process and renters be forced to back up their claims of destitution with evidence if called upon to do so.

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tance Program is clear. New York has more renters per capita than any other state, and more than 800,000 households are behind on paying, according to reports.

Without a moratorium, a wave of evictions would be all but inevitable. But the state has $2.7 billion to see people through the crisis. It just has to get the money to them.

So far, only a little more than $200 million, about 7 percent of the total, has been allocated, to about 15,000 households. The program got rolling in June but has suffered from technical problems and a cumbersome application process; and many who would benefit from it don’t know it exists, according to The New York Times.

Aside from getting a constitutionally viable eviction moratorium approved, Hochul must get to work right away on fixing the program. That’s the job of the administration, not lawmakers. She’s already assigned 100 staffers to work on ERAP applications and payments, according to The Times. If it takes even more, great. We have to abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling, but we can’t be heartless and let thousands of renters lose their homes and landlords lose their livelihoods. Fix and extend the moratorium and get the money out to those who need it.

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eady to shell out another $13 or so each day to drive to work in Manhattan? Sure you are! That’s only $65 a week. Consider days off and you’re probably only going to pay another $3,000 a year. No big deal, right?

Yeah, sure it’s not. Yet this is what the powers that be, from lame-duck Mayor de Blasio to newly minted Gov. Hochul, want you to do. The goal is to pour more money into the MTA through a new toll revenue stream called congestion pricing, while also discouraging driving. After being shelved for awhile, the plan is back on the agenda, with a series of public online meetings about it set for Sept.

23 to Oct. 6 [see story on page 2 or at qchron.com].

Yet you can’t afford the fees, and none of us can afford to discourage people from driving into Manhattan. According to the Partnership for New York City, only 23 percent of the borough’s office workers have returned, far less than had been expected at this point. Nothing that adds to the cost of getting into town should be considered. And drivers already pay a lot into the MTA to subsidize those who don’t drive.

Congestion pricing sat on the shelf for a while. Let’s put it back up there, until this crisis passes at the very least.

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Experts and trauma research confirm: Not only is it OK to not be OK, acknowledging your authentic emotions, however painful, is critical to healing. It may also be the best chance at eventually experiencing more joy alongside, not in denial of, grief.

Jordana Landres Forest Hills

Require cleaner cars Dear Editor: I read that car registrations in New York City are way up, and chances are those new cars are not electric. People are concerned about the climate crisis. So why are they buying cars that only contribute to climate-killing greenhouse gases and polluting particulates?

Only government regulation will change

consumer behavior. Rulemaking is an incredibly effective way to slash pollution from the transportation sector, which accounts for about one-third of U.S. greenhouse gases. The Biden administration must reverse Trump’s weakening of clean car standards and strengthen them further, as well as close loopholes that allow manufacturers to keep building gas-guzzling vehicles.

The Environmental Protection Agency must finalize the strongest possible federal clean car standards. We must protect families from vehicle pollution, save drivers money at the pump and fight climate change. The strongest possible clean car standards will also spur innovation in the development of new clean car technologies and electrification of the transportation sector.

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Dear Editor: In the Aug. 26 issue, Robert LaRosa had a letter saying that Trump supporters cheered when he wanted to leave Afghanistan but are now faulting Biden’s actions.

The problem is not leaving Afghanistan but the execution of the withdrawal. It has been a total disaster. Biden claims his options are limited due to the agreement Trump made with the Taliban but he does not say that under that continued on next page

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Canada has rail answer Dear Editor: Re “Quietly moving from rail to link,” Aug. 12, multiple editions: As a former Richmond Hill resident who endured the long stressful commutes into Midtown, I support, and still support for my friends there, having the Rockaway Beach Rail Line restored. Provided it can be done respecting the communities’ concerns.

What QueensRail is proposing with QueensLink on the rail line is doable. I have since lived in the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada area and I can attest to the rails-and-parks element in its plan.

The mostly elevated SkyTrain rapid transit system, which first opened 30 years ago, in 1986, and which has been expanded since,

A writer’s fake Afghan news Dear Editor: This is in reference to Mr. LaRosa’s letter of Aug. 26, 2021, “Afghans and Trump.”

Mr. LaRosa, please get the facts straight and don’t spread politically motivated fake news.

It is true that the former president was considering an exit strategy for May 2021, but with strings attached. Instead, President Biden throws in the towel and the Taliban dictates to him when to leave.

President Trump called the Taliban’s commander and the president of Afghanistan to work out a peace deal with strict ONLINE consequences if either party didn’t Miss an article or a abide by the letter cited by a writer? rules. Since this Want breaking news from all over Queens? d e a l w a s n o t finalized, the Find the latest news, May exit past reports from all over the borough and remained up in the air. more at qchron.com.

It does not need a military wizard to figure out an exit strategy: 1. Remove all American personnel and Afghans who helped us.

2. Move surplus inventory of weaponry back to the states or to other countries.

3. After all that clearance, demolish any American leftovers and withdraw the military personnel as the last step.

Biden, however, did everything in reverse.

There was no need for a hasty exit, leaving behind $84 billion of state-of-the-art weaponry, which will end up in our enemy’s hands. We could have left with great dignity, but now, with our self-inflicted wounds, we look like a bunch of fools, with our allies shocked and the rest of the world laughing at us.

With 13 Americans already dead, most likely more will face the same fate. President Biden will have blood on his hands forever!

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SkyTrain has been accepted and indeed welcomed by residents who are exceptionally environmentally conscious and concerned about visual and noise impacts because of the area’s famous outstanding beauty and quality of life.

So if an elevated “rails with parks and trails” can work in Vancouver, why not in Queens?

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Dear Editor: I am outraged over the anti-Covid-19 vaccination protests. Around the country, city, state and federal employees are now required to get vaccinated and if they don’t they could lose their jobs or be tested once a week for the virus. The argument seems to be that it is a violation of their constitutional rights and it violates their free will.

My question is how can a person have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when over 615,000 have died and many who are not vaccinated are getting sick and are dying? In my opinion there seems to be many people who are concerned only about themselves and don’t realize that an unvaccinated person can infect many people and that includes one’s own family members. Many of these same people don’t want their children vaccinated and don’t want them wearing masks in school. Do they want their children sick and hopefully not passing away from this dreaded disease?

I’m 72 years old and my wife is 68, and we have gotten both shots as well as our flu shot earlier, and we both wear masks in public spaces. This was a strange year in that we both did not get sick, not even a cold. So, please everyone listen to the science and get vaccinated because those you love depend on you to do so.

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page agreement, United States withdrawal was conditioned upon certain conditions being met, which they haven’t been.

Biden made a number of other lies. First, Biden claimed that there was no criticism of his decision by our allies. All one has to do is go on the internet to see officials in Great Britain, France and Germany go after Biden for withdrawing the troops and the manner in which he did it.

Second, Biden said that al-Qaeda is gone from Afghanistan. In June, the UN Security Council had a report that mentioned “large numbers of al-Qaeda fighters” in the country. In January of this year our own government talked about them “gaining strength” in Afghanistan.

After the speech Pentagon press secretary John Kirby tried to clean things up by saying that they are there but not a threat.

Finally, Biden said that no Americans in Kabul had problems reaching the airport and that they were able to get through Taliban checkpoints. He was challenged by reporters who noted that Biden’s statements were contrary to reports that were coming out.

As a result of Biden’s decisions, we lost 13 brave Americans, the largest one-day loss in over a decade. The reason for the mess is that Biden withdrew troops before civilians and equipment.

