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by Sandy finally sees progress PAGE 5 MORE SUPERSTORM CLEANUP NEWS PAGE 16 John and Jayme Galimi speak with Mayor de Blasio, right, outside their home in Broad Channel, which they have not lived in since Hurricane Sandy destroyed it two years ago. De Blasio used the progress made in repairing it to highlight the city’s revamped Build it Back program and invite more residents to apply to it.

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Specialized HS tests debated in Flushing Some say inequities hurt chances of black and Latino students

by Domenick Rafter Editor

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or many prospective New York City high school students, getting into one of the specialized schools is like winning the lottery, except with years of preparation.

To get into Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, Staten Island Tech, Queens High School for the Sciences, Brooklyn Latin School, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College or High School of American Studies at Lehman College, there is just one door — a test: three hours of 45 multiple- choice verbal questions, 50 multiple-choice mathematics problems, using a formula the city Department of Education keeps under heavy wraps.

The Specialized High School Admissions Test, or SHSAT, is the only way into the eight specialized schools in the city. A ninth, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, requires an audition.

The SHSAT has been the sole admissions criterion for decades. Supporters say it’s the only objective way to rank students, but opponents point to the racial gap in those taking the test and being accepted.

Only 7 percent of students who take the test and get accepted are Latino, only 5 per-

Participants in the debate included Michael Benjamin, left, Phil Gim, Dennis Saffran, moderator PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Laura A. Shepard and Ken Cohen. cent are black. Meanwhile, 35 percent of Asian Americans and 30 percent of white students who take it get placed in one of the schools. The student body at many of the schools is majority Asian. At Stuyvesant, it’s over 70 percent Asian American.

The racial gap has led groups, and many officials including Mayor de Blasio to seek changes to the admissions policies to the eight schools besides just the test.

De Blasio said he felt the test results “don’t reflect the city.”

On Saturday, the test issue was debated at the Taiwan Center in Downtown Flushing in a forum hosted by the Queens Chronicle and CoalitionEdu, an organization of alumni and parents from the specialized schools who advocate on their behalf. The panel discussion, moderated by Chronicle contributing writer Laura A. Shepard, featured Ken Cohen, of the NAACP, which has sought to change the admissions criteria, who debated three supporters of the test-only policy: former City Council candidate Dennis Saffran,

state Assembly candidate Phil Gim and former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, an African-American graduate of the Bronx High School of Science.

Though the panel leaned in support of the test, the discussion focused on several agreed upon truths — that blacks and Latino students do not take the test at numbers they should, or receive placement at the levels they should, and that black and Latinos are not adequately prepared to take the test.

Cohen said the low number of black and Latino accepted students is a sign the teston ly ad m ission policy needed to be changed, and other factors, like honors programs and extracurricular activities needed to be included.

“What we’re asking for is fairness,” Cohen said. “We’re not asking to get rid of the tests. We just want a better way.”

Cohen’s not alone. Two bills proposed in Albany would require multiple criteria — i nclud i ng m idd le -school at t e nd a nce records, grade point averages and state test scores — play a role in admissions decisions. And in a request for proposals released by the DOE for test vendors, there is a key difference to the current format: a 100 percent multiple choice, machinescorable test.

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De Blasio visits Broad Channel home finally being fixed after two years

by Domenick Rafter Editor

John and Jayme Galimi just want to go home.

The couple and their five kids have not lived in their Broad Channel house since Hurricane Sandy devastated it on Oct. 29, 2012. Nearly two years later, there may be a light at the end of the long tunnel the storm left them in.

The couple stood outside their home at 12-06 Cross Bay Blvd. on Monday morning looking up at the t wo -stor y house, now raised nearly 12 feet above the sid ewa l k . B e sid e t he m wa s Mayor de Blasio, who came to the neighborhood in the heart of Jamaica Bay hard hit by Sandy to a n nou nce sig n if ica nt a nd long-awaited prog ress in the city’s Sandy recovery program.

T h at d ay t he f loodwat er s nearly proved fatal for the Galim is, t r appi ng t hem i n t hei r home.

They have lived with friends in Ozone Park and a rented place i n Howa rd Beach. But now, thanks to the Build it Back program, they are slated to be home

by Christmas.

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almost over,” de Blasio said alongside the family Monday.

The mayor was on hand to announce more progress in the much-maligned Build it Back program, established in June 2013 by the Bloomberg administration but riddled with problems in its first six months.

Approximately 6,400 homeowners across the city — half of those still actively seeking help from Build it Back — have been made offers for reimbursement checks or reconstruction. At the beginning of the year, that number was only 451.

That’s when the de Blasio administration overhauled the program, eliminating income eligibility requirements, embeddi ng st affers di rectly i n the com mu nities affected by the storm and putting Amy Peterson in charge of the program, which the mayor said was “his favorite change” to Build it Back.

De Blasio said there have been 727 construction starts and 878 reimbursement checks sent to date. That’s several hundred more just since Labor Day. At the beginning of the year, those numbers were zero ... and zero.

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Mayor, in Queens, touts Build it Back progress

Broad Channel resident John Galimi speaks at a press conference with his wife, Jayme, left, Mayor de Blasio advisors Bill Goldstein and Dan Zarrilli, de Blasio, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Amy Peterson, director of the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER mayor’s office of housing recovery, in Broad Channel on Monday.

The mayor has also set new bench marks for progress. By Dec. 31, his administration is aiming for 1,000 construction

starts and 1,500 reimbursement checks cut.

Peterson said that she hopes the progress shown will entice

homeowners who have given up on the process to try again.

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DOB: Ambulance Corps can move back into HQ

by Domenick Rafter Editor

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lance corps building was due to be completed at the end of September and was finished several weeks ago, according to a Buildings Department source.

For the ambulance corps, being homeless only added to its financial strain. One of its main sources of revenue was the rent from the Woodhaven Senior Center, which operated out of the ambulance corps building.

After the eviction, the senior center was relocated to American Legion Post 118 about half a mile away.

Kristin Quinn, a spokeswoman for Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, which operates the center, said her organization had not heard from the ambulance corps on whether or not the senior center would move back into the building.

The ambulance corps, meanwhile, filed a $13 million lawsuit against Kochabe last March for lost revenue due to the collapse.

On Sept. 20, Woodhaven civic leaders also hosted a pasta dinner fundraiser for the ambulance corps to raise money to Q keep it afloat.

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The year and a half-long nightmare for the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps may be finally coming to an end. They have been OK’d to move back into their headquarters at 78-15 Jamaica Ave. Anthony Iuliano, a representative from the Department of Buildings, made the announcement at Community Board 9’s meeting on Oct. 14.

“The building is safe to reoccupy,” he told the board. “The ambulance corps can go back in.”

Ed Wendell, former president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, confirmed that the ambulance corps has been cleared to go home.

“They’ve been told they can go back,” he said.

The organization has been out of the building, which was renovated several years ago, since February, when a leak stemming from the next door building that collapsed in April 2013 compromised a wall between

the two structures. The organization was months ago that his client has “done everyalso forced out of their home for several thing he can” to fix the building in a reasonable amount of time. months after the building first collapsed.

The ambulance corps was able to operate The adjacent building at 78-19 Jamaica Ave. was abandoned when it crumbled after next to the collapsed structure, but Wooda heavy rain on April 12, 2013. The col- haven civic leaders, including Wendell and Maria Thomson, execlapse only did minor utive director of the damage to the ambuWoodhaven Business lance corps building volunteer community Improvement District, and the group, which as well as elected offihas been in financial organization has been cials, said the corps’ st raits for several facility was in jeoparyears, had its vehicles facing serious financial dy as long as the colback in the headquarlapsed building next ters with i n a few strain since losing its door remains unfixed. months. home in February.

T hen ca me last But attempts by February’s excessive civic leaders, officials snow fall, a nd t he and the Department of Buildings to force the collapsed build- freezing and thawing that followed. The ing’s owner, George Kochabe, to fix the result was the compromised wall that forced structure were futile. He was fined repeat- the ambulance corps from their home.

A court ruling during the summer gave edly, but paid the fines. Attempts by the Buildings Department to force his hand Kochabe a timeline to complete the repairs were thwarted by a judge last spring. Koch- by Dec. 1. The reconstruction of the walls abe’s attorney, Elio Forcina, said several and removal of loose bricks near the ambu-

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Mayor open to state aid for Rockaway ferry De Blasio exploring citywide service

by Domenick Rafter Editor

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Veterans town hall held City Councilman Eric Ulrich, left, chairman of the Veterans Committee, and state Assemblyman Mike Miller, a member of that body’s equivalent, held a town hall meeting on Oct. 15 at American Legion Post 118 in Woodhaven to discuss important issues impacting area veterans and their families.

Ulrich, here with Mayor’s Office for Veterans’

Af fair s Commis sioner Loree Sut ton, touched upon legislation his committee has explored including various local laws and resolutions to improve city services for veterans and returning military members.

Miller briefed the audience on strides the Legislature made this past session for veterans and the Assembly’s 2015 agenda.

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Mayor de Blasio said he would “welcome” state financing for the Rockaway ferry, when asked Monday morning at a press conference in Broad Channel, while several Rockaway residents protested the elimination of the fer r y nearby.

De Blasio also said his administration would seek to expand service citywide, including perhaps in the Rockaways.

Seastreak had operated a ferry from Rockaway to Manhattan since Hurricane Sandy, but the service ended this month, due to cost. The ferry, which was supposed to be only temporary while the A train was inoperable due to Hurricane Sandy’s damage to the tracks over Ja maica Bay, was cont i nued through this summer. But the city budget passed in June did not include funding it beyond September. The city Economic Development Corp. added that ridership was not very high.

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But the EDC said the cost of the ferry was too much for the city to bear. Riders paid $3 per ride, but the city subsidized the cost at over $30 per passenger, twice the subsidy for city express buses, and the biggest public transportation cost per rider.

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ome of the city’s best high schools are in danger of being weakened, and some of the city’s best students are in danger of being forced into lower-quality schools — all because of ongoing efforts to level the educational playing field that actually would do no such thing.

At issue are admissions to eight of the city’s nine specialized high schools — the ones that are not performancefocused and do not grant entrance based upon an audition.

We’re talking the best of the best here: Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, Staten Island Tech, Queens High School for the Sciences, the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College and the High School of American Studies at Lehman College.

There’s just one door into any of these eight elite schools: the Specialized High School Admissions Test. Score high enough on the objective, multiple-choice SHSAT and you’re in. Score too low and you’re not.

This is the way it’s been for decades, as a matter of state law for three of the schools and tradition for the other five.

But now there are multiple efforts afoot to add subjective and irrelevant measures into the rules for acceptance, ranging from applicants’ grades, which of course are subject to

different standards at different middle schools and even to the whims of individual teachers, to attendance records.

And let’s face it, an average student could show up every day while a genius might catch, say, mononucleosis, and be out for quite awhile — but still be far better prepared for the rigors of one of the elite eight.

There’s even a plan out there to allocate seats based on proportional representation: Each borough would be allowed a certain amount based on its share of the high school-age population in the city. Whereas the broadening of admissions standards is a bad idea, this one is just plain crazy.

The goal of all these plans is to broaden the ethnic diversity at the specialized high schools. Put simply, relatively few black and Latino students score high enough on the test to be accepted; while a “disproportionate” number of AsianAmericans (surprise!) make the cut. Caucasian students get accepted at roughly the same rate as they take the test.

