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Council puts brakes on delivery bikes New measures make businesses responsible for training, safety

by Michael Gannon Editor

rivers and pedestrians alike have long complained about bike messengers and food delivery personnel who seem to spring up on streets and sidewalks seemingly from every direction.

Now the City Council is hitting back from every direction, passing a package of bills aimed at cracking down on dangerous riders and their employers.

The primary bill has been tabbed “Stuart’s Law” for Stuart Gruskin, a 50-year-old man who was killed in 2009 by a commercial bicyclist going the wrong way down a oneway street in Manhattan.

In a statement last Thursday, Council Speaker Christine Quinn said the strengthened regulations will protect the riders themselves as well as others.

“New York is a city on the go and we want to keep it that way, but we must do it safely,” Quinn said. “Business owners are responsible for the safety of their employees and anyone else in the workplace. City streets become an extension of that workplace the moment their employees leave to perform job-related duties on a bike.”

Measures include allowing the city’s Department of Transportation employees to enforce new and existing bike regulations, which now

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A helmetless delivery man weaves in and out and heads into oncoming traffic on Vernon Boulevard PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI in Long Island City. can only be enforced by the NYPD. The bills also set civil penalties of $100 for businesses that do not furnish their riders with helmets and reflective vests; or that fail to offer proper training or identification for their riders.

“Businesses will have no excuses for not providing safety equipment to their cyclists,” said Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx),

chairman of the Transportation Committee.

“Cyclists will have to know the rules of the road, and the DOT will have no excuse for failing to enforce them.”

Part of the multipronged strategy was sponsored by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside). His bill, Intro. 683, requires every rider working on behalf of a business to wear a reflective vest, jacket or

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Van Bramer, in a statement issued by his office, said his bill is a common-sense approach.

“By making our commercial cyclists more visible we are helping improve the safety not only of those on two wheels, but also those in cars and on foot,” he said.

Other bills require bicyclists to take a bicycle safety course from a curriculum that will be posted on the DOT’s website. It will include instruction on safe-riding practices and the rules of the road.

Fines for violations run from $100 for a first offense to $250 for a second offense within 30 days.

Transportation Alternatives advocates more bicycle use to reduce automobile traffic in the city. Its spokesman, Michael Murphy, called the bills a good first step on Tuesday, but said businesses need more accountability.

He said there still is too much incentive for businesses to try and take shortcuts.

“The incentives still run the wrong way,” Murphy said. “It doesn’t get to the root causes. Food workers have to get the food to the customers as soon as possible. Their tips depend on it, and the restaurant’s reputation depends on it. They’re under pressure to come back, pick up the next order and get it Q out there.”

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City Council lines still would divide Rich. Hill About a hundred residents speak at redistricting meeting in LIC

by Josey Bartlett Editor

Minority residents from Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park and Elmhurst came out en masse to last Wednesday’s Districting Commission meeting held at LaGuardia Community College to collect public comments about proposed City Council lines. They said their neighborhoods should be united to stop the fracturing of minority populations.

The lines are being redrawn as mandated by the results of the 2010 U.S. Census. Though created by the city, all lines must be redrawn under certain federal guidelines with an effort to keep neighborhoods together, and to create contiguous districts of residents and neighborhoods with “common concerns and interests.”

The New York City Districting Commission, which includes former state Sen. Frank Padavan and former Councilman Thomas Ognibene of Queens, released a second map of council districts on

Sept. 4, but the changes made to the previous lines were small.

“I feel like this is deja vu,” Korean Community Services Executive Director Linda Lee said, in regards to the second draft of the map still splitting the communities as it does in the first draft of the map.

According to the second draft of the City Council district map, Richmond Hill would be drawn into two districts instead of the existing four.

The districts of Council members Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), and Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), districts 28 and 32 respectively, would split Richmond Hill with the border running down Lefferts Boulevard south of Atlantic Avenue and 111th Street north of it.

Many groups at the meeting asked that the Lefferts Boulevard line be moved to the Van Wyck Expressway, which would unite South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill into one community. The South Asian and IndoCaribbean populations that live there — and are now divided by Lefferts Boulevard — would be united into

one council district.

“Lefferts Boulevard is right down the middle of our community,” said Richard David, executive director of the Indo-Caribbean Alliance.

Albert Baldeo, a lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 2009, agrees with the move to the Van Wyck Expressway. One of his reasons, in addition to uniting the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean community, is to separate larger housing units from single- and two-family homes.

“The issues, problems, solutions and allocation of resources confronting them are overpowered and overlooked in preference to those confronting communities like Rochdale Village, and the Jamaica housing projects over the Van Wyck Expressway — a natural divide,” Baldeo said. “These communities should not be lumped together.”

The two other districts that now include Richmond Hill, those of Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), were drawn out of the neighborhood. Crowley’s district would

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Members of Minkwon Center for Community Action, David Kim, left, Abrar Taseen, Sean Park, and Hasung Ahn raise signs at last Wednesday’s hearing in PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT Long Island City. include nearly all of Woodhaven, at the expense of Ulrich, and parts of Woodside and Maspeth now in Jimmy Van Bramer’s (D-Sunnyside) district.

His district would be geographically shrunk to account for the growing population in Long Island City.

Koslowitz’s district would include a significant part of Elmhurst, which

creates a more subdivided neighborhood than before.

“Elmhurst, a heavily immigrant Asian-American neighborhood, shares much more in common with the rest of District 25 and Jackson Heights than with Rego Park, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens in the continued on page 26

State, city minds meet on sewers Broad Channel residents fined for problem city vowed to fix in 1982

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Residents of Larnark Road in Broad Channel have each received a $30,000 fine from the state because their sewer system is not connected to the rest of the city’s sewers, a problem the city had PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER vowed to solve more than 30 years ago. never went through with the sewer project because the Department of Transportation ruled Larnark Road was a private road since it was not on a map, which would mean the city was not responsible for the sewers on the street, the residents would be.

The state, believing the DOT’s assertion that Larnark Road was a private road, fined

the residents.

“The city does not do sewer projects on private roads,” Goldfeder said.

But Larnark Road residents argued they do not live on a private road. The street, which extends from Noel Road near the neighborhood’s subway station to about 300 feet into Jamaica Bay, is clearly a city road,

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It’s a classic case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand was doing.

Residents living on Larnark Road, an isolated dead-end street that sticks out into Jamaica Bay on the east side of Broad Channel, have no sewer connection. When their homes were built more than half a century ago, their sewage just drained into the bay.

But 30 years ago, the city Department of Environmental Protection promised to connect their sewers to the city’s system to prevent sewage from seeping into the bay, which had been classified a federally protected habitat. They’re still waiting.

Patience wore thin and was completely sapped when $30,000 fines were issued to the residents of Larnark Road and nearby Church Road by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. They had ruled it was the residents’ fault their sewer system was not legal.

Angry and despondent residents went to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), who called in city and state officials to his office for a meeting on Oct. 10.

Residents and other local officials wanted the city to take responsibility for the fines because it had reneged on its agreement to build new sewers. The DEP said it

they say. Local officials agree.

“It’s clear that this is the city’s responsibility, and they need to acknowledge it and move on to design and construction,” said Jonathan Gaska, district manager of Community Board 14, which includes Broad Channel.

The meeting on Oct. 10 was productive, Goldfeder said, and ended with the city taking responsibility for the sewer problem and the DOT agreeing that Larnark Road is officially a city road, allowing the DEP to move forward with a sewer project. The city will also be responsible for the state fines and are expected to pay them.

“I think it’s a great first step,” Goldfeder said, noting he hopes the sewer project will get off the ground sooner rather than later.

Goldfeder gave special credit to the DEC’s regional director Venetia Lannon, who attended the meeting. He said one resident of Larnark Road was brought nearly to tears by the situation and Lannon went out of her way to go from the meeting at Goldfeder’s Rockaway Park office to the resident’s home to see the problem with her own eyes.

“She went with him to Broad Channel to see the lay of the land,,” Goldfeder said. “I give her a tremendous amount of credit for Q that.”

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Addabbo makes Ulrich calls for jobs case for third term and accountability Senator talks taxes, hydrofracking Republican says he can be more and ‘frustrating’ power struggles effective for 15th SD than Addabbo

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) went to Albany after ousting a 20-year Republican incumbent in 2008. With him came a Democratic majority for the first time in more than four decades.

But four years later, that majority is gone and Addabbo is fighting for his seat in a newly redrawn district facing off against his successor on the City Council.

Addabbo who holds a razor-thin lead against his opponent, Councilman Eric Ulrich (ROzone Park), according to a recent Siena poll.

Some national pundits have said the race is one of the closest and most expensive in any of the 50 states.

“This campaign is the poster-child for campaign finance reform,” he said, noting he supports a number of measures to toughen the state’s campaign finance laws, making them closer to the city’s laws “The big donors, certainly up in Albany, are very influential,” Addabbo said Monday during a meeting with the Queens Chronicle editorial board, adding that his legislation dealing with freight rail in Middle Village has been stymied by colleagues who take donations from CSX and other railroads.

“To limit that, let’s change the rules,” he said.

Addabbo said one issue that his father dealt with as a congressman that continues to be a problem is airplanes. Back in the 1970s, Rep. Joe Addabbo Sr. dealt with the SST Concorde jetliner and the rise of the jet age affecting quality of life around JFK Airport. Addabbo said he hears similar complaints and is concerned about the future at the airport.

“When the airport talks about expansion, running into Jamaica Bay, I have got to be concerned,” he said.

On energy matters, Addabbo said he supports a wind farm off the coast of Rockaway, which could be a place for education as well as a clean means of creating energy. He would reserve judgment on closing Indian Point, but took a stance staunchly opposing hydrofracking — the process by which natural gas is extracted from the ground using a mix of chemicals opponents say could hurt the water supply. Though supporters, including Addabbo’s opponent, say it would bring many needed jobs to upstate and much needed tax revenue to the state’s coffers, Addabbo said it is too risky.

“It’s one of the black and white issues for me and my opponent,” he said. “The oil companies come in and bring their own workers. If anything, very, very few jobs are created and maybe for an economic boost, the local delis and local hotels profit temporarily.”

Addabbo said the process is too dangerous to the water, and noted that hydrofracking has polluted the water in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

“In a district that is surrounded by water,

City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) says every candidate for the state Senate should have only one priority in January no matter which party he or she belongs to.

“It should be jobs — creating jobs and helping people keep the jobs they already have,” he said.

Ulrich is running against Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), the man he replaced in the City Council less than four years ago.

And Ulrich believes the senator’s record in the council and in Albany makes a Republican challenger more suited for the seat.

“I can accomplish more in the Senate majority that he can in the minority,” Ulrich said.

Like most of the Senate Republicans, Ulrich favors reducing corporate tax rates along with tax incentives to encourage businesses to come to and stay in the state.

He supports a measure that would cut corporate tax rates 20 percent, from 6.5 percent to 5.2.

“That would save businesses about $45 million, and I think that would eventually wind up back in the state’s kitty” because it would allow for more jobs and more spending by individuals and the private sector, Ulrich said.

He also is open to a proposal that would reduce manufacturing taxes to zero for an asyet undetermined time frame; and incentives for hiring veterans and the unemployed.

But he also supports an effort by Sen. Tim Kennedy (D-Buffalo) to eliminate tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. And he breaks with conventional GOP wisdom in his support for increasing the minimum wage and mandatory paid sick leave for businesses.

“It is impossible for a single parent or a family of two to live in New York with its high cost of living at $7.25 an hour,” he said.

He favors legislation similar to that recently passed in Connecticut that increased the minimum wage and established a mandatory five paid sick days per year for employees of companies that employ more than 50 people, saying neither would place an undue burden on a large business. A current New York proposal is for as many as nine days.

“The nine [paid sick days] is too much,” he said. “And Connecticut made exceptions for smaller companies and seasonal workers.”

Nowhere does Ulrich differ from Addabbo more than on the issue of hydrofracking, the process being considered for removing natural gas from upstate New York rock deposits using the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into the ground.

Addabbo is categorically opposed to permitting the process in New York State, citing

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there is no possible way you should be in favor of hydrofracking,” he said. “We don’t have the mechanisms in place to test the water for radioactivity. The [Department of Environmental Conservation] is clearly not ready for this.”

Addabbo also noted the bills regulating or limiting hydrofracking never made it out of the Senate Rules Committee and blamed the GOP majority for that.

He discussed taxes and spending, and defended his record which has been under attack by the Ulrich campaign and Republican allies for his votes on the MTA payroll tax and tax hikes as well as spending cuts while he served on the City Council.

He noted that the city tax hikes were temporary and defended his record in the state Senate, saying that he has looked to cut the budget in areas where spending is “wasted.”

“We’re looking at insurance fraud, Medicaid fraud,” he said. “But when we want to do other things, we have to see what the mathematical effects are.”

He continued, “This year we restored money for education, an extra $290 million for schools, and now we have a new source of revenue.”

He said a lot of the lottery money that is coming in is not going to schools — much of it is being spent administratively.

“If you talk about cutting waste, let’s see what we can do with that,” he said.

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concerns over potential impact to the city’s upstate water supply and a lack of supervision over the waste products from the process.

“Joe Addabbo says he’s for creating jobs.

He’s just for creating them in Pennsylvania,” Ulrich said, referring to a thriving natural gas industry just over the New York State line.

“These are not $7.25 an hour jobs fixing slot machines at Resorts World,” Ulrich said.

“These are good-paying jobs and it means millions in tax revenue at a time when we’re cutting education funding.”

Ulrich believes the federal Environmental Protection Agency should take the lead on supervision of the process.

“He only wants certain kinds of jobs,” the councilman said of his opponent.

Ulrich falls mostly in line with his party on gun control issues, though he says he is willing to talk about microstamping legislation, which would require every f irearm manufactured in the state to imprint a unique marking on shell casings. The legislation is opposed by the Republican hierarchy.

“I’m open to it,” he said. “I’m not being endorsed by the [National Rifle Association] and I’m not seeking their endorsement.

That’s the difference between Joe Addabbo and me. He does what he’s told.”

And Ulrich believes that has had an impact on Addabbo’s ability to bring back discretionary funding to the 15th District, much of which has been vetoed by Gov. Cuomo since he took office. continued on page 25

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The debate over stop and frisk he City Council is considering a series of bills that we believe would be dangerous to all citizens of New York because they would hamper the Police Department’s ability to keep crime at the record low rates prevalent today.

The issue is the department’s use of stop and frisk — more correctly stop, question and frisk — to check suspicious-looking people for guns, other weapons, drugs or other contraband.

Most of the bills under consideration would impose restrictions upon officers that could endanger their safety as well as that of the general public.

Make no mistake: We understand the concerns about stop and frisk and have no doubt that some officers abuse their power when questioning people. We understand that too many members of the minority community are questioned without just cause. But the Police Department is already making its own reforms of how stops are conducted, and much of what the City Council is considering would amount to throwing the baby out with the bath water.

A top concern is that the measures could leave the city more open to tremendous financial damages if plaintiffs successfully sue over stops they believe were unwarranted. Even as the council is debating the bills, a federal judge is hearing a number of cases brought by people who say they were wrongly frisked. Many of

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their stories are compelling and show the police in a negative light.

But that doesn’t mean the taxpayers should be forced to pay them tens of millions of dollars as redress, a concern first brought to our attention by Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. of Astoria, the Public Safety Committee chairman.

Another issue is the proposal to make officers inform people who are stopped of their right to refuse a search and, in at least some cases, require them to obtain proof of the person’s consent.

