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SHOWING HIS HAND Steve Cohen’s casino pitch revealed PAGES 2 AND 10 Mets owner Steve Cohen this week unveiled his proposal for “Metropolitan Park,” which would occupy the 50 acres of parkland that is currently the Citi Field parking lot. The plans include a casino and accompanying hotel operated by Hard Rock, a live music venue, a Queens food hall and 20 acres of green space.

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Cohen unveils pitch for casino by Citi Field ‘Metropolitan Park’: green space and Hard Rock-backed gaming, hotel

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ets owner Steve Cohen on Tuesday officially unveiled his plan to reimagine the 50 acres of parkland that is currently the Citi Field parking lot: In a project he and his lobbying firms, Queens Future and New Green Willets, are calling “Metropolitan Park,” the space will include a casino and accompanying hotel operated by Hard Rock, a live music venue, a Queens food hall and 20 acres of green space.

“It’s time the world’s greatest city got the sports and entertainment park it deserves,” Cohen said in a statement. “When I bought this team, fans and the community kept saying we needed to do better. Metropolitan Park delivers on the promise of a shared space that people will not only want to come to and enjoy, but can be truly proud of.”

The plan incorporates many of the ideas mentioned during Cohen’s visioning sessions earlier this year. Among those ideas were more bike lanes in the area so as to more easily connect the surrounding communities to Citi Field. A rendering of the plan shows bike paths both north of the ballpark and to the south along Roosevelt Avenue.

A press release from Cohen also mentions an “accessible and renovated mass transit station,” which Cohen spokesperson John

Mets owner Steve Cohen announced plans for Metropolitan Park, an entertainment complex QUEENS FUTURE LLC / NEW GREEN WILLETS RENDERING next to Citi Field that would include a casino.

Collins said will include accessibility and signage updates. He added that the Department of Parks and Recreation is developing a multiyear plan to repair the boardwalk between the Long Island Rail Road and subway stations, as some elected officials, such as Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) and state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-East Elm-

hurst), have previously called for.

The release of Cohen’s proposal comes after nearly two years of discussion of the plan throughout the World’s Borough. Though various elements of the plan — an $8 billion investment — had been reported and discussed in the last year, Tuesday marks the first time the public is getting a full picture.

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The plan also shows three parking structures throughout the park: one north of Citi Field by the left field gate, another south of Roosevelt Avenue and a third near the hotel and casino. Though Collins did not say how many levels each will be, another Cohen spokesperson previously told the Chronicle the project will maintain the number of parking spaces currently at Citi Field — roughly 7,500.

While some community members have pushed back on the idea of a casino, citing concerns ranging from traffic to crime and gambling addictions, others have objected to the idea because the land itself is legally parkland, which has been leased to the Mets ever since Shea Stadium was built so as to allow for a ballpark and accompanying parking lot.

Though Cohen’s press release refers to the outdoor space, complete with athletic fields and playgrounds, as “public park space,” Collins said it will be maintained privately.

To build anything on the property — let alone a casino — Cohen would need the state Legislature to alienate the parkland. He would then have to make up for its loss.

Assemblyman Jeff Aubry (D-Corona) has introduced an alienation bill that would require Cohen to either replace the parkland elsewhere acre for acre or build at least 20 continued on page 16

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Migrant site concerns loom large at CB 10 Floyd Bennett Field qualms, police manpower in 106th Pct. discussed

by Kristen Guglielmo Associate Editor

The temporary migrant housing site at Floyd Bennett Field, which is in Brooklyn but part of the Jamaica Bay unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, was a hot topic at Community Board 10’s monthly meeting last Thursday.

The site, which recently opened, is expected to house 2,000 migrants, according to the city.

State Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Brooklyn, Queens) told attendees that she has received letters from constituents expressing concerns about the site and that she discussed them with an official on her last visit to Washington.

“I may not have been as vociferous as others, but I have been voicing my opinion to the powers that be,” she said.

She said someone told her, “You have to say we must stop immigration.” But in response, Persaud said, “I’m a South American girl. I am an immigrant, so you’re not going to hear me say, ‘We have to stop immigrants from coming into the country.’

What I’m going to say is, ‘Our immigration system is broken, and our federal government has to fix it.’”

Persaud told attendees she planned to visit Floyd Bennett Field the following Monday, as she’s concerned with it being an isolated place prone to flooding.

CB 10 tackled myriad concerns at November’s YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT monthly meeting.

Chair Betty Braton tried to quell any anti-immigration rhetoric, reminding the public that a lot of them are immigrants or come from families of immigrants, and insinuated the process for them may have been easier.

“People that went through Ellis Island got examined for being healthy and nothing else,” Braton said. “So a lot of what is being said today should not be par t of the discussion.”

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) said she visited Floyd Bennett Field earlier in the week to observe conditions.

Pheffer Amato said she does not believe it is acceptable to house migrants on federal

parkland because it is “sacred space.” She is also one of many plaintiffs on a lawsuit — spearheaded by Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) — that says as much. The next court date for the case is Nov. 9 in Richmond County Supreme Court.

Of the site, Pheffer Amato said, “This is not a place that’s set up for success. It’s a place set up to get people off the streets ... but we are not stopping our advocacy.”

She also told attendees that the governor has state properties on a list of possible sites.

“Nothing has ever been taken off the table — it’s been pivoted. So all the state properties [are still available] — which is Aqueduct.”

Of her observations at Floyd Bennett Field, Pheffer Amato said, “I was so depressed afterwards, because it was just sad. ... It was a sad, sad place, and no one should be housed that way, period.”

Other board discussions included a public hearing regarding a prospective marijuana dispensary at 124-20 Liberty Ave. in Richmond Hill, the current site of Vaporize New York, which sells CBD and licensed vaporizer products. The owners, Kishan and Jennifer Mahipath, lamented the “bad actors” who market products to children, and insinuated they will run a legitimate, knowledgeable and safe establishment.

During the public safety committee update presented by Frank Dardani, it was said that the commanding officer of the

106th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Jerome Bacchi, will be “moving on.” Two captains were interviewed by nine community leaders, according to Dardani, but there are no further updates.

“We think both of them were wellequipped to serve here in the 106,” he said.

Lt. John Gherardi presented crime statistics from the 106. He said crime is down 4 percent for the year, and in the 28-day-period, crime is down almost 29 percent.

It is down in all categories “besides grand larceny autos,” Gherardi said. He reminded attendees to leave car keys far from front doors to prevent thieves from utilizing devices to steal data from push-to-start key fobs.

To combat porch pirates this holiday season, Gherardi encouraged sending Amazon deliveries to lockers or packages to a loved one’s household if someone will be home.

The 106 did not receive any officers from this year’s graduating class, Gherardi said.

Braton later discussed the area’s need for more police, saying it is the board’s expense budget priority.

The area has 10.2 percent of the officers and detective specialists available in Queens South, Braton said, and over 15 percent of the crime.

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“It’s very clear to me that this all stems from teenagers having poor mental health coping mechanisms.”

A teacher at a Central Queens high school, who requested anonymity in fear of retribution, said she sees teenagers using vaporizers or e-cigarettes on a daily basis.

“No amount of confiscation or parent calls have helped,” she told the Chronicle. “They’re addicted. They get sad or stressed, and ‘hit the vape’ because it makes them feel better.”

According to the state Health Department, NYS Public Health Law Article 13-F, Section 1399-MM-1 prohibits the sale of f lavored vapor products that do not have an FDA marketing order.

Additionally, retailers may only sell tobacco products that are unflavored or are tobacco-, menthol-, mint- or wintergreen-flavored, and tobacco products may not be sold to those under the age of 21.

“Sometimes I smell a waft of smoky strawberry coming from behind my back when

walking through the crowded hallways between classes,” the teacher said. “By the time I whip around to catch them, it’s already gone. So I don’t think the laws banning the sale of flavored nicotine are doing much.”

It seems the city Department of Education is keenly aware of the issue in schools. Last week, the agency announced a partnership with CATCH Global Foundation to address the nicotine-vaping epidemic among youth, called the CATCH My Breath initiative.

In collaboration with the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the New York Health Foundation, CATCH — which stands for coordinated approach to child health — will provide free vaping prevention training, classroom resources and parent resources to public school health educators serving middle and high school students, the press release said, as well as engage students in advocacy-centered service-learning projects.

“Our school staff are not only educators, but wellness champions and role models for our young New Yorkers. It is critical that they have the resources to help our kids prioritize their

To address the nicotine vaping epidemic among city youth, the Department of Education announced the CATCH My Breath initiative last Thursday. wellbeing and say no to vaping,” said Schools Chancellor David Banks in the release. “As more and more young people take up use of e-cigarettes, the CATCH My Breath NYC ini-

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Incumbents win big in the general election

Queens’ Democratic candidates largely bested their Republican competitors

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It was a relatively quiet election night in Queens, as incumbents were overwhelmingly victorious in their re-election bids.

Every borough incumbent running to retain a seat claimed victory late Tuesday evening, based upon the city Board of Elections’ unofficial results.

District attorney Incumbent Melinda Katz, a Democrat, has served as DA since 2020 and will continue to do so after claiming 66.91 percent of the vote, thumping her two challengers, Republican Michael Mossa and Public Safety Party candidate George Grasso, who earned 27.12 and 5.02 percent of the votes, respectively.

