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A group of neighborhood kids gather in Woodhaven’s Equity Playground every Tuesday and Friday to practice basketball under the stewardship of Michael Pereira, rear left in mask, a volunteer who wanted to engage with the youth during the pandemic.

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Locked down — gov. reveals cluster plan Neighborhoods with 3 percent or higher infection rates shut down

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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n Sunday Mayor de Blasio proposed shutting down schools and nonessential businesses in nine city ZIP codes that were witnessing a surge in cases. Gov. Cuomo rejected the plan, claiming it was too imprecise, but then just one day later he revealed that he would shut down schools in those very ZIP codes. Then on Tuesday, Cuomo announced his own business shutdown plan that follows the same rules as de Blasio’s but targets clusters rather than ZIP codes.

“It’s not by ZIP code, it’s not by Census tract, it’s not by any political metric. It’s only by the number of cases,” Cuomo said at a press event on Oct. 6.

The governor’s plan addresses rising coronavirus cases in South and central Queens, Brooklyn and three upstate counties, each containing “zones” that correlate to certain restrictions made in an attempt to quell the COVID surge: Red is the cluster area itself, with the most limitations, orange is the surrounding warning zone and yellow is the precautionary sector.

“Drop a pebble into the pond, the pebble goes in, then there’s one ring, two rings, three rings, and the rings continue across the pond.

When you see the cluster, you have to stop it at that point,” said Cuomo.

Central Queens neighborhoods that have reported COVID cases have been locked down by Gov. NYS IMAGE Cuomo effective Oct. 5 with restrictions similar to ones from March.

As of Oct. 5, Cuomo reported that COVID cases within two ZIP codes in the central Queens area — 11367 or Pomonok, and 11432, Jamaica Hills — had surged as high as 3.8 and 3.2 percent, respectively. Per city and state guidelines, a shutdown is warranted if an area reaches the 3 percent infection rate benchmark.

A central Queens red zone, with parts of Rego Park, Kew Gardens Hills and Forest

Hills, completely shuts down in-person learning and prohibits mass gatherings but allows houses of worship to continue at a 25 percent capacity or 10-person maximum, while closing all nonessential businesses. Restaurants are limited to takeout and delivery service only, a restriction that takes away the indoor dining privilege they were given just a week earlier, as well as outdoor dining.

“We are in a serious, serious situation here,” said Frank Gulluscio, district manager of Community Board 6, which encompasses much of the red zone. “Some of our [restaurants] just opened up and they have to go through this again. We understand COVID, we understand the situation ... but it’s terrible. There’s enough information for the people and the poor kids [in schools]. One day they’re in and they’re out.

It’s serious ... we’re very concerned.”

The phones at the community board office have been ringing off the hook since Cuomo’s announcement, Gulluscio said, most of the calls from small business owners asking for clarification on what the plan is. Many were uncertain whether it was de Blasio’s ZIP code plan that was being put into effect.

“The mayor is saying one thing and then the governor says another,” Gulluscio said, adding that the community doesn’t have time to watch the news or read the papers each day to stay up to date with all the developments, which seem to constantly be changing. “Everyone was getting back to some kind of schedule and it’s just thrown out the window ... Please have the right hand talk to the left hand.”

Gulluscio encourages the residents in his district to continue practicing safety guidelines, to wear a mask and to get tested for the virus. The community board office, located at continued on page 22

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Volunteer brings hoop dreams to life Young Woodhaven resident creates new afterschool basketball league

by Max Parrott

The idea for a meet-up initially occurred to him as the result of local tragedy. On A basketball training ground has sprung Aug. 6, Sanel Music, a 21-year-old from the up in the court of Woodhaven’s Equity neighborhood, was killed in a shooting at Playground, where a hoop that remained the corner of 91st Street and 85th Avenue, a broken for years turned into a platform for block from Forest Park.

When Pereira, who had left a job before kids to advocate for themselves.

After 23-year-old Woodhaven resident the pandemic hit for personal reasons and Michael Pereira decided to volunteer his was in the process of finding employment, time helping neighborhood kids socialize heard about the shooting, he decided he and avoid trouble during the pandemic, he could use this time to engage Woodhaven’s began getting in touch with parents to form youth.

“I had been home for five months, and a weekly basketball meet-up.

But Pereira quickly realized that the first just wanting to do something, and feeling step to starting practice was fixing the like I couldn’t,” he said.

That night he stayed up drafting a plan, court, which had been neglected for years.

To do so, he enlisted the help of the kids, writing to parents and creating fliers callwho called the city and local legislators to ing for a pick-up game that would meet demand that they replace the hoop, and, lo three times per week. Since then, the group has grown to consisand behold, the city tently include 45 to listened.

60 kids ranging in “That was somet has created a sense of age f rom 5 to 13, thing small, but these with a few in their kids, they feel like community and family.” late teens and early they did it. So it’s 20s. While he’s had b e e n p o s i t i ve ,” — Brendaly Capellan, volunteer trouble getting kids Pereira said. to show up on a SatSi n c e t h e k id s accomplished their goal of procuring a new urday, Pereira goes out twice a week to basketball hoop, their imaginations have help organize games.

As everyone gathered around 4 p.m. on started to run wild with how they can improve on the park, which has become a Friday, Pereira was handing out voter regiscentral part of their social experience dur- tration forms to a group of late high school kids who had asked him about his group. ing the pandemic.

“We want to add some stuff here like Within minutes, he had recruited the help probably a fountain, a running station, of EPIC North High School senior and bassome volleyball nets,” said sixth-grader ketball player Ethan Cruz to come by and Madin Mukit at the playground last Friday. help teach the younger players one day a “We should also fix the gates and stuff week.

Other neighborhood volunteers come out because it has a chain-y vibe, like a jail to mentor the kids too. Wandaly and Brenvibe.”

By providing the kids with a consistent daly Capellan, two CUNY students, whose afternoon activity, Pereira has also given mother runs a nearby day care, have begun them a much-needed social outlet. Many of to help Pereira manage the students.

“It has created a sense of community and them started remote-only learning several weeks ago, and had been missing their family,” said Brendaly. “We can’t really do anything inside, so we’re trying to figure friends.

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HB holds Halloween contest Spooky times call for spooky lawns.

Some of the admins of the Howard Beach Dads Facebook page recently decided that in light of the toll the pandemic has taken on the neighborhood’s kids, they would encourage fellow residents to try and make Halloween extra special.

To bring some light to the fall holiday, the dads are hosting a home-decorating competition.

To enter the competition, residents must register with the Howard Beach Dads page. Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third places.

The contest also includes awards for best landscape, best window, best balcony, scariest and most child friendly.

“Remember the real winners are the kids. We want you to get as creative as possible with your home,” the admins wrote.

Prizes will be awarded for each category and will be announced closer to the date as the organizers are still working with local businesses for donations.

All entries must be emailed no later than Oct. 23 to howardbeachdads@gmail.

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out what we can do after October.

If we can get more resources, we could do more with the kids.”

Pereira’s plan now is to culminate the season of pickup with a Halloween tournament the weekend of Oct. 30 and 31. He wants to create a large community gathering that would include a costume contest in addition to the finals tournament.

But one obstacle is funding.

Since Pereira and the Capellans have been operating on a completely volunteer basis, they had to be scrappy. Pereira was able to scrape together a few hundred dollars to provide some equipment, but he’s set up a GoFundMe page in order to help with the Halloween event and some other activites.

The response to the league has been so positive that it’s filled him with service project ideas.

He wants to get the kids to plant a bed of tulips in the park for the spring. Brendaly had the idea to lead the kids in constructing a give-one-take-one library.

On top of everything, Pereira would like to see if he can keep his group together in a more permanent capacity. He would love to work with a school to make it an official league, but like so many activities under COVID, he said that he’ll have to take it week by week to know what will be possible under the changing Q restrictions.

High school basketball player Ethan Cruz, top left, teaches a younger student how to shoot. Basketball league organizer Michael Pereira, center left, chats with students about the importance of voting. Two youngsters, PHOTOS BY MAX PARROTT above, practicing shooting.

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GOP chair centers BP bid on crime Republican Joann Ariola says economic recovery takes backseat to public safety

by Max Parrott

tion and is a member of Community Board 10. And while the county’s Republican Party When Joann Ariola ousted Bob Turner to has garnered a reputation for being fractured become chairwoman of the Queens Republi- in recent years, with feuds emerging between can Party in 2017, she ran on the idea of several prominent clubs, Ariola claims that bringing more women and young people into the calamitous events of the past six months the fold in an effort to widen the party’s net have united them.

“This county is 100 percent united behind and increase turnout.

Three years later, in the middle of a cam- the candidates that are running [and] my canpaign for borough president, devastating pan- didacy,” she said, adding that applies to onedemic, recession and crime spike in New time congressional candidate Vickie PalladiYork City, Ariola has forgone her appeals to no, whom the candidate has had differences specific demographics. Nowadays, concerns with in recent years.