How is a cop who might, for example, be checking out someone who matches the description of the guy who just committed an armed robbery supposed to go about doing that?

The one element of the legislation that we find worth seriously considering is the creation of an inspector general’s office to oversee the NYPD. Vallone and other law-and-order members, like Whitestone Councilman Dan Halloran, agree. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says the department already has enough oversight, between the city’s five district attorneys, the Civilian Complaint Review Board and the NYPD’s own internal affairs unit. He has a point too. Let’s debate the IG proposal and leave the rest aside — just as a lot of criminals have been leaving their weapons aside, knowing they could be searched. The deterrent effect of stop and frisk is one element its critics seem to always overlook.

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In fact, MLS plans to renovate the community soccer fields surrounding the stadium, transforming them into world-class, all-weather turf fields for the community to use year round. We will renovate these fields before the stadium is built and that renovation will be phased so players are impacted as little as possible.

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One of the key reasons we want to bring a professional team and stadium to the park is because Queens has repeatedly demonstrated its deep passion for soccer, as evidenced by more than 30 soccer leagues playing organized games in the park.

Despite this tremendous activity, several of the community fields are in poor shape. Turf is ripped up. Many of the fields are only dirt. Most are unusable in winter.

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munity, and will remain open for community use even when games are being played in the stadium.

We believe that young players competing next to the professional stadium will inspire even more kids to play and enjoy soccer.

Someday — we hope to see a child who grew up playing next to this stadium competing for our professional club.

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Dear Editor: A Queens woman named Ida Hammer won a court battle to force an insurance company— MVP Healthcare—to pay for her sex-change operation (or gender re-assignment, to be politically correct), a procedure that normally costs $18,000. Meanwhile, a judge recently ruled that Massachusetts must pay for the sex-change

Bicycle safety bills ongratulations to the City Council for passing a legislative package meant to crack down on commercial bicyclists who freak out pedestrians and drivers alike every day, and often injure the former.

One piece of the package, sponsored

by Sunnyside Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, will make bicycle deliverymen more visible by mandating that they wear reflective vests. Businesses that do not provide them would be subject to fines.

Another measure would force commercial cyclists to take a safety course.

While there are many who will keep running lights and riding the wrong way no matter what, the classes might straighten out some two-wheeled scofflaws.

Ignoring that law would also mean a fine.

The bills have been passed — great.

Next comes the hard part: enforcement.

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operation of a prisoner.

If both these decisions aren’t overturned by appeal, can MVP Healthcare and Massachusetts taxpayers claim a tax deduction for these operations, as an equipment replacement cost?

Richard Reif Flushing

Fiddling as Rome burns Dear Editor: In my effort to stay informed, I attended a “Candidates Night” on Oct. 10 at Holy Cross High School to listen to the candidates. There were three candidates seeking a congressional seat and four others seeking seats in the state Assembly.

I consider myself an informed and concerned citizen and was prepared to hear a discussion about the absence of a federal budget for four years, uncontrolled entitlement spending, the unaccountable Federal Reserve, the impending bankruptcy of Social Security, the impending

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Dear Editor: Why not also apply Sen. Schumer’s bill outlawing annoying robocall calls, which includes stiff fines in the thousands of dollars, to elected officials like Sen. Schumer, who also “use machines that automatically dial numbers and then play prerecorded telemarketing messages” urging voters to support their re-election?

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When life begins Dear Editor: Re “Why abortion is moral,” Letters, Oct. 11: As if the argument or statement “where are the pro-lifers once these unwanted babies are born?” validates the ending of their precious lives while still in the womb! Well, I’ll tell you where those pro-lifers are — they are supporting ministries like Mammas House, the Sisters of Life and Feminists for Life, all organizations which are women-centered, providing ongoing support and training to women who choose life for their children despite the hardships they may encounter.

Human life begins at conception. Check the medical books. The morality in “permitting” the births of unborn children rests on the sanctity of human life, and is not dependent on whether or not they are “wanted.”

In conclusion, let it be noted that we begin down a slippery slope when we propose to judge at which stage or state of life one becomes more “significant” than another.

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Dear Editor: In the Oct. 4 issue, Robert Keilbach stated that I had “two obvious mistruths” about defense spending and how much the “rich” pay in taxes (“The left strikes back,” Letters). Let me respond to Mr. Keilbach.

He stated that defense spending is at the highest level since World War II. What he did not mention is that defense spending as a percent of the total budget is actually down a couple of percentage points since the end of the Cold War in 1992 and that the defense budget as a percentage of GDP is below the last 45 years’ average. Also, the Navy has the fewest ships since 1916. Maybe Mr. Keilbach would not be happy until they have only a couple of tug boats.

Second, Mr. Keilbach thinks the “rich” are not paying their fair share in other taxes. It should be pointed out that while Social Security taxes apply only to the first $110,000 in income so are the benefits, so there is no free lunch there. Also, since Medicare taxes are paid on all earned income, the rich get significantly less in benefits as a percent of taxes paid then the rest of us.

Sales and property taxes are charged by state and localities. If Mr. Keilbach has a problem with those taxes, he should not expect the federal government to offset his perceived injustices.

These are my opinions, but they are not my facts. They are the facts.

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Dear Editor: State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. held a rally at Russo On The Bay’s garden on Cross Bay Boulevard to discuss the dangerous processes used in hydrofracking on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Attending with 30 neighbors were state Sen. Tony Avella and Sierra Club member Ken Baer, a past NYC Group chairman, who also spoke about this issue.

Mr. Addabbo said, “My district is surrounded by water. It is a very toxic process that will affect our community in Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways. There are studies on how to extract the gas in a safe process. The idea that this process will create jobs is false, as Texas will bring in people to do the drilling and the gas will be shipped overseas.”

Present were Don Riepe from Broad Channel, a staunch environmentalist who heads a chapter of the Littoral Society, Betty Braton, the Community Board 10 chairwoman, and a reporter from a weekly paper.

I look forward to the debate between Mr. Addabbo and Councilman Eric Ulrich at Our Lady of Grace auditorium tonight, Oct. 18. I hope this most important difference between the candidates will be discussed. Also under

discussion must be an effort to enable more manufacturing and research opportunities in our state, which will increase jobs and are critical to our future, as will be other sources of energy, to get us out of business with nations in the Middle East.

I hope our neighbors pack the auditorium to show support for this meeting in a respectful way. Both men deserve this courtesy.

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tax increases, imperiled pension obligations, countless regulatory agencies with myriad counterproductive restrictions and regulations, etc. I was curious to hear their solutions on how we may avoid or mitigate the inevitable crash as we approach the “fiscal cliff ” everyone is prognosticating.

To my dismay, it seemed as if I were in a parallel universe with a different reality, where loiterers on Northern Boulevard, noise from aircraft and a procedure for extracting natural gas are the major threats to our lives and economy.

Only one candidate attempted to address the inevitable fiscal calamity but was unable to elaborate due to time constraints.

Most elections do not effectuate change but serve to legitimize and reinforce the status quo since 85 percent of incumbents are returned to office. Most of the candidates subscribe to the fashionable view that government knows best and is responsible for our welfare. Their aim is to lull us into a false sense of security, encourage us to follow along with the crowd and shirk personal responsibility. What is most discouraging is that most candidates as well as voters do not understand the issues that affect our economy. Perhaps that is why they were never addressed.

There is no doubt we have met the enemy. It is us.

Edward Konecnik Flushing

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A fire broke out in a kitchen inside the Rockwood Park Jewish Center last week, causing damage to some of the back rooms of the synagogue and disrupting a school and damaging a senior center located in the complex.

The Fire Department responded to the blaze at around 1:54 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6. The FDNY said 12 units and 60 f iref ighters were on the scene, and at least half a dozen ambulances also arrived.

The situation caused traff ic to be diverted along 84th Street, the only direct route from Lindenwood into New Howard Beach, for about a half hour.

The fire was declared under control a little more than an hour after firefighters responded.

No damage was done to the sanctuary part of the temple or the facade of the building, located at 156-45 84th St., but there was damage to the kitchen and some offices near the source of the fire.

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The acrid smell of smoke permeated the neighborhood for hours after the fire was declared under control.

Judy Ascherman, assistant director of the Howard Beach Senior Center, which has its off ices and event rooms in the basement of the synagogue, said the center suffered some minor damage, but much of it had been repaired by the end of last week. The senior center, as well as the school, were closed Monday and Tuesday due to the Jewish holiday but was able to reopen completely by Wednesday, although Ascherman said it was not able to serve a hot lunch because gas service had not yet been restored.

The Toddler/Infant Program for Special Education, a school for special needs children, located directly upstairs from the senior center, was undamaged but was closed Wednesday because there was no gas in the building to heat the classrooms. Students were back in class on Thursday once the heat was back on.

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The FBI has arrested 21-year-old Jamaica resident Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis for his alleged role in a foiled plot to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Manhattan.

Nafis, who is being charged with possessing a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda, was arrested on Wednesday in the culmination of an investigation by the FBI. He allegedly arrived in the U.S. from Bangladesh in January 2012 with the intent of forming an Al-Qaeda terrorist cell in New York. However, one of the men he tried to recruit was an FBI informant.

Thus, NYPD, FBI and New York Joint Terrorism Task Force investigators were able to closely monitor Nafis’s movements in the U.S. According to the FBI’s report, Nafis considered bombing the New York Stock Exchange and assassinating high-ranking government off icials before settling on the Federal Reserve. The report also cites a letter that

Nafis allegedly wrote to claim responsibility for the attack for Al-Qaeda, saying, “Nafis wrote that he wanted to ‘destroy America’ and that he believed the most efficient way to accomplish this goal was to target America’s economy.”

An FBI agent posing as an Al-Qaeda facilitator supplied Nafis with 20 50-pound bags of nonfunctional explosives. After assembling the inert bomb, Nafis drove it in a van to the Federal Reserve, parked it, and walked to a nearby hotel where he was summarily arrested.

“As alleged in the complaint, the defendant came to this country intent on conducting a terrorist attack on U.S. soil and worked with single-minded determination to carry out his plan,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch.

Ghulan Rabbi, a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim organization and a Queens Bengali Muslim, told the Chronicle, “Our community categorically dismisses any violence in the name of religion. We can’t let a Q few twisted people hijack our religion.”

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Electeds ask for more cops as community council fights rules plan

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

Residents packed the 106th Precinct Community Council meeting in Ozone Park on Oct. 10 to voice their complaints on an array of issues.

Before addressing the complaints, Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, the precinct’s commanding officer, reminded the audience not to leave expensive items and credit cards in full view in unlocked vehicles. He urged residents to call 911 if they see individuals checking door handles of vehicles on the street and said plainclothes officers will respond.

Inspector Pascale told the audience that although the precinct has fewer police officers, they are working harder and making more arrests and issuing more summonses.

Associate School Safety Officer Debra Eckuland suggested that with the recent increase in thefts of Apple iPhones and iPads, parents not let their children take their Apple products to school. She also suggested that children not wear their jewelry to school.

Nancy Cardenas of Ozone Park complained of aggressive salesmen on 96th Street using high pressure tactics to try to convince homeowners to switch energy service company.

Pascale told Cardenas that while many of these salesmen are legitimate, residents should be on the lookout for what he termed

“diversion burglaries,” where one perpetrator of the city's 85 precinct community councils, will keep the homeowner occupied while the the council presidents voiced their strong other steals valuables. objections to the proposed regulations.

Sal Tammaro of Howard Beach complained “The objection that was basically raised by about drag racing in the vicinity of 161st all of the community councils was that the Avenue and 78th Street in Howard Beach. community councils are organizations of the Pascale advised Tammaro to call 911 when he community, we are not an organization of the sees it occurring. police department,” Aside from discussaid Betty Braton, sion of local issues, then-president of the the meeting turned to 106th Precinct comhere are not enough more off icial busimunity council, in ness.

1999. officers, we need more Frank Dardani, At the time these officers on the street.” president of the comregulations were first munity council, read promulgated, Braton — Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder part of a letter from said the community Chief Philip Banks council presidents III, commanding offisuggested that the cer of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau. new regulations represented an attempt by the In the letter Banks informed Dardani that with NYPD to increase control of the councils. input from community council presidents, the Braton told the community council in 1999 bureau has proposed uniform city precinct that the community council presidents had community council bylaws. agreed and so advised the Deputy CommisHe said that in 1985, the council had adopt- sioner for the Community Affairs Office that ed its own governing bylaws which have been the bylaws procedure of each individual counused throughout the years. He believes that cil spells out the process of changing them. “If one uniform set of bylaws should not be there are to be any changes, those changes imposed to cover all precinct councils, noting will emanate from the membership, not from each precinct is different. the police department,” said Braton.

In 1999 when the NYPD attempted to An emailed request for comment from the impose new regulations governing the actions NYPD was not responded to by press time.

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) addressed the gathering, saying that crime was actually up in the city despite a decline in homicides, and called for the hiring of more police officers to patrol the streets.

“There are not enough officers, we need more officers on the street,” said Goldfeder.

At its peak in 2001, the NYPD had a force of almost 41,000 officers whereas today they are hovering under 35,000.

In Southern Queens and Rockaway, within Patrol Borough Queens South, crime has risen over 6 percent to date compared to a similar time period last year. Specifically the 100th, 101st, and 106th precincts have seen an increase in crime of almost 17 percent.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) who also attended the meeting, discussed four bills aimed at police reform currently before the City Council’s Public Safety Committee — three of which deal with street stops. The fourth bill would create an Office of Inspector General to monitor the Police Department.

Ulrich said he supports the police department's stop-and-frisk policy and opposes the bills and would vote against them if they get to the council floor.

“We can't tie the hands of our police officers,” Ulrich said.

The next meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council will be on Wednesday, Q Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. at 103-51 101 St.

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CB 10 blasts city on outreach Troubled youth home opened Sept. 1 with few knowing

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

Wanda Jackson, director of social services at the SCO Family of Services home in South Ozone Park, came to the Oct. 4 Community Board 10 meeting to introduce herself and her house to the neighborhood.

It’s not a community she and her organization are unfamiliar with. The SCO home is for djudicated youth — those convicted of crimes and who either served time in detention centers or were sentenced to group homes by New York Family Court — located in a house at 135-25 128 St. in South Ozone Park, has been open since Labor Day weekend. It was only Oct. 4 when someone from the home appeared before the board.

“In the future, we strongly urge you to do the outreach,” said Betty Braton, chairwoman of CB 10.

Though they would have liked to do it much earlier, members of the board had their questions and concerns about the house answered by Jackson, including: “Who are these kids?”

“Are they being watched?”

“Why here?”

Jackson said the home opened under the Close to Home program, signed into law by Gov. Cuomo in the spring. The law allows for kids placed in detention by New York

Family Court to be housed closer to home.

Previously, many had been sent upstate.

“The intent is for families to be actively involved in treatment,” Jackson said.

“In the future, I strongly urge you to do the outreach.”

— Betty Braton, Community Board 10 chairwoman to SCO Family of Services

She said most of the kids come from the New York City area and are placed by the Administration for Children’s Services.

ACS was ultimately the agency that chose the house and when it would be opened, Jackson added.

She said the kids, who are all teenagers, are heavily supervised, and the home is staffed 24 hours a day. The building is also alarmed. “There are always two sets of eyes on the kids,” Jackson said.

The youths living in the house are “low

offending,” meaning the crimes they have been convicted of are not violent. “They had a lack of structure,” Jackson said.

