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Victims of hate urge boro to stop violence

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

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eople from Long Island, Wyoming and Austria and elsewhere who have been affected by acts of hate were united by a program called “Conquering Hate Together: The Power of Our Voices!” held Tuesday at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Queens Borough Hall.

The speakers shared their stories and expressed their hopes for a more understanding future for nearly two and a half hours, reliving some of the most painful moments of their lives.

All seemed to agree that, as a society, we’ve come a long way in the battle but there is still much work to be done.

The keynote address was offered jointly

by Judy and Dennis Shepard, founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, established to carry on the legacy of their son, Matthew, who was brutally attacked in a field outside of Laramie, Wyo. on Oct. 7, 1998 because he was gay.

Five days after the attack, Matthew Shepard died of his injuries at the age of 21.

“We need to stick together and we need to take care of each other,” Judy Shepard said.

“The idea that we only care about our own group isn’t going to work anymore. We may come at it from a different direction or a different belief system, but at the end, we all want the same things: equity, equality, safety and security.”

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To combat discrimination, Dennis Shepard stated, “Equality starts at home. Equality starts with allowing your children to ask questions and giving them the right answers. You cannot do that if you are yourself not open-minded.”

He also encouraged those in attendance to speak out against acts of hatred.

“It is up to us to raise our voices and force these issues — especially now,” he said.

Joselo Lucero, the brother of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who was fatally stabbed in 2008 by a group of teenagers targeting Hispanics in Patchogue, LI, turned toward the Shepards and said, “Their situation is not different from my situation.”

His brother, he said, was proud to be who he was.

“We’re talk ing about hu man r ights issues,” Lucero said.

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Nine years after his brother’s murder, “We’re still in the same place,” Lucero said, and then asked, “What are we doing wrong?”

Another story told in Queens came from the other side of the world.

Born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, Anita Nagel Weisbord told of her idyllic early years there, a comfortable life that was forever changed when her native country was invaded

by Nazis.

“That was the end of my childhood. Overnight, you become a nonperson,” said Weisbord. “You have no rights. You can’t go to school anymore. You can’t go anywhere.”

Weisbord’s mother made the decision to send her to safety in England on the Kindertransport, or children’s transport, a rescue effort that saved 10,000 refugee Jewish children from occupied areas.

The speaker was among the few fortunate enough to be reunited with her parents after the war.

Today, Weisbord said, she tells her story to schoolchildren, to teach them stop hate before it’s too late.

“I tell them to not be bystanders. If they see something, speak up,” she said. “Be upstanders and respect people for what they are and embrace their differences.”

It was a sentiment she shared with Andrew Jackson, director emeritus of Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center. continued on page 23

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Car thefts up in Lindenwood: 106th In neighboring 102nd Precinct, two stolen vehicles had keys in ignition

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Drivers, lock your doors and secure your vehicles.

That’s the advice Capt. Brian Bohannon offered at last Wednesday’s meeting of the 106th Precinct Community Council, where he reported that the command, specifically in Lindenwood, has seen a drastic spike in car thefts.

“We’re not sure exactly what the motive is for stealing these cars,” Bohannon said.

In the 28 days before the Nov. 8 meeting, the captain said, there were 14 reports of stolen cars — seven in Lindenwood alone.

The perpetrators have hit several makes and models, unlike previous sprees in the command that specifically targeted luxury cars and newer vehicles.

Right now, the 106th Precinct is unaware of how the thefts are being carried out — i.e. whether the vehicles are being broken into or if a tow truck is being utilized.

“Nobody has seen them do it live,” Bohannon said. “I don’t have much to go on right now.”

To end the thefts, the captain added, cops will have to “catch someone live,” meaning witness someone in the act of stealing a car.

Additional police resources have been dedicated to the Howard Beach-Lindenwood areas to combat the spike.

But it’s not just the 106th that’s being targeted — in the 102nd, just north of the South Queens command, four vehicles were stolen

The 106th Precinct has seen an increase in car thefts, specifically in Lindenwood, but the problem is not limited to South Queens. The neighboring 102nd and 75th precincts have also seen a PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. WESLEY FARNSWORTH / U.S. AIR FORCE spike in recent weeks.

Nov. 7 and two of the thefts could have easily been prevented.

“In two of those instances, the keys were left in the car,” Bohannon said.

The neighboring 75th Precinct, in Brooklyn, is also seeing an increase.

Despite the recent increase, grand larceny auto is down by one so far this year — as of

Nov. 5, according to NYPD statistics, the 106th had 101 reports of GLA, compared to 102 at the same time last year.

The precinct commander also reminded residents not to leave valuable items unsecured in cars, saying perpetrators have found success in testing door handles and finding vehicles left unlocked. Cops were able to arrest one suspect for going into unlocked cars — the unidentified perpetrator, Bohannon said, was carrying a loaded firearm at the time.

As the 106th struggles with the grand larcenies and car thefts, other crime categories are down precinct-wide. So far in 2017, there have been six reported rapes, down from 15 at the same time last year and 171 burglaries, down from 187. Murders are at five, compared to six at the same point in 2016. Robberies were down as of Nov. 5, according to NYPD statistics, but Bohannon said the weekend of Nov. 10 saw a spike, allegedly due to one person. The suspect, the captain said, committed five knifepoint robberies along Liberty Avenue and in fast-food restaurants.

Bohannon said the individual, who has since been arrested, was “strung out” and in need of quick cash.

Cops are also trying to track down the person responsible for robbing younger men late at night in Tudor Park.

“If you see someone in the park at night, please call 911 or 311,” the commander said.

In better news for the precinct, it will Q receive seven new officers in January.

State talks changing lanes on the Van Wyck DOT presents its plan for widening the expressway to and from JFK

by Michael Gannon

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Gov. Cuomo in January laid out an ambitious $10 billion plan to modernize John F. Kennedy International Airport from the tarmac up.

A major component of that will be improving the roads and highways around the airport.

And the state’s outreach on its plans for a 4.30mile stretch of the Van Wyck Expressway was on the agenda of the Queens Borough Board on Monday night.

Harold Fink, deputy chief engineer from the state Department of Transportation, made his presentation at Borough Hall.

The segment in question runs from the Kew Gardens Interchange right into the airport.

“This was designed in the 1950s,” Fink told the crowd, which included Borough President Melinda Katz, Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) and representatives of Queens’ 14 community boards.

Plans call for widening the Van Wyck one lane in each direction. Fink said there is enough space available so that the state can

avoid any private property. He did say that in some cases, where there is not enough room on a shoulder, the new lanes might have to run up against retaining walls for the service roads.

Fink said one of the challenges is that there are 20 bridges crossing the Van Wyck in that corridor, including four belonging to the Long Island Rail Road.

“We would have to reach out to them,” he said, as any widening of the roadway almost certainly would require work on railroad trestles. Fink said a federal environmental impact study should be completed by next September, with construction slated to run from August 2019 to the end of 2023.

Betty Braton, chairwoman of Community Board 10, said she wants any preplanning to address the noise impact on adjacent residential areas.

“If you move lanes up against the service road, you are moving the noise closer too,” Braton said.

Fink assured her that noise abatement would be a key component to be incorporated continued on page 23

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‘The customers are getting confused’ SBS lanes causing chaos, drop in business for some Cross Bay stores

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Rose, a manager at the C-Town Supermarket on Cross Bay Blvd. in Ozone Park, is usually busy helping her customers find what they’re looking for.

But lately, she’s been talking about the bus lanes right outside her business rather than what’s on sale.

“I was speaking to a customer just now about it,” said Rose, who didn’t want her last name published. “Nobody knows what to do right now. The customers are getting confused. They don’t know when they can park or when they’re going to get a ticket.”

Not only that, but the curbside bus lanes — installed as part of the Select Bus Service project for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards — have led to a decline in the number of people shopping at the supermarket, located at 107-66 Cross Bay Blvd.

And that’s impacting the bottom line.

“I’d say about 20 percent since they were put in,” said Rose, referring to the store’s loss in business in the past few weeks.

The lanes, which stretch from Rockaway Boulevard to the Belt Parkway, kill curbside parking and standing from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

“Most of my customers come here after 4 o’clock and now they can’t find parking,” Rose

said. “And I don’t understand why it has to be on Saturday, too. Nobody is rushing to get into Manhattan on Saturday.”

C-Town isn’t the only business finding it difficult to acclimate to the newly redesigned Cross Bay Boulevard.

Roselle at A&J Stitching, located at 134-02 Cross Bay Blvd., told the Chronicle she too has seen her clients get frustrated with the bus-only lanes.

“The customers are coming in, they’re complaining,” said Roselle. “It’s really unfair.”

Roselle didn’t say if fewer people have been coming in since the lanes were installed — but she’s worried that could happen in the future.

“What if people decide not to come in anymore?” she said.

Rose, from C-Town, said she’s met with a Department of Transportation representative and a staffer from the office of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) about the issue.

“They said we could petition for more parking,” she said. “But where are they going to put it? There’s no parking on the side streets.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) on Wednesday wrote a letter to DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg requesting the agency provide some relief to the businesses along the corridor.

A DOT spokesman acknowledged a request for comment but did not send one by press time.

The Select Bus Service lanes along parts of Cross Bay Boulevard are not only causing a parking headache for some businesses, but at least one is seeing a significant drop in the number of FILE PHOTO people shopping there.

Thomas Grech, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said in an interview last month he was concerned what impact the lanes might have on the Cross Bay Boulevard stores.

“I’m fearful they’re going to lose a lot of business,” said Grech. “It’s going to be a huge problem, especially for some of the older people

Offset SBS lanes now 24/7 The DOT didn’t say why the time change is necessary

by Anthony O’Reilly

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When the offset Select Bus Service lanes on Woodhaven Boulevard between Dry Harbor Road and Metropolitan Avenue were painted in summer 2015, the signs above them stated they were only in effect during rush hour Monday to Saturday. But recently, the Department of Transportation changed the signs to say no cars are allowed in them at any time — the lanes are now in effect 24/7.

Asked why it’s necessary for them to be in effect all day every day, a DOT spokesman only said, “The plan was always for the offset and mainline lanes to be 24/7,” and did not explain.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) blasted the decision in a Monday telephone interview.

“It really doesn’t make any sense,” Addabbo said. “I mean, why does it have to be like that in the middle of the night or at 2 a.m.? And why on a Sunday?”

The times the lanes are in effect on other parts of the corridor vary — from Union Turnpike to Myrtle Avenue, the lanes will be for buses only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and rush hour Monday to Saturday on Cross Bay Boulevard from Liberty Avenue to the Belt Parkway.

Cameras will soon take photos of drivers

The offset Select Bus Service lanes on Woodhaven Boulevard from Dry Harbor Road to MetropolFILE PHOTO itan Avenue are now in effect 24/7. using the bus lanes — motorists are only allowed in them to drop off or pick up a passenger, park when permitted or to make a right turn.

The cameras will go into effect Sunday, Nov. 19 and for 60 days motorists will only be issued warnings.

After that, they will be fined anywhere from $115 to $150.