All agree that it’s a sad thing black and Latino students lag when it comes to making it into the elite eight, as evidenced at a debate on the SHSAT that the Queens Chronicle co-hosted last Saturday in Flushing [see page 2]. But the answer is not any of the ones that the backers of changing

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the admissions criteria are seeking. All of those would weaken the schools, deny the most-qualified students the opportunity to attend them, and, especially in the case of the nutty proportional representation proposal, hurt Queens.

That’s because the borough sends a greater percentage of its students to the elite eight than any other part of the city.

What are the answers? Spreading awareness of the exam is one. Many students apparently don’t even know it exists.

Better test prep is another. More fundamentally, the city must improve education in its middle schools, where students are beginning to mature into the adults they will become and are developing many of the attributes they will retain for the rest of their lives. That means adopting more rigorous curricula, not easier classes; standing strong against social promotion; making it easier to get rid of incompetent teachers; and a host of other possible measures.

And of course education begins at home, long before a child ever enters a school. Policies that better enable families to spend time teaching things to their toddlers would do more for minority education than any of the plans that are out there to water down acceptance to the elite eight.

Keep the test. Improve the rest. That’s what’s best.

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to writer Joyce Shepard) In response to your letter to the editor, I would just like to be sure I understand your position, as you feel the residents of Glendale and Middle Village are narrow-minded bigots because they oppose a placing homeless families in a large warehouse shelter at the site of The Russians are voting! an old factory, in the midst of a brownfield, adjacent to a chemical plant and freight railDear Editor: I was particularly interested in Khorri road, in an area severely underserved by pubAtkinson’s article, “Translate the ballots into lic transportation, and within the most overRussian? Nyet” (Oct. 9, multiple editions). crowded school district in New York City.

Aside from your opinion that this ill-conWhen reading any article in print, I’m seeking ceived plan to place a shelter at out the unsaid or unprinted this particular location should aspects, as well as the stated. To be incontrovertibly accepted by spend $6 million is insignificant ONLINE the community, I suppose you with all the money spent that is Miss an editorial or have done your research and unnecessary or even wasteful to article cited by a writer? have concluded that NYC, the help a significant proportion of Want news from our other Department of Homeless Serthe New York City population, editions covering the rest vices and their contracted serthe Russian-American legal of Queens? Find past vice providers are actually immigrants, to vote. r e p or t s , ne w s f r om effectively and eff iciently I truly believe the unsaid reaacross the borough and assisting the homeless. So, I son is that this group as a voting more at qchron.com. guess it is safe to say that you block tends to be more conserare for large-scale shelters vative, and tend to vote Republican. This may well be the unsaid reason for operated by “not for profits” that receive 99.9 Gov. Cuomo’s veto. I believe if there was a percent of their funding from government method to enfranchise illegal immigrants to sources and private property owners who vote, he would sign it, because this block would receive well above market-rate rents via our tax dollars, while the homeless are undervote Democrat. This is democracy at work!

Albert Volaski served and not transitioned to permanent or Forest Hills supportive housing in a timely manner?

You are for spending over $3,600 a month to house one family for one month, when perGlendale responds I haps they just need a rent subsidy? You are for a system that awards cronyism, as many Dear Editor: This is in response to Joyce Shepard’s of these shelters are run by former high-rankcomments that residents of Glendale and ing officials in the New York City Housing Middle Village are bigoted (“Bigoted resi- Authority and DHS, who set policies to privadents,” Letters, Oct. 16). How can she make tize shelter operations? You are for a system such a comment when she doesn’t live or that continues to award multi-million dollar probably knows anyone in the area? Does she contracts to shelter providers cited in audits know the details why the residents of Glen- as misappropriating millions in taxpayer dale and Middle Village do not want the funds? You are for shelter operators and landlords who fail to pay water and sewer charghomeless shelter in their area? I doubt it!

If Joyce has a problem with the issue I es? You are for shelter operators and landhave a suggestion for her ... have the shelter lords who harass market-rate tenants out of established in Bayside Terrace, which I am apartments, which reduces the housing stock sure has less of a racial mix than Glendale further, adding to the housing crisis, so that and Middle Village. I propose she come to they can get lucrative homeless shelter conthe location where the proposed shelter will tracts? You are for landlords and shelter operbe and let her see if it is a suitable site. ators who evict homeless in their shelters Let her get away from her upper-class because the city wants to reduce the exorbitant amount paid per rundown apartment by a neighborhood.

Yes, people are losing their jobs and mere 10 percent? Need I go on? I am glad I homes and you can only blame the govern- now understand your position.

The system is not working and needs to ment with its out-of-control spending and out national debt now nearing $18 trillion be changed. Do your research before you and going up $2.5 billion a day. Also blame attack a community of hardworking, comthe government for making companies have passionate people.

Dawn Scala to pay a burger f lipper or other low-level Glendale employee $15 an hour. The owners of that type of business will have to let some workcontinued on next page

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Fear and loathing Dear Editor: Re “Anti-shelter alliance prepares to battle city,” by Christopher Barca, Oct. 9, multiple editions: Does anyone in this community have no shame? This proposed plan to turn an abandoned factory into a homeless shelter is a good one. I doubt any of the residents had even thought about this factory before a plan was made to make it into a shelter. Now they are challenging the results to the DHS’s environmental assessment ruling that the old factory would not have an adverse environmental impact. One Glendale resident is claiming foul play and so am I. However, I think the dirty hands belong to the 300 residents in this community who just attended a meeting by the recently created Glendale/ Middle Village Coalition.

The Juniper Park Civic Association president had the nerve to say he’s fighting for his town. From what? One hundred twenty-five helpless families who want to keep their children warm during winter?

These families who literally just want a roof over their children’s heads for Christmas? Instead of raising money for an Article 78 lawsuit against the DHS and New York City, for which the residents have raised nearly $30,000, why don’t they put it into improving shelters in their larger New York City community?

I have read other arguments against the shelter: public safety, more overcrowded schools and health hazards related to the factory’s previous use. These are things that $30,000 could have gone into improving. From what I’ve read the schools are already overcrowded and the DHS has just ruled the shelter would be safe.

The idea that the neighborhood would be less safe if homeless families lived there is related to a bigger issue. These residents are just afraid. They are afraid of people who may not look like them living in their neighborhood and they’re afraid of people who may not make as much money as them living next to them. Now because of this fear, 125 desperate families may lose the chance to have a place to live even if it’s temporary. For that, Glendale should be ashamed.

Niyah Pitters South Ozone Park

Schumer’s no help Dear Editor: Re: “With eye on ter ror, Schumer seeks fed law on trespassing” (Quick Hits, Oct. 16).

Ebola is arriving at our airports daily (three patients have already been identified as such) from West Africa and the first, a Liberian named Duncan, died in Texas.

His nephew is now suing the U.S. for discrimination. His uncle wasn’t treated properly, it seems, because he was black. Duncan, it seems, lied to get out of Liberia, lied again to get into the U.S. regarding his condition and cost the U.S. taxpayer ADDF-065428

$500,000 for his medical bill. Obama might as well have placed a sign at all U.S. entry points saying “the streets of America are paved with gold … come and get it.”

In response to Ebola and enterovirus D68, which has already killed one child and sent hundreds of others to hospitals, our senior senator, Chuck Schumer, has once again risen to the challenge of keeping New Yorkers safe.

Our Mexican border is open to illegal aliens bringing in diseases the U.S. made obsolete generations ago and who knows how many Muslim terrorists and members of ISIS along with them. So Schumer just announced a bill that would make putting a f lag up on the Brooklyn Bridge or new World Trade Center a federal crime. Five years in prison, he claims, should send a message to such “w rongdoers” and “pranksters.” Meanwhile, illegal alien prisoners due to be deported were freed from federal prisons because the government claimed it couldn’t afford to keep them.

What Schumer is in effect saying is if you illegally cross our borders, rob, rape, run over or kill Americans, you get a free ride, but if you climb up “critical infrastructure” while the watchman is asleep on the job and plant a f lag, you’ll get five years in prison. Trespassing on “critical infrastructure” is a serious matter. The NYPD’s John Miller agrees.

The people of New York can rest easier tonight knowing Chuck Schumer is looking after them. What would New York do without him? I don’t know, but it sure would be nice to find out.

Janice Wijnen Rego Park

Fight Ebola over there Dear Editor: Our government and medical officials felt compelled, early on, to allay fear in our general population by touting the superiority and preparedness of our medical facilities and staff, which would preclude any possibility of an Ebola outbreak here. Even with the early missteps, that original message of safety and survival continues, and must be very attractive to people in Ebolainfected areas. We have attracted others here with jobs, opportunity and freedom.

We should not be surprised when people from infected areas travel here to escape the likelihood of having themselves and their families ravished by a deadly epidemic. That potential exodus is reason enough for the international community, particularly the highly industrialized Western nations, to accelerate their medical assistance at the source of the Ebola outbreak.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

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Richards takes the BRT bus to City Hall Councilman building support for route connecting Woodside to Far Rockaway

by Michael Gannon Editor

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) brought his fight for faster bus service along the Woodhaven-Cross Bay Boulevard corridor to the steps of City Hall on Tuesday morning.

Backed by members and leadership of the Riders Alliance, Richards brought more than 5,000 petitions from bus riders along the corridor, all asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city’s Department of Transportation to dedicate the money and manpower to establish a Bus Rapid Transit route.

A proposal that would link the Long Island Rail Road station in Woodside with Far Rockaway already is undergoing serious study by both agencies and has been the subject of numerous public and civic meetings.

Richards said more than 30,000 residents living along the corridor rely on bus service every day, and that Select Bus Service already provided in other parts of the city prove that it can be successful. “Protected bus lanes and center median stations will help make one of the most dangerous and extensive transportation corridors in the city more safe, reliable and equitable for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike,� Richards said Tuesday in a prepared statement.

John Raskin, executive director of the mass transit advocacy group Riders Alliance, was part of a large contingent from his group at City Hall. “Way too many New Yorkers — particularly those in the outer boroughs — are suffering from long commutes and limited public transportation options,�

Raskin said.

He added that the proposed BRT line “will be a particular help to low-income commuters and to the hundreds of thousands of people who spend way too much of their lives stuck on frustrating, slow-moving buses.�

While Richards predictably has lined up support from within the Council’s Queens delegation, his most important ally may be Transportation Committee Chairman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) who called BRT a “vital service� in the joint statement with Richards.

Richards said Council members Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) all have signed a letter to the MTA and DOT supporting the route.

Constantinides, a member of the Transportation Committee, said in Richards’ release that “BRT is an affordable, environmentally friendly and quick way to move our residents from one part of Queens to another,� he said. Ulrich, in an interview also pointed to the success of Select Bus Service. “There is huge potential for Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevard,� he said.

Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), also on the Transportation Committee, is a former MTA bus operator who served as head of a transit union for five years before taking office.

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Fall fun for everyone at Forest Park Festival at Victory Field featured trucks, shows and bouncing pumpkins

Children line up to sit inside a New York City firetruck. Kids could also get inside a PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER Sanitation truck, DOT vehicle and oil truck at the festival.

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orest Park played host to what is becoming an annual tradition on Saturday — a Fall Festival.

Hosted and funded through allocations by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), the fair was attended by hundreds of child ren who enjoyed Halloween-themed bounce houses, shows and a hay maze completed with a pumpkin patch, where kids could pick a pumpkin and paint it.

The city Department of Transportation was on hand with one of its trucks, as were the FDNY and Sanitation Department.