Are there any Democratic readers who are brave enough to write that Biden’s execution of the withdrawal was well-planned? I am waiting to see the outpouring of letters.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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I’m ‘apt.’ to thank a Dem Dear Editor: Recently a former Republican, Lenny Rodin, accused me of living in a “glass house” (“Modern Dems no prize,” Letters, Aug. 19). I live in a condo building as a ... tenant!

When my building went condo four years a go, 43 tenants were given notice they had two months to vacate their apartments.

Thanks to Democratic control of our state government, they enacted the rent stabilization code, which entitles seniors who resided in their apartment before 1975 to be exempt from eviction.

This is one of the many laws my party enacted in Albany and DC to help the middle- and working-class Americans. I am proud to say I have been a Democrat since Harry Truman!

Final thought ... why did Lenny Rodin quit the Grand Old Party?

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

Gov.’s progressive pander Dear Editor: Re Naeisha Rose’s Aug. 12 article “Will the Dem Party stick with Hochul?”: Many moderate Democrats may not stick with Gov. Hochul due to one of her first actions after taking office. Hochul immedi-

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ately urged a speed-up in payments to illegal immigrants under the state’s $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund program passed by the Legislature in April.

It provides $15,600 to low-earning undocumented immigrants who claim to have lost a job or suffered a 50 percent drop in earnings because of the Covid pandemic.

They are entitled to this money even if they worked off the books and paid no taxes (New York Post, Aug. 27). Moderate Democrats on Long Island, the Hudson Valley and upstate New York opposed the measure, but progressives called them “racist” and rammed it through.

New York State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs chided progressives by noting that it’s not racist to question a program that gives “undocumented, non-taxpaying, off-the-books workers a humanitarian grant” (Post, Aug. 27). New York lawmakers passed the bill to benefit illegal immigrants who were excluded from the Trump and Biden administrations’ Covid stimulus programs because they are in our nation illegally. Why can’t NY’s political leaders follow Washington’s example?

Blatant vote grabbing is one reason.

Hochul plans to run for governor next year and needs left-wing voters to win her party’s primary election. Many of them live in NYC, where two-thirds of the 200,000 illegal immigrants eligible for Covid benefits reside (Post, Aug. 27) and have relatives who vote.

I don’t know which Queens legislators voted for this measure. Perhaps the Chronicle can tell us. But those who did should be rejected by voters when they face re-election next year. They betrayed their taxpaying constituents and must be held accountable for it.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Make deal, save economy Dear Editor: As professor Paul Krugman has observed, if Congress passes the Democrats proposed $3.5 trillion spending boondoggle based on the thoroughly delusionary Modern Monetary Theory, America will soon enough experience a hyperinflation, soaring interest rates, the end of the dollar’s role as international reserve currency, and the absolute and total destruction of the middle class. There is, perhaps, only one way to prevent this.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kent.) should have a heart-to-heart talk with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and point out to her that she has no future in the Democratic Party. If Sen. Sinema will agree to shift her affiliation to the GOP at the last minute, before the completion of the reconciliation procedure, the bill will be killed. In return, should Sen. Sinema decide to run in the GOP presidential primary for the 2024 election, Sen. McConnell would agree to endorse her, and should she lose the primary, the deal will be that she gets the vice presidential slot.

How is that for a great compromise?

Clifton Wellman Elmhurst

9-year-old boy

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A 9-year-old boy died in a blaze that started in the basement of his Ozone Park building and injured 11 others Wednesday morning.

T he New York Fi re Depa r t ment responded to the f ire around 2 a.m. inside a three-story building at 81-19 102 Road.

The firefighters pulled 14 people out of the building, including the boy, whom police identified as Remi Miguel Gomez Hernandez. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Eleven other people, including one firefighter, suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the blaze, the FDNY reported. They were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

The firefighters had the blaze under control within about a half hour.

“They quickly found out that once again we had a fatal fire in our city started by batteries from electric bikes.

It’s the third time this year,” FDNY Fire C o m m i s sio n e r D a n iel Nig r o s a id Wednesday in a recording provided to

A fire started by an e-bike battery broke out Wednesday morning. COPCP PHOTO / FACEBOOK the media. Nigro added that the city has seen around 60 structural fires started by the bike batteries.

“We want to really stress the seriousness of this situation. These folks had just moved in the day before. They were charging batteries overnight. Batteries ignited, possibly exploded and caused this fire and trapped this young boy.”

An investigation remains ongoing in whether the building was an illegal conQ version, Nigro added.

Gas station shooting in Ozone Two men were shot outside a South Queens gas station on Sunday evening, police reported.

The NYPD reported that the shooting happened at about 5:55 p.m. on Aug. 29 when an unidentified man approached two men outside the Exxon gas station at 98-21 Rockaway Blvd. in Ozone Park and fired multiple shots.

Off icers from the 106th Precinct responded to the incident. EMS rushed both victims, ages 54 and 53, to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where they were listed in critical condition.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

The incident is the second shooting within the 106th Precinct this year. There were no such incidents in 2020.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577, or by going to @nypdtips on Twitter. All tips are strictly confidential. Q — Max Parrott

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ing on New Jersey; • Wednesday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to noon focusing on northern New York City suburbs; • Wednesday, Sept. 29, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on Long Island; • Thursday, Sept. 30, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island; • Friday, Oct. 1, 1 to 3 p.m. focusing on Connecticut; • Monday, Oct. 4, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on New Jersey; • Tuesday, Oct. 5, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on northern New York City suburbs; and • Wednesday, Oct. 6, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on Manhattan outside the Central Business Q District (61st Street and above).

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The meeting schedule and geographic regions are as follows: • Thursday, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to noon, focusing on the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island; • Thursday, Sept. 23, 6 to 8 p.m. focusing on the Manhattan Central Business District (60th Street and below); • Friday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to noon focus-

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NRG says conversion cleaner, alternative to oil generator; critics say go renewable

by Michael Gannon Editor

State hearings last week apparently did nothing to bridge the gap between the two sides in the battle to convert an oil-burning power plant in Astoria to natural gas.

But those who missed the online sessions hosted by the Department of Environmental Conservation on Aug. 24 and 26 still can submit their views for consideration as the agency has extended the public comment period through Sept. 13.

NRG Energy is presenting its plan to replace the oil-burning generators — some of them dating back to the early 1970s — with modern equipment and cleaner-burning natural gas as a greener alternative.

Like the present system, the new one would operate only when the city’s existing power infrastructure is being overtaxed, such as in a heat wave, or compromised, such as in a storm or after a major equipment failure. It also would be designed for eventual conversion to burning green hydrogen.

Opponents cite the dangers of natural gas obtained through hydrofracking and insist that any conversion of the plant be exclusively to green technology such as solar for two reasons — to help the state meet its deadlines for renewable energy conversion; and to lessen the emissions from the Astoria site that has been

Protesters against a natural gas power plant gather at a rally in Astoria Park on Aug. 26. At right, Tom Atkins, vice president of development for NRG, shows where new, cleaner equipment would replace old technology during a tour of the site conducted by company officials this past PHOTO BY COREY TORPIE, LEFT; FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON April. generating energy and pollution in the neighborhood for more than a century.

In a statement issued after last Thursday’s hearing, Dave Schrader, senior manager of communications for the company, said the conversion plan is fully in line with the Legislature’s clean energy goals.

“The need for reliable power is as great as ever,” he said. “NRG’s plan to upgrade its Astoria plant with state-of-the-art technology that can be converted to green hydrogen in the future is fully consistent with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act as it will immediately result in significant reduc-

tions in greenhouse gas emissions and supports the expansion of renewable energy resources throughout the state. The Project will not only help ensure the lights stay on in New York City but will also bring more than 500 jobs at no cost to taxpayers, while also lowering electricity costs by $1.5 billion in just its first five years of operation.”

