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NYC public students return to classrooms

1st school day leaves parents, officials optimistic, presents logistical challenges

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ew York City reopened school buildings Monday to all of its public school students for the first time since classes went remote at the outset of the pandemic.

While the landmark day revealed some logistical challenges and frustrations that school administrators will have to address in the coming weeks, many parents expressed a general sense of optimism, and data showed higher attendance than last year’s hybrid opening.

“It didn’t feel like a ton different than other first days of school that we’ve had. It was just a little bit chaotic with the lines, but it’s like that every year,” said Jean Hahn, a Rego Park fifth-grade parent and head of the Queens Parents United group.

The city Department of Education reported that attendance for the first day was 82.4 percent. That’s lower than the prepandemic first-day rates of 90.1 percent in 2019 and 89.5 percent in 2018, but up from last year’s remote and in-person reopening, which was 80.3 percent. By the second day, the DOE reported that attendance had increased to 84 percent.

It should be noted that admission numbers are a rough measure that didn’t include several hundred schools the first day and was calculated without a current enrollment tally, which won’t be available until the end of October.

There were reports of parents keeping their students home for the first day as a Covid precaution or as a form of protesting the lack of a remote option.

“I’m expecting it should go up over the course of the next couple weeks if they find that there are limited Covid cases and positivity rates,” said Deborah Dillingham, the Queens

City schools welcomed back their entire student body to school buildings for the first time in 18 months. NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE / FLICKR borough president-appointed member of the Panel for Educational Policy. “There’s a lot of movement until the beginning of October.”

Over the first two days, the DOE reported 105 Covid cases in students out of a student body of approximately a million.

As pupils, many of whom were thrilled to get back to school buildings with their peers, showed up to class, their entrance was stalled by the DOE’s malfunctioning health screening website. The sudden influx of students and teachers momentarily crashed the online portal right as many were waiting in lines to get into school.

“We tried to get on from 7:20 until 8:30. Our subway was filled with students refreshing their screens trying to get to the form,” said Forest Park parent Heather Beers-Dimitriadis.

To further complicate drop-off, parents reported that car traffic around schools was more severe than normal, likely because more parents were still wary of the bus system.

“Period one is kind of a disaster,” one Queens teacher who wished to remain anonymous, told the Chronicle.

Once inside, students discovered the social distancing protocol in the classrooms and at lunch, which varied depending on the school. At PS 174 in Rego Park students sit at tables of three at lunch and eat one at a time. At the High School of Applied Communication in Long Island City students sit in the cafeteria in rows as if they were in a classroom.

Though a majority of schools report they have no trouble abiding by the CDC’s guidance to maintain at least 3 feet of distance in classrooms, teachers and parents reported that it’s a virtual impossibility to enforce the standard at all times, and put more stake in the mask requirement and vaccine mandate for teachers to stop outbreaks.

“It’s not just the classrooms. Think about it. It’s the lining up. It’s the walking to class and the hallways,” said Dillingham.

Community Board 9 Chair Kenichi Wilson reported problems at schools like his high school daughter’s, which have suspended use of lockers to prevent students from gathering there. Problems stem from students carrying around expensive tablets in their backpacks with no place to store them, he said at a CB 9 meeting Tuesday. Students were doing laps outside during gym class carrying their backpacks because they were Q afraid of leaving their backpacks out of sight.

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‘Never Forget Way’ honors 9/11 victims

On 20th anniversary, Howard Beach unveils mural years in the making

Jean Mullin of Woodhaven, left, and Patty Glaviano of Howard Beach, attended the event. Jay Frango, center, an FDNY firefighter with Engine 260 and a 9/11 first responder, helped fund and orgaPHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF nize a new mural in Howard Beach.

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A memorial commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks was unveiled in Howard Beach on Saturday, a project that was many years in the making and created by local artists with help from community groups and volunteers joining together.

“We have survived many things, including Hurricane Sandy, a pandemic and now we are standing here honoring all those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those who continue to lose their lives because of the effects of going down to the 9/11 site,” said Joann Ariola, president of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association and City Council District 32 candidate.

The civic association and mural committee held the “Remembering September 11th” ceremony in front of the painting which is located on

volunteer their time, including 84th Street between 157th Avenue mural as well.

It was a “true community effort,” Mike’s Powerwashing, LLC. and Shore Parkway below the overCom mu n it y leader Fr a n k pass on the border of Howard Beach she said, with help from the 106th Precinct, the West Hamilton Beach Gulluscio announced that the alley, and Lindenwood.

“Yes, we’re happy that we have Fire Department, Queens Communi- which was commonly referred to as this, yes, it is a way of celebrating ty Board 10, Assemblywoman Stac- “God’s way” with St. Helen’s their lives but still we mourn them,” ey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Church across the street from Ariola said. The mural features Park) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. Rockwood Jewish Center, is proposed to be renamed 2,977 stars representing “Never Forget Way.” those who lost their lives in The plan came to fruition the attacks on the World t’s beautiful to have with help from FDNY fireTrade Center. fighter Jay Frango, who “This area has been an something in our community.” found the artists and donateyesore for many years,” ed funds to fuel the project.

Ariola said. “What we really — Patty Glaviano, Howard Beach resident Frango was a 9/11 f irst wanted to do for many years responder and spoke of was to beautify this area.”

The mural was painted by How- (D-Howard Beach) and Frank Mar- spending 37 days straight on “the ard Beach locals, Mark Amato, tin who helped organize. The area pile.” He called up fellow first Krissy Amato, Joseph Visconti, around the bridge was cleaned up by responders and key players like fireJohn Giramita and Doreen Coffey. Lisena Landscaping and Blue Sky fighter John Stewart to join him as Ariola said the project is still ongo- Landscaping, ACE Hardware donat- he spoke in front of the mural.

“I lost 43 of my friends that day,” ing and soon the wall on the oppo- ed painting supplies and several site side of the street will have a power washing companies offered to Frango said through tears.

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“I just could’ve never imagined that we could’ve had such a beautiful mural,” he added, thanking the team that put in long days and nights of work, staying up until 5:30 a.m. the morning of the unveiling.

Patty Glaviano of Howard Beach attended the ceremony with her friend Jean Mullin of Woodhaven.

In 2001, the two were working together at a law firm on Park Avenue in Manhattan and saw the towers come down. Now, they both work at the same law firm but are located at 3 World Trade Center.

“We will never forget,” said Mullin, recalling seeing people covered in the dirt. “We think about them to this day,” she said.

“It’s beautiful to have something in our community,” said Glaviano.

“It teaches the children, too,” she said. “When we’re gone, it still can’t Q be forgotten.”

CBs 9, 10 split over open restaurants

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Two South Queens community boards had opposite votes over the city’s plan to make the outdoor dining program launched during the pandemic permanent.

Community Board 9 voted in favor on Tuesday, while Community Board 10 voted against the proposal on Sept 2.

The public hearings in community boards 9 and 10 were two of those being held by the city across the city to examine a proposal to amend its zoning code, allowing Open Res-

taurants to continue in all neighborhoods under the authority of the Department of Transportation.

The permanent zoning change posed by the Department of City Planning and the DOT would remove red tape around sidewalk cafes but it would not change the process for how sidewalk cafes are reviewed by local community boards.

While the decision facing the board centered on changing the zoning code to allow the proposal to move forward, a permanent program would also create a set of rules on

topics like ADA compliance, adequate sidewalk space and enforcement arou nd violations.

While both boards raised similar concerns about voting on a program that was not fully fleshed out, the votes ultimately came down to a different level of trust in the city agencies over taking community board input into consideration as it finalizes the plans.

“Our concern that we had at the land use committee meeting is that we are being asked to approve a text amendment to allow something to happen before DOT has established a

set of rules for how it’s going to go into place,” said Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton. “We believe there needs to be some type of review process.”

Community Board 9 Land Use Co-chairwoman Sylvia Hack pointed out that what was before the community board was merely a concept — one that she thought could serve as a lifeline to many restaurants.

“It’s going to be up in the air but if DOT was as forceful as they were in the two meetings that everybody was invited to, I think Q they’ll do a pretty good job,” Hack said.

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Council probes Ida’s sewer failures

In South Queens, drainage system backup caused scattered damage

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

In the wake of the flooding caused by Hurricane Ida, city Department of Environmental Protection officials recognized that the limited capacity of the city’s beleaguered sewer system caused much of the damage from the storm.

During a City Council oversight hearing on the city’s response to Hurricane Ida Tuesday, DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza said that, as it is, the system is designed to handle about half of the 3.5 inches of rainfall the city saw per hour during Ida, but it’s not possible to replace it wholesale with more resilient infrastructure.

“To say, we’re going to rip out the entire 7,500 miles of sewers and put in sewers twice as big. It’s not going to happen.

And we know that. It’s physically infeasible, it would cost a hundred billion dollars,” testified Sapienza.

