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After Department of Health data showed that Richmond Hill was second from the top of the COVID positivity heap early in the week, the city finally announced that it would be opening up a testing site in the neighborhood. That comes after weeks of electeds and advocates asking for more testing in the area.

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Cuomo places curfew on major spreaders Statewide crackdown on gyms, restaurants, parties as cases rise

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ars, restaurants and gyms are under curfew.

Gov. Cuomo announced Nov. 11 that beginning Friday all food establishments will be required to shut their doors to indoor or outdoor dining at 10 p.m. They will be allowed to continue curbside pickup past that point, however. Gyms must close at 10 p.m., too, and no gatherings of 10 people or more will be allowed anywhere.

“States surrounding us have done something that I think is intelligent and we’re going to follow suit,” Cuomo said at the Wednesday press conference. He pointed to Connecticut, which enacted a similar policy on Nov. 6 and New Jersey, which will put theirs into effect Nov. 12. — food establishments must close their indoor premises at 10 p.m. and cannot open until at least 5 a.m. the following day.

“I don’t want people in Connecticut saying, ‘We can’t meet in my house, so we’ll meet at yours in New York,’” Cuomo explained. “We don’t want the traffic steered in our direction.”

New York State reported 3,964 positive COVID-19 cases Nov. 10, the highest number since early May. That same day, the country clocked in 139,855 cases, setting a new record for highest number in a single day that beat the previous one that had been

Food establishments have invested in heaters, tents, shields and other amenities to make outdoor dining more comfortable since expanded indoor dining does not seem to be on the way as PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY the weather gets colder. set just four days earlier.

The curfew will not affect indoor dining capacities at this time, the governor said. New York City food establishments can continue to serve indoors at 25 percent, but capacity will not be raised to 50 percent in the near future, smashing small eateries’ hopes to move more business inside.

“Do we want to? Yes, we’d welcome this opportunity, but in the case of community security it’s better not to,” Downtown Flushing Business Improvement District Executive Director Dian Yu said in the hours leading up to Cuomo’s announcement. “They’re more focused on outdoor dining, which I think is a good thing. We’re

trying to avoid a second wave.”

In anticipation of delayed indoor dining, food establishments have been investing in heaters, wind shields and other amenities to create a more comfortable outdoor dining experience as the cold weather creeps in.

“Food establishments are on shaky ground,” he explained. “They’re willing to make the investment so they at least have a fighting chance.”

Indoor dining capacities will only be reduced if the curfews prove ineffective — if cases continue to rise, food establishments could be shut down.

Cuomo said food establishments and gyms are two of the top three coronavirus spreaders as recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the third being house parties. To combat gatherings of 10 people or more, he said he needs the support of local law enforcement.

“You can make rules, the rules are only as good as the enforcement. Period. Local governments are in charge of enforcement.

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COVID warning signs hit Richmond Hill Neighborhood has second-highest seven-day COVID positivity in city

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

The rate of positive COVID test results has increased in Queens over the past week as officials have begun to warn that it could mark the beginning of a second wave.

After Gov. Cuomo designated Ozone Park as part of a yellow zone at the end of October, South Queens has continued to have warning signs of higher infection.

When the city Department of Health updated its website to show real-time data on COVID positivity rates by ZIP code, it showed that Richmond Hill had the second-highest seven-day COVID test positivity rates in all of New York City as of Monday, at 4.43 percent.

The increase is not isolated to Richmond Hill. Farther south, Arverne and Broad Channel had the fifth-highest seven-day positivity rate in the city. That data came to light shortly after Cuomo removed Far Rockaway’s yellow zone designation at the end of last week, based on state data.

The seven-day rolling average for the entire Queens yellow zone has increased from 2.68 percent positive Monday Nov. 2 to 3.12 percent Nov. 9, with daily rates of

City Department of Health data shows that Richmond Hill had the second-highest rate of positive COVID results out all those tested for the last seven-day period. Neighborhood advocates have fought to bring more testing to the GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE neighborhood in recent weeks. positivity shooting up in the last couple days of this week, according to the state data.

Asked about the high positivity rate in Richmond Hill at a press event Monday, Mayor de Blasio said that he doesn’t believe it to be caused by any one thing or superspreader event.

“New York City has not seen major sites driving spread as you’ve seen in some other parts of the countr y where you really could identify a major outbreak to a specific site, whether it was a bar, a restaurant, a rally, something like that. We have not had that so much here. I think it’s

much more diffuse. It’s smaller family gatherings. It’s, you know, much more individual, if you will,” he said.

C o u n c i l wo m a n A d r i e n n e Adams (D-Jamaica) announced on Tuesday that NYC Health + Hospitals would be opening up a new rapid COVID testing site at

the Lefferts branch of the Queens Public Library at 103-34 Lefferts Blvd. Free testing will be available at the location daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Adams recently told the Chronicle that she has had to push the city to get more testing in the area. Though five neighboring ZIP codes in South Queens were among the 10 areas with the lowest rates of COVID testing in the whole city as of the end of October, Adams and other community leaders said their efforts to set up more testing sites in the area have met bureaucratic resistance.

As of Monday, the closest citysponsored testing center was either on 164th Street in Jamaica or Beach 39th Street in Rockaway, as City Council candidate Felicia Singh pointed out on Twitter.

“But, certainly, as we work with community partners, as we identify local leaders to continue to make sure that we’re getting the message out… [we are] making sure that individuals are getting tested and avoiding gatherings as much as possible,” said Health Department First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer Torian Easterling at the Q press event.

CB 9 considers surge of license requests Several businesses shot down for having incomplete applications

by Max Parrott

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Community Board 9’s stated meeting on Tuesday night presented a mixed bag of applications for beer, wine and liquor licenses.

First CB 9 voted on a liquor license application for Tandoori Hut, a restaurant at 119-08 94 Ave. in Richmond Hill, which it unanimously approved.

Then the board voted on a beer and wine license application for Brisas Del Mar Sea Food Market II at 76-15 Jamaica Ave. in Woodhaven. Previously the board had voted to oppose the application because the owner was asking for a license that extended to 2 a.m. and the only one that was available only went until 1 a.m.

In the public comment section of the meeting Joshua Deras, speak-

ing on behalf of the restaurant’s owner, said that the business had come back because it was looking for whatever edge it could get.

“We don’t mind the time. If it’s 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock, we don’t mind. Unfortunately the business is struggling,” said Deras. After the business agreed not to serve any alcohol after 1 a.m. even if it is open, the board approved the application Up next, it voted on a beer and cider license application for New Little Town Coffee Shop at 90-17 130 St. in Richmond Hill. The board unanimously voted against it because it had not received all the paperwork for the application.

The board then voted unanimously in favor of a renewal of a wine, beer and cider license application for Tipsy’s Bar & Lounge

at 106-07 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill.

Ross Code Lounge at 117-15 101 Ave. in Richmond Hill had applied to stay open until 4 a.m.

The board unanimously approved that request too.

Lastly, 3 in 1 Deli Grocery at 131-11 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill applied to renew its beer and cider license. Daniel Pollack, cochairman of the Public Safety and Consumer Affairs Committee, reported that according to the NYPD, the business had three violations for unauthorized alcoholic beverages on the premises, drug activity and violation of COVID restrictions. The business had also requested to put up a deck, which it had not submitted paperwork for. For all those reasons, the boa rd voted agai nst the

Community Board 9 considered a series of five business applications and ZOOM SCREENSHOT one street renaming on Tuesday night. application.

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City pitches rezoning to Old Howard Beach The neighborhood plan is a part of an effort to improve resiliency citywide

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Howard Beach is one of several neighborhoods that the city is targeting in an effort to help prepare for the next Hurricane Sandy.

The Department of City Planning presented a new rezoning plan to Community Board 10 last Thursday.

The presentation pertained to both a citywide initiative and a neighborhood rezoning.

