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Mayor backs off SHSAT elimination But schools chancellor doesn’t sound ready to compromise

by Michael Shain Editor

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ayor de Blasio last week surprised his critics and gave up his hot-button plan to eliminate the Specialized High School Admission Test as the only means of getting into the city’s “elite eight” high schools.

“Our plan didn’t work,” de Blasio said at City Hall Wednesday. “It was a good plan, but it didn’t get passed.

“So we’re going to start over.”

But city Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza — who has steadfastly backed the mayor’s anti-test proposal to increase the number of black and Hispanic students being admitted to the city’s eight mostselective public high schools — does not appear to agree with de Blasio’s decision to throw in the towel, “I’m not backing away from my belief that a single test is not the most enlightened way to identify students” for admission, he told a group of community and ethnic newspaper reporters last Friday.

“I’m open to good ideas,” he said.

“What’s a better idea? Haven’t heard it yet.”

Carranza’s comments, coming two days after de Blasio said he was going to “start over,” are the first indication of daylight between the mayor and the schools chancel-

Mayor de Blasio is throwing in the towel but Richard Carranza, shown here at the ribbon cutting for a new elementary school in Jackson Heights in September, is not toning down his rhetoric about the need to dump the entrance exam for the city’s elite high schools. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN lor on a issue that has divided them from a large segment of public-school parents.

The threat of eliminating the test and imposing more racial balance on elite high school enrollment sparked an especially emotional backlash among in the Asian community.

The prospect of more black and Hispanic

students being admitted to high schools such as Stuyvesant and Bronx Science would mean fewer Asians, parents say.

At Stuyvesant, the current enrollment is more than 70 percent Asian American.

The parents see the proposal to eliminate the SHSAT as an attempt by city officials to discriminate specifically against Asians

based solely on their academic success.

State Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside), who, as chairman of the New York City Education Committee, would be a key figure in any attempt to reform admissions law, said he was “encouraged” that the mayor had given up.

“Nobody says [the elite high schools] must be a majority Asian thing,” Liu said.

“There are lots of new ideas,” he said.

“The city, including the mayor and the chancellor, doesn’t want to hear them.

“It’s easier for them to treat the exam as the problem.”

“I’m still concerned,” said Wai Wah Chin, president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, one of the groups that sued the city last December for discrimination over its plan to revise the admissions system to increase minority enrollment.

“The mayor may have thrown in the towel on this plan,” she said. “But we don’t know what he’ll come up with next.”

“We don’t know why he is making this change,” said Swann Lee, a spokeswoman for the Asian American Coalition for Education, another party to the suit.

“They have ruined any trust,” she said of de Blasio and Carranza. “And this does not Q change people’s impression of them.”

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Centreville lot eyed as mouse house Lot owned by city union blamed for rodents in Ozone Park neighborhood

by Michael Shain Editor

The lot on Tahoe Street in the Centreville section of Ozone Park is, one day, supposed to become the new headquarters for the Sanitation Officers Union.

But since last winter, homeowners living nearby say they have been battling an invasion of mice that, they believe, are coming from the empty buildings slated for demolition.

The proper ty at 150-18 and 150-20 Tahoe St. is owned by the Ser vice Employees International Union Local 444, the union that represents city Sanitation Depar tment supervisors. “ I ’m n o t s u r e what they’re supervising, but it sure as hell isn’t their own p r o p e r t y,” s a i d Kelly, who lives in a condominium adjacent to the lot and asked that her last name not be used.

Kelly has complained to the city’s 311 help line at least half a dozen times since she discovered mice in her apartment last February.

Others in her building have called as well, she said.

Earlier this year, the Ozone Park Residents Block Association’s Facebook page was filled with comments about the mice problem on Tahoe Street.

But therein lies the dilemma, Kelly said.

Rodent complaints such as hers are routinely sent to the Health Department for inspection and, if necessary, the issuing of fines.

She suspects cit y workers may be reluct ant to ticket fellow mu n icipal employees.

Not ever yone in Kelly’s 48-unit condominium has seen a mouse in the house.

The condo association president, Jimmy Caruso, says he has not experienced a ny rodent problems.

“Raccoons, possums, squirrels, but no mice or rats,” he said.

Phone messages lef t at t he u n ion of f ic e a sk i ng for comment were not immediately returned.

Councilman Er ic Ulr ich (R-Ozone Park) said his office too has been fielding complaints from residents about the condition of the lot.

“We’ve repor ted it to t he Healt h Department and spoken to the union as

The Sanitation Officers Association plans to tear down the building it has owned in Ozone Park since 2013 someday. In the meantime, residents say mice from the lot have invaded their PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN homes. Bait traps, left, surround the property. recently as today,” he told the Chronicle on Tuesday.

“They’ve assured us a private exterminator is on the property.”

According to city records, the union purchased the lot and a private house next door in 2013 from an electrical contracting

company that used it to store its trucks and equipment.

Records show it has applied to the Buildings Department for permits to demolish the dilapidated buildings on the lot.

The permits are being held up until vioQ lations are cleaned up, Ulrich said.

Farewell Mass at Nativity After 40 years, Father Paul’s last Sunday in Oz. Park

by Michael Shain

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There just wasn’t enough room in Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church last Sunday for all the parishioners who wanted to attend the final Mass given by the Rev. Paul Palmiotto before his retirement.

Latecomers had to perch on the front steps outside the Ozone Park church and listen to the service that echoed out the open doors.

The pastor of both Nativity and St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Church officially retired last Monday, heading off after nearly 40 years in the priesthood to his new home in Florida.

But Sunday’s emotional Mass, interrupted at several points by standing ovations, was his final day in the pulpit.

“I don’t know how many people the church holds, but there had to be 800 people there,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), whose district office is around the corner from the church.

“It was a tremendous outpouring of love and respect,” he said.

Diagnosed earlier this year with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, “Father Paul” spoke only briefly at the Mass, thanking the congregation for its support.

“The theme of most of my preaching was that Jesus loves us,” he told the Chronicle in an email.

“No matter how many times you said it, it was worth repeating and reminding people.”

A lifelong resident of Queens, Father Palmiotto came to the Ozone Park parish in 2008 after serving more than 20 years as pastor of both St. Bonaventure and St. Benedict the Moor churches in Jamaica.

His arrival came shortly after Nativity and St. Stans were consolidated under a single pastor. It was a time when the diocese was combining churches and redrawing parish lines due to changing populations in Queens and a shortage of priests.

Father Palmiotto, who studied business at Queensborough Community College and sociology at Baruch College as young man, was, throughout his career, well-known for

The Rev. Paul Palmiotto says goodbye to Councilman Eric Ulrich after Sunday’s special Mass in his honor.

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encouraging youngsters to consider careers in the priesthood.

“It’s a beautiful life,” he said last week.

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Richards, Hyndman enter Queens BP race Two Southeast Queens Democrats jump into growing candidate field

by Michael Gannon Editor

Southeast Queens has doubled the list of announced candidates for Queens borough president over the course of five days.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) announced his candidacy on Wednesday, citing a list of achievements in the region that he said he wants to bring to all of Queens.

A s s e mbly wom a n A l icia Hy nd m a n (D-Springfield Gardens) made her formal announcement last Friday.

Richards was first elected in the 31st District in 2013, when James Sanders Jr., for whom Richards served as chief of staff, was elected to the state Senate.

“Queens needs to have a voice that has been at the table before when it comes to decisions on zoning,” Richards said in a statement issued by his campaign. “When I chaired the Zoning Committee, I ushered in a $300 million deal that will bring new affordable housing, infrastructure investment, and open space. This project broke ground last month and will help revitalize the entire neighborhood, while keeping it truly affordable.”

Now chairman of the Public Safety Committee, Richards said he has worked with communities and the NYPD to bring “real and meaningful reform to the criminal jus-

Councilman Donovan Richards and Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman have made their candidaFILE PHOTO cies for Queens borough president official. tice system.” He also touted the approval for and ongoing creation of the NYPD’s future 116th Precinct to be centered in Rosedale.

His district serves Arverne, Brookville, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Laurelton, Rosedale and Springfield Gardens.

Hyndman was elected in the 29th Assembly District in November 2015. She repre-

sents Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens and Jamaica.

“I am excited to announce that I am running to be Queens Borough President,” Hyndman said in an email released by her campaign on Friday. “We have come so far as a Borough but we cannot slow down or sit back

— not when there is so much at stake.”

Hyndman said as a single mother, immigrant, education advocate and community leader, “my journey is not unique to the many faces who call Queens their home.”

The conventional wisdom is that Queens will be having a special election for borough president this coming February, with termlimited Borough President Melinda Katz, a Democrat, considered an overwhelming favorite in her November race for Queens district attorney against Republican candidate Joe Murray.

Among Hyndman’s stated goals are securing more resources for schools and senior citizens; increasing the availability of affordable housing; protecting immigrant communities; and making Queens “the green borough.”

She and Richards join Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) as announced candidates. Both, like Richards, are running up against term limits in City Hall.

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Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) also has filed paperwork with the city’s campaign finance officials for an unspecified Q office.

First-year cops are arriving this week

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Neir’s: 190 years in a row Neir’s is history.

It’s history in a glass and a mug. It’s history just sitting on a bar stool.

The Woodhaven watering hole is marking its 190th year on Saturday, Oct. 5, with a day-long block party starting at noon.

As best as anyone can tell, the bar at the corner of 78th Street and 87th Avenue first

opened in October 1829 as The Blue Pump Room, across the road from the Union Course Race track, a good spot for a bar to be apparently.

Saturday’s celebration is the opening round of what owner Loy Gordon says will be a walkup to Neir’s bicentennial in 2029.

— Michael Shain

Sixteen new recruits have arrived this week at the 106th and 102nd precincts in South Queens.

The new cops, reporting to their first assignments out of the Police Academy, “are much needed,” the 106th Precinct’s commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannan, told a meeting of the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association last week.

Each precinct got eight recruits, officials said.

“They’ve all been here before, for two weeks of field training,” said Deputy Inspector Courtney Nilan, commander of the 102nd Precinct.

“When I was in the academy, you didn’t find out where you were being assigned until the last day.”

That practice was changed two years ago and now new recruits are given a few weeks to get to know their new precincts before graduation.

“That way they’re not totally blind when they show up,” Nilan said.

The new recruits will replace officers

The 106th, above, and 102nd precincts are getting new recruits. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN who have retired, been promoted or been transferred out to new jobs.

All the new recruits are expected to be formally introduced at Precinct Community Council meetings in November.

The NYPD has, in recent years, graduated four classes of new recruits a year.

But precincts usually only get new officers once or twice a year, depending on Q vacancies.

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P On SHSAT, a win for our top students EDITORIAL

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f you believe in fundamental fairness, in the individual, in the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream that one day people would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, that all New York City children should enjoy equality of opportunity and not equality of outcome dictated from the top down, it’s time to celebrate.

After years of fruitless agitation that threw parents citywide into a tizzy, inflamed racial tension and endangered the future of some of the city’s top schools and their thousands of students, Mayor de Blasio has given up on his ill-advised effort to get the Specialized High School Admissions Test discarded and to diminish the education provided at the “elite eight” institutions that use it. He says it’s time to “start over.”