Responding to complaints of lack of outreach, Jackson said she and other staff knocked on doors on the nearby blocks and Braton placed the blame for lack of outreach on ACS, noting that the city never discussed sites for the homes and only held a public meeting on them earlier this year — in Far Rockaway.

“The city engaged in a draft plan on how they were going to implement the Close to Home program” she said. “There was nothing in the plan discussing site selection.”

SCO, formerly St. Christopher Ottilic, also opened homes in Hollis, Rockaway and Queens Village.

A similar situation unfolded in a group home near Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Ozone Park, where a former convent at the parish was converted into a group home for adjudicated youth as part of the Close to Home program. CB 10 member David Quintana, who lives close to the site of that home, said little notice was given until representatives from the Diocese of Brooklyn and the organization running the group home came to a Community Board 9 meeting on Sept. 11.

“They also didn’t tell anyone about that Q either,” Quintana said.

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Parking, traffic are talk of Lindenwood Monthly civic meeting focuses on problem triangle, danger at PS 232

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

There was standing room only at Monday’s meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance held in the community room of the Dorchester Co-op, as residents voiced their concerns about a myriad of issues in the community.

Alliance president Joann Ariola discussed the recent vandalism and graff iti in the area and thanked Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) and Dr. Anthony Napolitano for their efforts in getting the graff iti on the Lindenwood Medical Arts Center building cleaned up.

At the meeting, Ulrich discussed his graffiti removal program and announced the recent ribbon cutting of a new science lab at PS 232, which he had funded.

Ariola told the audience that Laura — the homeless woman who has drawn concern by making her home with her clothes-filled cart on Cross Bay Boulevard near 156th Avenue — was still walking the streets during the day and sleeping there at night.

She said that combined efforts by Ulrich’s office, Mayor Bloomberg’s

office, the Department of Homeless Services, the 106th Precinct Community Council and Community Board 10 have been made to find a safe haven for Laura.

“It’s not as easy as one would think,” said Ariola, adding, “Laura needs help and she needs a safe place to go.”

Ariola said she has received numerous complaints from residents about drivers ignoring the newly painted markings in the Lindenwood Shopping Center. She said people are parking in the fire zone and going against the painted arrows when they enter and leave the shopping center parking lot.

Double- and triple-parking by parents at PS 232 was also a concern expressed by several residents at the meeting.

David Postrion of Lindenwood said that he is concerned for the safety of PS 232’s 1,064 students in the morning, when their parents drop them off, and at dismissal time when parents double- and triplepark and their children run into the street to get to their cars.

“This problem has been going on for too long, this is a very serious

problem,” said Postrion.

A resident brought to the Alliance’s attention 149th Avenue between 79th and 88th streets, which he said was a raceway because the avenue has no stop signs on that entire stretch.

Ariola reported that the dangerous three-way intersection at 88th Street and 153rd Avenue received the attention of a multi-agency group on Monday afternoon including representatives of the Mayor’s Off ice, the city Department of Transportation and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), to see how the intersection could be made safer. Goldfeder told the audience that the triangle continues to be a problem but he added that the multi-agency site inspection in the afternoon was a good step forward.

“We’re making progress,” he said.

In a recent news release regarding the corner, Goldfeder said the painted triangle and signage that are presently directing traffic are difficult to follow and often unnoticed by drivers. Motorists frequently turn into the wrong lanes or ignore directional indicators entirely, passing

David Postrion expresses his concerns about double- and triple-parked cars outside PS 232 at Monday’s Lindenwood Alliance meeting.

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over crosswalks and the right-ofway from other lanes, he said.

Claudia Filomena, Queens director, of the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit, told the group that the DOT will do a traffic safety study of the entire Lindenwood area.

Filomena said the agency will

also be looking into painting a crosswalk and getting a crossing guard at the triangle.

The next meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance will be held on Monday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Q Howard Beach.

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Jamaica Avenue hosts annual street fair Hundreds flock on Woodhaven for music, games, rides and local food

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

oodhaven’s main shopping strip added food, games and rides during the annual Woodhaven Street Fair on Jamaica Avenue Saturday. Hundreds turn out for the fair which ran from Woodhaven Boulevard to Forest Parkway under the J train “el.” Children were also treated to pony rides.

The festival was held under sunny skies for the third year in a row. The fair was sponsored by the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation.

“It was so satisfying to our staff and myself at the GWDC that it was a success and so rewarding of our hard work,” said GWDC Executive Q Director Maria Thomson.

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GWDC Executive Director Maria Thomson, center, and President Stephen Espositio, center right, pose with the PHOTO BY MEGAN ARFMANN Malaysian Lion Dancers.

Officials and community members gather on the main stage at the festival. From left to right, State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr, Assemblyman Mike Miller, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, GWDC Executive Director Maria Thomson, Woodhaven BID President Matthew Xenakis, his sons George and Manny, Loreta Xenakis, GWDC President Stephen Esposito, Barbara Baruch from Comptroller John Liu’s office, and PHOTO BY MEGAN ARFMANN Councilman Eric Ulrich.

Woodhaven Residents Block Association members and President Ed Wendell, center, Communications director Alexander Blenkinsopp, third from right, with Assemblyman Mike Miller.

Jamaica Avenue was crowded with people enjoying PHOTO COURTESY WRBA food, games and shopping..

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Featuring performances by crooner Don Anthony singing tunes from popualar singers like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and popular comedian Uncle Floyd, the event last Friday drew more than 100 people for an evening that also included raffles, at PS 232 in Lindenwood.

Columbus Day, celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World in 1492, has become a popular day for Italian-Americans to celebrate their heritage, as Columbus was born in what is now Genoa, Italy.

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Police have not released the identity of the deceased individual, but some local residents have speculated on Facebook

that he was a locally recognized homeless man with relatives who live in the area.

Police say they will not release the man’s identity until the family is officially notified.

Hawtree Basin is one of two Jamaica Bay inlets in Howard Beach — the other, Shellbank Basin, runs parallel to Cross Bay Boulevard. Hawtree Basin is home to the Howard Beach Yacht Club and is spanned by a pedestrian bridge that connects Hamilton Beach to Howard Beach Q near Charles Park.

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A look at stop and frisk by the numbers Statistics shine light on policy as Council debates bills curbing it

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led to three guns being found.

Some opponents of the policy, such as Comrie, said they have heard from people Perhaps no issue has been subject to more subjected to stop and frisk who felt the heated debate in New York City lately then police “baited” them into committing other the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy. crimes to give them a reason for an arrest.

The procedure, which allows police offi“I’ve had witnesses come to me and tell cers to stop anyone they may suspect of havme how they were treated by police,” he said. ing a weapon or drugs and search them, has “They were baited by police, embarrassed by been called a valuable tool to fight crime by police, to get them angry.” many, but statistics as of late have some sayHe said cops would then use their anger as ing police are using the procedure to unfairly probable cause to search cars or homes. In target minorities. many cases, the statistics show guns found The concerns have led to the introduction during stop and frisks were discovered in of four bills on the City Council aiming to cars or in apartments. curb — or completely eliminate — stop and Councilman Peter Vallone (D-Astoria), frisk as a policy. chairman of the Public Safety Committee, The bills, sponsored by Councilman said the statistics show that the policy is Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), would: working and deterring crime.

• require officers, when conducting stops, “These bad guys are saying, ‘We can’t to identify themselves, provide their name carry guns here anymore,’’’ he said a few and rank and explain the reason for the stop; days before the hearing. “That’s why there • strengthen the ban on racial, ethnic and are less guns where stop and frisk is being gender profiling when determining who to done often.” stop; But Williams echoed Comrie’s complaints • require that individuals stopped are at the hearing last week that stop and frisk informed of their right to refuse a search and force officers to obtain proof of their con- Stop and frisk, the police tactic in which cops stop someone on the street and search for weapons, has eroded the public’s trust in the NYPD in the neighborhoods where they commonly sent, if granted, in cases in which there is no is the subject of contentious debate on the City Council as statistics question its effectiveness.

FILE PHOTO take place. other legal basis to conduct a search; and Vallone did agree that the policy needs • establish an inspector general’s office to According to official 2011 statistics from stops increased in the final months of year as strict oversight to prevent its abuse, but says oversee the NYPD. that already exists.

The City Council held a hearing on the the NYPD, the highest number of stop and compared to before the discovery.

“I have led the reform effort,” Vallone In all, the vast majority of stop and frisks four bills on Oct. 10, during which fireworks frisks in Queens were recorded in Downtown erupted between council members over the Jamaica, Queensbridge and North Corona — — almost 88 percent — did not end in a said. “I wrote the city’s civil rights law. I was the first to ask Ray Kelly not to hold on to in the 103rd, 114th and 110th precincts summons or arrest. policy.

These statistics have been interpreted by this information.”

“I’ve long said that although I believe respectively, all areas with high minority He was referring to the disposal of records opponents of stop and frisk as a sign the polstop, question and frisk should remain a tool populations.

But despite the high incidences of stop icy is unfairly targeted at minorities. Their on stop and frisk for public view. in the toolbox of police officers, that when Only a handful of Queens council members you have almost 800,000 stops at the peak, and frisks in those neighborhoods, the num- case appeared to be emboldened when The targeting almost exclusively African-Ameri- ber of guns found were not many. At Queens- Nation published an audio recording alleged- support the four bills: Leroy Comrie (D-St. can and Latino men, in neighborhoods which bridge, where two people have been shot in ly taken by a Harlem teenager who was Albans); Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights); James Sanders Jr. (Dare lower income, that is a problem,” Council the past three weeks, only one gun was found stopped in June, in Laurelton) and Julissa in more than 1,600 stop which the cops call Speaker Christine Ferreras (D-East Elmand frisks. In Down- him a vulgar name and Quinn (D-Manhattan) hurst). Councilman town Jamaica, more threaten him. Three argued at the hearing.

Ruben Wills (D-South top and frisk is about than 2,200 stop and lawsuits have also ben The bills, together hese bad guys are Jamaica) supports the frisks ended with only f iled against the called the Community creating a larger four guns found — the NYPD including one Safety Act, have dividsaying, ‘We can’t carry latter three bulls while Jimmy Van Bramer (Dsame number of guns that was given class ed the City Council, police presence with guns here anymore.’”

Sunnyside) supports the found in a three-block action status by a fedwith some slamming measures that would radius of Kew Gardens eral judge in May. the bills as “anti-cop.” a diminished force.”

— Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. curb “bias-based” proU.S. District Court Hills, in which a total “I support stop and — Councilman Leroy Comrie f iling and create an of five guns were dis- Judge Shira Scheindlin frisk,” Councilman inspector general to covered in the commu- wrote in a seperate rulEric Ulrich (R-Ozone nity in 2011 despite ing last week that she saw “overwhelming oversee the department. That component is Park) told the Queens evidence” that thousands had been stopped also supported by Councilman Dan Halloran Chronicle last week. “It has resulted in tak- fewer than 100 stop and frisks there.

(R-Whitestone), the only Republican to supThe statistics show a similar trend where unlawfully. ing thousands of guns off the street. For us to At the hearing last week, Councilwoman port any of the proposed legislation. second guess the NYPD or give half-hearted multiple guns were found in areas with few Kevin Ryan, Halloran’s spokesman, said stop and frisks in other parts of the borough. Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) said her family support for it is very disingenuous.”

But Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. In a two-block stretch of Union Turnpike in members, doctor and minister — all of the councilman is open to the idea of the Albans) disputed the notion that stop and Glen Oaks, two guns were found in January, whom are black — all have been subject to inspector general, even though he is a strong supporter of stop and frisk, because he supfrisk has taken guns off the street, noting that but only 57 stop and frisks were recorded in stop and frisks.

Although the statistics show that while ports strict oversight to protect civil rights. the police have just as much — if not more the neighborhood during the year.

“He’s not in favor of completely In Maspeth, two guns were found despite high numbers of stop and frisks were concensuccess — without it. He pointed to a recent gun bust in Harlem as an example of a suc- fewer than 50 stop and frisks in the few trated in mainly minority areas, some neigh- unchecked police power, and he believes blocks surrounding the site. But the guns borhoods with high black and Hispanic popu- having an inspector general might be a good cess without stop and frisk.

Comrie said the policy was instead poi- were both found in one search late in the lations did not register high numbers of stops. idea,” Ryan said. “The fact that he signs onto In Laurelton, seven guns were found dur- the bill gives him some input on it. ” soning the relationship between cops and the year — Oct. 29, 2011 during a stop on the Comrie described the bills as “conversaLong Island Expressway service road — and ing stops in 2011, but fewer than 300 stop community.

“Stop and frisk is about creating a larger because the NYPD did not release dates of and frisks were recorded in the neighbor- tion starters.”

“There is a need to figure out a way to police presence with a diminished force,” he stop and frisks that did not end in a weapons hood, which is over 90 percent black. Around said. “It’s a pre-emptive type of police action.” discovery, it is not known if the number of LeFrak City, fewer than 200 stop and frisks continued on page 42 Associate Editor

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MTA fare, toll hikes rankle riders, AAA Agency says $450 million needed in 2013 to balance its budget

by Michael Gannon Proposed bus and subway fare hikes Editor

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is previewing its proposals for fare and toll hikes in the spring, and the critics’ reviews are scathing.

Four possibilities, which will be subject to public hearings throughout the city and the region, are aimed at increasing revenue by $450 million, which the agency says will balance its budget next year.

The budget projection also is contingent on more than 60 MTA unions accepting new contracts with no raises.

An MTA board vote on the increases is scheduled for Dec. 19. Any changes would take effect on or about March 1, 2013.

Under two of the proposals, MetroCard subway and bus fares would increase from $2.25 to $2.50. Options under the $2.50 proposal would include either the keeping current 7 percent discount for a purchase of $10 or more on a MetroCard, or eliminating the discount entirely.

A 30-day unlimited MetroCard would go from $104 to $112, while a weekly card would go from $29 to $30.

Two proposals would keep MetroCard subway and bus fares at $2.25. But the bonus for $10 or more would be reduced to 5 percent or eliminated. The $104 30-day card would increase to either $125 or $119, while a weekly would go from $29 to either $34 or $32.

Bridge and tunnel tolls for the RFK-Triborough, Throgs Neck and Bronx-Whitestone bridges would increase from $4.80 to $5.30 for E-ZPass users, and from $6.50 to $7.50 for cash payments. The same increases would be imposed at the Brooklyn-Battery and Queens Midtown tunnels.

The round-trip toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge would go from $9.60 to $10.60 for an E-ZPass and from $13 to $15 for cash.

Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North fares are expected to increase between 8.2 percent and 9.3 percent, depending on the rider’s zone.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday rolled out four possible plans for fare and toll hikes aimed at increasing revenue by $450 million in 2013. Advocacy groups for mass tranCHART COURTESY MTA sit riders and drivers are giving all four proposals failing grades.

Monday, Chairman Joseph Lhota said the budget proposals follow unprecedented cuts to what he called controllable costs.

“Costs that the MTA does not exercise control over, namely those for debt service, pensions, energy, paratransit and employee and retiree healthcare, continue to increase beyond the rate of inflation,” Lhota said.

“We are grappling with long-term measures to reduce these frustrating and diff icult nondiscretionary expenses, but today they are the drivers for the need for fare and toll increases.”

Gene Russianoff, spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, pointed out it would be the fourth MTA hike in five years.

“It’s relentless,” he said.

Russianoff quoted a recent audit conducted by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli which stated that by 2015 — the next time the MTA is planning to effect an increase — the fares will have gone up 35 percent since 2007.

