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The Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers held its first public meeting in Queens last week to discuss whether images of Christopher Columbus like this one in Astoria, and other figures, should be kept on public property or removed.

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Should they stay or should they go?

Queens residents, activists speak before mayor’s statue commission

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

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ayor de Blasio’s hand-picked statue commission heard a variety of opinions on which historical monuments should stay and which should be removed at its first public meeting in Queens last Friday, with some speakers saying images of people like Christopher Columbus should not stand on public ground while others argued he, and other figures, should not be touched.

“We do not want to emulate the book burners,” said former state Sen. Serphin Maltese of Middle Village. “We do not want to emulate the iconoclasts who have erased a valued part of our past.”

The hearing was the first of five to be held across the city before the mayor’s 18-member panel makes nonbinding recommendations on which statues and monuments should be removed from public ground. Five attended the session at Borough Hall in Kew Gardens.

The suggestions are due before the end of the year.

While Maltese was not alone last week in his belief that all statues — such as the one of the Italian explorer in Columbus Circle — should be kept in place, there were some who expressed their desire to see Columbus and others moved to a new location, and perhaps replaced with other figures.

Councilman-elect Bob Holden was one of several residents to speak in front of the mayor’s statPHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY ue commission last Friday in Queens.

“I think for indigenous people, people of color, especially young folk, it’s problematic because we have to look up and see white men on pedestals but we can’t see any statues that look like us,” Shawnee Rice, a member of the American Indian Community House in Lower Manhattan, said at the hearing.

The panel was brought together following

the violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, which was met with opposition from neo-Nazi and other white supremacist groups.

One rightist killed a counterprotester and injured many more in an alleged terroristic car-ramming attack.

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De Blasio in August suggested the Columbus Circle statue — erected in 1892 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his expedition — may be removed.

“We have to look at everything here,” the mayor said at the time.

Italian Americans, like Maltese, have vowed to fight any attempt to move monuments dedicated to the sailor, who came to the Americas on behalf of the Spanish crown.

Some have pointed out Columbus was hostile, even murderous, to the Native Americans he found when he got to this hemisphere’s shores.

In September, a vandal sprayed “Take it Down” and “Don’t honor genocide” on a statue of Columbus in Astoria.

“What they do is they glorify a figure who was against all things that the Statue of Liberty represents,” Rick Chavolla, chairman of the American Indian Community House, said of the images of Columbus and others.

Glenn Cantave, founder of the advocacy group Movers and Shakers, called Columbus a “terrorist.”

Those who want the explorer and other historical individuals to stay said today’s values should not be used to judge the people of yesteryear.

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A nonamicable dispute over Council’s brief Mayor’s lawyer says Ulrich, Richards legally can’t back property tax suit

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Mayor de Blasio’s top law yer last Wednesday argued that five City Council members, including two from Queens, should not have been able to file an amicus curiae brief in support of a lawsuit that alleges the city’s property tax system is not only broken, but unconstitutional.

“The case law is very clear,” Joshua Sivin, senior counsel at the Law Department, said in Manhattan Supreme Court Nov. 15, according to The New York Times.

“The City should speak with one voice.”

The brief in question was signed Sept.

29 by Councilmembers Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Fer nando Cabrera (D -Bron x), Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) and Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) and argues the city’s property tax system is “inequitable, unfair and discriminatory.”

The papers are in support of an April lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court

by Tax Equity Now NY, a group headed by for mer st at e Ch ief Judge Jon at h a n Lippman and Bloomberg administration Finance Commissioner Martha Stark, alleging the system for taxing properties varies by neighborhoods and has a racial bias that violates the Fair Housing Act. For example, people in minority areas, like Southeast Queens, pay more than those in more well-to-do neighborhoods, like Park Slope, where de Blasio owns two homes.

It’s City Hall vs. the City Council. The Mayor’s top lawyer last week argued five Council members, including two from Queens, should be barred from supporting a lawsuit against the city alleging FILE PHOTO the property tax system is unconstitutional.

The city Law Department is asking the courts to dismiss the suit and not accept the Council members’ brief.

Jason Adolfo Otaño, general counsel for the City Council, filed papers in support of

the lawmakers’s ability to lodge their brief, but not the content of it.

“To preclude acceptance for the proposed amicus brief would constitute an impermissible encroachment of the executive branch

on the legislative branch,” he wrote.

It’s not the first time members of the Council have supported a lawsuit against the city — in 2012, 27 of them filed an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the city over the practice of stop and frisk.

Richards, a candidate for Council speaker, defended signing the brief.

“As an elected official who represents 160,000 residents, I felt it was necessary to move the conversation forward to create a more equitable property tax system,” he said in an emailed statement. “In my official capacity, I am representing the collective interest of my constituents who have shouldered this burden for far too long and the City Council is in agreement that we have every right to continue to see this process play out as is.”

In an emailed statement, Ulrich said, “I am not at liberty to comment on this specific case, as litigation is ongoing.

“However, everyone knows the property tax system in New York City is outrageous and unfair,” he continued. “Homeowners in places like Howard Beach and Ozone Park pay far more than people who own similarly priced homes in neighborhoods like Long Island City and Park Slope. That needs to change.”

The plaintiffs aren’t seeking any direct monetary relief for homeowners, but rather are asking the court to change the way Q properties are assessed and taxed.

Pat Adams, Forum publisher, is indicted Mob-tied Howard Beach woman faces 20 years in prison

by Anthony O’Reilly

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A grand jury last Wednesday handed up a mob-related indictment against Patricia Adams, publisher of the Forum Newsgroup, according to court documents.

Adams, who was arrested in August, was indicted on one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of witness tampering, the documents state.

The Howard Beach resident in May allegedly tried to prevent an unnamed teenage girl from telling authorities that Mafia affiliate Rob Pisani sexually assaulted her shortly after he was released on bond following racketeer ing charges filed against him and nine other members and associates of the Bonanno family.

Pisani’s arrest on the sexual assault charges was a violation of his bond and a bail violation hearing was requested.

Adams, who allegedly has gambling debts owed to the Bonanno family, met with the father of the sexual abuse victim and attempted to persuade him to convince his daughter not to cooperate with the upcoming bail hearing, threatening to “disseminate embarrassing information” about her, according to a federal complaint.

“I’m going to hurt her and, and I don’t want to,” Adams allegedly said. “I would never in a million years come talk to you unless my arsenal was fully loaded ... It is my position, and I don’t f--k with it. I don’t make empty promises, and I don’t make empty threats.”

The meeting was set up a day after the newspaper publisher allegedly received a call from a number associated with Pisani.

Although it’s not clear if it’s the same call, Adams allegedly said on tape she received a call from someone telling her in a deep voice, “You better f-----g fix this ... You got a week.”

The victim’s father recorded the meeting with Adams, the complaint states.

Adams, who since August has been on house arrest, stated she had an “interest” in the case, allegedly her relationship to the Bonanno family and Pisani.

“I have one objective — very honestly,” she allegedly told the father. “For my good, for everybody’s good, I’m hoping she’ll

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“I have a personal, personal liability,” she allegedly stated. “I’ve been trying to get out for two years. But because of certain obligations, I’m forced to stay on. I’m kind of under their ... thumb.”

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Addabbo: Change the SBS lane rules Senator seeks to alleviate stress on Woodhaven-Cross Bay businesses

by Anthony O’Reilly

Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking for changes to State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard be made to the bus lanes.

The lawmaker is asking that the offset and Beach) has worried for years about how Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and main roadway bus lanes that are now in effect Cross Bay boulevards would impact his dis- 24/7 be changed to rush-hour only from Montrict — and now, he’s seeing many of those day to Friday, that the curbside parking restriction on Saturdays be eliminated — he fears come to life.

One of his top concerns — besides the says “there is no ‘rush hour’ on Saturdays” increased congestion on the corridor — is and a lot of businesses are closed Sunday — and that lost parking the impact the bus spaces in front of lanes, specifically the commercial businesscu rbside ones on ou can’t laser focus on es along the bouleCross Bay between one thing and have vard be restored.

Liberty Avenue and “A s yo u k n ow the Belt Parkway, are collateral damage all Commissioner, it is having on businesses. extremely difficult to O n ly bu ses a re over the place.” sustain a local busiallowed to use the — State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. ness in New York lanes from 7 to 10 City, especially in a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., meaning cars are not allowed to park there the boroughs,” Addabbo states in his letter. during those hours. Some merchants along “With a project like the SBS limiting access the boulevard have reported significant from customers, it immediately became exceedingly harder. These small businesses profit losses due to the parking restriction.

“You can’t laser focus on one thing and seek assistance from our government, not have collateral damage all over the place,” obstacles blocking their livelihood.”

A DOT spokesman only said the agency Addabbo said in a Nov. 17 interview with is “reviewing” the senator’s letter. the Chronicle. “You can’t do it.”

Addabbo believes the DOT is taking his In an effort to alleviate the stress on business owners, Addabbo sent a letter to requests seriously.

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. is trying to alleviate some of the financial stress business owners have been feeling since the Select Bus Service lanes on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards FILE PHOTO have been installed.

“They’ve heard us loud and clear,” he said. “Now that [SBS] has started, the elected officials have started weighing in on the impacts and we have to continue putting on the pressure.”

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At last Saturday’s Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association meeting, a number of residents expressed confusion over what they can and can’t do in the Select Bus Service lanes along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards.

When could they make a right turn? How long could they be in the lane before they get a ticket?

Just taking a ride along the boulevard shows that many drivers don’t know the rules.

Question no more — this story will explain the rules of the newly redesigned corridor. Motorists are only allowed in the lanes to make right turns, drop off or pick up passengers or to park, when allowed.

Drivers looking to make a right turn into a driveway are only allowed in the lanes for 200 feet, while those looking to go down a side street can enter anywhere along a block.

And while state law says a car must never cross a solid white line between travel lanes, that’s not the case with the bus lanes.

“Even when the bus lane is offset, drivers can cross the bus lane at any point to make a legal maneuver, including parking at the curb or making a right turn at a driveway or the next intersection,” a Department of Transportation spokesman told the Chronicle in an emailed statement.

While you may load and unload passengers in the lane, doing the same with material goods is strictly prohibited curbside while the lanes are in effect — which on Cross Bay Boulevard is 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

“Many curbside bus lanes have mid-day hours where parking and deliveries are permitted, and many streets with bus lanes have delivery space on an opposite curb, or on a cross street,” the city’s website states.

“You can use these hours and locations for Confused on the rules of the SBS lanes? This deliveries, or schedule the delivery before FILE PHOTO or after the bus lanes are in effect.” story offers some explanations.

So what happens if you’re caught disobeying these rules?

That means you shouldn’t turn from the Cameras watching the lanes went into second-rightmost lane, as many are doing, effect Nov. 19 and for the first 60 days, often cutting off vehicles in the bus lane.

So what if you’re picking up or dropping motorists will only be issued warnings.

After that, fines ranging from $115 to off a passenger?

If you’re driving in a spot where there is $150 will be issued.

Of course, when the bus lanes are not in an offset lane, meaning there’s room for parking between the bus lane and the curb, effect any vehicle is allowed in them — but you may cross through the lane and to the on Woodhaven and Cross Bay, that’s a rarity. curb, as you would if you were trying to find The lanes from Dry Harbor Road to Metropolitan Avenue and Park Lane South to Libparking.