The DCP is embarking on a citywide process that will make it easier for homeowners across the city to retrofit their residences and reduce damage from future flood events and save on insurance costs.

As a part of that effort, the agency has proposed neighborhood-specific zoning text and map changes for Old Howard Beach in addition to Gerritsen Beach and Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.

The specific changes to the neighborhood will primarily involve changing the zoning map so that new buildings must be detached because standalone houses are easier to elevate and retrofit with flooding protection measures than those that share walls. As an added benefit, the DCP said the rezoning will reinforce the neighborhood character of small, detached homes.

There is one block on Huron Street in the northern part of the neighborhood where the rezoning would allow for duplexes in addition

The Department of City Planning presented to Community Board 10 rezoning portions of Old Howard Beach. The changes to the zoning map, right, would primarily make it so that new residences would be constructed as standalone DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING IMAGES buildings. to detached homes.

“This rezoning is just seeking to make it a little bit more flexible in terms of allowing future development to be more easily retrofitted,” Joy Resor, a Queens borough planner with DCP, told community board members during the meeting.

The zoning of Old Howard Beach, which consists of mostly low-rise residential buildings,

has remained largely unchanged since 1961.

The new zoning would affect 48 blocks total, containing 1,037 buildings.

The citywide effort that Old Howard Beach is a part of is the Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency, a plan aimed at improving homeowners’ and business owners’ ability to withstand and recover from future storms and natural disasters.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the city adopted temporary emergency zoning rules that made it easier for New Yorkers to rebuild.

The ZCFR plan would update those rules with lessons that the DCP learned through community outreach and make them permanent.

The proposal would allow homeowners, business owners, architects and others to design resilient buildings that are better protected from flood risk and reduce flood insurance costs. It would protect and support public access to waterfront sites through resilient open-space design.

The only member of the community board to ask questions about the neighborhood rezoning after the presentation was John Calcagnile, the board’s land use chairman. Calcagnile suggested that the DCP allow for a larger floor-area ratio in the newly rezoned areas than the city’s standard designation. The change would allow residents to build slightly higher, he said, which would make up for the fact that buildings can’t have cellars in the neighborhood.

Over the next month the community board will have a Land Use Committee meeting, in addition to sending out a mailing to impacted residents.

In its December full meeting, it will hold a public hearing on the zoning, and vote on its Q recommendation.

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The group is also collecting taxdeductible monetary donations. To make one, send a message to the group’s Facebook Page or its email at HowardBeachDads@gmail.com.

“You can either schedule a pick-up with us or visit the donation bin on the way out,” said organizer PJ Marcel.

Heroic Queens cop honored Police Officer Jason Maharaj, center, a hero who potentially saved the life of a convenience store worker in Ozone Park, was honored Saturday.

Two weeks ago, a disgruntled homeless man allegedly shot Mohmediyan Tarwala, a 26-year-old clerk at an Ozone Park smoke shop. He later died from his injuries.

Maharaj, off-duty, happened to be at the scene of the crime, where he intervened to wrestle the gunman down and disarm him before he could take a second victim’s life.

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Masked up and socially distant, state Sen. Leroy Comrie’s office, veterans groups and a variety of supporters held a Veterans Day Parade and event last Saturday at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans and along Merrick Boulevard, wrapping it up with an open house at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 483 in Rosedale.

Clockwise from top right: a lone soldier standing watch; the U.S. Customs Border Patrol, JFK Unit; NYPD Explorers; Boy Scout Troop 144; Cista Girls marching; participants commemorating the

event with the help of the NYPD; Rep. Gregory Meeks and City Councilmember Adrienne Adams marching with their respective staffs; a vintage Rolls Royce that along with other classic cars made up the rear of the parade; Neil Jordan, commander of the area VFW post, mustering up the color guard; the St. Albans civic marching along; Officer Justin Davis, left, and Det. Tanya Duhaney, center, posing with veterans; and members of VFW Post 5298 Reggie Fordham and Jackie Wilson standing proudly.

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P Triumph over Tragedy

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ow fitting for 2020 — the Queens Chronicle is celebrating our 42nd anniversary with a special history supplement reliving some of the worst events ever to happen here — from devastating transportation accidents to natural disasters, from the ravages of AIDS to the impacts of the Sept. 11 attacks.

But here’s the catch: Just about all of these events led to some improvement in society that made life better for those who survived and those yet to be. Hence the special edition’s name: Triumph over Tragedy. And so we hope it will be — the sooner the better, no question about it — with the ongoing crisis caused by this once-in-a-hundred-years novel coronavirus.

The chapter of human history dealing with the impact of COVID-19 is obviously still being written. Are halfway through it? More? Less?

No one knows for sure. Nor does anyone know exactly what life will look like afterward, which of the changes we’ve undergone will stick around and which will suddenly disappear.

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We do know those things, at least for the most part, about the select disasters in Queens and New York City history we chose to include in Triumph over Tragedy. We know that the General Slocum ship fire in 1904, which killed more than 1,300 people, helped lead the way toward stronger safety regulations, but not alone — it took other events such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the sinking of the Titanic to cumulatively bring about change.

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 led to countless changes across society; we focus on individuals here in Queens, in the police and fire services.

The AIDS crisis led, eventually, to the development of miraculous drug treatments, but also to the growing acceptance of gay people.

These are just some of the stories you’ll find in Triumph over Tragedy. You’ll also get a couple curve balls — one tragedy averted and one that, well, we call the ’62 Mets. They eventually triumphed. So will we today. As this project reminds us, we always have, after a long road.

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e can’t say we weren’t warned. As COVID infection rates dropped in the late spring and early summer, we enjoyed some of our newfound freedom after the horrors of March, April and early May. That was only natural, and we could do it, because we largely did it outdoors.

But the virus kept spreading, especially in those areas it hadn’t hit hard yet, and cases climbed. And when the cold drove us back indoors more often, many people let their guard down. Whether it was COVID fatigue, a teenage-like rebellion against common sense and authority or a genuine belief that the worst was behind us, people got sloppy. And now we’re beginning to pay the price, with a rise in cases that seems inexorable.

Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday ordered more restrictions on businesses, specifically ordering bars and restaurants to cease any table service at 10 p.m.; for gyms to close at that time too; and for people to not gather in groups of 10 or more. Just in time for Thanksgiving. And our positive test rate is closing in on the number that would shut down the schools, another nightmare.

We can only have a hope of staving off unbearable increases in death and disease, along with a return to soul-crushing and socially destructive lockdowns, if we get much better very quickly at stemming COVID’s spread.

Wear the mask — not a bandanna but an actual surgical mask, or better.

Stay the hell away from people. Wash your hands, constantly. If we all do this, maybe winter won’t be too bad. Otherwise, it’s going to be hideous.

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A reckless writer Dear Editor: I find Larry Penner’s Nov. 5 letter “How to Save Eateries” reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous.

Yes, the economic devastation to restaurants wrought by COVID is horrific. I vividly recall visiting the unemployment office with my father as a teenager in the 1970s. But I find the author’s cavalier attitude toward COVID even more horrific. In one letter to another newspaper the author compared restrictions imposed by Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo to occupied Poland during World War II. In this letter he mentions the importance of face coverings and social distancing almost as a casual afterthought.

I lost one of my best friends in April to COVID. I miss him terribly. I myself had COVID (the positive test came the day after my 58th birthday, also in April). I was fortunately asymptomatic, but I wish the author knew the anguish of suffering from a potentially lifethreatening disease, wondering when you go to sleep if you’ll wake up the next morning. My then-18-year-old son who tested presumed positive sounded for a week as if he belonged in a tuberculosis ward, although he suddenly recovered and has been fine ever since. I wish the author understood what it’s like to hear your offspring hacking up a lung.

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is “no significant spike in COVID-19 cases.”

Exactly what does the author define as “a significant spike”? Because to me, even one person suffering from COVID is “significant.” Does he not understand the devastation even one carrier can cause? The disease is resurging, and mightily, because of the populace’s utterly irresponsible behavior and attitudes toward COVID as cavalier as the author’s.

