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Queens subway grades run from top to bottom Straphangers say 7, E and J/Z best in the city; M, R and A bring up the rear

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he Straphangers Campaign last week released its annual report card for 19 of the city’s subway lines, and Queens made out well, with the three top-rated lines running through the borough.

The No. 7, E and J/Z lines were the three top-rated routes in the annual survey by the Straphangers, a branch of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The study takes data compiled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and compares lines for amount of service; regularity of service; number of breakdowns; availability of seats in rush hour; cleanliness and the quality of announcements on board.

The grades are based on the $2.75 cost of a single MetroCard fare, with $1.75 as a benchmark for the line that was in the very middle of the pack with all six scores averaged out.

The No. 7 got a Straphanger rating of $2.15, with the E at $1.95 and the J/Z at $1.90. The A line was the lowest in Queens at $1.50. The M line ranked 13th at $1.60, with the R 14th at $1.55 and the A 16th at $1.50.

Scores were set with data compiled mostly by the MTA in the latter half of 2014.

The No. 7 received the highest rating for the second straight year.

“The 7 ranked highest because it was the

Ed Greene of Richmond Hill is a regular at the J/Z line’s stop at the Sutphin Boulevard transit complex. He said on Monday that the line earns its overall good grade from the Straphangers PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Campaign. best in the system on frequency of service and subway car cleanliness,” the report states.

The Straphangers also said the line finished above average in terms of seat availability during rush hour and infrequency of delays caused by equipment breakdowns.

The No. 7, which runs between Flushing Main Street and Manhattan, did not get a higher grade because it was below average in terms of regular intervals between trains and in-car announcements.

The second-place E had the fewest breakdowns in the entire system and got a perfect score on announcements, but lagged in regularity of service and was dead-last for seat availability during rush hour.

The lowest-rated Queens line was the A, which runs between the Rockaways and the northern tip of Manhattan.

While it is considered slightly cleaner than average, it also is below average in four categories. The A has more trains in rush hour than

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The B and the No. 5 lines, which run between Brooklyn and the Bronx, were the lowest-rated lines in the survey.

Ed Greene of Richmond Hill rides the J/Z line on a daily basis. He said he seldom has problems with service or getting a seat, and only minor complaints.

“Sometimes you may get three J trains in a row,” he admitted. “Or sometimes you’ll be on a Z that they don’t tell you is a J.” Two women on the F train on Monday who declined to give their names said they were generally satisfied with the service.

MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said the agency has some differences with the Straphangers’ assessment.

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Eric Ulrich, business leaders hope to use it to market the commercial corridor

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Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, on Monday called Jamaica Avenue an “Everything Avenue,” but added there is one thing missing from it: a big-name business.

“There are so many other businesses we’d love to see here,” Thomson said. “We want to attract a gym.”

With the help of the Queens Economic Development Corp., she may eventually be able to do just that.

Officials on Monday announced the start of a retail market analysis and study of Jamaica Avenue to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the corridor in an effort to attract bigger businesses to the Woodhaven street.

“Some of the concerns we hear is that people are not happy with the amount of 99-cent stores and low-end retail and nail salons that are popping up on the avenue,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway. “We think that by doing this study that we will be able to attract larger companies, larger private investment and a variety of different types of businesses to open up shop here on Jamaica Avenue.”

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A retail market analysis and study of Jamaica Avenue was announced on Monday. The study hopes to bring big-name businesses to the area. Standing on Jamaica Avenue before the announcement is Councilman Eric Ulrich, left; Maria Thomson, executive director of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District; Ricardi Calixte, deputy director of the Queens Economic Development Corp.; and Seth Bornstein, executive director of the QEDC. PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY with the BID, the study will look at several aspects of the corridor, such as commercial rents, expenditures, population, demographics and zoning. It is being funded by a $22,000 grant approved by the City Council last Thursday.

Seth Bornstein, executive director of the QEDC, hopes the study can “morph into a marketing piece to attract better businesses to the area.”

“It’s a really strong area,” Bornstein said of Jamaica Avenue. “It’s a stable, busy

street and our study will reveal exactly what the status of the issues are now.”

Ricardi Calixte, deputy director of the QEDC, said he has studied other areas in the borough, but none as large as Jamaica Avenue. According to Ulrich’s office, the study will encompass the strip from Forest Parkway to 114th Street, which includes some blocks in Richmond Hill. A smaller, similar study will also be done for 101st Avenue from Drew to 100th streets. The studies will be released some time in early spring 2016, Calixte said.

The councilman called Jamaica Avenue the “best-kept secret in Queens” and hopes the study can let those outside of Woodhaven know about it.

“Jamaica Avenue really has it all. They have the parking, they have the public transportation, both bus and subway, they have the population, they have the zoning,” Ulrich said. “We need to invest in Jamaica Avenue. We want private money f lowing into Jamaica Avenue. We think this is the best way to do it.”

Woodhaven residents, as Ulrich alluded to, have expressed disappointment and frustration over what they call a proliferation of low-end stores on the avenue.

Joel Kuszai, a Woodhaven resident and second vice chairman of Community Board 9, continued on page 10

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Queens street named for an NYPD legend Before founding CompStat, Jack Maple was a boy in Richmond Hill

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

why a detective was making arrests away from a housing project that had been the source of complaints from the community.

“Well it’s very dangerous over there” he recalled the officer telling Maple. “And Jack, with smoke coming out of his ears, said ‘Can you imagine how dangerous it is for that 65-year-old woman, with her arms full of bags from shopping, to run in and out of that building every day?

And you, a New York City cop with your gun and your badge, are afraid to go in there.’ That was the essence of Jack Maple.”

Maple’s ideas, the commissioner said, “saved New York City” and added that although the Queens native didn’t die in the line of duty, he gave his life to the five boroughs.

“Jack gave his life for this city, too,” he said. “Because he spent his life focusing on saving it. And we should all remember that he accomplished that.” continued on page 23

NYPD and elected officials join the family of former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple, inset, in the unveiling of a new street named after the NYPD legend and Richmond Hill native who died in 2001.

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Before he served as a deputy commissioner for the New York City Police Department, and before he founded the CompStat strategy of fighting crime, Jack Maple was a boy living in Richmond Hill.

And on Monday, the block where he grew up was dedicated to the legendary crime fighter, bearing the name “Jack Maple Place” at Park Lane South and 108th Street.

“We hope that you accept this sign, on this corner, as just a small token of our appreciation for all that he did for us,” Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) told Maple’s family members at the presentation ceremony.

Before the sign was unveiled, memories of Maple — who died at 48 in 2001 after a battle with colon cancer — were shared by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

“I miss him every day,” Bratton said. “I miss the personality, the

humor, the toughness, the character. It’s safe to say that when they made Jack they broke the mold and there will never be another one. He was truly one of a kind.”

Maple served as commissioner during Bratton’s first stint as head of the city police force from 1994 to 1996.

Bratton shared personal memories of Maple, who started as a transit officer, but highlighted how dedicated the Richmond Hill native was to reducing crime in the city.

Maple is remembered for creating CompStat — a data-driven approach to fighting crime that is credited for bringing crime in the city to record lows in the ’90s.

NYPD’s CompStat Center in Downtown Manhattan was dedicated in Maple’s honor last year.

“We had to be where the crime was,” Bratton said of Maple’s approach to fighting crime.

The commissioner remembered one instance when Maple had asked

Waldbaum’s closing on Oct. 15 Fate of workers there still uncertain, manager says

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Closing time.

The Howard Beach Waldbaum’s at 156-01 Cross Bay Blvd. will be shutting its doors on Thursday, Oct. 15, a manager at the grocery store told the Queens Chronicle.

No deal has been worked out for the workers employed there, the manager added.

Waldbaum’s’ parent company, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Compa ny, decla red bankruptcy in July and sold 10 of its stores in Queens to Stop & Shop and Key Food.

In total, 120 stores on the East Coast at a total value of about $600 million are being sold as part of a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing put forth by A&P. The sales are conditional on a court approval.

The Howard Beach location is set to become a Stop & Shop, though details of when it will become one have not been finalized, a spokesperson for the incoming grocery store chain told the Chronicle.

The Waldbaum’s at 156-01 Cross Bay Blvd. will be closing its doors on Oct. 15. The grocery store chain’s parent company, The Greater Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, voluntarily declared bankruptcy in July and FILE PHOTO sold off 10 of its Queens locations.

The fate of the employees remains a concern not just in Queens. Employees of Waldbaum’s and other A&P stores are under a union, but the same is not true of Stop & Shop workers.

Besides Waldbaum’s, A&P

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Justice Margaret Chan overturned a ban, which started July 1, and has ordered the Department of Sanitation to come up with a plan on how to recycle polystyrene foam, sometimes called Styrofoam though it is a slightly different material, reports state.

The administration announced the ban in January in an effort to keep the materials out of landfills. A 2013 law passed by the City Council required a study to determine if such materials could be recycled.

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From Ben Carson to Kew Gardens Hills: tolerance calls

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he Constitution is quite clear: “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”

The Flushing Remonstrance, the 1657 letter insisting upon religious freedom that is perhaps the most notable document in all of Queens’ history, is also quite clear, though archaic, saying in part: “The law of love, peace and liberty ... extend[s] to Jews, Turks and Egyptians,” as well as all Christian sects.

And of course Jefferson famously spoke of a “wall of separation between Church & State” in a letter assuring one Baptist association in Connecticut that the government has no “legitimate powers” that extend to a person’s beliefs, which are protected by natural rights.

Yet here we are with one of the leading Republican candidates for president declaring that he would not support a Muslim for president and would not advocate for the election of one.

What Dr. Ben Carson said does not violate the letter of the Constitution as he was only speaking of his personal opinion, but it violates the spirit of it, as well as the spirit of the Flushing Remonstrance and Jefferson’s letter. As an

expression of intolerance it is obviously nothing compared to the acts of a radical Muslim fringe that commits or supports terrorism, yet it is disturbing that he would deny the highest office in the land to an entire class of people rather than judging each on his or her own merits. Even Queens-born blowhard Donald Trump wouldn’t go there.

He did at least later try to qualify his statement that he could support a Muslim for president if he or she denounced radical Islam and put loyalty to the Constitution above religion. But his position still evokes past concerns about electing a Catholic president, which helped keep Al Smith out of the White House in 1928 and kept many from supporting John F. Kennedy when he did win in 1960. Are fears that a Muslim would put Islam above U.S. law really any different from concerns that a Catholic would answer to Rome and not the American people?

Religious fear and intolerance is the driving cause behind many of the horrors taking place in the world today. Just look at the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia for the modern, largely secular societies of Europe.

Even here in Queens, renowned for its ethnic and

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RIP, Yogi Berra Dear Editor: Yogi Berra was a man with a lot of class.

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We are truly saddened by his loss. He certainly had a full life — 90 years! We should all be so lucky if we can reach that age and have a fulfilling life as he did. Well, Yogi, ciao, and rest in peace!

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Voters’ rights first Dear Editor: Re your Sept. 17 editorial “Preserve the polling places”: The Board of Elections’ decision to close polling places in Northern Queens continues a destructive trend to disenfranchise voters. It sacrifices voters’ rights on the altar of political correctness.

Our city and state legislators must force the BOE to stop appeasing liberal lunatics and reopen all closed sites, including PS 164 in Kew Gardens Hills, shut down three years ago. By declaring these sites “inaccessible” to disabled voters, the BOE denies election accessibilty to seniors and others who don’t drive © Copyright 2015 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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religious diversity, ugliness sometimes shows its face.

There was the guy who tried to burn down a mosque in Jamaica a few years ago. Periodically a swastika is spray-painted somewhere. And over the last couple of weeks, two Orthodox Jewish men have been shot by BB guns in Kew Gardens Hills. This during the holiest period in the Jewish calendar. One of the victims had to see a doctor to get the pellet removed from his back.

And in Forest Hills, the PTA at JHS 190 intended to hold its first meeting, and elections, on Yom Kippur, when no observant Jew could attend. Whether that was conscious or just careless is unclear, but we do know that when the problem was first brought to their attention, the PTA leadership refused to change the date. It finally did after the Department of Education was notified and this newspaper posted an article online.

Many of the most pious in every religion simply cannot accept those in another. And you could say the same for the most adamantly atheist. As with most things, moderation is key. You can believe in what you believe in and still accept those who believe otherwise.

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Why not provide absentee ballots to disabled voters? It’s a no-brainer for everyone except dumb and disgraced BOE officials like president Michael Michel, recently fined $10,000 for helping his daughter’s live-in boyfriend get a string of jobs with the board.

