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Councilman Eric Ulrich, with mic, co-hosted a town hall with Mayor de Blasio Tuesday in Rockaway, where the city’s top executive discussed a range of issues.

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JVB, Richards say no to term limit bill Council speaker candidates want change to come from the people

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ouncilmen Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), two candidates vying to become the next speaker, told the Queens Chronicle last week that they’re opposed to a bill that would again ask voters if city legislators should be granted a third term.

“I do not support the legislation introduced today to extend term limits, since the public has already voted against doing so three times via public referenda,” Van Bramer said in a prepared statement Nov. 29. “I was invited to cosponsor the legislation to extend term limits, and declined. I will not be voting for it either.”

Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), also a speaker candidate, introduced a bill last Thursday that, if passed, would ask voters via referendum if they would like to see the term limit for Council members extended from two four-year terms to three.

It would be the fourth such public vote in 25 years and would not affect the two-term limit for mayor, comptroller or public advocate.

Council members were first limited to two terms by a 1993 referendum, reaffirmed in 1996, but Mayor Bloomberg convinced a majority of lawmakers to reverse that in 2008, setting the limit for the Council and citywide electeds to three.

Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer, left, and Donovan Richards told the Queens Chronicle last week that they’re opposed to a bill that would ask voters if city lawmakers should have a three-term FILE PHOTOS limit, instead of two.

Voters reimposed the eight-year limit in 2010.

The idea of extending term limits was first brought up during a speaker candidate forum in November, where most of the hopefuls supported the idea proposed by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) — who is spon-

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Van Bramer, too, said he has other things to worry about.

“My priorities remain the priorities of working people, creating a fair playing field for women and people of color, and making sure we make New York City a Fortress City against the daily attacks on our values from the Trump Administration,” he said in an email.

Besides Rodriguez, Williams, Van Bramer and Richards, Councilmembers Robert Cornegy Jr. (D-Brooklyn), Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan), Mark Levine (D-Manhattan) and Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) are all running for speaker.

The Council speaker is elected by the members of the legislative body, and not the general public. Published reports state Queens Democratic Party Chairman Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx) will direct 32 members to vote for the candidate of his choice, but who that is has not yet been revealed [see separate Q story in some editions or at qchron.com].

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Rockaway man charged in fatal Liberty mayhem Adrian Harry allegedly tapped bumper of stabbing victim before car rampage

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Police have arrested a 22-year-old Rockaway man they say stabbed two people and ran over six, killing one, following a parking dispute on Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill.

Adrian Harry, of Beach 67th Street, was arrested early Monday morning and later arraigned on one count of second-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree attempted assault, five counts of second-degree assault, six counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

If convicted of the charges, he faces 25 years to life in prison, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

“What allegedly began as a minor tapping of fenders turned into a deadly pre-dawn horror show that left a young man dead and others seriously injured,” Brown said in a statement.

“The crimes alleged here are beyond senseless and the defendant now faces a lengthy term of incarceration if convicted.”

According to NYPD Assistant Chief David Barrere, of Patrol Borough Queens South, Harry was parked in front of XS Hookah Lounge at 127-10 Liberty Ave. just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday and was arguing with two individuals over a parking spot.

Police survey the damage on Liberty Avenue early Sunday morning after a Rockaway man allegPHOTO BY ROBERT STRIDIRON edly stabbed two people and ran over six, killing one.

Brown, elaborating on the incident, said Harry was parking his car when he tapped the bumper of the BMW behind him and the two occupants got out and confronted him.

The suspect later allegedly exited his car and stabbed the two in the torso.

A second dispute ensued and Harry allegedly drove away from the scene, mounted the sidewalk half a block away and rammed into six people, killing one.

Cops identified the victim as Richardo Chattergoon, of Rockaway. He was 23.

Harry was allegedly arrested while receiving treatment at a hospital.

Following the incident, one area leader urged people not to rush to judgement about Liberty Avenue’s nightlife.

“You can’t predict where these types of things will happen and unfortunately it happened in Richmond Hill,” said Richard David, co-chairman of Community Board 9’s Economic Development Committee. “This is unfortunate because we do have a really great nightlife here in Southeast Queens and in Richmond Hill.”

David, who knows the owner of XS Hookah Lounge, said the business was “unfairly” being tagged in the coverage of the incident.

The Indo-Caribbean activist noted the lounge does not have a liquor license — a spokeswoman for the state Liquor Authority confirmed that, though said the owner asked for one but was denied.

But Vishnu Mahadeo, another Richmond Hill activist, said he’s heard complaints of Liberty Avenue hookah lounges.

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David, who said he does not frequent hookah establishments, disagreed with that assessment.

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Hollis woman found dead in Jamaica Desiree Gibbon, 26, was an aspiring filmmaker

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Desiree Gibbon, who grew up and lived in Queens, was found dead with her throat slashed at the side of a rural road in a small Jamaican town Nov. 25.

Jamaican police are looking to question two women and a man known as “Rasta” in connection with the murder, The Daily News reported Dec. 1.

Gibbon, 26, was found in Anchovy, about 4 miles from Montego Bay. Her body was found covered in blood.

Jamaican newspapers report her death was one of 12 in St. James Parish that weekend.

Jamaica has seen a drastic spike in murders over the past year, with 1,265 in the first eight months of 2017 — up 26 percent compared to the same time span last year.

“We were very close, so you can imagine, when I got the news, ‘devastated’ doesn’t begin to describe it,” Gibbon’s mother, Andrea Cali-Gibbon, told the News.

The victim’s family owned a hotel in Jamaica and she was there trying to save money to attend film school.

She arrived on the island Oct. 20 and was supposed to return Nov. 30.

Gibbon, who was called Desi, grew up in Hollis and graduated from Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside.

She competed in beauty pageants and modeled.

She was also a beloved bartender at CJ’s Bar & Lounge on Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park.

Peggy Brunner, who identifies herself as Gibbon’s aunt, started a GoFundMe campaign to help bring her body to Hollis.

At press time, a little more than $32,000 of the $40,000 goal was raised.

“My heart is truly broken,” Brunner writes on the page, titled Desiree Gibbon, Funeral. “I’m asking you all to please help me and my sister at this very difficult and heartbreaking time.”

Brunner posted on the GoFundMe page Dec. 3 that she was offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of her niece’s killers. She added Gibbon’s parents were in Jamaica speaking to detectives there.

People who donated to the cause shared messages of condolences and their memories of Gibbon.

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A bipartisan town hall in Rockaway Mayor and Ulrich discuss resiliency, SBS and more with constituents

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de Blasio jokingly asked Ulrich, who responded to stay tuned on that front.

One of the top issues of the night was As many residents continue to say that Select Bus Service has exacerbated traffic resiliency — many Rockaway residents on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards, asked that projects to protect coastal comMayor de Blasio on Tuesday defended the munities be expedited. De Blasio said he initiative at a Rockaway town hall, saying will be meeting with Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commander of the Army Corps “it helps.”

“We got to move a lot more people, a lot of Engineers, next month and asking for faster,” said the mayor, in response to a resiliency measures to be implemented as question from Ozone Park resident Wayne soon as possible.