With the curbside bus lanes, you may still erty Avenue are 24/7.

The curbside lanes from Union Turnpike do drop-offs and pickups.

The city’s website states you may be in the to Myrtle Avenue are for buses only 7 a.m. to lane “for the time it takes for a passenger 7 p.m. Monday to Friday.

For more information on the rules, you can standing at the curb to enter or a passenger to exist the vehicle and get onto the sidewalk,” visit the city’s web pages for SBS at on.nyc. gov/2hQkQ7U or on.nyc.gov/2hnvHTQ. Q with no further explanation.

started issuing warnings to motorists not following the rules of the bus lanes [see a separate story explaining what motorists can and can’t do in them in some editions or at qchron.com]. The warnings will continue for 60 days, after which time fines ranging Q from $115 to $150 will be issued.

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DSNY Thanksgiving note The city’s Department of Sanitation is reminding residents that there will be no collection of garbage, recycling or organic material on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23.

Residents who normally receive Thursday garbage or organics collections should place their materials out at curbside after 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23 for a Friday pickup.

Those whose recycling is normally collected on Thursdays should place their materials at the curb after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, for pickup on Thursday, Nov. 30. No street sweeping will take place on Thanksgiving.

Normal collection service schedules will Q resume on Friday, Nov. 24.

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TrapHouse club shut down by SLA Ozone Park residents complained the site’s patrons were causing havoc

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Bradley responded that a suspension, or any other form of punishment, might come The liquor license for the TrapHouse with a hefty fine.

“I don’t think you want to write the Gentleman’s Club in Ozone Park, an establishment that has been the source of many check I’m going to ask you to write,” the complaints from neighboring residents, was SLA chairman said. “Every other charge revoked by the State Liquor Authority at the that’s nonviolent in nature has been committed one time previously, and sometimes body’s Nov. 8 meeting.

“We’re at a stage where the chances have twice ... I have revoked people for way less run out,” said SLA Chairman Vincent Brad- than this.”

Weinstein thanked ley at the meeting. the SLA “for the “ [The ow ner] had opportunity” to speak. multiple chances to inally, the people of the The license revocaclean up his act ... we t ion comes f ive now have people in surrounding areas will months after residents jeopardy of getting living near the Traphurt.” be able to get some House complained to The sustained peace and quiet.”

Community Board 9 charges against the of public sex acts and club, located at 78-16 — Assemblyman Mike Miller urination, drinking Atlantic Ave., include and drug use emanathaving unlicensed security guards, violation of unspecified ing from the gentleman’s club.

One woman said her car was shot up by local regulations, being a “focal point for police attention” and there being a “sus- club-goers and some, though speaking willtained pattern of noise/disorder” coming ingly, feared they might face retribution for doing so. Police Officer Jose Severino, a from the establishment.

Mark Weinstein, the attorney for the community affairs cop with the 102nd Prebusiness, asked the SLA to levy a smaller cinct, said at that CB 9 meeting five arrests penalty — such as a suspension of the liquor had been made and 21 criminal summonses issued at the club in the past two years just license, rather than it being revoked.

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A woman’s car was shot up last year, allegedly by a patron of the TrapHouse Gentlemen’s Club.

The establishment’s liquor license was revoked by the State Liquor Authority at the body’s Nov. 8 FIILE PHOTO meeting. by the NYPD — not counting any other actions that might have been taken by other agencies.

The advisory panel unanimously voted at that meeting to send a letter to the SLA asking for the site to be shut down.

Assemblywoman Mike Miller (D-Wood-

haven) said he is happy to hear that request was finally granted.

“It took a while,” Miller said in a Monday interview with the Chronicle. “My office has been working on it for months ... Finally, the people of the surrounding areas will be Q able to get some peace and quiet.”

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An 18-year-old Springfield Gardens resident died in Ozone Park last Saturday when his car crashed with another and collided into two parked vehicles, police said in a release.

According to the NYPD, Xylique Lovelace-Loney was driving eastbound on Sutter Avenue when his car collided with an SUV that was going northbound on 80th Street. The impact caused Lovelace-Loney’s car to crash into two unoccupied, parked vehicles, cops said.

The Springfield Gardens man’s vehicle was maligned, and firefighters had to cut him out of the driver’s seat. He was sent to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The second driver, an unidentified 21-year-old man, sustained minor injuries and refused medical attention at the scene, according to police.

The NYPD did not say if speeding was involved in the crash but, according to published reports, they are looking at whether the surviving driver may have blown a stop sign at the intersection. At press time, no charges had been filed and

The New York Racing Association last Saturday released its 2018 calendar, which calls for 229 days of races at Aqueduct Race Track, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course — but with five fewer days than allowed for at the South Ozone Park venue.

The winter/spring meet at Aqueduct will begin Jan. 1 and run through April 22, a 61-day season, three fewer than was held this year. The Big A saw 16 racing days in April this year — the same month will see 13 meets in 2018.

When racing picks back up in Queens next November, there will be 38 meets from Nov. 2 to the end of the year — two fewer than the same time span this year.

The change comes months af ter NYRA was reprivatized as part of the state budget. Par t of the agreement allowed NYRA to cut the number of racing days at Aqueduct.

Racing at Belmont and Saratoga will be untouched.

The 54-day Belmont season will start April 22 and the Belmont Stakes will

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A violent Ozone Park crash claimed the life PHOTO BY ROBERT STRIDIRON of one man. the investigation was ongoing.

Ozone Park residents told reporters there have been prior accidents at the site, but this was the worst one yet.

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) said on social media he will look to prevent any future occurrences.

“This is every parent’s worst nightmare,” the lawmaker said Sunday. “I will be meeting with the Department of Transportation and the 106th Precinct tomorrow to see if there is anyway to Q make this intersection safer.”

There will be five fewer days of racing at FILE PHOTO Aqueduct in 2018. take place on June 9.

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t the famous Ben’s Best Deli, business is down 17 percent, and in the middle of dinner time last Friday, there were two people in the place when it’s usually packed. Up the street at Topix Bar and Lounge, business is down 10 percent. At Domino’s Pizza, seven of 22 drivers have quit since August. Many other stores are suffering too.

They all have the misfortune of being located on the 1.3mile stretch of Queens Boulevard where the city eliminated 198 parking spaces so it could install bike lanes. And the result is that they’re being crushed.

The situation is reflected on a stretch of Cross Bay Boulevard where new curbside bus lanes have eliminated parking at key times of the day. A manager at the C-Town Supermarket there says business is down 20 percent.

All this damage to our society so that a vocal minority of residents can ride bikes safely on the one hand — and there’s no arguing against safety, but it didn’t require this — and bus riders can shave a few minutes off their trip on the other.

It didn’t have to be this way. The bike lanes on the boulevard could have been installed within the medians between the main and service roads. Keeping concrete on their edges would even have prevented cars and trucks from riding in the

unnecessarily wide lanes, as they’re doing wantonly now.

Chronicle Associate Editor Christopher Barca even saw a city bus ride half in and half out of a bike lane while he was going from business to business for interviews last Friday.

Find his detailed report in some of this week’s editions or at qchron.com. But putting the lanes where the medians are wouldn’t have had the negative impact on drivers that seems part and parcel of city Department of Transportation thinking today — not to mention of the activist groups that are at least more honest in acknowledging the war on cars.

Similarly, the second lanes from the right on Cross Bay could have been the ones marked bus-only, letting people park and shop as they always have. But now that the damage has been done under the Select Bus Service project, the least the city could do is take the lanes out of effect on Saturdays and in the middle of the weekday. There’s no reason SBS needs these lanes to be bus-only for 12 or 24 hours a day, as they are depending on which piece of the Woodhaven-Cross Bay boulevard corridor you’re talking about. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. is trying to get something done about that.

But there’s no helping the Queens Boulevard merchants.

It’s sad that this is considered progress by those in power.

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It is wonderful to be able to get different viewpoints so I can make up my own mind.

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Do your part! Just head out to your neighborhood’s main shopping drag — or another of the countless ones across Queens — and put your money where your mouth is when it comes to supporting the community. Commercial activity is just as important as governmental and civic concerns when it comes to keeping a community healthy. You don’t want vacant storefronts, and the way to minimize them is by patronizing your existing stores and restaurants.

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Our Founding Fathers were explicit in making sure politicians were to keep their hands off journalism. That Lancman claims “We badly need more good local journalism” is absurd. The Queens local newspapers, and the Queens Chronicle in particular, do a highly professional job in informing the people of Queens about civic matters that are of importance. Indeed, not a week goes by without a Lancman article in one or more of the local papers.

Meade Esposito, a Brooklyn political leader, once said, “Today’s reformer is tomorrow’s hack.” Lancman should take note: What we badly need is not more good journalism, but more good politicians.

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Your offensive phrase Dear Editor: In your recent editorial, you responded to Rory Lancman’s comment that “It’s time for NYC to get back in the business of funding local journalism” by saying “No, it’s not. Is Lancman blind or does he have an unstated agenda here? …”

Whatever one’s opinion of Lancman’s comment, your language is extremely offensive to the blind community. You are falsely equating blindness with a lack of comprehension in language that is blatantly childish, prejudiced, insensitive and unacceptable.

It is astonishing and upsetting that such lack of thought was accepted by the Queens Chronicle staff and editor.

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Dear Editor: Thanksgiving is upon us and it is a time of good food and festive activities. It is the kickoff for the holiday season and that means there is much to do with preparations for the holiday season.

But we need to pause for a moment and think of those who have very little to be thankful about. There are many in homeless shelters and some living on the streets. Each day is a struggle for many trying to survive.

Added to that the children suffer the most with many who have very little to eat.

My suggestion, to those who can, is to please give to those organizations that help the many, like churches, other faith-based groups and community organizations. There are food pantries and soup kitchens that are in need of donations this time of the year. This is the season for caring, giving and sharing.

But also remember these people who are in need are not only needy during the holidays but all year long. Remember also: The kindness of strangers means a lot to those who have very little. So please give and you will be glad that you did.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Rego Park

ing up traffic on Queens Boulevard. Nobody really uses the bike lanes in Queens and I never recall being queried as a taxpayer if this expense was something I support or ever voted on. How many tax dollars did it cost for this boondoggle, anyway?

It has vastly reduced available parking spaces, is creating dangerous situations where drivers are driving in the green bike lanes and really does not work in Queens. It is okay to recreate a bicycling Amsterdam in Manhattan but this Bloomberg-era initiative clearly does not understand life in Queens.

Thomas Phillips Rego Park The writer included a photo of motor vehicles in a bike lane, which can be seen in the article “Bike lanes are ‘murder’ on Rego Pk. businesses” at qchron.com.

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Dear Editor: Thirty-first Street running underneath the elevated N and W lines in Astoria/Long Island City is a very busy street these days.

The 30th and 36th avenue subway stops are closed until June 2018, due to repairs and unfinished repairs are cluttering the adjacent Broadway stop.

If the MTA, which is the cause of all the A Sunnyside solar farm chaos generated from these repairs, preDear Editor: served the safeguards that they were obligatAs residents of Sunnyside we are very con- ed to maintain, after losing several lawsuits cerned about the possible plans for the further from advocacy groups of the citizens with development of the Sunnyside Rail Yards. The disabilities, they would be prioritizing pasgrotesque overdevelopment taking place in sengers’ safety, when altering these routes.