He also said the company is grateful for the support it has received in the form of letters to the DEC, as well as other backing it has received from neighbors, organized labor and trade unions and business leaders.

Opponents, including a number of elected officials and environmental organizations remained unimpressed. They include Mayor de Blasio, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

“For far too long the residents of western Queens have lived in the shadow of New York City’s power plants, bearing the brunt of the environmental and health consequences as the smoke stacks continue to belch pollution — that needs to stop today,” Schumer said in a statement released by the group Food & Water Watch. “A rebuilt NRG plant that will keep a fossil fuel-dependent power plant in Astoria for years to come ...” continued on page 17

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Ozone Park mobilizes for Haiti The Ozone Park Residents Block Association and Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol helped Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct launch a nonperishable food item drive to aid the NYPD’s relief effort for Haiti.

The civic groups, with The Ozone Park Food Pantry, coordinated donations of canned goods, pasta, rice and face shields

for the relief fund as well as arranged for the pickup and loaded the truck.

All of the NYPD’s police precincts have been collecting donations for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti in August that killed over 2,000 people and left thousands more homeless.

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Borough President Donovan Richards dropped by the Stop& Shop on Union Turnpike on Forest Hills on Aug. 26 as Stop & Shop announced that people using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, or SNAP, cards, now can f ind and order SNAP-eligible groceries in the supermarket’s online aisles, select them and apply for their discount before checking out.

Tarik Stewart, regional vice president of operations for the supermarket, said the decision wasn’t a difficult one.

“It’s just another level of service for our customers,” he said.

A customer who gave her name as Mrs. H. said the new policy will be a tremendous help when she might be unable to get

to a store in person conveniently.

“I’m excited about this,” she said.

A spokesperson for the store said regular delivery charges still apply for the online orders and cannot be paid with benefits.

Richards said the added convenience for seniors and the needy also has the added benefit of allowing recipients to use more care during the continued Covid-19 crises.

“Far too many Queens families continue to face the real and deep threat of food insecurity,” he said.

“This has only been further amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic, and with the outbreak of the virus, families who rely on SNAP benef its to purchase food were unable to do so safely online. As cases of the Delta variant continue to rise, ensuring our lower-income families can put food on the table without potentially risking their health is critically impor tant. Queens thanks Stop & Shop for this initiative that will help keep our borough safe during this Q public health crisis.”

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Shine on, Ozone Howard Stars

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The Ozone Howard Stars became Borough Cup champions when they defeated the Van Nest Realtors on Aug. 18 at Maimonides Park, a minor league baseball stadium in Coney Island.

The travel baseball team won the Borough Cup tournament’s 16 and under division. The team kicked off the summer winning another tournament in Chester, NY, and dominating their Long Island league before capturing the much-coveted Borough Cup City Championship.

The core of the team has been playing baseball together since they were seven years

old — a rarity in the travel baseball world to have a team stay together.

“We are not a team, rather a baseball family,” said OH Stars Coach Mike Guarino.

The team is led by Joey Frazzetta, of Archbishop Molloy ’23, who pitched five scoreless innings against the Van Nest Realtors, a Bronx All Star team with several Division One commitments. Frazzetta won the Borough Cup’s Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

He was dominating on the mound and had a big triple to break the game open to the 5-1 victory at Maimonides Park in front of hundreds of neighborhood supporters.

“We took pride in this one,” Coach Joe

Meglio told the Chronicle.

The game was closed out by third baseman Alphonso Rada, Poly Prep ’23, who came in with the bases loaded to pitch a strikeout and win the game.

The team competed for several weeks throughout the summer, first coming in first among the Queens pool, then winning among their division among the 100-plus teams who played in the cup.

“We feel we are the best team in the city and they went out and proved it this summer,” said MegQ lio.

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The ‘Tribute in Light’ as a work in progress Queens College exhibit, online only for most, illuminates facets of 9/11

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Leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Queens College has become the new and permanent home of 13 iconic photographs commemorating 9/11 and the profound “Tribute in Light” installation, the annual memorial for the victims of the World Trade Center destruction that has risen from near Ground Zero since 2002.

The Godwin-Ternbach Museum, located on the Flushing campus of Queens College, is adding the limited-edition images from the “Tribute in Light” project, a public art installation commemorating the 9/11 attacks, to its permanent collections.

From Sept. 1 to Dec. 17, six images of the proposed renderings and a seventh image of the first pencil sketch by Julian LaVerdiere, one of the artists who contributed to the Tribute in Light initiative, will be on display in the “Remember This: A 9/11 Twenty-Year Anniversary Memorial” exhibition. The images provide an up-close and behind-thescenes look at the proposals that helped conceptualize the memorial.

The exhibition will be available in-person only to Queens College students, faculty and staff due to Covid-19 restrictions, but will be accompanied by a virtual version for the public to access. The museum is located in the middle of the campus, on the fourth floor of Klapper Hall, so the college must adhere to both city and CUNY Covid requirements.

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Memorial & Museum, will be displayed.

Finally, additions from Weinberg, who is also an artist and photographer, will contribute to the exhibition. “My own photographs are included as I documented the towers as they went down from my living room window, and the aftermath for a period of months at Ground Zero, at Union Square Park, in Midtown and at Cathedral of St. John the Divine,” Weinberg told the Chronicle in an email.

She lived in Long Island City at the time.

The six oversized photographs, as well as the pencil sketch and seven other prints, will become part of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s permanent collection, which consists of nearly 7,000 works from ancient to modern times, representing cultures from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America.

The museum, part of the Kupferberg CenThe first conceptual sketch for the “Tribute in Light” envisioned the illumination rising from the sites of the fallen Twin Towers. At right, one of renderings that resulted in the annual art installation honoring ter for the Visual and Performing Arts, at those lost in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. IMAGES BY JULIAN LAVERDIERE, LEFT, AND LAVERDIERE AND PAUL MYODA Queens College is the only one in the CUNY system that has a permanent collection and is think, to reflect and to really sit with it and who were both residents in the Lower Man- also the only comprehensive collection of art honor the people that perished,” said Maria hattan Cultural Council’s World Views artist and artifacts in the borough, according to its C. Pio, co-director at the museum and direc- residency program, which was located on the website. The museum was founded in 1981, but the Queens College Art Collection goes tor of museum education and administration. 91st floor of World Trade Center Tower One. “It’s a community coming together to The Tribute in Light first illuminated up to back to the 1930s, with the founding of the remember and really reflect and honor that four miles into the night sky on March 11, College in 1937. In 1957 the Queens College Art Collection began as a day,” she said.

2002, six months after the teaching collection for stuThere will be opportunities to share reac- World Trade Center attacks, dents to study works of art, tions and responses to the exhibit through and has been lit every Sept. 11 ovid-19 means serving students but also the written postcards that will be hung up at the since then, including last year, greater Queens and New York physical installation and comments via the when it initially was to be only students communities. online one. “That will add to larger commu- canceled due to Covid-19 and staff can “Having these works be nity talks and conversations of remem- restrictions. part of our permanent collecbrance,” said Pio. In addition to the digital see an exhibit tion means that we can access The museum came to possess the images renderings of how the artists them at any point. We can use thanks to Louise Weinberg, director of exhi- proposed to create the public on Sept. 11 in them either in future exhibibitions, curator and co-director at Godwin- art installation will be other person. tions or we can have students Ternbach. She was in contact with LaVer- works from artists and phoaccess them if they’re doing diere, who worked in collaboration with Paul tographers in the aftermath as Myoda, in conjunction with architects John well as pieces from “Mnemonic: A 9/11 research or studying and want to look through Bennet, Gustavo Bonevardi and Richard Memorial Exhibition,” organized for the Atri- them,” said Pio. It’s a learning opportunity for Nash Gould and lighting designer Paul um Gallery at LaGuardia Community Col- students attending Queens College this year who were not alive for the Sept. 11 terrorist Marantz, to create the installation featuring lege in 2002. two beams of light rising from near Ground Also, a poster exhibition explaining the attacks, as well, she said.