The mayor’s laudable goal is to diversify the student body at the schools. And the fact that so few black and Hispanic students can get into Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech and the other five schools that use the SHSAT is abysmal, a blight on the city’s education system. But the mayor’s prescription — dropping the test and instead accepting the top students from all city middle schools to ensure diversity — would be worse. Not all schools are the same, and even within a given building, teachers are not giving the same exact

grades for the same exact levels of knowledge and skill. Subjectivity is inevitable. A uniform test avoids that.

When are knowledge and ability tested with no subjectivity playing a role? When a student takes the demanding, highpressure but colorblind SHSAT. Its value is shown by the subsequent success of students who make it into the elite eight.

Who do you want to eventually become your heart surgeon — someone who masterfully focuses like a laser on achieving the task at hand, or someone who’s “not a good test taker?”

We congratulate all those individuals and organizations that battled to preserve the SHSAT, at public meetings, in the streets, in this paper. Those in Queens know that this page was your staunchest ally in the press, never yielding to the mayor and decrying his schools chancellor’s harmful rhetoric targeting the hardworking Asian community in particular.

The answer to the dearth of some minority students at the elite eight is not diluting the schools’ admission process, and therefore the level of education they can provide. It’s improving how students all over the city are being taught in the earlier grades so that all can make it into the best high schools.

Non-Asian minority students used to be well-represented at the elite eight, and with the right policies, they can be again.

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ow, after spending so much time introducing himself to residents of Iowa and New Hampshire in an effort to convince them he was a serious candidate for president, Mayor de Blasio sure has to brush up on the rules and regulations of his own city and state.

Speaking on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” last week, de Blasio said he was “really surprised” the IDNYC cards his administration created cannot be used as proof of age to buy alcohol.

This even though the city’s own IDNYC website says they can’t be used for that. He then said the city will tell bar and restaurant owners to accept IDNYC, stubbornly declaring, “This is a valid ID.” We advise saloonkeepers and restaurateurs to check with the state before listening to the mayor.

Albany makes the rules on this, and the rules do not allow alcohol purchases with IDNYC. We’d hate to see someone lose a liquor license because they listened to a virtual out-of-towner speaking out of his depth about weighty legal matters.

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MTA money for maintenance Dear Editor: I don’t want to rain on your MTA editorial (“Big transit upgrades at last,” Sept. 26) parade or downplay the size and scope of the proposed MTA 2020-24 Capital Plan, but most of the money in the program, $37.3 billion of the subway and bus system money, is just for normal replacement of things that have worn out.

Our transit system has a huge asset base and every year the agency must spend billions just to replace normal wear and tear on tracks, retire old buses and maintain stations. NYC Transit needs to buy 475 buses a year just to stay on its

normal 12-year replacement cycle. While the program does propose necessary modernization of the overaged signal system and more station elevators in the core program, only $4.6 billion is dedicated to system capacity expansion, mostly for the next phase of the Second Avenue subway.

My point? New Yorkers need to recognize the high cost of maintaining and expanding our critical transportation infrastructure and its importance to the New York economy.

Steve Strauss Forest Hills

Rock rail study shelved Dear Editor: “Big transit upgrades at last” (Editorial, Sept. 26), but not restoration of service on the old Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail Road branch. There is no additional funding in the

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But more sanity would result from consolidating New York City’s three separate public library systems — one for Queens, another for Brooklyn and one for Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island — into a single centralized system.

A fragmented structure wastes money on separate computer, inventory, book buying and administration operations. It stems from a time before the five boroughs were consolidated into one municipal government in 1898. But 121 years is far too long for three systems to endure.

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For years the Democratic media cabal has been perpetrating a Russian Republican collusion hoax all the while ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s connection to the Steele Dossier, which confirms actual collusion. The media also showed no interest in China’s $1.5 billion investment in then-Vice President Biden’s son’s startup in an industry in which he had no experience.

We would all be better served if, instead of searching and trying to unearth an incriminating document from President Trump’s teen and college years, the investigators look into the deeds and examine the emails and phone calls of the members of the previous administration. They will be difficult to retrieve because many hard drives were deleted and “bleached” and phones were hammered into oblivion by Hillary Clinton.

The Democrats are accusing the president of doing what Joe Biden as vice president proudly boasted and admitted: meddling in Ukrainian government affairs on behalf of his son.

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Dear Editor: On Aug. 30, 2018 you very kindly printed my letter, which made a suggestion to move the Queens House of Detention to Creedmoor. In that letter, I detailed some possibilities based on what I read online about the property.

This letter is an expansion on a theme. I can’t help but mull over this idea, since I pass that underutilized site weekly. To refute the argument that a jail must be near a courthouse, I am proposing that they build a new courthouse as well on said site. It’s been almost 60 years since the Queens Criminal Courthouse was built. Surely, in this time period, computers must have replaced stacks of files, etc. as well as employees needing offices. So, a new courthouse would probably not need as much space as back then. At any rate, plenty of room is available at Creedmoor for the jail and courthouse, and space can even be rented out to bail bond offices. Additionally, the Kew Gardens site can be developed for more housing and consumer services such as supermarkets.

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MTA’s $51.5 billion 2020-24 Five Year Capital Plan to proceed beyond the feasibility study.

The original completion date for the Rockaway Beach LIRR restoration study was June 2017. It was delayed until December 2017 and again to June 2018. Another 15 months have come and gone with no reports ever been made public. The MTA never committed to a new schedule and release date of the study. No wonder it stonewalled release of the study. The results probably concluded that both feasibility and costs had been found to be prohibitive.

The estimated costs previously grew from $600 million to a $1 billion. This may explain why no further funding has been allocated toward this project. You may have to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the MTA to obtain a copy of the study. So much for the honest, open transparency in state government that was promised by Gov. Cuomo under his administration for all state agencies and authorities, including the MTA. The only winners from this study will be the well-paid consultants. They will move on to the next transit planners’ dream, leaving Rockaway residents once again holding an empty bag.

It appears that elected officials who supported this project, such as state Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato and others, have no clout with Gov. Cuomo, MTA management and board members and the Albany Capital Program Review Board. They all talked the talk, but could not walk the walk, coming away empty-handed, with no additional funding to advance the project.

RIP restoration of LIRR service on the old Rockaway Beach branch.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who worked for 31 years for the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Port Authority fare, toll hikes approved JFK AirTrain increase next month; bridge, tunnel tolls to rise in Jan. ’20

by Michael Gannon

The fare for AirTrain JFK, which has not changed since 2003, will be raised Get ready to dig a lot deeper into your from $5 per trip to $7.75 effective Nov. 1, pocket s when u si ng Por t Aut hor it y 2019, with an automatic inflation-adjustbridges and tunnels, or hopping the JFK ment mechanism added on a going-forward basis. Frequent users, such as those AirTrain to or from the airport.

The PA’s Board of Commissioners on including airport employees, will still be Sept. 26 voted for the first fare and toll able to purchase multiple trips at the curi ncreases si nce 2015. T he i mpacted rent discount rate of $25 for 10 trips.

PA off icials said the increases are i n f r a st r uc t u r e i nclud e s t he G e orge based on record use Washington Bridge and what the agena n d L i n c ol n a n d cy has ter med as H ol l a n d t u n n e l s , e must continue to “historic” levels of plu s b r id ge s a n d i n f r a s t r u c t u r e it some mass t ransit invest in rebuilding has put forth in its in New Jersey. and refurbishing our 10 - y e a r c a p i t a l Accord i ng to a improvement plan. statement issued by legacy infrastructure.”

“We’re continuthe PA: ing to see unprece• Bridge and tun— PA Vice Chairman Jeffrey Lynford d e n t e d l e ve l s of nel cash toll by mail passenger and rate for cars during all hours will increase from $15 to $16 as cargo growth at all of our facilities, which of Jan. 5. The E-ZPass peak discount for makes it imperative that we continue to cars will be reduced from $2.50 to $2.25; make record infrastructure investments to and the E-ZPass off-peak discount will be keep pace with this growth,” said Port reduced from $4.50 to $4.25. Discounts Aut hor it y Chai r ma n Kev i n O’Toole. will no longer apply for anyone not using “While it’s never easy to ask the public to a New York or New Jersey E-ZPass. Car pay more to use our facilities, the 1,300 pool discounts will be eliminated as the comments we received led to important changes to the proposal.”

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AAA New York opposed the increases.

The group fur nished the Chronicle with testimony at a public hearing in July by Lau ren Pater no, gover n ment affairs representative for AAA Northe a s t , wh ich r e p r e s e nt s 5.7 m i l l io n drivers.

Paterno pointed out that even prior to the toll increases then being sought, PA bridges, tunnels and other operations were operating at a surplus “According to the projected 2019 Port Authority of NY and NJ budget, tunnels, bridges and terminals are operating with $328 million in free cash f low,” she said.

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No school on Dec. 23 Under pressure from teachers and parents, the Department of Education is giving city schools Monday, Dec. 23 off this year.

The original school calendar for 201920 would have required schools to hold class for just one day during Christmas week.

Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday this year.

“Every year, we work towards a calendar that meets the needs of students and families, and in response to feedback, we have adjusted the calendar and will close

school on Dec. 23,” a DOE spokeswoman said in an email.

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Douglaston-Little Neck ZIP code has 176,681 empty square feet

by Ryan Brady Editor

In the Douglaston-Little Neck ZIP code of 11362, the retail vacancy rate in 2017 was 25.8 percent — or 176,681 square feet.

In the Jackson Heights ZIP code of 11370, the same statistic was 16 percent — 53,722 square feet.

And in the Cambria Heights ZIP code of 11411, it was found to be 14.9 percent — 29,006 square feet.

The alarming statistics, published last week in Comptroller Scott Stringer’s report on the city’s retail vacancy crisis, are part of a broader trend. The financial watchdog’s analysis found the vacancy rate almost doubled between 2007 and 2017, going to 5.8 percent, or 11 million square feet of space.

“Change is the one constant in New York City — and sometimes, change can be overwhelming,” Stringer said in a prepared state- A “For Rent” sign hangs on an empty storefront in Jackson Heights. According to a new report by ment. “Even as our economy has grown, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the retail vacancy rate in the 11370 section of the neighborhood many mom-and-pop stores have been left is 16 percent.

PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER behind, transforming spaces once owned by The comptroller’s report identifies several local small businesses into barren store- Little Neck area.

Stringer’s report identified the ZIP code forces as the primary ones behind the sharp fronts. This isn’t just about empty buildings and neighborhood blight, it’s about the with the most vacant square footage as 10134 increase in retail vacancy: retail rents, which in Staten Island, with 439,870 vacant square went up from 22 percent in the city between affordability crisis in our city.”

Queens had the two ZIP codes with the feet. But fourth place went to 11432 in 2007 and 2017; the increasing dominance of highest vacancy rates in 2017: 11362 and Jamaica, which was found to have 334,787 online shopping; and regulatory burdens. As examples of the third issue, Stringer brought 11363, which both cover the Douglaston- vacant square feet.

up alteration permit applications that the city Department of Buildings hasn’t approved even after 30 days, and the length of a liquor license approval — which increased by around 50 percent last year to 75 days.

The alteration permit issue is especially acute in Woodhaven. According to a graph in the report, about 15 percent of the alteration permits for the area were not approved after 30 days.

The report notes that retail space in the city is increasingly being used by serviceo r ie nt e d bu si n e s s e s , l i ke b a r s a nd restaurants.

Stringer urged the city to adapt some policy changes in response to the retail vacancy crisis. He suggested that officials evaluate an area’s retail demand when planning any rezoning or development, create a single point-of-contact service for retail businesses and give out tax credits for independent retailers in high-vacancy areas.