Sapienza said that his agency’s approach toward future flood events will involve green infrastructure like bioswales to absorb storm water runoff and keep it out of the sewer system as well as adding non-network sewers that would function strictly to intercept floodwater and carry it off to a nearby body of water.

Though much of South Queens from Forest Park to Howard Beach didn’t have the same level of catastrophic damage relative to the hardest-hit parts like greater Jamaica and Elmhurst, the flooding that it did experience appeared to be caused by the sewer system failures discussed in the meeting. Blocked storm drains created rivers in roadways and overburdened sewer pipes backed up into residents’ basements, according to civic leaders.

Betty Braton, Community Board 10’s chairwoman, said

A car plows through a May 2020 flood in Centreville, an area of South Queens that saw flooding again during Hurricane Ida due FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON to drainage issues. that she heard there was flooding in parts of Centreville, the neighborhood subdivision west of the Aqueduct Race Track, which is the location of the district’s newest sewer system. It’s not an isolated incident in that area. Last year, the Chronicle covered how run-of-the-mill rainstorms pooled over the sidewalk around Al Stabile Playground.

Farther east, Hollis was swept by the Sept. 1 flash flooding, which killed two and swamped over 20 homes in the area, according to a GoFundMe raising money for the families in

the storm’s wake.

City Council Candidate in District 32 Felicia Singh, who herself had floodwaters rush into the basement of her Ozone Park house through the windows, said that she had encountered homeowners and religious leaders scattered throughout Ozone Park and Richmond Hill who had experienced and were facing obstacles on how to seek relief.

Singh said that Richmond Hill mosque Baitul Gaffar Masjid, which had experienced damage to its basement, had reached out for advice on how to fill out both applications for city and federal relief.

Residents can file a water damage or loss claim form with the NYC Comptroller’s Office for city relief and a Federal Emergency Management Agency application for temporary housing and home repairs.

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center has opened at Queens College’s Student Union, located at 152-45 Melbourne Ave., providing one-on-one service from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The city has opened a services center for impacted families at MS 125, located 46-07 47 Avenue in Woodside, operating from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Borough President Donovan Richards has also said he is supportive of bringing disaster recovery to neighborhoods across the borough, including South Queens, to serve families impacted by Ida directly where they live, according to a spokesperson.

One such pop-up resources center, co-sponsored by Richards’ office and Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday at the St. Albans Congregational Church, 172-17 Linden Blvd. Q

Hostage negotiator gets suspect Off-duty woman officer jumps out window during dispute

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Police responded to a 911 call on Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. where an off-duty officer was in need of assistance in a domestic incident in South Ozone Park, which involved a male suspect later exchanging gunf ire with officers.

Upon arrival, patrol officers knocked on the front door and initially engaged the man in conversation, according to Citizen App. However, the suspect later threatened to shoot the officers that led to the police backing away and requesting an Emergency Service Unit at the scene located at 133rd Avenue and 129th Street.

The off-duty woman officer was still at the home as ESU attempted to maintain a dialogue with the man, according to Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison at a press conference that was held later that day on Sept. 14.

“The suspect shot several times at those officers,” said Harrison. “During the standoff between the suspect and the police, the female involved was able to jump out of a second-f loor window. The male involved then shot in the direction of the female and then the ESU personnel. Officers returned fire, causing the suspect to retreat back inside the window.”

Det. Brenda Reddick, left, talked down a suspect who had exchanged gunfire with police during an alleged domestic dispute, according to Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison. PHOTO COURTESY NYPD While trying to attempt another dialogue with the suspect, who was shot in the right arm, one of his relatives arrived at the scene, according to Harrison.

“The relative worked with our officers from our hostage negotiations team,” said Harrison of the suspect’s brother.

Det. Brenda Reddick, of the 106th Precinct, did a phenomenal job engaging in that

conversation with the suspect, who voluntarily came to the door where he was placed under arrest, according to the chief of detectives.

“The brother showed up at the scene,” said Reddick. “We didn’t know if he was related to the male or the female who was inside. I had to grab him to keep him from running into an active crime scene.”

The NYPD had to grab the brother and calm him down before they presented him with the option of helping them with hostage negotiations so that he could speak with the suspect, according to Reddick.

“Both individuals who were involved in this incident were removed to a local hospital,” said Harrison, who went on to thank Reddick for her work.

The off-duty officer seems to have a broken leg, according to Harrison’s preliminary report.

“We respond to a host of different domestics throughout the city,” said Harrison of the off-duty officer who he believes was married to the suspect. “Very rarely do we get one of our own ... They were probably married, but I don’t know how long.”

Reddick felt good about the safe apprehension of the suspect.

“Although someone got shot, no one lost Q their life,” added Reddick.

Get free car service to your doctor’s office The city Department for the Aging will be launching a pilot program that will allow elderly residents or those with disabilities from Queens to use an app to schedule trips to the doctor.

Those ages 60 and older or those with disabilities age 18 and older will be able to take rides within the five boroughs and Nassau and Westchester counties. It will include a random participant selection process to ensure fairness for a yearly cohort of 1,038 participants citywide.

In Queens, eligible residents must be from Community Districts 6, 7, 10, 12 and 14. Not everyone who applies will be selected.

The goal of the pilot is to study how on-demand car service can help those eligible get to the doctor’s office using the DFTA My Ride app, website or a dispatch number. Those eligible will be able to apply for the pilot from now until Oct. 8.

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CB 10 approves South Ozone apartments

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Community Board 10 gave the greenlight to a developer in South Ozone Park hoping to build a new four-story apartment building along the Van Wyck Expressway on Thursday, Sept. 2.

At the meeting a representative of the developer proposed changing the plot’s zoning map amendment from strictly residential to a mix of residential and commercial. It would be Community Board 10 approved a plan for an 18-unit taller than the other buildings on apartment building on the Van Wyck. YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT the block.

The new building would be 22,000 Committee, having met prior to the meetsquare feet at 103-16 Van Wyck Expy. ing, was in favor.

“The recommendation of the commitThe ground floor would be a small retail store and the second, third and fourth tee was that it was an appropriate use floors will contain 18 apartments ranging along the Van Wyck and Liberty Avenue. from studios to two-bedrooms. Five or None of t he adjacent ow ners had si x of t he m w i l l be p er m a nently expressed any opposition. In fact some of the adjacent owners would like to do the affordable.

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Arrest in church statue vandalism

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The NYPD announced an arrest on Friday afternoon in the vandalism that destroyed a pair of 84-year-old religious statues outside Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills on the morning of July 17.

Police said Jacqueline Nikiena, 23, of Olcott Street was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and aggravated harassment.

She lives only blocks from where the statues of the Blessed Mother and St. Therese the Little Flower were destroyed at about 3:30 a.m. outside the Roman Catholic church at 70-01 Kessel St. The statues had been there since the church opened in 1937. A security video released by police after the incident shows a woman dragging the statues into the street, where they were slammed to the pavement, stomped on and smashed with a hammer.

It was estimated that it would cost $12,000 to replace them.

The case is being investigated by the NYPD’s 112th Precinct and the Hate Q Crimes Unit.

Fifth Run for Richie Police have made an arrest in the July vandalism incident that destroyed two 84-yearold statues outside of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills. The statues had been outside the church since it opened in 1937. FILE PHOTO COURTESY DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN

The 9/11 Run for Richie motorcycle ride proceeded Saturday afternoon from the Aqueduct Racetrack to One World Trade Center, escorted by the NYPD and FDNY. The ride, organized by the Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, honors the memory of Richard Pearlman, a Howard Beach resident and ambulance corps volunteer who had been delivering papers at One Police Plaza for the law firm where he worked as a clerk, when the terrorist attack occurred.

Hundreds of bikers participated in the route.

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P Another slap at our best students EDITORIAL

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s a new school year begins full of hope for increased normalcy and fear that it may remain elusive, the city continues its war on educational excellence. The latest targets are honor rolls and class rankings, which only makes ironic sense given the rank dishonor of the educrats calling the shots in our schools since Mayor Bloomberg left office.

As usual these days, it comes down to feelings. The students who do better than others should no longer be celebrated for their achievements. Their success should not be emulated but swept under the rug. It’s the opposite of how the real world works.

“Recognizing student excellence via honor rolls and class rank can be detrimental to learners who find it more difficult to reach academic success, often for reasons beyond their control,” a new city guidance revealed by the New York Post says.

The Department of Education document is even critical of grading kids. “Grades are not only a reflection of student performance but can be self-fulfilling prophecies,” it says, “influencing future student performance either directly through their psychological impact or indirectly through instructional decisions, placement in courses, and guidance in post secondary options.”

This is all participation-trophy thinking and highly detrimental. Kids have to learn that performance matters. Results matter.