Transportation Alternatives, a group that advocates mass transit use, is calling on Gov. Cuomo to step in and avert the hike.

Its leaders said the Legislature has reappropriated $260 million in supposedly dedicated transit funds since 2009.

“While New Yorkers have suffered fare hike after fare hike, our state government raided hundreds of millions of dollars in transit funds,” said Paul Steely White, the group’s executive director, in a statement released on Monday. “Gov. Cuomo can put a stop to this by increasing the state’s investment in public transit. Treating our MetroCards like a credit card is no way to run a railroad.” The group has launched a petition on-line at stopthefarehike.com.

Russianoff said riders pay 53 percent of New York City Transit’s operating costs. He said that is the highest percentage of any major city in the country. Lhota disputes neither assertion.

Russianoff said Chicago riders pay 44 percent; Washington, DC 42 percent; Boston 38 percent; and Philadelphia 37 percent.

But Robert Sinclair, spokesman for AAA New York, said drivers facing toll hikes don’t want to hear from transit riders

about subsidies.

“It goes back to 1967 when the state gave the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to the MTA as a means of providing surpluses of money to a cash-starved agency,” Sinclair said Tuesday.

Sinclair said drivers’ bridge and tunnel tolls amount to approximately 350 percent of bridge and tunnel operating costs, with the rest going to subsidize mass transit.

Sinclair also said drivers are hit with the petroleum business tax, a fee that just increased from 17 cents to 17.8 cents per gallon on every gallon of gas sold in the state.

“In 2009, the last year for which we have figures, there were 7.6 billon gallons sold in the state,” Sinclair said. “That is about $1 billion, and about 90 percent of that went to the MTA.” He also said drivers in the Metropolitan Community Transit District subsidize the MTA with a $50 fee on their car registrations.

“Were it not for toll money and surpluses, mass transit would grind to a screeching halt,” Sinclair said. He cited a recent report that said the MTA paid $600 million in overtime in 2010, or 33 percent more than the hike it is seeking.

In a statement issued on Monday that began “Enough already!” the Straphangers said new revenue could be realized if the state would permit congestion tolls at all river crossings.

Tolls would go down on spans like the Throgs Neck and the Verrazano, while being newly instituted at the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.

The Straphangers said the plan was developed by Sam Schwartz, a former traffic commissioner for the city and a Queens Chronicle columnist. The plan is available online at goo.gl/ynnmS9.

There will be eight public hearings throughout the region between Nov. 7 and Nov. 15. The Queens session is set for Nov. 15 at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel at 135-20 39th St. in Flushing. Speakers will be heard between 5 and 9 p.m. Registration Q begins at 4 p.m.

Pedestrian struck and killed by bus A pedestrian was struck and killed by a bus in Jamaica over the weekend, according to the NYPD. No criminality is suspected.

Maleka Begum, 54, was hit by a Nassau Inter County Express bus as she was crossing Merrick Boulevard at around 7 p.m. on Saturday, police said.

The bus was making a left turn from Hillside Avenue onto Merrick Boulevard when the accident occurred, according to NICE. It was operating on the N6 route, which runs between Jamaica and Hempstead on Long Island.

Police say no criminality is suspected “NICE off icials offer their heartfelt sympathy to family members over this tragedy,” the agency said in a prepared statement.

When officers arrived, they found the victim unconscious and unresponsive.

EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. A native of Bangladesh, Begum had been shopping with her daughter when she was hit, according to CBS News. Family members and friends of the victim gathered at

the accident scene to mourn her loss, the Daily News reported.

The driver, 52, underwent drug and alcohol testing following the accident, which is standard procedure, NICE said, but the results were not immediately available. The driver has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

The bus operator had significant experience, working for the MTA from 2002 until

January 2012, when he began working for NICE, and there have not been any issues with his driving performance, the agency said.

After the accident NICE contacted the Public Transportation Safety Board, which will inspect the bus, a 40-foot vehicle manufactured by Orion in 2004. In the meantime, it has been taken off line.

The bus passed the state Department of Transportation inspections twice in the last year, both on the first check, according to NICE. It was last inspected by the state Q DOT on June 9.

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Comptroller Liu has collected $12M to go to underpaid immigrants

by Josey Bartlett Editor

A few thousand dollars isn’t change found under the sofa seat and for many it’s several weeks pay for work.

On Monday, City Comptroller John Liu launched a website — comptroller.nyc. gov/KnowYourRights — that allows employees who were not paid a prevailing wage for their work on a public works project to log on and claim their pay.

Right now the comptroller’s office has $2 million in unclaimed monies. Over a half million belongs to workers whose last known address was in Queens.

“We all understand that Queens is the most diverse borough. Past investigations show that oftentimes immigrant workers are subject to scare tactics and intimidation,” Liu said. “We’re putting power back in the hands of the people. They can just put their name in.”

According to New York State law, workers employed on public works projects are entitled to prevailing wages regardless of immigration status. Nevertheless labor law data shows that immigrant Latino workers are some of the most exploited in terms of substandard wages and a lack of occupational safety.

The comptroller’s off ice has reversed this somewhat, as many of the underpaid workers for whom money has been collected have been Latinos, Liu said.

“The labor abuses immigrant workers face in our city are simply unacceptable,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said. “The establishment of this new website now gives them a safe and useful tool to find out if they are owed any wages and claim those funds.”

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said that despite legislation such as the Wage Theft Prevention Act, many workers are still underpaid, “accounting for nearly $1 billion a year in stolen wages,” adding “wage theft is especially prevalent among the undocumented, who may fear that reporting these wrongs will subject

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Since 2010, the comptroller’s office has collected about $12 million in unpaid prevailing wages and benefits for New York workers.

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In April, Liu collected $1.2 million for workers from contractor Mascon Restoration and it’s principal, which have been barred from bidding on public works projects for f ive years. To date, more than $600,000 of that settlement remains unclaimed.

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To access unpaid wages collected by the comptroller’s office individuals type their name into the confidential site. If there is a claim with their name on it, then a proof of claim form will need to be submitted.

Previously Liu’s off ice had many unclaimed wages. The office tried to work with various consulates and published names in various newspapers, but now Liu hopes in addition to those avenues the

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So far, Allon is alone in announcing for the GOP. One Republican who had to say he won’t be running is none other than former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The two-term mayor, 2008 presidential aspirant, security consultant and periodic political pundit had to address the question of running again after a New York Post columnist reported hearing rumors that he might. A spokeswoman told The Wall Street Journal that he’s not.

Giuliani is not completely out of politics, however. Credited by many with turning the city around, he remains a GOP icon and is still known nationwide as America’s Mayor for his stalwart leadership on and after Sept.

11, 2001 — though he’s also mocked by critics for using the events of that day as a political tool.

And even those who remember Giuliani’s tenure fondly were reminded of his errors this week when Bernard Kerik, his disgraced protege and former police commissioner, testified in a perjury trial against two associates with alleged mob ties, who are on trial for perjuring themselves in the 2006 case that eventually led to Kerik’s going to prison. He is to be released in a year.

But Republicans running for office in the city still eagerly seek Giuliani’s endorsement.

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Ulrich in the GOP primary for the 15th state Senate District, choosing him over a member of his own administration to face Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. And this week Mayoral hopeful Tom he gave it to CounAllon. COURTESY PHOTO cilman Dan Halloran in his run for the 6th Congressional District against Democratic Assemblywoman Grace Meng.

Cuomo’s Addabbo endorsement Across the aisle, Democrats covet the endorsement of popular centrist Gov. Cuomo, who gets high ratings from both members of his party and many Republicans (the latter even more so if he ever moves forward on hydraulic fracturing). But Cuomo doesn’t endorse just any Democrat.

His silence can be telling.

That’s why it was notable last week when he endorsed Addabbo for re-election, giving the senator a needed boost. The AddabboUlrich race has gotten nationwide attention, with more money reportedly being spent on it than on any state Senate race in the country. Two popular candidates, each with support from outside political action committees, each with big-name endorsements — this one’s going down to the wire.

Private Goldfeder? No, not really Among the more interesting press releases we get from politicians are those from Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder of the Rockaways and South Queens. But one that came out on Monday really caught our eye.

“Assemblyman Goldfeder joins 88th Brigade of the New York Guard,” the subject line read. Wow, that’s news. Phil’s putting on the uniform and entering a new realm of public service? No, it really just meant that Goldfeder had joined with the Guard, the state’s volunteer defense force, for a training session at JFK. It brought a welcome smile.

Goldfeder is out and about in the community a lot and has grown in office, unlike many Assembly members from Queens who seem to be MIA most of the time. And to his credit, and that of his aide Angelica Ottomanelli-Katz, Goldfeder’s press releases reflect a relative modesty rare among politicians — in that he’s usually not in the center of the photos his office issues. The pictures are almost never posed, and really appear more about the issue of the day than about Goldfeder himself. Many look just like the shots a news photographer would take. It’s a smart practice, and Goldfeder’s proving to Q be a smart lawmaker.

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continued from page 6 hurting the groups in his district that need it, and he is willing to have himself taken out of the equation if need be.

“You’ve got to have an alternative,” he said. “Taking it away from the electeds is one thing, but we have senior centers, veteran groups, social services that are hurting.”

He suggested the groups should apply directly to the agencies the money is allocated from, be vetted and receive the funding with the elected officials taken out of the process.

“It sits there in our budget,” he said. “It’s waiting to be released.”

Addabbo refuted his opponent’s assertion that there is new money available that he did not get. He explained that the money he had been releasing under his name was originally allocated under his predecessor and during his first year in office.

He said he voted no on an education allocation early in the year because the money was only given to Republican senators.

Addabbo also discussed the situation at The Shops at Atlas Park. He was optimistic that the long-struggling shopping center in Glendale will thrive under the ownership of Macerich, which also owns the Queens Center mall.

Walmart is not welcome in the district, Addabbo said, in part because of its labor practices, but he also would not like to see it at The Shops at Atlas Park, as a Maspeth

continued from page 6 The money traditionally has been given from the state budget to senior centers, food pantries, community centers and youth sports programs — organizations that have been facing cuts or possible elimination since Cuomo tightened the spigot.

“But some people have gotten discretionary funds,” Ulrich said. “A lot of it did go to Republicans on Long Island and upstate, but it’s right there in the budget that Gov. Cuomo signed. Joe says the governor vetoed discretionary funds? No — he vetoed your discretionary funds.”

On transportation, Ulrich takes a dim view of a proposal by Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Beach) to revitalize the old Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Line; and another by Addabbo to run a ferry from the Rockaways to Manhattan.

“I’m all for increased transportation from southwest Queens,” he said, adding that upgrades are possible to bus and subway service as well as infrastructure.

He said there is little point in addressing the rail line, which has not run between the Rockaways and Rego Park since 1962 — unless the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority takes up the mantle.

“They have a lot of convincing to do before they begin to run trains through people’s backyards,” he said. Ulrich added that Goldfeder’s desire to use $29

civic leader suggested, because it would hurt surrounding businesses.

“It would obviously suck up all the businesses on Metropolitan and Myrtle avenues,” he said. “But maybe in Rockaway, where there is not a large population of mom and pop businesses.”

He believes Macerich is on the right path with the shopping center.

Addabbo expressed his frustration about the power struggle in Albany and was disappointed that Gov. Cuomo did not veto the redistricting lines lawmakers drew up for the next 10 years. “I didn’t agree with the governor,” he said.

He responded to Ulrich’s criticisms that he walked out during a vote on a DNA database back in March by explaining that he and other Democratic senators left the floor that night because of the midnight vote on the redistricting bill.

“It was a sham,” he said, referring to the bill and process in which it was voted on.

“That’s why I walked out.”

He responded to attacks that he receives a large stipend for chairing a committee that only met four times, noting his Republican Council successor held just as many and passed fewer bills. He took the GOP majority to task for cutting off debate on bills and preventing Democratic proposals from going to the floor.

“Is it good government? No way!” he said.

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“Tell me how much it costs and where you’re getting the money,” he said.

He added the ferry idea has been tried and failed.

“It was a bad location, it was too slow, it went only to downtown, and it cost $5 each way,” he said. “Where are you going to get the boat?

“Tell me how much it’s going to cost and where you’re going to get the money,” he repeated.

Unlike many in the council, Ulrich agreed with a recent court ruling that could abolish the MTA’s payroll tax on the five boroughs and surrounding counties to help finance operations to the tune of $1.2 billion.

Ulrich believes the agency has other sources of revenue, including more than $200 million in buildings and real estate holdings throughout the city, a measure he hesitated to call a one-shot deal.

Ulrich also favors tax credits for parents who send their children to private and parochial school.

“Vouchers wouldn’t work, but some kind of tax credit is possible,” he said.

“These parents pay twice — once for a public school seat they are not using and again for tuition.”

He also said parents who do choose private school save the city more than Q $15,000 per student.

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City Council redistricting continued from page 5 29th District,” said James Hong with the Asian American Community Coalition on Redistricting and Democracy.

East of the Van Wyck Expressway, many of the districts would be the same. The only big change would be in Fresh Meadows, where the neighborhood was drawn entirely out of Councilman Jim Gennaro’s (D-Fresh Meadows) district and into the one represented by Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens). Gennaro is term-limited in 2013.

A few people spoke of other neighborhoods as well. Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) said Auburndale was being split by the new lines, as well as Bayside Hills. David Goldstein, the zoning chairman of the Bayside Hill Civic Association, was also opposed to splitting up Bayside Hills, although his reasons, unlike the majority of speakers, were not based on ethnicity.

“Any differences in the way residents of Bayside Hills live based on their ethnicity or country of origin are tiny when compared to the similarities brought about by the history and customs of the area we live in, the common architecture of our homes and the mutual respect for one another,” Goldstein said.

Community Board 13 President Bryan Block voiced his opposition to the proposed District 27 lines, which would split Cambria Heights. No one spoke completely in favor of the proposed map.

Many of the groups that spoke pointed

to the Unity Map — a document put together by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the National Institute for Latino Policy and the Center for Law and Social Justice of Medgar Evers College — as a better alternative. The Unity Map uses the Van Wyck Expressway as the boundary for a district that combines South Richmond Hill and Ozone Park. It also combines Elmhurst with a part of Jackson Heights.

“I assure you that we are looking closely at the Unity Map,” said Benito Romano, chairman of the rezoning committee and the first Puerto Rican to hold the U.S. Attorney post in New York on an interim basis.

Jamaica would remain split among three districts with the bulk of downtown remaining in what is now Gennaro’s. The spur of Councilman Leroy Comrie’s (D-St. Albans) district that includes the area around Jamaica Center would remain and Wills’ district would still include all of Jamaica south of the Long Island Rail Road.

Parts of Ridgewood would remain in the district of Councilwoman Diana Reyna (DBrooklyn), one of just a few that would cross borough lines.

The commission will submit a plan to the City Council in November for f inal approval next spring in preparation for the Q 2013 elections.

— Domenick Rafter and Michael Gannon contributed to this story

Woodhaven civic likes redistricting The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association submitted testimony to the Districting Commission praising the body’s proposal for placing nearly all of the community within the same City Council district.

The WRBA testified in a written statement, following the Districting Commission meeting at LaGuardia Community College Oct. 10. Members were not able to attend the meeting in person.

