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NYC Council votes to abolish ICE Lawmakers in symbolic move despite not having the power to eliminate

by David Russell Associate Editor

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he City Council voted in favor of abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Sept. 12 vote, though the body has no authority on the matter.

The following Council members from Queens voted in favor of the motion, which passed on a voice vote: Francisco Moya (D-Corona), Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Ridgewood).

Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) voted no.

Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), Peter Koo (D-Flushing) and Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) abstained from voting. Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) was absent.

Some Council members made statements about their vote.

“Under the direction of President Trump ICE has performed like a rogue organization which has demonstrated an inability to properly fulfill its duties,” Adams said. “ICE has not been focused on increasing public safety and many in my district have been victimized by

The City Council voted in favor of abolishing ICE in a Sept. 12 meeting. Queens Councilmen Bob Holden and Eric Ulrich voted against the motion, while Barry Grodenchik, Peter Koo and Paul ICE PHOTO Vallone abstained. The Council does not have the power to abolish the organization. them in this dysfunctional immigration system. We need to replace ICE and build something that actually works.”

“Abolishing ICE is nonsense, and this is why I voted NO on the resolution in the New York City Council last week,” Holden said.

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“I believe that ICE is being used in a way in which it was never really intended to be used,” Dromm said in a phone interview. “Initially it was established after 9/11 to create greater security for the United States but I believe that now the actions of ICE against our undocumented immigrant communities is actually making the country less secure by making undocumented immigrants less willing to report crimes and come out of the shadows so to speak. And so I think that a whole new approach is needed. I do believe that we need to have some type of enforcement agency but the way in which ICE is being used now is not the correct way.”

“There is no question, ICE has devolved into a rogue outfit,” Moya said. “It was created less than 20 years ago and has already abandoned its original purpose of combating terrorism and replaced it with a xenophobic mission ... As of last week, there were still 12,800 immigrant children locked in detention centers across the country. ICE is a threat to justice everywhere with its agents staking courthouses, muzzling witnesses and victims, and preventing individuals from speaking with local law enforcement agencies ... There is no shortage of reasons to abolish ICE, but my primary Q reason is that it’s the right thing to do.”

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Sullivan victorious in GOP primary Breezy Point man will look to pull off upset against Addabbo next

by David Russell Associate Editor

Tom Sullivan has stated that he doesn’t want to be a career politician but he did take a step forward in his political career with last Thursday’s win in the Republican primary for state Senate District 15.

Sullivan, who was backed by the Republican, Conservative and Independence parties, earned 67.9 percent of the GOP vote to defeat Slawomir Platta.

“I knew someday when I was able to walk in everybody’s shoes, 25 years in the military, 23 years in the financial sector, 10 years as a small business owner, five years serving my community, that’s when I knew it was enough time where I can understand the people’s needs, relate to them better and that’s why I don’t believe in being that career politician,” Sullivan told supporters at Austin’s Ale House in Kew Gardens after the results of the election were announced.

The Queens County Republican Party believes that Sullivan is the man to defeat incumbent Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) Nov. 6. “We knew from day one that he was the right candidate,” said Joann Ariola, chairwoman of the Queens County Republican Party.

It turns out the party might have known it before Sullivan himself. “Are you sure you want me? Why do you want me? Interview me,” Sullivan said. “Ask me because I don’t want to let you down.”

He holds the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. And there’s his work as a financial advisor, not to mention the work he does for the community, including serving on boards and helping with Hurricane Sandy recovery. Sullivan is married and has three children. This election cycle, the timing finally worked out for Sullivan to run.

“We have talked off and on for years about him running,” said Queens County and New York State Conservative Party Chairman Tom Long. “Every time he’s come back and said,

Tom Long, chairman of the Queens County and New York State Conservative Party, left, with Tom Sullivan after the latter’s victory in the primary for state Senate District 15. Sullivan defeated Slawomir Platta and will face Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. in November. PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL ‘Not yet, family, military.’ And this time he the general election.

“When I originally found out we had a prisaid, ‘I am ready and I’m going to do it.’”

Tom Richardson, a longtime friend who mary I said, ‘Oh, we don’t need this. I’m not served as Sullivan’s campaign manager, told looking forward to this, I don’t want to spend the candidate that he would quit his job to some money here.’ Well the truth of the mathelp the campaign. As Sullivan put it, “It’s ter is it got me out there,” Sullivan told the Chronicle. “I was able to engage the commuhard to live up to that, right?” nity a lot earlier, right when I should be.

In the primary, Sullivan, of Breezy It’s probably going to turn out to be Point, was opposed by Platta, a lawthe best thing for this campaign.” yer who garnered a little over 1,500 Sullivan added, “I wouldn’t call votes. More than 3,100 people cast it a practice run but it helped me their votes for Sullivan. become a better candidate, know “They ran such a ridiculous the issues better, know the people campaign,” Councilman Bob Holdbetter, and without a doubt it en (D-Middle Village) told those helped.” assembled at the Ale House. “They 2 018 It was not a stressed out contingent attacked Tom for attacking them at the restaurant on Thursday night as when he didn’t even fire off a shot yet.”

While running unopposed would have Sullivan was expected to win by a wide marbeen easier and not presented a temporary gin. Most of the people learned of Sullivan’s speed bump, having to run a primary cam- victory via text or online polls.

There was the odd sight of seeing people paign may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Sullivan, who said he can make asking for the television to be changed from adjustments and work some wrinkles out for sports to politics. Once they learned that the

place didn’t have Spectrum, meaning that there was no NY1 available, the local news stations were turned on though the coverage was more about the hurricane than the election. Always the family man, Sullivan fielded a phone call from his mother who sent her congratulations during the celebratory speeches. She told him she saw the updates on NY1.

One of the stories he shared was how one night, nearly 20 years ago, his wife asked him what he wanted to be in life. Sullivan said he wanted to be the governor of New York. They didn’t get much sleep that night as his wife told him she didn’t want to live in Albany.

“It was a dream to do this,” Sullivan said.

Now the focus shifts to the general election in November.

“Tomorrow it starts all over again,” Long said. “A bigger battle, a harder battle and a battle that’s going to go right to Election Day.” Addabbo is a known commodity with a lengthy track record as a city councilman and then state senator. Some people in the area will be learning about Sullivan for the first time. For his part, Sullivan says there are no secrets.

“I’m an open book and we should know about each other,” Sullivan told the Chronicle.

“Absolutely.”

Ariola said that candidates in the Republican primaries turned the elections into gutter wars.

That will likely not be the case when Sullivan and Addabbo meet.

“He’s a good person,” Sullivan said of Addabbo. “I’ve known of him for a long time because he’s a sitting senator so I look forward to him finding out about me, my character and my work ethic.”

In two months, Sullivan will attempt to unseat the man who has been in the Senate for 10 years.

“It is time for a change and to get back to good Republican values for the sake of this Q city, this state,” Sullivan said.

Platta is runner-up in primary and off ballot

by David Russell Associate Editor

A lawyer who decided to throw his hat into the political ring, Slawomir Platta was defeated by Tom Sullivan in the Republican primary for state Senate District 15 last Thursday.

“Did I see this coming? No,” Platta said in a phone interview with the Chronicle. “I was definitely hoping that my opponent was going to act more honorably than he did but, again, lesson learned.”

What bothered Platta was a Sullivan advertisement which had Platta in handcuffs. “We were leading in polls up until 48 hours when he decided to send this nasty mailing with Photoshopping my face to a person in handcuffs,” Platta said.

The flier made reference to Platta being arrested and charged with harassment last year. In a meeting with the Chronicle editorial staff last month, Platta said the charges had been dismissed.

“I was outraged,” Platta said Tuesday. “I was outraged and I think he went way too far, especially with my understanding that he is an Army veteran, I was expecting more of him.”

During the campaign, Platta had started the “No Homeless Shelter Party” and looked to have enough signatures to be on the ballot as a third-party candidate in November. A few days before the primary, he learned the line had been rejected.

“As far as I understand, and again this is what I was told by my legal team, the Board of Elections rejected the petition and that was the end of it,” Platta said.

He didn’t remember being given a reason and was told that was the end of the process. “It was happening all at the very end when I was really busy with campaigning,” Platta said.

When asked for his prediction for the general election in two months, Platta said, “I don’t know. I certainly wish well the Republican Party and the people of the Republican Party.”

Sullivan will face state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

Now Platta is back at his law firm. “I’m happy to be back at work and I will be definitely going back to my community, the people that supported me in this election,” he said, adding that he will definitely run for office again Q at some point.

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Protest against the Ozone Park shelter Officials call for facility to house families instead of mentally ill men

by David Russell Associate Editor

A rally was held last Wednesday across the block from the proposed homeless shelter at 85-15 101 Ave. in Ozone Park that is planned to hold 113 mentally ill men near several schools.

Dozens of residents listened a nd cheered as politicians criticized the city plan for the shelter.

“To think about 113 mentally ill men mixed with these children and these parents with strollers is a reality we don’t want to face,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach). “It’s a wrong reality.”

Lantern Community Services will be operati ng the shelter. Add abbo a nd Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) recently met with Lantern to discuss some of their concerns. They were given an itinerar y which showed them that there would be morning meditation at 8 a.m. and a meeting at 4 p.m. Naturally the question was raised as to what the sheltered men would do in the interim.

Addabbo recalled Lantern’s response: “This is not a jail. We can’t keep them here. They can go out.”

In a statement, Department of Homeless Services spokesperson Isaac McGinn told the Chronicle, “Every community has a role to play in addressing this citywide challenge and we’re committed to open engagement with all communities across the five boroughs as we transform a shelter system decades in the making.

We’re moving forward with opening this facility as soon as possible to give homeless New Yorkers the opportunity to be sheltered closer to the communities they called home before winter approaches.”

McGinn added that there is no onesize-fits-all itinerary for the men using the shelter.

Addabbo told the crowd that he has spoken about the issue with Mayor de Blasio and that de Blasio told him housi ng the men elsewhere is u nder consideration.

“We need to still tell him the credible arguments on why this is a wrong idea,” Addabbo said.

The shelter didn’t go over well in the community to begin with but it didn’t have the same impact over the summer when school was out. Now that school is in session the cries of protest have grown even louder, according to Addabbo.

Jeanne Shannon, principal of nearby S t . E l i z a b e t h C a t h o l i c A c a d e m y, explained, it’s not a not-in-my-backyard issue. It’s a “not-in-my-schoolyard issue.”

She also wonders about the children playing in her schoolyard for nearly seven hours during the day. And what happens to the homeless men at night.

“Where are these men sleeping? In the yards and on the porches of their local neighbors? On our school steps, on our church steps, on our temple steps, in our communities near our children,” Shannon said.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. shows the itinerary that Lantern Community Services gave him about plans for the men who would be staying in the proposed homeless shelter located at 85-15 101 PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL Ave. in Ozone Park.

Democratic district leader Lew Simon of Rockaway said neigbors have been informing him that people have been sleeping in the park at PS 64 because those people are aware of the incoming shelter and want the first shot at getting in.