Ariola feels as though that same sense of about public safety have become the alpha momentum could extend to Democratic votand omega of her campaign.

It’s not just Ariola who has been beating ers, whom she would have to win over, as they th outnumber Republicans around sixthe gong of public safety, of course. e. to-one in the borough. t Across the borough of Queens,, “I really don’t think that it’s Republican candidates running forr going to be about [party] registrag state office have been framing tion t this year,” she said. their candidacy as a referendum Though the powers of the boron bail reform, the redistribution ough president are often deemed of police funding and an increase symbolic, two of its main sources of in shootings and violent crime in influence come from control over the the city.

2020 borough’s capital budget allotment, which But Ariola, 62, has hammered on those points with unmitigated intensity, while por- usually means $80 million to $90 million per traying her opponent, Councilman Donovan year in Queens, and a bully pulpit, from Richards (D-Laurelton), as an anarchist, anti- which to weigh in on city and state policy.

In terms of funding, Ariola said she police candidate.

“We cannot have politicians like [Mayor] would be looking at mental health initiade Blasio or Donovan Richards, who’ve man- tives, cultural sensitivity programs and an aged to turn the greatest city in the world into effor t to “refund” some of the money a desolate blood-soaked shooting gallery in diverted from the NYPD in the city budget less than a year because of their radical poli- to create alternative outreach programs for cies of defunding the police,” Ariola told the the police.

Beyond merely acting as an oppositional Chronicle.

Prior to becoming chairwoman of the voice in the role, Ariola said that she would county party, Ariola ran for City Council introduce legislation in coordination with against Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard like-minded councilmembers like Bob Beach) in 2001, presides as president of the Holden (D-Middle Village) and Eric Ulrich Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Associa- (R-Ozone Park).

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Queens Republican Party Chairwoman Joann Ariola has said that public safety concerns have taken a priority role in driving her campaign against Democratic nominee Donovan Richards for COURTESY PHOTO borough president.

Asked about what policies she would pro- slam the mayor’s indoor dining plan by saymote to help Queens recover from the reces- ing that his 25 percent capacity rule does sion, Ariola said that public safety concerns not provide restaurants enough opportunity to make a profit. will have to come first.

She added that in terms of seeing the role “Well, the first thing we have to do is as a gatekeeper on landaddress the public safeuse proposals, she ty issue that we’re experiencing in this borough really don’t think it’s would have cheered on Amazon’s aborted HQ2 and in this city. Without going to be about pla n, a nd wou ld be public safety, you can’t open to other largehave anything else,” she [party] registration.” scale projects, under the said. condition that they are On the question of — Borough president candidate c ond u cive t o s m a l l whether she supports Joann Ariola business growth. rent relief for small But then again, without being paired with business owners, Ariola said she couldn’t give an incentive to a tenant without also a “law-and-order, common sense” platform, no economic or infrastructure project will providing that for the landlord as well.

A persistent critic of de Blasio, Ariola be able to stop a “mass exodus of our city Q took up the topic of small business relief to and our borough,” she said.

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by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A line of residents wait to be tested on Oct. 2, the final day that the NYC Health + Hospitals-run testing center was open at the Ozone Park Library. In response to the popularity and rising infections in the neighborhood an activist demanded it stay open.

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As the Ozone Park Library’s limited stint of same-day COVID testing wrapped up last Friday, a line of neighborhood residents wrapped around the block.

During the two-week period that NYC Health + Hospitals and the Test and Trace Corps held same-day testing at that location, they conducted over 2,800 tests.

“The site was very successful,” said Health + Hospitals spokesperson Christopher Miller.

It was so successful, in fact, that advocates began calling for the city to extend the temporary testing site.

To add to the sense of urgency, the number of confirmed positive cases

per 100,000 people increased 650 percent over the two-week period that the location was open, the largest spike in the city by the testing site’s final day.

Neighborhood advocate and District 32 City Council candidate Felicia Singh took to social media to argue that the data shows that the neighborhood needs continued testing.

“This line is so long because people are just realizing the site is here.

Just checked in with community members and they are from ALL across South Queens coming to get tested. Keep this location open,” tweeted Singh.

Asked whether there were any plans to continue the Ozone Park site, the Health + Hospitals spokesperson

declined to say but suggested it was possible, saying “the Test & Trace testing operation is nimble and shifts resources as necessary.”

Overall the Ozone Park ZIP code remains low, with an infection rate below 1 percent. Twitter user and frequent Queens commentator Nick Rafter suggested that with low overall numbers the large increases were probably because of the increase in testing, “which is a reason to keep it,” he added.

“All New Yorkers should get tested, and our goal has been to raise awareness about how easy, free, and convenient it is to get tested. New Yorkers have been responding to this message, including those in Ozone Park,” Miller wrote in a statement. Q

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P Cuomo’s new ‘cluster luck’ rules divide us and will fail EDITORIAL

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he confusion and anger welled up immediately. Community Board 6 was flooded with calls from business owners wondering if they could open their stores.

Orthodox Jews demonstrated in Brooklyn, burning masks of all things to show their defiance. And people of many faiths, and of no faith, were planning to protest outside PS 196, the Grand Central Parkway School, in Forest Hills even as this newspaper was going to press.

Who can blame any of them? The business owners, especially restaurateurs, are faced with a sudden revocation of the limited ability to make a living they had been granted from on high. The Haredim and Hasidim feel scapegoated and targeted for their faith, with all the weight of history that brings for Jewish people in particular (though burning masks is inane). And the parents just got their kids back in school for the first time since March, only to be told just days later that it’s all over already.

Expect far more dissent than this as Gov. Cuomo’s latest orders with their cluster-based jigsaw puzzle of business and school shutdowns take hold. In the Bukharian Jewish section of Forest Hills, D’Angelo’s Pizza on 108th Street is in an orange zone, so it can seat a limited number of cus-

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tomers outside under the new rules. Across the street, Pizza Palace Cafe cannot. It’s in the red zone. The border is the middle of 108th Street. Meanwhile on the other side of Forest Hills, Mike’s Pizzeria on Yellowstone Boulevard is in the orange zone; if only it were a little farther south in the cluster of stores between Ingram and Juno streets, it would be in the nice, safe yellow zone. Businesses there get to operate under the rules that were in effect, oh, last weekend. So Dante’s Pizza a few minutes away on nice and yellow Metropolitan Avenue is OK. Everyone’s success is suddenly subject to what you might call cluster luck.

This is creating a new crisis. “We are in a serious, serious situation here,” Frank Gulluscio, the district manager of Community Board 6, which covers Forest Hills, told us Wednesday. “Some of our [restaurants] just opened up and they have to go through this again. We understand COVID, we understand the situation ... but it’s terrible.”

Darn straight. You can’t divide communities down the middle of a street and make businesses on opposite sides follow different regulations. And one obvious result of business closures in the red zones is that people who live in those areas will just go to stores and restaurants outside of

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them. That could further drive spread of the virus. Cuomo knew this earlier in the crisis when he said New York had to make shutdown decisions in concert with New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut because people could travel to where the rules suit them. But now it doesn’t occur to him that people can cross Queens Boulevard to get a pizza?

The school closures may be even more puzzling than the business shutdowns. Kids cross Cuomo’s imaginary lines on the map to go to school all the time. Not everyone who planned to go to last night’s protest at PS 196 lives in the red zone on that side of Queens Boulevard.

We should be enforcing the mask regulations, shutting down the bars and catering halls that ignore social distancing rules, and reaching out to those communities that need some extra prodding to get with the program. But that’s it.

Dividing people and neighborhoods the way the governor has with his color codes is no way to fight the coronavirus. It will fail. The fact that he doesn’t see that is one reason we don’t have a system of government that lets one person make all the decisions. But with the powers Cuomo has assumed unto himself, we have a different system of government now. We should revert back to the old one.

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charged with implementing the logistics of congestion pricing.

A quick check also reveals that no figure for congestion pricing has yet been set. That same check also reveals that state lawmakers legally prohibited the figures for congestion pricing being revealed until after Election Day 2020.

The author states even if the Federal Highway Authority approved an environmental review tomorrow, congestion pricing could not be implemented by Jan. 1, 2021. It would be nice if the author would detail the rest of the process so we could assess how accurate this statement is.

In the last paragraph, Mr. Penner touches upon the MTA’s financial woes. But various letters of his making the rounds of the newspapers in the metropolitan area criticize the bailout.

According to Mr. Penner there is no fiscal crisis at the MTA, just poor fiscal management.

So to recap: Although no figure has been set for congestion pricing it will magically raise $15,000,000. Although Mr. Penner has stated time and time again there should be no additional MTA bailout the MTA is in a fiscal crunch. Although congestion pricing cannot occur on Jan. 1, 2021 somehow it will solve the MTA’s fiscal woes. Although state lawmakers do not want the figure for congestion pricing released until after Election Day 2020, Cuomo and de Blasio are somehow solely to blame.