“We are firmly in favor of the way the Districting Commission’s Preliminary Draft Plan unites nearly all of Woodhaven. It is a huge step for- The dark patch shows the 2 percent of Woodhaven that ward,” the WRBA said. “Though we would be legislatively separated from the rest of the neighare generally pleased with the way borhood under the commission’s proposal. IMAGE COURTESY WRBA Woodhaven’s proposed district lines are drawn, we would prefer that no part of Street between Jamaica and 91st avenues, as Woodhaven be separated from the rest of the well as nearby stretches of 97th Street and 89th, 91st and Jamaica avenues. The area neighborhood.”

The draft map almost unites what are now would fall into District 32, represented by two districts by putting 98 percent of Wood- Council Member Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park).

In January the WRBA vigorously objected haven into District 30, represented by Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), but leaves to state Senate lines that split Woodhaven a small segment of the neighborhood outside three ways. In March, the Block Association opposed the congressional lines that divided her district.

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Killing time at the Hofstra debate How political spin and boredom foretold the Obama-Romney story

by Joseph Orovic Chronicle Contributor

Consider, for a moment, six hours of unadulterated free time. How about twelve? You’re entitled to a folding chair, an electrical outlet, about three square feet of table space to call your own, and an LG plasma screen TV feeding you footage of two empty chairs in a makeshift town hall.

Six hours. Maybe twice as much. In some cases, even more.

You’re waiting for those two chairs to be filled. Spent weeks predicting what would happen when they were finally occupied.

The chairs are literally a stone’s throw away in a neighboring building. But thanks to the grimacing Secret Service agents roaming around and the helicopters humming overhead, the two chairs might as well be in Siberia.

There’s free food and beer at a Budweiser-sponsored tent, and it feels sort of shameful to chow down. But you do.

There’s a youthful buzz only the Long Island college campus can produce, but the undergrads are slowly going from exuberant to antsy. They’ll eventually become tired. And bored.

Like you. It’s the second of three presidential debates, this time at Hofstra University, one the political chattering class has

claimed could cost either candidate the election. It’s a big deal… Right?

Yeah, right. Big deal. It wasn’t, at least not to most of the press present.

Because here’s the deal: some reporters were so bored by the beer, the campus and all the free time, they decided to write the first draft of history before it even occurred.

Welcome to life as a member of the roving press corps following President Barack Obama and/or Mitt Romney. One of the two men will be the next President on Election Day. But until then, the banality of daily life on the campaign trail leads many to seek excitement and productivity in whatever little doses they can find.

“Why would you quote a reporter about any of this?” one said in response to a question about the practice.

Sorry to ruin Oz by pulling back the curtain, but this pre-reporting has existed as long as deadlines and headlines. Especially now, in the era of mobile news updates and social networking chatter, being first is often more important than being right — or at least it’s more profitable for some.

The resulting media frenzy has created a self-fulf illing narrative. So when Obama dismissed Romney by saying, “I don’t look at my pension, it’s not as big as yours,”

some reporters stopped typing.

Nothing to add or f ix to their stories when they guessed right.

Not only did some reporters predict Obama would come out swinging, but they started having to amp-up their stories with adverbs and bang-zoom-pow descriptors.

The candidates played to the predictions, swinging hard as daily polling numbers showed a dead heat in the swing states where votes count most. The result?

Admittedly one of the most acrimonious debates ever televised. At various points, Obama and Romney were reduced to vying for attention like two antsy Chihuahuas.

But boy was it entertaining. Right?

Not if you were a member of the predictapress, which groaned at times because “rude and feisty” wasn’t in the magic crystal ball that dictated their stories.

Stories were amended and filed. Then the wait in “spin alley.”

To understand “spin alley,” a loosely demarcated area about the size of a basketball court next to the press pool, imagine politicos of local and national fame floating around like lava lamp orbs; reporters swarming like bees to the most recognizable name.

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Robert Gibbs, his chief advisor and political guru David Axelrod and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer entered — a whole 15 minutes before the debate even ended.

Their talking points were the same.

“I think voters saw tonight that the president is a champion of the middle class and Mitt Romney isn’t,” Schumer said.

Enter Rep. Peter King (R-Nassau) 15 minutes after the debate was over, espousing the same line but with Romney on top.

Ditto former New York Gov. George Pataki, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Axelrod, former Republican Congressman Rick Lazio. Their man won over the middle class.

The acrimony and bickering? Well, that’s New York for ya!

“People wanted to see strength and direction and I think the president delivered,” Schumer said.

“I have no problem with it,” King said.

“I thought they were adopting a New York style.”

Talking to the politicians, it all becomes understandable: the boredom, the desperate grasp for a story to tell. Still doesn’t excuse guiding the electorate in the wrong direction.

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Woodhaven woman overcomes challenges

by Mary Miles Chronicle Contributor

Dorcas Conde of Woodhaven, center, with fellow Double Up 4 Vision riders Laura Oplinger, left, and PHOTO COURTESY LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL Kerry Klein.

Woodhaven resident Dorcas Conde has never been one to feel sorry for herself.

Despite being born with impaired vision due to glaucoma and losing sight in one eye at age 15, Conde has always gone after what she wanted. In 1996, she registered at Lighthouse International’s Career & Academic Services for employment training. Thanks to those ser-

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As a child, Conde enjoyed going on bike rides with her family in the Dominican Republic. According to a Queens Chronicle article from October 2011, she learned how to ride a bike when she was 11 years old and on vacation in Santo Domingo. According to Conde, her uncles and siblings took her to a park one day and held her up on the bike. Eventually, they let her go and before long, she was riding the bike without any help.

Last week, Conde rode her bike for a good cause. For the second consecutive year, she was part of Lighthouse International’s annual fundraiser, called Double Up 4 Vision. Conde and her sighted partner participated in the kickoff event, a 24-hour citywide bicycle relay, on Oct. 12.

In addition to Conde, the event included 11 other visually impaired New Yorkers who, like her, â€œâ€Ś have never stopped believing in themselves and giving back,â€? as Lighthouse International put it. “Riding in Double Up 4 Vision means I’m able to let people know that a loss of sight doesn’t constitute the loss of everything else!â€?

Conde said.

While that’s true, visually impaired people still face an uphill battle. In the October 2011 article, Conde said that “Nobody [in my family] treated me like I was different.� However, when not dealing with family, she must constantly prove that is she a capable human being. “People treat me odd and like I can’t do things on my own� after learning that she is partially blind, she said.

According to Lighthouse International, “Double Up 4 Vision is more than just a tandem bike ride and walk to fight vision loss; it’s a celebration of an ideal where you are not defined and confined by limitations, but set free to ride, walk and enjoy life in a spirit of mutual respect and unity.�

Lighthouse International is a nonprofit organization founded in 1905. The organization achieves its mission of combating vision loss through â€œâ€Śclinical and rehabilitation services, education, research and advocacy.â€? To learn more about vision loss and its causes, contact Lighthouse International at 1 (800) Q 829-0500 or visit lighthouse.org.

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American Cancer Society fights to end breast cancer in Queens and beyond

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The Society also offers newly diagnosed women and those living with breast cancer a variety of programs and services to help them in their breast cancer experience. American Cancer Society Patient Navigators work in hospitals and help cancer patients and caregivers navigate the healthcare system.

The form that help takes is individualized depending on the needs of the patient or caregiver and includes such things as arranging transportation to and from treatment, providing referrals to physical therapy or nutrition counseling services, and pointing people toward appropriate financial assistance programs.

Currently, the Society has Patient Navigators in seven hospitals in Queens: Elmhurst Hospital, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica Hospital, Queens Medical Associates, Queens Long Island Medical Group, New York Hospital Queens and Forest Hills Hospital.

Programs offered by the Society include: • The Reach To Recovery® program, which helps newly diagnosed patients cope with their breast cancer experience. Reach To Recovery volunteers offer the unique understanding, support and hope from the perspective of someone who has survived breast cancer.

• The Look Good Feel Better® program, which helps breast cancer patients manage the physical side effects of treatment. Patients gain beauty techniques to help improve their selfesteem and quality of life, but also a sense of support, confidence, courage and community with other cancer patients in the program.

• The Hope Lodge® program, which offers patients and their caregivers free lodging for those receiving treatment far from home.

The Society offers free information to help make treatment decisions and access to its programs 24/7 through 1-800-227-2345 or cancer.org The American Cancer Society’s affiliate advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN), continues to fight back against breast cancer by working to increase funding for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which provides low-income, uninsured and underinsured women access to mammograms and Pap tests. Current funding only enables the program to serve fewer than one in five eligible women ages 40 to 64 nationwide.

A “rainbow of hope” shines for participants at the 2011 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk held at Flushing Meadows Park at the Unisphere. This year’s walk will be held on Sunday, Oct. 21, again at Flushing Meadows Park, at 8 a.m.

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ACS CAN encourages anyone touched by this disease to let Congress know that support for the NBCCEDP is important and that an increase in funding for this program is vital to its continuation. To get involved, or to learn more about this effort, visit acscan.org/breastcancer The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end cancer for good. As a global grassroots force of three million volunteers, they fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. They save lives by helping you stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early, helping you get well by being there for you during and after a diagnosis, by finding cures through groundbreaking discovery and fighting back through public policy.

As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.8 billion, they turn what they know about cancer into what they do. As a result, an estimated 13.7 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year.

To learn more about the American Cancer Society or to get help, call anytime, day or night, at 1 (800) 227-2345 or visit Q cancer.org

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ccording to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 39,510 deaths from breast cancer are expected to occur among women in the U.S. in 2012. These numbers include nearly 1,400 new breast cancer cases and 300 breast cancer-related deaths in Queens.

The American Cancer Society offers 24/7 support to those diagnosed with breast cancer and their loved ones. In fact, one out of every two women turn to the Society for help and support following their breast cancer diagnosis. This October, the Society will be using National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to remind women about the importance of breast health.

The American Cancer Society encourages all women to put their health first. “We want women to understand the benefits of eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and limiting alcohol intake,” said Cathleen Garry, regional vice president at the Society.

More than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors will celebrate a birthday this year thanks to early detection and improved treatment. Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women, second only to lung cancer. The Society is reminding women 40 and older to have a yearly mammogram and clinical breast exam. Also, the Society recommends that women ages 20 to 39 receive a clinical breast exam at least once every three years.

The five-year survival rate is 99 percent for breast cancer that is diagnosed in the earliest stages. The American Cancer Society is the most effective breast cancer-fighting organization in the world, and is doing the most to help people with breast cancer today and works tirelessly to find cures to end the disease tomorrow.

The Society has spent more on breast cancer research than on any other cancer, and has played an important part in many major breast cancer research breakthroughs in the past century, including demonstrating that mammography is an effective screening test for breast cancer, the development of tamoxifen and herceptin, two drugs vital to treatment, and knowledge that genetics, poor diet, lack of exercise, and moderate drinking increase a person’s cancer risk.

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Breast cancer is no longer a death sentence

by AnnMarie Costella

Since breast cancer usually doesn’t present symptoms when the tumor is small and treatable, the best way of early detection is through routine mammograms. The test detects about 80 to 90 percent of breast cancer in women without symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging is recommended for women at high risk who are over the age of 30. Mammograms save lives and increase medical treatment options, according to the ACS. Treatment and survival depends on the size of the tumor, how far it has spread and whether it has made its way to the skin, chest wall or distant organs, the ACS says in its 2012 report.

The treatment for breast cancer has also become less invasive over the years. If caught early, particularly in Stage 1 or Stage 2, there may be no need for the disfiguring removal of the entire breast, called a mastectomy. Instead, if the cancer is small, the isolated affected area can be removed through a lumpectomy, which requires no overnight hospitalization and only leaves a small scar, Kemeny said. And then a sentinel lymph node biopsy, a surgery that takes out lymph node tissue to look for cancer, is conducted through a small incision in the armpit.

Some women, though few, opt to have a mastectomy even if a lumpectomy is an option because they don’t want to go through radiation treatment, which is conducted for one minute per day, five days a week, for six weeks. There are few side effects, but some may experience a sunburn-like skin irritation, Kemeny said.

Regina Ford, 51, a breast cancer survivor and resident of Jamaica who helps others coping with the disease, knows firsthand how much better cancer treatment has gotten over the years, having watched her grandmother battle ovarian cancer in 1986.

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Breast cancer is the most common type of the disease found in women. According to a 2012 report by the American Cancer Society, an estimated 226,870 new cases are expected to occur this year. But thanks to strides in research and treatment, breast cancer need not be thought of as a death sentence anymore.

“Women should be more optimistic,” said Dr. Margaret Kemeny, director of the cancer center at New York Hospital Queens in Flushing. “We can cure 90 percent of breast cancer cases, which is a big difference from 25 years ago when we could only cure 75 percent of cases.”

The rate of those diagnosed with the disease hit its peak in 1999, with 141 out of every 100,000 women being affected, according to the National Cancer Institute, but it has decreased since then, dropping 11 percent to 126 in 2006 — though it crept back up to 130 per 100,000 in 2009, the latest year for which figures were available.

Kemeny said the increased cure rate is due to yearly mammograms and better forms of chemotherapy treatment. She also said more women, especially those over 40, are monitoring their own breasts by doing monthly self-checks.

“Once you get used to feeling your own breasts, you should be able to tell when something new turns up even when it’s small,” Kemeny said. “If you notice something, go to the doctor and get it checked.”

Death rates from breast cancer have steadily decreased in women since 1990, with even fewer fatalities among younger women; still, early detection remains the best treatment. There will be an estimated 39,920 breast cancer deaths this year — 39,510 women and 410 men.

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A little more than a decade later Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46. She was experiencing pain in her breast and found a lump while in the shower.

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Ford had a lumpectomy and was released from the hospital the same day. She underwent chemotherapy and has since been cancer free. Now, she offers help to other survivors through a group she founded called Cancer Survivors in Christ. Ford and several volunteers speak at area churches about early detection and care. She also gives free wigs to women who have lost their hair from Q chemotherapy.

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How to conduct a breast self-exam Early detection of breast cancer can improve survival rates and lessen the severity of treatment options. Routine mammograms are essential to catching signs of breast cancer early on but so can home-based breast exams.

Over the years there has been some debate over the effectiveness of breast self-exams, or BSEs. Different breast cancer organizations have different views on the subject. Some studies have indicated that a BSE is not effective in reducing

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skin. Check to see if there is any change in symmetry or size of the breasts.

• Continue the examination with hands placed by the hips and then again with your hands elevated overhead with your palms pressed together.

• Next you will move on to a physical examination. This can be done either by reclining on a bed or the floor or any flat surface. The exam also can be done in the shower.

To begin examining the breasts, place the hand and arm for the breast you will be examining behind your head. Use the pads of your pointer, middle and ring fingers to push and massage at the breast in a clockwise motion.

Begin at the outer por tion of the breast, slowly working inward in a circular motion until you are at the nipple. Be sure to also check the tissue under the breast and by the armpit.

• Do the same process on the opposite breast. Note if there are any differences from one breast to the other. If you find any abnormalities, mark them down on an illustration that you can bring to the doctor.

It is a good idea to conduct a BSE once a month and not when menstruating, when breasts may change due to hormone fluctuation. Frequent examinations will better acquaint you with what is normal with your breasts and better help you recQ ognize if something feels abnormal.

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Breast cancer survivor to run marathon Assistant Editor

Tessa Wehrman, a bright, cheerful Astoria resident, never thought she would be diagnosed with breast cancer, especially since she had no family history of the disease, but that’s exactly what happened. After undergoing a double mastectomy and chemotherapy, the 28-year-old is making her comeback by running in a marathon on Nov. 4.

Wehrman has used running as a way to stay in control and keep herself motivated after being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 26.