Why doesn’t the author draw upon his selfperceived bottomless fountain of wisdom to advocate wearing masks, social distancing and a vaccine being developed to combat this nightmare?

Nat Weiner Bronx

Vote low-tech, with ID Dear Editor: It’s been said we’ve come a long way now with technology, but when it comes to voting, we beg to differ.

To our surprise, that giant ledger book you had to sign was gone, replaced by a small com-

puter that you signed to show you voted.

Are you kidding? The man before us could have been anyone other than himself, his signature was so bad! At least with the book, the signature had to match up. What an opportunity for fraud!

Our vote is too precious to be compromised in this way.

And we still support showing ID. In this day and age, it is unthinkable that anyone would not have ID. It is comparable to not having medical insurance.

Reader input would be appreciated!

Thomas and Constance Dowd Oakland Gardens

Ranked choice may rankle Dear Editor: The ranked-choice voting approved in 2019 will be a sure bet to be a major problem at the primaries in 2021.

The voter education programs that are supposed to be put in place would have to be in English, Bengali, Chinese, Korean and Spanish.

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This applies mostly to Queens, where the most diverse neighborhoods are located.

Candidates would need more money to get in front of the voters and actually say why they are better than their opponents. A special monitor would have in place at the early voting sites to explain the procedures.

Hopefully, this idea to make elections fairer does not backfire.

Ray Hackinson Ozone Park

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Teachers’ aides suffer Dear Editor: As New York opened up during the pandemic, the schools also opened.

It was declared for the schools to have all the windows opened throughout the buildings. The reasoning is that ventilation in the buildings is mandatory to prevent COVID-19 from coming in.

As a result of this regulation, the children, teachers, teachers’ aides and office personnel are forced to wear heavy jackets and sweaters, as the wind circulates throughout the building and classrooms. Some absentees among chil-

dren have escalated; e.g., they’re getting sick from the wind coming in despite heavy outerwear. It is worse when it rains. Then if a vaccine is not in place, when it starts snowing, and heavily, it will be even worse.

With this regulation, the teachers’ aides are monitoring the restrooms on each floor. There is only one teachers’ aide per floor. They are required to stay at these posts throughout the day. They can walk up and down the hallway, but are being denied a lunch break, though by law, every job has to give an employee at least a 15-minute lunch break.

There are no coffee breaks. Even when one has to use the restroom, it is in and out as fast as possible, as the children’s restroom cannot be left unattended. The idea is to make sure when children are using the restroom, there are only three at a time, and the teachers’ aide has to check to make sure the children have washed their hands before returning to their classroom.

What is being told to the teachers’ aides is, there isn’t anyone available to give them relief, aka a lunch break or coffee break.

This is atrocious. Something needs to be done as soon as possible to eradicate this horrible situation.

Eloise Ockert Astoria

Take on Con Ed, Rory Dear Editor: Re Michael Gannon’s Nov. 5 report “Lancman appointed ratepayer watchdog” (multiple editions): As one of Rory Lancman’s Kew Gardens Hills constituents, I congratulate him on his new post as special counsel for New York State utility ratepayers.

While I disagreed with his City Council agenda on criminal justice, as noted in my letters to the Chronicle, we have some things in common. We each have lived in Queens for several decades, reside in rent-regulated apartments, have strong ties to PS 164 and Queens College, and served in the military. I hope he brings the same tenacity to his new job as he did while chairing the City Council’s Justice System Committee.

One of his key goals, I feel, should be to end Con Ed’s double standard for electricity distribution. The utility’s power lines are buried underground for 39 square miles in Manhattan, while 561 square miles of overhead power lines serve clients in the outer boroughs and Westchester (The New York Times, Feb. 10, 2017).

Tropical Storm Isaias spotlighted this dangerous disparity. While relatively few Manhattan customers suffered power disruption, several hundred thousand outerborough residents were without electricity for over a week. A study ordered by then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg in 2013, after Superstorm Sandy, indicated that it would cost Con Ed $18.5 billion to place its outerborough power lines below ground. That cost may have risen over the past seven years, but it’s still essential (info source: Wikipedia).

Your article noted that Lancman is responsible for ensuring that utilities make “required investments” to adequately serve their customers. This is certainly a required investment. I hope he holds Con Ed’s feet to the fire.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Dear Editor: Congratulations on your 42nd anniversary of publication. I have been a faithful reader for 36 years. How fortunate we are to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available. Many cities, suburbs and small towns are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper.

Newspapers and magazines have to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues due to COVID-19 and declining readership due to competition from the internet and other news information sources.

Queens residents have many daily newspapers to select from including the Daily News, Post, Times, Newsday, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and along with freebies such as AM Metro New York. Decades ago we had our own daily Long Island Star Journal and Long Island Press.

Daily newspapers concentrate on international, Washington, Albany, City Hall, business and sports stories. They have few reporters assigned to cover local neighborhood news and miss significant news and political stories from local Queens neighborhoods.

Weekly newspapers such as our own Queens Chronicle and others fill the void for coverage of local community news.

I’m grateful that you have afforded me the opportunity to express my views via letters to the editor along with others who may have different opinions on the issues of the day.

We need to continue supporting weekly community newspapers. Patronize their advertisers; they provide the revenues to help keep them in business. Let them know you saw their ad. This helps keep our neighbors employed and the local economy growing. In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope there continues to be room for everyone including the Queens Chronicle and others.

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Diwali lights up South Queens The annual Diwali motorcade, the spectacular nighttime parade in Richmond Hill, couldn’t escape the list of events that had to be canceled this year due to the coronavirus.

But the parade’s longtime organizer, Lakshmee Singh, refused to let the sacred holiday, one of the most important days on the Hindu calendar, pass without notice.

In a little less than two weeks, Singh and a group of volunteers put together a scaleddown celebration of the Hindu Festival of Lights for last Saturday night, including a special display of light on Liberty Avenue.

“We did it eight days actually,” said Singh, who hosts a popular IndoCarribean TV show, “thanks to the Queens Arts Council and Queens Economic Development Corp.”

Diwali serves as both a New Year’s celebration and a spiritual holiday honoring the goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi, and will be marked Nov. 14 this year.

The annual parade down Liberty Avenue, the heart of the IndoCarribbean community in New York, draws up to 10,000 spectators to see a mile-long motorcade of homemade floats and marchers dressed elaborately as Hindu gods.

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Ozone Park Thanksgiving drive The Ozone Park Residents Block Association, the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol and the Kiwanis Club of Ozone Park have stepped up to try and reduce food insecurity for the harvest holiday.

The groups are working together to provide an opportunity for residents to “host” a family for Thanksgiving.

A $40 donation supplies one family with an essential food box.

Families in need can fill out the online fo r m a t t i ny u r l.c o m / y 63a r qf y t o participate.

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applied for t he food box for Thanksgiving.

Donations will be accepted through Nov. 23.

Those looking to donate can pay through Ve n m o to @ ozpkrba-copcp-kiwanis.

Checks will also be accepted to City Line Ozone Park Civilian Patrol, Inc. Cash donations are also accepted at the OZPKRBA’s office at 83-10 Rockaway Blvd.

For more information, call (718) 641Q 0405.

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Class grades will take bigger role in college admissions

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

The January New York Regents exams will be canceled as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, announced interim state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa last Thursday.

Normally most students have to pass at least five Regents exams to earn a high school diploma. But the state Education Department’s announcement clarified that the exam will not be required in order to attain high school diplomas.

“Throughout the pandemic our priority has been the health and well-being of our students and educators,” said Rosa in a statement. “We determined the January Regents Exams could not be safely, equitably and fairly administered across the State given where the pandemic currently stands.”