City Council District 19 Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone), the Republican incumbent, earned 60.18 percent of the vote in a landslide victory over Tony Avella, a former state senator and councilman, who had 39.44 percent of the votes.

City Council District 28 The City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica), earned 85.12 percent of the votes, besting Republican Rusat Ramgopal, who polled at 13.89 percent.

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City Council District 27 Democrat Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) had one of the largest margins of victory, trouncing Republican Marilyn Miller 92.47 percent to 6.92 percent.

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City Council District 20 Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) will retain her seat, getting 58.05 percent of the votes to beat Republican James Pai (31.45 percent) and Better Flushing Party candidate Dany Chen (9.91 percent).

City Council District 22 Progressive Democrat Tiffany Cabán (D-Astoria) retained her seat against Republican Kelly Klingman, winning a commanding 69.23 percent to 30.01 percent.

City Council District 26 Incumbent Julie Won (D-Long Island City) electorally demolished Republican Marvin Jeffcoat, having won 78.88 percent to 19.96 percent.

City Council District 29 Incumbent Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) handily beat her two challengers with 67.86 percent of the vote. Republican Dan niel Maio and Com mon Sense Par ty candidate Suk hi Singh earned 27.28 percent and 4.26 percent, respectively.

City Council District 30 Bob Holden (D-Maspeth), the incumbent, did not face any challengers, running on Democratic/Animal Welfare, Republican and Conservative/Medical Freedom party lines. He polled at 95.98 percent.

City Council District 31 I ncu mbent Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Laurelton) bested Republican Daniella May, winning a whopping 89.48 percent to 10.28 percent.

Winning shares of the vote for competitive City Council races ranged from 58 to 94.6 percent.

City Council District 23 The incumbent, Linda Lee (D-Oakland Gardens), bested Republican Bernard Chow in another election night landslide victory, winning 63 percent over Chow’s 35.53 percent.

City Council District 24 Incumbent Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) garnered 74.49 percent of the vote, overwhelmingly overpassing Republican Jonathan David Rindali’s 23.55 percent.

City Council District 25 Incumbent Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights) easily bested his two challengers, earning 65.3 percent of the votes over Republican Zhile Cao (21.33 percent) and Diversity Party candidate Fatima Baryab

City Council District 32 Republican incumbent Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) ran uncontested, polling at 95.03 percent.

City Council District 34 D e moc r at Je n n i fe r Gutiér rez, the incumbent, won a massive 94.64 percent over Medical Freedom Party candidate Marguerite Chandler (4.73 percent).

Justice of the Supreme Court, 11th Judicial District The five justices chosen were Cassandra Johnson (D, 16.33 percent), Karen Lin (D, 17.1 percent), Peter Kelly (D, 17.28 percent), Jessica Earle-Gargan (D, 16.67 percent) and Scott Dunn (D/R, 22.37 percent). Gar y Muraca (R) polled at 8.69 percent.

Judge of the Queens County Civil Court Democrat Sandra Pérez (66.22 percent) claimed victory over Republican Sharmela Bachu (33.06 percent).

District 19 Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, left, and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, were PHOTOS BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE among those victorious in Tuesday’s general election.

Judge of the Civil Court, 1st Municipal Court District, Queens Michael Goldman, a Democrat, won 97.91 percent of the vote as the only name on the ballot for this seat.

Judge of the Civil Court, 2nd Municipal Court District, Queens Democr at Sa nd r a Mu ñoz , t he sole n a m e o n t h e b a l lo t , p ol le d a t 9 7.6 percent.

Judge of the Civil Court, 4th Municipal Court District, Queens Delsia Marshall, a Democrat who ran uncontested, polled at 97.74 percent.

Judge of the Civil Court, 6th Municipal Court District, Queens Democrat Evelyn Gong bested William Shanahan, a Republican, winning 51.43 percent of the vote over his 48.16 percent.

Proposal Number 1: Removal of small city school districts from special constitutional debt limitation Residents largely voted in favor of the proposed amendment to Article 8, Section 4 of the Constitution, which would remove the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small city school districts, so they will be treated the same as all other school districts, with 72.7 percent voting affirmatively.

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Veterans Day celebrations Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and to mark the occasion, there are three area events scheduled to pay tribute and respects to those who have served.

American Legion Post 104 in Glendale is hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Cooper Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 11. The event starts at 11 a.m., but guests are asked to arrive by 10:45 a.m. Post 104 can be reached at (718) 821-9726.

American Legion Post 118 in Woodhaven is holding its Veterans Day ceremony at its usual meeting location, 89-02 91 St., on

Saturday, Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Post 118 can be reached at (718) 846-6116.

The Queens Veterans Day Parade in Middle Village will be on Sunday, Nov. 12 at 12 p.m., rain or shine. The parade route will commence on 80th Street along Metropolitan Avenue and conclude with a ceremony at Christ the King Regional High School.

The parade’s grand marshal is Sgt. Brendan Gibbons, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. from 1996 to 2002. Jon Kablack, the 104th Precinct’s Community Council president, will be honored with a Q Patriot Award.

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Fort Lee mayor sues over congestion tolls NJ residents seek full environmental review, NYS-funded pollution monitoring

by Michael Gannon

and $23 per automobile, with trucks paying more.

Federal authorities have mandated overThe mayor of Fort Lee, NJ, and a group of Garden State residents suffering from night discounts and reductions for incomerespiratory ailments have filed a lawsuit in eligible residents of the CBD. The stated aims are to reduce the amount federal court to stop implementation of congestion pricing for the Manhattan central of traffic and automobile pollution in Midbusiness district unless a full environmental town and Downtown Manhattan; and to study is conducted to identify possible raise a minimum of $1 billion per year in impacts of the plan on New Jersey residents. order to finance $15 billion in borrowing for Mayor Mark Sokolich is filing in his the MTA’s capital fund.

The 19-page complaint, filed in U.S. Discapacity as both a public official and resident. Richard Galler is filing as a resident trict Court in New Jersey on Nov. 2, names nine individuals and agencies as defendants, and as an asthma patient.

The suit alleges that federal officials and including the U.S. Department of Transporsome based in New York State approved tation and the Federal Highway Administraboth the process and environmental studies tion, both of which approved environmental “without adequately considering the conse- studies that did not include a complete environmental impact statement. quences of the program on New Jersey ...

It also includes the Metropolitan Trans“This matter is ripe for judicial review as the Defendants are actively deciding on the portation Authority, its chairman and CEO, specifics of the CBD Tolling Zone, costs Janno Lieber, the Traffic Mobility Review and other terms and conditions which will Board, which will set tolling rates and reguhave a direct impact on New Jersey resi- lations, its chairman, Carl Weisbrod, and the Triborough Bridge and dents in less than a year.”

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T he lawsu it ca n be The most incendiar y v iewe d on l i ne at bit . one of the a l le g a t io n s r e g a r d i n g ly/47ieiCg. potential pollution start on Sokolich and Galler are measures page 13. asking the court to grant addressed “46. In March 2023, the them class-action status MTA reportedly submitrepresenting New Jersey issues identified ted a secret memo to the residents who will face FHWA indicating it would increased traffic, pollution

by New Jersey.” commit to spending $130 and financial costs if the — Complaint in U.S. District million towards mitigation plan goes into effect this Court, New Jersey measures for New York coming spring. communities with enviGaller also is requesting that class-action status be granted to those ronmental justice concerns, almost all comin the Fort Lee region who suffer from ing from congestion pricing measures. None of the measures addressed potential harms respiratory ailments.

In addition to a New Jersey-inclusive to New Jersey as a result of the congestion environmental study, the suit is calling on pricing scheme. Moreover, because this New York State to fund pollution monitor- memo was not made public New Jersey and ing, as it is promising to do in areas of the other interested stakeholders had no ability Bronx that are likely to bear the brunt of the to comment.

“47. In early May 2023, the FHWA pubrelocated traffic and pollution.

Under the congestion pricing proposal, lished its Final [environmental assessment]. vehicles will be charged tolls for entering Although several mitigation measures were Manhattan at or below 60th Street. Yet-to- added none addressed issues identified by be-determined fees could be between $9 New Jersey.

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Resorts World job fair, Nov. 17 State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) is hosting his annual large-scale, free job fair at Resorts World Casino, located at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., on Nov. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the Queens Chamber of Commerce. All are welcome to attend.

Companies, organizations, recruiters and agencies across the tri-state area are invited to participate. Each registered company will be provided with an assigned table and chairs.

Job seekers are recommended to dress in business attire, with resume copies on

hand for distribution. Resorts World will provide free parking to job seekers in the lot across from the casino entrance.

“Helping individuals find work is one of the most important services I can provide as an elected official,” Addabbo said. “ ... Over the years, many constituents have returned to my office to let me know that they were successful in finding a job at my job fair, and there is no better feeling than that.”

For more information, call Addabbo’s Q office at (718) 738-1111.

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Mayor Mark Sokolich, left, of Fort Lee, NJ, is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit seeking to delay or halt the implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Janno Lieber, right, its chairman and CEO, are among nine defendants in what Sokolich hopes FORT LEE, NJ, PHOTO, LEFT; AND PHOTO COURTESY MTA / FILE will be approved as a class action lawsuit.

“48. Although the [Finding of No Significant Impact] was issued, the MTA had indicated that “Certain environmental justice communities will benefit from decreased traffic: some communities that are already overburdened by pre-existing air pollution and chronic disease could see an adverse effect as a result of increased traffic.”