“I’m going to say this should happen in Scheriff. “We need more mass transit, we need it so people can move around, we 2018, period,” de Blasio said on protections need to address the pollution problem, the for the beach, which are slated for 2020.

Community Board 10 Chair woman climate change problem, everything.”

But, he added, issues such as trucks on Betty Braton asked that resiliency projects in Howard Beach be discussed too. side streets need to be addressed.

“As frequently as today, there were people “Whatever we do, we need to make sure in Howard Beach, and it doesn’t have uninspecifically Hamilton tended consequencBeach, that got their es,” de Blasio told nd I think Washington feet wet,” Braton said, Scheriff. referring to the tidal The SBS project could learn a lesson flooding that occurs w a s j u s t o n e of from that. We don’t in the communities. many issues resi“There are things that dents of the 32nd have to agree on every can be done that are Cou ncil Dist r ict not in the megabucks brought to the mayissue all the time.” department.” or’s attention during — Councilman Eric Ulrich One suggestion t he w ide -r a ng i ng from the chairwomtow n hall, wh ich an was the installawas co-hosted by Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). tion of bulkheads.

De Blasio said the issue would be disThe two touted the event as an example of bipartisanship federal lawmakers should cussed in Washington and “added to the city’s resiliency agenda.” emulate.

Responding to concerns from Rocka“On Election Day we’re Democrats and Republicans and I’m in one corner and he’s way residents, the mayor announced he in another,” said Ulrich, who once teased a would allocate funds for beach mats at possible challenge against de Blasio. “But certain points in the peninsula to allow for the day after Election Day we take off the handicap access.

Transportation was another hot topic, hats and say we have to work together for the people, and I think Washington could with Democratic District Leader Lew learn a lesson about that. We don’t have to Simon inviting de Blasio to ride the A train with him. agree on every issue all the time.”

“It’s a horror,” Simon said. “If the peoBut there were some jabs throughout ple in Rockaway Park want to connect, the night.

“Didn’t you have a reality show about there’s no straight way.”

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Mayor de Blasio discussed Select Bus Service, resiliency and more at a town hall co-hosted by Councilman Eric Ulrich, center, in Belle Harbor. It was the 46th town hall de Blasio has held with PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Council members in the five boroughs. port in the bid to have trains back on the defunct Rockaway Beach Rail Line, but de Blasio said he would not commit until a feasibility study being conducted by the MTA is completed.

“Unquestionably, there’s a transportation crisis in the Rockaways,” de Blasio said. “The MTA has to finish that study, it just has to. What you feel in your heart and what I feel in my heart is not the same as knowing what we’d be getting into, the logistics, the cost, everything.”

The same line is also the proposed location for the QueensWay, a planned 3.5mile stretch of parkland between Rego Park and Ozone Park. Gov. Cuomo has allocated thousands of dollars toward the planning of that project.

The mayor also reminded the audience throughout the night that the MTA is controlled by the state.

The citywide ferry system was also touted, and de Blasio announced bigger boats would come by the spring to accommodate the number of riders utilizing the

waterborne service.

“We did not anticipate that kind of ridership,” he said. “I’m sorry, we gotta do better. We have ordered bigger boats.”

One Rockaway parent asked if more gifted and talented schools could be added to School District 27, which encompasses all of Rockaway along with Howard Beach, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven.

The district only has one G&T site, PS 108 in South Ozone Park. Community Education Council 27 has pushed the city in the past for another.

Dorita Gibson, a deputy chancellor at the Department of Education, said “the door has not closed” on adding another G&T school in SD 27, saying discussions were held with Superintendent Mary Barton that day.

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Senate has not yet passed NFIP renewal

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At press time, the U.S. Senate had not yet passed a bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, which will expire Dec. 8 if a deal is not reached.

The House, in a Nov. 14 237-189 vote, passed a measure titled the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, which proposes increased premiums for certain homeowners, by 15 percent in some cases, and renews the NFIP — which homeowners in Howard Beach and Rockaway rely on for coverage — for five years.

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

Republicans said by allowing private companies to

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Democrats opposed the bill and are pushing for the Senate to pass a different version.

But as of Wednesday afternoon, it was not clear what legislation would be considered and sent to President Trump for his signature.

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P Don’t let GOP reverse gains on crime EDITORIAL

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he city is in dire straits. The streets are out of control, lawless, ruled by gangs. There have been 629 murders to date, more than in the nation’s two other largest cities combined.

Children, babies are constantly falling to stray bullets. Police seem to be ineffective, brutal or both. When anyone criticizes the mayor — and everyone does — the crime wave is usually why.

That’s the bad news. The good news is this is not New York.

It’s Chicago. In New York, violent crime continues to drop to levels not seen in decades, probably a century. The city saw 335 murders last year, and this year is on pace to record fewer than 300, probably around 280. In the late ’20s and early ’30s, when reliable statistics were first kept, the annual figures were in the four and five hundreds — with a far smaller population. There was a hiatus in record-keeping, and when it restarted in 1960, the statistics were about the same, but soon they began their rapid climb to the record 2,245 killings in 1990. For every homicide today there were at least seven back then. Today’s murder rate is just below three per 100,000 people. In Chicago, if no one else were slain this year at all, it would be about 23 per 100,000.

Speaking of violent crime overall, Mayor de Blasio said Monday, “Here’s the bottom line, if these trends continue through this month, the people in this city will have had the safest year on

record in over half a century. That’s the trajectory we’re on right now.” The only exception to these improving statistics appears to be rape. Still down compared to last year, rape reports have spiked recently — something that may or may not be due at least in part to increased reporting as the nation undergoes a cultural shift on sex crimes and harassment.

Put simply, you could make a very good case that there has been no greater improvement in American society in the last generation than the precipitous drop in violent crime in New York City. In a nod to the holiday season, call it miraculous.

Things could always change again. And we see one big warning sign. On Wednesday the House passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, an insane bill that would allow anyone permitted to carry a hidden handgun in any state the right to do so in every state. The measure derives from the absolutist Republican interpretation of the Second Amendment — even though all constitutional rights have some restrictions, such as one’s ability to sue for defamation despite the freedoms of speech and the press.

Thinking the gun laws of, say, South Dakota should apply in South Ozone Park is callous and crazy. Let’s hope the Senate ditches this bill so New York can retain the title its held for years now: that of the safest big city in the United States.

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Even though a ferry terminal was part of the plan for a new LGA touted two years ago

by Gov. Cuomo, no progress has been made on that front. A request for proposals for ferry service, issued even earlier, back in 2013, got no response, the Port Authority said.

That’s not what Borough President Melinda Katz and the board wanted to hear, and they pressed the agency to try again, citing the great popularity of the city’s revamped commuter ferry service. An LGA ferry is needed; traffic on the Grand Central is a nightmare and any alternative forms of travel would be welcome. A ferry could be running long before the hoped-for AirTrain. The PA should issue a new RFP immediately.

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No third terms Dear Editor: The people of New York City spoke not once, not twice, but thrice in support of limiting Council membership to two terms. Comes now Council members Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), Mark Levine (D-Manhattan), Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) and others who think a third term would be a good idea (“Speaker hopefuls talk extending term limits,”

Nov. 23).

