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City gives residents relief on sidewalks Blaz takes responsibility for damage from trees; repairs get expedited

by Ryan Brady Editor

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Mayor de Blasio and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) announced Tuesday that homeowners will no longer be issued violations for sidewalk damage created by city trees.

Many in Queens — the borough with the most trees — have been among the critics of the policy, which made residents pay thousands of dollars to pay for the repairs.

“This never was the way things should have been, this burden should never have been put on homeowners to begin with,” the mayor said at a press conference in Heastie’s northeast Bronx district. The Assembly speaker, who represents a large homeowner constituency, had long pressed de Blasio to change the policy.

Now, liens will no longer be imposed on one-to-three-family properties with sidewalk damage caused exclusively by city trees. Any liens on properties filed because of a violation issued over damage from trees will be canceled.

And the 50,000 existing notices of violation will be reviewed to determine if the damage in each case was caused only by street trees. Reviews will be expedited if the

Due to a new policy change announced by Mayor de Blasio, the city will no longer issue violations to homeowners for damage to sidewalks from public trees — like the one above in Bayside FILE PHOTOS — in front of their homes. owner of the home in question is selling it or refinancing.

Civic associations in Queens, along with former state Sen. Tony Avella, had long called for the policy change.

“We’re pleased with that,” Queens Civic Congress President Kevin Forrestal said in an interview. “It’s long overdue.”

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Fresh Meadows resident John Amato, a retired teacher who recently earned a degree in horticulture, has often been critical of the de Blasio administration’s treatment of trees. He also took Tuesday’s news well.

“I think it’s about time that the city took responsibility,” he said. “It should not be on the shoulders of homeowners to bear that

burden. ... Property owners have enough stress.”

De Blasio also announced Tuesday that the Parks Department’s Trees and Sidewalks program would speed up repairs, so that about 5,500 high-priority sites can be addressed over the next three years.

In April, city Comptroller Scott Stringer released the results of an audit of the program, which found that it took an average of 419 days between filing a complaint about sidewalk damage from trees and work on the repair to actually start.

Bayside Hills Civic Association President Michael Feiner told the Chronicle that it took three years for the Parks Department to agree to fix a sidewalk damaged by a tree by his house.

“We just waited and waited and waited,” he said, adding that it took another two and a half years for the site to be fixed after the agency did agree to do the work.

Feiner said he’s pleased that the agency now seeks to clear the backlog. “It’s a good thing that they’re doing ... I’m happy with it.”

Many of the damaged spots on sidewalks pose dangers for pedestrians, the Bayside Hills activist added. According to Stringer’s office, the city spent $1.3 million in 2017 on trip-and-fall lawsuits filed on behalf of peoQ ple who fell on sidewalks.

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Too young to know what 9/11 means On three days’ notice, NYC schools comply with Remembrance Day law

by Michael Shain Editor

The next election in November will mark the first time people who were not born the day the Twin Towers came down can vote.

Eighteen years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the memory of that dark day is still strong among those who were there to see it.

But concern is growing that a new generation of youngsters who did not experience it firsthand should be taught what happened.

A new law, sponsored by state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D -Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) and signed into law Monday, mandates that schools observe a moment of silence on 9/11 to commemorate those who were killed.

The new Sept. 11 Remembrance Day law went into effect immediately. In addition to the moment of silence, it mandates a discussion at the start of the school day.

The quick turnaround for the New York City school system did not pose a problem, officials said.

“The Governor of New York signed a bill yesterday requiring every public school in New York State to observe a brief period of silence with their students at the opening of the school day on September 11 each year,” city Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza wrote in a directive to all 1,700

On the 18th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, officials are taking notice that virtually no child in public school this fall was born before the Twin Towers fell. At a Juniper Valley Park remembrance ceremony in Middle Village several years ago, the Boy Scouts pay tribute. FILE PHOTO school prinicipals.

“We ask all principals to enact this requirement tomorrow.

“Additionally, we encourage all schools to engage in classroom/school-wide discussions on 9/11, allowing our students to ask

questions, and share their thoughts and feelings on these events.

“We have gathered some age-appropriate resources to assist with this, which are available here.”

Elsewhere in the state, there were some

concerns from parents about what schools would tell their youngest students about the attacks on New York and Washington, DC. Addabbo and officials from the Governor’s Office in Albany met by phone Tuesday morning to work out the details of implementing the law on just three days’ notice.

“My intention was never to force it on you ng ch ild ren ,” Add abbo told t he Chronicle.

They quickly decided to make the moment of silence and “appropriate” discussion requirement apply only to high schools this year, Addabbo said.

Statewide, elementar y and middle schools were given until next year to devise a set of guidelines for teachers.

“There have always been schools that did it,” said the lawmaker.

“This is just a way of the saying that those who were lost that day and those who risked their lives to save others should be recognized,” he said.

“It’s important.”

“Soon enough there will be no students in the national public school system born at the time of 9/11,” Pheffer Amato said in her statement.

“By mandating a brief moment of silent reflection every year, we may ensure that future generations will better understand this day and its significance in our history,” Q she said.

Kick in the ash for South Ozone Park blocks Some 200 street trees coming down thanks to this emerald pest

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More than 200 ash trees, many a half century or more old, are being cut down in South Ozone Park in the city’s war to slow the spread of a destructive Asian beetle.

Tree cutters from the Parks Department began last week to take down the street trees, once the most planted species of curbside trees in the city.

The trees will be replaced starting this spring, but the decision to take them out has hit the neighborhood hard.

“On some blocks, every tree is gone,” said Joe Caruana, head of the Ozone Park Civic Association.

“You wake up in the morning to the sounds of the tree cutters.

“The Parks Department does a good job of cleaning up.

But when they’re done, I can’t believe how different the blocks look.

“It’s having a real impact.”

The removals cover a large section of South Ozone Park directly west of Aqueduct Race Track and Resorts World Casino — from 114th to 130th streets between Rockaway Boulevard and the North Conduit.

A devastating pest called the emerald ash borer is to blame.

The invasive beetle feeds on the leaves of the ash tree —

not itself a problem.

The damage comes when they lay their eggs in the bark.

The larval beetles penetrate under the bark, cutting off water and nutrients and slowly killing the tree.

The pest is said to be responsible for killing millions of trees in 35 states since it was discovered in the United States in 2002, according to the Emerald Ash Borer Information Network.

A Parks Department spokeswoman said the agency plans to remove 456 ashes in Queens in the next year.

“I just want to emphasize that we don’t take tree removals lightly,” said the spokeswoman.

“Our management plan for EAB prioritizes treating and keeping as much canopy as we can.”

The European Hornbeam and Hardy Rubber Tree will be replanted in place of the ash trees, Parks Department officials said.

Contractors complete the work usually within 18 months, the spokeswoman said.

Still, to see the tree cover disappear on so many blocks has cast a pall over the neighborhood, said Caruana.

“The reason I still live here, in part, was because of the old trees,” he said.

“There’s no buffer now, nothing to stop the rain and snow Q and give the sidewalks some shade.”

The emerald ash borer, an invasive pest native that has killed millions of trees in the U.S., has arrived in Queens.

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Got $65M to spare for a flood barrier?

Dropped by feds, officials search for funds to protect Howard Beach

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When PCH comes knocking The lady from Publishers Clearing House climbed out of her van with an oversized, cardboard check and a bunch of balloons and instantly people on the block knew what was happening.

Danielle Lam, one of four presenters who travel the country giving out prize money in the famous sweepstakes, had a special interest in last week’s $10,000 winner.

Lam, who grew up in Old Howard Beach, was about to surprise the lucky fellow in Lindenwood. “I’ve been doing this job for 11 years and never had a winner in Howard Beach before,” she said.

The winner, Kern Simmons, 31, who uses a wheelchair, said he had no idea yet how he is going to spend the money.

“I wasn’t expecting it,” he shrugged.

Simmons’ father, top, was caught off guard by the mid-morning visit from a camera crew and opened the front door just a crack to see what the hubbub was about.

Told he’d just won a lump-sum prize for playing the game, Kern appeared stunned.

But he broke into a smile shortly after when Lam introduced Simmons, above, to her two young daughters.

— Michael Shain

After the Federal Emergency Management Agency refused last month to finance the construction of a flood-protection wall in Howard Beach, Queens officials have started to hunt for $65 million to keep the plan alive.

“We are far from pulling the plug on this project,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

Borough President Melinda Katz called a closed-door meeting last Monday in her office shortly after news of the rejection began to reverberate through official ranks.

The meeting included Addabbo, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), leaders of several civic associations and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service, who joined the meeting via conference call.

The Corps of Engineers is the agency that is responsible for constructing the proposed flood barrier on land that is part of the Gateway National Park.

The agenda was “simply how to keep the project going,” said Addabbo.

The list of possible sources for such a large sum is short.

Either the city or the state — or a combination of the two — will likely have to step in, officials believe.

State and city officials seemed to have been caught off guard by FEMA’s decision to drop the proposal to build a 15-foot-high earthen wall — called a berm — in Spring Creek Park between the Joseph P. Addabbo Br idge a nd t he Belt Pa rk way, nea r Lindenwood.

The berm is a major component of the city’s flood resiliency plan announced last year to protect the west side of Howard Beach from the kind of flooding that damaged hundreds of homes there after Superstorm Sandy.

Plans to build a 15-foot-high berm just behind the weeds in Spring Creek Park are stalled, PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN but not dead yet.

FEMA had already given New York $3.3 million to design and engineer the berm, which led state and city officials to believe the federal government would come through with the estimated $65 million to build it.

But the agency ruled in June that the project no longer met its cost-benefit analysis, meaning the cost of the berm was too high for the relatively small area it is intended to shield.

Parts of Spring Creek Park, which was a landfill before its takeover by the federal government in 1972, have been found to be contaminated by toxic waste, Addabbo said.

The berm construction could not begin until the contamination is dug up and removed, the Parks Service told officials.

That would give Queens officials as much Q as a year or two to find new money.

Horrendous red-light death Police are hunting for the driver of an SUV that blew through a traffic light in South Ozone Park just after midnight Monday night and killed a 72-year-old woman.

The driver of the SUV broadsided another car at the corner of 111th Avenue and 126th Street, police said.

Gilda Lascano, a passenger in the other car, was thrown from the vehicle on impact. The force of the collision was so strong that the car Lascano was riding in was pushed off the road into the storefront of a florist shop on the corner, news

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The driver of the SUV, a gray 2004 Lexus, leaped from the car and ran from the scene on foot, police said.

Lascano, who lived on the block where the collision occurred, was declared dead at the scene.

The driver of her car, described as a 56-year-old female but not identified by name, was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

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Proposed mega-liquor store gets blowback Small merchants in boro say Total Wine & More location would devastate them

by Ryan Brady Editor

A 30,000-square-foot mega-liquor store planned for College Point would devastate the industr y’s mom-and-pop merchants in Queens, a group that represents them says.

“This store is like a neutron bomb going off,” Metro Package Store Association Executive Director Michael Correra told the Chronicle.

His group is calling on the State Liquor Authority to reject Total Wine & More’s proposal for 30-02 Whitestone Expwy., where Toys “R” Us used to be.

The Maryland-based 193-store chain already has a location in Westbury, LI, though the SLA has blocked its plans to set up another location on Long Island and one in Westchester. There isn’t one in New York City.

According to LoHud, the authority identified the high number of existing liquor stores in Westchester as a main reason for rejecting the proposed store there. The company is appealing the ruling, according to the New York Post.

SLA spokesman William Crowley said it’s likely that the College Point application will be decided in November.

Total Wine & More told the Chronicle that the owner of the College Point location would be Michelle Trone, whose MCT New York

Maryland-based chain Total Wine & More wants to open a 30,000-square-foot location at a space formerly occupied by Toys “R” Us in College Point, though mom-and-pop liquor stores in PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Queens hope the State Liquor Authority squashes the proposal.