BOE really stands for Barren of Ethics. It’s a bottomless pit of poltical patronage that devours tax dollars and does nothing for us.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

Next stop: Woodhaven Dear Editor: “Advocates rally for better transit options” (by Anthony O”Reily, Sept. 17, multiple editions) missed one improvement that could be quickly implemented and could benefit thousands of residents. Why not reopen the Woodhaven LIRR station that was closed in 1976?

Look out the window when traveling on the LIRR from Jamaica to Flatbush Avenue in

Brooklyn. This underground station is still intact. It would probably require a minimum amount of work to restore this station including signal modifications to resume service. If the MTA LIRR could find $40 million to rebuild the Elmhurst LIRR station from scratch on the Port Washington branch, why not do the same for Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park and other residents who reside near the abandoned Woodhaven Station on the Atlantic Avenue LIRR Branch? Restoration of the Woodhaven LIRR Station would probably cost far less, since it doesn’t need to be built from scratch.

Imagine: Within 15 minutes or less, neighborhood residents and those transferring from local bus routes adjacent to the reopened LIRR Woodhaven Station upon reaching the Atlantic Avenue LIRR Terminal could access Barclays Center. Transferring to either the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q or R subway provides access to employment opportunities, colleges, medical facilities, museums and the theater district, be it in Downtown Brooklyn, the

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A win-win on overcrowding Dear Editor: I do not profess to know all of the facts, but it seems that the leaders of New York City, with a spirit of compromise and cooperation, should be able to rectify our student overcrowding problems using available facilities.

For some time now, the Catholic Church, due to financial problems, has been closing neighborhood schools. Can’t the city buy or lease these properties from the Catholic Church? This option would make more schools available and easily accessible to families at a quicker pace, and probably at a lower cost, than acquiring sites and building schools from scratch. Also, charter schools housed in public schools now should consider the same option of acquiring space in vacant Catholic schools, which would also free up space in our public schools.

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In our view, we believe that those who differ in our position to rally support and fight for their community are clearly in favor of blight in the community and, therefore, are on the wrong side of the issue.

While some may see frustration, others see affection for their community. Our displeasure with some of the leaders of South Ozone Park Civic Association West begins with their lack of participation on such a sensitive issue. We believe it is the primary responsibility of the civic to fully embrace and stand behind the community. We also believe that the civic must display a high degree of integrity.

As a committee we were shocked that Anthony Gellineau, president of the South Ozone Park Civic Association West, would discourage prospective participants, seniors included, from showing their support for their community which is dishonorable and despicable. The Committee to Stop the Prison takes great care of senior participants and encourages everyone young and old to take a stand for their community. This brings us to the very essence of our frustration with the civic. The baffling information and the laundry list of unanswered questions reveal how deep the rabbit hole of venality goes.

Recent articles have portrayed Councilman Ruben Wills as a leader on this issue.

This clearly is not the case. Councilman Wills is not spearheading this issue; this effort is a

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The Committee to Stop the Prison believes that the proposed prison was a gift and a curse because it galvanized an entire community that has lost faith in its leadership to rise up and has driven this community to a place where we are now fighting the opposition and holding our leaders accountable, something that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened in a long time.

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Jamaica Avenue retail study continued from page 5 said the study “can only be a good thing.”

When asked what businesses he would like to see attracted to the area, Kuszai said the corridor needs a “diversity of places” but pointed out “it would be great to have places for younger people to hang out. Like cafes.”

Arlene Annunziata, past president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, said a study like this is long overdue.

“I think it took a long time to get here, but I’m glad it’s here,” she said.

Annunziata agreed with Thomson that a gym would be beneficial to the area, saying that there are no indoor facilities for people to work out in on the avenue.

Other than that, Annunziata added, she patronizes many of the businesses along the corridor but said she’d like to see an Italian restaurant there.

But longtime Woodhaven resident Allan Smith said the study needs to address the at times “exorbitant rents” business owners are paying.

“Somebody has to address that,” Smith said.

Thomson said there are only 14 vacant storefronts on the part of the avenue covered by her BID, from Dexter Court to 100th Street.

Smith added the avenue needs a business that is “going to be a draw” and suggested a

“good coffee shop” or “a good bookstore” as something to bring to the area.

Besides rent, business owners present at Monday’s announcement expressed concern over the proposed Select Bus Service Plan for Woodhaven Boulevard.

An aspect of that plan would ban left turns onto Jamaica Avenue from the boulevard in both directions.

To access the corridor, drivers would have to turn down residential streets and make their way back to it.

“If that happens, no study is going to save us,” Thomson said, explaining that nobody would want to make his or her way back to the avenue after passing it.

This is not Ulrich’s first investment into Jamaica Avenue.

He has allocated funds in the past for graffiti cleanup programs and new garbage receptacles and is working on having LED lights installed on it to better illuminate the area.

“We want Jamaica Avenue to shine and we want people to know that it’s here and invest in here,” the councilman said.

Although he and other elected officials have provided the funding for those projects, Ulrich called Thomson the “lifeblood of Jamaica Avenue.

“She is the catalyst behind improving Jamaica Avenue,” he said.

The corridor, Thomson said, is “doing Q well, but it can do better.”

Six West Nile cases in Queens for 2015 That’s two more than reported in 2014

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Two more human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Queens so far this year than last year, the city Department of Health’s website states. As of press time, that number was six, up from four in 2014 and the second-highest number since 2012, which saw 10 human cases.

One of the cases found this year, however, is a less-severe strain of West Nile, according to the DOH. Called West Nile fever, the virus in that instance causes those infected to have “mild to moderate illness” but doesn’t affect their central nervous system, the agency states. Those with fullblown West Nile can experience muscle weakness, disorientation and poor vision, and other symptoms, even death.

In 2014, four people in Queens were diagnosed with the more severe West Nile virus. Another five tested positive for West Nile after donating blood, the DOH states, though they did not report any symptoms before or after donating.

They are not counted in the agency’s

total number of human cases.

None reported West Nile fever last year.

In 2012, six had all the symptoms of West Nile and four just had the fever.

Queens saw only two cases in 2012, both diagnosed with the neuroinvasive strain of the virus.

The borough breakdown on the DOH’s website only represents where West Nile patients reside, not where they contracted it.

Citywide, 15 human cases of West Nile have been reported so far in 2015 — 11 experiencing central nervous system symptoms and four with the fever.

The DOH does not release where in each borough cases of West Nile have been found. It does update a map to show where activity of the virus has been discovered, meaning mosquitoes there have been found to be carrying the virus.

William Ryan, a Howard Beach resident, is suffering full-blown West Nile, his wife Janice Ryan exclusively told the Queens Chronicle. He was diagnosed about a month ago, was hospitalized, and has been recovQ ering at home since, Janice Ryan said.

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Dr. Deborah Asnis dies at 59 Whitestone native sounded the alarm on West Nile

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

While working at Flushing Hospital Medical Center in 1999, Dr. Deborah Asnis knew something strange was going on when two patients came in with high fever and disorientation. Weeks after she sent blood samples to Albany, officials confirmed the West Nile virus, which had previously not been found in the Western Hemisphere, had made its way to America. Asnis is credited for her quick thinking in sounding the alarm on the virus.

She died on Sept. 12 of breast cancer, her son Joshua told The New York Times.

She was 59.

The Whitestone native told the Queens Chronicle in 2009 that her discovery of t he v i r u s wa s t he work of play i ng detective.

“Sometimes doctors have to assume the role of detective and the results here were gratifying,” Asnis said. “In this case, we did recognize something. It was tiring because we worked long hours, but exciting.”

The New York City Hall of Fame for Health and Science inducted her into the 2008 class of honorees, pointing out that New Yorkers would not have known of the risks associated with West Nile had it

not been for her work.

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The Cross Island YMCA in Bellerose will host its second annual TouchA Truck fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 26.

The event is designed to be a familyfriendly afternoon where children can get up close to and inside cars and trucks that they see on the streets every day, including police cars, fire engines, dump trucks, tow trucks and others.

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Whitestone native Dr. Deborah Asnis died of breast cancer on Sept. 12. She sounded the FILE PHOTO alarm on the West Nile virus.

and Mark Fischetti said, “Asnis did something other doctors might not have bothered to do” in being suspicious of her patients’ symptoms. “Deborah Asnis was highly conscientious.”

She served as the chief of the infectious diseases unit at Flushing Hospital.

After 1999, in which 45 cases of the virus were confirmed citywide — most of them in Queens — and four people died from it, the city Health Department established a rigorous plan to make sure as few people as possible contracted the virus.

After being discovered in Queens, the virus spread nationwide. Other municipalities have adopted systems similar to New York City’s to fight the disease.

During mosquito season, from June to October, the city scans all five boroughs for mosquito pools and tests them to see if any of the insects are car rying the virus. Areas with West Nile activity are sprayed with insect adulticide, and sometimes larvacide, to kill the bugs that typically gather near standing water and catchbasins.

Asnis was a graduate of Northwestern University School of Medicine and lived in Nassau County. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Hal Kazdin, and their two Q sons, Joshua and Matthew.

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Queens residents will no longer feel the chill from air conditioners as they pass a business on a hot summer’s day, if a measure that recently cleared the New York City Council becomes law.

The New York City Council passed a plan Thursday, in accordance with Mayor Bill de Blasio, that would require all stores to keep their outside doors closed when the A/C is running.

Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) sponsored the bill in an effort to reduce the city’s energy consumption.

“There is no evidence that shows leaving doors open during hot days helps business owners increase sales,” Constantinides said in a prepared statement. “In fact, this practice of saving power will see business owners reap real savings in their energy bills.”

The mandate would effect 10,000 businesses, according to the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability.

The legislation expands upon Local Law

38 of 2008, which requires commercial establishments more than 4,000 square feet keep their doors shut when the A/C is on.

Violators would receive warnings until July 1, 2016, after which fines start at $250.

“This bill marks yet another step forward as we implement Mayor de Blasio’s sweeping sustainability plan, including an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050,” said Nilda Mesa, director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability.

The measure would also require that chain stores post a notice on each door stating that violations may be reported to 311, according to the City Council website.

“Throughout New York City, many businesses open their doors during the hot summer months to lure customers inside with the cool air,” said Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin in a statement. “This practice should never be seen as a cost of doing business, but a harmful cost to our city’s environment and a waste of money for the business.”

The proposal passed by a vote of 44-1.

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MTA police an nou nced Monday the arrest of a Queens man who allegedly drove for nearly a mile on the Long Island Rail Road tracks, until his vehicle hit a third rail and caught fire.

Ronny Mora, 25, of Corona, was “apparently drunk” when he approached the LIRR right of way at the Borden Avenue railroad crossing in Long Island City shortly after 11 p.m., then drove east on the track for approximately three quarters of a mile, according to a release from the MTA’s press office.

The fire forced the railroad to suspend service between Penn Station and Jamaica for nearly three hours, as LIRR workers worked to repair the destructed third rail, and the New York City Fire Department put out the flames.

Police said Mora vacated his car as it burned, after which he told LIRR employees he was “sorry” he had left his car on the

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MTA police said Mora was charged with unlawful interference with a train, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, criminal trespassing, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and leaving the scene of Q an accident.

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Howard Beach boy dies of brain tumor Fundraiser seeks to help Nicholas Pranio’s parents pay for medical costs

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

For Anthony Pranio, his son, Nicholas, was much more than his child.

“Words cannot explain Nicky. He was loving, caring and always wanted to help a friend. He was my best friend and hero. I will miss him so much,” Anthony Pranio said in an email to the Queens Chronicle.

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Nicholas Pranio died early Wednesday morning after suffering with a brain tumor for more than a year. He was 8.

The Pranio family has been living in Howard Beach for five years and moved there from Brooklyn.

Nicholas was a kid who loved sports and the water.

In June of last year, he started complaining of headaches for several weeks. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

“His fight started right away at Sloan Kettering in New York City with very aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Throughout the summer the treatments took their toll physically on Nicky, but his spirits never weathered and he has shown a tremendous amount of fight and courage,” a gofundme.com fundraiser set up for Nicholas states.

The fundraiser was started by Anthony Pranio’s co-workers, he said, to help pay for the costs associated with Nicholas’ treatment. Although the family has insurance, not all of the treatments were covered.

As of Wednesday, $11,445 had been donated to the fundraiser.

“I am shocked by the money that has been raised due to it’s still going up and it’s from people I have never met — just great loving people,” Anthony Pranio said.

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Nicholas Pranio, seen here, died early Wednesday morning due to complications from a brain tumor he was diagnosed with more than a year ago. An online fundraiser has been collecting PHOTOS COURTESY ANTHONY PRANIO money to help his parents pay for medical costs.

