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39 seconds isn’t enough to cross Cross Bay, pol says PAGE 5 With the opening of the new Catholic Charities senior housing development on Cross Bay Boulevard, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder is asking the city Department of Transportation to review the crossing times at the intersection of Cross Bay and 156th Avenue in Howard Beach because the current timing may not be long enough for some seniors to get across the congested road.

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U.S. attorney: Go after pols’ pensions Bharara seeking fines, forfeiture if elected officials are convicted

by Michael Gannon Editor

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he U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York is upping the ante in his fight against political corruption in the state, telling the governor’s Moreland Commission that his office will start going after the pensions of public officials who are convicted of crimes.

And an unscientific survey of elected officials from Queens elicited that legal changes and legal challenges will be forthcoming.

Speaking before the commission at Pace University in Manhattan on Sept. 17, Preet Bharara said his aim is a simple one.

“Convicted politicians should not grow old comfortably cushioned by a pension paid for by the very people they betrayed in office,” Bharara said in a copy of his testimony released by his office.

The commission was appointed this past summer by Gov. Cuomo following a spate of corruption charges against state and city officials in the preceding months.

“I understand the sentiment — people should not be rewarded for bad acts,” Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica) said. “I think the United States Attorney will move forward, and I think there will be a legal test where this will be determined.”

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, right, has told members of the governor’s anti-corruption Moreland Commission that he intends to go after the pensions of public officials who are convicted of crimes. Councilman Dan Halloran, above left, and state Sen. Malcolm Smith are among those awaiting trial on federal corFILE PHOTOS ruption charges.

Published reports quote Gov. Cuomo as saying there may be state constitutional concerns with Bharara’s proposal, a concern Scarborough shares.

Scarborough and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who said he is in favor of the idea, also believe that a 2011 law aimed at those elected after that year may be unclear in regard to Bharara’s efforts.

“If it’s not in existing legislation, I’ll introduce it,” Avella said. “Again, only if you are

convicted. It’s absolutely a disgrace that you can abuse the public trust and still get a pension.” He said private pensions earned by those same individuals should not be subject to any bill he puts forth.

The most sweeping investigation prior to the Moreland Commission resulted in six arrests, including those of city Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) and Vincent Tabone, then the vice chairman of the Queens Republican Party.

Then-Bronx GOP Chairman Jay Savino also is charged, as are Noramie Jasmin, the mayor of upstate Spring Valley, and her deputy mayor, Joseph Desmaret. Published reports state that Jasmin lost her re-election bid in a primary this week.

Smith, a career Democrat, was charged with allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the Republican ballot in time for this year’s mayoral election by securing what is known as a Wilson-Pakula certificate from the city’s county Republican organizations allowing him to do so.

Prosecutors claim Halloran accepted bribes from an undercover FBI agent to coordinate Smith’s alleged scheme. He also allegedly promised tax dollars to assist a company the agent claimed to represent.

Smith allegedly offered to secure state funding for a road construction project in Spring Valley.

The 2011 amendment passed in Albany allows the state to strip pensions from state officials who have been elected to office since that year if they are convicted of crimes.

The provision protects pensions of people previously convicted, such as former state Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn), who is serving a seven-year prison term for corruption; continued on page 34

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Goldfeder says 39 seconds is not enough for seniors in Howard Beach

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Her eyes on the passing cars, an elderly woman stands on the curb on the southwest corner of Cross Bay Boulevard and 156th Avenue, waiting for the red hand to change to the gray silhouette of a man walking.

Finally, it does, and she steps into the street and begins her safe trek across the wide, busy boulevard. She gets only to the second southbound lane when suddenly the clock starts counting down 24 ... 23 ... 22 She begins to hurry, fearing she will run out of time while still in the congested traffic lanes and fall victim to a speeding car.

14 ... 13 ... 12 Barely across the median, the woman begins to scurry faster, her eyes opened wide with fear.

7 ... 6 ... 5 She reaches the curb with only seconds to spare.

This is a scene that plays out many times a day all across Queens’ busiest streets.

But this intersection is one where many of the pedestrians crossing do not have the ability to speed up when the clock ticks close to zero.

“I have personally visited this intersection and I am concerned for our seniors to

Pedestrians have 39 seconds to cross Cross Bay Boulevard at 156th Avenue, and the countdown clocks there begin ticking at 25 seconds, not enough time for some elderly residents of the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER community, says Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. make it safely across the street in the current allotted time,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), who wrote a letter to the city Department of Transportation asking to increase crossing times for the crosswalks on Cross Bay Boulevard as well as those on 156th Avenue, which begin counting down at 15 seconds.

“An assessment needs to be done for all [four] crossings at the intersection,” Goldfeder said.

The corner is located at the entrance to the neighborhood, just one block south of the Belt Parkway, along one of the busiest routes in the borough.

Traffic along Cross Bay Boulevard is

completely stopped for 39 seconds, but the countdown clocks start ticking down at 25 seconds, meaning the walk signal is only on for less than 10 seconds.

That’s hardly enough time for any ablebodied person to make it even halfway across the street. During an hour-long time period on Monday afternoon, several pedestrians, including one older woman, could be seen reacting to the flashing red hand and countdown. One pedestrian started running once the numbers appeared, making it to the other side of the street with a few seconds left.

“It’s psychological,” Goldfeder explained.

“Once you see the clock, you wonder if you have enough time to make it across.”

He said he had just sent the letter to the department this week and is optimistic that it will take the request seriously.

DOT spokesman Nicholas Mosquera said the agency had not yet received Goldfeder’s letter, but would review the any request made.

Goldfeder said that he is not concerned with whether or not increasing the time traffic is stopped will lead to more congestion on the heavily-traveled Cross Bay Boulevard corridor.

“I think that the DOT’s job is to ensure that traffic keeps moving smoothly at the same time as providing safe crossing for residents,” he said. “I’m confident there’s a Q way to do that.”

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Republican Club to be a catering hall Landmark on Lefferts Boulevard was overhauled in recent years

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parking, that the community board will question the owners about at a later date, likely when they apply for their liquor license. Cocovillo said that would be several months down the line.

“We don’t want to entertain it until they’re ready for that,” he said, noting there is still a large amount of construction work to be done at the site.

“Noise is probably the number one issue since it is in a residential area, but parking is also a concern. It’s great to be able to bring people someplace, but we don’t have six-lane highways and 50-foot sidewalks in this part of Richmond Hill.”

He also noted that the owners poured a lot of money into renovating the building.

The club opened in 1908, hosting the area’s Republican Party for more than 80 years, and has been visited by notable Republicans such as Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. The building received landmark stat us f rom the Land marks Preservation Commission in 2002. continued on page 18

The Richmond Hill Republican Club building on Lefferts Boulevard, a landmark since 2002, is set to reopen as a PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER catering hall.

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Richmond Hill may give Democrats 60 to 70 percent of the vote in a typical election nowadays, but at one time, the neighborhood had a definite Republican leaning. The Grand Old Party’s past strength in local politics is represented by the century-old building that sits among the more-modern taller buildings near the confluence of Lefferts Boulevard and Myrtle and Jamaica avenues.

The Richmond Hill Republican Club at 86-15 Lefferts Blvd. hasn’t hosted the political par ty in two decades, but the vacant building looks to be headed to a future of hosting parties of a different kind.

Ivan Mrakovcic, vice chairman of Community Board 9 and president of the Richmond Hill Historical Society, said a group called Siberian Ice, LLC bought the property several years ago and is planning on reopening the building as a catering hall. Their plans for the building will be presented to CB 9 at its Oct. 8 meeting and the board’s executive committee got a

sneak peek at the plans Tuesday night during a meeting at Borough Hall. The presentation is required because the owners are opting to file for a special permit under Section 74-711 of the city’s zoning regulations that allows the catering hall to operate at the site that includes the landmarked facade.

CB 9 Chairman Jim Cocovillo said the board was pleased with the plans for the building.

“We basically think it’s great what they’re doing,” he said. “We think it’s great that they’re taking the extra step that would demand higher standards.”

The owners did not have to file for a special permit under the 74-711 because only the facade is landmarked, but they did so because community preservationists wanted the center to be used as an event space of some kind. Nancy Cataldi, the former Richmond Hill Historical Society president who passed away several years ago, had said she wanted to see the hall used as a community center similar to Flushing Town Hall.

Cocovillo said there are several quality-of-life issues, such as noise and

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New boardwalk will not include seawall Parks Department wants to begin work on structure by end of the year

by Domenick Rafter Editor

The City Parks Department said a new boardwalk at Rockaway Beach will not have a seawall, despite community efforts to push for more protection along the shoreline.

Plans for the new 4.7-mile $200 million stretch of boardwalk that was almost completely destroyed by Hurricane Sandy last year are moving quickly and city Parks Commissioner Veronica White has said the plan is to start construction by the end of the year.

But some are suggesting that a rush may not be the best thing for the Rockaways and costal protection should be included in a boardwalk project.

“I think she showed her misplaced priority to start the job before the mayor leaves off ice,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park). “My concern is that we get it right and not only have a boardwalk, but also have adequate protection for our families.”

Only sections of the boardwalk around concession stands have been rebuilt and sand-filled trap bags act as a makeshift seawall along the site of the old boardwalk, where the pilings still stand. The Army Corps of Engineers is currently working on a massive beach restoration project that is due to be completed by next summer.

The Rockaway Beach boardwalk, seen here the day after its destruction in Hurricane Sandy, will be rebuilt with concrete and will not include a seawall, the Parks Department said last week.

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Goldfeder said the Parks Department would not include the seawall in its plans because it would cause the Army Corps of Engineers to lose its mandate to do shore protection work, that may include seawalls or even rock jetties in the future.

Zachary Feder, a spokesman for the Parks

Department, confirmed that the new boardwalk will be concrete.

“It has proven to be more durable, cost effective and sustainable than any alternative,” he said in an email.

Concrete boardwalks have been built in some sections of the Jersey shore, such as

Bradley Beach, and are common along beaches in California.

Sections of the old boardwalk were made of conc ret e a nd t hose su r v ived t he hurricane.

Feder added that the department is working with the city’s Economic Development Corp. to get a contractor for the job and preconstruction work is slated to begin by the end of the year.

But even as Parks Department officials held several meetings in the Rockaways to discuss the proposal, they were met with angry residents who had a lot to say about the plans, the agency and the city government itself.

“We don’t trust you. Why don’t we trust you? Because you lied to us,” Rockaway resident and activist Phil McManus said at a meeting last week in Rockaway.

Goldfeder said the ire in the Rockaways comes from a general mistrust for the city agency after the reconstruction of the boardwalk “islands” and installation of lifeguard shacks the community says was done without their input, and the lack of protection in the preliminary boardwalk plans.

But, he said, residents are looking to give input and be involved with the process to rebuild the boardwalk.

“People are engaged, and that’s a good Q thing,” Goldfeder said.

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efore he announced his campaign for mayor, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was all about helping the small business owner. He attacked the Bloomberg administration relentlessly for raising hundreds of millions of dollars, more and more each year, through fines levied for even the most minor of violations. He sued the mayor for details on the fines, issued a report and vowed to ease the burden on the job creators who own the mom-and-pop shops so critical to life in places like Queens.

But when he launched his campaign — a tactically brilliant race in which he came from way behind to win without even having to go through the runoff election so many predicted would be necessary, given how many candidates were running — de Blasio’s focus changed sharply. He decided to run as the most liberal candidate in a field of progressive Democrats, strongly staking out that position as his own.

No longer was it about the small business owner, it was about the “Tale of Two Cities” — a divisive class warfare tactic that implies that the successful have become so at the expense of those who have not. Gone was any recognition that business owners are the very people who provide jobs

to those less fortunate. Instead, de Blasio promised that if elected he would raise taxes on those at the top, and not just the super-wealthy but also the moderately wealthy.

It was an excellent strategy that won him the primary (that, and, apparently, his son’s awesome hair). Now he’s very likely to be our mayor come Jan. 1, as his opponent, the even-tempered Republican Joe Lhota, hasn’t grabbed the public’s attention the way the animated de Blasio has.

And Lhota, despite having some very good ideas, faces 6-1 odds right out of the box in terms of the city’s proportion of Democrats to Republicans.

But it turns out that de Blasio’s lurch to the left probably wasn’t so much a tactic as it was the expression of his true beliefs. The New York Times revealed this week that as a younger man, de Blasio was a committed leftist, one who allied himself with the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and said that his political philosophy was democratic socialism.

He and his bride even honeymooned in Cuba, in violation of federal law.

