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THE WATERING ‘HOLE’

Nabe lacking sewers swamped for two weeks

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Anthony Kinard, a resident of ‘The Hole,’ the neighborhood northwest of Lindenwood without a sewer system, points to a portion of street next to his apartment that has been submerged for two weeks after Hurricane Ida.

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Hochul signs the Less is More Act

Noncriminal violations no longer cause for parolee reincarceration

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ov. Hochul signed a parole reform bill into law last week Friday, according to the Less Is More NY Coalition, an advocacy group that found the act transformative and wants a more supportive and less punitive parole system.

The parole bill, the Less is More Act, was introduced in 2018 by Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest (D-Brooklyn) with the purpose of restricting the use of incarceration as punishment for noncriminal technical violations; bolstering due process so that instead of automatically being detained in jails, people accused of a noncriminal technical violation will be issued a notice of violation to appear at hearings at a location that is accessible to the public; requiring speedy hearings that are completed within 55 days instead of 105; and providing “earned time credits” reduction in parolees’ community supervision period for every 30-day period in which they do not violate a condition of their parole, according to the coalition.

“Our fellow New Yorkers on parole deserve to reenter society with our support and respect — reincarcerating parolees for technical violations traps them and doesn’t help our communities,” Hochul said in a statement on Sept. 17 after agreeing with the Department of Correc-

Gov. Hochul signs into law the Less is More Act, joined by Deputy Gov. Brian Benjamin, left, and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins. PHOTO COURTESY LESS IS MORE NY COALITION tions and the city to allow for 40 incarcerated individuals per day to be transferred from Rikers Island to state custody. “New Yorkers currently serving sentences in jails and prisons also deserve our support — there is no justice in mistreating incarcerated New Yorkers. While this is just one step ... more work needs to be done collaboratively with all levels of government.”

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There are approximately 2,490 parolees throughout Queens, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, which defines recidivism as a recommitment or return to the DOCCS after an inmate’s sanctioned release to the community. There were only 48 parole officers and senior parole officers managing the supervising of the borough.

“The management and operation of prisons is difficult work,” according to a statement from the agency. “DOCCS is responsible for the care, custody and treatment of individuals sentenced to state prison, working with these inmates to ensure successful re-entry into the community and supervising those who are placed on parole. That’s our department’s mission and it’s the guide we follow to carry out the very serious responsibility entrusted to us.”

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) said that for far too long people on parole have lived in fear over being late for a curfew in a city that has unreliable public transportation.

“We all know that life happens,” said Weprin, chairman of the Committee on Corrections. “Anyone who lives in New York is aware that subways and buses can run late and cause a missed deadline. A non-criminal technical violation should not be a reason for families to be separated from their loved ones.”

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The Empire State has 35,000 people on parole, according to the coalition.

There are an estimated 5,000 people who are incarcerated in prisons and local jails, including hundreds at Rikers Island for minor and noncriminal violations, with a significant number being Black and Hispanic, who are more likely to be re-incarcerated than their white counterparts.

“It is a momentous day for a New Yorkers across the state — particularly low income residents of color who have shouldered disproportionate levels of incarceration,” said Lori Zeno, the executive director of Queens Defenders.

In 2019, approximately 40 percent of all new admissions to New York state prisons were people on parole re-incarcerated after being accused of a minor or noncriminal technical violation.

“Many of the families in my district have bright and prosperous futures that will be unlocked with the Less is More Act enacted into law,” said Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson (D-South Ozone Park). “We are indebted to these families and advocates who have fought tirelessly to amplify principles of rehabilitation and restoration.”

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Redistricting maps are mixed bag: orgs Advocates from South and Central Queens give their praise, criticism

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

When Queens residents finally got a look at how legislative and congressional districts are shaping up through the redistricting process, they were faced with two sets of maps.

The bipartisan state Independent Redistricting Commission, tasked with leading the process for the first time this year, released two sets of draft maps on Wednesday, after its Republican and Democratic members did not reach consensus.

The maps are likely to gain national attention as New York’s members of Congress work out how to eliminate the House seat the state lost in its Census results this year, but among Queens advocates, the thrust of their attention during the redistricting process was more aimed at state-level representation.

An online forum led by the nonpartisan IRC in July gave Queens constituents the chance to propose alternatives to current legislative districts. The hearing, part of a virtual “listening tour” that the body is holding to gather public testimony, centered on a discussion about Richmond Hill and the Central Queens nexus of Kew Gardens,

Advocates from Central and South Queens criticized the proposed Senate CUNY GRAD CENTER SCREENSHOT district map outlined in orange.

Forest Hills and Rego Park.

Discussi ng the Democratic versions of the maps, advocates said that the proposed Richmond Hill Assembly appor tion ment was a vast improvement, but that Central Queens remained a point

of contention.

During the July forum, critics contended that Richmond Hill, which is intersected by six Assembly districts, constitutes gerrymandering and serves to divide and dilute the political power of

several tightknit ethnic communities, such as the Punjabi Sikh and Indo-Caribbean populations, both of which have seen increased recognition by the City Council over the past year.

In Central Queens critics pointed out that the groups they consider to be their neighbors are spread out among four state senators and three assemblymembers.

Under the Democrats’ draft map a district encompasses Richmond Hill just south of Forest Park stretching down to the Belt Parkway and swallowing up half of South Ozone Park.

“We applaud the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission for listening to the gerrymandered residents of South Queens in drawing an Assembly district in the Letter Plan that brings Justice for Richmond Hill,” said Mohamed Q. Amin, executive director of the Caribbean Equality Project and a member of the South Queens Redistricting Coalition, in a statement. “For the first time, the marginalized Indo-Caribbean and South Asian communities of interest of Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, and South Ozone Park in Little Guyana and Little Punhab have an opportunity to build equitable political power.”

The members of the Central Queens coalition tended not to make their argument for being clumped together so much along ethnic lines, but more so along a broader sense of shared community interest.

Maria Kaufer, a member of the Cent ral Queens Redist r icting Coalition, said that she was especially unhappy with the two proposed districts that split up the northern part of Rego Park as they stretch across Flushing Meadows Corona Park in skinny segments.

“It’s clear the way that they just cut horizontally in weird shapes, yet again, that it’s just for special interests and not in the name of fairness,” she said.

Though South Queens advocates were happy with the Assembly formulation, the Senate maps for that area didn’t get much approval either.

Joshua Harris, of the Hispanic and South Asian Alliance for Fair Redistricting in South Queens, called the fact the area was split in two “a head scratcher for the community.”

With the release of the initial set of district maps, the IRC will hold another round of public hearings to get more feedback from resiQ dents.

Ozone Park school traffic gets tense Neighbors report rife double-parking

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With the in-person opening of public schools last week and its accompanying flurry of excitement and pedagogy, emerged a problem that has become intensified from years past: drop-off traffic.

While transporting their kids to class, parents reported that car traffic around schools was more severe than normal, likely because more parents were still wary of the bus system and were choosing to shuttle their children in their personal vehicles in greater numbers.

In the Ozone Park block adjacent to John Adams High School, located at 101-01 Rockaway Blvd., neighbors reported a particularly severe traffic jam that has been happening around the start and finish of the school day.

“The double-parking that has occurred on our block has reached dangerous levels,”

said Julie Deleo, a resident on 101st Street next to the school.

The problems of this year’s new traffic woes have been compounded on Deleo’s block with the location of the District 27 pre-K Center at 100-02 Rockaway Blvd., on the corner of 101st Street and Rockaway, across the street from the high school. The pre-K parents are more likely to drive their students, Deleo said, and the result has been a standoff that has enflamed tensions among neighbors.

“They are double-parking on both sides where you can’t get in or out of Neighbors along 101st Street next to John Adams High School have been overwhelmed with the traffic PHOTOS BY JULIE DELEO the block. People who live there like caused by the return of school. myself and my neighbors — they are Deleo has reached out to the principal of Addabbo Jr.’s (D-Howard Beach) office, to so angry because these people won’t move,” the pre-K, who has expressed that she no avail.

Deleo told the Chronicle.

“I’ve had enough and it’s reaching a point Deleo said that one of her neighbors doesn’t know how to improve the situation. arrived home to find a car parked in his She also made 311 complaints, reached out where I know something bad is gonna hapQ to the 106th Precinct and state Sen. Joe pen,” Deleo said. driveway, and a verbal altercation ensued.

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‘The Hole’ waterlogged for 2 weeks post-Ida City’s long-stalled plan to provide nabe with sewer system remains on hold

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

The residents of The Hole, a small neighborhood on the northwestern edge of Lindenwood that sits more than 10 feet below street level, are no strangers to flooding.

Overflows that continue to burble up from the ground over two weeks after a rainstorm, on the other hand, are a new phenomenon.

A neighborhood with a history of neglect, The Hole lies in a 12-block basin that lacks a sewage system and is largely without street drainage.

Though the city has begun the process of installing limited drains in the neighborhood, it has stalled on taking the steps to connect the area to the sewer system for over 15 years. As city officials continue to reckon with the fact that the limited capacity of New York’s beleaguered, antiquated sewer system led to Hurricane Ida’s fatal flooding, residents in the neighborhood continue to live with the storm’s after-effects.

Some residents are hopeful that the newfound pressure on the city to modernize its sewer system could kickstart a focus on their neighborhood. Others, who have grown accustomed to having their infrastructure needs summarily ignored by city agencies as the surrounding area has developed, do not believe that the storm will help change conditions.