There is no justification for a third term. The two-term limit wanted by the public works fine and should remain the law. An attempt to change the law will be vigorously opposed and those Council members who support a change will be challenged to show specifically what they accomplished in eight years in office that changed the life of the people in significant ways and how a third term is in the best interests not of the candidate, but of the people.

Queens Councilmember Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) is to be congratulated in recognizing two terms are the voice of the people, and sees no reason to change the current law.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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SBS: what a mess Dear Editor: I commend Assemblyman Mike Miller and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. for pointing out the obvious problems with the Select Bus Service program along the Woodhaven-Crossbay Boulevard corridor as it has been implemented by the de Blasio administration and Polly Trottenberg’s Department of Transportation (“The city has done more bad than good with SBS,” Opinion, Nov. 30, multiple editions).

What I would like to add to their joint statement is that the “gains” that bus commuters have made with the implementation could have been had without the worst of the city’s plan. I have been driving along the corridor since the Nov. 13 implementation, and the primary gains bus commuters have made — at the expense of those who need to use their own vehicles to commute to work, to shop or to supply the businesses along the corridor — are related to changes that could have been made without penalizing drivers. Tandem buses, curbside ticketing and, most important, timing of traffic lights account for the lion’s share of reduced bus commuter times.

Of course you will never hear that from the DOT. Just like it never released the study it was supposed to have made for the bus-only lanes north of Metropolitan Avenue. That’s because we know what it would show. We saw the local news coverage of the traffic jams during rush hour. We saw that a car was demolished while trying to transverse the turn at 63rd Road directly in the front of the bus stop. We saw how a casino bus plowed into a law office leaving a number of people seriously hurt. All because of that project.

This SBS program is even more poorly planned and implemented. We are now seeing how bad it is. While tweaking the plan around the edges might help at the margins, we still have not seen the full brunt of the folly of this plan. People will be hurt — it’s not a matter of “if,” it’s a matter of “when.” Maybe then the people ramming this down the throats of the affected communities will take the actions really needed to fix this mess.

Vance Barbour Woodhaven

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I would love to have the opportunity to tell my children that I am sorry and tell them my story and about their biological family.

Christmas is coming and of all things I would wish for, a reunion with my sons would be the greatest gift I could have, and I’d be grateful for it to be granted. Above all to tell them that I love them.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks

Why pay de Blasio’s bills?

Dear Editor: I attended Mayor de Blasio’s Nov. 30 Briarwood town hall meeting and was impressed by his grasp of details and delivery of good news. He announced an $800,000 allocation for an outdoor classroom in Willow Lake Playground, adding to the nearly $2 million secured by City Councilman Rory Lancman.

But I wasn’t able to ask him a question, so I’ll do it now.

Why should we pay $13 million in legal fees for the mayor and his staff when federal and state prosecutors filed no charges against them after major investigations? New York City’s Law Department is supposed to handle the mayor’s legal affairs relating to his job.

Taxpayers’ dollars shouldn’t go to lawyers getting $900 an hour.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer has final approval over this expenditure. If he OKs it, taxpayers must file a class action lawsuit to prevent this waste of our money.

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It is this fact that motivated Mr. 45 to endorse the GOP (Grand Old Predator) candidate! America’s “moral crusader” believes it’s better to support a child molester than a liberal Democrat.

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Dear Editor: I would like to speak about the adoption issue. There are many children who have been adopted and as adults went looking for their biological parents. And some biological parents who for one reason or another were forced to place their children up for adoption are looking for them. I am one of the latter.

I’m 68 years old and have been longing to make peace with my two sons, Tommy and Bobby, who were adopted in the ’70s while I served in the U.S. Navy. My wife had left us and I could not financially take care of our boys and had to place them in foster care. They were later adopted because I had no plan to properly provide for them and my ex-wife could not provide for them either.

I believe all adopted children, once they reach their 21st birthday, have the right to know who their biological parents were and the reasons they were forced to give them up. In

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JFK Committee: More questions for the FAA Airport neighbors want to hear more about noise abatement strategies

by Michael Gannon Editor

The JFK Airport Committee has spent the last few months reading and digesting information on airport noise pollution and the studies and technology aimed at alleviating it.

On Tuesday night, as often happens, the information left members with a new round of questions that will be brought to the Port Authority, which runs John F. Kennedy International Airport, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The committee is a subsection of the New York Community Aviation Roundtable, which also covers issues related to LaGuardia Airport.

Barbara Brown of the Eastern Queens Alliance, who heads the panel, said Tuesday night that the information being discussed came from the group’s last meeting in June, as well as the Oct. 30 meeting of the full Aviation Roundtable.

On things like takeoffs and landings, for example, the FAA said JFK’s layout means it is not possible to have all landings and takeoffs over the water to avoid populated areas.

A typical passenger airliner, for example, coming into JFK from the north-northeast, would have to align itself with the runway glide path at five miles out, or in other cases no more than three.

Bill Heisman, the group’s facilitator, said the FAA is experimenting with things like moving touchdown points for incoming aircraft based on their size and how much runway they need. Back in October an FAA representative said that could alleviate some noise by allowing planes to descend later if they can safely land farther down the runway.

Patrick Evans of the JFK Airport Committee, center, takes a question at Tuesday’s meeting along with board chairwoman Barbara PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON Brown and facilitator Bill Heisman.

Peter Granickas, a Howard Beach resident and member of Community Board 10, said people directly beneath takeoffs and landings need relief. He said things like the new, larger Airbus A380 passenger jets are an example, as they are lower over residential areas for longer periods.

“When a 380 takes off and start to climb, it looks like the train on the hill saying ‘I think I can, I think I can,’” he said.

“It’s no wonder they’re talking about cutting down trees in

[Idlewild] Park,” he said.

Bill Heisman, the moderator for the group, said while A380s are larger, they are much quieter than older jets.

He added that airlines are finding that as they turn over their fleets, replacing older aircraft with quieter, more fuelefficient planes, that some problems will reduce themselves.

Brown sided with Granickas.

“If you’re beneath that plane, it’s loud,” she said.

In response to questions about health concerns, Heisman restated information discussed in October when FAA engineers and technical experts came from Washington, DC to a meeting at Borough Hall.

He said the FAA has commissioned studies with major colleges and universities to examine the health effects of airports on surrounding communities on conditions ranging from sleep deprivation to heart disease.

Committee member Dan Mundy Jr., a civic leader from Broad Channel and a prominent environmentalist, said he would like FAA and PA representatives to attend some of their meetings. He cited the ongoing Part 150 environmental study, which has regular presentations.

At Kennedy Airport.

During regular weekday business hours.

Mundy considers that impractical for many of the committee members to attend.

“I realize that a part 150 study has a lot of technical things, but they don’t have to bring all their technical jargon with them,” Mundy said. “It can be difficult for people to attend meetings at the airport during the day. They should come by here. It isn’t too much to ask.”

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New subway lines, no 24/7 service?