During his treatment last year, Nicholas got the chance to go to a Yankees game where he got to meet Derek Jeter and walked around the dugout.

In May, the Make-A-Wish Foundation sent him to Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, where he got to swim with dolphins,

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“He also enjoyed playing basketball , soccer, video games and riding his bike,” Nicholas’ father said.

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Ex- Cit y Cou ncil ca nd id at e a nd Democratic District Leader Alber t Baldeo has requested that his appeal of an obstruction of justice conviction be reheard by the full Second Circuit Court of Appeals, saying a three-judge panel did not keep in line with legal precedents when it upheld the 2014 ruling that put him behind bars for 18 months.

In a petition obtained by the Queens Chronicle, Baldeo’s lawyer, Manhattan-based Susan Wolfe, argues the case must be reheard to “secure and maintain the integrity and uniformity of the Court’s decision” regarding a judge’s order to the jury to come to a unanimous decision. If granted, his appeal would be reviewed by all 22 judges of the Second Circuit, instead of just three.

During Baldeo’s trial, the jury was divided 11-1 on whether he used straw donors to fund a special 2010 City Council campaign for the 28th District.

The presiding judge had told them to come back with an unanimous verdict. Citing previous cases similar to his own, ex-City The Richmond Hill lawyer called Council candidate Albert Baldeo says the Second the justice’s order “coercive” but the Circuit Court of Appeals did not keep in line with appellate court disagreed, saying the legal precedents when it upheld his 2014 convicpanel deliberated for hours after that. tion for obstructing justice. He’s demanding it be Wolfe argues the judge did not instruct reheard by the full court.

FILE PHOTO the lone dissenting juror to hold on to his “consciously-held conviction” and to affect a grand jury investigation.” She that he “had already been facing the again cites previous, similar cases that force of eleven other ju rors with an were reheard or th rown out for such opposing view.” Citing previous cases instances and demands her client’s arguthat were reversed because the judge did ments be reheard.

Wolfe lastly argues that Baldeo did not tell the juror to keep to his original decision, Wolfe says the court should dispute evidence that he intimidated the grant a rehearing to make sure precedent son of a witness into not talking to the feds, which the appellate court said he is kept.

Wolfe also argues that Baldeo did not did not do.

A spokesman for the US Attorney for tamper with a grand jury proceeding, which he was convicted of, because he the Southern District of New York, which did not know a panel had been convened prosecuted Baldeo, declined to comment on the petition to have his case reheard. to look into him.

People for Baldeo, the ex-Democratic The U.S. Department of Justice says that as he was being investigated for district leader’s supporting group, restatallegedly using straw donors, a charge he ed many of Wolfe’s arguments and said was later found not guilty of, Baldeo told t he ca se “c r ies out for rev iew a nd his campaign workers not to talk to FBI reversal.”

The group f ur ther argues the case agents. He had said the workers were unfamiliar with the U.S. justice system should not have been heard in the Southand he was informing them of their con- ern District of New York, which does not stit utional rights. The U.S. said that cover Queens. They call Preet Bharara, equated to his obstr ucting justice, a the U.S. attorney for that district, “over charge he was convicted of and was zealous” and said his office “abused its jurisdiction and powers by subjecting the upheld by the appellate panel.

But, Wolfe argues, Baldeo’s “knowl- former Queens District leader to a trial in edge of a federal investigation, standing that venue” because all of the alleged Q alone, did not establish that he intended actions happened in this borough.

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City launching flood insurance survey It hopes to use results to gauge affordability of changing FEMA maps

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

In an effort to best determine how to assist those in flood zones, the city has launched a survey to see how proposed changes to federal flood maps and flood insurance premiums will affect residents across the five boroughs and how to best mitigate damages from future floods.

“The City is concerned about the impact of rising flood insurance costs on its residents,” Samuel Breidbart, spokesman for the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations, said in an email. “For a home newly mapped into the floodplain, a $500 annual premium could easily rise over time to $5,000 or even $10,000 for the same amount of coverage. This increase in flood insurance premiums directly impacts neighborhood stability and housing affordability, especially for working and middle class New Yorkers.”

The survey is going out to hundreds of people citywide and in Queens will be sent out to residents of Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach, Broad Channel, the Rockaways, Astoria, Long Island City, Hunters Point, Rosedale, Douglaston, Little Neck, Beechhurst, Whitestone, Malba and College Point, Breidbart said.

Congress last year passed legislation that delayed premium increases in flood insurance rates mandated under the Biggert-

The city is seeking to determine how rising flood insurance premiums and proposed changes to the flood maps will affect city residents. The city hopes to use the results to best determine how FILE PHOTO to mitigate water damage in the future.

Waters Act of 2012, but many homeowners still face the looming threat of increased premiums because the 2014 law mainly applies to those who had flood insurance prior to its passing. Higher premiums will kick in for everyone in 2017.

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How much a homeowner pays in flood insurance is determined by which f lood zone he or she falls in on maps created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is planning changes to the flood maps, which could force some homeowners to pay an even higher premium or buy flood insurance when they previously did not have to.

The city has challenged FEMA on its proposed f lood map changes, claiming that thousands of people citywide would be inaccurately included in a flood zone.

FEMA’s new flood maps are expected to go into effect by late 2016 or early 2017, but that could be delayed due to the city’s appeal of them. The new maps had put much of New Howard Beach and Lindenwood, two neighborhoods the city says should not be in a flood zone, into one.

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Sides double down on Chabad project Applicants now bill four-story center as a school; 300 vehemently oppose

by Michael Gannon Editor

If the Ohel Chabad or members of Community Board 13 thought a 10-week summer break would ease opposition to the proposed four-story Lubavitch complex in Cambria Heights, they were mistaken.

Both sides appeared to be digging in Monday night at a public hearing on the project that required Antun’s, the banquet facilit y on Spr i ngf ield Bouleva rd i n Queens Village, to accommodate an overflow crowd of about 300 residents.

“And do you know what I’m not seeing?” resident Karlton Perres asked during the public session. “Where are the residents who support this?”

One development had the crowed particularly riled up — the fact that what has been billed in the past as a synagogue, school and community center now is being treated almost exclusively as a school by the applicants and their attorney, Sheldon Lobel.

The proposal is to build the center on three contiguous plots of land from 224-12 to 224-20 Francis Lewis Blvd. The site is on the northern perimeter of Montefiore Cemetery, and 250 feet from a second Chabad center that Lobel said is unaffiliated with the new application.

The cemeter y is sig nif icant to the Lubavitch Jewish community around the world because it is the final resting place of the late Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, who led the international Lubavitch sect for decades until his death in 1994.

Schneerson is considered by some to be the Messiah. Lobel, during his presentation, emphasized the importance of the location to those of the Lubavitch faith.

“It is important for them to have a school where their children can learn,” Lobel said.

Local zoning rules would allow a school, as long as it meets other standards, and as a recognized international religious organization, the operators would have great leeway with zoning restrictions under state and federal law.

Lobel offered a list of nine schools all within a mile of the site, saying some are

Attorney Sheldon Lobel compares a proposed Lubavitch school, synagogue and community center with public schools in the Cambria Heights area at a public hearing on Monday before Community PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Board 13’s Land Use Committee. as high as 51 feet, as opposed to the 46 his clients are seeking.

But numerous residents said the public schools he mentioned are open for public use and are anchors of the community.

Community Board 13 Chairman Bryan Block said they also are located in Community Board 12’s borders.

But the Rebbe’s followers have had an uneasy relationship with Cambria Heights residents since the first center opened 21 years ago. And Block drew another distinction that has been, at its heart, the strongest bone of contention among residents.

“Those other schools close,” Block said.

He and more than 20 speakers in the public session echoed the stories most residents have recounted of unceasing bus traffic and pollution; double-parking and parking in front of residents’ driveways; the sound of prayers and music from the existing center throughout the night, and longtime quality-of-life issues ranging from litter to public urination by visitors in their yards.

“I get all the phone calls,” Block said.

Several residents said the addition of dormitory space made it a hotel, with resident Lisa Copeland-Snype referring to it as an SRO, a reference to single-room occupancy establishments.

Lobel did not back down.

“You go to the [Board of Standards and Appeals] and tell them it isn’t a school,” he said.

Lobel and rabbis connected with the application said they understand the uneasi ness f rom the past, but said it has improved, with Chabad leadership trying to go to extra lengths to be good neighbors.

But residents were infuriated with the suggestion that their opposition was due to the Lubavitch community’s faith, or that they just “look different.”

“We h ave fait h t oo,” Cou ncil m a n Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) said. “But we have a right to protect our way of life.”

And resident after resident said there is little or no reason to trust assurances that things will improve.

Block was only the first to say that, in past years, promises were made to park coach buses on Springfield Boulevard, and to not have their engines idling, and that visitors would not impinge on residents.

The city’s Depar tment of Buildings turned down the initial application, leading to the request for variances. And Richard Hellenbrecht, co-chairman of CB 13’s Land Use Committee, which conducted Monday’s hearing, said the variances being sought are not small ones.

Regulations allow buildings of 25 feet in height; the applicants are asking 46 feet.

They also allow structures to cover 55 percent of the property while the applicants are asking for 74 percent coverage.

They also are looking to occupy 32,000 squ a re feet when just over 6,0 0 0 is allowed. They also are seeking far smaller front, rear and side setbacks from the property line.

The full membership of CB 13 meets again on Sept. 28, but Hellenbrecht expects that they will not address Monday’s hearing until their October meeting.

He also reminded residents that even should the full membership vote down the application unanimously, its opinion is merely considered advisory in nature by Q the BSA.

Two charged in alleged pirated music sales The owner of a Corona music store and his employee have been charged with what the office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown is calling a first in the borough — the selling of alleged pirated music on memory cards.

“In the past, illegally downloaded music was sold on compact discs, or CDs,” Brown said in a statement issued by his office on Friday afternoon. “Now songs are being distributed on even smaller devices — flash drives and memory cards.

“While some may ask ‘What’s the harm?’ the fact of the matter is, downloading music

DA: Song-stealing technology gets smaller without paying for it is a crime,” Brown said.

The DA said Evaristo Cruz, 43, of 48th Street in Sunnyside, owns Poblanos Record Corp. at 95-10 Roosevelt Ave. Guevara Rubi, 31, of 38th Avenue in Corona, works at the store.

Authorities said an investigator with the Recording Industry Association of America, working with the NYPD’s 110th Precinct, visited the store in July and again in September and purchased a memory card and then a

f lash drive containing a combined 1,100 songs. RIAA is the trade association for the recording industry.

On July 15 the investigator, working undercover, allegedly paid $30 for a memory card that had 609 songs, including ones by artists such as Cuban salsa singer Rey Ruiz, the band Grupo Niche, bachata musician Antony Santos and others.

According to the charges, the undercover investigator visited the store again on Sept. 2.

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Upon returning, he allegedly paid $40 for a drive containing 512 songs including a new Romeo Santos song featuring Queens-born rap singer Nicki Minaj.

Cruz and Rubi were charged with firstdegree failure to disclose the origin of a recording. Brown said Rubi faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

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Concerns over the Department of Transportation’s Select Bus Service plan for the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor remained one of the main talking points for the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association — with members and elected officials expressing their skepticism during the civic’s monthly meeting last Saturday.

“Something is going to happen,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a vocal opponent of the agency’s plan, said. “I don’t believe removing a lane of traffic is going to work.”

Addabbo, as he has in the past, expressed several concerns with the project as it stands. As he mentioned, a lane of traffic would be removed in both directions and be replaced with a designated bus lane. On Woodhaven Boulevard, the lanes will be alongside the median and will be in the rightmost lane, except for one for parking, once the road turns into Cross Bay. Commuters on Woodhaven will have to wait for the bus on the median, something Addabbo doesn’t think will work.

“Putting people in the median to wait for buses is not safe,” he said. “I have no faith the city is going to shovel that median when it snows.”

Addabbo had taken a private bus with DOT and MTA officials along much of the corridor, but WRBA President Martin Colberg said that trip should have been taken during rush hour on a bus filled with commuters. The trip took place at noon and ended at 2 p.m. on Aug. 25.

“We did make that point that it wasn’t

rush hour,” Addabbo said of the pseudoSBS tour.

Even if some changes are made to the plan, the senator added, it’s not going to be perfect for everyone.

“There’s going to be a pain. There’s going to be inconvenience. That’s just the way this is going to happen,” he said.

Colberg said he’d like to see City Hall’s top official come to South Queens to see how the SBS plan might affect the area.

“I invite the mayor to come into Woodhaven to see how this is going to affect us,” he said.