“We need to use every tool in the box to tackle affordability, support small businesses and ensure New Yorkers are equipped to succeed in the new economic reality,” the city comptroller said.

The report also disputed the correlation between retail vacancy and landmarked buildings, saying there was little evidence Q that such a connection exists.

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As allegations about widespread cheating at Maspeth High School swirl, the September meeting of the Parent Teacher Association saw support for the school last Wednesday.

One mother, whose son who is a junior, said, “I’ve never seen a school so well run,” to applause from other parents.

Another mother said, “I know that this school will succeed even though there was some negative press and will be investigated. And I’m sure that everything will be null and void.”

Her husband noted that their son has improved since coming to the school.

“Every teacher has put that extra effort in,” he said. “So please don’t believe what you hear.”

Accusations from former teachers who came forward to the New York Post include math teachers changing incorrect answers on Scantron exam forms, truant students passing classes and an assistant principal teaching a course where attendance is not required. Two official investigations into the allegations are underway.

Some students told the Post they got passing grades they did not earn and were registered in nonexistent classes so they could graduate.

But Gerald Matacotta, coach of the school’s girls varsity volleyball team, said at the PTA meeting that after a match with rival Metropolitan Campus last Monday, the opposing players

Maspeth High School was honored as a National Blue Ribbon School but allegations of corruption from former teachers has brought the school under fire — and investigation. PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL shook hands with his team and told them, “We know it’s not true.”

Though school officials can’t comment on the situation as it is being investigated, PTA President Barbara Jankowski mentioned the “disparaging articles” written about the school and that any parents wanting to discuss the situation with an administrator could write their names down on a list provided at the meeting.

Khurshid Abdul-Mutakabbir, the principal since the school’s opening in 2011, didn’t mention the controversy during his two-minute talk to parents.

The Post reported the allegations after several former teachers at the school described passing undeserving students at the behest of the administration. The Department of Education’s Office of Special Investigations is investigating

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Readers ‘booked’ at South Ozone Park party Two authors of young adult books came to South Ozone Park the weekend of September 22 to talk to their young readers about their work and the value of reading.

Assembly District 31 Democratic District Leader Richard David, seated right in white shirt, who hosted the event at The Figure Studio, called it a “Book Party” in the tradition of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club.

Delicia Davis, seated in second row in black dress, author of “Dear Diary, I’m Not

Feeling Myself,” spoke to the group about how writing her book allowed her to overcome feelings of doubt about her body image.

“Improving confidence, self-esteem and discussing mental health with young people is extremely important,” she told them.

Imam Baksh, seated second row, second from right, the award-winning author of “The Dark of the Sea,” a fantasy novel set in the fictional Mermaid City, told how he purposely created a dark-skinned man as

the leader of the city.

“I love events like this where I can put my writing before young people and I can see them respond,” said Baksh.

“I don’t think I read a complete book by choice until high school,” said moderator Nadira Beepart, standing behind Davis, a student at Baruch College. Her discovery of the Harry Potter books “opened the doorway for me.”

— Michael Shain

allegations referred by the special commissioner of investigation. The Public Integrity Bureau of the District Attorney’s Office is also investigating.

The school claims a 99 percent on-time graduation rate, compared to 76 percent citywide.

“Because somebody has evidence you can’t just get rid of the administration, but I think looking at what I looked at in the way of the mountain of evidence, this is kind of clear cut that this is going on,” Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), who represents the area where the school is located and has pressed the issue, previously told the Chronicle.

Matacotta says there are different ways the situation could’ve been handled.

“These disgruntled teachers had a system to go through,” he said. “And they said that they knew about this three years ago ... why didn’t they go to the superintendent, which was the right thing to do, and then go to the DOE’s investigative arm?”

Mayor de Blasio’s senior communications advisor, Wiley Norvell, criticized Holden on Twitter last Sunday, saying the councilman’s “conduct here is irresponsible. He is playing fast and loose with the facts.”

“When he learned of complaints, Holden didn’t do the ONE thing all City employees and elected officials are required to do — report these issues directly to the appropriate investigators,” Norvell tweeted.

He added that Holden initially refused to provide details, including the name of the school. The Mayor’s Office contacted the SCI and a few days later Holden disclosed the school in question, which the office passed on to the SCI, according to Norvell.

“Rather than let SCI do its work and investigate, Holden has been trying to score points in the press, repeatedly jeopardizing the investigation,” Norvell tweeted.

Holden shot back on Twitter, saying, “Like grade fraud, incompetence is systemic in the @ NYCMayor’s administration. @BilldeBlasio cares more about the press than the children affected by this corruption. As is evidenced by him sending his lapdogs to do his spinning.”

On Saturday, the Post reported that Holden told de Blasio about the issues at Maspeth High School in August but the mayor didn’t act with urgency, leading Holden to meet with acting District Attorney John Ryan.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who also represents Maspeth, said many of his constituents fight to get their children into the school, which was recognized last year with the National Blue Ribbon by the federal secretary of education.

“When an issue arises like that, it’s disappointing,” Addabbo said.

He hopes the school can “right the course” after the probes, also noting that parents could be concerned colleges will see it as a blemish when their children apply. Addabbo said he doesn’t believe it will be.

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It’s fall — election Wonderful Woodhaven reform is in the air WHAT’S HAPPENING

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Street Fest is Oct. 13!

by Lisa Komninos Executive Director, GWDC

Summer is officially over, but a few more warm days have been upon us still, which I really do appreciate. But now that the weather will be getting brisk, it’s time for some indoor events too.

I recently rediscovered pingpong, a favorite of mine when I was a teen. And just like riding a bike, it never goes away.

Just a little tidbit: I played a friend who seemed to think that he was quite good and could not lose, but in the last few weeks I won 25 games and he six. It’s great exercise, I might add. But if you can’t get to a pingpong table or it is not your game of choice, try board games or word games. So many are out there these days. Words with Friends is a good one. I have learned many new words just playing that game once a day. Or try the oldtime favorites: Connect Four, Monopoly, Scrabble and more.

So while the summer is over, fall can be exciting. If outdoors is your thing, take a stroll along the Forest Park trail if you can and enjoy the turning of the leaves or go on a nice afternoon walk to the everpopular Carousel and see some of what Woodhaven has to offer.

And with fall comes the much-anticipated Woodhaven Street Festival, which is always a crowd pleaser and is fast approaching. It will be held on Sunday, Oct. 13, and the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. has been crazy busy these last few weeks preparing again for the annual festival.

I visited several fairs throughout the summer and have secured some new vendors and entertainment, too. Along with our repeat vendors and music we will have a cannoli vendor straight from the San Gennaro feast in Little Italy and possibly a Himalayan dumpling vendor —

no idea what that tastes like but it looked interesting! And this year for the first time on the big stage by Forest Parkway there will be a new band called Karary, which is a traditional Ecuadorian musical group. So it is not just the office work that is fun, but the actual trying to secure new, exciting vendors and entertainment that make Woodhavenites keep coming back for more.

I am told quite often that we should do two street fairs. Although that would be a lot for a part-time staff, it would be well worth it, but we’re not allowed to. For the great one we will have, it is now time for the little white markings you see on the curb, noting which vendor goes where, to be painted on. They do not just appear magically overnight! A special thanks to John and Krys who, in the wee hours of the morning when most are asleep, paint these markings all along the perimeter of the fair. Setting up the pony rides, bouncy castles, games, stage, bands, karate demos and, lest we forget, the vendors all takes much effort in planning.

Another big thanks to the Sanitation, Police and Fire departments, which on the big day keep our streets clean and safe before, during and after the fair. And last but certainly not least, let’s thank the GWDC board, President Stephen Esposito, our staffers Maureen, Debbie, Lina and again Krys, along with all our seasonal hired help for the day, who make this street fair possible. So come on out on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard and enjoy all the festivities, rain or shine. (No rain, please!)

The GWDC will have our table in front of our office that day, and if you have any questions please stop by and see us. The Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival starts at 12 p.m. and ends at 6 Q p.m. Hope to see you there!

Ranked voting on ballot, Council proposal to change ‘special’ terms

by Michael Shain Editor

If it had been in place a few years ago, Borough President Melinda Katz would have probably won last summer’s district attorney primary on Election Night instead of going through a grueling, two-month recount.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) speculated that he might even be New York City public advocate today if ranked-choice voting was in effect during last February’s nonpartisan special election.

Several cities — including San Francisco, Cambridge, Mass., and Minneapolis — have adopted ranked-choice voting, as has the state of Maine.

This November, it will be on the ballot in New York City — part of what seems a sweeping trend to redo the voting process in the city.

Ulrich has, for instance, teamed up with a Democratic Manhattan councilman, Keith Powers, on a bill that will streamline special elections by allowing the winners to fill out the the remainder of an unexpired term.

Under current law, special election winners only hold office through the end of the calendar year and are required to run again in the next November’s general election.

“Jumaane won fair and square,” said Ulrich, who finished second behind thenCouncilman Jumaane Williams in that public advocate race. “He should be allowed to finish that term.

“Making him run again in November is un necessar y and a waste of taxpayer money,” he said.

Perhaps a more sweeping change would be if a ranked voting system is adopted in New York City after the November elections.

Under a ranked-choice system, voters list their choices in order of preference. If no candidate gets a majority, the last-place fin-

Big changes are being suggested for the voting process in primary and special elections in FILE PHOTO New York City. isher is eliminated and the voters’ ballot is credited to their second choice.

Fair Vote, a nonpartisan public-interest group promoting ranked voting and other election reforms nationally, calls it an “instant runoff.”

“I think this could work well in a place like New York,” said Ulrich, who is in favor of the change.

“Bill de Blasio won [the mayoral election] the first time with something like 40 percent of the vote,” he said.

“That’s not exactly an indication of wide support.”

Ulrich suggested it was possible, as the most moderate candidate in the crowded public advocate campaign, that he could have garnered enough second-place votes to win.

Ranked voting “gives people more choicQ es and I support more choices.”

Bus ride interrupted? No problem, says MTA

by Michael Gannon Editor

PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON

A Jamaica-bound Q54 bus had a problem the evening of Sept. 27. It was running very late, and the driver was directed to discharge his passengers at the Van Vyck Expressway service road stop more than a mile from its final destination.

The driver said two Q54s were “right behind us” and that passengers could continue their trip when they arrived.

That, according to the MTA, is exactly what passengers should do if a driver is ordered to discharge them.

“We do have a protocol for taking a bus

out of service before it has reached its final destination,” an MTA spokeswoman told the Chronicle in an email. She said bus operators only do so at the instruction of supervisors at the Bus Command Center. They must tell customers why the bus is going out of service and how to continue on the next available bus.

Last Friday “right behind us” meant nine minutes, when two Q54s arrived virtually attached at the bumpers. Some riders used paper transfers acquired on the first bus, others swiped their MetroCard and the driver, unaware of the stranding, allowed others on when they explained what hap-

pened. One woman told the Chronicle her MetroCard was charged for a second fare.

“Our policy allows bus customers up to two electronic or paper transfers that are valid on any other MTA bus route when they cannot complete their trip on the same service path due to service disruptions,” the MTA said. Customers using value-based MetroCards who need to transfer to the subway after using another route can do so using the transfer that is encoded on their MetroCard. Anyone believing they were improperly charged can go online to web.mta.info/metrocard/ Q problems.htm.