As the DOE notes, sometimes things beyond one’s control have a negative impact, but that’s life. Children must be taught early on to strive for personal achievements so they can succeed not only as students but throughout their lives. When challenges come up, you meet them as best you can. You don’t use them as excuses — but that’s exactly the lesson the DOE leadership is teaching.

This is par for the course under the de Blasio administration.

The mayor’s two positive educational initiatives were establishing universal preschool and insisting on reopening as soon as possible during the pandemic. Every other policy has been poison: Working to halt academic screening for middle schools. Diminishing gifted and talented programs. Trying to force preteen students to go to schools far from home. Attempting to weaken the “Elite Eight” that use the Specialized High School Admissions Test for enrollment by looking at other, subjective factors for admittance.

The main purpose behind all these measures is to foster racial equity. That’s a laudable goal but these are not the answers.

Improving the elementary schools in minority communities would have much more impact. So would a reduction in the social problems that are more widespread in poorer neighborhoods — though that is a job for more than the DOE. Lowering standards and failing to recognize excellence will do no good for anyone.

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Rajkumar on the spot Dear Editor: “This is your Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar.” We’ve all heard these words. On our telephones, in line while taking the kids to school, on Jamaica Avenue. It’s usually accompanied by a lady in a red dress. The District Office on Woodhaven Boulevard also suddenly turned red — you may have noticed it when passing by Park Lane South. These past 9 months, a new assemblywoman has moved in.

What we have seen is a constant slew of energy.

Food drive lines that stretch down the block week after week. Town halls on public safety that have attracted hundreds of residents. And the latest — action on an important everyday issue that has frustrated Woodhaven residents for years: the lack of parking. It has been a long time since our neighborhood has had such energetic leadership.

To me, the real story is that Assemblywoman Rajkumar championed a cause important to our neighborhood — opening up parking spots in the neighborhood — and 15 protestors from the Democratic Socialists of America came into our district to tell the people of Woodhaven what to do. I am a lifelong resident of Woodhaven, and I find it offensive that the leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America organized a protest in my neighborhood about issues they know nothing about, presuming to speak for us just to further their own socialist agenda that © Copyright 2021 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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e all learned from “Poltergeist” that you don’t build housing on a former burial ground. So the owner of the Brinckerhoff Cemetery should be thrilled that the city is still looking to buy the unkempt, unusable Fresh Meadows property.

Word came down from the Borough President’s Office last week that a deal had been struck for the parcel, which is already landmarked. We hope that’s so, but we’ll believe it when we see it. Three years ago we reported that a contract actually had been signed, but something kept it from going through.

The site is of no use to anyone as is, but the Friends of Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery hope it can become a memorial garden open to the public. It’s the right thing to do for the 77 people believed buried there (deep, with even their headstones underground), and shouldn’t cause any trouble of a terrifying sort for their living, breathing neighbors.

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includes ridiculous propositions such as defunding the police.

How is our neighborhood going to confront socialist extremism that doesn’t care about us?

THAT is the real story here. Thank you to Assemblywoman Rajkumar for fighting for the issues important to our neighborhood. It is unacceptable that residents of Woodhaven continue to sleep in their cars overnight because they can’t find parking spots. My neighbors and I applaud the assemblywoman’s efforts.

Fiona Shehu Woodhaven

A 9/11 FDNY landmark Dear Editor: Michael Gannon, thanks for your article on the Maspeth Fire House, its relationship with 9/11, and the efforts to have the building designated a landmark (“Maspeth firehouse not a

landmark — yet,” Sept. 9, multiple editions).

I must say that I have always supported the Landmarks Preservation Commission; I applaud their stick-to-it-ness as it relates to defending their mission against the onslaught of real estate interests of the city. In the face of opposition to landmarking by property owners, which is readily understood, the LPC, like a good parent, has protected us from ourselves.

That said, I believe that the LPC has dropped the ball in the case of the Maspeth Fire House.

To insist that the events of 9/11 do not constitute a historically relevant significance because thirty years have yet to pass is incomprehensible.

Community Board 5, when it heard our presentation back in 2013, overwhelmingly supported the appropriateness of designating the building a landmark and went further to vote that the LPC should waive the 30-year rule.

After receiving unanimous support from elected officials, civic leaders, the community,

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The house he was born in has appreciated a lot, More COLA helps seniors as the article mentions. But so have the property taxes. Records Dear Editor: ONLINE show that properWithout Medicare, many of the elderly ty taxes paid by couldn’t afford healthcare, but people don’t Miss an article or a that house went realize the cost went up 34 percent in only 4 letter cited by a writer? from $4,835 in years. In 2016 the Medicare premium was Want breaking news 2014, the year $104.90 per month, but today it is $148.50 per from all over Queens? this mayor was month, having increased 24 percent in 2018 Find the latest news, alone. Co-pays and deductibles have also inaugurated, to past reports from all increased and Medicare Advantage plans over the borough and $7,228 this year. have eliminated extra benefits such as eyeThis on a propermore at qchron.com. glasses and dental exams. ty valued at some Meanwhile, recent increases in Social $800,000. Other Security’s Cost of Living Allowance have properties in Queens get soaked even more. been extremely low. These increases are Meanwhile, Mayor Fairness is still paying based on the CPI-W, a measure of prices that roughly what Dromm’s old house paid in 2014 include food, housing, transportation, energy on his Park Slope properties; only those are and medical care. Despite rising prices, in worth $2 million. Gouged Queens taxpayers 2016 there was no increase and in 2017 it was get no advocacy from woke reps like Dromm. a meager 0.3 percent.

Edwin Eppich You can find a history of Social Security Glendale increases online. For 37 years, from 1975 to 2012, increases averaged 4.17 percent per year However, for the 8 years from 2013 to 2020, DC state of mind increases averaged only 1.45 percent. How is it Dear Editor: possible that inflation was so low, when the The towering 555-foot marble shaft on the cost of healthcare alone increased so much?

DC Mall commemorating George Washington Increases in Social Security don’t reflect is circled by our Stars and Stripes. My wish is increases in the cost of living in places such as New York City. With fewer pensions, ris- to see the day these flags unite with our state ing Medicare costs and low Social Security flags, thus giving greater pride to our name — United States of America! increases, it’s getting difficult for seniors to Here are two ways to achieve this goal. 1. cover their expenses. However, inflation has Replace all USA flags with state flags. Erect been high this year, and after years with little to no increases, Social Security’s cost of liv- four extra-tall poles around the monument, flying huge “Old Glories.” 2. Below the curing increase is expected to be over 6 percent rent circle of American flags, add all state next year Linda Imhauser flags with their names printed on each pole.

Whitestone The memorial would be the only place citizens could view the beauty of 46 state and four commonwealth state flags ... all under Test senior drivers Flag USA. Dear Editor: Anthony G. Pilla There has been an uptick in aggressiveForest Hills ness in the community’s driving habits among different drivers. Unfortunately, people think the road is for themselves and some Write a Letter! people do not know how to drive properly, We want to hear from new voices! Letters whether they speed, drive too slowly or whatshould be no longer than 300 words and ever. This really causes a hazard to all the may be edited. They may be emailed to letdrivers who are following the laws of the ters@qchron.com. Please include your road. There also are drivers not paying attenphone number, which will not be published. tion to the road and slacking off.

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the widows of fallen heroes and the community board, the LPC continued to deny consideration of landmark designation. It is truly baffling. What surprised me most about Mr. Gannon’s current article is that the LPC went on public record restating their position to uphold the 30-year rule. Does anyone reasonably think that it will take another 10 years before the 19 first responders from the Maspeth Fire House who died on 9/11 will deserve to finally be recognized for their heroism by preserving their home away from home? How heartless is that?

I can only hope that Gannon’s piece touches enough people that their voices will be heard and the LPC will right a wrong that’s already gone on too long. Landmark the Maspeth Fire House.

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Congestion pricing meetings City, state and MTA to solicit pubic opinions The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, state Department of Transportation and city Department of Transportation are reminding the public that on Thursday, Sept.

23, the agencies will begin holding 13 public meetings on the state’s proposed congestion pricing program, formally known as Central Business District Tolling.

The agencies are proposing that a toll be set for every vehicle entering Midtown or Downtown Manhattan, a zone that could start as far south as 60th Street, to raise money for the MTA and reduce traffic congestion and pollution in Manhattan.

The meetings allow the public to learn more about the initiative and offer comments.

They will be held virtually.

Ten of the 13 meetings will allow members of the public throughout the 28 county Study Area in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to learn about the program and environment al rev iew process a nd prov ide comments.

The additional three meetings will provide a special focus on individuals and stakeholder groups in identified Environmental Justice communities. The 10 regional public meetings will focus on different geographic areas within the region, but anyone from any area can participate in any meeting.

