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After years of outcry from residents and elected officials about the dangers of crossing the Conduit near Linden Center, the Department of Transportation has broken ground on safety upgrades for the site. The improvements include new traffic signals, revised pavement markings and a painted curb extension.

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Mayor Adams shares housing zoning plans Proposal includes ‘main street’ units

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ayor Adams announced a “moonshot” goal of building 100,000 new homes for more than 250,000 New Yorkers within the next 15 years with his “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal, which he launched at a press conference held at the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center last week.

He is advocating to reform zoning laws to achieve his new housing initiative.

To reach his City of Yes target, the mayor has recommended ending parking mandates for new housing developments, creating a Universal Affordability Preference program, legalizing “main street apartment builds” and lowering costs with modest shared living spaces in new complexes.

He has also taken up Gov. Hochul’s defeated transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, office-to-housing and institutional campus maximization housing plans.

Adams says without more housing, especially affordable housing for the average working-class New Yorker, more residents will fall into the shelter system or leave the Big Apple altogether.

“The 1961 code prioritized highways and cars over housing and mass transit, and limited

able Independent Residence for Seniors initiative, which allows for roughly 20 percent more density in a complex if the developers will use it for permanent affordable and supportive growth rather than encouraging it — ultimatehousing, extending it to all ages, according to ly, leading to a massive housing shortage, one Dan Garodnick, director of the Department of that we are still reckoning with 62 years later,” City Planning.

Adams said. “So many of the issues we face as “The development rights that you have a city are rooted in this ongoing crisis: a houswould be enhanced and for the benefit of pering shortage that has forced so many people to manent affordable housing,” Garodnick said at leave this great city and making life increasthe press conference. ingly difficult for those who stay.”

Many “main streets” or “town centers” The mayor is currently in talks with the have restrictive zoning, making it illegal to City Council so that he can get them to build new residences on such corridors. The approve a replacement for 421a, a tax credit for mayor wants to build housing complexes that developers who build affordable units as well are two-to-four stories high over groundas support the development of ADUs, end “12 floor commercial spaces. In addition, he Floor Area Ratio” caps that limit building heights and back voluntary inclusionary housAn example of an “institutional build” by the city wants housing complexes that include shared common facilities like bathrooms and kitching, according to a City Hall official.

Department of City Planning with affordable ens, according the press release.

During the fall and winter of 2023, the housing created on a church’s former parking lot.

Other initiatives like transit-oriented develDepartment of City Planning will continue to RENDERING COURTESY DCP opments would blend existing neighborhoods conduct environmental reviews to study the impact of the mayor’s bold plan. On WednesIf approved, 260,000 temporary jobs and an with small multifamily buildings near transportation hubs. ADUs would allow for backday night, a remote public information session additional 6,300 permanent jobs will stem yard cottages, and garage and basement convia Zoom was scheduled. A more formal pub- from the project, and there will be a $58.2 billic review process will be held in spring 2024 lion economic impact to the city over the versions to create more housing space. Officeand all 59 community boards, five borough course of the next 30 years, the Mayor’s Office to-residence conversions could transform vacant commercial space into 20,000 homes boards and the borough presidents will be able projects. to hold forums to offer their suggestions on the The mayor believes eliminating parking- by easing zoning restrictions. NYCHA, church proposal. The City Planning Commission will space requirements will make it easier and and other older institutional campuses would then hold a public vote. cheaper for developers to build more housing also be allowed to create multibuilding developments.

If the proposal passes the CPC, the City units because the estimated cost for one spot is “The council is committed to advancing the Council will then be able to hold hearings, $67,500, according to a press release. continued on page 14 modify and vote on the item.

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Safety project begins at Conduit and 79th Improvements include traffic signals, pavement markings and curb extension

by Kristen Guglielmo

a resident of Woodhaven, I have witnessed firsthand the dangers and difficulties that Work has officially begun on the city pedestrians face when trying to access the Depar tment of Transpor tation’s street plaza,” he wrote.

Now that constr uction on the safety improvement project at Conduit Avenue and 79th Street in Lindenwood, as previously project has star ted, Patton is relieved, announced in April by the department in a albeit exasperated that it took this long for action. letter to stakeholders.

“This was Vision Zero. You know, [the According to a DOT spokesperson, the construction is on track to be completed by city was] improving safety at all these intersections, and completely denying that an the end of this year.

The project came in response to numer- entire neighborhood might want to cross the ous requests from community members and street to get to an attractive shopping plaza,” elected officials for a safer pedestrian cross- he said. “It wasn’t Vision Zero. It was zero ing between the north and south sides of vision for these people.”

When Patton saw construction workers at Conduit Avenue across the grassy area.

The site has seen two pedestrian fatali- the site, he thanked them and showed them a ties in the past five years: the tragic hit- copy of his letter to the Chronicle. He said they were heartened to a nd-r u n deat h of k now their work is 24-year-old Kimberly appreciated.

Ortega in March 2021 It’s safe to say that and a motorcycle accit wasn’t Vision Zero. the area’s elected offident that killed It was zero vision for cials and other com54-year-old Dwayne munity leaders are also General in May. these people.” relieved at the conThe improvements struction project finalinclude traffic signals — Woodhaven resident Rick Patton ly beginning after their on South Conduit Aveon the delay in improving the Conduit years of effort. nue at the Linden CenA f t e r O r t e g a ’s ter entrance and North Conduit and 79th Street, a legalized right death, the Ozone Park Residents Block turn from the shopping center onto S. Con- Association advocated for area safety duit Avenue, revised pavement markings, a improvements by writing letters to the DOT painted curb extension with flexible delin- and holding walkthroughs with the Mayor’s eators and granite rocks and upgraded Office of Community Affairs.

Block association President Sam Esposito pedestrian ramps for accessibility. said the organization is pleased that ground The project is appreciated by many.

“Several years ago, somebody darted has finally been broken at the site.

“The OZPKRBA is very happy that right out in front of me, and ever since then, it’s just annoyed me every time I passed by,” ground has finally been broken on the Woodhaven resident Rick Patton said. “As a installation of the red light that will be citizen, I felt I needed to do something introduced in the coming months ... We have more.” The frustration inspired him to write been monitoring this since the announcea letter to the editor of the Chronicle, which ment, and the weather and other things delayed the project,” he said. “We are glad ran Jan. 5.

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Work has commenced on a safety project on North and South Conduit avenues and 79th Street PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN after numerous requests from the community and elected officials. official, we will be hosting a ribbon cutting with Kimberly Ortega’s family.”

Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) shared similar sentiments.

“I have been fighting for these traffic safety measures for years, first as a local civic president, then as a member of Community Board 10 and now in my capacity as a member of the New York City Council,” Ariola told the Chronicle in a statement. “I am glad to see these long overdue improvements finally coming into fruition — it is just very sad that it took the deaths of Kimberly Ortega and Dwayne General before something was finally done.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) commended the community for its efforts in making the project a reality and said he is glad the improvements are being made to the site, having been aware of its dangers since growing up in Tudor Village.

“I always knew that to be a dangerous area,” Addabbo said. He explained that with more speeding, more cars on the road and the shopping center and schools nearby increasing foot traffic, the risk factor grew.

“With an increase in cars, scooters and pedestrians, it’s a bad mixture in that area.

So I’m glad the city’s finally doing someQ thing,” he said.

Divine Mercy to honor a century of education

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

Nativity-St. Stanislaus Parish, colloquially known by Ozone Park residents as Nativity Church, is celebrating 100 years of Catholic education with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Oct. 14, led by the Most Rev. Robert J. Brennan, bishop of Brooklyn.

Nativity’s Blessed Virgin Mary School building opened in 1922, and St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr opened in 1926. For 80 years, the schools worked side-by-side before merging in 2007. In 2008, the school’s name was changed to Divine

Celebrations include Mass, gala reception Mercy Catholic Academy.

Now, after 100 years of educating Catholic youth, the school is calling for a celebration with friends, family and alumni.

“Whether you graduated from Nativity, St. Stans or Divine Mercy we are all one as we celebrate this milestone,” the school wrote of the event. “A milestone that not many Catholic schools have reached.”

Sister Francis Marie Wystepek, Divine Mercy’s principal, reiterated the significance

of the school’s 100 year success to the Chronicle, saying that many schools in the area don’t survive as long.

Graduates from different decades will be recognized, according to Wystepek. Notable alumni include Augustus Agate, a retired state Supreme Court justice and Nativity class of 1957 alum, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven), who graduated from Nativity in 1978, and Michael Zabrocki, a Christian artist, musician and singer-songwriter who

graduated from St. Stans in 1973.

The Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Nativity Church, located at 101-41 91 St., and a 1 p.m. gala reception will follow at Villa Russo at 101-12 Lefferts Blvd. in Richmond Hill.

Admission to the gala is $125 for adults and $65 for children 11 and under. Tickets can be purchased on the school’s website, at divinemercyca.org/our-events.

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Woodhaven town hall hosts NYPD top brass Answered questions about retail theft, drones, school safety and hate crimes

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

“We have the best of the best here in Woodhaven,” Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) told the audience of hundreds of community leaders and concerned residents at her public safety town hall on Sept. 20 at Woodhaven Manor.

The top brass of the NYPD were the guests of honor for the evening, including Patrol Bureau Inspector William Glynn, Assistant Chief Christine Bastedenbeck, Deputy Com missioner of Com munity Affairs Mark Stewart, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, Assistant Commissioner Kaz Daughtry, Queens South Commanding Officer Kevin Williams and, most notably, Police Commissioner Edward Caban.

The commanding officers of local precincts were also in attendance: Captain Jeremy Kivlin of the 102 and Deputy Inspectors Kevin Coleman of the 104 and Jerome Bacchi of the 106.

The assemblywoman presented Caban with a special Sikh sword, inscribed with the words, “Our Protector Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban.” He thanked her for the kind words and friendship.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz also made an appearance, and while she made a speech to the crowd, she declined a

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Rajkumar presents Police Commissioner Edward Caban with an inscribed Sikh sword.

seat at the table at the head of the room, opting to sit with the audience.

Katz showed appreciation for the NYPD, reminding attendees of the hard work officers do, and in turn, the hard work the DA’s Office does in prosecuting. Caban returned the praise. Katz also urged the public to be aware of scams, which are on the rise, and said it is important to keep young people out of the criminal justice system.

On crime, Caban told the crowd, “We’ve made significant investments to the public safety of every single person in our city, and now we are seeing those investments pay off.”

He continued, “So far this year, murders in New York City are down by double digits.

Shootings are down by more than 25 percent and shooting victims are down nearly 30 percent. But those are not just numbers, those are lives saved.”