The virtual exhibit will be available on the Zero, honoring those lost and also celebrating history behind the historic attacks, “Septemthe spirit and strength of New Yorkers. ber 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the museum’s website with an anticipated launch Q LaVerdiere and Myoda are visual artists World,” curated and produced by the 9/11 date of Friday, Sept. 3.

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Submit your art for display Students from kindergarten to 12th grade, plus artists who reside within the five boroughs can vie for the chance to get their work displayed on the East Side Coastal Resiliency coastal protection project’s fencing on the Lower East Side.

The city Department of Design and Construction project is in progress.

Submissions will be judged by representatives from local community organizations and members of Manhattan Community Boards 3 and 6 based on creativity and responsiveness to the theme.

Themes vary based on artists’ age.

The “Call for Art” is limited to one entry per person. Selected pieces will be reproduced on a 12-by-5-foot high vinyl banner and installed on construction fencing around the ESCR project site.

Students whose works are selected for display will receive a $300 award while adult artists will receive $1,000. All students who submit their artwork will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Submissions must be received by Sept.

30. For more information on the themes a n d h ow t o a p ply, v i s it o n . nyc.

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Moo-ve to the CowParade The CowParade is udderly fantastic.

The art installation featuring 78 painted fiberglass cows will be spread out at eight pastures throughout the city. Two are in Queens: 19 cows are grazing at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and one can be found on the Boardwalk at Beach 108th Street in Rockaway.

Each cow is painted uniquely by an artist and has its own name, like I LOVE MOO YOR K and DON’T HAVE A COW. Each one weighs approximately 125 pounds.

The cows were installed Aug. 18 and will remain on view until Dec. 17.

At the end of the event, the cows will be auctioned off and the proceeds will benefit the charity Gods Love We Deliver, an organization that works to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition.

A complete list of the cows and their artists, a history of the parade and information on how to purchase one is availQ able at bit.ly/3BkxMpT.

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by Katherine Donlevy

by Michael Gannon

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Editor

and garden bench; and refreshments; • the A Better College Point Next Saturday marks the Civic Association and Coastal 20th anniversary of 9/11. To Preservation Network will host commemorate the thousands a candlelight vigil at the 9/11 who died in the tragedy, Living Memorial Grove in neighborhood civic associaMacNeil Park at 7 p.m. The tions are hosting memorials. grove is one of five Living Here are some planned Memorial Groves around the for northeastern Queens: City, one in each borough in a • The Godwin-Ternbach park with clear views of DownMuseum at Queens College will open its “Remember The Bayside Hills civic town Manhattan where the This: A 9/11 Twenty-Year go the city to rename Twin Towers once stood; • The Bayside Hills Civic A n niversar y Memor ial” the Horace Harding exhibition on Sept. 10. It Expressway and Bell Association will place glass will feature six dramatic, Boulevard corner in enclosed candles at its Memorioversized photographs of the honor of the 9/11 vic- al Garden, on the northside corner of the Horace Harding proposed 2002 “Tribute in tims in 2019.

Light” and will be on disFILE PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Expressway and Bell Boulevard, on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. The play until Dec. 17; • the Poppenhusen Institute will host a attendees will close out the ceremony by 20th Anniversary Remembrance in its singing Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an Grand Hall, at 114-04 14 Road in College American;” and • the Friends of Francis Lewis Park and Point at 1 p.m. The program includes violin and vocal performances; inspirational the We Love Whitestone civic will gather readings; lighting of memorial candles, in the 3rd Avenue and 147th Street park on Q dedication of a memorial bird bath, trestle Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Ceremonies commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks will abound in Queens.

Those in mid- and central Queens will include the annual candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.

It will take place, as always, by the flagpole. Those who attend are invited to bring candles, lawn chairs and American f lags. People are being asked to wear masks. It is sponsored by the 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Committee of Queens.

On Sunday, Sept. 12, the 42 people from Glendale, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Woodhaven who were killed in the attacks will be remembered in a ceremony set for 12:30 p.m. in Forest Park’s Dry Harbor Playground at Myrtle Avenue and 80th Street in Glendale.

At 1 p.m. on Sept. 12, the Run for Richie, the largest 9/11 motorcycle parade in New York City, will take off from Aqueduct Race Track at 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park.

The ride, which will go to the World

Trade Center in Manhattan, is run eve r y ye a r i n memory of Richie Pearlman of Howard Beach. It is r u n by t he NYC Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club for t he Forest Hills Volunteer A m b u l a n c e Richard Pearlman of Corps.

Howard Beach.

Pearlman, 18, FILE PHOTO was a member of the FHVAC and studying for his medical certification. He was in Downtown Manhattan when the World Trade Center was hit.

Pearlman was treating the seriously injured on the street and was killed when the South Towers collapsed.

Registration still is open at eventbrite. com/e/135188162433?aff=ef bneb. Those wishing to sponsor, donate to or vend at the event may inquire by email at r4r@ Q fhvac.org.

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New charter to upend structural racism?

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

The city’s Racial Justice Commission, a temporary committee of 11 people empowered with the authority to propose revisions to the Big Apple’s charter, will conclude its first round of virtual and citywide input sessions on Sept. 9 in Manhattan.

An input session was held at Borough Hall at the Helen Marshall Atrium in Kew Gardens on Aug. 5.

The purpose of the input sessions is to pursue racial equity by identifying structural policies or practices that perpetuate bias or prevent a lack of opportunity for minorities, according to the RJC. “There will be one more session ... and that will be the final session before the commission releases a preliminary report,” said Justyna Krygowska. “The plan is to release the preliminary report in early October.”

Before putting forward a ballot proposal with the aim of dismantling any form of structural, institutional or cultural racism within the City Charter in December, the commission will release a preliminary report based on the summer input sessions in late September or early October, according to Krygowska. To give more New Yorkers a chance to use their voice to pinpoint instances of racial injustice that minorities face, fall input sessions are expected from October until December. After the final report is released by the end of the year, there will be an awareness campaign from January to October 2022.

“The hope is that the recommendation of the commission will be in a ballot measure that New York will vote on for the 2022 election,” said Krygowska. New Yorkers will have a chance to vote on the ballot measures

Five borough and virtual input tours

Ana Bermúdez, left, Lurie Daniel Favors, Chris Kui, Phil Thompson, Jo-Ann Yoo and Kristopher Bain of the Racial Justice Commission listened to input regarding how to dismantle racism in PHOTO BY NAEISHA ROSE policies and law in August at Borough Hall in Kew Gardens. on Nov. 8, 2022.

Franck Joseph, the chief of staff and senior advisor of Borough President Donovan Richards, expressed his frustration with waste equity and homelessness in Southeast and Eastern Queens, the predominantly Black regions of the World’s Borough.

“The human suffering that these communities of color have endured is a direct result of decades of disinvestment and overall ignorance by the powers sworn to serve them,” said Joseph, a Rosedale native. “It’s everywhere you look. It’s rooted in our housing system, our tax system and even how we dispose of our waste.”

Waste stations and homeless shelters have been overwhelmingli placed in communities of color, according to Joseph.