The meetings will be held:

Virtual public meetings on congestion pricing kick off Sept. 23. FILE PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON • Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to noon, focusing on the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island; • Sept. 23, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on the Manhattan Central Business dD• Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to noon, focusing on New Jersey; • Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to noon, focusing on northern New York City suburbs; • Sept. 29, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on Long Island; • Sept. 30, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on he

Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island; • Oct. 1, 1 to 3 p.m., focusing on Connecticut; • Oct. 4, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on New Jersey; • Oct. 5, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on northern New York City Suburbs; and • Oct. 6, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on Manhattan outside the Central Business District (61st Street and above).

Environmental Justice community members will be able to learn about or comment on the proposed program and Environmental Assessment process. Members of Environmental Justice communities will learn about the Environmental Justice Technical Advisory Group that is being created as part of the effort and how they can join an Environmental Justice Stakeholder Working Group or suggest someone else.

The meetings will be held: • Oct. 7, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on New York; • Oct. 12, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on New Jersey; and • Oct. 13, 6 to 8 p.m., focusing on Connecticut.

Those who wish to register to speak at any of the meetings can do so by visiting the Central Business District Tolling Program’s web portal at new.mta.info/project/CBDTP or by Q calling (646) 252-6777.

Evening under the Unisphere The Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park is hosting its big gala next week: An Evening Under the Sphere.

The Sept. 23 fundraiser will feature an all-you-can-eat dining experience, provided by an ar ray of favorite Queens Night Market international chefs. Soft drinks, wine, beer and dessert will be included.

Guests can dance to live music and DJs under the glow of the Unisphere to celebrate the magnificent park.

The evening will also celebrate Alliance Executive Director and Park Administrator Janice Melnick, who is retiring at the end of the year after a lifetime of public service.

“Now more than ever, it is clear that our open spaces are a vital community resource,” the group said in a release.

The gala is scheduled from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The dress is festive casual.

All-inclusive tickets are $50, though sponsorship opportunities are also available, and can be reserved at allianceforfmcp.org/gala.

Sponsorships are available by contacting Melnick at Janice.Melnick@ parks.nyc.gov or by calling (718) 760Q 6865.

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The city’s Office of Emergency Management is offering resources for victims of Tropical Storm Ida in each of the five boroughs.

“By placing one service center in each borough, New Yorkers can seek aid at any location as well as on nyc.gov/ida and by calling 311,” said an agency spokeswoman via email. “Recovering from an emergency has many layers depending on the event, and can add to the emotional stress of the incident.”

The center in Queens is at IS 125, the J. McCann Intermediate School, located at 46-02 27 Ave. in Sunnyside, according to NYCEM. The locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island include, respectively, MS 194 at 2365 Waterbury Ave.; PS 15 at 71 Sullivan St.; IS 88 at 215 W. 114 St. and IS 51 at 80 Willowbrook Road.

“The service centers provide resources for mental health, housing, cash advances, health insurance and help for small business owners, just to name a few,” said the spokeswoman.

The city’s Office of Emergency Management is helping flood victims. PHOTO COURTESY NYCEM Officials from NYCEM are on standby to help coordinate city services, including helping victims pump water out of their home, via 311 or nyc.gov/ida, according to the agency.

“NYCEM remains committed to helping and preparing New Yorkers before, during and after emergencies,” said the spokeswoman. “The full list of resources is available here.”

The centers are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., according to NYCEM. For more information visit: www1.nyc.gov/site/em/ Q resources/ida.page.

School supply giveaway Just before the 2021-22 school year began on Monday, Sept. 13, Keller Williams Liberty Real Estate held a school supply drive for local students in need.

KW donated the supplies to PS 63, the Old South school in Ozone Park on Friday,

Sept. 10.

Realtors Chatter Singh, left, and Carolyn De Falco, right of Keller Williams, flank PS 63 Principal Denise DeJesus at the giveaway.

Keller Williams Realty is located at 9610 101 Ave. in Ozone Park.

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De Blasio and radical City Council’s failure to treat our mentally ill population, their irresponsible decision to close Rikers Island, releasing inmates with violent criminal backgrounds onto our streets, while reducing police resources has caused violent crimes and shootings to rise substantially. New laws no longer permit the NYPD to enforce quality-oflife crimes such as public urination, panhandling, and excessive noise complaints have caused a serious decline in our quality of life.

Now more than ever, we need common sense in City Hall. That is why I’m running for City Council. I’m deeply concerned about the future of our neighborhoods and our children. Public safety, quality of life, are my number one priority. That is why I am endorsed by all the law enforcement unions, including the PBA. I have the local experience needed to find common sense solutions to these issues and give all of us the quality of life we deserve, so our children and grandchildren can raise their families Q here, too.

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This policy is nothing more than the furtherance of the mayor and City Council’s radical socialist agenda.

Why shouldn’t a student who works hard to achieve good grades deserve the opportunity to advance? It helps build their self-esteem and nourishes their need to be academically challenged. Conversely, a student that is struggling should be afforded all the resources necessary to succeed without having the stigma attached to not being able to grasp the lesson as quickly as other students. Each student is unique, and although it is incumbent on us to educate all children, not all students learn at the same rate and should not be penalized for it.

Students aren’t the only ones being failed by the de Blasio administration. We have a growing number of people with mental illness that can be found walking the streets in our communities. Some are just quietly wandering the streets, while others are aggressive, abusive and violent.

We cannot address our homeless population until we focus on the needs of people with mental illness. As a director for a hospital network, I have worked with mental health specialists to provide outreach programs designed to treat mental illness.

I have always believed that people with

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Ceremony honors sacrifice of service members who died in the attacks

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey along with the JFK Chamber of Commerce unveiled a 9/11 memorial monument at JFK Port Authority Building 14 in Jamaica last Friday morning.

During the ceremony officials dedicated the new structure — composed of a hunk of Twin Towers steel and several plaques printed with the names of two of the flights that were hijacked — to Port Authority members who died during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

“We gather and stand as a unified people with a common vision and purpose to honor our relatives, friends, neighbors, and colleagues — heroes all — who sacrificed their lives or were injured in the attacks of September 11th or because of them in the 20 years since,” said Charles Everett, deputy director of aviation at JFK Airport.

The effort to create the memorial started about five years ago when the chamber was there to take on a challenge to develop a permanent memorial. Joe Clabby, who was president with the chamber at the time, took on the challenge.

The idea for the monument started with a piece of the Twin Towers as a centerpiece of the monument and developed with a donation

from U.S. Customs Columbia Association President Phil Maddalena. The Port Authority’s Edward Vinciguerra executed the monument with the help of his team.

The ceremony involved remarks reflecting on the tragedy of 9/11 from a series of electeds, servicemembers and religious leaders of several different faiths.

Several airline workers then read off the names of the American Airlines crew members from flights 11 and 77 who died in the attacks. Flight 11 hit Tower One of the World Trade Center and Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.

The other hijacked planes were United Flight 175, which hit the South Tower, and United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after the passengers took on the terrorists aboard.

A retired Port Authority Police Department lieutenant, Dan Capanaro, then read the names of the agency’s 37 members who died in the attacks. The department had the greatest loss of any police agency at one event in the history of the U.S. law enforcement, according to Capanaro.

“It should also should be noted that many unheralded civilian individuals should be labeled as heroes for all of the deeds and rescue attempts and aid that they gave to their fellow co-workers,” Capanaro added.

Queens Borough President Donovan Rich-

ards took the occasion to call for New York City to unify as it remembers the attacks, overcoming polarized political differences and other division.

“We have to love one another as we honor the legacy of those who have gone on. I will end by saying we are challenged with climate change.

We are challenged with Covid-19. We are challenged w ith a labor shor tage and infrastructure needs.

So our work is not The JFK Chamber of Commerce unveiled a 9/11 memorial last Friday done. We have to carry morning.

QUEENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PHOTO / TWITTER on,” said Richards.

Frank DiMola, director of Terminal Four er ran up to me and yelled ‘Run!’ and I did Airline Consortium, closed the ceremony by run up the West Side Highway and minutes telling the story of his experience on the 65th later, One World Trade Center came down. floor of the North Tower the morning of the My family and I are very much aware that I attacks. He made his way down the tower’s would not be here today had it not been for the stairs, led through the smoke and dust, by the bravery and selfless acts of courage, the men and women of the New York City Police and lanterns of New York City servicemembers.

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Rivals stand together to commemorate 9/11

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The subway series started with a solemn ceremony at Citi Field Saturday, Sept. 11 honoring the lives lost two decades earlier.

Fans arrived to the ceremony toting 9/11 flags, top right and center right, in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 victims who died in the tragedy.

Former Mets player, Mets manager and Yankees manager Joe Torre threw the first pitch of the game, top left. Bobby Valentine, also a former Mets player and manager, caught the pitch.

Queens Brorough President Donovan Richards, center left, Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic

nominee for mayor Eric Adams, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Gov. Hochul stood together for the national anthem, with Mets owner Steve Cohen and wife Alexandra just behind them.

Before the ceremony, memorial candles were handed to the players, below left.