Caban also said that about 335 fewer people have been shot in 2023 compared to last year. “These reductions have been steady for the past 20 months or so, including over this past summer.”

On retail theft, Caban said the NYPD is conducting outreach to local business owners, offering guidance to help protect their stores and safeguard their property.

Discussing migrants, Caban said, “We are working with our civic and community partners to make sure that the people in the neighborhood come first.” He also addressed issues regarding the homeless, saying, “The NYPD has worked closely with City Hall on this, and we all agree that our subways and streets cannot be someone’s home.”

Residents were offered the opportunity to ask their questions directly of the top brass.

Daughtry took on a question about the use of drones and artificial intelligence. “The department has approximately 150 drones that we just purchased, and we are utilizing these drones for public safety emergencies.”

He said the drones are used to respond to shots fired and burglaries because they get eyes on the location faster than a police car.

Drones are also utilized on beaches, and Daughtry said next year, they will be used to drop flotation devices to individuals in dis-

Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, in red, hosted a public safety town hall on Wednesday in PHOTOS BY KRISTEN GUGLIELMO Woodhaven, featuring the NYPD’s top brass. “laser focused” on the issue. tress in the ocean.

When a Sikh resident raised concerns “We don’t have any artificial intelligence in our drones. I don’t think the City Council about hate crimes and needing police presence at his gurdwara (a place of worship), would like that,” he joked.

On a question regarding crossing guards Kivlin responded, “Hate crimes, crimes at schools and general school safety, the against Sikh members, will not be stood brass said that there is a lack of crossing for.” He promised that every hate crime or guards simply because there are not enough allegation of a hate crime will be investigatpeople applying for the role, as it is part ed. He said he is in communication with time and lower pay. Police also said there local gurdwaras to assess their needs, and are approximately 4,200 school safety will continue to do so.

When an attendee said it takes almost an agents, and that there may be a hiring freeze hour to get a police response when he reports on them in the future.

Answering a question about e-bikes, a theft in his business, Maddrey said he would have a comGlynn said the issue m a n d i n g of f i c e r is very important to speak with the owner the depar tment. personally and visit “The mopeds in paroung people are not the store within the ticular are supposed supposed to be smoking.” next few days. to be reg ist ered , On teenagers supposed to be — Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, smoking marijuana insured, [the riders on underage marijuana users with the accessibility a re] supposed to of illegal pot shops, wear helmets, supposed to abide by all the rules of the road. Maddrey said, “Marijuana is legal, but young And as we all know, it’s not happening as people are not supposed to be smoking. So we can do something about that— we can often as it should.”

Glynn said that this year-to-date, 12,800 talk to parents, do some outreach in schools.”

Maddrey also expressed the importance of mopeds, ATVs and motorcycles were seized by the NYPD citywide. “The e-bikes that do reporting issues to the NYPD instead of not have engines are supposed to abide by waiting for a town hall to do so. “If you don’t all rules the road as well.” He said education feel like you can’t contact the precinct, you and enforcement are important when it can contact your incredible assemblywoman comes to the devices, and that the NYPD is right here,” he said. “She has all contacts.” Q

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Tentative agreement averts DOE bus strike

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

A tentative agreement has been reached between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 and five major bus companies contracted by the Department of Education, averting a bus strike that would have affected 85,000 to 150,000 students.

The union said it secured wage increases and other protections, including getting back provisions members lost over a decade ago. Union members will vote on the deal in the coming weeks, according to

a press release from the ATU. While the union applauded the agreement, negotiations remain outstanding with th ree companies.

In the release, ATU Local 1181 President and Business Agent Tomas Fret said, “Our school bus workers care deeply about their students, who they transport safely to and from school each day. I’m glad that we could reach this strong deal that recognizes the important role they play.”

When asked for a comment, the DOE press office referred the Chronicle to City

Hall, which provided the following statement: “We are grateful that ATU Local 1181 and DOE-contracted school bus companies were able to come to a voluntary agreement that will ensure continuity of service and peace of mind for the more than 80,000 students and their families who rely on these services, including thousands of students with disabilities. When labor and management come to the table in a spirit of mutual cooperation, we can achieve meaningful results for all New Q Yorkers.”

A tentative contract agreement has averted a FILE PHOTO widespread school bus strike.

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A look to the future with high schools

Social-emotional support, STEAM, career pathways necessary: QSHS

by Naeisha Rose

six to 12) and three portfolio-funded career and technical education groups, according to the demographic data.

Title 1 schools have a population in which at least 40 percent of students are from lowincome families.

Richmond Hill, John Adams, the Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School and the Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology are Vocational and Technical Education Act-funded institutions that provide on-thejob training, entry-level skills training and employability skills instruction. The High School for the Sciences at York College is the only specialized high school among the three districts. August Martin, Thomas Edison and the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture are CTE coteries.

Hispanic students (7,708) make up 33 percent of the school population, Black scholars (6,760) make up 29 percent, Asian pupils (5,883) make up 25 percent of the population and white youths (1,941) make up 9 percent.

Students with disabilities (3,923) account for 17 percent of the population and English language learners (2,203) are 9 percent of the population.

One initiative is to make sure at least 50 percent are enrolled in corrective reading to

help them improve their reading by two levels

by June 2024.

Adminstrators predict a 5 percent decrease in the number of safety and discipline inci-

dents that staffers report by that same time, said Jennifer Connolly, a teacher development and evaluation coach for the Queens South High Schools district team. The number would fall from 3,040 to 2,888.

“If students don’t feel emotionally and physically safe, then it is obviously more difficult to get to the learning,” Connolly said.

By the same time metric, Connolly said another target is for ELL students to increase their passing rate in the English Language Arts Regents by 12 percentage points from 23 percent to 35 percent, and for SWD students to up their passing rate in the Algebra 1 Regents by 7 points from 33 percent to 40 percent.

Other plans include making sure that at least 85 percent of students have a personalized postsecondary plan through college advising and increasing the number of Future Ready NYC initiatives, which offer career pathways for finance, healthcare, technology and teaching to students. In 2023, 11 schools had such programs. Ten CTE schools offer career pathways for 25 careers.

“One of our district initiatives this year is continuing to make STEM relevant in all schools in our district,” said Neil Ganesh, a QSHS student achievement manager. “STEM will also be relevant through our pathways, for example, in robotics for drone engineering and Q software development.”

DOE plans Climate Action Days

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Superintendent Josephine Van-Ess held a state of the district virtual town hall for Queens’ high schools in the southern part of the borough on Sept. 14.

The forum was for School Districts 27, 28 and 29.

During the meeting, Van-Ess shared information about the mission for the school districts, demographic data and initiatives.

Part of the mission includes elevating equity and diversity by providing social-emotional support systems to uplift students while celebrating cultural diversity and bridging the gap to tackle disparities in the education school system, according to Van-Ess, the Queens South High Schools superintendent. Sparking innovation to help students think critically once they leave high school and accelerating learning via rigorous science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics lessons and other educational methodologies were other goals.

The other tasks included helping students nurture their voice and galvanizing families, community leaders and forming collaborative partnerships to further help them enrich society.

The three districts have 23,649 students in 29 schools. Of that number, there are 27 Title 1 schools, six secondary institutions (grades

A virtual town hall for high schools within School District 27, 28 and 29 was held on Sept. 14 discussing ways to improve outSCREENSHOT VIA NYC DOE comes for scholars.

New initiative focuses on four different ‘green’ themes

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Climate change is a hot button topic right now. To educate students on the subject, on Sept. 22 Schools Chancellor David Banks announced the start of Climate Action Days across all city schools. The program, which starts in December, will focus on different environmentally friendly ideas.

The four 2023-24 Climate Action Days will each present a different theme: Dec. 6 will focus on energy, Feb. 7 will center on waste, April 17 brings a focus on health, wellness and green space and June 12 will center on water.

Students, staff and families will have the opportunity to take part in actions that showcase the importance of climate education and sustainability practices, according to a press release from the Department of Education.

The DOE said the initiative follows through on a commitment Mayor Adams made in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, the

Correction The Sept. 21 article “The details matter to Ed Braunstein“ misreported the assemblyman’s hometown. It is Bayside. It also misstated the number of migrants being housed at the Creedmoor facility in Queens Village.

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city’s long-term climate plan.

“As we prepare our young people to enter the workforce of tomorrow, we must ensure they are ready to tackle and reckon with the climate crisis that is already impacting our city,” Banks said in the press release. “The launch of Climate Action Days will put sustainability and climate education at the center of our classrooms, and help our students prepare to inherit our city.”

Resources will be supplied by the DOE, including lesson plan ideas, schoolwide activities with step-by-step instructions and relevant resources from partner community-based organizations that schools may use, the agency said.

“In a world of increasing climate impacts, our youth must be endowed with every opportunity to lead on climate action — at schools, in their communities and through their future professions as climate scientists, policy advisors, urban planners, and more —and the action days will empower them and their teachers to help us realize a more equitable, sustainable and resilient city,” said Victoria Cerullo, acting executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, in the DOE’s press release.

One Forest Hills middle school science teacher told the Chronicle, under the condition of anonymity, “I know there’s somehow controversy on climate change, but this is a bril-

liant idea, assuming the schools will actually enforce it. There’s nothing wrong with making sure our youth’s aware of ways to make our planet a greener, safer place. Teaching about it is one thing, but action is another.”

A high school environmental science teacher from Bayside did not know about the initiative until he was contacted by the Chronicle for comment. After reading about the program, he felt indifferent about it, citing financial concerns. He spoke anonymously for fear of retribution.

“I’d rather the money used for Climate Week go toward teacher salaries or the schools themselves,” he said. “I don’t know how much it cost the city to put together, but there are so many educators who could use money for other important things.”

Asked to elaborate, he said, “Supplies, mostly. ... I don’t mind having Climate Action Days, but I can teach about climate change just fine without what could be a half-hearted attempt at education.”

Other environmental initiatives brought to schools include reducing greenhouse gas emissions through solar installations, energy efficiency upgrades, connecting students to green jobs, expanding curbside composting to all schools by 2024 and building teacher, staff and student coalitions to promote sustainability, Q according to the DOE.

The annual street fair is returning to Woodhaven on Sunday, Oct. 8 from 12 to 6 p.m. It will run along Jamaica Avenue, from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard and showcase live music, games and plenty of food.

Sponsored by the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, the street fair is designed to promote Jamaica Avenue and businesses in the area. For more information, visit woodhavenbid.org/projects-3. Q

Howard Beach fun run for breast cancer All are invited to join their neighbors at Frank M. Charles Memorial Park in Howard Beach on Oct. 14 for a “fun run” to raise awareness of and funds to fight incurable metastatic breast cancer, also known as stage 4.

