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Survivor Tree will help town live up to the promise PAGE 6 The Howard Beach and Lindenwood communities came together Sunday to plant a Survivor Tree sapling, which came from the original tree rescued from Ground Zero. Many hope it will serve as a reminder of the Sept. 11 attacks for future generations. Above, FDNY firefighter Jay Frango helps the Abruzzino family, who was honoring fallen firefighter Raymond York of Engine Co. 285 in Ozone Park, do their part in planting the tree.

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Heavy rainfall causes flooding across boro Less than two weeks after Ida’s first anniversary, Queens hit again

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ust over a year ago, Whitestone resident Bridget Hanretta O’Brien waded through her belongings to determine what from her basement could possibly be salvaged after it flooded several feet during Hurricane Ida. Finding that it had flooded again Tuesday morning when she headed down to do laundry, then, was like déjà vu.

“We thought everything was like, fine, because there was more drainage put in since the last storm,” she told the Chronicle. “Even the contractor was like, ‘You shouldn’t have an issue.’”

O’Brien is far from alone: As some Queens residents attempted to rescue their possessions from f lood-ridden basements, others made treacherous commutes through the waterfilled streets left by Tuesday morning’s thunderstorms.

Though the National Weather Service told the Chronicle that the borough received between 2 and 3 inches of rain (varying from neighborhood to neighborhood) that morning, many residents throughout Queens had several feet of water consuming their basements and blocks. An NWS spokesperson explained that that is the result of the intensity of the rainfall, which fell over a short period of time, causing a sizable amount of runoff.

Near Peck Avenue in Flushing, water rose several feet, leaving a number of residents’ front steps NYC COUNCIL / TWITTER underwater. The neighborhood is still recovering from Hurricane Ida. Such was the case on and near Flushing’s Peck Avenue off Kissena Boulevard, as water levels rose to the top of several front stoops, as shown in a video tweeted by Councilmember Sandra Ung (D-Flushing). Though this time no one was injured, the block is the site where three residents died due to flooding during Hurricane Ida. Just a week and a half before, law-

makers laid flowers outside their home and visited nearby residents still recovering from that storm, as the Chronicle reported at the time.

Among those elected officials was Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing). “It’s unfortunately not a surprise to me,” Meng told the Chronicle. “This is exactly what we expected, and we expect it to happen again if things are not

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improved.” Meng has continuously pushed for new sewer infrastructure throughout Queens, including near Peck Avenue; she seemed optimistic, however, that funding would “trickle down” from the recently passed Inf lation Reduction Act. The flooding was not limited to any particular part of the borough. Water levels rose about 2 feet high in the parking garage at the Fairview Owners Co-op in Forest Hills, Meng said, and Elmhurst residents posted on Faceb o ok s ay i ng t h at t he G r a nd Ave nue Stop&Shop had flooded, as well.

Roadways did not go unscathed, either. At Queens Boulevard, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was blocked by water in nearly all lanes in both directions, save for two on the westbound side. Just past the Van Wyck Expressway, the Long Island Expressway had closed two lanes in both directions. Near the Throgs Neck Bridge, the Cross Island Parkway was closed in both directions, although by 8 a.m., the southbound side reopened despite there still being a fair amount of f looding, as area residents documented on Facebook that morning.

Streets were also flooded throughout Elmhurst and Rego Park, and in Glendale, several cars needed to be towed after they swamped trying to drive under the overpass on Cooper Q Avenue near Central Avenue.

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Work begins on New Terminal One at JFK $9.5 billion privately funded project to be completed in phases by 2030

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

Gov. Hochul and city officials were at JFK Airport last Thursday to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the New Terminal One, scheduled to be completed in 2030.

The 2.4 million-square-foot facility will encompass the areas now occupied by Terminals 1 and 2, plus the site of the former Terminal 3, which was demolished in 2014.

Groundbreaking was initially expected in 2020, but the effects of the pandemic on air travel forced the Port Authority and the New Terminal One consortium, made up of financial investors in the privately funded project, to restructure the agreement to build and operate the new facility.

A new accord was announced in December 2021, paving the way for work to begin.

“The investments we are making today will ensure all New Yorkers, and the tens of millions of people who come here every year, have a first-class travel experience tomorrow — all while creating more than 10,000 jobs,” Hochul said in a statement.

To accommodate those air travelers still relying on JFK to get them where they need to be in a timely fashion, construction will happen in phases. Initially, work will begin where Terminal 3 once stood, before

Gov. Hochul, center, was joined by area officials and investors, including basketball legend Magic Johnson, next to NYS GOV. PHOTO her, in the $9.5 billion privately funded construction of the New Terminal One at JFK Airport. moving on to the area where Terminal 2 currently stands following the consolidation of Delta Airlines’ operations to the newly expanded and refurbished Terminal 4, scheduled to take place in 2023, and the terminal’s demolition.

Terminal 1 will be torn down fol-

lowing the completion of the first phase of the project, which will allow for the opening of the new departures and arrivals hall and 14 gates before all of the existing ones are closed.

The first phase, involving the reconstruction of the sites occupied

by Terminals 2 and 3, is scheduled to

be completed in 2026. The full project, with 23 total new gates following the construction of the additional nine on the site where Terminal 1 now stands, will be completed in 2030.

T he new t er m i n al w ill be designed, built and operated by a consortium of financial sponsors, led

by global infrastructure operator Ferrovial, which took over as lead investor in the project in June. Other financial sponsors include asset manager firm JLC Infrastructure, cofounded by basketball Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who took part in the groundbreaking ceremony.

“What a magical day with the infrastructure Dream Team,” Johnson said following the event on Twitter. “This is what a great public-private partnership can look like!”

The price of the undertaking comes out to $9.5 billion, all covered by the consortium. As part of the project, the Port Authority will embark on infrastructure projects such as road and parking improvements and the construction of a new electrical substation.

Construction of the new terminal joins the development of a new Terminal 4 and the expansion of Terminal 8 as in-progress projects at the airport.

“JFK Airport is a vital gateway for the New York City metropolitan region and a key economic engine in Southeast Queens,” City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) said in a statement. “The New Terminal One will create jobs, provide new opportunities for small businesses, and improve the passenger experience for visitors and New Q Yorkers.”

Block association resumes meetings

Policing initiatives, cop awards and upcoming plans covered on Thurs.

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The Ozone Park Block Association met last week at the Deshi Senior Center after being unable to meet since March with a crowd of over 200 and a new tradition of presenting Cop of the Month awards to officers from precincts throughout the area. They outlined upcoming plans and events such as a widespread graffiti cleanup and a pet micro-chipping event.

The group presented numerous recognitions to officers from the 75th, 102nd and 106th precincts and Patrol Boroughs Queens South and Brooklyn North.

Assistant Chief Kevin Williams, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens South, gave an update on crime this summer.

Despite a decrease in gun violence, he said, there has been a 32 percent overall increase in crime. The seven main categories have all gone up with the exception of murder.

Williams said he believes foot patrols are the “bread and butter of policing” and emphasized quality-of-life issues, especially commercial vehicles parked overnight.

Within a two-week span, as part of an initiative known as “Operation Heavy Duty Enforcement,” 120 summonses were issued to commercial vehicles, 148 received boots and 100 were towed.

One issue, he said, is that the police department needs space to be offered for towed vehicles to be stored temporarily. Otherwise, the tow truck must make a trip back and forth to the impound for each vehicle and then it is likely only one or two a night get towed.

“We just need the space to put them and we will do the operation,” he said.

The block association has begun logging complaints from the community about abandoned vehicles to provide to the precincts.

Following heavy tow operations in South

The Ozone Park Block Association honored cops from precincts throughout southern Queens and PHOTO BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF bordering Brooklyn areas at its meeting last week. and Southeastern Queens, 102nd Precinct Commanding Officer Capt. Jeremy Kivlin said it has been confirmed that his precinct will be next to get the tow truck to remove vehicles.

Both the 102 and 106 reported over 200 cars being towed and over 300 commercials summonses issued in the summer months.

More information can be found on the block Q association’s Facebook page.

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Survivor Tree tribute in Howard Beach

Symbolic sapling set to serve as a reminder for generations

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Near the New Howard BeachLindenwood border, an area is being cultivated that will serve as a permanent reminder and lesson for younger generations of the sacrifices made as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks.

A sapling taken from the Survivor Tree, a Callery pear tree rescued from Ground Zero, now stands beyond the Belt Parkway overpass on 156th Avenue. Only three saplings are given out each year.

“We will continue the beautification of this area so that all those who pass through will now know that this community of Howard Beach will never forget,” said Phyllis Inserillo, co-president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association, at a ceremony on Sunday.

The civic transformed the area and secured the sapling with help from Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park).

“It shows resiliency,” said Ariola.

“It shows our fortitude as Americans and it shows that nothing can take us down.”

The work there has been a community effort. The tree sits on the property of the former Rockwood Jewish Center, something offered by the Circle Academy owners who bought the building. Donations from the community provided 2,977 little American flags, representing each life lost, which dotted the area.

Hundreds gathered for the ceremony, which opened with a blessing from Deacon Richard Elrose of St. Helen’s and included remarks from state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) and Community Board 10 Chair Betty Braton.

The Survivor Tree garden and surrounding areas were landscaped

by Lisena Landscaping, and Mike Tricarico power-washed. Resident Eddie Earl upkeeps the area almost every day. The murals, which were unveiled last Sept. 11, were done by Mark Amato and other volunteers.

“Even as the paint on the mural fades and it becomes a memory, revel in the fact that we have a beautiful Survivor Tree,” said Jay Frango, an FDNY firefighter and 9/11 first responder. “Watch it grow and flourish as you would your children and grandchildren. But never forget to let them know what the tree actually represents.”

Frango called up Dominick DeVito, whom he later helped plant the symbolic tree.

“Me and Dominick both suffer many ailments from breathing the toxic dust,” Frango said. “But if you asked, neither one of us would change what we did that day and in the months following. Dominick is the face of an FDNY 9/11 survivor.”

Other survivors, first responders and families of those who died on that day or as a result of related illnesses gathered to plant the sapling.

Gabriella and Xavier Tufano helped bury the tree and wore shirts that read, “My uncle is my hero and my angel” in memory of their uncle Christopher Christodoulou, an NYPD sergeant who died in 2017 as a result of 9/11-related cancer.

“He was the best,” said his sister and the kid’s mom, Suzanne Tufano of Howard Beach. “He was funny, he was honest, he was fair. He was a great cop.”