There are two levels of diplomas for graduating high school in New York state: a Regents diploma and an Advanced Regents diploma. The latter requires a score of 65 or higher on five exams. The type of diploma a student earns winds up on his or her academic transcript to be viewed by colleges, although parents say that it plays a more important role at state schools than elsewhere.

Interim state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa announced that the January New York Regents exams will be canceled due to the STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PHOTO pandemic.

CUNY and SUNY colleges normally look at the Regents to deter mine the course level that college students start with

in general education programs.

Some specialized programs will take the tests into consideration to see whether students who are applying have demonstrated the necessary skills on the tests.

Now college admissions will hinge more on a student’s grades, college advisors say.

“The class grades are basically the beall-end-all. That improves the graduation rate. It’s controversial. It’s good, but some people say that the kids are not prepared,” said John Castellano, a college application tutor based in Oakland Gardens. “Some people say this proves kids don’t need Regents and others are saying the jury’s out, let’s see what happens when these kids leave college.”

Even before the announcement, CUNY schools did not require the Regents as part of the admission process. The schools used students’ high school academic records as a basis for admission, but ACT or SAT scores could be used to prove proficiency in certain subjects like math and English in place of the state exams.

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Century 21 real estate and Flatbush Moving Van Co. are partnering with nonprofit Move for Hunger to hold a Thanksgiving food drive on Sat., Nov. 14.

Citing the fact that one in six Americans will face hunger during the pandemic, the groups will be gathering in front of Food Emporium, at 82-35 153 Ave. in Howard Beach, to collect items to donate to the food pantry at Our Lady of Grace Church.

Move for Hunger is a network of socially responsible relocation companies that provide their clients with the opportunity to host a food donation when they move.

The most-needed items are canned vegetables (yams, corn, carrots and beans), pumpkin stuffing, cornbread mix, gravy, cranberry sauce, boxed stuffing, soups, instant mashed potatoes, applesauces and canned turkey, chicken, stews and chilis.

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Illegal car dealers taking up space Precinct boss says residents told him Corona streets look like sales lots

by David Russell Associate Editor

Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) helped crack down on “curbstoning” when he was in the Assembly five years ago, with tougher penalties for unlicensed car dealing.

But curbstoning, when a dealer poses as a private seller to sell a car parked on the street, is still common in Corona.

“In some of these streets the residents were saying it was like a used car lot on a public street,” said Capt.

Jonathan Cermeli, commanding officer of the 110th Precinct.

Moya wants it seen as a top priority.

“I’m always disappointed when I see that the quality-of-life issues that happen in my community don’t happen in more of the affluent areas,” he said, adding that the precinct has been extremely responsive.

Parking spots are being taken up on residential blocks by auto body shops, mechanic shops and secondhand used car dealers.

“We noticed a spike in vehicles being put in parking spots all over

residential neighborhoods in Corona with ‘for sale’ signs on them,” Cermeli said Monday.

The commander said it’s hard to determine if the business owner or employees are usually responsible for curbstoning. He believes a lot of people trying to sell their vehicles now may have been in an accident or don’t have the money to maintain it.

The owner of an auto body shop on 47th Avenue was given a ticket in late October, according to Moya’s office. Reached Wednesday by the Queens Chronicle, someone who picked up the phone after the owner was requested said he had not gotten a ticket and that the boss was not there, before hanging up.

To sell more than five vehicles per year in New York, a dealer’s license is needed.

“Most of these folks don’t have that,” Moya said.

Secondhand auto dealers must have a valid Department of Consumer Affairs license and all printed handouts to customers must include the license number. Vehicles cannot be parked, stored, displayed or left standing partially or completely on

Curbstoning, when a dealer poses as a private seller to sell a car, has caused problems in Corona, with space being taken by the illegal activity.

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the sidewalk or street.

That’s where one problem lies.

Safety activist and cyclist Peter Beadle said there is no lack of examples of cars being parked on sidewalks in industrial areas, near not just car dealerships but police precincts.

“You increase the risk that somebody is going to step off the curb into traffic to get around the parked cars,” he said.

Beadle says there has been a nor-

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malization of seeing cars habitually violate space where they are not allowed.

“It becomes, ‘Well, you know, what are you going to do? We’re living in a busy city.’ No. There are other cities that actually enforce their rules,” Beadle said.

Cermeli said many of the cars recently towed were not allowed to be parked where they were and didn’t even have the proper registration or license plates to legally

be on the street.

Paper plates were often distributed as temporary licenses with the Department of Motor Vehicles not being open for in-person service during the pandemic.

“But a lot of people were manufacturing their own license plates illegally,” Cermeli said.

He said a vehicle in an accident with no insurance or registration “would present a whole host of inconveniences, a lot of problems for other people that are being affected by this.”

The precinct has been doing random car stops at different locations to check the legality of vehicles.

Around 20 have been towed in the last month.

“If someone loses their car and it gets towed, they’re out a significant amount of money so I think that the message definitely is being driven home,” Cermeli said.

The 2015 curbstoning bill sponsored by Moya and Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx), and signed into law by Gov. Cuomo, quadrupled penalties for operating as an unlicontinued on page 22

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Elected officials, commerce leaders concerned about small businesses

by David Russell Associate Editor

The relationship between small business and government during the pandemic has been an uneasy one.

“It was bad before. Now it’s worse,” said Councilman Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx), during last Thursday’s tour of businesses on Fresh Pond Road in Glendale. “The city is not listening. They’re hearing the issues. They have not addressed the concern.”

Gjonaj, chairman of the Council’s Committee on Small Business, visited stores with Councilman Bob Holden (D-Middle Village), Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District President Ted Renz, Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech and Small Businesses Commissioner Jonnel Doris.

“For us, we’re here to help small business.

That’s our job,” Doris said. “While we’re the government, we’re still their advocates.”

He said about 30 walking tours have been done around the city and though some changes in policy have been implemented because of feedback, Doris acknowledged “we have to rebuild their trust, too.”

Among the problems raised by elected officials and business owners around the city are the fines being imposed, sometimes with contradicting advice from city agencies.

“I don’t like when the government descends

Councilman Bob Holden, left, Councilman Mark Gjonaj, Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech and Small Business Services Commissioner Jonnel Doris, right, speak to a resPHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL taurant owner on Fresh Pond Road last Thursday. on businesses that were closed for so long and then they start fining them instead of warning them,” Holden said.

Grech believes one person needs to oversee everything, “kind of like a COVID czar.”

Gjonaj said store owners can be fined if a customer is not wearing a mask but believes that is unfair to the owner, saying that there have been attacks on people who are demand-

ing masks be worn.

“They’re not policemen. They’re business people,” he said. “They’re working behind the counter. They’re sweating. They’re not supposed to act as enforcement. You can’t hold them reliable. You go tell someone with mental illness that they can’t enter because they don’t have a face mask. Let’s see how far that gets you.”

Grech said as he’s handed out masks around the borough, he’s been pleasantly surprised that, for the most part, everybody in and outside the stores are wearing them.

“There was sanitizer everywhere. People are following the rules and regulations but at the end of the day if we wait much longer to open some of these places ... there will be nothing to reopen come January,” he said.

Gjonaj noted a city comptroller report that said nearly one-third of the city’s small businesses may never reopen.

“We’re not doing anything more than making sure that we help them shutter their doors forever,” he said, adding, “The one concept that this city is not embracing right now is every dollar that you put into a small business will yield you a return on your investment through tax dollars, through jobs, through income tax, through sales tax — and when they’re gone, they’re gone.”

Holden wants to see the ropening progress and said he isn’t worried about noise or quality-of-life complaints rising from bars and restaurants. The lawmaker said concerns often come from Forest Park and other hangouts, but outdoor dining hasn’t led to any complaints.

“You’re probably going to get it but I don’t think we have as many in my district as they have in Manhattan, obviously,” Holden said. Q

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Meeks calls Spigner ‘my Jackie Robinson’ Mayor sees ‘divine intervention’ by political icon in U.S. election

by Michael Shain Chronicle Contributor

Not surprisingly, the funeral of Archie Spigner — a political animal to the end — this week became a celebration of the end of Donald Trump’s presidency.