PS 64, PS 316, MS 210, Divine Mercy Catholic Academy and St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy are all within walking distance of the shelter.

“It is quite obvious that this is not the right match,” Simon said.

A s s e m bly wo m a n St a c e y Ph ef fe r Amato (D-Howard Beach) also spoke out agai nst the location of the shelter.

“They’re trying to figure where they can put poor souls into wherever they can and this community is not a good match,” Pheffer Amato said.

The issue drew greater attention when Sam Esposito went on a hunger strike and slept in a tent for two weeks outside the construction site as a protest before being t a ken to Ja maica Hospit al Med ical Center.

“To do what he did for those two weeks without food, sitting out all night, not an easy thing to do,” Miller said. “He did it.

He did it for us.”

Esposito said that he understands the need for a shelter but feels the mentally ill men are not appropriate for this location. A lawsuit brought forward by residents of Ozone Park against the city is pending.

“We’re hoping that the city will take Joe’s proposal and work with us and give us women and children, seniors, just not 113 mentally ill men,” Esposito said, referring to Addabbo. “That’s really all we’re asking.”

The senator would like to see resources

used to help different groups that would be welcomed by the community.

“We can help women and children, we

can help seniors who need help that are homeless,” Addabbo said. “We can help veterans. There are homeless veterans out there. We can help them.”

Esposito has been hoping to hear from the mayor. A nd if de Blasio doesn’t respond, there’s always the next mayor.

“We really need to stick together as a com munit y and f ight this together,” Esposito said. “We will win. We may not win on our terms today but we’re going to win this battle whether it’s now or in three years from now when the new administration comes, we’re going to win this.”

Ozone Pa rk resident Joh n Pick le remembered his reaction when he first heard about the planned location. “Kind of shocked that they would put so many mentally ill people right in the middle of a community,” Pickle said.

Pickle feels that it would be nice had the city planned a shelter for families instead. “There are schools all over the place,” he said. “Not the place to have this.”

Now the community braces itself for a battle over the long haul.

“I have lived in Ozone Park all my life,” Addabbo said. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to stand here and we’re Q going to fight this proposal.”

Report: Crowley back as Dem county chair

by Michael Gannon Editor

U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) appears to still have a commanding hold on the Queens County Democratic Party.

The New York Post reports that Crowley, 56, was overwhelmingly re-elected as chairman on Monday morning at a breakfast meeting at the Georgia Diner in Elmhurst, quoting at least one source who attended the meeting.

Party officials contacted by the Chronicle did not return calls seeking comment.

The 10-term congressman in June had his re-election bid cut short when he lost the Democratic primary in the 14th District to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

He has been chairman of the party since 2006 when he took over from his mentor, Tom Manton, whom he also succeeded in the House of Representatives.

He currently is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and, ironically, was considered a leader of a new generation of Democratic members of the House, as well as a possible successor to Minority Leader Q Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).

Rep. Joe Crowley appears to be back for another term as Queens County Democratic FILE PHOTO Party chairman.

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P Ousted Tony Avella gave us the silent treatment

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hen Councilman Bob Holden thinks something we’ve written is a bit unfair, as happened a couple times during his run for office, he calls to says so.

When former Councilman Ruben Wills thought the same thing — in his case as we covered the corruption charges against him — he did the same thing, sort of. He both called one editor and had an aide call another. And let’s say that he used far more ... colorful ... language than Holden ever did.

When an aide to a councilman in Brooklyn thought we shouldn’t have printed another lawmaker’s characterization of his remarks on an issue, she too called to complain. The councilman himself, however, had no problem with it.

People are often upset with some aspect of a story, or editorial. See today’s letter on Rikers Island as an example — an example of the right way to respond to something you think the paper got wrong. Write a letter, put your name on it and voila — your point of view gets printed for all to see.

Other “critics” cut out an article and mail it to us with angry comments in the margins. This happens periodically.

There’s never a name or return address, and there’s often a racist element. All it means is someone wasted money on a stamp and we have one more item for the recycling bin.

Criticism runs the gamut. And we’re used to it.

But then there’s state Sen. Tony Avella. The lame-duck lawmaker, who lost last week’s Democratic primary to challenger John Liu, took out his frustration with us in a way we don’t recall any other politician ever having done.

After we ran a story last December about a meeting of Avella’s critics, who decried the fact that he had joined the Independent Democratic Conference, a group that allied with Senate Republicans and allowed them to keep control of the chamber, Avella cut us off. By contrast, a very similar meeting was held in Sen. Jose Peralta’s district, and he didn’t change our relationship the least little bit when the story ran.

Avella, though, couldn’t take it. No more press releases.

No more aides responding to our questions. No more advisories of upcoming events. And certainly no answers from the senator himself to anything we asked. He even went so far as to turn his back and walk away when our editor who covers his area tried to ask him what was going on. There was one very brief period when emails started to arrive again but they quickly stopped. We wonder if someone had put us back on the list and then Avella found out and took us off.

Whatever the case, he did his best to keep us from reporting

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Lancman’s race card Dear Editor: Re Ryan Brady’s Sept. 13 report “Lancman, Quinn spar at Rikers debate”: As an audience member and a constituent of City Councilman Rory Lancman, I was shocked by his outrageous behavior at this event. He played the race card by calling his constituents “fellow white people” during a heated debate over a proposed new Queens jail at the site of a detention center closed in 2002.

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to his constituents what he was up to, and we did our best to work around that. Regular readers know that we didn’t stop covering him — it just became far more difficult to do so.

And when we called, multiple times, to see if he wanted to run a campaign ad, his team didn’t bother to respond at all, even while putting ads in other community papers.

This was all extremely childish, especially considering how much coverage Avella has received in this paper over the years. He’s been on our front page countless times — so many that the publisher has at times been hesitant to allow another page one story about one of his events or initiatives, sparking debates with the editors. The latter usually prevailed, pointing out that whatever Avella was doing, it was for and about the community. This page even dubbed him Tony the Tiger for his fierceness and independence.

But this year it’s more like Tony the Toddler, giving us the silent treatment over one story he didn’t like. It’s been frustrating, and sad. But now he’s on his way out, and we know that if Liu — whose own scandal we covered without him complaining — wins, it’ll be “You’ve got my cell, call anytime,” as it was when he was on the City Council. Much better for both us and the readers who look here for news.

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not true, according to plans released by the Mayor’s Office (“Kew Gardens jail plan moving ahead,” Chronicle, Aug. 23). The new jail will be four times the area size of the old one, house three times as many inmates and include a maternity ward and an infirmary, plus 479 parking spaces for staff.

If Lancman plans to run for Queens DA, as Brady noted he has expressed interest in doing, he won’t get many votes from Kew Gardens Hills residents. We don’t need a felon-friendly prosecutor.

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We can close Rikers Dear Editor: Your Sept. 13 editorial “Lock ’em up! At Rikers” contends that Rikers Island is the right place for jailing people in New York City. But no one who reads the headlines can argue that the Rikers system is safe or humane for

detained people and correction officers. A major reason for the dysfunction is Rikers’ isolation from the city, as the Lippman Commission concluded. There is no “magic” required to replace the unsafe and obsolete Rikers jails with better facilities in the boroughs, so that the Department of Correction doesn’t have to bus a thousand detained people across the city every day for court appearances.

Nor is magic needed to decrease the number of people held in jail. New York City has been safely and steadily reducing the use of jail for the past two decades, using smarter tactics from police, prosecutors, courts and — importantly — social services to end the cycle of reoffending. Since April 2017, when the mayor announced he would seek to close Rikers, the jail population has dropped by more than 1,000 people, to approximately 8,300. Not only is closing Rikers within hailing distance, but the city is safer than ever. How to close the distance between 8,300 and the 5,000-person goal for closing Rikers? There are many ways, among

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Dignity in my dog’s death Dear Editor: Recently I lost my dog. He passed away of a heart attack. After 14 years his loss is felt greatly and he is missed every passing day.

We called All City Pet Cremation. They came right out and picked Diesel up, and the love and care they gave him was as if the dog was their own. Joey was so gentle with him.

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Now they like Woodward Dear Editor: I recently received my copy of Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” about the Trump White House. Unlike authors like Michael Wolff and Omarosa Manigault Newman, Woodward’s reputation for integrity and investigative reporting is unquestioned. Even leftwing letter writer Robert LaRosa mentioned Woodward’s book in his Sept. 13 letter (“Real prez vs. MAGA Queens”).

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them: bail reform so people aren’t locked up simply because they’re poor, parole reform so we don’t waste taxpayer money imprisoning people for missing an appointment or failing a drug test, and making cases move more quickly so that those who are detained before trial don’t languish in jail for years.

Finally, I am not from Queens, but I lived three blocks from the operating jail in Brooklyn.

While there is much to be done to modernize that facility, it hasn’t harmed the thriving neighborhood that surrounds it.

Reimagining our justice system won’t be easy, but it doesn’t take magic. It’ll take hard work, courage and commitment to making correction facilities places for rehabilitation, not pits of despair that leave people worse off than when they came.

Tyler Nims Brooklyn The writer is Executive Director of the Independent Commission on NYC Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform.

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Outgoing OP civic leader celebrated Howard Kamph lauded by group in his last meeting serving as president

by David Russell Associate Editor

Tuesday marked Howard Kamph’s last meeting after 15 years serving as president of the Ozone Park Civic Association.

“He looked a lot younger then,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

Kamph was honored by Addabbo, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Howard Beach).

Kamph was asked what he would miss most about his position. “Helping the people,” he said. “Going to meetings. Getting yelled at. Seei ng somet h i ng, say i ng something.”

He had served on the civic association board for more than a year before he was elected as president. Kamph is originally from Howard Beach and moved to Ozone Park to raise his family.

“As a volunteer, which is what presidents and civic leaders are, they’re volunteers because they care about the community, they do what they do for the civic,” Addabbo said.

Addabbo returned from a session in Albany which he said was one of his most productive ever. With members from both sides of the aisle, he got 16 bills passed, including five that are on their way to the governor.

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One thing Addabbo mentioned was that drivers can now buy Down syndrome license plates. “When you pay the fee if you want to have a Down syndrome license plate, a portion of that fee goes toward research and looking into the causes of Down syndrome and how we can help the families who suffer

from their family members having a Down syndrome child or family member,” Addabbo said.

The idea for the bill was started by a constituent who has a child with Down syndrome.

“I love pieces of legislation that originate from our people and become law,” Addabbo

said. “That’s a great picture. That’s how government should work.”

Addabbo talked about Hurricane Florence impacting North Carolina and reminded people that there was a lot of out-of-state help when New York was dealing with Sandy recovery. Addabbo reached out to North Carolina state Sen. Bill Rabon, who had his office and home destroyed. For the next two weeks, there will be toiletries drives and Addabbo’s office will also be collecting gift cards to give people.

“When we were going through Sandy, a lot of families who lost everything, and they didn’t have much money, were looking for gift cards and we had some donations of gift cards,” Addabbo said.