Meanwhile in Ozone Park, business owners say parking restrictions implemented as part of the project are hurting their bottom line [see separate story in some editions or at Q qchron.com].

... They’re going to need access to the stores.”

The Chronicle reported last month the businesses along the corridor were not notified that curbside parking would be restricted during rush hours.

Monday marked the official launch of the Woodhaven and Cross Bay SBS, the longest in continued on page 32

Madrassi to feed homeless The United Madrassi Foundation Inc. will help feed New York City’s hungry and homeless, and provide them with winter gear and basic necessities, on Nov. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The group is looking for food items, napkins, soda, plastic bags, winter hats and gloves, scarves, long johns, toothbrushes, mouthwash, deodorant, socks and cash donations.

Volunteers will start preparing food at 150-74 116 Ave. in South Jamaica at 11 a.m. Beginning at 1 p.m., teams will drive through various parts of New York City to deliver the food and supplies.

Those interested in helping out or donating items can call or text Vijah Ramjattan, the foundation’s president and founder, at (917) 207-4655.

The Hindu group launched in September and has been focused on community service. Last month, dozens of its members cleaned litter left in Jamaica Bay by worshippers. Ramjattan has been trying to convince faithful Hindus not to leave behind trash after they say prayers at the Q waterfront.

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e were very disappointed — shocked, in fact — to see City Councilman Rory Lancman’s absurd column in the Daily News on Monday calling for taxpayer-funded news outlets. You who would be forced to pay for them should be too. Right from the first sentence the piece was outrageous, saying, “It’s time for NYC to get back in the business of funding local journalism.”

No, it’s not. Is Lancman blind or does he have an unstated agenda here? He should know damn well that if politicians held the purse strings, the chances for objective coverage of what they’re up to would fall somewhere between slim and none. People generally don’t bite the hand that feeds them, and the depth to which politics would drive coverage would give the public the exact opposite result he claims to seek.

Who’s going to do an investigative piece on, say, the control certain unions seem to wield over certain City Council members when those same lawmakers could just cut their funding? And if you think you hear enough about “fake news” these days already, imagine the kind of puffery you’d get if Lancman’s idea ever made it beyond his mind and the Daily News’ op-ed space. You’d get Soviet-style “Pravda.”

Throughout his entire 700-word mix of bad and false

ideas, Lancman not once mentions the weekly newspapers serving communities throughout New York City. He ignores not just us but the many other Queens weeklies, and yet has no problem asking us to publish eight to 10 of his (more sensible) op-eds per year. And of course we were here for him to visit before election season, running an 867-word profile on him and what he considered his accomplishments in office.

Our thanks is a stab in the back from Benedict Lancman.

If Rory truly believed in funding local journalism he would have started by advertising his re-election campaign in one or all of the widely read community weekly newspapers in our borough, as most of his fellow electeds did.

A quick scan of his campaign expenditures shows $1.58 spent at Bagels N’ Cream on Aug. 18, which is exactly $1.58 more than he gave to us or any of the other widely read Queens weeklies. He did spend $300 at Parichoy Communications, $300 at Prothom Alo, $600 at Weekly Ajkal, $600 at Weekly Bangalee, $800 at the Weekly Bangladesh and $600 at Bornomala. Pardon our ignorance for not being aware of any of these publications.

His most outrageous statement: “Obviously, the private marketplace hasn’t figured out a way to do local journalism

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Bad news Lancman Dear Editor: Re Rory Lancman’s Nov. 13 Daily News op-ed piece: “Local Journalism With Taxpayer Help”: As one of Councilman Lancman’s constituents and a career journalist (McGraw-Hill staff writer, 1968-2003), I oppose his plan to improve NYC’s news coverage through taxpayer-funded media. These new outlets would become De Blasio’s Daily Bulletin or Bill’s Broadcast News. We’d get puff pieces on our mayor’s achievements (which he claims many New Yorkers don’t appreciate) and a total avoidance of anything he regards as “off topic,” just like his contentious press conferences.

Lancman blames poor coverage of the Mayor’s Office and City Council for a record low election turnout on Nov. 7. But maybe the media’s reporting of poor performance by both agencies caused nearly 80 percent of eligible voters to stay home. City Council members voted themselves a 32 percent raise last year.

What have they done to earn it?

Lancman failed to restore PS 164’s polling site, which has been closed for five years.

Lefrak City voters got their polling place back in November after it was closed for less than two months. What’s his excuse?

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and make money at the same time.” Yes, it has. We’ve been in business for 39 years as one can see with our anniversary edition this week. Many of the other Queens weeklies have been around as long or nearly so. It’s true that business may not be as good as it was before the rise of the internet, but we’re still here and publishing 60 to 80 articles a week.

Even as this was being written, Chronicle Associate Editor Anthony O’Reilly was taking part in a panel discussion at Columbia University’s School of Journalism. The topic was a report that included a line about how local papers “have experienced notable resilience thanks in part to exclusive content not offered elsewhere, the dynamics of ultralocal advertising markets, and an ability to leverage a physical closeness to their audience.” Correct.

Lancman wraps up by saying, “We badly need more good local journalism. If the market can’t provide it, taxpayers must step up.” We would be more than happy for him to direct city or state ads our way to help fund more “good local journalism.” There’s no need to create the new version of public radio he envisions, no need for you to pay for it.

And it’s insulting for him to not even mention the great work that weekly newspapers, however imperfect, already do.

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Praise for this paper Dear Editor: I could not agree more with “Reports of local reporting’s death: greatly exaggerated” (Editorial, Nov. 9). By fortunate coincidence, we will be celebrating your 39th anniversary later this month. How fortunate we are to live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available. Sadly, most American 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 and declining readership due to com-

petition from the internet and other new information sources.

Queens residents have a number of daily newspapers to select from, including the New York Daily News, Post, Times, Newsday, USA Today and Wall Street Journal, along with freebies such as AM New York and 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 stories. These reporters have to compete against colleagues for limited available print space. As a result, daily newspapers 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’ve been grateful all this time that the Queens Chronicle has afforded me the oppor-

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Rich enough already Dear Editor: The GOP tax reform bill, with its benefits to corporations and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of the middle and upper-middle income taxpayers, would further exacerbate the declining trend in upward mobility in the United States. These tax reforms would create a wider boundary between the middle classes and the ultra-rich; thus, our de facto aristocracy would become ipso facto.

A permanent upper crust is anathema to our nation’s culture, and will be a huge sociological mistake, if these tax reforms are implemented.

Glenn Hayes Kew Gardens

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Trump Dear Editor: It appears that America has two presidents sharing the White House — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Sounds crazy? Let me illustrate why this is true.

1) The good doctor said, “I care for all Americans.” Mr. Hyde says, “To hell with Indian treaty rights, build the Trans-Canadian Pipeline under their reservation.”

2) Dr. Jekyll displayed an LGBT flag supporting him. Yet, Mr. Hyde ordered the Pentagon to kick out all transgenders.

3) The doctor called for a united America.

Mr. Hyde supports polarization — keep white nationalists as our political base.

4) Doctor Jekyll said, “All citizens must respect our f lag and anthem.” Mr. H. demands those NFL (SOB) protest players be fired.

5) Dr. Jekyll supports freedom of the press, yet Mr. Hyde calls for revoking licenses of “fake” news media.

6) The humane doctor claims he cares and loves Puerto Rico. Mr. Hyde took a one-time four-and-a-half hour visit to that “island in the ocean” and thought throwing rolls of paper towels to the needy was enough.

7) Dr. Jekyll boasted: “I’m the leader of the GOP.” Mr. Hyde wants to work with Democrats to achieve victory for Trumpcare.

“If I can’t get the GOP Congress to vote my way, I’ll sign more executive orders.” Hey, it worked for Obama!

8) Dr. Jekyll bragged, “I have great respect for our military.” Mr. Hyde responded, “Yes; however, if any are captured they are not war heroes.”

Are my eight examples sufficient proof that, Mr. 45 is a man with two serious, conflicting personalities? I call on Congress to remove these two treacherous White House occupants.

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Dear Editor: The proposed purpose of the Republican tax reform is to spur corporations to invest in expanding productivity, resulting in an alleged economic expansion that will raise the national gross domestic product. According to their claims the average American would receive a $4,000 annual income increase.

Often cited by tax reform proponents is that the United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the Western world at 35 percent. Yet all economists note that the effective rate, the rate actually paid in taxes by corporations, is just over 18 percent.

President Reagan passed tax reform claiming “trickle down” benefits to the average and poor Americans. No financial benefit resulted to the average American; rather, the wealthiest became richer. David Stockman was the author of the trickle-down theory who in later years disavowed the concept as a failure. Ross Perot called it “voodoo economics.”

The Republicans state the tax refund is to benefit the middle class. With the top 10 percent growing richer daily the middle class has decades of stagnant wages and harder times to make ends meet.

There are hundreds of thousands of Americans fighting daily to pay the bills, hoping for a better life for their children. Many work 40-hour weeks earning minimum wages while hoping for a second job to help.

Rather than trickle down, it is time to raise the economy from the bottom up. Any-

one working a 40-hour week should be paid a living wage of $15 an hour. The more money the poor and middle class families have the more they will spend. Their increased economic wealth will demand higher productivity, increasing employment, increasing taxes to the government and will make the wealthier richer!

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Good things will come to only one who waits The Crowley-Holden Council election heads to the paper ballot countdown

by Michael Gannon Editor

Hurry up and wait.

Cou nci lwom a n El i z abet h Crowley (D-Glendale) and her challenger, civic leader Bob Holden, likely will have to wait until at least the late afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 16, to find out the numbers in a count of paper ballots in the 30th Council District.

The count of polling machines on Election Night saw Holden up by 133 votes out of more than 20,300 cast.

The count of absentee, affidavit and emergency paper ballots began Wednesday morning at the Kew Gardens office of the New York City Board of Elections.

Jon Greenfield, a spokesman for the Crowley campaign, said that the count goes polling district by polling district as broken down by state Assembly district.

Officials have said there are in excess of 700 ballots that will have to be examined and counted.

Greenfield said Wednesday evening that there are no clear indictions of possible outcomes just yet, with the process thought to be about halfway completed.

“It’s way too early to tell,” Greenfield said.

Holden, a Middle Village resident, president of the Juniper Park Civic Association

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and challenger Bob Holden were doing the same thing everyone else was doing on Wednesday — waiting out the first day of paper ballot counting in the 30th FILE PHOTOS City Council District. and a longtime Crowley critic, came away from Election Night on Nov. 7 with the overall lead with 10,221 votes to Crowley’s 10,088.

He said Wednesday evening that he had not been in touch with his campaign’s people at the counting and did not want to know

prior to the final count being made.

“I don’t have any indictions,” Holden said. He said both yes and no when asked if he was nervous.

“Obviously, I’d rather be in my position right now than my opponent’s. But it also feels like we’ve been in limbo for more than

a week.”

Holden said the delay could prove more harmful to him should he win than it would be to Crowley, who after nine years on the Council already has an office, staff and normal business routines to continue in place should she be returned to City Hall.