Long Island City highlights the necessity of However, this organization puts in peril both citizenry involvement to make sure that the passengers with disabilities and decisions being made serve the passengers with little children, best long-term interests of the ONLINE due to the disregard it has been people, not the short-term profshowing in addressing their Miss an article or a its of the developers. needs, between the Astoria letter cited by a writer?

When it comes to figuring Street and the 39th Avenue subWant breaking news out the best long-term interests way and bus stops. from all over Queens? of the people, we must pay propOne egregious example is Find the latest news, er attention to the disaster of removing the stop for the 39th past reports from all manmade global warming that is unfolding before our eyes. We over the borough and Avenue/31st Street bus stop on the Manhattan side, which was must awaken ourselves from our more at qchron.com. safely and conveniently placed business-as-usual mentality next to the subway stop stairs where big money sets the agenda. We must treat this situation as the emergency that it and moving it to the middle of 31st Street, in a very highly trafficked area. Thus, persons truly is and act accordingly.

With that in mind we suggest that the Sun- using walkers or canes and adults with chilnyside Rail Yards should live up to its name dren are facing the dangerous path of navigatand be developed as a massive solar farm. ing heavy traffic, parked cars, icy roads and This would truly be in our long-term self- bumps on the pedestrian side and on the street.

It is unacceptable that this should be done at interest. We don’t need more skyscrapers and as a city of 8.5 million we don’t need more any time. This is even more so the case when passengers with disabilities are using the bus people. Bigger is not necessarily better.

What we need to do is to leave a habitable to get to the 39th Avenue subway stop, from Earth for our children and our grandchildren. the 36th Avenue subway stop and from the Jeff Vogel 35th, 36th, 37th and 38th avenues bus stops.

Brenda Ryan When called to task on Nov. 15 about the Sunnyside issues of passengers with disabilities, Mr. Joe Lhota, chairman of the MTA stated unceremoniously: “Like I don’t have enough Bike lanes don’t belong f----g problems.”

Dear Editor: The remark followed a request from board Please rid our borough of bike lanes member Charles Moerdler for the MTA to ASAP. They are fine in the East and West create a working group on paratransit and Village, the Upper West Side and other parts accessibility for straphangers with disabilities. of Manhattan, but they are completely messcontinued on next page

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Letters continued from previous page Should one passenger with disabilities and/or child (not to mention any other passengers) fall and injure herself because of the unsafe distance and placement of the 39th Avenue/31st Street bus station, the MTA will be sued yet again and lose yet again millions.

All these problems would be avoided by moving back the bus stop toward Manhattan adjacent to the subway stairs.

Gabriel Gherasim Astoria

can easily argue that the various Democratic elected officials don’t even have a mandate to represent their own party’s constituents. The majority of registered voters (mostly Democrats) stayed home and sent a clear message that their party doesn’t speak for them. How can Mayor de Blasio and his fellow elected Democrats celebrate such a hollow win?!

Ivan D. Mossop Jr. Jamaica The writer is the 32nd Assembly District Republican Male Leader and State Committee Member and was a candidate for the 28th City Council District.

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Dear Editor: I thank the Lord for Editor Michael Gannon’s journalistic instincts that led him to report my actions in your July 6 article entitled, “Opening arguments in Ruben Wills trial”: “In a related matter, a Republican seeking the nomination to run for Wills’ 28th District Council seat asked a room full of Democrats on Saturday why they have not called on Wills to resign.

“Ivan Mossop Jr., during a questionand-answer session of a meeting with Democratic leaders and about 500 party members, was cut off by U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau), who said the day was ‘a Democratic event.’”

I hope my example of “speaking truth to power” will continue to be emulated by others. Over 12 years ago I changed my party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Though initially I was a closet Republican, the continuing corruption amongst Democrats, especially those of color in Southeast Queens, has encouraged me to “find my voice” as a district leader and then City Council candidate within the Queens County Republican Party.

Though I only received 870 votes compared to Ms. Hettie Powell’s 1,379 and Councilmember Adrienne Adams’ 14,027, I spent no money on campaign literature, robocalls, etc. I relied on my personal “meeting and greeting” of the 28th District community, one candidate forum and the various news articles that were published.

In light of that, I think I did exceptionally well and my “more successful competitors” may be left to wonder how much “bang for the buck” did their campaign advertising dollars gain them.

I contend that nothing beats getting out and meeting your potential voters. As I spoke to people in the Greater Jamaica community, I learned how many Democrats were disappointed and resentful about the status quo and yet felt helpless, apathetic and/or fearful about speaking out. Given the record low voter turnout for both the primary and general elections in NYC, one

Dear Editor: Now that mass murderer Charles Manson has died, I hope that he will rot in the depths of Hades, for that is where he certainly deserves to go. The world will be a much better place now that this poor excuse for a human being is no longer with us. The heinous crimes of brutal murder that his people committed against Sharon Tate and the La Bianca family were unprecedented at that time. Now he is justly meeting his hellish reward.

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Dear Editor: It seems to me that many people of different races have no idea that most white people went through tough times.

My parents were born in Belarus. Their parents were not native-born Belarusians so they were not allowed to attend school (in approximately 1895). As teenagers, their parents worked it out for them to leave through Germany and go to relatives in the U.S.A. When they arrived, they were placed in jobs. My mom was a nanny for a doctor’s children. She was 14 years old. My dad went to work in a coal mine in Pennsylvania. After an explosion in the mine, where he suffered minor injuries, he went to work in a factory in Brooklyn. The foremen all carried canes, which they used to physically prod or poke the workers if they weren’t moving fast enough. He eventually left and became an apprentice butcher. Although he and my mom came from the same small town in Belarus, they first met in Brooklyn, and were married shortly after.

The point I’m trying to make is that all people had tough periods in their background. I’m not trying to equate it to slavery, which was horrible (just think: to be rounded up by your own people and sold like cattle to the slave traders). We have to go forward!

The black race is also moving forward.

We have black military officers, police, athletic managers and coaches, doctors, politicians — we even had a black president of the U.S.A. Progress is obvious and wonderful. We must keep moving forward!

God bless America!

Bern Chorzepa Rego Park

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Despite nearly “running out of gas” in the final weeks of his campaign, Councilman-elect Bob Holden officially pulled out a 137-vote victory against Elizabeth Crowley last Thursday. He talked PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA about his coming term in office with the Chronicle shortly after.

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Councilman-elect Bob Holden: It’s a phrase the longtime civic leader believes he won’t get used to anytime soon.

“It sounds good. It sounds better than, ‘Sorry you lost, Bob,’” Holden told the Chronicle last Thursday. “But this is crazy.

I’ve never experienced anything like this.”

The college professor’s future as a lawmaker was cemented last Thursday, when Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) conceded their bitter race to the longtime Juniper Park Civic Association president, who bested her by a mere 137 votes.

Her concession came a day after hundreds of outstanding paper ballots were counted by city Board of Elections officials — a process which saw Holden’s narrow 133-vote lead out of more than 20,000 cast on Election Day grow by four.

It was a sharp turnaround for the 66-yearold civic leader, who was trounced by Crowley in September’s Democratic primary.

Holden accepted an offer from the Queens County GOP later that month to run on the Republican line — in addition to the Conservative, Reform and Dump de Blasio lines — in the general election. But even with that boost, he said, chances of him winning were not high.

“Campaigning was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. A couple weeks out, I was running out of gas,” he said. “Everywhere I went, it seemed like Elizabeth Crowley had been there twice.”

But what set Holden apart from his opponent, he said, was his dedicated band of volunteers, from both within the district and outside it, who were by his side every day.

“I had an intangible she didn’t have. I had

volunteers who believed in me. I’ll never be able to repay these people who gave so much of their lives,” he said. “They won this. I was ready to give up.”

With the grueling campaign — one that featured as many personal insults as policy discussions — now behind him, Holden said he’s starting to hear from a number of his future colleagues in government.

As of last Thursday, he had already had discussions with Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Brooklyn) and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), with the civic leader adding the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has reached out to him.

One person who hadn’t reached out to him as of last week, he said, was his vanquished opponent.

But there’s been little time for celebration, as Holden said he’s already thinking of which committees he would like to join and what legislation he hopes to introduce.

“I have some ideas. I think there are important committees I would like to be on for my neighborhoods,” he said, specifically citing the panels on aging and public safety.

“There are bills I want to introduce on homelessness and affordable housing. I want to push the Reform Party platform on those issues, the ideas I came up with alongside [Flushing urban planner] Paul Graziano.”

Arguably the biggest question surrounding Holden at the moment is which party he will caucus with. The registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line told the Chronicle he still wasn’t sure, adding he hates the fact that caucusing is even an aspect of legislative life.

“I’m going to get pressured, I know. I’ve gotten calls from Democrats and Republicans,” continued on page 18

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Will Holden’s colleagues welcome him warmly?

Council members differ on whether they think the civic leader will fit in

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

T

he City Council’s Queens delegation isn’t just a collection of colleagues from the same borough, according to Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), the group’s leader.

Beyond being legislative allies, the lawmaker said, they are a tight knit group of friends.

That apple cart has been upset in a major way, however, as Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) — the longest actively tenured lawmaker in the borough — will be departing in January in favor of the man who defeated her by 137 votes last week, Councilman-elect Bob Holden.

The Juniper Park Civic Association president isn’t just the insurgent political rookie who ran on the Republican line despite being a registered Democrat — eventually taking down the cousin of powerful Queens Democratic Party chairman Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx).

He’s also the bomb-throwing activist known for his take-no-prisoners attitude and his penchant for raging against lawmakers, regardless of party, who he and his neighbors believe have wronged them.

And over the last 10 of his nearly 30 years in charge at the JPCA, Elizabeth Crowley has been his biggest and most hated target.

Will Holden’s h istor y a nd scorched-earth approach to issues hurt him with any of his new colleagues in government?

In a Chronicle survey of Queens lawmakers, it depended on whom the paper asked.

One of the more optimistic lawmakers was Koslowitz, who said she’s known the civic leader for many years and has worked well with him in the past — something Holden himself acknowledged during his campaign.

However, the Forest Hills lawmaker campaigned for Crowley over the last few months, telling the Chronicle last Friday that her friend’s defeat was a “very sad” moment for the borough.

“Absolutely,” Koslowitz said, when asked if Crowley will be missed. “It’s very sad because she has worked hard. She really fought hard for her constituents.”

At the same time, the head of the Queens delegation said she is “hopeful” that Holden will prove to be a valued, productive member of the City Council. But for him to earn the respect of his colleagues, Koslowitz said, he needs to pick and choose his

battles much more carefully.

“He’s in a different position. He’s going to have to produce for his constituents,” she said. “If you throw bombs, you’re not going to get what your constituents need.”

Koslowitz added that taking a scorched-earth approach against City Hall, at least in public, could easily backfire, possibly in the form of decreased funding or interest from the ad minist ration in dist r ict projects.

“All of that does matter. You’ll never see me in front of City Hall bad-mouthing the mayor,” she said.

“I have my own opinions and my thoughts on the mayor and his policies, but bad-mouthing the mayor is bad for my people.