“I decided at that moment, that cancer was just a different type of marathon, and I was going to take it one mile at a time,” she said.

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Tessa continued to run even as she fought to beat cancer.

Wehrman has always been active. She started running while in high school, and was an avid tennis player during her college years.

When she moved to New York in 2006, she began running again. “I was in really great shape,” she said.

“I didn’t think this could happen to me, but breast cancer doesn’t discriminate.”

One day when she was conducting a self breast check, she discovered a lump. Although she has no family history of breast cancer and could not imagine having the disease at such a young age, Wehrman was worried. “I had this nagging feeling,” she said. “But then I thought, maybe I’m just being a hypochondriac.”

Still Wehrman made an appointment to see her doctor, who conducted tests that ended up confirming her worst fears. “I just started freaking out, because I knew it wasn’t good,” she said. Less than two weeks later, Wehrman underwent a double mastectomy.

“It was definitely overwhelming,” she said. “It takes a while to get used to looking at yourself in the mirror. Obviously I lost a big part of my femininity, but I thought, my life is worth more than that.”

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but she opted to have the left removed as well, to reduce the risk of the cancer returning and to make the results of reconstructive surgery look more natural. Wehrman also underwent chemotherapy, and when she started losing her hair, she took decided to shave her head one day during her lunch hour. After that she started wearing an assortment of hats, scarves and wigs Originally from Ohio, Wehrman has lived in Queens for the past six

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Exploring the different types of breast cancer Breast cancer is a universal term to describe several different cancers that form in and around the breasts.

Breast cancer types are generally categorized based on where the illness begins, most often in the ducts or lobules, the parts of the female anatomy responsible for producing breast milk.

About 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer in American women will be diagnosed in 2012, while more than 22,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer over that same time period.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation lists seven different types of breast cancer. Here’s a look at them.

• Ductal carcinoma insitu (DCIS): This is an early form of breast cancer that refers to the presence of abnormal cells inside a milk duct in the breast. This type of cancer is generally found during mammograms and is considered noninvasive. This means it hasn’t spread yet. This makes treatment for DCIS easier than for other forms of breast cancer.

• Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Also known as infiltrating ductal carcinoma, this is the most common type of breast cancer.

According to BreastCancer.org, roughly 80 percent of all breast cancer cases are IDC. This cancer starts in the ducts, but “invasive” means that it spreads to the surrounding breast tissue. Over time, IDC can spread to the lymph nodes and possibly to other areas of the body.

• Medullary carcinoma: This is a less common form of breast cancer. It is a type of IDC, but it gets its name from the color of the tumors, which are close to the color of brain tissue, or medulla. Medullary carcinoma is quite visible during mammograms because the cancer cells are large and form a barrier between healthy tissue and tumors.

• Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC): The American Cancer Society says that 1 in 10 women will be diagnosed with ILC, which originates in the milk-producing glands of the breast. In ILC, abnormal cells inside the lobule begin to divide and break through the wall of the lobule to invade the surrounding connecting tissues.

• Tubular carcinoma: This is a common cancer for women ages 50 and older. When viewed under the microscope, tubular carcinoma cells have a distinctive tubular structure.

There is a 95 percent survival rate for tubular carcinoma.

• Mucinous carcinoma (Colloid): This is a rare condition in which the breast cancer cells within the breast produce mucus. The mucus and the cancer cells join together to form a jelly-like tumor.

The tumors may feel like bumpy water balloons, but some are too small to detect with the fingers.

• Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC): This is a rare and very aggressive type of breast cancer that causes the lymph vessels in the skin around the breast to become blocked. The cancer gets its name from the appearance of a swollen, red and inflamed breast.

Women are advised to get a baseline mammogram in their mid-30s and then annual mammograms starting at age 40. Early detection is generally vital for any form of cancer and is especially so for breast cancer. Q — Metro Creative Connection

No-cost mammograms and clinical breast exams The American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s Care Clinic provides no-cost mammograms and clinical breast exams to women who have no insurance or are underinsured.

The screening criteria includes the following: Women age 40 and older, a New York City mailing address and have had no mammogram in the past 12 months.

Women need to call 1 (877) 628-9090 to schedule an appointment for a breast screening.

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Friday, Oct. 26: Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Ridgewood.

Saturday, Oct. 27: Queens Pride House, 76-11 37 Ave., Jackson Heights.

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An appointment is necessary. Call 1 (800) 564-6868.

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Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m.: Shiloh Apostolic Church of Christ, 192-13 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

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106 Pct. Cops of the Month Police Officers Yuseff Hamm, second from left, Raiman Dasilva and Jacinta Femenias were named the 106th Precinct Cops of the Month last week for their capture of two alleged burglars.

According to Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, right, the commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, Hamm and Dasilva responded to a 911 call of a burglary in progress at a house on 152nd Avenue near the Nassau Expressway in South Ozone Park. A neighbor called 911 when he saw an individual attempting to pry the bars off a window in the back of the home.

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Editor questioned over tarmac stroll

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

When a Queens Chronicle editor inadvertently walked into what should have been a secure area at Kennedy International Airport, the paper editorialized, in its Oct. 4 edition, that security there could use some improvement.

The Chronicle cited not only the Oct. 1 incident in which South Queens Editor Domenick Rafter accidentally walked onto the tarmac, while on his way to a press conference, without being challenged by anyone at the airport, but also the recent time a man whose personal watercraft ran out of gas on Jamaica Bay did the same.

The editorial got results. Very soon afterward, a Port Authority official called Rafter to get detailed information on exactly where he had gone and how. Apparently intent on making sure there was no misunderstanding, the official questioned Rafter for several minutes, asking the same questions multiple times.

But the story was simple. Rafter was there, like many journalists, to cover the groundbreaking of JetBlue’s expansion of

Terminal 5. He took the AirTrain, exited at the terminal and, following an airline employee’s directions, walked down the overhead ramp to the elevator that takes people to ground level.

The elevator opens to the outside. Jersey barriers created two paths from it, one to the right and one to the left. Rafter went left.

After walking a short distance, he got to a point where the barrier on the left ended, and there was the tarmac, with planes parked nearby.

“I realized that if I wanted to, I could run out on the runway,” Rafter said. “There was nothing between me and the runway, no more barriers.”

Over to the right, however, he could see the JetBlue tent where the press event was to be held, below the walkway from the AirTrain. Realizing he was probably somewhere he shouldn’t be, Rafter decided to go back to the elevator and try going to the right instead. He saw and heard no one until he arrived at the groundbreaking.

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by Joseph Orovic Chronicle Contributor

The Center for the Women of New York will host its 25th annual conference and job fair, titled “The World of Working Women,” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing.

Designed to lay out a path to success for women during a strained economic climate, the day-long event will feature panel discussions, workshops, a career fair and fashion show.

The event starts off with a panel featuring former Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza, Con Edison Director of Public Affairs

Carol Conslato, Reddy-Care Physical Therapy Manager Patrick Flynn, United Federation of Teachers Retiree Social Services Director Sasha Greene, U.S. Department of Labor Program Analyst Gillian Gutierrez, Delta Airlines rep Cassandra Hill and attorney Amber Trzinsky.

From noon to 3 p.m., representatives from companies, government agencies and educational organizations will be available to discuss their companies, employment opportunities and requirements on a one-on-one basis. Participants will also have a chance to hand out resumes.

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PUBLIC AUCTION The Office of the Nassau County Public Administrator is offering the following properties for sale at public auction. All properties are being offered in an “AS IS” condition. No representations concerning the properties are being made by the seller; all descriptions are merely for informational purposes, and are not representations.

Only oral bids will be accepted at the time of the public auction and THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR RESERVES THE UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT TO WITHDRAW PROPERTIES AND REJECT BIDS. ADMITTANCE TO THE SALE REQUIRES A DEPOSIT OF 10% OF THE MINIMUM BID LISTED FOR EACH PROPERTY THAT YOU INTEND TO BID ON. This deposit is payable by CERTIFIED or BANK CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO YOURSELF, and endorsed by the successful bidder as instructed at the time of auction. CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO BID. Copies of a Memorandum and Terms of Sale for each property will be available at the time of the auction and for pickup at the Office of the Public Administrator, 240 Old Country Road, Suite 603, Mineola, from 9:30-11:30 AM and 1-3 PM beginning Monday, October 22, 2012 through Thursday, October 25, 2012. This document must be executed by the successful bidder at the time of auction. Each Memorandum and Terms of Sale will include provisions that closing of title is to take place within 30 days of the auction date. Time is of the essence as to purchaser and the sale is not contingent on purchaser obtaining a mortgage.

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57 BARWICK STREET FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK SECTION 8, BLOCK 78, LOT 34 COLONIAL - 6 ROOMS; 2 BEDROOMS; 2 BATHS; DET. GARAGE “AS IS”..................MINIMUM BID $ 375,000

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2116 KIRKWOOD AVENUE PARCEL #6 MERRICK, NEW YORK SECTION 56, BLOCK 179, LOT 21 CAPE – 7 ROOMS; 4 BEDROOMS; 2 BATHS; DET. GARAGE “AS IS”..................MINIMUM BID $ 302,500

302 SOUTH 8TH STREET NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK SECTION 33, BLOCK 180, LOTS 145 & 242 CAPE – 6 ROOMS; 3 BEDROOMS; 1 BATH; DET. GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 250,600

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215 BEECH STREET VALLEY STREAM, NEW YORK SECTION 37, BLOCK 418, LOTS 86 & 87 CAPE – 6 ROOMS; 3 BEDROOMS; 1 BATH; DET. GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 201,500

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PARCEL #3 177 N. RICHMOND AVENUE PARCEL #7 26 HOFFMAN ROAD MASSAPEQUA, NEW YORK NEW HYDE PARK, NEW YORK SECTION 48, BLOCK 73, LOT 710, SECTION 33, BLOCK 118, LOT 214 LOT GROUP 710-713 RANCH – 6 ROOMS; 3 BEDROOMS; 1 BATH; CAPE – 7 ROOMS; 4 BEDROOMS; 2 BATHS; DET. GARAGE 2 CAR ATT.GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 201,000 “AS IS”..................MINIMUM BID $ 265,000 PARCEL #8 23 KEMP AVENUE PARCEL #4 604 GAYNOR PLACE GLEN COVE, NEW YORK WEST HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK SECTION 21, BLOCK 38, LOT 201 SECTION 35, BLOCK 274, LOT 462 RANCH – 5 ROOMS; 3 BEDROOMS; 1 BATH; LOT GROUP 462-464 DRIVEWAY SPLIT LEVEL – 8 ROOMS; 4 BEDROOMS; “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 195,500 2.5 BATHS; BUILT-IN GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 264,500

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 10:00 A.M. SHARP 9:00 A.M. SHARP 262 OLD COUNTRY ROAD MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501, 3RD FLOOR COURT ROOM 8 STONE BOULEVARD MASSAPEQUA, NEW YORK SECTION 66, BLOCK 123, LOT 10 HI RANCH – 10 ROOMS; 5 BEDROOMS; 2 BATHS; ATT. GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 175,000 330 WALLACE STREET FREEPORT, NEW YORK SECTION 55, BLOCK 391, LOT 2 COLONIAL – 5 ROOMS; 2 BEDROOMS; 1 BATH; ATT. GARAGE “AS IS” ................MINIMUM BID $ 125,000

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Halloween ball Bobbi and the Strays is hosting its Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Russo’s On The Bay, 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach.

Tickets are $100. Reserve your seats and tables today. To purchase tickets, call Bobbi at (718) 84-0779 or (917) 213-9840 or mail your payment to Bobbi and the Strays, P.O. Box 170129, Ozone Park, NY 11417. Find out more at www.bobbiandthestrays.org or Q email: info@bobbicars.org

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Then, a series of workshops will explore topics that include: • “Planning for your Financial Security,” led

by Anna Tringle, Financial Planner for Ameriprise. This workshop will navigate women through many of the financial instruments available to help plan for a secure and worry-free future during retirement years.

• “Starting Your Own Business,” led by CWNY board member Rhoda Plotkin and Robin Wilson of the Queens Economic Development Corporation. This workshop focuses on helping participants to learn the basic steps in starting a business, create a business plan and important procedures including financing, licensing, permits and tax-related issues. Ideas and advice will be offered to avoid the missteps that can cost time and money.

• “Getting Back into the Workforce,” led by City Board of Education Training Specialist Victoria Pilotti.

• “The Resume, Your One-Shot Opportunity to Make an Impression,” led by Charles Gilmore of the Queens Public Library. This workshop will feature tips on making a resume a personal marketing tool, as well as the many resources provided to job seekers by the Queens Public Library.

• “Credit Unions; the Working Womens’ Best Friend,” led by Edward Hutick, Member Brokerage Services, Subsidiary of Melrose Credit Union.

• Using the Social Media for Your Job Search,” led by Barbara Safani, author and owner of Career Solvers. This workshop will teach how to use technology more intelligently to secure more interviews and land a new job faster.

• “Resource Tables: I Need Advice and Support,” by CWNY. The event will end with a playful, hour-long fashion show meant to showcase best wardrobe practices in the job market, led by Cathy Berger, owner of Fashion Societé. She will discuss the Image of Success and Stylish Networking. Participants will be shown how to supplement and integrate their wardrobe and “dress for success”.

For more information, call CWNY at (718) Q 793-0672.

The Oct. 11 story “Fiancee: He didn’t deserve to die” incorrectly said a particular police officer had shot and killed a Springfield Gardens man. The officer who was named had nothing to do with the shooting whatsoever. We deeply regret the error. Q

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Miss New York Junior Pre-teen may be Howard Beach’s youngest activist

by Domenick Rafter

But whether or not Joli Russo will one day wear the Miss America crown is not an immediate priority for this youngMore than 60 million people watched CNN’s Candy ster. Instead, she is focusing her energy on helping underCrowley moderate the debate between President Obama and privileged children and raising money for a cancer cure.

Last weekend, despite the wet, chilly weather, Joli took Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday night. In a few decades, many more may watch Joli Russo of Howard Beach do the part in a walk to raise money for pancreatic cancer at Jones Beach. She is also partnering with the Columbus Day Founsame. dation at Memorial Sloan-Kettering The 9-year-old says she wants to be Cancer Center to raise money. a broadcast journalist one day and has At PS 207, Joli is part of the “nesther eyes set on the Nightly News ing program,” where she helps her desk. fellow students who have autism “One day, she wants to be a broaddevelop socialization skills. cast journalist,” explained Joli’s moth“She’s always out there to help er, Lisa Russo. “She likes to say someone else,” her mother said. ‘watch out Diane Sawyer, I’ll be takJoli has also dabbled in some acting your job one day.'” ing. She has done a few episodes of In the meantime though, the fourth the ABC show “What Would You grader at PS 207 is focused on making Do?” where actors perform skits in her community better. public places to see the responses of Russo won the Miss New York normal people who do not know it’s Junior Pre-Teen competition in an act. She will star in one segment Brooklyn in August, par t of the in this week’s episode airing at 9 p.m.

National American Miss pageant — a on Friday on Channel 7. nationwide organization of pageants She also recently starred in a short for young girls. Lisa Russo said many movie called, “Thanks, Dad,” which who win at NAM pageants go on to her mother said had a tough storyline the big ones, including Miss America. about abuse,“That was a little hard Joli will go on to compete in a national competition next month.

Joli Russo won the Miss New York Junior film, but she was very good,,” Lisa Joli’s hero, Diane Sawyer, was her- Pre-Teen competition against 143 other girls said.

