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NEW WAVE Katz elected DA ushering in justice-reform era PAGES 2 AND 6 Borough President Melinda Katz triumphed in this week’s election with relative ease, after barely surviving a harrowing recount in the primary last spring.

She celebrated her win with supporters including Assemblyman David Weprin, left, Rep. Greg Meeks and Councilman Donovan Richards.

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ew Yorkers voted on Tuesday by wide margins to pass five ballot proposals that will change the City Charter.

With 90 percent of precincts reporting, the Board of Elections website says each measure passed with at least 71 percent of the votes.

Although each passed easily, proposals one and two generated the most buzz.

With the first proposal passing, rankedchoice voting will now be used in mayoral, borough president, city comptroller, City Council and public advocate elections. Under the new system, voters will be able to rank up to five candidates for an office. A candidate with a majority of first-place votes wins. If none has a majority, then the last-place candidate is eliminated and the ballots with that candidate as their first-place vote are given to the second-choice candidate. The process can be repeated until one of them gets a majority.

The first proposal will also change the timeline for redrawing the lines of Council districts so the process ends before candidates can collect petition signatures to get on the ballot.

The measure will also change the law so special elections for elective city offices generally take place 80 days after a vacancy occurs rather than the present 60 days for mayor and 45 days for borough president, comptroller, Council and public advocate.

The second proposal will give the Civilian Complaint Review Board — which probes alle-

gations of misconduct by NYPD officers against people — more teeth.

It will let the CCRB give its executive director the power to issue and enforce investigative subpoenas. Additionally, the measure will require the NYPD commissioner to explain why in writing whenever he or she does not follow a recommendation for disciplining a particular officer made by the board. The CCRB’s executive director will also be allowed to investigate the truth of any statement made by an officer in one of its investigations or resolutions of a complaint made against the officer in question and, if appropriate, recommend discipline.

The board’s size will be increased from 13 to 15 members, with one of the two new members — appointed jointly by the mayor and Council speaker — chairing the CCRB. The public advocate will pick the other new board member.

Significantly less attention has been paid to the third, fourth and fifth proposals.

Among other ethical reforms, the third proposal will ban elected and senior-level appointed officials from appearing before the agency they worked in for two years after they exit the city’s municipal workforce. It would apply to those who leave office after Jan. 1, 2022.

The fourth proposal changes the Charter to allow the city to use a “rainy day” fund to store money so it can be used in a future situation like a financial crisis. State law will also need to be changed for the fund to be utilized, though. Additionally, the proposal will set minimum budgets for the public advocate and bor-

Poll workers sit at their stations in the early voting site at the New York Hall of Science in FILE PHOTO Corona. ough president’s offices.

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Also on Tuesday, Borough President Melinda Katz routed Republican nominee Joe Murray in their Queens district attorney race, earning 75 percent to his 24 percent [see separate story].

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a Democrat, won 78 percent of the vote in his race to easily fend off Republican challenger City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island), who got 20 percent of the vote.

Queens residents voted in three judicial elections, too.

Ten candidates ran to become a justice of the 11th Judicial District, a title that only six of them could claim. The six Democrats won: Donna-Marie Golia of Douglaston, Phillip Hom of Flushing, Maurice Muir of Jamaica, Stephen Knopf of Oakland Gardens, Wyatt Gibbons of Flushing and Lourdes Ventura of Richmond Hill.

Similarly, three of four candidates had successful candidacies for Queens County Civil Court judge. Again, the three winners — Lumarie Maldonado-Cruz of the Bronx, Claudia Lanzetta of Flushing and Assemblywoman Michele Titus (D-South Ozone Park) — were the Democratic candidates. Titus’ victory means a special election will likely be called after she vacates her Assembly seat.

Alan Schiff of Far Rockaway, who had both the Democratic and Republican lines, ran unopposed to win the election for Civil Court judge for the Fifth Municipal Court District, which covers the Rockaway Peninsula and Q Broad Channel.

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‘Heinous’ attack sparks shelter flap Ozone Park groups want to know how suspect was allowed to move in

by Michael Shain Editor

A resident of the homeless shelter on 101st Avenue has been arrested on charges of grabbing a 3-year-old boy in a Woodhaven laundromat last month.

News of the Oct. 19 sexual assault has undermined an already frayed relationship between the nonprofit organization that runs the shelter, the Lantern Group, and a civic group in Ozone Park that sued to prevent it from opening earlier this year and lost.

“How are we classifying these folks to protect our community?” asked Assemb l y wo m a n S t a c e y P h e f f e r A m a t o (D-Rockaway Beach), who was briefed on the circumstances of the arrest at a community meeting with the shelter’s managers last week.

Community groups also wanted to know why cops were barred from entering the shelter when they came to search for the suspect.

“This is disturbing on as many levels as you can imagine,” Amato said. “They have no handle on this.”

The 63-year-old suspect, Luis Olivo, is alleged to have sat down next to a 3-year boy inside the No. 1 Laundromat on Jamaica Avenue at 78th Street while the child’s parents were busy loading a washing machine, according the complaint.

Caught on surveillance video, the man was seen with candy on the table where he sat with the child and struck up a conversation.

A resident of the new 101st Avenue homeless shelter is alleged to have grabbed a three-year-old boy in this laundromat on Jamaica Avenue. The arrest of a 63-year-old suspect has sparked outPHOTO BY MICHAEL SHAIN rage in Ozone Park where the shelter’s opening was strongly opposed.

“The defendant . .. pass[ed] a balloon back and for th with him, repeatedly tug[ged] on the complainant’s sweatshirt and leaned in towards the complainant’s face,” according to a police statement.

Olivo then allegedly grabbed the child

and pulled him toward his body, the statement said. The suspect fled after witnesses in the laundromat intervened.

Deput y Inspector Cou r t ney Nilan, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said detectives from the Queens

Child Abuse Squad recognized Olivo from earlier encounters with police.

Two days later, he was located living at the shelter, she said.

Olivo is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and was ordered held on $2,000 bail. He is still being held at Rikers, Department of Correction records indicate.

“This was heinous, the worst kind of thing you could think of,” said Nilan.

Neighbors have complained that some residents of the shelter are a nuisance — hanging out on stoops of nearby homes, smoking pot and urinating in alleyways.

Police responded to 28 calls to the shelter last month, according to 102nd Precinct records.

The complaints usually involve problems among residents or between residents and staff members, said Nilan. But the sexual assault has been, by far, the most serious incident involving shelter residents.

Olivo had a prior ar rest for sexual assault in 1987, an NYPD spokeswoman said.

When the facility refused to allow police access to its surveillance cameras last summer in a vandalism case, the Ozone Park Residents Block Association set up its own video system to monitor the shelter at 86th Street and 101st Avenue.

“It’s an outrage,” said Mike Scala, lawyer for the block association and a former candidate for City Council. “They’ve been very disappointing, no question.” Q

New commander named at 106 Pct. Energetic captain, whose dad grew up in Howard Beach, takes reins

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The 106th Precinct, which includes Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park, has a new boss.

Capt. John Costello, 43, a thirdgeneration cop with family roots in Howard Beach, took over as commanding officer on a day of sweeping changes in the supervisory ranks of South Queens.

Four of the eight precincts in the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens South division got new commanding officers on Monday [see separate story, page 16], in what has been characterized as a routine management shift.

Costello, the former head of special units at PBSQ, comes to his new command with a steel-trap

working knowledge of the area.

“My father grew up right behind New Park Pizza,” he said.

“I couldn’t ask to come to a better neighborhood.”

Costello replaces Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon, who was named to take over the neighboring 113th Precinct, also on Monday.

It is Costello’s first precinct command and he is the model of the modern police commander.

“My job is to listen in the beginning,” he said.

“Honestly, when I started in the department, the police were the police and the community was the community. It’s not like that way anymore, glad to say.

“Everybody is on the same side now. I can’t do this job without the community.”

Costello calls himself a student of the “precision policing model,” an approach popularized by former Police Commissioner William Bratton to manage law-enforcement organization by using data and analysis to target the suspects committing the most serious crimes.

“That’s the future,” he said.

The model worked well for him as the boss of the Queens South Fraud Investigation Unit that locked up 119 people in the last year on charges of falsely reporting their cars stolen in order to collect the insurance.

The unit discovered that one in every six stolen car reports t h i s ye a r w a s f a ke. “ I w a s shocked too,” he said.

Police work, he said, is “innate, in-born with me.” continued on page 14

Capt. John Costello comes to the Howard Beach-Ozone Park precinct from the the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens South where he supervised units that investigated auto fraud and supported plainclothes, anticrime operations.

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Katz beats Murray to become next DA BP wins election with 75 percent of the vote; will take office Jan. 1

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She’s both borough president and district attorney-elect.

Democrat Melinda Katz won the Queens DA race Tuesday with 75 percent of the vote over Joe Murray, the cop-turned-lawyer who ran on the Republican line.

“We know that there is a better Queens ahead of us,” Katz said in her victory speech at Queens County Democratic headquarters in Forest Hills. “We know that together we will end cash bail. We know that together we will protect workers and make our work sites safe for our workers out there. We know that together we will protect immigrant rights and make sure we don’t have ICE agents in a court of law and in our courtroom because that’s not how you get justice.”

The general election was all but a foregone conclusion after Katz narrowly defeated public defender Tiffany Cabán in the Democratic primary when a recount gave her a come-from-behind victory.

Katz acknowledged the tough primary battle in her speech.

“Now’s the time when we all stand together,” she said. “Now’s the time when we work together every single day.”

There were seven candidates in the pri-

Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan came to Borough President Melinda Katz’s victory celebration after she easily defeated Republican candidate Joe Murray to become the district PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL attorney-elect. mary race, including Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), who dropped out of the contest and supported Katz. He was at the victory speech. Acting District Attor ney John Ryan also came to the celebration.

Ryan replaced the late Richard Brown, who served in the position from 1991 until

his death in May. U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), chairman of the Queens County Democratic Committee, which supported Katz, spoke about the importance of her win.

“We have someone that understands our borough,” Meeks said. “Someone that brought us all together. Someone that we

can lean on and depend upon no matter where we come from this borough.”

The race for district attorney was one that saw many of the candidates criticizing Brown and the current regime for its championing of broken windows policing — going after smaller offenses to prevent bigger ones. There were 351 murders in the borough in Brown’s first year in office. Last year, there were 65. Longtime Assistant Queens District Attorney Greg Lasak finished a distant third in the Democratic primary.

Candidates, including Katz, talked about their goals to reform the system.

“I will work day and night to make sure that we not only keep this borough safe but that our young people get second chances, that we have rehab programs to make sure that people have the help they need,” she said on Tuesday.

Katz thanked Ryan for his appearance at the celebration, saying that he has been gracious in the transition. Ryan previously said that he will resign when the new district attorney takes office but would be willing to assist if needed.

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Resorts hotel set to open by summer Rush to finish in case Gov. Cuomo okays full-scale casino next year

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Construction of a new, gleaming hotel at Resort World Casino in South Ozone Park is racing along, ahead of schedule.

The exterior of the $400 million hotel is completed and officials say it will be ready to open sometime this summer, slicing nearly six months off the expected completion date.

Last March, the casino’s owner predicted it would not be ready until around Christmas 2020.

Once f inished, the 400-room hotel will nearly double the size of the operation, add four tope nd r e s t au r a nt s , enough a conference space to attract needed convention business and create an estimated 1,000 new jobs.

“We are excited about the progress of our new play, stay, dine and shop development, which will soon offer visitors an unparalleled experience in the heart of Southeast Queens,” said Scott Molina, president of Resorts World Casino New York City.

“This entertainment and hospitality desti-

nation will also create good-paying jobs and generate significant revenue for the surrounding community, as well as New York State’s education fund.”

The push to complete the hotel over the winter coincides with the opening of state budget season in Albany, when the gaming industry expects the pressure to fall on Gov. Cuomo to approve full-scale casino-style gambling for Resorts.

Currently, it is per mit ted only video gaming.

The state has a moratorium on any new full-scale casino s u nt i l 2023, when it is scheduled to grant up to three more licenses.

Only four casinos in upstate New York are permitted to have table games now.

Urging Cuomo to step up the schedule and grant it an expanded license now, Resorts estimates full-scale gaming in three casinos could generate an extra $1 billion to help balance the state’s precarious budget.

Cuomo last year rejected the idea of granting expanded licenses early.

It is not just the state treasury that could

Blue skies reflect off the exterior of a new hotel under construction at Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park. While the $40-million hotel is being built, casino patrons have had to use a PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN new, temporary entrance, left. use the shot in the arm from the new money that a full-scale casino in New York City promises to bring.