Among the areas mentioned which are in New Jersey are Orange, East Orange, Newark and Fort Lee. “49. The Plan Sponsors have indicated that they will fund a neighborhood asthma center in the Bronx, and monitor ... to determine whether changes in air pollution are occurring in New York, expand clean trucks program and off-hours delivery program, replace diesel burning trucks and coordinate to expand electric truck charging infrastructure, as well as install or upgrade air filtration in New York school, no such promise has been made to alleviate the suffering in New Jersey that will result from instituting the CBP.

“50. Additionally, the FONSI acknowledged that truck traffic on 1-95 in Bergen County will increase by up to 1,000 trucks and cost will increase for all drivers in New Jersey under each of the seven scenarios under consideration.”

In a statement from the MTA, Chief of Policy and Exter nal Relations John J. McCarthy was unimpressed.

“It’s Gottheimer Groundhog Day and — shocker — he wants to send more traffic and more pollution to New York,” McCarthy said. “News flash: Manhattan is already full of vehicles, and we don’t need more carbon emissions. So congestion pricing needs to move forward for less traffic, safer streets, cleaner air and huge improvements to mass transit.”

McCarthy’s reference was to U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (R-NJ). He and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn) have filed a bill calling for a full audit of the MTA’s books as part of their opposition to Q the congestion pricing proposal.

Crash kills motorcyclist in HB A 29-year-old man is dead after a car crash in Howard Beach, according to police.

On Nov. 6, at approximately 1:23 a.m., police responded to a crash between a motorcycle and an SUV at the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and 165th Avenue, the NYPD said.

A preliminary investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that vehicle No. 1, a 2020 BMW X3, operated by a 24-year male, was traveling northbound on Cross Bay and made an illegal U-turn from the left turn bay at the intersection of 165th Avenue, ignoring

a no U-turn sign when it was struck on the passenger side by vehicle No. 2, a 2004 Honda CBR 1000 motorcycle, operated by 29-year-old Raiquel Tapia-Villar of Arverne.

Police said the motorcycle was traveling southbound on Cross Bay at an apparent high speed before it struck vehicle No. 1.

Tapia-Villar was transported by EMS to Jamaica Hospital Medical center, where he was pronounced deceased. Vehicle No. 1’s driver remained on the scene and was uninjured, authorities said. The investigation Q remains ongoing.

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e’re reluctantly coming around to Steve Cohen’s proposal for the Citi Field parking lot. Seeing a broad overhead schematic of the plan for the first time this week, we’ve gone from philosophically opposed to perhaps positive and cautiously optimistic.

Look, the space is parkland by law, and that’s why we’ve been against building anything there. But it’s also, as Cohen loves to point out, “50 acres of asphalt.” The lot has spots for 7,500 cars, and we love to see Mets fans fill them up, but when the space is not utilized, it’s a barren wasteland. Not so under the billionaire team owner’s vision.

Above all, Cohen wants a casino there. He’s hoping to get one of three licenses that will be going to downstate gambling — excuse us, gaming — operations. It’s a tall order. If he succeeds, he wants to create “Metropolitan Park,” a destination that would include the casino, a hotel, a live music venue, a food hall with Queens vendors and, crucially, 20 acres of open space. Supposedly you’ll have a nice environment through which to walk all the way to the bay if you wish. And there’ll be a better boardwalk between the Long Island Rail Road and subway stations.

Where will all the cars go, you wonder? Into several

parking garages festooned with solar panels to appease the greenies (who already are voicing opposition to the plan).

Cohen is required to retain those 7,500 spaces.

You can find our story on the plan, including the schematic, in all of this week’s editions or at qchron.com.

We like that the area would look a lot nicer. Unlike the city’s plans for Willets Point, on the other side of Citi Field, no one needs to be displaced to create Metropolitan Park — which we’re sure will be called Mets Park from the get-go.

(Five-syllable words are not exactly in vogue today.) Maybe that’s part of the plan — though it won’t help win games.

We also like that the project would create 15,000 jobs, between construction and “permanent” positions. While unemployment is not especially high, ideally everyone who wants a job should be able to get one. The more the better.

The big question with all of this is what happens if Cohen does not get a casino license. Resorts World by Aqueduct likely will; could there really be two gambling meccas in Queens? We doubt it. And will state Sen. Jessica Ramos approve the necessary parkland alienation? So far she’s given no indication. This project is no sure thing, but it will be interesting to see how Cohen plays his hand.

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At the time, he had available the Jacob Javits Center and a ship in the harbor to house Covid patients, which was never used, regrettably.

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hanks to volunteer work by skilled laborers, the arches are golden again.

No, we’re not talking about fast food. We’re talking about the Cambria Heights archways, a pair of quaint little landmarks dear to the community. With their wood frames and shingled roofs, they look much like the structures you’d see over an old-time wishing well, right at home in a fairy tale or Thomas Kinkade painting.

At least they looked that way until Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012. It knocked one down, leaving only its brick base structures behind at the corner of 222nd Street and 115th Road. It stayed that way for 11 years. The other one remained, though its sturdiness came into question.

Enter Laborers’ Local 1010. Providing the supplies itself, the union rebuilt the missing archway. The workers, area residents and City Councilwoman Nantasha Williams celebrated the job well done last week. The union plans to take care of the other one at a later time.

Sometimes it’s the little things. Residents and volunteers together beautifying a community; no taxpayer funds needed. Kudos to Cambria Heights and Local 1010.

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Before providing answers, however, he would like $10 billion from the United States now to help finance Israel’s war. Normally, when one is asked to finance a project, the financier should be given all the details related to a previous failure, particularly since Israel has the fourth-largest military in the world and is technologically sophisticated in intelligence and communications.

Also, I’m sure the Israeli families in the villages who lost 1,400 loved ones would like to know now why it took several hours for the Israeli Defense Forces to come to their aid despite desperate cell phone calls; and the international families whose friends and relatives were killed or taken hostage from the outdoor concert would like to know now, with a terrorist organization on its borders, why Israel did not have better security at the event to prevent the

carnage and abductions. Finally, due to the worsening civilian humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Jews are now facing worldwide outrage.

Is it possible that the prime minister will be too busy or reluctant to answer questions about his leadership failure after declaring victory over the 20,000 to 25,000 Hamas members (according to U.S. intelligence) and leveling much of Gaza? Whatever the result or how long it takes, those victims now suffering from the events related to the violent breach on Oct. 7 should hold the prime minister accountable, as he declared.

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No U.S. aid to Hamas Dear Editor: President Biden’s call to send $100 million of our tax dollars to Gaza for humanitarian relief is naive. Gaza is governed by Hamas. They are the same terrorists responsible for the loss of 1,400 murdered Israel citizens. This would be

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Jews were never allowed to join guilds or seniors. Hamas recorded their barbaric acts of buy land in the Middle Ages. Limited in the death and bodily mutilation against civilians and Israel soldiers on cell phones and video for ability to earn money, they were relegated to lending money. Only after centuries of moving all to see. There is no question about the atrociafter pogroms and attacks did Jews get enough ties committed by Hamas as they were proud to funds to sometimes get educated. Thence the document their evil work. syndrome of many Jewish doctors in the 1950s.

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Hamas should release all hostagMiss an article or a Jews have always been innoes from Israel, the United States letter cited by a writer? vators due to necessity and the and other nations around the Want breaking news world. Any humanitarian aid from all over Queens? adverse conditions we’ve been subject to. We have always tried after that needs to be adminisFind the latest news, to live and let live but our clantered by the International Red past reports from all Cross, supplemented by outside over the borough and nishness has been our bulwark, and because of these factors observers. This is the only way to more at qchron.com. ignorant people have never assure that aid goes to civilians understood our place in history in need versus Hamas terrorists.

Don’t pay for it by adding $100 million to or wanted to. Many Muslims, Jews and Chrisour long-term $33.6 trillion national debt. tians have gotten along for centuries but some fanatics always pop up to want to exterminate Instead, reduce our aid to the useless pro-Palesus, always using the name of God in vain. As if tinian United Nations by $100 million.

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Alexander Glatt Great Neck, LI Woodhaven Dear Editor: It seems that every country, including the United States, the only one that saw the Hamas attack for what it is, and every mainstream news media outfit and their sources are demanding that Israel stops its operation to wipe out Hamas without demanding a stop to rockets and the return of hostages. That is total madness, since Hamas has stated that they are ready to repeat their attack on Israel as soon as they can regroup and reorganize.

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The boys and girls St. Helen’s Hurricanes, fourth-grade Catholic Youth Organization basketball teams based in Howard Beach, won big in St. Stan’s Battle Against Breast Cancer tournament.

The girls team, top, played their way to victory on Nov. 4, and the boys team, above, claimed their trophy on Oct. 29.

The girls team is: Coach Gina Panteleone, left, Elle Panteleone, Ava Sinacori,

Two forums were expected this fall for the public to express how it would like dilapidated buildings on the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village to be transformed, but with the advent of asylum seekers within a tent shelter on the campus, action on the redevelopment plans has slowed to a halt.

The Chronicle reached out for updates on the project from Empire State Development, New York’s business promotion agency, which took the lead on the community engagement workshops for the project from February through April and then went on recess from May to June, with plans to come back after the summer.