Housing sought at Parkside location

by Michael Gannon

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The new owners of the iconic Parkside Memorial Chapel on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park are officially planning to construct an apartment building on the site.

Crain’s New York Business reported that a permit application filed with the city’s Department of Buildings on Monday is calling for a seven-story mixed-use structure with 51 housing units, commercial and community space, along with 15 parking spaces at 98-60 Queens Blvd.

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) earlier this year said the site will be used for affordable senior housing.

An application for a permit to demolish the existing two-story, 25-foot building, dated Aug. 25, can be found on the DOB’s website. The property owner, David Matatov, could not be reached for comment.

Area preservationist Michael Perlman

The amount of garbage facilities in Black and brown communities in the aforementioned parts of Queens, North Brooklyn and the South Bronx was so tremendous that the 2006 Solid Waste Management Plan was created to put a cap on the refuse sent to those areas to improve air quality and to cut traffic and pollution.

“When the city opens or commandeers facilities to house the homeless, they overwhelmingly do so in those same communities of color,” said Joseph. “What kind of message does that send to the families that live there? A clear one!

The city tasked with meeting their needs views them as unwanted, unworthy of respect or basic human decency.”

Joseph does not expect these problems and others rooted in racism to be solved overnight, but he hopes that by empowering the right agencies tasked with resolving those problems that headway can be made and result in future long-term solutions.

“That means significantly more funding, more people power and a community-based approach that sees those in pain be closer to the power,” said Joseph, who also wants “an office of social and racial equity tasked solely with addressing issues long plaguing Black New Yorkers and communities of color.”

Anjali Seegobin, an organizer of the South Queens Women’s March, an intersectional nonprofit women’s group that marches in Queens to tackle gender-based causes, addressed inequity in the education system.

“Our work is deeply steeped in racial justice,”

said Seegobin. “‘We the People of the United States,’ when crafted, the ‘we’ never translated to Black, indigenous or people of color.”

Systemic racism can easily be seen in the classroom, according to Seegobin, an undergraduate political science major at City College.

“Structural racism can be heavily found in our public schools,” said Seegobin. “Black students get harsher suspensions compared to any ethnic group.”

Black students were sometimes suspended twice as long or several days longer than other racial groups for committing the same infractions, according to a 2018 report by the Independent Budget Office.

When it came to a “reckless behavior” infraction, Black students were suspended on average up to 16.7 days, as reported by Chalkbeat, an educational news site. Asian Americans were suspended on average 7.3 days and Caucasian students were suspended 10.9 days.

“There is inherent racism in our schools,” said Seegobin. “If children are our future, they have a right to know the past and present of racism.”

Oster Bryan, the president of the St. Albans Civic Association, called into question the quality of schools that Black children attend.

“Our schools have failed,” said Bryan. “Specifically speaking, School Districts 29 and 27 in Southeast Queens. The worst-performing school districts in the borough are getting a police precinct.”

The 116th Precinct, which is to be erected in Rosedale, was proposed to cut the response time of emergencies from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village and it comes with a $92 million price tag.

“Mayoral control has led to the closures of all of our local high schools and colocations,” said Bryan. “Our counterparts in Northeast Queens function just fine under the same guidance.”

Bryan wants parents to get control of the schools and have a choice in which superintendents, principals and teachers are supervising or educating their kids.

The lack of affordable housing, the unequal property tax burdens and police brutality were other topics discussed before the commission.

The last input session for the summer will occur at Hamilton-Madison House at 50 Madison St. in Manhattan, according to the Racial Justice Commission. Signup will begin at 5 p.m. and the event begins promptly at 5:30 p.m and ends at 8 p.m. on Sept. 9. A ramp will be Q accessible at the main entrance.

Richmond Hill blood drive The site of Parkside Memorial Chapel in Rego Park is being slated for development FILE PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL as apartments. says the building is architecturally, culturally and historically significant and should be saved.

Pa r k s id e i n 2 0 2 0 m e r g e d w it h Schwartz Brothers-Jeffer Memorial ChaQ pel in Forest Hills.

Holy Child Jesus Parish, at 86 Avenue and 112th Street in Richmond Hill, is holding a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26, and is looking for donors.

Hospitals all around New York are grappling with blood shortages as a result of the pandemic.

Many of the locations that would have served as the site of blood drives, such as schools and offices, remain closed, causing hospital blood supplies to drop dangerously low.

The New York Blood Center has assured the

parish that all precautions will be taken for a safe, speedy donation.

If possible, schedule a time to donate so that the parish can maintain social distancing. All donors will need to wear a mask and must be 14 days symptom-free if recovered from Covid.

Donors must be at least 17, or 16 with written consent from a guardian, and weigh at least 110 pounds. Donors 75 or older need to have a doctor’s note on file in order to donate.

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continued from page 11 “Given the severity of the climate crisis, no new fossil fuel plants should be getting built, period,” state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Giannaris (D-Astoria) said in his statement. “I urge DEC to reject these permit applications and stop this destructive plant from being built. I will continue working with my community to fight against this illconceived project until it is finally dead.”

“My neighbors are literally and figuratively sick of being used as sacrificial lambs for the fossil fuel industry,” said state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Jackson Heights). “Astorians do not want another fracked gas plant polluting the air that they breathe. As we are currently experiencing the deleterious effects of climate change, it is absolutely ludicrous that this even needs to be debated.”

“Every day, I see my neighbors across Astoria suffer from some of the worst air quality in our city and we have the asthma rates to show for it,” Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-Astoria) said.

“Enough is enough ...”

Links to the permit documents and other aspects of the project can be found online at dec.ny.gov/permits/123391.html Anyone wishing to submit written comments may do so by Sept. 13, 2021 by sending them to comment.nrgastoriaQ gas@dec.ny.gov.

Edenhofer, vet advocate, dies Former president of VVA Chapter 32 was 74

by Michael Gannon Editor

Manfred Edenhofer, a lifetime Astoria resident, former president of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 and tireless advocate for veterans’ rights, passed away on Aug. 30.

He was 74.

His daughter Nicol Karaktsanis said Edenhofer served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

“He was an MP,” she said, or military policeman. When he returned to Astoria he tried his hand at teaching, but decided after one year that it wasn’t for him.

“He turned to his passion, which was driving,” Karaktsanis said. “He became a truck driver — the big rigs. He did that for more than 30 years.”

And he never stopped helping and caring for veterans, particularly those who served in Vietnam. He would help organize funerals for veterans who died indigent or with no k now n relatives.

“T hey’re st ill vetera ns,”

Manfred Edenhofer of Astoria made it his mission to improve the lives of his fellow Vietnam veterans. The former Army MP and professional truck driver passed away last week at age 74. FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN Edenhofer told the Chronicle in an interview back in 2019.

“We’re their family.”

Karaktsanis said her father also put his driving skills to use for those who had passed on.

“He would drive the bus so

that everybody could make it out to Calverton [National Cemetery] for the burial service,” she said.

She also said neighborhood residents who did n’t k now Manny Edenhofer knew him at

least well enough to say hello.

“He’d talk with everybody,” she said.

Her father also had an affinity for the dogs in his Astoria neighborhood, and the feeling was mutual.

“Any dog who would come by when he was sitting on the porch would get a piece of PupPeroni,” Karaktsanis said. “If he wasn’t sitting there they’d come up to the gate thin king, ‘Where’s my treat?’”

Additional survivors include his daughters, Karla Hofsiss and Erica Edenhofer, and grandchildren Marc, Victoria, Benjamin, Alexandra and Nicohlas.

“T hey called h i m O pa ,” K a r a k t sa n is said of h is grandchildren.