The dean of Southeast Queens civic life died Oct. 29 at age 92, five days before the election, and was eulogized Tuesday as a pioneer for black empowerment by some of the most powerful political figures in the city.

Most of the funeral speeches took note that Spigner’s passing came at the same moment that Democrats are set to take back the W h it e Hou s e a f t e r a bit t e r campaign.

“To win this election, we needed divine intervention and we sent the right man to arrange it,” said Mayor de Blasio.

“We’ve gotten rid of Donald Trump, praise God,” invoked U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), who appeared from Washington, DC, via video.

The influence that Spigner, the

first African-American elected to the City Council from Queens, won and wielded during his long career was also celebrated during a three-hour “homegoing” at the Greater Bethel Ministries church in Queens Village.

“He was my Jackie Robinson,” said Re p. G regor y Meek s (D-Queens, Nassau), the head of the Queens Democratic Par ty organization.

“It’s easy for us,” he said, gesturing toward a half a dozen off iceholders f rom Southeast Queens sitting in the church’s first pew.

“That’s because the path was paved, everything was chopped down. Archie Spigner did this for us.”

“I wouldn’t be here without Archie Spigner,” Schumer told the 150 people in the church, recounting how Spigner’s backing helped h i m d efe a t fo r me r S e n . A l D’Amato in 1998.

“Every one of us owes everything to Archie.”

“There would be no Donovan

Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks at the funeral for Southeast Queens political icon Archie Spigner, who was lauded as a trailblazer. Former Rep. Charles Rangel came from Harlem to pay his respects, left, while U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer PHOTOS BY MICHAEL SHAIN spoke from Washington. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz also spoke at the event.

Richards without Archie Spigner,” said the borough president-elect.

“No Leroy Comrie, no Adrienne Adams, no I. Daneek Miller, no Alicia Hyndman. We stand on his shoulders.’’

Former Rep. Charles Rangel,

90, came from his home in Harlem to recall how state political leaders, before signing onto a new initiative, would ask, “Did you check with Archie on this?”

Rangel lamented that “every time someone in Harlem got a lit-

tle money, they moved to Queens” and into Spigner’s sphere.

One his way back to the pews, the 23-term congressman stopped at the open casket where Spigner’s body lay at rest, placed a hand on the edge and whispered goodbye. Q

Stringer rips city on business, education

by David Russell Associate Editor

In February, the city had 3.4 percent unemployment but within 30 days of COVID hitting, it jumped to 20 percent.

“It went from the lowest to the highest in our history,” city Comptroller Scott Stringer said during a virtual town hall Monday, adding, “This is the greatest economic challenge our city ever faced.”

In the past few months, 2,800 businesses have closed and 520,000 small business employees have lost their jobs in the city, according to Stringer, who is running for

mayor in 2021.

“This economy had never been in this kind of freefall,” he said.

The city is of little help, Stringer said.

“I think we all agree city government is a problem when it comes to small business,” he said.

Stringer recalled ribbon cuttings he would attend as Manhattan borough president for new businesses but said the “problem is that for all of us elected officials would celebrate the small business, the city agencies would come in and they would attack the business.”

Stringer, who in August unveiled a 25-point plan to help small businesses, said from 2007 to 2017, the city went from 5 million square feet of vacant storefront space to 11 million. Now, according to the comptroller, it’s around 16 to 17 million.

“In many of our communities we’ve lost whole commercial corridors,” he said, adding that the vacant streets are “like somet h i ng out of t he 1980 s a nd t h at’s dangerous.”

Stringer also discussed issues about the Department of Education with state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Whitestone) saying

there has not been “any kind of guidance” in terms of Gifted and Talented programs.

Stringer criticized Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on not being more transparent with the diversity plan for District 28 middle schools, and also ripped the newly restricted deadline for parents to opt in for blended learning.

“Now we’re grappling with these decisions and they’re being dictated by a bureaucrat who’s embarrassed that he doesn’t have enough kids in the school by Friday,” Stringer said. “Shame on him. Shame on Carranza. It’s a total lack of leadership.” Q

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AD 26, CD 3 victors remain unclear

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yet-to-be counted absentee ballots, over 50 percent of which were sent in by registered Democrats, could change the fate of the election.

Santos, claiming voter fraud, has referred to NY 3 as “his” district in a series of tweets and has assumed victory despite the ongoing counts.

“To my supporters: I will not back down until every #ILLEGALVOTE is exposed and discarded,” Santos tweeted on Nov. 9 in a series tagged #VoterSupression, #StopTheSteal.

Similarly in the 26th Assembly District, unofficial election night results show a potential upset of incumbent Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside), with Republican insurgent John-Alexander Sakelos holding a nearly 5 percent lead.

The district, however, began counting the nearly 15,700 returned ballots on Tuesday, 63 percent of which were sent in by registered Democrats.

Neither Braunstein nor Sakelos have claimed victory or offered concessions on Q the race.

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“We will win. It will take 2 weeks,” Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Suffolk, Nassau, Queens) emphasized in a Monday email to supporters.

The incumbent congressman is trailing behind Republican challenger George Santos by 1.42 percent of the votes as of Nov. 10. Suozzi, however, remains confident that absentee ballot counting, which began Tuesday, would deliver him a win.

New York State election law restricts counting mail-in ballots until at least one week after Election Day to allow all eligible votes to arrive. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by Nov. 10, according to the state Board of Elections. Though Queens and Nassau counties began counting the mailed votes Monday, Suffolk won’t begin counting until Nov. 16, Suozzi said.

Though Suozzi leads in unofficial votes by Queens voters, large support for Santos by Long Islanders offset the percentage in Santos’ favor. Nearly 98,000

by MIchael Gannon Editor

Mayor de Blasio has designated Feb. 2 as the date for a special election to fill the seat of former Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) in the 24th District.

The vacancy was created back on Wednesday when Lancman formally resigned to begin his new post as special counsel for ratepayer protection. The newly created position oversees state-regulated utilities and telecommunications firms.

“I am declaring Tuesday, February 2, 2021 as the date for the 24th City Council District special election to elect a Council Member to serve until December 31st, 2021,” de Blasio said in a statement issued by his office at 4:35 p.m. on Friday.

“This date, within the window allowed by the City Charter, will facilitate maximum voter participation,” the mayor said.

“I encourage all eligible Queens residents to vote early, in person, or by absentee ballot in the upcoming special election.”

The district covers all or portions of Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Electchester, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Briarwood, Parkway Village,

Jamaica Hills and Jamaica.

L a n c m a n would have been term-limited out of off ice in 14 months.

Records at the city’s Campaign Fi n a nce Boa rd v iewe d Fr id ay after noon show that there already Eight are running to are eight candi- replace Councilman dates who have Rory Lancman. FILE PHOTO notified the city of their intention to run for the office.

They include Moumita Ahmed; Stanley Arden; James Gennaro, who held the seat prior to Lancman from 2002 to 2013; Neeta Jain; Dilip Nath; Deepti Sharma; Soma Syed; and Mohammed Uddin.

Cuomo announced Lancman’s appointment on Oct. 30. All the candidates listed on the CFB on Friday also were listed in a file downloaded by the Chronicle on Oct. 22, apparently in anticipation of Lancman’s Q impending term limit.

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New citizens could return to Jamaica King Manor Museum has long hosted naturalization ceremonies

by Michael Gannon Editor

With Citizenship Day and Constitution Day both falling on Sept. 17, it had become a tradition for brand-new Americans to take their oath of citizenship in Jamaica at the King Manor Museum.

King helped craft the U.S. Constitution and was one of the country’s first leaders to take a prominent role in the slavery abolitionist movement.

Dozens, if not scores of people from around the world typically gathered beneath tents every Sept. 17 and were greeted by speakers, often area politicians, and finally were sworn in by a federal judge who often has been an immigrant or the child of immigrants.