All this was a long time ago, and many people become more conservative as they get older. We hope that turns out to be the case for de Blasio, because this city cannot handle

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Under the guise of “under-utilization,” educators have been notified that their schools must make way for what the Department of Education deems are “high quality” schools.

This term is not only unproven in many cases, but highly offensive to anyone associated with the existing schools. Co-locating schools and sharing common spaces within a building (many of which are designed for a specific grade) is a fundamentally disadvantageous practice, which usually causes gross inequity to the existing school.

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a sharp liberal turn after Mayor Bloomberg leaves office.

For one thing, it’s highly unlikely de Blasio could even get the state to impose the tax hike he wants, given the GOP’s hold on the Senate and the likelihood that Gov. Cuomo will run for president in 2016. And we’re glad of that, because raising taxes on anyone other than the truly super-rich, those bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year, could only be bad for the economy. And that economy still has not fully recovered from the events of 2008.

Another area where we hope de Blasio will moderate his position is in policing. While the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk did warrant some reform, it should not (really could not) be thrown out altogether. Between the federal court ruling against it, the new police oversight laws passed over Bloomberg’s vetoes, and the baker’s dozen of academics who’ll be watching over the cops, New York’s Finest will need an ally, not an adversary, in City Hall. And we hope a Mayor de Blasio would make a wise choice for police commissioner. The one we have now has been fantastic.

A centrist approach is the only way to govern New York City today, and if de Blasio becomes our 109th mayor, we sure hope he takes one. Our best mayors generally have.

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Moskowitz’s Success Charter academies, which they can well afford, the DOE is poised to allow them to co-locate kindergarten through 8th-grade students with middle school students at IS 59 and kindergarten through 4thgrade students with high school and adult-aged students at August Martin High School. This is a potentially detrimental learning environment for all students involved, but Success Charter Academy is a known bully and entity that has been given political favor with regards to colocating its schools across the city.

The Bloomberg administration wore out its welcome at least four years ago, but is not going away quietly. Rest assured, neither are the citizens, educators, parents and students of Southeast Queens.

Adrienne E. Adams Chairperson, Community Board 12 Jamaica

Some of these people never know when to keep quiet with regard to their own personal opinions on the news stories that they are reporting on. People are not interested in the personal opinions of newscasters — just report the stories as the facts warrant and do not interject your personal feelings about them.

One TV program that does this an awful lot is WABC’s “Eyewitness News.” Several of their newscasters are far too opinionated, and should be quiet regarding their personal opinions on news stories.

John Amato Fresh Meadows Editor’s note: Well, Mr. Amato will just have to turn to the print media, won’t he? We suggest a free community weekly paper ... perhaps a certain one in particular.

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Dear Editor: As a liberal Democrat, I never thought I would see the day the I praise a Tea Party Republican for expressing views on anything.

Well, that day came on Sept. 18.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a staunch critic of President Obama, made courageous remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. He expressed his concern that our punitive justice

Dear Editor: While the news media have an obligation to bring the public news information, two things that need to be reduced are the unnecessary hyping that television news people always are doing, and also having conversations with their colleagues while on television.

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Wasn’t burning down churches and murdering thousands of Christian Copts in Egypt by the same “rebels” we now support also a violation of international law? Why, as a Christian, did Obama have nothing to say about that? Nor did the media see fit to comment on what is the oldest Christian community in the world now being wiped out by the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. And when Iranian citizens rose up, Obama made no effort to help them.

Assad, like all dictators, is a monster, but this monster at least protected religious freedom. If our government is now supporting alQaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood fighting Assad, who exactly are our national security agencies protecting us from?

Why also did Obama seek the OK of Congress to interfere in Syria? He didn’t ask them for it when he ousted Qaddafi or Mubarak, and they were allies of the United States. There has in fact been nothing Obama has done in five years in office where he has sought the input of Congress.

The MO of this administration has been to bypass the Congress or ram through bills on Friday nights and holidays before anyone gets a chance to read them. That’s how Obamacare passed.

What happened to immigration reform?

Anybody know? The running of guns by the Justice Department to Mexico in Fast and Furious? Anybody care? The IRS harassing political opponents? The NSA’s invasion of every citizens privacy? Is everyone aware that big businesses are exempt from Obamacare, as are the unions? All the Congress members who rammed Obamacare down everybody’s throats are also exempt.

Syria is no threat to the U.S. Syria is a diversion. It’s the red flag to the bull. It keeps the public’s minds off all the above mentioned catastrophes that will affect them and their children all their lives, while they nonsensically fritter away their time and energy, discussing and thinking about — where was that again? Oh, yes, Syria.

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Dear Editor: “Two new smoking bills may be voted on soon” (by Andrew Johnson, Sept. 19, multiple editions) will only result in organized crime taking advantage of this new opportunity if you raise the age to 21 for legal consumption of tobacco.

Organized crime prospers even more each time government adopts higher taxes on cigarettes. The underground economy continues making even more money selling tobacco products. New York State continues to lose tens of millions of dollars in uncollected tax revenues, on top of what is already lost on a yearly basis. This happens every time so called “sin” taxes on the legal purchase of cigarettes have been increased. Watch for an increase in the growth of street corner cigarette sales known as “loosies” two for $1.

Consumption of tobacco has been part of America for generations. That’s despite the best efforts of government to limit consumption via excessive taxes and smoking

restrictions, just like alcohol prohibition in the 1920s — both have been total failures.

Creative entrepreneurs will always provide what the citizens desire, regardless of government approval. Consumers have voted with their dollars, making tobacco consumption a multibillion dollar enterprise today.

Our tax dollars would be better used if police and judges spent more time prosecuting those who commit real crimes against individuals or property than going after those who distribute “loosies.”

At 18, you are old enough to vote, be a parent, pay taxes, own a car, take out a bank loan, serve in the military and die for your country — but not consume tobacco? Makes no sense.

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She’s Miss America Dear Editor: As a member of Congress who represents a large population of Americans of Indian descent, I am deeply troubled by the outrageous remarks aimed at the winner of the 2014 Miss America Pageant: fellow New Yorker Nina Davuluri.

Ms. Davuluri embodies the American dream—the daughter of immigrants who graduated from a prestigious university and plans to pursue a medical degree. She is American in the truest sense, and the fact that this would be questioned is despicable.

Embracing diversity is an American value, and one that I have always cherished. I am the product of grandparents who fled Russia due to persecution and found an accepting home here in America. I have spent my life honoring their memory by fighting against hatred, bigotry and persecution. When I heard of the vitriol being directed toward Ms. Davuluri, I felt compelled to respond.

I join with the voices of the many Americans who have cried out against these hateful remarks. And I will continue to work in Congress to fight against hatred.

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system is denying one out of three African-American men their freedom and right to vote because they violated very harsh marijuana laws that incarcerated them for many years. The most candid remark he made was that Obama’s minor violation as a youth could have denied Americans the pleasure of his presidential leadership.

It took courage for Paul to reveal his convictions and go against the Tea Party. As a result of his forthright views, Paul can kiss goodbye the chance to be the GOP candidate for president in 2016.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

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Healthcare exchange opens Oct. 1 in NY Queens residents optimistic about first step in Obamacare rollout

by Josey Bartlett Editor

New York will be joining other states with its own healthcare exchange on Oct. 1.

The exchange is a type of online marketplace where insurance can be found for eligible individuals at a significant discount. Those on Medicaid will continue to receive those benefits, but for those who fit into that gray area — of not qualifying for Medicaid but not being able to afford full coverage healthcare — the exchange may be a feasible option.

While there are concer ns about exactly what the exchange under the Affordable Care Act, nicknamed Obamacare, is, overall Queens residents seem optimistic.

“I think it’s good,” Karen Dennis, president of the community council for Police Service Area 9, which patrols public housing complexes, and director of the Ravenswood Community Supported Agriculture, said hesitantly. “You really need to read it to understand.”

Like many government programs there is a fair share of government speak, but the state’s website nystateofhealth.ny.gov does a good job of walking people through it with how to apply and explaining the many ins and outs.

Individuals who make less than $45,960 or a family of four that makes less than $94,200 can apply for financial assistance.

Dennis believes Obamacare will encourage preventative care instead of emergency room visits for ailments that should be treated in a doctor’s office. The new system will also use electronic records instead of paper and a government-monitored system may lead to less abuse

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Overnight work shuts A train Track panel work is leading to overnight service suspensions along the A line’s elevated section in South Queens.

The work began last weekend and caused the shutdow n of the line between Euclid Avenue and Howard Beach-JFK Airport — as well as the entire Lefferts Boulevard spur — all day Saturday and Sunday. The work continues this week through Friday between midnight and 5 a.m., causing shutdowns along the same stretch during overnight hours.

MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said the work is to replace track panels, the wood that connects the rails, at the Lefferts Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard stations.

During the service suspensions, bus service will be offered in two legs: from Euclid Avenue to Lefferts Boulevard, stopping at all stations along Liberty Avenue; and Euclid Avenue to Howard Beach, stopping at 80th Street, 88th Street, Rockaway Boulevard, as well as Aqueduct Racetrack and AqueductNorth Conduit Avenue inside Aqueduct’s grounds and Howard Beach-JFK Airport at the station’s entrance in the long-term Parking lot. Q — Domenick Rafter

Dr. Daryl Altman, center, with Carol Creamer of Forest Hills and Louis Baldwin of Hollis show their support for a public healthcare option at a rally outside the now closed Mary Immaculate Hospital FILE PHOTO in Jamaica in 2009. of service when doctors encourage more expensive treatment than necessary.

The news is divided with some touting the about-50percent discount it can afford more than a million people who don’t have healthcare where others say it will hurt small businesses or entice some to try to skirt around

providing it.

Companies with more than 50 employees will have to provide benefits to their employees under Obamacare.

Those eligible businesses that do not comply by 2015 will be fined.

“Hopefully the picture of healthcare will look better,” Dennis said.

A cancer survivor from Long Island City, Georgia, said she thought “It was a good idea.”

She liked that everyone would be required to buy health insurance or face a fine.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D- Manhattan, Queens) said in her district about 72,000 people are eligible for coverage through the exchange.

“I look forward to the Oct. 1 rollout of the New York Health Benefit Exchange, for the people in my district and throughout New York State,” Maloney said. “My office will work with the state to address any issues with the exchange — should any arise.”

There’s been outreach in the borough. Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens) went business to business with the 82nd Street Partnership to talk about the new policy. The New Jerusalem Baptist Church Evangelism Ministry in Jamaica will host a “what you need to know” seminar on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. about Obamacare.

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Queens) is holding a similar forum on Oct. 15 at Elmhurst Hospital from 5 to 7 p.m. Call (718) 445-7860 to RSVP. Last Wednesday a spokeswoman from Healthfirst, an insu rance company par ticipating in the exchange, Sasha Rodriguez, visited Community Board 5 in MidQ dle Village.

Temple party issues heat up in courtroom Jewish Center seeks caterer’s eviction

by Domenick Rafter Editor

The Rockwood Park Jewish Center got a restraining order issued last week against it’s caterer, which it accuses of holding wild parties on weekends without the temple’s knowledge in an event hall at the Howard Beach synagogue, located at 157th Avenue and 84th Street.

Gary Rosen, the lawyer for the temple, filed a suit against the caterer J&M Catering, which does business as Crown Royale, accusing the caterer’s owners, Joshua and Myron Gurell, of fraud for allowing the parties to go on without the center’s consent or knowledge on several occasions in 2012 and 2013.

On Sept. 7, neighbors reported another party at the center that allegedly went well into the night and led to a ruckus spilling over into the neighborhood, a problem that occurred after several past parties there.

One neighbor said a woman urinated on his front lawn after leaving the party.

A man who answered the phone at the caterer’s number claimed there was no

party at the center on Sept. 7, but sources from the NYPD and Community Board 10 both said they received complaints from neighbors about a party that night and at least four residents have confirmed that they witnessed the party.

Rosen brought evidence of the Sept. 7 party to a State Supreme Court judge last week to seek a restraining order against the caterer that would allow it to be evicted and its contract with the synagogue — which dates to 2005 — to be voided if the caterer holds another party without the temple’s knowledge.

Rosen added he still will go to court to get the caterers evicted from the temple permanently even if another party isn’t held.

One neighbor, who lives across the street from the Jewish Center and witnesse multiple parties going on there for more than a year, reacted positively to the news the synagogue is suing the caterer.

“I’m really glad to hear they’re taking some kind of action,” the neighbor said. Q

Hearing doc heads for TV Howard Beach audiologist Dr. Carol Letzter was selected by CUNY TV to appear on this month’s edition of the program “Study with the Best.”