Addabbo also discussed how Select Bus Service cost parking spots on Cross Bay Boulevard, meaning businesses were negatively impacted. “Without parking there’s no customers, without customers there’s no business, without business there’s no stores, without stores there’s no local jobs,” Addabbo said.

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Ramos rocks Peralta as IDC pols lose statewide A trio of incumbent lawmakers fall to insurgent challengers in Queens

by Christopher Barca

addressed the crowd of about 100 supporters and family members, some of them in tears, ew York State is a different place telling them that Thursday marked a new this week. It’s littered with the day for both District 13 and the entire state.

“It was not only about taking back our wreckage of what once was the Indedistrict, it was about taking back our pendent Democratic Conference.

And in few places was the tsunami of pro- streets,” she said. “I was having a ball at gressive voters that wiped out six former City Hall. I was enjoying my job, but someIDC members across the state last Thursday times, it’s time to come home and make sure that your community is taken care of. more powerful than in western Queens.

“We needed to make sure that we were making a statement about how we couldn’t Vamos Ramos For months, former mayoral aide Jessica accept a turncoat Democrat as our state SenRamos lambasted her primary opponent, ator. But it’s also about fixing the Democratstate Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) — ic party, making sure we’re taking money the eighth lawmaker to join the group of out of politics and building a people-powbreakaway Democrats who maintained a ered movement.”

According to city Board of Election data, power-sharing agreement with Republicans — as a “turncoat” and a “traitor” to his Ramos pounded Peralta throughout most of the district, but nowhere did she do better party and constituents.

In her view, Peralta’s IDC membership than Jackson Heights — a neighborhood she was nothing more than a selfish capitulation won by more than 1,500 votes.

For example, she more than doubled his to the party of President Trump, effectively killing any chance of passing progressive vote total in precincts such as Election Dislegislation on gun reform, voting and immi- trict 63 — a one-block stretch of 78th Street grant rights in exchange for more power in between 34th and 35th avenues — where she won 277 votes to Peralta’s 70. the chamber.

Ramos also won by more than 1,200 balThe anti-IDC anger in District 13 was real, lots in northern Astoria and by 847 in as seen in February 2017, when Peralta was Corona and Elmhurst. berated for hours by hundreds of peoLi ke Rep. Joe Crowley ple at a town hall he hosted to explain (D-Queens, Bronx) in his primary his membership in the group. defeat at the hands of progressive Some at the raucous meeting challenger Alexandria Ocasiocalled him “worse than Trump.”

Cortez, Peralta performed well in The only question coming into East Elmhurst, where he earned the primary was if that anger almost 1,500 votes more than Ramos tapped into would translate 2018 Ramos. into votes.

His best precinct was Election District The answer was a resounding yes.

By a margin of 10 percentage points, 38 in far eastern Corona, around the area of Ramos knocked off the four-term incumbent, 114th Street and 34th Avenue — the incumbent earned 188 votes to Ramos’ 54 there. securing 12,181 votes to Peralta’s 10,021.

Peralta’s solid showing in the eastern With no Republican running in November’s general election, Ramos will in all like- parts of the district was not nearly enough to overtake his opponent, however, who told lihood be the district’s next state senator.

When the race was called in favor of the reporters that constituents were sick and Jackson Heights mother of two around 10:30 tired of being represented by a former IDC p.m., the cheers and chants of “Sen-a-tor! member.

“The IDC better be dead,” Ramos said.

Jess-i-ca!” were deafening, drowning out the Latin dance music blaring from the speakers “New Yorkers are pissed. They’re tired of inside Barriles Bar and Grill on 37th Avenue being lied to. They’re tired of government not working for them. They’re sick of it.” in Jackson Heights.

Invoking the troubles of her immigrant About 45 minutes later, a beaming Ramos parents, Ramos pledged to the crowd she will tirelessly work to pass the Dream Act, as well as legislation to allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses and to make New York a sanctuary state.

“My mom was 24 when she crossed the Mexican border to get here. My dad was arrested in an immigration raid at a factory in Secaucus, NJ when I was a baby,” she said. “It’s very important to understand what the reality is for our immigrant neighbors in our district.”

She then went down a laundry list of issues she planned to address, such as affordable housing and codifying abortion rights, adding, “it’s about damn time we fix that subway” to massive cheers.

Peralta didn’t concede the race until FriRamos hugs a supporter shortly after she was day afternoon when, in a statement, he said declared the winner.

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Surrounded by her family and friends, a joyous Jessica Ramos celebrates after upsetting state Sen. Jose Peralta in last Thursday’s Democratic primary. Ramos was one of three challengers to PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA defeat an incumbent state lawmaker in Queens. his opponent has his full support going ing to deal with Republicans, it’s about using the next couple of weeks to help other comforward.

“If we want to move New York forward, munities organize to make sure they have all Democrats must work together,” Peralta representatives who actually can address said. “In that spirit, I will be supporting Ms. their issues.”

Ramos in the general election and I will assist her in whatever capacity to ensure a smooth Losing to Liu transition so that our constituents do not go While IDC members lost primaries from without the vital services they depend on.

New York City to Syracuse, Queens was “Serving this community is in my blood, ground zero for the electoral carnage.

Not only did Peralta lose, but his fourand I hope to continue to advocate for them.

After spending the last 16 years doing that, term colleague across Flushing Bay in DisI’m looking forward to spending some much trict 11, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) needed time with my family, who have was given a pink slip by his constituents.

A f t er losi ng t o always been my bigAvella by just 568 gest supporters.” in 2014’s DemIn place of a genew Yorkers are pissed. votes ocratic primary, foreral election cammer city Comptroller paign, Ramos said They’re tired of being Joh n Liu won the she planned to spend rematch last Thursthe fall campaigning lied to. They’re tired day. He defeated the for Democratic canof government not i ncu mb e nt 12 ,133 didates across New votes to 10,846 — a York to ensure the working for them.”

6-point margin. party wins a majority Despite being a in the state Senate in — Jessica Ramos much more conserva2019.

In her speech, she called on her support- tive district than Peralta’s, Avella also faced ers to join her in knocking on doors on Long occasional backlash for joining the IDC in Island and in the Hudson Valley, just as they 2014, culminating in last week’s defeat. did for her in Jackson Heights.

IDC decimated “Starting next week, you’ll hear from me In addition to Peralta and Avella, the again ... to make sure we’re knocking on doors in districts where we can elect Demo- IDC’s former leader himself, state Sen. Jeff crats over Republicans,” she said. “I’m going Klein (D-Bronx, Westchester), found himto ask you to sign up because, guess what, self on the losing end of a primary against 32-year-old lawyer and former high-ranking we’re going to be knocking on doors.”

Asked afterwards who she would cam- Hillary Clinton aide Alessandra Biaggi.

Biaggi, who had the support of Ocasiopaign for, Ramos declined to name names but said she had a good idea of whom she Cortez and other progressive leaders and organizations, beat Klein by 1,200 votes. would be rallying behind.

“We have now cut the head off the IDC “I have some people in mind. I have a feeling we’ll head out to Long Island,” she snake,” she said at her election night rally.

Other former IDC members who lost said. “I went to Hofstra University, I know the territory well and that’s probably where Thursday include state Sens. Marisol Alcant a r a ( D -Ma n hat t a n) , Jesse Ha m ilton we’re going to be.” continued on page 14 “For us who have the privilege of not hav-

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Carnage for incumbents across Queens and New York State Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D-Queens Village) also had a stress-free primary night, as he breezed past Cambria Heights college professor Oster Bryan by 50 percentage points.

“We share this victory together. We will fight even harder for the values that are important to all in my district and all New Yorkers,” Vanel said in a Friday statement.

“The voters of this State sent a clear message that they want commonsense solutions to the issues that plague us.”

continued from page 12 ( D - B r o o k l y n ) a n d D av i d Va l e s k y (D-Syracuse).

The only two who won were state Sens.

Diane Savino (D-Brooklyn, Staten Island) and David Carlucci (D-Rockland).

Attendees of Ramos’ election party were thrilled about the former faction’s disastrous showing, as every time an IDC member was shown on the bar’s televisions to be losing, the crowd erupted in cheers.

Cruz-ing to victory Peralta and Avella were not the only incumbents in Queens to lose Thursday.

Assemblywoman Ari Espinal (D-Jackson Heights) lost by 10 percentage points to Catalina Cruz — a formerly undocumented immigrant from Colombia, lawyer and chief of staff to ex-Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland.

A longtime aide to now-Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) when he served in the Assembly, Espinal first won the seat in an April special election in which she ran unopposed and was seeking a full term in November.

The crowd at Ramos’ party also cheered wildly when the results of the Cruz-Espinal race flashed across the television screens.

“History!” Cruz said at her election watch event. “People voted and we made history!”

Don’t forget about the GOP They ended up being overshadowed by the progressive revolutions on the Democratic side of things, but there were also a Catalina Cruz, left, was all smiles on Thursday after she defeated incumbent Assemblywoman pair of Republican primaries in Queens.

In Senate District 11, Whitestone resiAri Espinal by 10 percentage points. An attorney, Cruz was formerly an undocumented immiPHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON dent Vickie Paladino defeated Simon grant from Colombia.

Minching of Douglaston — the candidate change in general,” Barnwell said. “There’s backed by the Queens County GOP and things they way they should be done.”

Asked specifically if he saw the IDC’s so much reform that we need, whether it’s former mayoral candidate Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island, defeat as the dissipation of a dark cloud on housing or voting rights.”

That will all change in January, should Brooklyn) — by 400 votes, or 14 percenthanging over Albany, Gianaris said Thursday’s results were a “very big step” toward the Democrats retake the chamber, the law- age points. She will face Liu in the general election. making New York a more progressive maker added.

Paladino starts that race as a major Specifically, he believes his bills to place.

“Getting a Democratic majority is the eliminate the major capital improvement underdog, however. Fewer than 3,000 program — which votes were cast in the Republican primary, final step,” Gianaris allows landlords to while 23,000 ballots were submitted in the said. “And starting pass down the cost Liu-Avella race. in Januar y, you’re do think we’re gonna It appears unlikely she will get much of infrastr ucture going to see wonderwork to their ten- outside help, as party chairwoman Joann ful things happen in get a lot more legislation ants in perpetuity Ariola in August called Paladino “a radiNew York that other What’s next for Albany?

In total, 10 incumbents statewide lost s t a t e s h ave b e e n passed that was stalling, — and reform the cal who is very much what we don’t want a r e a m e d i a n our party to be affiliated with.” between the Assembly and state Senate on enjoying. like housing reform.”

In Senate District 15, Army Reserve i n c o m e c r it e r i a “W hat you saw Thursday. when it comes to Col. Tom Sullivan of Breezy Point sailed At Ramos’ celebration, Assemblywoman tonight is Democrats — Assemblyman Brian Barnwell affordable housing past attorney Slawomir Platta by 36 perNily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) said things turning out in droves i n i t i a t i ve s n ow centage points — setting up a showdown are going to be “completely different” in who normally don’t with state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howvote and participate in the political process. have brighter futures.

Albany from now on.