Currently Joli and her mom are self a pageant winner in her native from across the state in August.

Kentucky.

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Joli, bottom left, and all her sister Queens doing benefit to raise money for Breast Cancer at a fair in Lindenhurst, Long Island.

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who may not be able to afford one this Halloween. So far, they have gathered a big number and are continuing their drive through Oct. 25.

Anyone interested in donating a costume can called Lisa Q Russo at (347) 238-1715.

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

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

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

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

People have this conception of gold buying Elias opened his Rego Park shop with stores as these slimy places with slimy Goldberg less than a year ago, and already people, and they’re typically right. But we they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in doing something right — the pawn business their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” typically deals in one-time transactions but Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to “Everyone around here is buying gold these 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday days; you can go into the barber shop down private appoinments are available. Call for the road and sell your jewelry. The problem Q more information (718) 830-0030. with all these places is they treat everything

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A three-hour tour on the bay The American Littoral Society and documentary filmmaker Dan Hendrick, top, teamed up last Saturday for a sunset cruise of Jamaica Bay. The fundraising event drew nearly 200 people to see the bay’s unique sites, while supporting the environmental organization as well as the production of “Jamaica Bay Lives!” — Hendrick’s upcoming documentary on Jamaica Bay. Hendrick is the spokesman

for the New York League of Conservation Voters and a former editor-in-chief of the Queens Chronicle.

The cruise was led by naturalists Mickey Cohen and Don Riepe of the Littoral Society, which is dedicated to studying and conserving marine life habitats and shorelines.

Above, the participants, who were aboard the Golden Sunshine, get close to the A train subway bridge over the bay.

stop and frisk policy continued from page 20 create a better methodology and better training for police off icers,” he said. “ Yo u c a n b e a s e ff e c t ive w i t h n o t being aggressive to the point where you’re trying to create the harassment situation” Ulrich suggested a change in the way stop and frisks are done to take into account a certain radius around high crime areas instead of precinct boundaries. He notes two of the precincts in his district — the 102nd and 106th — abut high-crime areas in South Jamaica and East New

York, Brooklyn, and that crime does not end at precinct boundaries.

He also had sharp words for the supporters of the Community Safety Act. “We live in the city and there are good guys and bad guys, and if you’re one of the good guys, you have nothing to worry about,” he said. “Anyone who supports these bills should have their head examined.”

The City Council is continuing to hold hearings on the four bills. One will be held Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at York ColQ lege in Jamaica.

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THREE GENERATIONS OF ART SON'S, FATHER'S AND GRANDFATHER'S PAINTINGS EXHIBITED IN JOINT SHOW AT QCC

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Florencio Aguilera, top left, poses with one of his paintings.

The work is part of a group exhibition shown at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery with pieces also by his father, second from top, and son, above and top right.

ing show celebrates Florencio Aguilera’s painting for 50 years by exhibiting the three generations of work in Ayamonte and Seville — both in Spain — then across the Atlantic to New York City and then back to their home country with a show in Madrid. The exhibit opened on Friday night with a full crowd, wine, hors d’oeuvres and artists Chencho and Florencio in attendance “The relationship between three people is very nice. It’s very difficult to find a family all of painters,” said Faustino Quintanilla, executive director of the

QCC art gallery. “That’s what attracted me to the show.”

In a statement about the exhibition, Quintanilla says these three artists “live life as it should be lived” and understand “what life is about.” Quintanilla continues that through their art they convey their unique perspective on life well lived.

“The first brings us the idea of how life should be led; the second gives a contemporary vision of what life is in today’s world; and the last conveys an expressed distance from all orthodoxy and tradition,” he Continued page said. continued onon page 47

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arely do we come upon families with such artistic talent. As red hair and blue eyes may show up in grandparents and then again in their grandchildren, artistic talent sometimes skips a generation or is present in one family member and not again until decades later. This is not the case with the Aguileras.

Paintings by grandfather Raphael, father Florencio and son Chencho are shown in the exhibition “Aguilera 3 Generations” at Queensborough Community College Art Gallery through Jan. 5. The travel-

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Queens Blvd., on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2:30 p.m. Saul Fathi, author of “Full Circle,” will lecture about the life of Mohammed, the genesis of Sunni and Shi’a Muslims , the Jihad and Infidels. Refreshments will be served. $5 per person, $2 for students. Call (718) 459-1000.

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Queens Historical Society presents “Permanent Residence: Uncovering the Cemeteries of Queens” through April at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave. in Flushing. Call (718) 939-0647, ext. 17 or email info@queenshistoricalsociety.org

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Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, announces the continuation of its program of independently-curated exhibitions: “Contested Territories,” that will remain on view through Jan. 6, 2013. Contested Territories is an exhibition that explores the interaction of the city and society in an age of conflict. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment.

Reopening after extensive renovations, the GodwinTernbach Museum at Queens College will mark the event by exhibiting the work of Swiss abstract artist H.A. Sigg through Oct. 26. This retrospective of nearly 40 paintings and numerous collages celebrates the career of a remarkable octogenarian artist.

Museum hours are Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $7 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. For info., call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.

Senior speed dating with a twist entitled “How Well Do You Know Your Neighbor” will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 1:15-2:30 p.m. at Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Cost is $5 for CQY and FFMJC members and $8 for nonmembers. Bring your own Kosher lunch.

“Hello, Dolly!” will be presented by Theatre By The Bay on the first three Saturdays and Sundays in November.

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“Three Generations” features the works of three generations of the Aguilera family — artists Raphael, Florencio and Chencho. Their paintings and drawings capture the history of Ayamonte, Spain from 1903 to the present day. The exhibit is on display at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 225-05 56 Ave. in Bayside and will continue through Jan. 5. For more information visit the website at QCCArtGallery@qcc.cuny.edu or call (718) 631-6396.

mation or to make reservations visit the website at theatrebythebayny.com or call (718) 428-6363.

AUDITIONS

The New Theatre Players of St. Helen’s presents Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” at 157th Avenue and 84th Street in Howard Beach on Friday, and Saturday, Oct. 19, and 20 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. For reservations and/or further information call (718) 8488448. Tickets are $12 and $10 for seniors.

STAR is looking for actors to audition for established senior repertory company. Call (718) 776-0529.

Auditions for Theatre By The Bay’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside.

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See “Macbeth Did It” on Fridays, Oct. 19 and 26 at 8 p.m., Saturdays, Oct. 20 and 27 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Oct. 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. at Colonial Church of Bayside, 54-02 217 St. Entrance on Luke Place. Tickets are $16 or $14 for seniors and students with ID. Call (347) 358-8102 or visit theatretime.org

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The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

A Queens Jewish community-wide free concert, entitled Shirathon 4, with noted area cantors, choirs and accomplished singers will be held on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. at Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center, 193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows.

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Douglaston Community Theatre presents a heartfelt comedy about friendship, “The Dixie Swim Club,” at 8 p.m. on Fridays Nov. 2, 9; Saturdays Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10 and 2 p.m. on Sunday Oct. 28 and Saturday Nov. 3 at Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 44th Avenue entrance off Douglaston Parkway. Cost is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students with ID. Call (718) 482-3332 to reserve.

Church of Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens, will be having its Autumn Treasure, Bake and Book sale on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Theatre By The Bay presents “Hello, Dolly!” on Saturdays, Nov. 3, 10 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Nov. 4, 11, and 18 at 3 p.m. at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 1300 209 St., Bayside. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and children 12 and under. For more infor-

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is sponsoring a fall flea market on Saturday, Oct. 20, rain date Oct. 27, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the LIRR north parking lot, 82-60 Austin St., Kew Gardens.

Redeemer Lutheran Church, 69-07 Cooper Ave., Glendale, hosts a rummage sale on Friday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish continues to run its outdoor flea market every Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in Jamaica.

LECTURE Join the American Association of University Women in a dialogue about women’s issues such as equity and preventing violence at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside on Wednesdays, Oct. 24 and Nov. 7 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. There is a one-time registration fee of $15. Call (718) 6316675 or (718) 631-6343.

“When the Cold War Got Hot: The Cuban Missile Crisis,” a history roundtable will be hosted by the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, in Long Island City, on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. Lecturer and trustee Al Ronzoni takes a look back 50 years ago at the incident that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The program will include a viewing of the 2000 film “Thirteen Days.” The program is free.

The Kew-Forest-Woodside-Loitz Post 250, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. and their Ladies Auxiliary, will host Rabbi Raziel Amir who will discuss “The Evils of Organized Gambling” on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd. Call (718) 297-7711 for more information.

A discussion on winterizing your body will be presented at The Maria Rose International Doll Museum and Culture Center, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans.

Come and learn to rebuild, restore, rejuvenate and enhance your total wellness on Sunday, Oct. 21 from 3-5 p.m. Call (718) 276-3454.

Come to a lecture on the history of Islam and the Middle East at Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30

Ozone Park AARP Chapter 4163 meets the last Tuesday of the month at noon at Christ Lutheran Community Center, 85-15 101 Ave., Ozone Park.

Monthly guest speakers and enjoyable trips. The next meeting will be on Oct. 30. New members are welcome.

Join the Parashat and Haftarat Club on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 12:30 p.m. following Shabbat services at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.

Discuss Torah portions Bereshit and Noach with Rabbi Samuel Waidenbaum, Rabbi Romiel Daniel and Charles Lehat. Lite bite served. No charge. Call (718) 459-1000.

The Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 holds its meetings at the Bowne Street Community Church, located at 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., on Mondays starting at 1 p.m. On Oct. 22 the guest speaker will be Beverly Silver from Homestead Senior Care plus a Halloween party for paid members only.

FOR KIDS Join master puppeteers from the Periferia Theater project in Murica, Spain in a puppetry workshop, Guyi-Guyi, at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. Cost is $6/$4 children/members free with tickets to 2:15 p.m. show. Tickets to the 2:15 p.m. show cost $12/$10 members; $8/$6 members children. For ages 8 and up. Maximum 25 participants.

CLASSES Qualified instructors from Flotilla 12-01 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold an About Boating Safety class at Fort Totten in Bayside on Sunday Oct. 21 at 8:30 a.m. This class is for recreational boaters. Certification is required for boating in NJ waters, and operating a PWC in the Tri-State waters. The fee is $65. Pre-registration required.

Call Mike Kaff at (917) 952-7014 or Ralph Traub at (347) 336-5866, email 12-01@verizon.net or visit uscgaux1201.org

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Musicians — learn new songs, be inspired

by Josey Bartlett qboro Editor

This month, the two CPAs who founded Bandjamit.com are giving guitarists, drummers, floutists, and the gamut an additional incentive to get their talent out there by hosting a music video competition.

The video that gets the most hits on this free-to-join and free-to-upload site, during the next two weeks, will be featured for seven days on the home page, cofounders Joey Frad and Ed Donnellan, who work together in Astoria, said.

“Which is longer than anyone has been featured before,” Frad, 25, noted. The three runners up will also get a prime spot — albeit slightly less prominent than No. 1.

Music video competition When: through Oct. 29.

Where: To enter the contest musicians sign up as a member on bandjamit.com and upload a video.

Tickets: Free

Band Jam It emerged after a couple winters ago when Donnellan, 51, received an acoustic guitar for Christmas.

He immediately began browsing the Internet for tutorials, but was having to search here, there and everywhere to find easy to understand lessons to follow.

“There’s got to be a better way. There has to be one place to come to for all of this,” Donnellan said.

So the idea started brewing for a music specific website. Donnellan told Frad, a DJ for a two-year stint, and after a little back and forth — “you’re going to steal my idea,” Donnellan said jokingly at first ... sort of — they decided to go into business together.

Band Jam It allows music enthusiasts to browse other musicians’ works as well as learn from a series of user-uploaded tutorials.

“It’s like match.com versus Christian singles,” Frad said, emphasizing the specificity of the site that focuses on music in all forms, but nothing else.

They worked with web designers to create the platform and set up an office in the building where they work as accountants.

Under the tab “Learn” there are several subcategories such as guitar, drums, vocals and piano/keyboard.

“I would love to see kids using the site as a learning tool,” Donnellan said.

Under “Listen” there are just as many categories, with more being added all the time. “Suggest a genre and I’ll add it immediately,” Donnellan said, adding that screamo and rock have both become popular categories amongst the site’s 2,000 members from 210 countries.

Most people sing covers, Frad said, noting that Adele was a big hit last year.

However, you don’t have to sing like Adele to be on the site.

“They might be off-key, but you can tell their enthusiasm,” Donnellan said.

“Some people are really good and should have the exposure, but we’re not looking for the top 2 percent.”

Last week the duo launched a calendar of events, and in the future they plan to stream live concerts and have a tab to buy and sell equipment — and with this month’s competition Donnellan and Frad hope to grow the site even Q further.

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Ed Donnellan, under the Ramones, and Joey Frad, cofounders of BandJamIt.com, are hosting a music video competion this month. PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT

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Horror films, zombies to take over 5 Pointz

by Andrew Benjamin Chronicle Contributor

Horror fans in the borough who have been bloodthirsty for more of their favorite genre to appear locally will have their nightmares come true.

The first annual LIC Horror Film Festival will take place at 5 Pointz, a legal spot for spray paint artists to show off their skills in Long Island City, and Local Project Art Space, a nonprofit art space on the same block as 5 Pointz, on Saturday, Oct. 27. The ghoulish festivities will include a zombie march, a zombie mini-movie that will be shot with the undead from the march, a screening of over a

Horror film festival at 5 Pointz When: Saturday, Oct. 27, 5 p.m.

Where: 45-46 Davis Street, LIC Tickets: free

dozen short horror films and a 21- and-over after party.

The event won’t bleed the wallets of participants as it is free for all.

This would be the first time Queens has had a horror festival, and it’s something that curator Jason Artiga hopes will “add to the art epicenter of 5 Pointz.”

“I feel that in Long Island City, we need that,” Artiga said.

Artiga describes himself as “a big horror fan” and believes it’s a great genre to celebrate with a festival due to its connection with people as far back as their childhood.

“Horror brings us closest to our childhood,” he said. “You remember seeing ‘The Exorcist’ or ‘The Evil Dead’ as a kid. It can be anywhere from serious to schlocky to comedic.”

Organizing the walk of the undead is self-described “zombie enthusiast” Thomas Art. Art, who runs an online network called Zombies Worldwide, has been involved in numerous zombie

A zombie walk and horror film festival will take place at 5 Pointz in Long Island City on Oct. 27.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JASON ARTIGA, LEFT, AND FILE PHOTO

walks and crawls, including the one in Astoria last year. People who want to join the walk will start out at The Shannon Pot at 45-06 Davis St. a 5 p.m. Free makeup will be provided to

whomever wants to join the walking dead.

“It’s something to do on a Saturday night. It’s free, and anything in this economy is good. It’s also a great opportunity to net-

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work,” Art said.

Over a dozen short horror films will be screened after the zombie walk. One is “Sacrebleu,” directed by filmmaker Fabian Elias continued on page 49 00

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Increase export and import with other countries.

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If each of the 350 million Americans donates $1 per month, that money would go toward creating jobs, reducing the federal deficit and providing affordable housing for low-income and middle-class families.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Determined by income.

EDUCATION: More pay for teachers. Longer school days to keep up with the 21st century job market.

ENERGY: Open up drilling in Alaska. It will create jobs.

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FOREIGN POLICY: End the war waste of military lives, waste of money. Stop piracy.

If China is willing to buy back all bonds to reduce the federal deficit by half or full, then in return the debt owed to us will be forgiven. We could then follow this policy with other countries.