Just two ideas proposed by think tank Regional Plan Association

by Anthony O’Reilly

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The Regional Plan Association, a Manhattan-based think tank, on Nov. 30 released a list of proposals for the city’s subway system, which includes extending the 7 train past Flushing and into College Point, having the M and R go to Bell Boulevard and ending 24/7 subway service.

The suggestions are part of a 60-point plan released by the group, which has no power to enact them, but has been a source of ideas for policymakers for 90 years.

Other ideas include: • raising money by charging drivers to enter Manhattan’s business areas, similar to the Move NY plan; • building housing near transit stops; and • creating a regional rail network that would give commuters a one-seat ride throughout the tri-state area.

The RPA says there are not enough people riding the subways to justify keeping them running overnight — it says only 1.5 percent of weekday riders use the system between 12:30 and 5 a.m.

Buses would get people where they need to go in the late evening and early morning hours, under the think tank’s plan.

“New bus service should be provided to mimic subway service on traffic-free streets, and with shorter waiting times than today’s overnight subway service,” the proposal reads.

Mayor de Blasio, during an unrelated Nov. 30 press conference, rejected any such proposal to eliminate 24/7 subway service, calling it “part of our birthright.

“You can’t take that — this is not Washington, DC, with all due respect to Washington, DC,” the mayor continued.

“You cannot shut down the subway at night. It is a 24-hour city.”

The group is also looking for ways to improve subway service in the middle of the day. It’s suggesting the acceleration of modern signaling systems, the procurement of new subway cars and fully automating the system.

On adding train routes, the RPA notes, “Large parts of Queens are not on the subway system.”

To help those communities, it suggests building a “new 3.7-mile Northern Bouleva rd li ne” to ser ve Jackson Heights, North Corona, North Flushing and College Point. It would run from 36th Street and Northern Boulevard to Willets Point, then splitting and continuing east to northern Flushing and

north to serve College Point.

Neighborhoods like Pomonok and Fresh Meadows would see subway service under the plan, which says the M and R should be extended 5.7 miles along Jewel Avenue. It would have stops on Main, 164th and 188th streets, and Bell Boulevard near Alley Pond Park.

Another plan, called the TransRegional Express, would combine MetroNorth, the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit into one massive rail system.

The RPA suggests adding eight stops under the T-REX proposal at Elmhurst, Corona, Rego Park, Rochdale, Laurelton and South Jamaica.

It would also connect to places like Middle Village and Glendale.

Madison Square Garden could also receive a new home — the RPA says it should be moved once its special permit expires in 2023 to allow for the construction of a multilevel concourse at Penn Station.

The RPA has seen some of its ideas come to fruition before — it was the group that proposed the location for the George Washington Bridge and the establishment of urban national parks in Q Jamaica Bay.

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Some of South Queens’ future lawmakers may be sitting in MS 210 in Ozone Park — but for now, the pupils had to settle for being mock legislators at a statewide competition held in Albany Nov. 16.

“It was one of the most memorable and rewarding experiences of my teaching career,” said Anthony Ferrara, a teacher at the school. “I am extremely proud of these young men and women.”

The school, located at 93-11 101 Ave., was the only one in the five boroughs to be selected for the event.

The pretend legislators received praise from a sitting one.

“These students are incredible,” said Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) in an emailed statement sent to the Chronicle. “They are very inquisitive, very ambitious — and ready to jump in and tackle any challenges that come their way. I’m so proud that these students were selected to go to Albany — and am in awe of the award-winning legislation they drafted. Kudos to Principal Butcher, and the entire MS 210 family who made all this possible.”

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“The Model of Youth and Government Conference was an incredible experience for our students,” said teacher Marta Kargol.

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Principal Bonnie Butcher called the event “a great success.

“This has cemented our focus here which is having our students think about college while they’re here in middle school,” Butcher told the Chronicle.

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Crowley’s committee hits city on Rikers plan Lawmakers say the administration is nowhere near moving fast enough

by Christopher Barca

simply about a jail or where it is located. It is about creating a smaller, safer and fairer The incarceration facilities on Rikers justice system of which jails are just one Island have become notorious for poor man- expression.”

At the heart of the hearing was the proagement, the in hu mane t reat ment of inmates and downright dangerous condi- cess of establishing at least one jail in each tions for those behind bars and the officers borough that’s close to a courthouse.

Proponents of the plan say it would save guarding them.

And while nearly everyone in city gov- the city untold millions of dollars in transernment is in agreement the jails need to be portation costs in the long term, while also shuttered, Monday’s City Council Fire and improving conditions for inmates.

But according to Glazer, finding and Criminal Justice Services Committee hearing showed there is quite the spread of opin- designing suitable sites is a long, strenuous process that is still months away from ion on just how fast it needs to happen.

The panel’s chairperson, Councilwoman completion.

The RFP for locations was sent out just a Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale), and her colleagues spent more than two hours ham- few weeks ago, she said, and the winning mering top city officials over what they engineering firm won’t be chosen until called inexcusably slow progress on estab- February.

That company will have about 10 months to lishing a new incarceration system.

Everything was fair game at the hearing complete a detailed study concerning jails in — which got testy at times — including the Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan — Glazer recently posted request for proposals on new added, to Crowley’s chagrin, that there would jails, processes for lowering the number of be no location in Staten Island, as less than 3 incarcerated individuals and the plan’s over- percent of incarcerated people live there.

And only then will the approximately all 10-year timeline.

“The time for incremental reform has 18-month Uniform Land Use Review Procecome and gone. The only way to achieve dure begin, should the sites chosen be suitgenuine reform is to start anew,” Crowley able to the city.

“Having support said. “Closing Rikers of the electeds is Island is not only very important, but financially responsit is my understanding it’s not the only thing ble, but morally will help a buildresponsible.” that the administration is that ing get built,” Glazer The hearing was “We need to h eld le s s t h a n a trying to hide something.” said. figure out what can month after the ninebe built. year incumbent lost — Elizabeth Crowley, chairperson of the “Ten months to her heated re-elecCity Council Committee on Fire f igure out what is tion campaign by 137 and Criminal Justice Services actually possible in votes to Cou ncilwhat will be one of man-elect Bob Holden — her longtime nemesis who used Crow- the largest capital programs this city has ley’s stance on closing Rikers as one of his ever undertaken seems like a prudent and wise investment in how we’re going to move main attacks against her.

But even feeling the effects of political forward.”

That answer didn’t sit well with Councilblowback from her district’s relatively conservative base on Election Day, Crowley did man Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) — a supporter of the Crowley-led plan to use not pull punches Monday.

She generally accused the administration the Queens House of Detention in Kew Garof offering “a lot of talk but little action.” dens as the borough’s jail — who called And in discussing the RFP on new jails, Rikers a “hellhole and a torture chamber.”

“I do not understand why it will take 10 Crowley slammed the city for supposedly not sending a copy of it to the Council until years to do this,” he said. “We need to move even more quickly than the mayor has indiafter 5 p.m. last Friday.

“We didn’t have a single business day to cated. We are losing and further damaging look at it,” she said. “It is my understanding the lives of thousands of people who have to that the administration is trying to hide go through even just a day at Rikers.”