The SBS plan are not set in stone. Several aspects of it are being tweaked by the city and will be presented to the public later this year. Addabbo urged those present to make sure the city knows how they feel, whether for or against, about the final proposal.

“We have to be heard,” he said.

The most controversial part of the plan, for most Woodhaven residents, is the proposal to ban left turns onto Jamaica Avenue from the boulevard. Motorists will have to turn down residential streets to access the commercial corridor.

Addabbo feared this could congest the roads by residents’ homes and cause safety hazards near two public schools.

He also cited bus lanes in the GlendaleRego Park part of his district, that are only in effect during the morning and evening rush hours.

Addabbo said he’s heard minimal complaints about them, but Colberg said they have already proved troublesome.

“We’re already seeing a backlog of traffic,” the civic president told the senator. Q

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continued from page 2 and new data sources.”

He said the organization’s evaluation of service does not represent the customer perspective.

In an email to the Chronicle, Ortiz said the MTA is baffled by the “chances of getting a seat” figure.

“The report states that riders have the best chance of getting a seat during rush hour on the F (67%) followed by the 7 (59%) and only a 31% chance of getting a seat on an R train,” he wrote. “Our numbers show that the F is operating at about 90% capacity and the R is

about 75%. Also, on the 7 line, we are operating about 90% on the 7 local and about 100% capacity on the 7 express.“ Ortiz also said it is only natural, for example, that the 6 and 7 have the most scheduled service “because they are two of our busiest lines. The B sees less service because it carries less than half of the customers the 6 does on a given day.”

In order to determine overall line performance, New York City Transit established a system that utilizes multiple indicators to come up with a balanced score.

“We feel our vast array of performance

measures are more indicative of the performance and quality of the subway lines and are based on extensive use of customer surveys,” he wrote.

Larry Penner, a transportation historian who also worked in the field for more than 30 years, said he generally likes the report, but, like the MTA, had difficulties with some of its methodology.

He pointed out that the MTA runs the largest system in the nation and the oldest.

“If you have newer cars on a line, the air conditioning won’t be out and they’ll break down less often,” Penner said. “It’s also the only one that runs 24 hours a day.”

While the Straphangers expressly stated that the ratings were not based on economic

matters, Penner believes overall that the subway still is a good value.

“You have a base fare of $2.75,” the Great Neck, LI resident said. “In other cities you are charged based on distance traveled.”

Ortiz said that some of the Straphangers’ data is out of date due to improvements the MTA has seen internally regarding a reduction of breakdowns.

Penner also said some breakdown and maintenance issues are affected by facts of history before the city consolidated the old IND, BMT and IRT lines.

“Some of the trains may be getting serviced at rail yards that are 50 years old,” he said. “Some may be at one that’s 100 years Q old. It can make a difference.”

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Maple’s sister, Anna Marie Schadt, shared personal stories of the NYPD legend who always put others interests before his own.

“Jack will always have a permanent place in my heart. But now, thanks to the good people here today, he will always have a place on the block of our childhood home, here in Richmond Hill,” Schadt said. “I am eternally grateful. Thank you.”

Schadt, at times holding back tears, shared the more personal stories of Maple.

She remembered how he worked odd jobs at the corner deli.

“His first job was quality control of the pickle barrel,” she said.

Maple wanted to give half of his earnings to his parents to help pay for costs around the house.

“That was Jack’s way,” Schadt said.

Maple never lost his generous nature.

Later in life, working at a nearby club, he was tipped $20 by President Nixon.

Rather than hold onto the bill as a memento from his “brush with fame,” Schadt said he took his siblings out for candy.

“That was Jack’s way,” she repeated.

Maple’s passion for crime fighting was evident from the very beginning, his sister said. He was profiled in the newspapers and on TV and encouraged his Richmond Hill neighbors to join the force.

“Jack had a gift for policing that was undeniable and unstoppable,” she said.

Ulrich thanked Schadt and the rest of Maple’s family for “sharing” him with the rest of the city.

“All those hours he spent working with the Police Department and working in Times Square he spent away from his family,” Ulrich said.

Also present were Maple’s wife, Brigid, and former Mayor David Dinkins, both of whom did not speak publicly. Q

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Anti-‘prison’ group bashes Ruben Wills ‘Unfair’ to say councilman is a champion on Close to Home issue

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A group of South Ozone Park residents opposed to the opening of a juvenile detention center in the community claimed Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) should not be viewed as a leader on the issue and stated the blocking of the facility’s opening is the results of a grassroots effort.

“Recent articles have portrayed Councilman Ruben Wills as a leader on this issue. This clearly is not the case in fact, Councilman Ruben Wills is not spearheading this issue; this issue is a community led grassroots movement and it is largely through our efforts that we have been successful thus far in stalling to opening of this prison,” the Committee to Stop the Prison South Ozone Park said in a Friday email to the Queens Chronicle. The email was signed by Chiedu Uzoigwe.

The committee is composed of South Ozone Park residents who have hosted weekly rallies outside the proposed detention center, located at 133-23 127 St., which they and others in the area refer to as a “prison.”

The committee, in recent weeks, has blasted community leaders for what they call inaction on the issue of stopping the opening of the Close to Home program — a statewide initiative to house offenders under 18 in residential areas rather than in facilities upstate — in

The Committee to Stop the Prison South Ozone Park claims Councilman Ruben Wills, with mic, does not deserve credit for efforts to stop the opening of a juvenile detention center. FILE PHOTO South Ozone Park.

Last Tuesday, the committee criticized South Ozone Park Civic Association West President Anthony Gellineau for saying some people cannot make it out to the committee’s rallies either due to old age or prior obligations.

In its email, the committee again blasted Gellineau, saying his supposed discouragement is “dishonorable and despicable.”

The group next addressed their issue with Wills being called a “champion” in working to stop the opening of the center.

“It is unfair to the residents of South Ozone Park that Councilman Wills is viewed as a champion of any sort on this issue,” it states.

“Every accomplishment that has been made came directly from the advocacy of the committee members, the community and the vast

number of local businesses throughout South Ozone Park.”

Wills has showed up to previous civic meetings and has worked with his staff to have a lawsuit filed to stop the offenders from moving into the area. Wills is not listed as a plaintiff in the suit.

The litigants are three residents and the civic.

A spokesperson for Wills, in an email, said in response to the committee’s criticism “It’s unfortunate that some of the Committee to Stop the Prison’s members have expressed these sentiments, especially considering nothing of the sort was said to the Councilman on the day the civil action against Sheltering Arms was filed, during any of the weekly rallies he participated in, on the day he railed against Sheltering Arms for the assault of a Committee member by its subcontractor’s employee, or on the day he announced sex offenders would be relocated from the Skyway Men’s Shelter. The fact that the Administration for Children’s Services’ juvenile prison has yet to open, despite having been slated to launch last spring, reflects the extent to which this office, in partnership with the Committee, CB 10, and South Ozone Park Civic Association West; has influenced the present course of events. In circumstances like these, we believe the most favorable outcomes are achieved when all parties acting in common Q cause present a united front.”

Bills seek to tackle synthetic marijuana Ruben Wills, other Council members introduce legislation to curb sales

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The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Monday heard three bills proposed by Council members, including one by Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), to help put an end to what the panel chairwoman called “the eruption of synthetic marijuana.”

“The emergence of K2 and other similar drugs is a rising threat to the public health and public safety of all our communities,” Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson (D-Bronx), chairwoman of the Public Safety committee, said at the hearing, using the street name for synthetic marijuana.

The synthetic drug has been around for years but only in recent months has been brought into the spotlight.

According to drugabuse.gov, the drug contains “dried, shredded plant material and chemical additives that are responsible for their p s ych o a c t ive (m i n d - a lt e r i n g) effects” similar to those of marijuana. Sold under the name K2, and sometimes referred to as Spice, it is legal and is often sold in deceptive packaging in bodegas and delis.

The drug, however, is said to be much more dangerous than real marijuana and some have reported increased heart rate, hypertension, seizure, loss of consciousness and acute renal failure and some have died from using it.

The state Department of Health banned the sale of the drug in 2012, but many want to see legislation enacted on the matter as well.

During Monday’s hearings, several city agencies updated Council members on what is being done to curb the sale of the drug.

Robert Messner, the NYPD’s assistant commissioner for the Civil Enforcement Unit, said the department is developing a training curriculum to get the drug off the streets.

The training, he added, would be created in a way that would allow cops to fight the problem of synthetic drugs that might pop up in the future.

There is no reason to believe this will be the last synthetic drug,” Messner said, responding to a question from Wills on the matter. “You don’t want to set your enforcement parameters to address only the existing conditions and then when

those conditions change you have no enforcement.

Wills said his district has been battling with the epidemic of K2 for years.

“We’ve been dealing with this in communities in Southeast Queens since 2012,” he said.

Officials from the departments of Health and Homeless Services said they, too, are developing training to make sure K2 stays off the streets.

Wills has introduced legislation that would prohibit the “manufacture, sale, offer for sale, display for sale, knowing distribution for sale, or possession with intent to sell” synthetic drugs.

If Wills’ legislation is passed and signed by Mayor de Blasio, two bills introduced by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx) and Councilman Daniel Garodnick (D-Manhattan) would impose further penalties on those who violate the synthetic drug ban.

Mark-Viverito’s bill would “mandate the suspension of a cigarette dealer license” for any dealer found breaking the ban and “revoke the license of second offenders.”

Garodnick’s would “allow a

Councilman Ruben Wills holds a sample of K2 at a 2012 press conFILE PHOTO ference on the issue. court, under the Nuisance Abatement Law, to issue restraining and closing orders against premises that repeatedly violate the proposed synthetic drug prohibition.”

But some Council members, i nclud i ng Ma rk-Viver ito, said there’s a simpler solution to the problem: Legalize the real thing.

“Some people smoke K2 to avoid a positive drug test for marijuana, a much safer dr ug,” Councilman Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), chairman of the Council’s Committee on Health, said at the hearing.

“This is another reason that we should be taxing and regulating marijuana rather than criminalizing it and driving people to alternatives like K2.”

Synthetic marijuana does not show up in all drug tests. Some jobs have random drug tests and either penalize or suspend employees who test positive for marijuana.

The administration said on Monday they are against legalizing marijuana.

“We still think there are adverse consequences for drug use,” Elizabeth Glaser, director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, told Council members at the hearing.

“Decriminalizing marijuana entirely, the sale, the possession with intent to sell, is not something the Q administration supports.”

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Goldfeder, civic president call for restroom to be put in playground

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

People going number one in places where they shouldn’t was the No. 1 concer n Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) when he hosted mobile office hours in Centreville last month.

As a result of the complaints, he is calling on the city Parks Department to establish a restroom at Centreville Playground, located on Albert Road between 96th Street and Centerville Street. Placing a restroom there, he said, would stop public urination by the playground, a problem his constituents brought to his attention.

“The number one concern I received from families during my mobile office in Ozone Park was the lack of bathrooms at Centreville Playground. This situation has encouraged public urination and prevented families from having the clean, accessible facilities they deserve,” Goldfeder said in a statement sent out on Monday. “By making bathroom facilities available at Centreville, we can make for a better experience for everyone that comes to enjoy this great space.”

In a Sept. 21 letter to Dorothy Lewandowski, borough commissioner for city Parks, Goldfeder said placing a restroom, or comfort station as it is sometimes referred

Centreville Playground in Ozone Park is in desperate need of a restroom, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder said on Monday. The official says the lack of one has led to public urination, the number PHOTO COURTESY NYC one concern his constituents in the area had last month. to, would provide relief to “parents with young children, and senior citizens that frequent this popular neighborhood park.”

In a statement provided by Goldfeder’s Office, Ozone Park Civic Association President Howard Kamph said, “Centreville Playground should have had bathrooms installed years ago. Putting in facilities would be a

great benefit for the neighborhood and everyone that uses the park.” Kamph’s association covers the Centreville section of Ozone Park.

Goldfeder, in both his letter to Lewandowski and the statement, states he intends to bring the need for a bathroom in Centreville to the Parks Department at a meeting with the agency at Borough Hall next month.

He added he is willing to seek state funds to help pay for the construction and installation of the facilities.

“Centreville Playground is a true gem in the Ozone Park community. It’s only fair that the park have the bathroom facilities to match the fantastic amenities it has,” Goldfeder said.

In an emailed statement, Parks Department spokeswoman Meghan Lalor said on Tuesday, “We look forward to discussing this project further with the Assembly Member and the Borough President at our upcoming meeting, and welcome the Assembly Members’ support in identifying funding for the proposed construction.”