Fine Wine & Spirits, LLC is the official applicant before the SLA. Trone’s father, David, and his brother, Robert, founded the company in 1991. The former, a Democrat, was elected to represent a Maryland seat in the House of Representatives last year.

Accusing Total Wine & More of the “Walmartization of the liquor business,” Cor-

Resurfacing of Cross Bay Blvd. has begun Rough riding until end of September

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Sort of by surprise, the repaving of Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach began this week.

Officials of the city Department of Transportation had been telling civic leaders in Howard Beach it did not expect to start the $2.1 million project until October.

But last Monday, several weeks ahead of schedule, signs began going up on the boulevard warning drivers that anyone parking on the 10-lane road overnight would be towed.

Massive milling machines, which pull up the old asphalt and prepare the roadway for a new surface, showed up just before sundown and went to work.

The entire nine-block length of the boulevard, from 156th Avenue to the foot of the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge at 165th Avenue, is set to be torn up and repaved.

Repaving will also be done on Cross Bay in Broad Channel on the south side of the bridge.

Council member Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who obtained the funding, estimated that the repaving project will be finished by the beginning of October.

That means drivers may have to endure rough road for two weeks or more.

Betty Braton, chairwoman of Coummunity Board 10, said last week that she had been assured by DOT officials that the repaving would not affect the configuration of the boulevard.

“No parking spaces will be lost, no bus lanes are coming in,” she told members of CB 10 at its monthly meeting last week.

The only noticeable change will be some rubber stanchions installed near crosswalks where cars make left-hand turns.

“Cross Bay Boulevard is the busiest corridor in my district,” she said. “We are making a critical investment in the physical infrastructure of our community.

“I look forward to seeing the work once it is completed in October. I think everyone will agree it is taxpayer money Q well spent.”

rera said the proposed College Point store would be extra-challenging for smaller firms to compete with because of its location.

The site in College Point would employ about 175 people, according to Total Wine & More. Two stores would actually be there — one for wine and spirits and another for beer and food products. More than 9,000 wines and

more than 4,500 liquor items would be sold.

Alex Melamudov, a Ukrainian immigrant who owns the Liquor Wine & Warehouse on the Horace Harding Expressway in Corona, is among the Queens merchants who are highly concerned about the proposal. He cited the advantages that larger business operations have over small ones.

“There is no independent retailer who will be able to compete with them,” Melamudov said.

The store owner predicted that the Maryland-based chain’s proposal for College Point could impact merchants like him the way that Uber and Lyft hurt yellow cab owners who relied on their medallions as wealth that would help them retire in financial security.

Opponents of the planned store also include a group of Queens lawmakers. Some had written letters of support for Total Wine & More to the SLA but withdrew their support after small liquor businesses in the borough and the Metro Package Store Association reached out to them.

“It saddens me to know that entrenched political interests in New York are more important to some than merit, innovation, fair competition, consumers or the opportunity to increase female participation in an industry dominated by men,” Michelle Trone said in a Q prepared statement.

Koz makes herself triple clear on jail

by Michael Shain Editor

A key political figure in the fight over Mayor de Blasio’s ambitious plan to build a new jail in Kew Gardens is calling the size of the proposed lockup “absolutely, absolutely, absolutely unacceptable.”

Cou ncilwoman K aren Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) — whose approval is considered critical if Mayor de Blasio is to realize his goal of shutting down Rikers Island and building four new, decentralized jails — last week suggested to a top aide to the mayor that the price of her support may be shrinking the size of the proposed 27-story lockup.

“We had a facility for 40 years — it’s still there — for 500 prisoners,” Koslowitz told Dana Kaplan, deputy director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice who has served as de Blasio’s point person for the jail plan, at last week’s City Council hearing. “It’s only eight stories high.

“Twenty-seven stories is absolutely unacceptable to me and to my community,” she said. “It cannot be that tall.”

The plan to build new jails in every borough except Staten Island, each with room

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The proposal is now before the City Council, which is expected to vote on it some time in late October.

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Last July, Koslowitz told the Chronicle that her “goal” was to persuade officials to reduce the size of the new jail to 500 beds, Q the same number as the old lockup.

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s the federal government determined to let Howard Beach get flooded the next time a hurricane hits?

And the time after that, and the time after that?

Sure seems that way.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency last month refused to cover the cost of a $65 million berm that would go in Spring Creek Park, U.S. government property. Basically a long, high pile of tightly packed dirt — so wonderfully low-tech that it’s pretty much humankind’s oldest type of fortification and something even toddlers at the beach know can stop water — the berm would have been built between the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge and the Belt Parkway.

It would have been a great, natural, environmentally inoffensive way to help protect much of Howard Beach from another Superstorm Sandy. And the cost would have been a drop in bucket for a federal government that will spend more than $4.7 trillion this year — about $1 trillion of that money it doesn’t have but will borrow. That means the next generation of South Queens residents will be saddled with both more debt and a shoreline not as resistant to storms as

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it could or should be. Lucky us.

Look at the digits written out to get a better idea of how relatively little money the berm would cost.

Berm: $65,000,000.

Budget: $4,700,000,000,000 (and then some).

FEMA had allocated $3.3 million for New York to design the berm, so officials thought it would follow through with funds for actually building it, too.

Instead, the feds apparently are ready to put the plan in that big warehouse from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The funding denial leaves officials here hoping they can get the money to build the berm from city or state coffers. We can only hope so.

FEMA’s move comes on the heels of the Army Corps of Engineers’ rejection of a plan to install two flood gates in Howard Beach, on the Hawtree and Shellbank basins. That plan was approved by Congress in the 1970s but never funded.

It looks like the city and state will have to take environmental protection in Queens into their own hands when it comes to floodwaters. And that’s if the feds would even let these projects be built at all.

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9/11 law a little late Dear Editor: Re “Remembrance Day for 9/11 in schools is now law,” qchron.com, Sept. 9: This is a little late in coming, don’t you think? It’s been 18 years and now they’re commemorating the date?

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The dedication given to keep Richard’s name alive, as well as those of all the people murdered on Sept. 11, 2001, is truly appreciated.

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he city is finally taking some responsibility for the damage its own property — street trees — causes to sidewalks.

We say “some responsibility” because the New York is notorious for taking its time repairing sidewalks even when it acknowledges the damage has been caused by trees it planted.

At least now, under a policy Mayor de Blasio and state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced Tuesday, homeowners won’t be getting tickets because street tree roots are lifting up and cracking the sidewalk slabs in front of their houses. It’s about time.

But “it’s about time” in another sense too. When will the city actually repair the sidewalks where it acknowledges the trees it owns and maintains caused the damage? Comptroller Scott Stringer found it takes an average of 419 days for repairs to begin after a complaint is filed. One Queens resident, Bayside Hills Civic Association President Michael Feiner, said it took five and a half years for the city to repair the tree-damaged sidewalk in front of his house — three years to acknowledge responsibility and another two and a half to get around to actually doing the work.

De Blasio says repairs will be sped up. We can only hope so.

Maybe this week’s announcement is even a sign he’s branching out from fruitless campaigning and getting to the roots of governance.

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For the people who wrote or said things on Facebook or elsewhere, they should look in the mirror and thank every day they have with their loved ones, and never have to face what thousands of people like myself face every day.

They were upset because of the delay of traffic — well, time can be made up. A life cannot be made up; once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. No amount of time, money or material things can bring back a loved one. So those complaining should get off their high horses and thank G-d for every day they have with family and friends.

Dorie Pearlman and family Howard Beach Editor’s note: Richard Pearlman, 18, a member of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps, was the youngest first responder killed while trying to save lives at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

USTA unforced statue error Dear Editor: Why did the United States Tennis Association commemorate a concrete egg with Althea

Gibson’s head sticking out of concrete?

This is an insult to a real-life flesh-and-blood icon of tennis. The stature should be a realistic portrayal of her tennis skills.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Parks Dept. sludge fund Dear Editor: Someone high up in the Parks Department has a lot of explaining to do after the sludge and garbage dumping that was caught on camera (“Filthy sludge dump caught on video,” Sept. 5, multiple editions, and “Hey, NYC: Parks are not landfills,” Editorial, Sept. 5).

Why in the world a taxpayer-funded city agency would go out of its way to dump its own collected garbage into the park truly defies logic and is so disrespectful to the public it serves. They thought they could get away with this, which created a lot of distrust. Now someone at Parks has to be accountable.

Kevin O’Leary Kew Gardens

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For better business funding Dear Editor: New York’s small businesses are critical to the American economy. But, Main Street businesses across New York and the rest of the country face barriers when it comes to accessing the capital that will help them grow.

Bank loans to these businesses have decreased by 38 percent since 2006, creating a large gap in financing options. Fortunately, business development companies have been able to fill this gap in funding. In fact, BDCs have become the primary source of financial support for Main Street businesses, providing over $87 billion in capital since 1980.

Congress took strong steps in the right direction with the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Security and Exchange Commission’s most recent proposed rule amendments but more must be done to modernize BDC rules. In order to make sure small- and midsized businesses can continue accessing this capital, BDC regulations must be updated.

Despite BDCs’ importance to Main Street business growth over the past few decades, much of BDCs’ regulatory framework under the SEC is stuck in the past. This has slowed BDCs’ ability to make investments and stifled economic growth. We urge New York’s elected officials to continue to support BDC regulatory modernization so BDCs can keep performing their important role for small- and midsized business owners while remaining well-regulated. It’s time to ensure that policymakers are working to bring Main Street business investment into the 21st century.

Joe Glatt Chairman Coalition for Business Development Washington, DC

Penner right on left Dear Editor: I write in praise of Larry Penner. Unlike most of his commentary on transportation and related New York politics, his Aug. 15 letter, “Dems are way out there,” underscores the radically different nature of the present Democratic Party as well as his own Jewish identity.

That Rep. Nancy Pelosi does not have the courage to condemn the anti-Semitism and virulent misrepresentations regarding Israel of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib is a sheer disgrace. Those three Jewish congressional lapdogs, Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and Sen. Chuck Schumer, only too happy to lambaste President Donald Trump at will, become docile mice when confronted with distortions and bigotry towards their own people. continued on next page

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Dear Editor: On Sunday, I made the unfortunate decision to travel on Queens Boulevard, from Rego Park to Forest Hills in a vehicle. I tried to get past the intersection with Yellowstone Boulevard without much success. It seems that “blocking the box,” at that intersection and others, in Forest Hills, has become a daily routine.

Where is the enforcement, of that very traffic violation, that the 112th Precinct promised previously? I had to wait for three changes of the traffic lights before I was able to pass!

If traffic law enforcement is no longer a priority for the police, shouldn’t they tell us that? This is an ongoing problem, for this intersection as well as for the intersections of Queens Boulevard and Continental Avenue and Continental and Austin Street.

I was a part of the community group giving the Department of Transportation our recommendations for making it safer, from Yellowstone to Union Turnpike, a few years ago. Why has none of our recommendations been implemented yet? I was also a part of the group working on Queens Boulevard between Eliot Avenue and Yellowstone Boulevard, and the time between those discussions and implementation was way shorter. What is taking so long?

Traffic enforcement is the key, especially giving summonses to those drivers who think that stopping mid-way within an intersection is okay. That also goes for the many trucks and cars that stop in the “dedicated” bike lanes between Eliot Avenue and Yellowstone and the double-parked cars and trucks that stop in the only traffic lane available in that stretch, causing other cars and trucks to have to traverse the bike lanes to get past them.

Pressure should be put on the NYPD to deal with these ongoing problems.

Only with strenuous enforcement of the traffic laws will traveling on Queens Boulevard be better than it has been. When did the NYPD decide that traffic enforcement there is not worth their time?