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With Census Day six months away, funds haven’t yet been allocated

by David Russell Associate Editor

In April, the state budget allocated $20 million for community-based 2020 U.S. Census outreach.

Now it’s October and the state has not yet announced how exactly the funds will be distributed.

“If New Yorkers go uncounted in the 2020 Census, our state could lose congressional seats and billions of federal dollars for vital infrastructure projects and social services,” said Patricia Swann, the senior program officer of The New York Community Trust, a public charity which houses The New York State Census Equity Fund. “Considering these stakes, the State’s allocation of $20 million is an extremely modest investment. It’s way past time to unlock that money from the State’s bureaucratic gridlock and put it to work.”

The state Department of State said how to best disperse the money has yet to be decided.

“The Complete Count Commission has heard testimony and received comments from local governments, grassroots organizations and the general public across New York State, and we are awaiting the Commission’s recommendations on how best to leverage the up to $20 million made available in the State Budget, existing state

John Park, left, executive director of the MinKwon Center for Community Action, Joseph Salvo, director of the Population Division at the city Department of Planning, Borough President Melinda Katz and Jeff Behler, regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau, at a Census meeting at Borough Hall in 2018. The state allocated $20 million for community outreach in its 2020 budFILE PHOTO get but the money has not been dispensed yet. resources, and our partnerships with organizations on the ground so that we can maximize outreach efforts and get every New Yorker counted,” it said in an email.

Census Day is April 1 and the information compiled will be used to determine the

state’s share of federal spending as well as seats in Congress.

All around the borough, community leaders have been imploring residents to make themselves count during Census time. Borough President Melinda Katz announced the

Queens Complete Count Committee in 2018 as a way to strategize how to make sure a correct tally is taken.

There are new elements to the Census this time around. For the first time, people can fill it out online. And it can be completed over the phone on a toll-free number. The Census has had a toll free number for years but never collected data over the phone.

Though the Supreme Court ruled in June that the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the Census violated federal law, there is concern that undocumented residents will still be reluctant to give out personal information.

In late September, more than 30 Brooklyn officials signed a letter to Gov. Cuomo asking for “adequate” funding of at least $4 million for the borough out of the $20 million.

Brooklyn, like Queens, is concerned about a severe undercount.

When Jeff Behler, director of the New York Regional Office for the Census Bureau, appeared at Borough Hall in July, Community Board 1 District Manager Florence Koulouris said her area of western Queens was, “completely undercounted to the point that our Census count shows that we were going from 210,000 citizens to 177,000 citizens in one of the fastest-growing communities in Q the world.”

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OPINION

A cost-effective and new train for our borough

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residents to jobs in

by Elizabeth Crowley The next time you’re riding the subway, booming industrial take a look at the MTA map that’s in every hubs, st udent to subway car. Look closely at Queens. Start major universities, at Hunters Point Avenue and roam your a n d f a m i l ie s t o eyes eastward, past Greenpoint Avenue and world-class cultural through Maspeth, Ridgewood and Middle institutions. It would Village. Keep going until you’ve reached connect the fastestg r ow i ng C e n s u s 121st Street in Jamaica.

Do you see the light gray cross-hatched tract in the United line that winds through the borough? It’s States to the thirdfaint, but once you’ve seen it, you can’t largest transit hub in New York City, prounsee it. And it is smack in the running viding opportunities for new market-rate and — more importantly — affordable between the 7 and L trains.

That is a train line for freight rail. And housing, while helping to reduce Queens’ if the MTA was smart, it would help carbon footprint. It could service approxiQueens and even some Brooklyn neigh- mately 6.6 million passengers annually, borhoods by converting it into a real com- promote better connections to green spaces muter line. Doing so would go a long way and provide opportunities for safe bike to help the straphangers, in a number of paths while helping to reduce congestion on our roads. ways.

New subway lines are incredibly costly.

This isn’t a pipe dream: It would work.

In fact, the train line, which currently con- The most recent MTA project, the Second sists of two tracks stretching nearly nine Avenue Subway, had a $2.5 billion per mile miles of nonelectrified rail, was used for cost of construction, or roughly over $1 billion per station. The QNS commuters from the would be 90 percent less m i d -19 t h c e n t u r y expensive — something th rough as late as he MTA calls this to consider as the MTA 2012, until it was displans to spend another $3 continued and excluline the Lower billion to extend the Q sively leased out to Montauk Branch, line an additional 29 commercial freight rail blocks into Harlem. companies. It needs to but let’s call it By providing new serbe recruited back into service again. the QNS, because vice to hundreds of thousands of Queens residents Moreover, back in it’s entirely within living in areas currently 2017, when I was still considered a transit deson the City Council, I Queens.” ert, the MTA would also asked the Department relieve congestion on its of Transportation to conduct a major study to review this rail other Queens subway lines — the 7, the L, line and whether or not it could be partially and the J and Z lines. More people would or fully converted for the MTA. The study get out of their cars and ride the train, a confirmed that, yes, this old rail line could win for the environment.

The QNS would also help rejuvenate be put back into use as passenger service again; commercial rail lines can use it dur- Queens. For too long, we have seen our ing the graveyard night hours while com- young people flee the borough due to lack muter service could occur during daylight of convenience, often flocking to areas rich with transit opportunities. New, hours.

The MTA calls this line the Lower Mon- expanded transit service would provide tauk Branch, but let’s call it the QNS, much needed opportunity for people, encouraging them to stay. It would also be because it’s entirely within Queens.

Why restore the QNS to passenger ser- a boon for small businesses up and down vice? Because Queens’ population is grow- the new line.

So while you’re looking at the subway ing fast, nearing 2.4 million, but our infrastructure has not come close to matching map, try imagining that cross-hatched line that growth. What trains would those Ama- as maybe light green or turquoise. Just zon employees have used to get to work in another train line! Once you can see it, Long Island City, do you think? There are a you’ll find yourself asking, “Why hasn’t Q number of reasons why many in the neigh- this happened already?”

Elizabeth Crowley is a former New York borhood protested the Amazon deal, but LIC’s overtaxed infrastructure, a result of City Councilwoman for the 30th District, short-sighted politicians approving sky- representing Glendale, Maspeth and Midscraper after skyscraper with few restric- dle Village along with parts of Ridgewood and Woodhaven, and is the Chairwoman of tions, is definitely one of them.

Reactivating the QNS would connect the Friends of the QNS Board.

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Glendale: New York or Cali?

The Shops at Atlas Park was the site of three days of filming for the upcoming CBS drama series “Tommy” this week.

The show stars four-time Emmy winner and two-time Golden Globe winner Edie Falco of “The Sopranos” and “Nurse Jackie” fame as Abigail Thomas, a former highranking NYPD officer who becomes the first female chief of police for Los Angeles.

From Monday through Wednesday the mall was passed off as located in California. The stores remained open during filming and a notice alerted people that they could end up on television if they were in the background of a shot during filming.

The show, not on CBS’ fall schedule, is slated to premiere midseason. Will you be able to spot Atlas Park?

Van Bramer hails subway nets Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) says residents can claim victory with the decision of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to install protective netting beneath elevated subway tracks throughout the city.

The MTA included $325 million for the project in its capital budget that was approved last week. Reports of debris falling from overhead tracks on the No. 7 line date back to February.

“This is a huge win after months of advocating with the community for improvements along the 7 train,” Van Bramer said in

a statement issued by his office. “The MTA’s capital plan is outlined for the next five years, but we must keep up the pressure to ensure that the netting is put up as soon as possible. After at least seven consecutive incidents of dangerous falling debris, this situation still must be treated with urgent care until the safety of all New Yorkers is guaranteed. We are incredibly lucky that no one has been injured or killed so far.”

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Area leaders say it’s a partial victory; hundreds have protested city’s plan

by Ryan Brady

The plan has been highly contentious since the city announced it last winter. Hundreds rallied against it earlier Only women — not single men, as originally planned — this year in College Point. Other shelter proposals in differare living at the controversial 200-bed homeless shelter that ent communities across Queens, such as on Cooper Avenue was scheduled to open Wednesday at 127-03 20 Ave. in Col- in Glendale recently, have generated major backlash.

“This is not what we demanded, certainly it’s not what lege Point.

Area leaders who fought the de Blasio administration to we hoped for,” College Point Residents’ Coalition member get the plan stopped declared a partial victory. Concerns had Michael Deng said in his own statement. “However, we do been expressed about placing single men — some of whom feel that a women’s shelter will be better and is a less intimimay have been formerly incarcerated — near five neighbor- dating fit for the community, particularly the elderly, hood schools with young children. Residents also called the women and school kids, as their safety is what we are most worried and concerned about.”

20th Avenue location bad because of its The shelter is one of the reasons that a lack of subway access and distance from full-time security guard was hired at allsocial services centers. e’d rather have girls St. Agnes Academic High School, “The community remained diligent, located on 124th Street near the shelter vigilant and united and has now successno shelter.” site, Principal Susan Nicoletti told the fully secured the conversion to a shelter Chronicle. for women, rather than single men,” state — College Point Civic and “I just think as the months unfold, Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) said in a preTaxpayers Association First Vice we’ll learn more and we certainly don’t pared statement. “Although the plan is by President Barbara McHugh wish [the homeless] anything but good no means perfect, we are satisfied that a things, but we need to make sure that our far better outcome has been achieved.”

The city Department of Homeless Services did not return girls are safe at the same time,” she said.

Whether men or women are living at 127-03 20 Ave., ColChronicle inquiries seeking to verify that the facility opened as planned on Wednesday, and that there would be no chil- lege Point Civic and Taxpayers Association First Vice President Barbara McHugh said it doesn’t make too much of a dren living at the shelter.

Thirty shelter residents will move in each week until the difference to her and others in the neighborhood.

“We’d rather have no shelter,” she said, noting that some 200-bed facility’s capacity is reached, according to College Point Civic and Taxpayers Association President of the women at the shelter may be formerly incarcerated.

Critics of the 127-03 20 Ave. plan have also said the facilMichael Niebauer. He also said there would be no children ity would lower the prices of nearby homes. A recent study living there.

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Meet the GOP’s Queens DA candidate Former NYPD cop Joe Murray talks criminal justice issues, background

by Ryan Brady

“Things like that were bothering me,” said the defense attorney, who lives in Bellerose.

A registered Democrat from a union family, Republican candidate Joe Murray didn’t start officially running for Queens district attorney Murray agrees with criminal justice advocates until late in the summer. But the ex-cop, now- on certain issues, like discovery reform and defense lawyer had long been thinking of going changing the laws to ensure defendants have speedy trials. for the job.

But on other major issues, he’s a staunch con“I was thinking about it before the [Democratic] primary because I just didn’t like the servative. For example, he’s totally committed to way the office was operating,” Murray said in a working closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a policy that some of sitdown interview with the Queens Chronith Democratic primary candidates said cle last Friday. He will face Boroughh s v n o e testhe e they would never follow if elected.

President Melinda Katz, the Demou Q Unlike Katz, he wouldn’t sign on cratic nominee, in the Nov. 5 general to a lawsuit from state Attorney election.

General Letitia James and Brooklyn The longtime Queens DA, RichDistrict Attorney Eric Gonzalez ard Brown, announced in January seeking to ban ICE agents from makthat he wouldn’t run for re-election. ing arrests in and around courthouses.