“I’ve called them, screamed and carried on,” she added of city officials. “But I don’t have to do it in the street. That would only make things worse.”

At the end of the day, Koslowitz believes maintaining a positive relationship with the rest of the Queens delegation is a must for Holden. If he’s open to it, she said, his colleagues will be there to help guide him early in his term and help advance legislation he pushes in the future.

“I want to see how he reacts with us, but it’s hard for me to say what will happen,” she said. “I hope the Queens delegation continues to be what it’s been. But if people start fighting, we shut them out. That’s it.”

While Koslowitz was optimistic Holden will become a valued member of the delegation, Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said in a Monday interview he will “fight against” the incoming lawmaker’s possibly caucusing with the Democrats.

According to Dromm, Holden ruined any chance of fostering a relationship with him on Election Night, when the civic leader pledged in his victory speech to “battle some of the lunatics in the City Council that are trying to destroy the city.”

“Calling your future colleagues lunatics is not a good way to start,” Dromm said. “I do wish him well. I hope his constituents benefit from him being in office, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen.”

The openly gay lawmaker also said he’s taken issues over the years with Holden and his views that “border on racist and homophobic,” adding that the councilman-elect is a “total Republican” no matter what party he’s affiliated with.

“In my opinion, Bob represents the Trump side of the Republican Party, and he’s just as explosive as

Will bomb-throwing Councilman-elect Bob Holden, left, be welcome in City Hall? Councilman Eric Ulrich says he’s excited to work with him, but other lawPHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA makers aren’t exactly thrilled by the idea. the president,” he said. “He’s always been a Republican. He has no Democratic credentials and he doesn’t represent anything the Democratic Party stands for.”

When asked what advice he had for the incoming rookie lawmaker, Dromm said Holden needs to eliminate name-calling and insulting from his arsenal.

But as of right now, the councilman said he couldn’t think of a single issue on which he even agrees with Holden, nevermind wants to work with him on.

“I don’t know what those issues would be. Look at the type of stuff you read on Queens Crap,” he said, referring to the pro-Holden blog that features mercilous attacks on lawmakers and a comment section often full of offensive remarks. “If this is what’s coming into the Council, he’s in for a rude awakening.”

Like Koslowitz, Councilman Rory Lancman (D -Fresh Meadows) bemoaned the loss of Crowley, calling her “focused” and one of the body’s more “effective” members who was not easily pushed around.

“She took her responsibility as chairperson of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee seriously and she conducted real oversight,” Lancman said. “I think her loss is a big loss to the body. She was always willing and able to stand up to the city when she needed to.”

But unlike Koslowitz, Lancman was not as hopeful Holden will make the transition “from insurgent, angry candidate to a councilman who represents everyone in his district and works effectively with his colleagues.”

“Even after the election, what I’ve seen from him is an unrelenting hostility toward the Queens Democratic Party, Elizabeth and the system that he’s now a part of,” he said. “Every

person who makes that transition as I did from civic leader to decisionmaker has to realize any jackass can knock down a barn. But it takes a leader to build one.”

Lancman was complimentary of Holden, however, calling him bright and intelligent while adding that he can be extremely professional.

But for the councilman-elect to be an effective lawmaker who represents his district’s interests while also crafting policy that impacts every city resident, Lancman said, Holden won’t be able to verbally batter his colleagues into working with him.

That could only isolate him and dramatically weaken his ability to legislate.

“Since the election, the only thing I’ve heard from Bob is unrelenting negativity. But if he would come out with something positive, I don’t think people wouldn’t work with him because he’s Bob Holden,” Lancman said. “The election’s over. He won.

Magnanimity on his part would serve him well.

“He has to decide if he wants to be Archie Bunker or if he wants to be a middle of the road kind of guy,” he added. “And it starts by showing some magnanimity and some class going forward.”

While Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) was not available for an interview by press time, he told the crowd at Holden’s victory party that his new colleague and good friend will work wonders for District 30.

“He will serve this community with integrity and he will always, always put the people first,” Ulrich said. “He’s not going to cater to the special interests or the party bosses.

He’s going to cater to the people and we need more people like him in City Hall.”

Councilman Costa Constantinides

(D-Astoria) declined to comment and a spokesperson for Councilman Antonio Reynoso (D-Brooklyn, Ridgewood) ack nowledged the Chronicle’s request for comment, but did not provide one.

Spokespersons for Councilmembers Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), Peter Koo (D-Flushing), Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens), Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

Several state lawmakers whom Holden will be representing southwest Queens with said that while they will miss Crowley, they are excited to work with the civic leader who vanquished her.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said his and Holden’s good working relationship has perservered over the years despite their differences.

But when it comes to actually entering public office, Addabbo advised Holden to pick his fights carefully, something the former said the latter “understands the gravity” of doing.

“He can be his usual vocal self and keep his persona, but he needs to know when to turn it on and turn it off,” Addabbo said. “When you’re an elected official, you have to be professional and somewhat of a role model for people in your area.

“You can’t work in a vacuum.

You need to form alliances to push bills through,” he added. “I think he’s going to learn that very quickly and I hope he’s productive.”

In a Monday interview, Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) called Holden a “competent community person” who should always be the same man the voters elected.

“Who am I to tell someone how to act or react? We all do things in our own way, and you have to adapt and adjust,” Miller said. “You just have to go in with no preconceived notions of what the job is or how the body operates.”

In a Monday statement, Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Maspeth) — who caught heat from his friend Holden for endorsing Crowley after pledging to stay neutral — said he is excited to work with the councilman-elect.

“I have worked closely with Bob before as a civic leader and I look forward to working with him as a Council member,” Barnwell said. “I know he will work hard and will stand up to whomever he has to for the betterment of the community.” Q

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Eric Ulrich defends yeshiva education Lawmaker says ‘anti-religious zealots’ shouldn’t go after Jewish community

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) last Wednesday defended the education offered at yeshivas, as the city continues to investigate whether some Jewish schools are illegally undereducating students.

“Let’s not let the anti-religious zealots go after the Jewish Community under the guise of education accreditation,” Ulrich said in a Nov. 15 Facebook post.

The councilman’s comments came in response to an op-ed in the New York Daily News, in which Rabbi David Niederman, director of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, blasted the probe into yeshivas in Brooklyn and elsewhere.

The city is looking into whether the schools are violating the state law that requires private schools, including those of a religious nature, to provide an education equal to that of public schools.

Some have charged that Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox yeshivas in the five boroughs are not teaching secular subjects such as math and science.

Niederman, in his op-ed, called the charge patently false.

“Our teachers employ a Socratic method of instruction, in which students are required to analyze passages and defend their interpretations,” the rabbi wrote in the Nov. 15 piece.

“You would be hard-pressed to find sixth-grade classrooms elsewhere that so resemble law school.”

Young Advocates for Fair Education — established by yeshiva graduate Naftuli Moster and other Jewish leaders in 2011 — say alumni of the Jewish institutions often have few or no marketable skills, earn a low income and are forced to

Councilman Eric Ulrich last week defended the education offered at yeshiva schools, as the city continues to investigate whether students at the Jewish institutions are being taught FILE PHOTO properly. rely upon public assistance to support an often large family.

Niederman argues yeshiva critics, including YAFFED, are trying to have Orthodox Jews exposed to a new worldview — which the rabbi says goes against the community’s version of the American Dream.

“Being true to our faith and our conscience is the ultimate American value,” he wrote. “That is our shining accomplishment, and we will not stand by while our critics

attempt to tarnish it.”

Ulrich, in his post, says, “We must not allow antisemitism to rear its ugly head in the area of education.

“I take great offense to those who argue that Yeshivas are subpar or inadequate. The Orthodox community takes great pride in ensuring that their children receive a high quality education alongside the Torah and rabbinical studies.”

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee, said in a Monday interview with the Chronicle that equating the city’s probe to anti-Semitism is “wrong” and that it’s “unfortunate” anyone would make that accusation.

“This is about state law that says these schools must offer the equivalent of a public school education ... and it’s not all, it’s some and I must stress that,” said Dromm, who has criticized the Department of Education for not taking the probe seriously enough.

Yeshivas are provided millions of dollars in public aid by the city and state.

Dromm said he has a “long history of supporting the Jewish community” and that Jewish leaders support the city’s investigation into the schools.

“Although I haven’t talked to any ultra-Orthodox leaders, I’ve heard people say, ‘Danny, you’re doing the right thing,’” the councilman said. “They’ve said, ‘This is about our Jewish children.’”

In his post, Ulrich said, “Surely, Catholics will be next.”

The Ozone Park councilman is a Catholic.

Dromm responded, “Catholic schools follow the law ... I went to Catholic schools for 16 years of my life and I’m very Q proud of that and very grateful for the education I got.”

‘Worst landlord’ runs Ridgewood building James reveals annual scorecard, Qns. locations with most HPD violations

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Public Advocate Letitia James named Jonathan Cohen of Silvershore Properties — a firm that owns an apartment building in Ridgewood — the single worst offender in her annual repor t of the city’s worst 100 landlords.

The company owns 1708 Summerfield St. in Ridgewood, a property that has received 116 violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. In total for its 19 buildings throughout the city, the firm has received 1,090 violations, James reported.

Cohen was on the list last year, getting the seventeenth spot on it.

To be on the scorecard, landlords must own a building with less than 35 units with an average of at least three serious, open violations for each unit. Or they have to own a building with 35 units or more with an average of at least two serious open violations per unit.

Responding to the watchlist, Silvershore Properties told the Chronicle that 19 buildings it recently bought had, on average, a high number of HPD violations this year because their previous owners neglected them. The violations, the firm explained, cannot be removed until an inspection happens.

“We have done a tremendous amount of work in these properties and expect the number of violations to be reduced significantly

once the HPD dismissal inspections are scheduled this month,” the firm said in a statement.

“We have been extremely proactive about addressing any issues in each of the buildings.”

The Summerfield Street property in particular has been controversial. In February 2016, tenants of the building accused Silvershore of deliberately not correcting HPD violations so the property would fail inspections and ultimately the company would lose its ability to rent to Section 8 voucher recipients. Were that to happen, those who receive the vouchers would no longer be able to pay the rent; higher renters could take their place.

But in the spring of last year, Silvershore reached a deal with the tenants that resulted in continuing the program. “[The Section 8 issue] was a mixup upon the transfer of the building,” the company added.

The eighth-worst landlord on the list — Meir Fried — owns a property at 1645 Summerfield St., not far from the Silvershore one on the same road. It has 28 HPD violations.

James also created a scorecard of the 10 Queens buildings with the highest number of HPD violations.

At the top of that list is a Jamaica Hills property just north of Hillside Avenue. Three hundred and eighty-three HPD and five Department of Buildings violations have been issued at 87-40 165 St., which is owned by

Jonathan Cohen of Silvershore Properties, the company that owns 1708 Summefield St. in Ridgewood, topped Public Advocate Letitia James’ annual list of the city’s “worst landlords” this PHOTO BY RYAN BRADY year. He had showed up on the scorecard last year.

Hillside House Management.

A pair of Flushing buildings took the second and third spots for properties in this borough: 150-15 Sanford Ave. with 244 HPD violations and 139-29 34 Road with 204 of them.