The tree honors heroes like Christodoulou but is just as much for his niece’s and nephew’s generation.

“For young ones, Sept. 11 is no longer an experience lived,” said Inserillo. “It is now history learned.

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At top, the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic board plants the Survivor Tree. At center left, Gabriella and Xavier Tufano pose in front of the mural on 156th Avenue. At right, FDNY firefighter Jay Frango embraces mural artist Mark Amato. Above left, Councilwoman Joann Ariola gives remarks. Above center is Eddie Earl with the sapling and at right, Dominick DeVito and Frango plant it.

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Hochul signs class size bill into law

Long-awaited decision comes on first day of school; to start in 2023

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Gov. Hochul has approved the highly anticipated class size bill upon the first day back to school for city public school students last week.

The original bill required a five-year phase-in that would be completed by September 2027 but the amended version signed by the governor gives an extra year, calling for parties to prepare for implementation beginning September 2023.

Over the five-year period, an additional 20 percent of classrooms will have to be compliant each year.

Schools with the highest poverty levels will be prioritized, according to a memorandum from the governor shared with the Chronicle, and the plan will “allow for flexibility based upon teacher availability, financial feasibilit y a nd classroom space availability.”

Any exemptions would require a plan showing that more space will be added to accommodate more classes.

The memo states that the bill reflects the need for added time and attention for in-person lear ning following the Covid-19 pandemic.

It goes on to say that the bill, which was introduced by state Sen. John Liu (D-Flush-

Starting in 2023, a new plan to limit class sizes will start to be implemented. It will cap classes PHOTO BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF / FILE from kindergarten through high school. ing), received “broad, bipartisan and nearunanimous support.” It was passed in June along with a two-year extension of mayoral control of schools, already signed into law.

“New York City school kids have been denied a sound basic education for too long,” Liu said in a prepared statement last week.

“This legislation forces the Department

of Education to at long last develop a 5-year plan to bring class sizes down to levels originally established by the DOE itself instead of merely paying lip service to the problem.

Moreover, the City is receiving $1.6 billion more state funding annually toward this purpose, and must stop with nonsensical rhetoric claiming ‘unfunded mandate’ and just get stuff done!” he added, in an appar-

ent nod to Mayor Adams’ opposition to the bill and his slogan of “get stuff done.”

In an unrelated press conference on Monday, Adams said, “I understand and respect the class-size issue but I believe the way this was done was ill-advised.”

He continued, “There are certain school districts that need more and what we are doing now, we’re taking away the chancellor’s ability to focus on where the problem is.”

Class sizes in New York City public schools will be capped at 20 students in kindergarten through third grade; 23 students in fourth through eighth grade; and 25 students in high school.

The legislation has received criticism from Adams, Schools Chancellor David Banks and some parent groups. The administration has continued to call it an unfunded mandate.

In June, Banks said in a statement that it would lead to la rge cuts i n cr it ical programs.

Others have urged Hochul to sign the bill, including the group Class Size Matters.

The United Federation of Teachers union called it a “historic day” last Thursday.

“It will take work to implement this law, but its effects on our school system will be Q transformative,” the union stated.

New sustainability office part of DOB

Mayor, Ulrich work to improve the department, streamline initiatives

by Deirdre Bardolf

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The Department of Buildings announced last week the creation of a new Sustainability Bureau to oversee all sustainability and energy- efficiency initiatives.

Mainly, it will focus on the implementation of Local Law 97, which was part of the Climate Mobilization Act passed by the City Council in 2019.

Under the law, most buildings over 25,000 square feet will be required to meet energyefficiency and greenhouse gas emissions limits by 2024 when the caps start. Stricter limits would come into effect in 2030 and more so over the following decades.

Buildings will have to stop using fossil fuelpowered appliances and move towards options like electric stoves.

“Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from our building stock and pushing back against the damaging effects of climate change are some of the biggest challenges we face at the Department of Buildings,” said Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich, the former City Council member from Ozone Park, in a prepared statement last Friday.

“We need strong forward-thinking leadership if we want to continue being a global leader on the issue of building decarbonization, and I am confident that Laura Popa is the

right choice to lead this new Bureau,” Ulrich said of Mayor Adams’ recent pick for Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability.

Popa was previously a policy advisor at the New York City Council and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and has worked in sustainability for many years.

She oversaw the development of legislation and policy at the City Council and directed its efforts to enact landmark legislation that supports citywide greenhouse gas emissions limits, the institutionalization of long-term sustainability and resiliency planning and the expansion of clean and renewable energy.

“Decarbonized and energy efficient buildings mean healthier places to live and work for all New Yorkers,” said Popa in a statement.

The move is the latest in ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline the DOB. At the end of August, Ulrich announced that, after review, about 40 percent of the agency’s parking plaques would be rescinded. Only emergency use and vehicles on official business would keep them.

The DOB launched a new Small Business Support Team and earlier this summer, the city announced extended customer service hours.

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A new Sustainability Bureau within the Department of Buildings will oversee initiatives there, FILE PHOTO including the implementation of greenhouse gas emissions limits starting in 2024.

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P Illegal mopeds and scooters EDITORIAL

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here’s a lot of confusion out there when it comes to the e-bikes and scooters that are taking up more and more of our streets and sidewalks. What exactly was made legal may not be clear to everyone — in fact it’s not even always clear to police officers, at least not until they get a good look at a parked vehicle.

So what chance does Joe and Jane Citizen have?

For one thing, you might think that with all those scooters and mopeds out there, they must be legal. It couldn’t possibly be that so many vehicles are on the street in violation of the law — after all, you see them go right around cop cars every day!

And yet they are illegal, just about every one you see that doesn’t have a license plate. All those scooters or mopeds — the terms often have been used interchangeably, including by the people who sell them and the government that regulates them — that you see, whether gasoline- or electric-powered, are supposed to be registered and insured.

Yet the vast majority are not. Where there should be a license plate, you just see the dealer’s name.

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But what can be done? As one police commander told us for our article on mopeds and e-bikes this week, “I could take every cop in my precinct and just do this enforcement and nothing else, and the next day you’d see just as many out there.”

Some of the confusion may lie in the fact that the word “scooter” is used both for mopeds and the stand-up rides with long handlebars. So when the city and state legalized “e-bikes” and “e-scooters” a couple years ago, many probably thought lawmakers had included the mopeds that food deliverymen use, at least the electric kind. They did not.

Also, the market is always ahead of the regulators. Those stand-up scooters — which look incredibly dangerous to ride through traffic — are supposed to top out at 15 mph. Yet we trailed one for several blocks the other day going a steady 25.

The cognitive dissonance caused by all this disregard for the law is no good for society, but we see no answer. All we can do is avoid the illegal mopeds and scooters as best we can, because most are not registered, not insured and not accountable.

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I can safely say that in my 70 years’ existence, the Kew Gardens Cinemas theater on Lefferts Boulevard and Austin Street, is my alltime favorite. I am a frequent moviegoer, every Friday when the new ones come out. I’ll see two or three movies at a time, besides patronizing the local mom-and-pop stores.

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Classic songs play in the women’s bathroom and a water fountain can be found between the bathrooms. The brick walls and the fashionable curtain extravaganza, along with scone-like lighting fixtures that encompass the decor of the lobby, are what I like best.

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educing class sizes is easier said than done, but try telling that to the state Legislature and Gov. Hochul. She just signed the bill lawmakers passed in June placing new limits on class sizes. It’s a noble goal, but what about unintended consequences?

Parent activists — the kind you can trust, not the ones just fronting for the teachers union — fear students might be bused to other schools or even other districts, or, where there is space on campus, forced to learn in trailers. And they raise other concerns about the law, such as whether it will divert space and resources away from worthy programs, whether they’re gifted and talented education, services for children with special

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fic, but because of the pandemic, I don’t think as many people are going to this classic independent movie theater. And it’s only nine dollars! Now where can you get a first-run movie for that these days? Go to a clean, well-run movie theater for an enjoyable experience. I’m happy it’s in my hometown of Queens.

Joan Silaco Queens Village

Pain of the planes Dear Editor: To all who have written about the airplane noise crisis in Forest Hills and elsewhere in Queens, many thanks.

The noise in Forest Hills is abhorrent and pitiless. Small children, seniors and everyone in between must hear and no doubt be disturbed to

needs or anything in between.

Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows operates at about 200 percent capacity. It just got space for 555 new seats, but it has about 4,500 students, so that doesn’t quite cut it. The law grants some exemptions for overcrowded schools for now, but could they eventually be forced to comply?

Someone might sue to force compliance, claiming unequal treatment under the law. What then?

Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks both oppose the law. State Sen. John Liu, chair of the New York City Education Committee, vows to ensure the unintended consequences that are feared do not come to pass. We worry he won’t be able to.

a certain extent by the constant roar and screeching of planes passing over our heads!

No one in Congress is doing much about this problem. I have contacted all senators and Congress people. Those whom it bothers, as it does me, should gang together and create a coalition and picket along Queens Boulevard This is an awful blow to Queens residents, wishing to enjoy our once quiet and good neighborhood.

Florence Arnow Forest Hills

Pay the flood victims Dear Editor: The Aug. 25 report by THE CITY “Comptroller denies all Ida f lood claims” in the Queens Chronicle reveals a disturbing decision

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by the Comptroller’s Office. The precedent based upon a 115-year-old statute is deplorable. This requires the elected municipal legislators to earn their taxpayer salaries and repeal or amend that law. Many amendments had to be incorporated into the nation’s Constitution. NYC is no exception in 2022.

NYC’s population numbers, an over-developed Queens, climate change trends and the horrific frequency of disasters today did not exist 115 years ago.

How old are the infrastructure sewer lines beneath our homes — for example the ones that wreaked havoc Nov. 19, 2019 in South Ozone Park, causing damages for which the Comptroller’s Office rejected many legitimate claims while accepting some (as I can speak firsthand about)? Inwood Street, the location of that sewer backup, causing dispersible, airborne toxic mold, was raised nearly 10 feet in the 1960s, and still today homeowners must have sump pumps in their basements. Excessive hotels have also added pressure to sewer lines built for residential use. The underground structural integrity of the city’s aged sewer systems is questionable.

Ida victims will never feel the same about NYC, having had the door slammed in their faces — aka “tough luck” — according to the city’s current obsolete precedent. Their investments in homeownership were ruined, bankrupting their lives, and some will never recover.

Our lawmakers have the responsibility of designing and implementing legislation that logically addresses the catastrophic perils of this 21st century. Rotting, deteriorating sewer pipes struggling to handle grossly overpopulated sections of Queens do not sit well with the residents. Climate change is real. Predictability and probability prevail today, and the antiquated 115-year-old law must be changed right here, right now.