He died in May. 201 9 “There is no legal basis whatsoever for The Queens County Republican Party selected Murray to run over the summer and a state official to file an action to preclude the secured a place for him on the ballot with a Wil- federal government from acting on federal law,” Murray said. son-Pakula certificate.

Katz also wants to shut down the Rikers The Howard Beach native took issue with the Queens District Attorney’s Office’s contro- Island jail system.

Her Republican opponent — who has often versial felony plea policy — under which defendants must waive their rights to a speedy trial gone to the penal complex to meet clients — and be indicted or prosecutors won’t negotiate doesn’t quite agree.

“Closing Rikers Island? Why?” he said. with them. It would also refuse to consider mitigating factors and in other ways lacked “com- “Does anybody realize what they’re talking about? I don’t get it.” passion,” Murray said.

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Former NYPD Officer Joe Murray, the Republican candidate for Queens district attorney, does not PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY support ending cash bail.

The de Blasio administration plans to shut down Rikers and replace it with four boroughbased facilities, including one at the site of the former House of Detention in Kew Gardens.

Murray agrees that the existing jail complex is extremely violent and needs to be reformed, but he says the problems can be addressed without moving the facilities off of the island.

The candidate said the buildings with the highest levels of violence should be renovated.

He also noted that the same correction officers who are now at Rikers would be working at the borough-based jails.

Another policy area where he and Katz disagree is cash bail, which she wants to end for all cases. Murray disputed the idea that a majority of Rikers inmates are there because they cannot afford bail — many are facing multiple cases and others have families who feel they need to be taught a lesson by languishing in jail, he said.

The candidate works on a different side of the law now than earlier in his career, when he was a city cop. Murray worked in Midtown, and then Downtown, Manhattan; Central Harlem’s 32nd Precinct; the 115th Precinct in northwestern Queens; and the Queens North Task Force.

“I came on the job in ’87. Times Square was a disaster. Crime was rampant,” he said. “You’d have tourists walk into a restaurant, sit down, take their coat off, and you’d have someone sitting next to them going through their pockets.”

Murray’s hopes of a future rising in the department’s ranks were dashed in late 1993.

He punched a detective in the face in Manhattan and broke his jaw. He said he was acting defensively, that the other man attacked first.

According to the candidate, they were arguing because he was defending a friend.

He was charged with felony assault, but a grand jury declined to indict him. The NYPD tried to fire him, but Murray had defense lawyer legend Bruce Cutler defend him against the departmental charges. Ultimately, he accepted a 60-day suspension and a year of probation without admitting guilt.

Legal fees for the criminal and departmental charges added up, as did the bills for law-

yers working on his divorce. So, when the civil suit from the detective whose jaw he broke finally went to trial, Murray was forced to represent himself.

He won.

“I did not have a losing day,” he recalled of the trial.

Upon his victory, the judge complimented him, suggesting that he consider law school.

Murray did, graduating from the CUNY School of Law in 2006. While studying there, he interned at the Queens District Attorney’s Office. After graduating, he worked at a midsize criminal defense firm and then started his own practice, which is based in Kew Gardens.

After entering the legal profession, Murray bumped into Michael Scotto, the man who in 1993 prosecuted him, at a social event. They became fast friends, with Murray helping Scotto in his unsuccessful 2015 Democratic primary campaign for Nassau County district attorney.

If successful in the election, Murray plans to have Scotto work with a team of prosecutors at the District Attorney’s Office focused on political corruption in Queens.

“He’s definitely somebody I want to bring in: the most ethical, honest guy,” the candidate said. “He’s a straight shooter.”

As a political novice, Murray said he’s enjoying campaigning but admits he’s still learning how it works. The Queens County Republican Party leadership has helped him in some ways, though Murray said he’s had to raise funds and conduct other campaign activities without much help.

“I’m really disappointed,” he said. “I thought this was a party that is used to doing all this.”

Murray realizes the steep disadvantage he has against Katz, a longtime politican with a deep campaign chest and wide name recognition. But he said he’s identified a path to victory that lies with the moderate Democratic voters who’ve shown support for his campaign.

“These are Democrats. But they’re homeowners, they’re family people, they have kids.

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A Nassau County man has been arrested for the Tuesday morning collision that lef t a 65-year- old p e d e s t r ia n d e a d at a Ros e d a le intersection.

According to the NYPD, Kevin Dennard, 35, of Walcott Avenue in Inwood, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident. Police have not released the dead man’s identity pending notification of his family.

Off icers in the N Y PD’s 105th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 3:36 a.m. reporting a man laying unconscious on the pavement around the intersection of Rockaway and Brookville boulevards.

Police said he was unresponsive and suffering from trauma to his body. He was declared dead at the scene by EMS personnel.

The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Unit determined that a 2003 Toyota Camry had been traveling south on Rockaway Boulevard when it struck the man, who was walking west to east.

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Students trash CVS in FoHi Capt. Cermeli says no arrests due to lack of ID

by David Russell Associate Editor

A group of students trashed CVS Pharmacy at 97-15 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills last Thursday.

One area resident who was in the store compared the feeling to being in the aftermath of an earthquake.

“Things were trashed,” he said.

“Things were thrown on the floor.”

The man added that the event seemed to last a long time “but in reality it was 20 seconds, 30 seconds. Maybe even 15 seconds.”

Spectrum News reported two boys planned to meet at a nearby Wendy’s to fight over a girl.

One of the boys was believed to be hiding in the CVS, leading to a large crowd storming the location. A CVS supervisor couldn’t comment on the situation.

Capt. Jonathan Cermeli, commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, said a bunch of kids did the damage shortly after class was let out but he’s unsure if it was students from Metropolitan Campus High School.

Police were called as students

The CVS at 97-15 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills was trashed last Thursday. threw things off the shelves but Cermeli said the crowd dispersed quickly.

“There were still kids around outside of the store but nobody f rom the CVS management

could identify who was actually doing what, so we really couldn’t just arrest anybody,” he said.

The com manding off icer added that the students weren’t stealing any items.

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“They were just being mischievous,” Cermeli said.

He added that detectives will look at video of the incident to see if they can identify anyone and make any possible arrests. Q

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO. 711368/2015 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 145-90 226TH STREET JAMAICA, NY 11413 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. SHARRON SMITH A/K/A SHARON SMITH, AS ADMINISTRATOR AND AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; TREVOR SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; DEBORAH SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; PAULINE WILLIAMS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; ERIC HUGH STEPHENS, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; BALFOUR MICHAEL SMITH, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH, 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; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF WINIFRED SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED L. SMITH A/K/A WINIFRED LOUISE SMITH; 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; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK; CAVALRY PORTFOLIO SERVICES LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF CAVALRY SPV 1 LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF HSBC BANK NEVADA N.A.; DISCOVER BANK; HILCO RECEIVABLES LLC; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY D/B/A NATIONAL GRID NEW YORK; “John Doe #1” through “John Doe #10”, the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to the plaintiff, the person or parties intended being the persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to 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 Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. 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 $544,185.00 and interest, recorded on November 12, 2008, at Liber Page, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 145-90 226TH STREET JAMAICA, 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. RAS BORISKIN, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff, BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ., 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 714357/2018, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWMBS 2006-15), Plaintiff, v. JOHN LANGONA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF VINCENT LANGONA, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE MARY LANGONA, AS HEIR OF VINCENT LANGONA, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, and JOHN DOE, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to 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 attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. 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 your mortgage company will not stop this 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. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable David Elliot, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 16th day of August, 2019 at Jamaica, New York. Tax I.D. No. BLOCK: 14203 LOT: 53. AS TO PARCEL 1: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being in Howard Beach, Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as and by lots numbered 52 and 53 in Block Number 57 on a certain map entitled, Revised Map of Lots, Howard Beach Estate, Fourth Ward, Borough of Queens, City of New York, surveyed March 1916 by Jas. F. Deehan, C.S. and filed in the Office of the Clerk, now City Register, Queens County, April 13, 1916 as Map No. 3432. AS TO PARCEL 2: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate, lying and being in Howard Beach, Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as part of lots numbered 54 in Block Number 57 on a certain map entitled Revised Map of Lots, Howard Beach Estate, Fourth Ward, Borough of Queens, City of New York, surveyed March 1916 by Jas. F. Deehan, C.S. and filed in the Office of the Clerk, now City Register, Queens County, April 13, 1916 as Map No. 3432. BEGINNING at a point the following two courses and distances from the intersection of the easterly side of 95th Street with the southerly side of 163rd Avenue; (1) southerly along the easterly side of 95th Street, 160 feet (2) easterly at right angles to the easterly side of 95th Street, 77 feet to the true point or place of BEGINNING. RUNNING THENCE northerly and parallel with the easterly side of 95th Street, 17 feet; THENCE easterly and parallel with the southerly side of 163rd Avenue, 23 feet; THENCE southerly again parallel with the easterly side of 95th Street, 17 feet; THENCE westerly and again parallel with the southerly side of 163rd Avenue, 23 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. These premises are also known as 16319 95th Street a/k/a 163-19 95th Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414. WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, 500 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY 14604

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ARCHBISHOP MOLLOY H IGH SCHOOL : 83 -53 Manton St., Briarwood. (718) SECTION 441-2100, ext. 155. O pen House: Sunday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Website: molloyhs.org. Co-ed, challenging college preparatory program; honors and Advanced Placement Courses (including Computer Science); expansive college credit program offering numerous courses with SJU and Seton Hall University; advanced science research program and Science Olympiad Team; competitive athletic and intramural teams; wide range of unique extracurricular and service programs.

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CHRIST THE KING REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. (718) 366-7400, ext. 240. Open House: Saturday, Oct., 5 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Website: ctkny.org. Co-ed, college preparatory curriculum; honors courses in all four years; Advanced Placement courses; Microsoft IT Academy; college affiliation; visual and performing arts program; four-year sequence in American sign language, Italian and Spanish; advanced research; campus ministry.

HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL: 26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing. (718) 8867250, ext. 558. Open House: Sunday, Oct. 20, 12-4 p.m. Website: holycrosshs.org. Co-ed,

Advanced Placement courses; STREAM Program; 1:1 Google Chromebook program; SJU College Advantage program; honors program; Advanced Placement program; three-year science research program; SAT/ACT prep, television production; service learning program; co-curricular and athletic programs.

LA SALLE ACADEMY: 215 East 6 St., between 2nd Avenue and Bowery, N.Y. (212) 475-8940, ext. 240. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Website: lasalleacademy. org. Action-based learning program, internship program, partnerships with Cooper Union, NYU and Manhattan College, digital learning partnership with Microsoft Corp.

Championship-winning sports programs. One hundred percent college acceptance rate.

MONSIGNOR MCCLANCY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL: 71-06 31 Ave., East Elmhurst. (718) 898-3800. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 12, 12-4 p.m. Website: msgrmcclancy.org.

Co-ed, academic college preparatory; honors programs; AP Programs; college credit programs (36 credits available); STEAM; performing arts and music program; service program; extensive extracurricular and athletics program.

ST. AGNES ACADEMIC SCHOOL: 13-20 124 St., College Point. (718) 353-6276. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Website: stagneshs.org. Female, college preparatory; Advanced Placement; SJU College Advantage program; college credit courses; honors program; H.S. Scholars and DREAM Big W/ Molloy College; science research; STEM; performing arts program; Chromebook program; extracurricular activities and athletic programs.