Goldfeder and Kamph are not the only ones seeking a restroom for their park.

On Sept. 15, the South Ozone Park Civic Association West unanimously voted in support of asking the Parks Department for a comfort station at Police Officer Edward Byrne Park at North Conduit Avenue and 135th Avenue between 130th Place and 134th Street, the park where the 106th Precinct Community Council hosts its annual Night Out Against Crime event. Responding to questions from the public, Civic President Anthony Gellineau said the comfort station would be closed when the park is no longer Q open to the public.

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Queens welcomes 75 new U.S. citizens People from 28 countries take their oaths and join ‘the World’s Borough’

by Victoria Zunitch Chronicle Conbtributor

The 75 people who gathered at Rufus King Manor in Jamaica on Aug. 17 came from 28 different countries.

But they were all at the former home of one of the framers of the Constitution to formally become citizens of the United States.

Their reactions ranged from the dramatic to the dispassionate, from a woman who wept quietly and continuously after receiving her certificate until the end of the ceremony to Tish Clarke, who moved to the United States from Jamaica 28 years ago at the age of 13 and said she pursued citizenship at the urging of her mother.

Waginah Carr of Indonesia said her husband became ill after she arrived in the country and has since died, but that didn’t delay her quest. She took the skills gained in caring for him and became an elder caregiver.

“It’s a miracle for me to become a U.S. citizen,” Carr said.

All of the speakers urged the new citizens to maintain their native religious, language, cultural and culinary traditions while taking on a new one: active participation in American civic and political life.

“My grandparents made the journey you made. Two generations later — just two — their grandson is privileged now to welcome you to citizenship,” said U.S. District Court

Some of the 75 brand-new Americans after taking their oath of citizenship at the Jamaica home PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH of Rufus King, one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Judge Eric Vitiliano of the Eastern District of New York, who administered the oath.

Vitiliano presided over the ceremony with Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Queens Field Office Director Bryan Christian of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, City Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and King Manor muse-

um caretaker Roy Fox. Vitiliano said America has a love-hate relationship with immigrants that presents challenges, especially for those who only speak their native tongue. But he encouraged them to show the same perseverance his grandparents did after arriving in America.

Katz noted that 46 percent of Queens resi-

dents were born outside of the United States in 120 countries and speak 130 different languages and share not a common culture but a common form of government.

She said the future of the country and the borough depend on their active participation in community boards or parent associations or as future City Council members.

“Only you can do it — that’s it,” Katz said.

“You’re it. Get a registration form, and vote.”

Lancman said the first citizenship ceremony he attended was that of his wife, Morgan, who immigrated from Iran after its revolution and was last year elected a Civil Court judge.

“It shows you can be anything you want to be,” Lancman said.

Fox urged the new citizens to emulate King, one of the signers of the Constitution, who fought to outlaw slavery although it was dangerous to do so at the time and he knew he would lose.

“Win, lose or draw, to do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do,” Fox said.

For Trudy Schwarz, a fan of the museum, attending the ceremony called to mind her own, less elaborate swearing-in at age 27 in 1951.

“It was just me,” Schwarz said. She had spent World War II in England and wouldn’t have minded staying there, but her parents were living in America and were adamant Q about their two daughters joining them.

Education scores at issue in 29th AD GOP’s Murray raps Hyndman’s term at CEC 29; Dem says check facts

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Republican Scherie Murray is attacking Democrat Alicia Hyndman on what is supposed to be4 Hyndman’s home turf in the special election for the 29th Assembly District — education.

Hyndman, former president of Community Education Council 29 and employed as an occupational school supervisor for the state’s Department of Education, came under fire from Murray for student performance in School District 29 based on a report from the city’s DOE in August.

At issue were the proficiency rates in English and math for students in grades 3 through 8 In English, proficiency rates in District 29 ranged from 30.3 percent among fourthgraders, to as low as 17 percent in grade 7.

In math, grades 4 (34.2 percent), 5 (33.5 percent) and 3 (31.4 percent) all were above city average, but grade 6 came in at 16.2 percent proficiency.

The English proficiency rate for the district averaged out to 23.5 percent, which Murray said is below the citywide average of 28.4 percent.

The math average of 25.5 was considerably below the city average of 34.2 percent.

Murray attempted to link Hyndman to

what she said are Mayor de Blasio’s failed policies.

“My opponent has been at the helm of [CEC] 29 for the past four years in addition to being an employee with the Department of Education and should be held accountable in part for the poor proficiency rates,” Murray said in a statement issued by her campaign last week. “[She] is part of the status quo that has kept our children trapped in failing schools,” Murray said in a statement issued by her campaign last week.

She accused Hyndman and the mayor of “ kow t ow i ng ” t o u n ion s a nd s cho ol administrators.

Hyndman, in an interview with the Chronicle on Monday, reiterated that she is employed by the state, and that her profession deals with secondar y and adult education.

She also said Murray needs some instruction herself on just what the CEC can and cannot do.

“The CEC is a volunteer parent organization that has been given three responsibilities,” Hyndman said. “One, we evaluate school superintendents. Two, we comment on the [city Department of Education’s] capital plan.”

The third function, Hyndman said, is voting on zoning lines that set geographic

The first exchange in this year’s special election in the 29th Assembly District was over education, with Republican Scherie Murray, left, attacking Democrat Alicia Hyndman’s record at Community Education Council 29. Hyndman said the CEC’s mission and limitations are somewhat more FILE PHOTO / COURTESY PHOTO complicated than her opponent states. boundaries for the feeder zones in district neighborhood schools.

Hyndman also challenged the assertion that she or any parent would willingly promote a failing school system.

“I’m a parent who sends my child to a school in this district,” she said. “I would love for progress to happen overnight. But

some changes take time.”

And while state legislators are permitted to have outside income, Hyndman back in the spring told the Chronicle that she will resign from her job with the state if elected, citing a conflict of interest that would come up any time she had to vote on any kind of Q education appropriation bills.

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Saleh is the latest in a string of terror suspects from Queens who have been arrested in recent years either for allegedly wanting to support jihadists in the Middle East or for plotting or attempting to carry out attacks in New York City.

“By his own words, Ali Saleh was willing to pledge allegiance to, and die for ISIL, an organization that has called for terrorist attacks against the United States,” Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in the government’s press release. “Saleh’s attempts to travel to Syria and ISIL’s battlefields were halted by good intelligence and smart law enforcement. I commend the agents and detectives of the Joint Terrorism Task Force as well as the dedicated prosecutors at the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.”

Saleh’s Twitter posts, made under several accounts the government says were his, are no longer visible, but at least some tweets sent to him are. Many appear to have been parts of conversations he had with people about the Islamic State and the Muslim religion.

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“I’m ready to die for the Caliphate, prison is nothing,” said a Twitter post he allegedly retweeted.

In another, he allegedly retweeted several “promises of Allah of things to come: Defeat of occupying Jews”; “Conquest of Rome”; “Conquest of the White House”; “Domination of the world by Islam.”

But if the government headed by that White House has its way, he’ll eventually find out just what prison is like.

Former Jamaica resident Ali Saleh, 22, was arrested last Thursday and charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization, the Islamic State, also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL. Saleh was determined to travel to the Middle East and join the Islamic State, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, which is prosecuting the case.

A few days after his post about the Caliphate and prison, Saleh made a reservation on a flight from Kennedy Airport to Istanbul, the government’s announcement of his arrest and the criminal complaint against him say. He “was unable to travel at that time,” the federal press release says, without elaboration.

Then in July 2015, he allegedly reserved a seat on a flight from JFK to Cairo, and contacted a member of ISIS over Twitter. Airline personnel kept him from boarding.

Over the next two days, Saleh allegedly visited Newark and Philadelphia International airports, but again was denied boarding, the government said. He also was interviewed several times by federal agents.

He then allegedly tried to take a train from Cleveland to Toronto so he could go to the Middle East from there. Investigators told him he would not be allowed into Canada, so he changed his ticket to one that would take him to New York City, the criminal complaint says.

He allegedly told investigators that if he had not been arrested, he would have continued trying to get to the Mideast.

“Saleh was relentless in his attempts to travel to the Middle East to join a terrorist organization,” Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Kelly Currie said in the arrest announcement. “We will continue to track down and prosecute individuals like Saleh before they are able to harm the United States and its allies.”

While Saleh told investigators he was from Jamaica, he also lived in Indiana, and it was not completely clear from the federal documents where he was residing when he was arrested. But a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said he was no longer in Jamaica.

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After 6 months on the road, he’s back Hillcrest man returns home after cross-country walk for charity

by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

Scott Star dunked himself in the Pacific Ocean to conclude his roughly 2,800-mile Walk Across America. He departed from Lewes, Del. on Feb 28, and reached the Santa Monica Pier outside Los Angeles on Aug. 18.

“I’m normally not a fan of cold water, but this was a special occasion,” Star said. Some representatives from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America greeted him, as Star raised $12,276 to help people — including himself and his sister — who suffer from bowel-related ailments.

Star said that he was surprised to learn that strangers can be really generous.

“When I told people I was raising money, they reached into their pockets and gave me cash for donations,” Star explained.

Strolling at 3 miles per hour was a nice way to see the country, but he said that he would feel disappointed when he would see a sign for a cool attraction three miles away and have to skip it to stay on pace. Star typically walked about 17 miles per day; one day he walked about 32 miles because a freight train blocked his way.

“I only saw stuff on my path, but there were really nice views,” Star said. “I took it in going so slowly.

“Oftentimes on the road, I would think about why people don’t walk from one town to another. I felt so bad for people who can’t drive or afford a car. They can’t escape their town,” Star said.

His experiences in the vehicle-dependent expanses were sometimes quite alarming. Star felt unsafe on roads without shoulders, and although he was wearing a reflective vest, he had to focus on the cars to make sure the drivers saw him.

“I got less nervous as the trip went on, but early on I had nightmares about roads with no shoulders.”

Early on — in fact for the first half or so of the trip — he also had a partner, Matthias Klima, but the two split up in Oklahoma City, each wanting to walk alone. Klima is a German who wanted to do more exploring before his visa expired, Star said.

Many motorists offered Star rides, but he politely declined. The only time he was in a vehicle was when his phone stopped working. He asked his host for a lift to the Apple store in Tulsa, Okla., but instead she gave him her car keys and trusted him to borrow her car.

Star made several friends, include hosts. Sometimes he arranged his accommodations via Couchsurfing websites, while sometimes he knocked on doors and asked people to camp in their yards.

When he reached Laguna, NM, Star did not have a place to stay, but the first people he asked let him camp in their

Scott Star raised more than $12,000 for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation by walking from sea to shining sea, making about COURTESY PHOTO half the trip alone. yard. As he pitched his tent, the large multigenerational Native American family brought out chairs and chatted for the evening. This family knew a family in the following town and that family knew someone in the town after. Star had places to sleep for four subsequent nights thanks to this chain of events.

Star was also struck by the number of people he met who don’t have a permanent home and choose to live on the road.

“You learn how little you can live off of when you only have what you can carry or push,” Star said. “Once you’re used to it, it’s not too bad living in a tent.”

He mainly missed his dog, Nugget, his family and friends.

At the same time, Star observed that many people in the

interior of the country live in shack-like houses or RV parks and single-wide trailers: the long, narrow mobile homes that don’t have a lot of space.

Flagstaff, Ariz. was Star’s favorite city. In addition to its superior walkability, it is the only city in Arizona that has never reached 100 degrees. Star took a day off from walking on the mid-July day he spent there, as his host family included him in their weekend plans and showed him around.

Star was not familiar with the Eagles’ song “Take it Easy,” but some residents gathered around him for a photo “standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.”

However, the most shaking part of the journey was crossing the California desert. “It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Star said.

“I had to wake up at 3:30 a.m. to beat the heat,” Star recounted. “I set up my tent by 11 a.m. and waited it out until I went to sleep at 7 p.m. It was really hot in the tent and my deodorant melted by the end of the day every day.”

While dripping with sweat in his hot tent, Star used a Kindle to read Mindy Kaling’s best selling memoir, “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).”

Star said that he stored just enough water in his cart, but he felt dehydrated throughout the eight-day ordeal because it was hard to tell if the hot, sometimes near-boiling water was actually quenching his thirst. He said that he was fortunate to reach a gas station on the third day and receive cold drinks from friendly people driving by.

Overall, Star said, “I became more patient in some ways. But at times, I got really angry at inanimate objects, especially my cart when it got stuck or a town, for not having shoulders along the road in places that should’ve.

When it feels like you’re in control of everything, like when I was setting up my tent on the side of the road, there wasn’t much that could go wrong, so if something did, it was either my fault or the objects’ so I blamed the object.”

