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Queens hospitals prepare for Ebola Medical officials urge calm and conduct drills amid growing concern

by Cristina Schreil Chronicle Contributor

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fter the false alarm Monday when two patients suspected of having Ebola were put in isolation at Bellevue Hospital, Queens medical officials are urging calm amid growing anxiety.

The scare occurred in between two incidents in which nurses who treated the first Ebola victim diagnosed in the United States tested positive for the virus within a week of each other.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the nurses — now quarantined in Dallas — contracted Ebola after a “breach in protocol” have raised safety concerns.

At a Community Board 4 meeting Tuesday, Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) said the president should “be straight with the American people in terms of where we are right now with this virus.”

On Saturday, JFK was among five U.S. airports to begin special Ebola screening protocols. Measures include taking passengers’ temperatures and asking about possible exposure to the disease.

More domestic airports will soon implement similar screening tactics, a joint statement by The White House and Mayor de Blasio’s office said. They’re working to prepare hospitals and healthcare workers across the nation to identify and treat Ebola patients.

Dr. Sorana Segal-Maurer, center, director of The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL at New York Hospital Queens, speaks about Ebola preparedness.

The precautions are something Dr. Bruce Hirsch, an infectious disease specialist with North Shore University Hospital Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, says won’t keep the city or country completely in the clear.

“The Ebola virus is very, very unlikely to cause an extended epidemic in this country,” Hirsch said.

Yet, with the city within 24 hours away from any other place in the world, Hirsch said it’s unrealistic to think New York won’t be untouched until West Africa has completely eradicated the virus.

“It’s as if we are delusional that we are safe from any major health epidemic,” Hirsch said.

“We can’t have tens of thousands of deaths anywhere in this world and not think we’re not

going to be affected.”

Hirsch said he was “mystified” that nowdeceased Thomas Duncan was first turned away from a hospital in Dallas.

Dr. Sorana Segal-Maurer, director of The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases at New York Hospital Queens, said preparation is key.

“That’s all we can do, just drill, drill, drill,” Segal-Maurer said. She’s working with infection control, administration, hospital staff and nearby clinics, which all adhere to the city Department of Health and CDC guidelines.

Health workers are instructed to ask patients who present themselves with Ebolalike symptoms about their travel histories.

They have a map of Ebola-affected West African nations to help them specify.

Then, a patient is given a blue face mask to put on and is put in a private room. The hospital then alerts the DOH. “We’re just trying to keep everybody as calm as possible because when you get nervous and anxious, that’s when accidents happen,” Segal-Maurer said.

She said it’s important for people who have a travel history, have cared for an Ebola patient, and have any combination of a fever, muscle aches, chills, a throat ache, or diarrhea to get to an emergency room.

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Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

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Business owners on 101st Avenue say mall has hurt their bottom line

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Changes may be in store for the controversial pedestrian plaza that was constructed last fall in City Line.

Community Board 9 entertained the issue on Tuesday night in Richmond Hill after holding a town hall meeting in August at Borough Hall where supporters and opponents — mainly business owners at the site — spoke about their concerns on the plaza. The city Department of Transportation installed the plaza last November along Drew Street between Liberty and 101st avenues and 101st Avenue between Drew and 75th streets. CB 9 approved it a year ago.

The pedestrian mall is the brainchild of the Bangladesh American Community Development and Youth Services, a group representing the Bangladeshi Americans in City Line and formed because of the perceived lack of attention that population receives from the city, mainly due to the fact the community is split by the Brooklyn-Queens border.

Store owners say they have lost business because of the plaza blocking access to their stores and the loss of 11 parking spaces along 101st Avenue. Though the DOT argued that it had added spaces one block south on Liberty Avenue to make up for the lost spots on 101st, business owners were not convinced, noting that parking on Liberty Avenue is too cumbersome for shoppers who pop into and out of their stores.

The businessmen were also concerned about the conversion of 101st Avenue to a one-way westbound between 75th Street and the Brooklyn border, which they said cut a good amount of traffic that brought business.

“My business has gone down,” said store owner Hasib Ali. “I’ve lost a lot of money because of this plaza. It must go.”

But several area residents and BACDYS’ executive director, Darma Diaz, were present to defend the plaza.

“This plaza has offered a community a gathering place,” she said. “We have had events there for children, adults gather there and use it. We’re asking for the board’s support for keeping our plaza intact.”

Mohammed Ali, who also owns a business near the plaza, though not on it, said he believes it has been a positive addition to the community.

“I’ve lived in this community for 30 years,” he said.

“This is the best thing to happen to the neighborhood since

Community Board 9 discusses the City Line pedestrian plaza during their October meeting Tuesday night in Richmond Hill.

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I’ve been here.”

Kenichi Wilson, chairman of CB 9’s Transportation Committee, asked the board to approve a letter drafted to the DOT asking to look into changes to the plaza to satisfy the concerns of the business owners, including the possibility of eliminating the 101st Avenue section and returning two-way traffic.

But the DOT was already going in that direction.

Andrew Ronin, a representative from the DOT at the meeting, said the agency is considering cutting back the plaza on 101st Avenue to focus on the Drew Street area.

“We’re looking into scaling it back along 101st Avenue,” Ronin told the board.

But he said he had not heard of any complaints about the one-way conversion of 101st Avenue and that returning to two ways was something the DOT would have to look into.

Board member Maria Thomson said she felt the board should be concerned by the complaints from the businesses and argued that the DOT made the plaza bigger than what

was originally approved by CB 9 last October.

“I think the DOT should go back to the original plan,” she said.

Thomson noted the complaints that have arisen over lack of maintenance at the plaza, which falls under BACDYS’ domain, but supporters claim those complaints have been overblown and the garbage situation has not been as bad as people have suggested.

As far as the board’s letter to the DOT is concerned, there were several minutes of debate over whether or not the letter took an official position on the plaza — that the board supported removing or changing it — or if it just expressed the concerns brought to the board.

Board member Dr. Stephen Sofer noted that the DOT promised it would re-evaluate the plaza after six months to see if it had major negative effects, and the agency should be held to that.

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A shot was fired by a federal agent at the Cross Bay Diner during a drug sting late Monday night.

No one was struck by the bullet and it is u nclea r why t he agent f i red h is weapon.

Homeland Security was conducting a “controlled buy,” observing a potential drug transaction at the diner. The deal was expected to go down inside but the suspects were spooked and f led while

still out in the parking lot, sources close to the investigation said.

Three alleged perps were apprehended in a vehicle while a fourth fled the scene on foot and was pursued by the police early Tuesday morning. A source close to the investigation says the agent may have fired on the car in an attempt to flatten its tires. Several residents reported hearing gunshots from their homes.

The man on foot was not believed to be armed and may have left the neighborhood, police sources say. He is described

as a Hispanic male in his 30s wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.

The vehicle was stopped at 92nd Street and 157th Avenue about seven or eight blocks from the diner. All three suspects were arrested and charged with drug possession and resisting arrest.

Cit y Cou ncil member Er ic U l r ich (R-Ozone Park) took to Twitter Monday n ig ht t o a le r t c o n s t it u e nt s t o t h e increased police presence in Howard Beach and urge them to report any suspicious persons to the authorities.

A helicopter circled over the neighborhood for several hours after the shooting, searching for the suspect.

The sting was being conducted by the El Dorado Task Force, a joint effor t between the NYPD, Homeland Security and the FBI, according to published reports.

The Hamilton Beach Civic Association reported on Facebook that none of the arrested suspects were armed.

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Residents tell police about the bees, hoops Few crime concerns at 106th Precinct meeting as cops make numerous arrests

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Judith Loli came to the Oct. 8 meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council with an unusual complaint — a beehive was on a tree branch by the side of her South Ozone Park home.

Loli, who lives on 114th Street, said the bees have taken up residence in the tree since the summer and haven’t lef t. Than kf ully, she hasn’t been stung.

“I don’t make any noise or sudden movements near them because that is what they are attracted to,” she said.

Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff, left, and Lt. Frank DiPreta address Deputy Inspector Jef- residents at the 106th Precinct Community Council meeting last frey Schiff, command- Wednesday evening in Ozone Park.

PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON ing officer of the 106th Precinct, said the NYPD does handle that ground that had recently been tagged.

Reina said his unit also tries to concenproblem and although the officer, Det. Anthony “Tonybees Planakis, who formerly trate on the main community thoroughfares handled bees has retired, he believes that a including Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard and Liberty Avenue. replacement has been designated.

Schiff reported that on Oct. 4 as part of a Lt. Frank DiPreta, the precinct’s special operations unit coordinator, discussed the multi-agency task force operation aimed at police response to last month’s quality-of- bars and clubs, police allegedly found violations in four nightclubs; the Lynx Lounge, life complaints from residents.

A resident of 107th Street in Ozone Park Players Club, Underground Lounge and 96 had complained at the Sept. 10 meeting South Park. The establishments were shut about a reinforced basketball hoop in the down under the City’s Nuisance Abatement Law. Players Club and Underground street. DiPreta said the hoop was removed.

A complaint about illegal parking on the Lounge were permitted to reopen, but as of sidewalk at 157th Avenue and Cross Bay Monday Lynx Lounge and 96 South Park Boulevard in Howard Beach was resolved remained closed. Two other clubs the task with the issuance of summonses to the vio- force inspected that night, which Schiff did lators, DiPreta said. He added that the pre- not name, were found to be in compliance cinct’s community affairs officers also with the law.

Schiff highlighted some of the arrests spoke to the business owners at the location and now signs have been posted police made last month.

• On Sept. 30 at 10:45 a.m. at 103rd reminding customers that they can’t park Street and Plattwood Avenue in Ozone on the sidewalk.

Several complaints had been made at Park, a 15-year-old black male allegedly last month’s meeting about the illegal over- grabbed a cell phone from a woman and night parking of tractor trailers on neigh- fled. Schiff said that officers were able to track down the suspect and recover the borhood streets.

DiPreta said that in addition to the issu- phone.

• A 33-year old man allegedly had an arguance of summonses for the violations, the precinct was endeavoring to get a heavy ment with his mother at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. tow truck so the tractor trailers can be 15 at 104th Avenue and 126th Street in South towed from their parking spots on the Richmond Hill and then allegedly poured a flammable liquid on her and in the house and street.

Police Officer Frank Reina, the pre- tried to light it. He was arrested and charged cinct’s auxiliary and graffiti coordinator, with attempted murder.

• Two men were arrested by anti-crime reported that his group cleaned up four g raff iti-marked locations last month, officers near the Van Wyck Expressway continued on page 24 including at the new Hamilton Beach play-

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Dishonor and dishonesty in City Hall

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hey may call him “Your Honor,” but that doesn’t mean the trait has any value in Bill de Blasio’s City Hall.

At least it’s not a requirement for landing a $170,000-a-year position whose very necessity is questionable itself. Connections and favoritism matter. Honor, honesty, integrity — not required.

That’s proven by the continued employment of Rachel Noerdlinger, the scofflaw and former Al Sharpton flunkie earning that outrageously high salary as chief of staff to de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray.

Why McCray needs a taxpayer-funded chief of staff at all is one question. Another is why she needs one who: • apparently forgot to mention on her financial disclosure forms that she has an IRS tax lien of $28,900 against her (no doubt taking a lesson from her former employer, the tax-cheating reverend); • can’t seem to pay the $7,200 she owes

a credit card company that sued her for the money, despite her comfortable salary; • also can’t seem to pay the nearly $900 she owes the city for eight parking tickets; • seemingly misled the city about her son’s physical condition, claiming the lingering effects of his injuries in two car accidents justified an exemption to city rules so she could continue living in New Jersey, of all places, to make their lives easier — even though he’s a linebacker on his high school football team; • declined to note that her live-in lover is a convicted killer and drug trafficker; and • has no problem letting the ex-convict drive her car around, with no license, when it was either filled with pot smoke or very recently had been, with some underage person, possibly her son, in the back seat.

We don’t know what Noerdlinger really thinks of the anti-cop and anti-white comments her boyfriend and son post on social

media, but we do know it’s unseemly a member of their household gets to attend high-level police briefings, as she does.

Unlike Western Queens City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, who canned an anti-cop aide over far less, de Blasio is sticking by his scofflaw appointee. That’s sad but not surprising, with the mayor so beholden to Sharpton. Note that as mayorelect, de Blasio had no problem dropping Lis Smith as his spokeswoman just because she was dating Eliot Spitzer.

Keeping Noerdlinger on the payroll tells law-abiding citizens that honesty and the rules don’t matter. (Unfortunately it was up to another de Blasio crony at the Department of Investigation to decide how badly Noerdlinger broke regulations, rather than an independent official with integrity, such as city Comptroller Scott Stringer).

Yes, de Blasio should be called “Mr. Mayor,” but “Your Honor” ... not so much.

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only maintain the status quo of the rich and powerful and line their pockets.” Well, there are those who are running for office who want to make a difference and honestly want to help those who are hurting. This is not going to happen if we don’t vote.

Whatever happens and whoever gets elected will affect all of us. When the wrong person gets into office this could mean an increase in taxes, cuts in public services and a decline in all we hold most dear. So please get out and vote, for every vote does really count!