ST. EDMUND PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL: 2474 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn. (718) 743-6100. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. Website: stedmundprep.org. Co-ed college preparatory school with an international baccalaureate program; Advanced Placement; International World Scholars honors program and a SJU College Advantage program, robotics.

ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL: 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows.

(718) 423-8810, ext. 229. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 19, 12-4 p.m. Website: sfponline. org. Co-ed, college preparatory; 17 A.P. courses; 33 college credit classes; honor courses in all four years; extensive visual arts, performing arts and music; three foreign languages; three-year science research program; over 70 extracurricular activities; over 40 athletic programs and service programs; 1:1 iPad program; academic support and 1:1 college counseling.

S T . J O H N ’ S P R E PA R A T O R Y SCHOOL: 21-21 Crescent St., Astoria. (718) 721-7200. Open House: Saturday, Oct. 19, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Website: stjohnsprepschool. org. Co-ed, baccalaureate program with St. John’s University; College Advantage programs with SJU; Advanced Placement courses; honors courses; religious retreat college credit courses; performing arts program; athletic and extracurricular programs.

THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY: 176-21 Wexford Terrace, Jamaica Estates. (718) 2972120. Open House: Sunday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Website: tmla.org. Female, college preparatory; College Advantage program; Advanced Placement and honors courses in all disciplines including art and music; extensive extracurricular and sports programs.

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XAVERIAN HIGH SCHOOL: 7100 Shore Road, Brooklyn. (718) 836-7100. Open House: Sunday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Website: xaverian.org. Co-ed, Advanced Placement and college credit through SJU and Syracuse University; PLTW STEM program; internship program, Pre-prof. Pathways spec. tracks; music program; community service and retreat program; 1:1 learning w/iPad devices; international travel and exchange program; college counseling; XCEL program for rising eighth-graders. — courtesy tachsinfo.com/openhouse

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Facts about the 2019 TACHS exam The Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools will test eighth-grade st udent s who a re i nt erest ed i n SECTION attending a Catholic high school beginning in September 2020. In order to be admitted into Catholic high schools, Queens students must take an admissions examination on Saturday, Nov. 9. The results from that examination, along with school records and other information, are then sent to the high school principals to assist them in making admission decisions. Each student’s information will be sent to three high schools of his/her choice. Results also will be sent to the Catholic elementary schools within the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens or Archdiocese of New York.

The TACHS measures academic achievement in reading, written expression and mathematics, along with general reasoning skills. The test has been developed with the advice and approval of diocesan representatives.

There is a nonrefundable examination fee of $65 for the student handbook, test materials and the reporting of scores to three high schools of a student’s choice. Duplicate registrations may result in a processing fee.

The TACHS is only for current eighth-graders. To apply to a Catholic high school for a grade other than the ninth grade students should apply directly to that high school. A student may take the TACHS examination only once.

A home report will be provided for each student after high school notifications have been mailed in January 2020.

For Catholic school students within the Archdiocese of New York or the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens, the home report will be sent to the elementary school for distribution. For public, private and nondiocesan school students, the home report will be sent to the student’s home address. All TACHS test results are final. No rescoring will be done.

• Mathematics — Questions on the mathematics test are drawn from the areas of number sense and operations, algebraic patterns and connections, data analysis/probability/ statistics, geometry and measurement.

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• Ability — This test measures students’ learned reasoning abilities. Although grounded in biological processes, these abilities are developed through in-school and out-ofschool experiences. The questions assess students’ abilities to reason with somewhat more novel questions that use spatial and figural content. The questions show how well students use their reasoning skills to solve problems they may or may not have been directly taught.

Content of the TACHS examination The TACHS exam contains subtests measuring both achievement and ability. The tests, with brief descriptions, are as follows: • Reading — In the reading test, students will be presented with a variety of materials, both informational and literary. The questions will measure students’ ability to answer questions in factual, interpretative and evaluative comprehension. They may have to answer questions about main idea, author’s purpose, the meaning of a word in context and other types of comprehension questions.

• Written expression — This is a test about writing in standard English. Some of the questions focus on the most appropriate way to express the ideas in a piece of writing.

Questions may address organization, sentence structure, clarity, and effective or appropriateness of expression. Other questions ask students to identify the line of text that contains an error.

Test information Before the test, make sure you get a full night’s sleep, eat breakfast, know how far away your test site is and allow plenty of time to get there, bring your admit card and identification with you and several No. 2 pencils with erasers.

Make sure the pencils are sharp and the erasers are clean.

Don’t bring any notes, books or scratch paper with you.

Don’t bring a calculator, a watch, a cell phone or any electronic devices with you. You won’t be allowed to take any of these into the examination room.

During the test be sure to read the directions and listen carefully. Make sure you understand the directions in the test booklet before starting the test. Students are not allowed to write in the test booklet.

For additional information on the TACHS exam or special test accommodations within the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens, contact the diocesan office at (718) 965-7300, ext. 421.

The student handbook and registration are available on the Q web at tachsinfo.com or telephone at (866) 618-2247.

Information obtained from the 2019 TACHS student handbook.

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12:1 Student to teacher ratio Over 42 Honors and AP Courses offered 30 Athletic Teams 37 Clubs and Organizations Over 1,000,000 dollars invested in our STREAM program Every incoming freshman is provided with a Chromebook and full access to the Google Apps for Education • Class of 2019 earned over $23 million in academic scholarships • 100% graduation rate

A Holy Cross education is supported by the Four pillars of Faith, Community, Service and Wisdom. The Congregation of Holy Cross also sponsors six colleges and universities in the United States including St. Edward’s University, the University of Portland, Stonehill College, King’s College, Holy Cross College, and the University of Notre Dame. Our graduates have a competitive edge in regards to scholarships and programs when applying to these colleges, as these schools are aware of the quality education our students receive at Holy Cross.

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The benefits of a Catholic education Where faith and education meet A Catholic education provides students with a values-based education, rooted in the mission of the Catholic Church. These values are fully integrated into all programs. School communities are also integrated into the life of the parish through various liturgical events and service projects. In Catholic academies and schools, religion is ensured as a priority.

Catholic educat ion is fo cu s e d on t he whole ch ild i n m i nd , body and soul. In addition to class si zes that meet the needs of all st ude nt s , Cat hol ic education provides a SECTION challenging curriculum t h at ref le ct s t he New York State Lear ning Standards in a safe, caring and supportive learning environment. This environment encourages lifelong learning and prepa res st udent s for h ig h school a nd beyond.

Students are provided with the skills necessary to be successful in the 21st century. State-of-the-art technology and programs are valuable teaching tools and can challenge students to go beyond the core curriculum.

St udent lear ning oppor t unities are always expanding when it comes to a Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn, be it through partnerships with Catholic high schools, local colleges and universities, or through the rich cultural opportunities offered in New York City.

These rich cultural opportunities — such as cultural-themed festivals, projects and trips — engage students in the teaching and learning process.

T he success of Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn is also measured with proven results: ELA results on New York State Tests in Catholic academies/schools consistently outpaced New York State and City schools.

Catholic Education is cost efficient: Per pupil spending averages $5,143 compared to over $19,597 per pupil in New York City public elementary schools; savings to NYC taxpayers — over $600 million per year. • average annual tuition for a Catholic elementary school within the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens is $4,022. • $7.566 million in scholarships was

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awarded to 5,495 students to attend Catholic elementary schools within the diocese. • 75 percent of eighth-grade graduates will attend Catholic or other private/specialized high schools. • 58 schools and academies reported that 538 eighth-grade graduates were offered $8,838,220 in merit-based scholarships to attend these high schools. • 63 eig hth-g rade g radu ates were

accepted into specialized schools. • 99 percent of students in Catholic secondary schools graduate within four years; 98 percent go on to college.

Finally, Catholic education in Queens and Brooklyn is here for students of all ages, from early childhood through high school.

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Saturday, October 19th, 2019 11 A.M. – 3 P.M. St. John’s Preparatory School is a highly selective college preparatory high school located in the heart of Astoria, minutes from Manhattan. For nearly 150 years, St. John’s Prep has helped its students unlock their intellectual, creative and physical gifts by fostering innovative thinking and leadership. Built on a strong academic foundation centered on “Tradition, Scholarship and Service,� St. John’s Prep prepares students to be thoughtful, well-rounded, critical thinkers who are prepared to make a difference in the world. s %XCLUSIVE "ACCALAUREATE 0ROGRAM WITH 3T *OHN S 5NIVERSITY s /UTSTANDING ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH NUMEROUS !0 #OURSES #OLLEGE %XTENSION #LASSES AND RIGOROUS (ONORS 34%!- 0ROGRAM s $YNAMIC AND CREATIVE 6ISUAL 0ERFORMING !RTS 0ROGRAM s (IGHLY #OMPETITIVE #O ED )NTERSCHOLASTIC !THLETIC 0ROGRAM Explore SJP’s beautiful campus, engage with our community and discover why so many students choose St. John’s Prep as their foundation for success.

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BLOCK PARTY

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Legos were always meant to be a toy that encouraged imagination.

In the hands of artist Nathan Sawaya, they are transformed into studies and expressions of art, science, history, philosophy and the endless bounds of imagination.

“The Art of the Brick,” which debuted last week at the New York Hall of Science and runs through Jan. 26, has more than 100 of Sawaya’s works made of the small plastic bricks.

The smallest are hardly larger than dolls.

The largest, and one of the newest, is a 20-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex.

“There’s more than one million blocks in the exhibit; and more than 80,000 in the Tyrannosaur,” Sawaya, who was an attorney before turning to art a decade ago, said last week in an interview at the museum.

Perhaps his most famous work is “Yellow,” which features the bust of a man made entirely of yellow Legos looking skyward while ripping open his chest

and having a pile of yellow bricks pour out.

One tabletop work uses blue bricks depicting a half-submerged swimmer in a pool of glistening blue blocks.

Sawaya’s use of his own art to depict classical artworks comes in many forms.

He has created statues in tribute to the “Venus de Milo,” Michelangelo’s “David,” Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” and one of the massive stone heads on Easter Island.

He paints with the blocks, recreating twodimensional masterpieces such as Leonardo di Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and Rembrandt’s most famous self-portrait of himself as an old man.

But he also has created three-dimensional statues of famous paintings such as “Whistler’s Mother,” Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and Grant Wood’s “American Gothic.”

The creative process depends on the work.

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “The Socrates Annual 2019,” with outdoor projects by multiple artists produced on-site and engaging their location and community. Sat., Oct. 5 (opening celebration 4-6 p.m.)-Sun., March 8, 2020, Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 956-1819, socratessculpturepark.org.

FILM See it Big! Ghost Stories, with haunted favorites ranging from “The Innocents” to “Poltergeist” and “Beetlejuice.” Through Sun., Oct. 20, various dates and times, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us.

“Bari — Know Your Place,” with illustrations and writing by Symin Adive exploring the hierarchies of family, class, race and more in the life of a young immigrant, inspired by a style of 15th- to 18th-century paintings in Southeast Asia. Fri., Oct. 4-Sun., Oct. 20, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $5 suggested; free students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Tiffany’s Iridescence: Glass in Rainbow Hues,” exploring the science and artistry behind Louis C. Tiffany’s groundbreaking achievements in iridescent art glass, with vivid colors, hypnotizing patterns and more. Tue., Oct. 8-spring 2020, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $8 suggested; $4 seniors; free students, children. Info: (718) 5929700, queensmuseum.org.