For its part, the Department of Environmental Protection did not recognize the instances of recent extended flooding as being related to the storm. The agency pegged the residents’ recent problems as resulting from systemic groundwater flooding, rather than the hurricane.

The residents beg to differ.

“It usually would go down quick if we got some water in there,” said Ruben Garcia, a homeowner who’s been living on the Queens side of the neighborhood for 52 years.

Garcia has had flooding in his basement before but nothing quite like what Ida caused. Years ago Garcia’s daughters slept in the bottom floor of his house, which has intermittently been flooded by groundswells of water for two weeks after the recent storm.

“The last 10 years it’s gotten worse,” he said of flooding on his block.

Garcia owns a water pump and had been continuously blasting pools of water out of his basement, as of last Thursday, but every time he did so, the water would bubble up through a small opening in the concrete in his basement and flood the f loor with around a half-inch of water.

A contractor whom the DEP sent out to inspect the flooding last Thursday pointed out that it appeared Garcia’s basement was below the water table, the level at which the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water.

“If you’re in your water table, no matter what, the water table’s the water table,” said the contractor, who declined to identify himself further.

The contractor concluded that without a drain in the vicinity of the house that could lower the level of groundwater, there was not much he could do to help.

“It’s on the DEP to solve the groundwater situation,” he said.

The New York Times reported in 2004 that the agency was considering incorporating The Hole into the sewer system, but the area’s low elevation proved an obstacle.

“The area is situated below the city’s sewer network, which drains by gravity, so therefore the whole area would need to be elevated in order to tie into the drainage system,” said DEP spokesperson Douglas Auer.

Auer said that DEP engineers have been considering longer-term solu-

Ruben Garcia continued to see groundwater bubble up into his basement two weeks after he first experienced floodPHOTOS BY MAX PARROTT ing during Hurricane Ida. tions for the area, as well as shortterm relief projects, but did not respond to the Chronicle’s request for specifics on what those plans entail.

In 2019, the Department of Design and Construction sent out a request for proposal on a project that set out to develop a plan to “alleviate the existing poorly paved roadways with sub-standard drainage systems” in “the jewel streets area” of The Hole.

But the agency currently lists the project as “on hold.” A spokesperson said it was not a project the DDC could act on until the DEP and Department of Transportation decided how to proceed.

The mayor also put a $30,779 water main project for the jewel streets area in his capital budget for the 2020 fiscal year. According to the budget, the project to replace “chronically failing components” had been originally created in 2007 and

delayed for an undisclosed reason for over 10 years. Construction is slated to start in June 2022 and end in 2024, according to the document.

In the wake of Ida, prolonged flooding was widespread in the area.

Garcia’s experience of seeing floodwaters emerge from the base of his house was shared by his brother who lives on the same block. Elsewhere full blocks of the neighborhood were submerged.

Anthony Kinard, who lives at the intersection of Ruby Street and Blake Avenue, described the flooding as emerging from “under the building — through the baseboards and everything.”

Garcia’s brother, who lives a few doors down on 78th Street and didn’t want to identify himself, was able to stave off the waters from rising back up into his finished basement in the days after Ida, but only because he

Algae has grown on top of the stagnant pool that formed after floodwaters submerged the cul-de-sac at the northern end of Emerald Street, above left. The gravel road on Ruby street stayed underwater for two weeks after the storm.

was able to install a sump pump under the foundation of his house.

Without that equipment, he said, the water would continue to ascend through the floor like his brother’s house.

The floodwaters didn’t make it into the home of Rock Medina, who’s been living two blocks over from Garcia for 20 years, but they did create a pool on the street in front of his house that was still around 6-inches deep as of Thursday.

“They’re trying to get people out so they can invest in here, but I’m not moving out,” Medina told the Chronicle.

Montas Exume, who lives on Amber Street just off Linden Boulevard in the southern part of the neighborhood, is one of the few residents who has a catch basin installed in front of his house. It didn’t save the first floor from being submerged in about 2 feet of water. He said the drain is connected to a pump that needs to be turned on in order to suck the water out of the road. After Ida, the DEP waited two days to turn on the pump, while the dirty water sat in his house’s entryway.

The poor conditions did get on the radar of Felicia Singh, the Democratic candidate for City Council District 32, which overlaps with about four blocks of the neighborhood. Singh encountered the flooding while canvassing and connected it to infrastructure inequities in the district that she has spotlighted as a priority for her campaign. “‘The Hole’ is an example of environmental racism. It is absolutely continued on page 19

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More testing, looser class closure rules Mayor tweaks Covid protocols as staff vaccination deadline looms

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

After the first week of school, the city is t wea k i ng its test i ng a nd qu a ra nt i ne protocol.

When there is a positive test in a classroom, unvaccinated students who are masked and follow the 3-foot social distancing guidelines will no longer have to quarantine, Mayor de Blasio announced Monday.

The school system’s testing regimen also will increase from biweekly to weekly for all grade levels.

The two protocols will go into effect Sept. 27 — the deadline for all teachers and school staff to have received at least one vaccine shot.

“That will allow more kids to safely remain in the classroom. So, we’ve been looking at these two issues over the last few weeks, we looked at it in light of the data from the first week of school, we decided to make both of these changes simultaneously and they do complement each other,” said Mayor de Blasio at his press event on Monday.

The school system began the school year with a policy that involved closing entire classrooms of elementary school students for 10 days if one person tested positive for Covid. As of Sunday, the Department of

Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that he would be changing Covid protocols in schools in a NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE / FLICKR manner to allow for more students to remain in classrooms.

Education website listed 77 classrooms total as closed due to having Covid cases.

The increase in testing was met with approval from the city’s teacher union, but the quarantine protocol received no such welcome. United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew pointed out that while Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines exempt some students

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Woodhaven Library funded Councilman Eric Ulrich announced Wednesday that he had secured the necessary capital funding for a complete renovation of the Woodhaven branch of the Queens Public Library.

The project will entail a comprehensive renovation of the library’s interior and will feature a new children’s room, a new teen room, new adult reading rooms, as well as automatic door openers, new interior elevators and accessible public toilets. In addition, the project will ensure the library is wheelchair accessible by adding ADA-com-

pliant ramps with associated landscaping.

The project will also include upgrades to the exterior of the facility.

Ulrich, second from left, joined by Borough President Donovan Richards, left; Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, center right; and Queens Library President Dennis Walcott, right, appropriated $1.5 million in capital funding, and another $4.1 million in conjunction with Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the budget for fiscal year 2022 to ensure the $25 million project was fully funded.

who have been exposed to the virus from quarantining, the exception specifically applies to children who have maintained social distance and consistently worn wellfitting masks.

“Maybe in the Mayor’s universe all children keep their distance, wear their masks correctly and leave them on all day, but in the real world of our schools, this just isn’t

so, particularly in the many schools that are ove rc rowde d ,” w rot e Mu lg rew i n a statement.

The new testing rule will only apply to those children whose parents have voluntarily submitted a testing consent form.

Last week parents across Queens told the Chronicle that they did not believe that even the schools that report they have no trouble abiding by the CDC’s guidance to maintain at least 3 feet of distance in classrooms are able to enforce the standard at all times, like when the students are lining up or walking through the hallways.

As far as the level of staff vaccination, a DOE spokesperson reported on Wednesday that around 80 percent of all DOE employees had gotten jabbed, while the share of teachers was higher at around 87 percent.

As of last week, an unvaccinated Queens teacher who requested anonymity said some colleagues continued to believe that the DOE’s decision to put those employees who refuse the vaccine on unpaid leave is a bluff.

At Monday’s press event, Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter said she’s not worried that the deadline approaching for her staff will cause staffing problems.

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Man shot by mystery attacker at HB hotel

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A man was shot twice at a Howard Beach motel last Saturday morning.

Police said that the attack happened at the Surfside Motel at 16433 Cross Bay Blvd. around 10:15 a.m.

The shooting was the result of an altercation in which an unknown attacker pulled out a firearm and blasted a 29-year-old male victim twice in the lower left side.

The New York Post reported the The Surfside Motel was the scene of a nonfatal NYPD dispatched helicopters, shooting last Saturday.

GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE which were captured by neighborhood residents on Facebook, to look for the cessful or on the condition of the shooting suspect, who f led from the motel and victim, but confirmed he had not died on reportedly tossed his gun in nearby waters, scene. which the Post’s sources believed to be Anyone with information is asked to call around the Shellbank Basin.

Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), Photos from the incident showed officers or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). diving into the water in an attempt to recov- The public can also submit tips by logging er the weapon. onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, by texting As of Tuesday the NYPD’s public infor- 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering mation office did not have any information TIP577, or by going to @nypdtips on TwitQ about whether the hunt for the gun was suc- ter. All tips are strictly confidential.

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side from the merits, the incredibly smug arrogance of Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez alone makes you want to oppose his bill to let immigrants vote in city elections. “If people have a problem with this, then they should move to another town or another country that has not been built by immigrants,” he said at a hearing Monday on the measure, which has the support of a majority of his fellow liberals on the City Council but is opposed by Mayor de Blasio.

You know your bill is a bit too “progressive” when even de Blasio won’t go for it. And there’s that little bit about it flying in the face of the state Constitution.

We’ll see how far Rodriguez gets with his bill to help make citizenship a little more meaningless. Back in 2013, it was Queens’ own Councilman Danny Dromm who was sponsoring the same kind of bill.