The event, officially titled #LightUpMBC, will feature a 3-mile color run, with volunteers spraying runners at color stations throughout the race. There will be raffles with proceeds going to metastatic breast cancer research via the group Metavivor.

Attendees should meet at 98th Street and 165th Avenue by 12 p.m. The race will officially start at 1 p.m.

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P A plan for more housing EDITORIAL

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he city’s housing crisis is not easing.

Even with tens of thousands having left town due to Covid, newcomers are more than making up for the crunch — and that was true before the migrant flood.

Just look at the numbers. The average rent in Queens is $2,900, according to the RentCafe listing service. Only 3 percent of apartments were below $1,500, while 77 percent were over $2,000. As for home sale prices, real estate websites are all over the map, with one reporting the median in Queens at $515,000 and another at $675,000. Whatever is true today, we know that rising interest rates are hardly slowing sales, and demand clearly is outstripping supply across the city.

Basic economics says the answer is to increase supply. And that’s what Mayor Adams is looking to do with his new “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal. Key to the plan is getting lawmakers to agree to a replacement for 421a, the tax break for devel-

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opers who build units deemed affordable, as opposed to simply market-rate. We’re all for that. But the plan also makes upzoning a key element. We’re for that where it makes sense, though much of Queens was upzoned during the Bloomberg years. Where else should onestory buildings become four-story buildings?

Where else should 15-story buildings go?

We’re open to ideas, but the devil is in the details, and every neighborhood is unique.

We’re also all for turning offices into apartments where feasible. That’s mostly a Manhattan thing, but the effects would be citywide.

Conversely, we oppose dropping parking requirements for residential buildings. People still need cars. Not everyone is willing or able to ride around on one of those illegal mopeds.

The mayor can forget that part of his plan.

As for the rest, let’s get into the details and see what can be done to ease the housing crunch that makes it so hard to live here, while retaining what makes it so good to live here.

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by Democratic Gov. Philip Murphy.

In contrast, the Republican speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, will not ask Rep. George Santos to resign following the disclosure that Mr. Santos had won his election by providing false credentials to his voters. Mr. McCarthy relies on the votes of the compliant Mr. Santos, who is currently facing charges for wire fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. © Copyright 2023 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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Hopefully, many voters have been disabused of the naive belief that all candidates for political office are people of integrity. Perhaps Sen. Menendez can be persuaded to resign provided that Rep. Santos will also resign.

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Electrify city vehicles Dear Editor: Western Queens, where 50 percent of New York City’s dirty power plants belch harmful toxins, is our borough’s true asthma alley. But polluting vehicles also factor heavily into New York City’s position as particulate pollution capital of the country, leading to expensive ER visits, lost school days and death.

While Mayor Adams threatens service-disrupting budget cuts, heavily affecting children’s education, hunger and social services, The Zero-Emission Vehicles Act for New York City (ZEV4NYC), now before the City Council, would cut municipal costs and improve

public health by shifting all municipal lightand medium-duty vehicles from polluting gas to zero-emissions electric by 2035, and heavyduty ones soon after.

Even with New York City owning and leasing 30,000 vehicles, from ambulances to sanitation trucks, this goal is both critically necessary and highly doable. None of these vehicles are on the road 24-7, and all can be charged at their depots or parking lots.

ZEV4NYC is a bill that would make Queens a better place to live. The City Council must pass it.

Chandra Bocci Ridgewood

$40M library a waste Dear Editor: It is an outrage to read that this coming summer, the Queens Public Library will shut down the Rego Park branch for three years while construction work occurs to expand it (“Rego Library’s rebuild to start in summer ’24,” Sept.

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Dear Editor: Re Bruce Carney’s Sept. 21 letter, “AOC rises from the ashes”: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “radical leftist diatribe” condemning the lack of federal support for NYC’s migrants is undermined by her demand that the U.S. southern border remains open, which causes the crisis. But her hypocrisy doesn’t stop there. The social media socialist wants to defund the police, but spent $272,915 on private security since taking office in 2019 (New York Post, Aug. 20). Her to voters is: “Protection for me, but Tunnel fixes key and timely message not for thee.”

Dear Editor: AOC supports President Biden’s student loan Not sure why prolific letter writer Larry forgiveness program because she would benefit Penner is complaining about the planned resfrom it. Her latest financial disclosure form toration of the Long Island Rail Road’s East filed in August shows that she held between River tunnels beginning in 2024 (“Rail tunnel $15,000 and $50,000 in debt from her underrepair issues,” Sept. 21). This $1 billion proj- graduate college studies (Post, Aug. 17). “I ect, with LIRR financial participation, will didn’t go to graduate school because I knew bring the tunnels to a state of good repair and that getting another degree would drown me in improve commuter rail and Amtrak on-time debt that I would never be able to surpass,” she performance. said on the House floor. Cue the violins. She’s Yes, shutting down the tunnels will likely earned an annual salary of $174,000 since she result in some peak period reduction in sertook office four years ago. What’s her excuse vice to Penn Station but additional service to for not paying off her debt?

Grand Central Madison will mitigate that.

AOC doesn’t need a postgraduate degree.

With LIRR ridership still below pre-Covid She already has a Ph.D. in BS. levels, this is very manageable. That’s exactly Richard Reif why Amtrak and the LIRR waited until GCM Kew Gardens Hills was open to start the tunnel rehab work. Glad to see these federal infrastructure bill dollars coming to New York.

Proof the DOJ is fair Steve Strauss Dear Editor: Executive Director Last Wednesday, Republicans on the House Empire State Passengers Association Judiciary Committee continued to accuse Forest Hills Attorney General Merrick Garland of singling out former president and alleged felon Trump for selective prosecution, slamming him for Break up Amazon what they call a “two-tiered system” of justice.

Dear Editor: Four years ago, when I came out against Forty-eight hours later, the Department of JusAmazon HQ2 it wasn’t just because of the $3 tice indicted Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey billion in corporate giveaways, or the worker (one of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate and the chair of the Foreign Relations protections and worker rights they erode; it Committee) on bribery charges, publicly exposwas primarily because I saw the devastating ing a boatload of evidence, including cash and impact on our local economy as their online market power grew. I stated early on to break gold bars stashed at his house.

Garland’s aggressive pursuit of Menendez them up and I applaud the Federal Trade Comis just another example that disproves claims mission, under Chair Lina Khan, and our state that Trump is the victim of pervasive political attorney general, Letitia James, for taking the bias that targets the GOP while ignoring crimnecessary steps for small businesses to be able to exchange goods and services on a level inality on the left. This case really should silence any critic who wrongly suggests that playing field.

Yesterday’s claim, filed by the FTC and 17 DOJ is politicized under Garland. It won’t.

Why? Because it’s a fact. And we all know the states, alleges that Amazon behaves in a manGOP is quite allergic to evidence. This DOJ ner to prevent competitors from emerging and follows those facts. It’s not influenced by parexisting competitors from growing, especially tisan politics, political affiliation or wealth, in the ability of competitors to set prices, select not anything but facts and law. And everyone its products, and strive for high-quality goods. knows that at the very least, the law gives It uses its monopoly power to stifle competition Republicans the sniffles. and raise prices.

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Additionally, we are informed that it will take three years to build the expansion. Seriously? It took just 410 days to erect the Empire State Building in the depths of the Great Depression. It should take not more than four months to build a new library branch if delaying tactics are prohibited.

This expansion is fantastically expensive and is being used to make a big profit for a mysterious entity that will get the contract without traditional competitive bidding. We can’t afford it; it should be canceled forthwith.

Clifton Wellman Elmhurst

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Tow trucker allegedly bribed Ulrich, got rival ousted

by Greg B. Smith THE CITY

This article was originally published on Sept. 26 at 4:49 a.m. EDT

by THE CITY After a tow truck company owner now under indictment for bribery pressured top aides of Mayor Adams to revoke a competitor’s license, City Hall denied the rival’s permit renewal — bucking a judge’s earlier order that found cancellation “too harsh.”

Michael Mazzio, owner of Mike’s Heavy Duty Towing, asked members of Adams’ inner circle to end rival Runway Towing Co.’s exclusive rights to haul vehicles from city highways, rights that he’d once held before being removed.

Mazzio steered bribes to Eric Ulrich, a top adviser to Adams, and argued that the city needed to terminate lucrative agreements it had with Runway Towing, according to an indictment filed earlier this month by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Records obtained by THE CITY show Mazzio helped raise $140,000 for Adams’ 2021 mayoral election campaign.

At the time, Mazzio faced an uphill battle that had begun during former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure.

In August 2021, a Manhattan judge ruled that a city agency decision not to renew Runway’s permit was “too harsh” and “shockingly grave in its consequences.”

The judge instead directed City Hall to use its “discretion” to impose a lesser, more proportionate penalty, such as probation and fines.

Then Adams was sworn in — and his administration terminated Runway’s exclusive rights to tow disabled vehicles from city highways anyway, a decision that put Runway out of business.

On Tuesday Runway’s attorney, Errol Margolin, filed suit against the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, contending that corruption was the core reason the Adams administration acted counter to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice’s Debra James’ August 2021 decision.

In the lawsuit, Margolin alleged that DCWP initially went after Runway only after Mazzio made allegations about his competitor after the

department had revoked his license.

Then Mazzio took the next step by pushing the Adams administration to go after Runway, the suit charges.

“The denial and destruction of RTC’s business is the product of corruption,” the lawsuit charged. “Eric Ulrich and Mazzio ensured that the DCWP would never comply with Judge James’ Decision and that (Runway) would never again receive a DCWP license to operate on the seven segments of the New York City Arterial Highway Program.”

Mazzio “has got somebody in there who destroyed Runway’s business, who put him out of business,” Margolin said in an interview.

“Mazzio has been engaged ever since he got kicked off the highway to get Runway off the highway.”

“This is not crazy,” he added. “It’s called corruption.”

R u n w a y ’s o w n e r , C h r i s Pritsinevelos, told THE CITY that Mazzio has been trying for five years to bring him down ever since 2018, when Mazzio was indicted on bid-rigging charges and the city terminated the exclusive permission of Mike’s Heavy Duty Towing to remove vehicles from assigned segments of city highways. The NYPD, which oversees the highway towing program, then handed Mike’s routes to Runway.

“The NYPD gave me his segments of the highway and since then he’s done everything he could to put me out of business,” Pritsinevelos told THE CITY. “I’m the guy who replaced him and that’s why he wanted to go after me.”

A spokesperson for Adams, Charles Lutvak, responded via email, “Mayor Adams meets with New Yorkers every day and was not aware of Mr. Mazzio’s legal issues until the results of the Manhattan DA’s investigation were made public.”