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

Elevate the riders Dear Editor: I think the MTA should consider adding an elevator at the Rockaway Boulevard A train station.

Many travelers who are staying at the Days Inn and Comfort Inn hotels are walking with a ton of luggage to the subway. Not

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lushing Meadows Corona Park is the city’s largest green space, and also the one with the most crime.

So how many police officers are dedicated to patrolling it? Zero. That makes no sense and is just another piece of evidence that Queens doesn’t matter all that much to the Manhattan-Brooklyn cabal that calls the shots in this city.

Maybe if there were some men and women in blue in the park, the Queens Zoo wouldn’t have been robbed of $5,000 at gunpoint on a recent Sunday afternoon.

Most of the park lies within the 110th Precinct and the rest in the 112th, while the 109th and 107th border it. Could not the NYPD redeploy just one officer from each of those precincts to the park? Or just a couple from the 110th and 112th?

Flushing Meadows should be a refuge for the law-abiding, not the lawbreaking.

only is it a fairly long walk, but they have to climb the equivalent of several steep flights to get to the train.

As Rockaway Boulevard is also a main junction point, the handicapped would also benefit from an elevator.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Cops not above the law Dear Editor: At a recent press conference about the Eric Garner incident, Police Commissioner Bratton reminded media representatives that although the use of a chokehold was against NYPD policies, it was not illegal, as some were reporting.

The misunderstanding stems from the fact that the courts grant leeway to the police to use lethal force to protect themselves and the general public. Ordinary citizens, though, must be mindful that a chokehold resulting in the death of another human being is against the law and carries serious judicial penalties, except in the

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Dear Editor: Once again, tree cutters have been in the Bayside area mangling trees on behalf of the utility company, apparently in this case, Con Edison. They supposedly are clearing around the overhead wires; however, one wonders how much punishment our precious street trees can take before succumbing from over pruning. In some instances, the centers of trees have been cut out, or entire sides of trees are removed.

This certainly cannot be healthy for the trees and it most certainly destabilizes many trees making them more likely to fall during storms.

It also can affect property values and over pruning defeats the benefits of why trees were Bigoted residents planted in the first place.

Dear Editor: When the tree cutters were around previousWell, the “Not in my backyard” (NIMBY) ly, I learned that trees were being pruned by mentality is still alive and well in Glendale and contractors with different levels of ability and Middle Village. I just read the Chronicle article low levels of supervision for compliance to about 300 people protesting a homeless shelter American Standards Institute regulations that in their backyard (“Anti-shelter alliance read- are supposed to be followed during tree prunies to battle city,” Oct. 9, multiple editions). ing activity. The supervision should be underRobert Holden, one of the leadtaken by independent Internaers in the forefront of this protional Society for Arboriculture test, is an opportunist who ONLINE certified consultants on a treewould probably like to run for by-tree basis. These consultants Miss an editorial or public office. Does he think this should be paid for by the utility article cited by a writer? issue will get him there? Maybe. company doing the work.

Want news from our other I live in Bay Terrace. One The short-term solution to editions covering the rest night a few years ago a neighbor this problem is for utility compaof Queens? Find past had a massive fire in her townnies like Con Edison to hire cerr e p or t s , ne w s f r om house. We all watched as she tified consultants when tree across the borough and stood on the road in her fur coat pruning is done. Cutting should more at qchron.com. hugging her important paperbe at a minimum for each tree. work and jewels while her house The long-term solution is for was burning down. She became homeless, but utility companies to place their wires undershe was lucky to have family members who ground. This also makes it less likely for resitook her and her homeless children in. dents to lose power during storms. Utility comDo you protesters know how many young panies balk due to the cost involved, but isn’t children are living in cars and washing in gas public safety and consistent service worth the stations before they go to school? And feeling effort? The trees would be thankful as well! shame every day. Do you realize how many Henry Euler people have lost their jobs and housing in this Bayside economy? Do you know how desperately this city needs affordable housing? I bet you don’t GOP: always wrong ... because you don’t care. Are you aware that the famous Tyler Perry was homeless and was Dear Editor: made a star from the streets?

Are Republicans interested in facts? If so, The Glendale/Middle Village protests why do they write letters that claim Obama’s bring back memories to me of the ’60s when “abandonment of Iraq” was politically motivatMartin Luther King marched to end hate and ed? If they’d been interested in the truth they discrimination. One can only wonder if you could’ve just done a little research and they’d ever met, or even dared to speak to a home- have found that Obama was following the less person, or family. I doubt it. The word withdrawal agreement set by DUHbya. You homeless scares you just as the word integra- remember him don’t you? He’s the guy who tion scared the bigots in the ’60s. How about started the whole mess! asking for a meeting to meet the homeless However, if Republicans are not interested who are candidates for the shelter before you in reality, I’m having a surprise party for Bigdeny them a roof over their heads and keep foot in Narnia. Everyone can catch a ride on them in cardboard boxes or steps on a church the Millennium Falcon. We leave on Oct. 32. in the wind, rain and snow?

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Although the courts grant leeway to the police, they have not given them free rein to operate above the law. They cannot use lethal force indiscriminately, and, if they do so, they are subject to the same legal penalties as other citizens. This constraint must be preserved and enforced, if citizens and their rights are to be protected.

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CB 9 debates role in Trailers at Richmond Hill HS to be removed IDing problem bars Issue erupted during liquor license vote

by Domenick Rafter Editor

Another month, another raucous debate at Community Board 9, this time over a liquor license renewal for a Woodhaven bar that may … or may not … pose a seriou s q u a l it y- of-l i fe is s u e for t he neighborhood.

A month after several members of the board sought to establish a moratorium on all liquor licenses to end what they claim is the “proliferation” of bars in the area, members took up a renewal of McHugh’s, a bar at 97-07 Jamaica Ave., which several members say is a source of trouble.

“I live up that block and I can tell you, this place is a problem,” said board member Alexander Blenkinsopp.

The renewal was not on the agenda for this month’s meeting, but the board voted against the request anyway, citing a history of problems at the site.

At the core of the debate was whether the issues stemming from the establishment were “hearsay,” as board member David Ador no of Woodhaven suggested, or

legitimate complaints coming from members whose job it is to make said complaints.

The 102nd Precinct did not offer any concerns about the site to the board’s Public Safety Committee, leading some members, including Adorno, to suggest the board should yield to them on the topic.

“If my observations aren’t valid, then why am I on this board in the first place?”

Blenkinsopp responded to concerns about his complaints.

Adorno said he wasn’t being dismissive of Blenkinsopp’s complaints, and suggested tabling discussion until the November meeting.

Last month, Maria Thomson, executive director of the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. and the Woodhaven Business Improvement District, made a controversial suggestion to vote down every liquor license before the board because she believe there are already too many bars and nightclubs in the board area — especially along Jamaica Avenue — and many were the source of issues ranging from Q public urination to shootings.

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The much-maligned trailers at Richmond Hill High School may finally be torn down this year, it was announced at Community Board 9 Thursday night.

Vishnu Mahadeo, a representative from state Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park), said that the trailers that have served as classrooms in the high school’s schoolyard for over a decade will be closed and dismantled by June 2015.

“We will finally see the trailers go away,” he said. “It is good news for the students and the teachers at Richmond Hill.”

He also added that the school will receive an $8.7 million renovation that will include a new running track where the trailers are now and some other aesthetic changes.

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QueensWay plans are taking shape Northern portion could be built next year, as train advocates keep up fight

by Domenick Rafter Editor

The Queens version of the High Line may actually happen after all.

The plan to turn the abandoned Rockaway Beach rail line into a linear park has a detailed proposal.

A piece of it, in the northern end of the former Long Island Rail Road route, could even be built within the next year.

The conglomerate of designers a nd act iv ists suppor t i ng t he QueensWay, led by urban parks group The Trust for Public Land, held a press conference Tuesday morning at the Queens Metropolitan High School campus in Forest Hills to announce the cost and unveil new designs.

T h e e nt i r e 3. 5 - m i le p a t h between Rego Park and Ozone Park would cost $120 million to build, according to Marc Matsil, The Trust for Public Land’s New York director.

The reason for the low cost is very little structural work would need to be done.

“The structures over the roads are all in pretty good shape,” Matsil

said. “The viaduct in the south is in pretty good shape too.”

Only one of the line’s bridges — over the Montauk branch of the LIRR in Forest Hills — would have to be rebuilt.

The QueensWay team focused on four specific sections of the proposed greenway: the Clearing in the northernmost section in Rego Park between Burns and Fleet streets; the Metropolitan Hub in Forest Hills between Forest Park and Fleet Street; Forest Park Grove, where the former rail line sinks into a ravine; and the elevated section in Ozone Park where a viaduct between 99th and 100th streets would carry the greenway.

In the Clearing section, the park’s designers — WXY architecture + urban design and DlandStudio Architecture & Landscape Architecture — are planning a wetland habitat near the Burns Street entrance. A trail there would loop around the wetland. It will include a bioswale that will help manage storm runoff. A playground is also planned for this section. Just to the south, bleachers

would be installed overlooking the Forest Park Little League fields At the Metropolitan Hub, outdoor classroom space would be provided due to the location’s proximity to the Metropolitan ca mpu s. Re creat ion al a rea s, including batting cages and BBQ areas, are also eyed for the portion near Union Turnpike.

But part of the right of way there is used as a parking lot for Forest View Crescent, and residents of the apartment building had concerns about losing their spaces.

Adam Lubinsky, a designer with WXY, said the plan is to create a sit u at ion where t he QueensWay will coexist with the existing lot or the parking can be replaced elsewhere.

“We know the parking is important there,” he said.

Susanna Drake, the lead designer from Dland, said there is an option in which the QueensWay could go over the parking spaces that is being considered.

“It shouldn’t be too much of a problem,” she said.

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tion, called the “heart” of the QueensWay, there will be connections to Forest Park trails, a possible pavilion or cafe and other activities to supplement the exercise space at Victory Field, adjacent to the proposed QueensWay. The renderings for this section also include the possibility of cross-country skiing in the winter.

Drake said that the plantings along the QueensWay are designed to ensure privacy. In the sections in

Rego Park, Forest Hills and Woodhaven, where homes abut the right of way, large evergreens would be planted and fences with vines installed to block views. No activity areas are planned for those locations and the bike lane, which will be separate from the pedestrian path for most of the route, would be higher in Woodhaven, blocking the line of sight into homes on 98th Street from pedestrians. continued on page 14

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The plans for the QueensWay park are starting to take shape continued from page 12 “We want to get people moving through there,” Drake said. “This will make it harder for them to look into any windows.”

In the Elevated section, the greenway would use the viaduct in Ozone Park. In that portion, designers are planning fitness areas, performance and activity spaces for nearby PS 65, which has no schoolyard.

“The viaduct being as wide as it is in the south allows us to do more there,” Matsil explained.

The QueensWay will end at Rockaway Boulevard, where the A train’s Rockaway branch utilizes the route, but there is hope for a connect onto the Gateway National Recreation Area about a mile south utilizing bike lanes or greenways on street level.

Plans are also being discussed to utilize the old Met ropolitan Transpor tation

Authority structure next to the QueensWay at Atlantic Avenue for an arts space.

It could take several years to build the QueensWay, Matsil said, but shovels could hit the dirt on one portion of the greenway soon.

The Trust for Public Land is applying for a grant from the city Economic Development Corp. that would fund the construction of the wetlands in the Clearing section of the QueensWay. Although signs are pointing to the QueensWay coming to fruition, supporters of rebuilding the Rockaway Beach LIRR line still hope they would win out.

“The QueensWay and Trust for Public Land have wasted taxpayer dollars on expensive, out-of-state consultants and onesided studies that don’t actually represent the interests or needs of Queens families,”

s a id A s s e mbly m a n Ph i l G old fe d e r (D-Rockaway Park). “Elected officials and community leaders from every part of the borough and as far as Manhattan have expressed full support for the complete restoration of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line and increased transit options.”

QueensWay supporters were quick to note that both design firms involved in the study are based in New York.

Goldfeder’s position is not supported by some of his fellow elected officials.

The QueensWay boasts the support of several area politicians, including Reps.

Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx). Their colleagues, Reps. Greg Meeks (D -Jamaica) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn, Queens), have endorsed the train idea.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing),

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) also threw their support behind the QueensWay plan this week.

Queens College’s Department of Urban Studies is leading a separate study for the best use of the line and Goldfeder said he is “confident” the study will report that the rail line was feasible. Rail supporters noted that the MTA mentioned the plan in a recent 20-year capital plan and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli called it a “good investment,” though spokesmen for both later clarified that neither was an official endorsement.

But Travis Terry, a co-founder of Friends of the QueensWay, said the group supports other transportation options for the Rockaways, including the ferry and select bus service along Woodhaven Boulevard, but said Q the rail option is “not possible.”

Maps of the plans for the four main sections of the QueensWay. Clockwise from top left are The Clearing in Rego Park and Forest Park, between the northern end of the trail and Yellowstone Boulevard; the Metropolitan Hub around Metropolitan Avenue and Union Turnpike; the Forest Park Grove area inside Forest Park; and the Elevated section between 101st Avenue and MAPS COURTESY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND Rockaway Boulevard in the southern portion in Ozone Park.