SM Sobelsohn Kew Gardens

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Dear Editor: The announcement by Mayor de Blasio that the city is now going to take over the responsibility for paying for and repairing city sidewalks that have been damaged by tree roots certainly is long overdue.

For years, homeowners were the ones who were responsible for having the sidewalks in front of their homes repaired whenever tree roots were the cause of the problem. That cost them a pretty penny, and was an issue of serious contention between the city and property owners for many years.

One hopes this new law will ease the financial burden significantly for thousands of property owners. It is about time the hardworking taxpayers of this city got a break!

John Amato Fresh Meadows The writer holds an associate of applied science degree in horticulture.

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page Yes, overblown racism and blatant intolerance are now talking points of many Democratic candidates, abetted by the mass media at every turn. The current Democratic Party’s views about immigration, borders, health insurance, governmental programs and foreign policy are not only mostly unrealistic, they threaten our values as a nation and get perilously close to never-never land.

For some black leaders, there is no contradiction between denouncing racism and making nice with Louis Farrakhan, a despicable bigot who has recently resurged as a respectable leader.

Is it not so very ironic that our most “progressive” politicians, as exemplified by the egregiously incompetent Mayor Bill de Blasio, acutely hurt the very minority groups they profess to champion?

Thank you, Larry Penner, for injecting a timely, critical and incisive dose of reality into the Democratic Party.

Larry Stoller Jackson Heights

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Dems and Electoral College Dear Editor: I welcome the response of Benjamin Haber (“Dems haven’t moved left,” Letters, Sept. 5) to my letter about the leftward turn ONLINE of the DemoMiss an article or a cratic Par ty. letter cited by a writer?

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T he lef tward direction of the party is not solely my belief. Democratic Party leadership is aware of the turn the party has taken and it has been discussed endlessly in political circles and talk shows. It has been the subject of writers to this column as well as Queens Chronicle editorials. It is not my confusion, but your unwillingness to see the truth. The plethora of elections the party has lost is proof enough, and I stick by my statements.

As far as the Electoral College, our Founding Fathers incorporated it into the Constitution to prevent large states from domination over small states. At the time of the Continental Congress, small states would not ratify unless the process was included. Larger and more inf luential states have changed since the first state (Delaware) approved the Constitution in 1787, but their influence has not. Without the Electoral College, California and New York would determine the winners of every presidential election.

Five times in American presidential election history did a candidate receive the majority of the popular vote but not the required electoral vote (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016), according to the World

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Almanac, 2019 edition, page 511. In the two most recent times, the Democratic candidate lost to the Republican, the former decided by the Supreme Court.

Democrats are opposed to the process because they lost. Had they won, there would not be any effort to abolish the procedure. Repeal of the process will not pass; small states will never go for it. Those states that have passed laws giving their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote are all states that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.

That edict could work against them if the Republican Party wins the popular vote.

Edward Riecks Howard Beach

Hurricane Donald strikes Dear Editor: Last week Trump said, “I’m not sure that I’ve ever even heard of a Category 5. I knew it existed. And I’ve seen some Category 4s; you don’t even see them that much. But a Category 5 is something that, uh, I don’t even know that I’ve ever even heard the term other than I know that it’s there.”

Has he suffered a concussion? There have been four “Category 5” hurricanes during Trump’s presidency. What is wrong with this idiot? What more is needed to remove him from office?

He used a Sharpie to alter an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map to include Alabama in Hurricane Dorian’s trajectory during an Oval Office presentation. And according to The Washington Post, a top official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned staffers last week not to contradict President Donald Trump’s false claims about Hurricane Dorian’s path!

“This is the first time I’ve felt pressure from above to not say what truly is the forecast,” the NOAA meteorologist told the Post. “It’s hard for me to wrap my head around.” Basically, Trump would rather put people’s lives at risk than to admit he was wrong.

So how does the Trump campaign deal with this? Do they try to convince him to admit he lied? Don’t be ridiculous. They’ve been selling markers with Trump’s signature. To commemorate his lunacy? “Dishonesty Memorabilia”?

But I must admit some confusion. Why was everyone making such a big deal about Trump’s claim that Alabama was going to be hit by Hurricane Dorian? “Alabama” is just the way Trump spells “Bahamas.”

Robert LaRosa Whitestone

Brits with benefits?

Dear Editor: Brexit with a negotiated deal is analogous to a lover who wants to break up, while maintaining sexual benefits. That arrangement seldom works because it jeopardizes current relationships and inhibits the development of new ones.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Raymond Chen, owner of Sai restaurant, left, Tropix Bar & Lounge owner Gary Taylor, Presidential Care dental office owner Freddy Martinez, Forever Furniture owner Mohammed Abdo, Black Sea Fish and Grill owner Ali Gulu and Expo Furniture owner Sam Shklover are worried the Queens PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL Boulevard bike lanes will put them out of business.

Biz owners singing boulevard blues Concern continues as critics say loss of parking is damaging area

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Business owners on Queens Boulevard are concerned.

It’s been two years since the Department of Transportation laid down bike lanes on both the eastbound and westbound Queens Boulevard service roads between Eliot Avenue in Rego Park and Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills, which resulted in the removal of 198 parking spaces.

“I know we have concerns about safety but where’s the concern about the business owner who pays our taxes and struggles and works hard every day to try to make a living here? ” asks Gary Taylor, the owner of Tropix Bar & Lounge.

Last year, Ben’s Best Deli closed after 73 years in business. Owner Jay Parker blamed the bike lanes. Cycling advocates said it was really because of changing demographics and high prices.

Whatever the reason was, the owners still making a go of it on the boulevard say customers voice their concerns constantly.

“They all complain,” said Raymond Chen, of Sai restaurant.

Freddy Martinez said clients air their grievances when they are late to an appointment at Presidential Care dental office. Customers with appointments call to say they’re late because they’re looking for a parking spot. And they risk getting a parking ticket on top of hundreds of dollars of dental work.

Several owners told the Chronicle they are losing thousands of dollars. Taylor wonders how things will be in the winter.

“There’s no bikes out here at all,” he said.

“And we’re sitting here looking, no business and there’s no bikes. Of course we’re going to get aggravated.”

He added, “People get tired of trying to drive around and find parking.”

Taylor recalled how he was in Black Sea Fish and Grill and saw a family walk in while the father was still driving around.

Several minutes later, the family walked out.

“I see that, it broke my heart,” Taylor said.

He realizes when business owners speak out, defenders of the bike lanes say they’re “whining and crying.”

“It’s not about whining or crying,” Taylor said. “It’s about the reality of putting your hard-earned money and all your years’ worth of work into a business.”

Tay l o r s a i d w h e n t h e pl a n w a s announced, one of the positives, in addition to safety, was that cyclists could pull up and become customers as well.

“I’ve never had one bike pull up there and get out and come into my place,” he said.

Mohammed Abdo owns Forever Furniture and lamented the amount of business lost combined with the rent.

“They’re not going to come and say, ‘You know what? Here’s $5,000 for you because you’ve lost a lot of customers,’” Abdo said.

“Nobody’s going to give me help. If I get knocked down, nobody’s going to help me.”

Taylor said a customer at a barbershop on the block had his car towed during a haircut.

“Think he’s coming back again?”

Peter Beadle, co-chairman of Transportation Alternative’s Queens Committee and a member of Community Board 6, said he understands such concerns because the lanes are still fairly new but said they do not hurt. He pointed to a new bakery that recently opened at the former Ben’s site.

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Museum in Little Italy taking shape Italian American Museum should be open by San Gennaro in 2021

by Michael Shain Editor

Like so much else in New York City, the new Italian American Museum now under construction in Manhattan got its start in Queens.

As Dr. Joseph Scelsa, the founder and driving force behind the IAM, likes to point out, he got the idea and laid most of the groundwork for the museum while working at Queens College.

“The idea was to show visitors that we are more than cannoli and pasta,” Scelsa told the Chronicle.

“But it all st a r t ed i n Queens.”

Actually, Little Italy has had an Italian A mer ican Museum since 2008, when Sclesa, the former director of the John D. Calandra ItalianAmerican Institute at Queens College, opened it in a storefront at Grand and Mulberry streets.

For a decade, the museum did its best to capture the Italian-American experience in 1,800 square feet of space, roughly the size of a nicesized Manhattan apartment.

Two years ago, a developer bought the two-story property from Scelsa and his board members. The new owners agreed to provide a new home for the museum rentfree in the mid-rise apartment building that will replace it.

“They broke ground last November,” said Scelsa. “The foundation will be finished by

the end of summer.

“Another year for the edifice and we should be open by spring 2021,” he said.

“That’s my hope.”

The new museum will cover 6,500 square feet on four floors.

Much of the permanent collection that will be in the new IAM will have come from the attics of New Yorkers — mandolins, barbers’ tools, extortion letters from the Black Hand (a kind of forerunner of the Mafia) and former New York City cop Frank Serpico’s gun.

The museum will be divided into four sections, beginning with the first Italian immigrants to the New World in 1635.

“Everybody thinks the Italians arrived here at the turn of the 20th century,” Scelsa said.

“Not true.”

The first Italians in America were nobles and advent u r e r s , at t r a c t e d by t he promises of the New World, he points out The second section is about daily life in Little Italy, once the largest colony of Italians outside the boot.

A t h i rd sect ion is on “ b e c o m i ng A m e r ic a n s ,” which Scelsa is intimately tied to World War II and thousands of Italian Americans proving their loyalty by going to war against their ancestral homeland.

It also covers the migration of Italians out of the Little Italys of American cities into the suburbs, where they became nearly indistinguishable from other Americans.

An architectural rendering shows what the entrance to the Italian American Museum, above, in Manhattan, will look like. The lobby is shown at left. The new museum will occupy four floors of a RENDERINGS COURTESY ITALIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM building going up on Mulberry Street.

“They didn’t feel they had to be in a enclave to protect themselves any longer,” said Scelsa.

“How We See Ourselves” is the final section, the one that tackles the barbed stigma of “The Godfather” and gangster films like it.

“Unfortunately, we are painted with a brush we don’t deserve,” said Scelsa. “Hollywood continues to portray us as nefarious people. That still goes on and it hurts.”

A singular Italian perspective on life no longer exists, he also argued.

“There are now Italians on the extreme left and Italians on the extreme right,” said the professor. “Italian Americans really are

Americans, in that they choose their own values now.”

Scelsa, 73, retired from Queens College in 2008, expressly to get the museum started.

“It was my retirement job, you might say, but I found out I’m still working full time,” he said.

The museum is being built, he said, not by any big contributors but by a group of small businessmen f rom Italian- A mer ican backgrounds.

“They understood,” he said, “that, in America, unless you have a place where your voice can be heard, you’re not paid attention Q to with any seriousness.”

Cemetery execs stole money: AG All Faiths in MidVille fell into disrepair while funds were taken, suit says

by David Russell

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Daniel Austin Jr., left, and his father had the finger of shame pointed at them by PIX 11’s Arnold Diaz over the decaying conditions of the cemetery in 2014.

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State Attorney General Letitia James is suing Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, saying former executives and board members allegedly stole large amounts of money.

The lawsuit says Daniel Austin Sr., the cemetery’s chief executive for nearly three decades, was paid $900,000 as a “retirement” award in 2014 but continued to work and make a salary. He was fired in March for not repaying the retirement award.

“The Defendants each violated their fiduciary duties of loyalty and care by: paying themselves millions of dollars in salaries, unauthorized retirement benefits, and director’s fees without any meaningful consideration of cost or controls,” reports said the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit alleges.

It also says his son allegedly embezzled $63,000 by giving himself unapproved bonuses for years. He resigned after the alleged theft was discovered.

Five years ago, PIX 11 reported on the less than ideal conditions of the cemetery, including tombstones lying facedown, cracked and sinking, as well as potholed roads and crumbling stairs.