In Elmhurst at 40-26 Benham St., the fourth-worst offender sits, with 201 infractions from the housing agency. The fifth is at

34-01 28 Ave. in Astoria with 157 violations; the sixth is at 39-06 114 St. in Corona with 152 of them; number seven with 142 violations is in Forest Hills at 63-69 110 St. The last three spots went to 59-16 55 Road in Maspeth with 139 HPD infractions; 116-01 14 Road in College Point with 135 and 127-04 Q 135 Ave. in South Ozone Park with 128.

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Most favor three at a Manhattan forum for new Council’s leadership candidates

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Might a new City Council test voters’ resolve on term limits once more upon being seated in January?

Most candidates for what will be the open speaker’s position said they would support such a move, according to published reports.

The New York Post and Daily News, covering a forum for speaker candidates on Monday night at New York Law School, said most of the candidates support allowing a third term for members of the Council.

Both papers said Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) was he first to propose the change on Monday night.

The papers said most candidates favored addressing the matter by voter referendum — which twice has imposed the two-term limit — and limiting the extension only to Council members and not offices such as mayor, comptroller or public advocate.

Two members of the Queens delegation, Councilmen Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) are candidates.

The News quoted both men as favoring an extension, though Richards said it should only apply to members elected in the future.

The Chronicle has been unable to reach either member since last Thursday on this

one term apiece.

The rule also will allow Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) to run for election a third time, as he first went to the Council in a special election only two years ago.

The News characterized the call for an extension as speaker candidates possibly trying to curry favor with members who will make the selection.

But they also might risk incurring the wrath of voters who twice have set term limits at two.

The first two-year limit was set by a referendum in 1993.

But in 2008, then-mayor Mike Bloomberg, wanting a third term, got enough members of the Council to go along by a vote of 29-22.

Voters reimposed the two-term limit in a 2010 referendum.

Of the Queens Council members contacted for this story, only Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) offered an opinion on Monday’s discussion.

“It’s kids running for high school class president promising to eliminate homework,” Lancman said in a telephone interview. “Personally, I think three terms is a good number. But the people have already Q spoken on this twice.”

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Loosened restrictions for KDC liquor license Maspeth facility given more leeway

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The Knockdown Center and Community Board 5 are on much friendlier terms than they were three years ago. But that doesn’t mean they are disagreement-free.

In spite of CB 5’s opposition, the State Liquor Authority voted late last month to loosen some of the restrictions on the Maspeth arts and entertainment space at 54-19 Flushing Ave. Specifically, the Knockdown Center will be allowed a maximum capacity of 3,100 people on 20 occasions throughout the year and up to 1,800 every other night. That’s up from a maximum of 1,800 people 12 times per year.

“I wasn’t pleased with that at all. And I think if I didn’t show, they would have gotten 3,100 every day of the year,” CB 5 District Manager Gary Giordano said at the board’s Nov. 8 meeting. “Meanwhile, there’s a residential community right across the street from that site.”

At the advisory council’s April gathering, Knockdown Center director Tyler

Myers told the board he and his partners were looking to build a third bar inside the space and increase its legal capacity to 3,100 people.

That night, many CB 5 members who were originally skeptical of the Knockdown Center praised the venue and its operators.

But the board voted 34-4 in favor of allowing for just 15 possible dates per year when 1,800 people could assemble, with a permitted capacity of 1,000 the other 350 days of the calendar.

The Knockdown Center’s operators originally wanted to set the venue’s capacity at 5,000, sparking intense opposition from community members who feared what could happen when thousands of intoxicated people stumble out of a concert or party and into the partially residential, partially industrial area.

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“I’ve always said I want to surround he said. “But I have no idea, nor do I really care. I’m going to do what’s best for myself with the wonderfully talented people that got me there,” he said. “I’m going my constituents and that’s that.”

He told The New York Times last to offer the people around me first; those week, however, that he will “probably who are community people with no political affiliation and people from the discaucus with the Republicans initially.”

A major issue gripping the City Coun- trict who know the issues and me.”

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by Nov. 30, the same from Queens. Will day he will officialHolden officially get behind one of them? Even he doesn’t ly retire from his position as a graphic design professor at the New York City know yet.

“That’s something I haven’t been pay- College of Technology.

It is unclear who will take the reins of ing much attention to. I know that it’s all fluid though,” he said. “I’ll go to some the JPCA from Holden, who must also speaker debates and see for myself. I’ll resign from the spot on Community support the person who I think has the Board 5 he’s held for decades.

“I’m not used to this. I don’t like best ideas and has demonstrated the best change very much,” he said. “I’ve been leadership ability.”

When asked who he anticipates will married to the same woman and lived in serve on his staff, Holden said he was in the same house forever. I haven’t had the early stages of considering candi- change in 30 years. So this will certainly Q dates. But his eventual hires will all have be interesting for me.”

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Bike lanes are ‘murder’ on Rego Pk. businesses Owners say drastic measures are coming because of parking removal

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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ame a food-related TV show and odds are that Ben’s Best Deli at 96-40 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park has been featured on it.

Popular restauranteur Guy Fieri once sampled owner Jay Parker’s famed pastrami on Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” in 2011. Last year, it was Travel Channel’s “Food Paradise” that highlighted the deli. The eatery was even featured in the 2016 film “The Comedian,” starring Robert De Niro and Danny DeVito.

Take one look at the walls of the establishment and you’ll see photos of Parker meeting all sorts of celebrities — there’s even a shot of him and Pope John Paul II. With the advent of food-based television networks and social media, the 72-year-old deli has become something of a tourist attraction, with guests coming from all across the globe to munch on the authentic kosher cuisine.

So why at 6 p.m. on a recent, rainfree Friday night was the eatery almost entirely empty, save for one couple?

According to Parker, the answer is painted green just a few feet outside.

“The bike lanes aren’t hurting us, they’re murdering us,” Parker told the Chronicle. “This is our busy season.

If things don’t turn around, you could expect layoffs in January or February. I can promise you that.”

After about a year of planning, the Department of Transportation laid down a bike lane in August on both the eastbound and westbound Queens Boulevard service roads between Eliot Avenue in Rego Park and Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills.

To make room for the cycling path, the city removed 198 parking spaces along the 1.3-mile stretch while also adding curbside delivery-only zones, which ban parking from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day except Sunday.

That removal of parking, Parker

said, has left customers circling the area for up to an hour looking for a spot. And after months of going through the same aggravating process over and over, some have given up visiting the deli entirely.

“We’re down 17 percent and this is my busy time,” he told the Chronicle last Friday. “I’m spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in marketing to get people to come here. But my city is inconveniencing them and they’re going to go somewhere else.”

That sole couple dining in the deli? They had gotten a $95 parking ticket minutes earlier for stopping in a deliveries-only zone.

“This is why people don’t come back,” said Mary, a Maspeth resident who declined to give her last name.

“It’s confusing. We’re afraid to park here now.”

In his discussion with the Chronicle, Parker placed the blame for his eatery’s struggle at the feet of Mayor de Blasio, a man he called an “idealogue” and a “tyrant” who thinks more about his national political ambitions than city businesses he should be helping.

He also slammed the DOT for ramming the bike lanes down the collective throats of residents who won’t utilize them.

“Look at the demographics of Rego Park and Forest Hills. People here don’t own bikes, don’t ride bikes and don’t use them for transportation,” Parker said. “The only bicycles I see in the community belong to the kids who chain them up at Starbucks and spend the whole day there. Do you think someone is putting on a three-piece suit and riding into Manhattan?

“This is an assault on the motor vehicle. This is social conditioning,” he continued. “The mayor is experimenting with our lives, our money and our jobs.”

A similar sentiment was uttered

by Gary Taylor, the owner of Tropix Bar and Lounge at 95-32 Queens Blvd., where business shar ply dropped once the bike lanes were

Vehicular traffic was backed up along the eastbound Queens Boulevard service road in Rego Park last Friday, while the bike lane remained clear.

installed.

Specifically, Taylor said he experienced an 11 percent loss in September and a 10 percent drop in October compared to the same months last year — adding up to thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

And that was after posting modest gains in the spring and early summer.

“All of a sudden, we got this slap in the face,” Taylor told the Chronicle last Friday. “Was it the hurricanes?

North Korea? We were trying to figure out what happened.”

While Taylor emphatically said Tropix was in no danger of shutting down, he has had to cut back on staff hours and raise his prices slightly to make up for the lost revenue caused by parking problems.

And should he see fewer and fewer people stop in for a drink or two after work over the coming months, he worries he may have to take more drastic action.

“I’ve been here 13 years and I can’t remember anything as bad as this,” he said.

“This is an assault on the motor vehicle. This is social conditioning.”

— Ben’s Best Deli owner Jay Parker

In recent weeks, Taylor has made a habit of reviewing his outdoor security camera footage from the day before to count the number of cyclists using the bike lane.

Last Thursday morning between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m., he said he counted just 48 cyclists — eight an hour.

In the 30 minutes observing the section of the bike lane nearest 63rd Drive on Friday evening, a Chronicle reporter saw just one cyclist ride by.

Also utilizing the strip was an SUV and a man on a scooter, while a city bus driver drove partially in the lane for a brief time.

While Taylor said he appreciates the effort to keep cyclists safe on what had become known as the Boulevard of Death, he questioned whether the city had to sacrifice numerous small businesses to do so.

“Bikers aren’t dying but people’s businesses and livelihoods are,” he said.

Unlike Parker, who said DOT representatives “in leotards and manbuns” tried to gauge his interest in a bike lane last year, Taylor said no one from the city ever visited him to inform him of the pending project.

Gary Taylor, the owner of Tropix Bar and Lounge in Rego Park, said the loss of parking in favor of bike lanes in front of his establishment has caused business to decline significantly. Other owners had similar stories when conPHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA tacted by the Chronicle.

Arthur Adams, the owner of Expo Furniture at 95-40 Queens Blvd., said the same thing in an interview with the Chronicle.

“No one came by. No one cared about s--t,” Adams said. “It’s terrible.”

While he declined to say exactly how much business he had lost, he said it was in line with what Tropix has experienced.

“They’ve killed our business,” the owner said, pointing to his empty store. “You can see it plain as day.”

At the Domino’s Pizza next door, a manager named Alamgir, who declined to provide his last name, said seven of the chain’s 22 delivery drivers have quit since August.

The reason? They were tired of getting tickets for parking in the new deliveries-only zone.

“I’m starting to look for bike riders to deliver the pizza now,” Alamgir said. “We only have 15 drivers now.

It’s awful.”

With a lone couple eating at a table in his expansive dining room, Yasin Cabuk, the owner of the Turkish restaurant Black Sea at 95-36 Queens Blvd., said the lack of parking is all his customers want to talk about now — that is, when people actually make it inside for dinner.

“They tell us they can’t find parking. They drive around in circles looking for a spot for an hour,” Cabuk said. “You can say we’re down about 10 to 15 percent.”

With just a half-dozen employees, the eatery owner said it would be hard for a business his size to survive for very long should revenues continue to fall.

“Not yet. We’re trying to find a

solution,” Cabuk said when asked if he’s had to cut back on hours or raise prices. “But if business keeps dropping, how will we keep paying our employees?”

In an interview with the Chronicle last week, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) echoed past sentiments about being concerned with what the lack of parking could mean for area establishments, but said she has yet to hear from frustrated businesses aside from Ben’s Best.