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by Domenick Rafter Editor

There isn’t that much distance between the wildlife and coastal wetlands of Jamaica Bay and the slot machines at Resorts World Casino New York City in South Ozone Park, but they couldn’t feel any farther apart.

But the casino is now teaming up with some of Jamaica Bay’s favorite human friends to bring patrons closer to the bay’s shores, figuratively — and, they hope, literally.

Now through Jan. 15, the casino is playing host to “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Wonders of Jamaica Bay,” a photo and video essay highlighting the bay, New York City’s largest open space, a key part of the Gateway National Recreation Area and home to the only national wildlife refuge accessible by subway in the United States, which sustains a rich and diverse ecosystem that includes more than 100 kinds of native saltwater fish and 335 species of birds.

The exhibit will feature photography by award-winning artists François Portmann and Don Riepe, the president of the Northeast Chapter of the American Littoral Society and a resident of Broad Channel.

“We are happy to have these photos in

Casino patrons enjoy the exhibit “Hidden In Plain Sight: The Wonders of Jamaica Bay” at Resor ts World Casino New York City on PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Tuesday morning. the casino,” Riepe said. “Anything we can do to bring attention to the bay is important. It’s so close to here.”

The photos on display feature a wide range of sights from around the bay, including closeups of wildlife stemming from a swimming garter snake to a king-

fisher with a catch. Photos taken by Portmann include the juxtaposition with JFK Airport on the bay’s northeast coast, which has had a complex relationship with the f lora and fauna of the bay for its entire 66-year history. In one photo, osprey chicks sit in their nest while a Delta Airlines plane taxis behind them. Shots of the distant Manhattan skyline and buses rolling over the Joseph P. Addabbo Bridge add to the flavor of the urban-rural cohabitation in the pieces on display.

The exhibit will also include moving images from “Jamaica Bay Lives,” an upcoming documentary film produced by author and environmental advocate Dan Hendrick.

“It’s a beautiful area, and it’s part of New York City,” Hendrick said. “Our hope is that this draws more people to the bay, and maybe inspires some people to help protect it.”

The photos and video are displayed in the facility’s Times Square Casino Level Atrium on the second floor. Still photographs and video clips will also be shown on the televisions inside the casino itself.

An entirely new set of photos will be featured every month, changing on the 15th of the month until the exhibit closes. Q

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At 7:35 p.m. on Oct. 4, the suspect entered the Mobil station at 69-08 Eliot Ave. in Middle Village, displayed a firearm and demanded money. The cashier handed over approximately $800.

At 9:55 p.m. on Oct. 7, he walked into a Citgo mini-mart at 88-14 101 Ave. in Woodhaven, displayed a firearm and demanded money. He made away with around $3,000.

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Baby killer pleads to manslaughter Mejia-Ramos faces 45 years for stabbing deaths of wife, daughters ages 2 and 1

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will quite likely spend the rest of his days in prison and never see the light of day again.”

Mejia-Ramos has been held without bail In the end, Miguel Mejia-Ramos apparently could not bring himself to face a jury, and the since his arrest in Texas in January. Brown’s man who killed his wife and baby daughters in office said he has waived his right to appeal.

Had he gone to trial and been convicted he a rage last January will meekly go off to prison could have faced life in prison with no hope of for 45 years when sentenced next month.

Mejia-Ramos pleaded guilty on Friday to parole on charges that originally included a three counts of first-degree manslaughter for combined nine counts of first- and secondthe vicious stabbing deaths of his wife, Deisy degree murder.

A nationwide dragG a rcia , a nd t wo net caught up to him daughters on the when a Texas state night of Jan. 18. trooper spotted a van He told police he had been out drinking e will quite likely spend d e s c r i b e d by t h e NYPD on Interstate 10 and went into a rage the rest of his days in in Schulenberg, Tex., after he came home, roughly half way looked through his prison and never see between Houston and wife’s cell phone and San Antonio. saw pictures of her the light of day again.”

Police believe with another man and — Queens District Attorney Mejia-R a mos wa s killed her.

Richard Brown attempting to flee to He then repeatedhis native Mexico. He ly stabbed his s u b s e q u e nt ly w a s daughters Daniela, 2, and Yoselin, 1, killing one of the girls stopped by a group consisting of state troopers, U.S. Marshals, Fayette County, Texas while she slept.

He is expected to be sentenced to 45 years in sheriff’s officers and local police.

At the time of Mejia-Ramos’ arrest the Disprison when he is sentenced on Nov. 7 by Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth trict Attorney’s Office said he was suspected of being an illegal immigrant and that there Holder.

“Today’s guilty plea by the defendant will was a federal immigration hold on him.

Law enforcement sources said in January bring some degree of closure to the family of the victims,” Queens District Attorney Richard that Mejia-Ramos offered multiple and everBrown said in a statement issued by his office changing versions of what transpired in the Sutphin Boulevard apartment in the days on Friday.

“Justice has been swift and it has been cer- after his arrest while he awaited his return to tain,” Brown said. “The case against him is New York.

He first said Garcia had killed the children now over. ... He has accepted his fate that he Editor

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Miguel Mejia-Ramos on Friday pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree manslaughter in the January killing of Deisy Garcia, center, and their daughters Daniela, left, and Yoselin. He is FILE PHOTO expected to receive a sentence of 45 years in prison. and that he then killed her in self-defense, and then said later that he killed her in a rage over her killing the girls.

He then explained that he killed the girls because he did not have car seats that would allow him to take them with him as he fled; and that he picked up each girl and hugged her before killing her.

At some point he reportedly said he decided to flee only after failing to kill himself, first by stabbing himself and then by hanging.

He then grabbed $240 from the girls’ dia-

per bag, telling police he knew from watching television shows that he would need cash while on the run so that he would not have to give away his location when using his bank card.

And while the manhunt instantly went national, authorities said in January that Mejia-Ramos apparently did not think to stop using his cell phone, an oversight that allowed Texas law enforcement agencies to know that he was coming and to be on the lookout for Q. the white van he was driving.

Vatican softens on same-sex marriage Controversial new bishops’ report contains some progressive language

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Pope Francis may be changing the Catholic Church’s tune regarding gay marriage and divorce. A report released Monday by an assembly of bishops Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican says the Church needs to skew toward acceptance when it comes to alternative lifestyles.

“Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: Are we capable of welcoming these people?” the report reads.

The document was issued midway through what is expected to be a two-week synod and is likely to be the subject of fierce debate for the remainder of the assembly. It attempts to balance the Church’s traditional teachings on marriage with acceptance of those in more progressive relationships.

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, says

he’s not clear on what gifts homosexuals bring to marriage and critiqued the ambiguous wording of the document.

“What is lacking in the interim report is clarity; this is the key source of the controversy,” Donohue said in a prepared statement.

For some on the other side of the issue, the report doesn’t go far enough toward mending the tenuous relationship the Church has had with the LGBT community.

“While the tone of the Church’s anti-gay philosophy seems to be changing, the truth of the matter is that this should have happened 45 years ago,” said City Councilmember Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who is openly gay.

“It’s a lot better than when they called us ‘intrinsically evil,’” Dromm said. “There remains so much more work to be done by the Church to support the dignity of every LGBT person and to repair the terrible harm they have done to countless LGBT individu-

als and their families.”

While the language of the bishops’ report does seem progressive at first glance, it retains the position that there are “moral problems” stemming from same-sex marriage. It merely asks Catholics to be more accepting of them.

“The Church furthermore affirms that unions between people of the same sex cannot be considered on the same footing as matrimony between man and woman,” it says.

“This affirms the traditional understanding of marriage and leaves no wiggle room for change,” said Donohue.

Aside from a more lenient view on gay marriage, the document also addresses the issue of divorce and couples who choose to live together outside of traditional marriage.

It urges Catholics to accept a new definition of “family” that includes “the reality of civil marriage and also cohabitation.”

Donohue disputes this call for acceptance,

stating that “data shows that couples who cohabit before marriage have a higher divorce rate than those who do not.”

On the subject of divorce, the report stresses taking care of children first and foremost, saying Catholics should do more to support all types of parents, same-sex or otherwise, at the very least for the benefit of the children.

“Children are frequently the object of contention between parents, and are the true victims of family breakdowns,” it reads.

This is the latest in a series of more progressive statements from Pope Francis meant to foster a more inclusive environment within the Church.

“All these situations have to be dealt with in a constructive manner, seeking to transform them into opportunities to walk toward fullness of marriage and the family in the light of the Gospel. They need to be welcomed and accompanied with patience and Q delicacy,” the report says.

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Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff has presided over 4 percent drop in crime

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Looking back on his first year as commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff said he believed he and his officers’ proactive approach to reduce crime and quality-of-life violations in the past year have been successful.

And the latest NYPD crime statistics for the precinct seem to agree.

Citing the most current figures for the period ending Oct. 5, Schiff noted a 3.8 percent overall drop in major crime categories for the year to date compared to the same period last year. Felony complaints dropped by 15 percent for the current 28-day period compared to last year.

“We’re going in the right direction, the first time in four years that crime has dropped,” he said in an interview last week.

He said that criminal recidivism has been a major problem in the community. However, Schiff noted that with the community’s help — calling 911 when someone sees suspicious individuals — burglaries have declined by 30 percent, a total of 83 fewer. The arrest of recidivist burglars and their incarceration is also a factor in the reduction, Schiff said.

Robberies are also down by 9 percent in the command.

The deputy inspector said that as part of their investigative techniques, police regular-

ly go to the 40 pawnshops in the precinct and look at the jewelry on display and who sold it.

While auto thefts, an ongoing problem in the precinct, are up by 33 percent for the year, grand larceny auto arrests rose 257 percent, Schiff said. Three recidivists auto thieves have recently been arrested and are now in jail and he expects auto thefts in the community to drop significantly.

Schiff also discussed quality-of-life issues that are of major concern to residents.

Some bars, clubs and lounges had been a source of violence when Schiff took command of the precinct last fall, he noted. However, he credits enforcement action during the year to cause some violators to close and others to lose their liquor licenses. He added that other establishments chose to work with the police to bring their businesses into compliance with the law and help reduce violence in the community.

The No. 1 quality-of-life complaint in the community was noise, Schiff said, with 1,900 complaints compared to 311 last summer.

He said those noise complaints have been aggressively addressed with police issuing 40 percent more summonses than last year.

Summonses were not only issued to the property owner, but also to the event organizer and the DJ, he said, adding that he hopes the three-summons approach showed the violators that the police mean business, “and that

they cannot disrupt the quality of life of the neighborhood.”

To make the most effective use of the limited resources he has, Schiff concentrates noise enforcement efforts on the frequent violators, which he said has worked.

“Chronic [noise] locations are no longer chronic,” Schiff said.

The precinct commander also discussed panhandling, another quality-of-life concern in the area.

Dealing with panhandlers does not lend itself to a simple solution, Schiff explained.

Because some of the individuals could be emotionally disturbed, the situation could require a specialized unit to be called in to help them, such as the NYPD Homeless Outreach Unit.

Schiff also said it’s a very difficult situation to address because he must apply the law fairly and move along not only panhandlers but also legitimate individuals seeking contributions for charitable organizations who are also interfering with traffic on Cross Bay Boulevard.

“We’ll do what we can to help these [homeless] people and to address the community’s concerns,” Schiff said.

Although the Green Dot scam is on the rise in the city, the 106th Precinct hasn’t dealt with an incident stemming from it in months. Schiff credits this to educating the

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Deputy Inspector Jeffrey Schiff has been commanding officer of the 106th Precinct for PHOTO COURTESY NYPD one year. community about the online scam.

The deputy inspector did say that last month a senior citizen had been victimized in the lottery scam.

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City, feds girding for Ebola at JFK De Blasio, Bratton briefed at White House; airport screenings begin

by Michael Gannon Editor

New York City has begun its preparations for any eventual brush with Ebola patients.

Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday met at the White House with Lisa Monaco, assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security and counterterrorism, and also with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

A statement issued by the White House and de Blasio’s office said they reviewed the status of screening measures that began last Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport and four other airports in the country.

The statement said they also discussed “ongoing efforts” to prepare hospitals and healthcare workers nationwide, including those in New York City, to identify and treat Ebola patients safely and effectively.

The Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced last week that JFK would introduce new layers of screening for passengers arriving from the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where Ebola has been running rampant.

Other airports include Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta; O’Hare Airport in Chicago; Newark-Liberty in New Jersey and Dulles International just outside of Washington, D.C.