“I do think we’re gonna get a lot more ard Beach).

“All bets are off,” Rozic said, adding If that carries through to November, we’re that there’s a renewed hope for progressive going to win a lot of seats. I think it bodes legislation passed that was stalling, like Nixon nixed housing reform. It’s going to be very excitreform that had previously stalled out in well, the energy is on our side.”

While there were a number of upsets In a Friday phone interview, Assembly- ing,” he said. “We’re going to do a lot of Albany. “It’s going to be so refreshing to man Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) said the good things here. A lot of people are say- across the state in which progressives work with some new people.” unseated more centrist opponents, there State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria) IDC and Senate Republicans weren’t just ing, ‘Hey, let’s get started now.’” were no such results at the top of the echoed the sentiment, saying the upsets had standing in the way of getting progressive ticket. legislation passed. been brewing for a long time.

Other Dems dominate Despite suffering some self-inf licted They were obstructing vital reforms that “It’s going to be amazing. This is historBarnwell had a race of his own last ic,” Gianaris said. “I’m excited, it’s like hav- should earn bipartisan support.

Thursday but it wasn’t particularly close, as political wounds in the waning days of the “It was not only progressive change, but the first-term assemblyman easily skated campaign, Gov. Cuomo trounced actress ing a fresh slate, starting over and doing past Melissa Sklarz — a longtime city and activist Cynthia Nixon, defeating the Democratic operative who would have activist and former “Sex and the City” star been the state’s first transgender lawmaker. 66 percent to 34.

In Queens, Cuomo won by an even Barnwell ended up winning 64 percent of the vote to Sklarz’s 36 percent, about the larger margin, capturing 73 percent of the same margin the Maspeth lawmaker upset vote. Nixon did win Astoria, however, takthen-Assemblywoman Marge Markey by in ing 57 percent.

Cuomo’s running mate, Lt. Gov. Kathy the 2016 Democratic primary.

Barnwell told the Chronicle on Friday Hochul, had a much tougher time against that he felt decently confident throughout Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brookprimary day that he would come out on top, lyn), claiming victory by just six percentdespite higher-than-anticipated turnout in age points overall and eight in Queens.

There may soon be an opening in the some of the district’s more liberal areas.

“We worked very hard, there’s no doubt public advocate’s office, as Letitia James about that. So it’s always rewarding when survived a bruising four-way primary for the voters go out and choose you,” Barn- state attorney general, knocking off Rep. well said. “We didn’t take anything for Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Orange), law granted. My opponent ran a hard race and professor Zephyr Teachout and former Former city Comptroller John Liu is one step closer to being an elected official once again. she worked very hard. But we worked very Hillary Clinton aide Leecia Eve. James won 40 percent of the vote stateHe knocked off state Sen. Tony Avella by six percentage points in what was a rematch of hard too.”

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Mobster was guilty of loansharking Associate Editor

Howa rd Beach busi nessma n Rober t Pisani was sentenced to 30 months in prison last Thursday in connection to a loansharking ring that was busted by the feds last year. He pleaded guilty last Nov. 17.

There will also be three years of supervised release with special conditions and he has to pay $6,000 restitution.

An associate of the Bonnano crime family, Pisani admitted to the collection of an unlawful gambling debt in furtherance of a racketeering conspiracy.

Ronald Giallanzo, acting captain of the Bonnano crime family, was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy last month.

Pisani was involved in the scheme that pulled in more than $26 million over the last two decades.

The 45-year-old Pisani was part of a group that would make money on highinterest loans and would attack and threaten those who didn’t pay the money they owed.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) had reportedly written a letter on Pisani’s behalf to Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Dora Ir izzar y seeking leniency in the sentencing.

Pisani is the owner of the All-American Bagel and Barista Company in Howard Beach. In a separate case, he was found guilty of sexual assault in late June after a former employee came forward and said that Pisani touched her inappropriately and forced her to touch his penis.

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Kew Gardens jail discussed by CB 9 Councilman Holden talks Rikers and the economics of incarceration

by Matthew Bultman Chronicle Contributor

Kew Gardens is digging in for a battle against borough-based jails.

Plans from Mayor de Blasio’s administration to close Rikers and replace it with smaller, more modern facilities, including one in Kew Gardens, were a major talking point at Community Board 9’s monthly meeting last Thursday, where community leaders vowed to push back against the efforts.

“We are diametrically opposed. We will fight it tooth and nail,” Andrea Crawford, a board member and Kew Gardens resident, said.

City officials last month released a report detailing the proposed location and size of four new jails as part of the plan to shutter Rikers Island. One would be based in each borough, with the exception of Staten Island.

In Queens, officials are looking to redevelop the old Queens House of Detention on 82nd Avenue in Kew Gardens, which was used as an incarceration site until 2002.

The new complex would be almost 2 million square feet, four times the size of the existing building, and house over 1,500 inmates.

The redeveloped jail, which would be over 300 feet tall, would contain a central-

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) talks about the mayor’s plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with different facilities, including one in Kew Gardens. Keeping Rikers open was a PHOTO BY MATTHEW BULTMAN vital part of his election campaign last year. ized infirmary and maternity ward, as well as a community space and more than 400 parking spaces within the facility.

Although Kew Gardens is not in his district, City Councilman Bob Holden (D-MIddle Village) appeared at the Community Board 9 meeting to talk about the plan. CB 9 covers Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens.

Holden made keeping Rikers open a pillar of his 2017 election campaign and has introduced a bill that would create a commission to study the cost of renovating the jails on Rikers Island. He questioned Thursday the economics of the borough jail plan, which he said is expected to cost around $10 billion.

“The problem with that is that when they

finance it, the number goes up to $28 to $30 billion,” said Holden, noting that as part of the plan, city officials would have to reduce the jail’s population to 5,000, down from about 9,000 today.

“Let’s crunch the numbers,” Holden said later. “Thirty billion to house 5,000. This comes to $6 million per cell. What kind of cell can you build for $6 million? You can build an entire mansion.”

The councilman also raised questions about the security of community jails in Queens and the other boroughs — saying there could be escapes “very easily” from these facilities — as well as the impact they could have on congestion in already dense neighborhoods.

“That’s going to be a lot of activity in Kew Gardens, too much I feel,” Holden said.

Rikers has long been plagued by controversy and issues with violence. Earlier this year, the state Commission of Correction named Rikers one of the most problematic local correctional facilities in New York, citing managerial failures and “unabated harm to both staff and inmates alike,” among other things.

While acknowledging issues with the criminal justice system, some questioned whether community jails were the best solution. continued on page 26

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A St. Albans resident has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 27-year-old off-duty corrections officer who was on his way to work.

On Friday at 1:46 a.m. police found Jonathan Narain of Jamaica unconscious and unresponsive in his 2013 red Honda Accord with a gunshot wound to the head at the intersection of 120th Street and 103rd Avenue in South Richmond Hill.

EMS took Narain to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Published reports say the cause was road rage.

The District Attorney identified the defendant as Gifford Hunter, 30, of Babylon Avenue in St. Albans. Hunter was arraigned Monday morning in Queens Criminal Court on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was held without bail and ordered to return to court Oct. 10. If convicted, Hunter faces up to 25 years to life in prison.

“This was a cold-hearted and senseless act of violence that will not be tolerated in

A man was sentenced last Thursday to 11 months in jail after pleading guilty to criminal trespass for mailbox fishing in Woodhaven last year.

Bronx resident Orbik Gutierrez, 21, was observed by law enforcement placing something in a mailbox outside the Forest Parkway Post Office at approximately 1 a.m. on March 29, 2017.

Gutierrez walked away from the box, t he n r et u r ne d mome nt s lat e r a nd appeared to be removing something from the mailbox. The incident was caught on surveillance video and clearly showed him pulling a string attached to a bottle.

The bottle had a sticky substance on it and several pieces of mail were stuck to it. Gutierrez pleaded guilty to criminal trespass before Queens Criminal Court Judge Michelle Johnson, who sentenced the defendant to 11 months in jail.

“When residents place their mail — envelopes containing checks and sometimes cash — into mailboxes, they have an expectation that the blue boxes are secure,” said Queens District Attorney

Jonathan Narain was shot to death while going to work. FACEBOOK PHOTO / JONATHAN NARAIN Queens County,” said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. “My office will continue to work tirelessly to combat the proliferation of illegal guns in our community and will vigorously prosecute those who disobey our laws.”

On his Facebook page, Narain showed little public activity but posted inspirational messages such as “In your greatest trauma’s are where your greatest gifts are hidden.”

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A man was sentenced to 11 months in jail for mailbox fishing in Woodhaven. FILE PHOTO Richard Brown. “This defendant, however, found a way to swipe mail from this box using a makeshift ‘fishing’ rod. The defendant was observed by law enforcement officers pulling mail out of the blue mailbox and was arrested. The defendant will be incarcerated as a result of his criminal actions.”

Mailbox fishing has been a growing issue in Queens as criminals steal mail looking for checks and cash. Street boxes are being retrofitted to make it more difQ ficult or impossible to do so.

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Ari Fuld, 45, leaves behind family of four; Netanyahu pays tribute

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Ari Fuld, a Hillcrest native widely known for his spirited pro-Israel activism, was fatally stabbed in the back by a Palestinian at a West Bank mall on Sunday.

The father of four and dual AmericanIsraeli citizen was 45 years old. Reports said he moved to Israel in 1994 and had been raising his family in the Efrat settlement in the West Bank.

The Israeli government has reportedly named the attacker as Khalil Jabarin, a 17-year-old who lives in a village near Hebron.

Fuld can be seen chasing the teen while bleeding from the stabbing in footage from Sunday. He managed to shoot at the terrorist before he collapsed.

According to Israeli media, bystanders also fired at Jabarin, who was hospitalized and survived the shots. The Israel Defense Forces have reportedly readied the Palestinian’s home to be demolished.

Fuld was born in and grew up in Hillcrest.

According to the Daily News, he attended the SAR Academy yeshiva in the Riverdale section of the Bronx while he was living in Queens.

He is survived by his wife, Miriam, and their four children.

To help his family out, a GoFundMe page was established. As of press time on Wednes-

day, it had already raised more than $757,000 of its $1 million goal. More than 7,000 people have donated, which can be done at gofundme.com/ari-fuld.

Whether he was demonstrating or sparring on social media, Fuld was unrelenting in his advocacy for Israel. He wasn’t afraid to go toe-to-toe online with those opposed to his hard-line philosophy.

“I fight anti Israel propaganda and expose those who spread it,” he said on his Facebook page. “I will give the facts to defend Israel and to destroy those who lie and fabricate history.”

Fuld served as a reserve in an elite paratrooper unit in the IDF, The Jerusalem Post reported. He fought in the Second Lebanon War and was “lightly injured” in the conflict, according to the publication.

He was also the assistant director of Standing Together, a nonprofit group that supports Israeli soldiers.

The late Hillcrest native was also planning on going on a speaking tour in the United States in November.

According to media reports, Fuld was deeply religious.

American and Israeli leaders issued statements honoring Fuld.

