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City backs bill for Diwali in schools

Calls for Hindu holiday to replace the ‘antiquated’ Anniversary Day

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ayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks last week announced support for state legislation that would make Diwali a school holiday throughout New York.

They joined Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven) at Department of Education headquarters last Thursday in support of her bill, which seeks to replace Anniversary Day, also known as Brooklyn-Queens Day, on the school calendar with the Hindu holiday of Diwali.

“The time has come to recognize over 200,000 New Yorkers of the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain faiths who celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights,” Rajkumar said at a press conference at the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan.

“People have said that there’s simply not enough room in the New York City school calendar to have a Diwali school holiday,” she continued. “Well, my legislation makes the room.”

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partnership would help realize the goal of solidifying the day on the school calendar.

State law requires 180 days of instruction and there was no room for an additional day off, so the move took collaboration between school, city and state officials.

Rajkumar worked with the mayor on a strategy to make Diwali a holiday, a press release from her office stated, which was something Adams had spoken in favor of on the campaign trail.

She introduced a bill in Albany in 2021 to modify state law to open up room in the school calendar for Diwali, something that advocates have long called for.

“Chancellor Banks and his team sat down and looked at the requirement of school days,” explained Adams at the press conference.

“Instead of looking from a place of deficit, we looked from a place of surplus. And because of that, we were able to identify a way of using legislation, partnering with the assemblywoman, and using data to identify the days that we can use to have this important Diwali holiday

Mayor Adams, right, and Schools Chancellor David Banks announce at the Tweed Courthouse support for Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar’s bill to PHOTO BY ED REED / NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE make Diwali a school holiday. without our young people missing days of school in the process,” he said.

The mayor said the city had already canceled alternate side of the street parking for Diwali but “want-

ed to go further.”

“We wanted to send a loud and clear message to the countless number of people who acknowledge this period of time of celebration,” Adams continued.

“I spent a lot of time in these communities. They’re hardworking New Yorkers. They contribute to our society. They believe in family, they believe in public safety. Some of the highest educational achievements are among this community.”

Making the holiday official will help teach other kids about Diwali, too, he said.

“The recognition of Diwali is yet another opportunity for us to begin to celebrate, to uplift and to honor those young people, their family and their faith,” said Banks.

“The celebration of light, the triumph of light over darkness, is critically important.”

A press release from the assemblywoman’s office noted that the Anniversary Day holiday was originally created in the 1800s to mark the founding of the first Sunday school in Brooklyn and bears little religious or cultural significance today.

The day was typically celebrated on the first Thursday in June.

Rajkumar said Anniversary Day was “antiquated” and she and continued on page 22

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Event raises $10K for breast cancer Community support for second annual Walk for MBC and Kelly

Participants were doused in bright powders during the Miles for MBC and Kelly Color Run last weekend. Above left is Kelly Adams-Mahindra, who is raising money for metastatic breast cancer, with PHOTOS BY KATIE LOPEZ husband TJ and kids Vivienne and Leo. Above right is Isabella Taly, left, Mia Taly, Tara Adams Taly (Kelly’s sister and nieces) and volunteer Kathleen Greenberg.

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

The Howard Beach community showed up last weekend to support a mom and doctor fighting metastatic breast cancer, raising nearly 10 times last year’s amount at a new annual Charles Park walk-run.

The Miles for MBC and Kelly Marie Color Run on Saturday raised $10,000, with 130 participants coming out in support.

“It was really a great turnout,” said Kelly Adams-Mahindra, who lives in Howard Beach.

Businesses from the area donated gift

bags and gift certificates and raffles were sold to also help raise money.

Adams-Mahindra, a pediatric pulmonologist, was diagnosed in November 2019 at age 39 after she found a lump while nursing.

The money raised will go to METAvivor, a volunteer-led nonprofit organization dedicated to awarding stage 4 breast cancer research.

The efforts are part of the #LightUpMBC campaign, which shines a light on the importance of funding for research into metastatic breast cancer, also known as

stage 4, where the cancer has spread throughout the body.

Buildings were lit up across the city this month for MBC. Adams-Mahind ra is the New York ambassador for METAvivor and so far this year, her team has contributed to a national total of $350,000. Individual research grants typically cost about $50,000, she said.

Last year was the first walk and AdamsMahindra says they plan to continue it.

“Hopefully we just keep getting more and more people to come ... we’ll just keep

learning from every year to see what we can do to make it better and raise more money,” she said.

Novak CPA sponsored the walk and donors included Victoria Amuso, Marotta Plastic Surgery Specialists, Ace Hardware, Brina Ciaramella, Crossbay Chemist, Fit4Life, Lenny’s Clam Bar, Mia Bella Laser, Nick the Balloonatic, Rima Pasta, Rocco’s of Rockaway Beach and more. Volunteers came from The Mary Louis Academy and Molloy University.

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Robbers convicted in racetrack heist

Security guard was ‘inside man’ in 2020 Aqueduct robbery with friend

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Two Queens men were convicted last Friday for a gunpoint robbery at Aqueduct Race Track in 2020, according to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Lafayette Morrison, 39, of Jamaica, of Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing a firearm and obstruction of justice, the office of U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announced on Friday afternoon.

The Hobbs Act prohibits act ual or attempted robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Morrison was the “inside man” in the March 7 robbery in which Lamel Miller, 39, and a co-conspirator held up at gunpoint several racetrack employees, one of whom was Morrison, a racetrack security guard, as they

transported. were t ranspor ting The robbery took $ 284,0 0 0 i n cash place at about 9:45 earnings to a vault. p.m. the day after The robbers were the track’s Gotham we a r i n g s u r g ic a l Day races. m a s k s a n d we r e Mor rison and ar med with handMiller were childguns when they conhood friends, accordfronted the group on i n g t o t h e DA’s a catwalk between Office, and Morrison the first and second repeatedly lied to law f loors of the office Lafayette Morrison, left, and Lamel Miller.

PHOTOS COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE enforcement during area, the Chronicle reported in June 2020, and it was likely the investigation, including misidentifying a “burner” phones found discarded in a gar- photograph of his friend, lying to officers and bage can that helped investigators pin the saying he was a victim of the crime.

The Chronicle reported that the two were crime on them.

The robbers claimed $100,000 each and arrested for a robbery in Queens back in Morrison got the remaining $84,000. He 2000.

“Their armed robbery of Aqueduct Raceallegedly provided information in advance about where and when the money would be track played out like a Hollywood movie

heist, but with a bad ending for the defendants who now face steep prison sentences,” Peace said in a press release.

The defendants face seven years to life.

“Today’s verdict proves once again that it is a losing bet to commit a violent crime and think that you will out run the law,” he added.

Friday’s announcement came from Peace, John Devito, special agent-in-charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.

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Trick-Or-Streets not sweet for everybody

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Mayor Adams was in a Halloween mood on Monday as he helped cut the ribbon on the newly redesigned open street along 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights.

But while he was emphasizing trick-or -treating fun for kids next week, some nearby residents who have been fighting the project were ready to put a rock in Adams’ candy bag.

Adams and Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said their TrickOr-Streets will designate dozens of streets throughout the city, including 34th Avenue and seven others in Queens, carfree from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31.

The Open Street section of 34th Avenue now is known as Paseo Park “As we permanently open the gold standard, Open Street on 34th Avenue, we hope every family and every child has a safe and enjoyable Halloween with special evening Trick-Or-Streets across the entire city,” Adams said. said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

“This program brings together com-

munities and city government to promote safety, community, and fun, and I want to thank all our partners on the ground for their contributions,” he added. “Happy Halloween, New Yorkers!”

“I am incredibly excited to build on the triumph of our thriving Open Streets program by launching our first ever TrickOr-Streets initiative this Halloween, providing greater access to safer, shared community spaces,” Rodriguez said.

Published and broadcast reports said a number of area residents who are dissatisfied with Paseo Park booed and heckled speakers during the ceremony.

One group that has organized against the changes is the Jackson Heights Co-op Alliance. The group has hosted a series of meetings for residents who are concerned about safety, parking and other matters.

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Diwali is one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism, lasting for five days, the third of which was on Monday. It symbolizes light over darkness.

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Epic South High School honored Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, on Monday with a celebration that included food, cultural dress, performances and lessons.

The event was sponsored by the Epic Advocacy team and they provided treats and offered Diwali informational sessions and

Angels are back to work The annual Angels on the Bay gala returned on Oct. 11 with 500 guests in attendance for dinner, dancing and live entertainment to support the Russo’s on the Bay children’s charity.

Julia Giammona, above with her father, John, was presented with the Paul Russo Humanitarian Award. Giammona was born with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and was the inspiration for early Angels efforts that raised money to provide a costly Polish-based therapy program called EuroMed for her. Giammona is now a

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After a long hiatus, the Angels are back to work with new campaigns and events to bring awareness to the organization and meet new fundraising goals.

Checks were presented at the event to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, HeartShare Human Services and Richmond University Medical Center.

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Franciscan preaches bike, scooter safety Briarwood native says simple lights benefit riders, drivers, pedestrians

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Brother Christopher Fishkin, a member of the Catholic Franciscan order, grew up in Briarwood, about as far as one can from rural roadways.

But his experience of living in the country years ago planted the seeds of his effort to protect cyclists and scooter riders along Queens Boulevard and in the rest of the big city in his Bring the Light Campaign.

Fishkin is from a Jewish family and converted to Catholicism more than 20 years ago; but he still wears a yarmulke along with the traditional clothing of his order.

“I call myself a Hebrew Catholic,” he said in a recent interview. In his itinerant life he has lived and pursued his faith and training from Massachusetts to Hawaii, and hopes to one day become a priest.

Upon returning home recently to care for his mother in Briarwood, he took notice of the seemingly endless parade of cyclists, bikers, e-bikers and scooter operators who move about at night either without lights on their vehicles or while simply not using them.

“I think they believe if they can see you, you can see them,” he said. “And that is just not the case. It’s in Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, all along Queens Boulevard.”

His website, bringthelightcampaign.com,

Brother Christopher Fishkin on Queens Boulevard in his native Briarwood. He is seeking input from the community on how to encourage bikers, cyclists and scooter operators to make better use of lights when riding after dusk. He said it would improve safety for drivers and pedestrians PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON as well as riders. is less than two weeks old. He has posted links to government agencies that monitor data on things like cycling injuries and deaths and the cost in both dollars and suffering that such accidents cause.