Secretary Johnson’s statement said those and a contact information form. five airports receive more than 94 percent of Medical staff then will take the person’s travelers from the region most affected. temperature. If the person has a fever or Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske of exhibits other symptoms of the disease, Customs and Border Protection was at JFK CDC person nel will perfor m a more on Saturday with officials from the CDC to detailed assessment. discuss their new protocols. In his remarks, There a determination will be made as to released by CBP on whether the passenS a t u r d a y, K e rger can continue to li kowske said h is t ravel, shou ld be agency and CDC are taken to a hospital or closely coordinating r efe r r e d t o lo c a l their efforts. health officials for “CPB is focused on further monitoring. protecting the airThomas Duncan traveling public and is of Liberia died last taking steps to ensure week in a Dallas hosthat passengers with pital after initially communicable disb ei ng s e nt home eases like Ebola are from the emergency identified, isolated room a few d ays and quickly and safebefore being ly referred to medical admitted. personnel,” the com- U.S. and city agencies are preparing to fight Some published FILE PHOTO Ebola at Kennedy Airport. missioner said. reports have quesFor each traveler tioned whether Duncoming from or traveling through one of the can told the truth about his possible exposure three affected countries, CBP officers will either before and after arriving in Dallas. provide a fact sheet that includes the sympCommissioner Kerlikowske’s remarks toms of Ebola. contained nothing about the possibility that Each passenger then will be escorted to a someone who has been exposed might lie on private area to fill out a CDC questionnaire a questionnaire or to officials at the airport.

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Defendant pleads guilty to multiple charges for a string of break-ins The culprit of a burglary spree in May and June was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to multiple charges.

Harry Garcia, 49, of Jamaica broke into five Ozone Park homes over a one-month period and stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and other accessories.

“People’s homes are their sanctuaries and the defendant crossed a very serious line in entering those homes and stealing personal and valuable items,” said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, in a prepared statement.

Garcia was apprehended on the morning of June 6 when he was observed entering a residential yard on 117th Street in South Ozone park. NYPD officers with the Burglary Larceny Apprehension Surveillance Team were investigating a recent string of break-ins in the area at the time and spotted Garcia prying open a window and entering the residence.

He emerged a short time later with a bag

he was not carrying previously. Officers approached Garcia and he fled on foot, making it approximately one block before being arrested.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of seconddegree attempted burglary, two counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and one count of second-degree criminal trespass and adjudicated as a persistent violent felony offender before Judge Dorothy Chin Brandt on Aug. 7.

“The sentence meted out by the court to the defendant, who has previously been convicted of more than two or more predicate violent felonies, ensures that justice is served,” Brown said.

The 106th Precinct Detective Squad conducted the investigation, which also included four burglaries in May on 109th Street in South Ozone Park, 135th Avenue in South Ozone Park, 83rd Street in Ozone Park and 113th Street in Ozone Park.

Burglaries in the neighborhood dropped 31 percent in the month after Garcia’s arrest. Q

In response to an email from the Chronicle asking how CBP agents could determine if a passenger is lying, the agency’s press office said that passengers could not be filmed or interviewed by the media at the present time.

A message left with the press office in a follow-up telephone call seeking to clarify the Chronicle’s initial inquiry was not returned.

Nor did the commissioner or the press office address what measures are being taken to protect CBP officers and medical personnel who might by necessity have to come in contact with infected passengers.

And while international passengers do not travel directly to or from LaGuardia Airport, more than 200 contracted workers who clean airline cabins cited the possibility of disease in a 24-hour walkout on Oct. 8-9.

The workers, who are in an ongoing campaign to unionize and secure better pay and benefits, are employed by private contractors hired by airlines to clean the interior of their planes.

In a statement issued by Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, workers say that they are cleaning and emptying airplane lavatories, cleaning up vomit and dealing with other hazards “including lack of protection from possible exposure to Q Ebola and other infectious diseases.”

Hospitals address Ebola continued from page 2 through the air; only someone exhibiting clear symptoms can transfer the virus through bodily fluids. Once someone has come into direct contact with a patient, one must monitor body temperature for 21 days.

Segal-Maurer was part of an informational panel Tuesday in the Lang Lobby of New York Hospital Queens about Ebola procedure and protocol.

The panel did not include a presentation of protective gear; Segal-Maurer said as the CDC works with the World Health Organization to see how gear should improve, there might be changes.

Soon after the news briefing Tuesday, the CDC introduced modified equipment: a hood that covers a health worker’s head and neck and a standardized suit — although all the features of the suit were not specified.

Suzanne Pugh, director of Emergency Services at New York Hospital Queens, said health workers are ready.

“Since the discovery of the first patient in Texas, we’ve spent time with the nursing staff, going through the drills, educating them on infection control practices and exposure,” Pugh said.

Pugh said a big part of their daily drills — using “secret shoppers” to test staff — ensures gear is properly put on and removed.

Mimi Lim, director of Infection Control at the hospital, said many workers underwent training similar to what’s needed for

Ebola to prepare for possible bioterrorism threats after September 11, 2001.

“This is not new for us,” Lim, said. “It’s just that we need to change it up a little bit.”

Dr. Geoffrey Doughlin, chairman of the Emergency Department at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, said the facility, as the closest hospital to JFK, has an arrangement with the DOH to treat a patient who is too sick to travel to Bellevue Hospital.

Doughlin said they’ve also done drills.

Doughlin said that as Ebola continues to be at the forefront of public awareness, people should be mindful of other illnesses like the flu.

“Flu is a much more significant public health problem,” Doughlin said. “A lot more people die of the disease or of complications of it every year.”

He encouraged flu vaccination, especially for people at risk for certain medical conditions.

He also touched on the enterovirus strain D68 (EV–D68), which has made recent headlines for sending hundreds of children to the hospital.

“Parents need to be on the alert for any type of viral illness that doesn’t seem to be getting better,” Doughlin said.

He encouraged people to wash hands, toys, doorknobs and other objects that come into contact with hands or mouths. It’s also important to cover coughs, and not kiss or Q hug someone who feels ill.

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Despite the city and the Queens Development Group owning 95 percent of the property in Phase 1 for the Willets Point project, Community Board 7 expressed doubts that the development will run on schedule.

During a quarterly meeting, held on Oct. 8, where CBs 3 and 7 met with the QDG, Economic Development Corp. and borough president represent atives, developers expressed optimistic enthusiasm for the eminent closing on outstanding parcels.

However, when it came down to discussing the two ongoing lawsuits facing the QDG and the city, it became apparent that acquiring the land may take longer than the developers let on.

“There were two lawsuits filed in February and they’re effectively similar arguments regarding the project’s approvals and building on park land,” a representative from the EDC said. “With the suit referred to as Neira, it has essentially been on hold in the court system as we have been talking outside of the courts.”

The second suit, nicknamed the Avella suit, has entered the first level of appeal, but has not caused as many problems and concerns as the Neira or Sunrise Cooperative suit.

The collection of companies have made claims against the city and QDG on the process of eviction.

“I’m going to say, this thing has gone six ways from Sunday, so I think all bets are off that it will close by the end of the year,” CB 7 Vice Chairperson Chuck Apelian said.

According to the EDC, the city is holding

up its end of the bargain by paying upwards of 50 Willets Point businesses’ rent for the year and has found a lot in the Bronx where they could collectively move to.

“So let me get this straight, they’re making a deal but suing at the same time?” Apelian asked.

The city representatives, reluctant to discuss any ongoing litigation, said the plan is complicated, but the group of auto body businesses has an active lease and is working to put the project out for bid.

The problem is a few of the businesses are still on Willets Point development land, and community leaders are convinced the two lawsuits are sure to push back the original time line.

“Here’s my concern,” a board member said. “EDC is an arm of the city and the other arm is what created the problem in the first place. I don’t want to have them stuck for 16 months waiting for the Buildings D e p a r t me nt or who eve r t o approve everything.”

Robert LoScalzo, a documentary filmmaker, asked developers if they had any evidence that the businesses — now “scattered to the wind” and building up their business elsewhere — would be willing to relocate again once the Bronx location is finalized.

According the developers, the Sunrise Cooperative believes all of the businesses will reunite.

“They’ve already established themselves in other locations, is it reasonable that they’re going to move there?” LoScalzo asked.

Developers said that was a question for Q Sunrise.

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Addabbo: I’m taking this race seriously Democrat’s campaign is one of the few in Queens featuring a GOP opponent

by Domenick Rafter Editor

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has beaten a longtime incumbent and two City Council members in his three campaigns for state Senate.

This year, despite having a less prominent opponent, he said he is not taking the race lightly.

Addabbo is the only state senator in Queens with a general election opponent this year. He is facing attorney Michael Conigliaro. Though few see the race as competitive, Addabbo isn’t taking any chances.

“Every campaign I take seriously,” he said.

Addabbo said he believes the state government, despite its reputation and the arrests and conviction of several legislators in corruption cases, is far better than it was when he first got there in 2009.

Though he sits in the Democratic caucus, Addabbo said he didn’t get himself tied up in partisan battles in the Senate and is willing to support any party’s legislation.

“I don’t care if it’s a Democratic bill or a Republican bill, if it’s good for the people, I’ll vote for it,” he said.

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Harvest Fest at garden An event for young and old, the Harvest Fest and pumpkin patch celebration will be held on Sunday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., in Flushing.

There will be a bird walk, a nature walk and performances by Lonesome Moonlight String Band and Pin Ups. The pumpkin patch begins at noon and continues while supplies last.

Youngsters will be able to decorate a pumpkin using face decals for $5.

There will also be pony rides and a petting zoo. Other activities for children include face painting, games, crafts and bouncy house rides. There will be a fee for those events.

For adults, there will be composting and other garden workshops as well as apple cider pressing throughout the day.

Participants will be able to buy refreshments and beer for the adults.

Other activities include a mini corn maze and spinning wheel demonstrations showing how different fibers are spun into yarn. Participants can make a yarn bracelet.

Tickets for fee-based events will be sold until 3:30 p.m. or while supplies Q last.

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“I think it’s reasonable for me to say no because of the lack of details,” he said.

“Once you put a stadium there, all bets are off. They aren’t going to just use it a few months out of the year.”

Neverthless, Addabbo said he would, grudgingly, consider closure of Aqueduct’s track — a proposal that has been talked about if the stadium is built — but only if the employees there are guaranteed jobs at Belmont, which would become a year-round track.

“I have no faith in [the New York Racing Association],” he said.

A member of the Education Committee, Addabbo said he wanted to see changes to mayoral control, which is up for renewal next year, but did not want to go back to the Board of Education system, saying it was “not an accountable entity.”

On charter schools, Addabbo said he supported them, but was critical of the way some of them get approved.

“In the end, for me, it’s about giving parents a choice,” he said. “But the public should never be shielded from what is going on.”

Addabbo is a prominent opponent of

fracking, the process in which natural gas is removed from rock using hydraulics, Upstate New York is home to large deposits of natural gas and supporters of fracking say the process could bring jobs and revenue to economically stagnant parts of upstate, and help the country’s energy independence.

But for opponents such as Addabbo, the risk is too great because the chemicals used in the process could seep into the water supply and damage the environment.

“I don’t think it will revitalize upstate,” Addabbo said, pointing to problems fracking opponents have argued it has caused in other states, including polluted water and a higher concentration of earthquakes.

He suggested taking advantage of natural energy sources more often.

“The wind blows, the sun burns and we need to take advantage of that,” he said.

First elected in 2008, defeating longtime incumbent Serphin Maltese, Addabbo fended off a challenge from former Councilman Anthony Como in 2010.

The district — which includes most of the Rockaway Peninsula, Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and parts of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens Hills

DA Brown: Don’t parole Edward Byrne’s killers Rookie cop executed protecting a witness Queens District Attorney Richard assassinated on Feb. 26, 1988,” Brown Brown on Tuesday announced that his said. “It was a declaration of war by the office is in the process of collecting tens drug dealers against not just the New of thousands of signatures from people York Cit y Pol ice D e pa r t me nt but opposed to parole applications made by against civilized society as well. Given the brutality of the crime for the men who murdered which these four men stand NYPD Officer Edward Byrne convicted, they should in South Jamaica in 1988. receive the maximum senScott Cobb, Philip Copetence i mposed — life i n land, David McClar y and prison — as a clear message Todd Scot t all were senthat we, as a society will tenced to 25 years to life in never forget their ruthless prison for killing Byrne on and cowardly acts.” an early February morning as The four are scheduled to he guarded the house of a appea r before the pa role witness in a criminal drug board next month. prosecution.

D r u g k i ng pi n Howa rd He was 22 years old.

“Pappy” Mason ordered the In a statement issued by killing from prison. his off ice Tuesday, Brown Rather than intimidate the said his office already has PO Edward Byrne sent nearly 2,900 signatures FILE HOTO police, Byrne’s murder led to a citywide uprising against to the New York State Parole Board, and is preparing to exceed the the drug trade.

Mason now is serving life without the 24,000 that were collected in 2012 when possibility of parole in a super maximum the four first were eligible for parole.

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. is running for a fourth term, and is one of the few state legislators in Queens facing a Republican opponent PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE this year.

— was redrawn to be more Republican the next year.

Addabbo soundly defeated his successor in City Hall, Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), in 2012, an election in which much of the electorate was dispersed by Hurricane Sandy eight days Q earlier.

106th Pct. continued from page 6 after the off icers tracked a stolen iPhone to that location.

• Three individuals were arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs from a South Ozone Park home, Schiff said.

After a search warrant was executed on Sept. 18 police allegedly found two guns, crack cocaine, pills and heroin in the house.