The author states MTA Chair Pat Foye reminds him of Pinocchio. Mr. Penner’s letter reminds me of a snake. Meandering everywhere, saying nothing and going nowhere. He also reminds me of most politicians: Wet the finger, hold it up to the wind, and take whatever direction the wind is going.

Nat Weiner Bronx

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Dear Editor: I read with interest in the Chronicle all the opinions that all these young people have as they try to be voted into Karen Koslowitz’s City Council seat.

There are many different opinions on various subjects from them, but I just want to ask them each to please be your own person. Do not give in to the mayor on all things just because you are in the same party as him. If you feel strongly that your constituents do not want certain things that the mayor wants, reject his plan.

I do not want to see a “yes” person get this seat. I know that Koslowitz gave the mayor everything that he wanted — the jail, bike lanes and most of all buildings going up all over the Rego Park area and no stores to go shopping in at all. Now they want to put up a glass building where the Tower Diner is. Where is the next building going to be?

Please, anyone who gets elected to this seat, again, be your own person. Not a person of the party. If your constituents say “no” but the mayor says “yes,” listen to the people who elected you and not your party affiliates.

Kathleen Schatz Rego Park

The true war on blacks Dear Editor: Slavery in New York City? Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness denied. Complete subjugation by the plantation owner and his overseers.

Where? At the abortion houses of extinction.

More black babies are silenced, their parts sold, than are born each year in New York City.

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Artisanal coffee comes to Howard Beach Etto Espresso Bar makes a big splash in a small new location

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

A new shop that opened this week shows the artisanal coffee game is no longer a commuter hub phenomenon.

The owners of Etto Espresso Bar, which opened up at 159-49 Cross Bay Blvd. last Monday, have not only taken a gamble in opening up a new shop during the pandemic, but also in targeting Howard Beach, the type of remote, residential neighborhood that usually gets looked over by coffee entrepreneurs.

Enter Frank Zummo, the company’s co-owner, and a lifelong Howard Beach resident. Zummo said that even before Gov. Cuomo locked down the state in March, the pandemic had already started to affect the bottom line at Etto’s flagship location in Long Island City.

“We were a prime example of the whole horror story with the pandemic,” said Zummo.

Zummo originally opened up the LIC store in 2015 after becoming a craft coffee aficionado around 2010, when artisanal coffee really started to take off. He had picked Long Island City for a location because of its proximity to commuter lines and offices, but as more workers began to go

remote, his business started to dwindle.

The shop eventually closed down during quarantine. It reopened on June 1, but Zummo said that business is still down 60 or 70 percent. Around that time he started to talk to Joe DeCandia, the owner of Roma View catering, where Zummo had previously worked, about renting the tiny office next to the cater ing hall, which wasn’t being actively used.

What started as an idea for a pop-up at the location turned into a complete build-out that took longer than expected. After Zummo made a social media post about the new location, buzz around the Howard Beach Facebook groups began to build.

“The response has been tremendous.

People really were waiting for us to open,” said Zummo.

In the week and a half since its opening, Zummo said, business has been booming. He chalks up the excitement to the sense that there aren’t any coffee shops like his in the neighborhood, on top of the fact that more people than ever are working from home — and, of course, the coffee itself.

“I think people have a little more time on their hands. And the rush-hour com-

mute is not part of their daily life right now,” he said.

Zummo said that all his espresso is timed and weighted to capture a certain flavor profile. The company roasts its own coffee, which it buys in smaller quantities on a weekly basis so it can maintain a fresh stock. It takes Zummo about six and a half hours to make a gallon of his cold brew with a drip method that minimizes the coffee’s acidity.

Since the shop’s opening, one specialty that has spread over social media is the bulletproof caramel latte, a concoction containing of one tablespoon of the “bulletproof brain octane oil” and two tablespoons of Kerrygold butter, which Zummo said is popular with “gym rats” and those on a keto diet.

“You put it as part of your workout routine. It kickstarts the fat burning in your body. People say it’s a lot of fat in the butter, but it’s good fat,” he said.

The latte has gained viral status on the Howard Beach Facebook groups.

“Today I’m having a caramel latte. It makes my heart feel good,” said Nick Rotondo in a video he posted to the Howard Beach Dads group. Rotondo then took a sip of his bulletproof coffee that made Q him burst into an ecstatic dance.

Lifelong Howard Beach resident Frank Zummo, the co-owner of Etto Espresso Bar, the new artisanal coffee shop that opened last week on Cross Bay Boulevard, said he wanted to open a COURTESY PHOTO coffee shop in a cohesive community.

Praying for, and with, the police The faithful from three South Queens churches — Our Lady of Grace, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Helen — visited the 106th Precinct last Saturday and prayed the rosary and St. Michael’s Prayer for Police Officers.

Numerous officers joined in, with the above just a fraction of the cops and civilians who took part in the prayers.

“It was well received and appreciated by

all as we came together as a community in prayer for protection and thanksgiving for our police officers,” participant Karen Francisquini said.

The prayer of St. Michael, patron saint of police officers, asks God “to keep them safe from harm, dedicated to serving and protecting communities and full of empathy and compassion for their fellow man.”

— Peter C. Mastrosimone

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Matthew Temkin, center, a high school junior, has been planning his Eagle Scout project for some time now. He enjoys building and has a passion for engineering and was hoping that he could do a project that would bring all of that together. He also wanted to give back to the community where he is a Life Scout in Troop 139, Howard Beach, which is based at St. Helen Roman Catholic Church.

Over the weekend of Oct. 3-4, Matthew accomplished all that, completing his Eagle Scout project at Catholic Charities

of Brooklyn and Queens’ Peter J. Striano Residence and Senior Center at 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd.

Together with his troop, Matthew built benches out of wood, sanded and painted them. The benches, left, are now available for the center’s residents and guests to enjoy spending time outdoors.

The troop would like to thank state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. for providing lunch for all the volunteers and gives a special thank you to all who supported Matthew on the success of his wonderful project.

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Holden: Repeal the ‘chokehold’ statute Councilman calls cop law reckless as legal challenge proceeds in court

by Michael Gannon

with Holden’s proposal.

“The reason we introduced and passed A city law from back in July that issued a our law is because the NYPD has been blanket ban on chokeholds and other maneu- unable and unwilling to enforce its own provers used by police to subdue persons being hibitions against dangerous police maneusubjected to arrest already is being chal- vers that get people killed and seriously injured,” Lancman said. lenged in the courts by police unions.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-LauBut it soon will have a call for its full relton), chairman of the Committee on Pubrepeal in the City Council.

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Vil- lic Safety and Democratic nominee for lage) is expected to do just that as early as Queens borough president, also had no use next week by introducing a bill that would for Holden’s push in an inter view on Tuesday. completely rescind the law.

“That bill should be left gasping for air,” “We ask so much of our police,” Holden said in an email to the Chronicle. “We ask Richards said. “The reason the original bill them to go to work every day or night with- was introduced was because police officers out knowing if they’re going to make it back used these maneuvers on a regular basis — home. Now, the City Council law asks them overwhelmingly on black and brown people to try to subdue violent criminals with their — and people have died.”

Richards said he saw evidence, including hands tied, under fear of going to jail.

“And the Council has also defunded our Garner’s autopsy photos, during legal proNYPD, so we’re also asking them to keep us ceedings. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who used safe without the resources they need. We the hold on Garner, was not indicted by a need to start asking how we can help our grand jury, but was terminated by the cops and how we can really solve the prob- NYPD approximately five years later.

The lawsuit has been filed by 18 police lems facing this city, instead of governing unions, including the city’s Police Benevowith protest slogans.”

Known in the vernacular as the “choke- lent Association. PBA President Patrick hold/diaphragm” law, the measure can open Lynch backed Holden’s call for repeal in a statement from the police officers to union. criminal prosecu“ We a p pl a u d tion for maneuvers that compress a hy should someone have to Council Member Holden for having suspect’s w i ndget hurt or killed first?” t h e c ou r a ge t o pipe, the arteries in stand up for sanity his or her neck or — Councilman Donovan Richards and the safety of diaphragm. all New Yorkers,” W h ile choke holds have been banned by the NYPD since Lynch wrote. “He knows that this law doesn’t 1993, the impetus for the legislation was the allow police officers to do our job safely or 2014 death of Eric Garner at the hands of effectively. He knows that a few tweaks won’t police during an arrest on Staten Island. fix it. Once again, he is choosing common Unlike the state law, a person need not suf- sense and his constituents, rather than politifer injury for an officer to be charged with a cal cover. That’s leadership.”

Holden said regardless of how the unions’ misdemeanor under it.

Holden has a steep legislative hill to lawsuit resolves itself, the city law is reckless.

“There’s already a state law that is more climb. The city law, sponsored by Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), reasonable and makes it a felony for a police passed by a vote of 47-3 before Mayor de officer to strangle a suspect,” Holden wrote.

Richards has filed an amendment to the Blasio signed it into effect.