This episode will discuss a variety of new technologies. Letzter will speak about new hearing aid technology as well as “what is old is new” when she discusses the advantages of t-coils in hearing devices that provide people with hearing loss the ability to use induction or hearing loops.

Letzter, owner of Harmony Hearing Center in Howard Beach, has helped place hearing loops, devices that help people with t-coil hearing aids hear better, in several neighborhood locations, including St. Helen Church and Cross Bay Diner.

The show will air this Sunday, Sept. 29 at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the CUNY station. It will air again on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., and on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. It will also be on CUNY TV’s YouTube channel.

For those who wish to watch the program but do not have CUNY TV, it is available to view on the station’s website: cuny.tv/show/studywiththebest. Q

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS Our wonderful Woodhaven street fair

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

Well, here we are; the chill of autumn is upon us. The weather has been very sunny and bright for many days now, but with a chill in the air. It seems like just yesterday I was counting down the days to spring and Daylight Savings Time. Then after spring arrived we then warmed to the hot days of summer.

Now spring is a memory and summer seems to have flown by too fast. I just hope that a certain day in October is a warm sunny day.

That day, Oct. 20, is our annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival, from 12 to 6 p.m. on Jamaica Avenue from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard. Bring the family for a safe, fun-filled Family Day. We will have pony rides, rides, games, antique cars and a variety of vendors with unique products and our great Woodhaven stores and bargains.

The entertainment for the Festival will be the great Country Western music of the Mary Lamont Band with line dancers and instruction and dancing in the streets rock and mellow music by local bands Plastic Soul, the Solid State Band and Heartbreak Station all from Woodhaven. This year again our special feature will be “The Malaysian Lion Dancers.” Also appearing will be our veteran Shorinjiryu Kenryukan karate with instructor Myron Lubitsch, who has appeared in our street fairs for over 25 years.

If you are not registered to vote for the Nov. 5

elections, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation has voter registration forms available. Call our office at (718) 805-0202 for more information. If you voted in the Sept. 10 primary and had a new polling place, this is the location where you will again go to vote in the Oct. 1 runoff and Nov. 5 general elections This is a very important election, do not lose your opportunity to make your vote count.

If you have a cell phone, you can register it with the NYPD. Please call the 102nd Precinct at (718) 805-3217. The registration of these numbers on dowloadable applications allows tracking of lost and stolen cell phones.

We nearly lost our ROTC Program at our Franklin K. Lane High School. This important program thankfully is here and will remain with us. The cadets will be appearing at our Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival as they have done in previous years. Many of our variety of Jamaica Avenue stores will be participating, so you can shop too. Shop locally in your hometown at the stores and businesses that support our community organizations and contribute towards our Woodhaven Business Improvement Dist r ict (WBID). So shop locally at our stores during our Fair. Don’t forget to come out on Sunday, October 20, for our Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival 2013. Please have some good thoughts for sun.

May God bless our Armed Forces, our disabled veterans and may God bless America. Q

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Woodhaven Yard Sale Sat. This Saturday, residents in Woodhaven will be hosting a yard sale — all over the neighborhood.

The Woodhaven Yard Sale will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain date is Sunday) and at least 60 homes in the neighborhood will take part, more than double the number that took part in the inaugural event

two years ago.

Locations of the participating homes can be found on the map above and were compiled by the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association. The WRBA has been previewing some of the items that will be for sale on Facebook and Twitter.

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Dems, GOP seek unity for November Queens parties attempt to coalesce around their mayoral nominees

by Domenick Rafter

mayor of New York City,’” Crowley said to applause. “We’ll have a friend in City Hall.”

Nearly every elected Democrat in the borFor all of their perceived power in city politics, the Queens County organizations ough was there, except for a handful, such as for both major political parties were not on Council members Elizabeth Crowley (D-Midthe winning side of their respective mayor- dle Village) and Danny Dromm (D-Jackson al primary races this year. Queens Demo- Heights), who Rep. Crowley said are backing crats chose City Council Speaker Christine de Blasio but were tied up at other events, and Assembly ma n Mi ke Si ma now itz Quinn (D-Manhattan) as their choice (D-Kew Gardens Hills), who said last for m ayor, wh i le t he Q ue en s week he was not endorsing the Republican leadership choose Democratic nominee. s u p e r m a r ke t m a g n at e Joh n A unified Democratic party is Catsimatidis as their helpful, though not necessarily standard-bearer. essential, for a de Blasio victory.

Both lost, and now with six In a city that’s 6 to 1 Democratic, weeks to go until the city selects 2013 the party’s candidate can afford to its new mayor, the county parties bleed some of his or her own party, but are seeking to unify behind the primary winners, Public Advocate Bill de too many Democratic defections could throw the election to the Republican, as occurred in Blasio and former MTA chief Joe Lhota.

Unification appears to be far easier, howev- the past five mayoral elections, all won by the er, for the Democrats than the long-warring GOP nominee.

The Republicans, meanwhile, are dealing Republicans.

County Democrats, led by Rep. Joe Crow- with an intraparty feud that goes back more ley (D-Bronx, Queens), held one of their sig- than half a decade. The battle for control of nature election-time unity rallies on the steps the party between Chairman Phil Ragusa and of Borough Hall on Monday afternoon, offi- a breakaway sect lead by former Councilman Tom Ognibene and current Councilman Eric cially backing de Blasio.

“I’m so proud to stand with all of Queens Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) manifested itself in the County today and stand with Bill and say to mayoral primary, when the Ognibene-Ulrich Bill ‘We look forward to the day that you’re faction endorsed Lhota, who won the borough Editor

Rep. Joe Crowley, left, drapes his arm around Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio at a rally outside Borough Hall Monday during which the county’s Democratic organization threw its PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER support behind de Blasio’s candidacy. in the Sept. 10 primary, and the county organization backed Catsimatidis.

Robert Hornak, the executive secretary of the Queens Republican Party, would not speak on the record about whether or not the borough’s party organization has endorsed and plans on supporting Lhota, but multiple sources have confirmed that there has been

little to no communication between the Lhota campaign and the Queens GOP leadership.

“Who’s not returning calls, I can’t say,” one source was quoted as saying, “but they’re not talking to each other.”

Another source, a top GOP operative, said Ragusa is supporting Lhota’s candidacy. continued on page 22

For runoff, James gets Queens Dems support Announcement at Borough Hall came as surprise to some Monday

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Brooklyn Councilwoman Letitia James, seen her with top Queens Democrats, won the endorsement of the Queens Democratic Party on Monday at an announcement that some in the party, many of whom endorsed her opponent, state Sen. Dan Squadron, didn’t even know was happening.

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In an unexpected move, the Queens Democratic Party threw its support behind Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) in the party’s runoff election for public advocate on Monday.

James finished first in the Sept. 10 primary with 36 percent of the vote, ahead of state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn), who finished with 33 percent. That means there will be a runoff on Oct. 1 between James and Squadron for the Democratic nomination — the only runoff on the ballot since both Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer finished above 40 percent in the Democratic primaries for mayor and comptroller, respectively.

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, said a few words of support before allowing James to take the microphone, where she highlighted her opposition to Mayor Bloomberg’s policies during her 10 years on the City Council, making special note of her opposition to extending term limits Some elected Queens officials had endorsed James previous to the primary, such as Borough President Helen Marshall and Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside), bucking the county leadership.

But even though James garnered the support of the county leadership, the crowd of Queens Democratic electeds was not as big for the James endorsement announcement as it had been for mayoral candidate

Bill de Blasio a half hour earlier. A number of borough Democrats have been behind Squadron since before the Sept. 10 primary, including some of his colleagues in Albany: Assembly members Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and state Sens. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), all of whom left the steps of Borough Hall before the announcement of the James endorsement.

In fact, the announcement Monday seemed to take some by surprise. Crowley and Michael Reich, the Queens Democratic Party’s executive secretary, both announced previous to the de Blasio endorsement that reporters should “stick around” for a “special event” later and implied it had something to do with James, who was the only elected official from outside Queens — besides de Blasio himself — standing on the steps of Borough Hall Monday. Supporters with James campaign signs mulled around during the rally with de Blasio.

“I don’t know what it’s about,” said a de Blasio supporter, who did not stick around for the James endorsement, upon seeing James and her backers before the mayoral candidate’s rally. “I don’t know why they’re here.”

Squadron received the endorsement of the fourthplace finisher in the primary, Cathy Guerroero. The third-place finisher, Reshma Saujani — whom the Queens Democratic Party had endorsed — backed James last week. James has also won the endorsement of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island Q Democratic organizations.

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Getting a taste of the rural life included watching pigs and ducks race, seeing the prize-winning produce and crafts and Q exploring the corn maze. — Liz Rhoades

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Ducks compete in a fast-paced waddling race.

Richard Hellerer, left with his son, Jake, 10, and daughter, Sadie, 6, in the corn maze.

These tall musicians entertained the crowds on Sunday in Floral Park.

Christopher Shields, 3, left, and his friend, Brandon join other youngsters playing in the sandbox filled with kernels of corn.

Judging was also held for homemade arts and crafts.

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Rally against flood insurance hikes Saturday

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Survivors of Hurricane Sandy in southern Queens and the Rockaways worried about increasing flood insurance rates will rally in Broad Channel Saturday, calling for Congress to postpone implementation of the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act that will cause flood insurance rates to go up for homes damaged in Hurricane Sandy. The rally will take place at noon Sept. 28 in front of the American Legion Hall at 209 Cross Bay Blvd.

The Biggert-Waters Act, passed as part of a larger appropriations bill just weeks before Sandy, removes some subsidies given to homeowners to make flood insurance more affordable. Proponents of the law say the subsidies are

wasteful, premiums should be tied to market rates and that the subsidies made it more financially feasible to build more expensive structures in flood-prone areas.

But those who want to see the law reformed say it risks creating a situation where living in flood zones would become unaffordable.

They include residents of Howard Beach and the Rockaways, many of whom pay subsidized flood insurance rates and never utilized the program until Sandy.

“If parts of Obamacare can be delayed because they’re not ready, the president (and FEMA) can do the same with Biggert-Waters,” said Howard Beach resident Dorothy McCloskey in an email.

But FEMA Director Craig Fugate said a delay would take

an act of Congress.

“I have not found a way to delay [the law’s implementation] without some additional legislative support,” he said in front of a U.S. Senate panel this week. “There is no provision for affordability in this law.”

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The building’s decay signified a change i n the neighborhood that included the demolition of the former Vetter Mansion next door to the Republican Club. T he Victor ianstyle home, built in 1887, housed a funeral home until it was demolished i n 2 0 0 7, a f t e r a n u n s u c c e s sf u l attempt to have it landmarked, to make way for a moder n shopping plaza, which was built several years ago and remains vacant.

At the same time the mansion was being tor n down, preser vationists were f ig ht i ng a n auct ion of t he Republican Club that they feared could put the building in jeopardy. A judge put a hold on a potential sale that year, but the building has been Q vacant since.

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Apartments coming to Rego Park mall Developer announces long-held plans for a residential tower

by Tess McRae Reporter

Plans to construct apartments atop the Rego Center II mall have been announced by the property owners.

According to the Department of Buildings, Vornado Realty Trust filed plans for a 314unit residential tower above the shopping mall

by SLCE Architects.

The Real Deal, a real estate website, reported that the 24-story, 287,113-squarefoot building addition will be a rental complex and cost between $100 million and $120 million.

Plans for a residential building above the 160,00-square-foot shopping center — anchored by a Costco, Century 21 clothing store and Kohl’s — were part of the original proposal that was presented to Community Board 6 in 2005. The mall opened in 2010.

“We’ve heard about this proposal back in 2004, 2005,” CB 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio said. “Putting residential units on top has always been part of that plan but when we had the economic downturn, they had to put that on pause.”

“We approved the plan ... and met with them in 2010, where they gave me a copy of their retail expansion and the residential,” state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) said. “It was always known that this would

Rego Center II mall was originally supposed to be a mixed-use building, topped with 300 to 400 rental units. Now that the economy is improving, the property owners are revisiting the idea of PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE placing a residential tower on top of the existing commercial area. come to fruition.”

With the economy now on the rise, the group can get back to its original plan for the plot that was once a parking lot for the former Alexander’s Department Store.

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Racket was led by Ozone Park man Six people, including a father, a son and a brother and sister, have been indicted on charges of operating an illegal gambling racket across three counties that took in roughly $1 million in bets.