Across Woodhaven Boulevard, kids were able to ride the landmarked Carousel one last time before it closes for the winter.

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The festival near Victory Field featured blow-up slides, above, and Halloween-themed bounce houses, below.

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A mar tial ar ts per formance impresses fairgoers.

Witches and black cats put on a Halloween-themed show for children.

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The Ulrich family — Yadira, 2-year-old Lily, and Councilman Eric — enjoy the festivities.

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Sandy debris gets cleared years later Volunteers seize opportunity to clean wetland in Broad Channel

by Cristina Schreil Chronicle Contributor

On the cusp of the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Broad Channel residents are still trying to rid surrounding wetlands of debris caused by the storm’s wrath.

The unexpected golden opportunity: a torn-down home.

A partnership of several city and community groups, including the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, Broad Channel Civic Association, Jamaica Bay Rockaway Parks Restoration Corps, Build it Back, the city Parks Department and the American Littoral Society assembled to clean a patch of wetland right behind a reconstruction site on Cross Bay Boulevard at West 11th Road.

“This worked out perfectly because we’re taking this house down,” Dan Mundy Sr., of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, said. The home, belonging to the Blake family, is being rebuilt through Build it Back.

Mundy asked the construction company, Arverne by the Sea, to pause work for a couple of days so volunteers could remove piles of f lotsam and jetsam, like bits of home insulation, plastic containers, and pieces of metal and nail-studded wood brought in by pooling water two years ago.

In the past, they tried moving rubbish over fences or through alleyways, but the

Don Riepe of the American Littoral Society hoists a piece of insulation to Dan Mundy Sr. of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers during Tuesday’s cleanup of Sandy debris in Broad Channel. A Build it PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL Back home reconstruction allowed temporary wetland access. paths were too cumbersome or narrow.

Mundy said that normally, volunteers would have to move debris through somebody’s living room.

Mundy and his son, Dan Mundy Jr., also of the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, sawed an access hole through the back fence and laid down a plywood board to help around 20 volunteers, wearing r ubber boots and

gloves, move around the land behind the lot.

Residents have been eyeing the debris in this particular spot, which is edged by a boardwalk at East 12th Road, for years.

“All this storm debris came back here and they’ve never been able to come back here with boats because of the boardwalk,” Borough Director at the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations Rudy S. Giuliani

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Giuliani helped round up the day’s volunteers, some from Friends of Rockaway.

“We’ve taken tons and tons of debris out since the storm, but this is the home run,” Dan Mu ndy Jr. said of the project. He said in the last year, volunteers have hand planted hundreds of thousands of plants. Without clearing debris, the plants wouldn’t flourish.

“It’s not just aesthetically unpleasing, it’s a hazard to the bay,” Mundy Jr. said.

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“It’s amazing how much debris is left from Sandy,” Nancy Barthold, assistant commissioner with the Parks Department, said. “In remote locations that people don’t regularly pass by, people don’t realize that that [debris] impacts their land. It is surprising.”

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And in a state as diverse as New York, win re-election an astonishing 97 percent of the time, which could lead voters in fair representation of minorities and Queens and throughout New York to interest groups is also key. Too often, wonder why we bother holding elections however, redistricting has manipulated this diversity by spreading minority in the first place.

On Election Day, voters will have a communities across multiple districts or rare opportunity to change Albany and artificially cramming such groups into a end this rigged practice by voting yes on single district, resulting in massive disenfranchisement. the Proposal 1 ballot initiative.

Prop 1 will end these practices by Prop 1 will ban partisan gerrymandering by outlawing the drawing of legisla- protecting communities of interest and tive maps for political advantage, posi- enshrining the Voting Rights Act in the state constitution. tioning New York as The amendment a national leader on also ensures more redistricting reform. vote to end partisan public accountabiliCurrently, this powty by requiring the erful constitutional districting would make commission to ban exists in only m a ke d r af t m aps four states. elections more fair and data available to The amendment and give minorities voters and receive will strip state legisinput from the publators of their long a stronger voice. lic at 12 hearings unchecked redistrictaround the state. ing power by creatOf course, Prop 1 is not a magic bullet ing a commission that will divide the state into fair districts. This commission for fixing New York’s corrupt redistrictwill be banned from drawing districts to ing process. The problems run so deep favor any incumbents, candidates or par- that they would be impossible to eradities and will be required to provide a cate with a single stroke. But with the thorough explanation of any districts that Legislature repeatedly failing to make good on redistricting reform, Prop 1 are not of equal population size.

This commission will also be politi- gives New Yorkers the best chance in cally balanced with no one leader, house over two generations to begin the process or political party able to control the out- of fixing our broken system. While it come. Legislators, lobbyists and political may not be a panacea, it is a foundation figures are explicitly barred from partici- on which future reforms can be built.

Albany lawmakers have been able to pating to eliminate conflicts of interest.

And to force political consensus and ser ve their ow n self-interests and ensure fairness, a seven-vote superma- diminish the voices of New Yorkers for jority will be required to approve new far too long by perpetuating a rigged maps, and changes from the Legislature system that protects incumbents. On would be allowed only if it has already Election Day, voters can reclaim power and hold their lawmakers accountable twice rejected the commission’s plans.

Q Even then, the Legislature must work by voting Yes on Prop 1.

Dick Dadey is Executive Director of from the commission’s plan, comply with the new rules established in the state Citizens Union, a good-government constitution that ban gerrymandering organization that fights for clean camand change no single district’s popula- paigns, fair elections and accountable and effective government. tion by more than 2 percent.

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DHS head facing tough challenges in first year

by Christopher Barca Assistant Editor

Some communities in Queens, such as Glendale and Elmhurst, view the Department of Homeless Services as an enemy, degrading their neighborhoods one homeless shelter at a time.

DHS Commissioner Gilbert Taylor, in a sitdown interview with Chronicle staff on Thursday, said he and the agency are both proactively and reactively dealing with the city’s homelessness crisis the best it can in their first year in office.

The number of homeless people living in shelters has climbed from 52,000 people on Jan. 1 to a record 57,000 people over the course of the last 10 months, with 24,000 being under the age of 18.

Such a staggering number is something Taylor said is a direct result of the expiration of rental assistance programs and a lack of foresight from the Bloomberg administration.

“Our vacancy rates have been very low from when we have taken office,” Taylor said, “a testament to the fact that there had not been purposeful planning for the census this year.”

Reducing the number of homeless living in temporary shelter is far from a quick fix, and opening emergency residences or planning questionably located shelters in Queens has often resulted in community outrage.

In June, homeless families were moved into the Pan American Hotel at 79-00 Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst mere minutes after area elected officials and Community Board 4 were notified of what was going on.

Hundreds of residents protested the decision in front of or near the former hotel on three different occasions this summer, with the lack of notification being one of their main gripes.

In response, DHS created a policy of notifying area elected officials and community boards at least one week before the agency opens a shelter under an emergency declaration.

When it comes to opening shelters through normal channels, Taylor said the open-ended request-for-proposals process did not require upfront community notification at the onset of the plan, only throughout it after it had already begun.

The commissioner said, after drawing the ire of those in the vicinity of newly opened shelters, he decided to change the process this past spring.

“When I came on board and I sat with elected officials and community board members, I heard them say to me, ‘You’re telling us at the very last minute when every T is crossed and I is dotted,’” he said. “So I looked at the openended RFP and saw there was a provision of notification but didn’t require notification up front. So I said ‘Let’s change that.’”

One contentious plan that has had plenty of advanced notice is a proposed 125-family shelter at a former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale.

Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor.

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Earlier this month, a group of area civic associations banded together and formed the Glendale/Middle Village Coalition, with the intent of suing the agency to delay or stop the process all together.

Over the course of two years, opponents of the shelter have said DHS has plodded ahead despite the community’s strong opposition.

In response, Taylor said DHS needs to do a better job at fostering positive relationships with impacted communities, but that the city’s mandate to shelter and record levels of people seeking a roof over their head often forces the agency’s hand.

“There’s real power in a dialogue,” he said. “We need to understand what their concerns are. We’ve been responding, we’ve been listening.”

One of the many questions educational leaders in School District 24, the most overcrowded in the city, have asked of DHS is whether there is any discussion with the Department of Education regarding the potential impact of a shelter on already-overcrowded schools before the location of a residence is decided on.

When asked if such a dialogue took place between the two agencies, Taylor said “Historically, there has not been,” but even if it did, it wouldn’t necessarily mean a shelter would not be placed in a certain location.

“It may mean that there may be a shelter where we are placing mothers with infants who won’t need to go to school,” he said. “It may mean we’re placing parents with children old enough to travel to school.”

While the commissioner, a Harlem resident, celebrated the right-to-shelter mandate from a “purely human” standpoint, he acknowledged that, while the figure isn’t as high

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as some people think, there are a number of out-of-state residents converging on the city and taking up space in shelters.

“There are other states in which if a person becomes homeless, they have to wait until a unit or bed becomes available,” Taylor said. “And there may be people who come to New York because it’s New York. They actually may have gotten an apartment and something went wrong and they came into shelter. Or they’re coming straight from another jurisdiction to us.”

No matter the reason an out-of-state resident comes to the city, Taylor said it’s important for DHS to help coordinate with whatever municipality he or she is from to decide what’s best for the individual in terms of more permanent housing.

“We really want to reach out to the jurisdictions from which we have the most single individuals coming into our system and talk to them,” he said, “because we can’t be the default shelter system for every other state.”

DHS has also faced criticism over the high rates it pays to a shelter’s landlord for rent and to social assistance agencies for services rendered, which can range between a total of $2,000 and $3,000 in some cases.

Without giving exact figures, Taylor said DHS has cut back on such lofty payments, and is instead directing approximately $14 million in savings toward rental assistance programs for episodically homeless families.

He also touted Homebase, a comprehensive program offering job placement, household budgeting and help with various benefits such as food stamps, as one of the agency’s best weapons used to keep vulnerable individuals and families in their homes and out of shelters.

If a family does end up homeless, Taylor said the agency, under the Bloomberg administration, relied heavily on housing people in vacant apartments throughout the city called scatter sites.

Going forward, he said, DHS would shy away from the practice, which entailed the city paying a rate much higher than a private citizen would for the same apartment, which can destabilize area housing markets.

Instead standalone sites, such as former hotels, would be favored, despite strong opposition from many providers in the Bronx and Manhattan looking to cash in on housing the homeless.

“That was the beginning of our message to these cluster unit and scatter site providers, to tell them we’re cutting the rate ... to return those apartments to the fair market so they could be rented as affordable housing.”

Despite the summer containing the highest number of people flocking to the DHS intake center in the Bronx, Taylor said the agency is still in emergency mode, but he is sure the rise of homelessness will eventually ease up.

“This isn’t the norm. This is the exception,” he said.

“This is a unique period of time which we will overcome.” Q

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As Election Day nears, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) has once again nabbed an endorsement from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the largest union representing New York City police officers.

Addabbo, who is challenged by real estate attorney Michael Conigliaro in the 15th District, has always worked w ith police preci ncts a nd f i rst responders.

He’s also advocated for safer streets near schools; at a May Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting he

championed the idea of a physical police presence near JHS 210.

“The safety of our community rests with the men and women who put on that uniform day in and day out,” Addabbo said upon receiving the PBA endorsement.

The union joins the Police Conference of New York, which includes the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and the MTA Police unit, the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association in endorsing the senator. Q

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But according to the developers and several sources close to the issue, the paperwork filed with the City Clerk’s Office is routine.