Like Rodriguez, Dromm had the support of 33 of his colleagues. When he spoke to us in March 2013, he said he hoped to get the bill on the floor by the end of the year. But in the end it went nowhere. It was a similar story when another lawmaker introduced a comparable bill back in 2014. But they keep trying ...

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Look, this city bends over backwards for its immigrants. Whether it’s IDNYC, specifically designed to give unauthorized migrants legally viable identification, or city-run healthcare, the constant mantra is “without regard to immigration status.” That’s great, but voting is not something someone should be entitled to sheerly due to their arriving in New York City.

The best argument for giving noncitizens the franchise is that keeping them from voting is taxation without representation. That sounds like a compelling case at first, until you think about it. Someone vacationing here, for example, for however long a time, doesn’t get to vote — despite paying things like sales taxes and other tax-like fees such as subway fares or bridge tolls. If an immigrant wants to enjoy the franchise, he or she can apply for citizenship. Secure that by swearing allegiance to the United States and renouncing it to any other nation, and you can vote.

Yes, it’s an arduous process. So were those by which we secured the right to vote — far more so than filling out papers and paying fees. The franchise should be reserved to citizens of our city, state and nation.

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They not only race down Crossbay Boulevard but they also come down 107th Avenue the wrong way. You cannot even cross the street; they ride like crazy people. Where are the police? Life has become hell living here.

Bill Folz Sr. Ozone Park

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ov. Cuomo’s $2 billion plan for an AirTrain running from LaGuardia Airport to Citi Field instead of to Manhattan has never made much sense. It’s logically on par with his “text stop” parking areas off the Thruway upstate that are only five miles from full rest areas, rather than out in the middle of nowhere where they’d be more useful. Good concept, just in the wrong place. What traveler is going to go all the way to the Mets-Willets Point 7 train or Long Island Rail Road stop just to double back on Cuomo’s version of the ill-fated Monorail on a classic episode of “The Simpsons”?

Unfortunately, Cuomo got all his ducks lined up for this boondoggle before his boorishness and corruption came to light. So it’s gotten the approvals it needs. But there is one ray of hope: a lawsuit filed Monday by Riverkeeper, the Guardians of Flushing Bay, and the Ditmars Boulevard Block Association. They allege that the Port Authority and Federal Aviation Administration did not seriously consider viable alternatives to the train, as required by law. One of those, dedicated bus service to and from the airport, is a great option that could be implemented at negligible cost. And, unlike the AirTrain, it wouldn’t damage the relative peace one can find on the promenade along the bay, which a train overhead would destroy.

We hope either the court or, better yet, Gov. Hochul kills the plan.

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The only way to achieve equality is to level everybody down not to elevate them up. For example, if you wished to enable people to run as fast as Usain Bolt you would have to put heavyweights on his legs to slow him down because no amount of training could lead the overwhelming majority of us to even approximate his speed.

This preference for equality over quality and freedom explains why a few years ago New Jersey prohibited parents in wealthy districts from contributing extra funds to their schools so the children could receive extra instruction on Saturday. How this prohibition helped the schools achieve their goal of maximizing every student’s abilities is unfathomable. It is time to start viewing equality as a virtue but not as the primary one, or worse yet the only one.

Michael Gallagher Forest Hills

DOE degrades standards Dear Editor: Re your Sept. 16 editorial “Another slap at our best students”: NYC’s public schools began the fall semester with sharp declines in enrollment and education standards. Enrollment in grades K-12 fell to 890,000, the first time in 20 years that it fell below the one million mark (New York Post, Aug. 25). Many parents pulled their kids out of public schools offering mostly remote learning over the past 18 months and put them in private schools with in-person learning.

New guidance from the Department of Education may trigger another exodus of students.

The DOE wants to scrap grades, honor rolls and student rankings that are “detrimental to learners” and “negatively influence future student performance” (Post, Sept. 2) This is part of

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Mayor de Blasio’s racial equity program to replace merit with mediocrity. But it is really the soft bigotry of low expectations that sets kids up for failure.

The DOE already ended academic screening for middle schools and reduced gifted and talented programs. These measures cheat students and taxpayers. NYC spends $28,808 a year for every student enrolled, more than any other U.S. public school system (Chalkbeat. org, Jan. 27, 2020). We get a poor return on our investment, based on the results of the state’s English language arts and math tests for students in grades 3-8 in 2019, the last prepandemic year in which those tests were given. Among test takers, only 45.4 percent were proficient in English and 46.7 percent in math. That means the majority of NYC’s elementary and middle school students can’t satisfactorily read, write or perform basic math functions. A voucher system giving parents funds to send their kids to private schools makes more sense than the mess we now have.

I hope that Eric Adams, our likely new mayor, replaces the DOE’s woke warriors with responsible educators who value academic merit over corrupt manipulation.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Don’t park here Dear Editor: I have had enough! There is no long-term parking anywhere in New York City. Yet people park near the AirTrain and take vacations to avoid long-term airport parking.

Well, I had someone park for more than 11 days. I called the sector officer from the 106th Precinct and the vehicle was marked for towing. Soon it will be towed. Hope the owner learns from this lesson. Can’t wait for it to be towed. I would like to park in front of my home once in a while!

Steve Pelosa Howard Beach

The answer is fewer cars

outside the area, and fear-mongers about “socialist extremism” and (for some reason) “defunding the police.”

I wasn’t aware that love for parks and concern about climate change were “extreme” ideas.

Parking is indeed an issue in Queens, but the problem isn’t a lack of spots — it’s that there are too many cars. There are households with three or four vehicles that sit parked on our streets. One resident recently remarked that “Woodhaven is turning into a giant parking lot.” We have increased congestion, pollution, speeding and tragic accidents. Creating more spaces won’t solve anything.

Rajkumar has backtracked on her original plan, and now bizarrely wants to reduce the size of the Woodhaven Boulevard bus lane.

That’s not what we need — we need more bus and bike lanes, increased subway and bus service and new mass transit options. We can create more public space for everyone — drivers, riders, bikers and pedestrians alike — if we can think beyond a few parking spaces.

Aaron Fernando Richmond Hill

Socialists in Woodhaven Dear Editor: Since her election Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar has been a refreshing, activist force, as Fiona Shehu of Woodhaven points out in her letter (“Rajkumar on the spot,” Sept.

ONLINE 9). And certainly n ob o d y n e e d s Miss an article or a letter cited by a writer? D e m o c r a t i c Want breaking news S o c i a l i s t s o f from all over Queens? America coming Find the latest news, into the district to past reports from all tell the people of over the borough and Woodhaven what to do. But there is more at qchron.com. one area of accommodation between Rajkumar and the socialists, one that unites political forces both right, left, Republican, Democrat in their silence: toleration for disproportionate, regressive property taxes that directly hit homeowners in places like Woodhaven. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Rajkumar to take on this issue, or even mention it.

Worse than parking spots are those politically favored, generally much wealthier districts subsidized by Woodhaven taxpayers who maintain the oppressive status quo way more effectively than the anti-car socialists.

Edwin Eppich Glendale

Supermarket stupor Dear Editor: In recent days, it seems the shelves are slowly not being restocked at the Stop & Shop supermarket on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck. It is sad that it will be closing in October.

The Capital One bank branch adjacent to the supermarket has been closed for almost one year. The site remains vacant. There are several empty storefronts on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck between Marathon Parkway and Glenwood Street at the City Line. continued on next page

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Dear Editor: There’s been a lot of thoughtful debate about Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar’s controversial parking proposal. However, a letter to the editor in support of the plan contained several factual errors and unwarranted attacks. As a lifelong Richmond Hill resident, enjoyer of Forest Park and opponent of the proposal, I’d like to set the record straight.

This issue began when Rajkumar suggested converting land with trees on the edge of Forest Park into parking space. For a week, concerned residents received no substantive clarif ication from the assemblymember despite countless calls, emails and messages.

Seeing no other option to protect green space, these residents organized a rally outside Rajkumar’s office.

I attended this protest, and I saw firsthand that a majority of participants were constituents of the assemblymember. Several Woodhaven residents spoke up to express their desire for more open park space for their families, not more parking spots. It’s odd that the letter describes the neighbors as “the leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America” from

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page I still remember the original Bohack’s Supermarket that was located on the current site of the Douglaston Little Neck Library. In 1964, it was relocated across the street to a new, more modern, larger building. In 1977, Bohacks went out of business. Subsequently, Grand Union opened at the same site. In the fall of 2000, Grand Union closed. The site became vacant. In January 2003 Stop & Shop completed renovations with a slight expansion and opened. We will now go full circle for a third time with the closing of Stop & Shop supermarket in coming weeks. How disappointing for neighborhood residents, especially seniors who depend upon our local supermarket for essentials. Let’s hope we will not have to wait many months for a new owner to open.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI

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ingful work building our climate resilience; that everyone has safe, affordable housing; and that all of us have what we need to thrive. Thank you, Rep. Meng, for fighting for this future for us — we’ve got your back.

San San Lin Elmhurst

Hope in the climate crisis Dear Editor: The United Nations reported last week that because of uncontrolled greenhouse gas emissions, the global average temperature is currently on pace to rise 2.7 degrees Celsius by 2100. This would be so devastating as to threaten human survival on this planet.