He also has posted his organization’s email address, helpbringthelight@gmail. com, seeking people’s ideas on how to raise awareness of the tremendous benefits of simple lights.

“And right now running red lights and riding on the sidewalk aren’t even in my jurisdiction,” he told the Chronicle in a sitdown interview on Oct. 15.

But since then, those topics too are now up for discussion on his website.

This is not the first time Fishkin has spearheaded such an effort.

He was assisting monks at a rural monastery a few years ago when he realized that he would drive past people who were walking along poorly lit roads at dusk or after nightfall, people he almost did not see, and who he thought didn’t realize that they were difficult for a driver to notice.

“I went to ACE Hardware and I bought some small lights for about 50 cents apiece,” Fishkin said. “I would stop and give them to people.”

Fishkin believes more lights would benefit not only riders and drivers but pedestrians as well, citing the number of people who get injured when they make even a slight change of direction or stop, unaware that a cyclist or another rider is coming up behind them.

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rying to bring some order to the growing chaos and lawlessness on city streets and sidewalks, City Councilman Bob Holden of Maspeth has introduced a bill that would require all those e-bikes and e-scooters you see weaving through traffic to be licensed by the city Department of Transportation.

It got referred to committee. Don’t expect it to ever come out. Councilwoman Joann Ariola of Howard Beach signed onto it, along with three other lawmakers from other boroughs, but that’s it.

Bills with five names on them don’t go anywhere in the 51-member Council.

That’s too bad. If nothing else, it would have been fun to see what the New York City license plate the bill would require for all vehicles with motors would have looked like. Of course, even if the measure were magically approved, signed and complied with, we’d still be left with all the mopeds and scooters that are supposed to be registered with the state Department of Motor Vehicles but are not. The past several years have made clear

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that the powers that be in this town are perfectly content to have illegal motor vehicles all over the place — including on double yellow lines, in bike lanes and on sidewalks. And we’ll just have to deal with the fires caused by the electric varieties’ batteries, such as the one that killed 8-year-old Stephanie Villa Torres in College Point last month.

E-bikes, scooters and mopeds have nothing on cars, trucks and SUVs when it comes to road deaths and injuries, but they definitely take the lead in fires. Another blaze destroyed the e-bike shop in Sunnyside exactly a week ago today.

But hey, we need our food deliveries, officials want to get people out of cars and when there is demand for a product, the free market usually finds a way (see: the war on drugs). So we’re stuck with the legal e-bikes and e-scooters Holden’s bill would regulate, as well as the illegal mopeds that lack their required DMV license plates. There’ll be more stand-up e-scooters, more e-unicycles and so on. Will there ever be enough to garner sufficient support for regulation? Unlikely, but we can hope.

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Mets fans at fault Dear Editor: While I have found Richard Reif’s frequent submissions to be generally intelligent, logical, and relevant, I must object to “Get Mets off the radio” (Letters, Oct. 20).

Why exactly does it matter if Audacy or Steve Cohen won or lost money on the Mets?

I agree with the author about how the team’s $2.4 billion payroll failed to produce. But place the blame where it belongs: the stupid fans. If they are willing to pay these outrageous prices to make a bunch of vastly overpaid millionaires even richer, is that the fault of the team owner?

With two children grown and child support four and a half years in the rearview mirror, my financial situation short-term is relatively stable. I refuse to spend my hard-earned money on a $10 hot dog, etc.

Mr. Reif states the losers are fans such as himself who invest “time, tears, and passion” in the Mets. If Mr. Reif or anyone else chooses to do so, knowing there is no guarantee the Mets will take it all, again, is that the fault of the Mets? If Mr. Reif and all the fans invested time instead in an adult literacy project, or at a soup kitchen, or a provider of legal services to the indigent, or anything else that will benefit someone less fortunate, how much better a place would the world be?

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lection Day is Nov. 8, but there’s no need to wait to cast your ballot. Early voting begins Saturday, Oct. 29 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 6.

You have plenty to vote on: our next governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, comptroller, Assembly member, state senator, U.S. senator and U.S. representative, as well as several judges. And be sure to flip your ballot over for the one statewide and three citywide proposals you get to vote on in an act of direct democracy.

To find your early voting site, as well as your regular Election Day polling place if you do wish to wait, just go to vote.nyc/elections and click on “more information.”

Enter your address and both loca-

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the Mets or listen to them? What about the visually impaired? I sometimes listen to the ball game when I’m cleaning the house. I also listen to WCBS’s cousin, WINS, as a companion falling asleep.

Nat Weiner Bronx

Nostalgic, handy radio Dear Editor: Mr. Reif’s letter relegating radio to the history bin and mentioning who listens to radio anymore brought back memories of listening to a cathedral-style radio when Don Larsen pitched his perfect game. I was in the sixth grade and many students were crowded around the set, hanging on every call. I think Red Barber was the radio announcer.

tions will be shown. Scroll to the bottom if you need to be reminded which Assembly, state Senate and other districts you are in. For many, those have changed this year due to reapportionment following the Census. Even better, click on the “sample ballot” button to see all your candidates and the language of the propositions.

You don’t actually lose your right to complain if you don’t vote, of course, but you do lose some credibility as a practical matter.

We direct the government in our system, but only if we participate.

And with early voting, you can follow an adage of one of our great founding statesmen, Benjamin Franklin: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

There is something nostalgic and practical about radio. I need one in the house to hear the news and updates. When I drive, my friend and I listen to the game on the car set. During the Sandy superstorm, my transistor radio, which I bought after 9/11, came in handy.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

Need relief in the park Dear Editor: Why are the bathrooms in Juniper Valley Park closed at 5:30 at night when the park is still packed? When I was there last Thursday, people were walking and jogging around the park. Kids were playing after school. There are brand-new bocce ball courts in this park and people were using them. It is ridiculous that the

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bathrooms were locked.

I was so glad I made it to Metropolitan Avenue, blocks away, for the nearest bathroom. If I was a man or had a son we would have gone by a tree. I thought the bathrooms would be open since there was a Republican event there too that night. Please look into this matter. This is unacceptable for a park that is well used until it gets dark. Thank you.

Charlene Stubbs Maspeth

What’s going on, DOT? Dear Editor: As I write this letter, the Department of Transportation is breaking up concrete on every corner in the old side of Howard Beach.

Workers are installing new curbs with wheelchair accessibility to the sidewalks. What a great idea! Did anyone from DOT look into the corners that they are doing this too? Does the commissioner (or anyone else from DOT), know that the gas company over the last couple of years just did this when it installed new gas lines? What a complete waste of taxpayers’ money.

Here you have the mayor crying to the government to subsidize the immigration housing problem. And in last week’s Chronicle, in “Ariola presses DOT on several issues” (multiple editions), you have Councilwoman Joann Ariola firing off a series of tweets about unsanitary conditions at Beach 108th Street, illegal dumping, overgrown weeds and unpaved streets in Breezy Point. Commissioner Ydanis Rodriquez, do your job!

Stephen Pelosa Howard Beach

Lessons never learned

And I am shocked that the teachers union, perhaps the strongest lobbyist in New York, has no interest in protecting our children or their own members.

We have a major election ahead and yet no candidate is speaking about protecting our children, who are our future. At a minimum, our elected officials have an obligation and duty to protect them. They need to wake up, do their jobs, be proactive and prevent future tragedies.

John J. Ciafone Astoria

Women fight, and vote Dear Editor: After being subjugated and subordinated for millennia, with the fight still going on around the world, women will fight for their rights and fight to retain the rights they have earned.

Especially in America, if you listen closely, you can hear the voices of Harriet Tubman and Rosie the Riveter warning those who doubt them, “Don’t tell me what I can and cannot do!” Vote!

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Save western wolves Dear Editor: As a Queens resident who plans on visiting the northern Rockies to view its beautiful landscape and various species, I was surprised to notice that the Queens Chronicle hasn’t published anything regarding a prominent issue concerning species of wolves. States such as Montana, Idaho and Wyoming do not protect the already-struggling wolf populations, and actually encourage their eradication. I believe it to be incredibly important for people to be aware of the harmful maneuvers being done and to contact the governors of these states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to encourage the protection of these majestic species.

If wolves continue to be unprotected by state laws, trophy hunters will continue to kill them greatly reducing their numbers. The continued eradication of apex predators would be a complete reversal of the reintroduction of these wolves on our public lands (places I want to visit), including Yellowstone National Park.

It might seem out of place for a New York resident to be advocating for wolves in the Intermountain West. But these are our public lands, and New York nature enthusiasts tend to travel far and wide to visit national parks. It’s important for us to be informed and work with support organizations that work for the protection of predators and intact ecosystems. It’s equally as important to speak out against lawmakers who promote the slaughter of these magnificent species.

Although we New Yorkers live far away from the Northern Rockies, we must exercise our right to advocate for the protection of these iconic animals that call our public lands and parks their home. Please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today.

Brandon Guaman Corona The writer is a student at Skidmore College whose coursework includes an environmental advocacy seminar.

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Dear Editor: Almost weekly, we hear about gun violence in our schools. The massacres that have occurred, whether in Uvalde, NM, or Sandy Hook, Conn., have not moved our elected officials toward action. Gun control legislation is not enough. We need metal detectors in all our schools.

Whether you go to a sports game, a concert or any major event, you are expected to go through metal detectors. Why not in our schools? They are relatively inexpensive and extremely effective in catching guns and knives, which gangs bring into our schools. A middle school in my neighborhood, IS 126 in Long Island City, housed a cache of confiscated guns and knives in the principal’s office, in an effort to keep it secret. How many more children have to be slaughtered and sacrificed by our leaders who fail to protect them?

I proudly served on Community School Board 30, as a member, treasurer and president.

We fought for more school safety officers, security cameras and police presence outside troubled schools. Through the devastation of the Sept. 11 attacks, we learned the importance of metal detectors and airport screenings, which have successfully thwarted hijackings and terrorist attacks. The same efforts must be employed in our schools. Alarmingly, some City Council members who have police protection and metal detectors in City Hall, want to remove school safety officers in our schools.

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Sandy: Survival and silver linings

South Queens remembers the storm’s devastation but also camaraderie

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

On the night of Oct. 29, 2012 when Superstorm Sandy hit, Angela and John Rosen watched as the water crept up their front door steps, nearing the first floor of the house they had bought on 97th Street in Howard Beach only about a year earlier.