“Had I won outright on Election Night, I would have had more time to set things up,” he said.

Holden also reiterated that if the election results are turned, he still has a retirement and good pension to look forward to.

“My life’s not in the balance,” he said.

Crowley had trounced Holden, a longtime registered Democrat, in the party’s primary back in September, beating him by more than 25 points.

But Holden, who also was running on the Conservative, Reform and Dump de Blasio ballot lines, was cleared to run on the Republican line by city GOP officials.

The resulting general election campaign was bitter and often nasty.

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Wills pleads guilty to false financials

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The 102nd Precinct announced at Community Board 9 Tuesday that it is now the second command in Queens South to have its officers equipped with body cameras.

The first was the Queens Village-based 105th Precinct.

Deputy Insepctor Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd, right, gave a

quick demonstration of the cameras at the board meeting. Not every officer in Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and the northern section of Ozone Park will be equipped with the cameras — right now, the officers on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift will only be wearing them.

Eventually, every officer in the city will have the cameras on their uniform.

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Former City Councilman Ruben Wills on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a charge that he filed false information on a financial disclosure form with the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board.

In a joint statement issued Tuesday afternoon, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said Wills, who is serving two to six years in prison for stealing public state and city funds, had been charged with failing to disclose personal loans made to him on his 2012 Financial Disclosure Report.

The second-degree charge of offering a false instrument for filing is a class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to a year in jail.

“New Yorkers trust that their elected officials will serve with integrity. Again and again, Ruben Wills violated that trust — stealing taxpayer dollars to line his own pockets and filing false documents to hide his financial dealings,” Schneiderman said in the statement.

“No public servant is above the law, and we’ll continue to root out and prosecute public corruption across New York,” he added.

DiNapoli said the charge stemmed from

his office’s ongoing Operation Integrity partnership with Schneiderman, and that it thus far has resulted in the restitution of more than $11 million in taxpayer funds.

“Mr. Wills was elected to serve the public,” DiNapoli said. “Instead, he repeatedly broke the law by stealing public funds and, in this case, filed false disclosure forms to conceal his financial dealings.”

Wills was convicted in July of stealing campaign funds and state grant money intended for a nonprofit group he controlled.

Of the $33,000 fine he received, $11,500 of it will be paid to the city Campaign Finance Board and another $21,374 to the state Office of Children and Family Services.

Wills, under state law, automatically lost his seat in the City Council upon his conviction.

First elected in 2010, Wills redirected $11,500 from shell company Micro Targeting to nonprofit NY 4 Life, over which Wills had control. He also took $21,000 from a $33,000 grant to NY 4 Life from the state OCFS. Published reports last week stated that Wills intends to sue the city for mistreatment he allegedly received for a medical condition during a recent stay at Rikers Q Island.

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Democrats blast House’s NFIP bill Legislation raises some premiums, but allows private insurers into the market

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Congressional Democrats on Tuesday warned homeowners in coastal communities such as Howard Beach, Broad Channel and Rockaway could see a big hike in their flood insurance premiums, should a bill passed by the House Nov. 14 clear the Senate.

“If the House plan were to become law, 83 percent of one-tofour person families in New York would see their premiums increase by at least 6.5 percent in one year,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) said in a statement. “The House plan would kick low- and moderate-income homeowners to the curb by removing lower value homes from the National Flood Insurance Program.”

The 21st Century Flood Reform Act, which cleared the House 237-189, would increase premiums for certain homeowners, by 15 percent annually in some cases, and renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.

The bill also makes it easier for private companies to enter the flood insurance market and prohibits the NFIP from covering homes that repeatedly flood.

Republicans said by allowing private companies to provide coverage, and updating flood maps, the federal government can begin to reduce the more than $20 billion debt the NFIP has accrued throughout the years — a figure that has only been exacerbated by the hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.

“Our f lood insurance program needs real reforms that strengthen the program so home and business owners have affordable and reliable flood insurance options,” said Rep. Cathy McMorris (R-Wash.) in a statement. “We also must ensure that the NFIP is put on a path to financial stability, while also providing choice and flexibility in the marketplace.”

Democrats on Tuesday blasted a bill passed by the House that raises flood insurance premiums on some homeowners, and kicks FILE PHOTO others out of the National Flood Insurance Program.

But for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, and others on the political left, the bill does nothing to address the underlying issues of flood insurance.

“There is no simple answer to our nation’s flooding problems but I do know that raising premiums, and racking up fees on policyholders, will only hurt families, as well as our economy,” Waters said on the House floor Tuesday.

The California Democrat was the co-author of the BiggertWaters Act, a highly controversial 2012 bill that would have drastically raised insurance premiums on homeowners in coastal communities. The hikes never went into effect, due to the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act being signed by thenPresident Obama in 2014.

The Congressional Budget Office in September said the new bill would cut direct spending on flood insurance by $187 million and raise revenue by $4 million from 2018 to 2027.

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) said, “We need a serious solution for this very serious problem, and I am disappointed my Republican colleagues are playing politics with people’s lives and livelihoods rather than promoting real solutions.”

The Senate must approve an extension of the NFIP by Dec. 8.

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Heartache but hope at one year of Trump Jackson Heights rally marks first anniversary of president’s election

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Street play street outside the park’s eastern fence.

Repeated themes included attacks on On the first anniversary of President Trump’s stunning upset election victory, Trump policies seen as aimed at curtailing many people who were startled and even the rights of immigrants, women, minorifrightened by the result gathered outside of ties, Muslims and the LGBT community.

“My mother worked two jobs so I could Travers Park in Jackson Heights to mark a be what I am today — a Latina lawyer,” year of protest.

But some election results from the night Cruz said.

Other speakers included City Councilbefore also provided those at the rally with men Danny Dromm glimmers of hope that (D-Jackson Heights) voters have begun and Costa Constanstriking a counterbalt’s hard to believe tinides (D-Astoria) ance against what and state Assemblythey believe are the that Donald Trump man David Weprin Trump administra(D-Fresh meadows) tion’s excesses. grew up in my district.” and Shekar K rishThe theme of the — Assemblyman David Weprin n a n , pre side nt of rally, organized by New Visions. Most t h e New Vi sion s of the speakers disDemocr at ic Club, was “One Year Later: Fighting Back to Pro- cussed at least some aspect of how Queens is the most diverse area in the world, with tect Our Values and Save Our Democracy.”

“I was devastated,” said Catalina Cruz, people from every possible culture and an attorney and member of New Visions, background.

“It’s hard to believe that Donald Trump before the formal event.

“I cried that night,” she added. “We’re ral- grew up in my district, my father’s district,” lying to bring back some of the vision and Weprin said of the Jamaica Estates native.

Weprin’s father, Saul, was a longtime spirit we feel was somewhat lost last year.”

More than 60 people attended the brief Assembly speaker.

“They’re taking basic rights away,” but direct rally, which took place in the 78th

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Catalina Cruz speaks of her community’s struggles on the first anniversary of President Trump’s election, but also of the hope that comes with a strong Queens pushback, and returns from last PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Election Day, that appear to be promising.

Dromm said “From the Muslim community, the LGBT community, immigrants ... That is about to change.”

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Queens medics make hurricane house call Jamaica, Flushing Hospital personnel back from Puerto Rico mercy mission

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Nick Caputo was a logical choice to join a team of 20 volunteers from Flushing hospital and Jamaica hospital medical centers on a two-week medical mission to hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico.

“I’ve been a paramedic for 25 years,” he said; he also is assistant director for prehospital care and emergency medicine at Jamaica and Flushing.

And amid tragedy of catastrophic proportions, he says the most heartbreaking experience of his two weeks there also was the most inspiring.

“Santos,” he said. “Our part of the team started out in Manati in the western region, very rural. These were people who hadn’t had electricity or running water for a month. ... Santos’ wife was an elderly woman near the end of life, and he would come and serenade her. He would stay on a cot next to her and sing to her, serenade her — and he was serenading us too ...”

The MediSys Health Network, which operates both hospitals, welcomed all 20 back home last Friday with a luncheon at JHMC attended by hospital leaders and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz.

Katz, who brought certificates of appreciation for all the volunteers, said nobody from Queens or anyone who is familiar with the borough’s people or its spirit should be surprised by the group’s trip.

“Our 2.3 million people speak 130 languages and come from 120 countries,” she said. “When we see another person in need we get involved, and you did. You gave back to people in desperate need. It’s what we do here. And when we needed help, people came here to us.”

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Oscar Burmudez, right, receives certificates of thanks and appreciation from Mark Marino, left, and Jamaica Hospital Medical Center CEO Bruce Flanz. Volunteers from MediSys hospitals in PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Queens are back home after serving hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.

JHMC, pointed out that MediSys staffers have never shied away from the very worst that man or nature can throw at them.

In 1998 a team headed north to help deal with the aftermath of a major ice storm.

And the network had people on the ground for three weeks in Louisiana and Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Closer to home, MediSys had troops on the front lines in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy brought New York City the tragedy and misery that the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast know all too well.

And, of course, during the 9/11 attacks in

MediSys volunteers, in the blue shirts, connected on the ground in Puerto Rico with workers from Americares, a Connecticut-based humanitarian organization.

2001, when, Flanz said, Flushing Hospital got one of the first ambulances to the scene, one that was destroyed in the collapse of one of the Twin Towers, the crew surviving because members were out treating the injured.

Maria is known to have killed at least 95 people in the Caribbean and the continental United States. She unleashed her fury on Puerto Rico on Sept. 24, hitting the island as a category 4 storm with recorded winds of more than 140 miles per hour.

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Caputo said an internal web page soon had a posting seeking 20 volunteers with special skills for the two-week medical mission.

“We had more than 360 people apply,” Marino said. Flanz took special care on Friday to point out that even those on Marino’s staff who conducted logistical chores from offices in Queens carried out vital roles in their support of those on the ground.

Caputo said his group eventually moved eastward, where the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship, has been moored, treating the sick and injured nonstop.

For the entire two weeks, MediSys personnel worked 12 hours on duty, 12 hours off — at least officially.

“We had people working 14, 16 hours a day,” he said. “We had college students, high school students coming and working as translators for us — and everyone was just so grateful we were there.”

Along with those from Katz, all volunteers received certificates of appreciation from MediSys and the Hospital Association of New York State before sitting down to a hot, catered meal.

“Food, not MREs,” Flanz joked in reference to “Meals Ready to Eat,” boxed field rations requiring minimal preparation that are standard issue for U.S. military troops, and that officials have been distributing to civilians in Puerto Rico.

While designed to be filling and to provide balanced nutrition, some incarnations feature entré items that aren’t exactly what mother used to make.

A great job behind them, Flanz had one more thing to say to his troops.

Q “Welcome home.”

At a time and in a place where electricity, water and gasoline still are luxuries, a woman gets PHOTOS COURTESY MEDISYS HEALTH NETWORK medical care from a volunteer from Queens.