Saul Montalvo, 44, of Ozone Park, his sister Veronica Montalvo, 40, of Brooklyn Juan Arias, 41, of the Bronx, Benny Maldonado, 60, of Ridgewood; and Rosa Rincon, 56, of Woodhaven, were arraigned in Queens County Supreme Court Sept. 19 on an indictment variously charging them with enterprise corruption, first-degree promoting gambling and first-degree possession of gambling records. Saul Montalvo’s son, Daniel, who lives in Corona, is being sought on the same charges.

According to Queens DA Richard Brown, the NYPD’s Queens Narcotics Division and Brown’s Narcotics Investigation Bureau commenced a long-term investigation in February of an illegal gambling ring allegedly being run by Saul Montalvo and his partner, Arias, which according to the criminal charges, operated a central wire room at 593 Sutter Ave.,

in East New York, Brooklyn, run by Veronica Montalvo and others.

It is alleged that the wire room maintained a number of fax machines that received betting slips from more than 30 betting parlors scattered throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County. A second wire room allegedly was operated

by Rincon from a house in Woodhaven.

Daniel Montalvo and Benny Maldonando are alleged to have been primarily tasked with collecting and distributing money to the betting parlors.

Court-authorized search warrants were executed at 12 locations, including defendant Saul Montalvo’s Ozone Park residence, the two wire rooms and various betting parlors in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island, and 19 other individuals were arrested on various charges. Among the items the police allegedly recovered were more than $120,000 in cash, gambling records, fax machines, hundreds of narcotics pills and various weapons.

If convicted, each defendants faces up Q to 25 years in prison.

about the project yet.

Though it was reported that the residential building would be 24 stories, Stavisky recalled that the original proposal laid out a much smaller building.

“The plans I have talk about a 15-story building of residential units,” she said. “It

looks like 15 floors of residential on top of the commercial floors.”

Gulluscio and Stavisky both recalled from previous meetings that there would be separate parking for renters once the building is finished, a condition he said is important in ensuring the apartments will not cause too much congestion in the already bustling area.

In fact, the building is zoned R7-1 so to comply with zoning laws, the project must provide off--street parking for residents.

Stavisky and Gulluscio did have their concerns though.

“It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the plan but I would like to ensure that traffic won’t be too affected by this and that the Police Department will be involved to ensure the safety of the area,” Gulluscio said.

“Personally, I support mixed-use facilities because they bring in jobs, but I am concerned about our schools,” Stavisky said.

“They’re overcrowded as it is and this will add to it. They’re going to have to address this issue.”

Stavisky, having dealt with Vornado before, said she was confident the company would address all issues that could arise once a residential building is put in place.

No date has been set for a groundbreaking or when developers will meet with the comQ munity board.

Work moves along at Boys and Girls Club The steel skeleton of the new extension to the South Queens Boys & Girls Club is rising above Richmond Hill and the longawaited expansion should be ready by this winter.

Ground broke in April 2011 on the $10 million extension and renovation, which will feature a new performance, technology and pre-teen center, a kitchen, more classroom space and sound rooms as well

as a senior center and a dance studio.

Carol Simon, the executive director of the center, said construction is moving along on schedule as demolition of an old structure at the site and construction of the new wing were to take three years.

“We expect that our new 35,000-squarefoot wing will be ready in February 2014,” Q she said in an email Tuesday.

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Unity sought in mayor’s race continued from page 14 and President Obama.

Three recent polls show de Blasio ahead “Well, I can tell you Ragusa isn’t supporting de Blasio,” the operative said. of Lhota by more than 40 points. The most “He’s a Republican so it goes without say- recent poll, conducted by Penn, Schoen and Berland, showed him leading 60 percent to ing he supports the Republican.”

But how much help the Queens GOP 19 percent. The poll broke down that suporganization is giving, or is wanted by port by primary vote; a quarter of Quinn’s voters are supporting Lhota, while the Lhota’s people at all remains unclear.

“Why would Lhota want [Ragusa’s] GOP nominee gets 17 percent of those who help? ” one source asked. “His people voted for the second-place finisher, former attacked Lhota during the primary and they city Comptroller Bill Thompson. Earlier polls by Marist and Quinnipiac also lost.”

Yet some Ragusa foes say the party is showed the Democratic nominee with a lead of more than 40 points. In the latter unifying, just not under his leadership.

Kevin Ryan, communications director poll, de Blasio was getting more GOP supQ for the Northeast Queens Republican Club, port than Lhota was from Democrats. said his group, which is not tied to Ragusa, held a meeting last week in which several Ragusa-backed candidates spoke.

“A lot of people who have never been to the cl u b b efo r e we r e there,” Ryan said.

“We’re doing all we can to unite the party.”

Back on the Democratic side, de Blasio won the support of Sources say Queens GOP Chairman Phil Ragusa, left, is supportnational Democratic ing the Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, but how much figures including Bill the Queens Republican organization is helping, or if its help is and Hillary Clinton even wanted, depends on whom in the party you ask. FILE PHOTOS

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After Nov. 5, there will be one more race to watch before the new city government takes office and that will be who succeeds Christine Quinn as speaker of the City Council.

The position, which has only had three occupants since being created in 1989, wields tremendous power over legislation that passes through the Council and the Council members Mark Weprin, left, and Jimmy Van Bramer annual budget negotiations. have been mentioned as possible candidates for City Council T h e s p e a ke r sh ip h a s speaker.

FILE PHOTOS only been held by people It would also likely cool support for from two boroughs, Queens and Manhattan, so the possibility of the gavel return- two other white male favorites; Council members Dan Garodnick (D-Manhattan), ing here would appear slim.

But the next mayor and next public who represents a district on Manhattan’s advocate will likely be from Brooklyn, East Side that Quinn won in the primary, which means geographical balance will like- and James Vacca (D-Bronx), who, like ly remove that borough from consideration, Weprin, comes from a district far from and since 1989, the Queens and Manhattan Manhattan and would claim the gavel for delegations have had a detente of sorts — his borough for the first time.

A Squadron win would give a boost to delivering votes as a bloc — that has helped the hopes of female, black or Hispanic the speakership stay in the two boroughs.

After two back-to-back speakers from candidates, such as Council members Inez Manhattan, the outer boroughs will likely Dickens (D-Manhattan), who is black, be looking to reclaim the powerful position. Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan), Rosie Mendez (D-Manhattan) and The top speaker contender from Annabel Palma (D-Bronx), who are Queens right now is Councilman Hispanic, or perhaps even Jumaane Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens). News Williams (D-Brooklyn), who has A son of a former Assembly speaker analysis been a darling of progressives over and brother of a former Council his staunch opposition to stop and finance chairman, Weprin has good relationships with the Democratic Party frisk. However, Williams’ Brooklyn base heads in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhat- and what many feel is his socially consertan — all of whom he served with in Albany vative beliefs on same-sex marriage and — and has helped winning Council candi- abortion may remove him from considerdates all over the city. Weprin represents a ation. Another wild card is Councilwoman district from far outside Manhattan, giving Debi Rose (D-Staten Island), who has the him outer-borough credibility, and took what intriguing resume of being progressive, progressives view as brave votes in favor of black, female and from the smallest and most conservative borough. the two bills to rein in stop and frisk.

Another wild card is de Blasio’s choice for Cou nci l m a n Ji m my Va n Br a me r’s (D-Sunnyside) name has also been tossed wielding the gavel is should he be elected around as a potential speaker, and he helped mayor. De Blasio is close to Mark-Viverito a number of winning Democratic Council and not seen as very close to Dickens, who candidates around the city this year and is a has been mired in controversy. Whether or founding member of the Progressive Cau- not the Council wants to back the new mayor’s choice, or go its own way, may cause the cus, which is poised to grow next year.

But Queens may be out of luck unless list to shorten, or change completely.

Another factor will be the length of Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) wins the public advocate runoff next time a potential speaker can serve dependweek, which perhaps explains the Queens ing on when they’re term-limited. Quinn Democratic Party’s surprise endorsement served two ter ms as speaker and both of her Monday. If Brooklyn state Sen. Weprin and Van Bramer are not term-limDaniel Squadron wins, all three citywide ited until 2021, while other candidates, offices will be held by white males, mak- like Vacca, Garodnick and Dickens, are ing it unlikely a white male like Weprin or term-limited in 2017 and could only serve Q one term as speaker.

Van Bramer would be considered.

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The Midway Theater in Forest Hills was recently purchased by a group of investors.

Lloyd Goldman of BLDG Management, Eric Roth of Brick Capital and Brian Ezratty of Eastern Ezratty, all New York Citybased real estate investors, bought the property for $20.5 million, according to Brick Capital’s website.

The two-story property at 108-22 Queens Blvd. is home to a United Artists Regal Cinema multiscreen movie theater that was originally built in 1940 as a 1,933seat single theater. It also houses a restaurant and beauty school.

As the tenants have long-term leases, the investors reportedly plan to keep the status quo for now, but the building may eventually become a development opportunity, according to the Real Deal.

Federal Realty Investment Trust, a company that specializes in retail and mixeduse properties, sold the property.

Neither Goldman, Roth nor Ezratty could be reached for comment, but Roth

told the Real Deal that the space has a “tremendous opportunity for future growth as the longer-term leases expire and there is 65,000 square feet of available development rights.”

Forest Hills residents were split on the idea of the theater building — an iconic but unofficial landmark in the community — under new ownership.

“I don’t know, maybe I’m too sentimental and should just keep up with the times but I don’t want to see this place go,” Jane Grier said. “These investors may come in wanting to keep the theater but who’s to say they won’t change their mind?”

Roger Thomas said fresh investors could bring something exciting to the neighborhood.

“We have the movie theater for now and maybe they’ll keep part of it and put some kind of bookstore or health food store or something that the neighborhood can enjoy together,” Thomas said. “I’d say a restaurant or clothing store but we have enough of those already. A Barnes and Noble Q would be awesome right here.”

Happy 100th, Florence Woodhaven resident Florence Seiken celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 18.

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Helping those with autism take flight JetBlue, TSA and JFK personnel guide patients, families in realistic exercise

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The modern means of boarding a commercial airplane can tax the most seasoned traveler with the combination of check-in counters, baggage checks, safety screening checkpoints and every airline with its own boarding procedures.

But when a family member has autism, the change, hectic pace and unfamiliar surroundings can cause difficulties.

On Saturday, JetBlue and the organization Autism Speaks teamed up to give patients, their families and those who work at Kennedy Airport the opportunity to practice with each other in order to ease everyone’s stress when the families fly for real in the future.

Lisa Goring, of Autism Speaks, said the idea was to make the drill, which took place at JetBlue’s Terminal 5, as realistic a flying experience as possible so that both the families and airline and airport personnel can be more comfortable with each other.

She said when they put out the word in the community that they were looking for families to volunteer, they filled up the first day, resulting in more than 200 people participating “They did a great job,” Goring said of the airline and airport personnel. “We welcome any opportunity to offset the challenges

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Tunnel to close for Siller Run The Hugh L. Carey/Brooklyn Battery Tunnel will close for several hours on Sunday for the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run, commemorating the late FDNY firefighter’s dash through the tunnel to reach the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

One tube will close at 10 p.m. on Saturday and remain closed through 3 p.m. on Sunday. The remaining tube will have one lane in each direction until 8 a.m. on Sunday, when it too will close.

Drivers are being asked to seek alternative routes.

About 20,000 people are expected to participate, starting in Red Hook and continuing to the site of the Twin Towers.

Siller, 34, of Squad 1 in Brooklyn, had just gotten off duty when he heard of the attacks, picked up his gear and drove to the tunnel. Finding it closed to traffic, the husband and father of five ran nearly two miles with more than 60 pounds of equipment on his back to join his unit.

He was one of 12 members of Squad 1 last seen heading into the South Tower, and one of 343 FDNY firefightQ ers killed that day.

Kathy and Daniel Russo board the plane with their children Anthony, 6, and Lisa, 4, during a practice air travel run for families dealing with autism at Kennedy Airport. The exercise was PHOTO BY MARY ALTAFFER/SP PHOTO COURTESY JETBLUE sponsored by JetBlue and Autism Speaks. people with autism face ... They went to the ticket counter, passed through security with the [Transportation Safety Administration], sat at the gate and boarded the plane.”

She said JetBlue cabin and flight crews were on hand in uniform, and that ground crews pulled the plane from the gate to

allow it to taxi around the airport, all to make the experience as genuine as possible.

Goring said they had been working on the project for months, and that JetBlue has had similar run-throughs at Boston’s Logan Airport for several years.

Kate Wetzel, manager of corporate social

responsibility at the airline, said it started with requests from JetBlue’s ground and flight personnel. And she said the airline considers Saturday’s experience to be as valuable to them as it is to the families.