Among those buried in the Middle Village necropolis are President Trump’s parents, grandparents and brother.

“This is totally shocking and disappointing, if true,” said Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) in an email. “I suspected there was some change happening when the cemetery fell into disrepair, but I never imagined something like this.

They used to work with the community and I know my neighbors — especially those who have loved ones buried here — are very saddened by this.” A source said Holden is sending a letter to the state Cemeteries Division to inquire about the care of All Faiths going forward.

Other claims in the court documents are that an accountant and lawyer for the board were paid unchecked salaries and fees of over $1 million from 2013 through 2018.

In 2015, a board members illegally took out a $400,000 loan for his daughters. Another board member took out a $500,000 loan for his brother in 2017, according to the suit.

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Ride remembers fallen 9/11 hero First responder Richard Pearlman was part of FHVAC, died in attacks

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The inscription on the back of Mark Mystkowski’s T-shirt summed up the day in five simple words: “Ride Hard For The Fallen.”

Mystkowski, a first responder from Howard Beach, was one of an estimated 2,000 motorcyclists who came from near and far on Sunday to pay tribute to fellow Howard Beach resident Richard Pearlman, who lost his life at the age of 18 in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

The fourth annual “Run for Richie” kicked off at Aqueduct Race Track, taking its participants to the World Trade Center and back.

“It’s great to know people truly haven’t forgotten,” Mystkowski said, moments before the police-escorted trek got underway. “This ride gets bigger and bigger.

It’s truly nice to see that. Everybody sticks together; everybody’s one whole unit.”

To make way for the event, an estimated 65 miles of New York Cit y road s were closed, according to Paul “PJ” Marcel, who came up with the idea Richard Pearlman FILE PHOTO for the ride years ago.

Marcel is president of the Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club New York chapter, a not-for-profit organization consisting of current and retired police officers, firemen, EMTs and military members, among others.

“There’s no way September 11 will be forgotten,” he told the crowd at a welcoming ceremony prior to the ride. “We’re losing too many heroes day by day.”

He was joined on stage by Alan Wolfe, cochief of the ride with Marcel and vice president of the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which benefits from the proceeds of the event.

“It memorializes those people lost on September 11, specifically Richard Pearlman,” Wolfe said.

Pearlman, whose parents, sister and brother-

Paul “PJ” Marcel addressed the crowd before the ride honoring Richard Pearlman, left, began; Mark Mystkowski of Howard Beach and his girlPHOTOS BY MARK LORD friend, Kelly Bolger of Fresh Meadows, were among those in attendance. in-law were in attendance, was a member of the FHVAC who dreamed of becoming an emergency medical technician.

On the fateful day in 2001, Pearlman, working as a messenger for a law firm, was dropping off paperwork at 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan when he heard an all-hands-on-deck call go out on his radio. The last time anyone saw him alive, he was putting his talents and what he had learned at the FHVAC to good use — helping a bloodied woman out of the South Tower.

Marcel sees the ride as a way of honoring the life of his friend and fellow motorcycle buff.

Unlike last year, when inclement weather kept the crowds to a relative minimum (an estimated 500 devotees took part despite the rain), Sunday’s conditions were picture perfect. Participants came from as far away as Alaska, California and Texas, the total number being the largest to date, according to Marcel.

“The youth of today have no idea what September 11 is about,” he said. “As we slowly

The New Jersey Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club was well represented at Sunday’s ride, which kicked off at Aqueduct Race Track.

retire, we need to keep the spirit alive.”

Helping the cause was Jennifer Provence, a Howard Beach resident who brought her two children, Jackson, 5, and Mason, 4, to witness the event.

“They need to understand the importance of it,” she said of the September 11 attack. The ride, she added, was “in honor of someone who passed away. All these people came out because Q they loved him and they love America.”

City warns of middle school kids vaping One in 15, or around 13,000 New York City public middle school students last year reported using e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days, the Health Department said Tuesday.

E-cigarette use was higher among older students: 9 percent in seventh grade and 8.4 percent in eighth grade, compared to 2.6 percent in sixth grade. Known as vaping, e-cigarette use was much more common than traditional cigarette use among middle school students.

“Our data show that Big Tobacco is luring young New Yorkers into nicotine addiction with flavors that appeal to kids,” Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot said in a prepared statement. “Adding the taste of bubblegum and cotton-candy to this unregulated product should not obscure how dangerous it can be.”

The agency’s data show that 14.4 percent of middle school students — about 29,000 students — had ever tried e-cigarettes. That number too was more common among older students. Only 5.6 percent of sixth-grade students had tried e-cigarettes, while 21.4 percent of eighth-grade students, or one in five, had tried e-cigarettes.

One pod of a popular e-cigarette brand,

JUUL, can contain as much nicotine as a whole pack of cigarettes. Nicotine can change the chemistry of the teen brain; it can worsen memory and concentration, decreasing learning ability. Along with nicotine, the aerosol from heated e-liquids can also contain harmful chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, which can cause caner; diacetyl from flavoring, which is linked to lung disease; and heavy metals such as nickel, tin and lead. Bystanders can also breathe in such toxins.

Despite industry claims that e-cigarettes are only intended to help adults quit smoking, none have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for that purpose. In fact, youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to later try cigarettes. And in New York City, e-cigarette use is much more common among youth than adults. In 2017, one in six public high school students, or 17.3 percent, reported currently using e-cigarettes, compared to only 2.5 percent of adults. Flavors are among the top reasons for e-cigarette use among youth in the U.S. Kidfriendly sweet and fruit flavors, like cotton candy, crème brûlée and cool mint, make e-cigarettes seem appealing and harmless. Q

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A bill that would overhaul the collection of commercial waste in New York City continues to wend its way through the legislative process.

Intro. 1574, a 48-page document, would divide the city into at least 20 zones. The collection of trash from commercial customers would be awarded to one collector per zone, who also would have to provide recycling and organics collection.

Proponents say the benefits are myriad [see related story in some editions or online at qchron.com].

Residents of Jamaica and three other neighborhoods that have the largest concentration of private trash haulers and environmental groups say zones will reduce the number of garbage truck trips in the city, thus reducing pollution, noise and wear and tear on neighborhood roads.

It does not appear to address legal limits on tonnage of garbage that is processed in a given community district, a measure that had been debated in earlier proposals.

The city and labor unions representing workers also say Intro. 1547 would provide workers with higher pay, better training and safer working conditions — more than 20 people, both private trash workers and others, have been killed in accidents involving private waste trucks or companies since 2016.

Depar tment of Sanitation personnel would be authorized to assure collection under any circumstances that might interrupt work by an authorized carter.

The bill also would establish tighter regulation of the trucks themselves for pollution and safety purposes.

Critics within the business community fear having only one collector per zone will result in higher prices because of a lack of competition.

Smaller carters are concerned that they will lose money or go out of business, and that workers will lose their jobs.

The primary sponsor is Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Queens), who chairs the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste. Co-sponsors from Queens include Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) and Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton).

Reynoso’s office provided the Chronicle with a breakdown of the major aspects of the bill and clarified the legal language.

Under the existing bill: • the DSNY would have contracts with the private carters to which franchises are awarded, the contracts that would establish maximum rates that could be charged; • contracts between carters and the city will be for 10 years, while those between carters and the businesses in their zones could not exceed two years; • the DSNY would have jurisdiction to investigate consumer complaints involving the carters; and • there would be a maximum number of zone franchises that a single bidder could be awarded, but the number would be subject to ongoing negotiations.

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New schoolhouse rocks Jax Heights Chronically overcrowded district picks up 476 seats at PS 398

by Michael Shain Editor

When White Castle closed its regional corporate office in Jackson Heights five years ago, northern Queens lost some jobs to New Jersey, where the hamburger chain has its corporate office.

White Castle told the reporter for an online news site that most of its corporate employees were working from home these days and it no longer needed the building.

What the neighborhood got in return was a full city block of real estate right next to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, ripe for development.

T he mot he r of Cit y Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) was living at the time in a nursing home a block and half away from the White Castle building at 34th Avenue and 69th Street.

“I was in the area a lot back then and I saw the sale sign go up,” he said.

For some time, Dromm, a former elementary-school teacher, had been on the lookout for sites in District 30, the second-most overcrowded school district in the city in 2014.

“So I called Lorraine Grillo,” he said.

Grillo is the head of the School Construction Authority, the agency in charge of designing, renovating and building all city schools.

Some $62 million later, Dromm, Grillo and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza last week cut the ribbon to open PS 398, a new 476-seat primary school built on the White Castle site and the first built-from-the-groundup school to open in Queens in two years.

New elementary schools in New York open a little at a time.

On PS 398’s first day, only four classrooms of kids — two kindergarten and two pre-K — were filled.

The school will add one new grade a year for the next five years until it is full.

T he pr i ncipal, Er ica Urena — born in Jackson Heights and still living there — led the chancellor and a group of school officials on a tour of the new building through halls that were u n nat u rally quiet for a school day.

“The site is ideal,” Dromm said.

District 30 encompasses Astoria, East Elmhurst and Long Island City, as well as Jackson Heights, some of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the borough.

It was the first day of school not just for these children at PS 398 but for the Jackson Heights school itself, left. Chancellor Richard Carranza, second from right, and Principal Erica Urena, far PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN left, visited a kindergarten class after cutting the ribbon.

It will take pressure off classroom sizes at nearby PS 212, PS 152 just west of the BQE and PS 69.

“Yesterday, I was at a school facility built in 1898 and it’s still educating children,” Car-

ranza told the group that had gathered in the school lobby to cut the ribbon.

“My focus is that, in a hundred years, this building will still be serving the children of Q Queens.”

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While the Mets were in town across the street last Saturday, these baseball fans insisted they were in Queens for the tennis.

“We saw the Mets last night,” said Al Thompson of Brooklyn, top left, while at bottom left, Royals fan Kevin Goodwin of Missouri was in the right place. So too did Angels fan Robert Belzer of California, top center, and Seattle-based Mets fan Jim Newsaum below him.

At top right, Los Angeles residents Eva and Karl Wong wear the Dodgers colors.

Above left, Takamasa Ueda of Westchester and his son Santi support that other New York team, while Manhattanite Brian Burnett said his Cardinals hat was within reach in his closet.

At left, Chris Casswell of Australia wasn’t trolling anyone with his Denver Broncos cap.

“I just bought the hat,” he said.

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Rozic, Stavisky introduce legislation

by Ryan Brady Editor

When a mayoral panel last month suggested abolish i ng cit y element a r y schools’ Gifted and Talented programs, critics said the proposal wasn’t the right way to fight segregation in the education system, its stated goal. Some lawmakers and advocates countered by saying that the initiative should be made available to all students.

And a new bill carried by two Queens officials intends to make that idea a reality.

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) have introduced legislation that would make city school districts test all students for the Gifted and Talented programs, unless their parent or guardian opts out.

“New York City’s Gifted and Talented Program allows for children who benefit from an accelerated learning experience an opportunity to be challenged in the classroom,” Stavisky said. “This legisla-

tion would increase diversity throughout the Gifted and Talented Program and include more students from under-represented populations.”

The senator, a retired teacher who chairs the Higher Education Committee, also sits on the Education and New York City Education committees.

In 2015, the school board of Broward County, Fla. published a report showing that 643 second-graders who hadn’t previously been identified as gifted met criteria for gifted services. Eighty-four percent of the kids in question came from underrepresented groups.

“All students deserve educational opportunities and it is my hope that by broadening access more students will enroll and benef it from accelerated school instruction,” Rozic said in her own statement. “With the start of the new school year, our school system should take this opportunity to broaden the gateways for students and ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the educational Q services they deserve.”