• A man, later revealed to have had 39 prior arrests, was arrested for allegedly breaking into and stealing a car.

Schiff said the officers responded quickly and quietly, surprised the suspect and caught him “in the act.”

• Three teenagers riding bicycles on Oct. 7, who, Schiff said, are suspected of committing robberies in the South Ozone Park and Ozone Park areas, were spotted and followed by anticrime officers who allegedly saw them accost an individual. The suspects were arrested, closing a robbery pattern, Schiff added.

• A man with seven prior robbery arrests, who is currently on parole, was arrested for allegedly smoking marijuana in Police Officer Nicholas DeMutiis Park, which is right next to the 106th Precinct.

“That was brazen, Schiff said, adding, “You didn’t think we were going Q to smell that?”

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The Fabulous Acchords played their own doo-wop songs of the ’50s and ’60s as well as other artists’ big hits. “It was a combination

of great live music, dancing and delicious food� said club spokesman Tommy Savoca.

Lenny’s Pizza on Cross Bay Boulevard at 164th Avenue catered the event. “People are talking about what a great time they had and are asking when the next show is,� said Kiwanis member Dino Bono.

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“Family activities for all!” is what St. Helen Church in Howard Beach promised for its fall fair, held Sunday, and it sure delivered. Just some of those having fun at the event were, clockwise from top right, Adam Arnold, 6, of Howard Beach, with his little haunted house; Mia Dublis, 3, of Howard Beach, trying her luck at the Spin-a-Prize wheel; Briana Cipolla, 12, of Howard Beach, showing off her custom lip gloss; Matt Gonzalez of Howard Beach and

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Making strides against breast cancer

by Cristina Schreil Chronicle Contributor

This Sunday, more than 700 teams and 3,000 participants are expected to attend the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

The 3-mile-long walk, beginning at the Unisphere and the Fountain of the Planets, raises money for breast cancer research. It will take place rain or shine.

It will also provide members of the community with health information, such as upd at ed brea st ca ncer screening guidelines, and where to go for a mammogram.

The first Making Strides walk was in 1993.

According to the American Cancer Society, the chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer at some point in her life is one in eight.

It will be one of many Making Strides walks occurring across the country on Sunday, joining communities in the five boroughs, as well as upstate New York and New Jersey.

So far, donors have raised more than $250,000.

Donations also go toward affiliated organizations that support those diagnosed with breast cancer or those affected by the illness,

like Road to Recovery, a volunteer program that transports patients to and from treatment, and The Look Good Feel Better Program, beauty workshops lead by cosmetology volunteers.

One of the teams participating — a group of around 125 students — will be from Forest Hills High School.

Gary Kuchmeister, who teaches Council for Unity, an elective class in which students are empowered to give back to their communities, is participating with them for the third year in a row.

“This year it’s a little personal,” Kuchmeister, known as “Mr. K.” to students, said.

Kuchmeister said one student lost her mother to breast cancer in 2004. And another has a mother currently battling the disease.

The two students will lead their team, holding a banner from the high school.

Students will wear handmade bracelets and specially designed T-shirts, inscribed with the names of 15 students who have lost a loved one to breast cancer, as well as the names of those who have been touched by the disease.

Before the walk begins, the students plan to meet up at the Unisphere and release a fleet of pink balloons as a gesture of support for

their two classmates.

“That becomes really important for them to tie into what this is all about,” Kuchmeister said. “It’s not just a walk in the park. It resonates and it’s personal.”

Monica Cavounis is lead organizer for the Long Island-based union RWDSU/UFCW Local 338, another team participating Sunday.

The group is currently the top fundraiser, having raised more than $24,000.

Cavounis said that out of about 70 employees at the union’s office, 50 plan to participate. Many of the 20,000 members may join in as well.

Cavounis said Local 338 has raised around $750,000 in the 13 years they’ve been participating.

She also has a personal connection to the illness: two of her nieces had breast cancer, with one having to undergo a double mastectomy.

They raised money in a lot of different ways, from a comedy club night, raffle tickets, bake sales, and selling hot lunches to staff. On Columbus Day, Cavounis decorated pumpkins with gold, glitter and pink paint to sell at the walk.

“Each year it gets harder and harder to raise money,” she said, citing the economic downturn as a major factor.

Fallon Ager-Nelson, who assists with fundraising and is helping Cavounis organize the

One of the decorated pumpkins Monica Cavounis will sell at Sunday’s walk to raise funds for COURTESY PHOTO breast cancer research. event, said past walks have always been filled with positive energy.

“It’s empowering. There’s a lot of survivors there,” Ager-Nelson said. “While you’re doing the walk, there are people cheering you on.”

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Educating young women about breast cancer

At the age of 12 to 15, many young women are experiencing the body and life changes that accompany adolescence. It can be difficult to imagine that breasts that are just beginning to develop may contain cancer.

But such is the reality for some girls.

The majority of women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis are over the age of 40. Experts at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University note that only 5 percent of breast cancer cases are found in women under the age of 40. However, t h e h o s pit a l recently treated a 14 - y e a rold girl who found a lump a nd lea r ned she had a rare form of breast cancer called a phyllodes tumor. In 2009, a 13-year-old from Little Rock, Ark. found a quarter-sized lump in her right breast, while a 19-year-old student at the College of New Jersey was diagnosed with cancerous cells and underwent a bilateral mastectomy.

Though such cases are rare, it behooves teenage and adolescent girls to familiarize themselves with the disease and be mindful of their breast health.

Some organizations have increased breast cancer messages for young girls, and it is not uncommon to find young women participating in runs and fundraisers for breast

cancer research. Some organizations even conduct breast cancer workshops to educate young women about breast health. Dorothy Paterson of Texas, a former Girl Scout leader who was diagnosed with breast cancer herself, began conducting workshops for Girl Scouts in 2007. The idea isn’t to scare girls into believing they have the disease, but rather to increase their awareness of changes in their bodies that may or may not be normal.

Some parents worry that educating children about breast cancer may cause them to worry unnecessarily, especially considering a you ng g i rl’s risk of developing breast cancer is so minimal. However, others see the importance in schooling girls early on about a disease that is so common. Advocates of teaching young girls about breast cancer often note that any effort to help save lives and promote health is worthwhile.

Just as with older women, adolescents and teens should realize that eating healthy foods, exercising, avoiding alcohol and tobacco, and maintaining annual physical exams with a doctor are key ways to reduce the risk for Q cancer. — Metro Creative Connection

Establishing the pink ribbon symbol The pink ribbon has been synonymous with breast cancer for years.

Nowadays, people rarely think twice when they see pink ribbons, having grown accustomed to the pink ribbon and what it symbolizes.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated each year since 1985, and many other breast cancer awareness initiatives have been devised since then. While the pink ribbon may seem like it’s been in use for just as long, it was actually established only about 21 years ago.

Ribbons have long symbolized something important. For decades, yellow ribbons have been used to alert others to soldiers at war or hostages who hadn’t yet come home. People often tie yellow ribbons around trees at home until their service men and women came home safely. During the height of HIV/AIDS activism and awareness, red ribbons were worn to symbolize support for those with the disease.

Although the pink ribbon evolved because pink expresses femininity, calm, health, and youth, the first breast cancer ribbon was actually peach. Charlotte Haley is credited with devising the first breast cancer ribbon in 1992. She was a breast cancer survivor and came from a family of women who also fought the disease. She created peachcolored loops at home and then distributed the ribbons at her local grocery stores. Haley encouraged people to wear the ribbons and contact legislators to demand more funding for breast cancer research. An attached note

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The same year Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice president for the Estee Lauder company, and Self magazine editor Alexandra Penney teamed up to produce a pink ribbon. It was distributed at makeup counters all across the country. The company collected more than 200,000 pink ribbon petitions asking the U.S. government for increased funding for breast cancer research.

Although Lauder and Haley reached people on different levels, their goals were the same: To educate the public on the lack of funds allotted to breast cancer research.

Pink ribbons are now seen all over and have become the uniting force for millions of women who are facing breast cancer or supporting someone with the disease. In 1996, Nancy Nick created a blue-and-pink ribbon to symbolize male breast cancer ribbons in honor of her late father. The ribbons remind others that breast cancer can affect men as well as women.

Although you can see waves of pink every October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many people don their ribbons year-round.

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Though cancer treatments continue to evolve, there remains no cure for breast cancer or any other types of cancer. However, there are steps men and women can take to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. In fact, the National Cancer Institute says avoiding breast cancer risk factors is the best path to prevention.

• Avoid exposure to radiation. Repeated exposure to radiation therapy used to treat illnesses like Hodgkin’s disease can increase a person’s risk of breast cancer, particularly if treatments begin at an early age.

• Keep a healthy weight. Obesity increases the risk of breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women. Healthy eating and exercise can help women control their weight while reducing their risk of developing breast cancer and a number of other diseases. Scientists at the Mayo Clinic believe there is a link between estrogen production in fatty breast tissue and breast cancer.

• Get your exercise. Exercising four or more hours a week can lower breast cancer risk. Exercise need not be heavy lifting at the gym. Any moderate physical activity, from cycling to walking, can be effective. Exercise decreases hormone levels in the body that can impact breast cancer risk. Some studies indicate simply walking briskly for one to three hou rs per week ca n reduce a woman’s breast cancer risk by 18 percent.

• Eat a low-fat diet.

The Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study from the National Cancer Institute found that the highest rate of breast cancer reduction was among a group of women who ate a low-fat diet.

• Reduce alcohol consumption. Various studies have indicated that women who drink alcoholic beverages may develop cancer at a higher rate. Women who consume two to five drinks daily have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who abstain from alcohol.

• Weigh the risks of hormone replacement therapy. There are mixed reviews on hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, for postmenopausal women. There may be a link between long-term HRT and breast cancer, particularly when estrogen and progesterone are used in combination. Some doctors advise estrogen-only hormone therapy for women who have had a hysterectomy.

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• Increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Carotenoids are cancer-protective pigments found in a vast number of fruits and vegetables.

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• Go sparingly on antibiotics. Only take antibiotics when they are truly needed. New evidence suggests that the more often a woman takes antibiotics, the greater her breast cancer risk. A study of more than 10,000 women found that women who took antibiotics for the equivalent of about 25 prescriptions over an average of 17 years were twice as likely to develop breast cancer than women who never took the drugs.

• Breastfeed your children. Lactation can suppress ovulation and the body’s production of estrogen, which has been linked to higher levels of breast cancer. Breastfeeding may drop a woman’s breast cancer risk by 4 percent.

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A healthy diet may cut the chance of getting cancer Few, if any, families can say they have never had an experience with cancer. Cancer is a potentially deadly disease with no cure. While cancer can be treated effectively, there is no way for men and women to eliminate their risk of developing cancer.

Though cancer may strike even the healthiest of persons, there are ways men, women and even children can reduce their risk.

One such way is to consume certain foods that researchers feel can reduce cancer risk.

Though precisely how these foods fight cancer remains a mystery, cancer researchers feel they can effectively lower an individual’s cancer risk when combined to form a healthy diet.

• Beans: Beans boast numerous healthy attributes, and their potential to reduce cancer risk is one such attribute. Beans contain many phytochemicals that researchers feel protect the cells from the type of damage that can ultimately make a person susceptible to cancer.

Beans also have been shown to decelerate tumor growth and prevent tumors from releasing potentially harmful substances that can damage nearby cells.

• Colorful fruits and vegetables: It may seem odd that a food’s color can have an impact on cancer risk, but colorful fruits and vegetables contain more cancer-fighting nutrients than fruits and vegetables that aren’t as flashy. Consuming such fruits and vegetables also helps men and women maintain

Tomatoes, whether served fresh or as a paste or sauce, have been linked to reducing a person’s risk for various cancers, including cancers of the prostate, lung and stomach. a healthy body weight, an important benefit when considering overweight and obesity increase a person’s risk for multiple cancers.

• Foods with folate: Folate is a B vitamin that can reduce a person’s risk of developing several cancers, including those of the colon, rectum and breast. Those who are fond of a healthy breakfast to begin their day may already be getting healthy doses of folate, which can be found in eggs, fortified breakfast cereals, orange juice, and strawberries,

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• Grapes: Studies have shown that resveratrol, a key ingredient in grapes, may prevent the type of damage that triggers the production of cancerous cells. Though scientists are not yet comfortable saying grapes, or beverages like grape juice and wine, can reduce cancer risk, they believe that the antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties of grapes make them

a healthy option.

• Tomatoes: Tomatoes are widely beloved, and perhaps that love affair stems from the tomato’s role in fighting cancer. Though the reasons are unknown, tomatoes have been linked to lowering men’s risk for prostate cancer. One such study, a 1995 study from researchers at the Harvard Medical School, found that men who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes per week reduced their risk of developing aggressive prostate tumors by nearly 50 percent. Later research from the author of the 1995 study found that processed tomatoes, such as those found in tomato paste and tomato sauce, were even more effective at reducing cancer risk than fresh tomatoes.

Tomatoes have also been linked to lowering a person’s risk for lung and stomach cancers.

• Water: Water may not qualify as a food, but it may protect people from bladder cancer.