“Creative Mosaic,” with artists working in multiple media responding to the sounds, flavors, colors and traditions of innumerable cultures that make up Queens. Through Sun., Oct. 13, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 8480030, licartists.org.

“Under the Bonsai Tree,” with sculptures and drawings by Chris Bogia that reflect perfection and reference the home, though sometimes with a darker element. Through Sat., Nov. 2, Mrs., 60-40 56 Drive, Maspeth. Free. Info: (347) 841-6149, mrsgallery.com.

“Imaging Women in the Space Age,” with vintage and current images of women as aviators and astronauts from fashion, TV, film, pop culture, toys and more; part of Space Out Summer programs honoring the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Through Sun., Nov. 3, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students with ID. Info: (718) 6990005, nysci.org.

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Flushing. Free with admission: $6; $4 seniors; $4 students, $2 children over 3. Info/registration (preferred): (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

“Honoring Your Vision,” with about 30 paintings and photos by nine artists on what is in front of us but may be overlooked, including “Then and Now” images of historical area architecture by Cheryl Cuddeback, such as “Continental + Austin Morphed 2,” above. Through Fri., Nov. 29, Red Pipe Café, 71-60 Austin St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 224-8359.

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LECTURES/TALKS Empowering the Next Generation of Women, a wine and cheese social toasting the success of “Your Daughters, Our Future Leaders,” with three guest speakers. Thu., Oct. 3, 7 p.m., St. Agnes Academic High School, 13-20 124 St., College Point.

Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 353-6276, ext. 11, stagneshs. org, denise.fetonte@stagneshs.org.

You can see Sens. Bernie Sanders, left, and Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and other candidates duke it out for the Democratic presidential nomination on Oct. 15 like you’ve never seen them before — with running commentary from comedians, Mystery Science Theatre 3000-style, at QED in Astoria. See Comedy. COURTESY PHOTOS VIA WIKIPEDIA / ILLUSTRATION BY GREGG COHEN “Diplomacy,” with works by 11 international artists responding to the architecture and Cold War history of Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, along with photos, plans and other ephemera related to it.

Through Fri., Nov. 22, Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 990-7476, stjohns.edu.

“At Sea,” with works by multiple artists in various media using sea imagery to address the idea of being adrift in the face of fraught events, natural and manmade, global and personal. Through Sun., Dec. 8, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

THEATRE “Painted Alice — The Musical,” an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” for adults, about an artist who falls through her canvas into a dark and comical world. Sun., Oct. 6-Sun., Dec. 1, various dates and times, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $25-$45. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

IMAGE COURTESY LONG ISLAND CITY ARTISTS “Rent,” the hit musical depicting the struggles of NYC life in the early 1990s, with contemporary themes but based on Puccini’s opera “La Boheme.” Fri.-Sat., Oct. 4-5, 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Oct. 5-6, 3 p.m., The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. $22; $25 at door. Info: (718) 392-0722, secrettheatre.com.

MUSIC Antonio Hart Quintet, with the jazzman who’s played with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Hargrove, Nancy Wilson and more and his band performing originals and standards. Sat., Oct. 5, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students; free teens. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

DANCE Queensboro Dance Festival, with more than 30 troupes from the borough performing ballet, contemporary, flamenco and many more styles. Sat., Oct. 5, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 6., 4 p.m., 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20. Info: (929) 282-0620, (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

COMEDY Democratic Debate Watch Party — Mystery Science Theater 3000-style, with comedians adding their two cents to the event as it’s held, hosted by Frank Conniff, “TV’s Frank,” of MST3K, with preshow comedy by Christian Finnegan of “Best Week Ever” and “Chappelle’s Show.” Tue., Oct. 15, 7:30-11 p.m., QED, 27-16 23 Ave., Astoria. $10. Info: (347) 4513873, qedastoria.com.

TOURS/HIKES Audubon Bird Walks, spotting and ID’ing feathered friends and learning how the Queens Botanical Garden provides them with resources like food and shelter. Sun., Oct. 6 and 20; Sat., Oct. 26, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the garden, 43-50 Main St.,

Life drawing, with a live nude model, free drinks, music, no judgments, no skeptical eyes. Each Thu., 6:30 p.m., The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $10. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists. org. Kew Gardens Road. Free. Info: (718) 268-5960.

Author Talk with Donna Gentle Spirit Barron, with the Matinecock tribe’s family historian and genealogist, and five-time author, discussing her family’s history in Little Neck and Indian settlements once in Bayside, joined by several other Native American speakers. Fri., Oct. 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bayside Historical Society, the Castle, 208 Totten Ave., Fort Totten. $5. Info: (718) 3521548, baysidehistorical.org.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Blessing of the Pets and Giant Yard Sale, with animal companions of all kinds welcome and sale proceeds going to various charities for disaster relief.

Sat., Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Paul’s International Lutheran Church, Union Tpke. and 263 St., Floral Park. Free. Info: (718) 347-5990.

Fall Car Show, with all kinds of classic rides, dozens of trophies, live DJ and more, to benefit Toys for Tots. Sun., Oct. 6, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Blvd., Forest Park (next shows, to benefit St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children, Sun., Oct. 13 and 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Maspeth Federal Savings parking lot, 69 St. off Grand Ave., Maspeth). Free; donations welcome; $20 to show a car. Info: (917) 385-2322, (917) 682-5362, eccatoysfortots.org. continued on page 32

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Empathy and compassion, in light of a massacre

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside continues to be an invaluable cultural presence in the borough with its latest offering, “La Golondrina,” a two-character play running through Oct. 13.

As the only bilingual Hispanic theater in Queens, Thalia has been celebrating the diversity of Spanish and Latin American heritage for more than four decades.

Ordinarily, performances at the theater alternate between Spanish and English. This time around, the play is presented only in Spanish — but not to worry. Large, easy-toread supertitles are provided, affording even non-Spanish speakers an opportunity

‘La Golondrina’ When: Each Fri., Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sun., 4 p.m., through Oct. 13 Where: Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside Tickets: $25. (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org

to experience the show’s power.

Written by the Spanish playwright Guillem Clua, “La Golondrina” has been translated into multiple languages and been performed worldwide, from London and Athens to Sao Paulo and Puerto Rico.

Its acclaim is understandable.

On the surface, it’s a simple conversation between a man and an older woman, who, as the play begins, are meeting for the first time. The woman, Amelia, is a professional voice teacher, and the man, Ramon, of little musical talent, is futilely trying to convince her to take him on as a student. To strengthen his case, he tells her he wants to prepare a song to sing at a memorial for his mother.

The song gives the play its title, which translates to “the swallow,” a bird with a long and mythical history that takes on special significance and poignancy here.

As the 80-minute, intermissionless piece develops, Ramon’s story gets more and more complicated, with sometimes unanticipated twists and turns, and the lives of the two characters become intertwined in increasingly emotional ways.

Clua, who originally trained as a journal-

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Ramon (Josean Ortiz) and Amelia (Soledad Lopez) share many a dramatic moment with PHOTO BY MARK LORD each other as secrets of the past are revealed in “La Golondrina.” ist, draws much of his inspiration from the headlines. In this play, the back story involves the 2016 terrorist attack on the Pulse Bar in Orlando, Fla., the deadliest incident of violence against the LGBT com-

munity in this country’s history. Clua handles the unfolding details with compassion, dipping occasionally into the realm of the melodramatic. Considering the dark continued on page 33

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He’s played with the best of them, from Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland to Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti.

A n d n o w, F r a n k Donaruma is bringing his French horn to a concert at Flushing Town Hall, for one p er for ma nce only, on Oc t. 13 at 5 p.m. And, to top it all, it’s free, with no reservations necessary.

Surprisingly, Donaruma didn’t come from a m u s i c a l f a m i l y. H i s ancestors, he said, came here from Italy, working as church restorers.

So, he said, “There was art in the family, but not music.�

And when he began to develop an interest in music, it was the trumpet that he Frank Donaruma, longtime principal French horn player wanted to play. When he for the American Ballet Orchestra at Lincoln Center, COURTESY PHOTO was told none was available promises a diverse show in Flushing. in his school’s orchestra, he reluctantly accepted to play the French horn. Orchestra at Lincoln Center, from “I fell in love with it,� he recalled in which he recently retired af ter 45 a recent telephone interview, calling it years, and for the Queens Symphony “happenstance.� One could picture Orchestra. him shrugging his shoulders as he said He estimates that he’s also given the word.

1,500 “demonstration concerts� in an It seems a pret t y unremarkable effort to develop an appreciation of beginning to a far-reaching career that music in young people. has seen Donaruma perform everyHe described the upcoming concert thing from jazz and big band to opera as featuring a “very diverse program.� and chamber music, with gigs on Among the pieces are Alec Wilder’s recordings, television, films and in no Sonata No. 1 for French Horn and fewer than six Broadway pits — where Piano, which Donaruma described as he played for shows like the original the “minestrone of music,� combining production of “1776� and a revival of multiple styles including classical and “My Fair Lady� starring the original jazz, and Francis Poulenc’s Elegie 1957 Henry Higgins, Rex Harrison. for French Horn and Piano, which he Q Playing on Broadway, he admitted, called “haunting.� can be stressful, as well as repetitive,, when long runs are involved. No one knows that better than his wife, Atsuko Sato, bassoonist at “The Phantom of the Opera� since it opened in 1988.

Born in upstate Utica, Donaruma, When: Sun., Oct. 13, 5 p.m.

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French Horn Recital: Frank Donaruma

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“We know kids like Legos,� Sawaya said. “I asked myself, ‘What else do they like?’ Dinosaurs!�

It took three months. “An entire summer,� he said. “There’s a lot of engineering involved.�

Every other work in his exhibit travels in one piece. The T-Rex, on the other hand, has 11 separate sections. “Because it travels, I glue everything together. If I saw that something [while creating the T-Rex] wasn’t working out, didn’t look right, I’d have to take a chisel and destroy several hours’ work. That’s very frustrating.�

‘The Art of the Brick’ When: Through Sunday, Jan. 26 Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona Entry: $20 adults;$15 children with combo admission ticket. (718) 699-0005, nysci.org/visit/ ticket-packages.

Judging from the reaction of the museum’s younger visitors last Saturday, however, Sawaya got the final product exactly right.

The paintings-as-sculpture intrigued him for their own challenges. He used “Whistler’s Mother� — known formally as “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1� — as an example. “When it’s a subject I’m not familiar with, I do research,� Sawaya said. “You’re trying to make a three-dimensional figure out of a two-dimensional work. But you only see her in profile. You never see her full face.� He discovered that the mother of James McNeill Whistler (1804-1881) was a stern, austere woman. “I gave her a stern face,� he said.

The exhibit also features a collection of “LEGO brick infused photography� produced in tandem with photographer Dean West.

The far end of the exhibit included an interactive section titled “The Science of the Brick,� in which children of every age can play and experiment with Legos in a series of fun and scientific challenges, such as creating drag-race cars.

Another station challenges participants

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NYSCI takes Legos to the limits of imagination

Joyce Iliev, 4, and mom Coralie Carlson visit the Lego Tyrannosaurus at the New York Hall of Science. On the cover: Artist Nathan Sawaya looks with pride on his 3-D Lego PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON rendering of Grant Wood’s masterpiece “American Gothic.� to make as many objects as they can using only six bricks, while others teach architectural skills or have the visitors reach blindly into a box to assemble objects only by sense of touch.