Visitation will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 6, at Joseph Farenga and Sons funeral home in Astoria. A service will follow from 8 to 8:30 p.m.

He will be buried on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Calverton National Q Cemetery on Long Island.

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JHMC receives new medical technology

Borough President Richards fights for Queens to have world-class hospitals

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, a Level-1 Trauma Center, received $589,000 in new equipment on Aug. 27, two years after Borough President Donovan Richards, who was born at the facility 38 years ago, pledged to make an investment while campaigning for his current position.

“I was born here,” said Richards “and a year ago we announced $11 million toward healthcare institutions around the borough and we really did look at every request that every hospital gave us — and Jamaica Hospital, I’m happy to say that we fully funded your request today.”

From the nearly $600,000 in allocated funds, the hospital got five new state-of-the-art mobile ultrasound machines that offer advanced imaging elastography, which allows medical staff to diagnosis conditions without having to turn to invasive biopsy procedures for severe diseases such as liver fibrosis. The movable tech also makes it easier to accommodate the disabled, according to the Borough President’s Office.

“Each allocation is a critical investment in the well-being in the future of our family

JHMC 1199 members listen as BP Richards speaks about investing more in hospitals.

Borough President Donovan Richards, center, and Jamaica Hospital President Bruce Flanz, center right, Assemblyman David Weprin, Community Board 12 member Rev. Princess Thorbs and PHOTO BY NAEISHA ROSE the JHMC radiology team. amidst the greatest public health crisis in our lifetime,” said Richards of his now $11.9 million in allocations to hospitals in Queens. “I am committed to making sure that this hospital has every tool necessary. We are also working with our federal partners and state partners. Obviously, we are going to see a stimulus bill that comes down, God-willing, knock on wood, that will enables us to strengthen our healthcare facilities.”

Jamaica Hospital President Bruce Flanz was thankful for the allocation from the Borough President’s Office.

“We try to always understand the needs of the community that we serve — we’ve been

here for 46 years,” said Flanz. “Jamaica Hospital provides healthcare to one of the most diverse populations in the world and we strive to deliver quality and compassionate services to meet the unique challenges of each and every patient.”

Jamaica Hospital, located at 8900 Van Wyck Expressway in Richmond Hill, was recently recognized by the American College of Radiology as a diagnostic imaging center of excellence, according to Flanz.

“Receiving the support of the borough president is not only helping us expand our efforts in radiology, but it also helps Jamaica Hospital in our community and offering world-class servic-

es close to home,” said Flanz.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) has supported Richards’ efforts in buttressing medical centers across the World’s Borough.

“It’s great that our new borough president, Donovan Richards, is recognizing the great work that Jamaica Hospital Center does by this allocation and I know they will put it to good use immediately,” said Weprin about the hospital staff. “Thank you for all the work you do.”

Brian Pinnock, a clinical laboratory technologist at the hospital for over 20 years and an 1199 delegate, said the allocation is well deserved.

“I first met Donovan Richards when he came to Jamaica Hospital for his campaign,” said Pinnock. “At that time he made a promise that he will be back and now he is back. That is a man of his word. I give him kudos for that.”

As someone who helps in the healing process, Pinnock supports the initiative of the BP’s Office and Weprin to build up hospital resources for the future after Queens became the epicenter of the Covid-19 virus.

“I worked every single day during the Covid outbreak,” said Pinnock. “As an 1199 delegate, I made sure that everyone at the lab was well-protected.”

Unfortunately, some 1199 members at the hospital still caught the virus and developed long-term side effects like memory loss, added Pinnock.

“We as 1199, we need to support our representatives who continuously fight alongside us for the quality healthcare we all deserve in the city,” said Pinnock.

Richards said that his next mission is to fight Q for more hospital beds in Queens.

JFK 9/11 Memorial unveiling Sept. 10

by Naeisha Rose

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey along with the JFK Chamber of Commerce are hosting a 9/11 memorial at JFK Port Authority Building 14 in Jamaica.

During the ceremony, which will be Sept.

10 from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., the Port Authority and the chamber will unveil a monument dedicated to Port Authority members who died during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at Towers 1 and 2 on Sept. 11, 2001.

“This is a JFK Airport community gathering to remember and pay respect to all those who perished on September 11, 2001,” said the chamber and the Port Authority in a joint flier.

The color guard for the event will be from Aviation High School in Long Island City, and St. Anthony’s Catholic High School, from Huntington, LI, will play bagpipes, according to Clorinda Antonucci, a spokesman for the JFK Chamber of Commerce.

“We started this process probably 8 years ago, but because of the growth of the airport ... we lost our original spots [for the memorial site],” said Joseph Clabby, the president of

Port Authority fallen members to be remembered

The St. Anthony’s Catholic High School marching band, left, will participate in a 9/11 Memorial at Kennedy Airport on Sept. 10. A steel beam from the Twin Towers, center, will be included in the JFK 9/11 Memorial. The Aviation High School color guard will be at the ceremony.

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the JFK Chamber of Commerce. “A year ago we met with the general manager of the Port Authority and based on it being a long time planning and it was the 20th anniversary they agreed to help us with [the memorial].”

Clabby, a retired U.S. Marine who spent time in the search and rescue efforts on 9/11, said the Port Authority went above and

beyond by paying for the memorial, which will include a piece of steel from Ground Zero.

“The site is breathtaking,” said Clabby. “I visited 100 different sites.”

Clabby hopes that people who were either too young to remember 9/11 or were born after the tragic attack will take the time to

learn more about what happened and about the search and recovery efforts at Ground Zero.

“It was terrible, it was really terrible to look at the pile,” said Clabby of Ground Zero.

“I don’t think you can get closure from this, but maybe a breath of fresh air ... We are Q going to get through this together.”

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Know these Social Security terms?

by Nilsa Henriquez

Some of the terms and acronyms people use when they talk about Social Security can be a little confusing. We’re here to help you understand them.

We strive to explain your benefits using easy-to-understand, plain language. The Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires federal agencies to communi-

cate information clearly in a way “the public can understand and use.” This can be particularly challenging when talking about complicated programs like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and Medicare. If there’s a technical term or acronym that you don’t know, you can find the meaning in our online glossary at www.ssa.gov/agency/glossary.

Here are a few examples. If you’re considering retirement, you may want to know your FRA (full retirement age) and your PIA (primary insurance amount). These terms determine your benefit amount based on when you when you start getting requirement benefits. The PI A is the amount payable for a retired worker who starts his or her benefits at full retirement age. If you start your retirement benefits at your FR A, you’ll receive the full PIA.

M o s t ye a r s , your benefit amount will get a COL A ( Cost-ofL i v i n g A d j u s tment), which usuall y me ans extra money in your monthly benefit.

What about Nilsa Henriquez DRCs ( delayed retirement credits)? DRCs are the gradual increases to your PIA that occur the longer you delay taking retirement benefits after your full retirement age.

Every month you delay taking benefits, up to age 70, your monthly benefit will increase.

If one of these terms or acronyms comes up in conversation, you can be the one to help clarify the meaning, using our online glossary. Learning the terminology can deepen your understanding of how Social Security proP grams work for you.

Nilsa Henriquez is a Social Security Public Affairs Specialist located in Queens.

Top five fraud and scam prevention tools Knowledge is power and having the right tools to fight fraud can make a huge difference. Knowledge can also help those you love and want to protect. We put together a list of the five most important resources about Social Security scams you should know about: • Read and share our fact sheet Beware of Social Security Phone Scams to learn how to spot fake calls and emails at ssa.gov/fraud/assets/materials/EN-05-10535.pdf.

• Visit our Office of the Inspector General’s Scam Awareness page at oig.ssa.gov/scam for information on phone scams — and how to report them.