Upon completing his epic journey, his family met him on the West Coast, and they road tripped back on a northern route.

Now that he’s home, Star is applying to graduate school for accounting and contemplating a book idea, unrelated to his walk. While he is in good health overall, Star says that some of his toes are numb and he hopes the feeling will return.

Star’s Walk Across America was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for him and he does not aspire to traverse additional countries, continents or trails. He said he would recommend a similar endeavor, but urges anyone planning on it to take precautions, learn from others’ mistakes and read blogs.

“America is big and there’s a lot of nothingness,” was Q Star’s main takeaway from his trek.

Ron Kim and the long arm of the law(maker)

by Michael Gannon Editor

Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) had a taste of enforcing the laws that he and his colleagues in Albany are usually more in a position to be crafting.

Kim is being credited with taking down a man suspected to trying to rob a woman in broad daylight on Main Street.

The assemblyman told the Chronicle that he and some of his staff were returning to the office at about 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 when they saw a man running full speed along the crowded sidewalk.

Assemblyman stops theft suspect “Then there was another man chasing him,” Kim said. “We didn’t know what was going on. There was a crowd of people gathering, pointing and looking.”

As things were unfolding, Kim learned that a woman with an infant allegedly had been the victim of an attempted robbery.

“She was frantic,” Kim said. “I tried to talk to her. I have a wife and a 9-month-old daughter. This could have been them. I wanted to make sure she was all right.”

Others were still chasing the suspect, who evidently ducked into one of the myriad stores and shops along Main Street.

They were still searching when someone came out of a building and asked if they were looking for someone.

“We said ‘Yes.’ He said the man was in the store next door.” Shortly thereafter the man came out, with Kim and a few others gathering around.

He said he did not know if the man had any

type of weapon (he did not), but decided to take no chances, particularly with the woman and her child almost directly behind him.

“When he made his first move, I took him down to the sidewalk,” Kim said.

The former football player said the man appeared to be homeless, and didn’t offer much resistance. His office is now tracking the progress of the case to see if there are special needs the man might have aside from possible criminal charges.

“I’d like to know if he needs help, and just how he came to be on Main Street at Q 12:30 in the afternoon,” he said.

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Gatherings are magic at The Geekery HQ New Astoria spot looks to be not just a store but center of gaming culture

by Laura A. Shepard Chronicle Contributor

If you’re looking for a place to throw down Mishra’s Workshop or defeat a Plutonium Dragon in a game of Munchkin, welcome to “The Geekery HQ,” a new game store in Astoria.

Elmhurst residents Wendy Chua, 28 and Syrus Gabales, 29, were all too aware of Queens’ lack of places to play and decided to remedy that. The couple met in college in the Philippines and emigrated together in 2007.

Chua left her job as an import production coordinator and technical designer for a footwear wholesale company to run The Geekery full time, while Gabales still works in corporate accounting for a women’s apparel company.

Gabales was introduced to War Hammer, an intensely competitive game played with miniature figurines. Initially, he played in Manhattan with some friends, but when the spot moved to Brooklyn, traveling for his hobby became inconvenient.

While Queens does boast numerous card shops and comic book stores, stuffed to the gills with merchandise, there are few if any places to hang out and play.

Chua wanted to open the store in Astoria because the community embraces its local businesses. “People here get together and know their neighbors,” she said. “Our mission is to build a gaming community and strengthen it. We want to give Queens gamers a place to call home.”

Saying it’s not just a store, The Geekery’s website declares, “We are a destination hub for all things geek culture and we organize and host many gaming events to foster and build a gaming community here in the borough we call home.”

Finding the perfect spot was the biggest challenge, but Chua and Gabales are thrilled with their location at 42-11 Broadway, accessible via the Steinway Street subway stop but slightly off the bustling shopping corridor.

The couple renovated the store and decorated it to make it feel homey, like a large living room, a convenient solution for New Yorkers with small apartments.

Chua noted that cleanliness is a top priority. The shelves in the front are stocked with an assortment of games, including Apples to Apples, a family-friendly game, and the adult party favorite Cards Against Humanity. Miniature crafters can choose from an array of X-Wing fighters and Armada ships. The main attractions, however, are the tables in the back, where Chua and Gabales plan to host demonstrations and groups can play.

“Millennials prefer experiences vs. stuff,” Syrus said.

“Coming here is a social event.”

The Geekery HQ owners Wendy Chua and Syrus Gabales help a PHOTOS BY LAURA A. SHEPARD customer at the Astoria store.

Chua and Gabales hope to host tour naments and events, possibly even afterschool activities for children, birthday parties and anything the community would like.

Next spring, they also want to utilize the Geekery’s backyard space for laid-back games like corn hole and shuffleboard.

Chua said she prefers board games to those that require a huge time investment, like Magic the Gathering, something many women have in common.

“We are really looking into getting women gamers in,” she said. “Hopefully one day, we’ll even out the gender disparity. We’re planning to host more demos, which might appeal to more women.”

Chua named the place “The Geekery” because it encompasses a wide range of games and the paraphernalia they wish to stock, such as an R2D2 desk vacuum.

The store will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

“We’re just placeholders,” Gabales explained. “This is the community’s place and we run it for them.”

Community support has been fantastic so far, according to Chua and Gabales. A test event on Labor Day mentioned on social media attracted 40 people for a Magic the Gathering tournament, packing the tables and nearly overwhelming the air conditioning. Someone joked, “It’s time to expand,” which Chua laughed is the

best problem to have.

The store soft-opened on Sept. 12, to heavy traffic and groups of game enthusiasts who made themselves at home right away. A Magic the Gathering draft was in full swing, as was a game of Dungeons & Dragons. The official hard opening, a grand party with prizes and giveaways, will be during the first week of October.

“It’s really nice to have this store nearby,” Astoria resident Victor Payano said, while shuffling cards he’d just purchased for the Magic draft. “Brooklyn is way too far.”

Chad Horton, a Magic player since 1997, said that one of the challenges to playing the game has always been finding a place that has people to play with. A lack thereof is one of the main reasons people quit. The game’s appeal is that it’s a social experience and very strategic, Horton explained.

Hakeem Hyman stumbled upon The Geekery HQ while strolling around his neighborhood last week. He popped in and asked if he could bring some friends over to play Dungeons & Dragons. Hyman said he enjoys the game because it’s creative. “To create a story, you need to be pretty creative,” he elaborated.

Hyman and his friends said that it’s the only gaming store in the area where you can sit and play. “I’m just waiting for the Vanguard,” he laughed, referring to the Saga of Heroes game. Everyone at the table chimed in and joked that they want first-edition Charizard PokeQ mon cards, the dream of almost every ’90’s kid.

Chad Horton prepares to throw down at a card game hosted at The Geekery.

Man allegedly did illegal medical work

by Hannah Douglas Associate Editor

A Queens man, charged with allegedly impersonating a medical doctor and establishing an u nlicensed medical practice in Corona, has been arrested.

The man was identified as Gabriel Estrada, 59, a Colombian national, who allegedly maintained an unlawful medical practice at 102-15A Northern Blvd., according the criminal charges. Estrada allegedly performed medical procedures and wrote patients “drug prescriptions” to patients on Post-it notes.

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by New York State to practice medicine, is accused of preying upon unsuspecting individuals to selfishly enrich himself,” Q ue en s D ist r ict At t or ney R ich a rd Brown said in a statement last Wednesday. “His alleged conduct jeopardized the safety of patients by allowing an unlicensed individual to treat them, i nclu d i ng i nje c t i ng t he m w it h a n unknown substance.”

The investigation is ongoing. Allegations state that Estrada graduated in

1991 f rom a school he at tended in Colombia. He tried to get a license in the United States in 1999 and 2000, but was unable to pass, and yet still was treating 20 to 30 people a week since that time.

Estrada allegedly gave an undercover officer an exam, and when the officer refused a shot, he wrote a “prescription” on a Post-it note and told the officer to take the note to a nearby pharmacy.

Estrada faces up to nine years in prison if convicted. He was ordered held on

a $15,000 bond or $7,500 cash bail and to give up his Colombian passport.

“As alleged, Gabriel Estrada practiced medicine without a license and as a result jeopardized the health of those seeking his assistance while profiting from his unlawful activities,” New York Cit y Police Com m issioner William Bratton said in a statement.

Brown requested that others treated

by Estrada can contact the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau at (718) 2866519. Non-English speakers can call the District Attorney’s Office of Immigrant Q Affairs at (718) 286-6690.

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Poseidon’s Parade of mermaids End of summer events at Rockaway Beach

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Woodhaven BID remembers our heroes

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

PHOTOS BY JAN SCHULMAN

Veteran Coney Island mermaids, Rebecca Brouder, left, and her sister, Casey Brouder, the organizer and creative director of Poseidon’s Parade, celebrate last Saturday nig ht w it h Andre Fenner, of the Parks Department. For more information about the event go to poseidonsparade. com. Af ter the parade the band played on at Beach 97th Street on the boardwalk.

The weather is somewhat cooler, but it is still sunny and temperate.

This is the type of weather that you just want to lock up in a vault and keep through the fall and winter until summer returns.

Updates: When will they seize the partially collapsed building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. under eminent domain? If we do this, we can demolish it and build housing for senior citizens in its place. The owner is a truly uncaring individual with no regard to the safety of our residents.

Tear it down!

The month of September is a very unpredictable month. Sometimes it’s very warm or sometimes it’s brisk and very sunny. This was the type of day we had on Sept. 11, 2001. Every year, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation at our September meetings memorialize this sad day with a “September 11, 2001 Evening of Remembrance.” This year, our 14th annual ceremony will be held on Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Academy Café, located at 87-40 88 St. (one block south of Jamaica Avenue at 88th Street on the right side of 88th Avenue).

All are welcome, refreshments will be served.

Last week in my column, I wrote the statement that I made at the Prayer Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle in 2002.

Only excerpts were printed last week, here it

is in its entirety: “Thank you Father Hoppe for once again bringing us all here this Evening, as you did last year, so that we may together reflect and pray. Since that time, the sadness of September 11, 2001 has been constant, as we in Woodhaven cope with the life stories of all those Heroes lost and their families that are suffering from their loss. The dirge of bagpipes and the flow of tears have been with us every day, and we grieve. We grieve for all of the innocent men, women and children that were so brutally taken from us that fateful day. We grieve for our Majestic Twin Towers, forever taken from our skyline. These innocents were taken because they were Americans, and our Towers for they were symbols of America. Our eyes may be filled with tears, but our vision is clear. Our America is at War and we view the enemy, terrorism, through eyes of strength and with resolve. The men and women of our Armed Forces are fighting this War, against Terrorism with Bravery, not as our Enemy, who act in cowardice. Our Woodhaven supports these our good defenders, in this War against these hateful Evildoers. And because of our good, we will be victorious against this evil. In this time of War, may our Leaders, our Country and our little Woodhaven be protected. May we be resolute in stating never Forget, never Again. May God bless our Leaders, may God bless our armed forces, may God bless us all and most of Q all may God Bless our America.”

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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE & LIVING IVING

Masked Music

Performance, years in the making, pulls together art, music and dance dons a fighter’s uniform and waves a fan. In other, called “The Aristocrat,” the king wears a cloak tied with a velvety sash.

“The king is very specific,” he said. “So, when I paint, I’ve got to be sure I paint to the paint of the king.”

The paintings inspired composer Paul Joseph, who developed a strong friendship with Valdes.

The two met at an art show in 1994, when Joseph’s girlfriend, a visual artist, was in the same show as Valdes. Joseph was responsible for transporting their paintings.

“The whole trip there and the whole trip back, he was telling me about ‘The King of the Mask,’” Joseph said.

After a visit to Valdes’ home, and after learning the stories of Valdes’ childhood, he was captivated by the paintings.

“It was fascinating,” Joseph said. “It was a philosophy of art and life. It was a philosophy of expression.”

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by Hannah Douglas At a very young age, Roman Valdes developed a fear of death.

Valdes, a Cuban artist whose work has inspired the musical collaboration “The King of the Mask,” said he remembers being 5 years old, running into his mother’s room telling her that he didn’t want to die.

Then the boy’s imagination took hold. Enter The King of the Mask, a fantasy immortal being that in time would become a whole kingdom. Valdes would later envision a multitude of myths in the kingdom and act them out as a child.

“The next day, somehow I came up with this fantasy of the king … the king was born,” Valdes said.

Then, as a teenager, he began to paint. He created large paintings, which were images of the king. To date, the artist said he has produced about 300 paintings of the king.