Comptroller Brad Lander need not forget the taxpayers are paying his salary and their taxes should be returned to them in critical times for assistance. Their claims should be “grandfathered” in.

Afi Phoebe South Ozone Park

Cabán’s gangs gone wild

up, they will be prepared to have criminals, who are now free to roam the streets thanks to bail reform, rob and assault them.

I cannot wait for Ms. Cabán’s next brilliant idea.

David Soukup Sunnyside

Class size rule a waste Dear Editor: Gov. Hochul is high on mandate power. The new class-size law is another gift to the United Federation of Teachers. More teachers, more pensions, more inculcation of youth, for what?

The City of New York is suffering from the financial weight of illegals coming in from the southern border, our mayor seems to be doing little to nothing (other than spewing boisterous platitudes) and the city is replete with criminals. Yet Hochul feels it necessary to increase teacher employment over and above all the other disastrous situations the Democrats created in this state. She is nothing more than another political puppet who does the UFT’s bidding willingly and with efficiency.

Decreasing class size will do nothing to improve education in NYC, and we’re throwing more money at a failed system. The problem doesn’t lie in the classroom but in society. Those like Hochul would have you believe the state is a better parent to your child and can raise him or her better than you can. The fact of the matter is it’s best left in the hands of parents to guide their children in the right direction, not the state.

We see the perversity that has infested the school curriculum from transgender studies to worse. A cursory read of “A Progressive’s Style Guide” by Hanna Thomas (SumOfUs.org) and Anna Hirsch (ActivistEditor.com) will give the reader an insight into what the Department of Education has in store for today’s youth.

Hiring more teachers to brainwash the young and innocent does immeasurable damage to society. I suggest Ms. Hochul focus on real issues at hand, such as bail reform, unfunded liabilities from NYS, repealing catch and release, public transportation/street crime, drug deaths, etc., rather than attempting to poison the minds of children into believing the current environment we live in is acceptable and normal.

Ronnie Gavarian Douglaston

Dangerous Donald Dear Editor: As one who taught American history to high school students for 35 years, I think I’m qualified to make the following observation.

With former President “Red Tie” Trump having the audacity to say 1., the FBI and Department of Justice are full of “vicious monsters” and 2., Joe Biden is an “enemy of the state,” future historians will consider Trump to be the most dangerous president America ever had.

The Republican Party will lose control of the federal government big in 2024 if it lets the MAGA GOP nominate “The Donald” as America’s next president.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: I applaud Councilmember Tiffany Cabán’s latest message on Twitter endorsing abolishing the NYPD’s gang database.

I encourage her to take the next step of abolishing the NYPD and letting gangs provide public safety for New York City. Given the increasing constraints being put on the NYPD’s ability to enforce laws, we would be much better off allowing 13-year-old gang members patrol the streets. They have no reluctance to shoot someone who even looks at them the wrong way.

Gangs could take over police precincts for their clubhouses. They could use them as places to sell illegal drugs. Rather than being a place that is an expense to taxpayers, they could be sources of revenue for the city, thus lowering our taxes.

Gang members can also replace school safety agents. Bullies in schools should be free to roam the hallways to shake weak kids down for their lunch money. When these weak kids grow

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Council bill would end 24-hr. homecare shifts Legislation has bipartisan support amid some jurisdictional concerns

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

As legislation at the state level has stalled, city lawmakers are attempting to move the needle on banning 24-hour shifts for homecare workers through a new proposal in the City Council. The bill went before the Committee on Civil Service and Labor last Tuesday during a hearing that lasted seven hours and 44 minutes.

Much like the state version of the bill (A3145/S359A), the Council bill would ban all shifts exceeding 12 hours, consecutive 12-hour shifts, shifts totaling more than 12 hours in a span of 24 hours and working more than 50 hours of work in one week.

State law says homecare workers on 24-hour shifts must be allowed eight hours of sleep (five of which need be uninterrupted) and three hours of uninterrupted meal time.

If any of that time is interrupted, employers must pay homecare workers the f ull 24-hours’ worth of wages.

While the bill has made little progress in Albany, there seems to be widespread support for the policy change in the Council. The bill, which was introduced by Councilmember Christopher Marte (D-Manhattan), has 28 co-sponsors, including the only two Republicans in the Queens delegation, Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) and Joann Ariola

(R-Ozone Park). The Council also voted in favor of a resolution supporting a similar state bill, k nown as the Fair Pay for Homecare Act, earlier this year, though it has not done the same for A3145/S359A. This comes after the office of Assemblymember Ron Kim (D-Flushing) published a more-than 100-page report on the ChineseAmerican Planning Council’s treatment of its homecare workers, which documents employees’ numerous attempts to earn proper compensation for overtime pay. Since then, Kim has led the charge in the fight to outlaw 24-hour shifts, which many CPC employees say they have often not been compensated for.

Kim was among many who testified in support of the bill during the hearing, on top of nu merou s homeca re worker s a nd advocates.

“After 42 agencies were found to owe billions in back wages, 1199 lawyers cut an agreement on the workers’ behalf for pennies on the dollar,” he said Tuesday afternoon, referring to the city’s chapter of the Service Employees International Union. “Now, they are telling workers to take the pennies and waive their right to recourse as workers.

What kind of a labor movement is this?”

Though last Tuesday’s hearing made clear that support for banning 24-hour shifts exists

One man arrested in Liberty Ave. attacks

by Deirdre Bardolf

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Associate Editor

An 18-year-old Ozone Park man was arrested for two violent robberies that occurred last Monday night.

Jeremiah Meredith was cuffed last Wednesday night and charged with attempted murder, assault and two counts of robbery and criminal possession of stolen property, according to a police spokesperson.

Around 9:30 p.m., 82-year-old Onkar Singh was walking near 112th Street and Liber t y Avenue when t wo suspects approached him from behind, punched him and knocked him down. They took his cell phone and fled, say police.

Singh sustained lacerations and swelling to the side of his face. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Then, just before midnight, a 37-year-old male was stabbed multiple times in the torso and robbed near 81st Street and Liberty Avenue by the same suspects, police say. He was transported to Jamaica Hospital, too, and was in critical condition.

Meredith was arrested after a search warrant was executed and police were able to recover stolen property, according to the

106th Precinct.

Community activist Japneet Singh has been in t ouch w it h t he elder Singh, whom he is not related to, and said it was a relief to hear that one per pet rator was caught but that he is “sick and tired” of his elders Victim Onkar Singh being targeted.

PHOTO BY JAPNEET SINGH The elder Singh, a citizen and engineer by trade, came to America 35 years ago. He said he had not been attacked like this since the aftermath of 9/11 and will not continue his nightly walks, the younger Singh said.

Language barriers often prevent police from responding more quickly, he said, adding that he had been in touch with the NYPD to help track down the elder Singh’s stolen phone and, in turn, the perpetrator.

“Every precinct needs to take action immediately as opposed to when pressure is Q built,” Japneet Singh said.

Assemblymember Ron Kim testifies in favor of ending 24-hour shifts during last Tuesday’s SCREENSHOT / NYC COUNCIL City Council hearing. well beyond members of the Council, those in attendance questioned whether that could be effectively accomplished at the city level.

“I largely agree with the intent of Intro 175; however, it runs afoul of controlling state regulations of home health agencies and

fiscal intermediaries,” said Assemblymember Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), who, until his recent retirement, chaired the chamber’s Health Committee.

Passing the Council bill, he feared, would “cause significant harm to homecare agencies, and in turn, to homecare workers and to the disabled and older New Yorkers who rely on their services.”

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx), who chairs the Health Committee in the Senate, had similar reservations.

“Although this is a well-intentioned bill, the core of it is that it tries to solve a problem that it can’t solve, because it has to be solved at the state level,” he said.

“Almost 100 percent of folks who are patients are Medicaid patients,” he continued later. “This relates, then, to the rates that are set at the state level, the payments that are set at the state level and the rules that are set at the state level.”

Asked during the hearing what the Council could do to move the state legislation forward, Rivera said, “Certainly, this is part of it.”

He went on to say that the energy from both the public and the City Council itself would be crucial in shaping conversations as state lawmakers prepare for next year’s state Q budget.

Former SJU pitcher killed in car crash

by Sean Okula

heart of gold,” he added.

A Staten Island native, Varvaro spent three years at On a day reserved for grief St. John’s. He went on to play and remembrance, the pain for six seasons in the Major members of the St. John’s and Leagues, the bulk of them Port Authority communities com i ng w it h t he Atla nt a went a little deeper.

Braves, from 2010 to 2015.

Thirty-seven-year-old Port Upon being sent to the TripleAut hor it y Police Of f icer A affiliate of the Boston Red Anthony Varvaro was killed Sox for a rehab stint in 2016, in a car accident in New Jeraccording to the American sey early Sunday morning.

The former St. John’s and Pitcher-turned-cop Police Beat, he began to consider a career in law Major League Baseball pitch- Anthony Varvaro. er-turned-cop was on his way PORT AUTHORITY PHOTO enforcement.

He retired from professionto serve at the World Trade al baseball in June 2016. Two days postCenter as part of its 9/11 remembrance.

The other driver involved in the inci- retirement, he entered the Port Authority dent, 30-year-old Henry Plaras of Bridge- Police Academy.

Varvaro spent five years on patrol with water, NJ, was driving the wrong way down the New Jersey Turnpike, when he the department before transferring back collided head-on with Varvaro’s vehicle. to the academy to become an instructor.

“Officer Varvaro represented the very Plaras was also killed in the crash.

“I am, along with the St. John’s com- best of this agency,” Port Authority Chairmunity, devastated by the loss of Anthony man Kevin O’Toole and Executive DirecVarvaro,” Ed Blankmeyer, his coach at St. tor Rick Cotton said in a joint statement.

Varvaro is survived by his wife, Kerry, John’s, said in a statement.

Q “He had an arm like a firebolt, but a and their four children.

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‘Next level’ funding for COPCP with $90K

by Deirdre Bardolf

by Deirdre Bardolf

Associate Editor

Associate Editor

What do you have to lose except weight?

The Richmond Hill Overeaters Anonymous group can help those exhibiting compulsive eating behaviors.

OA is a Twelve-Step Fellowship based on the foundations of Alcoholics Anonymous and was founded in 1960. It offers a oneday-at-a-time approach and tools include an eating plan, sponsorship, meetings, writing and anonymity.