As one of the greatest contributors to these emissions, the United States bears utmost responsibility to lead the world by example. President Biden has correctly acknowledged the severity of the climate crisis, and taken major steps to attack it by transforming our fossil fuel economy to one that runs on renewable power.

President Biden’s proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill would provide the investment we need in renewable energy infrastructure. To pass it in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must stand firm in supporting it.

Recently, Schumer has taken strong stances on the correct side of environmental issues. His opposition to the NRG fracked gas plant in Astoria and other proposed fossil fuel projects is reassuring.

Schumer must continue to do the right thing when it comes to the climate crisis, and insist that the reconciliation bill’s final budget does not include any subsidies for fossil fuel companies. In the face of climate catastrophe, passing Biden’s $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill would be a monumental, but necessary accomplishment.

Daniel Salamon Bayside

Biden lies on taxes Dear Editor: President Biden said he wants to raise taxes on the rich so that could pay their “fair share.” This is another Biden lie.

In 2018, which is the last year data is available, the top 1 percent of taxpayers earned 20.9 percent of all the income reported and paid 40.1 percent of all personal income taxes. The bottom 90 percent of taxpayers paid 28.6 percent of the taxes.

I am not saying that the wealthy cannot pay more taxes but the charge that they do not pay their fair share is not supported by the facts. This is just another lie Democrats keep perpetuating.

The debate about tax rates is a legitimate one but let’s make sure we have all the facts before we make any changes.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills The writer is a retired certified public accountant.

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Back Biden’s $3.5T plan Dear Editor: In my 18 years of living here, I’ve never seen Elmhurst flood as badly as it did during Hurricane Ida. Stuck in a taxi on my way home from a 10 p.m. class at Hunter College, I saw firefighters struggling to swim, torso-deep in water. Broadway was also completely flooded, with cars piled up and stuck. As a young person, this was a terrifying experience, especially after a year in which Covid decimated Queens and people were already struggling to recover. Is this what the rest of our lives is going to be like?

In my Burmese community, a lot of people live in basements and had to evacuate because of all the floodwater rushing inside. Sixteen people in New York died, many of whom were low-income immigrants living in similar basements. I didn’t know how badly a storm could hit a neighborhood until it hit mine.

Hurricane Ida is exactly why we need Congress to approve President Biden’s full $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan, which thankfully my representative, Congresswoman Grace Meng, is championing. The plan would create millions of jobs upgrading the country’s physical and human infrastructure — including retrofitting housing, schools, and public transit — to lessen the impact of future climate disasters.

Looking back on this moment in 10 years, I hope that we can say we did the right thing. That we made it possible for immigrant families to get good, mean-

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400 backpacks for Woodhaven The Woodhaven Business Improvement District held a back to school event on Sept. 8, where it gave out around 400 students backpacks and school supplies.

It thanked Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), the Queens Chamber of Commerce, MetroPlusHealth, Ridgewood Savings Bank, Con Edison, Queens Commu-

nity House and Elite Builders & Management for their support.

Volunteers from Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct, @ ar tbydebcamp, Queens Public Library, city Department of Sanitation, Community Board 9 also donated their time to make the event possible.

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Suozzi’s bill supports journos Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Suffolk, Queens) announced Sept. 21 that the Local Journalism Sustainability Act is included in the House Ways and Means Committee’s budget reconciliation mark up.

The bipartisan legislation would help bolster local media outlets with temporary tax credits for publishers employing and hiring local journalists.

“We must do everything we can to save local papers like the Queens Chronicle and the dozens of other community newspapers across our region that have faced economic struggles due to the pan-

demic. Local journalism is essential to a thriving democracy and I am fighting to ensure this legislation is passed as part of the budget reconciliation,” Suozzi said in a statement.

Under the bill, publishers would get annual tax credits of up to $25,000 for each journalist they employ, which could then be put toward the employers’ share of Medicare payroll taxes. The value of the credit would fall to $15,000 after the law has been in effect for a year.

Suozzi hopes the tax credits will help Q staunch layoffs.

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AirTrain opponents head to U.S. court

Groups say alternates ignored; PA cites benefits, confidence in judicial review

by Michael Gannon Editor

Opponents of the proposed LaGuardia AirTrain have filed suit in federal court to block the proposed $2 billion rail link between LaGuardia and the No. 7 train stop at Mets-Willets Point.

The six-page petition was filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic on behalf of Riverkeeper, the Guardians of Flushing Bay and the Ditmars Boulevard Block Association. Defendants are the Federal Aviation Administration and its administrator, Stephen Dickson; and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The PA is proposing the rail loop to speed up travel time between LaGuardia and Manhattan. A new station would be built adjacent to Mets-Willets Point and near the Long Island Rail Road stop outside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

The elevated tracks would run alongside the Malcolm X Promenade, a linear park that stretches along Flushing Bay. Opponents say it would cause irreparable environmental harm to the park and the neighborhood, despite the PA’s commitment of nearly $60 million for park renovations.

Some critics point out it would require Manhattan travelers to the airport to head

east to the AirTrain station before doubling back.

The suit alleges that the PA and FAA did not seriously consider alternatives such as extending the N/W subway line from its existing terminus in Astoria and dedicated bus service. It claims the PA is illegally taking parkland as there are feasible alternatives.

The PA has pointed out, however, that more than 80 percent of the comments received during the public outreach and public hearing supported the project.

The Federal Aviation Administration approved the environmental plan in July. But green groups disagree with the FAA’s rationale, particularly when considering options.

“People have a right to enjoy the waterfront,” said Mike Dulong, senior attorney for Riverkeeper, in a statement on the group’s website.

“The laws that were violated are there to ensure that communities and the environment are not harmed by decisions without a careful consideration of alternatives, and, if none are found, mitigation of unavoidable negative impacts,” he said. Dulong called the failure to adhere to the process an injustice that shifts the burdens of this major infrastructure project onto East Elmhurst.

Margaret Flanagan, a board member of Guardians of Flushing Bay and Jackson

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with Woodhaven’s traditional street festival, which usually takes place in October. That event, which is hosted by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. is still up in the air, according to its president Stephen Esposito.

“It’s a possibility,” said Esposito.

But unlike the street fair, which brings in food trucks and businesses from outside the neighborhood, the Open Streets event will turn the spotlight on the shops Q within the commercial district.

The Woodhaven Business Improvement District and the city Department of Transportation are organizing an Open Streets event from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26 along Jamaica Ave. The strip will be closed to traffic from 85th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard for participants to enjoy live music, dancing, entertainment, kid activities, rides and arts.

“It’s intended to allow the businesse s t o s el l t h e i r products — promote their produ c t s ,” s a i d t h e BI D’s exe c u t ive d i rector, R a quel Olivares.

All businesses will have the opportunity to set up a booth in front of the shopfront.

The Woodhaven BID’s upcoming Open Streets event will resemble The event is not the Weekend Walks celebration it hosted several years ago on t o b e c o n f u s e d Jamaica Avenue.

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heights resident, said with any large-scale infrastructure project, especially one costing $2 billion, “they must adequately consider all alter natives.”

Rebecca Pryor, also with the Guardians, said those concerns were not addressed in the review process or record of decision; and that she believes the AirTrain finding was a fait accompli from the start.

“If we’re going to spend $2 billion, if we’re going to figure out how to get the best route for all New Yorkers to get to LaGuardiaAirport, then we The ongoing fight over the LaGuardia AirTrain is now in federshould have the best enviro- al court.

FILE IMAGE COURTESY PANYNJ mental review possible,’ Pryor told the Chronicle. “This is not that.” able rail mass transit link to the airport; draFrank Taylor, president of the Ditmars matically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions Boulevard Block Association, said the neigh- by getting millions of cars off the road and borhood of East Elmhurst continues to be vic- greatly ease traffic congestion. timized by environmental racism, pointing to He said it will create 3,000 good-paying health concerns and damage to properties construction jobs and more than $500 million from years of construction at LaGuardia. in opportunities for minority- and women“For decades this area has been held hos- owned businesses; and provide $50 million of tage by the Port Authority of New York & “historic” funding for local parks, all without New Jersey and LaGuardia Airport,” Taylor taking any private property or going through said. “Many studies have been done to show any neighborhood. the air quality is poor, and our community A Better Way to LGA, a coalition of comhas high levels of asthma, COPD, and cancer. munity members, economic development Needless to say the noise and the vibrations groups, labor unions and others, on Monday from construction for the last five years are criticized the lawsuit. destroying our houses and leading to other In a statement attributed to Tom Grech of sicknesses of the residents.” the Queens Chamber of Commerce, ChristoA spokesman for the PA, in an email to the pher Boylan of the General Contractors AssoChronicle on Monday, said all issues have ciation of New York, Carlo Scissura of the been addressed in the proper manner.

New York Building Congress and Laura “The Biden Administration’s transporta- Colacurcio of the Association for a Better tion experts greenlighted the badly-overdue New York, the group said Queens only beneLaGuardia AirTrain after reviewing more fits from the AirTrain plan. than 25,000 pages of studies and other materi“This is reflective of the diverse coalition als, and analyzing more than 40 alternatives,” of environmental advocates, business leadhe said. “We are confident that the panel of ers, labor unions, transportation advocates, federal judges who will now independently community members, and civic stakeholders review this matter will affirm that the who understand the importance of creating a AirTrain is now ready to be built.” reliable public transit link to LaGuardia AirHe said the benefits to the community port, which is currently the only major airremain unchanged, calling it a green infra- port on the East Coast without rail access,” Q structure project that will give travelers a reli- they said.