In one of the paintings called “The Bullfighter,” the king

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let (6-12 years), 1-1:30 p.m. 10-month program, begins Wed., Sept. 30. Contact: Dale Stark (718) 268-5011 ext. 501, cgy.org.

“Abreaction 3: Muscle Memory in the Consumption of Food,” video, multimedia and performance works explore food and the behavior of eating. Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 25, 6-10 p.m.

Closing reception and artist talk: Sat., Sept. 26, 2-7 p.m. Flux Factory, 39-31 29 St., Long Island City.

Info: fluxfactory.org.

Amazing Maize Maze, interactive cornfield adventure, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, every Sat. & Sun. thru Oct. 26, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 kids (4-11), under 3, free. Contact: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Tween & Teen Yoga, Sat., Oct. 3 & 17, 10:30-11:30 a.m., $16, for 9- to 15-year-olds, pre-registration required. Animal Care Trainee, Sat., Oct. 10, 10 a.m-noon. $23 for 8- to 12-year-olds, pre-registration required. Hands-on experience in learning about all the needs of APEC’s animals. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

“Conceived Without Sin,” wherein artists have transformed the space into a modern day sanctuary, governed by communication laws and open thought.

Thru Oct. 23. Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

Watercolors by Christine Yost, until Nov. 24. Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Suggested $2 donation. Info: Deborah Silverfine (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

“Robert Seydel: The Eye in Matter,” a hybrid of the visual and literary. Thru Sept. 27. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free with admission. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

“In the Land of the Shahs,” documenting their rich history, until Dec. 14. Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Info: (718) 281-5770.

“October Waves,” a photographic exhibition of Rockaway Beach seascapes. NY Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Thru Oct. 31. Info: (718) 6990005, sandragottlieb.com, nysci.org.

“Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Thurs.-Mon., noon-5 p.m. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City. Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

“Landscape and Flower Paintings,” captures close-up views of intimate forest settings. Thru Oct. 25. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. $4 adult, $3 senior, $2 students. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G

“Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens,” spotlighting the borough’s female icons.

Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. $5, $3 seniors/students, members free. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 17, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

MUSIC Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, Sun., Sept.

27, 7 p.m. Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Freewill donation. Info: Paul Joseph (516) 766-8116, pauljoseph.com.

THEATRE Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs.

“The Magic Fish,” an opera acted by adults for kids, about a boy who receives a fish’s magic wish, comes to Forest Hills on Sunday, Oct. 4.

COURTESY PHOTO 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for entire night. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

“Much Ado About Nothing,” staged Shakespeare reading by Queens Library and Titan Theatre Company. Mon., Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 St. Info: titantheatrecompany.com.

AUDITION Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members for their Winter Concert, especially tenors and basses. Every Mon., 8 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing. Call: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

WORKSHOP “How to Start a Business,” Sat., Oct. 3, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m New People’s Chuch of New York, 46-04 162 St., Flushing. Learn about all business models. Info/register: learnaboutNPC@gmail.com.

COMMUNITY Tuesday Night Bingo, Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. Thurs., Sept. 24, opens at 6 p.m., early game at 7 p.m., $4 includes 12 games. Cash prizes, 18+ only. Info: (718) 459-1000.

Sept 30, Forest Park Columbarium, Middle Village, 6:30 p.m. Info: (718) 366-3900.

Goodbye Summer Party 2015, Sunday to Remember program, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, Latin American music interpreted by Francisco Cantilo. Fun with dance, raffles, refreshments and entertainment for the family. Sun., Sept. 27, 2:30 to 5 p.m., El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 43 Ave., Corona. Reserve: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Ridgewood Youthmarket, farmers market every Sat. thru Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Veteran’s Triangle, Cypress Ave. between Myrtle and Putnam aves. Info: twitter.com/nycyouthmarkets.

Blessing of the pets, annual celebration at Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Richmond Hill.

Sat., Oct. 3, 11 a.m. All pets and their escorts welcome. Free goodies. Info: (718) 847-2649.

Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all.

Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road. Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

KIDS/TEENS

ASPCA mobile unit dog & cat spay/neuter clinics. Petland Discounts, all begin at 7 a.m. Thurs., Sept. 24: 134-40 Springfield Blvd., Springfield Gardens; Sat., Sept. 26: 55-52 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood.

Info: petlanddiscounts.com.

Free art classes: Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Every Sat., thru Sept.

26, noon-3 p.m., For ages 5-13 and their families.

Info: info@socratessculpturepark.org. Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center 35-30 35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Participatory budgeting informative workshops, for constituents of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley.

Thurs., Sept. 24, PS 87, 67-54 80 St., Middle Village, 6:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 28, Redeemer Lutheran School, 6926 Cooper Ave., Glendale, 6:30 p.m. Wed.,

Dance classes open house, Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Sun., Sept. 27 sample classes: Zumba kids (4-10 years), 12-12:30 p.m; creative movement (3-4 years) and pre-ballet (3.5-5 years), 12:30-1 p.m.; dance dynamics/bal-

Free kids’ dental screenings, courtesy of the NYU College of Dentistry’s Smiling Faces, Going Places Dental Van every Wed. in Oct. from 3-8 p.m., outside PS 65, 103-22 99 St., Ozone Park.

For children, 14 and under. Free dental cleanings will be provided regardless of insurance coverage.

Must be accompanied by parent/guardian. Info: (718) 323-1685.

“The Magic FIsh,” an opera for a young audience.

Sun., Oct. 4, 1:30 & 4 p.m. The Community House, 15 Borage Place, Forest Hills. A Brothers Grimm tale reimagined by the Brothers Knable, about 50 minutes without intermission. $15 cash only. Info/ tickets: musicareginae.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Touch a Truck & Fall Family Festival, to benefit Cross Island YMCA. Sat., Sept. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Rain or shine. 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose. $10 in advance ($5 each additional child). $15 day of; adults and children under 6 months free. Enjoy all types of trucks, food vendors, bounce houses, pumpkins and more. Info: ymcanyc.org/crossislandtat.

14th annual car show, in memory of firefighter Lt. Kenneth Phelan. Sun., Sept., 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Maspeth Federal Savings Bank parking lot, 69 St., off Grand Ave. $25 cars, trucks, motorcycles. Raffles, trophies and more.

19th annual Italian heritage luncheon celebration, honoring Dylan J. DeFrancisci, Salvatore A. Dalessandro and Christine Caruso. Thurs., Oct. 1, 12-5 p.m. Russso’s on the Bay, 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. $40. Info: Phil Maddalena (516) 791-2958.

CLASSES Defensive driving course, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council. St. Margaret Church, 66-05 79 Place, Middle Village, Sat., Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45 pp. Info/register: (718) 326-1911. continued continued on on page page 00 42

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Exhibit illuminates Jewish history in Iran

by Neil Chiragdin

Jews in ancient Persia persisted into the modern era, with records from the “KetSeated atop a slight promontory on the ab-e anusi, The Book of a Forced ConQueensborough Communit y College vert,” in the 16th century telling of the campus, a building’s glass panels straight- Iranian Jews’ choice of conversion to en from opaque and disjointed into a Islam or exile from their homeland. neat, transparent exterior. Out of chaos, However, Vera Moreen, whose work order is found. explores the “KetabThis is the Kupe anusi,” also notes ferberg Holocaust t h at t h e r e we r e Resource Center “fairly vigorous and and Archives at autonomous comQueensborough munal structures” When: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Community College there evocative of a Mon. thru Fri. in Bayside, the site grand and thriving Where: Kupferberg Holocaust of a new exhibit, Jewish culture. PhoResource Center, “In the Land of the tos of a stunning 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside Shahs,” that illusmosaic synagogue Website: qcc.cuny.edu/khrca trates the long hiswall from the period, tory of the Jewish its Hebrew lettering people in Iran. The keyed out in a brilbreadth of the exhibit is deep, and touch- liant goldenrod against indigo, lend this es on events in biblical times before delv- claim weight. ing into World War II and the Islamic The theme of the danger of intolerance Revolution, up to the present day. is prevalent, and to the credit of the cenCurated by Rabbi Isidoro Aizenberg, ter, the grimmest lessons of history are the exhibit reveals a history both familiar never glossed over. The rule of the Safavand surprising. The persecution of the id and Qajar dynasties are in fact highqboro contributor

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This fall, take to the theatre

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

rom Broadway stars and doo-wop to comedy and international dance troupes, the borough’s professional theatrical venues promise a wide variety of attractions during the upcoming months.

Two music legends kick off the festivities at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, one of the main creative forces behind some of history’s most cherished pop recordings, will rock the joint on Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. In addition to performing classic Beach Boys tunes, he also promises material from his new solo album, “No Pier Pressure.” Tickets are $39-$89.

Wilson will be followed by soulful songbird Patti LaBelle, whose 50-plus-year career spawned hits such as “New Attitude” and “Lady Marmalade.” LaBelle, who has sold an estimated 50 million records worldwide, will perform on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40-$115.

On Dec. 5 at 8 p.m., the State Ballet Theatre of Russia will bring The Tchaikovsky Spectacular to the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, featuring not only its world-famous dancing but lavish sets and costumes and some of the composer’s most memorable music from such works as “The Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty.” Tickets are $20-42.

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The Queensborough Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College brings to the stage on Sept. 27 celebrated Broadway and film composer

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The Doo Wop Project returns by popular demand with 1950s songs on Nov. 15.

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Stephen Schwartz, who has given the world “Wicked,” “Pippin” and “Godspell,” among other shows. Joining Schwartz to perform many of his greatest hits will be acclaimed singers Debbie Gravitte, Scott Coulter and Kelli Rabke. Showtime is 3 p.m.

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The following week, Joy Behar, longtime co-host of television’s “The View,” will bring her autobiographical piece, “Me, My Mouth and I!,” to the QPAC stage, recounting tales of her childhood, stand-up work and sitcom appearances.

Tickets for the Oct. 4, 3 p.m. show are $45 and $39.

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia will take to the stage Dec. 5.

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Jose Porcel and his company of dancers will present classic flamenco as it was danced by the masters in a performance on Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. The show includes live musicians and vocalists. Tickets are $35.

And back by popular demand is the Doo Wop Project, celebrating the songs of the great vocal groups of the 1950s. Concert time is Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $40.

QPAC is located at 222-05 56 Ave. in Bayside. For further information on QPAC’s upcoming attractions, visit visitQPAC.org or call (718) 631-6311.

The cultural diversity of the borough is reflected in the upcoming season at Queens Theatre. A workshop performance of Tsidii Le Loka’s new show in development, “To the Rising Sun,” will feature the former star of Broadway’s “The Lion King” singing the music of Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba and Odetta, in the theater’s intimate cabaret space. The Oct. 18 showtime is 3 p.m.

Dance aficionados have much to look forward to, as Queens-based Jessica Lang Dance will make a return appearance to the theater on Oct. 17 and 18, transforming classical into contemporary dance, followed by the Queens Theatre debut of the Ronald K. Brown/ Evidence A Dance Company. The performances, on Dec. 12 and 13, will mesh traditional African dance with contemporary choreography and the spoken word.

Renee Taylor, who earned laughs and fans aplenty as the mother of the title character on television’s “The Nanny,” brings her one-woman show, “My Life On a Diet,” to the theater on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Running from Nov. 13 to 22 will be a stage adaptation of the acclaimed novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” much in the news lately with the long-awaited publication of the original book’s controversial sequel.

Dealing with lessons of tolerance and quiet heroism, the play kicks off this year’s theater series.

In residence at the theater is the Titan Theatre Company, which opens with Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest,” running from Oct. 23 to Nov. 8.

A popular holiday attraction, a musical version of “A Christmas Carol,” runs from Dec. 4 through 20.

Queens Theatre is located at 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing. For further information on show schedules and ticket prices, visit queenstheatre.org or call (718) 760-0064.

The 15th season of the Astoria Performing Arts Center gets underway this fall (Nov. 5 to 21) with the world premiere of “Carefully Taught,” a modern drama of friendship between two school teachers, one black and one white. Questions of loyalty and unspoken prejudice quickly rise to the surface. Tickets are $18.

Dancer Jose Porcel and his company will perform classic flamenco Oct. 25.

A festival of short plays and musicals, under the umbrella title “Astoria Stories,” will come to APAC’s stage in February, celebrating the theater’s home-base neighborhood.

APAC’s performance space is located at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St. in Astoria. For further information on schedules and tickets, visit Q apacny.org or call (718) 706-5750.

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Maestro Dong-hyun Kim will conduct the Joseph, who knew Valdes was seeking music Queensboro Symphony Orchestra in a perforreflecting his works, went home and created mance of it Sunday. Queens composer James â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theme.â&#x20AC;? The piano in Valdesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Symphony #4 will also be incorporated, home allowed Joseph to play and collaborate as will ballet.