The group meets every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Holy Child of Jesus Church.

“It’s a person program,” said Alex G., who has been in OA since the 1970s and has been running the Richmond Hill group for over 10 years.

It is not about weight loss experts or computerized counseling like some modern forms of therapy, and OA does not focus on calorie counting.

Alex G. said it gets to the heart of compulsive behaviors and asks, “What’s eating you?”

Presently, the Richmond Hill group only comprises about four members but they

The Richmond Hill Overeaters Anonymous group meets on Tuesdays. welcome newcomers.

About 6,500 OA groups meet in over 75 countries with 60,000 members worldwide.

In Richmond Hill, the first, third and, when they occur, fifth meetings of the month are beginner’s meetings.

The second is a step and tradition meeting using the OA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions book. The fourth meeting is a Big Book meeting. The group alternates between the Overeaters Anonymous Brown Book and blue AA Big Book each month.

For more information, call Alex at (917) Q 202-8468.

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The Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol will receive its largest government funding stream, to the tune of $90,000.

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) secured the funding for the group, which will go toward food drives, cleanups, community patrols and more.

Founder and President Iqbal Ali said he did not expect nearly as much money. Back in April, Rajkumar announced $50,000 would be allocated from the budget but discretionary funds were also added. Last Saturday, she presented the news along with proclamations to the group’s leaders.

“This is going to really help us take things to the next level,” Ali told the Chronicle.

The patrol has operated with help from sponsors and even paid out of pocket for expenses, he said, but now it can increase offerings starting with an additional movie night before the season ends.

The weekly food pantry, which serves thousands in the Ozone Park area and started at the height of the pandemic, costs upwards of $300 each week, Ali noted.

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar has allocated a large portion of funding for the COURTESY PHOTO COPCP organization.

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Weekly meetings for overeaters in R. Hill

“COPCP inspires young people to participate in community service, responds rapidly to crises in the neighborhood and brings people of all diverse backgrounds together,” Rajkumar said in a prepared statement.

COPCP does 12-hour patrols of areas targeted by hate crimes and violence.

“With the funding the Assemblywoman has secured, we will be able to do more than I ever would have imagined two years ago,” said Executive Director Mohammad Kahn Q in a prepared statement.

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Tennis fans love the legends and the kids Veteran stars will be missed, but Arthur Ashe crowd likes the future

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Since 2004, 12 of the 18 men’s tennis championships at the US Open have gone to either Rafael Nadal (four), Novak Djokovic (three) or Roger Federer (five), the top three male Grand Slam winners in history.

Since 1999, eight of the 24 women’s titles have been won by Serena Williams (6) and her sister, Venus. Serena Williams’ 23 Grand Slam titles trail only Margaret Court’s 24.

Venus Williams, 40, has announced her retirement, while her sister is 42. Federer, 41, and Nadal, 36, both missed or had to withdraw from a major this year with injuries. Djokovic is 35.

Enter Inga Switak, 21, who last week won her third Grand Slam last week with her first US Open, and Carlos Alcaraz, 19, claiming his first major ever.

Whether or not that officially represented a changing of the guard, tennis fans from Queens in the last two weeks said they intend to enjoy the champions as long as they are here, and welcome the changeover, whenever it should come.

“It’s good for the sport. It’s good to have a change,” said Charlene Brown, a Rockaway Beach native who attended the open

Alice Dong of Elmhurst proudly shows off her new Rafael Nadal autograph. She and her family, PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON though, will continue to be fans as new players ascend in the rankings. regularly in the 1990s. She is a Serena fan, while her husband, Leon, prefers Venus.

They visited Arthur Ashe Stadium the day after Williams lost.

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Smile on Maspeth Day carnival returns The Smile on Maspeth Day Carnival will return for the first time since 2019 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.

18. Sponsored by Maspeth Federal Savings, the carnival will take place in the parking lot of the bank’s main office, located at 56-18 69 St. The festivities are free and open to the general public, rain or shine.

Bank leadership said in a press release that the event, coming back for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, actually would be returning to its roots as a community booster.

“We founded Smile on Maspeth Day in 2008 to lift the spirits of the community,” said bank President and CEO Thomas Rudzewick. “Its mission rings true today, and with this year’s event, we hope to give people a reason to smile and have some fun after these few years.”

The Royal Hannaford Circus will be on hand with an array of acclaimed performers, with several showings throughout the day.

Performing since the 1600s, the Royal Hannaford Circus features spectacles like chair balancing, juggling and the RHC

Riders motorcycle globe. Other acts include: • an interactive “pirate-training” show and tour for adults and children aboard a 30-foot pirate ship; • the Captain Faust Magic Show, featuring Vegas-style illusions and exotic animals; and • the Muttville Comedy Dog Show, boasting a pedigree spanning the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circu s a nd “ L at e Nig ht w it h Dav id Letterman.”

Additional child- and family-friendly activities on the marquee include a bouncy house, an obstacle course, carnival games and face painters.

There also will be strolling clowns, balloon makers, stilt walkers and costumed characters. MFS will also host a dance party with a DJ and giveaways throughout the day.

“Smile on Maspeth Day stands out to me over my 20 years here at MFS,” said Victoria Grappone, vice president and director of deposit operations. “To see the smile on children’s faces, it’s just an Q amazing day for everyone.”

Charlene Brown is rooting for Coco Gauff, a semifinalist this year at age 18 and a finalist at the French Open, to excel.

“I’m also going to be watching the woman who beat Serena,” said Leon Brown of Ajla Tomljanovic, of Australia.

Bridget Nicholson of Jackson Heights will be sad to see the era end.

“I don’t know any of the younger players,” she said.

Sharon Banfield of Flushing has no such concerns. “I’m going to miss this era when it’s over,” she said. “But I’m excited to see the new up and coming players.”

Joel Drucker, a journalist and historian at large for the International Hall of Fame in Newport, RI, was direct in assessing the era.

“You have five great players with a complete and wide range of skills, each doing it under pressure,” he said. “That’s what’s so impressive. They rewrote the book.”

Fans have debated whether having a few

players dominate both the men’s and women’s draws for so long has been good or bad for the sport; and speak of promising players who were unable to get into the elite ring. Drucker considers both to be nonissues.

“Nobody asks that question about football or basketball,” Drucker said. “Was Joe Montana bad for the NFL? It isn’t good or bad for tennis. It just is.”

And he said nobody from the group of five has had the effect of wrecking lessaccomplished players’ careers, put in a way Mets fans can easily appreciate.

“Did Tom Seaver wreck Claude Osteen’s career? Did Johnny Bench wreck Jerry Grote’s?” he asked. “No. They all had their own careers and did well.”

As for any young guns coming up, Drucker pointed to Alcaraz and Switak.

“But I don’t think anyone is going to be stupid enough to point to any player and say ‘I think they’ll win 15 grand slams.’”

He said anything is possible, as winning a major in one’s teens such as Nadal did is still rare even among elite players. New players also may have more years at the end of their careers.

He said Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and the Williams sisters have been on the cutting edge of a new longevity in tennis in terms of things like training, fitness.

“Is 35 the new 27?” he asked.

Responding to the Chronicle in a press conference, Nadal said it has been special for him.

“It’s been a great story for our sport, having a lot of players who have achieved a lot over the last 20 years, without a doubt,” he said.

“In some ways I think it made our sport better, more popular, and created more jobs. In general I think there are more people in the world living from our sport. That says our sport is bigger than before.

“I feel proud and happy to have made a small contribution to the world of tennis.

In a personal way it has been amazing to share all these years with such great champions. To be a part of this era is an absolute Q honor.”

Back to business for CB 9 Community Board 9 met via Zoom on Tuesday following summer break and covered education issues, infrastructure, quality-of-life issues and more.

Councilwoman Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) spoke of the recent news that the mayor is expected to announce the first phase of the QueensWay project soon.

Board member EJ Sydell expressed a desire for holiday lights down Lefferts Boulevard, for which $15,000 is being sought, but was told that it is likely too late to receive funds for this year.

Land Use and Housing Co-chair Sylvia

Hack gave an update on the committee’s Riker’s Island proposal and said a press conference about it may be held.

Improvement plans for Equity Playground were discussed and desires for some to be made at Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto Park were expressed. Chair Sherry Algredo said three new gifted and talented programs were beginning in the district, including a new one at PS 56. The school district will also be offering free English classes.

The board plans to meet in person at BorQ ough Hall next month.

— Deirdre Bardolf

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DETERMINING BIKE CLASS

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

Revving their way down roads and past cars trying to turn, e-bikes and mopeds, for better or worse, have taken over the streets of Queens, and the city at large.

But which ones are legal and which are not?

The answers are not always crystal clear.

“It’s very difficult to distinguish at sight between the different classes,” Deputy Inspector Joseph Cappelman, commander of the 112th Precinct, said. “You’d have to, basically, inspect the bike. You’d have to stop them and inspect it to see what type of class it is.”

Some years ago, Cappelman said, enforcement of the rules around e-mobility devices was strict. Back then, his officers would issue a city Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings summons to users and seize the vehicle. As the bikes became more prevalent for use in the food delivery industry, officers were instructed to issue an OATH summons to the restaurant employing an e-bike user and no longer had to seize the vehicle.

Then, the pandemic hit. Food delivery, to borrow one of the era’s cliches, became essential. Indoor dining was shut down.

Naturally, a device cheaper and more nimble than a car, while also offering the comfort of as little human interaction as possible, boomed in popularity. Delivery workers could more easily get where they needed to go. Commuters didn’t have to worry about ingesting germs.

City Hall, according to Cappelman, told police to relax enforcement of rules surrounding e-mobility devices. He says enforcement has since increased as the city climbs out of the pandemic. At the same time, use of many formerly illegal devices is now legal.

In April 2020, the state’s fiscal year 2021 budget was approved, containing a measure legalizing the use of e-bikes and certain scooters statewide. The City Council voted to lift restrictions on the devices in June 2020. The new rules went into effect in November of the same year.

One’s legal and one’s not: The moped on the left lacks the required license plate, while the e-bike on the right does not need one to be ridden on PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE the streets.

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The city DOT shared a chart displaying the differences between the various classifications of electric mopeds, below left, and e-bikes, below right, along with regulations around e-scooter use and a column displaying the types of vehicles not permitted on city roads (not visible), but Deputy Inspector Joseph CapNYC DOT CHART pelman says his officers can’t distinguish between the different classes of mopeds without pulling them over and inspecting them first.