Queens tops in total vaxxed More people have gotten vaccinated against Covid-19 in Queens than any other borough, Mayor de Blasio said Monday in a visit to Kew Gardens.

The mayor noted the information in a back-and-forth with Borough President Donovan Richards during a press briefing.

“The borough with the most fully vaccinated people, what do you guess it is, Borough President?” de Blasio asked.

After first thinking the mayor was asking about the rate of vaccination, Richards gave the right answer: “Of course, Queens.

There’s no better place on earth.”

De Blasio said 1,551,921 people in the borough were fully vaccinated by that point.

And, he noted, the most popular vaccine site in the city is Citi Field, which he said was amazing: “Thank you again to the Mets.”

By Wednesday, the number of people fully vaccinated in Queens had risen to 1,561,336, according to city data. The figure marked 69 percent of the population. Manhattan had the largest share fully vaccinated, 71 percent, or 1,151,423 people.

The other boroughs lagged with 50-someQ thing percent vaccinated in each.

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Six examined for ‘various acts of malfeasance’ in 31-page report Editor

A scathing 31-page report is calling for massive structural changes in the administration at Maspeth High School following an investigation into grade inflation, awarding of improper class credit and other complaints.

But as of now, only former Principal Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir is facing serious disciplinary action.

The report, given to Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter in June and made public on the website of the Special Commissioner for Investigation for the New York City School District last month, is the most recent development in a case initiated two years ago when whistleblowers within the MHS community began bringing their concerns to Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village).

Among the allegations were that at least one teacher provided answers to a student during a Regents exam.

Others were accused of improperly accounting for seized contraband such as drugs and weapons. The report also said students with behavioral or attendance problems were pushed to accept early graduations; and that school officials were improperly assigning “per session” assignments to teachers that come with monetary stipends or collected pay for classes or assignments not carried out.

The Special Commissioner of Investigation has made numerous recommendations after looking FILE PHOTO into a half dozen administrators and faculty members at Maspeth High School.

The report is available online at nycsci.org/ reports.

The first paragraph of the report states that the investigation has substantiated that AbdulMutakabbir, Assistant Principals Stefan Singh and Jesse Pachter and teachers Daniel Franchese, Christopher Grunert and Daniel Sepulveda “committed various acts of malfeasance.”

It also claims to have substantiated that Sepulveda, the school wresting coach, assaulted a

much smaller student “in a non-instructional manner.”

None of the teachers or assistant principals agreed to meet with investigators.

“We did not hesitate to take action at Maspeth High School as soon as the SCI report was completed,” the Department of Eduction said in an email to the Chronicle. “Our schools must uphold the highest ethical standards, and we’re taking action against any employee

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found to have engaged in misconduct.”

A DOE source said contrary to the SCI report that there were no substantiated findings against Singh, Pachter, Franchese and Grunert, but that all had disciplinary meetings; all have gotten a letter in their personnel files, and all have undergone retraining in things such as proper record keeping.

Sepulveda still could face additional actions.

Holden told the Chronicle Tuesday he greeted the report with mixed feelings.

“I just think there’s more to uncover, because some of the teachers and assistant principals refused to be interviewed,” Holden said. “You can only go so far. ... And this is not unique to Maspeth High School. It is systematic throughout the Department of Education.”

Holden repeatedly has accused Mayor de Blasio and former Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza of sitting on the matter from the time he brought whistleblowers’ concerns to them — personally — two years ago. A college professor for more than four decades, Holden said the term grade inflation does not nearly cover what he believes has happened.

“You’re stealing kids’ futures,” he said.

He has asked District Attorney Melinda Katz to investigate, as he did her predecessor, Richard Brown. He also has asked the U.S. Q Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn for help.

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SCI calls for change at Maspeth High

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

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

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

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

09/01/21 $16.25 $1.9845 $0.8835

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

09/01/21 $32.93 $0.1885

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

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

09/01/21 $21.55 $1.1710 $0.4372

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

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

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

Current Rates $39.51 $0.4404 $0.3238

09/01/21 $39.51 $0.4548 $0.3558

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

Current Rates $250.00 $0.2756 $0.2578

09/01/21 $250.00 $0.2718 $0.2718

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

09/01/21 $250.00 $0.2632 $0.2632

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

09/01/21 $130.00 $0.8587 $0.4294

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

09/01/21 $39.51 0.2163

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

09/01/21 $235.61 $0.0991 $0.1264

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

09/01/21 $333.14 $0.0991 $0.1264

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

09/01/21 $21.66 $1.2939 $0.3046

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

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

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

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

09/01/21 $74.66 $0.4921 $0.2906

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

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

09/01/21 $153.35 $0.2247

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

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

09/01/21 $33.04 $0.1772

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KEYSPAN GAS EAST CORPORATION d/b/a NATIONAL GRID

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

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

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

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102nd honors fallen officer

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The New York City Police Foundation and the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct hosted a field day to honor Det. Brian Simonsen Sept. 18.

The youth field day drew hundreds of families and other community members for an afternoon of athletic activities and remembrance, as participants celebrated the memory of an officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Those who attended the event included Linda Simonsen, Brian’s mother; Leanne Simonsen, Brian’s widow and the president

and chairwoman of the Brian Simonsen Foundation; Susan Birnbaum, president and CEO of the New York City Police Foundation; and Philip Ozuah, president and CEO of Montefiore Medicine.

The event was funded by the Police Foundation as part of its 50 Grants for 50 Precincts initiative, which launched in January. It received 175 proposals from NYPD precincts across the five boroughs with recipients receiving up to $20,000 per project.

Security cameras are at all stations

All 472 MTA subway stops have surveillance to bring down crime

by Naeisha Rose Associate Editor

The MTA announced last week that thousands of security cameras have been installed at all 472 subway stations ahead of schedule to enhance security, deliver a decline in major felonies and to increase arrests.

The initiative to accelerate the camera installations was by former interim President Sarah Feinberg, who identified a new class of cameras that was cheaper and able to be deployed at the 200 stations that were lacking them, according to the MTA. The last cameras were installed at the Broadway station G-line.

“Thanks to our incredible workforce who continue to deliver for our customers and credit to Sarah Feinberg who from the top of New York City Transit got this program accelerated,” said Craig Cipriano, the acting president of the MTA in a prepared statement. “We have delivered on Sarah’s commitment to accelerate the camera roll-out as we look to restore confidence in the system. We recognize safety and security are top concerns for our customers, as they return to our system, and this is a significant tool in our effort to enhance rider safety.”

The original timeline for the camera installations was early 2025, according to the MTA. The 7, 7-X, A, E, F, G, J, M, N, R, W and Z-lines and a shuttle to Rockaway Park account for 81 subway stations in Queens, according to the MTA. Ranking 10th for ridership over the weekend pre-Covid in 2018 was the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Station on 74th Street, which saw 69,953 straphangers.

The average daily ridership in Queens for 2018 was approximately 755,778, according to the MTA. That number comes from turnstile swipes at subway stations.

Ridership remained down by 50.3 percent as of Sept. 20 compared to a prepandemic day, according to the agency’s website on Tuesday.

Cameras have brought a 20.6 percent decline in major felonies (murder, rape, rob-

The MTA has finished installing cameras at all of its subway stations ahead of schedule by FILE PHOTO nearly four years. bery, grand larceny and felony assault) and a 28.6 percent increase in arrests, according to year-to-date stats for Aug. 31 collected by the transit agency from the NYPD. They have also been helpful in identifying suspicious packages across segments of the subway station system in real time.

“We at the MTA, together with the NYPD, are driven to deliver a safer and more high-level quality of life experience in the subway system and these cameras are a big part of that,” said MTA Chief Safety Officer Patrick Warren in a prepared statement adding that the NYPD is aggressively investigating subway crime. “If you are a criminal who preys on those who use our system, you will have your image captured and be put on the express track to justice. The image will be delivered to the police, and the police will use it to find you.”

There are two types of security cameras in the subway system: those that broadcast in real time to the subway’s security center and those that record locally and provide material that can be retrieved quickly and used for investigations for crimes, according to the agency. The MTA will continue to expand the placement of cameras throughout the system Q to optimize the coverage of stations.

Revel blocks bridge access to Manhattan

by Michael Gannon Editor

Operators of Revel scooters no longer can take the blue two-wheelers across two bridges into Manhattan as per an agreement last week between the company a nd t he cit y’s De pa r t ment of Transportation.

Revel announced last week that it was remotely blocking its riders from crossing the Queensboro-Ed Koch and Manhattan bridges at the city’s request.

“Safety is our top priority, and as part of our working relationship with Revel,

we communicated safety concerns about the policy change the company had made,” the DOT said in an email.

The agency said the speed limit on these two bridges is 35 miles per hour with traffic sometimes moving faster, and there are no shoulders on the spans.

“As a Revel moped cannot travel faster than 28 mph, there is a risk for crashes with faster moving cars,” the DOT said.

Revel users also have illegally used the bike and pedestrian paths on the two spans to avoid car traffic on the main

spans, creating a serious safety risk to cyclists and pedestrians, the agency said.

“As a result, we asked Revel to reverse the policy, and they complied,” according to the DOT. “We look forward to continuing to work with Revel and other e-moped services to ensure the safety of their riders and all street users.”