They heard the basement windows burst, letting in nearly 8 and a half feet of water.

Their three sons, 6-year-old twins and a 10-year-old, were on the second floor, distracted by their devices until the batteries died. All of their toys and books would be destroyed as well as their parents’ wedding album, family photos and Angela’s high school yearbook and book collections. The only thing that survived in the basement was her grandparents’ china.

Angela had taken bread, canned foods and cereal upstairs and her husband took a sledgehammer in case they had to bust through the roof, images of Hurricane Katrina victims running through their heads.

But Angela had seen that high tide was supposed to end at 8:35 p.m. so she kept her eyes on her watch, then the water, then the watch, then the water.

“If we can get past 8:35, then we can get through this,” she said.

And get through it, they did. It was not about strength but survival, she said. Despite assistance from FEMA and eventually the Red Cross, the real relief, she said, came from neighbors. Some days, she was their shoulder to cry on and other days she needed theirs.

It took a while, but one of her twins no longer panics at the sound of running water.

“It makes you appreciate what you have, what is important,” said Rosen. “My kids were safe, we were safe ... the rest of it is just stuff. It cost me a boatload of damn money, but in the end, it’s really all just stuff. We made it through and we realized that people could be really wonderful.”

Across Hawtree Basin, Roger Gendron had just become president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association.

“I didn’t even know what it meant to be a civic president yet, but I had to figure it out,” said Gendron, whose whole first floor had to

The first floor of Roger Gendron’s home, right, in Hamilton Beach had to be gutted after SuperPHOTO BY ROGER GENDRON storm Sandy hit in 2012 and filled it with nearly 8 feet of water. be gutted from the flooding that ravaged it and the basement, which he and his then-teenage son waded through up to their chests.

The morning after Sandy, Gendron’s neighbor was pounding on his door at 5 a.m. warning him that he had a gas leak in his house due to the foundation giving way.

In a matter of days, Gendron and his wife, Holly, were helping to run a relief center out of the nearby firehouse, making vats of coffee to give out to neighbors and helping to charge their phones. He recalled the outpouring of support from all over.

“The floodgates had opened,” Gendron said, as help came in from the Kiwanis Club of Glendale, Resorts World Casino, a couple from Connecticut, the Tzu Chi Foundation, which distributed gift cards for hundreds of dollars to victims, and more. The Gendrons postponed their Thanksgiving dinner to the weekend to distribute food on the day of to neighbors.

“If there’s one thing out of Sandy that’s important — we all hear resiliency, a resilient community — people shared what they had.

They helped each other. From day one,” said Community Board 10 Chair Betty Braton.

In Broad Channel, Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Broad Channel Civic Association, was operating one of the very first relief centers in

At left, Angela Rosen’s basement was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy flooding. At right, water PHOTOS COURTESY ANGELA ROSEN, LEFT, AND ROGER GENDRON reached the top of Roger Gendron’s fence.

the area, which opened up at the American Legion Hall.

“You sit down. You get a good meal, a drink. You have a laugh. You start to come back down and then it’s like, ‘What do you need?’ Well, I need toiletries, diapers, whatever. The whole place was filled to almost the ceiling,” said Mundy. “So that went on for like three weeks. It was absolutely amazing.”

Gendron recalled turning to state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who he said talked him off the ledge several times.

“He told me I was thinking about the next six days and next six months but what I had to do was focus on the next six hours,” Gendron recalled.

It was a stressful time for so many, Addabbo said. “I never had men in my district crying, literally, on my shoulder ... I had never seen these strong Howard Beach men cry before.”

Addabbo’s home in Ozone Park had a tree fall just 4 feet from his front door but in that town, Sandy was merely a heavy rainstorm.

“You go south, and it’s devastation ... you hit Howard Beach and the homes have basically been emptied onto the curb. Then you go further south to Broad Channel and there are boats in the middle of Cross Bay Boulevard.

Then you go down to Rockaway and there’s a section of the boardwalk with a rail still attached blocks away from the beach. And then, of course, fires and devastation in Breezy.”

Addabbo was in the middle of a tight Senate race against Eric Ulrich, who was in the City Council at the time. Addabbo’s district had been redrawn and polls were showing the two within percentage points of each other but he had to suspend his campaign in the south of his district.

“I said, ‘We’re done. These people, some lost their lives. They lost their businesses. They lost their homes. We’re done. Do not ring a bell. Do not do anything south of Ozone Park,’” he told his team.

His office became a 24-hour relief center, spearheaded by the efforts of the late Pat

McCabe, who continued helping people with FEMA and Build it Back even into retirement.

“It was great just watching people go from ordinary to extraordinary,” said Addabbo.

“They themselves were devastated, and yet they were helping others.”

He recalled the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast donating clothing and a BBQ truck from Chicago coming with food.

Relief from out of town is what helped keep the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department afloat, too, after it lost two ambulances, two fire trucks and a smaller truck known as a mini pumper. The only fire truck that survived was one the department moved to higher ground near the Belt Parkway, said Chief Nick Spinelli.

By Nov. 1, a new truck was donated from Pennsylvania and support came from the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund on Long Island.

He knew the storm was bad earlier that day when the high tide did not recede, that they were in trouble. But it was too late to do anything, he said.

“Nobody could get in or out at that point.”

So he started taking information from those disobeying the evacuation order.

“That way, God forbid we got the call that the house was on fire or the house collapsed, I don’t have to dedicate manpower to it. I know the house is vacant,” he said.

Their last rescue was of a woman, her mother and two dogs. After they got them onto a boat, they could hear the walls of the house giving way and on the way back to the firehouse, Spinelli said it felt like a movie as each transformer they passed blew.

Sandy changed the way the firehouse operated, he said.

When a storm is coming, he thinks, “What can we afford to lose?”

“If we have to leave something, we’re going to leave the mini pumper as opposed to a $900,000 fire apparatus.”

Now, they have a live feed from the National Weather Service 24 hours a day.

“We’ve come a long way,” said Braton, adding that there is still more she would like to see including financial assistance for sewer backflow systems and flood insurance programs.

“I’ll settle for the floodgates,” she said, referring to the Army Corps of Engineers’ tentative plan for storm surge gates throughout New York and New Jersey waters, adding, “I’ll be gone by the time they get built ... you’re looking at probably 50 years from now. There will still be people and they will still need to be protected. It may be different people than who’s here now but we can’t just look at everything from our own perspective. We do have an obligation to the future.”

Streetlights and electrical systems are elevated now, Addabbo noted, and there is more flood mitigation and bulkheads are being built throughout the neighborhood. Mundy noted the success of the street raisings in Broad Channel.

“We have so much more work to do. We really do. We are getting there, but there’s so Q much more work to do,” said Addabbo.

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HURRICANE SANDY: THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY — IMAGES OF THE IMPACT

Worth a thousand words and far more in damage

In the course of 48 hours, Hurricane Sandy destroyed more than 600,000 homes in New York and New Jersey. The City of New York estimated $19 billion in damage here alone.

Parts of Queens, especially the southernmost portions like Breezy Point, which is seen burned to the ground at near right, were wrecked by flooding and fires.

In Community District 10, Chair Betty Braton says a third of the land mass was impacted by Sandy, accounting for two of six square miles.

Three out of the four Howard Beach Census tracks were significantly damaged, she said.

At top right, a child stretches to reach a marker indicating where water reached on a door next to Sal’s Food Market on 159th Avenue in Howard

Beach.

At top left, 99th Street near Charles Park was hit by a 10-foot storm surge. Below that, flooding could be seen throughout Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach.

Above center shows one of the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department trucks wrecked by the 8 feet of water that flooded the firehouse and next to that, its volunteer firefighters wading through the street.

More than 100 homes burned in Breezy Point where firefighters were unable to reach due to the storm surge.

At far right, emergency responders gather outside the former Waldbaum’s on Cross Bay Boule— Deirdre Bardolf vard.

PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER / FILE, TOP LEFT; COURTESY ROGER GENDRON, TOP RIGHT, SECOND ROW AND THIRD ROW, FAR LEFT; NICK SPINELLI, THIRD ROW, CENTER AND RIGHT; BY RIYAD HASAN BOTTOM LEFT; AND PJ MARCEL

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FDNY’s Bravest: No retreat, no surrender Twenty-one firefighters decorated for heroism in the Rockaways

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

FDNY Lt. Thomas Woods could not save his home from a firestorm backed by 80 mph winds; but he saved his family and more than 25 neighbors.

Firefighter Brandon Froelich, his crew’s engine stopped by water on Beach Channel Drive, learned two EMTs and a patient were trapped a block away in an ambulance caught in rushing, rising water.

Members of Ladder Co. 137 and Engine Co. 268, with one truck already out of commission and 11 people trapped in a burning building, were told no backup would be coming “until further notice.”

In June 2013 they were among 21 members of the FDNY awarded medals for bravery as Hurricane Sandy’s Oct. 29, 2012 storm surge, winds and resulting fires laid waste to whole neighborhoods in the Rockaways.

Woods and his son assisted people from the firestorm engulfing their block, including wheelchair-bound residents, through rising water, fallen trees and power lines.

Woods became only the third off-duty firefighter since 1869 to receive the James Gordon Bennett Medal, the department’s highest honor

for valor. It since has been renamed the Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Award, for the highest-ranking member of the FDNY killed on 9/11.

Firefighter Thomas Fee received the Hugh Bonner and Honor Legion medals, and Firefighter Edward Morrison, the Brooklyn Citizens Medal/Firefighter Louis Valentino Award for their actions in rescuing 13 people who had been forced by the storm surge to the roof of a building on Beach 114th Street, only to have the roof itself catch fire.

Firefighters Kievon Harper and Paul Patras, normally assigned to ladder companies, found themselves detailed that night to Marine Co. 3.

Patras received the Bella Stiefel Medal and Harper the Vincent J. Kane Medal for rescuing 24 people, including a pregnant woman and seven children.

Firefighter Joseph Adinolfi III had evacuated his family from the rising water and fastclosing fires, and was leaving his house, life vest in hand, when he heard frantic calls for help from a nearby parking lot.

He would swim more than 75 yards in three separate efforts to rescue nine people plus four dogs, a cat and a 50-year-old parrot, sheltering them in his home. He received the Thomas F.

Dougherty Medal for risking his life while off duty.