Sordid backstory The sordid backstory unfolding behind the scenes in the broad-shouldered world of tow trucks only began to come into focus Sept. 13, when Bragg indicted Mazzio and five other defendants on charges of bribing Ulrich to win a variety of favors from the Adams administration.

By the time of the indictment, Mazzio had been fighting his earlier

Runway Towing employees respond to the scene of an overturned cement truck in 2021. Mayoral adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin speaks at City Hall, May PHOTOS COURTESY CHRIS PRITSINEVELOS, LEFT, AND BY ALEX KRALES / THE CITY 19, 2022.

Ulrich about this investigation.”

Lutvak did not address questions from THE CITY about the conversations with Lewis-Martin.

James Froccaro, an attorney for Mazzio, declined to comment.

Tow truck company owner Michael Mazzio was arraigned in Manhattan on bribery charges connected to former Adams aide Eric Ulrich, Sept. 22, PHOTO BY ALEX KRALES / THE CITY 2023.

2018 indictment by then-Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., charging him with bid-rigging conspiracy and filing false documents. That indictment had ended his exclusive rights to highway towing and triggered DCWP to deny his license renewal.

Under de Blasio, DCWP also refused to renew Runway’s license, but for very different reasons. The agency reported it had fielded complaints from dozens of vehicle owners claiming Runway had hit them with charges more than allowed.

Runway went to court to dispute the city’s decision, arguing that Runway had produced 50,000 documents per DCPW’s request and that the overcharges were mostly minor fees and amounted to no more than $6,000 over several years. During an Aug. 5, 2021, hearing before Judge James, Mazzio’s attorney, Gary Rosen, was in court, according to Runway’s lawyer Margolin.

Three days after that hearing, Mazzio and two Queens restaurateurs who prosecutors say also bribed Ulrich, hosted a $1,000-a-plate campaign fundraiser for Eric Adams, who’d already won the June Democratic primary and was expected to cruise to victory in November. They managed to raise $140,000 for the soon-to-be-Hizzoner.

James issued a ruling on Aug. 27, 2021. In a terse six-page written opinion, the judge wrote, “The court is persuaded that ... the denial of renewal, is too harsh in this instance.”

The judge noted Runway had been in operation for 17 years, including 14 years where the tow truck company “operated free of any adjudicated violations.” She declared, “the court finds the punishment of non-renewal shockingly grave in its consequences.”

Instead, the judge called for “lesser penalties that (DCA) has the discretion to impose,” including proba-

tion, in which Runway would submit invoices for all tows to the Department of Consumer Affairs for review, refund customer overcharges, and pay a fine.

By the end of the de Blasio administration, DCA had taken no action.

As of Jan. 1, 2022, any decision regarding Runway’s fate now shifted to the incoming Adams administration.

That’s when Mazzio’s push to get rid of Runway accelerated, prosecutors allege and records show.

On Jan. 14, Joseph Livreri claimed to an unnamed individual identified only as John Doe 1 that Ulrich had “recommended a candidate for ‘Consumers’,” a reference to DCWP, prosecutors alleged. John Doe 1 responded “that’s a big deal for Mike,” referring to Mazzio.

On Jan. 29, 2022, Joseph Livreri and Mazzio “had series of conversations with each other and ‘Mayor Adams’ Chief Advisor in an attempt to get authorization for Mike’s Heavy Duty Towing to tow from NYC’s highways during a snowstorm and to convince Mayor Adams’ Chief Advisor and other high ranking NYC officials to remove a competing tow truck company from its arterial towing contract,” the indictment alleged.

Ingrid Lewis-Martin is Adams’ chief advisor and Runway was the company in question.

A week later, on Feb. 7, 2022, Adams announced the appointment of Vilda Vera Mayuga as commissioner of DCPW. Said Adams spokesperson Lutvak: “Mayor Adams never spoke to Mr. Ulrich about a candidate for DCWP commissioner that Mr. Ulrich was allegedly putting forward. While we do not discuss private conversations, to avoid speculation, the mayor has not received any requests from the Manhattan DA surrounding this matter and has never spoken to Mr.

‘All this corruption is coming to light’ On June 27, 2022, Ulrich, Joseph Livreri and Mazzio met with John Doe #1 and the mayor’s chief advisor at Philippe Chow on East 60th Street, according to the indictment.

At that point, the de Blasio administration had appealed James’ decision but took no further action before de Blasio left. In early January the courts’ appellate division weighed in, essentially declaring that discretion on what to do with Runway’s license remained with DCPW. A spokesperson for DCPW, Michael Lanza, noted that the effort to deny Runway a license began under de Blasio, and stated in an emailed response to THE CITY’s questions that an appellate court “upheld our actions based on Runway’s numerous overcharges.”

Lanza wrote that Runway and Mazzio “have a demonstrated history of overcharging and DCWP does not allow businesses to prey on consumers.” He noted that Mazzio’s company continues to be allowed to tow disabled vehicles in the city due to ongoing litigation.

By mid-January, Runway had received its formal denial. Runway’s owner, Pritsinevelos, said the NYPD didn’t formally terminate his highway tow agreement until a few days later at midnight. That afternoon, he says, Mazzio personally called up his company and taunted a supervisor, asking, “Who do we call for towing after midnight?”

Pritsinevelos says he’s now out of business, selling his tow trucks to pay his mortgage and trying to open a vehicle repair shop in Queens called Runway Collision Specialists. In July, DCPW rejected his application for a tow truck license he requested for that business. This month, Mazzio was indicted.

When he learned that the sweepi ng br iber y scheme i ncluded Mazzio’s efforts to pressure City Hall to stop doing business with his company, he was both shocked and grateful.

“It never made any sense, going to every court, saying, ‘Why this is happening?’” Pritsinevelos said. “All this corruption is coming to light. You can’t imagine how I feel. There’s a Q God. There’s justice.”

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Paladino, Stavisky tour migrant center Numbers fluctuate at facility at College Pt.’s former St. Agnes HS

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

Councilmember Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) joined New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol on a tour of the migrant respite center at St. Agnes Academic High School in College Point last week.

The school, which was bought by the city late last year and is being converted to a 659seat public high school, began housing adult migrants who are related — with no children — in late July. Stavisky said she had been asking to tour the building “for some time.”

According to Paladino, Iscol said during the tour that the site, which was meant to last 90 days, would no longer operate as a respite center on Oct. 31. The Office of Emergency Management said that while that’s the plan, the situation is fluid and that could change.

Though the building was originally slated for 300 migrants, both Paladino and Stavisky said when they visited last Tuesday 371 people were staying there (though many were out looking for work at the time). Paladino said that number fluctuates, and could be as high as 529, the building’s capacity.

“They come and they go,” Paladino told the Chronicle. “Some could stay a week, some could stay three weeks, some could stay a month or more.”

Councilmember Vickie Paladino, right, state Sen. Toby Stavisky, center, and NYC Emergency PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL Management Commisioner Zach Iscol toured St. Agnes last week.

“A respite center is a pit stop,” she said later.

“That’s why they named it ‘respite’ — rest, for a bit.”

The temporary nature of respite centers differs from Humanitarian Emergency Relief and Recovery Centers, known as HERRCs, such as the one outside the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

Stavisky said that difference was noticeable.

“There are no services,” she told the Chronicle.

“At Creedmoor, they have immigration, health, they have social service experts, people to work with them on healthcare — all sorts of areas. There’s none of that at St. Agnes.”

Paladino, on the other hand, said both in social media posts and to the Chronicle that migrants at St. Agnes are provided with “guidance on immigration appointments” and medi-

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ADUs, TODs and lack of parking concern some continued from page 2 necessary changes through a citywide text amendment and complementary strategies,” City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) said in a statement.

Borough President Donovan Richards shared her sentiments.

“There is no time to waste in addressing this generational, intersectional crisis and investing in the future of our families,” Richards said in a statement.

Paul Graziano, a land preservationist, is not on board with the mayor’s plans.

“We created a statewide coalition to stop the governor from overriding local zoning and ... now we got it through the city perspective,” Graziano, a Flushing resident and former candidate for office, told the Chronicle. “I managed to shut her down two years in a row.”

Last year, the mayor recommended tweaks to zoning, but now he has taken on the governor’s initiatives as well, which would essentially eliminate single- and twofamily zoning, said Graziano.

“This is a way to break the zoning and change the quality of the communities,” Graziano said. “If you all of a sudden have every house converting into multiple units, whether it is at tic, basement or an 800-square-foot house in the backyard, it’s going to change ever y thing. That is nonsense.”

The land preservationist said the plans

will not create affordable housing.

“It’s all market-rate housing,” he said.

Graziano believes building homes on commercial corridors would make those spaces too dense.

“People are still going to have cars and people are still going to be looking for parking,” he said. “If you get rid of the parking requirements, there are not going to be spaces for people to park in, period, and the cars will still come.”

Transit-oriented developments sound good in theory, but the TODs are near singlefamily houses with deed restrictions, according to Graziano.

“Areas like Douglaston, Douglas Manor, Bell Court in Bayside, Broadway-Flushing, Westmoreland in Little Neck ... are all going to be upzoned dramatically,” he said. “The zoning was matched to these areas to protect the single-family deed restrictions so they wouldn’t have to go to court to spend tens of thousands [to prevent this].”

Other neighborhoods that would be affected by upzoning include Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, Laurelton, Richmond Hills, Forest Hills, Addisleigh Park, Springfield Gardens, Queens Village, Bellerose and parts of Kew Gardens, he added.

“Only 15 percent of housing is zoned as single-family and Queens is affected more than anywhere, because the vast majority is in Queens,” Graziano said.

War ren Schreiber, president of the

Queens Civic Congress, a coalition of more than 100 community groups, agrees with Graziano.

The organization hasn’t taken an official position, but Schreiber said it has opposed similar measures in the past.

“We don’t feel these proposals benefit Queens,” Schreiber, of Bay Terrace, told the Chronicle. “We don’t think it’s going to lead to affordable housing. Queens has been one of the leaders of creating affordable housing through community boards and the City Council ... Queens has already created more affordable housing throughout the city.”

Schreiber’s main concerns are ADUs. “They are dangerous,” he said. “If someone is renting an illegal unit, why would they legalize it? Why would they go through the process of doing that if it’s expensive to legalize ... and they have to pay tax on the income? If anything ... they would just abandon that type of housing.”

Parking is another important issue to Schreiber, who is also co-president of the Presidents Co-op and Condo Council, as Northeast Queens is a transit desert, .