The Brooklyn-based Revel did not Q respond to a request for comment.

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Abuse can be subtle, but not always invisible Recognize signs, be supportive and access resources: professionals

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

The tragedy of Gabby Petito’s death, and the widespread belief that it was at the hands of her fiancé, has sparked national conversations on how well-disguised an abusive relationship can be.

The couple seemed to put their personal life on display. As Petito, 22, and Brian Laundrie, 23, traveled across the country, they documented their days through social media and vlogs. But if speculation proves to be true, and Laundrie is responsible for Petito’s death, then the posts were hiding a much darker reality.

“It is very different behind closed doors,” said Manisha Shah, the senior director of the Crime Victim Assistance Program at Safe Horizon, a victim services nonprofit based in New York City.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 72 percent of all murder-suicides in the U.S. are committed by an intimate partner. Almost all the victims — 94 percent — are female. One in three women, and one in four men, have experienced some form of physical violence by a partner, according to NCADV data.

Domestic abuse begins well before it escalates to homicide, Shah pointed out. Red flags can be pinpointed even before the abuse

becomes physical, she said.

“But there are a lot of telltale signs that everyone can identify, and help identify survivors in advance,” said Shah.

Recognizing the signs Many of the warning signals that indicate an abusive relationship can be subtle, Shah said. They can come in a variety of forms, and not all are physical, but most stem from one partner being controlling over another.

“If a partner doesn’t like it when their significant other spends too much time with you, is constantly texting and calling them; if a friend abruptly cancels plans, but it’s not their nature, it’s a red flag,” said Shah. “They don’t have power or control in their life to make decisions.”

Shah said that personality changes are a major indicator that something may be off. A once-outgoing friend who has developed new insecurities and declines invitations for outings, or a friend whose personal hygiene has slipped into disorder could be experiencing a form of abuse, she said.

“Another big red f lag is when a friend often tells you they can’t prioritize their needs because they have to cater to their partner. I think it’s a telltale sign that it’s entering abusive territory,” said Shah.

Abusive relationships often manifest in

physical assault, she continued. Inexplicable cuts and bruises, as well as the victim wearing baggy clothes to hide them, can be a good indicator.

Francine Kelly, the senior director of patient care services at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills-Northwell Health, said warning signs can vary depending on the relationship between the abuser and victim. Abuse between partners, a parent and child or toward an elder can present itself in different ways, she said. That’s why Kelly and her staff pay close attention to an injured party’s behavior as closely as his or her wounds.

“They may be fearful. They may not want to volunteer information,” Kelly said. “We have to be mindful if they come in with somebody who presents with them that they may be involved in the violence ... Sometimes you just take a pause and say, ‘Something’s not right here.’”

Providing support Once suspicion has been raised, Kelly said, the most important next step is to give the victim a chance to talk in a private, nonjudgmental setting.

“The person themselves has to be the one ready to reach out for help and be accepting of it,” said Kelly. “Perhaps they’re fearful of the situation they’re involved in. Give them

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the opportunity to speak privately. Really listen to what they’re saying, validating them.”

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Missing persons not all in national news Expert say many cases leave few clues for detectives to follow up

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Editor

Gabrielle Petito’s photos quickly popped up on national media soon after the Suffolk County woman was reported missing by her parents.

She had been on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, Brain Laundrie.

Until her body was identified Tuesday, her photos and profile were among 103 files on the FBI’s list of missing person cases for which the bureau is seeking information.

Sixty-three on the list were women. The oldest case on the list was that of a 2-year-old boy who went missing in Vineland, NJ, back in 1959, with a photo aged to represent what he might look like today.

The NYPD has its own lists of people who have been reported missing, most without the attention of the national media.

A look on twitter.com/NYPDMissing this week turns up nine cases from Queens that have been posted in the last year, though at least one one has been resolved — as a murder, like Petito’s. Several are new postings of old cases.

Ghulam Muhammed, 81, of Jamaica Estates was reported missing on Jan. 1, 2015.

Jainauth Indranie, 15, was last seen near 84th Road in the Briarwood-Jamaica Hills area last April 5.

Cedrick Kalil was 27 when he went missing

Above, Ghulam Muhammad, left, Jainauth Indraie, Cedrick Kalil, Stephanie Cordero, Corey Hampton and Marion Mendonca. At right, Destini Smothers, who is deceased, Chrisleidy Abreu and Chandine Persaud. All were reported missing from Queens. NYPD PHOTOS / TWITTER in Queens on March 13, 2002.

Stephanie Cordero, 38, was reported missing from the vicinity of 24th Street in Astoria on Feb. 2.

Corey Hampton, 15, was last seen near Jackson Avenue when he went missing on Dec. 5, 2020.

Marion Mendonca, 16, was last seen Nov. 13, 2020, on 124th Street in Queens, though @ NYPDMissing does not specify which section or in which neighborhood.

Chrisleidy Abreu, 16, was reported missing on Oct. 31, 2020, after last being seen on a section of 169th Street.

Chandine Persaud has been missing from Queens since July 2, 2020.

The site still lists Destini Smothers, 26, also

was reported missing last Nov. 13, near the intersection of 68th Street and 30th Avenue in Astoria. Last March, she, like Petito, was found dead.

Professor Joseph Giacalone of John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a retired NYPD detective sergeant who used to command the Bronx Cold Case Squad.

Robert McGuire served as NYPD commissioner from 1978 to 1983 under Mayor Ed Koch.

Both spoke with the Chronicle this week about the Petito case, missing person cases in general and just why some cases will garner national attention while most others are worked on only by detectives.

Giacalone and McGuire said the Petito case

had elements that lent itself to attention, though both dismissed the assertion by some that a major factor is that Petito was an attractive young white women.

“The answer to that is rather simple,” Giacalone said. “The police had active leads. This took more of an early turn as a homicide investigation than a missing person case. You had a No. 1 suspect. You had all kinds of evidence.

He comes back to Florida in her van and she’s nowhere to be found with no way to contact her, so you have active leads in her involuntary disappearance.

“A lot of times, missing person cases are difficult because no one saw them leave, and nobody knows where they went,” Giacalone added. “And sometimes their being missing is not involuntary ... Not every missing person out there wants to be found.”

“It has a lot to do with media coverage,” McGuire said. “You had a kid from Long Island. You had a Florida connection. You have two attractive young people. And a little bit of video footage. This took on a life of its own ...

In a lot of these cases, you just have someone who disappears. Sometimes there’s a suspicion of foul play, sometimes there’s not. Unless you get a break in the case ...”

“I know people bring up the race issue, but that has nothing to do with this,” Giacalone continued on next page

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continued from previous page nism, said Yvette Caro, who directs the Queens College Psychological Counseling Center. In many instances of domestic violence, victims blame themselves for prompting their abuser to act out, she said.

“Shame is such a big piece of it in so many ways,” said Caro. “Oftentimes friends don’t know how to help. They think they’ll make it worse by saying something.

You can’t control their lives, but it’s important for them to be able to speak in a judgment free way to their friends.”

A tactic Caro suggested is speaking to a victim in very specific terms. Letting friends know that they are always welcome to show up at your home, even in the middle of the night, or offering to drive them to a therapist when they’re ready to talk are important steps in letting a victim know that opportunities are available.

Access to resources Putting victims in touch with resources to help them safely exit an abusive relationship is key to ending violence before it escalates. Having an exit plan prepared prior to leaving the relationship, and having professionals on your side are safe ways to leave an abusive partner.

There are shelters throughout the city that house victims who feel unsafe in their homes. There are domestic violence advo-

Missing persons

Breaking the cycle Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD detective sergeant who teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, spent most of his career working to solve homicide and missing persons cases, many of which involved domestic partnership abuse.

Giacalone believes the key to ending domestic abuse is educating and starting conversations with youth.

“If the father abuses the mother, then chances are the son will grow up to abuse his wife,” Giacalone said. “It’s a major problem in our society. We need to address certain aspects of that and raise our children better because that’s the next generation ... We need to do a better job in the home and knock this out.”

Giacalone hopes that as the Petito tragedy continues to unfold, investigators can learn more about her mental state, perhaps in the form of a diary. Her outlook on life and her relationship could help professionals better understand domestic violence, if her death proves to be a case of one, and Q end the “circle of violence.”

anyone knew Petito was dead.

“Did he leave her there alone in that preserve without transportation or shelter? Are they going to find she died of an accident after being left alone?” he asked.

“If they find she died of blunt trauma, that is really going to focus the investigation. This will, I’m confident, flesh itself out with the examination.”

He also said if police discover a history of physical violence “that would not look well for the boy. That would focus suspicion on him.”

Giacalone said missing person and cold case detectives are specialists even within a group of specialists.

“These are people who essentially never give up, never lose hope,” he said. “They are the last liaison between police and he victim’s families.”

But he said even they need help as early as possible, noting that Petito’s family waited about two weeks after not hearing from Gabrielle to report her missing.

“Family members should not wait a long time if they believe something has happened to a loved one,” he said. “That is valuable time lost for a missing person case or any kind of case. There’s no rule for how long a person can be missing before you report them missing. If you think something is wrong, you get a bad feeling seeing those text messages from her just stopping, her social media, those are so many red flags.

Police need to know immediately, not a week or 10 days later. That puts the investiQ gation behind the eight ball.”

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continued from previous page said. “This case had meat on it. Police had something to work with. They don’t have ‘My wife left for work and didn’t come back.’”