The agency appears to be waiting until next year to share details surrounding the old structures at the center.

“ESD will be releasing in the coming months the Creedmoor Master Plan, informed by a robust community engagement and public workshop process,” said ESD spokeswoman Emily Mijatovic. “The Plan will identify new opportunities for open space, community spaces, and housing, laying out the next steps which include environmental review and subsequent RFPs and opportunities for continued community input.”

The office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, which was working in conjunction with the agency, declined to comment.

Mijatovic said the ESD will engage the community throughout the upcoming steps of the Creedmoor Master Plan.

“Maybe they need more time to look at options on their end, but the community believes strongly on how we feel,” said CB 13 Chairman Bryan Block, who told the Chronicle that a group of civic associations, community boards and other stakeholders remain steadfast on their goals for the area. “I guess they want to re-evaluate to come back with another plan.”

“As you know, CB 13 works with the local

civics ,” he continued. “We adopted a plan with our civics to create housing that would enable our seniors and young adults to stay in the neighborhood. We believe in low density.”

Many families moved into Queens Village and other surrounding neighborhoods by Creedmoor 20 to 30 years ago, but seniors are finding difficult to stay within Eastern Queens and young adults are struggling to afford to buy or rent homes in the region they grew up in, Block said.

The CB 13 chairman said that the people want one- to two-story housing complexes that fits the character of Eastern Queens.

“The community is adamant that it wants low-density housing, because once you start increasing the density our seniors will not be able to afford to stay in this community and our young folks may have to move out,” Block said.

Carlene Thorbs, chairwoman of Community Board 12, told the Chronicle that while CB 12 advocates for a region farther south of where the redevelopment site is, there will be an impact on the Southeast Queens community no matter what ultimately goes there. She was also not shocked that any future meetings will be pushed to next year, citing the migrant situation, but hopes that Community Board 13, whose area encompasses Creedmoor, will stay on top of the project.

Mo Ishmael, president of the Queens Village Civic Association, was upset about the delay for the Creedmoor meetings.

“It will be very disappointing that New York Empire State Development might be postponing their planned outreach ...,” Ishmael said. “It is unfortunate that the presence of the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center on the Creedmoor Campus might be impacting the development plans.

“The Queens Village Civic and the neighboring Civics will continue advocating for housing compatible with the surrounding communities, especially for seniors and for an affordable intergenerational recreational cenQ ter with a pool.”

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Sickle cell education bill gets Council votes Advocate who lost son to the disease is ‘excited’ by the new legislation

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The City Council’s vote on an educational sickle cell disease bill last week was a long time coming for one of the legislation’s advocates, who has a daughter afflicted by the disease and lost a son to it.

“It’s been crazy, it’s exciting,” Merlene Smith-Sotillo, co-founder of the Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation, told the Chronicle. “It encompasses all people who have sickle cell in New York.”

Intro. 0968B, which the Council unanimously approved on Nov. 2, will amend a city code to improve health outcomes for individuals affected by the disease.

It will accomplish that by requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in conjunction with New York City Health + Hospitals, to create guidance to educate medical professionals and the public on the detection of the sickle cell trait through pre- and post-conception genetic screening and on the management and treatment of the disease, especially for those who are in an at-risk population.

Medical professionals will also be required to include education on the benefits of recommending screenings during the family planning process and on nondiscriminatory approaches to assess patient pain, including instruction on implicit bias in the provision of pain manage-

ment, according to the bill.

“Today, the Council passed critical legislation to confront the racial disparities in the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease, which has for too long disproportionately devastated Black communities,” Speaker Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) said in a statement last Thursday.

“By educating and guiding medical professionals and the public on how to detect the sickle cell trait, we are making necessary investments into life-saving preventative care.”

The bill is on Mayor Adams’ desk to be signed and a City Hall official said on Monday that it will become law.

Smith-Sotillo, a Jamaica resident from Trinidad and Tobago, and her husband, Molino Sotillo, are carriers of the trait, which was inherited by their daughter, Cathyann Sotillo, and son, Syd Sotillo, who died at age 30 from the disease in April 2012. She has been advocating for the bill since October 2011, which is around the time when the hemolytic version of the disease, which causes organ failure, started to make her son severely ill.

Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout one’s body because instead of round and flexible blood cells, they are rigid and shaped like crescent moons blocking blood flow, according to the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit academic

Law to educate new parents on drowning

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Parents of newborn children will have to watch a brief video on the dangers of drowning before being discharged from the hospital under to a bill signed into law

by Gov. Hochul last week.

The bill, A4987, was sponsored by Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), who announced the passage in a Monday press release, pointing out that drowning is the leading cause of accidental deaths for U.S. children under 4 years old. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) co-sponsored the bill.

State Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) were among the Senate co-sponsors.

“The structure of the bill mirrors the decade-old requirement that parents of newborn children must watch a short video on Shaken Baby Syndrome before being discharged from the hospital,” Pheffer Amato’s office wrote. “The bill will educate new parents to the dangers of drowning that can occur by leaving a toddler unattended in or near two inches of water, like what can be found in bathtubs, buckets

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato’s bill aims to prevent drowning deaths in infant children. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY or toilets.”

According to the assemblywoman’s office, the state Department of Health will create the brief informational video.

“Childhood drowning is preventable, and it starts with being educated,” Pheffer Amato said in a statement. “This law will ensure that new parents are becoming informed, which will ultimately prevent tragedies.”

She also thanked the governor for recognizing the bill’s importance and prioriQ tizing children’s safety.

Merlene Smith-Sotillo, an advocate for a sickle cell disease education bill, is excited the COURTESY PHOTO City Council approved it. medical center.

The disorder results in blood cells that can only survive for 30 days, as compared to the 120-day lifespan of healthy cells, the clinic added.

That cell death overloads the liver and causes jaundice, which yellows the eyes, according to St. Edmund’s Eye Hospital.

Cold weather causes blood vessels to narrow in the skin, hands and feet, which makes it more likely for sickle cells to get stuck and could result in a sickle cell crisis that makes an individual feel pain all over his or her body, according to Smith-Sotillo.

“Treatment has improved,” Smith-Sotillo said. “We have several different medications that work.”

The part of the bill she is most passionate about involves family planning.

“If you know you have sickle cell trait and your partner has sickle cell trait, there is one chance in four that your kid will have the disease,” Smith-Sotillo said.

While there are bone marrow treatments, gene therapies and drugs like hydroxyurea that help patients, those treatments don’t help everyone, and doctors need to stop having implicit bias when providing pain management in the interim until a person with the disease can find something that works for them, she said.

“Medical providers need to be educated and they need to stop telling patients they are drugseeking,” Smith-Sotillo said. “There is not a cure for sickle cell.”

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute said that a bone marrow transplant is the only cure, but only for some patients, and after an early diagnosis a healthcare provider may recommend medicines or transfusions to manage complications.

“Most medical providers do not understand how to treat our patients,” said Smith-Sotillo, who is also the president of the foundation and acts as a patient advocate for those who have the disease. “Once they are educated, they will do a better job and patients will get the care that they really need.”

Smith-Sotillo said her daughter, 53, is excited about the bill too, and she hopes her son, who was the other co-founder of the SCAF,

would be proud.

“He would have been really excited because he was a medical doctor,” she said.

Smith-Sotillo is thankful of Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse (D-Brooklyn), the lead sponsor of the bill.

“Sickle cell disease affects thousands of New Yorkers, and Int. 968B represents our commitment to ensuring that every individual has access to the best possible care,” said Narcisse said in a statement. “By providing our medical professionals with the tools and education they need, and by raising awareness in our communities about the importance of early detection, we are forging a path towards better health outcomes. Every New Yorker, regardless of their background, deserves unbiased and informed medical care, and passage of this bill is a significant step towards that goal.”

In 2019, there were 6,145 hospitalizations for sickle cell disease in city hospitals, according to state data provided by the city Department of Health. More recent figures were not available.

“Guidance, education and detection can make a world of difference,” said a DOH spokeswoman. “... we were proud to work with the Council on this bill and are thrilled to see it pass.”

The SCAF is located at 108-03 164 Place in South Jamaica. For more information on the disease or the foundation, visit scafcorpint.org.

In 2022, Smith-Sotillo teamed up with the New York Blood Center to provide free sickle cell testing at select drives throughout the city, including Queens.

The New York Blood Center thanked the Council for passing a historic bill that will raise awareness and make testing more accessible for an often-overlooked disease.

“We thank the City Council for their support as well as the sickle cell advocates who fought for this bill’s passage,” Andrea Cefarelli, senior vice president at the NYBC, said in a statement.

“From our leading research team focused on sickle cell disease to our donor specialists who collect blood for treatment, New York Blood Center is committed to preventing and treating this disease.”

NYBC’s leading research in sickle cell disease focuses on preventing and treating complications, including pain episodes and tissue injury, and developing novel strategies to help cure the disease through stem cell transplantation and gene therapy, according to the organization.

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Assault weapons among 109 seized; cousins could face up to 25 years

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

A Queens grand jury has indicted three cousins, including a Bronx resident, on 575 counts including criminal sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy and money laundering.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, at a press conference Monday morning, said the arrests were the result of a seven-month investigation into gun trafficking that netted 109 weapons, 139 high-capacity magazines and 2,400 of rounds of ammunition.

One undercover NYPD officer is being credited with purchasing 97 guns, including 17 assault weapons. Both physical and electronic surveillance were employed.