As Froelich and his group neared the quickly filling ambulance in wind-swept rain, first on foot and then swimming, the patient was swept away. Froelich took off in the dark through 7 feet of water, finding her clinging to a light pole 50 yards away. He carried her three blocks to safety. He was awarded the William F. Conran Medal.

Six members of Ladder Co. 137 and eight from Engine Co. 268 also were honored.

Ladder Truck 137 broke down when caught in the storm surge at Beach 108th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard. Hooking tow straps to Engine 268, firefighters were able to get the damaged apparatus back to the Beach 116th Street station shortly before they saw smoke coming from a burning building nearby.

Grabbing Engine 268’s extension ladder, men from both companies trudged through 5 feet of rushing water, eventually rescuing 11 people from three burning structures.

With the civilians safe, 268 headed to a structure fire as the radio bore grim news — no other companies were available for dispatch to their area, and 137 and 268 would be on their own until further notice.

Ladder 137, now a de facto engine company with the loss of its truck and many of its tools, spent the rest of the storm and well into the next morning using hoses and hydrants to douse buildings in danger of catching fire.

Engine Co. 268 worked its way along Rockaway Beach Boulevard with portable ladders and forced entry equipment, searching buildings, rescuing more than 20 people.

They then headed to a raging fire along Beach 110th Street and set out to confine it, with the eight exhausted men getting soaked, experiencing hypothermia and dodging floating debris ranging from cars and utility poles to sections of the boardwalk.

The department, in awarding them the Lt. James Curran New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Medal, credited Lt. Kevin O’Connor and firefighters Michael Arbuiso, Glenn Bubenheimer, Matthew Kempton, Alex Khodai, Stephen Masom, Robert Schiff and William Smith of Engine Co. 268 with stopping the equivalent of a multialarm fire.

Lt. Abimael Acosta and firefighters Paul Calvo, Evan Davis, Kevin Dolan, Richard Ferrin and Casey Skudin of Ladder Co. 137 received the FDNY’s Thomas R. Elsasser Q Memorial Medal.

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NYS utilities invest in fight against climate

ConEd commissioned study, has raised equipment, installed walls and pumps

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

A decade out from Hurricane Sandy, area utilities continue working to make sure they get the lights on as soon as possible in the event of the next major weather event.

A spokesperson for the New York State Department of Public Service said the state’s major utilities have devoted $19 billion to storm-hardening, resiliency and reliability initiatives.

“T hese st rategic i nvest ments were designed to make the electric system more resilient, adaptable and reliable,” the spokesperson said. “The improvements include more rigorous vegetation management programs, system wide storm-hardening system upgrades, and the introduction of greater enhanced automation systems designed to react quickly in the event of a storm to mitigate power loss and restore power quickly.”

In addition to the 44 lives lost and $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity citywide, nearly 2 million New Yorkers lost power during the October 2012 storm.

Con Edison’s initiatives to ensure grid stability have involved both rethinking past approaches and developing new ones. The utility says it builds its new facilities with

New York State’s major utilities have devoted $19 billion to storm-hardening, resiliency and reliFILE PHOTO ability measures post-Hurricane Sandy. the expectation that they will remain in operation for 80 years and possess the ability to withstand flooding from a 100-year storm and an additional 3 feet of sea level rise.

A spokesperson for the utility did not provide specifics on the exact measures taken in

the new facilities to ensure their long-term stability.

Measures taken to ensure reliability in already-existing facilities include raising equipment, building walls and installing pumps. The company also moved certain

overhead lines underground in Middle Village.

One of the most important response measures, per the spokesperson, is the expansion of the company’s utility truck fleet. In the past, workers coming from different parts of the country to assist in relief efforts would have had to travel in their own trucks. Now, ConEd can fly those workers into Pomona, NY, where the trucks are stored, and give them access to company-owned vehicles.

In the eyes of Romany Webb, a senior fellow and associate research scholar at Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, ConEd is ahead of the curve in preparing for the effects of climate change, which could make events of Sandy’s magnitude more common in the coming years.

The utility commissioned a study into the ways climate change can expose network vulnerabilities in 2019, and followed up a summary of action taken to fortify the grid against climate change in 2021.

“I know it’s not sort of, particularly sexy, but the planning phase is really hugely important when we think about how to prepare the electricity system and, frankly, other infrastructure across the city for these Q climate impacts,” Webb said.

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Ten years after Sandy, still work to be done Sanders, Richards look back on superstorm that rocked Queens

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) remembers the moment on Oct. 29, 2012 that he realized the true threat posed by Superstorm Sandy: when he saw his basement in Far Rockaway had flooded with 5 feet of water.

Sanders, then on the City Council, immediately called his staff, and told them to get to the office. “We are first responders,” he recalled telling them. Soon, members of Sanders’ team found themselves setting up a relief site at the Far Rockaway Shopping Center for constituents, attempting to provide them with what little resources they had. As Sanders put it, “We had nothing.”

Among those who made their way to the office in the storm — despite it being without power — was Borough President Donovan Richards, then Sanders’ chief of staff.

Part of the reason they lacked supplies, both Richards and Sanders said, was because of Hurricane Irene, for which residents had been evacuated the previous year.

“Everybody was like, ‘Oh, well, Irene was a false alarm, so should we take this seriously since the city had us jumping through hoops the first time?’” Richards recalled.

In the days after Hurricane Sandy, state Sen. James Sanders Jr. and Borough President Donovan Richards recalled, people from all over the city brought supplies to Southeast Queens. FILE PHOTO “But this one, obviously, was one of serious magnitude.”

Both said the lack of support from city agencies at the beginning of Sandy became clear fairly quickly. “We recognized that the

cavalry wasn’t coming,” Richards said.

With limited resources, there were some people they could not help — Sanders recalled having to turn away a diabetic man looking for food. “I will be haunted by that

guy for the rest of my life,” he said.

The Sanders team took to social media for help — and sure enough, volunteers from across the five boroughs and resources from across the country came out of the woodwork. Richards remembered someone from Texas had sent their office a generator.

Despite the struggles, he said, “I saw the best in our city residents, everyday New Yorkers stepping up, people from around the country.”

Since then, the city has made some longoverdue improvements to sewer infrastructure and to the beaches in Southeast Queens to help prevent flooding. Despite that, both Richards and Sanders said the borough has a long way to go to prepare for future storms.

“I don’t think we’re that much better prepared,” Sanders said. He did think, however, that the borough is more prepared psychologically. “Now we would bounce back quicker.”

Richards was a bit more optimistic.

“I think we’re in a better place, but we’re not out of the woods,” he said. Pointing to the Army Corps’ work to protect the coastline, he said, “I don’t pretend that we can stop Mother Nature’s wrath, but we can try to minimize damage as much as we can.” Q

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East River raged in western Queens

When Hurricane Sandy finished in the Rockaways, western Queens was next

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Former Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer remembers that city officials kept the City Council informed in the days and then hours leading up to Hurricane Sandy making landfall on Oct. 29, 2012; he and his staff, in turn, tried to do the same with residents, handing out fliers and warning them of the possible need to evacuate.

“But no one knew just how bad it ultimately would be,” Van Bramer said in an interview Monday. “But it became clear through briefings from the administration, [Office of Emergency Management], that were coming in that something bad was going to happen.”

Then the warnings became dire. Evacuation orders were given. Van Bramer and his staff stayed in his district office as long as they could without placing anyone in danger.

“Getting some residents to take us seriously was hard,” he said. “They had never been through this before. A lot of people didn’t appreciate just how close we were to the water. And at the time, of course, we were not included in the flood zones ... Then we got the order to hunker down,” he said.

Getting little sleep at home that night, Van Bramer kept in touch with emergency agen-

The East River took over Long Island City’s Gantry State Park during Hurricane Sandy in a photo NYC COUNCIL PHOTO / FILE highlighted by Jimmy Van Bramer that went viral. cies and constituents through social media and emails. It was on social media that he found and shared a powerful photo, taken from the upper floor of a building in Long Island City, of the East River overtaking and submersing Gantry State Park.

“The river kept going,” Van Bramer said.

“Newtown Creek overflowed.” He toured the district early the next morning with his staff.

“Basements were f looded. Apartment buildings — there are a lot more now than there were 10 years ago — had their mechanicals destroyed. Restaurants along Vernon Boulevard had their basements, where they

keep all their stuff, flooded.”

Up to the north, Monsignor Fernando Ferrarese, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, said there was one point of attention once it was determined that his flock had come through relatively unscathed.

“The Rockaways were in really, really bad shape,” Ferrarese said. “But we knew that even if it didn’t happen to us, it could have happened to us.”

They were part of an interfaith coalition called Faith in New York. The parish could get 30 to 40 volunteers at a time on buses to the peninsula, bringing both moral and material support. They were not necessarily looking for carpenters, plumbers and electricians.

“Just our parishioners,” he said. “We wanted to help.” He said they paid particular attention to those in the less-affluent areas of the Rockaways, largely minorities and renters, who did not have the same resources at their disposal as residents in other areas.

Van Bramer said people needed everything from housing to insurance claims.

“We had a lot of 18-hour days that first week,” he said. And when he announced that they too were collecting donations for the Rockaways at his Sunnyside office?

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Group to hold Rizzuto Park cleanup on Sat.

by Sean Okula

Ganpat specifically cited problems with trash, the homeless and what she called The Friends of Smokey “the bird men,” a group of Park advocacy group is holdpeople who visit the park in ing a cleanup of its eponythe morning and evening mous green space in Richhours — with their feathered mond Hill on Saturday, runfriends — and allegedly ning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. harass parkgoers.

Attendees will be assisting “They drink, and they’re with trash removal from the rude, and they catcall women children’s playground, basketball and handball courts, Phil Rizzuto “Smokey” Park. as they pass,” Ganpat said.

“They’re a group of people along with the raking and PHOTO BY SEAN OKULA that likes to encage these litbagging of leaves and debris tle birds and bring them there show to each and the planting of bulbs.

Juliet Ganpat, one of the event’s organiz- other their birds, but they’re not a pleasant group that just comes there,” she added. ers, says conditions in the park, officially named for former Yankee player and broad- “There have been a lot of issues with these guys coming there.” caster Phil Rizzuto, have become untenable Ganpat says the hope in making the park for resident use.