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Cop response time protest Vicious Ozone Park subway attack sparks rally

by Michael Shain Editor

In the wake of a serious subway attack at a Liber t y Avenue station, several Ozone Park community groups are planning a Friday rally to protest what they are calling slow police response times.

“It takes 40 minutes to get a response and they’re just a mile away,” said Iqbal Ali, the founder of the Muslim Community Patrol, a volunteer neighborhood watch group that started last summer.

“We want to give the benefit of the doubt to the NYPD,” he said. “But we want to fix it.”

The rally is set for Friday, 2 p.m., at Liberty Plaza, on Drew Street between Liberty and 101st avenues.

It comes after a particularly vicious attack on two Bangladeshi men on their way to work last Friday night.

After entering the A train subway station at 80th Street and Liberty Avenue at around 7 p.m., the men were called by a group of teens outside the station. The teens directed them to open an exit gate so they could beat the fare.

“The men said, ‘No, they couldn’t do that’” and walked away, according to Ali. “When they got upstairs, the group was waiting and they jumped them.”

Bangladeshis “are very easy to target.

This is the photo circulating on social media of a Bangladeshi man attacked at a Liberty AveTWITTER PHOTO / MCP nue subway station.

The main problem is that they cannot defend themselves.”

A photo of one of the victims was widely circulated on Facebook the fol-

lowing day showing his bruised face and a puncture wound on his head.

It took more than 20 minutes for cops to arrive, according to the victim’s friend who called 911, Ali said.

“This is not the first time,” said Ali. “ It’s h a p p e n e d t wo or t h r e e t i me s before.”

That was one of the reasons Ali started the Muslim Community Patrol, an extension of a volunteer patrol that rolled out earlier this year in several Brooklyn neighborhoods, he said.

With NYPD approval, the MCP volunteers began patrolling parts of Ozone Park in a white-and-blue Ford Taurus with a seal matching the style of the department.

“We have one concern, the safety of the Ozone Park community,” Ali said.

“It’s not just Muslims,” he said. “It’s everybody, all races, all religions.

“We want to build a bridge [to the NYPD] but, right now, the bridge is burnt down.”

Going public with criticism of the police presents a risk for the MCP and other community groups that want to avoid looking as if they do not support law enforcement.

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ew York City police commissioner has never been anything but a tremendously demanding job, involving incredible responsibility, fraught with dangers physical and political. Every move is met with criticism, every Twitter twit with a smartphone is a critic and every day could bring the next blackout, drug scourge or 9/11.

Into this cauldron of constant crisis and chaos now steps one Dermot Shea, until Dec. 1 the NYPD’s chief of detectives. Mayor de Blasio calls Shea “a proven change agent.”

Wanting stability in our police force, we’ll take more comfort in Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s calling him “a cop’s cop” (though we also take comfort in Vance being district attorney somewhere other than Queens). We’re happier to know that Shea is a 28-year veteran of a department that has driven crime down at a barely imaginable rate over his time on the job, and in the fact that he’s a son of Queens — raised in Sunnyside by a pair of Irish immigrants who built a solid middle-class life for their family at a time of rapid change, not always for the good, in the Big Apple.

Now their son has reached the apex of his noble profession.

He better be up to the task. He’s following a string of recent commissioners who’ve all taken different approaches

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to the job but have shared one thing: success. Crime rates are at lows not seen for decades. (Yes, yes, cops sometimes downgrade an incident to keep up appearances, but murders have gone from 2,200 a year to less than 300, and nobody’s hiding 1,900 bodies without anyone noticing. So just stop.)

But there’s no guarantee the relative good times will last, and, in fact, there are worrisome signs they won’t. Shootings are up in some areas — 8.6 percent in Queens so far this year compared to last. You’re seeing homeless people — not the families who just can’t make ends meet, but the men with obvious substance abuse or mental problems, or both — in places you rarely saw them before. Police officers are being attacked more often when they respond to calls; maybe it’s just with a bucket of water one day but then it’s with a metal chair the next. Protesters are proud to walk behind a banner reading “Punch that cop” and to shout “F--k the police.” So-called “bail reform” will be letting more serious criminals out on the street any time now as new law set to take effect Jan. 1 is applied retroactively. Down the road, there’s the ill-advised closure of Rikers Island to deal with.

Into all this steps one Dermot Shea, and we wish him the best in his new job and give his rank and file our support.

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Inviting voter fraud Dear Editor: There weren’t many people at my voting site Tuesday, so I decided to conduct an experiment.

I was not going to show my ID until someone asked for it.

I’m now home, have already voted, and I’m still waiting for someone to see my ID. Around 9 a.m. I walk into the gym straight to the table for my district. I give them my first and last name. They’re now using iPads. OK. I see my name and point it out to them. They ask me to sign, so they give me a stylus iPad pen and I just scribble along the dotted line, so I’ve now signed.

I collect my voting paraphernalia and submit my vote. As I’m leaving there are about six poll workers hanging around (light turnout as of this point), so I ask them, “No one asked to see my ID. Why not?” I get the Ralph Kramden reply (homina homina).

I said that anyone could have said he was me and voted using my name. If that happened, I would have not been allowed to vote if I came in later in the day.

I’m told that I had to sign the iPad, so that’s a verification of my identity. I tell them about my scribbling on the dotted line. That doesn’t validate my identity at all.

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ould we use more street vendors selling everything from falafel and hot dogs to umbrellas and clothing? Maybe. Maybe not. There are about 4,000 operating legally, but activists who want to ease up on licensing rules say there are at least 10,000.

Periodic calls to increase the number of permits and to legalize many of the illegal carts have failed to gain widespread support. Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin’s bill that would do so has been stuck in committee since April 11. But now we have Queens state Sen. Jessica Ramos proposing that there be no limit at all. So while the city won’t raise the cap on permits, the state might just eliminate it? We say no.

Such a move would be incredibly unfair to brickand-mortar stores that must do things like pay rent, property taxes and electric bills to operate. And if you think sidewalks are crowded now, imagine if Ramos had her way. Even Mayor de Blasio, kind of a babe in the woods when it comes to day-to-day life in the city, opposes the idea. It would be far better to revisit Chin’s bill and tell Albany to stay out of this one.

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kidding me? Then how can you possibly verify my identity?

“This leaves open the possibility of tremendous amounts of voter fraud, including voting by illegal aliens.”

I don’t know if this is true or not about not having to see my ID, but this was truly a shameful performance by the city voting authorities.

Martin Bender Flushing

the ban, when they are out after committing numerous more serious crimes that resulted in the ban? This sounds like a political fog created to obscure the reality of a failed system that allows predators to prey unrestricted among us.

Why pass more laws when existing laws are being ignored and not enforced?

Larry Vann Howard Beach

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Dear Editor: Re “On SHSAT, a win for our top students,” Editorial, Oct. 3: Indeed, on behalf of the advocates who believe in keeping the specialized high school admissions test, we thank the Queens Chronicle for your unbiased and candid reporting on the SHSAT issue. From covering the first SHSAT community forum at Flushing Library in 2014 to the debate with the NAACP to where we are now, you have been a staunch supporter.

I have shared your editorial with the “new

Dear Editor: What am I missing?

Last week two intelligent contributors hailed the plan to ban serial criminals of subway crime from the subway system (“Assembly endangers us” and “Ban subway bad guys,” Letters, Oct. 31).

How is that going to work when they do not adhere to existing laws? And what will be the consequences when they are caught violating

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recruits” so they understand that this has been a long-fought struggle, and your paper has kept up with us every step of the way.

SHSAT advocacy group CoalitionEDU, a loose network of alumni and parents formed early on, has inspired others to organize into groups such as KeepSHSAT.org — garnering 28,000 names on change.org — the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, Residents Alliance, Coalition of Asian Americans for Civil Rights, Scholastic Merit Fund — which hired lobbyists this year, SMF Political Action Committee and Education Equity. They launched dozens of marches and protests with thousands of activated supporters and worldwide media coverage.

This was truly a movement, and the Queens Chronicle was one of the first to be there when it started.

Unfortunately, the road ahead is long, especially with some mayoral candidates who already aspire to be Bill de Blasio ll. Fortunately, the movement is not disbanding but evolving and growing, to continue to stand up against agenda-driven policies and demand practical solutions that will benefit all of the students of New York and create educational advancement instead of racial division and reduced standards.

Thank you for being there and giving us a voice.

David Lee Chairman of the Education Committee, Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York Flushing

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Dear Editor: The trivialization of Christmas by the Hallmark Channel has reached an absurd level by showing Xmas movies 24 hours a day starting two months before Xmas.

Who is their audience? Nothing but rich suburban people with split-level homes and too much time on their hands with nothing to do but decorating.

They should go back to showing reruns of “Columbo” and other old-time detective series, which is why I watch the Hallmark channel in the first place.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

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A heart-healthy read Dear Editor: I am responding to your article “The heart is too good to lose” (Brandpoint, Oct. 30, qchron. com), about how many people take their heart for granted.

In the article you express how important you think heart health is. The awareness your writing provides might help change the unhealthy lifestyles of many who are on the path to the devastating disease. I have recently done research on obesity and how it negatively affects your health and leaves you more prone to certain diseases.

One of the conditions that someone is more likely to encounter while obese is heart disease.

The increase in fat can cause heart disease through atrial and ventricular enlargement.

One study showed that obesity can increase a person’s risk for atrial fibrillation (abnormal heartbeat) by 49 percent. What’s an even scarier statistic is that more than one-third of adults in the United States are obese. This shows how the American culture surrounding healthy eating habits is not very positive and many Americans are making themselves more prone to costly diseases like heart disease. I feel that as a country we are relatively unhealthy compared to other countries and articles like yours help raise awareness for healthiness. Thank you for taking the time to read my response!

Jonathan Diaz Manhattan The writer is a senior at NEST+m, the New Explorations into Science, Technology + Math school in Manhattan.

Trump the Destroyer Dear Editor: There is no realistic “quid pro quo” issue in the Trump Ukraine matter. It is beyond doubt that although Congress enacted legislation authorizing about $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, President Donald Trump illegally withheld the money. There is also no issue that in withholding the money Trump asked for a favor. Trump denies the favor was to get dirt on the Bidens.

Not only what the favor was remains a believable secret, Republicans now claim even if the favor was to seek dirt on the Bidens, it would not be an impeachable offense. The latter supports the fact Trump and most of the Republicans need a refresher course in Constitutional law. Our Founding Fathers, in creating a Republic unheard of at the time, were very familiar with autocratic monarchy European countries, and intended that not be the case with our Republic. To ensure that, they provided there be three separate but equal branches of continued on next page

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Dear Editor: Our hardworking forestry staff, as well as the subcontracted tree company that is working on doing the block pruning here in Queens, Dragonetti Brothers, as well as the FDNY, did an excellent job with the post-storm cleanup after the violent wind and rainstorm that swept through our area this past week.

Many fallen trees were immediately cleared away from major thoroughfares and side streets, which was very important to do. While there may still be isolated areas where fallen trees and limbs have not yet been removed, the Forestry Division will dispatch tree crews to those areas as soon as possible. It works very hard to ensure that all of our street and park trees are always well taken care of — which, given the fact that there are over 248,000 trees in the Borough of Queens alone — is no easy

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Grand Olé-pening ceremony The official ribbon cutting for Kandela, a modern Mexican restaurant in Ozone Park, came as the sun began to set over Howard Beach last Monday, Nov. 4.

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— Michael Shain

In cooperation with Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, St. John’s University held its 2019 Salute to Italian Heritage and Culture on Oct. 30.

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Americans, wake up. Donald Trump as sitting president, let alone re-elected in 2020, will destroy the country created by our Founding Fathers and replace it with autocracies similar to those in Russia, Egypt, Hungary, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others admired by Trump.

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Dear Editor: The National Weather Service works in tandem with the World Meteorological Organization, where countries share essential weather data on a free and unrestricted basis, allowing free access to this info to all citizens on its website. AccuWeather (a company that wouldn’t exist without info provided by the NWS) also gets this info for free. Then it turns around and charges for that same info.

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providing daily forecasts or putting content on its free website.

You don’t want people who can’t afford a weather update to die. But that’s just what happened when AccuWeather “client” UnionPacific railroad got a warning about a tornado approaching two of its trains. The trains stopped two miles apart and literally watched the tornado pass between them. Right into a town that didn’t have AccuWeather service, and over two dozen people died. U.S. storm predictions said Hurricane Sandy would head east into the Atlantic Ocean. European models correctly predicted that Sandy would hit the East Coast. AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers responded, “Relying on other countries for better weather models places America in a week and subservient position.” Translation: Profits are more important than human lives. Disgraceful right?