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In the mountain town Rio Abajo that overlooks the Arecibo River, the bridge that served as the town’s only way in or out collapsed, stranding the people without necessities, such as food or water. The lack of assistance to that area caused them to nickname their neighborhood “El Campamento de los Olvidados” or “the Camp of the Forgotten Ones.” They had been using a rigged zipline with a shopping cart to get supplies to the people, but on this day, the cable had already broken. Despite the terrible conditions, people were grateful and smiling and most importantly working together and helping each other.

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Queens’ Largest Hematology & Oncology Practice and Infusion Center Harold Fink of the state’s Department of Transportation outlines plans for major construction that will take place practically in the backyard of Borough Hall at the Kew Gardens Interchange.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON The work is expected to take up to five years to complete.

State ramps up Kew Interchange project Fourth stage tackles infrastructure dating back to 1930s over five years

by Michael Gannon

Improvements will include: • eliminating a stop sign and adding an In baseball terminology, the massive four- acceleration lane for drivers heading from the stage effort to reconstruct and modernize the westbound Union Turnpike to the westbound Kew Gardens Interchange is nearing third base Grand Central; • eliminating a stop sign and improving and heading for home.

But the last 90 feet are going to be the most “sight stopping distance,” or improving a drivtechnically challenging, according to a repre- er’s ability to avoid collisions with cars or sentative of the New York State Department of other objects between the eastbound Grand Central and the westbound Jackie Robinson Transportation.

Speaking Monday evening at a meeting of and the eastbound Jackie Robinson and the the Queens Borough Board, Harold Fink, dep- westbound Grand Central; and • adding an accelerauty chief engineer with tion lane between the the DOT, said stage IV southbound Van Wyck deals largely with ramps he next stage of work and the westbound Jackie and bridges that do or will largely deal with Robinson Parkway. will form connections Fink said, for example, among the Grand Central ramps and bridges that an eastbound driver on Parkway, Union Turnthe Jackie Robinson Parkpike, the Jackie Robinson connecting highways. way who wants to head Parkway and the Van west on the Grand Central Wyck Expressway. “[The interchange] was built in the 1930s must now take a sharp right turn off of a truncatand the 1960s,” Fink said. Much of the stage ed exit ramp. The proposal calls for that same driver, in the next few years, to be able to exit IV infrastructure was built in the 1930s.

The state is anticipating approval of its onto a new ramp-bridge structure that will loop design in February, with construction to begin back north over the Grand Central and Union Turnpike, head west and then merge with a ramp in September 2018.

Fink said three stop signs that have tied up taking the driver to the west and onto the GCP. The existing pedestrian route between Union traffic for decades will be removed; abrupt, sharp turns, short merging areas and truncated Turnpike and Queens Boulevard requires walkramps will be lengthened or replaced; and ers to cross not only the busy Union Turnpike pedestrian access through the tangle of ramps but also an entrance ramp to the GCP. The proposed change would reroute pedestrian traffic and roadways will be made simpler and safer.

“Five bridges will be rebuilt; six will be one block north along an automobile ramp that continued on page 32 replaced,” Fink said.

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continued from page 2 We must “celebrate difference until difference doesn’t make a difference anymore,” Jackson said. “We need to start with a conversation; that has to lead to discussion. That discussion has to lead to dialogue.

“Change has taken place over time, but it’s not enough,” he added.

He read excerpts from Hughes’ poem, “Let America Be America Again,” choosing the selection because “America is a land of immigrants. This land, this country that we call home, has a foundation that was designed to welcome all of us. But some-

thing happened in the process. Somewhere along the line, people forgot what we were here to be.”

Rounding out the panel was Afaf Nasher, executive director of the New York Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, who was temporarily overcome by emotion, but managed to say that seeing victims of hate crimes “should tear us up. It can’t take away the power we have to change it and it can’t take away our hope and motivation. I want to be driven by hope.”

Borough President Melinda Katz opened the program with an expression of pride in

the diversity to be found here, saying, “At our core we want the exact same thing no matter where we hail from.”

Jesse Sligh, executive assistant district attorney in Queens, called hate crimes a “sickness,” and suggested that “one of these days we won’t have to do this anymore because we will have gotten the message out there.”

He hoped that people will come to realize that “there are some things that we can’t do if we’re going to call ourselves human beings.”

One member of the audience, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who is openly gay, agreed with the panel, saying, “We still deal with these issues very much in

New York City. We still have a very long way to go.”

And while everyone was on the same wavelength inside Borough Hall, there was some animosity between one of the participants and a small group of demonstrators outside the hall.

Prior to the forum, a small group representing The New Jewish Defense League protested the participation of CAIR, a group the protestors called a terrorist organization.

The NJDL’s chapter leader, Karen LichtBraun, told a Chronicle reporter “It’s a fantastic event, except CAIR is on the stage.

“They have no business being here. They don’t support the LGBTQ community and they don’t support the Jewish community.” Q

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Katz was more interested in what the DOT could do in the short term to alleviate traffic tieups.

Fink said some temporary measures could be put in place at sites such as the northbound exit ramp at Linden Boulevard, where exiting traffic comes up too abruptly on the intersection, causing traffic backups.

But he said large-scale temporary measures are not smart.

“We’d hate to do something and just take it out when we widen the road,” he said.

The state is planning to bid the project out in sections, looking to issue Q design-build contracts.

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ECCA spreads cheer at St. Mary’s hospital

The East Coast Car Association brought tons of joy to St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside last Sunday in its 19th Annual Toy Run. Starting off at the bandshell parking lot at Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive, more than 100 motorycles and cars came to the hospital. Over $16,000 was raised by the ECCA. At top left, Santa Claus arrives at St. Mary’s after traveling there from Staten Island’s Metropolitan Fire Association. In the top center, motorcyclists bearing gifts — Ed and Patty Duncan, left, Kevin Lane, George Pelaez and Al Castro — pose for a pic. And in the top right, joyful

children receive gifts.

At center left, ECCA officer Ed Mecabe thanks all the participants on the auditorium stage behind the assembled toys.

Above, kids give a thumbs up for the camera with Santa and some other adults.

In the bottom right corner, clockwise from left: auxiliary police from the 106th Precinct show their presents; volunteers align gifts; ECCA officer Mike Bilski presents the organization’s check to St. Mary’s Director of Institutional Gifts Jacquie D’Aria; and motorcycles leading the association’s motorcade arrive at the hospital.

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OPINION

Time for that flu shot York City has 50

by Dr. Mary T. Bassett As the weather gets colder, it’s time to percent coverage for pull out our winter coats, hats and gloves black adults comagain. It’s also time to think about how we pared to 69 percent can keep ourselves and our families healthy for white adults. We during the flu season. Every year at the don’t k now what New York City Health Department, we accounts for this make great efforts to remind New Yorkers troubling gap in covabout the safest and most effective way to erage. Black distrust in medical advice — keep from getting influenza: the flu shot.

Everyone 6 months of age and older amply justified by should get a seasonal flu vaccination. It is egregious past behavior of the medical especially important that older people (50 authorities — may feed fears about vacyears and above), pregnant women, children cines. However, the notion that the shot will and people with chronic diseases get vacci- cause health problems or harmful side nated. They are the most vulnerable to sig- effects is a dangerous myth. The virus used in the shot is inactive nificant, even life-threatand can’t cause the flu. ening, illness from influAnd just because a peren za. But inf luen za son has never gotten poses a risk of serious he idea that a flu influenza doesn’t mean illness to everyone, and shot will cause that he or she may not getting sick with the flu get it this year. is miserable for anyone health problems is We are working hard who gets it. According to to address these misconthe Centers for Disease a dangerous myth. ceptions and make sure Control and Prevention, the f lu shot is widely the shot reduces the risk of influenza between 40 and 60 percent in accessible. The Health Department’s immunization clinic, along with other city-run the overall population.

Unfortunately, in New York City there clinics and hospitals, provides free or loware too many people who just do not get cost flu vaccines to patients and visitors. vaccinated. Last year, Health Department Most chain drugstores, like CVS, Rite Aid data showed that only 43 percent of New and Duane Reade, offer the vaccine and Yorkers 18 and older received a flu shot. We take most insurance plans. You may also are especially concerned that last flu season use the Health Department’s NYC Health for the first time, the vaccination rates Map to find a location near your home.

Serious reactions to the f lu shot are dropped for our youngest New Yorkers: children ages 6 months to 5 years. More extremely rare. Common reactions may than one-third of the children in this age include mild pain, redness or swelling at group did not receive a flu shot. Parents the injection site or headache, fever and must understand that inf luenza can be muscle aches.

Influenza activity is usually at its height severe, and even deadly for children — last flu season, there were six influenza-associ- from January through March, but it can start as early as November and continue ated pediatric deaths in New York City.

As is the case for many health-related through late spring. And it takes a while for issues, there are substantial variations by your vaccine to kick in with immunity — race in vaccination coverage, especially so just go get your shot now. To protect Q between black and white adult New York- yourself. To protect your community.

Dr. Mary T. Bassett is New York City ers. The Health Department released new data a few weeks ago showing that New Health Commissioner.

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Marriotts by LIE to open soon With the work fence around the Marriott Courtyard and Fairfield Inn hotels in Fresh Meadows gone, they’ll soon be open to guests.

A spokeswoman for the hotel chain told the Chronicle that they are expected to open in January, although she declined to give a specific date.

The two six-story buildings are on the westbound Horace Harding Expressway between 183rd Street and Booth Memorial Avenue. The total number of combined rooms for the hotels is 218.

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Association President Jim Gallagher, who informed Community Board 8 members last week about the construction fence being taken down, is glad that people will be able to book rooms at the hotels in the near future.

He added that visiting professors who come to St. John’s University, which is not far from the hotels, for a lecture or seminar could stay there.

“It could also be used by parents coming for graduation,” the civic activist Q added.

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A new Community Education Council District 24 report revealed that principals at the vast majority of area schools, such as IS 5 in Elmhurst, are unsatisfied with the traffic conditions outside their PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA facilities. Many want either more signage or crossing guards.

CEC 24 studying safety at each district school Council sending signage, crossing guard requests to DOT and NYPD

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

School may have been out, but new Community Education Council District 24 Copresident Dmytro Fedskowskyj and his colleages spent the entire summer doing a boatload of homework.

Over the course of a few months, the group conducted outreach to all 40 schools in the district, questioning each administration about what traffic or pedestrian safety improvements, if any, they would like to see in the area around their buildings.

Officials at IS 73 in Maspeth responded in the affirmative, and a Department of Transportation road reconfiguration project there is ongoing.

According to Fedkowskyj, that’s the first of what he hopes are many changes made around other district schools in the future.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What can we do to be proactive and not reactive? How can we enact change?’” Fedkowskyj said in a Thursday interview. “It took a while to put this together, but this is what we wanted to do with the CEC.” The Middle Village resident said 29 of the 40 schools had responded by September, with the other 11 having gotten back to the group since then.

And of the 40 facilities, leadership at the vast majority of them said they needed some sort of improvements. A number of school leaders, such as Principal Alejandro Megias of PS 113 in Glendale, said in their surveys they need speed bumps.

Others, such as Principal Kelly Nepogoda of IS 5 in Elmhurst, said crosswalks near their schools are not clearly marked.