Potential cancer-causing agents in the bladder are diluted when drinking water. In addition, the more water you drink, the more frequently you’re likely to urinate, which means cancercausing agents have less time to come into contact with the lining of your bladder.

Many foods can help individuals in the fight against cancer. Though one food alone may not be potent enough to do the job, when several cancer-fighting foods are included in a person’s Q diet, the effects may be significant.

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Crime but no cops at Flushing Meadows More lawbreaking than any park in city based on stats from police

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

With a recent holdup at the Queens Zoo and hot rodders speeding at a Meadow Lake parking lot, crime at Flushing Meadows Park has been in the spotlight lately.

But talk to Parks Department and NYPD officials and you’d never know that Queens’ premier greenspace has been rated the worst for crime out of 30 parks throughout the city.

Since earlier this year, the NYPD has been mandated to compile quarterly crime statistics on parks over one acre. That would total about 100, but Geoffrey Croft, who heads NYC Park Advocates, a city parks watchdog group, said the police are taking too long to add the 70 additional facilities. Nevertheless: “Flushing Meadows, Central Park and Randall’s Island Park accounted for more than 60 percent of the crimes in all the parks,” Croft said.

“They are mostly grand larceny and robbery.”

Deputy Inspector Ron Leyson, commanding officer of the 110th Precinct, which has the main jurisdiction of Flushing Meadows, explained that the grand larcenies include theft of valuables left in cars, unattended purses in public spaces and from lockers at the Aquatic Center.

He noted that year-to-date overall crime is down 13 percent in Flushing Meadows, although there has been a 6 percent increase in felonies — more serious crimes — usually involving assault.

One case involved an intoxicated man who assaulted a police officer during a game at Citi Field.

According to the NYPD park statistics, Flushing Meadows had 27 crimes in three months: two robberies, four felony assaults, 15 grand larcenies and six auto thefts.

“Fortunately, there is very little violence in the park,” Leyson said.

“It’s mostly property crimes.”

His precinct patrols the park seven days a week in the summer with assistance from auxiliary police and members of Patrol Borough Queens North, but nobody is permanently assigned the rest of the year.

“We do have a regular patrol,” Leyson said. “If we had more officers we could allocate more to the park.”

Aside from its size, Flushing Meadows is home to museums, Citi Field and the US Open. Although more police and security are used during special events, Leyson said only the US Open saw a minor uptick of crime this year, with stolen unattended property and laptop

Crowds gather near Meadow Lake during the annual Hong Kong dragon boat races in August. Crime is low at many PHOTO BY RICK MAIMAN large gatherings like this in Flushing Meadows Park. thefts from employees.

He added that the most recent crimes involved the cafe on Meadow Lake being burglarized twice in the last week.

Croft blames the crime rate on not enough police coverage, with no dedicated law enforcement in the park.

“The park has 1,200 acres and no officers,” he said.

Parks used to rely on its Parks Enforcement Patrol, made up of peace officers who enforce rules and provide a uniformed presence, but with cutbacks they haven’t been as visible in recent years.

“We all pay taxes and deserve services. Now there is no one there to protect you.”

— Joe Puleo, president of union representing PEP officers in parks

A Parks Department spokeswoman did not specify how many PEP officers were assigned to Flushing Meadows, but said there are only 28 for the entire borough and 49 seasonal security staff. Eighty additional officers will be added citywide as part of the FY 2015 budget.

Joe Puleo, president of Local 983, representing PEP officers, said last week that ironically Queens PEP officers have their base in Flushing Meadows but there is no dedicated force in the park.

“There used to be two PEP officers at all times at Flushing Meadows,” Puleo said. “If people get sick or injured in the park, no one knows

where to go to get them. There should be six people assigned at all times, even at night because there are homeless, illegal aliens and criminals there too.”

Puleo noted that PEP officers issue summonses and generate revenue. “We all pay taxes and deserve services,” he added. “Now, there is no one there to protect you.”

Part of the difficulty with monitoring Flushing Meadows is that it encompasses six community board districts and two police precincts. In 2007, there was a push to add a permanent police substation in the park, following a rash of crime.

The plan seemed to be moving forward until CB 4 pulled out its budget request.

Christian Cassagnol, district manager of CB 4, said that the six boards border the park so no one board has real jurisdiction. “We’re working on the crime problem, but our board said it wasn’t feasible to have a precinct in the park. We need a joint effort from all the boards.”

CB 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio said his board only has a small part of the park and that the problem is lack of money.

“But the borough president has quarterly meetings with the institutions in the park and the community boards,” Gulluscio said. “There is communications and we do need more of a police presence there.”

Marilyn Bitterman, district manager of CB 7, still favors a substation in the park, even though it would take away some parkland. “If all the community boards put it back in their proposed budgets, it would be worth a shot,” she said.

Last month, an armed robber held up two workers at the Queens Zoo, located inside the park, and got away with almost $5,000. There have also

been reports of numerous complaints over the summer about car racing in a parking lot near Meadow Lake.

According to DNA Info, Leyson told members of the 110th Community Council meeting that he hopes to solve the problem by closing the gate to the parking lot at night near the Van Wyck Expressway.

Parks spokeswoman Meghan Lalor said her agency has been working with the NYPD to find a solution “to prevent this illegal activity in the park, and we’re grateful for their support on the issue. We are discussing the feasibility of closing the gate at night, and also considering other preventative measures including installing a combination of wheel stops and/or barricades and speed bumps in the lot.”

But are officials doing enough?

Jean Silva, president of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy, said there had been a lot of crime in the park the past year. “I am very concerned,” Silva said. “We want a

police precinct there or permanent police.”

She was very upset to learn about the zoo robbery that took place on a busy Sunday afternoon. “We have to get on our high horse to get something done,” she said. “We will fight for that police presence.”

Kim Ohanian, chairwoman of CB 7’s Parks Committee, was also incensed about the zoo robbery.

“This is the ammunition needed to get a police precinct in the park,” Ohanian said. “This is proof positive we are right.”

She noted that this is the 50th anniversary year of the 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows, something that Queens residents are proud of and have been celebrating since April.

“The zoo robbery is very upsetting to me,” Ohanian said, “especially with people trying to raise money to restore the New York State Pavilion.”

She worries that increased crime will keep people away from the park just when there’s a drive to make improvements to the pavilion.

Janice Melnick, Flushing Meadows Park administrator, played down the concerns, saying that 60,000 people came out for an anniversary event and all went well. “If people take proper precautions of their valuables, it’s a very safe park,” Melnick said She indicated the park gets 7 million visitors a year. “This was a big year for us with the World’s Fair anniversary and we didn’t hear of any problems. I’m not naive, I know crime exists, but we don’t want people to be afraid to come here.”

The park administrator says she works closely with the two precincts and community boards and that any crime “is not acceptable.”

She would not, however, object Q to more police in the park.

A World’s Fair 50th anniversary event in April brought out thousands of FILE PHOTO visitors to the New York State Pavilion.

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The first “person” you see when you walk into Rubies Costume Company at 120-08 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill isn’t a store employee ready to assist you in your search for the perfect Halloween costume.

Not only is he not a sales a s s o c i a t e, h e’s not eve n human.

Walk in at the right time, and a 10-foot-tall giant, hungry ogre will awake from his slumber, stand up and welcome you to the shop, filled with similar lifelike props and thousands of costumes.

Just don’t accept his cryptic invitation to dinner.

“This is the first year we’ve had props like him,” Rubies Executive Assistant Francine Robinson said. “People have been coming in from all over to see them.”

The giant isn’t the only terr if y i ng prop g r aci ng t he Rubies location, which opened its sprawling showroom floor, four times the size of its previous space, in September.

Walk past the section modeled after a castle filled with A giant, sleeping ogre, when he rises from his seat, will princess costumes and you’ll frighten almost anyone who walks into Rubies Costume Comcome across a more haunted pany, even executive assistant Francine Robinson. area of the store, with a shirtPHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA less man strapped into an electric chair serving as the room’s centerpiece. made in-house, some of this year’s most Every 15 minutes, an alarm sounds and popular selections, like the character Elsa the fake inmate is violently jolted around in from the 2013 hit children’s movie “Frothe chair as steam rises to the ceiling, remi- zen,” have been f lying off the shelves at niscent of the famous failed execution scene high rates. in the film “The Green Mile.”

Robinson and assistant store manager Led by owner Marc Beige, Rubies, one of Lisa Tanico, an 18-year employee of Rubies, the world’s leading costume retailers, has expects the store to only get busier as the been in business since 1951. calender creeps closer to Oct. 31.

However, it transitioned this summer “It’s like controlled chaos,” Tanico said. from a full-service store, where customers “But it’s an exciting kind of crazy.” request what costume they want and an “We have to have crowd control,” Robinemployee brings it to the register, to a self- son added. “Even in a bad economy, Halservice shop, allowing people to pick out loween survives.” their own ghoulish or girly outfits.

One of the recent keys to the success of The new 12,000-square-foot space holds Rubies has been the acquisition of a exclumore than 20,000 costumes, according to sive license to create and sell a line of MarRobinson, some of which are sewn in the vel costumes in North America, as well as building’s basement. costume orders from retail giant Walmart.

“We’re very close knit, as far as employSpeaking of giant, the massive ogre, like ees go,” she said. “It’s been Marc and his every costume in the store, is for sale. siblings that have kept Queens vital. When For $16,500, you can purchase the prop. people are moving out, he’s building up.”

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The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest. “For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,�

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

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.� they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust.

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Special events are being planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the closing of the first year of the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Park.

Activities will be held on Sunday and include a scavenger hunt, lecture, concert and another public opening of the New York State Pavilion’s Tent of Tomorrow.

Registration for the scavenger hunt is mandatory and will run from 10 a.m. to noon at the pavilion. Teams of two to six of any age may participate. The scavenger hunt will be held 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

John Krawchuk, director of historic preservation for the Parks Department, will give a talk titled “Still Standing — the Enduring Legacy of the 1939 and 1964 fairs” at 1 p.m. at the Queens Museum.

During the day, the Tent of Tomorrow will be open to the public from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.

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The initiative was conducted during this past year starting in Tudor Village and drove crime down significantly in the community, he noted. It has now moved on to Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park.

The deputy inspector said that his email blasts to the community, which provide timely information to residents on burglary patterns, robberies and other crimes in an effort to raise awareness and improve intelligence made available to the NYPD, have also been fruitful.

Schiff said that during the year he has attended the meetings of the many civic groups in the community and listened to their concerns trying to find one common to all. Noise, he said, was at the top of their lists.

In the coming year, he said he will continue his efforts to bring peace and Q quiet to the neighborhood.

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Hot HS admissions debate set for Sat. Entrance to 8 elite schools at issue

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

Testing, testing, one, two, three ...

That’s what students do when they want to get into one of the city’s eight elite high schools — Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and the like, including, in this borough, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College.

Acceptance to the schools is based solely upon one exam: the specialized high school admissions test.

Some, especially in the Asian-American community, want to keep it that way. Asian Americans make up a majority of the students enrolled in the elite eight.

Others, including many in the AfricanAmerican community, want to broaden the admissions requirements to include factors such as essay writing and attendance. African Americans and Hispanics make up a relatively small percentage of the specialized schools’ student body compared to their portion of the city’s school-age population.

Caucasians are accepted into the schools at nearly the same proportion as they take the test, known as the SHSAT, according to figures from the United Federation of Teachers.

Should the admissions rules be changed or should the status quo, which is set by state law for some of the schools and tradition for the others, remain in place? That will be the subject of a public forum co-sponsored by the

Queens Chronicle this Saturday in Flushing.

Set to start at 3 p.m., the debate is sure to be passionate, given the feelings on both sides.

On one side of the panel will be Phil Gim, a Republican running for state Assembly against Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing) in the 40th District; former Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benjamin; and Dennis Saffran, an attorney who ran for City Council in the 19th District last year, also on the Republican line, and who wrote a column supporting the single-test criteria last summer for City Journal.

On the other side will be Ken Cohen, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Northeast Queens; and Leroy Gadsden, president of the NAACP’s Jamaica chapter.

Kim said he cannot attend the event.

Moderating will be Queens Chronicle contributing writer Laura A. Shepard of Forest Hills, a Bayside native and 2008 graduate of Bronx Science, who has been covering the issue for the paper. The event was primarily organized by David Lee of CoalitionEdu.org, a group formed to defend the admissions requirements from efforts to change them.

Those efforts have been led by state Assemblyman Karim Camara (D-Brooklyn), who proposed a bill to broaden the admissions process, with the support of the UFT and NAACP. Saturday’s forum will be held in the auditorium of the Taiwan Center, located at

Queens Chronicle freelance writer Laura A. Shepard will moderate Saturday’s debate on elite high school admissions, where the expected panelists include, clockwise from top left, Phil Gim, COURTESY PHOTO, RIGHT; AND FILE PHOTOS Ken Cohen, Leroy Gadsden and Dennis Saffran.

137-44 Northern Blvd. A capacity crowd is expected.

Lee says the success of the test is evidenced by the success of the schools’ graduates. And, he added in an email, “This issue brings to light more than a question of how to select students for admission to a school. It is a discussion about maintaining high educational standards to compete with the world, about improving K-8 inner-city education, and the use of diversity vs. merit to determine

admission to educational institutions.”