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Councilman Bob Holden is calling on the city to repeal laws he says recklessly hamper the NYPD. But backers of the laws, spurred by the 2014 death of Eric Garner, say they were put into place FILE PHOTO out of necessity. safeguard in the event the unions win their suit. It would clarify its use to penalize officers for only reckless behavior on the part of law enforcement. Richards also is no fan of the state standard.

“Why should someone have to get hurt or killed first?” Richards asked.

Holden said the arrest of a violent suspect always presents a danger.

“Whenever a police officer is involved in a physical struggle, there’s always a gun involved — the police officer’s gun,” he said.

“That makes it dangerous for not only the police officer, but innocent bystanders as well.”

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Laurence Love on Monday handed both sides at least temporary victories in the wrangling surrounding the unions’ lawsuit.

As Richards alluded to, the unions have argued that the city’s law is too vaguely written.

Love on Monday denied the unions’ request for a preliminary injunction that would have protected NYPD cops from being

prosecuted under the new law while it is being challenged in court. Published reports also quote Love as ruling the city law is not in conflict with the less restrictive state law.

But Love also ruled that the plaintiffs have demonstrated “a likelihood of ultimate success on the merits” of their claims that the wording is too vague.

“The statute offers no guidance on how an officer is to determine whether his or her actions are causing a suspect’s diaphragm to be compressed, especially in light of the lack of injury requirement,” Love wrote in a portion of the ruling provided by the PBA. “[The city’s] response that same can be addressed in training lacks sufficient substance to be viewed as a compelling argument at this juncture.”

Hank Sheinkopf, spokesman for the union coalition, called the case a battle for the rights of public sector employees. “[Monday’s] ruling is a clear sign that the City Council’s unconstitutionally vague law should be struck down on the merits,” he said Q in an emailed statement.

Addabbo, RWNYC to host annual job fair

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) will again partner with Resorts World NYC for their annual job fair this October, but this year it’s going to be virtual to contend with the pandemic.

Job seekers will be able to log on and virtually interact with companies from across the tristate area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 23 through Oct. 25.

“This virtual job fair is a new venture for all of us, but in the age of Zoom meetings and

Event will be online, due to COVID conferences, I believe it will be a success,” Addabbo said.

Through the online portal, job seekers will be able to register for the event, create their profile by uploading a photo and their resume, browse job listings from over 100 companies once the virtual lobby opens, while meeting and chatting with company representatives about their job listings and asking any questions they may have answered in the Interac-

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INDOOR DINING IS OPEN

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Restaurateurs were finally able to open their doors and welcome their patrons back inside after nearly seven months beginning Sept. 30, but the result has not been what they were hoping for.

“We’re doing nice,” said Mario DiChiara, the owner and chef of La Poeta in Forest Hills, while rapping his knuckles on the wood tabletop to undo any potential jinx.

“But there’s extra stuff, and everything else is the same — the rent, working compensation, the guys ... expenses are the same. At 25 percent, what are we doing?”

The state mandates that restaurants cannot exceed a 25 percent maximum capacity to ensure adequate space to accommodate social distancing guidelines and proper ventilation in the closed space. They are also required to work through a whole slew of procedures before allowing customers indoors, including conducting temperature checks and collecting contact tracing information.

To accommodate the extra regulations, DiChiara has had to hire extra staff, while still maintaining his outdoor dining amenities, such as space heaters, extra tables and canopies, all imposing costs that have made it extremely difficult to turn a profit.

“The food cost is 33 percent. If I only have 25 percent capacity, what am I doing?” he said.

For some, the risks of indoor dining greatly outweigh the benefits, and they have opted to continue outdoor dining only.

Bruno Ristorante in Howard Beach would be limited to three tables if adhering to the 25 percent capacity standard, which manager Nicholas Crisci said is not worth risking the health of customers and staff.

Similarly, the small space inside of Eddie’s Sweet Shop would only allow for two tables at 25 percent capacity. Instead, the staff allows customers to order at the counter, but asks that they take their desserts with them.

“When it gets to 50 percent we’ll start doing it,” said owner Vitro Citrano.

Gov. Cuomo had announced that he may increase indoor dining capacity to 50 percent as soon as Nov. 1 as long as coronavirus cases don’t spike, but recent “hot spot” ZIP codes across the city have already begun popping up. In response, Cuomo

Customers split on eating inside

In addition to following city and state safety guidelines, Dylan’s of Forest Hills owner Brian Urbina, below left, implemented a few precautions of PHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY his own, such as Plexiglas table separators to make indoor diners feel more welcome. completely shuttered inside eating in some neighborhoods, including Kew Gardens, Fresh Meadows and Far Rockaway.

The customer response to indoor dining is scattered between fearful and excited.

Many business owners reported that, despite the extra precautions and procedures in place, their customers are choosing to eat their meals outside.

“Would we eat inside? Definitely not,” said Sarah Gallagher, who was enjoying pizza with her daughter Michelle and two friends at Gino’s on Cross Bay Boulevard.

Sarah feels comfortable eating outside where there is substantial ventilation, but said she won’t be eat i ng out when the weather changes. “[When it’s too cold to eat outside] we’ll 100 percent pick up a nd go home instead of dine-in.”

Ju s t a few blo c k s aw ay, Matteo’s owner Michael Davanzo said Gallagher’s fear is not

uncommon. As the temperature drops, business owners worry that their outdoor dining customers will disappear rather than eat their meals indoors.

“The mayor said we could stay out here all year long, it’s an empty gesture,” said Davanzo, referring to Mayor de Blasio’s Sept. 25 announcement that the Open Restaurants program will extend throughout the year, rather than concluding in October as originally planned. “It’s like me telling you you could do the coat room in July. I’ll give you a job, but you’re not going to make any money.”

Other customers, however, were excited to again sit inside their favorite establishments, many of which were freshly decorated with hand sanitizer stations and personalized face masks.

“If the government says it’s safe for me to eat inside I don’t see a reason why I shouldn’t,” Rachel Janos said. “This thing has been going on long enough and it’s nice to have one piece of our old lives back.”

Brian Urbina, owner of Dylan’s on Metropolitan Avenue, was happy to see his customer base excitedly return for indoor dining, though many prefer to stay outside. To encourage indoor dining and ease their concerns, Urbina has implemented a few of his own precautions for the restaurant, such as Plexiglas table separators and a new air fil-

tration system.

“It’s been great. They’ve really taken to it,” Urbina said. “People have been attentive and they appreciate the spacing and the barriers.”

Dylan’s lies in Forest Hills, which Gov. Cuomo split into red, orange and yellow zones Oct. 6. In accordance with his new cluster initiative, Cuomo determined that the restaurants in the precautionary yellow area would be permitted to continue indoor dining at 25 percent capacity, but must limit the number of patrons per table to just four. The announcement was the latest in a string of regulations burdening small businesses that Urbina fears will shut many down for good.

“It’s a day-to-day thing, it’s hand in mouth to stay alive, but it’s such a hostile environment in a sense of the agencies that come after you,” said Urbina, referring to the random inspections conducted by the FDNY, Department of Health and other government bureaus to ensure businesses are consistently following COVID guidelines. “All of us went into this saying, ‘OK, we’ll close for three months, it’s the right thing to do.’ The government dropped the ball, and we’re the ones paying for it. The only ones who are going to survive are the TGI Friday’s and chain restaurants.”

Mellie Petridis, the manager of Maria’s

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A strip of Bell Boulevard closes down to vehicular traffic each weekend to allow restaurants to expand its indoor dining into the street.

Mediterranean, reiterated the sentiment, pointing to the canopies that litter Bell Boulevard.

“They’ve changed the type of coverage you’re allowed to have — these tents are not cheap, space heaters are not cheap. They’re making investments,” she said. “Businesses can’t keep up ... every business is going to suffer.”

Petridis said Maria’s Mediterranean has

benefited from lying just beyond the strip of the boulevard included in the Open Restaurants program, which shuts down a portion of the street to vehicular traffic on weekends and allows businesses to extend dining into the streets.

“It gets very crowded over there,” said Dan Angulas, who opted for outdoor dining at Maria’s Mediterranean to avoid the groups. “People take advantage of the open

street to walk their dogs so, yeah my t a b l e i s n’t n e a r another table, but I’m obviously eating without a mask and I have people st rol l i ng by a nd breathing right next to me.”

A f e w blo c k s over, Cindy Wilson was ecstatic to be i ndoor s agai n at Trattoria 35, especially as the cold weather rolls in.

“I was worried I Matteo’s in Howard Beach takes advantage of the extra space between wouldn’t be able to tables to fill the room with flowers. stand eating outside much longer. What they’ve done out there is with her shirt pulled up to cover her mouth beautiful, but I don’t want to be shivering and nose in place of a mask.

“Where’s your mask, Rita?” Deleonardis while I’m enjoying my meal!” she said, a sentiment manager Angela Deleonardis said questioned the woman, who said she left it in her car. most customers of Trattoria 35 share.