I bet you can guess where my letter is leading. That’s right! Trump has appointed Myers to be the undersecretary of the NWS. Let me clear up any confusion for the Republicans out there. Myers has even admitted that his family company is a direct competitor to the agency Trump has appointed him to run. It’s called conflict of interest. But it’s just another case in a long line of examples showing Trump putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

Robert LaRosa Whitestone

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The next section of the new LaGuardia Airport opened with a ribbon cutting at the Delta Airlines concourse. Attendees included New York Met COO Jeff Wilpon, left, Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole, PA Executive Director Rick Cotton, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, Gov. Cuomo, PHOTO COURTESY NYS Delta CEO Ed Bastian and Borough President Melinda Katz.

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“It started as a goof,” said Loycent Gordon, owner of the historic Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven.

Now, it’s turned into a must-see Twitter series, #GoodFellasChallenge, with thousands of views.

At the bar where the 1990 classic mob movie “GoodFellas” was partially filmed, patrons began to post online photos of themselves imitating Robert De Niro in one of the film’s most memorable scenes, top, said Gordon.

“I realized we could use it to raise some money for a good cause,” he said.

More than 50 De Niro wannabes posted on Neir’s Twitter account last month — including Assemblyman Mike Miller, bottom left, and Community Board 9 Chairman Kenichi Wilson, second from top left.

Gordon said this week he is still working out a plan so patrons can donate to a charity by voting for their favorites.

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New commander at 106 Pct. continued from page 4 His father, who followed Costello’s grandfather onto the force, served as a sergeant in the 100th Precinct in the Rockaways.

Two uncles, two brothers and three cousins are or were cops.

“Every Christmas, the men in my family sat around the dinner table talking shop,” said Costello.

On his phone, he keeps a copy of a prized photo of his family — 10 cops lined up in uniform posed with thenCommissioner Raymond Kelly in 2014

at a Police Academy graduation.

On his first day in the job, the new boss has just one change he’d like to make.

A sidewalk shed has masked the front of the station house for at least the last five years during renovation work.

“That monstrosity has to go,” he said pointing to the scaffolding. “Both for the community and the cops. This a beautiful, historic building.

“Any elected officials, if you are listening,” Costello said, “It’s very uninQ viting. Help us get rid of it.”

Delta flying from new LaGuardia concourse Airline’s Terminal C project up and running with flights and resturants

by Michael Gannon Editor

The second section of a modern LaGuardia Airport began serving customers on Monday, with flights departing from Delta Airlines new Terminal C concourse.

LaGuardia is in the midst of an $8 billion reconstruction. The seven new gates are serving 60 flights per day to and from Boston, Washington, DC, and Chicago.

A ribbon cutting took place on Oct. 29 featuring Gov. Cuomo, Delta CEO Ed Bastian, Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton, Borough President Melinda Katz, New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard and team COO Jeff Wilpon. OTG, an airport hospitality firm which is partnering with Delta, debuted five new restaurants.

When completed, Terminal C will ultimately have a total of 37 gates across four new concourses.

“The opening of the first new concourse at Terminal C is a major milestone that takes us one step closer to transforming LaGuardia Airport into a global gateway worthy of this state,” Cuomo said in a press release issued by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports.

“We’re building the nation’s first completely new airport in 25 years and showing the nation and the world that you can be ambitious and get big things done,” Cuomo added. “At the end of the day, the new LaGuardia Airport will provide a world-

class passenger experience with state-of-the art terminals and concourses like the one we’re in today, new roadways and improved traffic f low, and 50 percent more tarmac space to reduce gate delays.”

Cotton called the ribbon cutting a milestone.

“The transformation of LaGuardia Airport is part of the Port Authority’s ongoing commitment to improve passenger experience and provide travelers with world class facilities,” he said.

The PA also is in the early stages of a $13 billion reconstruction of JFK. “Two years ago, we set out to build a state-of-the-art facility at LaGuardia Airport, an airport that our customers and the people of New York deserve,” Bastian said.

“Thanks to the commitment and hard work of the Delta team and our many partners, today marks the beginning of a new era for millions of Delta customers at LaGuardia.

The excitement that is building here is palpable and contagious, and we are already looking ahead to many more milestones to come.”

Katz said the borough is gaining more than a modern, 21st-century airport.

“Creating a whole new LaGuardia also means investing in our families and our communities, not just our infrastructure, and Queens is thrilled that 80 percent of the employees hired to work at the new concourse’s concessions are borough residents,” Q the borough president said.

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Community rallies against shelter plan Pols and residents rip proposal to house 200 men on Cooper Avenue

by Katherine Donlevy Chronicle Contributor

The Glendale-Middle Village Coalition and other concerned members of the community gathered Saturday morning at 78-16 Cooper Ave., the site of the proposed homeless shelter for 200 men, to demonstrate their opposition and protest its opening.

“We’re here today because we once again have to defend our community, our families and our way of life against corrupt politicians like Bill de Blasio and his profit-seeking real estate holders,” said coalition member and rally leader Mike Papa. “It’s getting ridiculous. It seems like every year we have to defend against these guys just to keep our children safe.”

The project has been on-again, off-again for years, but was recently announced by the Department of Homeless Services to be completed in early 2020. Westhab, the operator of the shelter, will convert the factory warehouse to house 200 homeless men and provide them with the means to find employment and to rejoin the community, but the neighborhood remains unconvinced that the plans are so pure.

“This is not going to help the homeless guy sleeping on the street. This is not going to help the people you see on the train. It’s not going to help the mentally ill people who really do need help, and if that was a facility like that, I might be inclined to consider it, but it’s not,” said Papa, who refers to the planned residents as “dangerous, unpredictable, drug-abusing ex-convicts,” “sexual offenders” and “mentally ill men.”

Councilman Bob Holden addresses the crowd as opponents of a planned homeless shelter for PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY 200 men on Cooper Ave. rallied outside the proposed site.

Papa is convinced the residents will comprise recently released inmates of Rikers Island. The introduction of the shelter comes as part of de Blasio’s plan to “turn the tide” on homelessness, but Papa believes its purpose is to turn a profit rather than aid community members. Corruption is an issue Papa said, and he intends to demand an investigation into the procedures and processes that have been taken into opening the shelter.

Community members shared concern over the shelter’s proximity to neighborhood schools such as PS/IS 119, PS 87 and PS 9, the girls’ gym Triumph Gymnastics and The Shops at Atlas Park. According to Papa, a developer wants to pull out of plans to create a Cooper

Ave. daycare because he fears placing the children near sexual offenders.

Eva Novelli lives a few blocks away from the site and has been attending protests and rallies for over two years to fight for the safety of her 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. She wants the peace of mind of knowing that her children are growing up in a neighborhood they can walk freely in, but she believes the shelter poses a threat and “is too close to day-to-day life. It’s disturbing.”

“It’s scary,” Zorica Stojanov of Glendale said. “This neighborhood is nice and friendly now ... it makes me nervous to have more homeless people. We need more schools [instead].”

Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) voiced his desire to see the site turned into a District 75 school for special needs students, a plan he claims de Blasio promised him.

Holden believes the current school for disabled children, PS 9, is in unsuitable condition and should be shut down. He’s advocated for the warehouse at 78-16 Cooper Ave. to be renovated into a new state-of-the-art school for PS 9 students instead of a homeless shelter “We are mostly one and two family homes.

We don’t need a warehouse shelter here, and that’s what this is,” Holden said, suggesting that smaller shelters serving up to 25 people would be better suited for the family neighborhood. “The mayor has forgotten the middle class, and he certainly has forgotten Glendale and Middle Village.”

Other speakers joined the stage to voice concerns, such as Holden’s Education Director Charlie Vavruska, Curtis Seymour of Middle Village, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) and President of the Glendale Civic Association Kathy Masi.

“All of these mounting problems and all the city wants to do with them is shove them down your throats with no remedy, no relief, no solutions, except to destroy neighborhoods,” Seymour said. “You know, deep in your heart and soul, this mayor has it in for Glendale, Middle Village and Maspeth ... This is a war for the soul of our city. Enough is enough.”

Holden concluded the protest by promising there will be further rallies before urging the crowd to march down Cooper Avenue toward the Atlas Park mall chanting, “Shut it down.” Q

NYPD taps new COs in Queens precincts Changes in 101st, 103rd, 106th, 113th

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The NYPD has named multiple new commanding officers in southern Queens.

Deputy Inspector Brian Bohannon has been assigned as the new commander of the 113th Precinct in South Jamaica, replacing Inspector Jer r y O’Sullivan.

Bohannon had been commander of the 106th Precinct in South Ozone Park since October 2016.

Bohannon, who joined the NYPD in 2004, is having something of a homecoming. He was the executive officer in the 113th when he was named CO of the 106th.

O’Sullivan, who took command in September 2017, is heading to 1 Police Plaza.

He will join the Detective Bureau, according to a statement from Assistant Chief David Barerre, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Queens South, posted on the Facebook page of Community Board 12.

Deputy Inspector Vincent Tavalaro will take over the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica from the 101st Precinct in the Rockaways.

Inspector Peter Fortune, who has been

transfer red to Patrol Borough Queens South, served as commander of the 103rd since September 2017.

The 101st Precinct announced on its Twitter page that Tavalaro’s place will be taken by Capt. Eric Robinson, who has served as executive officer of both the 105th Precinct in eastern Queens and the 113th.

As often happens when a popular commander is moved, not all community leaders are pleased. Rene Hill, chairwoman of CB 12, told the Chronicle in an email she is disappointed to lose O’Sullivan.

“I liked Inspector O’Sullivan because he was very active in the community,” she said. “He came to every CB 12 meeting, and I know that a lot of the residents in the community respected and liked him and the attention he gave to the community.”

She would prefer to keep successful COs in their communities for longer than typically is NYPD practice.

“I understand that other communities keep their commanders longer than we do,” she said. “This treatment is unfair, if it is true, because community policing takes

Deputy Inspectors Vincent Tavalaro, left, and Brian Bohannon and Capt. Eric Robinson are assuming new commands in the area designated by the NYPD as Queens South.

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time and once a commander gets to know our community, they get transferred.”

Clifton Stanley Diaz, chairman of the board at Rochdale Village, said in a telephone interview that he too was disappointed at losing O’Sullivan, though pleased Bohannon is coming back.

“O’Su l l iva n a nd [ h is pr e d e c e s sor Inspector Frederick] Grover are two of the most popular commanders this precinct has had,” said Diaz, who said he has been

interacting actively with the precinct since 1971. He credited O’Sullivan with working hard to build on the community policing and Neighborhood Coordination Officer programs that began on Grover’s watch.

“Many of us thought he should have been promoted to deputy chief,” Diaz said.

He added that the 101 is getting a good man in Robinson, who he said did a commendable job as XO. “It’s good that he can Q start moving up the ladder.”

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Fidelis Care employees cheer on the new fleet of mobile vehicles at Terrace on the Park. The company’s StreetSide program allows people to apply for health insurance, learn about benefits and PHOTOS BY DAVID RUSSELL have questions answered at the mobile locations.

Fidelis Care shows off its new fleet Full-service mobile centers allow people to apply and ask questions

by David Russell Associate Editor

Fidelis Care revealed the expansion and rebranding of its fleet of mobile vehicles at Terrace on the Park Monday afternoon to hundreds of employees.

Five new RVs have been added to the health insurer’s fleet of full-service mobile outreach centers, now called StreetSide, increasing the count from 10 to 15.

“Our fleet of vehicles go to the heart of the neighborhood,” said George Rodriguez,

senior director of sales and marketing for Fidelis Care. “You guys, our staff, are local.

You speak the languages and you are from the community and you promote health and wellness.”

The RVs feature a new design with the tagline “Bringing Health Coverage to You.” According to the company, more than 9,000 people have already enrolled in coverage via the RV in 2019. The statewide health insurer has 24 community offices, including 15 in the city.

With the Annual Election Period for Medicare and Open Enrollment for Qualified Health Plans through NY State of Health now underway, the StreetSide program makes it easy for people to apply for health insurance, learn about benefits and have their questions answered.

“With more than 900,000 members in the greater New York City area, Fidelis Care is bringing health insurance education to local neighborhoods and making it as easy as possible to get coverage,” said Pam Hassen, the

company’s chief member engagement officer.

No appointments are necessary, though area residents can schedule a time to meet with a Fidelis Care representative at a StreetSide location by calling 1 (888) FIDELIS (343-3547).

Weekly updates on StreetSide locations will be posted at fideliscare.org/streetside and can be searched via the #streetside hashtag on Instagram.