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QEDC offers business, IMMIGRATION CORNER Touting naturalization on home finance courses Looking to help entrepreneurs, established business owners, contractors, minorities, immigrants, women and others, the Queens Economic Development Corp. has announced its fall lineup of programs and services. Below are some details; more can be found on the Queens Chronicle’s website.

First up in the 13th annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition, sponsored

by Resorts World Casino New York City and the Queens Chamber of Commerce and organized in cooperation with Queens Library. It will award $10,000 each to four winning businesses, while providing technical assistance, resources and training to all.

Contestants attend free seminars on four topics — Your Business Idea; Testing Your Business Model; Marketing; and Entrepreneurial Financing. These two-hour sessions take place at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St., on various dates between Oct. 13, 2019, and Feb. 25, 2020. After a fourth session, applicants will submit business plans to a panel of judges, who select the winners.

Interested parties can attend free, onehour orientations at: the Flushing Library, Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m.; Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, Sept. 16, 6

p.m.; Peninsula Community Library, 92-25 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway, Sept.

19, 6 p.m.; Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City, Sept. 24, 4:30 p.m.; and Cambria Heights Library, 218-13 Linden Blvd., Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m.

Ready? Set. Go! is a free, 90-minute program, formerly New Idea to New Venture.

Taught by a small business expert, a lawyer and a financier, it covers starting a business, including legal issues and funding. The first workshop is at Queens Borough Hall’s Room G110, 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, on Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m.

The Entrepreneurship Assistance Center is for aspiring and existing small business owners, offering its annual 20-class course on creating a company and earning revenue.

Personal Financial Literacy is an eightweek course on budgeting, investing and saving for home ownership, college and retirement. Taught by a financial planner, the first class is on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. It’s free for those with household incomes of under $100,000. Clients must contact Michael Gillen at (718) 263.0546 for admittance.

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Naxolone nasal spray kits to be distributed As part of National Recovery Month, Borough President Melinda Katz will join NYC Health + Hospitals and the Health Department in sponsoring an event to train members of the public on how they can save the lives of people suffering from opioid overdoses.

The training will be held Thursday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon in the auditorium, also called Room A1-22, of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst at 79-01 Broadway. Attendees will learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and how to properly and safely administer naloxone medication to reverse it.

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is a medication that can be used on an emergency basis by nonmedical professionals to treat opioid overdoses to prevent fatalities. Naloxone is administered by nasal spray and has saved the lives of many who have overdosed on opioids such as heroin, prescription pain killers and fentanyl.

The free training session will include remarks from Katz, followed by a presentation from NYC Health + Hospitals/

Elmhurst about the nationwide opioid epidemic and its impact in Queens. It will be followed by a Health Department-facilitated training on how to administer naloxone nasal spray. Free kits containing naloxone nasal spray will be distributed at the end of the training to individuals age 12 and older.

The training will also include information about what NYC Health + Hospitals is doing to combat the opioid epidemic, what treatment is available in Queens for opioid addiction and what New Yorkers can do to prevent opioid overdoses.

Naloxone is an “opioid antagonist” that counteracts the life-threatening depression of the central nervous and respiratory systems suffered during an opioid overdose. Administration of naloxone can quickly restore normal breathing and save the life of a person overdosing on an opioid. It is a safe medication widely used by emergency medical personnel and other first responders to prevent opioid overdose deaths. Unfortunately, by the time a person having an overdose is Q reached, it is often too late.

Citizenship Day, Sept. 17

by Bitta Mostofi The City of New York is proud to honor immigrant New Yorkers who have chosen to become citizens. On Citizenship Day, which is this Tuesday, Sept.

17, we will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Cities for Citizenship. This national initiative — chaired by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti — encourages cities and counties across the country to promote naturalization and citizenship programs for immigrants. C4C has grown from just three founding cities in 2014 to 85 municipalities across the country.

New York has always been the ultimate city of immigrants. People of all backgrounds from every corner of the globe have arrived in our five boroughs to make a better life for themselves and their families for well over a century. Now more than ever, it’s essential that we encourage our city’s immigrant residents to take that last step toward citizenship.

In today’s climate, it is essential to highlight that immigration does not undermine American success. Increasing immigrant access to citizenship has been shown to lead to better-paying jobs, increased political participation and a higher gross domestic product.

Naturalization also benefits NYC as a whole. A report commissioned by my agency, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, found that if all eligible legal permanent residents in our city naturalized, annual city, state and federal tax revenue would rise by $800 million. When cities promote naturalization for those who are eligible, we have the potential to harness the full economic contribution of immigrants and stimulate economic development in our local communities.

This is why Mayor de Blasio and NYC have played such a critical role in founding

and growing C4C. From coast to coast, municipal leaders, community groups and the private sector are now collaborating on initiatives like ours to expand outreach, provide legal assistance and f i n a ncia l coa ching, and offer civics and English language classes — such as our We Speak NYC program — to promote naturalization.

On Citizenship Day, I want to tell the staggering 40 percent of our city’s residents who are immigrants that wherever you come from, wherever you’re going, your story is the story of this city and of this nation. It was immigrants who made this city what it is today and it was immigrants who built the world’s greatest economy.

If you’re a New Yorker interested in becoming a U.S. citizen, I encourage you to take advantage of the City’s NYCitizenship program, which provides free legal help with citizenship applications and financial counseling at select public libraries. You can set up an appointment to meet with a trusted legal representative for free at a library near you to find out if you may be eligible for a full or partial citizenship application fee waiver. To learn more about this program, visit nyc.gov/citizenship.

I want to thank every immigrant New Yorker, no matter where you are along the path to citizenship, for being a vital part of our communities and carrying on the legacy of generations of people who came here to follow their dreams and contribute to an open and welcoming America that values equality.

Happy five-year anniversary to Cities Q for Citizenship!

Bitta Mostofi is Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.

Town hall on proposed shelter The proposed homeless shelter for 200 men to be located at 78-16 Cooper Ave. beginning in the first half of 2020 will be the subject of a town hall on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) is hosting the meeting, which will be held at PS/IS 119 at 74-01 78 Ave. in Glendale.

Invited guests include Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhav-

en) and the Glendale-Middle Village Coalition.

Call (718) 366-3900 for more information or email district30@council.nyc.gov.

The site has been an ongoing source of controversy since the city first proposed it as a location for homeless men.

Many in the area fought the plan, including Holden, who was president of the Juniper Park Civic Association at the time of the announcement.

There was also talk of the former factory being made into a school but now the Q plan is for a shelter after all.

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Tackling the housing affordability crisis As housing prices soar nationwide, a growing number of Americans are unable to find affordable housing. Experts say that the problem has reached a crisis point and is harming the welfare not only of individuals and families, but of communities and the economy at-large.

Since 2012, housing prices have increased by 53 percent, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Unfortunately, salaries have not kept pace. The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University reports that 18 million Americans commit more than 50 percent of their income toward a safe place to live.

America needs 7 million units of affordable housing, according to a Ma rch 2019 Nat ional Low I ncome Housi ng Coalition report, which also found that no state has enough affordable rental inventory.

“America’s housing affordability crisis isn’t restricted to cities on the East and West coasts. Families in rural, suburban and urban areas in all 50 states are sacrificing necessities like food, healthcare and education in order to make rent or mortgage payments,” says Brandee McHale, president of the Wells Fargo Foundation. “Only when people can afford to live in their neighborhoods can communities thrive.”

Recognizing the extent of the problem, nonprofits, think tanks and corporations are

stepping in to find solutions that will unlock housing options for more Americans and reduce the cost burden of housing. One large-scale effort underway is being spearheaded by Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation. Drawing on its resources and expertise, the company is working in collaboration with public- and private-sector organizations to develop and implement new solutions in communities of need, and is committing a $1 billion philanthropic investment through 2025.

The $1 billion will be used to address multiple facets of the U.S. housing affordability crisis, including homelessness, available and affordable rentals, transitional housing and homeownership. Beyond this commitm e n t , p r og r a m s t h a t increase financial literacy among individuals and create small business growth for local entrepreneurs round out an overall strategy to help people and communities find more financial stability.

This new philanthropic strategy comes on the heels of previous efforts designed to secure affordable housing for more Americans. Since 2012, Wells Fargo has provided charitable grants for homebuyers and homebuyer education through its philanthropic NeighborhoodLIFT and other LIFT programs in collaboration with NeighborWorks America, creating more than 22,000 homeowners — the majority from low- and mod-

A growing number of Americans are unable to find affordable housing. Experts say long-term solutions must be found that will help meet their most basic needs. erate-income households — through over $475 million in down-payment assistance grants. In addition, 10-year lending commitments are in place to help more than 170,000 African-American and Hispanic individuals purchase homes.

“Financial stability starts with a place you can afford to call home, but to help more people find that, it’s going take all of us

looking more holistically at the spectrum of housing needs,” McHale said.

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What to know before replacing windows As with any home upgrade, a little research can help ensure a top-quality installation with the best materials on the market. Here are the most important factors to consider before purchasing replacement windows: • Energy efficiency: Energy-efficient windows can keep utility bills incheck while helping manage climate control. Seek out the Energy Star label, which indicates a product is energy efficient according to standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

Numbers don’t lie so be sure to also check the Nat ional Fenest r at ion Rating Council Label to compa re per for ma nce between energy-efficient windows in the following categories: U-Factor (how well the window retains heat), Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (how well it resists unwanted heat gain), Visible Transmittance (how well it lets in natural light), Air Infiltration (how drafty the window is) and Condensation Resistance (how well it resists inside surface condensation).

• Test specifications: All windows on the market are tested for their structural integrity, as well as their resistance to air and water. Investigating these ratings is important, particularly in regions that see wicked weather.

• Insulation: For maximum energy efficiency and comfort, look for new technologies such as Neopor insulation and Innergy thermal reinforcements that deliver high-performance and meet Energy Star-certification standards. Windows offered by ProVia, for example, include these features and are tested against the most stringent requirements for air and water infiltration, wind load resistance, ease of operation, forced entry and more.

• Material: Windows are available in such materials as vinyl, wood, aluminum and fiberglass. Understanding the benefits of each can help you arrive at the right decision for your home, priorities and budget and new options even mix materials, combining different advantages into one product.

• Warranty availability: Replacement Windows can cost thousands of dollars and should last a long time, so consider protecting your investment by opting for windows that come with a comprehensive lifetime warranty that’s transferrable to the next homeowner.

This can potentially increase your home’s value should you put it on the market.

• Style: The style of your new windows can complement the architectural features of your home, provide visual interest and boost curb appeal. Using online design resources and visualizer tools can help you see how particular hardware finishes,

Replacing your old windows with energy-efficient Energy Star windows will not only improve your PHOTO COURTESY STATEPOINT MEDIA home’s beauty but keep your famiiy comfortable and safe. colors, add-ons, finishing options and accessories will look on your home.

• Recognition: Third-party recognition for a particular brand or product is a strong indicator that you’re investing in a quality product. A recent “Remodeling” magazine survey of remodeling contractors ranked ProVia vinyl windows as number one in window quality, citing its unique ability to customize as needed, its personalized customer service, strong warranties and mix of

state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and human craftsmanship. Lastly, the brand was recognized for strong attention to detail, as it follows an 80-plus item checklist for quality control. More information can be found at provia.com/windows.

Before upgrading, get savvy. Doing so can help you make a decision that will improve your home’s beauty, keep your family comQ fortable and safe and save you money.

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Homeowners know that maintaining a home can be a yearround job. No home is immune to wear and tear, and homeowners who want to protect their real estate investments should try to stay two steps ahead to ensure their homes do not succumb to the elements or become outdated and unappealing to prospective buyers.

Fall has become a season that’s synonymous with home improvement, but homeowners need not wait until the leaves begin changing colors to start planning their next projects. The following are a few items homeowners can add to their fall home improvement to-do lists.