Those arrested are Abdul Haruna, 27, of the Bronx, Ahmed “Taju” Mutalib, 32, of Decatur, Ga., and Murtala Haruna, 30, of Cincinnati.

Each faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. All are being held.

“We are fighting the gun plague with all our might and resources, on the streets and in the courts,” Katz said in a press release from her office. “Through the hard work and collaboration of police and prosecutors, we have seen shootings in 2023 decline 28 percent in the city and 34 percent in Queens. That is of little comfort, however, to the more than 1,000 victims of shootings across the city this year.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, center, flanked by NYPD officials, left, and assistant district attorneys from her office, displays guns recovered in a seven-month undercover investigaPHOTO COURTESY QDA tion into firearms trafficking.

Through investigations, arrests and prosecutions, we will continue to do everything we can to shut the Iron Pipeline down once and for all.

“When that day comes, all of us will owe a debt of gratitude to the brave undercover officer in this dangerous investigation, and to all those who have risked their lives to help keep us safe,” Katz added.

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban said

the arrests underscore disturbing truths.

“First, illegal guns proliferate and circulate in many neighborhoods that still need our help,” he said. “And second, every day the men and women of the NYPD perform incredibly dangerous work to prevent these firearms from getting into criminals’ hands. Every illegal gun taken off the street, every robbery that is avoided, every shooting that does not occur, and every homicide that never comes to pass,

is another realization of the public safety promise we have vowed to fulfill.”

The investigation began in March. It resulted in four sales taking place in the parking lot of P.C. Richard & Son in Astoria between June 10 and Aug. 26.

The statement from the DA’s Office said the first sale included 12 unloaded guns and 10 large-capacity magazines. A June 27 buy allegedly involved 16 semiautomatic pistols, three rif les, a shotgun and 900 rounds of ammunition. The complaint asserts that five rifles and 25 semiautomatic pistols were purchased on Aug. 14, along with 20 large-capacity magazines. A sale on Aug. 26 allegedly included five long guns, 30 semiautomatic pistols and 500 rounds of ammunition.

Detectives allegedly witnessed two of the suspects leaving a Cincinnati home carrying boxes that were placed in a rental truck, an event they said corresponded with phone calls regarding the transportation of guns for sale.

On Sept. 8, authorities allegedly tracked Murtala Haruna and Mutalib driving a rented truck with a Florida license plate through New Jersey to Staten Island. Upon execution of a search warrant on the car, law enforcement allegedly turned up 12 guns, including three assault weapons, along with 13 high-capacity magazines and 1,000 rounds of 9 mm ammuQ nition.

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Thousands pray for Israel As war rages on in the Holy Land, the greater Queens Jewish community gathered together last Sunday for a Tefillah Asifa, or prayer gathering, “in support of Israel during its great time of need.” More than 3,500 men, women and children at tended, according to the organizers.

The gathering was held in Haym Salomon Square in Kew Gardens Hills, at Main Street, Vleigh Place and 72nd Road, with the participants spreading over approximately six blocks. Many prominent heads of yeshivas attended, as did synagogue rabbis and their congregations.

Words of inspiration were provided

by Rabbi Noach Oelbaum of the K’hal Nachlas Yitzchok synagogue, followed by the recital of Tehillim, or psalms, read by a number of different rabbis.

Afterward, the crowd sang meaningful songs.

“These prayers said together by the attendees are sure to assist Israel in its plight against the terrorist group, Hamas,” the organizers said in a press release.

Israel has been at war with Hamas since the terror group launched a brutal sneak attack on civilians Oct. 7, killing about 1,400 people.

Chazaq, the Jewish religious and cultural organization headed by Rabbi Yaniv Meirov, was the prime mover behind the event, while community groups Misaskim, Shmira and Chaverim, along with Sorrelle Idels of the

Queens Jewish Alliance, played roles in organizing it.

Yaakov Serle, publisher of the Queens Jewish Link and Bucharian Jewish Link, and Jennifer Meltzer largely handled publicity.

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continued from page 2 acres of open space on-site and invest the equivalent fair market value of the alienated space into capital improvements on existing parkland. Ramos would need to introduce an accompanying bill in the state Senate, which she has not done thus far.

Asked for comment on the plan, Ramos told the Chronicle she will host another town hall on it on Nov. 27. “It’s important that my neighbors look carefully at the details and we’ll continue together with our process,” she said.

Even if the alienation is approved in Albany, there is no guarantee that Cohen will get a casino license, as the state Gaming Commission is still in the early stages of awarding contracts for three downstate casinos. Cohen’s plan is one of several other proposals being f loated, including at Resorts World, Empire City, Hudson Yards, Times Square and the Nassau Coliseum. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.(D-Woodhaven), who chairs the Senate gaming committee, previously told the Chronicle that the commission will make selections next year.

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After a long wait, long lines greet the grand opening of Trader Joe’s

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

She wanted to be first in line when Trader Joe’s opened its new Forest Hills store Tuesday morning, and wound up being fifth.

“I came by at 5 a.m.,” said the woman, who declined to give her name. “Somebody was already here. So I went to the gym first.”

Residents of Forest Hills and surrounding neighborhoods had been longing for a supermarket at the intersection of Yellowstone and Queens boulevards ever since the Key Food there closed and was torn down in 2018 to make way for an apartment building now nearing completion.

A Bank of America soon will be joining the supermarket as a tenant.

“I remember when this was a Waldbaum’s,” said Forest Hills resident Elise Kaufman. She and others said there has been a demand.

“There aren’t a lot of supermarkets here.

Just think of the thousands of people in Parker Towers alone,” she said, motioning toward the nearby apartment complex.

She and a friend were planning to make a beeline to the Champs Elysees salads, which have mixed greens and shredded carrots.

A woman who gave her name only as Deb said she and her family like some of the

The line stretched almost literally around the block Tuesday morning as shoppers waited for the grand opening of a Trader Joe’s supermarket on Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills. Not even 5 PHOTO BY BY MICHAEL GANNON a.m. was early enough to get first in line for the long-awaited event. specialty items, as well as the company’s stand on some controversial substances and additives.

“They have a lot of organics,” she said.

“No GMOs.” The latter refers to the compa-

ny’s refusal of products that have been genetically modified.

She also likes that company’s efforts to limit BPA, Bisphenol A, in the lining of its cans and lids for glass jars.

By 7:30 a.m., the line at the Yellowstone Boulevard door had turned the corner and run east along Queens Boulevard to 69th Road; swung to the south past the Sunrise Chevrolet dealership and then doubled back toward Yellowstone along Gerard Place, nearly encircling the block.

Workmen could be seen applying finishing touches on wiring for light fixtures in the lobby and on the escalator that soon would be taking people from the street-level vestibule to the shopping floor below.

Staffers in floral-patterned shirts greeted each shopper with a lei and a free reusable shopping bag. A steel drum band serenaded those waiting at the head of the line and then shoppers ambling past after store Manager Carlos Salazar conducted the formal ribboncutting at 8 a.m.

Jackie Cooper of Forest Hills and her dog, Charlie, waited near the front of the line. She is fan of the chain.

“They have good prices and good selection,” Cooper said. She and Bob West of Kew Gardens also like the staff at the Trader Joe’s they have shopped in.

West likes it better than the former Key Food.

“I don’t consider them to be supermarket,” he said. “I consider them to be grocery Q store.”

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Paladino routs Avella in decisive victory

CM wins rematch by more than 20 points

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

City Councilmember Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) cruised her way to a second term Tuesday night, winning a rematch against former Councilman and state Sen. Tony Avella by more than 20 percentage points, according to the city Board of Elections’ unofficial election night results, Paladino celebrated the win with some 50 of her supporters and volunteers (some of whom were as young as 12) outside her campaign office at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center, where she could be found dancing along to ’80s hits as others joined a conga line.

As she approached the podium for her acceptance speech, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “I Won’t Back Down” blasted from the speakers. “Does anybody need any more proof than that?” Paladino said. “My theme song — ‘I Won’t Back Down’ — and we didn’t back down!”

“What we showed the City of

New York was that we all can come together,” she added later. “This is about accomplishing what people think you cannot get done. In my office, there’s no such thing as a problem — there’s only a solution.”

Paladino’s victory comes just two years after she defeated Avella in a race for the same seat by less than 400 votes, or less than two points.

Even as turnout was significantly lower this time around, with 19,355 total votes this year and 27,891 in 2021, Paladino won handily, picking up 11,648 votes, or 60.18 percent, to Avella’s 7,634, or 39.44 percent. Her support was not limited to any particular area, either. Of Council District 19’s 78 election districts — the smallest geographic region for which the BOE has records — Avella won only 13.

“Although the election didn’t go the way I hoped, I want to thank all of the people who have supported me over the years,” Avella said in a post on X, previously known as Twitter. “I am grateful for each and

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In part because the race was a rematch of 2021’s tight contest, the election had widely been reported as one to watch. But the councilmember’s son, Thomas Paladino Jr., dismissed that idea in his speech Tuesday night.

“We won this race from the day it was announced — that’s a fact,” he said. “This ‘horse race’ between my mother and her opponent was never real, and I think that the results tonight demonstrate that. This was a concoction, a figment of our opponent’s imagination.”