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Holden, Vallone look to quiet noise Councilmen introduce bill that would increase fines for violations

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Councilmen Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) are looking to increase the minimum and m a x i m u m f i n e s fo r c e r t a i n n o i s e violations.

Introduced to the City Council on Oct. 30, Int. 1782 targets the penalties for excessive noise from a personal audio device on or inside a motor vehicle. The fine for a first offense would be increased from $100 to $200, while the fine for a third offense would increase from $1,000 to $2,100.

Vallone spoke about the quality of life being disturbed by car owners with vehicles equipped with “excessive sound systems” in parks and other public spaces.

“Doubling these noise penalties will pressure drivers to think twice about being a bad neighbor and send a clear message that this quality of life disruption will not be tolerated,” he said in a statement.

Holden said his constituents are frustrated when they hear music blasting from miles away.

“It’s also extremely dangerous to drive while playing music so loud that you can’t hear sirens or horns from other motorists, jeopardizing everyone’s safety,” Holden

Councilmen Bob Holden and Paul Vallone introduced legislation that would increase the minimum and maximum fines for certain noise violations, specifically targeting penalties for excessive noise FILE PHOTO from a personal audio device on or inside a motor vehicle. said in a statement.

Both lawmakers have dealt with noise complaints for months. Holden thanked the 102nd Precinct in April for sending cops to

the Forest Park bandshell parking lot, where music had been blasting from cars.

Northern Queens has had issues as well.

“People are literally moving out of their

neighborhood because they can’t take the music anymore,” We Love Whitestone Civic Association President Alfredo Centola told the Chronicle in May. Vallone had introduced a bill in September aimed at increasing fines for excessive noise from a motor vehicle. Under the legislation, car operators found to be emitting excess noise from their motor vehicle would face a minimum $300 fine, up from $150, and a maximum $1,050 fine, up from $525, for their first violation. A second and third violation would trigger a minimum $ 600 and $900 f ine and a maximum $2,100 and $3,150 fine, respectively.

A spokesperson for Vallone said the bill co-sponsored with Holden amends a different part of the NYC Administrative Code. But the text of each bill says it pertains to Section 1. Table I of paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 24-257 of the code.

The September bill Vallone co-sponsored with Holden and Councilman Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) focused on excessive noise from motor vehicles 10,000 pounds or less, excessive noise from motor vehicles 10,000 pounds or more, unauthorized use of motor vehicle claxons and unauthorized use of motor vehicle air Q horns or gongs.

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Mayor taps Shea as NYPD commissioner Queens native taking reins as O’Neill will leave Dec. 1 after three years

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YPD Commissioner James O’Neill on Monday after noon for mally announced his intention to retire effective Dec. 1. NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, a 28-year veteran of the department, was named as his successor

by Mayor de Blasio.

Shea, a Sunnyside native and the son of Irish immigrants, will be the 43rd commissioner since 1901, counting Ray Kelly and William Bratton, both of whom served two terms, once apiece. As O’Neill did, Shea will be required to retire from the NYPD to assume the office, as commissioner is considered a civilian post.

O’Neill is moving to the private sector.

“I grew up in Sunnyside, Queens, as the Mayor said — a couple different apartments,” Shea said in a transcript of the press conference. “Mom, dad immigrated from Ireland in the 50s, met here, and started a life as many immigrants do — wanted to build a life, met here, built a life together and have a family ... Those years, I’ll tell you that we were rich in so many ways, but it had nothing to do with money growing up. Those years really formed, I believe, the basis of who I am ... ” “Dermot Shea is a proven change agent, using precision policing to fight crime and build trust between police and communities,” de Blasio said in a press release. “As Chief of Crime Control Strategies and then Chief of Detectives, Dermot was one of the chief architects of the approach that has made New York City the safest big city in America.”

The mayor also expressed gratitude to O’Neill for his service as commissioner.

“Jimmy transformed the relationship between New Yorkers and police, and helped to make the Department the most sophisticated and advanced in the country.”

Shea called the appointment a privilege.

“Police Commissioner O’Neill has been a mentor and a friend to me, and I am committed to building on the incredible success of Neighborhood Policing and precision policing, while continuing my life’s work to eradicate gangs and guns from our streets,” Shea said. “Every New Yorker deserves to be safe and feel safe, and that has been my mission since I took the oath and became a police officer 28 years ago.

As Police Commissioner, this will be what drives me.”

“Dermot Shea has exactly the experience and skill to continue to drive down crime, strengthen relationships with the community members we serve and make sure every neighborhood has the safety they deserve,” O’Neill said. “We cannot take the historic crime reductions in New York City for granted, and Der mot’s understanding of the complex issues that lead to crime and disorder, as well as the most effective strategies for addressing these issues, is as good as it gets in policing today.”

Outgoing NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill, left, applauds as Mayor de Blasio introduces Chief NYC PHOTO / FLICKR of Detectives Dermot Shea as the future leader of the department.

The Mayor’s Office credited O’Neill for presiding over the lowest crime rate in New York City since the NYPD started tracking major crime, as well as the lowest number of homicides recorded since the 1950s.

De Blasio and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. credited O’Neill as the architect of the NYPD’s existing neighborhood policing practices, including the expansion of the Neighborhood Coordination Officer initiative to all 77 precincts in the five boroughs.

“I have enjoyed working with Jimmy and always appreciated his honesty and directness,” Vance said in a statement.

“Like Jimmy, Dermot Shea is a ‘cop’s cop,’ a straightforward communicator, and great listener. His acumen for identifying and inter r upting developing public safety trends is unmatched. With Dermot at the helm, the NYPD is poised to build upon the historic public safety gains achieved under Commissioner O’Neill’s leadership.”

Among local responses, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) praised O’Neill, and wished Shea luck.

“Commissioner O’Neill deserves nothing but gratitude and praise for dedicating more than half of his life to serving the NYPD and protecting the citizens of New York City,” he said in a press release. “I respect his willingness to speak out about having misgivings with emptying out the jails, and his ability to deal with the administration blaming police for failures in mental health care. He did his best to navigate through this difficult time in policing despite the mayor’s controversial agendas.”

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said the city “is losing a true leader” on his Twitter page and that O’Neill “ensured community relations were more that just rhetorical talking

points in all 5 boroughs.

“He’s a br idge bu ilder, who even through disagreement, kept an open door for everyone.” Without mentioning de Bl a s o by n a m e o r t it le , R ic h a r d s appeared less than enthusiastic with the

city’s chief executive.

“While we congratulate ... Shea on his elevation to police commissioner, this was a missed opportunity to ensure the diversity of the department was reflected at the top of the N Y PD,” said Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St Albans, co-chairman of the Council’s Black, Latino/a and Asian Caucus, who let his disapproval be known to the New York Daily News.

“Certainly, this is a missed opportunity to have someone who really ref lects the needs and values of all New Yorkers here and not just a continuation of what we’ve seen in the police department,” Miller said.

“There is room for diversity.”

In an email, Danny Harris, executive director of Transportation Alternatives welcomed Shea. He hopes to work with the him on Vision Zero and other initiatives to increase the safety of cyclists, pedestrians and users of mass transit.

“We invite Commissioner Shea to join us on a bike ride to experience the city as millions of cyclists do every year, and to meet with the members of Families for Safe Streets to understand the tragedies on our streets, including the role of victim blaming when some officers speak prematurely to reporters after fatal crashes,” Q Harris wrote.

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Growing up scientifically Mayor de Blasio’s push for early education for the city’s youngest children is getting its own place for learning science.

Construction of a new, 306-seat center for science, technology and math education geared to pre-K students was announced last week by the mayor and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, far left, at the New York

Hall of Science. State Sen. Jessica Ramos, second from left, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz joined them.

The $42-million center will be built on part of the museum’s parking lot in Fresh Meadows Corona Park.

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A new law raising the age from 18 to 21 will go into effect on Nov. 13. “Teens smoke by relying on their friends who are 18,� said Phil Konigsberg, community advocate for the Bayside Smokefree Housing Alliance. “These young kids will no longer have a clear path to get their smokes,� he added. “Twenty-one-year-olds don’t hang with 16and 17- year-olds.�

According to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of high school students using e-cigarettes rose from 1.5 percent to 20.8 percent between 2011 and 2018.

The CDC also reported in 2018 that 46 percent of high-school students said they tried a tobacco product.

The law will not affect New York City residents as much, because the minimum age within the city already is at 21. Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg got the measure passed law just before he left office at the end of 2013, making New York the first city in the nation to raise the minimum age to 21.

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State Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island), who sponsored the Senate bill, backed the governor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a former smoker, I know how addictive these products can be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but as a legislator, I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good public policy to take ever y step to continue protecting our youth,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Cuomo signed the measure approximately three months after the vote took place and the 120-day countdown on it began.

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One of borough’s best burgers is in Ozone Park

by David Russell associate editor

The Local Press on Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park has an impressive menu from top to bottom but it’s the burgers that steal the show.

In fact, The Local Press Burger is highlighted on the menu: double cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and Local Press secret sauce.

“Everybody thinks the burger is like something you would find in Downtown Brooklyn or Manhattan,” said owner Kenneth Mohan, who opened the restaurant in December 2017.

According to Mohan, customers even say the modern-looking restaurant itself looks like it “is not s o m et hing t hat b e l o ng s to Queens.”

It was Mohan’s daughter, Kimberly, an interior decorator, who designed the place herself. She is into cooking and her boyfriend is a professional chef. Mohan, who has

been in the real estate and mortgage business for more than 30 years, believed the restaurant was a great idea to get them started.

“I thought the area needs something that’s totally different,” Mohan said.

Big 7 Travel, a site focusing on food, hotels and travel, recently listed The Local Press in its story about “The 7 Best Burgers in Queens,” saying, “This uber-trendy eatery in Ozone Park is quickly becoming one of the hottest places for foodies in Queens and beyond.”

For those customers walking in with a big appetite, and perhaps not in the mood for a burger, quesadillas, chicken and waffles, chicken tenders and fries, or fish and chips are recommended.

Patrons looking for something smaller will enjoy the mac and cheese, shrimp tempura, mozzarella sticks, cheeseburger sliders or Asian chicken tacos, which consist of three wonton tacos filled with

chicken, topped with Asian slaw.

There are also street tacos, shrimp tacos, mushroom tacos and fish tacos.

The sandwiches, which should fill most customers up due to the generous portions, include a fried chicken sandwich, chicken panini, chicken club and buffalo chicken sandwich. The Cuban sandwich is an excellent blend of slow-cooked pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and Dijon mustard.

The Press Platter, including mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders, onion rings and crispy shrimp, is a good choice for customers who want a taste of everything.

For those counting calories, the restaurant offers several salads.

One is The Local Cobb, which has Romaine, bacon, hardboiled egg, cucumber, tomato, onions, avocado, corn, cheddar cheese and ranch dressing.

Lunch specials, from noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays, come with a choice of fries, soup

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Academically, Sukdeo has taken Advanced Placement college-level English, government, and College Now Finance and is a member of the National Honor Society. She hopes to major in accounting at Baruch or Queens College. She follows the philosophy of Nelson Mandela which is, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

The Richmond Hill High School college culture is inspiring the best in every student.

The school’s college and career advisor, Mr. Joshua Khan and several RHHS alumni who work as high school to college coaches, from John Jay College work to make the school a place where college is the next step for everyone who wants it. Working with college advisor Ms. Deborah David, the RHHS College and Career Readiness program provides college application and scholarship assistance.

RHHS also provides SAT prep during the school day, within a credit-providing College APPS (Advocating & Preparing for Post-Secondary readiness) class. Students who take the the College APPS class work on all aspects of the college process including researching various colleges, applying to them, applying for government aid and writing a college essay. Ms. David works with two students from the John Jay College Immigrant Success Center to help RHHS students apply for college. The two students are RHHS alumni — John Jay College senior John Joawan, who graduated in 2016, and junior Bibi Abdullah, above, who graduated in 2017. They meet with students individually and also conduct workshops.

Ms. David provided two examples of how successful this program is. Two current RHHS seniors, Abiba Dyuti and Arron Omadutt, have been selected as semi-finalists in the POSSI scholarship program which could mean a full scholarship to a college in the POSSI program. She has also announced that the RHHS 2019-2019 graduating class was offered $3,060,804 in scholarships and accepted $1,518,828 of that money. To show how much the school has developed over the years, her 2013-2014 graduating class only was offered $639,613 in scholarship money and accepted $204,500. This is why graduate John Joawan said that, “The atmosphere here at RHHS is one of optimism and enthusiasm.” By Dr. John Antinora

Muhammad M. Rahman, left, with state Assemblyman David Weprin at a recent Queens Jewish Community Council Dinner, graduated from RHHS in 2009, then attended John Jay College as a criminal justice major. In 2015, he started working for Assemblyman Weprin as a constituent Liaison out of his Atlantic Avenue office. In RHHS he was on the baseball team, in the journalism club and took Advanced Placement college courses in history and English.