McGuire also feels race is an incidental issue to the Petito case, though he does not consider such a claim to be criticism of law enforcement.

“I don’t think it’s criticism as much as it is an observational fact. I don’t know that the ‘white blonde’ issue is a major piece. I think two attractive young American kids might have garnered if not all the publicity, then at least some.”

Both say things do not look good right now for Laundrie.

“If Brian Laundrie was trying to divert attention from himself, he did a terrible job,” Giacalone said.

“Most people are victimized by people they know,” he said. “When you’re dealing with a domestic situation, boyfriend-girlfriend, significant other, attention always is focused on the person closest to them.”

McGuire, speaking before Petito’s death was ruled a homicide, said officials would learn the truth in rather short order. He was troubled by analysis he has seen of the Aug. 12 police call in Utah.

“The 911 call reported a man slapping a girl,” McGuire said. “The police report didn’t reflect that.” Then there was Laundrie’s arrival in Florida with her van, before

cates in every NYPD police precinct.

There are hotlines for victims, such as Safe Horizon’s at 1 (800) 621-HOPE (4673).

“It’s important for them to know people can get help,” said Caro. “It’s hard and it’s a process, but people can create exit plans that are consistent with their values.”

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Ground broken for the 116th Precinct

Police building that was nearly 50 years in the making expected 2024

by Naeisha Rose

“Finally, we are here today, police and community alike to break ground,” said Holmes.

The creation of the precinct is designed to The long-awaited 116th Precinct had a groundbreaking Monday at 244-04 North improve service and alleviate duties from Conduit Ave., at the edge of Laurelton and members of the 105th Precinct who served a Rosedale, in a ceremonial step for a $78 mil- wide coverage area stretching from Queens Village, to Cambria lion building that the Heights, Bellerose, Depar t ment of Glen Oaks, Floral Desig n a nd Conhere is no contradiction Park, Rosedale, s t r u c t io n s t a r t e d Springfield Gardens, work on in August. in asking for safe streets Laurelton and New The total projected and police reform at the Hyde Park, which cost of the facility is resulted in a response estimated at $104.8 same time.” time of upwards of million, according to seven minutes, the Mayor’s Office.

—Borough President Donovan Richards according to an “This community initiative has been nearly five decades in the NYPD report in 2017.

U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) making,” said Chief Juanita Holmes of the NYPD Patrol Service Bureau. “I know it, oh, delayed a flight to Washington, DC, to press so personally well. I have the pleasure of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation and growing up in this part of Queens and work- i n f r a s t r u c t u r e b i l l t o b e a t t h e groundbreaking. ing here as well.”

“I don’t think you were born, or you were Holmes has previously served at the 103rd Precinct in Downtown Jamaica and the 113th born ... when this struggle began,” said Meeks pointing at Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman Precinct in Rochdale.

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Councilwoman Adrienne Adams, left, Assemblymembers Clyde Vanel and Alicia Hyndman, Marcia O’Brien of the Rosedale Civic Association, U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks, Mayor de Blasio, Borough President Donovan Richards and Bess de Betham of the Federated Blocks of Laurelton ceremoniously break PHOTO BY NAEISHA ROSE ground on the long-awaited 116th Precinct in Southeast Queens.

(D-Springfield Gardens) and Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton). “You can go back to 1977 and this community was crying for equality, for justice, for fair policing, for quick response to community needs — we see precincts go up in other parts of the City of New York, whose geographical territory is not as wide or long as the 105th.”

The 116th Precinct, the first new one going up in the city since 2013, will serve Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens and Floral Park, according to the Mayor’s Office.

“Congratulations Southeast Queens, to the Federated Blocks of Laurelton, to the Rosedale Civic Association, Spring Gar — all of these organizations — Cambria Heights, I mean this is your day. This victory belongs to you,” said Borough President Donovan Richards who thanked Mayor de Blasio for seeing the project through unlike past mayors and for keeping his promise to invest $2 billion in infrastructure projects in the Southeast section of the World’s Borough, including $62 million to the Brookville Triangle Project, which is to bring flood relief to Rosedale.

“There has been a lot of tension between police departments and communities. One thing that we know, that right here in Southeast Queens, is that there is no contradiction in asking for safe streets and police reform at

the same time.”

To keep the project on budget and on time, legislation was passed to have a taskforce to oversee the erection of the facility by January 2024.

“It’s been a long journey,” said de Blasio.

“Southeast Queens deserves this. Southeast Queens has a right to public safety and reform.”

Speaking to the Chronicle at a separate event, Oster Bryan, the president of the St. Albans Civic Association, believes that Southeast Queens deserves more than another police precinct, but to have its quality-of-life issues met first.

“A community that ... prioritizes police precincts over education as well as healthcare and infrastructure ... well, I wouldn’t consider this a victory,” said Bryan. “This is not to say that security and safety is not important. You are supposed to deal with more important issues first. We are still dealing with health concerns around Covid. There is a plethora of issues.”

How can the city also manage to put $92 million toward renovating Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans, but not do more for infrastructure and education, asked Bryan.

“When it comes to schools, I guess it is not a priority,” said Bryan, who also wants a Q library in Springfield Gardens.

Union sues JetBlue over sick time issues

by Michael Gannon Editor

The union that represents about 5,000 flight attendants at JetBlue Airways has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it is violating New York City and New York State paid sick leave laws.

In a statement issued after the suit was filed Tuesday, John Samuelsen, president of the Transit Workers Union International, said fight attendants who call in sick for one or two shifts are being required to provide doctor’s notes when they should not be.

The union stated that two laws require employers to grant up to 56 hours of paid time off a year. Employers cannot require a doctor’s note unless an employee calls in sick for three or more consecutive days, not one or two.

The union said f light attendants are being threatened with discipline that could lead to termination.

“JetBlue talks a good game about being a benevolent employer, but actions speak louder than words,” Samuelsen said. “They created an abusive atmosphere greedily

scheduling more work than they can handle, and they are making their employees pay for their mismanagement. Sick and stressed-out workers are being forced to come to work.”

Samuelsen said the attendants, considered essential workers during the pandemic, are under enormous mental and physical stress, that they are working 12 to 18 hours a day and are being subjected to unprecedented levels of harassment and assaults from passengers.

A spokesman for JetBlue said in an email

that it had not yet been served with the suit.

“We will continue to negotiate in good faith with the TWU to reach an agreement on a contract for our inflight crewmembers,” he said. “[B]ut JetBlue follows all federal and local labor regulations and the safety and wellness of our crewmembers and customers is always our primary focus.

The union filed the lawsuit in Queens State Supreme Court. It is seeking an order to stop the alleged threats and demands that it says are effectively denying flight attenQ dants their legal right to paid time off.

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ARTS, C ARTS CULTURE ULTUR & LIVING

Theater’s rebirth is no fairy tale as first show debuts

by Mark Lord

Mazda admits that he found the past year and a half “very traumatic and depressing,” suggesting that he “felt the need to help rebuild. It can now happen.”

And with “Woods,” The Secet’s initial offering at its new location, at 38-02 61 St. in Woodside, running through Sept. 26, it is sure to fill its seats with faithful returnees along with a whole new generation of theatergoers. In fact, Mazda, said, four of the first five showings were sold out.

The show, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, first hit Broadway in 1987, where it developed legions of devoted followers.

The plot involves multiple storybook characters —

both familiar and new — on their journeys of growth and self-discovery.

Call it an adult fairy tale, if you will, one that merges Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Ridinghood, among other time-tested heroes and heroines, with a newly created pair, a Baker and his Wife, who fall under the evil spell of a wicked Witch.

The early part of the show is light-hearted, but that mood shifts swiftly enough to a far darker one as the tale progresses.

Besides the lilting title song, the score includes several that have become minor standards, among them continued on page 25

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At long last, the secret is out!

Actually, when it comes to one of Queens’ most treasured theaters, it would be more appropriate to say, “The Secret is back!”

After more than a dozen years in operation, The Secret Theatre, whose small-scale professional productions drew audiences to its black box home in Long Island City, brought down its final curtain and turned off its last spotlight almost 18 months ago, done in by the Covid19 pandemic.

But now it has reopened, with a new production of “Into the Woods Jr.,” at a new location in a new neighborhood — and that suits founder and artistic director Richard Mazda just fine.

“We want to help kickstart the theater scene in Queens,” he said in a recent telephone interview.

“This is my contribution to helping New York get back on the scene.”

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

King Crossword Puzzle Nicki Minaj pumped up that super bass in Jamaica

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Onika Tanya Maraj, professionally known as Nicki Minaj, was born in the Saint James section of Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, on Dec. 8, 1982.

Her father, Robert Omar Maraj, and mother, Carol, were both gospel singers, perhaps an omen of the good things to come to Onika as a singer. She had an older brother and a younger brother and sister. She lived with her grandmother until her mother, at age 24, got her green card and came to America in 1983.

Both parents worked hard and put enough money together for an 896-square-foot house at 128-20 147 St. in Jamaica. Onika’s father, who abused cocaine and alcohol, set the house on fire during a rage in 1987.

After graduating from LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, she went for a career in acting. She worked very hard as a waitress and bought a BMW at age 19.

In 2004 she switched from actress to rapper, signing with the performers and producers Full Force. In 2007 she changed her name to Nicki Minaj when signing with Dirty Money Entertainment and was on her way.