“We’re the people that live in this com- look nicer is to turn it into a more familymunity,” she said. “What we’re trying to do oriented setting and also to encourage those who may not be as committed to communiis clean up the park so that our seniors, our ty betterment, like the bird men, to move moms, our kids, after school they can go elsewhere. practice there.”

Those looking for more information on “This is our park. We have to take care of it, we have to enjoy it and everyone should the cleanup can call (347) 829-8522 or email friendsofsmokeypark@gmail.com. Q feel safe in it,” she added.

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Richards, Won square off on Innovation QNS Developer’s rep says plug would be pulled if Council votes project down

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

A City Council hearing last week on the Innovation QNS development proposed for Astoria led to some tense exchanges between Borough President Donovan Richa rd s a nd Cou nci lwom a n Ju l ie Won (D-Sunnyside).

Richards on Oct. 19 told the Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises that he is prepared to sign off on the deal — which he formerly opposed before an offer of more affordable units — while the Council continues to negotiate other details.

Won is adamant that she will not approve any project in which the developers do not foot the cost of designating at least 40 percent of their 2,800 apartments as affordable with the possibility of an additional 15 percent funded through city programs — or 55 percent total.

Innovation QNS is a $2 billion, five- A rendering of developers’ proposal for Innovation QNS, a five-block, $2 billion housing and commerblock proposal backed by Kaufman Astoria cial project in Astoria. Critics want more affordable housing included. In this view, 35th Avenue runs Studios, Silverstein Properties and Bed- from upper left to lower right in the front, with Northern Boulevard in the rear. NYC COUNCIL SCREENSHOT Rock Real Estate Partners.

Richards said it is those in shelters and The group is proposing 12 buildings on Advocate Jumaane Williams. During the the southern side of 35th Avenue between hearing, the advocates’ testimony in oppo- the new immigrants who can’t wait.

“For those who say it’s only 500 units of 37th and 43rd streets. Aside from the apart- sition was bolstered by U.S. Rep Nydia ments the plans call for business and retail Vela zquez (D -Brook ly n, Ma n hat t a n, 30 percent [area median income], well, you space, more than two acres of connected Queens) and Assemblywoman Jessica go into the shelter system and speak to my folks in the shelter system who need a unit. green space including a public park and an González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst).

Won said Innovation’s offer does not You go speak to the migrants. Because athletic field; and the rebuilding of an existing movie theater. The land now is covered have enough deep affordability to benefit guess what — every day at my desk, on my largely by parking lots, auto repair busi- a r e a r e sid e nt s , m a ny of whom a r e watch, I have to go speak to those individuals who are looking for permanent housing. nesses and other commercial uses, and the immigrants.

“Innovation QNS would be a majority So no one should sneeze at 500 units of 30 plan requires a rezoning the Council would unaffordable luxury development in the percent affordable as if it were nothing.” have to approve.

Richards said as they were debating the Back in September, after the project was middle of a working-class immigrant neighapproved by the City Planning Commis- borhood,” Won said. “The immediate proj- project, asylum seekers were stepping off ect area is one of buses at the Port Authority terminal. sion, developers the last corners of “They deserve better than to wait indefiupped their offer Astoria in western nitely in a shelter or a tent as long as we from 25 percent he alternate is not a new Q u e e n s w h e r e pretend that talking about affordability is af ford able to a r e n t s a r e l o w more than actually building it,” Richards total of 40 periteration of this plan.” enough for new said. “To say no to Innovation Queens at cent, with the im mig rants and this point — and I’m not saying that the additional u nits — Jay Martin, BedRock Real Estate Partners w o r k i n g c l a s s Council should not negotiate more ... but to f u nde d by cit y N e w Yo r k e r s .” say no to this scale of affordability that we programs.

“We are in the midst of a housing crisis She said even with 500 of the apartments have negotiated would be devastating and in Queens County,” Richards testified last slated to be set aside as “deeply affordable,” quite frankly, irresponsible.”

The councilwoman sought to counter Wednesday before the subcommittee he it was not enough.

“Innovation QNS has been in discussion used to chair. “And I’ll be damned if we’re gonna settle for parking lots and tow in our community for years and the compounds in Queens County during a housing munity has been consistently clear about their most critical need — true deep affordcrisis.”

Mayor Adams also supports the project. ability,” Won said. “Throughout the procontinued from page 2 Richards acknowledged that he had pushed cess, the Innovation QNS team has had Banks called it “obscure.” for as much as 50 percent in recent months, every opportunity to engage in these dis“I think it’s the perfect example, assemand said the Council should continue to cussions but they have failed to do so adebly member, of a day that we could substipress for the best possible deal in ongoing quately as the community has cried out.” tute for something much more meaningful, “Deep affordability” means apartments negotiations. “We can always do more.” But much more purposeful, and something that I he also told Chai r ma n Kevi n R iley for those with annual incomes at 30 percent think will have a great deal of relevance for (D-Bronx) that the city “needs to get to the or less of the area median income for the all of our young people as we move forNew York City region. point of ‘yes.’” ward,” said Banks.

“I strongly disagree with the idea that Richards, before the meeting, joined a Diwali goes by the Hindu calendar, this rally of support, which also featured mem- somehow the working class will benefit year falling on Oct. 24, and will change each bers of construction unions including Dis- form the construction of unaffordable year like the Jewish holidays, explained apartments, that we have the time in this trict Council 9, 32BJ-SEIU and Local 79.

Jacob Gross, senior advisor for Rajkumar.

Won, at another rally outside City Hall, housing crisis and affordability crisis that If enacted for next year, the school holiday was joined by some residents, advocates for we have,” Won said. “... We don’t have time immigrants and for housing and city Public to wait.

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accusations that she is against development, saying she already had approved projects for 800 units including 200 that are affordable. She also attempted to call Richards out on some of his previous statements earlier in the process that called for 50 percent of the units to be affordable. Richards said as in any negotiation, he had no intention of putting his last, best offer on the table first to allow for some back-and-forth.

Richards also brought up past exchanges between himself and Won on the matter in which she agreed in principle to 40 percent affordability.

“I just want to start out with a premise you started out with when you testified earlier — you said you approved 800 units of housing ... and out of those 800, 200 wear affordable, correct? ” he asked. “So that means you approved 25 percent affordable within your district right here as a councilmember. This project has 40 percent affordable attached to it ... I am president to this borough and I am an integral person. And you and I spoke on 40 percent. You agreed on 40 percent. And if somebody wants me to put it on the record, I can clearly do it right now.”

During their presentation, representatives of the developers said construction would be spread out over about 10 years.

They said there is a total of six housing units in the entire project area, whose residents could be accommodated in the new housing if they so choose.

Jay Martin of Bedrock said the 500 deep affordable units far outnumber the 102 that have been built in the district in the last eight years. Questioned by Riley, he said there is no plan B. “The alternate is not a new iteration of this plan,” Martin said. “The project sites are owned by 12 different landowners. It would fall back into the hands of those 12 disparate landowners, each with their own agendas and priorities.

“It could be 20 years before anything happens on these sites. It could remain the same. Or each of these individual 12 owners might do whatever they’re permitQ ted to do.” will fall in November. The bill was only just submitted and will have to be passed in the upcoming session.

Aminta Kilawan-Narine, founder of the South Queens Women’s March, called attention to misleading reports that Diwali “will be” a school holiday next year.

“While the press coverage may put the pressure on, this is by no means a done deal,” she wrote on Instagram. “We need to keep advocating to make Diwali a holiday.”

Councilwoman Linda Lee (D-Oakland Gardens) introduced a resolution in the City Council in May calling upon the New York City Department of Education to establish Diwali as an official holiday for New York Q City public school students.

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Organization wants to renew license to operate Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

For the Southern Queens Park Association, garnering community support for it to retake operational control of a Southeast Queens greenspace may be no walk in the park.

Newly appointed SQPA Executive Director Jermaine Sean Smith was invited onto Community Board 12’s online meeting last Wednesday to discuss the organization’s effort to renegotiate its license agreement with the city Parks Department for the operation of Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans. The idea was met with skepticism from some board members.

SQPA was in charge of the upkeep of the park for decades. According to NY1, the city took control of the maintenance of the space in October of last year.

Smith is advocating for the organization to retake control of the park so it can organize programming unique to the community.

“What our goal is, as we enter into the place where we begin the license agreement negotiation with Parks and their very overzealous attorneys, is to restore power to the community to run Roy Wilkins, to decide what happens in the park,” he said on the meeting.

In December 2020, Ingris Coronado, a former project manager with the organization, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing tens

of thousands of dollars in SQPA funds.

Some board members say they have been content with the condition of the park since the city has taken over.

“The park has been cleaner than it’s ever been,” Rene Hill said. “The reason that the money was taken away was that the money that they raised for the grounds was supposed to be used to clean the park grounds, and it wasn’t being used properly, and the park looked like a mess. Now, it’s cleaner than ever under the Parks [Department’s] control. I know you have nothing to do with the past, but that’s the reason.”

“I don’t know if it’s good to go back,” she added. “I know it would be to your advantage, but I’m not sure if it’s great for the community.”

Smith stepped into the role of executive director in July of this year. He agrees with the assessment that the park’s condition has been better since the city takeover, but stresses the importance of keeping his organization involved from a funding perspective to organize the best possible programming in the space.

“I love that the park’s looking good, but where’s the real partnership where the community can actually have control of what happens in the park, the way that so many other neighborhoods have?” he said.

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CB 12 hesitant to support SQPA effort

SQPA Executive Director Jermaine Sean Smith was on Community Board 12’s general meeting last PHOTO VIA ZOOM Wednesday to discuss the organization’s effort to regain control of Roy Wilkins Park.

“New day SQPA: that’s the energy that we’re bringing in, and we know there has to be a lot of reputation rehabilitation, but that’s a part of the process, building the trust back,” he added.

Board members Fitzroy Searles and Linette Townsley echoed Hill’s sentiments.

“I live a block away from Roy Wilkins Park; I could actually walk to the end of my

block and see the park,” Searles said. “The park has made substantial improvements.

They’ve trimmed the trees, they’ve improved line of sight, they’ve done a lot of upkeep.”

Smith was invited to Community Board 12’s Parks and Recreation Committee meeting, scheduled for Nov. 2 at 7 p.m., though a CB 12 representative could not confirm his Q scheduled appearance in time for print.