Roof inspection Less precipitation tends to fall during the warmer months than during the late fall and winter. As a result, homeowners may not be aware of leaky roofs until autumn has come and gone. But waiting until winter to inspect the roof can prove disastrous, as weather conditions will not be conducive to inspection and increased precipitation may result in potentially costly damage. Leaky roofs can be easily identified by looking for

water stains on interior ceilings.

Once you see a stain, you can climb onto the roof to identify the location of the leak and fix it before winter rains and snowfall turn the problem into something much larger. Inspect your ceilings for signs of leaking after a strong rainfall, and then address any leaks immediately.

Gutter cleaning While some homeowners prefer to delay their gutter-cleaning projects until late fall, those whose homes are surrounded by trees may need to schedule two such projects. Gutters clogged with leaves and other debris can cause serious roof damage, and that damage can extend all the way i n side a home. I n add it ion , clogged gutters make great nesting areas for insects or critters.

Always stand on a ladder when cleaning gutters, wearing gloves to remove items by hand and dropping leaves and debris into a trash can below. Standing on the

roof and leaning over gutters greatly increases your risk of injury. If the gutters are clear when you first examine them in early fall, you can wait until later in the season to give them a complete and thorough cleaning. Once you have finished clearing the gutters, you can use a hose to run water through them and the downspouts to confirm everything is functioning properly.

Window and doorway inspection Before temperatures start dropping once again, homeowners will want to inspect their windows and doorways for leaks. Over time, cracks can develop around windows and doorways, and while such cracks are rarely noticeable when the weather outside is warm, they can be quite obvious and very costly if they remain unsealed come the start of winter. Cold air can enter a home through cracks around windows and doorways, and many homeowners who don’t suspect leaks may respond by turning up the thermostats in their homes. That can prove quite expensive over a f ull winter.

Choose a windy autumn day to place a hand by windows and

Autumn is a great time to inspect patios that might have endured some wear and tear during the heavy usage seasons of spring and summer. external doorways in your home to see if you can feel drafts. If you can, seal these cracks as soon as possible.

Patio cleanup Patios are popular hangouts during spring and summer and that can result in a lot of wear and tear. Once you store patio furniture for the winter, inspect your entire patio to determine if it needs any refurbishing. While

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certain patio projects may be best left for spring, you can still clean any stained areas around the grill and look for cracks in the sidewalk that need to be addressed.

P r e p a r i n g fo r f a l l h o m e improvement projects ahead of time can help homeowners complete projects in a timely manner and ensures they won’t be forced to brave the winter elements when Q refurbishing their homes.

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A call for a more bike-friendly bridge Councilman seeks higher fencing, open cycling lane on RFK-Triborough

by Michael Gannon

“Crossi ng t he Tr iboroug h Br idge shouldn’t be a life-or-death situation, yet The chairman of the City Council’s that’s sadly what pedestrians and cyclists Committee on Environmental Protection face the second they enter this crossing,” is asking the Metropolitan Transportation Constantinides said in a statement issued Authority to make the RFK-Triborough by his office.

The councilman said 10-foot-high mesh Bridge more accessible to cyclists and fencing is in place only along lengths of safer for them.

In an Aug. 30 letter to Daniel DeCres- the bridge over land. The remainder has a cenzo, acting president of MTA Bridges & 4-foot barrier. He said higher fencing also Tunnels, Councilman Costa Constantinides might prevent suicides, four of which he said have t a ken (D -Astor ia) called place from the span on t he age ncy t o since 2015. ex t e nd p r ot e c t ive rossing the Triborough “Fenci ng along fenci ng along t he the entire pedestrientire leng th of a Bridge shouldn’t be a an path will ensure pedestrian path along the north side life-or-death-situation ...” s i m p l y t r i p p i n g doesn’t lead to a of the br idge to a — City Councilman Costa Constantinides tragic accident and uniform 10 feet high. deters anyone He also wants the thinking about takM TA to consider reopening a now-closed path on the south ing their life until help can arrive.”

Constantinides said reopening the side of the bridge in order to create dedicated lanes for cyclists and pedestrians. bridge’s southern crossing would allow for “separate, safer crossings for cyclists They now share one pathway.

Under present regulations, cyclists and pedestrians.”

T he existi ng path is 5 feet wide. crossing the Triborough are required to walk their bikes across the bridge. Queens Though cycling is banned, many continue access and egress are made via a staircase to ride along it to and from Queens. Those who are caught can be issued tickets. at 27th Street in Astoria.

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A Queens councilman and cycling advocates are asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to add safety fencing to the existing pedestrian lanes on the north side of the Triborough Bridge; PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON and to reopen a lane on the south side for cyclists’ use.

Juan Restrepo of Transportation Alternatives backed Constantinides.

“Protective fencing is a no-brainer solution to prevent unnecessary death

FDNY honors more 9/11 dead Five assigned to Queens among 22 memorialized

by Michael Gannon

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Four firefighters and an EMT based in Queens were among 22 honored by the FDNY last Friday, their names added to the memorial of those who have died of illnesses caused by “working the pile” at the remnants of the World Trade Center in the weeks and months after the 9/11 attacks of 2001.

Those honored included Firefighters Brent Crobek and Daniel Bove of Engine Co. 251 in Glen Oaks; Firefighter Michael McDonald of Ladder Co. 128 in Long Island City; Firefighter John Elges of Ladder Co. 134 in Far Rockaway and EMT Felipe Torre of the Bureau of Training at Fort Totten.

T hei r n a mes now a re inscribed on the memorial wall at FDNY Headquarters at 9 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn.

More than 200 FDNY personnel have since joined the 343 members of the service killed in 2001 when the Twin Towers fell dur-

Five FDNY heroes stationed in Queens were among 22 whose names were added to the memorial of those who survived the 2011 attack on the World Trade Center but succumbed to illness caused by their FDNY PHOTO / FACEBOOK work in rescue and recovery efforts. ing simultaneous terror attacks on New York City and the Pentagon using aircraft. A fourth plane was believed to be headed for Washington, D.C. when hijackers crashed it into a field in Pennsylvania as passengers counterattacked in an effort to take back control of the jet.

“This solemn wall is a poi-

gnant and permanent reminder of the sacrif ice of all that responded on September 11th and toiled for weeks and months at the World Trade Center searching for the innocent lives taken that day,” Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in a statement last week. “Because of their dedication and bravery,

each year the already staggering loss suffered by the FDNY continues to grow as illnesses claimed the lives of those who so bravely served our city.”

Others honored included Firefighter Anthony Alese, Engine Co. 9; Dr. Michael Guttenberg, Bureau of Health Services; Capt.

Victor Valva, Engine Co. 167; Firefighter Charles Williams, Ladder Co. 111; Battalion Chief Robert Miuccio, Battalion 22; Firefighter Jimmy Martinez, Engine Co. 157; Firefighter Dennis Heaney, Ladder Co. 157; Paramedic Martha Stewa r t, EMS St at ion 8; EMT Joseph Rodriguez, EMS Station 58; Capt. Joh n Moschella, Engine Co. 26; Firefighter Richard Meehan, Battalion 06; Lt. Timothy O’Neill, Ladder Co. 5; Firefighter Kevin Lennon, Ladder Co. 175; Lt. John T. Moran, Ladder Co. 41; Firefighter Lloyd Stuart, Engine Co. 3; Firefighter Kevin Nolan, Engine Co. 79; and Firefighter Richard Driscoll, Q Engine Co. 91.

from strong winds or foul play on the pathway,” he said in the councilman’s press release. “We also should not be punishing Queens and Bronx cyclists with tickets for electing to take a five minute bike ride over the bridge — the only bridge connecting Queens and the Bronx with a pedestrian and cyclist pathway — when walking would take five times as long, and detouring through Manhattan would take an additional half hour. Every other East River bike and pedestrian path allows for cyclist use.”

During two informal checks by the Chronicle this week, all of the cyclists electing to get on the bridge at the 27th Street staircase in Astoria mounted their bikes and began pedaling across once they reached the top. Security regulations prevented the Chronicle from taking photographs on the bridge.

In an email to the paper, an MTA spokesman said the councilman’s request will be taken under advisement.

“Providing a safe environment on and around our facilities is an essential priority at MTA Bridges and Tunnels,” he wrote. “As we constantly review our practices and procedures, we appreciate the Council Member’s concer ns and will review the proposals he has put forth.”

All could prove easier said than done, particularly when it comes to the possibility of green-lighting both walking and bicycle riding in the north lane.

While the RFK-Triborough, Marine Parkway, Cross Bay and Henry Hudson bridges all have pedestrian walkways, the pedestrian paths at the RFK do not comply with modern standards for shared use.

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority regulations, therefore, make it necessary for cyclists to dismount and walk their bikes between Queens and the Bronx. Q

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Con Brio Ensemble strikes up the classical next Sunday It’s two weeks before the big day, the opening performance in this season’s Twilight Concert Series by the Con Brio Ensemble.

The quartet that will be playing together at The Church-In-The-Gardens in Forest Hills on Sept. 22 is gathered at the home of the ensemble’s co-founder, Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, for an afternoon rehearsal. Their shoes are off, they’re seated comfortably around the piano, respective instruments at hand, and they’re ready to escape into their musical world.

Despite frequent repetitions of brief snippets of music, aiming for perfection in timing, they remain in a surprisingly jovial mood, interspersing shared

anecdotes with serious music-making.

Mittler-Battipaglia tickles — actually, embraces — the ivories, as she is joined by Hamilton Berry on cello, Anton Miller on violin and Rita Porfiris on viola.

They have an automatic camaraderie that comes from years of having performed together. Miller has been part of the ensemble for 30 years. Porfiris is a relative newcomer, having joined nine years ago. Berry got involved two years later.

Adding further to the ease with which they play together is the fact that Flushing-born Porfiris and Miller are a married couple, now residing in Connecticut.

“We’re used to each other,” Por firis said, prompting Miller to add, “We seem to be able to

rehearse with ESP.” They work at the same school and play together 95 percent of the time, they said.

The full ensemble, which includes approximately a dozen musicians, was founded by Mittler-Battipaglia and her husband, Victor Battipaglia, who passed away in 1992. As Mittler-Battipaglia explained it, when they formed the group, they searched for “the finest musicians we could to perform for the community.” The group is now beginning its 41st season.

The upcoming Sunday afternoon concert, the first of three by the ensemble to be presented this season at The Church-In-The-Gardens, will feature Sonata for Cello and Piano, composed by Franz Mittler, continued on page 31

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FILM

“Searching the Sky for Rain,” with works by multiple artists that disregard how the art industry regulates and classifies differences into categories, and “École du soir (The Evening Academy),” with works by Christian Nyampeta concerned with “thinking Africa” and the idea of the evening school, informed by traditions. Both Sun., Sept. 15 (opening reception 6-8 p.m.)-Mon., Dec. 16, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $10 suggested; $5 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org.

“Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” an exclusive version of the 2019 documentary about the mission that landed men on the moon for the first time 50 years ago, with never-before-seen footage. Daily through Tue., Jan. 21, 2020, 3 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $6; $5 kids, students, seniors, plus admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

“Relative Fields in a Garden,” a multimedia collaboration between portraitist Heidi Howard and her mother, sound sculptor Liz Phillips, that combines fantastical flora with field recordings to depict three generations of women and Phillips’ garden in Sunnyside. Through Sun., Feb. 16, 2020, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission: $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, kids.

Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

“A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art,” with one-of-a-kind works from the 18th to 21st centuries presented as gifts with an immediate and personal nature. Through Tue., Dec. 31, American Folk Art Museum’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 5959533, folkartmuseum.org.

“Who Takes Care of New York?”, an exploration of NYC civic groups and how they care for their communities, with maps, art and storytelling meant to empower visitors on how to make lasting change.