Until its closure in 2002, the Queens something.

“It seems as if the administration is not House of Detention held hundreds of prisonprepared and is being reactive,” she added. ers, mostly for just a few days at a time “And it seems as if the Council has been while they awaited trial at the courthouse down the street. pulling the administration along.”

It has served as a popular venue for teleFielding questions on behalf of the city was Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice vision and movie production in the years Director Elizabeth Glazer, who urged every- since, but nearly the entire Queens delegation has come out in support of reactivating one to consider the reality of the situation.

“While ‘Close Rikers’ has become a con- it for its original use.

Dromm and Glazer eventually engaged in venient moniker, it masks the seismic change that must happen to achieve that a testy back-and-forth over why the facility goal,” Glazer said. “Closing Rikers is not — the maximum inmate capacity is 440 — Associate Editor

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Members of the City Council’s Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services criticized the city on Monday for not moving fast enough on potentially renovating the Queens House of Detention FILE PHOTO in Kew Gardens to be a replacement for the jail facilities on Rikers Island. couldn’t be used immediately.

The latter said it was “entirely possible” it could be at least four years before the site is reactivated.

“We have to decide what we’re doing there first. Are we renovating it or doing something else entirely? ” she asked.

“ULURP is hard.”

“That’s an answer you’re supposed to give us,” Dromm replied. “I want you to look at Queens House immediately and move forward on that in very quick order.”

In concert with developing new jail sites, the city plans to create multiple programs to reduce its inmate population from 10,000 to just 5,000 in order to relocate them from Rikers Island.

Two of those are risk assessment retraining for judges and supervised release processes, which Glazer said will result in far fewer people accused of low-level or nonviolent offenses — of which there are thousands, according to reports — being sent to jail as they move through the criminal justice system.

The issue on Monday came up when Glazer said the city anticipates the number of beds being freed up through those programs is a fraction of the number estimated by the Lippman Commission — the independent panel that released a report released in March recommending Rikers’ closure.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) took issue with her belief, but Glazer responded by saying “reality” needs to dictate who can be released on their own recognizance and who can’t.

“They think that all nonviolent felons can walk out the door, but we think it’s an uphill climb,” she said in reference to the Lippmann Commission. “If we could reduce the population that way and continue to drive down crime, I’m all for it. But we have to deal with what the realities are.”

Led by Lancman, the lawmakers teamed up against Glazer in criticizing the yearlong delay in the city’s creation of an online

bail payment system.

While it was initially expected to launch in the spring of 2017, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice director said there were more technological and procedural obstacles than anticipated — comparing it to opening the hood of a car and realizing the engine block needs to be gutted.

She noted the system should be operational in April 2018, a delay Crowley called unacceptable and Lancman labeled a continuation of a “nightmare.”

“It is a profound disappointment that the de Blasio administration has, once again, failed to meet its own deadline to have the online bail payment system up and running,” Lancman said. “The city’s inability to bring the bail payment process into the 21st century is only adding to the problem of unnecessary and expensive incarceration.”

Former Chief Judge of the state Court of Appeals Jonathan Lippman also testified at the hearing, vehemently disagreeing with Glazer on most of her points.

He said the city needed to be “more bold” in expediting the study of potential jail sites, adding that action could be taken immediately with the Queens House of Detention.

“That can happen tomorrow. That building is not being used, so renovate it now,” Lippman said. “There’s no reason not to do it. Get ULURP done now. There’s nothing you need to study for years and years.”

On quickly reducing the inmate population, the former judge said people would be surprised by the number of prisoners who live at Rikers who simply shouldn’t be there.

“Of course we need risk assessment, but there are people who don’t belong on the island, who aren’t a threat to anyone,” he said. “This population alone can get us to 5,000 inmates “This isn’t nuclear science,” he added.

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Crowley holds strong hand in speaker race Queens Democratic chairman seen as a possible kingmaker in January

by Michael Gannon

strong position.

“No one is better at this than Congressman The hallway leading to the City Council Joe Crowley,” said Browne, who also teaches speaker’s off ice may be in Downtown political science at the university. “He helped facilitate the election of Gifford Miller [2002] Manhattan.

But the road to get there just may run and Christine Quinn [2006]. He was almost through Queens — and U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley successful last time with Dan Garodnick until [Brooklyn Democrat(D-Queens, Bronx). ic Chairman] Frank Depending on the Seddio reneged on a sou rce one reads, deal.”

Crowley, the Queens Browne said while D e moc r at ic Pa r t y many city residents chai r man, holds may not know or care between 16 and 32 who the speaker is — committed votes from “This is really inside City Council members baseball” — the numto back his preferred ber of moving parts is choice for speaker.

Eight people are Queens Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer, left, considerable.

“The speaker vying for the office, and Donovan Richards are actively campaignwields tremendous including this bor- ing to be the next City Council speaker. power,” he said. “That ough’s own Councilmen Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and person hands out committee chairmanships, funding, decides which bills get voted on or not.

Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside).

“The speaker may be voted on by members Neither Crowley nor the eight candidates returned messages from the Chronicle for this of the Council but there are a lot of players like unions, lobbyists and county committees who story.

But Brian Browne, executive director for help get them elected.”

Candidates for the speakership from outside university relations and assistant vice president for government relations at St. John’s Universi- the Queens delegation include Robert Cornegy ty, has little doubt that Crowley is in a very Jr. (D-Brooklyn), Corey Johnson (D-ManhatEditor

tan), Mark Levine (D-Manhattan), Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), Ritchie Torres ( D - B r o n x) a n d J u m a a n e W i l l i a m s (D-Brooklyn).

Back in 2014, the newly elected Mayor de Blasio helped engineer the election of present Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan), who is term-limited out of office effective Jan. 1.

Published reports have stated that Crowley is unlikely to be in a forgiving mood toward Seddio after 2004.

“I think you’re more likely to see a deal between Queens and the Bronx than Queens and Brooklyn,” Browne said. “I think Joe Crowley is probably talking to [U.S. Rep.] Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) more than with Frank Seddio.”

He did say that Crowley and the mayor did recently take a meeting with each other.

“I assume they spent some time talking about this,” Browne said. The professor said he does not know if de Blasio will have the influence that he did as a newly elected mayor the first time around.

While not speculating on one or two possible favorites, Browne said it is no guarantee that any county chairman would automatically select someone from his own borough.

“With all the machinations going on, sometimes it would be more important to pick

U.S. Rep Joe Crowley is expected to play a major role in the selection process for the next FILE PHOTOS speaker. someone outside of Queens,” Browne said.

“Queens backed Miller and Quinn and did very well. If one of your people is speaker, you can’t get the Land Use committee chairman or the Finance chairman.”

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Examining the power of Queens Democrats Panelists say the public must ‘think differently’ about money and politics

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A group of panelists speaking on the inf luence of money in politics and the upcoming Council speaker’s election urged the audience to “think differently” about the political system and the lawmakers that represent them.