But arguably the biggest complaint, Fedkowskyj said, was the lack of crossing guards, as some schools didn’t have any.

“Many aren’t satisfied with their crossing guard situation. At IS 77, for example, there is no crossing guard,” Fedkowskyj said.

“What do teens do when they get out of school? They bury their heads in their phones and don’t pay attention to traffic patterns. It’s a dangerous situation.”

At the end of September, CEC 24 sent its 72-page report featuring the responses of 29 schools to the DOT, every area elected official and each police precinct in the district in hopes of creating a dialogue.

Fedkowskyj said the response has been mostly positive, as evidenced by the DOT’s plan for the area around IS 73.

In response to the report, he added, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Long Island City) is scheduling a meeting with the 104th Precinct to discuss crossing guards.

Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) also penned a letter to the DOT, asking them to study schools in his portion of District 24.

“Electeds are getting involved and that’s a good sign,” the CEC head said. “It takes a village. We have 35,000 kids enrolled in our schools and we need to raise attention to these issues.”

Fedkowskyj noted he is in the process of compiling a second report — complete with responses from the 11 schools that replied late — which will be sent out in the next few weeks.

“There are very few schools that need nothing,” he said. “Almost every school needs something. Some more than others.” Q

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A hearty group of cycling activists convened at the Peak Bicycle Pro Shop in Douglaston for a ride and party celebrating the bike lane on Northern Boulevard.

Along with the bike business, the celebration was supported by the Douglaston Village Chamber of Commerce, Transportation Alternatives’ Eastern Queens Committee and Eastern Queens Greenway and the neighborhood local development corporation. Some businesses in the area offered

discounts to the cyclists.

In the top left, one cyclist waves to the camera while one behind him glides over some leaves.

In the upper center, a man sits back and enjoys the ride down Northern. Above, Peak Bicycle Pro Shop owners Jerry and Joani Emerson smile for the camera.

On the right, cyclists at the event pose for a group shot with some holding signs expressing their happiness about

the bike lane, which runs from 223rd Street to Douglaston Parkway and links to the scenic Joe Michaels Mile pathway on Little Neck Bay. The Northern Boulevard path is part of bigger plans that the Department of Transportation has implemented in northeast Queens this year. A lane has also been installed on 210th Street in Oakland Gardens and along the border of Alley Pond Park, among other locations.

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SJU law school will accept GRE scores

by Anthony O’Reilly

2% Social Security COLA coming in Jan.

by Anthony Medina

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Chronicle Contributor

St. John’s University School of Law announced last Thursday that it will become only the second law school in the state, and one of only a handful in the country, to accept Graduate Record Exam scores from applicants — starting with those wishing to begin classes at the Queens campus in fall 2018.

“After correlating GRE performance to performance in the first year of law school, we’re confident that the GRE predicts student success in law school,” Michael Simmons, dean of the university’s law school, said in a statement.

Law schools around the countr y, including Harvard and Georgetown University, have started accepting scores from the GRE, rather than just from the Law School Admission Test, in an effort to attract a wider pool of students who may not have previously thought of obtaining a legal education.

Applicants can submit one or both scores to the schools.

“Accepting the GRE and creating a more expansive and inclusive applicant

St. John’s University School of Law will COURTESY PHOTO accept GRE scores. pool is consistent with our mission,” Simmons said. “Today, with our decision to accept the GRE, we continue that proud tradition.”

Before St. John’s made the policy switch, Columbia Law School was the only such New York institution to accept GRE scores.

T he A me r ica n Ba r A ssociat ion requires all law schools to utilize a “valid standardized test” as part of their application process, but does not specify the Q exam must be the LSAT.

About 61 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 2 percent increase to the cost of living allowance in January.

The Social Security Administration, in a fact sheet published in the website ssa.gov/news/press/ f a c t s h e e t s / c ol a f a c t s 2 018.p d f, s a id t h e Social Security recipients are about to receive a 2 increase was approved based on percent cost of living allowance, their largest the Consumer Price Index from increase since 2011.

PHOTO COURTESY U.S. SSA the third quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2017. worker receiving $1,377 per month now COLAs are intended to help senior cit- would get a boost to $1,404 effective Janizens meet the costs of housing, rent and uary. An average retired couple with both other essentials to survive. people receiving benefits would see their However, the low increases over the monthly income go from $2,294 to past six years has according to senior cit- $2,340. izen advocates, created an imbalance in The average disabled worker’s check COLA expectancies. will go from $1,173 to $1,197, while a disThe last increase of 2 percent or higher abled worker with a spouse or one or was seen by retirees and beneficiaries in more children will go from $2,011 to 2011 which saw a 3.6 percent hike. $2,051.

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They fly right over that glass ceiling Vaughn College panel looks at women succeeding in aviation

by Victoria Zunitch Chronicle Contributor

Seven women professionals in the local aviation industry emphasized the importance of maintaining a confident, determined and engaged outlook for females working in maledominated fields during a panel discussion held late last month at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, a private specialized college in East Elmhurst, near LaGuardia Airport.

Women in male-dominated fields sometimes feel that they need to be better than everyone else, Det. Erin Egan of the NYPD’s Aviation Unit told the audience. Egan was the first female pilot in command of the NYPD’s Air-Sea Rescue helicopter and crew.

“No, we need to do what everybody else is doing,” Egan said. “Don’t let a boundary become a boundary.

Just keep going.”

Women Exceeding Barriers, held on Oct. 26, drew more than 50 people, including Vaughn students, staff and faculty, along with aviation industry professionals from the Transportation Security Administration, LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport and facility management company ABM Industries.

“I thought it would be a great idea to shed light on the issues that women face in the workforce, such as being underpaid, underrepresented, and mistreated,” said Morgan Stewart, creator and moderator of the discussion. Stewart is an administrative assistant in Vaughn’s Management and Aviation departments.

“In planning Women Exceeding Barriers, my goal was to educate and motivate our audience by bringing a panel of leading women who can tell their stories,” she said. Morgan hopes

to create similar events in the future, perhaps as early a next spring.

When Egan first joined the aviation unit, she said, she knew colleagues would be unsure of a new staffer because they didn’t yet know about her abilities or knowledge, “how you’re going to react or how you’re going to settle in with your environment.” Her approach was to avoid separating herself apart or making an issue of being a woman.

Once colleagues saw that she could do just what they could do, then she was “brought into the fold.”

Vaughn professor Maxine Lubner emphasized the value of persistence.

When she, as a child, asked her father in front of a male friend if she could become a pilot, “Together they both Leading the Women Exceeding Barriers event were panelists Sharon DeVivo, left, the president of Vaughn College, said, ‘Absolutely not. Quite impossi- and Lysa Scully, event creator Morgan Stewart, and panelists Olga Custodio, Lillian Dukes, NYPD Det. Erin Egan and ble.’” They pointed to her nearsight- Maxine Lubner.

PHOTOS COURTESY VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY edness, the need to be physically fit “to a degree that you would probably panelists took the opportunity to when Stewart asked the panelists if the Port Authority of New York and never be,” and the high cost of air- q u e s t io n a s s u m p t io n s a b o u t they think women, and minorities, New Jersey, said the biggest distincare underrepresented in some fields tion is between generations. She said planes. But later on, while attending boundaries.

“I think as women we tend to self- due to stereotypes or because of a technology has changed the social graduate school in New York, she asked a tour pilot so many questions impose boundaries that really aren’t lack of qualified women and minori- dynamic, and finds herself coaching younger employees on developing that the tour became, virtually, a les- there,” said Lillian Dukes, an interna- ties with the necessary skillsets.

Sharon DeVivo, Vaughn’s presi- relationships. tional speaker with more than 20 son, and the lesson led to a career.

“Go and talk to somebody, pick up years of experience in dent, said that training, education and Olga Custodio, a av i a t io n i n d u s t r y hiring employees who share the value the phone. Don’t send an email, defiretired lieutenant coloof building a workforce that is well- nitely don’t send a text,” Scully tells nel with the U.S. Air e willing to operations.

Dukes said that integrated for race and gender can them. “This is difficult because I Force a nd ret i red while men might look help. As a practical matter, she rec- have the conversation often.”

American Airlines challenge With all of the talk about women at a job description ommends taking names off of pilot, said colleagues yourself.” and think “I’m good to resumes before they are shared with a in the workplace, though, Scully had or passengers someone anecdote about a skill some male go” when they have 50 search committee. times mistook her for — aviation industry “If you take the name off, then employees need to develop. percent of the required a flight attendant. Pasveteran Lillian Dukes “Every time we plan an event, it’s q u a l i f ic a t ion s , “a you’re only looking at the skill set,” sengers sometimes the women planning the event,” Sculwoman will say, ‘I DeVivo said. a sked for pillows A male audience member asked if ly said. She believes in the value of when she performed the first flight don’t have half of the requirements.’” engineer’s walk-th rough cabin On her part, Dukes said she hasn’t the women noticed important differ- the occasional work-related social check. “It wasn’t so much about being ever known 100 percent of what she ences in managing men versus gathering.

The men have told her in the past underestimated,” she said, but more needed to know when she embarked women.

DeVivo said she notices the big- that they just don’t know how to do on a new pursuit. about informing them about her role.

“Be willing to challenge yourself,” gest differences between distinct that, but Scully now goes to the men When Stewart asked the panel individuals, while Lysa Scully, gener- on her team and asks them to plan the how women can take the initiative Dukes said.

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At left, Vaughn College students and panelists participate in a networking event after the panel discussions. At center, Lubner stands with representatives of the Transportation Security Administration who attended the event. At right, Vaughn College staff member Christine Chan speaks with Dukes.

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Jury needs just two hours to convict a career felon of killing a young cop

by Michael Gannon Editor

A career criminal has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of NYPD Officer Brian Moore.

Demetrius Blackwell faces up to life in prison with no hope of parole for killing Moore, 25, as he and his partner, Erik Jansen, approached the gunman on a Queens Village street while they were on patrol.

The jury found Blackwell guilty of firstdegree murder of Moore, f irst-degree attempted murder of Jansen and seconddegree criminal possession of a weapon. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 12, at which time Blackwell faces life in prison without the possibility of parole from Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak.

The office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said jurors deliberated for two hours after reviewing the case from Lasak on Wednesday afternoon.

They apparently discarded defense arguments that medical problems prevented Blackwell from being held accountable for the decorated copâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death.

NYPD Commissioner James Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, in a statement issued by the department, said Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death is a reminder of the dangers of police work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brian chose this profession to protect

others, to do good, and to serve a cause greater than himself,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was murdered doing his job and in defense of every New Yorker. I thank the investigators and prosecutors who worked this case successfully with personal commitment and resolve. To the public who assisted us along the way: thank you for your help in ensuring that this career criminal is removed from the community and not given the opportunity to cause further harm.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defendantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions were a direct attack on our society and the law and soberly reminds us of the unseen dangers that our police officers face each day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the ultimate sacrifice they may be called upon to make â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as they carry out their sworn duty to protect and serve our communities,â&#x20AC;?