“We don’t have any subway service,” he said. “If developments are built without mandatory parking ... they are going to be riding around the street adding more pollution to the air. I don’t know what that really accomplishes ... They will move to somewhere else like Nassau County or New Jersey and abanQ don New York City.”

cal appointments through the site manager.

Asked about what is provided on-site, the OEM’s public information executive director, Aries Dela Cruz, spoke of respite centers broadly, saying that for immigration and medical services — with the exception of telehealth appointments — migrants are referred off-site.

He called what is on-site “bare-bones services.” Asked about what a site manager’s role in that is, Dela Cruz said, “It depends on what is needed by the asylum seeker, varying depending on what is needed.”

Migrants at St. Agnes are provided with three meals a day and snacks. Stavisky said some meals at the center come from local restaurants, though she did not know the specifics of that arrangement, nor did the OEM provide any when asked.

Paladino said an 11 p.m. curfew for the center went into effect last week.

College Point residents have expressed concerns about migrants’ use of mopeds — which require a license and need to be registered — throughout the neighborhood. Both Paladino and Stavisky said that the NYPD is implementing an education campaign at St. Agnes to get migrants to follow traffic laws and register their vehicles. “If they don’t follow the rules — they made it very, very crystal clear now — these mopeds are being confiscated,” the counQ cilmember said.

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Adams says 15K migrants in city’s care will be eligible to apply to work

by Sophie Krichevsky

migrants have arrived in the city since spring crisis — applauded the Biden administration, 2022. but was cognizant of the logistics surroundAdams thanked Biden and the city’s con- ing the status extension.

After what Gov. Hochul called a “produc“We need to explain to the Venezuelan tive conversation” with President Biden Sept. gressional delegation in a statement. “I am migrants what TPS renewal means in practi19, the federal government announced the hopeful that we can continue to partner with cal terms and reach them where they are,” next day that it would redesignate Temporary President Biden to extend Temporary Proshe said in a statement to the Chronicle.

Protected Status for Venezuelan asylum seek- tected Status to the tens of thousands of other migrants in our care from other countries,” “This means announcements and explanaers who arrived in the United States on and tions in Latino media outlets and information before July 31 or have resided here since. he said.

While making the rounds on the networks sessions in shelters and public libraries.” She With that status, the migrants will be eligible to apply to work immediately, something last Wednesday night and last Thursday also called for the taking of a detailed census — “which the city should have started from Democrats like Hochul and Mayor Adams morning, however, Adams portrayed the move more like a drop in the bucket. On the outset” — to support those efforts. have pushed for over the last year.

According to Under TPS, asylum seekers can apply to CNN last Thursday, Adams said Hochul’s office, 70 be authorized to work after 30 days as personnel opposed to 180 days in the United States. The o n l y 1 5 , 0 0 0 ov. Hochul said 40 percent of state migrants in the from various agenDepartment of Homeland Security extended city’s care are cies have been that status for 18 months. migrants who have come to eligible. tapped for the Hochul thanked Biden in a statement.

New York City are Venezuelan. a u t h o r i z a t i o n Asked for its “Work authorization is the way out of the metrics, the effort. Deputy migrant crisis,” she said. “Individuals who Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne achieve legal work status will be able to exit Department of Homeland Security said the redesignation makes approximately 472,000 Williams-Isom said on WNYC’s “The Brian the shelter system, find work opportunities more Venezuelan nationals eligible for TPS. Lehrer Show” last Thursday morning that the and get their shot at the American Dream.

A spokesperson for the agency did not say, federal government is sending 50 people for This announcement from the White House is however, how many of those migrants are in that process. “If it were me, I might send a critical step, putting these individuals on New York City. more people,” she added. the path to legal status that comes with work State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East ElmOn Monday, Hochul deployed 150 memauthorization.”

According to Hochul, about 40 percent of hurst) — who has been vocal in her calls for bers of New York’s National Guard to assist migrants who have come to New York City work authorizations and critiques of Adams’ with processing work authorizations.

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from Biden, however. The City Council’s Common Sense Caucus — of which Queens Councilmembers Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone), Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) and Bob Holden (D-Maspeth) are members — cast its doubts in a statement.

“We have been constantly told that the solution to the migrant crisis is expediting work authorizations for migrants so they can support themselves and seek the American Dream,” the statement says. “If that is really the case, then we look forward to the administration removing these tens of thousands of newly independent individuals from the city’s care, and shuttering the dozens of shelters it has built on parks, in schools and in public buildings to accommodate them.

“Unfortunately, however, we suspect these new benefits will not end this crisis but instead exacerbate it by incentivizing more migrants to come here.”

One reporter asked Hochul about precisely that concern at a briefing last Thursday. In response, the governor said, “That’s why there is a cutoff date.

“It is people who arrived here in our country. An estimated half a million people arrived before July 31st of this year. So, that’ll eliminate the ripple effect that would draw more people to our country who otherQ wise wouldn’t have come.”

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Juniper Park Civic going strong at 85

Group honors Chronicle publisher, first responders at anniversary gala

by Michael Gannon

to the community.

The keynote speaker was First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer of the FDNY, who was chief of Battalion 1 in Lower Manhattan on the day of the 9/11 attacks.

Other dignitaries included Councilman and longtime JPCA president Bob Holden (D-Maspeth), whom President Tony Nunziato both credited and good-naturedly blamed for his taking over the organization’s leadership; U.S. Rep Grace Meng (D-Flushing); state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr (D-Woodhaven) and Assemblyman Steven Raga (D-Maspeth).

Addabbo, the former president of the Ozone Tudor Civic Association, said the importance of civic groups cannot be overstated.

“Bob Holden once told that anyone who runs for political office should first serve on a civic association,” Addabbo said. “You get a sense of the problems and the issues Q of the community.”

Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler, right, was honored for community service by Tony Nunziato, left, president of the PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON JPCA, and Christina Wilkinson, editor of the group’s publication, “Juniper Berry.”

Wilkinson and Nunziato present an award to Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman commanding officer of the NYPD’s 104th Precinct.

Lt. Maureen O’Neill, second from right, of the FDNY’s HazMat 1 and Capt. Michael Smithwick of Squad 288 accept honors on behalf of their companies based out of the 68th Street firehouse in Maspeth.

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In 1938, the Juniper Park Civic Association was founded by a group of diverse residents with common interests as President Franklin Roosevelt was in the middle of his second term in office; Queens prepared for the coming 1939-40 World’s Fair; and world leaders prepared for war.

The group not only succeeded but thrived, and on Sept. 23, members past and present gathered at Trinity Lutheran Church in Middle Village to celebrate their 85th anniversary.

Guests of honor included Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler; Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, commanding officer of the NYPD’s 104th Precinct; and members of the FDNY’s Squad 288 and HazMat 1 units, who hang their helmets at the 68th Street firehouse in Maspeth [see separate story in some editions], all of whom were honored by the association for their long service

FDNY First Deputy Commissioner Joseph Pfeifer, center, the keynote speaker, offers his professional admiration and personal praise to the Juniper Park Civic Association and last Saturday’s honorees. But the evening was not all business, with a dinner, a large cake and entertainment from the Carl Bartlett Jr. Quartet.

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Sostheim began drawing at 16, influenced by artists such as Peter Max and Andy Warhol, clearly reflected in his use of broad strokes, color and vivid distortion.

The exhibition strives to connect viewers

with the dynamism reflected in the works of Sostheim through his interpretation of places, elements and seasons.

The showcase serves as a continuation of Resorts World’s effort to highlight various artists, providing a space to display their work to more than 16,000 guests per day.

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Fans of the former T-Bone Diner in Forest Hills can have hope, as plans to revive the nearly 90-year-old Queens Boulevard eatery — with a few changes to the menu — seem to be progressing.

Two permits for routine work are on file with the city’s Department of Buildings; a construction company is displaying its sign in the window; and workmen last week were seen removing an old refrigerated soda display case from the business that shut down on Feb 3, 2022, on orders from city health inspectors.

It was founded in 1934.

Michael Perlman, a Forest Hills historian and civic activist, confirmed in an email on Tuesday that negotiations among numerous parties, including the DOB, are ongoing with the aim of bringing back a combination diner and kosher restaurant run by the owner of Jade Eatery and Lounge in nearby Station Square.

“The T-Bone will become a hybrid of two legendary facets of Americana that dotted New York among other municipalities: A diner and a deli! I admire creative

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Backers of a new T-Bone Diner in Forest Hills are reporting progress.

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visionaries who embrace our history and nostalgia,” Perlman wrote. He also would like to see the new setup include amenities like outdoor dining.

Perlman did add that it still is too early for a fixed timeline leading up to his envisioned ribbon cutting. He said he has gotten outreach from entities such as the Q Queens Chamber of Commerce.

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Sleeping child, 10, found in QVille raid DA says search turns up weapons, approximately $200K in hard drugs

by Naeisha Rose

the court-authorized search warrant at 4:40 a.m. and found 2,387 grams of cocaine with A search of a Queens Village home last traces of fentanyl, 1,676 grams of heroin with Thursday led to drugs and weapons charges for traces of fentanyl, crack cocaine, psilocybin five people, who had a child in the home, mushrooms and three scales containing according to the office of Queens District cocaine residue.

They also found a Smith and Wesson Attorney Melinda Katz.

Authorities said they recovered four fire- .45-caliber pistol with six rounds of ammuniarms, including an assault weapon and more tion, a Taurus 9 mm pistol with a large capacity than 4 kilograms of fentanyl-laced cocaine and ammunition-feeding device containing 22 rounds, a Taurus 410G heroin with a street revolver with f ive value of more than rounds of ammuni$200,000. tion, a Zastava The residents, e cannot, and will not, .223-caliber rifle with Ancil Hazelwood, 48, relent in the war five rounds of ammuM a l i k L ew i s , 43, nition, six kilo presses Domonique Sierra, 37, against lethal illegal and $1,052 in cash, Courtney Jackson, 32, according to and Jessica Smythe, drugs and weapons ...” prosecutors.

28, were arraigned on “Right across the a criminal complaint — Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz hall [from the boy’s charging them each room] was the recovwith three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, ery of drugs,” said Deputy Chief Jerry two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, O’Sullivan at a press conference. “We feel this criminally using drug paraphernalia and was both sale and distribution of illegal fireendangering the welfare of a child. They arms and illegal narcotics.”

O’Sullivan said that it was completely unacshared a home with a 10-year-old boy, Lewis and Jackson’s son, who was asleep at the time ceptable that a 10-year-old child was across the hall from deadly drugs. of the raid, according to the DA’s Office.