According to records obtained by the Chronicle, The Parkside Group — which includes Harry Giannoulis, Jake Dilemani, Evan Stavisky, Joe Reubens, Thomas Paul and Dan Katz — was contracted by QDG to lobby, or as the documents call it, “target� the borough president on “local legislation.� Additional papers show a second group, Fox Rothschild — which includes Jesse Masyr and Ethan Goodman — was also contracted to lobby Fer reras, the Department of City Planning and Katz for the pur pose of “discretionary land use approval.�

Both The Parkside Group and Fox Rothschild have been working with QDG from the beginning. Though the Willets Point project, a multi-billion dollar mixed-use development being headed by QDG, was approved by the City Council in October 2013, the company said it wanted to keep the two lobbyist groups on board, should they be needed in the future. “These are routine filings that are meant to show transparency and ensure that such reports are up to date in the event that we

need to lobby the city,� a spokesperson for QDG said. “Both firms have played a significant role in helping the redevelopment of Willets Point secure broad community support and enjoy nearly unanimous backing f rom the Cit y Council and other agencies.�

Thus far, The Parkside Group has received $60,000 from QDG as a “retainer� — a fee some lobbyist groups charge to be kept on board, even if no services are being performed at the time.

Fox Rothschild, on the other hand, received zero dollars from the developers this year.

It is maintained by QDG that because The Parkside Group and Fox Rothschild are two separate entities, their processes for a retainer fee may differ.

Katz’s office confirmed that no active lobbying has been conducted as far as they know.

Michael Scholl, of the borough president’s office, did say the developers met with Katz on March 10 for an introductory meeting, not a lobbying session. “It was pretty much a way to give an overview and learn of any concerns the borough president may have had,� he said. “She’s not expected to take any legislative action. The Parkside Group felt, due to the size of the Willets Point project, the new borough president should be briefed.�

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Of 14 Council members, only three would speak on Noerdlinger issue

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

When it comes to the controversy surrounding Rachel Noerdlinger, chief of staff to Mayor de Blasio’s wife, Ch i rlane McCray, the vast majority of city lawmakers from Queens have nothing to say.

Asked on Monday whether they support Noerdlinger’s continued employment as McCray’s top aide, only three of the 14 City Council members from Queens would answer the question.

Three more said they had no comment and the other eight did not even acknowledge being asked. Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn), whose Brooklyn district also includes much of Ridgewood, was not queried.

All 14 from Queens were asked the same question in the same manner, via emails to their main spokespersons: “Do you support the continued employ ment of Rachel Noerdlinger as chief of staff to First Lady Chirlane McCray, and why or why not?”

The emails went out just before 2:15 p.m.

Monday and the spokespersons were given a deadline of 9 p.m. Tuesday to answer.

The first to respond, and the only one to do so on Monday, was Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows).

“I don’t care who Rachel Noerdlinger dates, lives with or marries, and as long as she

pays those parking tickets asap I don’t oppose high school football.

Noerdlinger’s lack of candor on her disher continued employment as the first lady’s closure forms and her relationship with chief of staff,” Lancman said in an email.

One of the latest revelations about McFarlan — and Mayor de Blasio’s decision Noerdlinger is that she owes a reported to stand by her even though the paperwork $900 in parking tickets racked up since she omissions are grounds for termination or was named as McCray’s chief of staff — even potential criminal charges — led to a though some or all were issued when her slew of criticism in the media. The Daily boyfriend was using her car. She also faces News called de Blasio’s stance “the worst a lien from the Internal Revenue Service of decision of his mayoralty” and the New York Post said the Rev. Al about $ 28,000 and a Sharpton, Noerdlinger’s credit-card judgment of previous longtime $7,200, according to s long as she is employer, is the one published reports. She did not reveal the debts doing a good job ... really calling the shots at City Hall. on disclosure forms she she should stay.”

The Queens Chronihad to fill out to get the cle, in an Oct. 16 edito$170,0 0 0 - a -ye a r job — Councilman Mark Weprin rial headlined “Dishonwith McCray. or and dishonesty in Nor did she reveal that she lives with an ex-convict, Hassaun McFar- City Hall” said her continued employment lan, who has been convicted of manslaughter tells New Yorkers that connections and and drug trafficking and pleaded guilty in favoritism matter more than integrity and March to disorderly conduct after allegedly following the rules.

But Noerdlinger is not facing any critiendangering a police officer and road worker cism from the Queens members of the City with his car.

Noerdlinger also was granted an exemp- Council. tion to a city residency requirement by “Only our First Lady could evaluate claiming it would be a hardship to move Rachel Noerdlinger’s capability to serve from her New Jersey home because of inju- as her chief of staff,” Councilman Daneek ries her son sustained in two car accidents, Miller (D-St. Albans) said. “In my experithough it was later revealed that he plays ence with Rachel, however, I have found

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her to be both personable and intelligent.

Her track record before arriving at City Hall was admirable, and her work continues to be so.”

Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) said, “I do not think that employees should be blamed for the behavior of their significant others. As long as she is doing a good job as the First Lady’s Chief of Staff, she should stay.”

The spokespersons for Councilmembers Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst), Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said the lawmakers would have no comment.

The other eight did not respond at all to either the first email asking the question or two follow-up emails labeled “friendly reminders.”

Brian Browne, the assistant vice president for government relations at St. John’s University and an adjunct professor of government and politics there, said the silence is likely due to the lawmakers’ desire to stay on de Blasio’s good side.

“The mayor has said he has moved on and the case is closed, and the Council members are just following his lead on that,” Browne said in a phone interview.

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Friends of Queens Library celebrated National, week-long recognition as community group adds two chapters

by Matthew Ern Chronicle Contributor

Queens Library is celebrating National Friends of Libraries Week with the creation of two new chapters. The Friends of Arverne Library and the Friends of Briarwood Library were chartered on Tuesday.

The week-long holiday is a “national recognition celebrating the people who volunteer their time to advocate for and raise funds for their local libraries,” and is going on now through Oct. 25.

“The Friends of Queens Library bring their talents, energy and enthusiasm to their community libraries. Every penny they raise and every project they embrace benefits the neighborhood,” said Bridget Quinn-Carey, Queens Library interim president and CEO. “Their efforts help the library to serve the community,” the president added.

Queens Library has 29 Friends chapters with a total membership of more than 1,600. They hold fundraisers and donate books to the libraries to enrich the value of their communities. They also serve as liaisons between their neighbors and elected officials to discuss needed improvements to the facilities.

Zina Zimmerman will be heading up the newly founded Friends of the Briarwood Library and is very excited to roll up her sleeves and get busy.

Michael Quinones, left, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Friends of the Briarwood Library Vice President Rosalie Quinones, President Zina Zimmerman, Treasurer Janet Harmeyer, Secretary Nancy Lookabaugh and librarian Irene Chang celebrated the new Friends of the Briarwood PHOTO COURTESY ZINA ZIMMERMAN Library chapter on Tuesday.

“Our goal is to make the library the center of the community. We’re really, really psyched,” Zimmerman said.

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) attended the chapter’s swearing in on Tuesday night, along with several other area officials and library workers.

This is the first time the Briarwood Library has had a Friends group. Zimmerman relishes the chance to blaze a fresh trail and pave her own way.

“I have a completely new slate,” she explained.

Her first major project will be to advocate

for the library to be open on Saturdays.

Many community members work during the week and can’t make it to the library before closing time. Zimmerman thinks this is an attainable goal and that some type of compromise can be reached, even if they can only get the library open two Saturdays a month.

Zimmerman, who’s lived in Briarwood for the past 35 years, says there are so many good programs already offered by the library that more people could be taking advantage of if they were better advertised.

For example, patrons can download books straight to their Kindles through Amazon, and there’s a mail-a-book program open to homebound seniors.

More long-term, Zimmerman would like to rebuild sections of the branch and maybe even add a new wing. But for now, extending weekend hours is enough to get started.

This Saturday is also the Friends MidYear Conference, a networking event and learning tool to help the various Friends groups pick up fundraising and other organizational tips.

The Friends of Queens Library is welcoming all book lovers to get involved and strengthen their communities. For information on becoming a Friend, contact Camille Barrett at (718) 990-8583 or by email at Q cbarrett@queenslibrary.org.

NYC library reform bills come due Driven by Queens crisis, Van Bramer files 6-part measure

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Responding to the controversy that has enveloped the Queens Library since the end of January, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) on Wednesday introduced a package of six bills meant to strengthen the oversight of and increase the transparency of all three library systems in the city.

The legislation would require: • the library systems to broadcast their board meetings over the internet; • their chief executive officers, chief operating officers and chief financial officers to fill out conflict-of-interest forms to reveal any ties to contractors who might get library work; • the Department of Investigation to regularly review and make recommendations about library staffing, operations and budgets; • the Department of Design and Construction to track capital expenditures and issue annual reports on them that will be available to the public; • the DDC to issue reports on all contracts valued at $50 million or more; and • the agency to issue quarterly reports on all “pass-through” contracts, those smaller

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is not happy about what’s been reported about the FILE PHOTO Queens Library. ones that go through an expedited process.

Queens Library President and CEO Tom Galante, who has been placed on leave, allegedly had worked with a Long Island contractor in his side job with the Elmont, LI School District. A number of library reconstruction projects here went to that same contractor.

It was Galante’s salary and spending of Queens Library funds, some of which was first revealed by the Daily News on Jan. 27, that led to a new state law tightening up on library oversight, the dismissal of eight of the system’s 19 trustees and the resignation of two more, a criminal probe

by the city Department of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation, an audit by city Comptroller Scott Stringer and the CEO’s suspension.

Now comes the city legislation that Van Bramer, who is the Council’s majority leader and chairman of its main library oversight committee — as well as a longtime Queens Library employee before winning elective office — told the Queens Chronicle last summer that he was working on. He said at the time he was extremely disturbed by what he was reading about library governance.

A source close to the councilman expects the Van Bramer-chaired Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations to hold a hearing on the legislation next month.

Though written following the revelations about the Queens Library under Galante, and the refusal of the old board majority to put him on leave or to turn over to Stringer all documents he sought for his audit, the bills would also apply to the Brooklyn Public Library, which serves that borough, and the New York Public Library, which serves the other three. All three systems are private, nonprofit groups under contract with the city but get the vast bulk of their funding Q from the taxpayer.

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1964 World’s Fair anniversary fete City commemorates finale of extravaganza’s first year They say all good things must come to an end, but in the case of the World’s Fair 50th anniversary, there’s always next year.

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Finding the best college or university Choosing a college or university is the f irst big decision of many teenagers’ lives. A youngster’s choice of college can impact the rest of his or her life, and it’s important that kids recognize the gravity of this decision.

Many kids, in particular those who realize the impact that their choice of college can have on the rest of their lives, are overwhelmed when colleges begin sending information about their programs and campus life. Such information, especially when it is unsolicited, may begin to arrive at the dawn of high school students’ sophomore year, long before many teenagers have begun to think about where to pursue their educations after high school.

But as daunting a task as choosing a college may seem, teenagers should enjoy the process, as the choice of where to go to college is unlike any other decision many students will make for the rest of their lives.

Parents also can ensure the process goes more smoothly by helping their kids find the right school. That’s especially true for parents who have already been through the process with an older child. But even parents going through the process for the first time can take the following steps to help youngsters find the right college.