Brown said in a statement issued by his office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our sympathies go out to Officer Brian Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family for the loss of their loved one and the prolonged pain that they and Officer Erik Jansen and his family have had to endure as this case made its way through the criminal justice system,â&#x20AC;? Brown added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although the verdict cannot bring back Brian I hope that todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conviction brings a sense of closure and comfort to his family, friends and colleagues, knowing that his killer finally has been held accountable for

his heinous and cowardly act.â&#x20AC;?

Jansen now works for the Suffolk County Police Department.

The officers, members of the 105th Precinctâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite Anti-Crime Unit, were on patrol in street clothes and an unmarked car on May 2, 2015. A witness at Blackwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial testified that he had called 911 after Blackwell had confronted him and threw a brick through a window in his home.

The man also testified that Blackwell bragged that he would shoot a police officer in response.

Moore and Jansen were driving up behind Blackwell when he appeared to be attempting to conceal something in the waistband of his pants. He turned and fired three times as Moore called out to him.

Moore was struck twice in the head. Jansen was not hit.

Blackwell was arrested a few hours after the shooting. The murder weapon, with his DNA on it, was found two days later.

Moore, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, died on May 4 at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of detective by thenNYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brian Moore became a New York City police officer for the same reasons his father did â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to rid the streets of vicious crimi-

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Retired NYPD Sgt. Raymond Moore wore a FILE PHOTO ribbon with his son Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo. nals,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Benevolent Association, in a statement issued after the verdict. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In making the ultimate sacrifice for us, Brian Moore did just that: he took a vicious criminal and his gun off our streets for good. ... We will always remember and honor Brian Q Moore for his courage and sacrifice.â&#x20AC;?

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SBS starts on Woodhaven continued from page 6 the five boroughs.

MTA vehicles now travel along bus-only lanes for much of the corridor and commuters getting on from Park Lane South to the Liberty Avenue/Rockaway Boulevard corridor must wait on stops on the median between the main and service roads. Those getting on the Q52 and Q53 lines are now not using MetroCards to board — instead, they must purchase tickets at off-board machines.

The city insists this is the way to go.

“Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevard are critical roads in Queens — and from the Rockaways to Elmhurst, residents deserve this first-class service,” Mayor de Blasio said in a prepared statement. “Here in Queens, along a street that has been a Vision Zero Priority Corridor with far too many tragic crashes, we expect these changes to make a big difference.”

Another factor of SBS is that cameras will soon take photos of drivers using the bus lanes — motorists are only allowed in them to drop off or pick up a passenger, park when permitted or to make a right turn. The cameras will go into effect Sunday, Nov. 19 and for 60 days motorists will only be issued warnings. After that, they will be fined anywhere from $115 to $150. The times vehicles other than buses are allowed in the lanes varies. From Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue, the lanes are now in effect 24/7 — they were previously only restricted to buses

only during rush hour.

The curbside lanes from Union Turnpike to Myrtle Avenue are in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and the median bus lanes from Park Lane to Liberty/Rockaway are 24/7. Addabbo’s letter also requests the 24/7 lanes be changed to rush hour only.

There are no bus lanes on Cross Bay Boulevard south of the Belt Parkway.

The Mayor’s Office press release on SBS — which, in a break from the norm, did not include a quote from any elected officials representing the corridor — touted the endorsement of Stephanie Burgos-Veras, a community organizer with the Riders Alliance and a bus rider who grew up in Woodhaven.

“Tens of thousands of bus riders depend on the Woodhaven corridor every day, but they have been stuck on slow and unreliable buses for as long as anyone can remember,” Burgos-Veras said in the release. “Select Bus Service will make the bus a faster, more dependable option for thousands of Queens residents, helping connect people with jobs and educational opportunities. SBS is a step forward for Queens, and for long-suffering bus riders who are clamoring for better service.”

Several left turns have also been eliminated, such as at 101st Avenue and Union Turnpike, along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards in an effort to improve the flow of Q traffic.

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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Awarded With Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award FAR ROCKAWAY, 2017–Friday, August 25, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Plus. The award recognizes hospitals who achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With the Guidelines- Stroke standards for two or more consecutive years, in addition to achieving 75 percent or higher compliance with five out of eight quality measures.

As part of the Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus group, St. John’s met quality measures to reduce the time between a patient’s arrival at the hospital and getting treated with the clot-busting drug, tPA, which treats ischemic strokes. The drug, which is the only one of its kind to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, assists in reducing death and disability for stroke patients.

“The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognize St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s commitment to stroke care,” said Paul Heidenreich, M.D., national chairman of the Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. “Research has shown there are benefits to patients who are treated at hospitals that have adopted the Get With the Guidelines program.”

According to the American Stroke Association, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and leading cause of adult disability in the United States. Nearly 800,000 people suffer from strokes each year, with someone dying of a stroke every four minutes, on average.

“We are extremely proud of our Emergency Department staff for doing their part to reduce the devastating effects of strokes on our patients, “said St. John’s CEO Gerard Walsh. “We are looking forward to continuing to provide top-notch treatment.”

Congratulations to all who helped St. John’s maintain this standard!

About St. John’s St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York. St. John’s is a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get With the Guidelines® -Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station.

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The bridge is not expected to be accessible until the end of 2018.

Fink said the final cost of the new work will be between $300 and $400 million when completed.

Borough President Melinda Katz raised questions about potential noise impacts.

Fink said all work is being done on or over state land within existing roadway corridors, though Katz expressed concern that those corridors all abut populated areas. Q

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continued from page 22 will be discontinued and bring walkers directly to an existing sidewalk that is a short jaunt from Queens Boulevard.

The first two stages of the overall project, which included the widening of the Van Wyck in and around Briarwood, both are complete.

Stage III, which includes replacing the Van Wyck’s two-lane viaduct over the GCP with a three-lane structure and new exit ramps to Union Turnpike and the Jackie Robinson Parkway, began this past July.

The work has required the closure of a

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Flushing Jewish Community Council loses funding, badly needs donors

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Unless more donors step up, the Flushing Jewish Community Council will have to shut down the food pantry at Temple Beth Sholom on Northern Boulevard next year. It is looking for donations.

According to FJCC Executive Director Paul Engel, only two more food distribution days are certain: Nov. 21 and Dec. 19, both from 9 to 10 a.m.

“If we could get some funding elsewhere ... we could continue the food pantry in January,” he told the Chronicle, adding that the nonprofit is looking for grants.

It’s not because it lacks food. It gets enough of that, according to Engel, through the Food Bank for New York City and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.

But it is in need of funds to pay for operational costs like maintenance, utilities and equipment, along with others incurred by its classes for immigrants.

For the 2017 fiscal year — which ended in June — the City Council allocated $55,617 to the nonprofit from the legislative body’s larger allocation for food pantries across the city. This year, it received only $25,000 for the same purpose.

Engel added that the City Council told him “that the money presumably was sup-

The Flushing Jewish Community Council says that unless it gets help, the food pantry at Temple PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY Beth Sholom on Northern Boulevard won’t be operating next year. posed to be only for food although, no one ever told me that.” His group had used the funds in recent years to pay operational costs and other ones associated with its free classes for immigrants.

“We lost over $50,000 in support,” the FJCC executive director told the Chronicle.

“We find ourselves in a situation where we need to cut back our services, not only with food pantries but also English classes in order to operate.”

According to Engel, a lot of people rely on the food pantry, which started at Temple Beth Sholom in February after the crowds

became too big for its previous location.

Including children, he said, one distribution day saw more than 350 people come for food.

“Obviously it would be a shame to close down but we feel that our hands are forced,” the nonprofit leader said, unless more funding keeps the food pantry open.

Discretionary funds provided by two area electeds will be used, though. Nine thousand dollars was allocated by Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) to support counseling for immigrants in his district, programmatic and operational costs along with ESOL and civics classes. And Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) secured $5,000 to help pay for the operating costs for the civic and language lessons, which happen at the International Buddhist Progress Society and the East Flushing Library.

According to a study by the Hunger Free America advocacy group, around one in nine adults in Queens were found to be food insecure — which means having uncertain or limited access to food — from 2013 to 2015. The organization’s research found that the same statistic applied to one in six of children in this borough.

Those who are intersted in making a contribution to the FJCC to keep the Temple Beth Sholom food pantry running should Q call (718) 463-0434.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 241-30 132ND ROAD, ROSEDALE, NY 11422 Block: 12978 Lot: 20 INDEX NO. 704354/2017 HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-E, MORTGAGEBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-E, Plaintiff, vs BEATRICE STEWART; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; CHADWICK LINDO; RITTA DUNKLEY; RUPERT STEWART AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE STEWART; FENTON STEWART AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE STEWART; HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE STEWART; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; BEATRICE LINDO; SHENA WILLIAMS; MICHEAL WILLIAMS; JOVAN WILLIAMS; “JOHN DOE #5” through “JOHN DOE #12, “the last eight names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations if any having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in 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 Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $360,000.00 and interest, recorded on October 31, 2006, at Instrument number 2006000608955, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 241-30 132ND ROAD ROSEDALE, NY 11422. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: October 3, 2017 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff, MATTHEW INGBER, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates QUEENS as the place of trial situs of the real property INDEX NO. 704596/2016 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 116-26 133 STREET SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420 Block: 11688 Lot: 18 CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. YUL G. CLARKE, AS ADMINISTRATOR, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA COURTAR A/K/A SYLVIA CLARKE; CHARLYSE CLARK, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVIA COURTAR A/K/A SYLVIA CLARKE; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through and including “JOHN DOE #25”, the defendants last named in quotation marks being intended to designate tenants or occupants in possession of the herein described premises or portions thereof, if any there be, said names being fictitious, their true name being unknown to plaintiff, Defendants. To the abovenamed 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 Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $570,000.00 and interest, recorded on April 28, 2009 in CRFN # 2009000125174, of the Public Records of QUEENS County, New York, covering premises known as 116-26 133 STREET, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. QUEENS County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: August 24, 2017 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: IRINA DULARIDZE, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

553 Remsen Associates LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/28/2017. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Joseph Yunatanov, 7013 Austin Street, 3rd Floor, Forest Hills, NY 11375 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

C&E Global Holding LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 10/3/17. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 136-33 37th Ave., #8B, Flushing, NY 11354.

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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Queens Action to Foreclose a Mortgage INDEX #: 707263/2017 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in Trust for the Registered Holders of Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE7, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE7, Plaintiff vs Laura Lombardo if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, Citibank, N.A., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for GB Home Equity, LLC, New York City Environmental Control Board, People of the State of New York, United States of America acting through the IRS, John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.), Defendant(s) MORTGAGED PREMISES: 342 BEACH 87TH STREET FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11692 BL #: 16118-32 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.

TO LAURA LOMBARDO Defendant in this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Salvatore Modica of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Thirtieth day of October, 2017 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Laura Lombardo dated the April 5, 2004, to secure the sum of $332,000.00 and recorded at CRFN 2004000617548 in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County Clerk, on the October 4, 2004. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed April 2, 2004 and recorded on June 18, 2015, in the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, Queens County at CRFN 2015000207964. The property in question is described as follows: 342 BEACH 87TH STREET, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11692 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: October 31, 2017 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 49854-2

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Jack Frost was nipping at noses all around town Friday night as temperatures dropped to record-setting lows.