“This came up from our crew members,” Wetzel said. “Those people are in a special and unique position to observe the needs of passengers with autism and their families, and we are frequently looking at how best to serve them.”

She said JetBlue closely monitored the program as it does any regular training exercise, and will study and report on the results.

Wetzel said there were only two instances where children unfamiliar with the experience began to have difficulties.

One was a family with two children when they approached the TSA checkpoints. The other was a little girl who had difficulty in the air bridge, the tunnel that connects the gate with the plane’s entrance.

“She couldn’t see the end of the air bridge,” Wetzel said.

But she and Goring said they made sure to have trained autism specialists on hand for the entire exercise, and that the day went by without any major difficulties.

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Zero West Nile deaths in city Health Department reports only 4 cases this year

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

Although the cit y Depar t ment of Health is not taking credit for it, cases of the West Nile virus are down significantly this year and there have been no deaths.

With any virus, the number of cases can wax and wane from year to year and there are other factors involved such as the weather. But there’s no denying that the city’s assault on the disease-bearing mosquitoes has paid off.

Though the West Nile virus season won’t end until the first frost, the peak months have passed with only four cases in the entire city, all in Staten Island. Last year, the city reported 41 cases and six deaths.

Since the virus was first discovered in the United States in College Point in 1999, the lowest numbers of cases were in 2009 with three and 2004 with five. There were no fatalities those years either.

DOH officials say temperature and rainfall are factors and cooler years tend to produce lower mosquito counts.

Despite the low number of cases this year, Queens, ironically, had the largest number of mosquito pools with 122, followed by Brooklyn with 45, Staten Island,

43, the Bronx, 11, and Manhattan 8.

When there is an increase in infected mosquitoes within a pool, the city usually sprays the area. This year, the DOH added n i ne new mosqu it o t r appi ng sit e s throughout the city and tried to increase public awareness in the at-risk neighborhoods through f liers and in announcements in newspapers and television.

Perhaps because of the publicity, it appeared that the city did more spraying than usual, but DOH officials say that is not the case. They report fewer sprayings this year compared to 2012 and overall fewer mosquito pools testing positive.

Since the virus originated in Queens 14 years ago, the city has taken an aggressive, proactive approach to deal with the virus, which can be deadly. There were 47 cases that year with four deaths, most of them from Queens. The agency continues to instruct the public about how to prevent the spread of mosquitoes on their property and how to protect themselves from bites.

Precautions include using insect repellent when going outdoors, especially at dawn and dusk when the mosquitoes are most active; wearing long sleeves and long pants when outdoors; repairing

screens; and emptying standing water from pools, flowerpots, buckets and other outdoor areas where water can accumulate.

But not all mosquitoes carry the virus, so there’s no need to panic.

Aside from spraying known breeding sites, the DOH applies larvicides to kill the immature form of the mosquito to areas of standing water that cannot be drained completely such as in parks and marsh areas and regularly tests mosquitoes throughout the spring and summer.

Approximately one in five people who are infected with the virus will develop flu-like symptoms with less than 1 percent developing a serious neurological illness such as encephalitis or meningitis, which can be fatal.

Following the initial outbreak in 1999, the virus has spread throughout the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent statistics show a total of 44 deaths and 1,135 cases, which is up significantly from last year. California reported the most fatalities with six and Colorado has had the most cases with 197.

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Give your kitchen a fresh face this autumn As the season changes, many of us will get the itch to tackle any number of home improvement projects before winter. For some, a complete remodel is in the works.

For others, just a few quick fixes are needed to make the home a more enjoyable space during the long winter months or in prepa r at ion for holid ay entertaining.

With the kitchen at the heart of the home, it’s an obvious place to take time for a few updates this season. Here are a few ideas to help give your kitchen a fresh look without spoiling the budget.

Overhaul cabinetry without breaking the bank Although replacing kitchen cabinetry can be a very costly home improvement project, it usually makes the biggest impact. With unlimited options to choose from and varying price points, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and discouraged.

Even if your budget is small, don’t give up on the idea of updating your kitchen cabinetry because there are plenty of affordable solutions. For example, QualityCabinets offers its Woodstar series, a line of affordable and stylish cabinets including its newest door styles — Kittery and Brookport — that are on-trend and available in popular

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Add some personality and shine Hardware and faucets are touched every day, and wear and tear are inevitable. Just switching out these pieces can make a dramatic difference by adding a fresh shine, some personality and even greater functionality to the space. If your cabinetry hardware seems a bit dated, opt for o n e of m a ny m o d e r n options for an instant, lowcost update. Replace the kitchen faucet with a sleek, better-functioning style to elevate the kitchen design, but also introduce a newer, water-saving solution.

Don’t underestimate the power of paint With color trends constantly changing, and the focus on color in the home becoming more prominent, a fresh coat of paint can change the look and feel of a space almost instantly. With the changing season, opt for colors that add warmth and comfort or choose a bright color to combat the gray of winter.

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Home improvement projects perfect for fall Home improvement projects can add value to a home and do-it-yourselfers know the sweat-equity that goes into such projects can give homeowners a greater sense of pride in their homes. But no two home improvement projects are the same, and homeowners should know that certain projects are best tackled during certain times of the year.

Fall is a great season to work on your house, as the weather is often at its most agreeable once the summer heat has gone and before winter weather arrives. The following are a handful of fall-friendly home improvement projects for homeowners looking to improve their homes.

• Roof repair: Whether you’re repairing or replacing the roof, fall is a great time of year to dust off the ladder and get some work done on your roof for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, fall is ideal for roof work because you won’t have to be up on the roof with the summer heat bearing down on you. This can make the project move along more quickly, which is especially beneficial if you are paying laborers to work on the roof. The fewer hours workers are fixing your roof, the less you will be paying in labor costs.

In addition, fixing up the roof in the fall ensures those winter storms, be it rain or snow, won’t find their way into your home via leaks. A leaky roof in winter is hard to fix, as the roof surface could be treacherous in the winter and winter winds can make it dangerous to be up on the roof at all.

Addressing leaks in the fall can prevent damage to your home’s interior, which can mount up if a leaky roof is not addressed until the following spring.

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Fall is the ideal time to address a home’s windows because the temperature outside tends to be pleasant. This means you likely won’t have to make much of an effort to offset the elements, and open windows in the fall won’t make your home’s interior very hot or cold like they might if you were to tackle the project during the summer or winter.

• Fixing the floors: Wood flooring is a hot commodity for many homeowners. But not all flooring can be added to a home at any time of year. That’s because certain types of f looring employ adhesives that need temperatures inside the home to be within a certain range, and that range is often within 70 to 80 degrees F, which makes fall a great time to install such floors. Colder temperatures can make it difficult for the flooring to dry and bond, which will prove problematic down the road. What’s more, many people entertain friends and family come late fall and into the holiday season, and it can be difficult to do so if you are busy installing new flooring.

• Painting projects: Painting is another home improvement project that seems tailor-made for fall. A fresh coat of paint or a new color scheme around the house can give a home an entirely new look and feel. But paint can be pungent and the aromas may last if it’s applied at a time of year when it can’t dry while the windows are wide open. Paint fumes inside a home can make the home uninhabitable, but painting at a time of year like the fall, when you can keep

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How to increase storage in tight spaces Cozy, quaint homes att ract many homebuyers and renters. Be it a cottage-style house or a studio apartment, smaller living spaces often involve getting creative with storage.

People live in smaller homes for a variety of reasons. Some choose to live in a smaller home so they can be right in the thick of things in a city or urban center. Others scale back on living space in an effort to save money. But storage space in small quarters is often at a premium, and thinking creatively is a necessity to keep the home tidy and items out of view.

Rainy or chilly days are the perfect times to tackle indoor organization projects. When the outdoors isn’t beckoning, you can devote all of your attention to addressing storage issues in your home. To begin, take inventory of what you have, going through your possessions and determining what can stay and what can go.

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kitchen cookware. You may need to borrow space from one area of the home to give to another area. The following are some additional tips to increase space in an otherwise cramped home.

• Add shelves: Increase cabinet and closet space by adding shelves into them. This may double or even triple the amount of usable space, especially if you customize the shelving to fit storage containers you use to store everything from shoes to craft items.

• Opt for dual-purpose furniture: Benches with lids that lift up and sofas that convert into guest beds are just a few of the many ways you can keep a small home neat and increase storage space.

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• Take advantage of oddly shaped crevices: If you have space under a staircase or a spot by a dormer or in an attic eave, use the space to store items. You may need to get creative, such as adding a door and small closet into the staircase, but such spaces make practical storage areas and add character to a home.

• Use see-through storage containers: Many people find that plastic storage bins are neater and more stackable than boxes. Seethrough bins enable you to quickly find items. Clear storage containers work in the refrigerator, too. You can more easily spot leftovers, and uniform stacking containers free up more room for bulkier items.

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When you think creatively, you can maximize storage space even in a small home. room to store more things than just dust bunnies beneath your bed. A bed frame with built-in drawers is the perfect place to keep bed linens and out-of-season clothes. Beds can be raised on blocks to create more space underneath for storing rolling plastic containers and even seldomused suitcases.

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It’s status quo on the jobs front yet again Editor-in-Chief

No news may be good news at times — but not when it’s that the unemployment rate is remaining stubbornly where it’s been for months.

But that was the story in Queens, and elsewhere in the city, according to the latest numbers from the state Labor Department, those for August, which were released Tuesday.

The unemployment rate in this borough remained at 7.7 percent in August, compared to ... 7.7 percent in July and 7.8 percent in June. In May it was 7.4 percent.

That’s still better than the 8.3 percent of August 2012, but the number of people in the borough listed as employed actually fell from July into August, from 1,065,200 to 1,062,900. The number of unemployed people remained the same: 88, 600.

Citywide, the story was the same, as the jobless rate held steady at 8.7 percent; and statewide it was similar, dipping just a tenth of a point from 7.6 per-

cent in July to 7.5 percent in August.

Nationally, however, the rate improved from 7.7 percent to 7.3 percent.

The Labor Department said that 22,700 jobs were added to the economy statewide in August, for a gain of 0.3 percent.

The county with the state’s highest unemployment rate remains the Bronx, at 12 percent. The one with the lowest rate is Hamilton County in the Adirondacks — a county so rural it literally does not have a single traffic signal.

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Comptroller Alan Hevesi of Queens, who Hospital administrator David Rosen served more than a year for actions taken was convicted at trial and sentenced to while serving as state comptroller. three years. Lobbyist Richard Lipsky, hosBut Bharara told the commission that pital administrator Dr. Robert Aquino, his office already has filed the paper- healthcare consultant Solomon Kalish and work to go after the pensions of Smith Kruger associate Michael Turano all a nd Assembly ma n Er ic Stevenson pleaded guilty and received prison terms.

(D-Bronx), who was arrested on corrup• Former state Sen. Nicholas Spano tion charges this past spring, should they (R-Yonkers) pleaded guilty in February be convicted.

2010 to obstruction of justice and filing Published reports say Halloran, too, fraudulent tax retur ns. He was sencould be targeted under Bharara’s new tenced to a year and a day in prison and procedure if he is convicted in court. is now free.

“Our primary • Queens state Sen. mission is to address Hi ra m Monser rate and undo injustice — pleaded guilty in May understand the and, in the public 2012 to charges relatcorruption context, a ed to the misuse of sentiment — people galling injustice that more than $100,000 in should not be rewarded discretionary funds. sticks in the craw of every thinking New He was sentenced to for bad acts.”

Yorker is the almost two years in prison. inviolable right of — Assemblyman Bill Scarborough • Fo r m e r s t a t e even the most corAssemblyman Nelson rupt elected official, Castro (D-Bronx) is even after being convicted by a jury and due to be sentenced in January after pleadjailed by a judge — to draw a publicly ing guilty to making false statements to funded pension until his dying day,” Bha- federal authorities. He had been a cooperatrara said. ing witness in the Stevenson investigation.

Halloran’s attorney, Vinoo Varghese, • City officials who have pleaded guilty said in an email that it was inappropriate during Bharara’s tenure include former for Bharara to speak about Halloran NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik and because he has not committed any crime. former Manhattan Borough President and Smith’s lawyer could not be reached for City Council President Andrew Stein. comment.

Kerik was sentenced to four years in prison.