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State Sen. Michael Gianaris to not run for re-election as district leader

by Ryan Brady Editor

In a sign of non-machine Democrats’ increasing clout, 14 candidates and incumbent officials have signed the Queens County Committee for All’s accountability pledge.

It commits those who sign to • not run for district leader; • not carry petitions for public office that also have candidates for party offices, like district leader, on them; • not make donations from campaign accounts to candidates for party positions; and • encourage community participation and knowledge of the party without discrimination.

The borough’s 72 district leaders have the power to elect the chairman of the Democratic Organization of Queens County, a position that Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) won this year.

He, like 16 other borough lawmakers, is also a district leader. Critics say the politicians’ simultaneously being district leaders represents a conf lict of interest, protects incumbents and concentrates party power.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) — the second-ranking official in his chamber — has signed on, meaning that he will abandon his post as district leader.

Similarly, City Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), who is running for

State Sen. Michael Gianaris, left, and Assemblyman Brian Barnwell are two of the lawmakers and candidates who’ve signed on to the Queens County Committee for All’s reform-minded PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON, LEFT; FILE PHOTO accountability pledge. borough president, told the Queens Daily Eagle that he would not run for re-election as district leader. While the lawmaker has not signed the Queens County Committee for All’s pledge, he did commit to a set of transparency principles created by another new

group of borough Democrats, the New Reformers.

Other incumbents are on board with the pledge, too. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), who is also running for borough president, and Assemblyman

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The list of other 2020 candidates who’ve done the same thus far includes: • 34th Assembly District candidates Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo and Joy Chowdhury; • 37th Assembly District candidate Mary Jobaida; • 3rd Congressional District candidate Melanie D’Arrigo; • 5th Congressional District candidate Shaniyat Chowdhury; • 6th Congressional District candidate Melquiades Gagarin; and • 12th Congressional District candidates Lauren Ashcraft, Erica Vladimir and Peter Harrison; • along with 2021 26th City Council District candidate Brent O’Leary.

“Those that have taken this step to sign our pledge are taking a bold position that will empower their communities to work at the grassroots level to bring forth fresh perspectives on leadership for the County Party,” Queens County Committee for All member Melissa Bair said in a statement.

More nonincumbent candidates and two incumbent candidates, neither of whom is a district leader, are scheduled to meet soon with the Queens County Committee for All, Q Bair said.

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The annual Veterans Day Parade in Middle Village, held Sunday, again allowed the community to thank those who served their country.

World War II veterans Arthur Grabiner, top left, and Vincent DeMartino served as the grand marshals of the parade. Grabiner is a Pacific Theater Navy veteran and DeMartino is a European Theater Army vet.

At top right, parade participant Emma Rotundi and her friends from Girl Scout Troop 4372 greet spectators along the route.

Below them, the New York Corrections Department Pipe Band was one of several contingents providing music for the event.

Above, Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 32 marches in the parade.

Above right, brothers Frank and Mike Bilski salute and bring up the rear of the parade.

Below them, historical re-enactors Connor and Richard Amato represent the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, LI and show how to get a parking spot on Metropolitan Avenue.

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Why it’s getting harder to live on Social Security

COLA to increase by 1.6 percent in ’20

by Nilsa Henriquez The Social Security Administration recently announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020. The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020.

Nilsa Henriquez Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on Dec. 31, 2019. (Note: Some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits).

The Social Security Act ties the annual COL A to the increase in the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Some other adjustments that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase in average wages.

Based on that increase, the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $137,700 from $132,900.

Social Security and SSI beneficiaries are normally notified by mail in early December about their new benefit amount.

Most people who receive Social Security payments will be able to view their COLA notice online through their my Social Security account. People may create or access their my Social Security account online at socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.

Information about Medicare changes for 2020, when announced, will be available at medicare.gov.

It’s now official: Our Social Security increase for 2020 will be 1.6 percent, or $23.40 for the average senior who receives benefits. If our Medicare goes up, that comes out of the increase.

We all know the Social Security increases we get are not enough to keep pace with rising prices. The Senior Citizens League did a study a few years ago that determined we had fallen 4 percent behind actual costs in one year alone. Since 2000 we’ve lost 34 percent of our buying power. For example, if we bought $100 in groceries back then, today we’d get only $66 worth.

Just what determines the amount of Social Security increases? The number is called COLA, for cost-of-living adjustment, and the figures are calculated monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

The BLS uses the prices in “A Basket of Goods” to calculate what is being spent and determine the Consumer Price Index. It includes food, but also tracks bedroom furniture, toys, the cost of education and communication.

For over a year now I’ve kept a monthly chart of every dime I spend. If I come home from the store with a receipt or I pay a utility bill, the amount gets noted on the chart.

The CPI that came out in September says that over the past year, overall prices for urban consumers went up 1.7 percent. I know my costs have gone up much more than that.

How about you? Here’s some math homework for you for the next year. Make a list of the basic items you buy and the expenses you have. Write down what they cost. A year from now do a comparison P and see if they’ve gone up, and if so, how much.

— Matilda Charles King Features Synd., Inc.

The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment for 2020 will not do much to help the average senior’s pocketbook.

For Social Security beneficiaries receiving Medicare, Social Security will not be able to compute their new benefit amount until after the Medicare premium amounts for 2020 are announced. Final 2020 benefit amounts will be communicated to beneficiaries in December through the mailed COLA notice and My Social Security’s Message Center. The Social Security Act provides for how the COLA is calculated. For P additional information visit socialsecurity.gov/cola Nilsa Henriquez is a Social Security Public Affairs Specialist located in Queens.

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Four ways Medicare Part D is changing in 2020 If you have Medicare and are looking for ways to save on the ever-increasing cost of medications next year, consider adding a prescription plan known as “Part D.” By making medications more affordable, Part D plans can help you stay on track to achieve your 2020 health goals.

Choosing the plan that’s best for you can seem daunting at first, so familiarizing yourself with how Part D plans work is essential. First, compare how much you can expect to pay as you go through the “four stages” of a plan’s coverage, as the cost of your prescriptions will increase or decrease depending on the phase you are in. Then, find experts that can help you make an informed decision about the plan that will work best for you and take time to learn how the changes happening in 2020 will impact your bottom line.

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Deductible stage You may need to pay more before your plan kicks in. A deductible is the amount you need to pay before your plan starts paying its share of the cost. Next year, the deductible could be as high as $435. That’s an increase of $20 from 2019.

Initial coverage stage Your plan may cover more of the cost before you reach the “Donut Hole.” During this stage, you pay a set amount for your medications.

Your plan covers the difference. In 2020, the initial coverage limit is up to $4,020. That’s an increase of $200 from 2019.

Coverage gap stage You will receive higher discounts for branded and generic medications. You will receive a 75 percent discount when purchasing a brandname medication. For example, if your medication costs $100, you will only pay $25. If you need a generic, you will never pay more than 25 percent of the total cost of the drug. In 2020, you will remain in this stage until your total out-of-pocket costs of your covered medications is $6,350.

Catastrophic stage You will only have to pay a minimum amount. Once you reach this stage, your costs will remain the same through the year. During this stage, you pay $ 8.95 for brand-name drugs and $3.60 for generics, or 5 percent of retail costs, whichever is higher.

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1. Bone Density Test: This test uses X-rays to determine whether or not you have osteoporosis, a disorder characterized by fragile bones. The Xrays determine how many grams of calcium and other bone minerals are packed into a bone segment; bones with lower measurements tend to be more prone to fractures. Bone density testing helps your doctor spot weak bones and take steps to prevent fracture and is also used to monitor osteoporosis treatment. Your doctor will determine how frequently you should be tested based on your age, gender, and your medical history.

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Low cost-of-living adjustments worrisome A new analysis from The Senior Citizens League indicates that Social Security checks in 2019 are as much as 18 percent lower due to the impact of extremely low cost-of-living adjustments over the past 10 years. From 2000 to 2010, COLAs routinely averaged 3 percent annually. People who have been receiving Social Security benefits since 2009 have only seen a COLA higher than 2.8 percent one time (in 2012).

The Social Security Administration recently announced that the 2020 COLA will be just 1.6 percent, continuing the worrisome trend in which COLAs have averaged just 1.4 percent from 2000 to 2010. “Adequate COLAs are critical to retirement security,” says Mary Johnson, a Social Security policy analyst for The Senior Citizens League.

“Social Security is one of the only types of retirement income that provides this essential protection against rising costs. When a retiree’s costs rise faster than their COLA, the buying power of Social Security benefits erodes, leaving people with a benefit that doesn’t go as far as it did when they first retired,” Johnson notes. According to research by Johnson, Social Security benefits have lost 33 percent of buying power since 2000.

In 2010, 2011 and 2016 there was no COLA

payable at all and in 2017, the COLA was just 0.03 percent. Likewise, in 2018, the COLA was 2 percent, but rising Part B premiums consumed the entire increase for roughly half of all beneficiaries.

COLAs act much like interest rates on savings. Low COLAs mean Social Security benefits grow more slowly in retirement. This occurs even though many costs experienced by retirees, such out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs, may grow several times as fast.

“People who have been retired for 10 years or longer have absorbed the full financial blow of low COLAs,” Johnson says. Johnson’s analysis found that, over a 10-year period, average Social Security benefits of $1,075 per month in 2009 lost a total of $15,258 in financial growth from 2010 to 2019 as compared to the previous decade when COLAs averaged 3 percent.

By the end of that 10-year period, average benefits were $223 per month lower than they would have been had inflation averaged the more typical 3 percent.

The Senior Citizens League supports legislation that would require a minimum COLA of no less than 3 percent, even in years when inflation falls below that amount. “Strengthening the COLA,” Johnson says, “would help slow the drain of retirement savings and help keep

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Low COLAs mean Social Security benefits grow more slowly in retirement and this is a major concern to the aging population. Strengthening the COLA would help slow the drain of retirement savings and help keep older Americans out of porverty. older Americans out of poverty.” To learn more, P visit SeniorsLeague.org.

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C M SQ page 32 Y K SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS - SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, FSB, Plaintiff, - against –Gary C. DiLeonardo as Administrator of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickock; Jean Godfrey as Heir and Distributee of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickock; Kathryn Beach as Heir and Distributee of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickock; William C. Hickok as Heir and Distributee of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickock; Marilyn Zelwain as Heir and Distributee of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickock; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, New York City Environmental Control Board, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America (Eastern District); Unknown Heirs and Distributees of the Estate of Ruth E. Hickok a/k/a Ruth Hickok; and “JOHN DOE 1 to JOHN DOE 25”, said names being fictitious, the persons or parties intended being the persons, parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the complaint Defendants.

Index No.: 20599/2011 TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS - YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearances on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Queens County. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Laurence L. Love, J.S.C., dated September 19, 2019.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 113-29 202nd Street, Saint Albans, NY located at Block 10997 and Lot 8. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the Court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the Court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: New York, New York, October 14, 2019 Adam P. Briskin, Esq., Bronster, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 156 West 56th Street, Suite 1801, New York, NY 10019 (347) 246-4707.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX NO.: 704677/2018 DATE FILED: 3/28/2018 SUMMONS NYCTL 2017-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR NYCTL 2017-A TRUST, Plaintiffs, -against- GEORGE WRIGHT; ROSEMUNDE WRIGHT; EDDIE A. RICHARDS; BRIAN GEORGE WRIGHT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; CITY OF NEW YORK PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE # 1” through “JOHN DOE # 100”, the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the owners, tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, and if any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, be dead, their respective heirs-at-law, next of kin, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, or through any of the aforesaid individual captioned defendants, if any, if they be dead, whether by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, including any right, title or interest in and to the real property described in the complaint herein, all of who and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiffs, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York), and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Oct. 8, 2019 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a Tax Lien as evidenced by a certain Tax Lien Certificate, bearing Number 4A and recorded as CRFN 2017000303430 in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on August 15, 2017, and to recover the original amount of the Tax Lien, to wit: $14,846.23, along with interest, surcharges, penalties, additions, expenses, attorney’s fees, and the costs and disbursements of this action, less any payments made on account to premises k/a Block 10942, Lot 152. Plaintiffs designate Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. 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 tax lien holder 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 tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: March 27, 2018 LEVY & LEVY, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 12 Tulip Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021. (516) 4876655 BY: JOSHUA LEVY, ESQ. File No.: 901229 #97844

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Action to Foreclose a Mortgage INDEX #: 710212/2019 BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs ISAURO VALDEZ IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE 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 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, BRAULIO VALDEZ, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE IRS JOHN DOE (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 95-10 43RD AVENUE ELMHURST, NY 11373 BL #: 1601-29 To the above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Isauro Valdez Defendant in this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Timothy J. Dufficy of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Twenty-Third day of October, 2019 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Isauro Valdez dated the March 13, 2007, to secure the sum of $412,800.00 and recorded at CRFN 200700015286 in the Office of the Queens County Clerk, on the March 23, 2007; The mortgage was subsequently modified on March 31, 2010. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed June 3, 2010 and recorded on June 22, 2010, in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2010000207877. The mortgage was subsequently assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC by an assignment executed on June 7, 2019 and sent for recording in the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County. The property in question is described as follows: 95-10 43RD AVENUE, ELMHURST, NY 11373 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: October 25, 2019 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 66397

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ARTS, CULTURE & LIVING

Chronicle theater maven turns his love into fun new book

by Michael Gannon

The Secret Theatre in Long Island Islland City.