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A new Senate district? No sweat for Stavisky Ahead of election, incumbent looks back on record, toward new term

by Sophie Krichevsky

She added that some of the communities in SD 11 — like Whitestone and Bay Terrace — State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) is are ones she previously represented in SD 16, one of a handful of New York lawmakers who, as district lines have changed throughout her due to this year’s reapportionment process, 23-year tenure.

During his campaign, Forte, 24, has sughave the unique challenge of running in a new district while still reaping some of the benefits gested that it is time for Stavisky, 83, to leave the state Senate. Stavisky said that is just of incumbency.

Stavisky currently holds — and has since “ageism.”

“He is so far to the right that he’s the one 1999 — the Senate District 16 seat, which includes Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Forest who is out of touch — with not just the people Hills, parts of Bayside, Oakland Gardens and in the district, but really, the people of the Elmhurst. On Nov. 8, she and Republican Ste- State of New York,” she said of Forte, who she fano Forte will square off in a race to represent said “has absolutely no experience.”

Looking back on her legislative accomDouglaston, Little Neck, Bay Terrace, plishments this past term, Stavisky Whitestone, College Point, Glen Oaks said she is proud of the work she has and Queens Village, as well as parts done as chair of the state Senate of Astoria and Jamaica, in SD 11.

Committee on Higher Education.

Though she lives in Forest Hills, “We have not had an increase in Stavisky has had an apartment in tuition in the three and a half years Beechhurst since the 1980s. that I’ve been the chair each year,” The prospect of representing a she referring to SUNY and new district is not one Stavisky is 2 022 CUNY said, school costs. “In the past, it went particularly worried about. up to $100 a year — we stopped that in 2019.”

“The issues are the same — whether it be Stavisky was also pleased with her role in illegal truck parking or flooding or the sewer issues or trees being cut down ... these are passing the state’s gun control legislation issues that come up everywhere,” she told the (which she co-sponsored) earlier this year, Chronicle. “It’s as though the script is the which was passed in response to the Supreme same, it’s just that the cast of characters is dif- Court’s decision to strike down parts of the state’s open carry restrictions. ferent, or the geographic area is different.”

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State Sen. Toby Stavisky is running for a new PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY / FILE seat this fall.

Speaking of the legislation’s moratorium on guns in “sensitive” places, she said, “They need the assault rifle in the Ukraine — I don’t think they need one in Central Park.” Stavisky conceded, however, that using legal guns recreationally is “their right, even though I disagree with it.”

Still, the senator said illegal guns “seem to be everywhere,” and pointed to the Iron Pipe-

line as a significant contributor.

Asked about her views on bail reform, Stavisky said, “We have to take a look at how the judges are utilizing the bail requirements — or lack of bail — or remand.” She does not believe there is a clear picture, at this point, as to how bail reform has affected the crime rate, though she noted that mental health issues and addiction may play a role.

Stavisky was adamant that flood resiliency is a top priority for her.

“I think the local officials ought to sit down as a delegation and figure out how to fix the problem, because what we’re doing now is not working,” she said.

Flooding brought by storms like Hurricane Ida, she noted, were devestating to many living in basement apartments, including in Flushing, where three people died in an illegal unit.

Because of that, Stavisky said she is “not wild about” accessory dwelling units, which Gov. Hochul had initially attempted to legalize during this year’s budget negotiations, though the move was nixed after uproar from across the state, including in Little Neck and Douglaston.

In order to address the city’s housing crisis, then, Stavisky is adamant that more affordable housing be constructed.

“We have to build affordable housing. Period,” she said. “The problem is, we’ve got to Q make sure that it’s affordable.”

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The 24-year-old Republican will take on Sen. Stavisky on Nov. 8

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That put incumbent state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) out of the district. Facing a simiAt 24, Republican Stefano Forte is trying to lar issue in SD 16, state Sen. Toby Stavisky become the youngest person ever elected to the (D-Flushing), who lives in Forest Hills but has owned an apartment in Beechhurst since the state Senate in his bid for Senate District 11.

Forte does not view his age as synonymous 1980s, opted to run against Forte in SD 11.

Forte, who grew up in Astoria and lives with inexperience, and cited his time refinancing houses, as an entrepreneur and in commu- with his parents in Fresh Meadows, is just outside SD 11. Asked about that, Forte said he nity service.

“Being young isn’t a disadvantage — it’s an intends to move either to College Point or advantage. I mean, James Monroe signed the Whitestone.

Repealing bail reform is the cornerstone of Declaration of Independence when he was 18 years old. So I have a little bit of catching up Forte’s campaign, along with a broader toughto do,” he told the Chronicle. “There is no spe- on-crime approach.

“The house is on fire,” he said. “I undercial qualification in order to go into public life stand that we need to go and we need to look and into public service. Public service is at particulars, but we need to put out something that everyday citizens the fire before we before we go in should be able to do.” and start looking at particulars.”

He added, “We talk about expe“The judges need to be able to rience, we’ve got a whole bunch of get their discretion back — bottom really experienced statesmen and line,” he continued. “We need to women up in Albany, and look at not paint with such a broad stroke. the mess that we’re in right now.”

If somebody comes into a courtThis year’s chaotic state reappor2 022 room and is being accused of shoplifttionment process altered SD 11’s lines ing — this is the first time this has ever so that it includes College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Douglaston and Little Neck happened — we understand that there are and, following the Grand Central Parkway, people that make mistakes in their life. But continues to Willets Point and parts of Astoria there are people out there that have been while also veering southeast to include arrested for shoplifting hundreds of times.

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another.”

Asked for his views on the state Legislature’s gun control package, which was passed this summer after the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that regulated the carrying of guns outside the home, Forte said, “The state Legislature’s response is toothless.”

“We’re still seeing shootings, there’s still crime all over the place,” he said. “At the end of the day, criminals are not going to obey our laws — it’s just not going to happen.”

“I believe in law-abiding citizens to be able to own firearms,” Forte continued. “I’m not an ideologue, where I believe that, you know, it should be totally and completely just the Wild West. But I do believe that when you have Albany coming and trying to legislate this, when they’re not tough on crime, they actually don’t want to fix the problem — that’s not a response. It was a botched response, in my opinion.”

Forte did not comment on his own views on abortion and reproductive rights. Noting that the state has already codified Roe v. Wade into law, and then some, he said, “They’re not going to come up in the state legislature.

They’re just not.”

Forte was also adamant that critical race theory not be taught in schools. “It’s teaching one group that they are oppressed and another group that they are oppressors,” he said.

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Stefano Forte would be the youngest person ever elected to the state Senate. COURTESY PHOTO “What that’s going to do is encourage certain students to go after other students.”

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Sidewalks crowded with hazards on wheels ‘Free-for-all’ of bikes, e-bikes and scooters has pedestrians on edge, calling 311

by Jose Martinez Tanaz Meghjani and Claudia Irizarry Aponte THE CITY

that would require all powered vehicles with two or three wheels to be licensed and insured.

“It’s a free-for-all right now in New York City streets,” Holden (D-Maspeth) told THE CITY. “Everybody sees it — it’s mayhem.”

Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group, noted that concerns over cycling safety on sidewalks and elsewhere in the streetscape highlight the city’s need to accelerate its legally required rollout of protected bike lanes.

The nonprofit organization’s Protected Bike Lane Tracker says not even one-third of the 30 miles of bike lanes that are mandated by city law to be in place by the end of this year have been installed. As part of the fiveyear NYC Streets Plan, 250 miles must be in place by the end of 2026.

“This is an infrastructure problem,” said Jacob de Castro, a spokesperson for the group. “Statistically, the best way to get bikes off the sidewalk is by giving bike riders safe, protected places to bike.”

The group cited a DOT report that showed how, after bike lanes were installed in 2012 along Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, the percentage of cyclists riding on the sidewalk plummeted to 3 percent from 46 percent.

While the number of crashes involving bicycles pales in comparison to those involving motor vehicles, the EMS medical director at NYU Langone Health said crashes involving cyclists are a daily concern for medical staff at the hospital.

“At least once per day, sometimes more,” Dr. Reed Caldwell told THE CITY. “Fortunately, many people have minor injuries like scrapes and contusions, but people also get critically injured when it happens.”

Elena Solitario, 80, said she’s become hyperaware of bicycles on sidewalks and in the streets while walking on the Upper East Side, which has the highest number of 311 complaints about bikes and scooters in unwanted locations.

“I’m always saying, ‘What are you doing?’” Solitario said. “I’ll be on the sidewalk, walking or talking on the phone, and Q they’re just going.”

“THE CITY (www.thecity.nyc) is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York.”

This article was originally published on Oct. 25 at 5:00 a.m. EDT by THE CITY When Manny Ramirez hops on his e-bike to deliver food between Northern Manhattan and the Upper West Side, he said he tries to stick to the rules of the road — and to the bike lanes where he is allowed to operate.

“I don’t go too fast and I feel safer in the bike lane,” said Ramirez, who has been delivering orders placed via mobile apps for several years. “But not everyone does the same.”

Of course, delivery workers aren’t the only riders making use of so-called micromobility vehicles. The citywide boom in the use of e-bikes and e-scooters has coincided — perhaps unsurprisingly — with a spike in reports about hazardous bicycles, scooters and other devices that aren’t cars.

An analysis by THE CITY of 311 data shows that complaints about cycling, scootering and even in-line skating occurring in unwanted locations have boomed from pre- A cyclist rides on the sidewalk on Second Avenue at East 81st Street in Manhattan last week. pandemic levels — jumping from 484 in 2019 PHOTO BY JOSE MARTINEZ / THE CITY to 1,036 last year. In 2022, 1,082 complaints were made as of Oct. 23, with about half com- — in contrast with the 76 instances through from all angles: through new bike infrastrucing from Manhattan. (The 311 data does not Sept. 30 in which someone was fatally struck ture, the education of delivery cyclists and support for policies that address working condistinguish between complaints about various by a motor vehicle.

“My New Yorker side comes out when I ditions inf luencing how and where these forms of transportation, such as bikes vs. see someone biking on the sidewalk. It’s the workers ride,” said Vin Barone, a DOT e-bikes.)