“It’s this nexis between the special interests, especially the real estate industry, and elected officials, which so many people seem to be concerned with,” said Pauline Park, a Jackson Heights resident and head of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy. “So we find ourselves in a very challenging moment right now, and the hope is that we see ... more and more people realizing what’s at stake for our city and our country.”

The panel, titled “Money, Power & Politics: Queens Democrats Examined,” was hosted by the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City.

Park was joined by Louis Flores, publisher of the website Progress Queens, and Kenneth Shelton Jr., a former organizer with Black Lives Matter.

Michael Forest, of the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project, moderated the discussion.

The panel examined what inf luence real estate lobbyists will have in determining the

next City Council speaker — eight are vying for the position, including Councilmen Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) and Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), though only the former was mentioned by name during the discussion.

The inf luence of Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), chairman of the Queens Democratic Party, was also examined. Crowley will reportedly direct 32 members to vote for the speaker of his choice [see separate story in some editions or at qchron.com].

Flores told the audience that Crowley is the man who will pick the speaker who will ultimately approve all land use applications — even those that are opposed by the community — before the Council for the next four years.

“Who gives you that Council speaker that turns a deaf ear to you?” the blogger asked.

“Everything that’s happening in Queens, if you examine everything that’s happening here — Joe Crowley gets to pick who is going to become speaker. That speaker approves every single zone-busting deal in this city.”

Flores said the election of the speaker — which is done by Council members, and not the general public — can be changed with a charter revision but added there must be “anger” about it first.

“I think what’s missing is a lot of anger because the system is unjust and the reason

Louis Flores, left, Pauline Park, Kenneth Shelton and Michael Forest discuss the influence of the Queens Democratic Party over the upcoming City Council speaker race and how money from real PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY estate lobbyists will play a role. why there isn’t enough anger is because people don’t know what’s going on,” he said.

“The system is not working for us.”

Park noted the boss of the Queens Democratic Party — whether it was Crowley or the prior head, the late Rep. Thomas Manton — has hand-picked three of the four Council speakers, the one exception being the sitting

one, Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx).

Sheldon told the audience how he is no fan of Republicans or Democrats — saying there are many “sell-outs” in the latter, specifically in Jamaica, though he did not call out any Southeast Queens lawmakers by name. But continued on page 19

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Two Queens teachers were among a group of nine people who were honored on Monday with a Sloan Award for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics — prestigious distinctions given to city public high school educators.

Receiving the awards were Erica Guzmán of Corona’s Civic Leadership Academy and Krishna Mahabir of Ridgewood’s Grover Cleveland High School.

In addition to the honor, they will also receive a $5,000 prize and each school will get a $2,500 donation from the Fund for the City of New York to strengthen its science and mathematics departments.

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A native of Guyana, Mahabir has been teaching physics, robotics and geology at Grover Cleveland for 18 years.

The trained geologist also leads the school’s science teams, with his students having won engineering events at the New York State Science Olympiad and the City Regional Bridge Building Competition.

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continued from page 16 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has aspirations of becoming speaker in his own legislative body.

That ultimately would require support from Democrats in the New York City delegation who might have their own ideas as to who they would like to see supported for Council speaker.

Again, Browne thinks Crowley would be more than capable of managing all the moving parts.

“He’s probably very mindful of that.”

He added that while Crowley has been in Congress since 1999 — “and Congress is very seniority-based” — at 55 he still is a young man in comparison to the present Democratic House leadership at a time where there is a push for younger leaders from below.

And speculating on the future, Browne sees little diff iculty with national Democrats buying into having Crowley as their leader while another New Yorker, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is the top Democrat in the Senate.

He said Queens could be seen as a microcosm of the country, with its diverse backgrounds and strong blue collar history.

“And don’t forget that the president Q is a Queens guy too,” he said.

continued from page 16 throughout the night, Van Bramer’s name was mentioned as one of the people who, according to the panelists, says one thing but does another.

Forest echoed Sheldon’s point.

“And I think this speaker race brings together the question of the man on the street, versus the politician that claims to be progressive but is ultimately selling out the communities he pretends to represent,” Forest said.

Van Bramer said in a Wednesday emailed statement to the Chronicle, “I am proud of my record the past 8 years fighting for affordable housing for the neighborhoods I represent. I have stood up to developers when projects are not right for my district and have consistently listened to my constituents as I make decisions on land-use applications. If I am elected Speaker, I would continue fighting for more affordable housing throughout New York City and for a more fair and just city for all.”

Shelton added he is not a fan of groups that solely focus on pushing back against the policies of President Trump.

“If you didn’t realize that these things were happening way before Trump was part of the system, I really Q can’t trust it,” he said.

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Vice President Mike Pence came to the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park last Tuesday for the re-enactment of the historic United Nations vote that established the State of Israel.

The vote took place in the same building the Queens Museum is in.

Pence said that while previous presidential administrations and Congress “have expressed a willingness to move our embassy” in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, “as we speak, President Donald Trump is actively considering when and how to” do it.

The vice president also said that because of President Trump and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, “the days of Israel-bashing at the United Nations are over.”

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Getting to know the new face of AD 27 Daniel Rosenthal wants NYCHA chief fired, says his job is a full-time one

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Although some call him “crazy” for it, newly elected Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal (D-Flushing) says he loves working with city and state government bureaucracies to help people out.

“I think there’s nothing more rewarding,” the 26-year-old Kew Gardens Hills resident said last Thursday in a sitdown interview with the Chronicle’s editorial board. “When a constituent comes in and you see something that’s caught up in a level of city or state government and it shouldn’t be caught up, and you’re able to help them navigate that process and get something.”

Rosenthal used to work as district director for Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). He interned for then-Assemblyman Lancman before that while in college.

A New Jersey native, he “fell in love with Queens” while a student at Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills.

Running unopposed in November after being nominated by borough Democrats, he represents the seat that the late Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz held before his untimely death in September.

Right now, Rosenthal said, his main focus is making sure that his office’s constituent services match the “gold standard” of his predecessor.

“Fortunately, a lot of his staff has agreed to stay on,” the elected explained. “People in the community know them.”

He said that he admires how active Simanowitz was in his district, helping out his constituents. And the new lawmaker plans to keep pushing bills that his predecessor had introduced, like one that would allow homeowners to opt out of having city trees planted in front of their homes.

The rookie elected also said that he’s interested in joining committees that handle school safety and public health issues.

“I actually used to be tremendously overweight,” he said.

“I got healthy a few years ago, so I care a lot about public health.”

Some electeds in Albany — where the legislative session only lasts for half of a year — consider their job to be a parttime one. Others treat it like a full-time one.

Rosenthal agrees with the latter. “In the Assembly, you’re the representative of 130,000 people in an Assembly district,” he explained. “If that’s not supposed to be a full-time job, then I don’t know what is.”

Like many, his district has a bizarre shape. It covers the Pomonok Houses, Electchester, College Point, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills and pieces of Briarwood, Richmond Hill and Whitestone.

“Definitely, you need to be in a lot of places at one time,” he said. “The issues in Whitestone are significantly different from the issues in Pomonok.”