In an unusual coincidence, a fellow of the same name also turned up that evening — poking his own nose into places where it wasn’t particularly welcome — as the central character in “Cat’s Cradle,” a British mystery by Leslie Sands that had its opening night at Douglaston Community Theatre. Three performances remain, on Nov. 17 and 18.

Frost, it turns out, was once a highly regarded detective who, as the play begins, is long since washed up, having botched an investigation into the kidnapping and possible homicide of an infant some 12 years earlier. Armed with new evidence, he has returned in a last-ditch effort to solve the crime and to rescue his reputation, with his retirement looming right around the corner.

In this remote, tightly knit village, he faces a conspiracy of silence and, in some cases, downright hostility. The reasons become clearer as the evening progresses.

To make matters even worse — and nerves even more unraveled — Frost’s re-turn occurs at a most inopportune moment: the same weekend as a wedding involving the family of the missing child. His arrival casts a definite shadow over the nuptials.

To the chagrin and frustration of Frost, and to the rising suspicions among the audience, all concerned would seem to prefer that this “copper” let the past remain there.

A little-known piece, one not performed with any regularity, the play is intriguing, and, judging by the intermission guess-work by the brave souls who ventured out to catch its debut, difficult to unravel.

Director Vincent Scott maintains a brisk pace throughout the show’s two-hour running time, a much-appreciated element in a play of this sort. And he has been blessed with a remarkable ensemble of actors, most of whom are longtime veterans of the local stage, with countless credits among them.

At the center of the proceedings is Rich Weyhausen (a Queens Chronicle staffer), who, as the chainsmoking detective, is at times brash, and, as called for, sensitive. continued on page 39

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EXHIBITS

FILM

“Fire and Clay,” with fine-art ceramic works by 23 artists, under the auspices of the LIC Arts Open.

Thru Thu., Nov. 30, The Factory LIC gallery, 30-30 47 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 3617633, licartsopen.org.

“Rebel Rossa,” the 2016 documentary on Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, an Irishman whose resistance to the British ultimately led to the 1916 Easter Rising. Mon., Nov. 20, 7:15 p.m., New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. $10; $12 at door. Info: (718) 482-0909, newyorkirishcenter.org.

“Mage,” with works by several artists in various media, examining the “spells” cast over us by modern technologists with specialized knowledge, analogous to the mages of yore. Fri., Nov. 17 (opening reception 6-9 p.m.)-Fri., Jan. 19, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

Open mic, with performers chosen on a first-come, first-served basis; order chosen by lottery; some nights open to acts other than comedy. Each Wed.Sun., varying times, QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria.

Free (purchase of drink or snack suggested). Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

“First I Was Afraid,” with works in various media by 11 artists, addressing what living in an age of anxiety means and trying to make people feel less alone. Thru Sun., Nov. 19, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City. . Free.

Info: (718) 937-6317, dorsky.org.

Photos of Astoria & NYC, with a rotating selection of pictures by Astoria photographer Brian Sills, available for sale. Thru Thu., Nov. 30. QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

“All the Queens Houses,” with 273 photos of low-rise residences in the borough, reflecting the diversity of its architecture and people, by architect/ artist Rafael Herrin-Ferri of Sunnyside. Each Fri. thru Dec. 15 (except Nov. 24), 2-6 p.m., The Architectural League of New York, 594 Broadway, suite 607, Manhattan. Free. Info: (212) 753-1722, archleague.org.

GingerBread Lane, an entirely edible village made over an entire year by Jon Lovitch; winner of the 2013-16 Guinness World Record for largest gingerbread village. Thru Mon., Jan. 15; workshops to make your own gingerbread car, boat or train, with kit provided, on various dates thru Sat., Dec. 30, New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona. Free with admission: $16; $13 seniors, kids, students (workshops $15 more). Info: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org.

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“The Sculpture of Gonzalo Fonseca,” with roughly 80 works, most in stone, with some drawings and sketches, by the major figure in developing modern Latin American art. Thru Sun., March 11. Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

Eduardo Anievas: Open Studio, allowing the public to meet the painter and see some of his figures, cityscapes, landscapes and more, such as “Blue rain,” left, as part of LIC Arts Open festival. Sat., Nov. 18, 12-8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 19, 12-6 p.m., 10-15 48 Ave., Long Island City. Free. Info: (646) 824-6292, eduardoanievas.com.

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THEATRE STAR: Senior Acting Theater Repertory, fall show and musical performances. Fri., Nov. 17, 2 p.m., Queens Village Library, 90-11 217 St. Free.

Info: (718) 776-6800.

“Fall for Kunku,” a mix of music, singing and dramatic pieces in a traditional form of Chinese theater, with English subtitles. Sat., Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

“Veil’d,” a world-premiere play about a teen girl with a skin condition that keeps her at home and her secret friends, a poet and a talking shark, presented by the Astoria Performing Arts Center.

Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 p.m., thru Nov. 18, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St. $18; $12 students, seniors. Info: (718) 706-5750, apacny.org.

Nov. 24-25, Dec. 1-2, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 19 and 26, 2 p.m. $20; $18 seniors. Info: (718) 353-7388, parksideplayers.com.

“Frida Libre,” with the actress Flora Martinez presenting her vision of the life and works of influential Latin American artist Frida Kahlo. Thru Sun., Nov. 19, varying times, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$42. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

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Astoria Big Band: Memories of Jazz in Queens, with the Carol Sudhalter-led group playing the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and more, fronted by the Big Apple Lindy Hoppers swing dancers. Fri., Nov. 17, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16; $10 students. Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org.

Musica Reginae chamber music, including works

by Schubert, Schumann, Bloch and more. Sat., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $10 students. Info: (718) 8942178, musicareginae.org.

Horns Horns Horns!, the music of ’70s supergroups Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears, performed by Uppercut and Bloodlines. Sat., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., North Shore Towers Cinema, 272-40 Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park. $32. Info: (631) 698-9696, bit.ly/2s3uhSl. Debby Boone: Swing This!, with the “You Light Up My Life” singer performing a tribute to 1960s Las Vegas with a band including The Diva Jazz Horns.

Sun, Nov. 19, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets: $35-$45. Info: (718) 631-6311, visitqpac.org.

“Little Shop of Horrors,” the horror-comedy rock musical about a plant that eats people, by Theatre

By The Bay. Sat., Nov. 18, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 19, 3 p.m., Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 1300 209 St., Bayside. $22; $20 seniors 62 and up, kids under 13. Info: (718) 428-6363.

Sacred Music Society, under Maestro David Close, to sing at weekly Sunday Mass at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church for all ages and different levels of singing ability. Rehearsals each Tue., 7:30 p.m., OLQM, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. Info: (718) 268-6251, ourladyqueenofmartyrs.org/music.

“Cat’s Cradle,” a baffling mystery with a shocker ending, by Douglaston Community Theatre. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 17, 18, 8 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 18, 2 p.m., Zion Episcopal Church, Church Street off Douglaston Pkwy., 243-01 Northern Blvd. $19; $17 seniors, students.

Info: (718) 482-3332, dougcommthtr@gmail.com.

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Dances of the World, “a cultural voyage” featuring salsa, merengue, tango, belly dancing and more, by Cali Salsa Pal’ Mundo. Each Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; each Sun., 4 p.m., thru Nov. 26, Thalia Hispanic Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. $40 advance; $45 at door; $37 advance students, seniors; $42 at door. Info: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

We Have a Situation, with three artists discussing the fear, anxiety and uncertainty of the modern world, in conjunction with the “First I Was Afraid” exhibit. Sun., Nov. 19, 3-4:30 p.m., Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City.

Free. Info/RSVP: (718) 937-6317, rsvp@dorsky.org.

“She Loves Me,” a “musical valentine” about two co-workers who are lonely hearts pen pals, by the Parkside Players. Sat., Nov. 18; Fri.-Sat.,

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They’re baaaaack!

All the memorably quirky characters and the menacing plant that thirsts after each of them, that is, as “Little Shop of Horrors” makes a return visit to Queens, this time via Theatre By The Bay, where the attraction runs through Nov. 19.

The show, which has, admittedly, been overexposed locally in recent times, nonetheless remains a delight in its own sick kind of way.

A highlight, as always, is the score, featuring stick-in-yourhead rock/show tune melodies by Alan Menken and often hilarious lyrics by Howard Ashman, who also wrote the book, which is, in turn, humorous, touching and horrifying.

For the uninitiated, the story follows the travails of a nebbish named Seymour Krelborn, an overworked clerk in a nearly customer-free flower shop on Skid Row in an unnamed city, who discovers a rare — and ultimately frightening — kind of plant.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ When: Sat., Nov. 18, 8 p.m., Sun., Nov. 19, 3 p.m.

Where: Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 1300 209 St. Tickets: $22; $20 seniors 62 and over, kids under 13.

(718) 428-6363, theatrebythebayny.com.

When word of the ever-growing specimen gets out, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation. His relationship with the shop’s ditzy salesgirl, Audrey, slowly turns romantic, in time to save her from the clutches of her sadistic boyfriend, Orin.

But the plant, having grown to enormous proportions, soon gets out of hand and, by show’s end, poses quite an ominous threat.

Director Cathy Chimenti has turned out a tight, fast-paced production, with crackerjack assistance from musical director Alan Baboff, leading a three-piece band.

The simple but effective choreography by Jenifer Badamo and members of the cast provides the finishing touch.

And bringing everything to life is a gen- Seymour, Audrey erally satisfying group of performers. In its own agenda. the central role of Seymour, Billy Marengo proves a stronger actor than singer, but his likability goes a long way in creating a sympathetic character.

With a head full of startling blonde hair and a bodyclinging wardrobe that points toward her character’s questionable taste, Nicole Intravia hits all the right notes physically and vocally as Audrey, making the most of the wistful ballad “Somewhere That’s Green,” a longing for a better way of life for herself.

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Despite their height differences, Intravia and Marengo prove a well-matched pair.

Making a memorable appearance as Orin is Michael Chimenti, who happens to be married to the director but is a force to be reckoned with in his own right. With hair greased back, a sneer on his lips and more than a hint of swagger, he fully immerses himself in the character. continued on page 41

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He admits to being a fan of the longrunning animated show, but there’s a character on it that makes him angry. That character is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.

So now, Kondabolu is the producer, writer and star of “The Problem with Apu.” In this new documentary, the Jackson Heights-born comedian tackles South Asian representation in media, using the character of Apu as the crux of his argument. For those unfamiliar with “The Simpsons,” Apu is a miserly Indian convenience store owner with a very thick, over-the-top accent voiced by white actor Hank Azaria.

He’s well known by his salutation, “Thank you, come again!” given to customers exiting his store.