The last two years have seen an interruption — one caused by logistics and the other

by COVID-19, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

But it is not necessarily a permanent interruption.

“There’s never a dry eye in the house on citizenship days,” Kelsey Brow, executive director of King Manor, told the Chronicle.

“And it’s so meaningful to bring in new citizens to this country at the home of one of our Founding Fathers, especially Rufus King, who worked for a more equitable soci-

Some of the country’s newest Americans in September 2015 show off their citizenship certificates on the back porch at King Manor. Circumstances have interrupted the annual tradition in FILE PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH Jamaica for two years, but it could come back in the future. ety regardless of race. We’ve been holding the ceremonies for decades and I was heartbroken to not have one last year, especially in my first year as executive director. I already had my speech written!”

Each year, immediately following the ceremony, longtime King Manor Caretaker Roy Fox has welcomed the new citizens

inside at a large table on which he unfurls a giant copy of the Constitution.

Each participant is invited to sign his or her name along with New York delegate Alexander Hamilton — King was a member of the Massachusetts delegation at the time — as well as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison

In an email, USCIS Public Affairs Officer Katie Tichacek said K ing Manor remains a very viable option in the future. “[The] USCIS Queens field office, along with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NY, has had the privilege of hosting naturalization ceremonies on Citizenship Day (Sept. 17) at historic Rufus King Manor in the past, most recently in 2018,” she wrote. “We declined to host a ceremony in Fiscal Year 2019 due to limited employee resources — we hosted two other ceremonies that day, one at the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn and one at Rockefeller Plaza.

“This year, in accordance with CDC health and safety guidelines, we are not holding large naturalization ceremonies at external venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to resume them again at some point in the future as safety measures and resources allow — at that point, we would welcome an invitation to return to Rufus King Manor and other venues wishing to host a ceremony.”

The museum is located on Jamaica Avenue within Rufus King Park. The park sits between 150th and 153rd streets, and is bounded to the north by 89th Avenue.

“We just really want to host them again.

Our whole staff and board loves hosting the Q swearings-in,” Brow said.

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Front office talks ‘shopping in the gourmet section’ for top players

by David Russell Associate Editor

Steve Cohen is the richest owner in Major League Baseball and it sounds as if he wants to spend some money.

He does not want to wait around to turn his newly acquired Mets into winners.

“If I don’t win a World Series in the next three to five years — I’d like to make it sooner — I would consider that slightly disappointing,” he said at an online press conference Tuesday.

“We now can emphasize the acquisition rather than the cost,” new team president Sandy Alderson agreed.

Alderson was the general manager from 2011 to July 2018, before stepping away due to health concerns. The Wilpon family had run the team since 2002 after buying out Nelson Doubleday.

Fans often bashed the owners, or the “Coupons,” for their seeming unwillingness to spend big in free agency on the top players in the game.

Alderson’s comments made it sound like he may have shared some of the frustrations of the fans.

“We’re gonna make sure we’ve got enough meat and potatoes,” he said. “But we’re going to be shopping in the gourmet section as well.”

Alderson was asked about doing so after not being able to in his previous tenure. “I’ve gotta find out where it is,” he answered.

Reports over the years had the Wilpons extremely involved in baseball decisions, to the detriment of the club.

Cohen said how involved he would be with those decisions.

“I played Little League once. That’s about it though, right? I’m going to let the professionals — Sandy and the people we bring in — let them run baseball,” he said.

Alderson, who said that he wants to turn the Mets into an iconic franchise, said, “There’s no question that ownership styles will be different. There’s no question that there will be differences in the way we operate. There will be differences in our emphasis and overall capacity to do things.”

Alderson said it’s likely Luis Rojas will return as manager. Rojas led the team to a 26-34 record in his first season as Mets skipper. Rojas was hired by recently fired general manager Brodie Van Wagenen but managed in the Mets’ minor league system during Alderson’s tenure.

Alderson added that whoever is hired as president of baseball operations will also have input.

Cohen’s bid to buy the Mets fell through in February, reportedly over disagreements

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Meet the Met: new owner wants to win

Steve Cohen is looking to lead the team back to the World Series for the first time since 2015 and win it all for the first time since 1986. FILE PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA; INSET, METS.COM SCREENSHOT about the Wilpons’ continued control after Cohen would take over.

With the Wilpons still looking to sell the team, they came to an agreement with Cohen in mid-September. League owners officially approved the sale in late October.

Cohen was asked Tuesday about other bidders, which included a group led by Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.

“Who are the other bidders? I don’t remember,” Cohen said, adding that he had not heard from them but “I certainly wish them well.” Q

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“The only way that this works is when you hit them in their wallet,” Moya said.

A 2015 report by the two politicians said dealers operating illegally without a license cost the state as much as $56.4 million annually in lost sales tax revenue.

Some experts have said that 80 percent of cars in classified ads are not being sold by individuals.

The councilman said another problem is if there is a functioning problem with the vehicle. “You can just drive away and if that car breaks down you have no ability to get your money back,” Moya said.

The lawmaker said the reason more aren’t towed is because dealers warn others when they see cars being taken away.

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young Martin Luther King stands at a podium in one image. Another young man in the center of a demonstration crowd, with all faces gazing forward, breaks the direction, looking directly at Davidson with a pained expression.

The NYC subway system could be dangerous to ride when Davidson was photographing it. His Subway 1980 series features one color portrait of two men on a train. They stand facing away from him, enveloped in a backdrop of thick yellow graffiti sprayed across the train walls and windows, Strikingly, the shot reveals them somehow more connected for ignoring and avoiding each other than they might have been if speaking. continued on page 25

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Chronicling over 40 years of social change in NYC, the Deep South and around the country, renowned photographer Bruce Davidson’s photos have one powerful constant: the visceral emotion radiating from his subjects. It was often so intense it not only paralleled but could even transcend the historical events inducing it.

Battling poverty, racism and unrelenting strife, the people in Davidson’s photos often seem to steal a show they never asked for or wanted to be part of, not only through their pain but also their determination to overcome it.

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“It’s the humanistic element that photography is about that I’m attracted to,” Davidson said during during a KCRW radio broadcast in 2013.

The exhibit’s Time of Change section (1961-1965) delves deeply into the civil rights movement. White men link arms with a black priest in a powerful show of solidarity, united by the desire to see people of all races given the same respect, privileges and opportunities. A passionate

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Herbert Stempel was born in 1926. He was blessed with a photographic mind for retaining information. After serving in World War II, he went to City College under the GI Bill.

He married Toby Mantell in September 1954, the daughter of a wealthy hosiery manufacturer from Riverside Drive in Manhattan.

They moved to Queens and set up home at 105-10 66 Ave. in Forest Hills, Apt 3G. Stempel’s photographic memory The home of “Quiz Show” whistleblower Herbert Stemgot him a spot on television as a pel for 66 years, at 105-10 66 Ave. in Forest Hills, as GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE; contestant on quiz show “Twenty- the building appears today.

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by Max Parrott Associate Editor

This fall the Queens County Farm Museum has become a draw for social media influencers.

A fall-themed floral installation called “The Fall Escape” created by an event decoration company has brought in thousands of visitors searching for Instagram-able moments in its intricate arrangements.

When the farm museum’s administrators realized that they were going to have to reduce their capacity due to COVID restrictions, they began looking to unused parts of the property for another attraction.

They found Azizan Ali and Laila Ahmed, two decorators with Design House Decor, a company that usually puts on weddings, corporate events and parties. The result is a field of large-scale floral objects within a fall

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theme.

The installations include a beflowered apple shed, a “cornfessional” podium with cornstalks jutting out of it and the world’s la rge s t f l or a l latte — a 13-foot-tall simulacr um of a pumpkin spice Stephanie Rivera smiles for the camera in front of an oversized rose latte, with white installation at the Queens County Farm Museum. The installation flowers spilling includes a giant latte made of flowers, right.