Through Sun., Sept. 29 (special events on select days throughout), Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

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The 39th annual Antique Motorcycle Show at the Queens County Farm Museum is set for Sunday, with bikes on display and for sale, trophies, music, food and more to get your motor running.

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PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS COUNTY FARM MUSEUM and more. Through Sun., Oct. 6, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

“Imaging Women in the Space Age,” with vintage and current images of women as aviators and astronauts from fashion, TV, film, pop culture, toys and more; part of Space Out Summer programs honoring the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Through Sun., Nov. 3, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

it card. Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $15; free teens. Both part of monthly series at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

Queensboro Dance Festival, with multiple troupes from the borough performing as part of a tour running through Sun., Oct. 6. Sat., Sept. 14, 2-3:30 p.m., the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free.

Info/RSVP (requested): (929) 282-0620, queensborodancefestival.com.

“Sculpture & Textiles by Linda Rettich,” with sculptural scenes made of tiny beads, figures, textiles, culinary delights and more. Through Sun., Dec. 22, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $2 suggested. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

Making Moves Dance Festival, with 11 choreographers and multiple dance troupes performing indoors and out. Thu.-Sat., Sept. 19-22, various times, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $10 each indoor show; otherwise free.

Info/RSVP: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

MUSIC

LECTURES/TALKS

“Threads and Pigments,” with works by nine Korean-American artists using bright colors, including Sui Park’s “Hidden Gem,” above, and materials such as stitched threads that symbolize diversity and a connection between cultures. Fri., Sept. 13 (opening reception 6-8 p.m.)-Sun., Sept. 29, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested; free students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Con Brio Ensemble Twilight Concert, with works

by Franz Mittler, Antonin Dvorak, Krzysztof Penderecki and Augusta Read Thomas performed on violin, viola, cello and piano. Sun., Sept. 22, 4:306:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $12; $10 seniors, students. Info: (718) 459-1277, conbrioensemble.org.

COURTESY PHOTO

The Maspeth Melody Makers, a new chorus for people who wish to sing in a group for the sheer joy of it, with no auditions or previous experience singing in a group necessary. Each Wed., 1:30-2:30 p.m., the Selfhelp Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Free. Info: (718) 429-3636.

Author Talk With Dina Santorelli, with the Ridgewood native discussing her four crime thrillers, the “Baby Grand” trilogy and “In the Red,” her newest book, hosted by the Friends of the Maspeth Library. Sat., Sept. 21, 3-4 p.m., Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave. Free. Info: (718) 639-5228, queenslibrary.org.

COURTESY PHOTO

“Under the Bonsai Tree,” with sculptures and drawings by Chris Bogia that reflect perfection and reference the home, though sometimes with a darker element. Through Sat., Nov. 2, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com..

“Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns

DANCE Take Root, with EnterArt and Arim Dance. Fri.-Sat., Sept. 20-21, 8 p.m. $17; $20 cash at door; $22 cred-

The Birds of a Restored Grassland Project in Northern Nassau County, with ornithologist Stephane Perreault presenting bird data from the nearly 10 years of work at the 400-acre Greentree Foundation site. Wed., Sept. 18, 8 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

Free. Info: (718) 229-4000, qcbirdclub.org.

Harvest Moon Sunset Walk, a hike around the West Pond Trail teaching about the area’s nocturnal residents. Fri., Sept. 13, 6:30-8 p.m. Birding for Beginners, an introductory nature walk teaching the essentials of birdwatching. Sat., Sept. 14, 10-11 a.m. Beginner Map and Compass, with participants learning how to know where they are when GPS is not available. Sat., Sept. 14, 2-3 p.m.

Osprey Watch Guided Walk, a guided stroll for all ages along the West Pond Trail with talk about the seaside raptors. Sun., Sept. 15, 10-11:30 a.m. All starting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 17510 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Bird Walk with NYC Audubon, spotting and ID’ing birds and learning how the Queens Botanical Garden provides them with resources like food and shelter.

Sat., Sept. 14, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info/registration (required): (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

The 1939 & 1964 World’s Fairs, a walk through Flushing Meadows Corona Park led by the Municipal Art Society, with sights such as the Queens Museum, Unisphere, Westinghouse TIme Capsule, assorted statues and more. Sat., Sept. 14, 2-4 p.m., starting location given with registration. $30. Info: (212) 935–3960, mas.org.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Creative Writing: Mapping Memorable Moments, with instructor Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons leading discussions and writing exercises on how to make particular moments come alive on the page. Sun., Sept. 15, 5-6 p.m., Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31 St. $10 suggested. Info: (718) 278-2665, astoriabookshop.com.

NEEDPIX.COM Defensive driving course, for better skills, insurance and point reduction; and to cut down on accidents, by the National Safety Council. Sat., Sept. 21, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., St. Mel’s Church of Flushing, 26-15 154 St. $45. Info/registration: (631) 360-9720. continued on page 32

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What does community stewardship look like throughout the five boroughs?

That question is the focus of a new Queens Museum exhibit, “Who Takes Care of New York?,” that uses performance art, static art and maps to look at the role civic groups play. It was set up by the Pratt Institute’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative, independent curator Christina Freeman and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s New York City Urban Field Station.

The project uses data collected for

‘Who Takes Care of New York?’

When: Through Sun., Sept. 29 Where: Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Entry: $8; seniors $4; kids, students, NYC educators free.

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stewardship maps — digital ones showing different groups serving as stewards of the city that lets users learn about their relationships with other organizations — in 2007 and 2017.

Research social scientist Erika Svendsen of the U.S. Forest Service helped visualize the data, which will appear on a series of maps. The SAVI Initiative at Pratt also worked on their design.

Those who check out the exhibition can learn about myriad groups active across Queens, from the Long Island City Partnership to the Addisleigh Park Civic Organization, that are stewards in their communities, as well as others throughout the city.

“This exhibit is really a celebration of their work, seen through a lens of science and art and mapping,” Svendsen said.

Forest Hills-based interdisciplinary artist Magali Duzant is among those featured in the exhibition. She made a new commission for it, titled “Whole Queens Catalog.” The artist collected bits of wisdom like advice, recipes and anecdotes from stewardship groups in different parts of the borough, and she put it all in the

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Two artists-in-residence at the Urban Field Station, Matthew Jensen and Julia Oldham, are featured in the show.

Jensen has been mapping trees across the city, drawing them and using other

media to document them, according to the Queens Museum.

As a resident artist with the Urban Field Station, Oldham has worked on a project called “Undiscovered City,” which features continued on page 32

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C M SQ page 30 Y K Notice of Completion of FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Emergency Ventilation Plant The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT), as lead agency, has completed and accepted the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Reconstruction and Expansion of Jamaica Bus Depot located at 165-18 Tuskegee Airmen Way in Jamaica, Queens, NY (Proposed Action).

The Proposed Action is the construction and operation of a new reconstructed Jamaica Bus Depot. The Proposed Action would provide a modernized bus depot with facilities needed to operate, maintain, and store/park up to 300 buses. This would allow MTA Bus to serve the current and potential future bus route assignments and reconfigurations. It would also create more capacity to accommodate new bus service demands in the borough of Queens. The new facility would also allow MTA Bus to maintain and deploy a modern bus fleet that includes articulated and electric buses, so that MTA can better serve Queens for decades to come. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2021 and be complete in 2025.

NYCT initially identified fifteen (15) Potential Alternatives in the project Draft Scoping Document which was issued in May 2016. From among these Potential Alternatives, three Candidate Alternatives were identified in the Final Scoping Document for further evaluation in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). These three Candidate Alternatives present a range of: bus storage capacity; capital and annual energy costs; and, potential environmental effects (preliminarily represented by the extent of indoor/outdoor bus parking).

The DEIS was issued on June 5, 2019 and a Public Hearing was held on June 27, 2019; the associated comment period for the DEIS closed on July 19, 2019. During the DEIS comment period, six commenters submitted commentary to NYCT (in letters, “online” on the website, and oral and written testimony). MTA NYCT has reviewed, considered and responded to all public comments on the DEIS and presented the Response to Comments in the FEIS. As the result of NYCT comparative analyses among the alternatives, and with consideration of the comments from the public and elected officials, NYCT has concluded that Candidate Alternative A is the Preferred Alternative because it best demonstrates the greatest potential to minimize, based on integrated consideration of engineering, economic, and environmental factors, the effects/impacts of construction and operation of the reconstructed Jamaica Bus Depot.

The FEIS is available for review from September 11 through September 23, 2019, to afford agencies and the public reasonable time to consider the FEIS before MTA NYCT issues the written Findings Statement.

This Notice has been prepared in accordance with: The State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL§§ 8-0101 et seq.) and it’ss implementing regulations, Title 6 NYCRR §617.

Lead Agency Contacts: MTA Government & Community Relations Attn: FEIS Proposed Reconstruction and Expansion of the Jamaica Bus Depot 2 Broadway, B20.81, New York, NY 10004 Document Availability: Online: https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/Jamaica_Bus_Depot A hard copy of the FEIS is available for review at the following locations: • Queens Community Board 12, 9028 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432; • Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432; and, • South Jamaica Library, 10841 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11433

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The Queens Historical Society is housed in the Kingsland Homestead, built around the time of PHOTO COURTESY QHS the American Revolution and saved from the wrecker’s ball in the 1960s.

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Hospitality is coming to a museum near you.

Not that museums aren’t friendly already. But some can be a little intimidating — and others downright expensive.

The Queens Historical Society, however, is throwing open its 220-year-old doors next Saturday, Sept. 21, to welcome all comers, free of charge.

The historical society, headquartered in Flushing in one of the oldest homes in Queens, is joining more than 1,600 other museums in the 15th annual Museum Day, when institutions around the country are encouraged to drop their admission fees and let everyone hang out.

The idea behind Museum Day came from the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC. “This is a chance for smaller institutions like ours to join in a huge club,” said Branka Duknic, executive director of the Queens Historical Society.

“We get really great exposure,” she said.

The historical society is located at 14335 37 Ave. in the Kingsland Homestead, built in the 1780s and one of the first homes in Queens officially landmarked by the city (the Bowne House, circa 1661, across the street was the other).

“There are so many great museums and cultural institutions throughout our country that you may not even know about, some of them right in your own

backyard,” Amy Wilkins of Smithsonian magazine told Travel + Leisure.

“Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day draws attention to these hidden gems, showcases their programming, both yearround and Museum Day specifically, and provides an impetus to visit without ticket costs posing a barrier.”

Kingsland has preserved the look and furnishings of a Colonial farmhouse, with updates, like a Victorian sitting room.

Visitors are required to download a ticket from smithsonianmag.com. You can download only one ticket per email address but each is good for two people.

The historical society has been participating in the Museum Day promotion for about five years, said Duknic.

It’s worked very well by providing the museum “with contacts and visibility we couldn’t have gotten otherwise,” she said.

“We get people from Manhattan, from parts of Queens we don’t often see.”

The open house tours run from 2:30 to Q 4:30 p.m.

Museum Day at Queens Historical Society When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Where: 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing Entry: Free. (718) 939-0647, queenshistorical.org

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Make that Forest Hills Sound Gardens continued from page 27 Mittler-Battipaglia’s father, an AustrianAmerican who was a long-time resident of Kew Gardens; Antonin Dvorak’s Quartet in D major, opus 23, for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano; Krzysztof Penderecki,’s Ciaconna for Violin and Viola; and Augusta Read Thomas’ Silent Moon for Violin and Viola.

The ensemble will return to the church for two additional performances, on Jan. 5 (highlighting the music of Beethoven, Spohr, Mittler, Debussy and Ravel) and Feb. 16 (with offerings by Beethoven and Mittler).

In an age when classical music might be believed to have lost some of its former popularity, the ensemble aims to keep it at

Twilight Concert When: Sun., Sept. 22, 4:30 p.m.