• Discuss finances with kids at the outset of the selection process. While the choice of where a student goes to college should ultimately rest with that student, it’s important that parents explain their financial situations to their kids at the outset of the selection process. Explain how much you can contribute toward tuition and fees, and explain the differences between loans and grants. Some kids may expect their parents to foot the entire bill for their education, but such situations are increasingly rare thanks to the rising cost of a college education. Make sure kids know the financial obligations they will be taking on should they take out loa n s t o pay for t hei r education.

• Ask kids to list fields of study they may want to pursue. While incoming college freshman do not necessarily need to choose a major upon enrolling, kids who know their interests and what they may want to do one day for a living may be more likely to find the right college or university for them. Parents can ask kids to write down a list of their interests, including potential career interests. This can help kids narrow down the list of colleges and universities they are considering.

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As recent college graduates can no doubt attest, the job market for young people can be difficult to navigate. Many recent graduates are still struggling to find full-time employment, and some might be wondering if they chose the right major.

Though choosing a major is about more than just finding a job, the financial burden of earning a college degree can’t be ignored. According to the Project on Student Debt, 71 percent of college seniors who graduated in 2012 had student loan debt, with an average of $29,400 per borrower. In fact, between 2008 and 2012, the average student loan debt at graduation increased an average of 6 percent each year. So while the right major should incorporate a student’s interests, skills and strengths, it’s also important to find a major that can help students earn a living after they walk across the stage and receive their diplomas.

The following is a handful of tips college students can employ to ensure they choose the right major.

• Don’t jump into it. Some students might want to pick a major before they ever step foot on campus. While that strategy might work for some, it should only be employed by those students who are wholly certain a major is for them. Some students choose a major early on because they feel they may get a head start at navigating their way through a job market that recently endured exceptionally high levels of unemployment.

But the pressure of finding a job should not be what drives students when choosing a major. Unless you’re entirely certain that a particular course of study is for you, give yourself some leeway and wait to choose a major. The first year or two of college is a great time to expand your academic horizons so use that time to your advantage.

• Don’t procrastinate. While rushing into a major is a

mistake, it’s also foolish to procrastinate with regard to choosing a course of study. According to The College Board’s annual survey of colleges, the average tuition and fees at private nonprofit four-year colleges for the 2013-14 school year was $30,094, while public four-year in-state tuition and fees averaged slightly less than $9,000 for the same year. So no matter which type of college or university a student enrolls in, he or she will be making a significant financial commitment. Waiting too long to choose a course of study may find you paying for courses you ultimately won’t need, increasing your already expensive tuition along the way.

• Use the resources at your disposal. Students undecided about a college major should make use of their schools’ career development departments to help them get on the right path. Many such departments provide assessment tools to help students find a major that synthesizes their interests and skills with a field of study. In addition, the personnel within career development departments have dealt with hundreds, if not thousands, of previous students who found themselves in similar situations, and that experience can prove invaluable to students who might feel lost with regard to choosing majors.

• Know the requirements if you have a specific career in mind. While many majors are not difficult to navigate, some fields of study have strict guidelines that students should be aware of almost immediately. For example, students hoping to attend medical school after graduation need to determine which courses they absolutely must take in order to qualify for medical school. In addition, students with such specific plans in mind often must choose their majors as early as possible so they can plan their curriculum in accordance with the standards they will need to meet to be considered for postgraduate work.

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Choosing a major that is right for you

Before deciding on a major, students should check the internet to see what courses of study interest them.

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Spending soared at Rikers Island: audit City pays nearly $100K per inmate, $1.1B for 2014, comptroller finds

by Khorri Atkinson Chronicle Contributor

New York City taxpayers paid more than $92,200 for each of the 11,408 inmates at Rikers Island between July 2013 and June 2014 — double the amount spent per inmates in Los Angeles, which has the country’s largest prison population at 18,710.

These findings were highlighted in a report released last week by city Comptroller Scott Stringer. The audit found that the city spent a

record $1.1 billion dollars for the 2014 fiscal year, even though the inmate population has declined by 18 percent since 2007.

The annual spending per inmate has increased by more than 42 percent, the report said. That is up from $67,565 in 2007 to $96,232 in 2014. During this same period, there was a 124 percent increase in inmate assault on staff, while the allegations of the use of force by correction officers on inmates increased from 125 to 370 per 1,000 inmates. While the inmate population is getting

lower and spending increases, Stringer said the troubled correctional facility has done little to control the rapid increase of violence.

“The high cost of failure in our city jails has become too expensive for New Yorkers to ignore,” said Stringer. “In an era of declining crime and detention, violence and costs at city jails should be decreasing. Instead, past leadership at the Department of Correction allowed jail conditions for corrections officers and inmates to degenerate.”

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United States Attorney Preet Bharara, who wrote the report after a series of investigations between 2011 and 2013, said jail officers “routinely” abuse teen inmates violently and the use of unnecessary force violates adolescent inmates civil rights. He promised to take legal action against the city if the de Blasio administration does not enact reform measures at the facility.

Six months after he took the helm of the DOC, Commissioner Joseph Ponte recently told City Council during an intense oversight hearing on New York City jails that “life at Rikers Island for 16- and 17 year-olds is different today than it was six months ago.” He promised to end solitary confinement for teen inmates by Dec. 31 and said he will instead implement alternative penalties on prevention.

To “change the culture” at Rikers Island, Ponte also joined jail reform advocates and some elected officials who said more correction officers should be hired. However, Stringer’s report rejected that recommendation because it will cost the city more.

According to the report, the ratio of jail guards to inmates has been increased by 19 percent since 2007. The report showed that overtime costs for the unionized correctional officers at the 400-acre, 10-jail system was $139 million in 2014. This is a $38 million increase since 2007.

In a statement to the Queens Chronicle, a DOC spokesperson said the department is exploring ways that could potentially reduce some of the operating costs “going forward.”

“The design of DOC’s aging jails requires more staffing than a modern facility, making our jails more expensive to operate,” the statement reads. “We are planning to build a new state-of-the-art facility which could reduce some of these costs. In addition, unlike other major cities, we also face unique practical considerations that result in higher staffing levels; such as the need to transport and hold inmates at five different borough court locations.”

In his report, Stringer lauded de Blasio for establishing the Task Force on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System. He said this is a resource that could “uproot the culture of violence in city jails.” The group is tasked to develop a plan to reform the city’s criminal justice system, including conditions at Rikers Island and other city jails.

“It is my hope that this new analysis can provide Correction leadership and the Task Force with the tools they need to assess potential avenues for reform,” said Stringer.

The union for correction officers declined to Q comment.

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Jamaica resident seeks a foster family for former neighbors’ dog

by Matthew Ern Chronicle Contributor

Blackie the dog is in need of a home. Abandoned last August when his family moved, he was left behind in his Brooklyn backyard.

Now a former neighbor is hoping to find someone to adopt him.

Cathy Pantaleno, 70, lived across the street from Blackie’s family until she moved to Jamaica three years ago. She kept in contact with the dog, frequently going back to her old neighborhood to play with Blackie and bring him food and water. Pantaleno came to care for the dog as if he were her own, but was unable to adopt him herself because she lives in a small apartment and has cats.

“It breaks my heart. Life is so unfair sometimes. I’m the one who loves him but I can’t keep him,” Pantaleno lamented.

Since August Blackie has been boarded at the Woodhaven office of Dr. Paul Fish, Pantaleno’s veterinarian. The dog arrived on Aug. 16, but the situation is less than ideal for an animal of Blackie’s size.

He is an 11-year-old shepard-collie mix. Pantaleno describes him as being in good health, neutered, gentle, quiet and smart. The dog weighs about 50 pounds.

Blackie spends about 20 hours a day in his cage but previously enjoyed a whole yard to play in.

Pantaleno worries that his new

living situation is making the dog depressed.

“I’m doing it out of love, but it’s a terrible way to tell a dog you love him, by locking him up,” she said.

Although Fish is doing his best to provide a temporary home for Blackie, he can see that the dog requires more space than he is able to provide.

“It’s not fair to the dog,” he said.

Pantaleno still goes to visit Blackie and takes him for rides as often as she can. But when they return from getting some fresh air, the dog is reluctant to go back into his cage.

“I think he’s at a breaking point,” she said.

Chantal Scibilia works at the Animal Pantry, a pet shop Pantaleno has frequented for years. She describes Blackie as a “people person” and “a very friendly dog.”

Ideally, Pantaleno is hoping Blackie will find a “forever home,” or permanent adoption. But in the interim she’d be happy for him to find a new foster family that can play with him outdoors and let him stretch his legs.

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Abandoned pooch needs a new home

Blackie the dog was abandoned last August when his family moved without him and is now in need of a good foster home. Cathy Pantaleno, left, poses PHOTOS COURTESY CHANTAL SCIBILIA, ABOVE, AND CATHY PANTALENO with Blackie.

“I’m hoping to find a foster home for him with a yard where he can run and play again. Blackie doesn’t understand what happened to his home,” the concerned caregiver said.

Pantaleno urges anyone interested

in adopting Blackie to call either her or Fish for more information.

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DOT, district managers discuss new slow zones Multiple low speed sectors will be implemented by the end of 2014

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A number of additional neighborhood and arterial slow zones will be implemented throughout the borough in the f inal t wo months of the year, according to the Department of Transportation.

In a presentation to community board district managers from all across Queens and Borough President Melinda Katz at Borough Hall on Tuesday, the agency presented findings on the effectiveness of slow zones as well as plans for additional ones, to the surprise of some in attendance.

According to DOT Deputy Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia and project manager Scott Johns o n , M e t r o p o l i t a n Av e n u e between Onderdonk Avenue in Maspeth and 132nd Street in Kew Gardens will become an arterial slow zone in December, while sections of Sunnyside Gardens, Sunnyside and Astoria are in the process of becoming neighborhood slow zones.

The Metropolitan Avenue proposal ca me as a su r pr ise to

Com mu nit y Board 6 Dist r ict Manager Frank Gulluscio, whose board represents a section of the roadway.

He said he hadn’t heard of the plan to reduce the speed limit to 25 mph along 5.6 miles of roadway, despite the DOT announcing the change in August, and Garcia apologized for not making a presentation to CB 6 earlier.

After additional members of t he aud ience said t hey were unaware of various new slow zones being implemented throughout the borough, Katz urged the DOT to work closer with neighborhood leaders to formulate a more comprehensive traffic safety plan.

“Queens is very neighborhoodspecific,” Katz said. “So if you could coordinate amongst the Queens DOT folks and the district managers, it would make for a better project.”

Once implemented, the Metropolit a n Avenue a r ter ial slow zone, the sixth in Queens, will contain additional signage and speed boards to remind drivers of

the street’s new status and additional police enforcement of the speed limit.

In terms of new neighborhood slow zones, a section of Astoria, bounded by Astoria Boulevard to the north, Steinway Street to the west, 31st Avenue to the south and 31st Street to the east, is in the planning process.

The zones set for Sunnyside Gardens and Su n nyside have already been approved and will be i m ple me nt e d i n t he c om i ng months.

The DOT will begin accepting applications for new neighborhood slow zones in early spring, and up to eight areas will be selected to receive the treatment, Johnson said.

Community boards and other com munity organizations can apply for slow zones, with the DOT then reviewing each application and bringing the plan to the board for approval.

“A community will select the boundary, they send us the application and we review it,” Johnson said. “The idea behind these slow zones is that slower speeds really

Department of Transportation Project Manager Scott Johnson discusses the agency’s arterial and neighborhood slow zone program before Borough President Melinda Katz and community board district managers on Tuesday PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA at Borough Hall. do save lives.”