Following the anthem, the players and crowd observed two minutes of silence for the victims of 9/11 and its aftermath.

After joining together, the two New York teams played a tight game, but the Yankees took home the win with a final score of 8 to 7.

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Those taken on 9/11 from Glendale, Ridgewood, Middle Village and Woodhaven were remembered in a memorial ceremony at the monument at Dry Harbor Playground in Glendale, above.

At top center, members of the FDNY from Engine Co. 286/Ladder Co. 135 in Glendale prepare to place roses in honor of some of the

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343 firefighters killed that day. Above, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz was among the dignitaries to address the crowd.

At right, members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 display the colors. At right, top, Girl Scouts release white doves, and prepare to lace roses at the memorial while the names of those lost were read aloud, far right.

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THE BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY d/b/a NATIONAL GRID NY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (“Company”) that it has filed with the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) tariff revisions to its Schedule for Gas Service, PSC No. 12 – GAS, to become effective, on a temporary basis, September 1, 2021.

These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 12, 2021 in Case 19-G-0309. The table below compares the Company’s current rates (prior to September 1, 2021) to rates effective September 1, 2021 by service classification. Effective September 1, 2021 $2.5 million has been removed from base delivery rates to be collected through the ‘Rate Adjustment Clause’. The Rate Adjustment Clause is a separate surcharge that will be included in the Delivery Rate Adjustment line on customers’ bills.

S.C. No. 1A, 17-1A – Residential Non-Heating Service S.C. No. 1AR, 17-1AR Residential Non-Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $16.25 Next 47 therms, per therm $1.7273 Over 50 therms, per therm $0.7690

09/01/21 $16.25 $1.9845 $0.8835

S.C. No. 1B-DG, 17-1B-DG – Distributed Generation Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $32.93 Over 3 therms, per therm $0.1360

09/01/21 $32.93 $0.1885

S.C. No. 2-1, 17-2-1 – Non-Residential Non-Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $37.55 Next 87 therms, per therm $0.6527 Next 2,910 therms, per therm $0.4506 Over 3,000 therms, per therm $0.2704 S.C. No. 3, 17-3 – Multi-Family Service Monthly usage First 3 therms or less Next 997 therms, per therm Over 1,000 therms, per therm

S.C. No. 1B, 17-1B – Residential Heating Service S.C. No. 1BR, 17-1BR-Residential Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $21.55 Next 47 therms, per therm $1.1429 Over 50 therms, per therm $0.4050

09/01/21 $21.55 $1.1710 $0.4372

09/01/21 $37.55 $0.6259 $0.4359 $0.2986

S.C. No. 2-2, 17-2-2 – Non-Residential Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $37.55 Next 87 therms, per therm $0.6949 Next 2,910 therms, per therm $0.5757 Over 3,000 therms, per therm $0.3837

09/01/21 $37.55 $0.6848 $0.6105 $0.4250

Current Rates $39.51 $0.4404 $0.3238

09/01/21 $39.51 $0.4548 $0.3558

S.C. 4A, 17-4A – High Load Factor Monthly usage First 10 therms or less Next 990 therms, per therm Over 1,000 therms, per therm

Current Rates $250.00 $0.2756 $0.2578

09/01/21 $250.00 $0.2718 $0.2718

S.C. 4A-CNG, 17-4A-CNG – Compressed Natural Gas Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $250.00 Next 990 therms, per therm $0.2756 Over 1,000 therms, per therm $0.2578

09/01/21 $250.00 $0.2632 $0.2632

S.C. 4B, 17-4B – Year Round Air Conditioning Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 1 therms or less $130.00 Next 199 therms, per therm $1.2139 Over 200 therms, per therm $0.4107

09/01/21 $130.00 $0.8587 $0.4294

S.C. 7, 17-7 – Seasonal Off-Peak Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $39.51 Over 3 therms, per therm $0.1787 $

09/01/21 $39.51 0.2163

S.C. 21, 17-21 – Rate 1 – Less than 1MW Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $235.61 Over 10 therms, per therm (Apr – Oct) $0.0940 Over 10 therms, per therm (Nov – Mar) $0.1200

09/01/21 $235.61 $0.0991 $0.1264

S.C. 21, 17-21 – Rate 2 – Equal to or greater than 1 MW but less than 5 MW Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $333.14 Over 10 therms, per therm (Apr – Oct) $0.0940 Over 10 therms, per therm (Nov – Mar) $0.1200

09/01/21 $333.14 $0.0991 $0.1264

S.C. 21, 17-21 – Rate 3 – Equal to or greater than 5 MW but less than 50 MW Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $771.69 Over 10 therms, per therm (Apr – Oct) $0.0230 Over 10 therms, per therm (Nov – Mar) $0.0320 Demand charge per therm of MPDQ $4,414.11

09/01/21 $771.69 $0.0230 $0.0319 $4,821.52

S.C. 22 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 1 (Commercial & Governmental / Multifamily) Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $300.00/375.00 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.3837/0.3238

S.C. 22 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 2 (Commercial & Governmental / Multifamily) Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $300.00/375.00 $375.00 $375.00 $0.3837/0.3238 $0.1290/0.1076 $0.1613/0.1346 Over 10 therms, per therm

These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 12, 2021 in Case 19-G-0309.

Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com/NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/ or the PSC’s website (dps.ny.gov).

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S.C. No. 1A, 5-1A – Residential Non-Heating Service S.C. No. 1AR, 5-1AR – Residential Non-Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 3 therms or less $19.75 $19.75 Next 47 therms, per therm $1.4354 $1.5459 Over 50 therms, per therm $0.3407 $0.3670

S.C. No. 1B, 5-1B – Residential Heating Service S.C. No. 1BR, 5-1BR – Residential Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $21.66 Next 47 therms, per therm $1.2839 Over 50 therms, per therm $0.2938

09/01/21 $21.66 $1.2939 $0.3046

S.C. No. 2-A, 5-2A – Non-Residential Non-Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 3 therms or less $37.66 $37.66 Next 87 therms, per therm $1.7282 $1.8007 Next 2,910 therms, per therm $0.3553 $0.3651 Over 3,000 therms, per therm $0.2132 $0.2346

S.C. No. 2-B, 5-2B – Non-Residential Heating Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $37.66 Next 87 therms, per therm $1.7716 Next 2,910 therms, per therm $0.4370 Over 3,000 therms, per therm $0.2914

09/01/21 $37.66 $1.7779 $0.4464 $0.3082

S.C. No. 3, 5-3 – Multi-Family Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $74.66 Next 997 therms, per therm $0.4855 Over 1,000 therms, per therm $0.2685

09/01/21 $74.66 $0.4921 $0.2906

S.C. No. 16, 5-16 – Year-Round Space Conditioning Service Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 3 therms or less $230.43 $230.43 Next 497 therms, per therm $1.6650 $1.6932 Over 500 therms, per therm $0.2833 $0.2903

S.C No. 15, 5-15 – High Load Factor Service Monthly usage Current Rates First 10 therms or less $153.35 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1954

09/01/21 $153.35 $0.2247

S.C. 9, 5-9 – Uncompressed Natural Gas Vehicle Service Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 3 therms or less $38.00 $38.00 Over 3 therms, per therm $0.6422 $0.5645

S.C. No. 1B-DG, 5-1B-DG – Distributed Generation Monthly usage Current Rates First 3 therms or less $33.04 Over 3 therms, per therm $0.1260

09/01/21 $33.04 $0.1772

S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation – Rate 1 – Less than 1MW Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $180.61 $180.61 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1330 $0.1506 (Apr – Oct) Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1710 $0.1935 (Nov – Mar)

S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation – Rate 2 – Equal to or greater than 1 MW but less than 5 MW Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $328.22 $328.22 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1330 $0.1506 (Apr – Oct) Over 10 therms, per therm $0.1710 $0.1935 (Nov – Mar)

S.C. 18 / 19 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 2 Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $375.00 $375.00 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.2914 $0.0600

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These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 12, 2021 in Case 19-G-0310.

Copies of the proposed revisions are available for public inspection and can be obtained on the Company’s website at https://www.nationalgridus.com/Long-Island-NY-Home/Bills-Meters-and-Rates/ or the PSC’s website (dps.ny.gov).

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S.C. 17 – Baseload Distributed Generation – Rate 3 – Equal to or greater than 5 MW but less than 50 MW Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $949.35 $949.35 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.033 $0.0373 (Apr – Oct) Over 10 therms, per therm $0.045 $0.0509 (Nov – Mar) Demand charge per therm $6,252.00 $6,252.00 of MPDQ S.C. 18 / 19 – Non-Firm Demand Response Sales Service – Tier 1 Monthly usage Current Rates 09/01/21 First 10 therms or less $375.00 $375.00 Over 10 therms, per therm $0.2914 $0.0749

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KEYSPAN GAS EAST CORPORATION d/b/a NATIONAL GRID

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (“Company”) that it has filed with the New York State Public Service Commission (“Commission”) proposed tariff revisions to its Schedule for Gas Service, PSC No.1 – GAS, to become effective, on a temporary basis, September 1, 2021.