Since their legalization, enforcement efforts on the part of the Police Department have changed, in part because the scope of the devices have changed. According to Cappelman, after the passage of legislation reworking the restrictions, a phenomenon rapidly multiplied on the streets he and his officers patrol: the electric moped.

Called “limited-use motorcycles,” the vehicles do not have pedals. They can travel faster than an e-bike or stand-up e-scooter, assuming no modifications (“Now we’re seeing some [e-scooters] going 40 to 50 mph. Those are not legal,” Cappelman said).

In short, the devices are totally different.

The city Department of Transportation published a chart examining those differences, and the disparities between e-bikes and mopeds, even for a lay person (that’s to say, nonlaw enforcement officer), are fairly simple: E-bikes look like bikes with motors. Mopeds don’t have pedals. E-scooters allow the user to stand up while riding.

Where confusion may come in, for e-mobility users and those with whom they share the road, is the differences between the classifications within each type of vehicle.

E-scooters are easy: They are legal up to 15 mph (Cappelman says the standard speed for a commuter device is 7 to 8 mph, though some

can go far faster), can travel in bike lanes and on roads with speed limits below 30 mph, and don’t require a driver’s license, a registration or a helmet (for users above the ages of 16 and 17; head protection is recommended, however, for all users).

Other devices aren’t allowed on city streets at all. Segways, electronic skateboards, hoverboards and electric unicycles, devices of the kind Cappelman says he does see riding illegally in bike lanes, are barred from roadways.

The differences in e-bikes are subtle. They are broken down into Classes 1, 2 and 3, going from slowest to fastest, with no driver’s license or registration required for use of any class, all classes restricted to use in bike lanes or on roads with a posted speed limit less than 30 mph, and a helmet required only for use of Class 3. Class 1 devices utilize a pedal assist, which only activates when the user is pedaling, and can travel at a max speed of 20 mph; Class 2 bikes utilize a throttle, requiring no pedaling (except when going up steep slopes), and can travel the same maximum of 20 mph; Class 3 cycles also utilize a throttle and can travel a maximum of 25 mph.

“All three of those classes are basically treated like bicycles,” Cappelman said.

“They’re able to ride in the bike lane, you don’t need a license, you don’t need to register it.”

A bit more murkiness prevails, however, as it relates to the electric mopeds. They too are broken down into three classes: Class C traveling up to 20 mph, Class B up to 30 mph and Class A up to 40 mph. Class A use requires a driver’s license motorcycle endorsement, while Classes B and C require regular licenses, and a helmet is required for Classes A and B but not C. But there are two major differences between the regulation of e-bikes and their faster counterparts: All mopeds must be registered, requiring their having a vehicle identification number, and Classes C and B are only permitted to ride in the right lane and on the shoulder of the road, while Class A devices are permitted in any vehicular lane.

Actually enforcing those lane permissibility regulations, though, can be difficult. The silhouettes of the different mopeds are the same on the DOT chart. According to Cappelman, there’s very little one can do in determining moped class without an up-close look.

“I could take every cop in my precinct and just do this enforcement and nothing else, and the next day you’d see just as many out there,” he added.

That logistical issue makes it such that Cappelman’s officers focus more on citing reckless drivers than enforcing which vehicles are allowed to go where. Pedestrian safety and

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protection from users speeding down sidewalks and going the wrong way on one-way streets are paramount, and Cappelman says his enforcement reflects that.

Also at the top of his list of priorities is registration education. He says that while most people know any gasoline-powered vehicle has to be registered with the state DMV, some confusion remains on electric rides.

“People aren’t registering them with the State of New York,” Cappelman said. “They either don’t know or they don’t have the license, or for whatever other reason.”

Cappelman says his officers have done outreach efforts to that end on corners where delivery workers are known to gather, handing out fliers like the DOT chart to workers waiting for their next job. He also says the department has conducted initiatives targeted at removing unregistered devices from the streets.

“If they have a VIN number, they’re supposed to be registered with New York State,” he added. “If they don’t have a VIN number, they’re not able to be registered with New York State and they’re not able to be driven legally on New York City streets.”

At the Fly Wing E-bike shop in Elmhurst, manager Salvador Lopez says all of the

mopeds sold in the store have to be registered.

He also said some have the capability of traveling up to 60 mph.

New York State defines a Class A moped as one with a max performance speed of greater than 30 mph but, importantly, no more than 40 mph. When asked if he thought the devices being sold at Fly Wing were illegal, Cappelman was blunt.

“Probably,” he said. “I know that the chief of transportation will often do an outreach.

They’ll do an outreach, then they’ll do an inspection. They’ll go there and they’ll say, ‘Listen. These bikes, you can’t sell and you shouldn’t have them on your f loor. We’re going to come in two weeks to check and make sure you don’t have these.’ Then they come and do the inspection.”

Fly Wing did not return requests for comment on the speed of the mopeds they sell in their stores. The DMV did not provide any clarity on whether or not a moped with the capability of traveling faster than 40 mph could be registered in New York.

One former Queens NYPD officer with knowledge of enforcement pertaining to e-mobility thinks the current state of recklessness surrounding use of the devices is a disaster waiting to happen.

“They’re coming southbound on northbound Woodhaven Boulevard, and, oh, ‘I’m going to take the sidewalk,’” he said. “Are you kidding me?

“It’s a matter of time before someone gets either seriously injured or killed,” he added.

When he was on the force, he says, a solution to stopping the vehicles was found in checkpoints. The unnamed officer would radio up to a colleague when he spotted an illegal device, and the colleague farther up the road would stand in the street to stop and properly cite the violator.

“If the guy took off on you, guess what, not a problem,” he said. “You’re not going to go far because right down the block, there’s the back end of the checkpoint.”

“You got to go through that, and if you double back and come to me, now you got a problem,” he added.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) says his top concern when co-sponsoring a bill in 2019 aimed at legalizing e-bikes and e-scooters was keeping the roads safe.

“For me, in supporting the bill up in Albany, it was about pedestrian safety,” he said.

A time may come, according to Addabbo, when lawmakers and police precincts have to coordinate enforcement improvements.

The manager at Fly Wing E-bike shop in Elmhurst said all mopeds sold at the store have to be registered, and that some have the capability of PHOTO BY SEAN OKULA going 60 mph.

“It’s not enough for us to [draft a piece of legislation], and be thankful that the governor signs it, and you put out a press release and you’re all happy,” he said. “It’s about monitoring it to see if the intended purpose is obtained, and if not, what needs to be done.”

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Shelter’s neighbors still not convinced City, Westhab talk security plans, take questions from Briarwood residents

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Briarwood residents living near a homeless men’s shelter scheduled for opening in 2023 are still not in full welcome-wagon mode following a meeting on Sept. 8 with city officials and representatives of facility operator Westhub.

The four-story building at 138-50 Queens Blvd. was placed under contract during the de Blasio administration and now is undergoing a massive renovation. The virtual meeting, hosted by Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Hillcrest), served to take questions and comments from residents and business owners; and for the city Department of Homeless Services and Westhub to detail how they will h a n d le s e c u r it y o n sit e a n d i n t h e neighborhood.

Gennaro and others have been critical from the start, saying de Blasio’s people never involved any neighborhood officials or residents in the process.

“There were a lot of concerns out there about this facility,” Gennaro said. “We had some help from the Adams administration, something that we did not have with the de Blasio administration. They were open to some of the concerns of the community.”

The contract with Westhab originally called for 175 men with no age restriction.

Residents have questioned the wisdom of placing a shelter near a medical marijuana business, PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON foreground, and a nearby liquor store.

The Chronicle reported exclusively in August that the company and the DHS, after negotiations with Gennaro’s office, agreed to restrict the population to men age 55 and older. One motivation is than an older population may have aged out of some community concerns that accompany younger men.

“With the changing parameters, we hope

this will be a more reasonable population,” state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) said in a brief visit to the meeting.

Gennaro said despite what he has called a major concession on the city’s part, some residents still will not be satisfied, as a shelter — this one with 177 residents — will be coming as a contract has been signed.

“We are a right-to-shelter city,” said Molly Park, first deputy commissioner at the Department of Homeless Services.

“We have a legal obligation and a moral one to house the city’s most vulnerable folks,” said Marricka Scott-McFadden, deputy commissioner for intergovernmental affairs at the Department of Social Services.

Gennaro said a community advisory group for the shelter will be established.

Valerie Smith, vice president of New York City shelters for Westhab, and Nick Orluk, an assistant vice president, said they have a history of being good neighbors and a vested interest in doing so.

Residents asked about the DHS/Westhab screening processes and the services that will be offered on-site. Some residents say they already have a problem with vagrants in the neighborhood.

The building’s garage is physically attached to a building owned by Gerald Caliendo, which houses his architectural firm.

Caliendo said his building has suffered a steep drop in value since the shelter deal was announced last year. He also said his firm’s employees, including many women, can work late hours.

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Mayor, CMs at odds over Trump course $30M for contract cancellation too steep a price to pay, says City Hall

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Lawmakers are taking another crack at removing the Trump name from city parkland in the Bronx, but City Hall says doing so would elicit an undue financial burden.

After former Mayor de Blasio’s attempt to cancel the city’s contract with Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point fell through in court in the spring, city Council Parks Chair Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights) and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) sent a letter to Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and Mayor Adams last Wednesday night requesting they revoke the license given to Trump Ferry Point LLC, the company operating the course and a subsidiary of the Trump Organization.

In a statement to the Chronicle last Friday, a spokesperson for City Hall said the cancellation of the contract would require the city to pay a fee of up to $30 million to the Trump Organization.

The most significant grounds for the revocation, according to Krishnan, is the August guilty plea of Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization and executive vice president and CFO of Trump Ferry Point LLC, to 15 felony counts related to tax fraud.

The letter also claims that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization misused the course for private benefit. According to an October 2019

Vanity Fair article, Weisselberg’s family hosted his granddaugther’s bat mitzavh in the course clubhouse at no expense to them.

Also listed as reasons for the proposed revocation are the Manhattan criminal case against the Trump Organization, scheduled to go to trial this fall, and pending litigation against former President, and chief executive officer and president of Trump Ferry Point LLC, Donald Trump.

“Because of this documented and ongoing pattern of criminal behavior by Trump, the Trump Organization and its associates, they are unworthy of managing public parkland,” Krishnan told the Chronicle last Thursday.