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Elected officials, women’s rights activists and Planned Parenthood representatives gathered on the second f loor of an empty warehouse to celebrate the second phase of construction for the organization’s new health center on Oct. 16.

“Already, nearly 5,400 Queens residents travel to other boroughs to come to PPNYC health centers,” President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of New York City Joan Malin said. “There’s a clear need for more sexual and reproductive health services in Queens and opening this new center will enable Planned Parenthood to better serve the healthcare needs of all New Yorkers.”

Many Queens lawmakers in attendance shared stories of frustration, hope and anger on healthcare for women.

“You know, I’m so happy it’s such a big deal that we have this opening in Queens, but at the same time, it’s a shame that in this day and age, having a facility like this open is still a big deal,” Borough President Melinda Katz said.

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Sunnyside) shared an emotional anecdote of her experience with a lack of healthcare services for women.

“Many years ago, I offered free mammography services to my district and one

Queens elected officials and Planned Parenthood New York City representatives celebrate the PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE new Long Island City facility’s ground breaking. woman came up to me and said, ‘Is there any way the results can be sent to my sister?

Because if my husband sees that I did this, he will attack me,’” Nolan said. “This is no exaggeration; she said, ‘If he finds out I have anything or am sick, he’ll say he wants me to

cut it off and die.’ That is unacceptable.”

Other elected officials in attendance included Assembly women Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) and Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn).

“I find it astounding the things I hear when we debate The Women’s Rights Act,” Simotas said. “To question whether we codify Roe v.

Wade, it almost leaves me speechless.”

Maloney shared similar thoughts and said she was disgusted the House voted to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

The new health center, located at 41-21 45 Road in Long Island City, is scheduled to open in May. It will provide a full range of sexual and reproductive health services in a 14,000-square-foot facility. Services will include birth control, Pap tests, breast and cervical cancer screening, pregnancy testing and counseling, gynecological care, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV testing and counseling and abortion services.

There will also be a community room where health workshops and events can be held.

“Planned Parenthood has already been working closely with local community organizations to provide educational programs to residents,” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said. “The addition of a Planned Parenthood health center in Queens is a positive step toward ensuring all borough residents have the quality health care they deserve.”

PPNYC anticipates the Queens center will provide 24,000 client visits within its Q first year of operation.

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VP Biden congratulates governor on taking JFK/LGA into 21st century LaGuardia Airport may not stay in the third world after all.

On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Cuomo unveiled a state plan to modernize and revitalize LaGuardia, JFK, Republic and Stewart airports.

“The number one job of government is to promote economic growth and prosperity, and one of the best ways to drive commerce is by investing in infrastructure that connects New York with local, national and international markets,” Cuomo said during a press conference at Vaughn College in East Elmhurst.

Cuomo revealed LaGuardia and JFK airports will partake in separate master plan design competitions.

For LaGuardia, designers from across the globe will be asked to envision a complete package of what the facility will look like and how it will function. Cuomo said the competition should produce a project that will improve transportation to the airport, including the possibility of a high-speed ferry, a redesigned airport layout to increase access and more resilient infrastructure.

For JFK, the competition will call on applicants to submit designs that will enhance the transportation network — including the AirTrain, improved parking areas and the subway and LIRR — exploring the idea of increasing hotel capacity in the immediate area and upgrading facilities across the board.

Plans for Republic Airport on Long Island and Stewart International Airport in the Hudson Valley are much smaller in scale and include improving accessibility and utilizing space more efficiently.

“Build the greatest infrastructure in the world,” Biden, who recently compared LaGuardia Airport to that of a

Vice President Joe Biden, left, congratulates Gov. Cuomo on his recently announced initiative to modernize LaGuardia, JFK, PHOTO COURTESY NY STATE Republic and Stewart airports. third-world country, said. “It’s like, build it and they will come. Nobody knows that better than the city of New York. I think this will be, for the rest of the nation, a blueprint about how they have to move. Thank you for having the courage to step up and think big and move.”

In January, Cuomo announced in his State of the State Address that New York needed to assume management responsibility for construction at LaGuardia and JFK to

help break gridlock.

“This is more important for New York than ever before, which is why the state is ambitiously investing in roads, bridges and tunnels on a scale that we haven’t seen in decades,” Cuomo said. “Our airport modernization plan not only enhances how our individual airports look and act in the 21st century, but addresses how they must fundamentally work together to strategically grow in New York’s economy.”

According to the Governor’s Office, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners will select the best three designs for each airport. The finalists will receive up to $500,000 to further develop their concept.

The contest will begin in 30 days and design firms will have 60 days to develop plans, which must include a project implementation timeline to ensure that work begins quickly.

Funding may come from both private and public sectors, though additional details of the competitions and the end cost were unavailable as of press time.

The governor added that the new design contest would “complement” an existing LaGuardia Airport terminal project put out to bid this year. In September, officials announced they had not selected a winner yet, but estimated that within the year, a terminal design would be chosen.

“New York is the product of our built environment,” Cuomo said. “We took a very small piece of land that happened to have a great location as a harbor and a seaport and we built more than was ever imaginable. We just relished in taking engineering feats that they said we Q couldn’t do and doing it just to show that we could.”

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners Debate continues on test can relate to their clients

Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he 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 cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest.

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

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

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

Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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On the other side of Saturday’s debate, there were concerns that such changes would backfire.

“The only people who will benefit from these changes are white students,” Saffran said.

He pointed out that many of the Asian-American students who go to specialized schools don’t come from a background where they are involved in extracurricular activities.

“Many of these children come from poor, immigrant families,” Saffran said.

“Their parents don’t speak English.”

Benjamin, who served one term in the Assembly, said the focus on closing the racial gap in the specialized schools should start in the middle schools in black and Latino neighborhoods.

“The mayor has not come up with a plan to fix our middle schools in black and Latino neighborhoods,” he said.

But Cohen noted that Asian and white families put their kids through rigorous preparation for the SHSAT, including test prep classes, that black and Latino students are not able to as easily access.

“This is about fairness for all the students applying for these schools,” Cohen

said. “We are for a fair process for all.”

The academic-centric culture of many Asian-American families has been given as a reason for the disparity. It is not uncommon for students in Asian-American neighborhoods to go to classes outside the normal school day. A similar culture exists in Eastern European immigrant populations, especially in South Brooklyn.

Gim, who has used the issue as a major part of his underdog campaign agai nst Assembly ma n Ron K i m (D-Flushing), said he would oppose attempts to change the test-only policy at the state level.

“I will oppose any attempt to change the test and its sole role in admissions,” Gim said. “It is the most objective admissions criteria we have.”

He also argued that changing the criterion would hurt Queens students the most. The borough is home to only one of the eight schools, but sends a huge population of students to other boroughs.

About six in ten of Bronx High School of Science students are from Queens. Gim said up to 400 seats could be lost to Queens students if the criterion changes.

Any changes to the test would need to be passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Cuomo. The bills in Albany have languished in the past session, but supporters say bills will be Q introduced against next year.

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More Build it Back progress continued from page 5 homeowners see the progress the Galimis are making and return to the program,” she said.

In the next few weeks, de Blasio said t he cit y w i l l b e relea si ng a new Request for Proposals to dramatically expand design and construction capacity, an area which Peterson said she was “unhappy” with and where she would like to see more progress.

Other problems do still persist.

Many residents, especially in Howard Beach, have complained of stumbles Build it Back has made, including several situations in which residents were deemed ineligible after waiting a year or more for the program to get to them. In one case a resident was told Build it Back would not fix his basement, despite allegedly being told it would after he first applied in July 2013.

Never theless, off icials and civic leaders f rom the devast ated areas expressed optimism in the progress Build it Back has made.

“The program hit a lot of glitches I don’t think any city agency has seen before,” said Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Broad Channel Civic Association, noting that issues such as zoning and insurance were hurdles the city had to jump over. “I hope we can use the

Galimi home as a model for others.”

Assembly ma n Ph il Gold feder (D-Rockaway Park), who had been critical of Build it Back, also noted the progress.

“There was a real fear that the world had moved on,” he said. “I’m glad to see that we have not been forgotten.”

De Blasio also outlined resiliency measures being taken, such as the $7 million Sunset Cove wetlands restoration project in Broad Channel, and resiliency studies that are underway, including one focused on Old Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach and Broad Channel. He also noted that last week, City Hall instituted two new programs focused on Sandy-hit communities.

One, the Build it Back Local Hiring Initiative, seeks to employ those in Sa ndy-r avage d a r e a s i n r e c ove r y efforts. The other, the Rockaway Economic Advancement Initiative, seeks to connect Rockaway residents with highquality, full-time employment.

But for the Galimis, the new windows and siding going up on their home are more impor tant sig ns of progress than the numbers and price tags coming out of City Hall.

“It’s been a long process,” Joh n Galimi said. “It’s been a lot of bumps and curves. We’re glad Build it Back Q came through for us.”

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Sandy debris continued from page 16 planting dune grass. She said work will continue into the winter.

After the cleanup, the only debris remaining was a large discarded piece of a dock, which would need to be sawed into smaller pieces.

The Blake lot is a few doors down from the home of the Galimi family, another house being reconstructed by Build it Back and visited by Mayor de Blasio on Monday. There, de Blasio announced the city’s 2014 goal: to start construction on at least 1,000 homes and issue reimbursement checks to 1,500 homeowners.

“Good timing and community initiative came together,” Amy Peterson, director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations, said in a statement.

While de Blasio’s changes to the Build it Back program have brought clear improvements from a year ago, many caution there is still a lot to be done.

“As we approach the two-year anniversary of the storm, I can’t stop thinking of my constituents who are still not in their homes,” state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. said in a statement about Build it Back. “Progress announcements are nice, but the hard work that lies ahead in helping people needs to be highQ lighted as well.”

The Wildlife Conservation Society will host its annual “Boo at the Zoo” weekend at the Queens Zoo, at 53-51 111 St. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1 and 2 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

An afterschool Halloween par ty will take place on Friday, Oct. 31 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Highlights include face-painting, crafts, pumpkin treats for the zoo’s animals, and much more.

Zoo activities include: • Haunted Habitat — The zoos’ Wild Room will be t ur ned into a Haunted Habitat decorated for Halloween from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Pick a Perfect Pumpkin — The early bird gets the pumpkin. The first 200 zoo-goers on each day will pick and decorate their own pumpkin on the zoo’s farm.

• Spooky animal presentations — Snakes and other animals will be on exhibit in the zoo’s Discovery Center at 12:30, 2 and 3 p.m.

• Face painting — Children will use colorful face paint to become lions, pumas or bears for Halloween this year from noon to 3 p.m.

• Pumpkin treats — Pumas and bears will tear into treat-filled pumpkins, the pumas at 1 p.m. and the Andean bears at 2:30 p.m. both days.

• Trick or treating — Treat stations stocked with all kinds of goodies will be located around the zoo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Crafts — Children will make and take home a festive Halloween craft from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Dress to impress — Children 12 and under in costume accompanied by a n adu lt w ill receive f ree admission.

The afterschool Halloween party set for Friday will feature a number of activities including a haunted habitat, spooky crafts and live animal encounters. Trick-or-treat stations will be spotted around the zoo. Children 12 and under in costume with an adult receive free admission.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo is open every day of the year. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 65 and older, $5 for children 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. Zoo hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekends, April through October a nd 10 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. d aily, November th roug h Apr il. If you would like to make a donation in support of helping save wildlife and wild places, go to wcs.org.