Sawaya even created a pair of life-size figures who will sit with parents on benches in the interactive section if they want to take a breather while their kids have fun Q and not realize that they are learning.

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Whitey Ford went from Astoria to Cooperstown

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Edward Charles Ford was born in New York City on Oct. 21, 1928, the only child of James and Edna Ford. They lived on 66th Street in Manhattan.

When he was 5 they moved to an apartment building in Astoria. His father worked for Con Ed and played on the company baseball team. He was a partner in the Ivy Room, an Astoria bar.

Ed Ford played ball in empty lots and on the streets with a broomstick and a rubber Spaldeen ball. He could have gone to William Cullen Bryant High School on 31st Ave. in 1942 but chose the Manhattan School of Aviation Trades because it had a baseball team and Bryant did not. Ford had no interest in becoming an aviation mechanic, according to C. Paul Rogers III writing for the Society for American Baseball Research.

Originally a first baseman, he later alternated between first base and pitching. He excelled on the mound. Yankee scout Paul Krichell signed him in 1947 with a $7,000 bonus and he was sent to

The childhood home of Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford, 31-53 34 St., Astoria, c. 1940s. the minor league team in Binghamton, managed by former Yankee Lefty Gomez.

Not remembering Ford’s name, Gomez kept calling him “Blondie” or “Whitey.”

By the time he made the Yankees in 1950, “Whitey” had stuck. He also was later known as the “Chairman of the Board.”

He married his childhood sweetheart in 1951 at St. Patrick’s Church in Long Island City. Lefty Whitey Ford, widely considered the best Yankees pitcher ever, was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Q in 1974.

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FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS In the Matter of a Custody/Visitation Proceeding File #: 192355 Judith Ramirez, Docket #: V-18802-19 Petitioner, -againstAdmin. for Children’s Services-Queens, SUMMONS Antonio Alvaro Dector, Respondents.

IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: To: Antonio Alvaro Dector Unknown. BRONX, NY 00000 A petition under Article 6 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court, and annexed hereto YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this court on Date/Time: November 13, 2019 at 3:30 PM Purpose: Fact Finding Part: 5 Floor/Room: Floor 2/Room 250 Presiding: Hon. Joan L. Piccirillo Location: Queens County 151-20 Jamaica Avenue Jamaica, NY 11432 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance with the Family Court Act. Your failure to appear as herein directed will result in an Order of Custody to the Petitioner on default.

On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.

Dated: September 24, 2019 Robert Ratanski, Clerk of Court NOTICE: Family Court §154(c) provides that petitions brought pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of the Family Court Act, in which an order of protection is sought or in which a violation of an order of protection is alleged, may be served outside the State of New York upon a Respondent who is not a resident or domiciliary of the State of New York. If no other grounds for obtaining personal jurisdiction over the Respondent exist aside from the application of this provision, the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the respondent is limited to the issue of the request for, or alleged violation of, the order of protection. Where the Respondent has been served with this summons and petition does not appear, the Family Court may proceed to a hearing with respect to issuance or enforcement of the order of protection.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Neir’s Tavern 190th Year Celebration, a block party recognizing a milestone for the oldest bar in Queens and one of the oldest in NYC and the U.S., with fun and activities for all ages, indoors and out. Sat., Oct. 5, 12-6 p.m., 88 Ave. between 77 and 78 Sts. (bar at 87-48 78 St.), Woodhaven. Free. Info: (718) 2960600, neirstavern.com, bit.ly/2oxi6zc.

The Amazing Maize Maze, a labyrinth of corn to make your way through while finding clues and solving puzzles too. Each Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.4:30 p.m., thru Sat., Oct. 26; also Mon., Oct. 14; special Maze by Moonlight Sat., Oct. 12 and 19, 4:30-9 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $10; $15 at door; $5 kids 4-11; $8 at door; kids under 4 free (Maze by Moonlight $12; $17 at door; $7 kids 4-11; $10 at door; kids under 4 free). Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Harvest Weekends, a celebration of autumn with apples, cider, pies, mums, pumpkins and more available for sale. Each Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.4:30 p.m., thru Sat., Oct. 26; also Mon., Oct. 14, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. Free. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Douglaston and Little Neck Historical Society Garden Party, with light hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and music, as a fundraiser, at the home of Jim and Maura Wynn, c. 1925, with its “cat slide” roof and other elements meant to blend with the landscape, typical of area houses from the era. Sat., Oct. 5, 7-9:30 p.m., 8 Hillside Ave., Douglaston. $75. Info/RSVP: (646) 642-4827, dlnhs.org.

Trip to Resorts Casino, in Atlantic City, NJ, sponsored by the Sisterhood of Forest Park Jewish Center. Mon., Oct. 7, departing Lindenwood Shopping Center, 84 St. and 153 Ave., 9 a.m.; also Woodhaven Blvd. at Forest Park Drive, 9:15 a.m. $50 with $25 giveback. Info: Sharon, (917) 292-8732; Phyllis, (917) 601-2234.

KIDS/TEENS Think Tank — Water in the Ecosystem, with kids 7-10 learning about the water cycle and clean water’s importance to people while experimenting with filtration systems and using the scientific method. Sat., Oct. 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $23. Info/pre-registration (required): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Every Kid Outdoors Adventure Day, with adventure hikes, face painting, environmentally oriented puppet show and more; and the opportunity for 4th-graders to get free passes for them and their families to visit all national parks free this year. Sun., Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (certain events at certain times), Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

Hands-on History: Design Your Own 19thCentury Jewelry!, with kids 6 and up learning about 19th-century jewelry and making their own pieces; adults welcome too. Sat., Oct. 5, 1-4 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

Folk Music of Mexico!, an interactive piano performance with Beata Moon and Barbara Podgurski of Musica Reginae exploring Mexican and Latin music; followed by “Coco,” the 2017 3-D Disney-Pixar computer-animated fantasy about a young boy who wants to play music and meets his ancestors in the Land of the Dead. Sat., Oct. 5 , 4 p.m. (concert), 5 p.m. (film), Maple Grove Cemetery Celebration Hall, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Concert free; film free with RSVP; $5 walk-in. Info: (347) 878-6614, (718) 894-2178, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

SOCIAL EVENTS Saturday night dance, with a live DJ playing classics, oldies, top 40 Italian and Latin music, food and more. Sat., Oct. 5 (and every other Saturday all year), 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. $12.

Info: (718) 478-3100.

MARKETS Outdoor flea market, with giftware, tote bags, cosmetic bags, costume jewelry, toys, games, bric-a-brac and more; held indoors in case of rain. Sat., Oct. 5, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Incarnation Church, 89-43 Francis Lewis Blvd., Queens Village. Info: (718) 465-8534.

St. Raphael Church flea market, with vendor spots still available. Sun., Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (setup 8 a.m.), 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City. $35 for 10-foot vendor spot. Info: (718) 729-8957.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Flea Market, outdoors, with 160 vendors. Every Sat.-Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

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

Gold Senior Center, cultural, educational and recreational programs; socialization, interaction and meeting new friends, weekly yoga class, hot, kosher nutritious meals, stimulating programs, games, trips, current events, speakers, entertainment, singalongs and “Zumba for Seniors.” $3 suggested contribution. Every Wed., 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing. Info: (718) 380-4145.

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33 Phone bk. data 35 Winter forecast 36 Different 38 Charlotte’s creation 40 Greek H 41 War god 43 Muffle 45 Landi of 1930s movies 47 Plant bristle 48 Lair 49 Didn’t vote, perhaps 54 Rd. 55 Shunned one 56 Wall climber 57 Central 58 Obliterate 59 Grant opponent

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37 Auction, so to speak 39 Caveat word 42 Cavalry sword 44 Blackbird 45 Cheese choice 46 Jeans-maker Strauss 50 Hot tub 51 Zero 52 First lady 53 Coloring agent

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continued from page 29 subject matter, there is also a surprising amount of humor.

The play touches on many themes, not the least of which is the importance of accepting others for who they are.

The performances of the two actors are impeccable. Soledad Lopez imbues Amelia with a steel exterior, the better to cover her inner pain. She is at her glorious best clutching a photo album and reliving, in dance, a memory from her past.

As Ramon, Josean Ortiz matches her intensity. He has a long, emotionally charged monologue in which he recounts for Amelia devastating events that he lived through, and tops himself in describing the last moments in the life of a loved one.

The play has been staged simply by Luis Caballero, who wisely lets the actors and their often poetic words speak for themselves, without any fancy adornments to distract. Similarly, his setting, depicting two rooms, is efficient without being overbearing, and his lighting helps set the right tone.

The play’s single overriding message, if one must be offered, is that humans are distinguished from other living creatures by our capacity to feel the pain of others.

And, in watching this performance, it is likely that your sense of humanity will be

fully awakened.

On a related note, the documentary film “Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage,” an insightful look into the life of the late Puerto Rican actor, which had its premiere on PBS on Sept. 13, was filmed, in part, at the Thalia. The theater’s artistic and executive director, Angel Gil Orrios, is featured in the Q film, which is well worth catching.

Correction The Sept. 26 article “Groundbreaking ‘Rent,’ up close and personal” used an incorrect pronoun in reference to performer Jordan Ho. It should have been “her.” We Q regret the error.

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The Mets’ 2019 season, which concluded in dramatic form on Sunday with Dominic Smith hitting a home run in what was his first at-bat in over two months because of a foot stress fracture, and the Amazin’s down to their last out to beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 7-6, was overall a successful one for the Amazin’s even though they failed to make the playoffs.

In my 2019 Mets preview I wrote that the goals should be a return to respectability and a finish over .500. They accomplished that by winning a very respectable 86 games, marking only the third time in 10 years that the season ledger showed more victories than defeats.

Things looked quite bleak for the Mets at the All-Star Game break in early July as they were 10 games under .500. Thanks to a strong second half, which admittedly contained some disappointments such as consecutive three-game series in which they were swept by the Cubs and Braves in late August, the Mets were able to find a way to finish 10 games over .500.

There were a lot of upbeat storylines with the big one being rookie first baseman Pete Alonso slugging 53 home runs, which both set a record for first-year players and was the most hit by anyone in the majors in 2019.

Outfielder JD Davis, who was acquired in a little-noticed trade during the winter with the

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Astros, batted. 307 and hit 22 home runs.

Highly touted shortstop Amed Rosario finally appeared to be living up to the hype preceding his arrival in Flushing as his fielding noticeably improved and he cut down swinging at bad pitches, which led to more walks and hits.

Perhaps the least talked-about bright spot for the Mets was that their big four starters, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz, all stayed healthy this season.

Kudos to the training staff who have been bashed in past years.

The major downside was the bullpen, which could have been classified a disaster area by FEMA. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen acquired Edwin Diaz in a much ballyhooed trade that also netted the Mets second baseman Robinson Cano, as well as bringing back Jeurys Familia, who was traded to Oakland in July 2018. Had Diaz and Familia been disappointingly mediocre instead of flat-out awful and unusable, they would have made the playoffs.

Diaz gave up 15 home runs, all of them seemingly at the worst possible time for the Mets, and finished with an unsightly 5.59 earned run average. Familia, who was once a reliable Mets closer, had an even worse 5.70 ERA. Only Seth Lugo offered Mets manager Mickey Callaway any kind of reliable relief. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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