According to a source with knowledge of the contents of the license, Section 3.2 of the agreement authorizes Donoghue to terminate the license in her sole discretion at any time, with 25 days’ notice. Section 20 requires all agents and employees of Trump Ferry Point LLC comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Weisselberg’s guilty plea, according to Krishnan, leaves the LLC in violation of that provision, while Donald Trump’s legal status — including state Attorney General Letitia James’ ongoing investigation into his and the Trump Organization’s financial dealings and pending civil claims relating to the Jan. 6 riot — compromise his ability to serve as the license’s guarantor.

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Councilman Shekar Krishnan and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams want the city Parks Department to revoke the license authorizing the Trump Organization to operate the golf course at YOUR GOLF TRAVEL PHOTO Ferry Point Park; City Hall says the cost would be too much. before Sept. 18 would fall within the 25-day window before the Aramco Team Series event scheduled to be played at the course from Oct. 13 to 15. The series, which last year featured current women’s world No. 2 Nelly Korda, is owned by Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation and presented by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

“This Saudi-backed tournament does harm to the families of 9/11 victims and offends the public memory of that horrific day,” Krishnan and Adams said in the letter.

A spokesperson for Mayor Adams, who met earlier this month with members of the 9/11 community to discuss, among other things, the continued on page 19

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Trump course continued from page 18 Saudi-backed event planned for next month, said that while the staging of the tournament and the Trumps’ continued operation of the course are unfortunate, City Hall’s hands are tied.

“It is outrageous that the Trump Organization agreed to host this tournament while knowing how much pain it would cause New Yorkers, and it is frustrating that the contract we inherited from previous administrations affords absolutely no legal basis to prevent it,” the spokesperson said. “Regarding the license agreement: Let’s be clear, what

“straight-up economic homeless.”

Sgt. Christopher Burke, supervisor of the Neighborhood Coordination Officer program in the 107th Precinct, said he will meet and remain in contact with the staff.

“From the beginning, we can minimize issues if the community works together,” Burke said. “Briarwood is very well-traveled by my officers.”

Smith and Orluk said there is 24-hour on-site security made up of Westhab employees rather than a contractor.

Orluk said points of contact for community members will include 24/7 cell phones carried by supervisors on-site. He added that security staffers go off-site for “perimeter” checks, and will be dispatched farther away if they receive an active complaint that might involve residents.

He said if they find residents causing problems, those men will be encouraged to come back to the shelter or move along. If they are congregating with others who are not residents, those people too will be encouraged to move along. Curfew will be set at 11 p.m., and cameras will be a part of the security setup.

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Caliendo also pointed out that the number of residents already has increased from 175 to 177.

“If there is a 55-and-over restriction, will the number stay that way?” he asked.

“Could the next administration change that?”

Caliendo’s building also houses a medicinal marijuana business where customers must present official, approved cards to make any purchase; but another resident said there also is what appears be an illegal recreational weed business a few blocks away, and a liquor store nearby.

Some residents of the Briar Wyck apartment complex, which shares the shelter’s entire rear lot property line, asked how they would be protected from shelter residents congregating on the rear of the property.

Orluk said Westhab’s aim is to make the surroundings therapeutic for residents and to provide case management and employment services — and a transition to permanent housing when possible.

“Our goal for everybody is always permanent housing,” Smith said.

Residents could range from those with behavioral problems to men who are

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The healthcare experts at Penn Medicine note that migraines are more than just headaches. When a person is suffering a migraine, the changes in brain activity that are occurring are affecting blood in the brain and surrounding tissues. That can cause a range of symptoms that can make migraines an especially difficult issue to contend with. Severe head pain is a common characteristic of migraines, but Penn Medicine notes individuals also may develop these symptoms while suffering from a migraine: • nausea, • increasing sensitivity to light, sound or smells,

Though all headaches can be painful, migraines tend to be especially so, and even long-time migraine sufferers may not know why that is.

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More dogs getting ill from eating marijuana Vets say frequency increasing; pot in chocolate forms toxic to canines

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Merrill Carinci of Bellerose Manor was walking her dog, Nova, in Alley Pond Park two weeks ago for a daily gathering of dogs and their “hoomans.”

“The park is available to dogs off the leash until 9 a.m.,” Carinci said.

They were at the underpass beneath the Vanderbilt Parkway near Union Turnpike when the lightning-quick Nova ate something that appeared to be dark brown in color.

Later that evening Carinci and her husband noticed something was wrong.

“He took her out and she was sluggish, but he thought she could be tired because it was late,” Carinci said.

The next day, Nova, an early riser who usually races Carinci to the door on the way

Nova looks a little haggard during her visit to the vet last week.

out, wouldn’t get out of bed. She was walking in a wobbly fashion, had trouble getting into the car, and wouldn’t get out at the park.

“She’s a maniac,” Carinci said. “Our trainer said she never runs out of energy.” She took Nova to the BluePearl Veterinary Partners animal hospital in Forest Hills.

“The doctor gave her a through examination, but she seemed to know what was wrong,” she said. Nova had ingested marijuana, likely in a discarded brownie or cookie.

“The vet says they’re seeing this two to three times per day,” she said. A staffer from BluePearl confirmed the frequency, saying things have gotten worse in the last year especially.

Taken home and kept hydrated, Nova was her affectionate, high-octane self the next day.

“She’s fine,” Carinci said. “The recovery literally takes about 24 hours.”

Dr. Diane Levitan, who teaches at the Long Island University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Brookville, LI, said the story sounds all too familiar since the state began the process to legalize marijuana.

“It’s happening a lot more,” Levitan said.

Aside from the lethargy and trouble walking straight, dogs can vomit, especially if they consume it in plant form. They also may suffer urinary incontinence.

Merrill Carinci and her retriever-pitbull mix Nova are all smiles after a health scare that occurred COURTESY PHOTOS when the pooch ate some discarded marijuana near Alley Pond Park.

“It’s very unlikely that it would kill a dog.

In the worst-case scenario, if they eat something really, really strong, they might have a seizure or almost become comatose. But that’s very, very rare.”

The biggest concern, Levitan said, is not so much the marijuana content but if they ingest it with chocolate; or if dogs consume a fatty, buttery substance that is often used to prepare marijuana for use in food.

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nothing about this is new except for the fact that we’re doing it in September of this year when we would normally do it in May. We didn’t want to let too much time go before we honored him.”

Twelve of Caan’s films, from “El Dorado,” a 1966 western with John Wayne, to the 2003 comedy “Elf” with Will Ferrell, are scheduled between Sept. 16 and Oct. 9. The festival does, of course, include “The Godfather” (1972), which earned him an Oscar nomination for playing volatile mobster Sonny Corleone.

Others are “Games” (1967); “The Gambler” (1974); “Cinderella Liberty” (1973); “The Killer Elite” (1975); “Harry and Walter Go to New York” (1977); “Thief” (1981); “Alien Nation” (1988); “Misery” (1990); and “Bottle Rocket” (1996).

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Hynes said Caan was equally adept in dramas and comedies, leading and supporting roles. He pointed to signature roles, a year apart, in “The Godfather” and the TV movie “Brian’s Song,” for which he earned an Emmy for his portrayal of Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo who died of cancer at 26.

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The Museum of the Moving Image hadn’t been planning the next installment of its Caan Film Festival, a salute to acclaimed actor James Caan of Sunnyside, until spring 2023.

Eric Hynes, curator of film at MoMI, wishes the museum could have waited as planned. Caan died in July at age 82, leaving behind a treasury of more than 90 movies and nearly 30 television shows.

“We put a whole festival together in 2017, showing 12 of his films,” Hynes said. “In 2018 we did the thing no one expected us to do — which was to make it an actual annual film festival. We put a second year together and introduced eight new films into the mix.” They showed a few films in 2021 — Caan himself sent a remote greeting — and planned to take a year off.

“He unfortunately passed,” Hynes said. “So

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King Crossword Puzzle Lori Loughlin enrolled in life here, but transferred out

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Lori Loughlin was born in Queens on July 28, 1964, to regular blue-collar parents with no connection to the movie or TV industry, Joseph R. and Lorellee Loughlin. According to the 1964 Queens Telephone Directory, they lived in a very small two-family house at 91-11 69 Ave. which contained a little over 1,300 square feet.

Her father had been promoted to foreman with the old New York Telephone Co. Her mother stayed home as a homemaker. When Lori was 1 year old they purchased their first home in Oceanside, LI. A brother soon followed named Roy. Eventually needing more room they moved farther out east, to Hauppauge in Suffolk County, from where she graduated high school.

At age 11, Lori had started print modeling.

Small acting gigs followed. She became a household name with her role in “Full House” from 1988 to 1995.

Trouble came home to roost on March 12, 2019, when she was indicted with her husband for paying $500,000 in bribes to secure spots in the University of Southern California

Actress Lori Loughlin lived the first year of her life at 91-11 69 Ave. in Forest Hills.

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for her two daughters. After she served two months in prison and was ordered to pay a fine and perform 100 hours of community service, nobody is sure where Loughlin’s career is going (she’s had one TV role since then). But she has always been proud of her Q Queens roots.

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“For me, the word jazz means, ‘I dare you.’”

Wayne Shorter, the famously forward-looking saxophonist, said that.

Drummer Lenny White likes that quote a lot.

The winner of multiple Grammy awards, White has been a key player on some of jazz’s most daring records, including the pioneering “Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis and as a founding member of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever band.

Born and raised in St. Albans, White is set to play again in Queens for the first time in decades at Flushing Town Hall on Friday, Sept. 23. Details are at flushingtownhall.org.

Now 72, White spends most of his time teaching at New York University and writing new music.

For the FTH gig, he has called back together the members of his working band, Present Tense, for the first time in five or six years.

White has been called one of the fathers of jazz rock because he came up in the late 1960s just when jazz began to embrace the energy and bravura of rock music.

“I started playing in a transitional period” as jazz started to experiment with electric instruments and the looser arrangements of rock, he said.

White was barely out of high school in August 1969 when Davis found him playing at jazz clubs in Queens and invited him to a three-day recording session in Midtown Manhattan.

The tapes from that session became the opening salvo of the jazz rock era, “Bitches Brew.”

“The voicing was different than rock ’n’ roll but it was

new musical direction being created,” he said. “‘Bitches Brew’ is Miles Davis’ version of rock ’n’ roll.”

The players from that session — Shorter, Corea, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin — shortly started their own groups: Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever (with White on drums). Their records became the foundation of the new music.

St. Albans in the 1950s and ’60s was a fertile ground for new music.

As a sixth-grader at PS 36 on Fochs Boulevard, White says, he developed a crush on the daughter of a musician he’d never heard of.

“One day, I asked her what instrument her father played,” he recalled. “‘Saxophone,’ she said. That’s how I found out her father was John Coltrane.”