For more information, call (718) 271Q 1500 or visit queenszoo.com.

Hispanic heritage celebration The Association of Mutual Help and Solidarity, Inc. will host a celebration of the organization’s sixth anniversary and of Hispanic heritage on Friday, Oct. 24 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Woodhaven Manor, 96-01 Jamaica Ave. in Woodhaven.

For additional information, call (631) Q 509-AMUS.

So. Queens Democratic Club meeting, Oct. 28 The South Queens Democratic Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at NYFAC, 164-11 Cross Bay Blvd., in Howard Beach.

The invited guest speakers are city Comptroller Scott Stringer and Anna Culley, acting justice, judicial candidate.

There will be community updates from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr., Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder and Democratic Dist r ict Leader Fran k Q Gulluscio.

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by Tess McRae t’s the time of year when the undead are said to walk among the living, the chill you feel on the back of your neck may not be your imagination and the creaks and groans may not be your old house settling down.

Halloween allows us to experience one of the of most instinctual feelings: fear. The strange thing is, while our progenitors used fear as a survival tactic, we seek out the sensation through haunted houses and spooky walks.

Haunted houses and other areas can generally be experienced year-round, but there is something about the supernatural during Halloween that really gets the blood to curdle.

“It’s all about the setting, you have to have the setting for it to be good,” Susan Brustmann of The Poppenhusen Institute in College Point said.

With dozens of volunteers, Brustmann and her colleges take the historic building and transform it into a house of horrors for the annual Popps Haunted House.

“It came out of a time of desperation for us, really,” she said.

“We were struggling financially, after losing our state funding, and we had to create new ideas to raise the money ourselves.”

Originally, The Poppenhusen Institute went with an Oktoberfest event.

“Then we thought that until we paint the exterior, it really looks like a haunted house, so we went with that,” Brustmann said.

The structure was built in 1868 and has two jail cells, adding to the venue’s spookiness.

“I don’t want to boast, but we often say we’re the scariest haunted house in Queens,” Brustmann said.

Upon arriving at the old site, visitors will be greeted by Dracula and taken into the foyer where scary black-and-white films play to get you into the mood. continued on page 45

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

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

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

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

Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” Gingerbread Players, Sat., Nov. 8, 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 9, 16, 2:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills. $12 pp, $10 for groups of six or more.

Info: gingerbreadplayers.org.

Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs. 7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com.

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

“Kesivan and the Lights,” Sat., Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.

Composer and drummer Kesivan Naidoo leads a new generation of Cape jazz performers. Free.

Info/tickets: (718) 463-7700, ext. 222, boxoffice@flushingtownhall.org.

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

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

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Mr. Met invites you to a tripleheader — a fall festival, Halloween party and Oktoberfest celebration — at the first Fall Fest at CitiField in Flushing on Sunday, Oct. 26.

DANCE “Krishna, Love Re-Invented,” Tue., Nov. 4, 7 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.

Touring Malaysian dance group in benefit performance. $30. Contact: Greg Siegel (718) 665-7565, gsiegel@cpofnys.org.

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

Contact: Ruth Amsterdam (718) 658-1021.

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

LECTURE “Refugee Crisis” discussion, United Nations Association USA Queens Chapter, Sat., Oct. 25, 2 p.m., Queens Museum atrium, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Free, 18 and over.

Scott Yancey Live Event, Mon., Oct. 27, 6 p.m., Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, 135-20 39 Ave., Flushing. Learn how real estate experts make successful real estate investments. Free.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KIDS/TEENS Amazing Maize Maze, interactive cornfield adventure, Sat. & Sun. Oct. 25 & 26, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $9 adults, $5 kids (4-11), under 3, free. Wildlife Weekend, for bird, bug and wildlife enthusiasts, Sat.-Sun. Nov. 1-2, 8-9, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $9 pp. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park.

Contact: (718) 347-3276, ext. 304, queensfarm.org.

Fall Fest at CitiField, hosted by the NY Mets and Metropolitan Hospitality, Sun., Oct. 26, 12-4 p.m.

Fun activities, music, costume contest, photos with Mr. & Mrs. Met and more. $10 adults, $7 children.

Food drive, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., donations of 10 or more nonperishable items get voucher for pair of tickets to Mets game in April 2015. Info: mets.com/FallFest.

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

HEALTH EmblemHealth Community Day, Sun., Oct. 26, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Corona Plaza, Roosevelt & 103 aves.

Free health screenings and education, flu shot clinic. Fun & games: pet adoption, face painting, magic show, Latin Zumba, dominoes competition, free giveaways & prizes.

Tri Community Blood Drive, Sun., Nov. 2, 8:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m., Young Israel of New Hyde Park, 264-15 77 Ave. Free breakfast and babysitting for all donors. Info/app’t: Joe Varon (718) 552-6449.

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

COMMUNITY Electronic VIN etching & bike etching, presented

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

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

Fall festival, Grace Episcopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St., Whitestone, Sat., Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Flea market, carnival games, rides, pie-eating contest, pumpkins, live music featuring Capt. Kirk Douglas of the Roots and more.

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Queens restaurants celebrate Cider Week NYC

by Tammy Scileppi qboro contributor

Back when they were founding the country, the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams raised and downed many tankards of cider, the historic beverage that fueled the colonies and nation for 200-plus years.

But gradually, cider lost its zing and was replaced by beer, as waves of German immigrants brought their taste for it to America in the late 19th century.

After a long lull, hard apple cider is making a comeback and Queens is enjoying the buzz with Cider Week NYC. The citywide event runs from Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 and many restaurants will pair their selections with meals, while wine shops will host special tasting events.

In Queens, owners pay homage to the new generation of cider distilleries and smaller craft breweries that are revolutionizing hard cider drinking.

Austin’s Ale House, located at 82-70 Austin St. in Kew Gardens; Bourbon Street, located at 40-12 Bell Blvd. in Bayside; The Queens Kickshaw, located at 40-17 Broadway in Astoria; and Table Wine, located at 79-14 37 Ave. in Jackson Heights, are taking part in this event.

“We have participated in Cider Week since its inception because we feel it’s important to support those in the New York State region who are making ciders for us to enjoy this fall season,” Austin’s Ale House owner Mark Boccia said. “Without support of this event, the apple farmland could be affected and dissipate.

“This year, we’re featuring a select cider, Doc’s Pumpkin, brewed in Warwick, NY. The cider will also be featured in a special dish prepared by our chef, Matt Cookson, which will be a sautéed chicken breast with roasted apples and onions in a hard cider sauce. We encourage people to come down to try this dish, paired with the Doc’s Hard Cider.”

Jeremy Kidde is co-owner of Warwick Valley Winery and Black Dirt Distillery, where Doc’s Draft Hard Cider is brewed.

“We ferment our custom blend of apples and then add roasted pumpkin, fresh hand-cut ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and a touch of brown sugar. The pumpkin is certainly the most popular cider in the autumn months, along with the original apple,” Kidde said. “We also produce a pear, raspberry, dry hopped, sour cherry, peach, black currant and cranberry spice cider. For Cider Week, we are also introducing a dry style, single variety Gold Rush cider.”

Bourbon Street, a Cajun cuisine restaurant, also is participating in Cider Week to support the community and tri-state area cider makers. It too chose Doc’s Hard Cider for its crisp, smooth flavor and because it’s locally grown and produced just over one hour north.

Another popular eatery, The Queens Kickshaw, is showing its support by beefing up its already sizable cider menu. In addition to a cider tap-takeover from Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, Kickshaw will join in the Union Square Cider Week Market, launching the city’s first urban cidery — two

Doc’s Pumpkin cider will be on tap at Austin’s Ale House COURTESY PHOTO in Kew Gardens. nights of a cider dinner and a freaky, funky Spanish sidra event on Halloween.

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Remix your Halloween at Flushing Town Hall

by Christa Speranza qboro contributor

The changing of leaves and cold breeze in the air can only mean the return of one of American’s favorite fall holidays — Halloween. The 31st is approaching fast, and for kids, a night of trick-or-treating and goodies awaits.

But if you are looking for something a little different, Flushing Town Hall is hosting its annual Family Festival: Halloween Remixed on All Hallow’s Eve, marking five years since its commencement.

This indoor event has various activities for both kids and parents to enjoy, such as the classic trick-or-treat within the building rather than traveling door to door, ghost storytelling, as well as sugar skull crafting and mask making — in honor of the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos.

“This event allows young parents, and young kids, to experience Halloween in a place they feel safe — it’s a great way to introduce people to the American tradition, as well,” Gabrielle Hamilton, director of Education & Public Programs and coordinator of the event, said.

Some of the Hall’s teaching staff will be

Halloween Remixed

Aurelia Fernendez during last year’s Halloween Remixed event, showing visitors the COURTESY PHOTO props traditionally used during Dia de Los Muertos. hosting these events, including Robin Bady, master raconteur of folklore, oral histories and, for this Halloween Remixed, exclusively “sort-of scary” ghost stories.

Aurelia Fernendez, who has been living

in America for 27 years and honing her craft in papier-mache art work, will host a workshop on clay sugar skulls, a staple during ”Day of the Dead” celebrations.

Tina Seligman and Steve Palermo,

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two teaching artists at Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, will show participants various media used for mask making.

Whether you want to have a fun family experience, or just do something different on the spookiest day of the year, the Family Festival: Halloween Remixed at Flushing Town Hall is a great way to get into the ghoulish spirit.

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In the haunted house world, it is very easy to go Members of the institute’s resident theater com- from scary to cheesy, something the institute and its pany, E. Phoenix Idealis, and other volunteers act as group of volunteers — ranging from 14 to 90 years goblins and ghouls throughout the walkthrough, old — work hard to make sure doesn’t happen. something Brustmann said is essential for creating a “We just had a school tour and since the jail cells great haunted house. are set up, we let them take a “You need to have it as dark look,” Brustmann said. “And as possible and have as many wouldn’t you know it, in the bodies moving around as you light of day, they were still can,” she said. “You also want scared.” to build up the suspense and While Brustmann admits the When: Oct. 24, 25, 31; Nov. 1 get people on their toes, anticiPoppenhusen haunted house is 6 to 9 p.m. pating what’s going to happen not ideal for children, there are Where: The Poppenhusen Institute, next. We also like to build up other options around Queens.

114-04 14 Road, that the house is ac tually One of the more renowned College Point haunted; that adds a layer of spaces is the Queens County fear too.”

Farm Museum in Glen Oaks, Tickets: $10; $5, kids 7 and under While Brus tmann herself where Halloween events occur poppenhuseninstitute.org has not experienced any paraalmost every week leading up normal activity at the institute, to the big day — it does have a its caretakers have often spohaunted house that is also ken of hearing things in the middle of the night. advertised as being quite scary.

Once guests have made their way through the Visit queensfarm.org for more information on creepiness, they can have a brief moment of com- special events. fort in the refreshment room, where treats will be In addition, the Alley Pond Environmental Center in on sale and more monster movies will be played.

Douglaston is hosting a haunted Halloween hike for “They can stay there as long as they like, but children ages 8 to 12 years old. Costumes are welonce they’re finished, we lead them through the come, though registration is required. Visit alleypond.