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Man convicted of trying to kill boy, 6 A 39-year-old Richmond Hill man has been convicted of second-degree attempted murder and other charges from an October 2019 attack in which he picked up a 6-year-old boy in front of his grandparents’ Kew Gardens home and slammed him head-first into the pavement, seriously injuring the child.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, in a statement from her office on Thursday, said a jury also convicted Laurence Gendreau of stealing an iPad from an elderly woman earlier that day.

He faces up to 25 years in prison on charges that also include first-degree assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, fourth-degree grand larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, He is scheduled to be sentenced by Queens Supreme Court Justice Ira Margulis on Oct. 12, four years and two days after the attack.

“This senseless and brutal attack left a young boy seriously injured and a community shocked,” Katz said. “We all deserve to feel safe in our homes and while walking the streets of our neighborhoods. The

criminal justice system worked and we were able to take a dangerous man off the street.”

On Oct. 10, 2019, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the boy was standing outside his grandparents’ home along with his older brother waiting for a pizza delivery. Gendreau, who was walking by, suddenly charged at the child, yelling at him. He lifted the boy over his head and slammed him down onto the pavement.

As the child was motionless on the ground, Gendreau fled. The boy’s brother ran inside and alerted his family. His grandfather chased after Gendreau and flagged down a police officer. Gendreau was stopped near Lefferts Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue.

The boy was transported to the hospital where he was treated for a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain and a collapsed lung.

He has since recovered.

Earlier that same day, at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Union Turnpike in Kew Gardens, Gendreau approached an 83-year-old woman as she stood outside, sat next to her and then took the iPad from her hands. He Q had it on him at the time of his arrest.

Weapons and drugs recovered from a raid in Queens Village last Thursday. the drug bust.

“We try our best to get the best of the best out there,” he added. “I’m very proud of the work they do.”

Hazelwood and Lewis were released after posting bail, according to the city Department of Correction.

The judge on the case ordered supervised release without bail for defendants Jackson, Sierra and Smythe, according to a spokeswom-

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an for the QDA’s Office.

He ordered all the defendants to return to court on Sept. 25. If convicted, each could face up to 30 years in prison, said Katz’s office.

“Where there are drugs and guns, there is addiction, violence and death,” Katz said in a statement. “We cannot, and will not, relent in the war against lethal illegal drugs and weapons and will hold accountable drug traffickers Q threatening the safety of communities.”

SUV strikes crossing guard in Mid Village

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Police have charged a Maspeth woman in the Tuesday afternoon crash that injured a 63-year-old crossing guard outside of Our Lady of Hope Academy in Middle Village.

T he N Y PD, i n a p r e s s r ele a s e, s a id Sinead Welsh, 51, has b e e n ch a r ge d w it h reckless endangerment, operating an automo- A 63-year-old crossing guard is expected to fully recover after bile while under the being struck outside Our Lady of Hope Academy in Middle Vilinf luence of drugs or lage on Tuesday morning.

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Police said Welsh remained on the the crossing guard is in stable condition.

Police said the incident took place just scene. WABC Channel 7 reported that the before 3 p.m. near the intersection of Mercedes SUV went on to strike a tree by Eliot Avenue and 71st Street in the 104th the side of the road before coming to rest.

Precinct. Officers responding to a 911 It also reported that the crossing guard call found the crossing guard suffering was expected to make a full recovery Q from head trauma. She was transported from her injuries.

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BEAT

Pham on the Mets’ mess

by Lloyd Carroll

Nimmo, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso.

Although he was with the Mets for only a The Mets have had plenty of losing seasons, brief period, I found Pham to be very impressive. of course, but 2023 is vastly different. With He has vision issues and always carries a case of owner Steve Cohen financing a $445 million contact lenses with him. Pham is a fountain of payroll, the highest in baseball history, combined knowledge on the difference between lenses, and with the Mets coming off 101 wins the previous he spoke to me about how the eyeball changes year, expectations were understandably sky-high. accommodation abilities when it comes to disAnd that is what makes 2023 the most crushing tance and close-up vision with aging. He could easily speak at an ophthalmology conference. season in Mets history.

I wrote last year how the Mets rarely took outYes, injuries played a huge role in things going sour in Flushing. Not having closer Edwin Diaz door pregame batting practice. This year, as a in the bullpen because of a freak injury celebrat- token to the fans, a few Mets have been willing to ing a win in the World Baseball Classic badly come out and take swings on the field before hurt, as did losing Jose Quintana for the first half some games. Pham was always one of them.

Part of a player’s professional responsibility, of the season as he recovered from having a lesion surgically removed from his rib. You can whether he likes it or not, is to make himself also throw in the games missed by Pete Alonso, available to the press. Another Mets outfielder Starling Marte, Max Scherzer and Justin Verland- who was dealt at the trade deadline, Mark Canha, confirmed many of his teammates eschewed outer because they were on the injured list.

Injuries alone cannot explain why things went door batting practice because they did not want so far south for a team from which so much was to interact with reporters who were not granted expected. That is why outfielder Tommy Pham’s access to their clubhouse by the Mets media relastatement to a reporter from The Athletic, where tions department. Pham made it his business to he questioned the work ethic of some players, talk with all media.

Some Mets beat writers have told me too struck a nerve. Pham was signed as a free agent after the 2022 season, and he performed well. He many players are not at their lockers during was traded on July 31st to the Arizona Diamond- media access periods. That is an indicator of a backs when the Mets decided to raise a white flag losing culture that Cohen had better address. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat on the season. It should be noted Pham spoke highly of the professionalism of Brandon every week at qchron.com.

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The second phase includes an outdoor classroom and a boardwalk built with wood reclaimed from the Rockaway Boardwalk, destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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71-06 31 Ave., East Elmhurst Website: msgrmcclancy.org admissions@msgrmcclancy.info (718) 898-3800 Sat., Oct. 7, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.

ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows Website: sfponline.org admissions@SFPonline.org (718) 423-8810 Sat., Oct. 14, 12 to 4 p.m.

Pre-registration is required.

ST. JOHN'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL 21-21 Crescent St., Astoria Website: stjohnsprepschool.org admissions@stjohnsprepschool.org (718) 721-7200 Sat., Oct. 14, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing Website: holycrosshs.org admissions@holycrosshs.org (718) 886-7250, ext. 524 Sun., Oct. 15, 12 to 4 p.m.

THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY

60-02 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth Website: martinluthernyc.org admissions@martinluthernyc.org (718) 894-4000 Sat., Oct. 14, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates Website: tmla.org admissions@tmla.org (718) 297-2120, ext. 233 Sun., Oct. 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Note: All high school open house dates are subject to change.

Why choose a Catholic high school?

As parents, you want the best for your children. It is because you wish them success in all of life’s challenges that Catholic schools are the right choice. Catholic schools provide an educational program based on religious beliefs and values, enabling your children to grow in their understanding of themselves, their relationship with God and their relationship with others.

Catholic schools promote the education of young people to their full potential; their teachers respect and encourage real learning experiences.

Your children acquire knowledge and develop the skills necessary for success in higher educational pursuits and a wide range of careers.

Catholic schools offer a community environment in which your children can discuss and live out the values upon which their education is based.

They are encouraged to contribute to society and to assume leadership roles in shaping public attitudes and programs. In Catho-

lic schools, young people learn to question, to establish confidence in their own good choices in life and to experience the sense o f accomplishment stemming from individual achievement and responsibility. Take this opportunity to learn about Catholic schools in Queens.

Whichever school you choose, you can be assured that you r child will receive a strong academic education in an environment structured to have a lasting value.

Catholic high schools: • build character; • foster community service; • encourage involvement; • develop real-world skills; • shape leaders; • reward achievement; • reinforce values; • allow for spiritual growth; • embrace differences; • raise standards; • empower each student; and • celebrate school spirit.

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Selecting your Catholic High School THE PROCESS • You should choose three high schools to which you want to apply.

• Your three high school choices will receive your TACHS scores.

• Choosing which high school to attend is very important; you should consider your options carefully.

• The high schools’ websites, along with open house information, will be available through tachsinfo.com. This information also is available in the Student Handbook.

• Parents/guardians should accompany students to high school open houses and read school literature before selecting three high school options.

• Discuss your options with your teacher, guidance counselor or principal to determine which schools will be the best match for you.

• Be realistic in your choices.

• Make sure you are eligible for the schools to which you apply.

• Determine daily travel times from your home to the schools, and be sure you are willing to travel the distance involved.

• Admission and scholarship decisions are the responsibility of the individual high schools.

• After registering for the TACHS, you may enter your high school choices on tachsinfo.com.

• Enter your high school choices using the link with the “Registration” tab at the top o f homepage.

• Enter your TACHS ID provided at the time of registration and your email address.

• Use the pull-down menu to see a complete list of all high schools; it is not necessary to know a school’s three-digit code.

• Enter your three high school choices and save.

• If you need to change your high school choices, you may follow the same steps.

• You may change your choices until Nov. 4, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. EST. • No changes or corrections will be made after Nov. 4, 2023.

• Failure to complete this process will result in your scores not being provided Q to an y schools.

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A few words about The Mary Louis Academy:

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TACHS test information This year there will be online test sessions rather than in-person test sites.

• Students will test on the day assigned to their aligned diocese.

• Students will randomly be assigned to a test time test at 8:30 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. on their test date. No time preferences can be accepted.

All students with extended testing time will test at 8:30 a.m.on their assigned test day.

• There will not be admit cards.

• On Nov.1, 2023, you should get an email with your test session code, date and time.

If you do not receive this email by Nov. 2, 2023, you may find this information on www.tachsinfo.com using the “Find my test session code/date/times” link.

Locate this information no later than No. 2, 2023 (for Nov. 3 tests) and no later than Nov. 4, 2022 (for Nov. 5 tests).

• Enter your TACHS ID and the email address you provided at the time of registration to access your information.

• You will not be able to “enter” your test if you do not have this code.

• Please read all data system and device requirements and complete the Proctorio set-up and required installation at least one day prior to testing. These directions can be found through the “Proctorio Set-up and Installation Guide” link on the www.tachsinfo.com homepage and in the Student Handbook.

• If you are ill or have technical issues on the day of testing, you will be assigned to a make-up session. Revisit the “Find my test session code/date/times” link Nov. 8, 2023, for your new test session code, date and time.

Your original test session code will not work for the make-up exam.

• If at any time you are not able to access your test session code, Q call 1 (866) 618-2247 for assistance.

— info courtesy tachsinfo.com

Visit us at our Open House on Oct. 22 10am-3pm.

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Dynamic works evoke both body and technology at Mrs.

the similarities in between and how there’s no borders between us as human beings and the animal world, but we are all the same,” Prijic said.

“I think it also nods to how we’re changing now; the evolution of our bodies with the development of technology.”