The councilmember’s son made a similar characterization in March 2022, calling the veteran lawmaker “delusional” when Avella announced his second bid by saying an “unofficial government in exile” may be warranted as long as Paladino held the seat.

Avella has largely been out of the public eye since he narrowly won the Democratic primary this summer, which St. John’s University political science professor and analyst Brian Browne said was likely a contributing factor. But Browne also said Pal-

Councilmember Vickie Paladino won re-election by a landslide 20-plus-point PHOTO BY SOPHIE KRICHEVSKY margin Tuesday night. adino had a clear message for voters.

“She’s been visible on issues, she’s been out there in the community,” he said. He added later, “She was outspoken on the migrant crisis early, and still is. And I think that resonated.”

Browne said Avella struggled to do the same. “There was no issue that he galvanized people around to come out and support him,” he said.

Instead, Avella focused on opposing Paladino, referring to her more than once as a white supremacist, claiming her son has far right-wing affilia-

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tions and highlighting the councilmember’s campaign efforts last year in support of embattled Rep. George Santos (R-Nassau, Queens). Thomas Paladino Jr. called Avella’s comments “lies,” “slander” and “libel” Tuesday.

The councilmember seemed to address Avella’s portrayal of her son Tuesday when she said, “Let me make myself very, very clear: I’m a mother who’s proud and I’m proud of my boy. And if anybody’s got a problem with that, that’s too Q damn bad.”

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Sunshine brings light to ‘13’ Becoming a teenager is a transformative life stage, and to capture that, Little Mary’s Sunshine Studios, a Queens-based vocal studio that originated in Howard Beach, is performing “13 the Musical,” directed by DawnMarie Napolitano.

The cast is all local to Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Rockaway and Middle Village and ranges in age from 11 to 17, Napolitano told the Chronicle.

The musical, with music and lyrics by Jason

Robert Brown, follows young teens finding themselves, navigating friendships and first relationships and surviving life in this new stage — all with a little more homework to do.

The performances will be held at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows on Nov. 10 and 11 at 7 pm., and on Nov. 12 at 12 and 3:30 p.m.

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For the past 66 years, the best in local sports television was honored as a small part of the New York Emmy Award presentation for news and documentaries. This year, local channels finally had their own standalone ceremony.

WABC-TV news correspondent N.J. Burkett, who doubles as head of the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, admitted to the audience at the Paley Center last Monday that attendees were not happy to be leaving the news Emmy Awards the last few years around 1 a.m., and changes had to be made.

In a battle of Queens, Forest Hills native son Ian Eagle, the television voice of the Brooklyn Nets, triumphed over Flushing denizen and longtime Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen for the best play-by-play.

While Cohen did not win, it was a good day for SNY Mets talent. Cohen’s booth mate, Ron Darling, won the Emmy for in-game sports analyst. Former Mets star Todd Zeile won for best studio analyst for his work on the Mets pre- and postgame shows.

One of the nominees in the category Zeile won is SNY’s Connor Rogers, who is part of SNY’s quartet of Jets pre- and postgame personalities, along with Bart Scott, Willie Colon and Steve Gelbs. Rogers never played football, but he is extremely knowledgeable, and reports on what

the Jets did right and wrong in a way that appeals to thinking sports fans. Unlike too many others in the sports media, he is not seeking clicks on social media by saying outrageous things.

Bruce Beck’s understudy at Channel 4, John Chandler, won the Emmy for best sports anchor within a traditional newscast. I have always liked his easygoing delivery. He subtly lets viewers know not to get too euphoric if their favorite team wins, or despondent if they lose. Chandler, like Channel 2’s Steve Overmyer, also goes out in the field on general news stories. Both do fine work reporting on more serious things than the games people play.

Warner Wolf is the most entertaining sports anchor to ever deliver scores and news at the end of every newscast. He is famous for his catchphrase, “Let’s go to the videotape!” as well as having fun with a team that got demolished that night. “If you had the Jets and 50 points, you lost!” he would state with a hearty chuckle.

Wolf received the Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement. At 86, he has not lost any of his wit, as he regaled the audience with anecdotes from his career, including his first job in Pikeville, Ky. He admitted sports anchors had it easier in the era before the internet and ESPN, because most viewers did not know how their favorite Q teams did until he gave his report.

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Students, faculty and staff at T he Mar y Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates celebrated both “Halloween on the Hill” and the school’s 26th Annual “Walk-AThon” last week.

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dance party on the Senior Lawn to warm up and then headed out for their steps. Teacher Sylwia Schober and Sister Lorraine teamed up on a beautiful day to lead the effort, along with many parent volunteers.

On Thursday, the freshwomen and seniors held their traditional Halloween party, hosted by the TMLA National Honor Society.

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While at TML A , Charles took numerous art classes. She also took the initiative to propose and organize the inaugural chapter of the National Art Honor Society.

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St. Andrew Avellino statue vandalized

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

A statue outside Flushing’s St. Andrew Avellino Roman Catholic Church was vandalized last Monday evening, the NYPD said.

Police were informed last Monday that the statue — which the office of Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) has identified as being of the Blessed Mother — had had its right hand broken off and its left one cracked, the NYPD press office said.

The incident is believed to have occurred at approximately 5 p.m. that day. The NYPD said the department’s Hate Crimes Task Force was notified.

The Rev. Gregory McIlhenney, the pastor at St. Andrew Avellino, could not be reached for comment by press time Wednesday.

Both Meng and state Sen. John Liu (D-Flushing) decried the act.

“The vandalism of the Blessed Mother statue at St. Andrew Avellino is both a disgusting and deeply saddening act,” Meng said in a statement.

“Not only has this statue been a part of the community for some 11 decades, but

School vaping continued from page 4 to comprehensively meet the challenges being faced by students today.”

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the health commissioner, said, “No amount of e-cigarette use is safe for teenagers or adults. E-cigarettes negatively affect a teenager’s memory and concentration and may decrease their learning ability.”

But will the initiative help? Some are less than optimistic.

“I hope the training is more meaningful than ‘vaping is bad’ and a slap on the wrist,” the Central Queens teacher said.

it has also served as an adorning addition to this parish, its congregants, and passers-by.”

Liu agreed.

“It is absolutely deplorable that someone would defile this sacred symbol of faith from which so many parishioners and members of our community have drawn inspiration and peace,” he said in a statement.

“Such wanton vandalism shows a profound disregard for our community’s commitment to tolerance, respect and unity, and we stand in solidarity with the St. Andrew Avellino parish against this hateful act.”

As of press time Wednesday, the NYPD’s 109th Precinct is still investigating the matter.

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“Talk to these teens about mental health.

Teach them how to cope with life in ways other than vaping.”

A Forest Hills middle school parent, Dawn R., said she sees illegal smoke shops opening “on every corner” and thinks they are largely to blame. “They sell these illegal products to our children,” she told the Chronicle. “It has to stop. Instead of trying to punish the kids, punish the adults who help them access it.”

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by Michael Gannon Katharine Hepburn made more than 50 movies in a career that saw her win four Oscars between 1934 and 1994. Cary Grant made more than 70 between 1932 and his retirement in 1966.

But between 1935 and 1940, the two Hollywood legends made four comedies that are featured in the ongoing Moviehouse series at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria through Dec. 16. They include “Sylvia Scarlett,” (1935) which started the series in September; “Bringing up Baby” and “Holiday” (both 1938) which are showing this month; and “The Philadelphia Story” (1940), with three screenings in December.

Edo Choi, associate curator of film at MoMI, told the Chronicle they were almost a no-brainer for the Moviehouse series.

“It’s one of the great pairings,” Choi said. “Their partnership was lightning in a bottle. They had about as perfect a chemistry for a male-female duo, particularly in that genre — romantic comedy — as anyone ever has. They were paradigmatic for future screen couples.”

“Sylvia Scarlett” saw Hepburn cut her hair short as she pretends to be a boy while on the lam with her father. Grant plays a con man. “Bringing Up Baby” features Hepburn as a flighty heiress and Grant as a paleontologist. Baby is Hepburn’s pet — a big one. “Holiday” introduces Grant as the fiance of heiress Hepburn’s straight-arrow sister. “The Philadelphia Story” centers on divorced socialite Hepbur n’s s e cond we dding, wit h Gra nt a s her ex-husband.

“These films aren’t buried treasures,” Choi said.

“They’re classics. We enjoy revisiting them, and we feel audiences will enjoy revisiting them. They’re readily available, of course, on home video or streaming. But we feel that this is the proper way for them to be seen ... For anyone who wants to see these films, they are some of the most delightful films ever made.”

“Holiday” directed by George Cukor, Choi said, may be his favorite of the four.

“It may be the pinnacle of Hepburn and Grant’s pairing,” he said. “It was a film that, as I recall, did continued on page 25

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as a “family comedy drama.” When he initially read the play, which was first performed in 2011 and is just now making its New York City debut, “I thought it was For Rosemary Kurtz, “Making God Laugh,” now in very funny, very relatable.” mid-run at Douglaston Community Theatre, is the latIt’s “very current,” he added, saying that audiences est in a long line of dramatic roles that have kept her will likely have much to take away from the perforfront and center on local stages for years. The show mances. Marshall hopes, among other things, they will marks the dramatic debut for fellow cast member Tara feel more strongly about the importance of uncondiMangione. tional love and acceptance. “It’s something we need In the play, under the direction of Joe Marshall, right now.”