Kim said he thinks it is an obligation to perwith the artist.

Over the years, Joseph orchestrated the 20 form work from Queens musicians, noting that he, Johnson and Cohn short movements for the are all from the borough. s y m p h o n y, e a c h o f â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to work which represent s the together,â&#x20AC;? he said. various emotional pasWhen: Sept. 27, 7 p.m.

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Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nativity Chuch in pauljoseph.com Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming from Flushing on Sept. 27 at 7 an artist who used to go p.m., with admission door to door in his being a free-will offering.

Indeed, the music performed during a neighborhood every time he made a paintrehearsal Sunday provided an emotional dis- ing, and ask the neighbors if they had need of a painting. He said he sold many paintings play for the listener. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He woke up the king,â&#x20AC;? Valdes said when that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The king is my life,â&#x20AC;? Valdes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through Joseph called to say the symphonic music was the king I would like to show the world that complete.

Valdes said â&#x20AC;&#x153;nobody knows the kingâ&#x20AC;? better everybody has a king inside of them, every- Maestro Dong-hyun Kim conducts the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra during a body has a queen inside of them ... but people rehearsal Sunday evening at Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nativity Church in Flushing. On the cover: today than Paul.

The performance, which was first envisioned are always wearing a mask, but they are not Artwork by Roman Valdes with photos of composer Paul Joseph, right, and Valdes.

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Burning Hammer Productions LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/3/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Matthew Kaplowitz, 21702 75th Ave, Bayside, NY 11364. Purpose: General.

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89-22 Gettysburg St. LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/24/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Carmen Franco-cino, P.O. BOX 260389, Bellerose, NY 11426. Purpose: General.

AAPP LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/10/15.

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PROBATE CITATION File No. 2014-4584 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO Karen Lynn Walker, Public Administrator Queens County, and to the heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of CHARLOTTE D. JENSEN deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by Andrew G. Jensen, who is domiciled at 20 Buckingham Drive, Toms River, NJ 08753 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, QUEENS County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 62, Jamaica, New York, on November 5, 2015, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Charlotte D. Jensen lately domiciled at 118-07 109th Street, So. Ozone Park admitting to probate a Will dated October 24, 2007, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Charlotte D. Jensen deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to: Andrew G. Jensen. Dated, Attested and Sealed September 16, 2015, HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Margaret M. Gribbon Chief Clerk, Brian A. Raphan, Esq., Attorney for Petitioner, 7 Penn Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10001 (212) 2688200. [NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.]

Busy Bee Playcare LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/16/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 10-21 44th Dr, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: General.

Credit Data LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/11/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

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ASTORIA-LIC DEVELOPMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/26/15.

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, 35-11 36th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Astoria Social LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2015. 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 31-57 35th Street, Apt 5 Astoria, NY 11106.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PROBATE CITATION. File No. 2015-1948. SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS COUNTY CITATION. The People of the State of New York, By the Grace of God Free and Independent. To: The Public Administrator of the County of Queens, The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of MAY M. HOLLBURG a/k/a MAY HOLLBURG deceased, if living and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by GERALD M. FLEISCHMAN and ANDREW T. NELSON who are domiciled at 12 Marlene Drive, Syosset, New York 11791 and 10 Jean Terrace, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, respectively; YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on 22nd day of October, 2015 at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of MAY M. HOLLBURG a/k/a MAY HOLLBURG lately domiciled at 64041 73rd Place, Middle Village, New York 11379 admitting to probate a Will dated June 25, 2009, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of MAY M. HOLLBURG a/k/a MAY HOLLBURG deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: GERALD M. FLEISCHMAN & ANDREW T. NELSON. PETER J KELLY, Surrogate, August 27, 2015, Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk, Gerald M. Fleischman, Esq., Attorney for Petitioner. Telephone number: (718) 894-4111, Address of Attorney: 73-30 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, N.Y. 11379 {Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.}

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -COUNTY OF QUEENS SUMMONS AND NOTICE - Index No. 2017-14, Borough: Queens: Block: 3107, Lot: 178. NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, v.

The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through MARGARET HORAN A/K/A M. HORAN, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK; PETRO, INC.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JAMES M. HORAN, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; LOIS JEAN HORAN, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said LOIS JEAN HORAN, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; JAMES HORAN, JR. and “JOHN DOE #4” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 97 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: July 9, 2015.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Timothy J. Dufficy, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated August 10, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 87-40 62 Road, Borough of Queens, New York and identified as Block 3107, Lot 178 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $47,750.31, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel.

PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, by: Anthony J. Iacchetta, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Attorneys for NYCTL 1998-2 Trust and the Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent and Custodian, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 238-2000, email: aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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SQ page 48 PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, QUEENS COUNTY, Petitioner, THE TRUSTEES OF LIGHTHOUSE DELIVERANCE CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD (Petitioner), a religious corporation, will move this Court for judicial dissolution.

Index No. 9562/2015 TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE LIGHTHOUSE DELIVERANCE CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD, you are hereby ordered to show cause before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York 11435, at CMP, Room 25 of this Court on the 1st day of OCTOBER, 2015 at 2:15 PM, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order of Judgment should not be made: (i) Finding that Section 18 of the Religious Corporation Law of the State of New York is applicable to the dissolution of Lighthouse Deliverance Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord; (ii) dissolving Lighthouse Deliverance Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord in accordance with Section 18 of the Religious Corporation Law of the State of New York; (iii) directing the Trustees of Lighthouse Deliverance Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord to sell the vacant land located at 131-09 Farmers Boulevard, Springfield Gardens, New York 11434; (iv) directing payment of legal fees, publication costs and other expenses associated with this proceeding; (v) directing and authorizing the Trustees of Lighthouse Deliverance Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord to donate any remaining proceeds to CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD, INC., a religious corporation located at 176 Saratoga Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11233; (vi) Authorizing the Trustees to take all steps necessary to effect the Dissolution, Sale and Distribution of assets of Lighthouse Deliverance Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord; (vii) Granting any other and further relief that the Court deems just and proper. Papers, if any, shall be served on NARISSA MORRIS, ESQ., 229-02 Merrick Boulevard, Laurelton, New York 11413. Dated: Queens County Supreme Court of the State of New York, the 14th day of AUGUST, 2015. ENTER HON. FREDERICK D. R. SAMPSON Justice Supreme Court

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New York City Department of Transportation Notice of Public Hearing. The New York City Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 2:00 P.M., at 55 Water St., 9th Floor, in Manhattan on the following petition for revocable consent in the Borough of Queens: Julio Capellan and Maria V. Capellan–to construct, maintain and use a sidewalk hatch in the west sidewalk of 103rd St., between Roosevelt Ave., and 39th Ave. Interested parties can obtain copies of the proposed agreement or request sign-language interpreters (with at least seven days prior notice) at 55 Water Street, 9 Floor, New York, NY 1 0041, or by calling (212) 839-6550

COSMOPOLITAN ASSOCIATES III, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/20/15.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Cosmopolitan Associates, LLC, 58-47 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Suite 201, Bayside, NY 11364.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Emil Marketing, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State ( SSNY ) on 8 /4/15. Office location : Queens Count y.

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

S SN Y shall mail copy of process to S tephanie Flanagan, 40-01 28th Ave., Apt. 2L, Astoria, NY 11103.

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GMG INTERNATIONAL LLC, Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY ) 7/6/2015 as GIMA INTERNATIONAL LLC. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 18-58 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 11105, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

GOPAL REALTY MANAGEMENT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/28/06.

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, 81-43 262nd Street, Floral Park, NY 11004.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

EAZZY CONSULTING LLC, Ar t. Of Org. filed NY Sec. of State ( SSN Y ) 08 / 20 / 2015. Of fice in Queens Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8612 Whitney Avenue, 2FL, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

PUBLIC NOTICE The New York City Department for the Aging will be conducting PUBLIC HEARINGS for the Annual Plan of 2016-2017, for services under the Older Americans Act, the New York State Community Services for the Elderly and the Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Programs. Hearings are scheduled for each borough as follows: QUEENS, Monday, October 19, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, Sunnyside Community Services Neighborhood Senior Center, 4331 39th Street; STATEN ISLAND, Thursday, October 22, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Innovative Senior Center, 1466 Manor Road; BROOKLYN, Friday, October 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom, 209 Joralemon Street; MANHATTAN, Monday, October 26, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 125 Worth Street, Auditorium; BRONX, Wednesday, October 28, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Concourse Plaza Wellness Neighborhood Senior Center, 900 Grand Concourse; To register, email: testimony@aging.nyc.gov or mail: NYC Department for the Aging, c/o Yvette Parish-Chenault, 2 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10007

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SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to the LLC at 40-11 23rd Road, Astoria, New York 11105.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

489 ATKINS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/11/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC PO Box 604561 Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Name: Karmic Indulgences, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/2015.

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 Grace Fung, 4749 44th St. Apt. 1F, Woodside, NY 11377.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SPORTS

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Be extra careful when cruising Cypress Hills Street

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Cypress Hills Street is essentially an extension of Fresh Pond Road that runs down south into Brooklyn, connecting the that borough and Queens.

Upon completion of the Interborough Parkway, now the Jackie Robinson Parkway, in 1933 Cypress Hills Street became an official exit. It was a treacherous winding, narrow, cobblestone road which lead drivers past five cemeteries: Hungarian, Beth-El Union Field, Mt. Neboh, Machpelah and Looking north along a stretch of Cypress Hills Mount Carmel.

By late 1938 the City Planning Street on Oct. 21, 1941.

Commission had proposed roadway changes on sectional maps 13 and 17 for “motorized rockets,” many drivers were the Borough of Queens. By 1941 the line killed on this street on a wet rainy night. of the street had to be discontinued and Eventually in the 1980s it was reduced new lines adopted. New street grades only one lane each way to prevent skidwere established. But the new two-lane- ding cars from crashing into each other. each-way roadway proved to be a great A high retaining wall was also erected to prevent cars from crashing into the cemefailure as it was very slippery when wet.

During the heyday of the super muscle teries and causing lawsuits.

Today Cypress Hills Street is still a cars of the late 1960s and early ’70s, Q wh ich i nsu rance compan ies called road to take with serious caution.

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II

BEAT

Give’em hell, Terry!

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

On Monday afternoon Mets manager Terry Collins channeled his inner Harry Truman by articulating the frustrations that most Mets fans felt about Matt Harvey being removed halfway through Sunday’s game with the Yankees. The Mets were winning 1-0 at the time, but by the end of the game they had been thumped 11-2.

“Was I disturbed about taking Matt Harvey after the fifth inning? You’re damned right I was!” Collins told the press corps during his 4 p.m. briefing. He then made it clear that the Harvey handling issue is coming from Sandy Alderson who may or may not be taking his cues from Harvey’s agent, Scott Boras.

I asked him if it was just a coincidence that the Mets’ competitors for the NL East crown, the underachieving Washington Nationals, were suddenly winning as the Mets started slumping, or if it was sharks smelling blood in the water and thus upping their game. Collins concurred that teams can get energized when the scoreboard gives them good news. He then added, “We have to win games plain and simple.”

Collins was articulating the frustration that Mets fans had been feeling for nearly a week.

The fans’ reaction to Harvey’s early departure might not have been as vociferous as it was had it not been accompanied by a perfect storm of negative news both before and after. Much to

the chagrin of Mets fans, the Yankees always seem to get the better of the Mets in pressurized situations, and once again they took the rubber game of the Subway Series. The fact that the Mets couldn’t hit their way out of a paper bag and were so inept in the field against their Bronx rivals was an embarrassment.

It also didn’t help that The Nationals’ hot streak, combined with memories of Mets’ September collapses in both 2007 and 2008, certainly helped darken the mood of many fans.

What is most irritating about the recent Mets slide is not that they dropped a series to the Yankees, a very good team battling for their division title, but rather that they lost four out of six to the Miami Marlins. The Mets’ troubles began a week ago Tuesday, when Marlins pitcher Tom Koehler flushed them with ease by a score of 9-3 and also hit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes with a fastball. I am not sure if it’s coincidental, but Cespedes, who had become a Mets folk hero since his trade to the team on July 31, went into a deep slump afterwards.

The Mets likely will clinch the NL East in Cincinnati this weekend, but the Phillies’ accounting department undoubtedly hopes for a delay until the Mets go to Philadelphia next week, since that could mean a ticket revenue windfall for late-September midweek games. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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HAMILTON BEACH New construction. 2 Family, 2 BRs/2 Baths over 3 BRs/2 Baths, driveway.

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