PHOTOS BY MAX PARROTT from the top like foam. It also contains an apple. Beyond during quarantine.

“They had no school pictures this year. the fall theme, the idea is to create a series of massive flower arrangements that func- So I was like, I need to take some pictures tion as sets for visitors to snap a selfie or a of them,” said Pisapia.

Brianna Torres, a college student who family portrait.

On Sunday, the visitors were split came to take photos with two friends, runs between young millennials and zoomers @adventurezbybri, an Instagram account looking to bolster their social media pres- that lists and documents ideas for weekend ence and parents with young children who trips.

“I just post places that I go to and advise wanted a fall photo shoot.

Whitestone resident Denise Pisapia, who [followers] where to go,” Torres said.

Ines Solis, who came with her two came with her two daughters, said she had to make up for lost photo opportunities friends after they saw friends tagging the

installation on Instagram, insisted that she was not an influencer as she and her crew posed and strutted around a patch of oversized roses.

“I’m a boring nurse,” she said laughing.

“We have regular jobs.”

The viral approach to the outdoors attraction is working. Ahmed said that the installation had reached its capacity both days of the past weekend when it sold over 1,000 tickets. The daily capacity is about 1,000 to 1,100 visitors, but hourly only about 125 people are allowed inside the space at one time. Right as it opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday, a line of eager visitors materialized outside the installation.

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Davidson’s Central Park in the city in 1959, it saw collection (1990s) highlights Bruce entering the world of different people from differa teenage gang called The ent walks of life and cultures Jokers. He accompanied interacting and reacting to them to Coney Island each other. An instructor where they hung out and leading a group of birdmade out on the beach, watchers points upwards to and under the boardwalk caution them about a group with their girlfriends. Riding causing trouble overhead. the subway and bus with Other images show the refthem, he became their uge the park provided, a archivist and shadow. sprawling space for people Robert “Bengie” Powto be their authentic selves ers, the leader of the gang whether they were young and primary focus of the couples lying entwined in series, star ted drinking each other’s arms, a homealcohol when he was 8 less man wrapped in a blanyears old and had stabbed someone at 13.

A photo from Bruce Davidson’s Time of Change series shows racial solidar- ket standing on the grass, or He later said when he ity in the civil rights era. On the cover: An image from the Brooklyn Gang a woman with a snake looked at Davidson’s photos series shows a young girl, Cathy, fixing her hair at Coney Island, next to wrapped around her body, solemnly acknowledging the of himself, “I see a kid who her boyfriend, Junior.

PHOTOS BY BRUCE DAVIDSON VIA MAGNUM PHOTOS camera. wished he was dead a milDavidson’s juxtaposing of private human lion times.” Although some managed to photographed her at Coney Island holding up carve out better lives for themselves, a num- her hair while gazing into a mirror on a ciga- moments against a backdrop of profound ber of The Jokers’ members didn’t make it to rette machine, her gang member boyfriend in social upheaval and change creates an effect adulthood or died otherwise untimely deaths, the foreground. He became a detective, as that allows a viewer to not just see history Q but also feel it. one of them a girl named Cathy. Davidson did Bengie Powers. She committed suicide.

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continued from page 23 Davidson’s compassion for the difficulties many of those he photographed faced and respect for them as human beings allowed him to gain the trust of his subjects even when he sometimes feared their simmering wrath at their plight might be turned in his direction. His gift for unearthing the loneliness behind a menacing exterior, the anguish behind the anger, comes to the fore in Brooklyn Gangs. Created over a few months

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Furn. Rm. For Rent South Richmond Hill, pvt house, 2nd fl. Working female preferred.

Non-smoker. No pets, owner has a dog. Close to trans. Quiet house. $800/mo. 718-683-6761

Condos For Sale

750 W Broadway Unit 5R Long Beach Realty Connect USA Stunning Oceanfront Duplex Penthouse 2 Bedrooms, 3 Baths. Beautiful Ocean Views! Master Suite includes Sitting Area, Office Space and Custom Master Bathroom. Terrace, Heated Salt Water Pool, Heated Garage w/1 Parking Space, Gym and so much more! $1,395,000

Listing Agent Grace Connors 516-880-3428 Co-Listing Agent Kathy Weitzman 516-439-8411

Open House

OPEN HOUSE HOWARD BEACH 160-35 96th Street Sun. 11/15 1pm-4pm or by appt.

2 Family 5 rms over 6 rms, 3.5 baths. Finished basement, private dvwy w/2 car garage.

Call Richard DelGrosso

718-501-5609 Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Real Estate Misc.

We are looking for Licensed Real Estate Agents. Recruiting/Career Seminar via Zoom on 11/20 @ Email Ozone Park, Det 1 fam, 3 BR/2 11:30am-2:30pm. baths, basement, pty drwy & 1 car info@CapriJetRealty.com for a link or gar. Asking $610K. Connexion RE, call 347-450-3577. Capri Jet Realty 718-845-1136

Houses For Sale

Comm. Space For Rent Howard Beach, Cross Bay Blvd., 2nd fl., 350 sq. ft., $1,500/mo., plus heat & electric, all new tiles, new bathroom. Also in same bldg, 2nd fl, 850 sq. ft., all new tiles, new bathroom, $2,400/mo., plus heat & electric. Connexion Real Estate, 718-845-1136

Building For Sale

Ozone Park, commercial building (101st Ave) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Blvd, 25x100 lot, 25x46 building. 2nd fl, dental office, $2,200/ mo. 1st fl gutted to studs & vacant, bsmnt clean with new furnace, zoning R6B, building K2.

Reduced $798K, owner mortgage.

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Located in WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhood.

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391 Graham Ave., Williamsburg Renovated Single Family + Store!

Delivered Vacant! $1,775,000

78-57 81st St., Glendale Gorgeously Renovated 3 Fam. w/Backyard & Pvt Dwy! $1,149,000

• OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 15th 1:30-2:30 pm

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97-06 161st Ave., Howard Beach Luxurious New Construction House 3 Levels + Attic $1,375,000

261 St. Nicholas Ave., Ridgewood Corner 2 Family + Store & Full Basement!

Projec. CAP Rate 8% $1,749,000

• OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 15th 3-4 pm

13 Stuyvesant Ave., Bed-Stuy VACANT Renovated 2 Family Brick Building in Bedford Stuyvesant! $1,150,000

180 Russell St., Greenpoint Charming 2 Family (3 Levels) w/Backyard!

Delivered Vacant! $1,585,000

63-23 60th Pl., Ridgewood Brick 2 Family w/2 Car Garage! and Full Finished Basement! $1,150,000

16 Devoe St., Williamsburg Vacant 2 Family (4 Levels) w/Backyard! $1,799,000

745 Flushing Ave., Williamsburg VACANT Mixed-Use 2 Family + Store Development Site! $1,849,000

162-14 97th St., Howard Beach Gorgeous Cape Cod 2 Family (3 Levels) w/ Private Driveway! $899,000

549 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg 2 Fam. + Store! Owner Financing! $2,999,000

69 Devoe St., Williamsburg Rare 4 Family in Prime Williamsburg!

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72-04 Forest Ave., Ridgewood Corner Brick 5 Family + Store w/Garage!

5.7% CAP Rate! $2,425,000

60-81 67th Ave., Ridgewood Gorgeous Brick 2 Family (3 Levels)!

Delivered Vacant! $999,000

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BEAT

CENTURY 21 AMIABLE II 82-17 153 RD Ave., Suite 202, Howard Beach, NY 11414

Bye Bye Brodie

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Everyone knew new Mets owner Steve Cohen and team president Sandy Alderson would make changes, but hardly anyone expected they would come as fast as they did.

The Mets sent out a press release last Friday afternoon confirming Cohen had officially purchased the ballclub from the Wilpon family.

That was widely expected. What was unexpected, however, was the press release issued two hours later announcing the departure of general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and nearly all of his staff as well as senior advisor Omar Minaya.