“There’s bikes, e-bikes, scooters and only time I’m ever rude,” said Jameson spokesperson. “Delivery cyclists were rightmopeds — it’s insane,” said Rachel Benoff, Baughman, 31, who was walking two dogs on fully lauded as essential workers during the 46, last Thursday after a delivery worker on Beekman Street in Lower Manhattan Friday pandemic and we’re collaborating closely when a cyclist rode with sister agencies and labor groups to keep an e-bike rode past past him on the side- our streets safe for all road users.” her on an East 82nd Street safety is a top concern for delivery walk. “As someone St reet sidewalk.“I who also bikes, I workers and the labor group Los Deliveristas feel like I am conthink that’s what the Unidos: Last year, 49 percent of workers surst a ntly hav i ng to veyed by researchers at the Cornell University [bike] lanes are for.” dodge people.”

School of Industrial and Labor Relations and The surge has also the Workers Justice Project reported being in A study for safety been accompanied by The complaints a crash while making a delivery. Those who a Citi Bike expansion come as the city’s have survived say the app companies offer and the shift of some Department of Con- lopsided options for occupational and traffic New Yorkers away sumer and Worker injury relief. from mass transit to The summer was marked by a series of P r o t e c t io n n e a r s other for ms of completion of a study deadly crashes including 21-year-old Christransportation.

At the same time, On the sidewalk and under a scaffold, a deliv- into delivery work- tian Catalan, who was killed by a hit-and-run enforcement against ery worker bikes in the Financial District last ers’ minimum pay driver in The Bronx; Be Tran, 74, who was killed on the job in Queens by a hit-and-run bikes on sidewalks week.

PHOTO BY HIRAM ALEJANDRO DURÁN / THE CITY and how to improve safety conditions for driver; and Daniel Vidal, 30, who was run has decreased, NYPD statistics show — just as enforcement those toiling on the st reets for tech over by a truck in Brooklyn.

Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos statistics in many categories have dropped companies.

The study, which agency spokesperson (D-Jackson Heights) said the companies when compared to prepandemic levels.

NYPD data show that through the first six Michael Lanza said will be made public “in that employ what City Hall estimates is months of this year, the most current figures the coming weeks,” was mandated as part of 65,000 app-based food delivery workers available, there have been 103 civil summons- a slate of City Council bills passed last year across the five boroughs have to be es and 97 criminal ones related to unlawful that aim to expand the rights and workplace accountable for the safety of workers scrambling to make deliveries. biking on the sidewalk. That’s down nearly protections of app-based delivery workers.

“The apps themselves play a role “We work with the Department of Trans20 percent from the same time period in 2019 — and 52 percent fewer than in 2018, when portation,” the agency’s commissioner, Vilda here,” said Ramos, who led the effort to police issued 346 civil summonses and 67 Vera Mayuga, told THE CITY in September. have e-bikes and e-scooters legalized in “We want to make sure that we’re doing the 2020. “The workers feel a lot of pressure criminal summonses.

Compared to motor vehicles, bicycles, right feedback on all of our areas of expertise to work harder and that is not necessarie-bikes and other motorized devices are ... We want to make sure that it’s really going ly safe.” involved in a very small fraction of all pedes- to be the best way to serve New Yorkers.”

Protect the lanes The city DOT is participating in the safety trian injuries. According to DOT and NYPD A delivery worker biked on a TriBeCa sidewalk for Robert Holden, a Queens City Coun- several blocks before stopping to make his delivery statistics, there have been two deaths this year component of the study.

“DOT is addressing safe, lawful cycling cil member, has proposed legislation last week. in which a pedestrian was struck by a bicycle PHOTO BY TANAZ MEGHJANI / THE CITY

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

by Michael Gan Gannon

said. “It morphs into what is good for the filmmakers. And this is a very bold season.”

The festival runs from Nov. 1 to Nov. 6.

Venues include the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria; the Queens Theatre at Flushing Meadows Corona Park; Kaufman Astoria Studios’ Zukor Theater in Long Island City; Flushing Town Hall; and The Local in Long Island City.

“We’re expanding into new neighborhoods,” Cato said. “And it’s really all about the films — finding the films, promoting the films to the audiences, making sure we can connect the right films with the right media outlets so we can amplify their stories.”

The festival also will run virtually from Nov. 20 to Dec. 4 on filmfestivalf-

lix.com.

Cato, who said she does not choose the films, says it is hard to select favorites.

“I love all my children,” she said.

“We have 2,000 films over 12 years.”

She said this year that Flushing Town Hall will host a film by a young Indonesian filmmaker, as well as two by artists from India who plan to be present for their screenings.

Cato said Sophia Castuera’s “august at twenty-two” was created by a group of young filmmakers.

“This film captures the young 20s who move to New York — I moved here when I was 26.” She said the film avoided stereotypes like casting modeltypes in lead roles. continued on page 29

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With 157 films from 27 countries shown in five venues over six days, the 12th annual Queens World Film Festival probably could justifiably say it has something for everyone.

But Katha Cato is promising more.

“Be prepared to see something in every block that — it’ll rattle you.”

And even if one has seen one or more of the pa st festivals, Cato, executive director and board president of the festival, believes that like the philosopher who says one cannot ever cross the same river twice, there is no such thing as a routine Queens film festival, no matter how often one has attended.

“The festival is driven by the voices of those chosen to participate,” Cato

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Abraham Beame was born Abraham David Birnhaum on March 20, 1906 in London to Russian immigrants Philip and Esther Birnhaum.

Young Abraham arrived in America at only 3 months old on the ship Etruria. The family changed its last name to Beame and settled on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father was active in politics. becoming a Liberal Party committeeman.

Young Abe married Mary Ingerman on Feb. 18, 1928 and graduated from City College with a degree in accounting the same year. They had two sons, Edmund and Bernard, and bought a home on Carroll Street in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.

He admired Mayor LaGuardia so much he made up his mind his goal in life was to be mayor of New York City too. His wife loved the beach and sun so much they moved to a six-room rented home on Beach 131st Street in the Belle Harbor section of the Rockaways. In the media they would only list the address as the “11th house from the beach.”

The summer home of former Mayor Abraham Beame as it looked in the 1940s — the “11th house from the beach” — on Beach 131st Street in the Rockaway’s Belle Harbor.

INSET COURTESY NYC.GOV VIA WIKIPEDIA

He was elected the 104th mayor of New York City in 1973. The oath was administerd at his Belle Harbor home on Dec. 31, 1973 and became effective Jan. 1, 1974. He never wanted to achieve higher office. His goal was attained.

He passed away on Feb. 10, 2001, one Q month shy of his 95th birthday.

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There’s no question that the art world can be a tough one to break into. The cost for supplies alone can be a barrier for many, and finding a place to showcase pieces can be even more difficult.

Lessening that hardship for artists is at the heart of the Welling Court Mural Project, a collection of more than 100 murals in Astoria, Jackson Heights and Woodside, founder Alison Wallis told the Chronicle.

Wallis and her ex-husband had been involved in Bushwick’s art scene through their group, Ad Hoc Art, for some time when, in 2009, Welling Court residents Jonathan and Georgina Ellis first contacted

Artist SPOne puts on finishing touches.

them about the need for more public art in their neighborhood, especially as the area became more gentrified.

“Gentrification is pushing out the people who inspired all of this artwork, and they’re not capable of seeing the things that they’re influencing and that they’re helping to inspire,” Wallis said. “So we wanted to be able to have an outdoor gallery space, and continue to show [work by] the people that we had been working with, as well as being able to give a platform to other artists.”

Since 2009, Welling Court has allowed countless artists from all over to showcase their work. Though the first murals were in Astoria, the project has recently expanded to Woodside and Jackson Heights, and is “always needing more walls,” Wallis said.

Community members who have publicly facing walls and would like them to be used for the project can send an email to WCMPNYC@gmail.com.

Generally, work stays up on a wall for about a year — from June to the following June — Wallis said. Throughout the month of June, new, colorful murals of varying styles and subjects are painted on the permitted walls. Members of the public are encouraged to see that process for themselves during that time. The new work is celebrated every year with an official

opening event.

Though many of the artists have featured their crafts through the project in previous years, there are also plenty of international artists whose work is included in the project, even if they are only in New York for the year. Still, getting a mural spot can be competitive, as they open up rarely, Wallis said. Interested artists can apply at wellingcourtmuralprojectnyc.com.

Contrary to what one might think, the Welling Court Mural Project has no real relationship to 5Pointz, Long Island City’s abandoned factory-turned-street-art-mecca that was torn down in 2014.

“Of course the end of 5Pointz impacted us. We had more requests from graffiti writers to paint since their spaces were stolen from them,” Wallis said. “We have deep respect for 5Pointz as it helped pave the path for what we and all other mural projects in this city, continue to do.” She added that the WCMP has done some work with former 5Pointz curator Meres One. Though the murals are open to the public 24/7, tours can be requested for at least 20 people for $20 each; those need to be scheduled two weeks in advance. Those looking to donate to the project may visit fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/wellingQ court-mural-project-nyc.

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Welling Court Mural Project: art for all

Alice Mizrahi is one of numerous artists whose work has been featured through PHOTOS BY LOIS STAVSKY the project.

Prepare to be amazed at Queens World Film Festival

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Donald Cato, her screenwriting professor and Katha’s husband, with convincing her to create her short.

“Everyone knows about the Buddha, but no one knows about his wife,” Lohia told the Chronicle. “I was nervous about writing a script. [Cato] said I should make it a short.” She now is planning a series of films.

Then there is “Filmmaker for the Prosecution” by Jean-Christophe Klotz, which tells how films were tracked down, preserved and presented as damning evidence to convict surviving members of the Nazi leadership during the Nuremberg war crimes trials after World War II. Sandra Schulberg, a member of the festival’s board who preserves old and independent films, was the co-producer. Her father and uncle, Stuart and Budd Schulberg, gathered the Nazi films under their commanding officer with the Office of Strategic Services, Hollywood director John Ford.

Schulberg also is one of five women who will be recognized with the annual Spirit of Queens Award. Other recipients include Taryn Sacramone, chair of the Cultural Institutions Group and executive director of Queens Theatre; Sade Lythcott, chief exec-

Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s personal photographer, with U.S. intelligence officers including Stuart Schulberg, right, from “Filmmakers for the Prosecution.” On the cover: Just a few of the offerings in this year’s Queens World Film Festival. PHOTOS COURTESY QWFF utive officer of the National Black Theatre and chair of the Coalition of Theatres of Color; Lucy Sexton, executive director of New Yorkers for Culture & Arts; and Ellen Kodadek, executive director and artistic director of Flushing Town Hall.

Tickets, schedules and more information

can be found on the festival’s website at queensworldfilmfestival.org. Tickets are $15 plus a handling fee for general admission or $11.25 plus fee for students and seniors.