“I know Ben’s Best is very upset, but that’s it really,” she said. “I’ve heard more from constituents about maneuvering on Queens Boulevard than business owners.”

In a follow-up discussion on Monday, Taylor told the newspaper that he and Parker had discussed forming some sort of neighborhood business group to collectively see if there was a way — potentially through legal action — to address the bike lane issue as one unit.

When reached for comment on Wednesday, a DOT spokesperson said street ambassadors conducted “extensive outreach” to businesses along the section of the boulevard where Ben’s Best and Tropix are located in 2016.

“For the 2017 phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign, DOT’s street ambassadors engaged 89 businesses, including Ben’s Best, early in the planning process to learn more about individual business operations to inform how we moved forward with the project,” the spokesperson said.

“The new delivery zones are based on information provided by those businesses and our observations about how we could best meet delivery needs at the curb to prevent douQ ble-parking.”

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Space straddling Qns-Bklyn border may be added to NYS wetlands map

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

The fight to save preserve the Ridgewood Reservoir has been a long one lasting years.

But the finish line is now clearly in sight.

In a Nov. 6 letter to Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Long Island City), state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said the reservoir is being considered for designation as a wetlands area — such locations are protected from being developed or otherwise encroached upon.

DEC policy maintains that freshwater wetlands equal to or greater than 12.4 acres are eligible for the designation. The three basins that make up the reservoir are smaller than that, but Seggos said they qualify for an exception to the rule.

“Wetlands smaller than this size, such as those located on the Ridgewood Reservoir site, may be added to the official wetland maps via a map amendment, provided they are determined by DEC to be of unusual local importance,” Seggos wrote. “The wetlands within the Ridgewood Reservoir qualify as such.”

But for the designation to be awarded, the commissioner said a public comment period and a public hearing must be held as part of the amendment process. The DEC said it is

The Ridgewood Reservoir is on its way to a potential designation as a wetlands area, which brings with it state protections. The Board for Historic Preservation is also considering nominatFILE PHOTO ing the site to the state and national registers of historic places. in the process of finalizing a report on the site and the hearing will be scheduled shortly after.

Nolan called the DEC’s decision “wonderful news” in a statement last week.

“The reservoir is truly a unique site which consists of natural and largely undisturbed habitats for many species of ani-

mals,” the lawmaker said. “I welcome the state’s strong interest in preserving this site in its entirety for future generations.”

Ground was first broken by the city on the three-basin reservoir, which sits within Highland Park on the Queens-Brooklyn border, in 1856. It was then used as one of the five boroughs’ primary water supplies until

1959, after which time it was used as a water source only during droughts.

It was decommissioned and drained in 1989, eventually returning to its previous state as a popular forest habitat for birds and other wildlife with water filling the second basin.

Specifically, about 100 species of birds nest there, including several that are classified as threatened species or of special concern in New York.

The third basin is also full of endangered and threatened plant and tree species.

Three years ago, the state proposed a flood mitigation project that would involve breaching the berms seperating the basins and building roadways between them. But a city study later determined the area posed no flood risk and the plan was scuttled.

While Nolan has called for a wetlands designation in the time since, other park advocates have set their sights higher — the state and national registers of historic places.

And in a Nov. 7 letter to advocacy group NYC H2O, state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Deputy Commissioner R. Daniel Mackay said the state Board for Historic Preservation will consider nominating the Ridgewood Reservoir to Q both registers at its Dec. 7 meeting.

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It’s Queens on your TV screen made his TV news debut, appearing on NY1’s popular political commentary show, “Road to City Hall.”

Alongside host Errol Louis, second from right, Barca discussed why Crowley lost and the political leanings of Council District 30 with St. John’s University professor Brian Browne, left, and Queens Tribune editor Jon Cronin.

To view the segment, visit NY1.com and click on “Road to City Hall” under the shows tab.

Chronicle Associate Editor Anthony O’Reilly, center, talks local news. YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT news than might be expected — people are still buying local papers, which are often a source of unique reporting and find themselves closer to their target audiences than big metro papers.

O’Reilly was joined on the panel by Rebecca Baker, deputy head of news at the New York Daily News and president of the Society of Professional Journalists, Anjanette Delgado, digital director and head of Audience at lohud.com, John Ensslin, multimedia reporter at The Record in New Jersey, and Jehangir Khattak, co-director at the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at CU NY Graduate School of Journalism.

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Competitive elections in a city as blue as New York are hard to come by and this year was no different — with one exception.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley’s 137vote defeat at the hands of Councilmanelect Bob Holden was a stunner, and the result became a significant story not just in the pages of this newspaper, but with TV media outlets as well.

Last Thursday, the Chronicle reporter who covered the race from the beginning, Associate Editor Christopher Barca, right,

There’s cause to be optimistic about the future of local newspapers, such as the one you’re holding in your hands or reading online right now.

That was one of the takeaways from a panel discussion, titled “Local News in a Digital World,” held at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last Wednesday. Chronicle Associate Editor Anthony O’Reilly was one of the panelists discussing a survey conducted by Damian Radcliffe, the Carolyn S. Chambers professor in journalism at the University of Oregon, and Christopher Ali, assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia.

Both are fellows at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University.

The survey focused on small, local newspapers rather than big publications like The New York Times. According to Editor & Publisher, 97 percent of papers in the U.S. are “small market,” meaning they have circulations under 50,000.

Radcliffe and Ali found there is reason for greater optimism for the future of local

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Whitestone residents, pol: House a problem

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Joined by Whitestone residents, state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) last Thursday called on the city to “clamp down” on an unfinished home at 14th Avenue and Totten Street. According to some in the community, the house has become a quality-of-life issue.

“It’s actually a little-known historical fact that at the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims were complaining about this,” Le Havre co-op resident Irene Bernstein joked.

“Seriously, it doesn’t belong here.”

The actual timeline is not quite as lengthy, but according to Avella, work has not taken place at the property in “at least 10 to 14 years.”

The owner said he was hurt in 2013, preventing him from continuing to build the house himself, as he had been. The building has two addresses: 168-08 14 Ave. and 14-05 Totten St. According to the Department of Buildings, the most recent work permit for the house expired in January 2014.

Tom Longstreet, who owns a home nearby, said that the unfinished property has created some truly disgusting problems.

“There are dead animals over there,” he explained, adding that littered food and beer cans are also problems. “Unfortunately, I will find condoms.”

The senator said that not only is the site a property value-lowering eyesore, but it’s become a safety hazard.

He had previously reached out to the DOB and other agencies, with some success.

“They came out and they issued a violation, but then it stopped,” said Avella, a Whitestone resident who lives in a different part of the neighborhood. “Now we’re here again,

Whitestone resident Irene Bernstein, at mic, stood with other community residents and state Sen. Tony Avella last week to draw attention to an unfinished house that some consider to be PHOTOS BY RYAN BRADY negatively impacting the area. because, what are you doing about this?”

He added that he wants Buildings to come back out and issue more violations at the site.

Responding to the senator, a DOB spokesman said that agency inspectors determined the site was secure when they were there on Oct. 27. But the visit also resulted in two violations being issued: one for failing to correct problems cited on ones previously given for the house and another for the construction fence surrounding the building, which has no permit authorizing it.

The agency added that it will continue to monitor the site.

For violations issued in the past 12 years at the property, the city has collected $2,040.

To end the situation, the senator would like to see the house sold.

At the press conference, Avella added that the site could be bought “as is” for at least $1 million within a week, given how hot the area housing market is. The senator said that the house had been listed for sale in 2015, but its owner stopped the listing.

“So, when they told my office, ‘Oh we want to sell it, it’s bogus, it’s not true,’” Avella said.

But the owner of the house, Francis Haufe, told the Chronicle that he is trying to sell the property.

“I don’t have it listed,” he explained. “It’s actually an open listing with realtors who have contacted me and are trying to sell the

property. I had it listed with a realtor and it just didn’t work out.”

Haufe says that injuries he sustained in a 2013 car accident have prevented him from finishing the house. “Basically, much of the work was being done by myself,” he said in an interview, adding that he is no longer capable of completing the home himself.

His wife, Joan Haufe, said that he had two full-time jobs and was working on the house on the weekends before the crash. “It was like his hobby,” she explained.

Avella was skeptical toward the property owner’s explanation at the press conference.

“OK, you’ve had an accident but you’ve had this property for over a decade,” the senator said. “What are you doing with it?”

Haufe said that he just hasn’t been able to sell it yet. “There’s a lot of interest, but what happens too is that many people in this day and age are so g reedy,” he explained. “They just can’t make enough profit for themselves.”

The property owner added that the site has been treated badly by some landscapers hired by neighbors. “There has been a lot of Q illegal dumping,” he said.

Some in Whitestone are not fans of this unfinished house on 14th Avenue.

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In September, the Department of Environmental Conservation changed the brownfield cleanup program track for the Waterpointe development planned in Whitestone. A Track 2 residential cleanup was first planned for the site, where a singlefamily housing development is planned.

But after the agency discovered that material at the site used as fill did not meet the residential use soil cleanup objectives, it changed the project to Track 4 restricted residential use, a less stringent one. And though the DEC initially had said that single-family homes could no longer be built there, it reversed its stance after Community Board 7 protested.

The agency decided to stick with Track 4 restricted residential use when it reverted back to the single-family housing plan.

And while the DEC told the Chronicle that the option is permitted when the homes are controlled by a common entity, as the Waterpointe ones are planned to be, Whitestone resident Robert LoScalzo believes that the agency cannot allow them to be built with that track.

As proof, he points to the sheet that the DEC sent CB 7 when it initially changed the brownfield cleanup and said that singlefamily homes could not be built. It said, “Restricted residential

use provides for common ownership or a single owner/managing entity of the Site, however, single-family housing is prohibited.”

According to LoScalzo, allowing the one-family homes is “a bastardization of what they’re obligated to do under the regulation.”

To further back up his argument, the Whitestone resident pointed to a set of DEC regulations that became effective in 2006, which also says that restricted-residential use does not allow one-family homes.

The agency has also said that the Edgestone Group, the firm that owns the site, was responsible for the fill that led the track to be changed. LoScalzo wonders why the company was not punished at all for using it. “By virtue of dumping material there, they failed to comply with the standards for Track 2 cleanup,” he said. “Why are they so easily off the hook by DEC simply changing the cleanup to Track 4?”

Community Board 7 Environmental Committee Chairman James Cervino is also skeptical about usage of Track 4 restricted residential. “I’ve never heard of allowing single-family homes to be built on a Track 4 property,” he said, adding that he had only known of the track being used for industrial sites.

DEC spokeswoman Erica Ringewald said that no single-

family homes have been built on land remediated not only under the Track 4 restricted residential use cleanup rules but on any state brownfield cleanup program site. But, she added, “many sites have been used for multiple family development with stand-alone structures, for example, townhouse development, where a single certifying entity oversees the entire site and ensures/certifies the controls are in place and being followed.”

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) declined to comment.

However, a spokesman said that he has spoken to the DEC about the issue and “plans to hold a press conference about the project sometime after Thanksgiving.”

LoScalzo sent a letter to the cleanup’s project manager, whom the fact sheet sent to CB 7 said to contact for more information, detailing his concerns on Oct. 7. He said that he has not received a response yet.