• Read our blog post at blog.ssa.gov/protecting-your-socialsecurity-number-from-identity-theft to learn how to protect your Social Security number from identity theft.

• Create your own personal “my Social Security” account at ssa. gov/myaccount to help you keep track of your records and identify any suspicious activity.

• Visit our Fraud Prevention and Reporting page at ssa.gov/fraud to understand how we combat fraud.

Please share these resources about scams with your friends and P family — and help us spread the word on social media.

— Nilsa Henriquez

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Though diabetes does not discriminate based on race or gender, women should know that certain things can elevate their risks. Birth control pills, for example, can increase a woman’s blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels. Elevated blood sugar levels are a symptom of diabetes or prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are high but not high enough to indicate diabetes. Prediabetes can eventually develop into type 2 diabetes, and recent studies have shown that prediabetes increases a person’s risk of heart disease. According to the American Diabetes Association, women going through menopause may also have elevated blood sugar levels thanks to hormonal changes.

So what are women concerned about diabetes to do? Though there’s no way to prevent type 1 diabetes, which is most often diagnosed in children, teens or young adults, women can take steps to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes.

• Increase your lean muscle mass. A study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that increasing muscle mass can reduce people’s risk of developing prediabetes. This is significant for women who may avoid lifting weights in favor of cardiovascular equipment like the treadmill or elliptical machine.

Though cardiovascular exercise can burn glucose as well, it’s still important to build lean muscle by including some strength and resistance training in a workout regimen.

• Don’t carry extra weight. According to a 2001 study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, overweight people are 20 to 40 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than people with healthy weights. If you are carrying extra weight, a combination of diet and exercise should help you shed pounds and lower your risk for type 2 diabetes as a result.

• Embrace whole grains. In a separate study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, whole grains were found to protect women against type 2 diabetes. Women who ate two to three servings of whole grains per day were 30 percent less likely to have developed type 2 diabetes than women who rarely ate whole grains. Whole grains should be consumed in place of refined carbohydrates, which can cause blood sugar levels to swing rapidly. Carbohydrates are refined to increase the shelf life of certain products and improve taste. During the refining process, nutrients needed to utilize the sugar are

Maintaining a healthy diet is just one of the ways a woman can reduce her risk of getting diabetes. removed. Foods that contain refined carbohydrates include white bread, white rice and pretzels. And as noted by the United States Department of Agriculture, it’s safe to assume grain products are made with refined grains unless the packaging notes they are made with whole grains or whole wheat.

• Get a good night’s sleep. People who fail to consistently get a good night’s sleep may be increasing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes because a lack of sleep can make them more resistant to insulin. A 2012 study from researchers at the University of Chicago published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that sleep deprivation hinders the ability of fat cells to respond to insulin. The fat cells of study participants after they were deprived of sleep needed nearly three times as much insulin to regulate blood sugar as the cells needed on a typical night’s rest. That dogged resistance to insulin over time can allow sugar and cholesterol to accumulate in the blood, increasing a person’s risk of diabetes and heart disease as a result.

Though the National Sleep Foundation admits sleep needs vary depending on a person’s age and those needs are impacted by an individual’s health and lifestyle, many experts agree adults need somewhere between seven to nine hours of sleep per night.

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Many older adults have been delaying preventive healthcare during the pandemic because of fear of visiting the doctor’s office. As more people get vaccinated for Covid-19, now may be a good time to make up for gaps in care, according to Dr. Gina Conflitti, chief medical officer for Medicare Advantage at Cigna.

“Delaying preventive care can catch up with us, especially as we get older,” says Dr. Conflitti. “As people age, preventive care becomes increasingly important in helping prevent or manage chronic conditions. Doctors’ offices have nationally accepted, evidence-based COVID-19 safety protocols in place and many preventive services are covered by Medicare or Medicare Advantage at no extra cost when visiting a participating or in-network provider.”

Each person’s doctor should determine the right services based on age, gender, medical history and health status. Among those to consider are: Annual wellness visit. Covered by Medicare, this is a great way to develop a personalized annual care plan. Among

other things, the doctor will ask the patient to fill out a health risk assessment to help determine the services likely needed in the year ahead. The doctor will assess how the patient is feeling physically and emotionally, since mental health often impacts physical health. It’s important for the patient to be open about their feelings, current condition, and medical history.

Mammogram. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Every woman is at risk, but risk increases with age. Fortunately, breast cancer is often treated successfully when found early. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends women 50 to 74 at average risk get a mammogram every two years.

Colorectal screening. Like breast cancer, colorectal cancer risk increases with age. Screening tests can find precancerous polyps early so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. The USPSTF recommends screening for adults age 45 to 75. Medicare

Each person’s doctor should determine the right services based on age, genGLOBALSTOCK / ISTOCK VIA GETTY IMAGES PLUS der, medical history and health status. covers the cost of a screening colonoscopy once every two years for those at high risk or once every 10 years for those at lower risk. Though colonoscopy is the most comprehensive test, providers can help determine the best option for individuals.

Bone density scan. USPSTF recommends women aged 65 and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become

weak and brittle. According to the agency, routine screening should begin at 60 for women at increased risk. Screening may facilitate treatment that helps prevent fractures.

Eye exam. A routine eye exam is important to identify early signs of eye disease that are more likely as people age. People with diabetes are particularly prone to retinopathy, which leads to vision loss, and it’s

recommended they have annual retinal screening exams.

Vaccinations. While the Covid-19 vaccine is certainly a top priority, especially for older adults, there are other important vaccines, including flu, pneumonia and shingles. Patients should ask their doctors about current recommendations as autumn approaches and risk potentially increases.

“Even in the best of times, health screenings and vaccinations are often a missed opportunity and the pandemic has only made matters worse,” says Dr. Conflitti. “But with these services, individuals can take control of their health in partnership with their doctors. As the old adage goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

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After taking a pandemic-induced sabbatical last year, the annual County Fair will be back at the Queens County Farm Museum next weekend.

And to celebrate its return, the Queens Farm is adding an extra day to the celebration. The fair, modeled after 19th-century agricultural fairs, will run Sept. 10 to 12, and each day will be different than the others.

“One of the most exciting components is that we added Friday. This is its 38th year and

Jessie Davis, also known as DJ Nebraska + Malik Work, and plenty of dancing.

The live music will continue throughout the weekend, with performances by David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band straight from their sold-out performance at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival and Batalá NYC, an all women Afro-Brazilian Samba Reggae Percussion Band, but other types of performances will also be on display: Li Liu Acrobat + Perfect Catch Juggling Duo will be performing in the Family Entertainment Tent, and Shinbone Alley Stilt Band and Harold the Unicycle Clown are

also scheduled to show off their stuff.

On Saturday, the farm will pay tribute to th the he 20th anniversary anniversary of of 9/11 9/11 by by giving away fre free ee daffodil bulbs. The commemoration is in partparr tnership with New Yorkers for Parks’ Daffod Daffodil dil Project, which was established in 2001 as a living memorial to the victims of the tragedy.

The weekend will also mark the opening of the famous Amazing Maize Maze. This year’s three-acre labyrinth is made in the image of Andy Warhol’s Cow. “What better place for his cow, other than in a museum?” said Walden Weprin.

Visitors must find their way out of the corn maze by collecting and solving clues posted in mailboxes throughout the twists and turns of the labryinth which, when all put together, reveal a map to guide the way to freedom. continued on page 25

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Fall is in the air at the Queens Botanical Garden as it gears up for the season of crunching leaves and crisper weather with programming appropriate for the whole family, from bird walks with NYC Audubon to the new Woodland Adventures series to movie nights, dance performances and a pumpkin patch.