“They talk about six degrees of separation,” said White.

“In music, I think it’s only three degrees.”

The romance never got far, but by the time he was commuting to the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, White was drumming in neighborhood bands and jamming at the local jazz clubs.

The club names roll out of him like cars off an assembly line — Club Ruby, Copa City, Showman’s, the Village Door, the Colonial Inn. “They passed the hat after a party I played at Club Ruby,” he said. “I was 14 or 15 and it was may first paying gig.”

None of the clubs exist anymore. Club Ruby is now a laundromat, Copa City a lumber yard.

“Queens was really cool in those days,” White said.

“That was when Black people with enough money to buy a

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St. Albans native and Grammy winner Lenny White will play Flushing Town Hall Sept. 23, his first performance PHOTO BY MICHAEL WEINTROB in Queens in many years. house came out to Queens.”

And jazz, he added, was “associated with upward movement, especially in the Black community. Being a jazz musician, you were a king — or queen.”

It was a distinction he did not want to give up.

White tells a story about Miles coming to see him at a club in Manhattan.

“He asked me do I want to play with Jimi Hendrix, who he knew,” White said.

Q “I told him no. I wanted to play with him.”

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stalking performances — he’s ella Liberty,’ that he made in very, very good with actors the early 1970s, is dated a bit. who play that role instead.”

It’s got strange sexual and Such as Kathy Bates’ turn as racial politics in play but even h i s p s yc h o t i c c a p t o r i n those politics are in play “Misery.” through a very distinctive “Kathy Bates wins an Oscar character. And I think Caan ... But that doesn’t work if really goes for it. He’s really an James Caan is not the kind of underrated comedian and I straight man in that scenario. think that whenever he gets a James Caan is the one you chance to feel his way through experience that through. And a role that has both drama James Caan is both an everya n d c o m e d y, t h a t h e’s man who is being subjugated fantastic.” and at the same time you have Hynes believes Caan’s perto believe that he somehow formances have his Sunnyside brought this upon himself. You upbringing on display.

“I think he carries his Kathy Bates gives James Caan some tender loving care in the film have to believe he has just Queens-ness,” Hynes said. “Misery,” an adaptation of a Stephen King novel. On the cover: Is a enough arrogance, that maybe he deserves to be beaten ... A “Not that he isn’t good at smiling Caan happy or subtly menacing in “The Gambler?” street kid from Sunnyside with accents, and can’t play charWARNER BROS. PHOTO, ABOVE, AND, COVER PARAMOUNT PICTURES /PHOTOFEST a football background, and acters from other regions, here he is playing a novelist and a slightly but I think there is something kind of SunHe also had a gift for supporting roles. nyside street-corner-raised about him, and “I think he’s also very good in things like snooty novelist at that. And he pulled it off.”

Tickets are $15, or $11 for seniors and he was pretty honest about that, too, in ‘Misery’ and ‘Elf,’ which are well-known his greeting last year. There’s a blunt for other reasons, but he’s a very good students and $9 for children ages 3 to 17. humor that he carried. There’s a certain straight man. So even though he’s known Tickets, dates and times are available online Q sort of swagger in his body.” for roles like Sonny Corleone — big, scene- at movingimage.us.

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continued from page 23 you’ve got the explosive, violent character.

The fact that he could pull off both of those and be so good and be recognized as such, early in his career, really sent things forward for him.”

Hynes noted some favorites in the lineup.

“I think “The Gambler” and “Thief” are his two best performances. I could watch those two endlessly,” he said. “But I also have favorites that are less obvious. ‘Cinder-

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C M SQ page 28 Y K NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1 Plaintiff, Against PRADIP SAHA, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 05/23/2022, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the Courthouse steps of the Queens Supreme Court located at 8811 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY, on 10/12/2022 at 12:40 PM, premises known as 90-34 191st Street Hollis, NY 11423 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York. Block 10446 Lot 29. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $266,249.74 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 719792/2021. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Gerald Chiariello, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 10/12/1022 File Number: 6957747 PCO

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. NATASHA PHANG, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 12, 2018 and an Order Granting Motion Extending Time to Re-Calendar Foreclosure Auction Sale duly entered on August 25, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY on October 7, 2022 at 12:45 p.m., premises known as 168-68 92nd Road, Jamaica, NY 11433. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 10211 and Lot 57. Approximate amount of judgment is $544,639.59 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index #707898/2020. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties.

These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Joseph F. DeFelice, Esq., Referee, Taroff & Taitz, LLP, Attorneys at Law, 630 Johnson Avenue, Suite 105, Bohemia, NY 11716, Attorneys for Plaintiff

Notice of Formation of ALL EXITS LGX LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/05/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 75-25 153RD STREET, 322, KEW GARDENS HILLS, NY 11367. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

232 MARKETPLACE LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 06/23/22. Offi ce: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 20810 Cross Island Pkwy, Suite 294, Bayside, NY 11360. Registered agent address c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

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Notice of Formation of 65-03 MYRTLE AVE GLENDALE LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/25/2022.

Offi ce location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 105-55 62 DR, APT 6J, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

fi led w/ SSNY on 7/19/22.

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HEARING NOTICE The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a virtual or hybrid public hearing on the following application on October 3rd or October 4th, 2022: BSA Cal. No. 2021-83BZ Premises: 80-74 188th Street, Queens, Block 7259, Lot 26 Variance (§72-21) to permit the construction of a House of Worship contrary to ZR §24-111 (floor area), ZR §24-35 (side yards) and ZR §25-30 (parking). R1-2 zoning district. Applicant: Law Office of Jay Goldstein, PLLC An agenda listing the specific session (including the final date and time) with call-in details will be posted as an announcement on the front page of the Board’s website (www.nyc.gov/bsa) the Friday before. The public hearing will be livestreamed on the Board’s website and on YouTube.

Interested persons or associations may watch online and call in to present testimony during the public hearing. Please see the Board’s Virtual Hearing Guides located at https://www1.nyc. gov/site/bsa/public-hearings/public-hearings.page However, the Board may determine that it must conduct the public hearing as a “hybrid,” during which the Commissioners will meet in person at the Board’s office in Manhattan and also appear virtually on livestreamed YouTube and on an interactive Zoom Webinar. In the event of a “hybrid” hearing, applicants and the public may attend in person or participate remotely by calling into the Zoom Webinar and watching the YouTube livestream. Details for the hearing and whether it will be conducted as a hybrid will be posted on the Board’s website the Friday before the hearing. If the hearing is announced as a hybrid, in the interest of accommodating social distancing with limited seating capacity and to address ongoing health concerns, members of the public are strongly encouraged to participate in the hearing remotely. You may submit a written statement by using the “Public Comment form” on the Board’s website located at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/bsa/contact-bsa/ public-comments.page For any communication, please include or refer to BSA Calendar No. 2021-83-BZ and the property address: 80-74 188th Street, Queens, Block 7259, Lot 26. To coordinate review of the application materials, inquire about continued hearing dates and/or assistance, please contact the Board office at (212) 386-0009.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY, MOREQUITY, INC., Plaintiff against CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523.Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered January 29, 2018, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on October 14, 2022 at 12:45 PM. Premises known as 158-11 96th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414. Block 14166 Lot 55. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $356,888.84 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 12717/2009. Cash will not be accepted at the sale.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certified bank check made payable to the referee.

Autrey Johnson, Esq., Referee 2296-002975

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A heav y, steady rai n last Su nd ay appeared to keep attendance lower than normal at the annual 9/11 Candlelight Vigil on Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.

But the 21st anniversary ceremony did bring George Balok of Middle Village and Barbara McCulloch of Maspeth to pay their respects for the first time.

“They were talking about it at our church today,” Balok said.

McCulloch had worked at the World Trade Center in the 1970s, and both know people who could have been in the towers under different circumstances.

While the weather may have cut back on a crowd that normally numbers several hundred or more to several dozen, the ceremony was as reverent and hopeful as ever, with turnouts from veterans organizations, Scout troops, first responders and elected officials who came to mourn those who continue to be lost, and give thanks both for those who survived and for those who still serve.

All was augmented by music, prayers, poetry and patriotic songs. Heather Arzberger, chairperson of the Arts Department at Christ the King High School, accompanied residents on the flute as they read the names of the more than 100 area residents who were killed in the attacks, including secretaries, financial traders, restaurant workers and first responders.

The latter included the 19 FDNY firefighters from Squad 288 and HazMat 1 in Maspeth who were killed evacuating people

and charging up a stairwell in the South Tower. It was the largest toll of any firehouse in the city that day.

“The days that followed were filled with a sense of immediate loss, grief and sadness,” said Frank DeBiase, president of the 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Com mittee of Queens.

“Our nation went to bed on Sept. 11, 2001 wounded, shaken, bewildered and afraid,” DeBiase continued. “We woke up the next day united, strong, focused and determined.

Americans dusted off their flags and hung them proudly. Neighbors helped neighbors.

Houses of worship were full. Petty differences all but disappeared.”

Public officials who attended included U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth), Assemblymembers Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) and Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano and Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, commanding officer of the NYPD’s 104th Precinct.

Deacon Paul Norman of Our Lady of Hope Roman Catholic Church offered the opening prayer. Deacon John DeBiase of St. Margaret Parish offered the closing prayer.

Both churches are in Middle Village.

Not long before the conclusion, those gathered turned in unison toward the west, where one formerly could have seen the Twin Towers; and where on a clear Sept. 11 night, one could easily see the symbolic towers of light sent up from what had been Q Ground Zero.

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This past Friday night, the Yankees honored Derek Jeter for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown last year.

Jeter, of course, has been honored by the Yankees many times before, so it was not surprising that this night was a bit more lighthearted than past on-field tributes to one of their players.

The Yankees fans booed team CEO Hal Steinbrenner when Jeter expressed his thanks to him.

Quickly reading the fans’ mood, he then thanked his old antagonist, General Manager Brian Cashman, just so he could hear cascading boos as well. Jeter then told the Bronx faithful they should be thanking Steinbrenner. He did not beseech the crowd to do the same for Cashman.

At a press conference following the ceremony, Jeter was asked why he asked for a better public reception for Hal Steinbrenner. Jeter joked, “I remember when I got in trouble for defending fans’ right to boo!”

One of his young daughters was tugging at his pants during his speech. “I promised my daughters that if they stayed in their seats for the entire ceremony, I would get them ice cream. They lost the bet! I think they are all enjoying ice cream right now however,” Jeter said with a smile.