“We’re policing people and I don’t like “It’s a greater percentage of people who want to eat inside,” said Deleonardis. “We it,” Deleonardis said. “We’re in the hospitalhave a lot of people that want to book par- ity industry — we’re supposed to make peoties and have large groups, and we have to ple feel good and welcome instead of barkbe very cautious with all that. For the most ing at them all the time: ‘Get your drink and part people just want to get back to normal.” take it outside! Wait outside!’ That’s hard on As she was speaking, a customer from us as a restaurant. Most people understand Q outdoors walked inside toward the restroom but it’s not a good feeling.”

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Restaurants need city, state help: DiNapoli State comptroller says government must be creative to bolster industry

by Michael Gannon

“New York City’s bars and restaurants are the lifeblood of our neighborhoods,” DiNapoli A report released last Thursday by the office said in a statement issued by his office. “The of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli forecasts the industry is challenging under the best of cirpossibility of grim times ahead for the city’s cumstances and many eateries operate on restaurant industry, with several neighborhoods tight margins. Now they face an unprecedented upheaval that may cause many establishin Queens facing steep economic challenges.

“Various estimates project that during the ments to close forever.”

He said the state and city must continue to next six months to a year, one-third to one-half of the City’s restaurants and bars that existed be creative and bolster the industry. He said the city’s decisions to prior to the pandemic extend outdoor dining may close permanentyear-round and open ly,” according to the ut without further limited indoor dining 10-page report. are steps in the right “If one-third of action, many of our direction. them close, the City cherished neighborhood Page 1 of the report wou ld lose nea rly states that by August 8,000 establishments institutions will close employment in the in the industry, and c i t y ’s r e s t a u r a n t 106,000 jobs,” it confor good.” industr y was at 55 tinues. “If the closures — Tom Grech, president and CEO Queens percent of its Februrose to 50 percent, Chamber of Commerce ary levels. nearly 12,000 restauJackson Heights / rants and bars would North Corona (12,371) and Elmhurst/South shutter and almost 159,000 jobs would be lost.”

In an accompanying chart of 75 New York Corona (11,625) are the top two neighborCity neighborhoods with the most residents hoods in the city in terms of residents employed in the restaurant industry, four of the employed in the restaurant industry.

Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone was top five, five of the top 10 and 10 of the top 20 are located in Queens. The chart is based on fourth and Sunnyside/Woodside fifth. Astoria/Long Island City was 10th.

2018 data from state, federal and other sources.

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The complete chart, which breaks the numbers down into eight different business and demographic categories, running through Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck at No. 75, can be found online at osc.state.ny.us.

Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz (D-Corona) represents the top two neighborhoods.

“Our local restaurants are the backbone of this community and without a viable reopening plan, we risk losing so many jobs as well as the vibrant character of our neighborhood,” Cruz said in DiNapoli’s press release. “When COVID-19 emerged, our community was the first to be impacted and it continues to struggle to rebound from the financial impact of the shutdown. The state must do everything in its power to ensure our small businesses survive beyond the pandemic.”

Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said that aside from helping define their neighborhoods’ character, the borough’s 6,000 restaurants also are vital economic engines.

“The pandemic has devastated this industry, with thousands losing their jobs and many owners unable to pay rent,” Grech said “Outdoor dining has been a help, and we’re excited for the return of indoor dining, but without further action, many of our cherished neighborhood institutions will close for good.”

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tive Director Andrew Rigie called the report shocking.

“The Comptroller’s report sends a critical message that must be heard by policy makers and New Yorkers at large, which is, that in order to save our city’s greater economy, our restaurant industry must be at the core of its recovery,” Rigie said.

He said while some measures have helped, “many more polices must be enacted by all levels of government to help save these small Q businesses and our economy.”

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COVID-19, delays in blockbuster releases cited; no word on future

by Michael Gannon Editor

While no New York City movie theaters have been open since March, an announcement Monday by the operators of the Regal UA Midway theater in Forest Hills has some area residents concerned about the long-term future of the movie house that is considered a cultural treasure in Queens.

Regal Cinemas is owned by Londonbased Cineworld Group, which announced Monday that it is suspending operations in all theaters in the Unites States and the United Kingdom.

The Associated Press reported that the company has cited the delay in release of blockbusters, such as “No Time to Die,” the newest James Bond film; and continued closures in major markets such as New York.

The company is not using the word “closed.”

“Regal will temporarily suspend operations at all theatres at close of business on Thursday, October 8,” Regal said in a statement in its website. “This is in response to an increasingly challenging theatrical landscape and sustained key market closures.”

A message on the phone at the corporate offices in Knoxville, Tenn. during business hours on Wednesday showed them to be closed. Regal operates nine other theaters in

While the Midway Theater in Forest Hills has not reopened since the COVID-19 shutdown in March, its operators, Regal Cinemas, said Monday that all its U.S. operations will be suspended PHOTO BY MARK WEIDLER indefinitely effective Oct. 8.

New York City, including the Regal UA Kaufman Astoria & RPX. Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said he knew nothing specific about the announcement or the possible future of the Midway itself.

“But the cinema industry is in a world of hurt right now,” he said.

NPR is reporting that about 40,000 Regal workers in the United States now are facing furloughs. It is the second-largest theater chain in the country.

“This is not a decision we made lightly, and we did everything in our power to support safe and sustainable opening in the U.S.,” Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Cineworld, said

in an NPR report.

“We cannot be in a situation where we lose more cash when we are open than when we are closed,” he told the Associated Press.

“No Time to Die,” the 25th Bond film and the last expected to star Daniel Craig as British super spy 007, was originally set to be released in November, but has been pushed back to spring 2021 by its studio.

Frank Gulluscio, district manager of Community Board 6, has pleasant memories of the Midway going back decades. He hopes the closure is a short one.

“Back before it became a multiplex, they would have old movie posters on the wall,” he of said. “It has atmosphere. Why would you want to go to Nassau County or anywhere else for that? You want that in the neighborhood where you live and where you work.”

Gulluscio said he has been looking forward to the next Bond film.

“Pierce Brosnan is my favorite Bond,” he said of the Irish actor who played 007 in four movies between 1995 and 2002.

Leslie Brown, of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, also hopes the ticket booths reopen soon.

“I live here and grew up here,” she said.

Brown and Gulluscio both said they have some scuttlebutt that the closure might be perQ manent.

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Moody’s zaps city, state credit rates State calls it ‘wake-up call for DC’; NYC cites its ‘strong fiscal management’

by Michael Gannon Editor

With tough economic times already upon them, New York City and State got another dose of bad news last week when Moody’s Investors Service downgraded both governments’ general obligation bonds.

Moody’s is one of a select handful of agencies that rates government bonds based on a slew of criteria including budgeting and financial management practices; and the long-term outlook for a particular government’s or agency’s fiscal health.

The higher the rating, the less a government or government agency needs to pay in interest when it sells bonds to finance bigticket expenditures.

Drops in the rating raise the interest rates on borrowing, thus increasing the cost down the road as the bonds are paid off.

Moody’s lowered the rating on $38.7 billion in outstanding city general obligation bonds from Aa1 to Aa2, and set a rating of Aa2 on $900 million in bonds for 2021.

It also lowered the rating from Aa2 to Aa3 on $4.5 billion in debt issued through the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.; the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.; the New York City Industrial Development Agency; the New York City Educational Construction Fund and the Dormitory

Authority of the State of New York. It’s long-term outlook for the city remained negative.

Moody’s, in a statement released last week, said the downgrade reflects the substantial financial challenges the city is facing because of the coronavirus outbreak, and that it expects that New York is on a longer recovery path than most major cities.

“The city regularly identifies and closes future budget year gaps, but has delayed implementing more recurring savings and relied primarily on reserves, the possibility of direct federal aid and a request for deficit financing authority from the state,” the report states.

Moody’s did say revenue for this fiscal year is ahead of forecasts; but that the city’s long-term finances could be hit as the state struggles with its own difficulties and those of t he Met rop ol it a n Tr a n s p or t at ion Authority.

Mayor de Blasio’s office and Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) both expressed disappointment over the downg rade in emails to the Ch ronicle on Monday.

“It is unfortunate that New York City has been issued a downgrade,” Dromm said.

“As demonstrated by this year’s budget, these are hard times. I know that we will

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Wall Street wants to see more aggressive fiscal management from Mayor de Blasio, left, FILE PHOTOS and Gov. Cuomo. bounce back once this difficult era is behind us. As Finance Chair ... , I will do whatever I can to expedite our City’s recovery.”

“We are disappointed in the downgrade given our track record of strong fiscal management,” said Julia Arredondo, the mayor’s deputy press secretary. “New York City continues to have strong credit ratings that outrank large cities across the country, and we will continue to forge ahead on our path to recovery like we have before.”

De Blasio’s office has touted savings, including $5.8 billion over fiscal years 2020 and ’21 since last June, with $1.7 billion recurring annually as of next July, plus annual increases in reserve funds.