The letter also said that the Whitestone Library did not had an extensive amount of information about the cleanup of the site, as a DEC document about the situation had claimed.

LoScalzo said that the most recent document about the issue was from 2015.

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ger, more significant changes.

“Is the next step to remove their names from our textbooks? To erase their names from our social studies curriculum in our schools and colleges?” asked Orenstein.

Tom Finkelpearl, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and chairman of the statue panel, pointed out this is not New York City’s, or Queens’, first argument about public art.

A statue called “The Triumph of Civic Vir tue,” which depicts a triumphant sword-wielding Hercules, representing virtue, standing atop two Greek sirens that look like women, representing vice and corruption, stood outside Borough Hall for decades before it was quietly moved over a weekend in December 2012 with no public notification.

The move came following a number of protests from lawmakers and women’s rights groups who called the statue, which now sits in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, sexist.

A plaza dedicated to the women of Queens now stands at the Kew Gardens site.

There are some in the borough who say the statue should have never been relocated.

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continued from page 2 said Councilman-elect Bob Holden. “Those mistakes are there and we have to consider that ... but let’s not destroy our past to be politically correct now.”

Jeffrey Kroessler, a librarian at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he “recoil[s] at the notion of whitewashing history, eliminating what some among us find deeply or superficially offensive.

“History is not pretty,” Kroessler added.

“History does not care how you feel.”

Jacob Morris, director of the Harlem Historical Society, argued the panel’s scope is too narrow — among other things, he wants a statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harlem facing north, not south, and suggested renaming the Tweed Courthouse, where the Department of Education is headquartered.

The building bears the name of William “Boss” Tweed, one of the most corrupt public officials in America’s history.

“Is not the Tweed Courthouse a form of a monument?” asked Morris. “And it’s the headquarters of our public school system?”

One speaker suggested the Central Park statue of William Shakespeare be removed, pointing to the playwright’s depictions of black and Jewish people in “Othello” and “Merchant of Venice,” respectively.

Phil Orenstein, president of the Queens Village Republican Club, argued moving any monuments could be the catalyst to big-

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New HB Kiwanis president The Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach last month swore in Ronnie West, center, as the new pr e sident of the philanthr opic organization.

West will be president of the club for a year.

He replaces Joe DeMarco, left, who held the position for the past 12 months.

The club hosts a number of community events and fundraisers throughout the neighborhood during the year and is the sponsor of the annual Halloween Parade.

West was sworn in by fellow Kiwanian and retired Queens Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate.

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Chronicle’s annual toy drive has started Donations will go to the boys and girls in Queens homeless shelters

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The Christmas season is here once again.

And here at the Queens Chronicle, that means it’s time to get into the giving spirit and help out those in need.

For the 23rd year, the Chronicle will be accepting toys and other gifts to be donated to boys and girls in Queens homeless shelters so that they may have a happy holiday season.

We’re looking for everything from dolls and coloring books to toy trucks and more.

Even though we call it a toy drive, we’re also looking for items like perfume, backpacks and grooming products for some of the older children.

New or unused items of clothing, such as coats or dresses, ranging from infants to teens will gladly be accepted too — we cannot take used items.

The gifts will go to children in four city homeless shelters: the Kings Inn Family Center in East Elmhurst, the Boulevard Family Residence in Elmhurst, the Metro Family Residence in East Elmhurst and the Saratoga Family Inn in Springfield Gardens, as well as Dove House, an emergency shelter for battered women or men and their

children in eastern Queens.

Gifts can be dropped off at the Chronicle office, at The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80 St., su it e 8 -201 i n Glend ale, above HomeGoods, from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Parking in the South Garage is free for the first hour and in the circle for 15 minutes.

If you can’t deliver gifts during regular office hours, you can leave them at Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, located at 62-37 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park.

A number of elected officials also let their offices be used as drop-off points.

They are: • C o u n c i l m a n D a n ny Dromm, located at 37-32 75 St., 1st floor, in Jackson Heights; • Councilman Eric Ulrich, located at 93-06 101 Ave. in Ozone Park; • Assemblyman Mike Miller, located at 83-91 Woodhaven Blvd. in Woodhaven; • state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., at 159-53 102 St. in Howard Beach and at his satellite office at 66-85 73 Place in Middle Village; and • Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (who collects for other drives as well as ours), at 21333 39 Ave., suite 238 in Bayside.

The Queens Chronicle’s toy drive has officially started. The gifts will go to children in need this FILE PHOTO holiday season.

James Seaman Sr., vice commandant for the Long Island area of the Marine Corps League, will also be collecting for the Chronicle and other toy drives at the following locations: • St. Margaret RC Church and St. Margaret Catholic Academy, located at 66-05 79 Place and 66-10 80 St., respectively, in Middle Village; and

• Allstate Insurance, located at 64-77 Dry Harbor Road in Middle Village.

Over the next few weeks, we will be including specific requests from children in need and recognizing our contributors.

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Even though the biggest convention of its kind on the East Coast, New York Comic Con, has come and gone, fans are still traveling to cons, sometimes even out of state. If you were hoping for one in your backyard, fear not! In a galaxy not so far, far away you’ll soon find a convention where you can indulge in science fiction aplenty.

From Dec. 1 to 3, Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park, will host the annual Wintercon.

Attendees will have opportunities to show off their killer cosplays, get an autograph from one of their favorite celebrities and meet other fans of the sci-fi genre.

Promoter and Jackson Heights native Frank Patz has been a fan of sci-fi conventions for a long time, ever since he first attended one when he was younger.

“When I was a kid, a friend of mine took me to a convention in Manhattan. Ever since I went, I’ve loved them,” he said.

Having a convention in Queens is important to Patz. He said he believes the borough doesn’t get a lot of opportunities to have a con like Manhattan does.

“I love Queens and I wanted to do a show there.

Queens deserves some kind of show like this,” he said.

There is something missing from a lot of cons today, Patz added: a lack of focus on the sci-fi genre. He said he wanted Wintercon to be a more sci-fi-oriented event.

“There are so many different conventions that are ‘comic-con’ now, but they don’t have a good sci-fi convention like they used to,” he said. “It’s a strictly sci-fi convention. There’s so many different conventions and they are like cookie-cutter conventions. They’re kind of all the same. At Wintercon we wanted to do something different.”

This year’s Wintercon promises to be bigger and better than in previous years. The main event attraction is the reunion of five of the actors from the classic Ridley Scott sci-fi film “Blade Runner.”

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MUSIC Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill, performing Weber’s Mass in E flat and “a Christmas card of favorites.” Sun., Dec. 3, 3 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 86-20 114 St., Richmond Hill. Info: (718) 849-1437, stjohnsrichmondhillny.com.

Cabaret Speakeasy Fundraiser, with classic jazz by members of The Gavroche Jazz Band and special guests, adult beverages, snacks, raffle and more; presented by Musica Reginae. Speakeasyera dress-up optional but encouraged. Sun., Dec. 3, 4-7 p.m., The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. $50. Info: Barbara Podgurski, (718) 894-2178, musicareginae.org.

DANCE Dances of the World, “a cultural voyage” featuring salsa, merengue, tango, belly dancing and more, by Cali Salsa Pal’ Mundo. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 24-25, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 26, 4 p.m. 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.

Keely Garfield: “Perfect Piranha,” with several dancers moving through “ineffable strands of shady movement to fully articulated declarative dancing. Wed.-Fri., Nov. 29-Dec. 8, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 2 and 9, 6:30 and 9 p.m., The Chocolate Factory Theater, 5-49 49 Ave., Long Island City. $20.

Info: (718) 482-7069, chocolatefactorytheater.org.

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THEATRE “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens’ classic tale of a miserly businessman whose worldview is dramatically changed by three ghosts who visit him, by the North Country Center for the Arts’ National Touring Co. Sun., Nov. 26, 3 p.m., Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. $35-$40. Info: (718) 6316311, visitqpac.org.

COURTESY PHOTO “She Loves Me,” a “musical valentine” about two co-workers who are lonely hearts pen pals, by the Parkside Players. Fri.-Sat., Nov. 24-25, Dec. 1-2, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 26, 2 p.m. $20; $18 seniors. Info: (718) 353-7388, parksideplayers.com.

Step back into the Roaring Twenties as Sunny Knable, Barbara Podgurski, Jennifer McDonald and Valentine Biollay perform classic jazz at a special Cabaret Speakeasy Fundraiser in Forest Hills on Sunday, Dec. 3. See Music.

COURTESY PHOTOS “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.

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.

tell a story), Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $10. Info/tickets: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org, themoth.org.

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“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) 361-7633, licartsopen.org.

“Incident at Vichy,” the 2016 World War II drama adapted from Arthur Miller’s play about men in Vichy France detained for their “racial” inspection

by German officers and French police. Wed., Nov. 29, 12:10-2 p.m., Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Free. Info: (718) 281-5770, khc.qcc.cuny.edu.

Fused Glass Holiday Workshop with Naomi, with all materials and light refreshments provided, by the Friends of Maple Grove. Sun., Dec. 3, 1:30-4 p.m., Maple Grove Cemetery Victorian Administration Building, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens. $25. Info: (347) 878-6614, friendsofmaplegrove.org.

“Nicola L.: Works, 1968 to the Present,” with multimedia works taking up notions of skin and surface, including functional items such as furniture that resemble human forms. Thru Mon., Dec. 18, SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. $5 suggested; $3 students. Info: (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.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.

“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. Thru Fri., Jan. 19, Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. Free.

Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

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“Highlights from Self-Taught Genius,” with American folk art from the 18th to 21st centuries in various media, in a new gallery. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., thru Jan., American Folk Art Museum Collection and Education Center, 47-29 32 Place, Long Island City. Free. Info: (212) 595-9533, folkartmuseum.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.

“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

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COMEDY 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.

LECTURES/TALKS “Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement,” a book discussion marking 100 years of women’s suffrage in NYS; pick up book on loan in advance if possible. Tue., Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m., Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City. Free. Info: (718) 2780700, astorialic.org.

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“A Very Electric Christmas,” a children’s story done in electroluminescent artistry, about a young bird lost at the North Pole and the caroling worms, dancing pointsettias, Nutcracker soldiers and more he meets. Sun., Nov. 26, 1 and 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $14. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

COURTESY PHOTO “The Great Muppet Caper,” the 1981 mystery adventure with Kermit and the gang. Fri.-Sun., Nov. 24-26, 2 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $15; $11 seniors, students; $7 kids 3-17. Info: (718) 777-6888, movingimage.us.

Toddler Tales: Bear Snores On, a story for kids 3-4 with one parent. Sat., Dec. 2, 9-11 a.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Little Naturalist Storytime: In the Woods — Who’s Been Here?, with a story for kids 5-6, Sat., Dec. 2, 1:30-3 p.m. Both with craftmaking, live animals and nature walk. Each $15. Info/preregistration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com. continued on page 32

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Like drops of water, beads of wax slide down from a candle’s flame. They represent a confluence of the elements; flame combusting with air and transforming the earthly material to a water-like form.