The Woodland Adventures program takes place on Saturdays in September from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and explores different aspects of forest life, highlighting topics like fungi, moss and bird nests. Activities include community art projects, story time, a library, craft activities like making a bird feeder kit, and self-guided scavenger hunts.

Dylan House is public programs manager at the garden and will be leading the brandnew Woodland Adventures program. He said it is an opportunity to utilize different parts of the garden that are not frequently used for activities.

The special NYC Audubon series helps to spot and identify birds and teaches how the garden provides important resources such as water, shelter and food for them. The Queens Botanical Garden is the perfect refuge for birds because it provides those three necessities as well as a safe haven from the

city streets. That is why the garden and other green spaces throughout the city attract birds like warblers and cardinals.

As the fall season progresses, winter birds like juncos, white-throated sparrows, chickadees, ducks and owls will arrive in New York.

Fall is a prime time for birding in New York as birds migrate south, as the borough and state as a whole are a stop on the eastern Atlantic Flyway.

Over 370 species of birds have been documented in Queens, the highest count of all five boroughs, according to NYC Audubon.

An experienced birder from NYC Audubon will lead the tours and they fill up quickly, so advance registration is recommended, said House.

Fall Bird Walks with NYC Audubon takes place every other Saturday through the autumn from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

On select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout the fall, Movie Nights at the Garden will offer exclusive after-hours access to the garden. Tickets include admission, a $5 food voucher and a craft or activity before the movie. Halloween-themed movies will take place throughout October.

Spooky season will also bring back the garden’s pumpkin patch.

“As always, we are excited to have people do things outdoors where it is a safe space,”

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People of all ages can enjoy bird walks with NYC Audubon at the Queens Botanical PHOTO BY GENNESSY PALMA Garden, like this group did in October 2019. said House. He added that the Queens Botanical Garden will be checking for proof of vaccination, as required, for entry to any indoor spaces, starting Sept. 13.

Other activities to look forward to are collaborations with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the City Artist Corps Grants, said House. On view starting Sept. 17 will be textile artist Guadalupe Rubi’s “Spirit Sees Red” in the visitor administration

building at the garden.

Programs, besides the Movie Nights, are free but admission is charged for entry into the gardens. Garden admission is to be paid at the entry through October. Tickets for adults cost $6, for seniors and students they are $4, children ages 4 to 12 are $2 and children 3 and under are free. Members are free as well. For more information, go online to Q queensbotanical.org.

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posting Program, the all-new Floral Escape fall pop-up and, of course, hay rides.

One contest, the annual Blue Ribbon Competition, will offer guests the opportunity to compete with one another for the coveted and traditional Best in Show title.

Entries will be divided into six divisions: vegetables, flower arranging, horticulture, arts and crafts, culinary arts and apiculture, and contestants will vie for first, second and third in each section. A junior section features two divisions: culinary arts and arts and crafts.

All entries will be on display for the entirety of the weekend.

To a p p l y f o r t h e B l u e R i b b o n Comp et it i on, v is it qu e ens f a r m.org / blue-ribbon-competition.

In addition to the entertainment and games, the County Fair will show off its small businesses and area vendors, many of whom participate in the Queens Night Market, Walden Weprin said.

“We’ll have a bunch of food trucks, many that we met for the first time during Covid,” the executive said.

The vendors will be separated in the food truck alley, and the Rockaway Brewing

Guests enjoy live music from the Shinbone Alley Stilt Band at the Queens Farm County Fair.

PHOTOS BY LIZ LANDES On the cover: Midway games are among the event’s many attractions.

Company will sponsor the County Fair’s beer garden.

The bountiful weekend is, at its simplest, a celebration of gathering together once again, according to Walden Weprin, especially after the pandemic forced the Queens Farm to put the event on hiatus last year.

“We’re outdoors and have so much room. We’re fortunate to be able to accommodate the public,” Walden Weprin said.

“We’re proud of this program, we worked really hard on it.”

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Other staples of the County Fair include a New York State Maple Syrup exhibit, carnival rides, midway games, corn husking and pie-eating competitions, a farm-wide scavenger hunt, the Con Edison Ecology Booth featuring the Adopt-a-Worm Com-

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

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION United States District Court, Eastern District Of New York. CIT BANK N.A., Plaintiff, -against- DOUGLAS HAWKINS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM ACTING SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR CAMBRIDGE HOME CAPITAL, LLC.; MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION, Index No. 1:17-cv-04704-NGRER. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated, April 15, 2021 and entered with the Clerk of the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York on April 15, 2021, as extended by an Order duly dated July 21, 2021 and entered with the Clerk of the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York on July 21, 2021, Elizabeth Gill, Esq., the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 69-52 De Costa Avenue, Arverne, New York at public auction on the sidewalk adjacent to the United States District Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on September 28, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. Please note, the rules for the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York and all applicable COVID-19 health and Safety Protocols will be in effect at the auction. Please visit: https://www.nyed.uscourts. gov/covid-19 for additional information. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, County of Queens and State of New York known as Block: 16045; Lot: 65 will be sold subject to the provisions of fi led Judgment, Index No. 1:17-cv-04704-NG-RER. The approximate amount of judgment is $722,470.34 plus interest and costs. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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Notice of formation of 90-58 REALTY LLC Cert. of LLC filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on APRIL 19, 2021.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 90-58 Corona Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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

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

The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, (212) 471-5100, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

Mr. Ranger

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The death of Rod Gilbert, one of the most popular players in New York Rangers history, at age 80 last week unleashed a torrent of tributes.

He played most of the 1960s and ’70s for the Blueshirts, and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. That alone, however, doesn’t explain why his passing saddened so many.

Gilbert was as much a part of the late 1960s New York sports fabric as Joe Namath and Tom Seaver. They were celebrities even to those who didn’t follow sports. Perhaps because hockey wasn’t as popular as baseball or football, Gilbert was more approachable to the average person.

As is the custom of many sports teams regarding their former star players, the Rangers hired Gilbert as a club ambassador. More times than not, the sole function of the job is to wine and dine high-net worth individuals to buy/ maintain season tickets and Madison Square Garden suites. Gilbert did that, of course, but he also made it a point to get to know the patrons in the Garden’s nosebleed seats. In fact, I would bet most Rangers fans had an opportunity to meet him over the last 40 years. And he was always happy to represent the team at charitable events.

Gilbert grew up in Montreal and only spoke French when he arrived in New York in 1960.

Hockey journalist and Bayside High School alum Ashley Scharge was also born in Montreal.

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A few years ago he asked Gilbert if he had any regrets about not playing for the Montreal Canadiens, who seemed to win the Stanley Cup every year. “Coming to New York was one of the best things to ever happen in my life,” he replied. “I wouldn’t trade that for 100 Stanley Cups!”

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was a speaker at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum last Monday. The museum, as is the case with many cultural institutions, has been struggling financially. “I have been to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum five times. I hope as many people as possible visit it on this, the 20th anniversary of that tragic day,” Alonso told me.

Javier Baez’s agent is going to have to explain to him why it’s not a good idea for him to criticize Mets fans for booing a team that lost 13 games in the standings in a month. At Sunday’s postgame press conference after a rare August win (albeit it was against the decimated Washington Nationals), Baez said he and his teammates are now celebrating big hits by pointing their thumbs down as a way of indicating their displeasure with Mets fans.

To his immense credit, manager Luis Rojas, who has acknowledged hearing calls for his dismissal from fans at Citi Field, defended the patrons’ right to let off steam at what they propQ erly perceive to be poor play.

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