City Hall also has pointed to a hiring freeze and vacancy reduction generating $600 million in savings citywide and reduced budgeted headcount by over 5,300 in FY 21; furloughs of all managerial and nonrepresented city employees; a 12 percent cut to the Mayor’s Office budget; and $604 million in debt service savings since June 2019 Moody’s long-term outlook for New York State was revised from negative to stable, though it downgraded GO bonds — backed by income tax revenue, sales tax and other sources — from Aa1 to Aa2. Moody’s said its outlook for the state is intertwined with COVID-19, the city and the MTA. “While the public health response to the pandemic brought the city’s infection rate down to among the lowest of big cities, the lasting economic consequences will likely

be amongst the most severe in the nation and will require significant fiscal adjustments by the city, the MTA and the state,” the report says. Moody’s added that the other facet is the dual challenge of seeing COVID-19 contained throughout the world while “repairing the attractiveness” of the city for families, office workers, tourists and business travelers.

“While the state has taken actions to balance the budget, thus far they are primarily of a stop-gap nature and decisions about lasting budgetary changes to address the state’s large budget gaps have been postponed,” the ratings agency said.

State Budget Director Robert Mujica said in an email that the report should put Washington, DC, on notice.

“We agree that New York State was disproportionately impacted by the pandemic as the federal government failed to respond and allowed 3 million travelers from Europe to enter New York City-area airports and others, precipitating the virus’ spread,” Mujica said.

“As Moody’s rightly notes, New York’s response was unparalleled as we took New York from the global epicenter of the pandemic to one of the lowest infection rates in the nation,” he added. “We now have to overcome the pandemic’s economic fallout, and as we’ve said very clearly, the federal government needs to take responsibility and deliver the funding New York State needs to revive its economy.”

Mujica said economists from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to Ben Bernanke, who served in the post under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, agree there will be no national economic recovery without proper support for the states, particularly for New York, which he said produces 8 percent of the national gross domestic product, and New York City, which combined with other cities, makes up one-third of U.S. GDP. “Today’s action by Moody’s should be a wake-up call to the federal government that they need to act and act now by providing $500 billion in state and local funding,” he Q concluded.

Tax lien sale postponed again Police investigate the wreck that killed three Brooklyn residents in South Ozone Park on PHOTO COURTESY RHS BREAKING NEWS Tuesday morning.

Three young Brooklyn residents were killed and an unidentified man was hospitalized early Tuesday morning in a devastating South Ozone Park car wreck.

The crash took place on North Conduit Avenue at 122nd Street. Police officers responded to a 911 call at 3:52 a.m.

They found a Nissan Altima had struck a tree and was engulfed in flames. FDNY personnel responded and upon putting out

the fire pulled four passengers from the car.

Ali Mohammed, 21, of Montauk Avenue; Kimani Foster, 20, of Sands Street; and Dior Berkeley, 19, of Barbey Street, were pronounced dead at the scene. A man, 24, was taken by EMS personnel to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition. The NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad is continuing its inquiry. Q — Michael Gannon

For the second time in a month, Gov. Cuomo has ordered the postponement of New York City’s annual sale of tax liens.

The sale now has been delayed by executive order until at least Nov. 4. Cuomo’s previous stay, issued on Sept. 4, was set to expire last Saturday.

The city auctions off tax liens to third parties who then seek to collect the outstanding debts of property owners in arrears on tax payments.

The original sale was scheduled for May, before it was postponed until Sept. 4. The delay was granted in consideration of peo-

ple who have lost jobs and income to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the clock was ticking down, some elected officials and many advocates for homeowners and low-income residents called for an extension. Mayor De Blasio did postpone it until Sept. 25 — minutes before Cuomo stepped in and put it off until at least Oct. 3.

Like his previous executive orders, Cuomo has the authority under the state’s emergency powers to extend it beyond Nov. Q 4 should he believe it to be warranted.

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Officials join in raising anti-Semitism concerns amid spike in COVID cases

by David Russell

“They’re not following what their leaders are asking,” Nussbaum said, adding, “We’re not “‘God will take care of you’ is not the closing our eyes or our ears to somebody else. answer. You have to take care of yourself and We’re spreading the word to everyone that we your neighbors,” said Queens Jewish Commu- care also.”

Nussbaum said the image of the spike pornity Council President Michael Nussbaum durtrayed in the media is people “with black coats ing a press conference last Friday.

Held as COVID numbers spiked in central and black hats.”

Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Queens but before Gov. Cuomo ordered the shutdown of schools and many businesses in Gardens) said growing up, Jewish people learn much of the area, the event stressed the impor- about the Holocaust as well as other kinds of anti-Semitism. tance of wearing masks “One of the worst things while also warning against is Jews being blamed for a possible wave of antiur community has outbreaks and epidemics, Semitism as cases rise in Kew Gardens, Rego Park to be doing more.” centuries and centuries long,” he said, adding, and other neighborhoods — Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld “ Sl a n d e r i s a k i n t o w it h si zeable Jew ish murder.” populations.

The lawmaker, who tested positive for the Nussbaum is urging Jewish people to cover their faces, especially with Sukkot beginning coronavirus in April, also spoke about how putFriday night, as many will be with friends and ting on a mask is part of his routine.

“I put on a shirt, I put on pants, I put on families in tents.

“Wearing a mask is a simple thing and everything and I put on this when I leave the there’s nothing in the Torah against wearing a house,” Grodenchik said. “You should be wearmask,” he said at the press conference, held out- ing it. It’s not that hard.”

Koslowitz added that a mask “is part of my side the office of City Councilwoman Karen wardrobe.”

Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) on 78th Crescent.

She said 15 stores on Austin Street have Nussbaum said Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo reached out to Jewish leaders to encour- closed because of the pandemic. Now the bustling strip is in an orange zone under Gov. Cuoage followers to wear masks.

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Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz shows off her mask during a press conference last Friday in PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL Forest Hills. mo’s new orders restricting business activity.

“We don’t want to live in ghost towns,” Koslowitz said.

Koslowitz, whose district includes Kew Gardens and Rego Park, said the areas are very diverse.

“I think it’s important to remember that,” she said, adding that it is unnecessary to single out the Orthodox community, drawing comparisons

to the disease being called the Chinese virus.

Interim Borough President Sharon Lee said when the focus is one group of people it lends “vulnerability to stigmatizing certain people based on how they look, what their faiths are, whatever demographic.”

She noted that Asians have been subjected over the last few months to a major uptick in hate crimes.

“This virus does not discriminate ... No one is immune,” Lee said, adding, “Even the president of the United States and the first lady of the United States are not immune from this virus.”

She said she understands that people have “pandemic fatigue” and that while the curve was flattened and the economy is restarting, people are “not out of the woods.”

Lee said in addition to the health crisis, there is also the economic problem that comes along with it, something that can be worse with another wave.

“We cannot afford to shut down again,” she said.

Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld of Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills said media coverage of the recent spike has been “disproportionate” but added, “Our community has to be doing more.”

He said one step would be not supporting businesses whose owners or customers are not Q wearing masks.

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Merrick renamed for Rev. Floyd Flake Pastor has led Greater Allen AME for 44 years; served in Congress

by Michael Gannon Editor

Hundreds of people, including a who’s who of elected Democratic officials, gathered in the parking lot outside the Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica Saturday as the city renamed Merrick Boulevard for the Rev. Floyd Flake, the former congressman and longtime pastor of the Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral.

Flake, 75, his wife, the Rev. Elaine Flake, and their four children were honored in a ceremony that included Mayor de Blasio, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and state Attorney General Letitia James.

Hundreds of well-wishers from the Greater Allen congregation also were joined by members of the City Council and state Legislature from districts ranging from Southeast Queens to Westchester County and beyond.

“We had to make this happen,” said Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica).”

And Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), one of the primary backers of the bill and emcee of Saturday’s celebration, said it was no ordinary street corner renaming.

“From Hillside Avenue to the Cross Island Parkway,” Miller said, a stretch of

nearly 4.5 miles.

The mayor said Flake’s contributions and impact far exceeded his former congressional district.

“There are times when I can stand up and speak for an entire city of eight million people,” de Blasio said. “This is one of those times.”

Flake, a native of Los Angeles who grew up in Texas, was appointed as pastor of the church in 1976, when it had 1,400 members.

Today it has over 23,000, and operates a school, builds senior and affordable housing and runs a food pantry and a host of other social programs.

Flake defeated incumbent Alton Waldron in a primary for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the old 6th District in 1986, and served in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1997.

He is credited with crafting multiple pieces of legislation to encourage banks to lend money in underserved areas; and for bringing millions in federal spending to the district.

The celebration included song, dance and music from the GAC Praise Team and the Allen Liturgical Dance Ministry.

While Flake did not address the crowd, his four children, Nailah, Harold Hasan, Aliya and Robert Rasheed did.

The Rev. Floyd Flake and his wife, the Rev. Elaine Flake, bask in the applause last Saturday at a ceremony renaming Merrick Boulevard as Floyd H. Flake Boulevard. Flake has been pastor at Greater Allen AME Cathedral for 44 years, and served in Congress from Southeast Queens for PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON five terms.