He was, of course, asked the obligatory question about whether he would like to be part of a baseball ownership group, having stepped away

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from the Miami Marlins before the start of 2022 spring training. “Do you want to finance me?” he playfully asked the inquiring reporter.

Jeter constantly referred to the recent sevenpart ESPN documentary about his life, “The Captain.” In the last episode, Jeter’s five years as the CEO of the Miami Marlins were broached, but the reasons for his falling out with the Marlins’ money guy and majority owner, Bruce Sherman, were not revealed. Jeter’s jocularity temporarily stopped when I asked him if he would be more forthcoming about what caused the not-soamicable separation. “I’ve said all I’m going to say about it. You will have to ask him [Sherman] if you want more details.”

He said he planned on being at Yankee Stadium more frequently in 2023 but refused to say whether if he would be employed by the team.

Yankees shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa grew up in Honolulu. I mentioned that fellow Aloha State natives Benny Agbayani and Sid Fernandez were in town a couple of weeks ago for Mets Old Timers’ Day. “I have gotten to know them. They have been terrific mentors,” he said.

Yankees reliever Scott Effross, who is Jewish, is grateful the season was extended by a week because of the lockout earlier this year. “I don’t have to worry about the High Holy Days coincidQ ing with the playoffs,” he acknowledged.

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Welcome Home!!!! This classic 2 story home greets you with lush landscaping and brick facade sitting on a 2000' lot.

You enter into the foyer, complete with a sitting area and large coat closet.

Continue onto the spacious living room with hardwood fl rs & architectural details. The formal D.R. is lar enough for extended gatherings & has a charming stained glass window. The bright eatin kit has a pass-through window and new S.S. appliances & is thoughtfully laid out to optimize the space. Upstairs you have a generous landing with 3 BRs & enormous full bath. The full bsmnt is partially fi nished & has updated utilities, bar, half bath & storage. The fully fenced backyard has a patio as well as lush grass. All this conveniently located near ALL; trains & buses, shopping, restaurants, parks & so much more!

THE BRONX

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MIDDLE VILLAGE

Two family brick 3 BR/2 bath conversion in mint condition with great location. Updated kitchens & baths, hardwood fl oors. New appliances & windows. Will be delivered completely vacant. Pvt parking plus easy access to park & shopping. Near transportation.

Price: $988,000

Contact John Dibs for more information 718-848-4700

BRIARWOOD

Stunning Studio/Jr 1. Custom ren with fabulous detail. Chefs kit with vented exhaust hood. Amazing counter space to create & unbelievable storage & pantry closet. Stainless steel appliances including dishwasher & microwave. Granite countertops & under cabinet lighting. Seven , YES seven closets! Hardwood fl oors, ren windowed bath. Dreamy sunsets await you from the perfect Western exposure. Separate sleeping area w/pocket doors for maximum privacy. Pets OK! No weight restriction.

Parking & storage offered. One block to express train & shopping.

Price: $180,000 Contact Sherry Khan for more information 646-305-0319 Contact Michael DeFalco for more information 347-223-2442

WILLIAMSBURG Commercial Property for Rent Price: $80,000 Contact Kwami Tulloch for more information 516-474-8362

JAMAICA

Huge brick Victorian home has charms and characteristics of 5 BR. Sprawling on the grounds of 70.33x83.25. Very sunny house, near schools, parks, shopping, public trans, airport, and houses of worship.

Has stained glass windows, all wood fl rs, powder room, huge kitchen including a nook. High ceilings, huge fi replace, 2 car gar, long pvt dvwy.

Lots of greenery, well maintained, overlooking Linden Blvd. Must see!

Price: $899,000 Contact Indira Persaud for more information 917-509-2874

CANARSIE

Beautiful fully ren 2 family house with fi n bsmnt.1st fl oor has 3 BRs, small room for an offi ce or play room. Kit with stainless steel appliances, L.R. & full bath. 2nd fl oor 3 BRs L.R., full bath & kit with S.S. appliances. Beautiful wooden fl rs all throughout the house & also splitter units for A/C & Hastings. Bsmnt is fi n with a full bath & Utility room.

Price: $999,000 Contact Sandra Torres for more information 347-432-7696

Excellent location and conditions. Ready to move in. 1 family det Pvt driveway, fi n bsmnt. Close to school, transportation, and shopping.

Price: $725,000 Contact Pedro Duarte for more information 646-522-4422

CROWN HEIGHTS

WHITESTONE

Large upper level 2 BR/1 bath unit in mint condition.

Updated everything. New appliances w/granite countertops. Mint condition hardwood fl rs. Newly painted with plenty of living area & storage (800 SQ. FT) Great location which is centrally located to parks, shopping, transportation & restaurants. Great school district.

Price: $349,000 Contact John Dibs for more information 718-848-4700

MERRICK

Imagine building long-lasting memories with your family & friends in this beautiful Splanch in the heart of South Merrick with 4 BRs and 2.5 baths with a D.R. with ample space to have incredible tasty holiday meals with family & guests & a backyard to have your BBQ’s on a nice day with your friends!

Price: $849,999 Contact Ariel Rahmanov for more information 212-470-6888

Beautiful 3 family home, Totally renovated.

High ceilings, new fl oors, new kitchens, new bath, new electrical. 3 heating zones. Close to shopping, transportation & schools.

Do Not Disturb tenants.

Rent roll of $6,750 a month Price: $1,199,000 Contact Nissim Levy for more information 917-254-5420

FOREST HILLS

YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES! Spectacular panorama from massive windows at every vantage point from sunrise to sunset! West, East, North or South take your pick! The Windsor At Forest Hills luxury established condo is beckoning. Three primary sized BRs ea offering full en-suite baths. Open concept kit with S.S. appliances, granite countertops & breakfast island. Amazing storage & space to create for the most discerning cook. Brilliant natural light fi lls this extraordinary residence. Gracious L.R. & dining area offers a birds eye view of Manhattan’s skyline & more. Stunning hardwood fl rs. In unit Washer/Dryer.

Too many closets to count. Perfectly situated a half block from Austin Street, you will never miss a beat! Shopping, dining, LIRR, express train practically at your door. 13 mins to NYC via LIRR and 20 mins via express trains to midtown. 24-hr doorman, gym, parking, playroom, meeting room, deck, pets OK. HAVE IT ALL!

Price: $1,889,000 Contact Yael Goldman for more information 718-793-9500

EAST N.Y. 3 family house.

Close to all. Schools, transportation and shopping and close to all major highways.

Price: $1,149,000 Contact Michael DeFreitas for more information 347-526-8049

OZONE PARK

Unique and spacious 2 family house for a very big family.

5 bedrooms, 4 baths, attic, full fi n very spacious bsmnt. parking for 5 cars. Close to "A" train. Q8, Q53, Q11, Q41 buses. Close to supermarkets, convenience stores & much more. Very unique house & opportunity!

Price: $1,400,000 Contact Glenda Morsello for more information 646-325-3627

ROSEDALE 1 Family Home for Sale Price: $599,900 Contact Joel Taylor for more information 347-443-4947

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HOWARD BEACH

This is a beautiful *MUST SEE* unit! Every inch of this coop was carefully crafted & curated! It is a spacious 2 BR, 2 bath unit with a large, pvt terrace in the Ardsley Development. There is beautiful hardwood fl ring throughout, w/custom built-in shelving to match! There is smart, custom designed, 'space-saving' features throughout the ENTIRE unit! Both bathrooms have been completely updated, and feature state of the art hardware! The updated kit not only has a FULL butcher’s block, but also features some 'space-saving' designs, with the lower kit cabinets being large enough to store multiple appliances! The D.R. features a fully-custom Oak table, with a built-in wine/ mini-fridge! Picture does NOT do this unit justice! Located in the heart of Lindenwood, it is close to shopping, schools, parks, and transportation. Q-41 bus to Jamaica Center, Q-21 bus to Rockaway, and QM-15 to Midtown Manhattan. Sale may be subject to terms & conditions of offering plan.

Price: $329,888

Price: $295,000 Contact Teodoro B Navarrete for more information 917-513-6621

Price: $3,499,888 Contact Sher Singh/ Chatter Singh for more information 347-257-9475/646-354-0799

GREENBURGH

Welcome to this completely renovated one-family home in the quaint village of Tarrytown. Three BRs on the 2nd level & a bonus room on the main level. Easily located for commuters & family-friendly seekers. Come see this exquisite home for yourselves!

Price: $760,000 Contact Diana Zambrana for more information 718-749-6353

OZONE PARK

JACKSON HEIGHTS

Great business has been running for 12 yearsCorner business on Roosevelt Avenue in a very busy area.

OZONE PARK

Welcome to this Magnifi cent Once in a Lifetime Opportunity Four-Story, All Brick, and Custom Built, Mixed-Used Commercial Property Offered for Sale. This features 2 Commercial Units and 3 Residential Aparts. The 1st Commercial Unit is being used as a Doctor's Offi ce. The 2nd Commercial Unit is being used as an Offi ce. Apartments 1 & 2 Are Identical featuring Two-BRs, Two Full Baths & a Bonus Rm with Tile Flring & Central A/C & Heating. The 3rd Apart is located on the 4th Flr which Features a Custom Chef-Style Kit, 1 Large BR, a Bath with a Jacuzzi, Tile Flring, Central A/C & Heating, and a Pvt Terrace w/Scenic Views. On the 5th fl , you have an Enclosed Rooftop Recreational Space w/Stunning Views & a Half Bath with an Additional Terrace. Convenient to all Public Trans, Shopping, Restaurants, Schools & Houses of Worship.

More Information Available Upon Request. Shown By Appointment.

Price: $699,000 Contact Jennifer Scala for more information 917-796-5251

EAST FLATBUSH

Great investment property. Being sold "as is" with 2nd fl r tenant.

Legal 2 family att house in a prime Brooklyn location. Unable to show the second fl oor. The fi rst fl oor consist of a one bedroom unit with 1.5 baths (vacant) and the second fl oor is a two-BR tenant occupied unit. Spacious backyard. Minutes Priced to sell, spacious 1 BR Co-op in Fordham Hills gated away from transportation. Less than community. 24-Hrs security on well-maintained grounds one block away from Kings County & close to schools, parks, shops & public trans. Hardwood & Downstate Hospitals. Don’t miss fl oors & big windows for lots of light & to enjoy the view. out on this opportunity.

This complex is well maintained & management is onsite.

Price: $779,000 Contact Jenelle Fraser for Price: $135,000 more information Contact Anthony Goggans 347-567-3285

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