Lord introduced hundreds of high school children to theater during his teaching career and has long been a mainstay in Queens community theater. His 246-page book is an easy read that had its genesis

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Nine-year-old Mark Lord was excited when his parents took him to the Tapia Theater in Puerto Rico’s Old San Juan to see a production of “The King and I” in 1963.

“The tickets were for a weeknight and, to tell the truth, to this day I cannot believe that my mother would have agreed to let my older brother, er, Steven, and me stay out late when we had school the next day,” he writes. He saved the program, particularly articularly entranced by the performance of actress Catherine Jacoby as Anna.

That night, theater took hold of him.

Through moving back to New York, attending Queens College, 29 years teaching English in n the city school system and decades writing for the Chronicle, neither theater nor that first play have ever let et go.

The play, in fact, inspired his new book, ok, “The Theater and I: A Chat with Facebook Friends” ds” (Red Penguin Books), available from online booksellers; ellers; at bookstores; and directly from redpenguinbooks.com. oks.com.

All are welcome to a Nov. 17 book release party at

back 2012 when he posted a theater question on bac ck in 201 Facebook.

The responses became online conversaFac cebook. T tions, him to post more, engaging friends, tion ns, prompting promp colleagues, col leagues, those in community and professional theater the eater and even some former students to join in (note: (no ote: Lord quotes this author once in a single sentence). sen ntence). SSeveral friends over the years suggested compiling conversations and lists in a book. He com mpiling those th decided dec cided to do d it.

The book also includes the longtime Forest Hills T resident’s earliest forays into Queens community res ident’s ea theater, the eater, where whe he has acted, written and directed; Broadway show — “Hello, Dolly” starring his first Broa Ethel Eth hel Merman Merma in July 1970 with his ticket costing the princely pri ncely sum of $2.50; and his realization while working wo orking for the student newspaper at Queens College Col llege that if you are writing about plays, you can usually them for free. usu ually see th “The King and I” is a recurring thread. It is on his — he lists them alphabetically. list of top 10 musicals m first play he directed after being assigned It was the firs August Martin High School in Jamaica. to teach at Au

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seniors 62 and over, kids 12 and under; $2 more at door. Info: (718) 428-6363, theatrebythebayny.com.

Paintings by Eric Scott Horn, with works by the artist and archaeologist often relating to ancient myths, gods and goddesses, in a display dedicated to archaeologist Major Charles Cook, interred at Maple Grove Cemetery. Through mid-Nov., The Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. Free.

Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

“Newsies,” the musical based on the 1992 film and inspired by the newsboy strike of 1899, by Royal Star Theatre. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 8-9, 8 p.m.; Sun. Nov. 10, 3 p.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 179-14 Dalny Road, Jamaica Estates. $20; $17 seniors over 64, kids under 12; $2 more at door.

Info: (610) 322-8498, royalstartheatre.org.

“Diplomacy,” with works by 11 international artists responding to the architecture and Cold War history of Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, along with photos, plans and other ephemera related to it.

Through Fri., Nov. 22, Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, St. John’s University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica. Free. Info: (718) 990-7476, stjohns.edu.

“Painted Alice — The Musical,” an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” for adults, about an artist who falls through her canvas into a dark and comical world. Through Sun., Dec. 1, various dates and times, The Plaxall Gallery, 5-25 46 Ave., Long Island City. $25-$45. Info: (347) 848-0030, licartists.org.

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“Honoring Your Vision,” with about 30 paintings and photos by nine artists on what is in front of us but may be overlooked, including “Then and Now” images of historical area architecture by Cheryl Cuddeback. Through Fri., Nov. 29, Red Pipe Café, 71-60 Austin St., Forest Hills. Free. Info: (718) 224-8359.

LECTURES/TALKS The tagline for “Deathtrap,” an Ira Levin comedy-thriller the Douglaston Community Theatre troupe will stage starting Nov. 8, is “Some playwrights would kill for another hit!” Uh-oh.

Performing are Dawn Bianco, left, Danny Leonard and Joe Pepe, along with Sherry Mandery and Ken Cohn, not seen here. See Theatre.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL WOLF

“Survivance and Sovereignty on Turtle Island: Engaging with Contemporary Native American Art,” with works by 16 artists from across North America, called Turtle Island by some indigenous peoples. Through Thu., May 21, 2020, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $35-$65. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org.

THEATRE

Los Kjarkas, the Andean folk music band from Bolivia that was founded in 1965 and has performed around the world. Sun., Nov. 10, 8 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. $49$149. Info: (718) 793-0923, kupferbergcenter.org.

DANCE

“Deathtrap,” the comedy-thriller about a playwright apparently willing to kill to have a hit, by Douglaston Community Theatre. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m.; and Sat., Nov. 23, 2 p.m., Zion Episcopal Church, Church Street off Douglaston Pkwy., 243-01 Northern Blvd. $19; $17 seniors, students. Info: (718) 482-3332, dctonline.org.

Baroque and Beyond: Songs of Love and Loss, with music spanning four centuries that chronicles the human condition from both male and female composers’ views, from cantata to cabaret, by Musica Reginae. Sat., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., The Churchin-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students; free kids under 12. Info: (718) 8942178, musicareginae.org.

“A Chinese Lady,” a work in progress piece for two challenging the grandiose presentation typical of Chinese classical dance and returning to the poetry of body movement. Thu., Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Free. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

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Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra, with works by Weber, Beethoven, Borodin and Strauss Jr.. Sun., Nov. 17, 2 p.m., Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. $5; $3 seniors. Info: (718) 374-1627, fhso.org.

FILM

MUSIC “Atmospheres”: Queens College Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra Concert, with works

by Tchaikovsky, Toro Takemitsu and Leif Segerstam. Fri., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

Free; donation suggested. Info: (718) 997-3800, qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/music/.

The Summit: The Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6, with the longtime pop performers and soulful a cappella group in a unique collaboration. Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Colden Auditorium, Queens College,

“Sesame Street”: The Premiere, a screening of the first episode of the beloved children’s show, 50 years to the day after it aired, with three people involved appearing in person. Sun., Nov. 10, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $9 kids 3-17; includes museum admission. Info: (718) 7776888, movingimage.us.

SESAME STREET WORKSHOP

“Gloria,” an “eye-opening commentary” about the media’s handling of personal tragedy focused on a group of editorial assistants at an NYC magazine, by the Queens College Dept. of Drama, Theatre and Dance. Thu.-Fri., Nov. 7-8, 7 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10, 3 p.m., Goldstein Theatre at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. $18; $11 seniors; $5 all Fri., Nov. 1 only. Info: (718) 7938080, kupferbergcenter.org.

“Getting Married,” the George Bernard Shaw comedy about wedded life, with all its ups and downs,

by The Gingerbread Players. Sat., Nov. 9 and 16, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10 and 17, 2:30 p.m., St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway S., Forest Hills. $15; $12 each in groups of six or more. Info: (718) 268-7772, gingerbreadplayers.org. stlukesforesthills.org.

“Marguerite,” a musical tale of love, inclusion and living life without walls based on the life of Canada’s first female saint, Marguerite Bourgeoys, by the Astoria Performing Arts Center. Fri., Nov. 8-Sat., Nov. 23, various dates and times, Church of the Redeemer, 30-14 Crescent St., Astoria. $25; $20 seniors, students. Info: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org.

“Gypsy,” the musical based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, focusing on her mother, Rose, known as the ultimate show biz mother, by Theatre By The Bay. Sat., Nov. 9. 16 and 23, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10, 17 and 24, 3 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 1300 209 St. $25; $22

A Journey Around the World: Germany’s Influence on New York, with video and presentation by Yorkville/Kleindeutschland historian Kathy Jolowicz on Germany’s history and influence from the 17th century to the 1960s; part of a series on various nations. Sat., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., St. Michael’s Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst. Free. Info: (718) 278-3240, stmichaelscemetery.com.

Book talk: “In the Shadows at Newtown Creek,” with photographer and Newtown Creek Alliance historian Mitch Waxman discussing his book of photos taken around the waterway and the area’s history, industry and environmental challenges. Thu., Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m., Roosevelt Island Library, 524 Main St. Free.

Info: (212) 688-4836, rihs.us.

MITCH WAXMAN Book talk and signing: “Abandoned Queens,” with photographer and author Richard Panchyk on his photo book of buildings and places left behind, such as Flushing Airport, Edgemere and more; hosted by the Greater Astoria Historical Society. Thu., Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Rocco Moretto VFW Post 2348, 31-35 41 St., Astoria. $5; books available for purchase. Info: (718) 278-0700, astorialic.org.

Giuseppe Petrosino: Saluting an Italian American Crime Fighter, with “Italian Americans in Law Enforcement” author Anne T. Romano discussing the pioneering cop who worked undercover against organized crime and became the only NYPD officer killed on duty outside the U.S. Tue., Nov. 12, 7-9 p.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Free. Info: (718) 478-3100, italiancharities.org.

Let’s Talk Democracy: Can Democracy Survive?, a civics education series led by Queens College political science professor and Taft Institute for Government Co-director Michael Krasner, with presentations and question-and-answer sessions. Wed., Nov. 13; Thu., Nov. 21, 6-7:30 p.m., Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. Free. Info: (718) 268-7934, letstalkdemocracy.org. continued on page 38

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Revolution yields evolution in Cuban artworks

by Jordana Landres qboro contributor

The irony of tyranny is that a population repressed is, eventually, a population expressed. What is squashed, explodes.

The “Arte Cubano” exhibit at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College reveals this cyclical inevitability with works as diverse and passionate as the artists themselves. Cuba’s Latin, European and Afro-Caribbean influences are interwoven throughout the over 25 pieces featured in this intensely immersive collection of a creative rebellion against political and environmental restriction.

“As a resource for students, we want our students to look at the exhibition and arts

‘Arte Cubano’ When: Through Thu., Feb. 20, 2020 Where: Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Entry: Free. (718) 997-4747, gtmuseum.org

as their home,” said Maria Rhor, co-director of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum.

“Noche Tranquila”/”Quiet Night” by Enrique Martinez Celaya is a cast bronze sculpture of a man’s head resting on its side.

It presents both an image of peace and unrest, weariness with a moment of relief that maybe can only be found in unconsciousness and dreams, a hard-won few hours of respite; the appearance of peace with a hidden reality. The skull detail combines aching realism with the added impact of solidity and massive size, and the quality is so palpable it’s easy to imagine the head would be warm to the touch.

“Constellation,” also by Martinez Celaya, is a lone statue rendered in bronze, nude, arms at its sides, staring into space with the quality of someone exposed yet comfortably aware of it, a presence in silence.

“Memorianas”/”Memories” by Roberto Fabelos brings thoughts to life in human form, showing an elegantly half-dressed and partially exposed woman with a pair of folded wings showing a kneeling winged female angel on top of her head. It lends great visual credence to the saying that thoughts are things.

“Constellation,” left, is a work in bronze, while “Relajarse”/”Relax” is a surreal set of PHOTOS BY JORDANA LANDRES headphones that would allow one to hear the ocean.