“Long Exposure,” on display at the SculptureCenter in Long Island City, is the first solo institutional exhibition for Kelly Akashi, an artist who works in sculpture and photography. Candles feature throughout the exhibit. Curled around tree branches, sprouting up from the dark of SculptureCenter’s lower-level recesses and soaking in

‘Kelly Akashi: Long Exposure’ When: Through Mon., Dec. 18 Where: SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City Entry: $5 suggested; $3 students (718) 361-1750, sculpture-center.org

flower-like basins of water. Occasionally, the candles are lit, meaning their form will change throughout the life of the exhibit.

They’re well suited to the museum’s unique corridors down below, filling them with whimsy and light.

The flame is crucial to Akashi’s work, which involves blowing glass into organic forms resembling everything from petals to pustules. Sometimes, these constitute vases that house some of the candles, and at other times, there is no obvious function to follow the sculpture’s forms. Akashi seems at least somewhat interested in abstract representation of life’s various shapes, and these objects are not guided by a pursuit for beauty, but some other intangible. On the walls throughout this exhibit, Akashi has created photograms in monochrome that abstract her sculptures’ shapes even further. It is difficult to tell what the objects in these prints might have looked like in the first place, or even how many objects are in the photo at all.

At times, Akashi’s sculptures are united in small table-set displays that perhaps invite the viewer to create a narrative from their juxtaposition. An ortho litho film print of a leaf sits beside a vase with a bottom like a

Kelly Akashi’s “Table of Contents” is one of several displays that juxtapose glass and bronze works, including at times basins of water and melted candles — uniting several PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN earthly elements. pile of foam bubbles and a length of rope through a glass disk. A coil of copper wire perched above bronze casts of fingertips, a beetle, a single twig and a tulip-like vase that

Georgia O’Keefe might blush at — half-filled with water and a half-dozen finger-sized candles. Concrete meanings may be elusive,

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internet came into being), Bondi is incandescent. And she sings in a crystal clear soprano Earlier this year, the world lost Barbara that is most thrilling in the second act’s “Ice Cook, a leading light on Broadway who Cream,” a song that would become one of made an indelible impression in her many Cook’s signatures.

The score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harstage appearances, including the muchadmired “She Loves Me,” now being offered nick, is, in fact, filled with luscious melodies and the story (with a book by Joe Masteroff) by the Parkside Players in Forest Hills.

Stepping into Cook’s shoes is the beautiful is good, old-fashioned and touching.

Last Saturday’s opening night perforand talented Lisa Bondi, the standout in a cast that features many Parkside newcom- mance got off to a lovely start, with the main characters welcoming each other to work in ers, all under the direction of Bill Logan.

As Amalia Balash, a sensitive and roman- the lilting “Good Morning, Good Day.” But tic young woman who has fallen hard for a the pacing in the long first act was erratic man she has never met but with whom she after that, with tentative line deliveries and has maintained a lonely hearts correspon- an occasional missed lyric, due, perhaps, to dence (this taking place at a time before the opening-night jitters. Following intermission, things perked up considerably.

Lauren Joyce, with a big voice and personality to match, made for a memorable Ilona Ritter, a woman who has been When: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 24-25, Dec. 1-2, around the block — more than once. A 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 26, 2 p.m. highlight of her performance comes in “A Where: Grace Lutheran Church, Trip to the Library,” a humorous descrip103-15 Union Tpke., Forest Hills tion of the new optometrist in her life.

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Lisa Bondi and Stephen J. Ryan star as co-workers who don’t realize they are each othPHOTO BY MARK LORD er’s lonely hearts pen pals but then fall in love. wherein he celebrates the realization that the woman he loves shares his feelings.

Young Matthew Frenzel offers a disarming personality and a fine musical moment of his own in the tongue-twisting “Try Me,” which he offers with ease and confidence.

The ubiquitous Paul L. Johnson and Amanda Montoni provided the musical

direction and choreography, respectively.

The pastel setting, designed by Logan, is light as a souffle, depicting the interior and exterior of an elegant perfumery, where most of the action takes place. The costumes by Sue Lynn Yu are apropos. Glenn Rivano’s sound design assures every last Q word is audible.

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Science fiction’s the theme, but this con’s for real continued from page 27 Rutger Hauer, Joanna Ca ssidy, Sean Young, William Sanderson and Kevin Thompson will be on hand signing autographs and doing a Q-and-A. “Blade Runner” is also Patz’s favorite film.

“We’ve been wanting to do a ‘Blade Runner’ for a while,” he said, adding that it’s a “happy coincidence” this reunion is happening a few months after the release of the sequel “Blade Runner 2049.”

Also featured will be a reunion of the cast from the sci-fi television classic “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.” Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Thom Christopher, Felix Silla and

Wintercon When: Fri., Dec. 1, 5-10 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Resorts World Casino, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., South Ozone Park Tickets: $20-$100; $10-$20 kids 6-12. nywintercon.com

Barbara Luna will be on hand to meet and greet fans in a rare appearance of all of them together.

“This is one of the first times they are all together. It’s a special thing. A lot of people love that show,” Patz said.

It wouldn’t be a con without a costume contest, and Wintercon has one of the more popular ones. “We have one of the biggest costume contests in the area,” Patz said. “Every year the word started spreading how Wintercon was always cosplay-friendly.” Prizes will be given to the winners and there will a children’s contest as well, where everyone gets a prize.

Young “Star Wars” fans will also have the opportunity to learn how to wield a lightsaber from trained Jedi masters. The Empire Saber Guild, a Lucasfilm-approved lightsaber group, will be on hand to give lessons to young padawans. They will also get a free lightsaber so they can continue mastering the Jedi arts.

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On the cover: There’ll also be plenty of cosplay, as there was at a prior con Ursula and the Little Mermaid attended.

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boro continued from page 28 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.

Lego Building Club, where children grades K-6 have fun being creative with Legos.

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continued from page 29 but it is nonetheless fascinating to wonder at Akashi’s curios.

Several larger-format works are part of the exhibition, including a sculpture that benefits from a projector’s flickering light.

“Shadow Film” is a loop that evokes embers dancing or leaves flying across a wall by projecting the light through an artfully cut screen. It brings warmth to one of the museum’s dark nooks.

In the courtyard, a tall concrete triangle block sprouts from the gravel. On its hypotenuse, a bronze cast of a hand points forward, and is bound around the wrist. The rope is attached to another bronze hand, this one with its palm open, and excess rope frayed out behind it to make a hempen bed.

This balancing act evokes some small thrill,

ACROSS 1 Bean curd 5 Scot’s chapeau 8 Read bar codes 12 Portent 13 Gorilla 14 Exam 15 Body powder 16 Coffee holder 17 Egyptian cross 18 Catch in a snare 20 Norway’s capital 22 Outrageous 26 “-- Foolish Things” 29 Call-day link 30 Carte lead-in 31 Enervates 32 Hollywood trickery, for short 33 Whirl 34 Muhammad or Laila 35 Reaction to fireworks 36 California-Nevada lake 37 How low can you go?

40 One 41 “Nighthawks” painter Edward 45 Graceful young woman 47 Altar affirmative 49 Volcanic outflow 50 Coral construct 51 A billion years 52 Tied 53 Otherwise 54 Droop 55 Leftovers

DOWN 1 Carry 2 Mideast nation 3 Touched 4 Straighten, as one’s legs 5 Hosiery shade 6 Spring mo.

7 “Amahl and the Night Visitors” composer 8 Trite 9 Tomb of a sort

10 Inquire 11 To the -- degree 19 Rd. 21 -- Na Na 23 Correct 24 Hodgepodge 25 Glass sheet 26 Autocrat 27 Head light?

28 Gourmets 32 Lice, slangily 33 Needlepoint creation

35 Japanese sash 36 As well 38 Piece of cutlery 39 Sandal type 42 Macadamize 43 Arden and Plumb 44 Carry on 45 Opposite of “post-” 46 Wet wriggler 48 1950 “who murdered me?” movie

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“Be Me (Heat)”

and is really quite pleasant to look at.

These bronze hands feature throughout Akashi’s curios, and are certainly the most accessible form throughout the exhibition.

Sometimes their palms are open to present us with a sculpture and sometimes their fingers are grasping. One hand cast, called “Be Me (Heat),” seems to have come down with something, laden with piglet pink glass growths and suffering in silence. They are the clearest entry of narrative into Akashi’s work at the museum.

Akashi’s work, though often small in scale, pursues abstract form in the organic shapes of life, and makes for a wonderful reason to visit the SculptureCenter’s unique rooms. Q

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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.

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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 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

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Ever since Mike Francesa announced a little over a year ago that he would be giving up his afternoon drive-time show on WFAN, where he has been ensconced since 1989, it had become a media parlor game to guess how station management would replace him.

Last week, the speculation ended as CBS Radio announced that Francesa would be replaced by a troika. The anchor will be former SNY “Loudmouths” co-host Chris Carlin, with both former Jets linebacker and CBS Sports personality Bart Scott and Sports Illustrated’s Maggie Gray flanking him.

Shortly after Francesa announced that he had enough of the WFAN grind, Chris Carlin surprisingly left SNY — where he had been a fixture since the cable TV network’s inception ten years earlier — for a job at Philadelphia’s WIP, an all-sports station also owned by CBS Radio, with arguably even more passionate and obsessive callers than even what you hear in New York.

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about being Mike Francesa’s replacement, he planned on staying in Philadelphia for a long time.

Carlin is a solid choice to succeed Francesa.

He knows his stuff but more importantly he can play the part of the arrogant, know-it-all to callers, which is almost de rigueur for a high-profile sports talk show host.

By the way, both Francesa and Carlin are personable and approachable off the air. A lot of what you hear on talk radio is an act.

Former Mets and Yankees star Carlos Beltran announced his retirement following a 20-year career, in which he posted Hall of Fame caliber numbers on offense and he was a perennial Gold Glove winner for his work in center field, before losing a step or three later on.

Newtown High School alum and former Mets general manager Omar Minaya signed Beltran to a seven-year contract when he was a free agent following the 2004 season. That signing put the Mets back on the baseball map after four disappointing seasons.

Too many of the Flushing faithful have held a grudge against Beltran because he struck out on a tough curveball thrown by the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright to end Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series. Folks, Q it’s time to grow up.

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Harry Currie was born in 1915 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was a professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Hornets, a farm team for the National Hockey League’s Detroit Red Wings.

Currie retired from hockey in 1947 after playing 262 games, in which he scored 62 goals.

Following his sports career, he started work i ng as a car n ival operator at Detroit’s Edgewater Park.

After gaining experience in many parts of the country, he was hired by Richard Geist, owner of Rockaway’s Playland, in 1953.

He f irst opened “The Yukon Kid Game” concession in the park and in just a few years expanded to half a dozen more, including the Slot Roll Down, the Metal Milk Bottles, Punk Rack, Ring the Coke, Over 12 and Balloon Darts.

He had the help and support of his wife, Evelyn, as his concessions grew to a full dozen by the 1970s.

Harrie Currie’s roll under or over concession in the Midway of Rockaway’s Playland, 98th Street Beach Channel Drive, summer 1970.

In 1982, Richard Geist, whose family had owned Playland park since 1928, sold it to Peter Horowitz, who had great ideas for the amusement park.

However, with the rising toll costs and liability insurance premiums increasing from $50,000 in 1985 to $408,000 in 1986, the park was forced to close and was sold off for condo development in 1987.

Harry and Evelyn Currie still loved their work and continued to work concessions in the country until he passed away Q in Springfield, Mass. in 1998.

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