These moves were carried out by Alderson but clearly made with Cohen’s blessing. Alderson’s actions recalled the end of “The Godfather,” when Michael Corleone “settled all family business.”

Alderson was the Mets general manager from 2011 through the summer of 2018, when a recurrence of cancer forced him to take a leave of absence. The Mets were struggling at the time, and Alderson, apparently tired of working under Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon decided to resign when the 2018 season ended.

Wilpon hired his golf buddy, baseball player agent Brodie Van Wagenen, to be Alderson’s replacement. Van Wagenen’s first major trade was to ship Alderson’s top pick in the 2018 amateur draft, outfielder Jarred Kelenic, to the Seat-

tle Mariners in a deal that brought back aging second baseman Robinson Cano and relief pitcher Edwin Diaz. Both acquisitions were disastrous for the Mets in 2019, although Cano played very well this past summer and Diaz was reliable after a shaky start.

BVW’s other signature trade was dealing two pitching prospects who were drafted under Alderson, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods Richardson, to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitcher and Long Island native Marcus Stroman at the 2019 trade deadline. Stroman started 11 games but didn’t distinguish himself. He opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID concerns.

What had to have ticked off both Alderson and Cohen, however, is Van Wagenen’s decision to tender Stroman a contract for over $18 million in the hopes of delaying his decision to become a free agent just prior to the ownership change.

Stroman has done little to justify that kind of investment. Van Wagenen is hoping he’ll have a good season as a way of validating why he made another deal that sacrificed future assets.

Minaya, who grew up in Corona, was the Mets general manager from 2005 through 2010 before being fired and replaced by Alderson, who rehired him as an assistant in 2017.

Minaya may return if a new GM seeks his expertise in scouting and player evaluation. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

Connexion REAL ESTATE

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach (Brother’s Shopping Ctr.)

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HOWARD BEACH CO-OPS FOR SALE

69-39 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385

718-628-4700

• Staten Island • • Lindenwood • Completely and beautifully renovated studio with terrace.

Features open floor plan, stainless steel appliances, porcelain floors, walk-in closet, fi replace. Condo has soundproof walls. Near transportation, shopping and restaurants.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Pristine/Stucco unique contemporary Colonial, 3/4 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, open floor concept on first floor & winding S.S staircase to second floor master bedroom en suite w/ Jacuzzi and bidet, 2 other BRs & full bath, fin. bsmnt, storage rm. den, ping, pong rm or 4th BR, fences front & backyard has I.G. saltwater heated pool, Jacuzzi (seats 8) Cabana, full bath, storage rm, S.S. gates, Asking $1.298 Mil 2nd flr balcony granite & awning.

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, 4 BRs/3 full baths, Vinyl siding with brick front, Andersen windows, Hi-Hats, tiled floors, new carpeting in BRs, security cameras, alarm system, freshly painted, mechanics all updated, heated spa & inground pool, brick patio, CAC, rollout awning Asking $889K

OZONE PARK

MIDDLE VILLAGE

Det. 1 Family, 3 BRs, 2 baths, basement, pty driveway and 1 car garage

Mint Detached Colonial, pvt dvwy & 2 car garage, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, completely renovated throughout within 7 years, windows, roof, gas boiler, hotwater heater, stoop, wood doors, porcelain tiles on 1st flr, hardwood flrs upstairs, lg living rm, lg formal dining rm. lg kitchen with cherry cabinets, S.S. appl, island, Beautiful.

Asking $229K

Asking $163,900

Det 1 Fam, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, House is Totally Updated, Oversize Country Kitchen, W/Office Area & Laundry Closet, Patio Doors Lead to Trex Deck, Pool, Marble Baths Has Hickory Wood Flrs Throughout, 4 Ductless A/Cs & Heat Units, New Windows, Siding, Roof, Walls, Insulation & Cement, Home Has Elevation Certificate, No Flooding, Turn Key Charming Colonial, Front Porch & Pvt Driveway.

RICHMOND HILL SOUTH

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Large 1 BR Co-op in Hi-Rise Building, Freshly Painted in the Beautiful Fairfield Arms

Asking $779K

$610K

HOWARD BEACH COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT

Lovely Colonial in heart of Richmond Hill South. Updated Kitchen, 3 BR’s, 2 Full Baths, Full Finished Basement, Garage.

Asking $575K

• Rockwood Park • Ranch Style 1 Family home located in Rockwood Park / New Howard Beach.

Home has 3 BRs 2.5 baths, living room, Eat-in-kit., dining room, full basement & pvt dvwy. This home is a great opportunity for someone who wants to create their own space. Conveniently located near shopping and transportation. Home is Selling “as is.”

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• Lindenwood • Welcome home to this spacious Co-op in Howard Beach.

This move in ready unit features 1000 square feet of living space with a modern kitchen that includes custom Thomasville cabinets, stainless steel appliances & granite counters.

There are 2 large bedrooms, 2 full renovated baths and spacious closets for lots of storage. There’s also an extra large terrace, perfect for relaxing in your own private space. Conveniently located near shopping, stores, schools, highways, Q41, Q21 & express bus to Midtown Manhattan. Maint. includes heat, water, gas and taxes. Electric & cable separate.

Hi-Rise, 2 BR, 2 Baths

HOWARD BEACH/ LINDENWOOD

• Lindenwood • Lovely legal 2 family home with full fi nished basement. Near all shopping, transportation to Manhattan, Must see, lots of updates!

• Brooklyn • Welcome to this unique & beautiful 2 fam. home with a fi n. bsmnt, a spacious backyard & central A/C. This recently-renovated property was updated with top-of-the-line fi xtures & fi nishes. The 2nd apt has a custom kit. made from recycled wood imported from France. The Mediterranean bathroom is breathtaking, with spa fixtures such as a rain shower, Jacuzzi, jet massage & heated floor.

The apt has beautiful wood fl rs, new noise reducing windows and a charming terrace. The 1st apt is a true gem with unique moldings, French doors, beautiful wood fl rs, an updated kit., patio & stunning bathroom. The bsmnt is fully renovated with marble fl rs, large mirrors throughout & exposed brick. The bohemian style backyard, accessible from either apt, is perfect for a private relaxation session yet spacious enough to entertain family & friends.

The property boasts parking & is conveniently located right on the border of Greenpoint & Williamsburg.

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WELCOME TO LUXURY LIVING At The Tides in Charleston, Staten Island. This breathtaking home features a 1st fl r master BR suite with 2 walk in closets, pvt bath with jacuzzi tub, sep shower & radiant heat. Upgraded custom EIK with SS appliances, dining room & formal living room with cathedral ceilings that lead you to a pvt patio area. First fl r also features bath, laundry room & direct access to the oversized 2 car gar. Second fl r showcases a huge open loft area which overlooks 1st floor, 2nd master BR with huge closets and adjacent bath. The open loft can easily be converted to a 3rd BR. This spectacular home features central air and radiant heat, custom window treatments & much, much more! Enjoy adult living in a community that includes, tennis, full gym, pool, clubhouse, game room & bocce court. Close to shopping & transportation. A must see!

1 Fam Colonial 3 BR/ 2 full bath, 20x100 lot, 9 ft ceilings, skylight in bath, tall kitchen wood cabs, basement inc LG storage room, LG patio off kit w/entry.

Asking $588K

Howard Beach / Cross Bay Blvd.

2nd floor 350 sq. ft. $1,500 per mo.

Plus heat & electric, all new tiles, new bathroom, - Also same building 2nd floor 850 sq. ft. All new tiles, new bathroom, $2,400 per mo.

Plus heat & electric.

Asking $968K

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Commercial Building (101st Ave.) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Blvd./25x100 lot, 25x46 building/ 2nd flr., Dental Office $2,200 per mo./ 1st floor gutted to studs & vacant / basement clean with new furnace / zoning R6B / building K2

718-835-4700

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