“Too many people have to be buried before they are appreciated properly,” his daughter, Nailah, said. “This is just great.

We’re happy that he is here to see it.”

A number of speakers, in congratulating Flake on the honor, remarked that they didn’t even know who “Merrick” was.

The Rev. Marshall Mitchell, who served

on Flake’s staff in Washington, said it wasn’t a person, but an English derivative from a Native American word for oyster.

“When they have the right agitation, oysters create pearls,” Mitchell said. “God placed the right agitation in this oyster, and created a pearl.” continued on page 22

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this notice under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, to announce a 15-day extension of the public comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Access Improvement Project and its connected actions (the Proposed Action). The Draft EIS was prepared to disclose the potential environmental impacts resulting from the Proposed Action, including real property transactions under the New York State Eminent Domain Procedures Law. This notice announces the extension of the public comment period to solicit public comments on the Draft EIS and provides notice pursuant to the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law (NYS EDPL).

FAA provides the following notices: •

Pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.8(c) that it is using the NEPA process to notify the public of FAA’s finding that the proposed undertaking would adversely affect properties listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and is seeking public comment on the measures proposed to avoid, minimize, or mitigate such effects disclosed in the Draft EIS. A Draft Memorandum of Agreement to resolve adverse effects to historic properties is included in Appendix K.11 of the Draft EIS.

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Pursuant to Section 4(f) of the DOT Act, FAA has prepared a Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation (see Appendix I of the Draft EIS).

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Pursuant to DOT Order 5610.2(a), DOT Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, the Proposed Action would have a significant impact on minority environmental justice populations and is seeking public comments on impacts and proposed mitigation disclosed in Chapter 3.14 of the Draft EIS.

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Pursuant to Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands, that the Proposed Action would temporarily affect less than 1 acre of jurisdictional wetlands in Flushing Creek and less than 1 acre of temporary and permanent impact in Flushing Bay. Impacts to these aquatic resources are disclosed in Chapter 3.16 of the Draft EIS.

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Pursuant to Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, that the Proposed Action would not result in a significant encroachment on floodplains. Impacts to floodplains are disclosed in Chapter 3.16 of the Draft EIS.

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Pursuant to NYS EDPL, the NYSDOT is using the NEPA process to notify the public of the public use, benefit and purpose to be served by the proposed public project; the approximate location for the proposed public project and the reasons for the selection of that location; the general effect of the proposed project on the environment and residents of the locality and other factors considered relevant.

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Notice of Additional Public Comment Period—Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Notice under New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law for the Proposed LaGuardia Access Improvement Project at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, Queens County, New York

The public comment period on the Draft EIS started on August 21, 2020 and now ends on October 20, 2020.

Oral comments on the Draft EIS may be presented by leaving a voicemail at (855) LGA-EIS9 or (855) 542-3479. Written comments on the Draft EIS may be submitted via the following methods: •

Online on the project website at www.lgaaccesseis.com/formal-comment

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Email to comments@lgaaccesseis.com

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U.S. Mail to Mr. Andrew Brooks, Environmental Program Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA-610, Federal Aviation Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434

All comments must be received by no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

The Draft EIS is available for viewing and downloading from the project website at www.lgaaccesseis.com. If hard copies of the document are needed, please contact Maria Bernardez at mgbernardez@ricondo.com.

FAA encourages all interested parties to provide comments concerning the scope and content of the Draft EIS. Comments should be as specific as possible and address the analysis of potential environmental impacts and the adequacy of the assessment of the Proposed Action or merits of its alternatives and the mitigation being considered. Reviewers should organize their participation so that it is meaningful and makes the agency aware of the viewers’ interests and concerns using quotations and other specific references to the Draft EIS and related documents. This commenting procedure is intended to ensure that substantive comments and concerns are available to FAA in a timely manner so that FAA has an opportunity to address them. Matters that could have been raised with specificity during the comment period on the Draft EIS may not be considered if they are raised for the first time later in the decision process.

Following the public comment period, FAA will prepare a Final EIS and Record of Decision pursuant to 40 CFR § 1503.4(c) [CEQ regulations] and FAA Orders 1050.1F and 5050.4B. The FAA may issue a single document that consists of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 304a(b) unless the FAA determines that statutory criteria or practicability considerations preclude issuance of such a combined document.

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continued from page 2 104-01 Metropolitan Ave., is hosting free testing until Friday, Oct. 9.

Far Rockaway, or the 11691 ZIP code, and parts of Edgemere are suffering the same fate. The red zone is bound by Seagirt Boulevard to the south, Bayswater Avenue to the nor th, Nassau Expressway to the west and the Norton Basin on the east.

The orange zones in both central and southern Queens surround the red zone clusters. Within each orange zone, houses of worship are limited to 33 percent capacity, or a 25-person maximum, indoor and outdoor mass gatherings of no more than 10 people and remote learning only. High-risk nonessential businesses, such as gyms and personal care, are closed, and restaurants are closed for indoor dining, but can serve meals outside with a four person per table capacity.

Yellow zones are the precautionary areas and have the least amount of restrictions — houses of worship can operate at half capacity, groups of 25 are permitted to gather both indoors and outdoors and all businesses are allowed to stay open. Schools can also stay open for in-person learning, but with mandatory weekly virus testing for students and staff. Restaurants can serve customers indoors and outdoors, but with a four-perQ son per table limit.

continued from page 20 Meeks said he was besieged with best wishes for Flake upon telling members and staffers of the House of Representatives’ Congressional Black Caucus.

“They said, ‘When he left Washington, he didn’t leave it the same. He changed it!’” Meeks said.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James said Flake opened doors for herself and so many more.

“Before ‘Black Lives Matter’ was a mantra, it was Floyd Flake who gave the term meaning,” James said. “I am the state’s first black woman attorney general because of Floyd Flake ... From the ashes, he built houses. From chaos he created order. In the wasteland, be built schools.”

Flake’s children said it was commonplace for them to be driving along with their father on Merrick Boulevard and see him get out of the car to help someone; to break up a fight; to pick up litter; or reach out to someone appearing down and out or potentially in trouble.

Bishop Gregory Ingram said Flake always has given of himself.

“Thank you for blessing us with your life,” he said. “Thank you for being strong. Thank you for making a differQ ence.”

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106 Pct. honored by Kiwanis The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club recently presented a plaque and ribbon at its weekly meeting to leaders of the 106th Precinct in recognition of its hard work and dedication to the community.

Club President Abe Garcia, left, Precinct Commander Capt. John Costello, Past Kiwanis President Steve Sirgiovanni and Det. Brenda Reddick display the award given to the 106th.

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The Queens County Farm Museum is keeping one of its favorite autumn traditions alive and has opened up its Amazing Maize Maze for another season, though with some health and safety restrictions.

“It ’s out side, there’s distance guidelines, so we feel it ’s safe enough,” said Jake Robinson, who has been coming with his daughter, 7-year-old Elise, for the past three years. “Which is good because we didn’t want to miss it!”

This year, the winding pathways of

Can you make it through the Queens Farm’s labyrinth? the corn maze were created to mimic Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpiece “Sunflowers.” Visitors can find their way out of the three-acre puzzle by collecting and solving clues posted in mailboxes throughout the twists and turns of the maze which, when all put together, reveal a map to guide the way to freedom. Solving the clues and completing a map are not required to escape the maze, though it does provide attendees with an

upper hand.

Though the rules of the game have remained the same as in years past, the farm has implemented a few changes to create a safer environment for guests in the era of the pandemic — the pathways of the ma ze have been made wider to accommodate social distancing, the number of participants in the maze at a time has been decreased, admission into it is staggered and preregis-

tration is required.

“I think it’s harder this year,” said Jason Applebaum, who worked with his brother Anthony and sister Beth to make it out in about 40 minutes.

“We wanted to collect all the clues for the map and we went in circles a few times looking for the last ones.”

Before heading into the maze, participants are given a Stalk Talk by a Queens Farm employee that explains the rules of the game and tips for escaping. Included this year in the Stalk Talk are some safe practices against COVID-19, such as continued on page 25

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The oldest known type of historical inquiry has been thrust into the 21st century, courtesy of the Queens Memory Project, an undertaking that has grown exponentially since it was begun 10 years ago.

Thanks to the efforts of the project’s director, Natalie Milbrodt, and members of her team, hundreds of recordings — interviews with regular people who live, work and go to school in the borough — have been made, creating a one-of-a-kind oral history of the most diverse place on Earth.

It all started as an independent study project in the summer of 2010, explained Milbrodt, who was earning her master’s degree in Library and Information Studies from Queens College.

“The project began that summer with interviews I did with my neighbors living in the Waldheim neighborhood of Flushing,” she said. By that fall, she landed a collaborative digitization grant that gave her a budget to launch the project and established the cooperative relationship with both the college and the Queens Public Library, coadministrators of the Queens Memory Project.