Prijic also says inspiration comes from Serbian history, by way of Neolithic archaeology and the androgynous Vinca figurines, which can look like something from the past or future — despite dating from 5500 BC. Prijic’s favorite thing about her work is that it’s open to interpretation, and everyone sees it differently.

“When I have my friends come to the studio, they all have different perspectives of what they see in

my paintings, but it’s also still fitting my idea,” she said. “I think that’s really interesting, and it also changes with time. The more you look at it, you start noticing different parts, and your impression changes; it’s not still. There’s always something new to discover.”

Kew Gardens resident and artist Damon Wiggins has followed Mrs. on social media for some time, and made the trip to the gallery at 60-40 56 Drive for the first time to check out Prijic’s paintings.

“I love the energy of them, the sense of layering and the way that they almost feel windy in terms of movement,” he said.

Pointing out the horizontal lines present in many of the works, Wiggins said they remind him of the continued on page 25

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hile the leaves are turning brown, visiting an independent art gallery in central Queens can transport you to a world of colorful energy bursts of the cosmos.

The mind behind this bold vision is Los Angelesbased, Serbian-born painter Nevena Prijic, who brings her first solo exhibition, “Feral Currents,” to Mrs. in Maspeth.

Through Oct. 28, art lovers can appreciate her abstract series, which she describes as an amalgamation of our bodies and the universe we live in.

“My ideas stem from the environment, as well as our bodies. It draws from the similarities between the organic, inorganic and artificial ways in which the body works. I think it’s interesting to find out

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The home of Donald Harold “The Father of The New York City Transit Museum,” at 148-11 Willets Point Blvd. in Whitestone, as it looked in the 1950s. INSET VIA TWITTER / NYTRANSITMUSEUM also unselfishly gave of his time to help all transit workers with their needs and difficulties. He was a lifelong bachelor who lived in an English Tudor home at 148-11 Willets Point Blvd. in Whitestone. He died two months shy of his 92nd birthday, and is missed by many as “The Father of the NYC Q Transit Museum.”

PHOTO COURTESY MARGARET TIETZ CENTER

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Marie Muessig married Chester “Chet” Harold on April 23, 1924. Chet was born in Paris, became a British subject educated at Oxford and came to the U.S. in 1919, becoming a citizen. Their first child was Richard, born Feb. 25, 1926, followed by Donald on Aug. 18, 1931.

A year later Chet abandoned the family.

The rest moved in with Marie’s parents. Donald was raised by Grandpa William Muessig, a BMT motorman and later inspector. A lifelong love of subway cars was born. In 1965, he was hired by the public affairs department of the New York City Transit Authority.

A tweet by the New York Transit Museum following his death on June 14, 2023 said that in 1976, for the bicentennial celebration, he helped restore old subway cars for exhibit in the abandoned Court Street Station.

He felt old subway cars were an essential part of NYC history as much as the Statue of Liberty. The exhibit was so popular it would be extended and become The NYC Transit Museum in 1989. Harold’s dedication to preserving subway cars was his life’s work. He

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

NYPD Jazz Band at Tietz Center Supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center hosted the NYPD Jazz Band last Monday, Sept. 18, as the group performed for the center’s residents.

For more than an hour, Tietz Center patients enjoyed some tunes from the lively band.

Twenty members of the band were in

attendance for last week’s performance, although it has more than 50 instrumentalists in total.

The musicians work in precincts all over New York City.

The band has been performing throughout the five boroughs since 1932.

— Sophie Krichevsky

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“All Shook Up,” the entertaining jukebox musical now being offered by Royal Star Theatre through Oct. 1 — with only three performances remaining — might have just as appropriately been called “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Seemingly everyone in the small Midwestern town where it is set comes under Cupid’s magic spell before the final bows.

Set in the summer of 1955, the show focuses on a guitar-playin’, blue-suedeshoes-wearin’ young man named Chad, whose arrival turns the town upside down.

The show, which had an undeservedly brief run on Broadway in 2005, is part “Twelfth Night,” the Shakespeare comedy it frequently resembles, part “Footloose,” part “Grease,” and totally winning.

Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, the prototype upon whom the leading male character is based, the show has a clever, often tongue-in-cheek book by Joe DiPietro. And you’ll likely recognize such Elvis classics as “Love Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Blue Suede Shoes.”

The production, seen via video recorded at the final dress rehearsal, is lovingly directed by Amanda Montoni, who has assembled a talented cast of young, energetic per-

Only three performances remain of “All Shook Up,” the show that blends Elvis, ShakePHOTO BY ALISON KURTZMAN speare and the power of love. formers who give their all to bring this confection to life.

Montoni has collaborated with musical director Daniel Tomlin, who leads the finetuned band, and choreographer Tara Mangione, who provides the performers with simple routines that keep them moving almost constantly.

And what a group of performers they are!

Playing Chad is Nick Prior, who bears little physical resemblance to Elvis but sings up a storm and maintains the requisite swagger of a rock idol. Of course, he also swivels his

hips with ease.

Prior is paired with the perky Jamie Berger as Natalie, the town’s auto mechanic, who goes to great lengths to snare the man of her dreams. She has a pleasant voice that she puts to good use throughout.

Ben Kaminski is the quirky, awkward Dennis, who has a crush on Natalie, and he reveals a strong voice of his own in one of the show’s lesser-known songs, “It Hurts Me.” There are powerful singers aplenty.

Amanda Doria, a mainstay of local stages

who plays Sylvia, owner of the town’s honky tonk, has her shining moment near the show’s end in the big ballad, “There’s Always Me.” Jessica Lausell brings to life the flirtatious Miss Sandra with a voice to match her sassy attitude.

Julio Ulloa is Dean, son of the town’s ultra-conservative mayor, Matilda. He displays a fine voice in “Now or Never,” among other numbers.

Not to be overlooked are Paul Mastrella as Natalie’s widowed father, Jim; Aglaia Ho, as Sylvia’s daughter, Lorraine; Ellen Armet as the no-nonsense mayor, who bursts memorably into unexpected song; and Michael Beltran, as the town’s nearly-mute sheriff.

Kudos to the hardworking ensemble, who are onstage almost constantly.

The sets are kept to a minimum, allowing the focus to remain on the performers, and the costumes are simple but colorful. Trimming blackout time for scene changes would help maintain the flow.

Remaining shows at The Mary Louis Academy (176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates) are on Sept. 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. Tickets online are $20; $17 for seniors 65 and over and children 12 and under. Add $2 per ticket at the door.

For more information, call (516) 521-5500 Q or email royalstartheatre@gmail.com.

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It’s now or never to see the King meet the Bard

Art that doesn’t leave the eye, or mind, at rest

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director of Mrs. “Nevena and I met two summers ago; she was in a group show at a gallery in Chelsea. I purchased a painting of hers from another gallery and had written to her, telling her how much I love her work and I would love to meet her,” Salamone said.

“We show really intentional work; everything here is done incredibly well. Each one of our artists, no matter what their medium is, brings a heightened focus to that medium. When I first met Nevena and saw her paintings, I was absolutely blown away with the layering, the techniques, the masking, and also the different ways she’s using the paint. I’d never seen anything like it before.”

Mrs., online at mrsgallery.com, focuses on offering a new platform for emerging, underrepresented and mid-career artists, as well as a space for female-identifying artists, as the feminine prefix name suggests.

Salamone said its charming character and distance from Manhattan and the train was what drew her to Maspeth.

“The distance factor does make it a bit of a destination, so we make our programming incredibly intentional so that it draws people from other neighborhoods. You also get to

Artist Nevena Prijic, center, with Mrs. cofounder Sara Maria Salamone, in black, and gallery staffers Risa Blumenberg-Taylor, left, Emily Davidson and Emily Janowick. At right, many of her works feature lines one viewer likened to those on sheet music. On the PHOTOS cover: Prijic with one of her works.

BY JESSICA MEDITZ EXCEPT RIGHT, BY EMILY JANOWICK

experience this sweet neighborhood, too, and I feel it’s really underseen by a lot of Q New Yorkers.”

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continued from page 23 staffs in sheet music, and an interplay of something we can hear and see at the same time. Amused by this, Prijic noted that she played classical piano for 11 years.

Prijic immigrated to the United States in 2017 in hopes of being part of its eclectic art community. She says the move has impacted her work greatly, and that she’s made lots of friends along the way, including Sara Maria Salamone, co-founder and

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Notice is hereby given that an on-premises restaurant liquor license, Serial #1370006 has been applied for by Lenny’s West Indian Cookhouse LLC d/b/a Lenny’s West Indian Cookhouse and Beer Garden to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in a Restaurant. For on-premises consumption under the ABC Law at 112-06 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11419.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC BANK USA, The New York City Department NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Transportation will hold a public hearing, the hearing will AS TRUSTEE FOR NAAC be held remotely commencing 2007-2, Plaintiff AGAINST on Wednesday October 11, SUNEEL RAMPERSAD, et al., 2023, at 11:00 A.M. via the Defendant(s) Pursuant to WebEx platform, on the a Judgment of Foreclosure following petition for revocable and Sale duly entered consent, in the Borough of August 15, 2023, I, the Queens. undersigned Referee will Jamaica Hospital Medical sell at public auction at the Center–to continue to maintain Courthouse steps of the & use a conduit & pipe bank Queens County Supreme under & diagonally across of Court, 88-11 Sutphin 135th St., south of 89th Ave. Boulevard, Jamaica, New Interested parties can obtain York on October 13, 2023 at copies of proposed agreement 12:00PM, premises known or request sign-language as 116-29 143RD STREET, interpreters (with at least JAMAICA, NY 11436. All that seven days prior notice) at 55 certain plot piece or parcel Water Street, 9 Floor, New of land, with the buildings York, NY 10041, or by calling and improvements erected, (212) 839-6550 situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of 170-21 JAMAICA AVENUE, LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK 12002 LOT the SSNY on 08/22/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY 90. Approximate amount of judgment $1,024,197.48 plus designated as agent of the LLC interest and costs. Premises upon whom process against will be sold subject to it may be served. SSNY shall provisions of filed Judgment mail copy of process to the Index #709993/2017. The LLC, 89-05 138th Street, aforementioned auction will Jamaica, NY 11435. Purpose: be conducted in accordance Any lawful purpose. with the QUEENS County COVID-19 mitigation 35-06 REALTY LLC Articles protocols and as such all of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State persons must comply with (SSNY) 6/22/23. Offi ce in social distancing, wearing Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent masks and screening of LLC whom process may practices in effect at the be served. SSNY shall mail time of this foreclosure sale. process to 2-21 148th St., Robert John Aiello, Esq., Gross Polowy, Whitestone, NY 11357, which Referee LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive is also the principal busiWilliamsville, NY 14221 00ness location. Purpose: Any 295569 77666 lawful purpose.