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

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. — sponsored events. Info: office: (718) 738-1111. MetroCard Van, Wed., Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Maspeth Federal Savings, 56-18 69 St.; 1-3 p.m., St. Margaret’s Senior Center, 66-05 79 St., Middle Village. Mobile office hours, Thurs., Oct. 30, 5:30-7 p.m., Middle Village Library, 72-31 Metropolitan Ave. Halloween Hoedown, presented by the Josephine Foundation, Fri., Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, Immaculate Conception Center, 72007250 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. $30 pp, incl. buffet dinner, square dancing, raffles & costume contest. RSVP: (516) 334-1536, thejosephinefoundation.org.

“Safari Adventure,” Church of the Resurrection Annual Fair, Sat., Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; “Safari Dinner,” served 5:30-8:30 p.m., 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens. Info: (718) 847-2649.

Flushing Cemetery Walking Tour, Sat., Nov. 1, 2-4 p.m., Flushing Cemetery, 164-05 46 Ave. Take a look at the history and horticulture of Queens notables buried there. $10, in advance only. Tickets: eventbrite.com and search for “Flushing Cemetery.”

Free immigration services, first and third Wed. of each month, City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley’s district office, 71-19 80 St., Glendale.

Make appt. for help with naturalization and deferred action for childhood arrivals. All services are confidential and open to the public. Info: (718) 366-3900.

Greenmarkets — Long Island City: Socrates Sculpture Park, Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, every Sat., thru Nov. 22, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Info:grownyc.org/socratesgreenmarket. Astoria: 14 St., between 31 Ave. & 31 Road, every Wed., thru Nov. 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: grownyc.org/astoriagreenmarket.

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

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

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

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, 150-75 Goethals Ave., Jamaica, outdoors every Sat. & Sun. until Nov., 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Vendors welcome. Call: (718) 332-0026.

MEETINGS Angelo Graci Republican Club of Queens, Tues., Oct., 28, 8 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Parish Center, 101st Ave. & 86th St., Ozone Park.

AARP meetings: Open to the general public.

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

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

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Senior Theater Acting Repertory group, Queens Village Library, 94-11 217 St. Fridays, 11 a.m. Older adults invited to join STAR and perform theater at the library. Info: queenslibrary.org, (718) 776-0800.

Have a loved one with memory loss? Selfhelp Community Services Inc., 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Stimulating program – One, two, three or four days a week; half-days are also available. Call Ellen Sarokin or Cathy O’Sullivan: (718) 631-1886.

Medicare enrollment/Rx drug plan advice, open enrollment and advocacy, with trained expert, Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy., Weds., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Call for app’t: (718) 225-1144, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

SUPPORT GROUPS Job placement assistance, ANIBIC, 61-35 220 St., Bayside, a nonprofit organization serving children and young disabled adults in the community with job & apartment placement.

Overeaters Anonymous, for weight loss and other issues. Long Island Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Road, Rego Park, Sun., 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 937-0163. Rego Park Library, Thurs. at 11:15 a.m., 91-41 63 Drive. Holy Child Jesus Outreach Center, 112-06 86 Ave., Richmond Hill, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Call: (718) 564-7027.

New Sibling Support Group, for individuals with a sibling who has a mental disorder, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 48 Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset. 2nd & 4th Wed. of every month, 7-8:30 p.m., call NAMI (718) 347-7284.

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versatility of cider in its many iterations.

“Our customers, who are eager to expand their knowledge and palates, are very open to trying and experiencing cider as an alternative to beer and wine.

Cider, furthermore, dovetails very naturally with the growing craft-beer market, so it’s an all-around great opportunity. The cider makers, the retail location and the consumer all benefit. We love Cider Week!”

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

The subway reaches 179th St.

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

On March 14, 1925, the City of New York began construction on the Eighth Avenue Subway line.

Upon its completion it was to be leased to private operators.

In Queens County, the end of the Eighth Avenue line was to be 169th Street in Jamaica. It took until 1931 for the work to finally reach that last stop. A transit worker can be seen in A subway worker guards the construction shaft to the this photograph directing traf- subway at Hillside Avenue and 170th Street in this photo fic to keep anyone from going looking west, on June 11, 1931. into the deep shaft in the center the general public. Because of massive conof the road.

By Sept. 10, 1932, at the height of the gestion at 169th Street, it was extended and Great Depression, having received no satis- the last stop set at 179th Street, which factory bids for private operation of the new opened in 1950.

The homes which lined these blocks gave line, the city put it into operation under its own management, calling it The Indepen- way to rows of storefronts when the area was dent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad, rezoned commercial by city officials, allowotherwise known as the Independent Sys- ing the once-beautiful residential area to change virtually overnight. The area today is tem, or IND line.

It would not be until April 1937 that the as busy as ever at any time, day or night, Q line would be fully completed and opened to weekday or weekend.

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continued 42 continued from page 00 Hard Ciders in Lafayette, NY has been doing business with numerous establishments in the city.

“For our 100-year-old, family-owned apple orchard, hard cider was a natural progression for us. Having total control of the process from ‘tree to bottle’ means just that. We grow the apples, press them into sweet cider then ferment into hard cider, a ll on-site at our orchard,” Danielle Fleckenstein, whose family owns 1911, said.

Another Cider Week participant, Table Wine, a cozy boutique wine shop, has invited folks to join in a toast to the proprietor’s favorite breweries, with a cider tasting on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 4 to 7 p.m., featuring an assortment from different regions. On Oct. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m., Eve’s Cidery from Van Etten, NY will be there for a tasting of its craft ciders.

“We’re so excited by the resurgence of local cideries. Not only are these artisans helping to save orchards and farmland, but they’re also reviving a unique, foodfriendly beverage whose history in North America can be traced back to early Colonial times,” said Table Wine owner Ernesto Vega. “We’re delighted to be able to help support and promote the joy and

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Jets general manager John Idzik must have felt the pressure of having a 1-6 team combined with the fact that he was doing business on the cheap by keeping the player personnel payroll a whopping $20 million below the NFL salary cap. Idzik used some of that payroll reserve to acquire talented wide receiver Percy Harvin from his old employer, the Seattle Seahawks, for what appears to be a bargain price: namely the mysterious conditional draft pick.

The defending Super Bowl champions have a surplus of talent, particularly at the wide receiver position. It would be nice to think that they were being altruistic by helping out Idzik and giving Harvin a chance to get more work instead of languishing on the Seahawks bench.

The reality is that Harvin will never win an award from the NFL for congeniality as he has been known to get into altercations with teammates. In addition, he is injury-prone. However, Idzik obviously concurs with that old childhood axiom that beggars can’t be choosers.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach and current CBS NFL personality Bill Cowher has defended Jets QB Geno Smith by citing the lack of offensive weapons at his disposal. With the receiving tandem of Eric Decker and Percy Harvin, that is no longer the case. Before Jets fans start getting giddy, they should keep in mind what SiriusXM NFL Radio weekend host

and “Jets Confidential” editor Dan Leberfeld has frequently stated. Quarterbacks make great receivers and not the other way around.

The Jets may not be very good on the football field but they are the best team in the NFL when it comes to staging food events.

On Saturday the held their second annual Jets+Chefs Tailgating Party at Pier 92, which was a key part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival that raises money for a number of organizations that fight hunger. Former Jets Marvin Jones, Tony Richardson, Erik Coleman and Wesley Walke,r as well as current players such as Quintin Coples and Tommy Bohanon were on hand to greet patrons. Of course the main draw was Joe Namath.

On Nov. 10 the Jets will sponsor their annual “Taste of the Jets” event in lower Manhattan that will also aid an array of hunger-fighting nonprofits. In addition the Jets sponsor classes at the Institute for Culinary Education. Perhaps they would have a better record if the Food Network televised their games instead of CBS. The Mets are doing their part to feed the hungry as well. This Sunday at Citi Field from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Mets will hold their annual fall food drive that will benefit City Harvest.

Donors who provide 10 or more nonperishable items will get a voucher for two free tickets to a Q select game in April.

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In 2010, first-year St. John’s men’s basketball head coach Steve Lavin le d a t e a m w it h no postseason experience to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nine years.

At the core of that team was a close-knit group of seniors, including play-making shooting guard Dwight Hardy, doit-all forward D.J. Kennedy and athletic point guard Paris Horne.

That squad coalesced after three years of little to no success together into a band of brothers who made good on a D’Angelo Harrison, left, watches teammate Phil Greene IV dunk at p r o m i s e t o e n d t h e Friday’s Red Storm Tip-Off, the annual pep rally prior to the start of school’s lengthy tourna- the St. John’s men’s and women’s basketball seasons. ment drought.

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA Fast forward to 2014 and Lavin, now in his fifth year as the coach for immaturity during previous seasons.

Prone to laziness and prima donna onof the Red Storm, finds himself in a similar position with a new group of hungry seniors court behavior, he was even suspended for ready for their first taste of the NCAA the final quarter of the 2011 basketball season for conduct detrimental to the team.

Tournament.

Now, Harrison, who lost 15 pounds in an At St. John’s men’s basketball media day last Friday, Lavin addressed the sense of offseason filled with exhausting workouts, urgency motivating a confident 2014-15 Red has truly embraced the role of team leader Storm team that expects nothing less than a that each teammate can look to for guidance.

Personal growth aside, he is still the first strong season resulting in multiple lateMarch contests, much like their predecessors one to crack a joke or goof around off the court, as seen at Friday’s sold-out Red Storm before them.

“For starters, it’s a group that cares about Tip-Off, the annual pep rally and concert to one another and is determined to finish their kick off basketball season at the university.

But when asked about last year’s solid, career on a high note,” Lavin said. “This group is similar to the first group that I yet disappointing 20-win season that ended coached in that they want to have an out- with the team’s playoff hopes dashed by a standing season. Maturity, senior leadership first-round loss in the Big East Tournament, and experience go a long way in college Harrison said he and his band of brothers have never been more focused in their basbasketball.”

Senior leadership and experience can be ketball lives.

“We got up at 6 a.m. every day in July, quantified in the number of seasons a player has under his or her belt, and this core of going at each other and making each other seniors — D’Angelo Harrison, Phil Greene better,” Harrison said. “It’s a whole collecIV and Sir’Dominic Pointer — all have tive thing, we’re all locked in and ready to played more than 90 games in a St. John’s go. We want to win now, and it all starts on November 14.” uniform over the course of three years.

It took Lavin’s first group of seniors four Maturity, however, is something that has years to put the puzzle pieces together and eluded the Red Storm since 2010.

Arguably two of the best players Lavin earn a chance to play for the national title.

Come Nov. 14, when the Red Storm open has recruited, Forest Hills High School alumnus Moe Harkless and Ohio native the regular season against the New Jersey JaKarr Sampson, both declared for the NBA Institute of Technology, Harrison and his Draft prior to their sophomore and junior senior teammates will look to write their own chapter in the university’s history book, seasons, respectively.

Harrison, undoubtedly the Red Storm’s one they hope ends with the school’s 29th Q best player since Hardy, was the poster boy trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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Sunday, October 26th between 11am till 1pm Bring your children, your husbands, and your camera to Tuscany Deli so your kids can meet and take pictures with Cinderella, Batman or Mickey Mouse while dads can get pictures holding the REAL Captain America Shield!

You will also get a chance to win up to $100.00 in Gift Certificates to our Store!

82-41 153RD AVE., HOWARD BEACH, NY 11414 To place an order call

718-848-3300

(Located in the Lindenwood Shopping Center)

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we carry Letter & Number-shaped Heros!

Make your Halloween Party or next gathering EXTRA Special by having it