Kondabolu is critical of the casting of Forest Hills-born Azaria to do the voice of Apu. Hollywood has a long history of “whitewashing” ethnic minority characters in films. “Dragon Seed” from 1944 had Katherine Hepburn, yes, that Katherine Hepburn, playing a Chinese villager complete with “yellowface.”

Kondabolu’s film has clips from the 1968 movie “The Party,” which has British actor Peter Sellers playing an Indian man.

The idea for the documentary came when Kondabolu, who is of Indian descent, was working on the political talk show “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.” He gave a five-minute correspondent piece about Apu in a bit on the show.

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especially in that couple of jokes about Apu,” Kondabolu said during a phone interview. “People resonated with it. It was clear no one really thought about it. It felt like something that was relevant to now because we were talking about representation in the media.”

Throughout the film, Kondabolu interviews prominent celebrities of South Asian background including actor Kal Penn, comedian Aziz Ansari and former “The Daily Show” correspondent Aasif Mandvi.

They talk about their struggles trying to break through into their craft while being only presented with stereotypical parts.

Kondabolu knows that all too well.

He said he stopped going on acting auditions because of the number of stereotypical roles he was being offered.

“It stopped being fun,” he said. “Even if the part was decent you’d go there and they’d ask you to do an accent even though they said you didn’t have to initially.”

Kondabolu hopes the new movie can spur conversations and reflections about how minorities are portrayed in media.

“I want them to learn about my community, how racism is insidious,” he said. “I want them to think critically about media, and I want them to have conversations Q with other people.”

‘The Problem with Apu’ When: Sunday, Nov. 19, 10 p.m.

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Aiding him in his efforts to uncover the elusive truth is Dean Schildkraut as Bob Marriott, a journalist who runs a newspaper that, in another coincidence, is called The Chronicle. Some of the play’s finest moments come when the two share the stage.

Running the inn where the action takes place are Barbara Mavro (as the obviously troubled, unhappy Peggy Fletcher, who may at one time have had something going on with Frost) and, on Friday night, Nick De Cesare (as her husband, Sam, who must ma sk his unmistakable detestation of the detective.)

‘Cat’s Cradle’ When: Fri., Nov. 17, 8 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 18, 2 and 8 p.m.

Where: Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Church St. off Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston Tickets: $19; $17 seniors/students.

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De Cesare alternates in the role with Dan Bubbeo.

Annette Daiell brings an understandable aloofness to the role of Pamela, the missing baby’s mother. As Sir Charles Cresswell, the town’s chief benefactor who, seemingly, has a hand and a say-so in everything, Joe Pepe is appropriately self-important. And he has a way of physically turning colors when finding himself on the hot seat.

In smaller roles, Adrianne Noroian steals every scene she’s in, creating a sympathetic character of the town’s now-retired and possibly dotty physician, while Melissa Goller as the bride-to-be can’t quite match the intensity of the more experienced actors surrounding her.

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KIDS/TEENS Chess, card and board games for teens, with Uno, poker, chess and more, every Mon.-Sat. except major holidays, 2-6 p.m., Queensboro Hill Library, 60-05 Main St., Flushing. Free. Info: (718) 359-8332, queenslibrary.org.

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MARKETS Immaculate Conception Church Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair, offering food, fellowship, family fun and Christmas shopping. Fri., Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 18, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (breakfast with Santa 11 a.m.; reservations req’d); Sun., Nov. 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 86-45 Edgerton Blvd., Jamaica. Some activities, food service at certain times only. Info: (718) 7390880, iccjamaicaevents@gmail.com.

Nativity BVM Flea Market, with vendors still sought. Sun., Nov. 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nativity Church Hall, 91 St. and Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park. Info: Marge Colace, (718) 843-4680.

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CLUBS St. Josaphat’s Leisure Club, with bingo, games, cake, coffee and more. Nonmembers welcome; bingo prizes doubled if 60 or more in attendance. Thu., Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m. (bingo starts 1 p.m.), 34-32 210 St., Bayside. $2. Info: Joy, (917) 921-7631.

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

Queens AARP chorus, seeking retired people to sing at nursing homes and for AARP chapters. Meet each Fri., 1 p.m. Clearview SelfHelp Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside. Info: joroosume@verizon.net.

Howard Beach Senior Center, with exercise classes every weekday except Thu., varying times; dances with a DJ and hot lunch every Tue., 12-3 p.m.; art classes every Thu., 9:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m.; intro to sign language every Fri., 10-11:30 a.m.; karaoke every Wed., 1-3 p.m.; monthly book club; and more, 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Knitting and crocheting class, to learn a new skill or share an idea for a craft project, by Jamaica Senior Program for Older Adults. Each Thu., 10:30-11:30 a.m., T. Jackson Adult Center, 92-47 165 St. Info: (718) 657-6500, jspoa.org.

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continued from page 37 In one of the finer performances of the many he has given at TBTB, Eli Koenig is appropriately ethnic as the shop’s owner, Mr. Mushnik — even throwing in some extra Yiddishisms for good measure that, if memory serves, were not in prior productions.

As the speaking and singing voice of the sometimes inanimate object that provides much of the horrors of the title, Julian Maultsby sings pleasantly instead of menacingly, lacking the heft that is needed here.

Eric Fiebelkorn is the unseen (until the final bows) puppeteer who brings the plant to physical life.

The female trio that comments musically on the action a la a Greek chorus are Menyon Harrell, Chantel Nicole and Stef f y Jolin, who sing with real attitude and move as Mr. Mushnik and the singing one.

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Baboff, on piano, is joined by David Rose on bass and Fred Lederman on drums, accomplished musicians all.

The scenic design by Colin O’Leary is serviceable, providing an appropriately worndown flower shop, while Chery Manniello’s costumes are colorful and bring out the personality of each character.

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Notice of formation of ACE ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 10/3/2017. Office location: Queens. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 135-27 40th Rd, 3 FL, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

34 OLIVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/17. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Mirotznik and Associates, LLC, 2115 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION is hereby given to Ahmad Bostani a/k/a Arman Rezayar Bostani a/k/a Ahmad Reza Bostani a/k/a Ahmadreza Bostani (collectively referred to as “Bostani”), of an action commenced in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, entitled Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company v. Islam, et al., Index No. 702988/2015, the object of which is, among other things, to recover damages against defendant Bostani in an amount of no less than $430,000.00 and expenses in an amount of no less than $7,288.01, plus interest from the date of April 14, 2014, costs, disbursements and expenses, for his role in the improper transfer of a certain piece of real property and for failure to repay a loan in a principal amount of $472,000.00 borrowed by Bostani in connection with said transfer of real property. Pursuant to its obligations under a policy of title insurance, plaintiff Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Commonwealth”) paid the above sum and incurred the above expenses to quiet title to the property. Legal Notice by Publication is further given that on January 20, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Mohammad Islam (“Islam”) as to liability only, and that on October 25, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Bostani as to liability only. Legal Notice by Publication is further given that an Inquest on the issue of damages to be awarded to Commonwealth and against Islam and Bostani will occur on February 27, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. at the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Trial Scheduling Part, Courtroom 25, Jamaica, New York 11435. If Judgment is entered against you for the relief that Commonwealth demands, the Sheriff may seize your money, wages, property or other assets to pay all or part of the Judgment. If you cannot afford an attorney, and seek information about the legal process, you may call the Help Center at the Supreme Court at (718) 2981024, or visit Room 100 in the Courthouse. Fidelity National Law Group, 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 103, Roseland, New Jersey 07068, (973) 863-7017, are the attorneys for Commonwealth.

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The Mordecai home — when Kew Gardens was new

Sean Avery’s ‘Ice Capades’

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Walter Cage Mordecai was born in 1884 in New Orleans. He came to New York at the age of 17 and created a direct mail advertising business which was a great success. His success continued with his own publishing company called The Equity Press.

In 1912 he married Elizabeth Carter and heard about a new housing development called Kew Gardens. He purchased No. 123 Quentin Road at the corner of Austin Street for his new bride. His new wealth allowed him to purchase one of the finest houses in the new development at one of the best corner locations.

By 1933 the address of his home had been changed to 119-04 80 Road and he decided to move further down to 117-46 Park Lane South in Kew Gardens opposite the park. In 1939 he decided to retire at age 55 and sold his direct mail and publishing companies.

In 1942 he moved to 778 Park Avenue in Manhattan where he eventually passed away in 1953 at age 69. His original home

Home of Walter C. Mordecai, 123 Quentin Road, summer 1914. had been enlarged and made into a dentist office. Eventually it fell into decay but is now on its way back with a restoraQ tion process in progress now.

Correction The Nov. 2 column “The story of the boro’s first, short-lived White Castle” misstated when the fast-food chain did and did not have locations in Queens.

Readers remember it operating here in the 1930s and ’40s. We regret the error. Q

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Former New York Rangers fan favorite, Sean Avery, has written his autobiography, the cleverly-titled “Ice Capades.” It’s clear the irrepressible Avery did not use a ghost writer, because this book is very much in his voice.

Not surprisingly, he attacks his old coach, the martinet John Tortorella. He more or less questions Tortorella’s sanity in both the way he treated his players and the way he reflexively called the team’s beat writers idiots.

At a time when homophobia was rampant in professional sports, Avery was an outspoken advocate for marriage equality and couldn’t give a crap what anyone thought of his interest in fashion or his friendship with Vogue doyenne Anna Wintour, which resulted in a highly publicized internship at the magazine that was the basis of the film, “The Devil Wears Prada.”

Avery is married to model Hilary Rhoda, and is now studying acting. He adds that he has always been interested in performing Shakespeare since he grew up near Stratford, Ontario, which is famous for its summer productions of The Bard’s works.

Three cheers to the Yankees for showing common sense. The team announced two weeks ago that it would start all Monday through Thursday night games at 6:35 p.m in April. The Mets will probably not do the same,

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since Citi Field is farther from Manhattan than Yankee Stadium is. However there is no reason why the Mets can’t slate all of their Saturday games for 1 p.m., at least until Memorial Day weekend.

Tickets for individual games for the Mets’ 2018 season go on sale tomorrow, Nov. 17.

Two Mets players have just changed their tax filing status from single to joint. Travis d’Arnaud got married in Los Angeles over Veterans Day weekend, as did Brandon Nimmo in Savannah. Nimmo met his wife when he was playing with the Mets-affiliated Savannah Sand Gnats five years ago.

Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Josh McCown and the New York Jets 15-10 on Sunday in the Journeyman Bowl held at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.

CBS play-by-play anchor Kevin Harlan pointed out that never before in NFL history had two starting quarterbacks played for a combined 15 different teams.

To be fair, McCown really didn’t have a chance to show what he could do since the Jets offensive line was basically a sieve. McCown received scant protection as he was tossed around like a rag doll by the Buccaneers’ linebackers. You have to wonder how Giants CEO John Mara is keeping his sanity this season. Q See the extended version of Sports Beat every week at qchron.com.

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD • Mint Garden – 2BR with FDR, 1 bath, newly carpeted, new windows, low maint. ...Asking $245K • 3BR, 1 bath, 1st floor Garden Co-op, .............. Asking $215K • 2BR, Garden Co-op, .............. Asking $189K

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