These revisions have been filed in compliance with the Commission’s Order issued August 12, 2021 in Case 19-G-0310.

The table below compares the Company’s current rates (prior to September 1, 2021) to rates effective September 1, 2021 by service classification. Effective September 1, 2021 $2.5 million has been removed from base delivery rates to be collected through the ‘Rate Adjustment Clause’. The Rate Adjustment Clause is a separate surcharge that will be included in the Delivery Rate Adjustment line on customers’ bills.

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Lighting a candle at Juniper Valley Park Twenty years later, 9/11 vigil still brings the community together in Middle Village

by Michael Gannon Editor

The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was commemorated in Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village much the same way it was two decades ago, when about 6,000 people were drawn to an impromptu gathering.

Twenty years later, the 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Committee of Queens still was welcoming those who came to the park on a lovely summer day. Many brought lawn chairs, American flags and their own candles for the vigil that would take place after nightfall. They listened to music and poetry and brief talks from community groups and elected officials.

Veterans displayed the nation’s colors, and first-responder groups were very well-represented And all stayed until the 113 names of those lost from neighborhoods in Middle Village, Maspeth and others were read aloud; and two beacons of light shone into the sky

from Downtown Manhattan where the Twin Towers had stood.

But the messages were almost uniformly positive.

“I like to think about Sept. 12,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., remembering how the acts intended to sow fear and division had actually united the country like nothing had in decades.

Other dignitaries included U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Deputy Borough President Rhonda Binda, Assemblymembers Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) and Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and City Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village).

A stunning, touching display that returned this year was a memorial crafted by Mark Papadimitriou, a sheetmetal worker from Middle Village. It features the Twin Towers engraved with the names of all lost.

In front are planted polished metal crosses commemorating those killed; images of police officers and firefighters kneeling in

remembrance of their own dead; and ornately crafted tributes to groups such as the passengers of United Flight 93, where a passenger uprising threatened to retake the cockpit, causing a panicked hijacker pilot to crash into a Pennsylvania field rather than a target believed to have been the White House or U.S. Capitol.

And when the sun went down, interior lights of red and blue offered a patriotic tone.

“This is my tribute to people who risk their lives every day by just getting up and going to work,” he said.

Jean Marie Termine, a photographer from Middle Village, was at the memorial to take photos for Papadimitriou. But she also brought her young children.

“I decided it was time to begin teaching them about 9/11,” she said.

Another featured guest was Melissa Rojas, a junior at Christ the King High School, who won first place in a 9/11 essay contest spon-

Hundreds of those in attendance visited an intricate, somber memorial to those lost created by Middle Village resident Mark Papadimitriou.

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sored by the Candlelight Vigil Committee. Second and third place went to Jeanpierre Paniagua and Amanda Ramirez, respectively, also from CTK. Organizers said, in fact, that of

13 schools invited to participate in the essay contest, Christ the King was the only one to accept.

“They should be teaching about 9/11 in every school,” Holden Q remarked.

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Burning bright in Juniper

The 9/11 Candlelight Vigil Committee of Queens welcomed all comers to Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village last Saturday for its 20th annual memorial to those lost in the 9/11 attacks of 2001.

Above and on the far right, visitors were awed by a memorial display created by Middle Village

resident Mark Papadimitriou.

At top center, Melissa Rojas of Christ the King High School reads her award-winning essay. On the steps, Boy Scouts prepare for the candlelight vigil. A top right, those gathered salute the flag during the national anthem, with the colors being displayed at right by area veterans.

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With the Manhattan skyline behind him, the Rev. Jeremy Canna opened Queens College’s annual 9/11 commemorative ceremony with a prayer, stating that the flowing waters behind him reprePHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY sented the tears from the tragedy.

Queens College’s tears continue to flow University commemorates 20th anniversary with solemn ceremony

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Twent y years ago, Queens College watched the Twin Towers collapse from the safety of its campus.

What normally served as a perfect vista of the Manhattan skyline became a grim and horrid watchtower of the national tragedy. Forty college family members perished in the disaster, along with nearly 3,000 other victims.

The college community commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, on its Cooperman Plaza, where so many had gathered two decades ago to grieve.

Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) was one of those on campus the day of the tragedy. She recalled running up the sixth floor staircase of Townsend Harris High School to her sophomore chemistry class when the first plane attacked Tower One. “As you can imagine, what we saw unfolding before our eyes was unnerving, was horrific and was something I will never forget,” she said.

Rozic paid her respects to Jennifer Wong, a Townsend Harris alumna and Bayside native who was one of the thousands of 9/11 victims. Wong, who was working at the World Trade Center, was only 26.

“Today the water on our campus is flowing. This flowing water reminds us of yesterday’s tears, but also of the tears still being shed today,” said the Rev. Jeremy Canna, the college’s rector, during the ceremony’s opening prayer.

“In the depths of pain and suffering, we

are grateful to have witnessed the heights of generosity and service. Hands reached out, lives were given. In a metropolis which might at times seem impersonal, faceless, lonely, there was indeed a powerful solidarit y bor n of mut ual suppor t, love and self-sacrifice.”

With the city skyline as their backdrop, the campus community silently observed two bell tolls, timed to ring at 8:46 and 9:03 a.m., the times each tower was struck.

Wearing all black, students from the Aaron Copland School of Music played “America the Beautiful” and “Fanfare of the Common Man.” The college’s Academic Senate chair, Kevin Ferguson, solemnly read the names of the 40 friends who were lost.

One of the victims was Queens College alumni Mohammad Salman “Sal” Hamdani, who was on his way to work as a Rockefeller University lab analyst when he witnessed smoke coming from the Towers. He used his credentials as an NYPD cadet and part-time EMT to enter the World Trade Center, where he aided victims out of the wreckage but did not make it out himself.

“Instead of running away, like the brave first responders he was preparing to join, he rushed toward the scene that was unfolding and he risked his life. He didn’t make it,” said Frank Wu, the president of the college.

“As a New Yorker — even though he didn’t know the people he was running toward to save — he felt that responsibility.”

Prior to the ceremony, Wu presented FDNY Engine 315/Local 125 of Hillcrest with a plaque of appreciation for the station’s service to Queens College, bravery on 9/11 and daily neighborhood protection. Q

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Does high cholesterol affect pregnancy?

Cholesterol levels naturally rise during pregnancy and are not usually monitored or treated at that time. However, if you are the one out of every 200 adults who has an inherited form of high cholesterol, you may require special monitoring if you become pregnant.

Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited defect in how the body recycles LDL (bad) cholesterol. Therefore, in untreated adults, LDL levels in the blood remain very high—above 190 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood—making someone 20 times more likely to have heart disease.

Awareness is critical, as coronary heart disease appears up to 30 years earlier in women with FH than in women without it.

Thirty percent of untreated women will have a heart attack before they turn 60.

To address this important health question for women, Dr. Maria Sophocles, an OB/ GYN and board member of the FH Foundation, offers ideas on what women should know about high cholesterol and pregnancy.

How do I know if I have FH? Checking your lipid levels and knowing your family’s history of cardiovascular diseases can help your doctor determine your risk and screening requirements.

Should I avoid pregnancy?

“Women with FH can and should have the

Women with familial hypercholesterolemia may need extra care while pregnant. family they want,” said Sophocles. If you have FH, she suggests your pregnancy should be comanaged by an OB and a cardiologist. American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines say those with FH should consider consulting with a doctor who has expertise in cholesterol management before becoming pregnant.

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Can I take cholesterol-lowering medications during pregnancy?

Women who have FH should stop taking statins one to two months before trying to conceive, according to the recent cholesterol guidelines from the AHA. If you become pregnant while on a statin, stop taking it as

soon as the pregnancy is discovered. You may resume statin medication after pregnancy. You should also avoid statins while breast-feeding.

Let your doctor know if you were on a statin at the time of conception. All statins are currently not recommended in pregnant women due to potential effects on the developing baby.

What are my options during and after pregnancy?

If your doctors want you to be on cholesterol-lowering medication during pregnancy or breast-feeding, there are options they can discuss with you.

Will my children have high cholesterol?

FH is an inherited condition, so if you and/or your partner have it, your children could be at higher risk of inheriting the condition. It’s reasonable to test children for FH as early as age two. Current guidelines say it’s reasonable to begin treatment around age 10 if lifestyle therapy is unsuccessful after three to six months.

“The good news is FH is treatable and you can live a long, healthy life if you catch it early and maintain proper treatment,” Sophocles said.

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Routine medical screenings are an essential element of a healthy lifestyle.

Many health screenings are recommended for both men and women, but women also should include some gender-specific testing in their health routines.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That popular adage can be applied to personal health, particularly with respect to women’s health screenings.