Where: The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills Tickets: $12; $10 seniors, students (718) 459-1277, conbrioensemble.org

the forefront of the music world.

Toward this aim, members of Con Brio visit schools to introduce the genre to young people. “Reaction was astounding.

They were inspired,” Miller said.

Porfiris said she believes it’s important to “take the stigma out of it,” to allow the children to make a little noise during a performance.

“The issue is not that the music doesn’t connect with people,” Berry explained.

“The issue is access. It’s on us as artists to engage with our communities.”

And, Miller added, it’s important to introduce music to youngsters “before they get jaded.”

For Mittler-Battipaglia, this season’s concerts hold special meaning, as each will include music by her father, who was recognized in the 2006 film “Last Stop Kew Gardens,” a documentary by Robert Lieberman that pays homage to his childhood home.

And, she promised, the concerts will all feature “beautiful melodies,” music that “really touches your heart.”

The Church-In-The-Gardens is located at 50 Ascan Ave. in Forest Hills. On-street

Hamilton Berry, left, Rita Porfiris, Diana Mittler-Battipaglia and Anton Miller of the Con Brio Ensemble rehearse for their upcoming concert at The Church-in-the-Gardens, PHOTOS BY MARK LORD the first in a series. On the cover: A break in the action. parking is available only with a permit secured at the church. Tickets to each show are $12 or $10 for students and seniors.

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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Life drawing, with a live nude model, free drinks, music, no judgments, no skeptical eyes.

Each Thu., 6:30 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $10. Info: (347) 8480030, licartists.org. Kew Gardens Road. Free.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Ridgewood Library Outdoors Fall Fun Day & Flea Market, with face-painting, games for kids, items for sale and more, by the friends of the library. Sat., Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2012 Madison St. Free. Info: (718) 821-4770.

Richmond Hill Block Association Park Fair, the 46th annual, with food, rides, games, music, raffles and vendors. Sat., Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Forest Park, Myrtle Ave. and Park Lane South. Free. Info: (718) 894-3759, rhba@att.net.

Queens Irish Heritage Night, the 2nd annual, with music, dance, sport, food and drink available for purchase and more. Sat., Sept. 14, 3-9 p.m., Hunter’s Point South Park, near 48 Ave. and Center Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: hunterspointparks.org.

Antique Motorcycle Show, the 39th annual, with more than 100 old bikes, trophies, live music, food and more. Sun., Sept. 15, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $7; $11 at door. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

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Momo Crawl, the eighth annual, with more than 25 restaurants and carts selling the Himalayan dumplings, to benefit Students for a Free Tibet. Sun., Sept. 15, 1-5 p.m., meeting at Diversity Plaza, 37 Road between 73 and 74 Sts., Jackson Heights. $10 for Momo Passport; each momo $1. Info: (212) 358-0071, facebook.com/studentsforafreetibet.

Artists in Motion Dance Center Open House, a family fun event with music, dancing, gifts, raffles and more, to celebrate the studio’s grand opening. Sat., Sept. 21, 12-4 p.m., 62-19 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Free. Info: (718) 3662212, artistsinmotionnyc.com.

“Family Feud” tryouts, with five people related by blood, marriage or legal adoption auditioning for the popular game show. Sat.-Sun., Sept.

14-15 (times and location not disclosed beyond “the New York area”); or by video submission.

Info: (818) 451-4281, familyfeud.com/audition.

CLUBS Alley Eco-Club — a Citizen Science Club for Adults, a new group with participants making and recording their observations about the natural world and discussing them at meetings.

Sun., Sept. 22 (and each 2nd and 4th Sun. of the month), 10 a.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.

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Knit & Crochet Club, with participants meeting up to share techniques and patterns and bringing their own supplies. Each Fri., 10:30 a.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 641-7086, queenslibrary.org.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., Sept. 21 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12.

Info: (718) 478-3100.

MARKETS St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Flea Market, outdoors, with 160 vendors. Every Sat.-Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Lecture: How to Talk to Your Doctor, at AARP Auburndale Chapter 3334 meeting, with new members welcome, refreshments, socialization, bingo and 50/50. Mon., Sept. 16, 1-4 p.m., Msgr.

Finnerty Parish Center, 195 St. and 45 Ave., Bayside. Info: (718) 357-3365.

SNAP: Services Now for Adult Persons, a full-service neighborhood center with exercise classes, line dancing, table pool, hot lunch daily, sewing, jewelry, quilting classes and more. 13333 Brookville Blvd., suite LL5, Rosedale. Info: (718) 525-8899, snapqueens.org.

Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Regular weekly hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mon. at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mon. and Thurs. at 10:30; Eldercise, Tues. at 10:30 a.m.; massage therapy, Wed. at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thurs. at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fri. at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Mon., Tues. and Fri. at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thurs. of month. Monthly buses to Yonkers.

Contact: Karen (718) 456-2000.

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

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

SUPPORT GROUPS Monthly bereavement group, for anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one, with informative handouts and light refreshments provided. Each second Wed. of the month, 2:30-4 p.m., Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72 St. Free. Info: (718) 3356049, maspethtownhall.org.

Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177.

King Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Old love boat 4 Cattle comments 8 Dispatch 12 Luau side dish 13 Reed instrument 14 Inlet 15 Small 17 Enthusiastic 18 Eviscerate 19 Soon 21 Rook 24 Potential syrup 25 Roman 52 26 Thanksgiving veggie 28 Pass along 32 Ricelike pasta 34 -- Mahal 36 Cannonball, maybe 37 Color workers 39 High-pitched bark 41 A mere handful 42 Mimic 44 Bets 46 Poetic feet 50 Existed 51 Tangelo trademark 52 Do some firing 56 Sandwich cookie 57 Great Lake 58 Londoner’s letter 59 Cut, as logs 60 Tear to bits 61 Type measures

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Qns. Museum show continued from page 29 two-dimensional collages that highlight the tension between natural spaces in the city and manmade structures.

A performance art piece by Jodie Lyn Kee Chow for “Who Takes Care of New York?” will be staged in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, right outside the Queens Museum, on Sept. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Called “The Picnic: Harvest of the STEW,” the show will honor stewardship groups throughout the five boroughs. Representatives of some of them, including Sunnyside Community Supported Agriculture and the Long Island City-based Smiling Hogshead Ranch urban farm collective, will be in the performance.

From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept.

21, a panel discussion called “How We See Stewardship” will be held in the museum’s auditorium. Lindsay Campbell of the USDA Forest Service will moderate the talk, whose panelists will be Duzant; Coney Island Beautification Project President Pamela Pettyjohn; Svendsen, who helped create the show; and Can Sucuoglu, interim director of Pratt’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative Center. RSVP at tinyurl.com/yy2rll3q.

The exhibition isn’t limited to the Queens Museum, though.

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For an off-site part of the show, the Natural Areas Conservancy will host forest bathing — a type of nature-based therapy invented in 1980s Japan — on Sunday, Sept.

22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Forest Park at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South. It’s free. RSVP at tinyurl.com/yyf3q62g.

And on Sept. 28, guests are encouraged to celebrate Stewardship Saturdays with the Parks Department as part of the exhibition at three different events across the city. For the one in Queens, volunteers will do wetland restoration work at the southwest end of Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register at tinyurl.com/y2fgzxc6. The other events Q are in the Bronx and Manhattan.

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8:30AM-5:00PM Helen Marshall Cultural Center , Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11424

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Whatever honeymoon new Jets head coach Adam Gase was hoping for from fans and the media evaporated by 4 p.m. this past Sunday.

The Jets held a 16-0 lead over the Buffalo Bills in the third quarter and appeared to have stopped yet another Bills’ drive when linebacker Henry Anderson was called for a roughing the passer penalty. The Bills maintained possession and went onto kick a field goal. Though it only cut the lead by three points there was a foreboding feeling throughout MetLife Stadium. Somewhere Mark Gastineau, who was renowned for such bonehead penalties at the most inopportune times, had to be smiling.

Sure enough, Jets highly-touted QB Sam Darnold became a shrinking violet in the fourth quarter when his team needed him most as countless passes were batted away by the Bills’ defense while his Buffalo counterpart, Josh Allen, resembled Tom Brady at crunch time. Granted, the Jets offensive line stinks but Gase arrived with a reputation of being an offensive guru. That knowledge was not evident when the Jets badly needed it.

The other story from the game was that their new kicker, Kaare Vedvik, missed an extra point in the first quarter and a chip shot field goal late in the first half. Unsurprisingly, many fans were demanding Jets general manager Joe

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Marilyn Milian was born in Manhattan on May 1, 1961. Her parents, Jorge and Georgina, were immigrants from Cuba.

Jorge was a laborer and general contractor and Georgina was a stay-at-home mom. By 1963 they had put together enough money to move out to Queens and rent a new, semiattached, legal three-family brick house at 32-25 41 St. in Astoria.

These were Marilyn’s formative years, when she acquired her Queens accent which she still retains to this day.

In 1969, her parents decided to move to Miami, Fla., with its large tight-knit growing Cuban population. Milian graduated from Saint Brendan’s School and went on to the University of Miami, earning a degree in psychology. She later went on to Georgetown University Law Center where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree.

She held many positions in the Miami County Court but her big break came in 2001 when she replaced Jerry Sheindlin on “The People’s Court,” becoming the first Hispanic judge on any English-language

The Marilyn Milian house, 32-25 41 St., in Astoria, today. television show.

Milian married John Charles Schlesinger, a U.S. attorney, in 1993 and they now have three daughters. She is still going strong presiding over the “The People’s Court,” settling cases and serving up justice. Public records show her childhood Q home is now owned by Redzep Vukelj.

Douglas give a tryout to women’s soccer star Carli Lloyd, who has shown in videos that she can boot long ones through the uprights.

Speaking of big blown leads, Mets fans will long remember last Tuesday’s DC disaster when our Flushing heroes blew a six-run lead in the ninth inning as the Nationals scored seven runs to win 11-10.

I asked Mets manager Mickey Callaway if the time between when the Tuesday game ended until the Mets won the matinee the following afternoon was the most emotionally difficult he had endured in his professional baseball career. “You mean including as a player?

Then absolutely not. However I can assure you that I didn’t sleep well that night!” he replied.

Todd Pratt, the Mets catcher who was a playoff hero in 1999, returned to mingle with fans and chat with the media at Citi Field last Friday.

He just finished his second year as a manager in the Marlins’ minor league system. In my opinion, Pratt has all of the necessary ingredients to be a successful manager in the majors: a long MLB playing career; great media skills; and he can mix analytics with old school baseball knowledge for making in-game decisions.

“I haven’t put a timetable on getting my chance to a manager in the majors but I’m optiQ mistic,” he said with a confident smile.

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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

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

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

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

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

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HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

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

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

HOWARD BEACH / ROCKWOOD PARK Mint High Ranch, move-incond, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 1st floor, 2 large rooms, full bath, laundry room and heating system, central air, sliding glass doors to lg. yard with in-ground pool. Asking $809K

Totally unique, mint 2 fam, on the water, 41x110. Featuring 3 floors. Dock to 4 boat slips. MUST SEE.

NT IN CO

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2 fam, 6 over 6, 3 BRs, 2 baths each floor.

Finished basement.

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HOWARD BEACH / ROCKWOOD PARK

HOWARD BEACH

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

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Brookfield Style, High Ranch. 4 BRs, 2 1/2 baths. Beautiful kitchen, 6 burner Viking stove, custom cabinets and countertop/ island, fireplace, new roof & windows.

Asking $899K

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Beautiful Townhouse, 2 terraces, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, 2 half baths. Kitchen with SS appl., granite counters and table. Deck, AG pool, tiled floors, all renovated, 2 car driveway, garage, view of water from front balcony.

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