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Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC

SSNY desig. as agent upon

whom process may be served.

whom process against may be

SSNY shall mail process to

served & shall mail process to

172-14 89th Ave., Jamaica,

Frances Ariola, 157-05 91st

NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful

St., Howard Beach, NY 11414.

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates MANA Series 2007-A3, Plaintiff AGAINST Rebeka Howlader; Mizanur Rahman; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 31, 2023 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on October 13, 2023 at 10:15AM, premises known as 3216 53rd Place, Woodside, NY 11377. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 1154 Lot 90. Approximate amount of judgment $1,074,662.95 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #722631/2021. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Eleventh Judicial District.

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Offi ce location:w/min kit. Sliding door to yard. cation: Queens County. SSNY has Queens County. SSNY is desig- Asking $899K. Connexion Real been designated as agent of the Estate, 718-845-1136 nated as agent upon whom process LLC upon whom process against against the LLC may be served. Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat it may be served. SSNY shall mail 9/30, 12:30-2:30pm, 161-30 88 St. SSNY shall mail a copy of any a copy of process to: THE PLLC, Hi-Ranch, 4 BR, 3 new full baths. process to: 87-11 163rd Avenue, 249-30 VAN ZANDT AVE., LITTLE Wood burning fireplace, in-ground Howard Beach, New York 11414. pool. Asking $1,198K. Connexion NECK, NY 11362. Purpose: For any Purpose: Any lawful act. lawful purpose.

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF QUEENS NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. QUEENS LLC; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through DAVID E. THOMAS, deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; TASHIA SINCLAIR A/K/A NATASHA SINCLAIR, if living, or if she be dead, her husband, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said TASHIA SINCLAIR A/K/A NATASHA SINCLAIR, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; DOMINICK THOMAS A/K/A DOMINICK SINCLAIR, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-in-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said Dominick Thomas a/k/a Dominick Sinclair, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs; GREGORY THOMAS; PROVIDENT BANK F/K/A THE PROVIDENT BANK F/K/A PROVIDENT SAVINGS BANK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (QUEENS); NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC;CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION; CENTURION CAPITAL CORPORATION; QUEENS SUPREME COURT NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; DAVID THOMAS, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said DAVID THOMAS, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiffs and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #100,” the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or all of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendants. Index No. 723295/2020 [Old Index No. 6997-09] Borough: Queens Block: 10929 Lot: 49 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the second amended complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiffs’ attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the second amended complaint. Queens County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises.

Dated: September 8, 2023 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Phillip Hom, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated August 30, 2023, and filed with supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens covering the property known as 193-18 109th Avenue, Jamaica, New York and identified as Block 10929, Lot 49 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $12,290.99, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP, By: Anthony J. Iacchetta, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, NYCTL 1998-2 Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent and Custodian, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 758-2110, aiacchetta@phillipslytle.com

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO: 725629/2021 D/O/F: 12/30/2021 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Premises Address: 52-25 103rd Street, Corona, New To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 York 11368 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE ASPEN HOLDINGS TRUST, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- TOMAS FIGUEROA A/K/A THOMAS FIGUEROA, Notice of Formation of if living, and if he be dead, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, DARYAN HOME LLC, Arts. heirs, devisees, distributes or successors in interest of such of Org. fi led with the SSNY JUNGLE KINGDOM FLOWER of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, COMPANY, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led devisees, distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and on 08/21/2023. Offi ce loc: with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Queens County. SSNY has been 09/11/23. Offi ce location: Queens EMPIRE PORTFOLIOS, INC.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (EASTERN designated as agent upon whom County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 8518 DISTRICT); NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; PEOPLE OF process against the LLC may 124th St., Kew Gardens, NY 11415. THE STATE OF NEW YORK; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said be served. SSNY shall mail SSNY designated as agent of LLC names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or upon whom process against it may process to: Jie Rezaei, 1567 persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, be served. SSNY shall mail process 216th St., Bayside, NY 11360. to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to offi ce. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s of Formation of Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, DS11, LLC, Arts. of Org. fi led Notice exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery with the SSNY on 08/29/2023. KUSH & KEMET HOLDINGS, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days Offi ce loc: Queens County. SSNY State of NY (SSNY) on 07/21/23. after completion of service where service is made in any other and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment has been designated as agent Offi ce location: Queens County. manner, will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the upon whom process against the Princ. offi ce of LLC: 111-12 Sutphin complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435. SSNY Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order LLC may be served. SSNY shall designated as agent of LLC upon of the Hon. Tracy A. Catapano-Fox, a Justice of the Supreme mail process to: Simon Blitz & whom process against it may be Court, Queens County, entered Aug. 24, 2023 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office.

Daniel Gazal, 11-11 44th Drive, served. SSNY shall mail process to THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage recorded Corporation Service Co., 80 State Long Island City, NY 11101. St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on June 26, 2007 in CRFN: 2007000328933, covering premises k/a 52-25 103rd Street, Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Corona, NY 11368 a/k/a Block 1943, Lot 113. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to Notice of formation of Gold Stone LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer Property Holding LLC Articles of NAGHDI, PLLC. Arts. of Org. fi led on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with Organization fi led with the Secretary with the SSNY on 08/18/23. Offi ce: the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on Septemlose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where Queens County. SSNY designated ber 6, 2023. Offi ce location: Queens your case is pending for further information on how to answer as agent of the PLLC upon whom County. SSNY has been designated the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON process against it may be SSNY shall mail copy of process to THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) served. SSNY shall mail process AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following the PLLC, 109-21 Jamaica Avenue, to Jiemin Shang, 137-81 Northern notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the Queens, NY 11418. Purpose: For the Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security. YOU ARE HEREBY Any lawful activity. practice of the profession of Law. PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR GRAMPS GIFT LLC. Arts. of Org. Little Bits and Little Pieces, fi led with the SSNY on 08/24/23. LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE: (1) that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, an unfair debt collection effort, including, but not limited to: i designated as agent of the LLC 8/29/2023. Cty: Queens. SSNY the use or threat of violence; ii the use of obscene or profane upon whom process against desig. as agent upon whom pro- language; and iii repeated phone calls made with the intent to it may be served. SSNY shall annoy, abuse, or harass. (2) If a creditor or debt collector receives cess against may be served & a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may mail copy of process to the LLC, shall mail process to Jared – prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the c/o Melissa Katz-Fusco, 600 S debt: 1. Supplemental security income, (SSI); 2. Social security; Ocean Boulevard, Apartment Jean Baptiste, 117-32 222nd 3. Public assistance (welfare); 4. Spousal support, maintenance 407, Boca Raton, FL 33432. St., Cambria Heights, NY 11411. (alimony) or child support; 5. Unemployment benefits; 6. Disability benefits; 7. Workers’ compensation benefits; 8. Public or private General Purpose Purpose: Any lawful purpose. pensions; 9. Veterans’ benefits; 10. Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and 11. Ninety of Formation of GRAN AVE LLC fi led Arts. of Notice percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days. TO MR. IOGGI LLC Art. of Org. for MRLODOrg. with the Sect’y of State THE DEFENDANTS, except Tomas Figueroa a/k/a Thomas Figueroa: GI LLC were fi led with the SecreThe Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. of NY (SSNY) on 8/22/2019. tary of State of New York (SSNY) on TO THE DEFENDANTS: Tomas Figueroa a/k/a Thomas Figueroa: Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY 02/03/2023. Cerf. Of Amendment for If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy has been designated as agent MR. IOGGI LLC was fi led with SSNY on court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your 02/09/2023. Off. loc: Queens County. of the LLC upon whom pro- SSNY has been designated as agent liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money cess against it may be served of the LLC upon whom process against judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this and shall mail process to: it may be served. SSNY shall mail a lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises. Dated: Jerry Lebedowicz, 52-47 copy of process to: THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, P. O. BOX 570009, Sandy J. Stolar, Esq. Margolin, Weinreb & Nierer, LLP, Attorneys Browvale Ln, Little Neck, NY WHITESTONE, NY 11357. Purpose: for Plaintiff, 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101, Syosset, New York 11791.

For any lawful purpose.

11362. Purpose: any lawful act.

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C M SQ page 30 Y K SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 721416/2019 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 21409 112TH ROAD, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429 Block: 11141, Lot: 90 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1 Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; JEROME E. WILLIAMS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; CYNTHIA WILLIAMS A/K/A CYNTHIA SMALLS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; EDNA E. WILLIAMS A/K/A EDNA WILLIAMS WICKER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; ANTHONY C. SIMMONS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; MATTHEW J. SIMMONS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; TIMOTHY J. SIMMONS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; BERNITA CARSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; DAWN DAYE, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; SHAVONNA M. WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; ALEXIS WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; MARQUIS N. WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; TASHAWNA JORDAN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; PRINCE HURST, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; J.W (MINOR) AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS BY AND THROUGH HER LEGAL GUARDIAN DAWN DAYE; DONTE WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES TO THE ESTATE OF SHENIQUA WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF VIVIAN WILLIAMS, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; JAMES HENRY; MARK WILLIAMS; DON WILLIAMS; LEX WILLIAMS, “JOHN DOE #5” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last eight names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $742,500.00 and interest, recorded on November 15, 2017, in CRFN 2017000420043, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 21409 112TH ROAD, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11429. The relief sought in the Notice of Formation of within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy SAROJ LLC Articles of Organizathe debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place tion were fi led with the Secreof trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU tary of State of New York (SSNY) ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by on 08/17/2023. Offi ce location: serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure Queens County. SSNY has been proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered designated as agent of the LLC and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for upon whom process against it may further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment be served. SSNY shall mail a copy to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A of process to: SAROJ KUMARI, COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING 9559 113TH STREET, S. RICHTHE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 31, 2023 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE MOND HILL, NY, 11419. Purpose: & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff Matthew Rothstein, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, For any lawful purpose.

Westbury, NY 11590. 516-280-7675

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 726543/2022 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 225-19 141ST AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413 Block: 13151, Lot: 1 LOANCARE, LLC Plaintiff, vs. DOUGLAS YOUNG, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS YOUNG, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; GERALD YOUNG, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS YOUNG; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS YOUNG, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $338,600.00 and interest, recorded on February 14, 2008, in CRFN 2008000063069, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York., covering premises known as 225-19 141ST AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 28, 2023 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff, Matthew Rothstein, Esq., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

NY CLEANING SERVICES GROUP LLC Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/28/23.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Diana Yazmin Lozano Lopez, 7137 68th St., Glendale, NY 11385. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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