“Ari was a wonderful father to four children,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Facebook. “He was an

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Hillcrest native Ari Fuld, a vocal advocate for Israel, was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian on SunFACEBOOK PHOTO day in the West Bank, where he lived.

On Facebook, friends of Fuld posted tributes to him.

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advocate for Israel who fought to spread the truth about Israel. May his memory be a blessing.”

“Ari Fuld was a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman tweeted. “He represented the best of both countries & will be deeply missed. May his family be comforted & his memory be blessed.”

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City in push to make better housing policy Officials now in learning phase of three-part plan, Boro Board is told

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

W hy do New Yorkers live where they live? How does their choice of neighborhood impact their lives? What solutions to the housing situation do New Yorkers want to see?

These are among the guiding questions behind “Where We Live NYC,” a collaborative planning process led by the City of New York to better understand how challenges like segregation and discrimination impact New Yorkers’ everyday lives.

The process was laid out before the Queens Borough Board on Monday by Michael Sandler, director of the Neighborhood Planning Office of Neighborhood Strategies for the city’s Housing Preservation and Development agency.

Through the process, the city plans to develop the next chapter of fair housing policies, whose roots are in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The policies are intended to fight discrimination, break down barriers to opportunity and build more just and inclusive neighborhoods.

The process involves th ree phases: Learn, Create and Finalize. The first is underway, Sandler said, with so-called “community conversations” taking place to provide a better understanding of existing conditions.

In the fall, he said, HDP and its partners, including the New York Cit y Housing Author it y, will

uncover ideas for policy solutions based on the information gathered.

Development of initial policy will begin in 2019, with the final draft scheduled for completion in the fall of 2019, when a public report will be issued.

The process will emphasize the unique challenges faced by different populations, including immigrants, people with disabilities, sen iors a nd members of the LGBTQ and different racial, ethnic and religious communities.

Sandler indicated that the process’ goals and strategies include taking a “balanced approach,” focusing on promoting housing choice in high-opportunity neighborhoods, and consideration of both existing and new policies related to fair housing enforcement and allocation of housing resources.

Several points and concerns were raised among the attendees: Queens’ city lawmakers and leaders of its community boards.

City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) was pleased to hear that the people working on the community outreach phase of the project are well-versed in the languages and cultures of the residents they will be interacting with.

Marie Torniali, chairwoman of Community Board 1, was interested in what defines a high-opportunity neighborhood. Indicators, according to Sandler, include education, transportation, economic opportunities and health and the environment.

Community Board 13’s chair-

Michael Sandler, director of the Neighborhood Strategies Neighborhood Planning Office for the city’s Housing Preservation and Development agency, addresses the Borough Board Monday, joined by Lacey Tauber, HPD’s develPHOTO BY MARK LORD opment and planning director. man, Clive Williams, was concerned about the stigma he said is often attached to the concept of fair housing. Sandler suggested that destigmatization could take place via public conversation.

Williams also stressed the need to redefine the term “affordability” when it comes to housing.

Betty Braton, chairwoman of Community Board 10, alluded to the “wave after wave after wave of

immigrants [who] have shaped who we are” and suggested that one need examine the “context of yesterday” for the best possible understanding of the housing situation.

That was a point raised earlier

by Vincent Arcuri, chairman of Community Board 5, who said, “Ever ybody i nvolved i n th is should study American history and world history. Without having a background of the history, this is

doomed to failure.”

Sandler assured him and the others in attendance that those involved are familiar with how the city developed. They will be gathering additional information through Census and survey data, the input of academic experts and by speaking directly with New Yorkers, he said.

The process is of “real value to set policy for the rest of the counQ try,” Sandler said.

Crime up in the 106th Vehicle crimes blamed for uptick in numbers

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Brian Bohannon, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, says crime is up because of PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL property crime.

Crime is up in the 106th Precinct over the last month, according to Commanding Officer Brian Bohannon.

“The reason why we are up is because of property crime as well as burglaries,” Bohannon said at the Ozone Park Civic Association meeting last Tuesday.

There were 40 grand larcenies over the last 28 days, up from 32 over the same span in 2017. Overall, the crimes that are tracked increased 13.3 percent in the 28-day span, from 90 last year to 102 this year.

“The crime I’m seeing in particular in this area is vehicle crime and most notably tires and rims being stolen off newer-model Honda Accords,” Bohannon said. All four tires and rims can be taken in 90 seconds and that is usually done late at night. The incidents are not violent and usually police are

receiving the calls hours later, after the victims finally realized what happened. The majority of such crimes are occurring near the Belt Parkway because it provides an easy getaway.

There have also been car break-ins, in which criminals take credit cards, diamond rings, stereo equipment, laptops and briefcases, according to Bohannon.

“Basically, these individuals are walking up to your car, looking in your window and if there’s anything of value, they’re smashing your window and taking whatever they can get,” Bohannon said.

People also continue to leave their cars unlocked. The commanding officer feels that, if anything, residents are lax because they feel so secure.

“Maybe people have an overconfident sense of safety and security which is a good thing because that means we’re doing our job

right but at the same time, [it’s a] crime of opportunity,” Bohannon said. “Some of these individuals that we catch, they’re not always criminals, they’re just somebody that maybe is financially strapped or they’re just in a bad place that day and all of a sudden here’s this glaring opportunity for them that you provided for them and there it is with your car running and your wallet right there.”

The Chronicle asked him if he is surprised by the trend, considering it’s been an issue that different commanding officers have spoken about at their respective meetings, including in South Queens.

“Absolutely,” Bohannon said. “Especially because these communities are very organized. There’s a lot of civics, there’s a lot of council meetings, a lot of information out there and it just seems like it doesn’t really get filtered out to all the residents.

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“When we did our Myrtle Avenue Market Analysis three years ago, one of the goals was to get a better store mix and to match the needs of the community,” Renz said.

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The fair also will feature a new addition, “The Ridgewood Art Extravaganza,” a partnership between the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council and the BID that unites youth and ar tists to raise awareness about the potential of Ridgewood’s com mercial cor ridors, with a focus on finding creative uses for vacant storefronts.

The RAE is Phase II of a Collaborative Action grant awarded to the GRYC from Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit that seeks to support communities by linking them to critical services and resources. The grant, one of only 10 awarded nationwide in the second round, was written and is being led by local urban planner Wylie Goodman. Its purpose is to bring together Ridgewood residents who don’t always interact with one another to find innovative solutions to a neighborhood challenge not limited to Ridgewood.

Phase I of the project took place this summer, when nine high school students in the GRYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program began documenting businesses along Myrtle. To help them see themselves as the next generation of civic leaders, they also met with the Myrtle Avenue BID’s executive director, Ted Renz, and Community Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano. The students ultimately documented nearly 20 vacant storefronts along Myrtle Avenue from Fresh Pond Road to Wyckoff Avenue.

The Ridgewood Art Extravaganza, a name the students created, will be located on Myrtle between Onderdonk and Forest avenues during the festival. In addition to showcasing work by local makers, GRYC youth will provide art activities for kids and lead com mu n it y engagement activities.

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In political comeback, Liu defeats Avella Former city comptroller gets revenge in primary rematch against ex-IDCer

by Ryan Brady

prison. And in the few years following his 2014 loss to Avella, it seemed he might not run again.

But in the end, Liu was still hungry for elecSecond time’s the charm.

If you’re ex-city comptroller and councilman tive office.

He will face Vickie Paladino, who defeated John Liu taking on state Sen. Tony Avella Simon Minching in a Republican primary, in (D-Bayside) in a primary, that is. the general election. GOP candidates had run “John Liu! John Liu! John Liu! John Liu!” Packed with supporters of the former city against Avella in 2012 and 2016 but in each case comptroller, the mood was pure energy in the could not even win a third of the vote.

The incumbent will still be on the ballot in Magnolia Room of Bourbon Street in Bayside November on the Independence and Women’s last Thursday.

Equality party lines. And Minching, Their candidate scored a six-point despite his primary loss, will be in the victory over state Sen. Tony Avella general election ballot on the Conser(D-Bayside) in the pair’s Democratvative Party line. ic primary rematch. The two had Speaking with a hoarse voice at faced off in 2014, with the senator his election night party at Allora in winning by fewer than 600 votes.

Bay Terrace, an emotional Avella But this time around, the eightsaid he isn’t going to campaign on year incumbent — a member of the the two lines “but if people still want former Independent Democratic Con2018 to vote for me, they can vote for me on ference, a Republican-allied group that the other two lines. You never know, maybe helped the GOP control the state Senate — there could be a miracle.” lost by 1,287 of them.

When the Chronicle asked Liu for his Avella got 47.2 percent of the votes compared to Liu’s 52.8 percent. It was the closest thoughts on Avella running on the two third margin of victory in any of last week’s state party lines, his response was brief and direct.

“Good luck,” the former city comptroller Senate primary races.

For Liu, the win means a political comeback. said, smiling.

But in a statement issued on Tuesday, Liu He lost the Democratic primary contest for mayor in 2013, his campaign plagued by a “congratulate[d] Tony Avella on a spirited and scandal that saw two of his aides go to federal hard-fought race.”

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While Liu had said he agrees with his opponent on most policy issues, the ex-city comptroller relentlessly hammered Avella for being in the IDC. More than 23,000 people voted in the primary race for Avella’s seat, including for write-ins, while fewer than 3,000 people voted in the GOP primary for it.

Those numbers may look advantageous for Liu heading into general election, but he’s not taking victory for granted.

“As hard as you all worked, we’re still going to have to keep working hard until we lock this thing down on Nov. 6,” the former lawmaker and city comptroller told supporters at his victory party.

He thanked a long list of supporters who helped him beat Avella. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) was in the district stumping for Liu earlier in the day.

Joining Liu was a group of Queens leaders that included Assemblymen Ron Kim (D-Flushing) and Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing), Councilmen Paul Vallone (D-Bayside), Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Barry

Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and former Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley.

Avella, whose career includes work for the Koch and Dinkins administrations, represented northeast Queens in the City Council for eight years before beating 38-year incumbent Republican state Sen. Frank Padavan in 2010.

“Sometimes, things come to an end,” he said at his election party. “I want to thank everybody who’s come out and worked for me all of these years and worked together. And we’ve done a lot of good stuff. But apparently there’s a sea change in politics that was nothing we can control.

“I’ll always be there if somebody needs my help or there’s a cause I need to be involved Q in,” he added. “That will never change.”

State Sen. Tony Avella speaks at his election night party in Bay Terrace minutes after losing his primary to former city Comptroller PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY John Liu.

Hiram’s back in 35th AD Hiram Monserrate is back.

The disgraced former city councilman, state senator and NYPD cop was elected as a Democratic district leader in an election against incumbent George Dixon in Assembly District 35 District leader is an unpaid volunteer position. Those elected typically are conduits between residents, community groups and elected officials as a means of bringing the communities’ needs and concer ns before government.

Numbers from the city’s Board of Elections show Monserrate winning 54.4 percent to 45.2.