The home of Nicki Minaj at 128-20 147 St. in Jamaica, as it looks today.

GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE; INSET FILE PHOTO COURTESY NYPD

With many accolades and over 100 million records sold, Minaj is one of the worlds’ most successful musical artists. Public records show the 147th Street house last sold in 1994 for $79,000. Today it is appraised at $475,000.

But with the celebrity status attached to the Q home, it could be worth a lot more.

YOU ALWAYS KEEP THEM SAFE. WITH VACCINES, THEY’LL BE EVEN SAFER. CHILDREN AGES 12-17 CAN NOW BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

Get your child vaccinated for a safe return to school. Children who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are less likely to get and spread COVID-19.

LET’S KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND OUR SCHOOLS COVID-FREE. For more information about COVID-19 vaccines and where to get one, visit nyc.gov/covidvaccine.

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by Jordana Landres qboro contributor

Distinctively individual in approach and perspective, those featured in the Mrs. gallery’s commemorative compilation, “Anniversary,” are, in capturing and reflecting history, also making it. The process of alchemizing individual and collective world upheaval into creative and personal power asserts itself powerfully in the exhibit, which celebrates the Maspeth gallery’s five years in operation. It runs through Oct. 30 and consolidates the work of 13 artists who’ve shaped the gallery’s evolution.

In an interview with Collecteurs.com, gallery owner Sara Salamone said: “Maspeth’s potential for an arts community has also largely been untapped despite its close proximity to Bushwick, Ridgewood, Long Island City and Greenpoint. Besides the Knockdown Center, we are the only contemporary cultural point on the map. We’re a bit of a destination location, right here in the middle of New York City.”

The arrangement throughout the gallery creates a synchronously integrated effect of contrasting perceptive realities unfolding simultaneously.

Robert Zehnder’s darkly serene, amoebaesque foliage and hills in “Bend to the Piles,” 2021, fall somewhere between Can-

Chris Bogia’s “The Sun (Buttercup),” left, and Robert Zehnder’s “Bend to the Piles” are two of the works on display in the Mrs. gallery’s exhibit “Anniversary.” PHOTOS BY JORDANA LANDRES dyland and hellscape. Displayed alongside the clean, tranquil white lines of Carolyn Salas’ Greek architecture-influenced sculptures interspersing geometric shapes with human limbs (“Procession,” 2021) in powder-coated steel, the intensity of the panoramic creativity that manifested the featured pieces is profound. The whimsical denim suspenders of Nick Doyle’s “Castaway,” 2021, standing out in fabric relief,

curve playfully across one section of the gallery as Sarah Bedford’s floral-themed “August Sunset” (2021) merges acrylic, oil pastel and glitter on linen on another.

The past few years have brought no small amount of raw strife on a local and global scale. The need for genuinely delightful experiences seems more urgent than ever.

Chris Bogia’s exuberant, brightly colored mandala blazes from the gallery walls, lac-

quered yarn, wood and other materials producing a sunlit effect. Fifteen feet wide, it was displayed at 125 Maiden Lane in Manhattan through Sept. 1, giving building employees and passing commuters an opportunity for an instant uplift, even at a brief glance. His retro-infused floral creations “The Sun (Buttercup),” 2021, and “Night Flowers,” 2021, function as portals, bringing a visual, spiritual respite from the sameness and monochrome monotony that can seep into daily life. They convey a deep sense of warmth, relief, coming home.

Oona Brangam-Snell’s paintings use humor and fantasy to create a compelling image and mood. Drawing on her textile background, she often first creates drafts as oil paintings In “Night Passage” (2021), a young woman stands looking off to the side, the massive feet and legs of a luminous giant or sculpture solidly planted in the background. The playful rendering of a couple resting on the back of a huge mallard in “Get the Duck” (2021) pulls the viewer into a dark yet sweet alternate reality they may find themselves reluctant to leave.

The other featured artists are Elizabeth Atterbury, Genesis Belanger, Meghan Brady, Damien Davis, Mark Mulroney, Rose Nestler and Sarah Palmer.

All works are for sale: mrsgallery.com. Q

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Mrs. marks 5 years with works in many styles

The Secret goes ‘Into the Woods,’ and into Woodside

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training ground for talented performers, some of whom aspire to professional careers on stage — hence the “Jr.” tag in the title.

Mazda credits the youngs ters with helping to select the show, saying they made suggestions that led to the final choice. “We look for shows that are fun for kids,” he said.

And, Mazda is quick to point out, “We always do a professional level show every year” with the student actors. Audiences, he added, “are not expected to lower their expectations because they’re kids.”

The production is directed and choreographed by Samantha Sayah, who also serves as musical director. According to Mazda, she is “hugely pleased” by her cast, who had learned their parts before rehearsals began on Aug. 26. They are “almost seasoned pros,” Mazda said, indicating that some have been with the academy for six or seven years already.

Mazda calls the reopening of the theater

Performing in “Into the Woods Jr.” are Mia Soleil Jacquez and Christopher Simcox, above, and Brandon D’Elia, left. On the cover: Olivia Culver, left, Simcox, Victoria Walker, Soleil PHOTOS BY REIKO YANAGI Jacquez, Sydney Katz, Reina Celis, Baz Duarte and Samuel Schulz. “phase one,” which provides for a 60-seat capacity. “We may bump that up to 99 later,” he said. Plans are already underway for next spring’s academy production, the musical “Hairspray.”

Tickets for “Woods,” which runs through

Sunday, are $25 for adults and $15 for children under 16. Audience members, along with the entire cast and crew, must be vaccinated. Proof will be checked at the door.

For further information, call (718) 581Q 6477 or email sta@secrettheatre.com.

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continued from page 23 “No One Is Alone” and “Children Will Listen.”

The show’s message, perhaps more appropriate now than ever before, is that only by sticking together can mankind overcome the major obstacles in the world. How right that this is the show Mazda went with to bring his theater back to life.

The cast consists primarily of young thespians who attend the theater’s academy, a

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Notice of Formation of ANTONYBUILT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/01/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ANTONYBUILT LLC, 90-30 METROPOLITAN AVE #1045, QUEENS, NY 11374.

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Notice of Formation of AUTO DEALER NETWORK LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/16/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MD ISLAM, 9904 216TH ST, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429.

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Notice of Formation of ART RETAIL THERAPY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 84-26 37TH AVE., JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372.

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EAZZY LENDING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/16/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 13633 37th Ave, Ste 9A&9B, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Green Acres Kids LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/21. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 54-32 Myrtle Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385. Purpose: any lawful activity.

LUKOLIC PROPERTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/04/21. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1941 76th Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ASLEO LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/19/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: SAMEER B THOKAR, 39-30 58TH STREET, WOODSIDE, NY 11377.

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Notice of Formation of Ermo Realty LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/01/2021.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: PARRY ERMOGENOUS, 20-22 46TH STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11105.

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Notice of Formation of KINNG TRANSIT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/11/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BALWINDER SINGH, 13201 111TH AVE, FL 2, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of SHARO’S COLLECTION LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/2021. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: REGISTERED AGENTS INC., 90 STATE STREET, STE 700 OFFICE 40, ALBANY, NY 12207.

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CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, DOCKET NUMBER 19CP0229HO, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Clerk Magistrate’s Office, Hampden County Juvenile Court, 121 Elm Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 TO: Melvin Andres Colon Rodriguez father of Melvin Andres Colon Rodriguez, Jr., born on 5/9/2010 to Christian Lee Machado in Pawtucket, RI: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF Holyoke, seeking, as to the following child: Melvin Andres Colon Rodriguez, Jr., that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families.

The court may dispense the rights of the person(s) named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition. You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 10/27/2021 at 09:00 AM Other Hearing. You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you. If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter with a trial on the merits of the petition and an adjudication of this matter. For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 413-322-6700. WITNESS: Hon. Lois M. Eaton, FIRST JUSTICE, Donald P. Whitney, Clerk-Magistrate, DATE ISSUED 09/15/2021

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Former Mets manager Terry Collins did a The New York Jets and Giants have already been hit hard by injuries in this crucial area. Last nice job working with Wayne Randazzo on the week, the Jets lost their top 2020 draft choice, team’s radio broadcasts as Howie Rose recuperleft tackle Mekhi Becton, to a knee injury he ates from surgery. The duo displayed terrific incurred in the opening game against the Caroli- chemistry. Collins was a superb storyteller and a na Panthers. He will probably be out of action keen observer of how the game has changed.

Mets owner Steve Cohen likes to engage fans for two months. Last Thursday night, the Giants lost one of their co-captains when left guard on Twitter. Normally, that’s a good thing as his Nick Gates suffered a leg fracture, as Big Blue tweets tend to be lighthearted. They serve to make Cohen, a multibillionaire, look like a man fell to Washington, 30-29.

This is horrible news for Jets rookie QB Zach of the people. Last Thursday, however, he was in Wilson and his Giants counterpart, Daniel Jones. a foul mood as he tweeted about an unfavorable Wilson’s predecessor, Sam Darnold, was victim- story about him by New York Post Mets beat ized in his three years as a Jet by a pathetic line. writer Mike Puma. He asked Mets fans to guess Darnold may not have had the talent to be the the source for Puma’s story. Cohen doing this on Jets’ savior but he had little help around him. Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in the Jewish Q Jones is in Darnold’s former evaluation position. calendar, made bad optics even worse.

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