Archives from previous festivals can be Q found online at bit.ly/3DbKomI.

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continued from page 27 “That lets all of us normal-looking people see themselves in the lives of the characters.”

She said “Trap,” a thriller by Anthony Edward Curry, “is nontraditional storytelling. It scares you to death ... [Curry] is not fooling around.”

Neha Lohia, a native of India, is the writer, director, producer and editor of “Yashodhara: The Buddha’s Wife.” She credits

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MAMALAKIS, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EFSTRATIOS MAMALAKIS, ET AL. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 12, 2020, bearing Index No. 709650/2016, I will sell at public auction on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 11:30 am on the front steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, 11435, the premises known as 29-12 172nd Street, Flushing, New York 11358 (Block: 4934, Lot: 11). Premises is being sold subject to a fi led Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Terms of Sale. Judgment amount $531,184.38 plus interest and costs. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with the 11th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies.

All parties attending must wear a mask and practice social distancing. LAMONT BAILEY, Esq., Referee. Harry Zubli, Esq., attorney for plaintiff (516) 487-5777.

Notice is hereby given that a license, Number 1352762 for beer, cider, liquor and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, cider, liquor and wine at retail in an airport hospitality lounge under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at the Delta Sky Club located in JFK International Airport, Terminal 4, Headhouse, Level 4, Jamaica, Queens County, NY, for on-premises consumption.

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Notice of Formation of ADVENTURE IN CREATIVITY LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: SAKURAKO SHIMIZU, 6212 FLUSHING AVE., MASPETH, NY 11378 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Liquor License, serial number #TBA, for beer has been applied for by the undersigned to permit the sale of beer at retail under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at FOCCACIA FARMER INC. 452 SENECA AVENUE RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385, off-premises consumption.

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Legal Notices Notice of Qualifi cation of 1066 ZEREGA AVENUE INDUSTRIAL LLC Appl. for Auth. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/30/22.

Offi ce location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/28/22. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 20-18 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 11103.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Legal Notices Notice of Formation of BodyCare Physical Therapy PLLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/27/2017.

Offi ce location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 84-10 Main Street, Apt 249, JAMAICA, NY 11435.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of BRAVO CHARLIE COMPANY LLC of Org. fi led with the SSNY Articles of Organization were fi led on 01/24/22. Offi ce: Queens with the Secretary of State of New County. SSNY designated as York (SSNY) on 07/03/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has agent of the LLC upon whom been designated as agent of the process against it may be LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail served. SSNY shall mail copy a copy of process to: THE LIMof process to the LLC, 144-20 ITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 10814 72ND AVE., 2ND FLOOR, FOREST 69th Ave, Flushing, NY 11367. HILLS, NY 11375. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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CO-OPS FOR SALE HOWARD BEACH/ LINDENWOOD

• Pembroke - Studio.

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4451 Island LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/6/2022.

Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 177 Beach 137th St., Rockaway Park, NY 11694. General Purposea

Notice of Formation of CG&J MEZZ LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/21/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GEORGE HWF. Heat & water incl. Avail NOW. XU, 3366 FARRINGTON STREET, SUITE 200, FLUSHING, NY 11354. Tiana Williams 917-982-8507.

Capri Jet Realty Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Qualifi cation of 60 SOUTH MACQUESTEN PARKWAY INDUSTRIAL LLC Appl. for Auth. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/30/22. Offi ce location: Queens County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/28/22.

Princ. offi ce of LLC: 28-18 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 11103. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. fi led with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of CHANNEL BEACH, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/27/22. Offi ce location: Queens County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 847 Shepherd Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11208. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. offi ce.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of limited liability company (LLC).

Name: AVEENA HOME CARE LLC. Articles of Organization fi led with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/29/2022. Offi ce Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 214-19 Jamaica Ave, Queens Village, NY 11428, USA. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ELDERT BK LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/22. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 27-28 Thomson Ave, Unit 326, Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Cypress Hills, 216 Ridgewood Ave, #3. 3 BR semi-railroad, $2,800/mo. Newly renov kit, HW fls, windows in every room, 3rd fl walk-up. Heat & hot water incl.

Avail NOW. Call Tiana Williams, 917-982-8507. Capri Jet Realty

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Houses For Sale Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Lg Brookfield Style Hi-Ranch, 4 BR, 3 full baths, vaulted ceilings, master BR w/full bath, finished walk-in, back decks upstairs & downstairs.

Wood fls. Buyers must be preapproved! Price range $999,000 to $1,050,000. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1146

Maspeth, 59-28 72 St. 2BR, 1 bath box apt. $2,300/mo. Avail NOW. Heat & hot water incl. 800 sq ft apt w/2 balconies, new appli incl dishwasher. Call Michael Bifalco, Flushing, Lg det 1 fam on 50x100 917-704-5147. Capri Jet Realty lot. Lots of potential. Zone R1-2A Old Howard Beach, 3 BR, pvt Duplex, 7 BRs, 3 full baths,1 half entrance, freshly painted, HW fls, bath, full bsmnt, attic, lg wrapDR. $2,400/mo + cooking gas & around porch, fenced-in yard. electric. Pam @ Connexion RE, Quiet block. Call for appt! ASking $1,700,000. Connexion Real 917-755-9800 Estate, 718-845-1136

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Glendale, Beautiful section of Liberty Park. 1 fam, 3 BR, 1 full bath. Updated kit, SS appli. 1 car gar. Pvt dvwy, high ceilings, laminate fls, beaut front bay window.

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Many windows w/triple glaze, new roof. Asking $787,000. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

Howard Beach/Lindenwood, Sun, 10/30, 12:30pm-2:30pm, 151-14 80th St. Brick attached 2 fam, great investment property. Walk-in fin bsmnt w/door to yard. 1st fl has 2 BR, 1 bath apt w/terr. 2nd fl has 1 BR, 1 bath apt w/terr. A must see! Call for appt. Asking $1,199,000. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

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HEARING NOTICE The New York City Board of Standards and Appeals has scheduled a virtual or hybrid public hearing on the following application on: November 14th or November 15th, 2022. BSA Cal. No. 20211-BZ Premises: 31-18 37th Street, Queens - Block 649, Lot 42 Variance (§72-21) to permit the enlargement of a school (Trinity Lutheran Church) contrary to underlying bulk requirements. R6B and R6A zoning district. Applicant: Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP An agenda listing the specifi c session (including the fi nal date and time) with call-in details will be posted as an announcement on the front page of the Board’s website (www. nyc.gov/bsa) the Friday before. The public hearing will be livestreamed on the Board’s website and on YouTube. Interested Notice of Formation of GW persons or associations may watch online and call in to present LIKEMINDED LLC Articles of testimony during the public hearing. Please see the Board’s Organization were fi led with the Virtual Hearing Guides located at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2022. Offi ce bsa/public-hearings/public-hearings.page However, the Board may determine that it must conduct the public hearing as a location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent “hybrid,” during which the Commissioners will meet in person at the Board’s offi ce in Manhattan and also appear virtually on of the LLC upon whom process live-streamed YouTube and on an interactive Zoom Webinar. In the against it may be served. SSNY event of a “hybrid” hearing, applicants and the public may attend shall mail a copy of process to: GW LIKEMINDED LLC, 115-18 166TH in person or participate remotely by calling into the Zoom Webinar and watching the YouTube livestream. Details for the hearing and STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11434. whether it will be conducted as a hybrid will be posted on the Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Board’s website the Friday before the hearing. If the hearing is Melody & Son LLC, Arts of announced as a hybrid, in the interest of accommodating social Org. fi led with Sec. of State of distancing with limited seating capacity and to address ongoing health concerns, members of the public are strongly encouraged NY (SSNY) 4/23/2021. Cty: to participate in the hearing remotely. You may submit a written Queens. SSNY desig. as agent statement by using the “Public Comment form” on the Board’s upon whom process against website located at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/bsa/contact bsa/public-comments.page For any communication, please may be served & shall mail include or refer to BSA Calendar No. 2021-1-BZ and the property process to 34-21 21st St., address: 31-18 37th Street, Queens - Block 649, Lot 42. To coordinate review of the application materials, inquire about apt. 5E, Long Island City, NY continued hearing dates and/or assistance, please contact the 11106. General Purpose Board offi ce at (212) 386-0009.

GRG Hoyt Ave Realty LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/4/2019. Cty: Queens.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 28-21 Astoria Blvd., Astoria, NY 11102.

General Purpose

Notice of Formation of SEA MOSS MOM, LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/02/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: USHA DEODAT-KANHAI, 120-04 135TH STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11420.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

VALISA REALTY LLC. Arts. of

RC ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/20/2022. Offi ce loc: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, c/o CellMark, Inc., 80 Washington Street, Norwalk, CT 06854. The limited liability company designates the following as its registered agent upon whom process against it may be served within the State of New York is: C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005.

Purpose: any lawful business activity.

Notice of Formation of SOUCIANT LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/07/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: SOUCIANT LLC, 119-42 179TH STREET, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11434. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of VM Collectibles LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/28/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: VINCE MERCADO, 37-09 62ND ST, 2ND FL, WOODSIDE, NY 11377.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Org. fi led with the SSNY on 08/11/22. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Frances Joseph, 41-40 47th Street, Astoria, NY 11105.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

INDEX NO. 707870/2015 Premises: 172-77A HIGHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 3J, JAMAICA ESTATES, NY 11432 District: Section: Block: 9884 Lot: 1027 Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, v. JEAN DELECROIX BAKONIARIVO, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; ANTOINETTE BAKONIARIVO, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; JAMAICA ESTATES CONDOMINIUM; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY VIRTUE OF POSSIBLE UNPAID TAXES OR LIENS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY VIRTUE OF POSSIBLE UNPAID TAXES OR LIENS; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the Complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $188,300.00 and interest, recorded on February 05, 2004, in Instrument Number 2004000071768, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York. covering premises known as 172-77A HIGHLAND AVENUE, UNIT 3J, JAMAICA, NY 11432. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: September 22, 2022 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC. By: Ankit Mehta, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, NY 11590. Tel: (516) 280-7675 Fax: (516) 280-7674

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Notice of Formation of R&A IMPERIAL RENTALS LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/25/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: R&A IMPERIAL RENTALS LLC, 1200 51ST STREET, #503, BROOKLYN, NY 11219.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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