Milbrodt’s inspiration came from her move to a neighborhood that “was in a

physical and demographic transition that would render it a different landscape in a few years.”

The practice of “digging where you stand” remains a central tactic of the project to this day, she said.

Among the first interviewees was Annalou Christensen, 92 years old at the time, who, Milbrodt said, told her “incredible things” that she had seen while spending a full nine decades living on the same block.

Milbrodt immediately realized the “personal impact this kind of project can have, for families as well as for researchers.”

A short clip of her interview with Christensen — a teaser, if you will — was part of a live Facebook event, “A Decade of Stories: Celebrating 10 Years of Queens Memory,” held on Sept. 30 and now available for repeat viewings on the project’s Facebook page.

The featured guests included five individuals who have played significant roles in the project’s development.

Annie Tummino, head of Special Collections and Archives at the Queens College library, who helped kickstart the project, said there was “a lot of planning and hidden work and nuts and bolts” involved.

Among the fruits of her labors that are included in the college’s collections are

Annalou Christensen was 92 when she told the Queens Memory Project stories derived from living for nine decades on one block.

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memories and personal commentaries on the civil rights movement and other activist campaigns of the 1970s.

Frank Warren, a history professor at the college for 50 years beginning in 1962, recalls in one taped interview, recorded in 2016, about student protests of the era, including one which involved their occupation of one of the campus buildings. The tac-

tic had a profound effect on members of the faculty, who were impressed by their students’ commitment.

Another guest on the anniversary program, who went by the single name Ying, discussed memories that current area residents had of their migration to this country.

The stories included in the project are indeed varied and of invaluable historical perspective.

The project’s foray into public programming began in 2013, in response to Hurricane Sandy, Milbrodt said. “We held scanning days and story-sharing events to help a community recover from a traumatic event,” she said.

And now the latest crisis — COVID-19 — is a primary focus of the project, with individuals offering related stories at queenslib.org/covid.

Interested listeners may also subscribe to the project’s podcast wherever they get their podcasts. To explore the collections and programming, visit queensmemory.org.

Milbrodt is interested in “empowering any Queens resident to preserve a record of someone’s life experiences.” Anyone interested in getting involved should visit QueensMemory@queenslibrary.org.

“We have 2.3 million more Queens resiQ dents to interview,” Milbrodt said.

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groups making their way through the puzzle.

“My favorite part was the stickers,” said 6-year-old Anna, referring to the puzzle pieces that make up the map, and revealing that she took a few extra home as souvenirs.

The maze opened Sept. 18 and will remain open from 12 to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends. In honor of Columbus Day, the farm will open up the maze for the only weekday session of the season: Monday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The last day of the Amazing Maze is Oct. 30.

The Queens Farm also offers a special Maze by Moonlight challenge on Oct. 24 across two sessions — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Though the rules are the same, the darkness adds an extra layer of difficulty to the puzzle, and participants are asked to bring their own flashlights.

The Queens Farm also offers a plethora of

The Victory Bridge at the end of the Amazing Maize Maze offers a full view of the 3-acre puzzle, which has clue mailboxes, left, scattered throughout. On the cover: a PHOTOS BY KATHERINE DONLEVY family begins their journey through the maze. other autumn activities on its campus, such as hayrides and pumpkin picking as well as the sale of locally made apple cider donuts, pies and Hudson Valley apples.

“That’s the prize for finishing the maze!” said Anna’s mother, Rebecca, who opted to

exclude their last name. “Donuts for a job well done.”

To reserve tickets for the Amazing Maize Maze, or for more information, visit queensf a r m . o rg / i n d e x . h t m l , e m a i l i n f o @ Q queensfarm.org or call (718) 347-3276.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT 20 CVD 601930 20 CVD 12860 Danielle Beckford, Plaintiff vs.

Michael Thompson, Defendant To: Michael Thompson Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: Domestic Violence Protective Order and Child Custody.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than 40 days from the first date of publication of this Notice, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 1st day of October, 2020.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 08-20-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000419-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) JUNIOR (Middle) ABAD (Last) GARCIA ROBLES. My present name is (First) EMILIO (Middle) FERNANDO (Last) ROBLES MONTENEGRO (infant). The city and state of my present address are Jamaica, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are February 2019.

Notice of Formation of 5765 59TH STREET LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/21/20. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 57-65 59th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to David B. Friedrich, c/o 240 W. 52nd St, NY, NY 10019. Purpose: To hold real estate.

BIZZY LIDDLE DEE CREATIVE CREATIONS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 7/1/20. Off. Loc. : Queens Co. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail proc.: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Bry’s Beauty Boutique LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/27/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BRY’S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE LLC, 18816 QUENCER ROAD, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412.

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Notice of Formation of CASELLA FUNERAL SERVICE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 494 SENECA AVE., RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385.

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Notice of Formation of LAVALATA, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/05/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: RYAN KWON, 2728 THOMSON AVE. #804, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

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Notice of Formation of COAST 2 COAST ROBOTICS L.L.C. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/22/2020. Office location: Albany County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221.

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LISTONE ENTERPRISE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/04/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Linda Irene Stone, 52-30 65th Place, Apt 2G, Maspeth, NY 11378. Reg Agent: Linda Irene Stone, 52-30 65th Place, Apt 2G, Maspeth, NY 11378.

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Notice of Formation of Command Collective LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/25/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: COMMAND COLLECTIVE LLC, 150 50TH AVE, APT 544, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

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Notice of Formation of Empire State Music & Arts, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/15/2020 amended on 08/26/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 560 ONDERDONK AVENUE, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Mar Design Studio LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/02/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: MAR DESIGN STUDIO LLC, 3040 31ST STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of KDM Korporate, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/03/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: KHAVEL SMITH-MARTIN, 179-09 SELOVER RD, JAMAICA, NY 11434.

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Notice of Formation of Moolah ATM LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/02/2020.

Office location: Queens County.

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NOTICE OF SALE MARGARET E. MEYERS, ET. AL. v. ANGELIQUE MAMALAKIS AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EFSTRATIOS MAMALAKIS, et al. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 12, 2020, bearing index no.

709650/2016, I will sell at public auction on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom #25 of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, 11435 the premises known as 29-12 172nd Street, Flushing, New York 11358 (Block: 4934, Lot: 11).

Premises sold subject to filed Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Terms of Sale. Judgment amount $531,184.38 plus interest and costs.

Lamont Bailey, Esq., Referee.

Harry Zubli Esq., attorney for plaintiff (516) 487-5777.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The New York Rangers’ decision to buy out the remainder of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist’s contract did not get the attention it deserved.

Most observers felt the Rangers were determined to go in a younger direction and continuing to employ the 38-year-old Lundqvist (affectionately known to Blueshirts fans as “King Henrik”) did not fit that goal.

The NHL just completed its season, which like everything else, was affected by the pandemic. The Yankees’ being in the playoffs, along with the awful state of the New York Jets and Giants, have taken up most sports attention locally. So it wasn’t surprising the Lundqvist era came to an end with a whimper instead of a bang, maybe the goal of Rangers’ management.

The handsome and debonair Lundqvist was understandably the face of the Rangers for 15 seasons. He never got them the hallowed Stanley Cup, though he did help get them to the 2014 Stanley Cup Final where they lost to the Los Angeles Kings. Like the Mets’ David Wright, Lundqvist was the go-to guy for reporters after a game and was respectful to those whose knowledge of hockey was limited, such as yours truly.

Veteran NHL reporter and Bayside High School alum Ashley Scharge does not expect Lundqvist to retire, telling me, “He wants to be on a Stanley Cup winner. He could be willing to

be a backup goaltender for either the Philadelphia Flyers or Washington Capitals,” while other teams would be interested in him as a starter.

HBO Sports’ latest documentary, “Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth,” which debuted Tuesday, is a harrowing recap of the life of Craig Carton who, along with his partner, Boomer Esiason, had the top-rated morning radio show in the New York market from 2007 through 2017. Things came to a crashing halt when the FBI arrested him three years ago for defrauding business investors so he could repay gambling debts.

Carton was very involved with all aspects of “Wild Card” and doesn’t sugarcoat the seedy things he did to cover for his gambling habit.

There is plenty of commentary from his former WFAN morning show cohorts, Jerry Recco, Eddie Scozzare and, of course, Esiason. The show re-enacts his time at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary and his late nights playing blackjack at the Borgata in Atlantic City.

“Wild Card” admits Carton’s manic persona is just on-air shtick and he is surprisingly subdued away from the microphone. Having met him a few times I can attest that’s true.

Rumors are swirling Carton may return to WFAN in the afternoon slot. With WFAN strugQ gling in the ratings, a reunion makes sense.

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Stem Cells Adult stem cells remain in an individual after birth in a “neutral” state. When activated they can differentiate and aide in cartilage repair, tendon defects and ligament tissue. Also, they have the ability to control inflammation. Stem cells can be found in all the tissues of the body with major reservoirs in adipose (fat) tissue and bone marrow.

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