“Pinocho y Napoléon Cuentan la Historia”/”Pinnochio and Napoleon Tell the Story,” by renowned sculptor Esterio Segura, reveals the iconic fairy tale wooden boy, in plated cast bronze, in full-on lying mode with a lance-like nose jutting up and out high above the exhibit floor, essentially

vaulting across the room. Cast bronze feet bending tellingly inward, he stands on stacks of books. One of the titles reads “Killing the Truth,” a blunt testament to malignant censorship. “Throughout history, the truth has always been manipulated continued on page 39

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C M SQ page 36 Y K New York City Department of Parks and Recreation PUBLIC NOTICE Regarding the Initiation of the Section 106 Review Process for an Adverse Effect Tide Gate Bridge Replacement Project Located within Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens, New York The U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS-FEMA) proposes to provide funding to the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES), as recipient, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), as sub-recipient, as part of the Tide Gate Bridge Replacement Project (Project). The Project is jointly funded by FEMA and NYC Parks and includes the replacement of the Tide Gate Bridge along with all electrical components (the “Undertaking”). FEMA funding will be provided through FEMA’s Public Assistance Program, in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5172), as amended.

This public notice is issued as part of DHS-FEMA’s responsibilities under 36 C.F.R. Part 800, the regulations which implement Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended, 16 U.S.C.§ 470. FEMA, as Lead Federal agency, is required by regulation to identify and assess the effects of any proposed actions on historic properties. If any proposed Undertaking will have an adverse effect on historic resources, FEMA works with the appropriate parties to seek ways to avoid and minimize or mitigate any adverse effects. Additionally, the Section 106 regulations require FEMA to consider the views of the public on preservation issues when making final decisions that affect historic properties.

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NYC Parks proposes to demolish and replace the Tide Gate Bridge, which is a component of Perimeter Road (a.k.a. Meridian Road) in the northeast corner of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

The Tide Gate Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places by the New York State Historic Preservation Office under Criterion C in the area of engineering design as an intact example of a tidal gate bridge in New York City. (NYSHPO Ref. No.: 08101.012178). NYSHPO determined that the demolition of the Tide Gate Bridge and gates would be an Adverse Effect to Historic Properties.

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Jack (Louis DiBono), center, and his fellow “newsboys” are determined that the world will learn of their plight in “Newsies.”

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Kaitlyn Abdul sings and emotes effectively as Jack’s love interest, Katherine.

Danielle Fleming is touching as the handicapped Crutchie. As young brothers Davey and Les, respectively, Jackie Cosse and particularly Isabella Marsh, are adorable and effortlessly steal many a moment. Jackie Moe sells her one big number as Jack’s friend, theater owner Medda.

One of the dramatic highlights is a confrontation between Jack and his chief adversary, Joseph Pulitzer. Pulitzer is brought to forceful life by John DiBono, father of Louis, lending special emotion to the scene.

Music director Paul L. Johnson leads a crackerjack band of four (percussionist Jamie Taber played with par ticular focus). Choreographer Gabriella Marchese whipped up some fancy footwork for the game ensemble.

Lisa Curran designed an impressive, detailed set, while costumer Amy Ellis provided a look that is totally apropos.

The only drawback on Saturday was the poor sound quality, with voices disturbingly muffled, an issue that was largely corQ rected following intermission.

There’s energy to spare, some of the cutest youngsters you’re likely to see on stage this theatrical season, several impressive dance routines and a breakout performance by a local favorite, all combining for a satisfying evening (or matinee) at Royal Star Theatre’s production of “Newsies,” running one more weekend at Immaculate Conception Church in Jamaica.

The show, written by Alan Menken (music), Jack Feldman (lyrics) and Harvey Fierstein (book), is a Disney favorite, particularly among young audiences who can most easily identify with the title characters as they struggle for a fair shake against the publishing titans who threaten their welfare. Last Saturday’s opening night audience was filled with obvious fans.

Under the assured direction of Erik Neilssen, the production is admirable in many respects. The young ladies who portray many of the “newsboys” are completely immersed in their respective roles and render the gender-blind casting a nonissue. Movement around the double-decker set is smooth, and the he large cast is often found in photoworthy tableaux. Each scene blends into the next almost without pause.

When: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 8-9, 8 p.m.; Heading the cast as Jack, charisSun., Nov. 10, 3 p.m. matic leader of the paperboys, is Louis DiBono, who, at the age of 20, Where: Immaculate Conception has already amassed impressive local Catholic Academy, stage credits. Here, he meets the 179-14 Dalny Rd., Jamaica challenges of what is perhaps his most Tickets: $20; $17 seniors, kids; $2 more demanding role, and proves he’s a at door. (610) 322-8498, real contender, filled with conviction royalstartheatre.org in both his musical and dramatic moments.

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“I went to the director of the English Department and asked who was in charge of the school plays,” he said. Told no one was, he enlisted the help of the chairwoman of the music depar tment to change that.

“I said I wanted to do ‘The King and I,”’ he said. The play was a hit, and August Mar tin had what would become an award-winning theater department.

As fate would have it, the play found him again a few years ago at a massive upstate flea market, when he saw a vendor selling a ceramic “Anna and the King” cookie jar.

“He wanted $50 for it,” Lord said. “I

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was walking around when I saw a guy selling cookie jars and asked if he had one.” He said no, with Lord then telling him about the one with the other vendor.

“He told me ‘Go back and get it. You’ll probably never see another one in your life.’ I went back and it was near the end of the day. I got it for $30.”

Theater fans will enjoy seeing the famous lines of dialogue and song lyrics throughout Lord’s narrative — if you think you’ve found one not listed in the appendix, you didn’t.

There are also reminiscences about his brushes with Broadway royalty, including delightful encounters with actress Marlo Thomas and legendary producer and director Hal Prince; one less so with Merman at an autograph signing; and how actor Alec Baldwin taught his students via letter.

Perhaps his most treasured autograph came in 1973, a decade into his journey, when he read that an actress named Catherine Jacoby would be appearing in Dansrosch Park in Manhattan. A photo of the personally autographed program from 10 years earlier is displayed proudly in the book.

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Mark Lord’s passion for theater, particularly “The King and I,” seems to find him, as this cookie jar did at a fair. On the cover: Lord discusses his new book on the stage, PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON largely based on Facebook chats with his friends.

On contemporary Broadway, Lord is fine with the “Disneyfication” of some of the Great White Way. He’s philosophical over shows like “Chicago,” the revival of which has been running since 1996, being vehicles to hire big-name performers for limited runs.

“A producer’s job is to sell tickets. Plays like ‘Chicago,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘The Lion King’ have become almost New York City landmarks ... If it keeps theaters open, keeps actors employed and keeps drawing people to Broadway, Q it’s good.”

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I HAVE OFTEN WALKED

Floral Park was home to late artist Mapplethorpe

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Harry Mapplethorpe Jr. was born on June 3, 1918 and lived in Hollis. After graduating college, he married Joan Maxey in June 1942. They had four boys and two girls.

He purchased a brand-new Cape Cod home at 83-12 259 St. in the development of Floral Park to raise his family.

One son, Robert, born in November 1946, attended Martin Van Buren High School but he was more interested in taking photographs than academics. He went on to Pratt Institute and moved out of his house in 1967 to live with his girlfriend, rocker Patti Smith.

In 1972, he met art curator Sam Wagstaff, who gave him $500,000 to buy a loft at 24 Bond St. in Manhattan and let his genius grow and f lourish. Mapplethorpe found fame, and controversy, with his art, which was often erotic and focused on taboo subjects.

Unfortunately, his life was cut short on March 9, 1989 at age 42 due to AIDS.

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TOURS/HIKES World’s Fair Bike Tour, a beginner-friendly ride to sites from the 1939-40 and 1964-65 extravaganzas in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, led by park docents. Sun., Nov. 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., meeting near the Unisphere.

Free. Info: (212) 870-2080, bike.nyc.

Life and Art Along the L Train, an exploration of a route that has stimulated the movement of artists and gentrification, with looks at transforming neighborhoods from the West Village to Ridgewood, led by Queens Boro Historian Jack Eichenbaum. Mon., Nov. 11, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., meeting outside the subway entrance at 14 St. and 8 Ave., Manhattan. $49. Info/registration (required): (718) 961-8406, geognyc.com, jaconet@aol.com.

The Robert Mapplethorpe Home, 83-12 259 St., Floral Park, as it appears today.

The roof on his childhood home was later raised and enlarged. Public records show the house was sold in January of Q 2019 for $867,000.

Winter Waterfowl Workshop, a hike around the East and West ponds to view birds such as the canvasback duck, right, geese and more, after a slide presentation, led by American Littoral Society Northeast Chapter President Don Riepe. Sat., Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info/registration: (718) 474-0896, don@littoralsociety.org, nps. gov/gate/planyourvisit.

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For the tenth year in a row, Vaughn’s curriculum, faculty and overall academic reputation earned it a place in U.S. News and World Report’s survey of the best regional colleges in the North.

More than 99 percent of Vaughn graduates are employed or continue their education within one year of graduation, 83 percent in their field of study. Recent graduates have pursued advanced degrees at such institutions as Columbia, Stony Brook and Texas A&M, or landed positions at well-known organizations, such as Lockheed Martin, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Sikorsky, Consolidated Edison, Embraer and JetBlue Airways. Vaughn’s master’s degree in air-

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SOCIAL EVENTS Flea Market, with Christmas gifts and decorations and new and used jewelry, collectibles, clothes, household items and more; breakfast and lunch available for purchase. Sat., Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100, italiancharities.org.

MARKETS Holy Family Catholic Academy Annual Treasure Sale, with new and old items, food and refreshments. Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 74-15 175 St. (Utopia Parkway and 75 Ave.), Flushing. Info: (718) 9692124, holyfamilyca-freshmeadows.org.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church Flea Market, outdoors, with 160 vendors. Sat.-Sun.,Nov. 8-9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd.-150 St., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Senior Center, with arts and crafts, knitting, Wii bowling, education and more. Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., lunch at 12 p.m. Strength/stretching exercise class every Mon., 1 p.m.; yoga class every Thu., 10 a.m.; Zumba every Fri. 89-02 91 St., Woodhaven. Info: (718) 847-9200.

Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75 St., offers daily fitness classes for seniors:aerobics to music, lower-body toning, chair yoga, sit and be fit, Zumba, qi gong and tai chi; multimedia and watercolor painting, every Thu. and Fri.; friendly book, movie and poetry club, Wed., 1-2 p.m. monthly. Center open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Wildlife Weekend, with family fun including pony rides, hayrides, farmhouse tours, the Frogs, Bugs & Animals Show, “Moogician” Todd Charles, and more. Sat.-Sun., Nov. 9-10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. $12; $15 at door. Info: (718) 347-3276, queensfarm.org.

Medicare specialist consultations, by appointment, every other Wed., 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Info: (718) 225-1144.

Veterans Day Celebration, with the placing of a floral wreath to honor those who gave their lives for the country, near the 101st anniversary of Armistice Day, later Veterans Day, by Knights of Columbus Morris Park Council 566 and other groups. Sat., Nov. 9, 3 p.m., Buddy Monument, 108 St. and Park Lane S., Richmond Hill. Info: Joseph Cullina, (516) 974-2449.

Free peer-led community mental health group, held by Recovery International. Each Thu., 6-7:45 p.m., Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. Info: Certified Peer Specialist Holly Weiss, (347) 906-1260.

KIDS/TEENS Fall Fest, with attendees making apple cider and candied apples, decorating pumpkins and more.

Sat., Nov. 9, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Queens Historical Society, Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave.,

SUPPORT GROUPS

Gam-Anon is a 12-step program for families of someone with a gambling problem. Call hot line (212) 606-8177.

Bereavement groups for assistance dealing with loss and the process towards healing, with others experiencing similar situations. Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Registration req’d. Info: (718) 268-5011, ext. 160, olderadults@cgy.org.

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King Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Lehar’s “Merry” one 6 “Nonsense!”

11 In one’s dotage 12 Keyless 14 Squirm 15 Multitask, maybe 16 Before 17 Clio nominee, maybe 19 Antiquated 20 Dutch export 22 Customizable computer character 23 Diver Louganis 24 Doughnut, geometrically 26 Tell the tale 28 Scale member 30 Witness 31 Curve cutter 35 Diamond corners 39 Photog’s choice 40 Fish eggs 42 Tick follower 43 Singer DiFranco 44 “Ivanhoe” author 46 “-- on parle francais” 47 Word-finding game 49 Seek a bargain 51 Ape 52 Kitchen gadget 53 Having great scope 54 Monica of tennis

DOWN 1 Eccentric 2 Ready to roll 3 Understand 4 -- podrida 5 Unwanted plants 6 Sleepwear 7 Dazzle 8 Use unduly 9 Wool variety 10 Billfold 11 Saccharine

Cuban art exhibit

34 Wine and dine, maybe 36 Elegantly maintained 37 Bk. after Prov.

38 Vacationer at Vail, probably 41 Group character 44 Metal refuse 45 Recording 48 Martini ingredient 50 Solidify

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woman’s bare back. The focus is keenly on a uniquely female kind of pains, sewn into the prison of gender, self and circumstances, living on pins and needles as a way of inner life. Throughout history, the naked female body has always reflected, shaped, begun and ended cultural trends, while birthing laws and rules in both the service of and detriment to women like no other.