But if they or their clients are inclined • Cou ncilman Lar r y Seabrook to take Bharara’s testimony as posturing (D-Bronx) was convicted on charges that or an idle threat, there is his record to con- included fraud in July 2012. He was sensider in political corruption cases since he tenced last January to five years. was sworn into office in August 2009: • This past spring, Oliver Pan and Jenny • In December 2010, former state Sena- Hu, operatives for the mayoral campaign tor and Putnam County Executive-elect of Comptroller John Liu, were convicted Vincent Leibell pleaded guilty to tax eva- for a scheme to funnel money from straw sion and obstructing a federal grand jury donors into Liu’s campaign war chest. investigation. He was sentenced to 21 Both are scheduled to be sentenced next months in prison and fined $4,000. His month. former chief of staff served four months • Ozone Park lawyer and Democratic following a guilty plea. district leader and frequent candidate Al • Kruger in December 2011 pleaded Baldeo is scheduled for trial in November guilty to charges in which federal prosecu- for allegations involving straw donors and tors alleged he took more than $500,000 in obstruction.

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Noise increases over a year; no help from government agencies

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

As if the significant increase in noise from overhead airplanes hasn’t been enough, residents of Whitestone and Malba also have had to contend with excessive disruptions from helicopters passing directly over their houses.

The problem stems from a Federal Aviation Administration mandate last year that choppers traveling between the middle of Long Island to the Hamptons must fly over water in an effort to decrease the overhead noise for residents of the island. Following the requirement, helicopter pilots began seeking a faster and cheaper route, resulting in more flights over northeast Queens.

On Monday, area residents were supported in their struggle by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), who later acknowledged the source of the problem, and Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) at a Malba press conference.

The senator pointed out that noise from helicopters had never been a problem in the past, with only an occasional police chopper passing overhead, but “not regular traffic from Manhattan. Shockingly, there’s no oversight for helicopter routes. It’s the most amazing thing we’ve come across.”

Ralph Cefalo, a resident of Malba, noted the situation has been going on for several months. “It’s gotten increasingly worse,” Cefalo said. “Hopefully, they’ll be able to do something about it.”

Linda Ermann of Whitestone has noticed that “since springtime, there’s a pattern. The helicopters come east on Friday and west on Sunday. Everyone’s flying out to

Montauk. A lot of people have more money to fly.”

Whitestone’s Joe Bono said the problem has been in existence longer than that. “It’s gotten progressively worse the last couple of years. You can’t even hear yourself talk if you’re on the porch. Over an hour, you can easily see five come over.”

Bono indicated that the people he has written to complaining about the situation, including elected officials, “didn’t know whose jurisdiction helicopters come under.”

He said he kept getting letters back saying, “We’ll look into it,” but nothing was done.

With Avella’s involvement, Bono was optimistic. “I feel we’ll get more done now,” Bono said.

A statement from the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said: “Sen. Schumer pushed for an over-thewater route between Huntington and the North Fork of Long Island and will continue pushing for extended overthe-water routes as well as higher altitudes to protect New Yorke r s f rom t he i nc e ss a nt d rone of low-f ly i ng helicopters.”

Avella and Simanowitz are calling for a review of the helicopter routes over Whitestone and Malba. They are also requesting a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security and Gov. Cuomo regarding the security concerns with commercial heliports within the city and the use of private helipads.

According to those at the conference, neither the FAA, the Transportation Safety Administration nor the Port Authority take direct jurisdiction over commercial or private helicopters operating in the metropolitan area.

A spokesperson for Avella later indicated that while the

FAA does have jurisdiction over the f light paths, the agency has no control over helicopters in private helipads or on the ground.

Avella termed this lack of oversight “disconcerting,” adding, “This clearly poses serious safety concerns that need to be addressed immediately.”

Simanowitz agreed, saying, “For safety reasons it would make sense to move the helicopters out to sea. Terrorists are getting smarter. They are engineering new ways to strike fear. This would be a catastrophic way to do it.”

The two elected officials have written to both the NYC Economic Development Corp. and the Eastern Region Helicopter Council regarding the excessive noise, urging “immediate steps in mitigating this problem so residents can resume a normal quality of life.”

Alfredo Centola, president of Malba Gardens Civic Association, said the helicopters are “ridiculous. Houses vibrate. Things are falling off shelves. It’s a nightmare.

My kids are waking up because the helicopters are literally shaking the whole house.”

In response to an inquiry from the Chronicle, the FAA issued the following statement: “The FAA’s mission is to ensure the safe and efficient use of our nation’s navigable airspace. The FAA does not have the authority to prohibit aircraft from flying over a particular area unless the operation is unsafe or the aircraft is operated in a manner inconsistent with FAA regulations.”

According to Avella’s estimate, between 1,000 and 1,500 homes in Queens are being affected. Centola put the Q figure at around 2,000.

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Civic probing deal on former city lot Newtown group furious over loss of public benefits in Elmhurst project

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Determined not get shortchanged when the Mattone Group builds an Olive Garden, Joe’s Crab Shack and Texas Longhorn Steakhouse in the heart of Elmhurst, the Newtown Civic Association has proceeded to investigate the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s contracts with the developer for the site between the Queens Center Mall and the Long Island Expressway.

“We are basically being cheated as a community and not compensated for the loss of our land,” NCA Treasurer Robert Valdes-Clausell, who has been leading the civic charge, said at the group’s meeting Monday night in Elmhurst.

Valdes-Clausell had filed a Freedom of Information Law request with the EDC and obtained some documents related to a settlement made on Feb. 6 that enables the Mattones to build the restaurants. He presented his initial findings at Monday’s meeting.

The 99,200-square-foot parcel, formerly a city parking lot, was sold to Mattone for $2.2 million in 2001, despite the community’s objections. The firm was to build a movie theater on the site in four and a half years, buy the crumbling Elmwood Theater on the other side of Queens Boulevard and donate the proceeds to the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens to build a senior center. The contract stipulated that if those conditions were not met, the city could buy the property back for $1. But none of that came to pass, and Mattone has been operating the lot for commercial truck parking in the meantime.

When the EDC issued an eviction notice to the firm on July 30, 2010 for failing to develop the property and violating the terms of the agreement, Mattone launched a lawsuit. While a judge ruled in the EDC’s favor, Mattone appealed, and the parties reached a settlement for $3 million, as compensation for revenue the EDC would have received if Mattone had complied with the original deed.

The NCA denounced the settlement for completely neglecting the promises made to the community in 2001. The Catholic Medical Center’s St. John’s hospital closed and the Elmwood Theater was sold to the Rock Church. The settlement modified the deed to allow Mattone to build the three restaurants on about 26,000 square feet, stating that “NYCEDC has determined that it would fulfill a public purpose, further NYCEDC’s organizational goals and would be in the best interest of the City of New York ...”

The minutes of the meeting of the NYCEDC board of directors from Feb. 6 indicates that the directors who approved the project did not know that the original deed included promises to the community.

The meeting was held at the EDC’s office in Lower Manhattan was called to order at 8:41 a.m. and adjourned at 9 a.m. Of the board’s 27 directors, 18 were present at the meeting, although 10 were teleconferencing.

In 19 minutes, the board approved the minutes of previous meetings, elected new officers; approved the sale of a lot to Flushing Commons LLC, the deed modification for the Mattone settlement and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Lease Amendment; adopted a resolution on its mission statement,

approved the previous items and adjourned.

Borough President Helen Marshall’s appointee to the board of directors, Melva Miller, stated that “the Queens Borough President’s office thanked NYCEDC for the hard work it had undertaken to bring this project to this stage.”

However, members of the NCA and Community Board 4 were not informed about the restaurant plan until August.

“In the long run we’re getting screwed, everyone in Corona and Elmhurst,” Tom McKenzie, the president of the NCA, said Monday. “We had our say and the we were royally screwed by the politicians.”

Another civic association, the Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together, recently voted unanimously to support the NCA in getting compensation for the lost land.

“We clearly need a new police station,” Valdes-Clausell said. “It’s the top priority of Community Board 4. This would’ve been an ideal opportunity because the city would not have to take from individuals through eminent domain.”

The 110th Precinct’s station was built in the 1940s and, Valdes-Clausell said, still uses a 1940s switchboard. Aside from being technologically obsolete, it is located on 43rd avenue, a one-way street, where cars are often double parked, so response times throughout the Precinct, which covers Elmhurst, Corona, and all of Flushing Meadows Corona Park are slow.

As for the restaurants, all of which are national chains owned by an Orlando-based company, some members of the NCA do not think they will succeed.

Newtown Civic Association officer Robert Valdes-Clausell at the group’s meeting Monday.

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“We’re living in New York City, not Peoria, Illinois,” Valdes-Clausell said. “We are living with culinary excellence.”

Some however, such as Joe Bellaciccio, say the restaurants are a great idea and that they will “really enhance the neighborhood.”

Valdes-Clausell said his recent attempts to bring the matter to the borough president’s attention were rebuffed by an official in her office.

Dan Andrews, the spokesman for the Borough President’s Office, said, “There is no role for us in terms of having a public hearing. This is something the developer is allowed to build. The EDC said they can go ahead and do this.”

According to Carl Mattone, all necessary permits have been issued and construction has begun.

“Everything was done above board,” Mattone said. “The project is going forward, Q it’s as of right, and I have my permits.”

Laurelton Lions tap Rowe as president Chronicle account executive has big plans for youth, club’s sight initiatives

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Salesmanship is second nature to Al Rowe, an account executive with the Queens Chronicle.

And in his new role as president of the Laurelton Lions Club, he can make a pretty good pitch for the organization.

“Our motto is ‘We serve,’ and we are the largest volunteer service organization in the world,” he said.

Rowe, 75, is a native of Jamaica in the West Indies. Even he marveled when he realized upon reflection that he has been an active member of the Lions for about 35 years.

He is serving his second stint as president of the Laurelton chapter, having last held the post in the late 1990s.

The organization consists of business and community leaders who organize to pool their talents and contacts for community projects both local and worldwide.

Lions Club International has an estimated 1.4 million members in 184 countries across the globe.

“Lions is the only service organization recognized by the United Nations,” Rowe said. “We were the first nongovernment agency they recognized.”

Laurelton, he said, has about 30 active members, and is part of Lions International’s District 20-K1, which includes

74 chapters and more than 2,000 members in Queens and Brooklyn.

The international organization has been leading the charge to help people with lost or impaired eyesight for nearly 100 years. Efforts range from raising millions for treatment and medical research to its prominent display boxes encouraging people to donate their old eyeglasses for the needy.

“Pretty much anything to do with eyesight,” Rowe said.

He is most proud of and most hopeful for the group’s Leo Clubs, which are aimed at youths ages 8 to 20 who have an interest in the Lions’ missions.

“It is very rewarding,” Rowe said. “We have a trainingschool-in-a-box program where we try to educate children, train kids so they can become better citizens, to stay off the streets.”

He said the Leo Clubs have programs of their own fully independent of the Lions.

“They train children to become leaders, people who are proficient in various aspects of social work and education.”

A Lions youth program that Rowe supports fervently is the annual peace poster contest sponsored through the UnitQ ed Nations.

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nizations that funded the 9/11 attacks, according to its authors, Rep. Peter King (R-LI) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

King, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Schumer, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the bill would not only help the victims of terrorism achieve justice but also deter future attacks. Q

Employers, unions and job agencies would be prohibited from insisting that employees and potential employees give them access to their social media accounts under a bill being considered by the City Council. A hearing on the measure was held this week.

Some companies have been demanding that workers and applicants let them see what they’re up to on Facebook, Twitter and other websites, setting up privacy battles across the nation. Several states have banned the practice, and many more, including New York, have similar bills pending in their legislatures.

The city measure would allow complaints of alleged violations to be filed with the city, and causing violators to be fined anywhere from $250 to $2,000, and would let employees and applicants sue them for damages. The bill has been co-sponsored by 20 members of the City Council, including five from Queens: Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone).

Employers would still be allowed to access information that is publicly available, and to request access to private data when conducting investigations into alleged misconduct or violations of the law. They also would still be able to access accounts created for or on behalf of their companies, and to monitor activity on workQ place computers.

Mayor touts safer city in report, but crime up New York is a far safer city than it was in 2001 before he took office, Mayor Bloomberg says in his new management report for fiscal year 2013, which ended June 30.

The number of major felony crimes has fallen by 36 percent since then, the report says, though the figure has crept up about 5 percent since its lowest point in 2011. Fire fatalities are down 33 percent, while traffic deaths are down 48 percent for drivers and passengers, and down 19 percent for pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Artists: Apply now for a senior center residency There are only four days left for artists to apply for SPARC, the Seniors Participating with Artists Citywide program, which gives participants a stipend and workspace in a senior center in exchange for creating arts programming for the facility’s attendees. The Queens Council on the Arts has all the details at queenscouncilarts. org/sparc. The deadline to apply is Sept. 30. Q

Bill would let victims Three schools honored public schools in Queens are among of terror sue nations theThree six citywide that earned blue ribbon awards A measure that would let citizens sue the foreign sponsors of terror attacks committed in the United States, including those of Sept. 11, 2001, was introduced in Congress this week by two lawmakers from New York.