Kurtz and Mangione play mother and daughter, Through gatherings at Thanksgiving, Christmas, respectively, and, by all accounts, their relationship is New Year’s Eve and Easter, each 10 years apart, the not a simple one. In fact, Marshall refers to it as family reveals a great deal about their plans as well as “unhealthy.” some dark secrets.

Kurtz is Ruthie, who, the actress said, “is domineerSome of Ruthie’s secrets are hidden from her family, ing. She likes to control people. Her daughter wants to Kurtz said. “We soon see she has a lot of darkness in be her own person.” She calls Ruthie’s relationship with her past.” her daughter “a little cold, a little contentious. They’re That is one of the reasons Marshall was drawn to Staging Sean Grennan’s “Making God Laugh” at Douglaston Commuvery different people.”

The play, Kurtz continued, is “a slice of life.” Written nity Theatre are Tara Mangione, left, Rosemary Kurtz, James Brauti- the play. “That just fascinated me so much, how she PHOTO BY JK LARKIN treats her kids by suppressing her natural tendencies,”

by Sean Grennan, it follows one typical American fami- gam, Christopher Tyrkko and Matt Benincasa. he said. ly over the course of 30 years’ worth of holidays, Advertisements for the play warn of “mild adult lanShe went on to say that Maddie is “very outspoken, the beginning in 1980.

To help her bring her character to life, “There are many black sheep of the family. She goes to New York to pursue guage.” Still, Marshall says it is appropriate for most everyone. “In this day and age, there’s nothing they haven’t heard things I can draw from my own life,” Kurtz said. “I certainly her dreams” of becoming an actor.

In some ways, Mangione’s not like her character at all. “I before,” he said. had a difficult relationship in my family.” And Ruthie, who Remaining performances at Zion Episcopal Church Parish ages from 50 to 80 during the course of the play, begins to have a wonderful relationship with my mother,” she said, but develop dementia, an illness with which Kurtz is all too famil- admitted that there has been “a little bit of tension with Hall (at 243-20 Church St., off Douglaston Parkway in Douglaston) are on Nov. 10, 11 and 18 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 11 and other family members.” iar. Both her parents died with it.

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tion as a major star was rehabilitated. “‘The Philadelphia Story’ sort of holds the larger place in the popular consciousness,” Choi said. “But ‘Holiday’ explored the same themes about people who are young but no longer that young; people in their 20s or their 30s, who are juggling with the confusions of that transitional moment from early adulthood to middle age. I think ‘Holiday’ almost does it in a more pure form than ‘The Philadelphia Story.’”

The museum is at 36-01 35 Ave. “Bringing up Baby” shows at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12. “Holiday” is at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24; 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25; and 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. “The Philadelphia Story” runs at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10; 3 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15; and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Tickets are $15, $11 for seniors and stu-

Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in “Holiday,” with Doris Nolan, left, and Lew Ayres, above, and getting close at left. On the cover: The two attempt to lasso a leopard in PHOTOS COURTESY SONY AND, COVER, CRITERION PICTURES “Bringing up Baby.” dents and $9 for ages 3 to 17. The shows on Dec. 1 and 15 are $5 for seniors and guests with disabilities with IDs. Tickets can be bought online at movingimage.us.

After “The Philadelphia Story,” though both were prolific, they never teamed up again. Choi doesn’t read too much into that.

“I don’t know if something happened or anything happened,” he said. “Stars of that period were under contract to studios, so in a lot of respects they didn’t have much control over their own destinies, what projects they were attached to ... We would have to Q ask their biographers.”

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continued from page 23 not do particularly well critically or at the box office. It was released amid this period where Hepburn had been labeled boxoffice poison. And I think it generally was overlooked. It didn’t receive any Oscar nominations with the exception of a nomination for art direction.”

He said it really wasn’t until the two were paired in “The Philadelphia Story,” also helmed by Cukor, that Hepburn’s reputa-

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NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST, AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN FOR THE NYCTL 19982 TRUST, Plaintiff, vs.

111 LAND CORP., ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated August 30, 2023 and duly entered on September 6, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on November 17, 2023 at 12:15 p.m., premises known as No# 111th Avenue, South Jamaica, NY 11433 a/k/a 169-13 111th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11433. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 10200 and Lot 83.

Approximate amount of judgment is $7,139.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 701505/2021. The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Mark J. Keller, Esq., Referee, Bronster, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, Suite 703, New York, New York 10019, Attorneys for Plaintiff

File No.: 2021-601/C CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Holy Child Jesus Church, Eileen Benson, Dominick Bonanno, Nancy Saviello, Dominick Bonanno, Joseph Bonanno, Debra Mangieri, John Bonanno, Attorney General of the State of New York, The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of Sandra Rose Bonanno aka Sandra Bonanno, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained A copy of this citation and the accounting, as well as all amendments to it, if any, shall be served on the Guardian Ad Litem, Robert Harper, Esq. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of Sandra Rose Bonanno aka Sandra Bonanno, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 104-26 90th Avenue, Richmond Hill, NY 11418, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Rose Bonanno aka Sandra Bonanno, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 11th day of January, 2024 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Temporary Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $44,586.45 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(3); and why the Last Will and Testament dated December 6, 1989, copy attached, should not be admitted to Probate; and why the Letters of Temporary Administration issued to the Public Administrator should not be revoked; and why Letters of Administration CTA should not be issued to the Public Administrator; and why the net residuary estate should not be paid pursuant to the Last Will and Testament as follows; 100% to Holy Child Jesus Church Dated, Attested and Sealed 1st day of November, 2023 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Janet Edwards Tucker Chief Clerk GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 1981 Marcus Avenue, Suite 200 Lake Success, New York 11042 NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR; HOWEVER, IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR IT WILL BE ASSUMED YOU DO NOT OBJECT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY APPEAR FOR YOU, AND YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE FULL ACCOUNT FROM THE PETITIONER OR PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Accounting Citation

Notice of Formation of HONGDI CONSULTING LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/12/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: HONGDI CONSULTING LLC, 5012 SPRINGFIELD BLVD., BAYSIDE, NY 11364.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of IMAGEPERFECTO LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/05/2023. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: NORTHWEST REGISTERED AGENT LLC, 418 BROADWAY, STE N, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the outside steps of the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on November 17, 2023 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 106-07 177th Street, Jamaica, NY 11433. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, Block 10334 and Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,274,777.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #701502/2021.

The Referee shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s COVID-19 policies concerning public auctions of foreclosed properties. These policies, along with the Queens County Foreclosure’s Auction Rules, can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term website. Lawrence M. Litwack, Esq., Referee, Vallely Law PLLC, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 105, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff HOME2SWEET LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/11/2023. Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 11 Saint Johns Ave., Valley Stream, NY 11580.

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Real Estate EQUAL HOUSING. Federal, New York State and local laws prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, familial status or disability in connection with the sale or rental of residential real estate. Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 718-722-3131.

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Notice of Formation of MIRACLE TDSS LLC, Arts.

LEAVES BY VETERAN, LLC Articles of Org. fi led with the SSNY of Organization were fi led with the on 05/19/2022. Offi ce loc: Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/06/2023. Offi ceQueens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the process against the LLC may LLC upon whom process against it be served. SSNY shall mail may be served. SSNY shall mail a process to: The LLC, 137-47 copy of process to: THE LLC, 4617 Southgate Street, Springfi eld SMART STREET, FLUSHING, NY Gardens, NY 11413. Purpose: 11355. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of formation of LSY QNS L.L.C., a limited liability company. Art of Org. fi led with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/1/2023. Offi ce located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to c/o LSY QNS L.L.C., 3005 VERNON BLVD APT 4H, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NY HAMMERS LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 09/26/23. Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 52-86 73rd Street, Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Kalmegha LLC, Arts of Org.

MING CHEUNG HOLDING CO, LLC,

fi led with Sec. of State of

Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY

NY (SSNY) 3/24/2023. Cty:

on 10/20/2023. Offi ce loc: Queens

Notice of Formation of PARADIES LAGARDERE NY EE DINING, LLC Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/25/23. Offi ce location: Queens County. Princ. offi ce of LLC: 2849 Paces Ferry Rd., Ste. 400, Atlanta, GA 30339.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 4272 80th St.,

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 41-42 College Point Blvd.,

Apt. 6C, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

2A, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose:

General Purpose

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Rise & Shine Social LLC, Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/11/2023. Cty:

SKINISHNYC

LLC

fi

led THOMAS E. MCCULLOUGH, Welkom Media Group LLC,

w/ SSNY on 10/2/23.

Queens. SSNY desig. as agent

Offi ce: Queens Co. SSNY

upon whom process against

designated as agent for

may be served & shall mail

process & shall mail to:

process to Registered Agent

214-06 16th Ave., Bsmt,

Solutions, Inc., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 700, Albany, NY 12260. General Purpose

Bayside,

NY

11360.

Purpose: any lawful.

LLC Articles of Org. fi led NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/24/23.

Offi ce in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 42-40 Bell Blvd., Ste. 500, Bayside, NY 11361, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Arts of Org. fi led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/17/2023.