Cohen said in an interview that the NAACP has had its issues with the SHSAT and he will relate them to the audience. “The acceptance rate in all the schools is very low, and with our information received, we feel that in many cases the tests aren’t well-rounded,” he said.

You may be looking forward to “Saturday Night Live.” But this week, you don’t want to miss Saturday Afternoon Live, in Flushing. Q

Brian McLaughlin now out of prison Politician served a shortened term

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Ozone Park’s Delgado leads York Estefany Delgado, No. 10, got the only three goals of the game last week as York College in Jamaica defeated Berkeley College 3-0. Delgado, of Ozone Park, attended Richmond Hill High School. York goalkeeper Sarah Hiliare recorded the shutout.

The sophomore, shown in a picture taken last year, broke a scoreless tie at the 51-minute mark. Seventeen minutes later Jessica Cornejos’ throw-in found Delgado open, setting up her second goal. She also scored a penalty kick in the 79th minute.

Brian McLaughlin is a free man.

The former Flushing assemblyman, who served six years for racketeering and other ch a r ge s , wa s r ele a s e d Fr id ay f r om Schuylkill Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.

He will remain on supervised release, under supervision of the Department of Probation for three years. Probation will also be monitoring his employment as part of his release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

McLaughlin, 62, was sentenced to a 10-year term, but in May a federal judge reduced the sentence as a reward for his cooperation with the government.

According to court papers, prosecutors said that his help, by wearing wires and taping conversations, assisted the government in putting away state Sen. Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio of Ozone Park and David Rosen, CEO of the MediSys Health Network, which operates Flushing and Jamaica hospitals.

The judge also applauded McLaughlin for

working as a counselor in prison for drug addicts and alcoholics.

The disgraced politician, who served as assemblyman for the 25th District from 1993 to 2006, admitted he took more than $2 million from several sources, including a Little League baseball program, his own political campaign funds and the New York City Central Labor Council, where he served as president for 10 years.

McLaughlin acknowledged using the money to finance a lavish lifestyle including a second home on Long Island, a boat, membership at a country club and a number of mistresses.

Knowing he faced racketeering charges, he agreed to wear the wire and record conversations with Seminerio in 2007, when it was learned that he was taking consultant’s fees from hospitals. The recordings showed that Seminerio had received nearly $1 million from several clients, including Rosen.

Kruger is serving a seven-year sentence, while Rosen was convicted of bribing Kruger and others and got a three-year sentence.

Seminerio was sentenced to six years and Q died in prison in 2011.

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Several works by Jane Liu, who is having her first New York show at the Hwang Gallery in Flushing.

ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE & LIVING IVING

BEAUTY

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n the third floor of a commercial building in Flushing sits an artistic oasis waiting to be discovered.

The newly opened Hwang Gallery has the sleek look of a seasoned art space, but offers an opportunity few galleries in the area have been able to — provide a place for Asian and Asianinfluenced artists to share their work.

“This all happened by accident,” the owner of the galler y, John Hwang, said. “My father is a photographer and we were looking for a place to show his photos and every place we saw was just plain ugly.”

Hwang eventually settled on building his own space, which led to creating the Hwang Gallery.

The gallery almost directly mirrors its owner’s personality: professional and collected but also unafraid to crack a joke once in a while.

“All I’m used for is hanging the high paintings,” he joked.

Hwang Galler y’s latest exhibit is “Tuesday: Recalled,” a solo show featuring California resident Jane Liu.

“To be an artist with my first show in New York is very exciting to me,” Liu said.

The artist’s work, a mixture between abstract and impressionistic, has a romantic feel to it, though there are a few pieces that drastically differ from the majority of her paintings.

“We say she has like a split personality. That painting,” Hwang said, pointing at a dream-like field of grass and wildflowers, “there is no way it was painted by the same person as that one,” referring to an acrylic painting with harsh lines and darker colors.

Liu agrees her work isn’t always consistent, but said there’s no reason why it should be.

“I like to mix it up and keep it different,” she said.

“Each painting comes from a different place or a different memory. If I didn’t make things different, it would be so boring. But maybe he’s right, maybe I do have a split personality.”

A most special treat is the unofficial signature Liu puts on all her pieces.

“I have a fascination with circular things, so in each of my paintings, there is a circle or a dot in the painting,” she said.

Some of the circles are obvious, like the big blue dot in her piece “Blue Sun,” while others are nearly impossible to find, like the one in her triptych piece depicting an almost purple horizon.

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Free breast cancer screenings, Wed., Oct. 22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Resorts World Casino New York City, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, VIP parking lot across from main entrance. Mammograms/ clinical breast exams. Eligibility: women 40+ with health insurance; 50+ without health insurance; current NYC resident; no mammogram in the past 12 months. Schedule app’t: (877) 628-9090.

“Elaine Hajian: The Evolution of an Artist,” Queens Botanical Garden, Visitor & Administration Building, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, admission included with entry ($4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 students/children 3-12). Contact: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

“Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures” by Bundith Phunsombatlert, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, located on the lawn between the Unisphere and Queens Museum, on view thru November.

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“Homeland [In]security: Vanishing Dreams”

by Margaret Matthews-Berenson, Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, exhibition thru Nov. 16; Info: dorsky.org.

THEATER “In the Heights: The Musical,” Chappell Players, Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 16-18, 8 p.m., St. John’s University Little Theatre, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. $14; $5 SJU students; $6 other students/seniors. Info/ Tickets: sjucptg.com/current.html.

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

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

MUSIC “Jazz Italiano,” Paul Joseph Quartet, Sun., Oct. 19, 1 p.m., Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. $10 in advance, $15 at door. Info/ tickets: pauljoseph.com.

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“A Tribute to the Music of the Beatles,” Sat., Oct. 25, 8 p.m., St. Pancras School, 68-20 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. $25 pp, free parking, incl. food; cash bar. Info/reservations, call Hank Kraker (718) 866-5471, hankthek@aol.com.

“The AirTrain Jazz Festival,” sponsored by Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica and the Jamaica Arts Council; a cultural greeting for AirTrain travelers with live jazz on the concourse level of Jamaica’s AirTrain station, every Thurs. until Nov. 20, 6-8 p.m., featuring jazz artists from the Jamaica area and around the city.

Oct. 16: Mambo Negro; Oct. 23: Freddy Dugard’s Hit Squad; Oct. 30: Sage All Women’s Jazz Ensemble; Nov. 6: The Bill Jacobs Ensemble; Nov. 13: The Bartlett Jazz Ensemble; Nov. 20: Michelle Marie.

THEATRE Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” Theatre By The Bay, Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Sat., Nov. 1, 8, 15 at 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 2, 9, 16 at 3 p.m. $22 adults, $20 seniors/ kids. Info: (718) 428-6363, theatrebythebay.com.

“The AirTrain Jazz Festival” provides a cultural greeting for AirTrain travelers with live jazz on the concourse level of Jamaica’s AirTrain station, every Thurs. until Nov. 20.

“Night Watch,” Theatre Time Productions, Colonial Church of Bayside, 54-02 217 St., Fri. & Sat., Oct. 18, 24 & 25, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 19 & 26, 3 p.m. Tickets: $18 adults, $16 seniors/kids. Info/tickets: (347) 358-8102.

AUDITIONS Who Look-A-Like Contest! Thurs., Oct. 23, 10:30 a.m., Madison Square Garden, children ages 6 -10 to come dressed as a “Who” and recite one line from the production for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Winner will receive a one-time walk-on role, their name in lights, and four tickets for their family members. Preregistration req’d: theateratMSG.com/Who LookALikeContest.html.

“Legally Blonde,” Marathon Little Theater Group, Tue.-Wed., Oct. 21-22, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 245-37 60 Ave., Douglaston, callbacks Thurs., Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.

All roles open: men, women, teens. Sheet music, small dance routine required. Rehearsals begin in Dec., performances in March. Info: (917) 470-4877, (718) 428-1580, mtgproducer@gmail.com.

Community Singers of Queens is looking for new members; please attend a rehearsal, Mons., 8 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165 St., Flushing.

Contact: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

Defensive driving courses, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council, Holy Family Church, Sat., Oct. 25: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 175-20 74 Ave., Flushing, $45 pp. Info/RSVP: (631) 360-9720. Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, Two Thurs., Oct. 23 & 30: 13-00 209 St., Bayside, 7-10 p.m. $50 pp. Info/RSVP: (718) 631-5468.

Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:15-8:15 p.m. $10.

Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Contact: (718) 478-3100.

Hawkins-based modern technique dance with Valerie Green, every Tue., 6:30-8 p.m. $18 pp; $15 dancers/students. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. Contact: (718) 9563037, greenspacestudio.org/classes.html.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Choir, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, is looking for new singers in any voice category. Contact: David Close, director of music (718) 279-2939, davidwclose@gmail.com.

Yoga classes, Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, registration for fall series (15 classes), open level: Mon. 10:20-11:20 a.m.; beginners: Wed. 10:10-11:10 a.m.; intermediate/advanced: Fri., 11:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. $180 CQY members, $225 general; seniors, $71 CQY members, $128 general.

Contact: (718) 268-5011, ext. 504; cgy.org.

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Free English classes for Spanish speakers every Saturday, South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available, must call (646) 727-7821 to register.

Free lung cancer screenings, Forest Hills Hospital, Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 102-01 66 Road. Scan takes about five minutes and uses low-dose radiation. App’t req’d. Info: (855) 375-5864.

Blood drive, hosted by Assemblyman Michael Den Dekker with New York Blood Center and Cooley’s Anemia, Tue., Oct. 21, 8:15 a.m.-2:15 p.m., Salvation Army, 86-07 35 Ave., Jackson Heights. Info/ requirements: (800) 688-0900; (718) 457-0384 (Den Dekker’s office); nybc.org.

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

Kids free art classes, by Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at Arrow Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Sat., 10-11:30 a.m.

Reserve: (718) 261-7664. Info: (718) 261-7664 laccq@aol.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS 70th anniversary Fall Adoption Festival, North Shore Animal League, Sat., Oct. 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Citi Field, Lot G, Flushing. Hundreds of animals up for adoption plus fun for the entire family.

It’s My Park Day, Briarwood Action Network, Sat., Oct. 18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hoover Park seating area, Manton St. betw. 83 Ave. & Main St. Arts & crafts, live music, fun for all. Free.

Free SEO & public speaking training, Bayside Business Association, Tue., Oct. 21, 2-4 p.m., Papazzio Restaurant, 39-38 Bell Blvd. See how search engine options (SEO) can help optimize your business.

Register: baysideba.com/event-registration.

Octoberfest: A Beer-Tasting Fundraiser, to benefit Alley Pond Environmental Center, Wed., Oct. 22, 6:30-9 p.m., Beer Belly’s, 39-17 Bell Blvd., Bayside. $50 APEC members, $55 nonmembers. RSVP: alleypond.com & click under Special Events.

Networking & business card exchange, Thurs., Oct. 23, 5-7 p.m., Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, 35-16B Francis Lewis Blvd., Auburndale. RSVP: events@baysideba.com.

32nd annual Legislative Forum, Queens Interagency Council on Aging, Fri., Oct. 24, 9-11 a.m., registration/breakfast, 9-9:30 a.m. Queens Borough Hall, Room 213, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, RSVP: QICA (718) 268-5954, qicany@aol.com.

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Crime, war, song and dance in Queens theater

by Mark Lord qboro contributor

An unusually varied fall and winter community theater season is about to get under way on stages across the borough.

The schedule kicks off on Oct. 18 with Theatre Time Productions’ “Night Watch,” a suspense thriller by Lucille Fletcher. The play, under the direction of Kevin Vincent, enticingly suggests that “a murder has just been witnessed ... or has it???”

In the leading role of Elaine Wheeler is theater veteran Mary Lynch, heading an ensemble cast that includes Rene Bendana, Joanne Engfer, Frank Freeman, Jim Haines, Stephanie Lenna, Paul Robilotto, Cecilia Vaicels and Michael Zurik.

Opening night will include a dessert party and the opportunity to meet and greet the cast.

Performances will be at Colonial Church of Bayside, located at 54-02 217 St., on Oct. 18, 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 19 and 26 at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $18; $16 for seniors and students. For more information, call (347) 358-8102.

Theatre By The Bay offers Rodgers and

Hammerstein’s musical masterpiece “South Pacific,” an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The show’s central themes of racial prejudice and the need for tolerance still ring true today. Featured songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair” and “Bloody Mary.”

The large cast is headed by Michele Mazzocco as Nellie Forbush, David Yudell as Emile, Pamela Merrill as Bloody Mary, John Canning as Luther Billis and Eli Koenig as Lt. Joseph Cable.

Direction is by Lawrence Bloom, with musical direction by Alan Kingsley and choreography by Chery Manniello.

Performances at Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., are on Nov. 1, 8 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 2, 9 and 16 at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $22; $20 for seniors 62 and over and children under 12. For more information, call (718) 428-6363.

The season’s other big musical attraction, “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” arrives the next weekend via the FSF Community Theatre Group.