The Flushing housing development has been in the news lately. Reeling from a scandal involving alleged false reports to the federal government about lead paint inspections, the New York City Housing Authority recently conducted some at the development. Some Pomonok residents also criticized the agency over how the inspections were done.

Rosenthal says housing authority Chairwoman Shola Olatoye should be fired. “You know they just built a new playground at Pomonok; it’s full of children,” he said. “[The lead paint] is literally poison and to have the ball dropped on it, it’s horrifying.”

In Kew Gardens, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) has said that she supports using the former Queens House of Detention as a jail again to accommodate the Rikers Island jail system’s planned shutdown.

Rosenthal said that he would have to wait for the city to put forth a detailed proposal for the borough detention facility before he supports or opposes bringing inmates back into it.

“That conversation should be part of a larger discussion about how they’re going to close Rikers,” he said. “We have to be careful where we put these new institutions.”

But the assemblyman told the Chronicle that he unequivocally opposes building a jail in College Point. Last year, it was reported that City Hall was looking at constructing one in the neighborhood.

A new network of bike lanes has been installed in sections of Community District 8; many of them are in Assembly District 27. Pointing to how narrow some of the streets with the new paths are, Rosenthal said that the network should be modified.

The Department of Transportation “did listen to some of the community’s concerns, but there are definitely some things that need to be tweaked with it,” he said.

As a representative of Electchester, Rosenthal has among his constituents many of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 3 workers on strike against Charter Communications.

“I think this is just a part of a situation where these companies are trying to break unions,” he said.

The de Blasio administration has launched an audit into whether Charter’s usage of out-of-state workers during the strike violates its franchise agreement with the city.

Rosenthal said that “there needs to be more movement to make sure that” the agreement is not being broken.

In terms of which parts of his district need investment, the assemblyman said that the Briarwood Library is a bit too small for the neighborhood “It’s no longer meeting the needs of the community,” he explained, adding that it should be enlarged.

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Commenting on the problems that the MTA has experienced this year, the new assemblyman describes the situation as a “crisis.” Rosenthal says a couple of the ideas that have been proposed to strengthen the transportation system could be problematic, though.

He said that while he would be “happy” to look at a congestion pricing proposal, he won’t support it. “I can’t see any scenario where I’d say, ‘Oh, that’s a good idea,’” Rosenthal explained. “It’s just too expensive. I think you’re just punishing a lot of the outer boroughs.”

For Queens residents, the policy could mean that they have to pay a toll on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

As part of a larger vision for the city’s transportation system, the Regional Plan Association has proposed ending 24-hour subway service to speed repairs. The assemblyman was also quick to throw cold water on that proposal.

“People who have to work off-hours, you shouldn’t penalize them any more,” he said. “It’s hard enough to go to work in the middle of the night and get back in the midQ dle of the night.”

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Con Edison is reminding its customers that happy holidays must be safe ones, and is offering safety tips for those adorning their homes and Christmas trees with lights.

The utility is reminding customers to: • Always look for the UL label on extension cords and electrical devices, as this certifies that the item has been tested by a recognized product safety organization. Buying certified products lessens the chance of shock or fire.

• Read directions on all lights and

equipment carefully.

• Do not use indoor lights outside.

• Check electrical cords for worn spots or fraying, and replace cords showing signs of either one.

• Don’t place cords under carpets or furniture.

• Never attempt to retrieve an electrical product that has fallen into water.

• Never nail or staple electrical cords to walls or baseboards.

• Don’t overload outlets or power strips, as overheated wires can cause fires.

And, while large lighting displays will affect your electric bill, Con Edison says that theee are a number of steps that can control costs.

One is to replace older lights with LEDs. Timers can be used to turn lights on automatically when it gets dark and shut them off overnight.

Look for Energy Star labels on any lighting or electronics that are given as gifts, as they can reduce energy consumpQ tion by as much as 40 percent.

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Danny Dromm: Council considers the controversial practice ‘quackery’

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) had a blunt definition of gay conversion therapy.

“It’s quackery,” he said in an interview last Friday. “It’s a scam.”

And he will soon be able to call it illegal, thanks to the City Council overwhelmingly voting to prohibit therapists from charging or accepting payment for the discredited practice.

The bill is expected to be signed by the mayor later this month.

“This is something I have been fighting for the past five, maybe six years,” said Dromm, an openly gay councilman. “I had to educate a lot of my colleagues on it.”

Gay conversion therapy refers to the practice of a therapist trying to convince a client to change their sexual orientation or gender identity through various means.

It has been widely discredited in the psychological and medical fields.

The bill, which was co-sponsored by Dromm, was proposed by Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan, Bronx).

“Conversion therapy is barbaric and inhumane, and right here in New York City, we will continue to be the model for accep-

LGBT advocates are praising the City Council’s vote to ban the practice of gay conversion therapy in the five boroughs. Therapists will no longer be able to charge or receive payment for the FILE PHOTO discredited practice. tance across the nation as we ban conversion therapy once and for all,” Mark-Viverito said in a statement.

Councilmen David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) and Chaim Deutsch (D-Brooklyn) — both of whom represent heavily Jewish districts — were the only two who voted against the bill.

Greenf ield cited religious concerns, though the legislation doesn’t affect those who offer the service for free, like spiritual leaders.

Cou ncilman A ndy K ing (D -Bron x) abstained, attributing his vote to his personal beliefs.

Deutsch has not publicly commented on

why he voted against the bill.

Therapists found charging for conversion services will be fined $1,000 for the first violation, $5,000 for the second and $10,00 for each subsequent infraction.

“A lot of people didn’t know this was still happening,” Dromm said. “They assumed since being gay was no longer thought of as a mental illness that meant therapists would no longer try to continue converting someone, but there are some ... surprisingly, there are a couple in Chelsea, which has a huge LGBT population.”

But Pauline Park, a Jackson Heights resident and head of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, believes the legislation does not go far enough.

Park, who is transgender, said in an interview she has “a hard time seeing” how a child being sent to therapy for gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder — which is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — by his or her parents might report that and have the law enforced. Furthermore, she added, the law might conflict with the parents’ legal right to seek treatment for the child.

“And that’s where this new law is needed the most,” Park said. “It’s well-meaning but I have a hard time seeing how this might be Q enforced.”

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Where to stock up this Christmas season Find the best deals in Howard Beach and Ozone Park — and where to celebrate NYE

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If you were to buy all the items listed in “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” PNC Financial Services estimates you’d spend about a little less than $35,000.

Odds are, you’re looking to spend much less than that this Christmas season.

Luckily, Howard Beach and Ozone Park businesses have plenty of sales, promotions and other specials available to keep your wallet and stockings full — though you’d have to search elsewhere for 10 lords a-leaping. Before you can think of what you’re going to put under the Christmas tree, you’ll need a tree.

For that, take a one-horse open sleigh down to Lisena Garden Center & Nursery, located at 125 Crosss Bay Blvd.

There, take $10 off 5- and 6-foot Fraser firs — city, state and federal employees get 10 percent off.

If you’re lucky enough to have a fireplace, Lisena has everything you need for your Christmas morning yule log with plenty of firewood in stock, also available for delivery in Queens and Brooklyn.