Cty: Queens. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 700, Albany, NY 12260. General Purpose

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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUPREME COURT COUNQUEENS, RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS TY OF QUEENS SELENE BANK, Plaintiff, vs. RENOTTI M. LP, Plaintiff HILL ALEXANDER, ET AL., FINANCE AGAINST VALENA YOUNIS, Defendant (s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and SAMUEL DAMHIR, ET AL., Sale duly entered on October 31, Defendant(s) Pursuant to 2019, I, the undersigned Referee a Judgment of Foreclosure will sell at public auction at the and Sale duly entered NoQueens Country Supreme Court, courthouse steps, 88-11 Sutphin vember 23, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on December 8, 2023 at 12:00 public auction at the Courtp.m., premises known as 17623 house steps of the Queens 127TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY County Supreme Court, 11434-3300 A/K/A 17623 127TH AVENUE, ADDISLEIGH PARK, NY 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on De11434-3300 A/K/A 17623 127TH cember 1, 2023 at 10:00AM, AVENUE, ROCHDALE VILLAGE, NY 11434-3300. All that certain premises known as 99-06 plot, piece or parcel of land, with 212TH STREET, QUEENS the buildings and improvements VILLAGE, NY 11428. All that thereon erected, situate, lying and certain plot piece or parcel being in the Borough and County of land, with the buildings of Queens, City and State of and improvements erected, New York, Block: 12526, Lot: 24, approximate amount of judgment situate, lying and being is $196,953.21 plus interest in the Fourth Ward of the and costs. Premises will be sold Borough of Queens, City of subject to provisions of fi led New York, County of Queens Judgment Index # 701087/2018. and State of New York, All parties shall comply with the Eleventh Judicial District’s Block 10880, Lot 47. ApCOVID-19 Policies concerning proximate amount of judgPublic Auctions of foreclosed ment $1,365,135.50 plus properties. These policies, interest and costs. Premalong with the Queens County ises will be sold subject to Foreclosure Auction Rules, provisions of filed Judgment can be found on the Queens Supreme Court - Civil Term Index #716423/2021. The Website (https://www.nycourts. aforementioned auction will gov/LegacyPDFS/COURTS/11jd/ be conducted in accordance supreme/civilterm/partrules/ with the QUEENS County Foreclosure_Auction_Rules.

COVID-19 mitigation protopdf) If the sale is set aside for cols and as such all persons any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to must comply with social disa return of the deposit paid. The tancing, wearing masks and Purchaser shall have no further screening practices in effect recourse against the Mortgagor, at the time of this foreclothe Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s sure sale. Stephen D. Hans, attorney, or the Referee. LAMONT Esq., Referee. Gross Polowy, R. BAILEY, Esq., Referee, Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive WilSuite 185, Syosset, New York liamsville, NY 14221 19-001215 77646 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 700909/2013 NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE MARIA NISARI, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, MARY ROSE, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE YOUNAS MASIH, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU, AZARD RAMJOHN, VISHWANI MOHAN, COMMONWEALTH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, SONIA MASIH, ISAIAH MASIH, ISABELLA MASIH, DASLAM SAJJA, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Lance P. Evans Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 25th day of October, 2023, at Jamaica, New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: BLOCK: 9382 LOT: 30 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE CORNER FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF BEAUFORT AVENUE, FORMERLY GRAFTON AVENUE AND NOW 97TH AVENUE WITH THE EASTERLY SIDE OF FREEDOM AVENUE, FORMERLY UNION AVENUE AND NOW CALLED 102ND STREET; RUNNING THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF 97TH AVENUE, 60 FEET (DEED) (60.06 FEET ACTUAL); THENCE NORTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH 102ND STREET, 63.33 FEET (DEED) (100.09 FEET ACTUAL); THENCE WESTERLY, PARALLEL WITH 97TH AVENUE, 60 FEET (DEED) (60.06 FEET ACTUAL), TO THE EASTERLY SIDE OF 102ND STREET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE EASTERLY SIDE OF 102ND STREET, 63.33 FEET (DEED) (100.09 FEET ACTUAL), TO THE CORNER, THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 102-01 97th Avenue aka 95-39 102 Street, Ozone Park aka Richmond Hill, NY 11416.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 500 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY 14604

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REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-AR9, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AR9, Plaintiff - against - MOHIBUL ISLAM, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 23, 2022. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the Courthouse steps of the Queens Supreme Court, located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on the 17th day of November, 2023 at 10:45 AM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Queens, City and State of New York, Premises known as 8709 150th Street, Jamaica, (City of New York) NY 11432. (BL#: 9707-90) Approximate amount of lien $886,832.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 716393/2021 FKA 29577/2009.

Helen Eichler, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200, Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: August 24, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including Notice of Qualifi cation of Keystone but not limited to, wearing Management, LLC, fi ctitious name: face coverings and maintainKeystone Management Holdings, LLC. ing social distancing (at least Authority fi led with Secy. of State of NY 6-feet apart) during the auc(SSNY) on 10/23/23. Offi ce location: tion, while tendering deposit Queens County. LLC formed in Georgia and at any subsequent clos(GA) on 10/01/20. SSNY designated as ing. Bidders are also required agent of LLC upon whom process against to comply with the Foreit may be served. SSNY shall mail process closure Auction Rules and to: 1170 Peachtree St., Ste. 1150, Atlanta, COVID-19 Health Emergency GA 30309, also the address required to Rules issued by the Supreme be maintained in GA. Arts of Org. fi led Court of this County in adwith the Secy. of State, 2 MLK, Jr, Dr., dition to the conditions set Suite 313, Floyd West Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334-1530. Purpose: any lawful activities. forth in the Terms of Sale.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT QUEENS COUNTY CHONDRITE REO (6), INC., Plaintiff against IRVING UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC, 7 Wells Street, Suite 205B, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered August 15, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at steps of Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 on November 17, 2023 at 10:30 AM. Premises known as 11-33 Irving Avenue, Flushing, NY 11385. Block 3725 Lot 33. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $4,683,232.62 plus interest, fees, and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 702116/2020.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 11th Judicial District’s Covid19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Referee will only accept a certified bank check made payable to the referee. Lois Vitti, Esq., Referee 22-002936-01

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C M SQ page 30 Y K PUBLIC STATEMENT HEARINGS TO BE HELD IN PSC CASES 23-G-0225, 23¬G-0226 – NATIONAL GRID NY AND NATIONAL GRID FOR GAS SERVICE On April 28, 2023, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company d/b/a National Grid NY (KEDNY) and KeySpan Gas East Corporation d/b/a National Grid (KEDLI) (collectively, the Companies) filed amendments to their gas tariff schedules proposing to increase their annual gas delivery revenues effective March 31, 2024. KEDNY proposes to increase its revenues by $414 million (a 28 percent increase in base delivery revenues or a 17 percent increase in total revenues). KEDLI proposes to increase its revenues by $228 million (a 24 percent increase in base delivery revenues or a 14 percent increase in total revenues). Although the actual bill impacts of these proposed changes on any particular customer class will vary based upon revenue allocation and rate design, the Companies state that a typical KEDNY residential heating customer will have a $30.95 average monthly bill increase and a typical KEDLI residential heating customer will have a $28.52 average monthly bill increase.

The Companies state that the rate increases are largely due to the need to invest in critical infrastructure to comply with Federal and State pipeline safety mandates, increased costs to deliver expanded energy efficiency and other demand reduction offerings, and economic factors such as rising cost of material due to inflation, increased contractor costs, and increases in property taxes. The Companies state that their rate filings are focused on delivering safe and reliable service, meeting the needs of customers, and advancing the fossil fuel emission reduction goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The Companies also propose a moderated program to effectively maintain the current pace of leak prone pipe replacements through a more targeted replacement strategy; aggressively repair gas leaks and target the repair of high-emitting leaks through the use of advanced leak detection technology; continue or expand customer oriented initiatives to ensure energy affordability, improve customer experience and maintain customer satisfaction; improve the resiliency of the distribution system by investing in automation, safety valves, and storm hardening projects; and continue or expand many CLCPA-supporting initiatives such as non-pipe alternatives, energy efficiency and demand response programs.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that public statement hearings will be held before Administrative Law Judges James A. Costello and/ or Maureen F. Leary on: DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 LOCATION: Brooklyn Central Library The Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, New York 11238 TIME: Information Session 1:00 p.m.

Public Statement Hearing 1:30 p.m.

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DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 LOCATION: Brooklyn Central Library The Dweck Center 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, New York 11238 TIME: Information Session 5:00 p.m.

Public Statement Hearing 5:30 p.m.

DATE: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 LOCATION: Oneness Pentecostal Tabernacle 198-01 Linden Boulevard Jamaica, New York 11412 TIME: Information Session 6:00 p.m.

Public Statement Hearing 6:30 p.m.

DATE: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 LOCATION: JCC of Staten Island Bernikow Building 1466 Manor Road Staten Island, New York 10314 TIME: Information Session 6:00 p.m.

Public Statement Hearing 6:30 p.m.

DATE: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 LOCATION: Peter J. Schmitt Memorial Legislative Chamber – 1st Floor Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building, Executive and Legislative Building Room 103 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York 11501 TIME: Information Session 6:00 p.m.

Public Statement Hearing 6:30 p.m.

A more comprehensive notice is available at: https://dps.ny.gov/notices.

Those wishing to comment on any aspect of these proceedings will have the opportunity to make a statement on the record before the ALJs. It is not necessary to make an appointment in advance, or present written material to speak at a hearing. Each public statement hearing will be held open until everyone who has registered to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements to submit comments have been made.

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