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I will start a new tax code. On the revenue side, I will cut taxes on individuals and businesses, while ending myriad deductions that cost the Treasury Dept. a trillion dollars a year. I will also implement the Ronald Reagan/Tip O’Neill Economic Package Deal.

This overdue simplification would make it easier for companies to focus on their products rather than on their accountants. This will also boost job creation, it will raise more money and pay down the federal deficit. This will save our economy and our country. The government must live within its means. I will cut spending across the board and recognize that the bulk of the long-term spending programs benefit Medicare and Social Security. This will not undermine growth or competitiveness in business activity. We are on the verge of an economic collapse worldwide unless we act now.

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Artistic talent passed down father to son continued from page 43 00 Although their philosophies fit together and complement each other, the ways the trio expresses them to the world are very different, with each employing a unique style.

“The paintings have no relationship to each other as far as style,” Florencio said in Spanish.

The three artists never paint in the same room although, when Raphael was alive, all three men had studios in the same house.

Florencio and his son Chencho continue to maintain two studios each, in Ayomante and Madrid.

Raphael began painting when

he was 80 years old — after retiring from managing a general store that catered to the fishermen in a marina — and continued to do so until his death 18 years later.

His works are chock full of people — some of whom Florencio recognizes — and brilliant colors depicting the bullfights, domestic lives and everyday interactions of the people who live in the Aguilera’s hometown, the fishing village of Ayomante. The paintings serve as a history of the town, but not only of events and locations but also the humor and range of emotions of its inhabitants.

‘Aguilera 3 Generations’ When: through Jan. 5, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days, opens at noon on weekends, closes at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and closed Monday.

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Florencio’s work, like that of his father, focuses on the world that surrounds him in Ayomante.

However, instead of capturing the people and landmarks he said he’s inspired by light — how the sun bounces off the ocean or the land.

His paintings are impressionist in genre and more simplistic than Raphael’s or Chencho’s pieces.

The works show a brillant sky and vast Atlantic Ocean or rolling hills painted with large, loose brush strokes. He plays with colors in a masterful way so that the viewer gets a sense of the time of day based on the warmth of the color.

“Florencio’s soft blues are the expression of his soul striving to attain the absolute, just as his earthy reds express the force of his awakened passion for the landscape,” Quintanilla said.

Chencho, the youngest of the bunch, paints large-scale modern art — mostly portraits of women with a heavy influence from Manga, the fanciful Japanese comics that have characters with

Chencho and Florencio Aguilera attend the opening of their joint exhibition at the Queensborough Community College art gallery on Friday.

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big eyes and bright outfits.

“His art has a more modern and universal look,” Florencio said in Spanish, “more graphic and design like.”

The figures are in pain, but the vibrant colors mask that obvious emotion like when a pop song has an upbeat tune but the lyrics

are about depression and loss.

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Boo at the Zoo will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 27 and 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Halloween Day, Oct. 31, to 5 p.m. Activities include face painting, live animal presentations, and pumpkin treats for some of the zoo’s animals.

Take an absolute beginner class in Argentine tango on Saturdays Oct. 20 and 27 from 5 to 6 p.m. at Group Fitness and Cycling, 10-68 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Fee is $15 per class. Comfortable shoes (no sneakers). Call (347) 396-5809 to RSVP.

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There will be a nature-inspired creative writing workshop on Monday, Nov. 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Cost is $12 for members and $18 for nonmembers. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000.

The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209 St., Bayside, will be giving a defensive driving course on two Thursday evenings, Oct. 18 and 25 from 7-10 p.m. Participants are eligible for lower insurance rates and point reduction. It is good for three years and the cost is $50 per person. To register call Harriet Wolfe at (718) 423-6426.

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shiper from 1912 and participate in a service that will mimic the first one, also held in Station Square.

Central YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St. in Forest Hills is now offering a ballet fitness fusion class which will combine the fundamentals of ballet barre work with traditional fitness training. This Wednesday class is designed to strengthen, tone and shape the lower body. Classes will run through Wednesday, Dec. 19. Free for members of the CQY; nonmembers can purchase a 10-class card at $150. One can start classes anytime.

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An evening of entertainment will be held on Monday, Oct. 29 from 4-7 p.m. at the Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., Ridgewood. There will be musical entertainment with Flo Michaels. A raffle will be held at 6 p.m. Multiple baskets of prizes will be raffled off. Tickets for the raffle are three for $1 or 20 for $6. Funds will support the Center’s meal program. Tickets for the program are $8 if purchased in advance, $10 if purchased at the door. Call (718) 456-2000 for more information.

The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first worship service on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. A special service will be held at Station Square across from the Long Island Railroad Station, Forest Hills Gardens. Participants are encouraged to dress as a wor-

Come to the fall festival at Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone, on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (718) 767-6305.

A children’s fall festival will be held at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Admission is $5 for all ages. Free with membership plus. A three-acre interactive corn maze will be open at this time. Admission to the maze during the festival is: adults - $9; children ages 4-11 - $5; children 3 and under are free. For more information email info@queenscountyfarmmuseum.org or call (718) 347-3276.

Attend Saint Luke’s Centennial Worship Celebration on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at 85 Greenway South in Forest Hills. To mark the significance of the occasion, Reverend Lawrence Provenzano, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will be the preacher. Call (718) 268-6021.

The Samuel Field Y has two weekday programs for preschool children ages 3-5 with developmental disabilities and their families. On Mondays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. there is Monday Magic: Learn and Play at the Bay Terrace Center: 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. On Wednesdays from 3-4:30 there is Gym and Creative Exploration at the Little Neck Site, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy. Contact Amanda at (718) 225-6750 ext. 262 or email asmith@sfy.org for more information.

A farmers market will be held every Friday until Nov. 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dalia Avenue off Main Street, near the Queens Botanical Garden.

Enjoy getting lost in a three-acre interactive corn maze at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. Maze Hours: every Saturday and Sunday, now through Oct. 28. 11 a.m.4:30 p.m. There will be two special “maze by moonlight” evenings held on Saturday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 13, open until 9 p.m. Admission: adults $9 per person, children ages 4-11 - $5 per child, children 3 and under - free.

REUNIONS The Hillcrest HS class of 1987 will host its 25th Year class reunion on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at Cordon Bleu, 96-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven. Email hillcresthsclassof1987.25years@gmail.com.

PS 188Q Kingsbury School is having a 60th anniversary alumni event on Sunday, Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school, 218-12 Hartland Ave., Bayside. It is for all past graduates of the school. There will be a ribbon cutting for the new playground.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45 Ave., enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street. Call (718) 749-0643 or visit flushingcameraclub.org for more information.

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Jimenez, from Queens Village, who is excited about the festival.

“I think it’s great. I think they should have more events like this taking place,” he said. “It’s a great way to meet other filmmakers to network and get your foot in the door and meet people.”

Jimenez never went to film school, but played with his parents’ camcorder when he was a child and learned more about camera technology as it progressed.

Surprisingly, he says, he’s “not really a big fan of horror films.”

“I like the old ’70s, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”-type films,” he said, criticizing the horror movies of today as being too “gimmicky.”

Artiga aims for the festival to help strengthen LIC’s growing art scene.

“I hope it brings stronger ties to the artistic community,” he said. “You see a lot of talent in these short films and you get a lot of variety.”

5 Pointz, formerly home to some 100 artists studios, was placed under a vacate order in April 2009 after an exterior staircase collapsed, crushing a woman. Artists still use the facade as their canvas.

Property owner David Wolkoff was hit with fines and instead of repairing the

buildings, which may not be financially viable, he decided to go in a different direction.

He presented plans to Community Board 2 earlier this year for demolishing 5 Pointz and constructing a 1,000-unit apartment building with retail space in its place. He would need a zoning variance to accomodate the two rental towers, which are much larger than what’s allowed. The plan will go back to CB 2 for Q its approval on that.

— Josey Bartlett contributed to this story

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Vanessa Valenti, 34-19 29th St., Apt. 6B, Astoria, NY 11106. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

RMPC MANAGEMENT LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/13/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

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KHANOM DEVELOPMENTS LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/29/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 82-20 210th St., Queens Village, NY 11427. General Purposes.

1917 Equity, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/3/12.

Office in Queens County.

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SSNY shall mail process to c/o Raymond Dipaoli, 14003 58th Rd., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: General.

Notice of formation of Service Partners of Glendale LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/3/2012. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC, 70-23 73rd Street, Glendale, NY 11385.

Purpose: Investment/Real Estate 718.415.4454

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: H & Y TAX SERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/20/2012. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 144-31 37th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

DOUBLE D 36TH STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/07/2012.

Office loc: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Desmond Dillon, 12 Pennsylvania Blvd., Floral Park, NY 11001.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Nima & Velona LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 35-15 84th St., 2H, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: PopImpressKA Journal LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/27/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to OLGA PAPKOVITCH, 135 Beach 19th Street, Apt. SN, Far Rockaway, NY 11691-3729. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RETRO GARAGE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/18/12.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 13-04 Malba Drive, Malba, New York 11357.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Bansi Consulting LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 02/08/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 9958 66 Avenue, Apt. 6A, Forest Hills, NY 11374.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: DONG QING & YAQUIN LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/19/2012. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 5515 39th Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 182nd ST FM REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/06/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 58-33 182nd Street, Fresh Meadows, New York, 11365.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: EQUITY 57 HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/10/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the Jonathan B Rodnon, 166-40 Powells Cove Blvd., Apt. 9-C, Whitestone, NY 11357. The general purpose:

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BROOKVILLE JFK RESTAURANT LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/10/12.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 420 Great Neck Road, Great Neck, New York 11021.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: PADAUK YEIK, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/12/2012. Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 90-20 63rd Avenue, Rego Park, NY 11374. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LYNDSAY SKEEGAN DESIGNS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/23/12.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to 30-50 21 St., #4F, Astoria, NY 11102.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of 4156 Denman Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Constantine Kartsonis, 31-16 30th Ave., Ste. 304, Astoria, NY 11102.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NAMSI REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/4/05. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 Lafayette Ave., Sea Cliff, NY 11579. General Purposes.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has applied for a license to sell beer, liquor and/or wine at retail in a tavern, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 213 1113 41st Avenue, Bayside, New York for on-premises consumption under serial number 1265589.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 9/27/12, bearing Index Number NC-000610-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Neide Bianco Pinheiro. My present name is Neide Biano Sarhan, aka Neide Bianco Pinheiro, aka Neide Bianco DaSilva, aka Neide B. Sarhan. My present address is 32-09 48th Street, Apt. #1R, Astoria, NY 111031405. My place of birth Brazil. My date of birth is March 29, 1953.

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86-18 JAMAICA AVENUE LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/20/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Felice J. Muraca, 114 Old Country Rd., Ste. 420, Mineola, NY 115014410. General Purposes.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 32067/10 Date of Filing: August 30, 2012 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -againstDANIELLE T ADAMS; SANDREAUS COBB, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said SANDREAUS COBB, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; SANDREAUS COBB; CITIZENS BANK, NA; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICES CORP; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery upon you personally within this state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on August 20, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by DANIELLE T ADAMS; SANDREAUS COBB to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE SOURCE LLC in the principal amount of $407,483.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on February 2, 2010, as CRFN: 2010000037353. Said mortgage was thereafter assigned to Plaintiff by assignment of mortgage dated December 8, 2010 and recorded December 28, 2010 as CRFN: 2010000433847.

Said premises being known as and by 75-10 95TH AVENUE, OZONE PARK, NY 11416.

Dated: July 25, 2012 Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.

There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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BEAT

I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

SPORTS

Barbara Nichols, Queens’ pinup girl

The Mets could use Buck

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Barbara Nichols, born in Jamaica on Dec. 10, 1928 as Barbara Marie Nickerauer, was a popular and spirited girl who won many beauty contests while still in Woodrow Wilson High School, later renamed August Martin in honor of the first black commercial pilot. While at Woodrow Wilson, she trained in cosmetology, and was always proud that she could do her own hair and makeup.

Barbara’s parents, George and Julia Nickerauer, and their family lived at 116-39 139 St. in South Ozone Park. Her father, the breadwinner, owned a gas station on Baisley Boulevard called Rauer’s. On weekends Barbara would go to the Park Movie Theater on the corner of Rockaway Boulevard and 133rd Street and dream of becoming a star.

To earn extra money as a teen she modeled for Gertz department store at 162nd Street and Jamaica Avenue in Downtown Jamaica. Many beauty titles followed, such as Miss Loew’s Valencia Theater. Following high school graduation, she went to Panama and became a chorus girl. After appearing as a pinup model in Esquire magazine in 1952,

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

she landed the role of Valerie in Broadway’s “Pal Joey.� After that she appeared in many films and TV shows, and in 1961 won Look magazine’s award for best supporting actress for her role in TV’s “The Untouchables.� She will Barbara Nichols modelalways be best ing a bathing suit in the remembered for window of Gertz departplaying an allur- ment store in Jamaica, ing blonde or a in 1946. comedic dame.

Nichols’ death from liver failure at age 47, in October 1976, was an untimely blow to her fans. She is buried at Pinelawn Cemetery in Farmingdale, LI. Today a whole new generation of fans is discovering her talents in old movies and TV shows, most probably with no idea that Q it all started right here in Queens.

The American League Division Series mirrored the regular season because in the end the Yankees were a game better than the Orioles.

The fact that the Bronx Bombers won the American League East title yet again in 2012 wasn’t unexpected. What was surprising was how the Orioles, long a laughingstock, gave the Yankees a run for their money in both the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.

What the Tigers have been doing to the Yanks is another story.

After years of looking for quick fixes and failing to develop young talent, the O’s farm system finally started to bear a lot of fruit. Talent is only one part of the story. The real reason for their success is that their manager, the taciturn Buck Showalter, who longtime Yankees fans remember as Joe Torre’s predecessor as manager, has changed the culture around Chesapeake Bay. Losing, which was routinely accepted by the Orioles organization, would never be tolerated by Showalter. Buck had even complained about the Orioles’ cap because it bears the face of a smiling bird, which, in his mind, is a wimpy mascot.

Mets fans have to understandably be envious of the Birds. Terry Collins has been managing the Mets longer than Showalter has had the Orioles job. Like Buck, Terry has a no-

nonsense personality. He says the right things in his pre and postgame press conferences, but I don’t sense even the slightest shift in culture at Citi Field, on the part of the players or the ownership, since he became manager two years ago. Frankly, I think many players tuned him out as they endured their annual post-All Star Game descent in the standings.

From what I hear, Orioles General Manager Dan Duquette solicits input from Showalter on player personnel and doesn’t dare make a trade without consulting him. Buck is not reticent about approaching Duquette with a list of needs and expecting them to be addressed. I can’t picture Collins having that same kind of relationship with Mets GM Sandy Alderson.

Raul Ibanez has long been one of the best clutch hitters in baseball. Last year the Phillies let him walk when he became a free agent and Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman quickly signed him. That’s one reason why the Yankees got to play October baseball and the Phils didn’t this year.

Ibanez’s two home runs in the pivotal Game 3 of the ALDS made him the toast of New York. That was the nice part of the story. The unpleasant side was how the media seemed to openly celebrate the failures of the man Ibanez pinch hit for, Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod’s career may be in decline but he doesn’t deserve that Q kind of enmity.

ling: Journey to Healing: Believe We Remember; We Celebrate; We Believe

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Affordable 3 BR, 1 Bath, 1 Family Colonial W/Pvt. Driveway & Garage, 1 Block to “A” train.

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