Monserrate was convicted in 2010 of misdemeanor assault for an attack on the woman who was his girlfriend at the time. She sustained a gashed face from a broken glass. A video showed Monserrate dragging her by the hair in the lobby of his apartment building. He was expelled from the state Senate.

But he went to prison for stealing about $100,000 in city money that he diverted from a nonprofit to pay people working on his campaign.

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MHT: Benefits, risks, questions to ask

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Women between the ages of 40 and 55, the range in which menopause begins, may want to educate themselves about menopausal hormone therapy.

“Hormone therapy in menopause is the most effective way to treat hot flashes. It can also help with vaginal changes relating to menopause such as dryness, discharge, itching and painful intercourse,” said Dr. Jee Dr. Jee Shim, an obstetrician and gynecology specialist with Northwell Health in Forest Hills.

The drop in estrogen during menopause causes symptoms such as hot flashes, sleep disturbances and vaginal dryness.

“The changes that occur during menopause can be debilitating for some people, affecting ability to work, sleep or function well. It’s important that we provide support and medical care to those experiencing menopause,” said Elizabeth Kahn, a women’s health nurse practitioner and Planned Parenthood of New York City’s associate vice president of Clinical Services.

To learn about MHT or receive the treatment in Queens, women can ask their obstetrician, gynecologist or primary care physician; or they can visit Planned Parenthood’s Diane L. Max Health Center in Long Island

City. As of last month, Planned Parenthood of New York City had added MHT to all five of its health centers.

There are two basic types of hormone therapy, according to the nonprofit North American Menopause Society’s website.

Estrogen-only therapy is prescribed for women who have had a hysterectomy and don’t have a uterus.

The second type, estrogen plus progestogen therapy, is prescribed for women with a uterus. Estrogen provides symptom relief, and progestogen protects against the risk of uterine cancer that could arise from estrogen alone, NAMS says.

The hormones are delivered in a variety of ways. They can be taken orally in a pill, administered through the skin via a transdermal patch or as a topical gel or lotion, as an intravaginal cream or as a vaginal ring.

Planned Parenthood sees the service as an expansion of its mid-life services.

“Over the past few years, PPNYC has expanded our services to include PrEP and PEP to help prevent HIV, vasectomy, transgender hormone therapy and now menopausal hormone therapy,” Kahn said.

PrEP is pre-exposure prophylaxis, which helps prevent HIV in people who are at substantial risk, and PEP is post-exposure prophylaxis, which helps prevent infection in

people who have been exposed to HIV. There are some risks associated with MHT, however, “As with all medications, menopausal hormone therapy has benefits and also some risks, which differ from person to person depending on a wide range of factors,” Kahn said.

Hormones taken in pills may increase these risks, Kahn said. Planned Parenthood, like other medical providers, recommends taking the lowest dose possible, for the shortest amount of time necessary, to relieve symptoms.

A large and famous MHT study, the 1991 Women’s Health Initiative, was abruptly canceled when it found an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer for some women.

“This study was actually done to see if hormone therapy had any protective effect on heart diseases. Most of the women that were included in the study had been menopausal for years so it was questioned if the findings from this study would apply to younger women who were going through menopause,” Shim said.

Since then, reanalysis and additional studies have shown mixed results, Shim said, leading to the current consensus that hormone therapy shouldn’t be used for disease prevention.

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Some students have been getting unwanted tours around borough

by David Russell Associate Editor

Parents and politicians have been outraged by the problems with school buses picking up and dropping off children in the new school year.

Throughout the borough and the city, children are constantly late to school. And they’re late coming back home. Sometimes they’re not taken to the correct location at all.

One New York Post report told the story of 5-year-old Lystra Liu, who attends PS 85 in Astoria, being taken on a four-hour bus ride before being dropped off at the wrong stop.

“I am shaken by School District 30 parents’ horror stories about their children’s lives being endangered by irresponsible bus drivers,” said Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) in a statement. “Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a bus without knowing where these young students are going, makes them to ride around for hours, or forces them off even if a caregiver isn’t at the stop to receive them — all things my office has heard over the last two weeks — should be fired immediately. The Department of Education needs to inform us of why this crisis suddenly broke out, fix it immediately, and reconsider its contract with Grandpa Bus Company.”

Last Monday, the DOE announced that

Jamaica-based Grandpa’s Bus Co. has had four of its lines reassigned to another firm.

Students at Q300 in Astoria and PS 122 in Long Island City also had problems with the bus service. Another report from ABC 7 told the story of children going to school at PS 384 in Long Island City, where students had to tell the bus driver to make a U-turn and had to direct the driver when she said she didn’t know the route to the school.

A ssembly wom a n Cat her i ne Nola n (D-Long Island City) heard from parents who said that buses have skipped stops, have been excessively late in arriving at school in the morning and failed to arrive at schools to return students at home after dismissal.

Eventually, Nolan heard back from Elizabeth Rose, CEO for School Operations, overseeing the Office of Pupil Transportation. In the email, Rose wrote, “We have been working around the clock to fix ongoing issues and delays, including sending staff to the vendor’s bus depot every school day this week to confirm that buses left the depot, supporting the vendor in reorganizing their bus yard to be more efficient, processing additional driver registrations and making some route adjustments. We have seen some improvement from these efforts, but will continue this work until all routes are running properly.”

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The first weeks of the school year have been marred by poor bus service. Parents have worried as children have been dropped off at incorrect stops and passed by altogether. One girl was on FILE PHOTO a bus for four hours before being dropped off at the wrong stop.

The bus controversy has been one difficult welcome-to-the-job introduction for new New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.

The first several weeks of each new school year often bring challenges but the com-

plaints have been piling up faster in 2018.

The city’s school bus hotline has received more than 82,000 calls about buses that were late or never arrived at all. There were fewer than 70,000 complaints through the same Q time last year.

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Seven NYPD officers and a retired vice cop were among 49 arrested as a result of an investigation into a three-county prostitution ring and a gambling operation in Queens. But the case is PHOTO BY MICHAEL FLORIO ongoing and more officers reportedly will be questioned.

What and who are next in NYPD brothel case?

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Steeped in tradition at RHBA ROTC students, top, offered a demonstration of proper American Flag etiquette last Saturday at the 45th annual Park Fair hosted by the Richmond Hill Block Association, while above, everyone takes in the fes-

tive, carnival atmosphere while enjoying the waning days of summer.

The event took place in Forest Park. The RHBA had festive offerings of food, entertainment, arts, crafts and children’s activities.

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rate Rikers into LaGuardia Air port, allowing for a new runway and more terminal space.

“That would increase the air traffic in LaGuardia,” Holden said. “Does anyone want that? If you live in Queens you certainly don’t want that. So this is a double whammy on Queens.”

City officials will host public meetings in Queens and the other boroughs as the plan continues to move forward. Holden urged residents to organize and be vocal in their opposition.

“We need Kew Gardens and we need communities around there to really get vocal,” he said. “I think you need to step it up at some point, and pretty quickly.” Q

continued from page 16 Crawford, who said she visited Rikers on a number of occasions as an attorney, said many inmates there deal with mental health issues and drug addiction.

“There are a lot of problems with the criminal system that will not be fixed by taking apart Rikers and placing them into the community,” she said.

Holden said he has had conversations with the mayor in which de Blasio expressed a vision for Rikers Island being transformed into a manufacturing area.

Another suggestion has been to incorpo-

Reports: 30 or more cops could be questioned in prostitution scandal

by Michael Gannon Editor

The prostitution and gambling scandal that has ensnared seven active-duty police officers and a retired sergeant who worked in vice for several years could get appreciably worse for the NYPD. Published reports state that 30 or more officers still could be interviewed by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and prosecutors on top of the 49 people — cops and civilians — who were arrested on Sept. 13.

The arrests were the result of an ongoing three-and-a-half year investigation into a prostitution ring and gambling businesses allegedly run by former Det. Ludwig Paz in Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County.

In a joint statement, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill claim that Paz used his knowledge of NYPD operations to aid the prostitution and gambling enterprises.

Authorities said the investigation began in April 2015 when Internal Affairs officers received a tip from a member of the NYPD. Paz’s wife and two stepdaughters were among those arrested last Thursday.

Brown said the sites included 180-08 Liberty Ave., 203 Onderdonk Ave. and 182-35 Jamaica Ave. in Queens; on Gates, Foster and Fourth avenues and 42nd Street in Brooklyn; and on Front Street in Hempstead, LI. Brown’s office also said Paz and his family are alleged to have profited from illegal lottery businesses set up at a deli on Springfield Boulevard and within a beauty salon on 243rd Street, both in Queens, as well as at a beauty salon on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, and

other undisclosed locations.

“The vast majority of NYPD police officers are honest and dedicated to enforcing and upholding the law,” Brown said. “However, today’s indictments of one former detective and seven current police officers of the NYPD dishonor the badge.”

“These operations stop today,” he said, commending the work of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and members of his own Rackets and Organized Crime and Integrity bureaus.

Paz was charged with enterprise corruption, as were Sgt. Carlos Cruz, 41, and detectives Giovanny Rojas-Acosta, 40, and Rene Samaniego, 43. Sgt. Cliff Nieves, 37, and his brother, Officer Steven Nieves, 32, have been charged with promoting prostitution.

Police said Officer Giancarlo Raspanti, 43, was charged with receiving a reward for official misconduct, and that Sgt. Louis Failla, 49, has been charged with four counts of official misconduct. Authorities claim that Samaniego, aided Paz’s operations. Cruz and Rojas-Acosta allegedly provided Paz with information regarding law enforcement activities related to prostitution.

“These NYPD officers, who swore an oath to uphold ideals greater than themselves, have ruined their own careers and reputations,” O’Neill said. “More importantly, they have diminished the great work of tens of thousands of other honest and ethical cops. Everything we do in the policing profession is hugely dependent on the trust we build with the people who live and work in our neighborhoods. Whenever officers betray that trust by engaging in criminal behavior, they tarnish Q the shields they wear.”

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MoMI spotlights sports video games from 1958 through today

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case, gaming rather than filmmaking), and interactivity. More than 30 games are available for play within the exhibit, many of them meant for multiple players, so visitors should be sure to bring a friend.

Vintage systems, such as the Sega Genesis and the arcade game NBA Jam, are set up next to the Xbox One and Wii Sports. Old PCs and Macintoshes occupy the same space as modern gaming computers. For older gamers, the exhibit may feel like a nostalgia tour, and on a recent trip, several museum guests could be heard exclaiming, “Remember these?!” For younger gamers, the special exhibition is a window into game formats they may not have known existed, such as the handheld LED games that predated the Game Boy era.

Beyond the obvious play-appeal, the exhibition is also an effective educator, at times leaving the strict confines of video games to explore the precursors to the sports-gaming genre, such as baseball cards. continued on page 31

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oot root root for the home team, and if they don’t win — well, you can always hit reset.

“A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games” is a new exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria that looks back to Tennis for Two, considered to be the first video game, and the entire 60-year history of sports in video games that followed. The exhibit was organized by Curator of Digital Media Jason Eppink of MoMI and guest curator John Sharp.