• Breast cancer: Both men and women can get breast cancer, but women are at a far greater risk than men. According to Breastcancer.org, roughly one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. The earlier a woman finds breast cancer, the better her chance for survival. Cancers caught early are less likely to spread to the lymph nodes and vital organs than cancers caught at later stages.

Recommendations on mammogram screening start time and frequency vary with age and risk factor, so women should discuss and develop an individualized plan with their doctors.

• Cervical cancer: Doctors advise that women should receive pelvic exams beginning at age 21, or earlier for women who are sexually active. Pap smears are screenings that help detect the presence of cancer-

Routine medical screenings for women may help discover certain diseases before they threaten their long-term health. ous cells on and around the cervix that may be indicative of cervical cancer. Guidelines continually change regarding the frequency of Pap smear testing, but the general consensus is women age 30 and older may need screening every three years if they have not had any abnormal tests in the past,

according to Everyday Health. Women should speak with their gynecologists regarding how frequently they should be tested for cervical cancer.

• Bone density test: Osteoporosis, a weakening of bones that causes them to become more fragile, may initially be symptom-free.

Osteoporosis is often discovered only after a fracture. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says that estrogen decreases during menopause can cause bone loss, which is why women have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis than men. In addition to healthy living habits, bone mineral density tests beginning at age 65 or earlier can help identify problems early on. Certain risk factors may require women to begin receiving bone density tests before age 65.

• Skin cancer screening: A report from the National Cancer Institute appearing in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology revealed startling melanoma trends among young women. This deadly skin cancer is rising in incidence. Screening for changes in skin markings can help identify melanoma and other nonmelanoma cancers early on. Skin should be checked by a dermatologist or a general health professional during regular physicals.

Guidelines recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of experts in disease prevention, also recommend these screenings for women: blood pressure, cholesterol, colorectal cancer and diabetes.

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Take a walk back in history in Ridgewood Stockholm Street tour on Sept. 26 touts influence of early German immigration

by Michael Gannon Editor

Queens can have more history than one realizes — provided one knows where to look.

And the folks from the Onderdonk House in Ridgewood will be leading a walking tour of history hidden in plain sight on Sept. 26.

The itinerary? Stockholm Street, with its architecture, its past, and its impact on New York City since the 1800s.

“Stockholm Street really is, in my opinion, really what led the movement to designate historic districts in Ridgewood,” said Linda Monte, chairperson of programs at the Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, the oldest Dutch colonial stone home in New York City, dating back to 1709.

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and is still maintained by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.

“Stockholm Street is one of the most intact streets that documents the influence of German immigrants from the late 1800s into the 1900s,” Monte said.

And it packs a punch for a small size.

“Stockholm Street is one block long,” Monte said.

The tour will kick off at 1:30 p.m., rain or shine, at Onderdonk, which is located at

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Culture and history dating back well over a century will be the talk of a walking tour of Stockholm Street and its surrounding neighborhood on Sept. 26 offered by the staff at the Onderdonk PHOTO COURTESY ONDERDONK HOUSE House.

18-20 Flushing Ave. The walk will take participants past streets and buildings that hint of what is to come.

“We’ll tell them about the history of these streets,” Monte said. “The naming, the convention. Queens and Brooklyn had different names for some streets. When they consoli-

dated the city, there was a push to have some consistency so you didn’t go from one name to another when you crossed a street — like Cross Bay Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard.”

Guests will receive a handout that discusses the imprint made by the original architec-

ture from what was a working-class German neighborhood.

“We’ll point out some of the original features,” Monte said. “So even after Stockholm Street, you’ll be able to walk around Ridgewood and you’ll be able to pick out what’s original and what’s not in terms of iron work; in terms of doors; in terms of the overall architecture of those houses. There’s some fabulous stained glass that we’re going to look at in the transom of one of the apartment buildings. That’s original.”

Looking up at a building and thinking you’re seeing a six-pointed Star of David?

Close, but not quite.

“That symbolized that there was a brewery; that there was beer inside and that it was ready to be imbibed, and that you should come in,” Monte said. “It’s called a brewer’s star.”

Monte said there also will be a few surprises.

The visitors also will have some seasoned ex p e r t s a long for c om me nt a r y a nd observations.

“We have a pair of Ridgewood lifers tag along,” Monte said. “I’m a recent newcomer — I’ve only been here 40 years.”

The $10 tickets must be purchased in advance online through Eventbrite at Q bit.ly/3ls0YVI.

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When Major League Baseball released the 2021 schedule, showing the second round of the Subway Series would take place at Citi Field during the weekend of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Mets knew they had to deliver a ceremony that struck the right tone.

While the team has struggled on the field to the consternation of their fans this past season, they came through with flying colors as far as 9/11 was concerned.

Yes, there were color guards, gigantic flags and a plethora of elected officials. But it was the little things which made the night so memorable.

Before the game began, many members of the 2001 Mets stood interspersed with New York City first responders along the right and left field lines. During the playing of our national anthem, Mets and Yankees players, who both wore “New York” on their uniforms, also interspersed along the first and third base lines. Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and his Mets counterpart, Brandon Nimmo, played against each other in amateur ball as teens, and you could see they were happy to have a few unplanned moments to get reacquainted.

I spoke to some of the 2001 Mets who were there. Glendon Rusch said he enjoys the high praise he gets nowadays from broadcasters and sportswriters because games rarely went more

than two hours when he pitched. Steve Trachsel was at the other end of the time spectrum as he worked so deliberately, he was referred to as the “human rain delay.” He would be considered Mr. Speedy today. “All games seem to go four hours these days. I can’t stand it!” he said. Infielder and pinch hitter deluxe Lenny Harris decried the lack of attention paid to moving base runners with productive outs these days. Outfielder Jay Payton complained about new stats which are meaningless. “The obsession with launch angles is hurting young batters learning how to hit the ball squarely. Does anyone really care about exit velocity of a foul ball?”

The Mets’ cable home, SNY, did a great job with its documentary, “9/11: The Mets Remember.” It mixes footage of that fateful day with the recollections of several players. Todd Zeile, who is now an SNY studio host on Mets pre- and postgame shows, recalled the smell from lower Manhattan as the Mets bus was going over the George Washington Bridge which is roughly ten miles away from Ground Zero. Mike Piazza graciously said, “If people just remember me for my home run against the Braves in the Sept. 21 game against the Braves, then that’s fine with me.” In a nice touch, the man who surrendered Piazza’s homer, College Point native Steve KarQ say, is included.

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The Harvest Festival will be back for its fourth year in Downtown Jamaica on Sept.

18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will stretch between Hillside and Jamaica avenues on Suthphin Boulevard.

Shor i ng u p t h e eve nt i s Gle n n Greenidge, the executive director of the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District.

“We are going to have an exciting event,” said Greenidge. “We are going to have live entertainment, we are going to have classical cars, we are going to be having Erik the Reptile Guy, we are having a corner for local arts and crafts artists specifically and, of course, we will have food.”

The Harvest Festival will have West Indian food, Armenian food, Italian food, cotton candy, fresh coconut water that will be cut in front of attendees and treats from Henry’s Carrot Cakes, a business located at 90-40 160 St. in Jamaica that has over 12 varieties of carrot cakes that contain no preservatives and are all natural, according to Greenidge. Erik the Reptile Guy will

slither between Hillside and 88th avenues with lizards, a small alligator, turtles and other cold-blooded creatures.

“It will be an educational feature for the kids,” said Greenidge, adding, “There will be a bouncy house.”

The bouncy house at the festival will be near Hillside Avenue, according to the executive director. The classic cars like Mustangs, “GQ cars” and other muscle cars will be between 88th and 89th avenues. The arts and crafts section of the event will be on the corner of 89th Avenue. “ T h e r e w i l l b e p a i n t e r s ,” s a id Greenidge. “There will be paper arts, handmade things, jewelr y and other crafts.”

The courtyard of the nearby Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd. will act as a stage for live musical performances from Right Direction, the Afro-Latin Mayors and the Mighty Kamm Band.

“They are going to have old-school R&B, they are going to have jazz, there will be dance music, they are going to have R&B and Afro-Latino Caribbean music,” said Greenidge. “Bring your family. Have Q a good time.”

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Festival of Cinema NYC is back in the theater

Jayson Simba just wanted people to be able to go back to the movies.

A year after Covid-19 forced the annual Festival of Cinema NYC to become a drive-in affair, he has his wish.

“The biggest thing we’re looking forward to is returning to the theater,” said Simba, founder and executive director of the festival. “It’s an in-person event. It’s been more than two years since we’ve been at the theater, so we’re very excited to come back to that.” The theater, in this case, is the celebrated Regal UA Midway at 108-22 Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills.

The festival runs in more than 30 blocks from Sept. 24 to Oct. 3. The 120 selections include full-length feature films, documentaries, shorts, music videos and other categories.