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act would counter recent court decisions that said terror victims cannot sue foreign countries and other entities such as Saudi Arabian orga-

from the U.S. Department of Education this year, the United Federation of Teachers announced Tuesday. The awards honor schools that demonstrate student excellence, largely as measured by standardized test scores.

The three Queens schools that were recognized are PS 46 in Oakland Gardens, PS 66 in Q Richmond Hill and PS 221 in Little Neck.

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they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price hopes to help out in the most and let the Internet auctioneers honest way they can.

STORE HOURS handle the rest.

MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm “For this, I like to think we’re SAT. 10am - 5pm For anyone who has ever doing the community a service,” SUN. by Appointment dealt with the hassle of selling Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com and shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting spot. They can come to our store up a user and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee and know that we can educate them on what they that Ice Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. really a bargain deal.

When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right.

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to less than a year ago, and already they’re seeing a lot see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their of repeat customers and referrals. This is a sign to counter for $800. We don’t do that.” them that they’re doing something right — the pawn Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at business typically deals in one-time transactions but 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation Elias is determined to break that mold, building a are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and reputation on trust.

Sat urday 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday – pri vate “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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LI ambulette co. faked bills, records Two Queens men are among 11 people who allegedly have been tied to a Long Island ambulette company accused of bilking Medicaid of nearly $350,000, according to a statement issued Monday by New York State At tor ney General Er ic Schneiderman.

Alfonso Mintz, 44, of Rosedale, and Errol McPherson, 38, of Queens Village, were named in connection with a guilty plea by Patricia Clague, 45, owner of Angel Ambulette in Nassau County. Schneiderman announced that Clague has pleaded guilty to felony grand larceny for billing Medicaid for patient trips that never were provided, or were provided by untrained and improperly licensed drivers.

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by Josey Bartlett wo exhibits opened yesterday at The Noguchi Museum, both about collaboration — and women.

“Noguchi was a worker and a lover — a lover of women, ideas and art,” Museum Director Jenny Dixon said.

The larger show, “Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930,” focuses on the time Noguchi spent in Beijing sponging up tips from established artist Qi Baishi.

“Baishi is called China’s Picasso,” the exhibition’s curator, Natsu Oyobe, said.

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Two shows at the Noguchi Museum show off his works and how they came to be. Among the pieces are “Peking Scroll Drawing,” top, a photo of dancer Ruth Page in the sack dress created by Noguchi, and a sculpture made in Beijing.

The relationship was somewhat one-sided, Oyobe added. Noguchi includes his time with Baishi in his biography but Noguchi is not mentioned in Baishi’s chronicles. This omission is not surprising because even though Noguchi transformed into a great artist, at the time the 27-year-old was still finding his niche, sticking mostly to his European training.

The American had not yet used traditional Asian painting methods on scrolls with ink. He combined this style with his love of the nude form — especially women.

“It was quite radical,” Oyobe said.

Although a departure from Baishi’s works, within these nudes Baishi’s influence can be seen.

Noguchi began drawing much larger and on more rectangular pieces of paper. He also focused on varying his brushstroke from thick to thin and using washes. In the works, broad swipes of ink over the fluidly sketched outline of a figure convey movement.

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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Queens/Nassau, Family-to-Family. 12-session class for caregivers of an adult living with mental illness, beginning Monday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., NS-LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital, Ambulatory Pavilion, Room 1237. Contact: (718) 347-7284 to register, or namign@aol.com.

One Summer Day, a one-act music drama, Friday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m.; Sat. Oct. 5, 3 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 37th Street and 31st Avenue, Astoria. Contact: (646) 831-3303, susanstoderl.net.

Theater Time Productions, “A Murder is Announced,” Colonial Church of Bayside, 54-02 217 St., Sept. 27, 28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 28 & 29 at 3 p.m., $16, $14 seniors and students. Reservations recommended. Contact: (347) 358-8102, theatretime.org.

English as a Second Language Course, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 333, Kew Gardens, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., through Dec. 19. Free.

Call 718-261-7664 to register or email: laccq@ aol.com.

STAR - Senior Theater Acting Repertory presents drama/comedy scenes and musical numbers, Wednesdays: Glen Oaks Library, 256-04 Union Tpke., (718) 831-8636, Oct. 23, 2 p.m.; Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose, (718) 4790505 Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m. Free.

AUDITIONS Theatre By The Bay’s “Anything Goes,” auditions, Tuesday, October 8, 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 Street, Bayside. Actors, singers, dangers, chorus, adults, teens. Contact: (718) 428-6363, TheatreByTheBayNY.com. Rehearsals in December with performances set for March 2014.

Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Rehearsals/ auditions, Wednesdays, 7:30-10 p.m. Contact: Franklin Verbsky, 718-374-1627, fhso.org

FILM Flicks in the Garden, Saturday, Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m., Sunnyside Gardens Park, 48-21 39 Ave. Cost: $10. Contact: Tommy Arnstein, flicksinthegarden@ gmail.com., flicksinthegarden.com.

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All-Star Country Music Tribute: Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Sat. Oct. 5, 8pm at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside. $38 all seats, $34 mini series, $32 Grand series. Buy tickets at visitqpac.org or call 718-631-6311.

Swingtime Big Band, St. Thomas the Apostle Msgr. Mulz Hall, 88-08 Jamaica Ave., Sunday, Sept.

29th, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (718) 847-1353.

Flamenco! at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, through Sept. 29.

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets $35; students and seniors for $32; $30 on Fridays. Contact: (718) 729-3880, thalia theatre.org.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy. & Northern Blvd., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, $25/session. Instruction from award-winning artist. Call (718) 969-1128.

Come volunteer at the Queens Botanical Garden on Sept. 29.

Couperin & Eau de Vie: Brooklyn Baroque, Friday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m., 150-03 Jamaica, Ave. Jamaica.

Free. Call: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

MEETINGS Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club, Monday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., Trattoria 35, 213-15 35 Ave., Bayside.

Walk the Queens Waterfront, hike 15 miles, Flushing to Bayside. Meet at Main Street #7 train station, northeast corner, 9 a.m., Friday, Sept. 27. Contact: Bill Wrublewski, (646) 369-0279, summer.time101@ verizon.net.

AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 12 Noon at the American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Call (718) 672-9890.

FLEA MARKETS Artisan Market in Queens, Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 28, 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Greater Ridgewood Youth Council, 59-03 Summerfield St. Contact: Sarah Market, contact@RidgewoodMarket.com, (718) 456-5437, ridgewoodmarket.com.

Autumn Tresure, Bake & Book Sale, Church of the Resurrection, Saturday, Oct. 12, 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 13, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens. Preview Sale Friday, Oct. 11, 6-9 p.m., fee: $5.

Traditional Church Bazaar, Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 29, noon-3 p.m.

25-36 37 St., Astoria. Call (718) 726-7870.

Ridgewood Older Adult Center & Services, 59-14 70 Ave., Saturday, Sept. 21, 10-2 p.m.

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FOR KIDS Queens Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts, “Who Stole the Mona Lisa? ” film with music, Sunday, Oct. 6, 3 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

Adults: $20; kids 13 and under $10; seniors 65 and up $10. Contact: (718) 793-8080, kupferberg center.org.

Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo, Flushing, registration for 2013-2014 fall and winter education programs, including teen zoo internship and meeting zoo keepers. Register: (718) 271-7361, queenszoo.com/programs, qzeducation@wcs.org.

CLASSES LaGuardia Community College, open houses on The Affordable Care Act for Small Business Owners, Monday, Sept. 30; Tuesdays, Oct. 8, 15, 29, 9:30-10:30 a.m. LaGuardia’s B-building at the Small Business Develeopment Center, room B-A02, 30-20 Thompson Ave., Long Island City. RSVP: (718) 482-5439, business_services@lagcc.cuny. edu.

Defensive Driving Course, All Saints’ Church, 214-35 40th Ave., Bayside., Saturday, Oct. 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $50 fee includes course, breakfast & lunch. Call (718) 229-4631.

Defensive Driving Course, American Martyrs R.C. Church of Bayside, sponsored by National Safety Council, Saturday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 79-43 Bell Blvd. Fee $45. Call (718) 464-4582.

America’s Boating Course, a boating safety course, Williamsburg Yacht Club, 118-08 29 Ave., College Point. 5-week course, starts Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. $65. Call Sean Donohoe (718) 565-7952.

About Boating Safety class, qualified instructors from Flotilla 12-01 of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Fort Totten, Totten Avenue and Cross Island Parkway, Bayside, Sundays, Sept. 29 and Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. $65. Pre-registration a must. Call Mike Kaff (917) 952-7014, Ralph Traub (347) 336-5866.

LECTURE Parents of Children with Special Needs Conference, Saturday, Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Christ Tabernacle, 64-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, Center for Autism and Related Disorders invites all parents to attend FREE conference. Contact: Stacey Price, s.price@centerforautism.com, (855) 3452273, centerforautism.com. Free, RSVP required.

After Morsi, Eric Trager, Esther Wagner Fellow at The Washington Institute, speaks about Egypt after Morsi. Monday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Hollis Hills Jewish Center, 210-10 Union Tpke, Flushing. Contact: Nancy Morse, office@hollishillsjc.org, (718)7763500, hollishillsjc.org. Free.

“Quintessential Queens: Celebrating America’s 4th Largest City,” Friday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall, Music Building, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, $20, includes lunch and “Foods and Music of Queens.”

COMMUNITY Congresswoman Grace Meng hosts Make It In America, an exhibition of local businesses and American-made products,.Saturday, Sept. 28, 2- 5 p.m., The Shops at Atlas Park, 80-00 Cooper Ave., Glendale. RSVP: Anthony.Lemma@Mail.House.Gov, (718) 445-7860.

Flushing Community Green Job Fair, Friday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., St. George’s Church, 135-32 38 Ave., Flushing. Contact: Maple Wu, maple@oneflushing.org, (646) 820-5163. RSVP: greenjobfair. eventbrite.com.

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11-yr-old comic shows jokes don’t come with age

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The aspiring funnyman Jack Fuld, 11, of Kew Gardens has a favorite T-shirt — the one with Archie Bunker of the ’70s sitcom “All in the Family” getting kissed on the cheek by Sammy Davis, Jr. There’s a story behind it.

During a family-friendly comedy show on a cruise to Mexico, he got a kick out of interacting with the comics. When he returned he was telling “All in the Family” jokes to one of his dad’s co-workers.

That turned into an opportunity to perform, because one of the co-workers was hosting a show at Fontana’s Bar on the Lower East Side and asked if Jack wanted to perform.

Then that turned into a larger opportunity.

“Clayton Fletcher saw the clip of the performance I did at Fontana’s and asked if I would perform on his show, at the New York Comedy Club.

Since then I’ve appeared on his show about six or seven times over the last couple years,” said Jack.

And before he could say ‘George Carlin,” Jack was part of the Manhattan comedy scene with monthly shows.

He got a lot of laughs — and occasionally, a groan — when he opened at Carolines on Broadway and the Greenwich Village Comedy Club, with one of his best jokes: “So, as you can see, I’m very different from the

other comedians here tonight … that’s right, I’m half-Jewish and half-Chinese!”

“He’s a very talented young man,” said Fletcher, a comedian who has his own weekly show at the New York Comedy Club. “The level of confidence and composure he demonstrates never ceases to ama ze me. He has great timing and actually behaves more professionally than some of our headliners! Everyone at GVCC loves Jack. Most of us are jealous, he’s so good so young! Jack Fuld is definitely one to watch.”

He performs on weekends “so it doesn’t interfere with any homework,” he said, and rehearses about 15 minutes a night before he goes to bed.

He says his brother, 5-year-old Parker, listens to all his jokes and has come to learn them himself.

“Jack has many ideas we use for comedy,” said his father, Robert, who adds his own and writes it up into a routine.

The show then gets changed and stylized by Jack during practices.

“The personality you see up on stage is definitely Jack,” Robert said.

“I used to do a routine about turning ‘the Big 1-0,’ but I’ve aged out of that now. Too bad, I really enjoyed that one,” Jack quipped.

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Vet performers take to the borough’s stages

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he borough’s professional performance venues are likely to prove the adage “they just don’t make ’em like they used to” with an impressive lineup of veteran entertainers who will be turning up the heat during the cool months ahead.