Set in the midst of the Roaring Twenties, the show focuses on an innocent named Millie Dillmount who leaves her small hometown

determined to hit it big in New York City.

Mary Kate Carter takes on the title role, with support from Andrew Murano as her love interest, Jimmy; Lisa Bondi as her best friend, Dorothy; and Anne Wisan as Muzzy, a singer and bon vivant.

Director Maryellen Pierce co-choreographs, along with Amanda Montoni. Paul Johnson serves as musical director.

Performances will be at the Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., on Nov. 8 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 2, 9 and 16 at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $18; $15 for seniors 65 and over and children 12 and under. For information, call (718) 428-8681.

Anton Chekhov’s rarely performed classic drama “Three Sisters” is being brought to life

by The Gingerbread Players. Set in provincial 19th-century Russia and focused on a family in crisis and a world in transition, the play, under the direction of Louise Foisy, features Louise Guinther as Olga, Terri Matassav as Masha and Lori Feren as Irina.

As part of the performance, soprano Jillian Smith and pianist Velma Adams will perform traditional and popular Russian music.

Performances will be at Saint Luke’s

Terri Matassav as Masha, left, Louise Guinther as Olga and Lori Feren as Irina in the Gingerbread Players’ rendition of “Three Sisters.”

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There is a suggested donation of $12; $10 per person for groups of six or more. For more information, call (718) 268-7772.

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All fun and games at the SculptureCenter

by Tess McRae qboro editor

Along with the recent expansion and renovation of the SculptureCenter, curators Ruba Katrib and Camille Henrot have brought the wacky, weird and silly to the building with the new exhibit “Puddle, Pothole, Porthole.”

While the SculptureCenter only increased in exhibition space by 700 square feet, the expansion is a welcomed one and adds a sense of openness that the older facilit y didn’t quite have.

“Puddle, Pothole, Portal” When: Thurs.-Mon., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; through Jan. 5 Where: SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., LIC

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The premise of “Puddle, Pothole, Portal” is not a simple one and yet it is one most ever yone has experienced in life.

The exhibit analyzes play and curiosity as demonstrated in 20th-century cartoons, the drawings of Saul Steinberg, the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and other children’s entertainment.

“Gags betray complex meanings and sociopolitical satire, and unrelated objects, locales and avatars interac t in the same dimension,” the entrance to the exhibit reads.

In a sense, “Puddle, Pothole and Portal” plays with the “stuff” that lies between the imagination and reality.

“With play, we can test boundaries and decipher our space,” the curators said of the inspiration for the exhibit. “Bumping into objects, pushing them over, hopping over fragments, falling down, we are clumsy and mischievous, like children in a world of new technologies.”

Indeed, walking around the new

space, one may feel the same sensation of discovery. There is no map, no sign or any guidance of where to go.

Visitors merely test doors, walk down stairs and turn corners, unsure if they will find another piece or a closet.

When the initial uncomfortable sensation that comes over oneself subsides, the act of viewing “Puddle, Pothole, Portal” is an adventure in and of itself.

Whether it’s the moving emoticons in Antoine Catala’s work “:)” or the giant pieces of chalk piercing through a blackboard like darts in M ick Peter ’s piece “A lber t and Jenny,” the show is just plain fun.

“The humor in ‘Puddle, Pothole, Portal’ is immature, the kind where you knock something over to see what will happen,” Katrib said. “It profits from a misunderstanding — or freedom from understanding — of physics or law and order, and requires the invention of objects a nd spaces t hat a re f luid a nd Mick Peter’s piece “Albert and Jenny” at the new Q adaptable.”

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A beautiful mistake takes root in Flushing continued from from page page 00 41 continued “I guess it can sort of be a game to find the circle,” Iris Hung, who also works for the Hwang Gallery, said. “It can be a scavenger hunt.”

The gallery is definitely a diamond in the rough and deserving of many more visitors — though, having only opened in April, it is still building a following.

Hwang is also working on partnering with the Parks Department and other galleries for an art festival where artists from around the world and around the corner will be invited to showcase their work.

The gallery owner is also looking to incorporate other types of media in his space, such as dance or music.

“All I demand of the artists I choose to represent is that they have respect for themselves and respect for their work,” Hwang said. “If they come to me without any respect, how can they expect me to put them in a show and promote their work to other people?”

“Tuesday: Recalled” When: Where: Tickets:

Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Nov. 2 Hwang Gallery, 39-10 Main St., #303, Flushing Free, hwanggallery.com

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A triptych by Jane Liu shows an abstract view of the horizon and water. “For a long time we couldn’t decide if it looked better together or if the panels should be apart,” Liu said. Eventually gallery owner John Hwang made the decision.

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Liu is also due to participate in several more shows at Hwang Gallery, but for the rest of the month, the place is hers.

“It’s a great opportunity to be given a solo exhibition,”

she said.

Up next for Hwang Gallery is “The Rising Gamut of Colors — Dancer Series” by Shien-Mao Lin, who paints abstract Q portraits of figures — mainly his girlfriend — dancing.

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COMMUNITY Halloween Hoedown, presented by the Josephine Foundation, Fri., Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, Immaculate Conception Center, 72007250 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. $30 pp, incl. buffet dinner, square dancing, raffles & costume contest. RSVP: (516) 334-1536, thejosephinefoundation.org.

Fall Harvest Festival, King Manor Museum, 150-3 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, Sat., Oct. 18, 12-4 p.m. Free. Watch open-hearth cooking, taste historical foods, press apple cider, churn butter by hand, create arts & crafts. Free. Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13, kingmanor.org.

Farmer’s Market Fridays, Queens Botanical Garden, Dahlia Ave., off Main St., Flushing, thru Nov. 21, every week, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: (718) 886-3800, queensbotanical.org.

Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 members, $9 nonmembers.

FLEA MARKETS PS 144 yard sale, Sat. Oct. 18, (rain date, Sun., Oct. 19), 10 a.m.-3 p.m., enter on Kessel or Juno sts., betw. 69 & 70 aves., Forest Hills.

Harvest Fest & Pumpkin Patch Celebration, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, Sun., Oct. 19, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Familyfriendly event. Contact: (718) 886-3800, ext.

330, dhector@queensbotanical.org.

Kew Gardens, LIRR North Parking Lot, 82-60 Austin St., Sat., Oct. 18 (rain date, Oct. 25), 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue will have dogs & cats for adoption, 12-4 p.m.

Historical Day, Broad Channel Civic Association, Sun., Oct. 19, 12-5 p.m., VFW Hall, Shad Creek Road. Info: Barbara Toborg (718) 474-1127.

Zion Episcopal Church, fall yard sale, Sat., Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 243-01 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Use Church St. back entrance.

Electronic VIN etching & bike etching, presented by Assemblymen Andrew Hevesi and Mike Miller and the 104th Precinct, Sat., Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Glendale Community Garden, 74-10 88 St. Free.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

Ridgewood Seneca Avenue Stroll, Myrtle Ave. BID & NYC Dept. of Transportation, Sat., Oct. 25, 12-5 p.m., Seneca Ave., betw. Myrtle & Catalpa aves. Food, music, fun for kids & more.

Fall festival, Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone, Sat., Oct. 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Flea market, carnival games, rides, pie-eating contest, pumpkins, live music featuring Capt. Kirk Douglas of the Roots and more.

Atlantic City bus trip, Kiwanis Club of Leffterts-Liberty, Sun., Oct. 19 to Taj Mahal. $45 pp/$35 giveback, refreshments on bus. Call: (718) 641-5066.

Empire City Bus Trip, Thurs., Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m. $25, incl. $15 slot dollars. Info: Call Joy (917) 921-7631. St. Josaphat’s Leisure Club, 35th Ave. & 210th St., Bayside.

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Spanish for beginners and face & hand reading according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) 771-9132.

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MEETINGS Rockaways Community Workshop: Jamaica Bay Greenway Implementation Plan, Thurs., Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m., Scholars’ Academy, 320 Beach 104 St., Rockaway Park. Join NYC Dept. of Transportation at the 2nd round of community workshops to plan pedestrian and bicycle paths along Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway waterfront.

Service Academy Forum, presented by Congresswoman Grace Meng, Sat., Oct. 18, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., register at 10 a.m. Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110 St. Informational forum on service academy admissions, programs and nominations.

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AARP meetings: Open to the general public.

Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m. Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m. Contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., meets last Tues. each month, 12 p.m.

North Shore Chapter of Hearing Loss Association of America, LIJ Hearing & Speech Center, 270-05 76 Ave., New Hyde Park, every third Wed. of month, 6:30 p.m.

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Theatre preview continued 43 continued from page 00 nightclub singer who is a recovering alcoholic, will be offered by the Douglaston Community Theatre Group.

Directed by Vincent Scott, the cast includes Clare Lowell and Karen Schlachter, who will be alternating in the leading role of Evy Meara, and Melissa Goller and Harriet Spitzer, who will share the role of her daughter.

Rounding out the ensemble are Barbara Mavro, Rich Weyhausen and Michael Carlin.

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Tickets will be $17; $15 for seniors and students with ID. For information, call (718) 482-3332.

“The Foreigner” concerns what happens when a shy young man named Charlie, pretending not to understand English, overhears more than he should, including damaging revelations. Promising nonstop hilarity and a wildly funny climax, Larry Shue’s play will be performed by the Parkside Players, under the direction of Bernard Bosio.

Performances will be at the Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Tpke., in Forest Hills on Nov. 22, 28 and 29 and Dec. 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m.

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The First String Players will close out the season with Ken Ludwig’s comedy of mistaken identities and romantic pursuits, “Lend Me a Tenor,” set in the world of grand opera.

Liam MacLarty directs.

Performances will be at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 70-01 Kessel St., in Forest Hills on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 1 and 8 at 3 p.m.

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Seaman Karl Kugerl of Austria docked in New York Harbor in 1905. It was love at first sight. He applied for citizenship and was granted naturalization in 1912. Anxious to be a full American, he changed his name to Charles Kuegerl in the hope to assimilate better. At this time he opened a bakery at 834 Fresh Pond Road. His knowledge of the trade came from his work at his parents’ bakery and guesthouse back in Austria. It was so successful he opened more bakeries going east to Jamaica and Floral Park.

By the end of the 1920s his first bakery had been renumbered 67-06 and was sold to 26-year-old August Leupold, who also lived in Ridgewood. The corner bakery thrived with the help of Leupold’s wife, Josephine, and their three children. By the late 1950s it had been sold again and became The Crown Donut Shop. A short distance from the train station, it was the perfect stop for those on their way to or from work.

By the late 1960s the store had been gutted and became The Jiffy Cleaners. After almost 50 years, the business remains as a

The Charles Kuegerl Bakery, 834 Fresh Pond Road, in Ridgewood, today renumbered 67-06 and home to The Jiffy Cleaners. This photo taken shortly after the bakery opened PHOTO COURTESY CAROLE KUEGERL in 1912. neighborhood fixture to this day.

The site’s first tenant, Kuegerl, the man who started it all on this corner, ambitiously went on during the years to owning bathhouses in Rockaway Beach, a Pullman dining car-style diner in Jamaica, a real estate brokerage and builder-contractor business in Floral Park. He passed away in 1958 at the age of 76. The Austrian seaman made the right move to get off in New York and make Q Queens his home.

Geno’s an SNL joke

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

You have to give Jets quarterback Geno Smith credit for maintaining an upbeat attitude at his press conference following the team’s 31-17 loss to the Denver Broncos last Sunday, which marked their fifth straight defeat. “Every day that I get up healthy and get a chance to play is a blessing!” Smith said. He added that the travails of the previous week, when the media understandably made a big deal out of him missing a team meeting in San Diego, which became further magnified when the Jets were humiliated 31-0 by the Chargers, did not affect his mood.

Smith’s body language told a different story as he winced when I asked him about being a punchline on “Saturday Night Live.” Colin Jost, a co-anchor on the Weekend Update segment, stated “On Friday embattled Jets QB Geno Smith celebrated his 24th birthday. Sadly, when Smith blew out the candles his birthday wish was intercepted and run back for a touchdown!”

It’s safe to say that’s not how Geno wants to become a pop culture icon.

It’s clear that the Jets’ losing streak has taken a toll on head coach Rex Ryan, who both looked and sounded very weary at Sunday’s post-game press conference. The Jets have been on a downhill slide since the second game of the season at Green Bay, where a timeout called by an assistant coach negated a Jets touchdown. The

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Packers, who trailed at one point by a score of 21-3, rallied to win the game.

There are plays that have a negative effect on a franchise that go well beyond a given game.

The 1994 Jets did not win another game after Dan Marino faked spiking the football to stop the clock as time was running out and instead threw a game-winning touchdown pass.

Nearly 18 years later, Jets QB Mark Sanchez fumbled when he ran into the backside of a teammate, offensive lineman Brandon Moore.

New England Patriots defender Steve Gregory picked up the ball and ran for a touchdown.

Sanchez’s Jets career was pretty much over at that point.

I asked Rex if the Green Bay “timeout touchdown takeaway” had the same lingering effect on this year’s Jets. He said he did not believe it did but then started listing a lot of bad things that have happened to his team since then.

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