These and the other artists featured in “Arte Cubano” shine light into the darkness of oppression and economic struggle by revealing how those whose lives are shaped by it also transcend and transform it through their talent, authenticity Q and passion.

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continued from page 35 many different ways,” Segura says.

“Sin Titulo”/”Untitled” by Kcho (Alexis Leiva Machado) is rendered in oil and charcoal on canvas. Kcho distinctively is the first Cuban artist to make direct artistic references to the dangerously fragile boats people have used attempting to escape the island. The dominant engulfing blue of the house and ocean reflects Kcho’s life growing up by the water sailing and fishing.

“Relajarse”/”Relax” by Yoan Capote Puentes brings metal, leather and shells together to form surreal headphones made to hear the ocean and all of nature. It beckons to the viewer to find solace in nature by using an auditory vehicle of it. It also invokes the popular island saying “Every Cuban is a mechanic.”

“Hybrid of Chrysler” by Esterio Segura is an aerovehicular symbol of resistance against enforced limitations. Plane wings attached to a vintage 1953 Chrysler limousine create a multifaceted, multicapable freedom launch and (with enough space!) it’s driveable. Tangibly illustrating the impact of tyranny on art, Segura had to rebuild the machine in the U.S. because he could only take the wings from his native Havana.

Lidzie Alvisa’s “Traps of the Interior” shows rows of pins embedded into a

13 Sill 18 Hr. fraction 21 Indispensables 23 Wonderful 25 “Mayday!”

27 Civil War soldier 29 Theft 31 Dieters’ targets 32 Film director whose father was a painter 33 Baffler

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-15-19, bearing Index Number NC-000835-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) AMEN (Middle) RAY-TAHIR (Last) REMBERT EL. My present name is (First) AMEN (Middle) RAYTAHIR (Last) REMBERT (infant). The city and state of my present address are Jamaica, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are November 2001.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-11-19, bearing Index Number NC-000680-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) AZEEMAA (Middle) SHEIK (Last) MAHNOOR. My present name is (First) AZEEMAA (Middle) RAHMAN (Last) MAHOMED. The city and state of my present address are Jackson Heights, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are March 2001.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-11-19, bearing Index Number NC-000692-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) HUSSAIN (Middle) HAIDER (Last) ZAIDI. My present name is (First) KABIR (Middle) ALI (Last) ZAIDI (infant). The city and state of my present address are Fresh Meadows, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. The month and year of my birth are July 2016.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-09-19, bearing Index Number NC-000704-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) MENDI (Middle) IYABODE (Last) FOWEWE-VINSON. My present name is (First) MEDINATU (Middle) IYABODE (Last) FOWEWE-VINSON AKA MADINATU FOWEWE AKA MEDINATU I FOWEWE AKA MEDINATU I FOWEWE VINSON. The city and state of my present address are LAURELTON, NY. My place of birth is NIGERIA. The month and year of my birth are February 1954.

Notice of Formation of Try Fat Orange LLC amended to Fat Orange LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/24/19. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 106-18 49th Ave, Corona, NY 11368. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 09-26-19, bearing Index Number NC-000770-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) LA VOID (Last) RHODE. My present name is (First) LAVOID (Last) RHODE AKA LAVARD DAVIS AKA LA VOID DAVIS. The city and state of my present address are East Elmhurst, NY. My place of birth is WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. The month and year of my birth are November 1935.

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located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) MARVIN (Last) ISAAC. My present name is (First) MARVIN (Middle) MICHAEL NABIL (Last) SOBHY ISHAK AKA MARVIN MICHAEL NAB ISHAK AKA MARVIN MICHAEL NABIL ISHAK (infant). The city and state of my present address are Middle Village, NY. My place of birth is EGYPT. The month and year of my birth are July 2016.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 09-20-19, bearing Index Number NC-000786-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) NATALIE (Middle) LOVE (Last) RODRIGUEZ. My present name is (First) NATALIE (Middle) LOVE (Last) JUDAH AKA NATALIE LOVE RODRIGUEZ AKA NATALIE L. JUDAH. The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are June 1983.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-25-19, bearing Index Number NC-000865-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) SYLVIA (Last) PEREZ. My present name is (First) ARGIROULA (Last) PEREZ AKA ARGIROULA GLEZELIS. The city and state of my present address are JAMAICA, NY. My place of birth is HOLLYWOOD, FL. The month and year of my birth are December 1984.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 10-11-19, bearing Index Number NC-000419-19/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) ETHAN (Middle) NICKOLAS (Last) MUEVECELA PUIN. My present name is (First) ETHAN (Middle) NICKOLAS (Last) MUEVECELA TORRES (infant). The city and state of my present address are Corona, NY. My place of birth is QUEENS, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are December 2018.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.: 707260/2019 Filed: 04/24/2019 SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST MURPHY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES; NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; JOHN DOE (said name being fictitious to represent unknown tenants/occupants of the subject property and any other party or entity of any kind, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged property), Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action may answer to appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. To the above-named defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Cheree A. Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated October 9, 2019 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on the property 197-14 120th Avenue, St. Albans, NY 11412 also known as Block: 12683 Lot: 4 Queens County is designated as the place of trial based upon the location of the property being foreclosed. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485 B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830, T: (516) 630-0288.

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YOU ARE INVITED To a Public Information Meeting about the continued processing of regulated medical waste at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Northeast Laboratory, located at 158-15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. A Public Participation Plan has been prepared in accordance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Policy-29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29). The purpose of this meeting is to inform the public about the project and to involve the community during the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) permit application review process.

Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Northeast Laboratory, United States Food & Drug Administration, located at: 158-15 Liberty Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433 (limited on-street parking available) Agenda: • Project Overview (NYSDEC permit application review process) • Background (Northeast Laboratory) • Public participation/notification process • Community Impact • Proposed Mitigation Measures • Questions Your Attendance and Participation is Important!

Project personnel will be available to answer any questions from the community. For additional information on the proposed project, Contact: Mr. Stephen King, Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist United States Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1010 Rockville, MD 20857 Stephen.King@fda.hhs.gov Tel: 240-402-6001 A copy of the filed application may be viewed in the repository, located at: Northeast Laboratory United States Food and Drug Administration 158-15 Liberty Avenue Jamaica, NY 11433 Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM

LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION is hereby given to Ahmad Bostani a/k/a Arman Rezayar Bostani a/k/a Ahmad Reza Bostani a/k/a Ahmadreza Bostani (collectively referred to as “Bostani”), of an action commenced in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, entitled Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company v.

Islam, et al., Index No. 702988/2015, the object of which is, among other things, to recover damages against defendant Bostani in an amount of no less than $430,000.00 and expenses in an amount of no less than $7,288.01, plus interest from the date of April 14, 2014, costs, disbursements and expenses, for his role in the improper transfer of a certain piece of real property and for failure to repay a loan in a principal amount of $472,000.00 borrowed by Bostani in connection with said transfer of real property. Pursuant to its obligations under a policy of title insurance, plaintiff Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Commonwealth”) paid the above sum and incurred the above expenses to quiet title to the property.

Legal Notice by Publication is further given that on January 20, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Mohammed Islam (“Islam”) as to liability only, and that on October 25, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Bostani as to liability only, and that on February 27, 2018, the Court held an Inquest on the issue of damages. Legal Notice by Publication is further given that upon the Affirmation of Adam B. Kaplan, Esq., dated October 10, 2019, Affidavit of Anthony R. Medina, Esq., dated October 9, 2019, and upon all of the pleadings and proceedings, Plaintiff will move the Court before the Hon. Pam B. Jackman Brown, J.S.C., at the New York Supreme Court, Queens County, Courtroom 44A, located at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435, on Monday, December 9, 2019 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for entry of an Order awarding damages to Plaintiff in the amount of $438,288.01, or in the alternative, scheduling this case for a second Inquest as to damages. Pursuant to CPLR 2214(b), answering papers must be served upon the undersigned at least seven days before the return date of this motion. If Judgment is entered against you for the relief that Commonwealth demands, the Sheriff may seize your money, wages, property or other assets to pay all or part of the Judgment.

If you cannot afford an attorney, and seek information about the legal process, you may call the Help Center at the Supreme Court at (718) 298-1024, or visit Room 100 in the Courthouse. Copies of all papers are available by contacting the attorneys for Commonwealth: Fidelity National Law Group, 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 103, Roseland, New Jersey 07068, (973) 863-7017.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.: 707112/2019 Filed: 04/22/2019 ROUNDPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET RUCKER, DECEASED; JACQUELINE RUCKER, HEIR-AT-LAW OF MARGARET RUCKER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; JOHN DOE (said name being fictitious to represent unknown tenants/occupants of the subject property and any other party or entity of any kind, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged property), Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action may answer to appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered, and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. To the above-named defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Cheree Buggs, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated October 7, 2019 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on the property 239-11 147th Road, Rosedale a/k/a Jamaica, NY 11422 also known as Section: 13738 Lot: 118 Queens County is designated as the place of trial based upon the location of the property being foreclosed. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485 B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830, T: (516) 630-0288.

WOODSIDE 32 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/20/19. Office: 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, 53-19 32nd Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

144-41 26 AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/09/19. Office: Q ueens C oun t y. S S N Y designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 33-59 169th Street, Flushing, NY 11358. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

EMPIRE STATE’S CHILDREN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/02/19.

Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Registered Agents Inc., 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GORDON INVESTMENTS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 25-21 43RD AVENUE, APT 311, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

JAB DENTAL SERVICES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/09/19.

Office: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC, Jason Bastida 40-14 82nd Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Line Venture Group LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/11/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: KAB Y. BANG, 28-23 208TH STREET, BAYSIDE, NY 11360. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Wortman 1031 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/10/19.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 145-05 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Neponsit, NY 11694. Purpose: any lawful activity.

17 E ST MARKS PL LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 10/7/19. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to The LLC, c/o ABDUL WASI, 5517 137TH St., FL. 2, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of GARDEN OPS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/30/2019.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: THE LLC, 17-54 DEKALB AVENUE, Unit 2F, RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Graphis Printing and Design Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/09/2019. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: KONSTANTINA TSEKENIS, 146-40 23RD AVENUE, WHITESTONE, NY 11357. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

KG 6011 DEVELOPMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/16/19.

Office: 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, 132-01 34th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Nu Solutions LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/2019.

Office location: Queens County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Winford Cropper, 137-43 233rd Street, Rosedale, NY 11422.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Last Friday, the New York Mets announced that former star centerfielder Carlos Beltran would be the team’s 22nd manager.

His hiring was a bit of a surprise because the sports media assumed that Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen would select a manager with previous major league experience since the man he fired, Mickey Callaway, was criticized for making neophyte mistakes.

Van Wagenen, however, never publicly made that stipulation so it wasn’t a total surprise that he selected Beltran who has no managerial experience. Then again, neither did Aaron Boone when the Yankees selected him two years ago to replace Joe Girardi, who was shockingly relieved of his duties following the 2017 season. Many Mets fans were understandably clamoring for Girardi to be hired but the odds of that were slim at best.

Few teams are giving managers big contracts these days and the Mets owners, the Wilpons, weren’t going to buck that trend. Even if they were willing to be generous they would have been outbid by Philadelphia Phillies owner John Middleton, who this past spring lavished a $330 million, 13-year contract on supremely talented but moody outfielder Bryce Harper. Middleton grew up watching Phillies games in the upper deck of Connie Mack Sta-

dium and still thinks of himself as a fan first and an owner second. Thus it wasn’t surprising that he signed Girardi. He’s an easier-going version of the late George Steinbrenner.

Here’s the funny thing: I believe that even if the Wilpons had given Van Wagenen a blank check he still would’ve passed on Girardi.

I spoke with Van Wagenen shortly before the end of the season and asked him if the GM job was worth the aggravation and if he missed being an agent at the Creative Artists Agency, where he was hugely successful.

“This is the most rewarding work I have ever done. I love creating and building,” he told me. Nearly every builder prefers to work with fresh materials rather than recycled ones.

Being a former CAA agent, Van Wagenen knew that he needed to land a big name to get fans excited, and Beltran is a probable Hall of Famer. No one knows if Beltran will have managerial success but he’s no one’s yes man and I’ve always respected his candor.

I remember chatting with him when his teammate and friend, catcher Ramon Castro, was traded to the Chicago White Sox. Castro was livid when he got word. “What’s he upset about? Doesn’t he realize that we’re all pieces of furniture that can be moved at any time?”

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