“Sports video games account for nearly half of best-selling video game titles, with 17 million regular players in the United States alone,” said Eppink in a statement. “Surprisingly, they’re regularly left out of contemporary histories of video games. This is the first exhibition to explore how important, unique, and groundbreaking these games really are.”

The exhibit plays to two of the strengths most readily seen in the museum’s permanent collection: the history of the technologies behind the industry (in this

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Flushing Bound,” with paintings, photography, works on paper and mixed-media assemblages, by the Long Island City Artists group. Thru Sat., Sept. 29 (panel discussion with artists 2-4 p.m., Sat., Sept. 22); Sat. and Sun. only except by app’t, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested; free students (panel discussion free to all). Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Making Moves Dance Festival, with more than 15 choreographers and 40 dancers performing indoors and out; and a day of workshops. Fri.-Sat., Sept. 21-22, 6 p.m. outdoor performance; 7:30 p.m. indoor show; Sat., Sept. 22, 12-5 p.m., workshops and showcases, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. $10 each indoor show; otherwise free. Info/RSVP: (718) 658-7400, jcal.org.

“Complicated Territory,” with works in various media by three artists taking a contemporary look at traditionally female subjects and forms such as interiors, domesticity, florals and handicraft. Sun., Sept.

30 (opening reception 2-5 p.m.)-Sun., Dec. 16, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

“Fever,” with various artists’ take on climate change; “Unnatural Selection,” with works highlighting species endangered by human activity and “My White Dress,” inspired by the Brides March Against Domestic Violence. All thru Sun., Sept. 30, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City.

Free. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

“Tony Vaccaro: ‘Orphan to Photographer,’” the world-renowned lensman’s first exhibit near his home in Long Island City after more than 275 international shows over 50 years, with images available for sale. LiC-A @ The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 8480030, licartists.org.

“Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts,” with quilts as works of art from the 19th to 21st centuries. Thru Wed., Oct. 3, American Folk Art Museum Self-Taught Genius Gallery, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.org, qchron.com/qboro/stories.

“Winged Jewels of the Forest,” with impactful images of birds taken in Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pleasantville, NY, by 10 photographers who are birders. Thru Sun., Oct. 28, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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door; $22 credit card. Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green.

Sun., Sept. 23, 7 p.m. $15 advance; $17 at door.

Both part of monthly series at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

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“Citizen Wong,” a staged reading of a new play about Wong Chin Foo, the late 19th-century speaker and writer known as the “first Chinese American.”

Sun., Sept. 23, 2 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10; free students, teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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“From the Desert to the City: The Journey of Late Ancient Textiles,” with decorative cloths from 3rd- to 7th-century Egypt, Coptic pieces and contemporary works inspired by them. Thru Thu., Dec. 13, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 9974747, gtmuseum.org.

“A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games,” with more than 30 playable games from 1958, when the first, Tennis for Two debuted, through today, with consideration of various elements of sports gaming. Thru Sun., March 10, 2019, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes full museum admission. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

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THEATRE “Hamlet (What Dreams May Come),” a new take on Shakespeare’s tragedy about a prince seeking to avenge his father’s murder. Thu.-Sat., Sept. 20-22 and 27-29, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 29, 3 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 23 and 30, 3 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22 advance; $25 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

Banda Magda, a global group combining South American rhythms with jazz improvisation, audience participation and more, led by composer, singer and accordionist Magda Giannikou, center.

Fri., Sept. 21, 7 p.m. a capella workshop, 8 p.m. concert, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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“Survivors,” the 2018 documentary chronicling the efforts of two Sierra Leone healthcare workers during the 2014 ebola outbreak, with a live appearance by the filmmakers. Fri., Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us.

Osprey Watch Guided Walk, a tour of the West Pond Trail with info on the large bird of prey’s long migration and recovery from drastic population declines decades ago. Sun., Sept. 23 and 30, 10-11:30 a.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Kol Esperanza, the Israel-based vocal group performing American standards, Jewish classics, Israeli favorites and Broadway tunes to ring in the Jewish New Year. Sun., Sept. 23, 2 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $40-$50. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

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Sounds of LaGuardia, with live jazz by pianist Gabriel Guerrero & Quantum Trio and in-studio visit with Artport artist-in-residence Sandra LopezMonsalve. Fri., Sept. 21, 6:30-8 p.m., Marine Air Terminal Rotunda (Terminal A), LaGuardia Airport, East Elmhurst. Free. Info/RSVP: (347) 505-3018, queenscouncilarts.org.

Mariel Pacific, a band performing Broadway, contemporary and standard songs in homage to people buried at Maple Grove Cemetery. Sat., Sept. 22, 6 p.m., Maple Grove Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free advance RSVP; $5 at door. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

DANCE Take Root, with performances by Nicole Colbert Dance/Theatre and Logos Dance Collective. Fri.Sat., Sept. 21-22, 8 p.m. $17 advance; $20 cash at

World’s Fair History Weekday Walk, a leisurely tour led by park docents with stops at about a dozen sites from the 1939-40 and 1964-65 World’s Fairs, from the Unisphere to the Whispering Column of Jerash and many more. Tue., Sept. 25, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., starting at the NYC Parks tent near the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free. Info: (718) 760-6437, nycgovparks.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Queens County Fair, the 36th annual, with produce, livestock and arts and crafts competitions, pig races, hayrides, Bavarian beer garden and more. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 22-23, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $10 per day; $5 kids under 13.

Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org Myrtle Ave. BID Fall Street Festival, with more than 200 merchants and vendors, rides, games, live music by Joe Fuoco and Friends, vintage buses, classic cars and more. Sun., Sept. 23, 12-6 p.m., Myrtle Ave. from Wyckoff to Forest Aves. Info: (718) 381-7974, ridgewood-ny.com. continued on page 32

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One night only: a true tale of Queens

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Last November, longtime borough resident Judith Sloan was commissioned by the Queens Council on the Arts to create an original theatrical piece that would focus on stories inspired by the people in Southeast Queens neighborhoods.

Nine months of interviews followed, as Sloan found out firsthand about the hopes, fears and inspirations of the people who make up the fabric of the area. From their tales, she developed an array of fictional characters and placed them in a hair salon in what she described as an ever-changing neighborhood.

And now, for one night only, on Sept. 30, theatergoers will have the opportunity to fol-

‘It Can Happen Here’ When: Sun., Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10- Jamaica Ave. Tickets: Free. (718) 791-4324, queenscouncilarts.org

low their stories as they’re revealed in “It Can Happen Here,” promoted as “a dramatic comedy with songs.”

The free performance will take place at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.

Rehearsals began just over a week ago.

The entire cast— Sloan and four other women — came together for the first time on Saturday, allowing the company to run through the show’s rhythmic theme song.

“Wild things can happen when you least imagine,” they sang, setting the scene and suggesting the journey their respective characters are about to pursue.

The two lead characters — one black, one white — are hairdressers who dream of following what the show’s press release describes as their “passion for singing and nurturing a community in the midst of a national political climate of chaos, division and autocracy.”

The process of working on the play “has kept me in touch with the love of learning, of listening and challenging each other in the face of adversity,” Sloan said.

The production seems to be hitting close to the heart of all involved.

Cast member Priya Darshini, an actress

The team behind “It Can Happen Here” — director Alexandra Aron, left, players Priya Darshini, Emily Wexler, Judith Sloan, Meah Pace and Lisette Santiago, and stage manPHOTO BY MARK LORD ager Brennan O’Rourke. Sloan also wrote the play. and singer from Mumbai, said, “I’m an immigrant. The play resonates with me. My voice can be heard through all the stories.”

Though she lives in Brooklyn, she acknowledged, “Queens feels like home. It’s reminiscent of India.”

Playing a character based on a real person can bring a special responsibility.

“It gives it much more weight. You want to represent that person’s story as best you can,” Darshini said. continued on page 33

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No need to be indecisive about seeing ‘Hamlet’

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

“The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,” commonly referred to simply as “Hamlet,” is recognized as William Shakespeare’s most famous play and widely considered one of his greatest.

It is also his longest, encompassing no fewer than 20 scenes over five acts, which can push its running time upwards of four hours, a length that might be off-putting to today’s audiences.

No worries! The current rendering at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, marking the inaugural effort of Ript Theater Co., runs a tight, taut 90 minutes, focusing on the family tragedy at the center of the play, with a cast of four portraying all the characters.

Hamlet seeks vengeance for his father’s murder or, perhaps more precisely, he gets swept up in his desire for revenge through the events of the play. He is, after all, a philosophical young man who has been seen by critics as the first “modern man,” due, in all likelihood, to his preoccupation with the consequences of man’s actions.

Retitled “Hamlet (What Dreams May Come),” this adaptation begins with the title

character lying motionless at center stage as the patrons make their way to their seats. No sooner do the lights go down then he is awakened by a trio of ghosts and the tale begins to unfold.

It makes for a thrilling opening and the production takes the audience from one key plot development to another in rapid succession. As the director, Nathan Winkelstein, says in a program note, “No more was ‘Hamlet’ a too-often staid and steady star vehicle but instead a whirlwind of an ensemble piece.”

And it is a most interesting ensemble, indeed, consisting of three men, two of them African American, and a woman, all selected without regard to the constraints of traditional casting.

Winkelstein takes on the challenging central role, clearly depicting the character’s reflective, indecisive and sometimes impulsive traits.

The other actors have a special challenge — how to differentiate among the multiple characters they each portray without so much as a change of costume or makeup.

Some are more successful than others.

Lindsay Alexandra Carter, the lone female

Ade Otukoya (Horatio and Laertes); Nathan Winkelstein, left, (Hamlet); Chauncy Thomas (Claudius and Polonius); and Lindsay Alexandra Carter (Ophelia and Gertrude) PHOTOS BY REIKO YANAGI in the scene in which the Ghost appears. on stage, plays both Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, a weak and shallow woman, and Ophelia, a sweet and innocent maiden.

Carter has a lovely demeanor and is naturally more effective as the young object of Hamlet’s affections. While her enunciation was crystal clear throughout, she tended to speak rather softly during the first performance, barely above a whisper at times, resulting in some of her lines being inaudible.

Ade Otukoya takes on, among other roles, Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, himself out for vengeance, and Horatio, Hamlet’s loyal friend. More of a distinction could have been drawn between the two, though he is at the center of one particularly powerful scene in which Laertes inquires as to the whereabouts of his father, Polonius, only to discover he has been killed. (Yes, there are plenty of murders throughout the proceedings.)

Chauncy Thomas, with the most powerful stage presence, goes to the opposite extreme, coming off as calculating and In the center, Carter in the drowning ambitious as the villainous King Claudius, scene; and above, Thomas and Winkeland, at times, calling to mind the late, great stein, as Hamlet contemplates killing his Pearl Bailey — yes Pearl Bailey — in his turn stepfather, Claudius. as pompous old Polonius.

Ophelia’s drowning (spoiler alert!), enhanced by terrific sound (designed by Alan Waters) and lighting effects (Paul T. Kennedy’s handiwork), is a staging highWhen: Most days through Sun., light, as is a sword-less sword fight Sept. 30, either 3 or 7:30 p.m., between Hamlet and Laertes, complete sometimes both with a few modern flourishes.

Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 On a few occasions, the sudden transi23 St., Long Island City tion from one character to another comes off as unintentionally comical. But the goal Tickets: $22 advance; $25 at door. of streamlining this most complex play is (718) 392-0722, admirable and, for the most part, successsecrettheatre.com Q fully fulfilled.

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continued from page 27 As the museum notes, the niche statistics contained there — much doted upon trivia for sports fans — became the entire basis for video games later on, such as “MLB Front Office Manager,” presented here on the PlayStation 3. Those statistics also factor into the gameplay for more modern sports video games, so the players on the screen more closely resemble the players on the field.

MoMI also considers how the games are shaped and viewed by those playing them.

In one section, footage from video games plays side-by-side with a TV broadcasts of real-life games between the same teams in

1994, 2006 and 2017. What’s most striking is not the graphical quality improvement — that’s readily apparent. It’s that the point of view of the player at home is not that of the player on the field, but of the fan watching at home. The video games perform the same camera angle switches and cuts that one would see watching a real game live. Philosophically, that poses the question: Are gamers playing these games to embrace the players’ experiences, or are they another way to express their own fandom?

The most recent games in the exhibit that visitors may try are Fortnite: Battle Royale and Rocket League, the latter of which is produced by Psyonix, Inc., the presenting sponsor of the exhibition. Games such as Dota 2, League of Legends and StarCraft are also mentioned. These games represent something relatively new in gaming, eSports.

They are not (with the exception, to some extent, of Rocket League, in which you control a car to play soccer) based on sports in any way, but are complex and require a certain amount of skill, teamwork and strategy.

Players at the highest-ranked levels of these games stand to earn cash prizes of thou-

‘A Whole Different Ball Game’ When: Through Sun., March 10 Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria Entry: $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17. (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us

A rebuilt oscilloscope reproduces the gameplay of the 1958 game Tennis for Two, considered to be the first video game. In it, players bounce a pixel representing the ball over a vertical line representing the net. On the cover: Wii Bowling and, inset, ElecPHOTOS BY SACHYN MITAL / MOMI, ABOVE AND COVER, AND NEIL CHIRAGDIN, COVER INSET tronic Baseball. sands and even millions of dollars.

The sports-gaming genre has come a long way from two players passing a pixel

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Machinist and inventor live out the American Dream

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Frank Lambert was born in France in 1850. He immigrated to America in 1876, and lived in Brooklyn with wife Mary and daughter Martha, toiling as a machinist.

Then he teamed up with John Thomson, a Scottish inventor with some great ideas, and the two went into business together. Securing the necessary patents, they invented a meter that could accurately measure the amount of water being used by a household.

The two soon had a falling out, however, according to area historian Mitch Waxman.

In 1892 a 125-by-400-foot, three-story building was erected for what one year later became the Neptune Water Meter Co., creating a manufacturing base that provided hundreds of jobs to residents. The name of the company was perfect, for Neptune is the god of fresh water and the sea in Roman mythology. Lambert lived in Prospect Park South, but it is unclear where Thomson, who controlled Neptune, resided.

Neptune kept executive offices at 50 East 42 St. in Manhattan. The Jackson Avenue building was for labor and production. By

The Neptune Water Meter Co., 22-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, circa 1910. the 1960s public records show the building was owned by Crane Johnson Co. Neptune’s address became 45-46 Davis St. By 1972 it had left Queens altogether. The building became part of 5Pointz, the arts center that was famous for its graffiti before its controversial demolition for a luxury high-rise building in 2014.

Neptune Technologies still operates as a private company based in Alabama. The old brass Neptune meters are a much sought-after commodity by museums and Q collectors.

boro continued from page 28 World Maker Faire New York, the 9th annual, with more than 800 exhibits, performances and hands-on events celebrating arts, crafts, science, technology, music and more. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 22-23, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. $40 per day advance; $10 more at door; $25 kids and students with ID; $5 more at door; $70 weekend pass advance; $10 more at door; $40 kids and students with ID; $10 more at door. Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

APEC Adventure Time Leaping Lizards, with toddlers 18-36 months and one parent learning about nature, meeting live animals, taking a nature walk and more. Sat., Sept. 22, 10:3011:45 a.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $18.

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¡Coronate con Salsa!, a cultural celebration with crochet and embroidery workshops, community radio and video studio, salsa class and more.

Fri., Sept. 21 (certain events at certain times), 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Corona Plaza, 40-04 National St. Free. Info: (718) 592-9700, queensmuseum.org.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church outdoor flea market, with 160 vendors. Each Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., thru end of November, Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

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Guardians of Flushing Bay Fall Festival, with family-friendly biking and boating activities, oyster display, the welcoming of activist Dhruv Boruah on his floating, trash-collecting bicycle and more. Sun., Sept. 23, 1-4 p.m., boat/kayak launch at east end of Flushing Promenade. Free. Info: (646) 319-6812, facebook.com/GuardiansofFlushingBay. Sunnyside Restaurant Week, the 6th annual, with 46 eateries with all kinds of cuisine and other food purveyors offering discounts including a three-course dinner for $25. Sun.-Sat., Sept. 23-29, various locations. Info: (718) 6061800, sunnysideshines.org.

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“Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 5-8 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:3011:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

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“It’s guaranteed to be someone else’s story.

You feel like you’re representing a lot of people ... very likely we’ll reach someone.”

Rounding out the cast are actress and percussionist Lisette Santiago and musician and backup singer Emily Wexler.

For director Alexandra Aron, knowing that the piece is about real people is not a major factor in what she has to accomplish.

“I’m working with what I’m given,” Aron said. “You’re still trying to find motivation and make the story clear.”

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AIM ACQUISITIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/21/18. 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, c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, which also serves as the registered agent address. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Lourdes Cartagena Worldwide LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/03/2018. 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: Lourdes Cartagena Worldwide LLC, 131-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Queens, NY 11694 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Be Your Best LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/14/2018.

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KON STUDIO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/13/2018. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: MARIEL KON, 1865 Harman Street, Apt 1L, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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LABYRINTH TAXI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/31/2018. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: John Giovanis, 33-21 21 Street, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, 90-04 161st St., 7th Flr., Jamaica, NY 11432. Purpose: any lawful act.

LAST EXIT TAXI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/31/2018. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: John Giovanis, 33-21 21 Street, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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70 Andros LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/02/2018. 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: 70 Andros LLC, P.O. Box 296, Queens Village, Queens, NY 11428. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of SCH LEE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/20/2018. Office location, County of Queens.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: SCH LEE LLC, 4628 Vernon Blvd., PMB 336, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful act.

Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Queens Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Anwar Hossain, et al, Defendant. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 12/22/2016 and entered on 1/20/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Courtroom 25, Jamaica, NY on October 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM premises known as 87-46 126th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 9334, LOT: 28. Approximate amount of judgment is $660,106.45 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12695/2014.

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Last Thursday the Mets star, flanked by team Chief Operating Officer Jeff Wilpon and de facto acting general manager John Ricco, held a press conference at Citi Field to announce that the medical issues that have dogged him the last two years aren’t improving and that it is impossible for him to resume playing. He’ll make a one-time exception a week from Saturday, when he’ll start at third base when the Mets face the Miami Marlins in the penultimate game of the season.

Even if Wright was able to recover from his neck and back issues, the bottom line is that although he still looks exactly like he did when he got called up by the Mets in 2004, he’s 35.

There aren’t many position players in the majors who are able to play at the high level to which they have become accustomed at that age.

David was understandably emotional at the press conference but he kept his composure. He thanked everyone including the media and apologized for being a boring interview. That was just pure self-effacing humor. I’ve always found him to have a keen sense of humor and an uncanny ability to come up with a good quip.

It’s safe to say that since he will no longer be an active player, David will be pestered by new Mets alumni relations director Jay Horwitz,

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who is leaving his role as the team’s vice president of media relations after 39 years.

The Mets held a press conference for Jay last Wednesday. It more resembled a Friars Club roast as past Mets executives, managers and players regaled all with tales of the many practical jokes they played on him over the years. Jay joked that in the 1980s, Mets players were always setting him up with women on the road.

What he left out was that they weren’t exactly the kind you bring home to meet mom and dad.

Former Mets reliever and St. John’s University alum John Franco paid Jay the ultimate compliment by saying that although he was part of Mets management, he was always treated as one of the guys by those in the clubhouse.

The Mets have been very weak in the area of saluting their past players. I asked Wilpon if they will now hold more old-timers days and Hall of Fame ceremonies. “Jay has free rein,” he replied.

Yes, we’ve had some verbal skirmishes over the years. Like most sports PR types, Jay tends to favor reporters from the dailies and I’ve had to remind him that the Queens Chronicle is a weekly and not a “weakly.”

He’s never held a grudge and has always given me the access that I’ve needed.

Q I’ll miss you, Jay. See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK

RIDGEWOOD 2 family in the heart of Ridgewood, newly remodeled first floor, new windows, new front door, new hot water heater, 2 blocks from Fresh PondRd.

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96-10 101st Ave., Ozone Park, NY 11416

Tel: 718-848-4700 Fax: 718-848-4865 kwrliberty@gmail.com

JOHN DIBS Broker⁄owner

OZONE PARK Commercial Property for Rent

PRICE: $3,800 Contact Wesley Antos for more information 347-631-0403

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH

HOWARD BEACH

1 Family Home for Sale

1 Family Home for Sale

1 Family Home for Sale

PRICE: $619,000 Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more information 917-208-9176

PRICE: $725,000 Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more information 917-208-9176

PRICE: $849,999 Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more information 917-208-9176

JAMAICA Apartment in House for Rent

MIDDLE VILLAGE

WOODHAVEN

1 Family Home for Sale

1 Family Home for Sale

PRICE: $765,000 Contact Hussesin Hosni & Chris Snyder for more information 347-537-7221 or 347-698-6763

PRICE: $588,888 Contact Anthony Johnson-Freeman for more information 718-551-5348

Contact Max Levy for more information 917-254-5420

KEW GARDENS Co-op for Sale

PRICE: $220,000 Contact Max Levy for more information 917-254-5420

WOODHAVEN

BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN

OZONE PARK

Co-op for Sale PRICE: $215,000 Contact Max Levy for more information 917-254-5420

Commercial Property for Sale

Commercial Property for Sale

Commercial Property for Sale

PRICE: $1,490,000 Contact Rene Rose for more information 718-810-0293

PRICE: $1,999,000 Contact Rene Rose for more information 718-810-0293

PRICE: $2,299,000 Contact Rene Rose for more information 718-810-0293

BEECHHURST

BAYSIDE Co-op for Sale

OZONE PARK

Co-op for Sale

PRICE: $285,000

2 Family Home for Sale

PRICE: $345,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 646-533-8142

PRICE: $700,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 646-533-8142

KEW GARDENS Co-op for Sale

PRICE: $275,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 646-533-8142

Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 646-533-8142

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