“We have those real underground, independent films that you really don’t get to catch anywhere except in film festivals,” Simba said.

The selections were submitted by local filmmakers, but also those from Cuba, Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, France, Spain, Brazil, Turkey and others. Many of the filmmakers and actors will be in attendance.

“Each block will have a feature and one or two shorts; or five to eight shorts, depending on their length,” Simba said. “So you’re guaranteed that with every ticket you’re going to see more than one movie.”

Block 17, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 28, will show the feature “The Story of Unlucky Juan” and the short “Esperanza vs. The U.S. Embargo of Cuba.”

Teaming with the Americas Media Initiative, the films will be part of a fundraiser, combined with a panel discussion on the unrest and turmoil in Cuba. Proceeds will go to Cuban relief programs.

Organizers this year had about 400 submissions — they were hoping for 1,000 last year and had more than 700 last February-March when Covid stopped everything cold — but were eager to continue as it became more and more clear that theaters would be opening up.

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Several families were disappointed last weekend as they arrived at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans expecting popcorn and thrills at the UniverSoul Circus’ big top.

Instead of the wonderment of aerialists and the slapstick humor of clowns, those families found the circus was still setting up a tent on Sept. 11 for a performance that was canceled.

“I think that the storm messed up their permit to perform here,” said a park worker.

Daisy Bristal II, who bought five tickets for the Saturday show, was disheartened a b out t he lac k of not ice for t he cancellation.

“It’s a little upsetting,” said Bristal holding her son’s hand. “At least they are letting us come back next week ... as long as they are fixing the situation, it is fine, but an email would have been nice.”

Bristal’s mother, the elder Daisy Bristal, agreed.

“I brought my grandkids and we bought our tickets ahead of time,” said Bristal’s mother. “There should have been an email telling us that it’s not ready yet.

At least give her money back or something. This is ridiculous.”

Eva Bristal and grandmother Daisy Bristal, inset, were disappointed by the Sept. 11 cancellation of a UniverSoul Circus performance, but were reimbursed for a Sept. 18 show, PHOTOS BY NAEISHA ROSE which will be the new debut for the one ring circus in St. Albans.

The debut for the circus at Roy Wilkins Park has been pushed a week, according to Karin Aaron, a spokeswoman for UniverSoul.

“The UniverSoul Circus staff and management extend our prayers and condolences to the residents of Queens and the Tri-State area for losses suffered because of recent storms and flooding caused by

Hurricane Ida,” said the single ring circus in a statement about the Sept. 1 natural disaster. “Due to these developments, UniverSoul Circus has changed its opening date of September 11, 2021 to a new date of September 18, 2021.”

A ticket booth operator said that audience members should email customerse rvices@universoulcircus.com for a new date.

“They have to call Ticketmaster,” said Aaron, as an alternative way for customers to get information about reimbursements. “Customers can also request a refund.”

Ticketmaster will also contact all Univer Soul Circus ticket purcha sers to reschedule for a different show date and they can also go to universoulcircus.com for more information, according to Aaron.

There will be upcoming shows Sept.

18, Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9 at 12, 4 and 7:30 p.m. An Oct. 11 show will only have 12 and 4 p.m. time slots. Shows on Sept. 19, Sept. 26, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10 will have time slots for 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. The Sept. 24, Oct. 1, Oct. 7 and Oct. 8 shows will only have a 7 p.m. time slot.

If any customer has trouble rescheduling or getting a refund, Aaron can be reached at 973-902-6351 or Karin@aaro nassoc.com or call Roy Wilkins Park at 718-276 -8686 and request the box office, according to the spokeswoman.

Roy Wilkins Park is located between 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard and audience member s 12 and up are expected to show proof of a Covid-19 Q vaccination.

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us the green light and we said, ‘Yeah, let’s do this.”

That was Aug. 1.

“Giving us a month and half to do the work we normally do over the year,” he said, adding that it would have been impossible without generous support from sponsors such as the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Regal, Resorts World Casino NYC, the NYC & Co. Foundation, Techsoup and The Final Draft.

Chris White is glad they did. He is the director of “Electric Jesus,” the story of a heavy metal “hair” band in 1986.

“But it’s a Christian metal band,” White told the Chronicle, speaking from his South Carolina home.

Its main cast of six newcomers is augmented by Brian Baumgartner, known as Kevin Malone on “The Office” and Judd Nelson from “The Breakfast Club.” White said he and his collaborators thought the movie’s festival run just about played out.

“We hadn’t really screened in New York City,” White said. “I’m not famous enough to get into the New York Film Festival or Tribecca.” He submitted and was accepted.

White too was pleased to learn that it

Above, a still from “The Silent Party” from Argentina. On the cover: “Drunk Bus,” top, “Leda,” “Moon Manor,” and, from Brazil, “Any Given Day” are among the offerings in PHOTOS COURTESY FESTIVAL OF CINEMA NYC this year’s Festival of Cinema NYC. would be showing in the Midway.

“It’s a real movie theater, a place you can sit down with some popcorn,” White said. “I think our movie is better, frankly, with some popcorn in your lap.”

Tickets are $17 per block with the

exception of opening and closing dates, which are $30; and $35 for the Cuban relief fundraiser block on Sept. 28.

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continued from page 25 Timing was tricky. The festival is usually the first 10 days of August, but theaters were not expected to reopen until about mid-June, and occupancy restrictions were an unknown. August was ruled out during the summer due to time constraints. But things had begun to open up.

“All restrictions were lifted and Regal was now able to accept 100 percent capacity,” Simba said. “That’s when Regal gave

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REALTY 16310 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/07/21.

Office: 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, 400 Jericho Tpke, Suite 318, Jericho, NY 11753. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ROKI MANAGEMENT, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/04/2021. Office 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: SEUNG HYUN KIM, 41-17 CRESCENT STREET, APT 4B, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS INDEX NO. 703116/2019 Mortgaged Premises: 231-29 125TH AVENUE LAURELTON, NY 11413 District: Section: Block: 12857 Lot: 25 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. DORSEY ANDREWS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EARLENE MCKOY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF EARLENE MCKOY any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK; CONDOR CAPITAL CORP.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; WELLS FARGO MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RENAISSANCE HEL TRUST 2002-2, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $555,000.00 and interest, recorded on March 3, 2009, at Instrument number CRFN 2009000061473, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 231-29 125TH AVENUE LAURELTON, NY 11413. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 13, 2021 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff VERONICA M. RUNDLE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

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Asking $1.25M, Connexion Real SSNY has been designated as agent Estate 718-845-1136 of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: PARRY ERMOGENOUS, 20-22 46TH STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11105.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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

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C M SQ page 32 Y K SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 713427/2019 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 130-50 227TH STREET LAURELTON, NY 11413 District: Section: Block: 12904 Lot: 63 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. LINDA HOOPER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE HOOPER A/K/A LUCILLE SPICER; RENEE HOOPER AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE HOOPER A/K/A LUCILLE SPICER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE HOOPER A/K/A LUCILLE SPICER, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on November 30, 2006, at Instrument number 2006000660732 , of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 130-50 227TH STREET LAURELTON, NY 11413. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 17th, 2021 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff ANKIT MEHTA, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

JAZZED UP DESIGNS LLC

KYOGIN,

Articles of Org. filed NY Sec.

w/ SSNY on 8/11/21.

of State (SSNY) 4/26/2021.

Office: Queens Co. SSNY

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY

LLC

filed

designated as agent for process & shall mail

shall mail process to PO Box

to: 192-21 47th Ave.,

570704, Whitestone, NY 11357.

Flushing,

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Purpose: any lawful.

NY

11358.

Notice of Formation of ART RETAIL THERAPY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/2021. Office 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, 84-26 37TH AVE., JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 700565/2018 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 10972 201ST STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 District: Section: Block: 10940 Lot: 116 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. ANGELA WALLACE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE AKA GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE AND DEVISEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE; PAUL WALLACE, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE AND AS DEVISEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, DONALD WALLACE, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE AND AS DEVISEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, TREVOR WALLACE, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE AND AS DEVISEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, MINERVA BROWN A/K/A MENERVA BROWN, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, STANLEY J. BROWN, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, ANGELA BROWN HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, HOGARTH BROWN A/K/A HOUGHARTH BROWN, HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE, SELVIN WALLACE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF GRACE WALLACE A/K/A GRACE WINIFRED WALLACE any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE - TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION - C.O.-ATC; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; REDSTONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; MIDLAND FUNDING NCC-2 CORPORATION; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NYC O/B/O SHAKIEMA JOHNSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CCP LIEN UNIT; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and ‘’JOHN DOE #1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #7,’’ names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $450,000.00 and interest, recorded on July 13, 2012, at Liber Page , of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 10972 201ST STREET SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 17th, 2021 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff ERIC S. SHEIDLOWER, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675.

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