Robert Klein, with a career that has taken him to Broadway, television and films, is perhaps best known for his comedy routines that feature anecdotes on ever ything from culture to romance. He will be making his third appearance on the main s t age at Queens Theatre, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary season this year.

“Audiences are always excited to see Rober t Klein,” Ta r yn S acramone, the new managing direc tor, said.

“He’s a pro, a veteran. He’s stayed relevant throughout his career.”

Klein will give two per formances, on Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 29 at 3 p.m.

Lovers of cla ssic comedy should also revel in another attraction coming to Queens Theatre — the stage adaptation of “The Graduate,” based on the novel and popular film that represent universal feelings of rebellion, frustration, love and redemption. The play will run Oct. 25 to 27.

Next on the docket are the Bronx Wanderers, who will be making a return visit to Queens Theatre on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. with what they’re billing as “a rockin’ holiday show,” promising to play all their old favorites and, possibly, a seasonal song or two.

Other upcoming events at the theater include William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” from Feb. 14 to 16 and “An Evening with Groucho,” with actor Frank Ferrante portraying the young Groucho Marx from March 28 to 30.

Queens Theatre is located at 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. For further information call (718) 760-0064.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center is set to pay homage to entertainers with “great longevity in this business,” according to Executive and Artistic Director Susan Agin.

Kicking off on Sept.

29 at 3 p.m. is “Pat B o one in Concer t ,” which will bring the legendary recording artist to the area for a rare live per formance.

Sometimes referred to as the original American Idol, Boone has sold over 45 million records and holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts.

Broadway leading lady Michele Lee, also known for her Emmy-nominated role in the series “Knots Landing,” will be appearing at QPAC on Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. She will share the stage with The Broadway Boys, a group of male singers who have been heard on Broadway in such shows a s “W icked” and “Motown, the Musical.” According to Agin, the guys “bring a fresh look and excitement” to the scene.

Another former pop idol, with a career spanning five decades, is James Darren, whose impressive roster of musical credits includes 14 albums. He

The Broadway Boys have performed in “Wicked” and “Motown, the Musical.”

Cyndi Lauper, left, Robert Klein and Michele Lee are coming to Queens. will take center stage at QPAC on Oct. 19 at 8 p.m., along with comedianimpersonator Sal Richards.

Looking ahead, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. will bring “Blue Suede Birthday — The Elvis Bash!” to QPAC, promising to “deliver an Elvis experience with a purity that will give you chills.”

“An Evening with Michael Bolton,” scheduled for QPAC on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m., is sure to be another highlight of the season, as the multiple Grammy Award-winner lifts his soulful voice on such songs as “When a Man Loves a Woman” and “Lean on Me.” QPAC is located at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave. in Bayside. For further information on shows at QPAC, call (718) 631-6311.

JES Entertainment will present “Ronnie Spector in Concert” at the intimate LeFrak Concert Hall, part of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts on the campus of Queens College, on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.

Spector, often dubbed “the original bad girl of rock ’n’ roll,” is a New York City native who is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the 1960s hit-making group The Ronettes.

According to Gary Fuchs, president of JES, Spector will be offering “not just a regular concer t,” but one that will include home videos that will help to tell her life story.

Pop songstress Cyndi Lauper, a recent Tony Award-winner for her original score to Broadway’s “Kinky Boots,” will bring her “She’s So Unusual 30th Anniversary Tour” show to Colden Auditorium on the campus of Queens College on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. She will celebrate her debut album by performing it in its entirety, while sharing personal stories from the recording sessions.

Bobby Vinton, known to his legions of fans as “The Polish Prince,” will be

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presented by JES in concert at Colden on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. The singer, with over 75 albums to his credit, will be joined by a full orchestra and members of his family, including his son, who serves as his musical director, and his daughter, as one of his backup singers, according to Fuchs.

Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway” will highlight music from some of the finest shows of the past century, including “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” The show date at Colden is Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

A staple in the world of rhythm ’n’ blues, Valerie Simpson, the surviving member of the popular duo Ashford and Simpson, will perform their music at LeFrak on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. Songs promised include “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand.”

Queens College is located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing.

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Noguchi, his travels and how they marked his work continued from continued from page page 00 39 Noguchi also played with open space, which Oyobe pointed out in Chinese academic painting “wasn’t empty at all.” The blank area served as a place for the figure to move to or leave from, hint ing at background a nd motion.

These were all notions he brought to his collaboration with modern dance icon Ruth Page, revealed in the second of the two new exhibits, called “Space, Choreographed: Noguchi and Ruth Page.”

“This is the next story,” Senior Curator Dakin Hart said.

In 1933 Noguchi and Page began an affair. They saw each other as much as possible when they were both in one place and wrote letters to each other every day for the year they were together. Chicago was home base for Page.

During his time with Page and later on, Noguchi kept the ink wash style he learned from Baishi.

There are many beautiful drawings of Page by Noguchi in his loose and fluid brushstroke.

Noguchi created a sack outfit that made Page look like a manta ray. This unique form was the basis of many drawings and the

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aluminum sculpture titled “Miss Expanding Universe” that looks like an abstracted angel with arms straight out like a T. Unlike that of Baishi and Noguchi, Page and Noguchi’s ar tistic relationship was ver y two-sided.

Page went on to create a dance called “Expanding Universe” using the sack. They collaborated again when Noguchi created the costumes for Page’s show “The Bells,” ba sed on Edgar Allen Poe’s poem of the same name.

Hart admits that it’s cliche to say that Noguchi embodies east meets west, but goes on to add that the cliche is quite fitting and complimentary.

“N og u c h i hy b r i d i ze s s u c h unique influences,” Hart said.

Noguchi was a world traveler.

From east to west and north to south, all these places made an impact on his work as seen in Q these two exhibits.

The influence of Qi Baishi on Isamu Noguchi’s work can be seen in “Baby: Scroll,” left, and later in “Ruth Page in Noguchi’s sack dress.”

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Because of Jack’s unique heritage, you would think that holiday time is complicated at the Fuld household, but he says, “Jewish holidays aren’t so religious; mainly we just have dinner and chat. Chinese holidays aren’t much different; besides the fact that I have less food choices and don’t understand the conversation.”

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Neighborhood Rehabilitation Program will assist you every step of the way Antonio and Sabrina Torres had been thinking about fixing up their basement when Hurricane Sandy struck last fall.

The flooding forced them to tear out the walls and insulation, and when they did, they discovered they had cracks in the foundation that had let the water in.

Fixing it would be a big project, but luckily they had contacted the Neighborhood Rehabilitation Program, which helped them through every step of the job, from financing to selecting the right contractor to making sure the job was done right. The contractor dug 6 feet down and 3 feet out from the foundation, sealed it and installed a new concrete walkway all around the house.

The NRP is there to ensure home improvement jobs are done correctly, helping with everything from financing to selecting the right contractor and following up to make sure the homeowner is satisfied. The NRP provides a safe route to accomplish your home improvements affordably and with someone who is reputable.

Antonio recently took the time to talk about how helpful the NRP is, and the great job his NRP-approved contractor did.

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Hurricane Sandy victims find refuge with NRP

How did you find out about the Neighborhood Rehabilitation Program?

Sabrina, Antonio and Alexa Torres of Rosedale are all thrilled about getting their basement sealed and a new walkway installed all around their house, a project made possible by the NRP. A close look at the concrete shows the quality of the seal. At right, the family is joined by their NRP field specialist, Russell Cruz.

What did you think of the contractor the NRP provided?

The contractor NRP had assigned me to was great. He was very knowledgeable and ef ficient with the scheduling and materials. Everything was planned out and organized. The contractor even gave me a follow up call to make sure we didn’t have any leaks. That was ver y much appreciated.

How did the NRP help you?

NRP helped make my project really affordable, paired me with a reliable contractor to do all the work and assessed my need as an individual.

How happy are you with the job they did?

I am really happy with everything. I wish I knew about the NRP when I

had tried to accomplish my kitchen.

There are so many bad apples out there, it’s hard to find someone you can trust. I would check with NRP before I would perform any project on my home.

How did the NRP’s field specialist make the process easier?

Russell, The NRP field specialist, was great and had guided me every step of the way. He explained to me how to properly structure what I wanted to do and make it as easy as possible. Russell took the time to come here and explain to me in detail what

needed to be done to get my basement finished. Contacting the NRP made a big difference.

Would you recommend the NRP to other homeowners and your friends?

Yes, I would recommend the NRP. With their help, the job was done fast and easy. They were courteous, helpful and friendly, and got the job done with no gimmicks, no hassles, no problems.

A few of our neighbors have looked at the work and said, “Wow, who did that?” I said, “The NRP. Here’s Russell’s number; give him a call.”

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I got their card in the mail. I was upset at the lack of assistance I had gotten from FEMA after Hurricane Sandy. So after I got the card, I did some research on the computer and called. They got back to me literally in five minutes — a lot faster than FEMA, who I still have to finish arguing with.

At first we were going to work on getting the basement fixed, but then we discovered that we had an underlying water issue there. We had water seeping in through cracks in the foundation.

It was actually the contractor the NRP sent who discovered that. All this time we hadn’t known what was going on behind the walls. In all our dealings with the NRP, they’ve been very helpful, as well as very friendly and extremely courteous.

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Self-absorbed Matt

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

In yet another dreary Mets season, Matt Harvey did give fans a number of thrills, such as throwing two scoreless innings as the starting pitcher in the 2013 All-Star Game played at Citi Field this past July. You would have to go back nearly 30 years to Dwight Gooden’s heyday to find a Mets pitcher who could dominate opposing hitters at will.

Harvey was such a big story that Jimmy Fallon used him for a hilarious “man in the street” bit to see how many New Yorkers could recognize him. ESPN Magazine put him on the cover in the buff for its July “body issue” while Men’s Journal ran a feature on him that made it clear he was thoroughly enjoying the trappings of being a handsome, young New York celebrity.

Last month Mets fans’ collective spirits took a dive when it was diagnosed that Harvey’s pitching elbow suffered a tear and that it was probable that he would miss the 2014 season. It would be a certainty if he elected to have surgery, something that he understandably is hoping to avoid although it seems inevitable that he will need a procedure.

Given that Harvey has been a hero to beleaguered Mets fans, combined with the fact that his future is clearly in jeopardy, many of the media who cover the team have

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been reticent to report that he has been rather unapproachable in the clubhouse for a good chunk of the season, and that you were lucky to get a one-word response to questions if he did deign to talk to you.

Harvey’s arrogance would certainly have gone unreported by me had he not made a jerk out of himself last Wednesday when he agreed to be a guest on Dan Patrick’s NBC Sports Network Show. Instead of answering Patrick’s questions about his pitching arm issues, Harvey insisted on shilling, rather inarticulately I might add, for the cellular telephone chip manufacturer Qualcomm.

Dan understandably skewered him after the interview was over.

In contrast, McDonald’s did things right last Tuesday when it brought in Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz for a press event at its Times Square restaurant to promote the new Mighty Wings snack. Cruz is a commercial endorser for McDonald’s but he gamely took questions about the Giants’ 0-2 start from the attending press.

The personable Cruz is one of the few Hispanic sports figures to land a bevy of national endorsement deals. He has done TV and magazine ads for Time Warner Cable, Gillette, and Advil, as well as raking in big bucks from Nike for wearing its apparel. Even the great Mariano Rivera never landed the lucrative Q corporate contracts that Cruz has.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Old-time Flushing residents still talk about the grand mansions and estates that once graced the area but were demolished one by one after World War II. One of them was the Thomas Seaman Willett house, which stood on the north side of Northern Boulevard at 195th Street, in Auburndale.

Willett (yes, with two Ts) was a descendant of Thomas Willett, the first mayor of New York City, appointed in 1665.

The original house, which later became a smaller wing on The Lutheran Church in the Mansion, formerly the Willett the left side, was built in 1740. House, at 195-05 Northern Blvd. in Flushing, in September The massive addition came in 1937. Inset is the front of the house in 1910, before a 1835. In 1910 the grand home major alteration of its facade. was greatly altered with an cial developers who liked the Northern BouIonic portico colonnade facade out front.

It then was converted into the Lutheran levard frontage purchased the historical Church in the Mansion. The Rev. Howard L. building in 1945 and demolished it.

Today the site remains commercial. And Halter was the pastor and lived a short disall over Queens, lovely homes continue to tance away at 45-32 193 St. In the late 1930s and early 1940s the fall, only to be replaced, more often than Q Lutheran congregation declined. Commer- not, by architectural junk.

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