Give them a call at (718) 607-5413 for more information.

And while delivery is a great option, be sure to take a trip down to the store where they have hot chocolate and candy canes.

For stocking stuffers and more, be sure to visit Cross Bay Chemist’s two stores, at 96-05 101 Ave. and 157-02 Cross Bay Blvd.

When at the counter, be sure to tell the cashier “I know Frank” for $5 off a purchase of $25 or greater on already lowpriced goods — not applicable to prescriptions, lottery and sale items.

Christmas cards are also 50 percent off — so be sure to grab a few to send to your loved ones this year.

Don’t forget about Cross Bay Chemists’ convenient curbside delivery — their Ozone Park site can be reached at (718) 607-5413 and their Howard Beach store’s number is (718) 659-9500.

Have a bowler in your family?

Bowl360, at 98-18 Rockaway Blvd. in Ozone Park, is the place to bring them.

Look for their ad in this newspaper and bring it in to get a buy-one-game, get-onefree offer available through Dec. 31. There’s also live karaoke and a live DJ Fridays and Saturdays after 9 p.m.

Visit their website, bowl360nyc.com, or call (718) 843-5553 for more information and to ask about their holiday specials.

After you’ve unwrapped your presents and sung carols, it’s time to eat.

And because Christmas is all about spending time with the family, you’ll want to spend as little time in the kitchen as possible and have dinner ready beforehand.

Brother’s Italian Food World, at 161-10 Cross Bay Blvd., is getting ready to start selling its rib roast at the low price of $12.99

Be sure to pick up your Christmas roast at the pastrami king of Queens, Sapienza. per pound. The roast is the biggest item during December for the longtime Howard Beach establishment, but they’ll also be selling pork roasts, leg of lamb, rack of lamb, filet mignon, veal, turkey and turducken — a turkey, duck and chicken combo. They’ll also have fresh ricotta available.

Make sure you don’t leave without your favorite cut.

You can also pick from different readymade platters.

While you’re there, peruse their shelves for more high-quality meat at low prices.

Give them a call at (718) 835-7508.

Don’t feel like cooking? No problem — there are plenty of caterers in the area for you to choose from.

At Adrian & Rocky’s Caterers, at 132-08 Cross Bay Blvd. in Ozone Park, you can pick from their Christmas Eve specials serving 10 to 12 for $229 — which comes with mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari and lobster over linguini — or $199 — complete with fried fish royale, calamari, shrimp and filet of sole with penne marinara.

Their Christmas Day menu has a variety of appetizers, antipasti, pastas, meats and more for you to choose from.

Visit their website, AdriansCaterers.com, or call (718) 845-5525.

Ragtime Italian American Food Market has a seven-course meal for six to eight available for $299. Start with Italian wedding soup and then pick between an antipasto tray, shrimp cocktail or mozzarella & tomato. Then, it’s your choice of stuffed shells or manicotti with traditional Sunday sauce complete with meatballs, sausage and ribs.

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On Dec. 16, you and your children can enjoy a brunch with Santa at Russo’s On The Bay, 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Russo’s will be holding a holiday party Dec. 20 from 7 to 11 p.m. complete with an open bar, antipasto, entree, dessert and coffee for $75 per person.

Russo’s can be reached at (718) 843-5055.

At Villa Russo, 101-12 Lefferts Blvd., a Christmas Eve dinner will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. for $60 per person, children under 12 are half-priced. Enjoy family-style platters of fried calamari, baked clams, mussels and antipasto before diving into pasta and your choice of shrimp scampi, chicken francese, veal marsala and calamari & scungilli.

Wine, soda and cookies are included.

Before that, Villa Russo will have its annual holiday dinner dance on Dec. 13 from 7 to 11 p.m. with buffet, dessert and more for $35 per person.

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Back at Russo’s On The Bay, there will be a Great Gatsby-themed bash starting at 7 p.m. — come for cocktails, dinner and entertainment for $250 per person.

Danny’s Szechuan Garden, 156-40 Cross Bay Blvd., will start its Dec. 31 festivities at 9 p.m. with hibachi or Chinese dining complete with champagne toast for $49 per person. Call (718) 738-6500.

And if you’re looking to remember the reason for the season, Howard Beach Assembly of God, 158-31 99 St., will hold a live nativity Dec. 9 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. with real animals and children’s crafts. Admission is free and the event will take place rain, snow or shine. Call (718) 641-6785 for Q more information.

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An early Christmas for the Hernandezes Tree, trimmings donated by House of Holiday; Broadway tickets donated to the Astoria family

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

For one Queens family, Christmas came a bit early this year, thanks to the generosity of the owner of a popular Ozone Park store.

It was early on the evening of Nov. 29 when Maria Lourdes Hernandez, a single mother of two with a baby on the way, arrived at House of Holiday, at 90-02 Atlantic Ave. to receive what was likely the biggest Christmas gift of her life.

Each year, owner Larry Gurino uses the holiday season as a prime time for giving back, usually selecting an organization, such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to show gratitude.

This time around he wanted something different, something that would have a direct effect on an individual family.

The lucky recipients were Hernandez and her children, Cristian, 12, and Arianna, 7 — who received not only a free tree, but lights and ornaments and four complimentary

tickets to the Broadway show “Home for the Holidays.”

As the family entered the store last week, it was clear that they were a bit overwhelmed, and who could blame them?

The store is one of the largest of its type in the country, boasting an impressive 35,000 square feet of holiday items spread over two floors.

Jam-packed from floor to ceiling are such novelties as lighted oversized candy canes, a large assortment of Nativity sets, a resin outdoor angel complete with trumpet, dozens of different Christmas stockings, a large selection of holiday place mats and boxes of Stauffer’s Chocolaty Stars.

Then there are kits for kids that come with a storybook and Santa’s special paper for letter-writing. Magically, the letters may be transformed into keepsake ornaments.

Surely having the most fun that d ay were Her na ndez a nd her children.

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for their holiday shopping, they began to make their way around the store.

First was the matter of picking out a tree.

They chose a seven-and-one-halffoot-tall Asheville fir, and decided they would light it with colored bulbs.

They also placed several boxes of glass ornaments in their baskets, some gold, some silver. Floral picks, they decided, would make a nice finishing touch.

And a cushiony self-standing Santa Claus was selected, undoubtedly destined to be placed near the tree.

Hernandez, who arrived in New York from Mexico in 2003, lives with her family in Astoria.

Speaking limited English, she explained in her native tongue that she found out she was to be the lucky recipient a little over a week earlier.

The news was “maravilloso,” or marvelous, she said, adding she had never received such a gift before.

Arriving at the store, she was anticipating being given a tree, but not all the trimmings.

Of being the lucky family, Cristian admitted, “It was surprising. I thought it was a joke. It makes me feel nice that there are people who will give stuff.”

As for Gurino, he found it difficult to put into words what he was feeling as the family made their way to the checkout counter.

The store, Gurino said, opened in 1949 as an artificial Christmas tree factory.

Then, in 1996, he said, “We made it into something special.”

Now his customers come from far and wide.The store opens every year on Sept. 1, filled with both Christmas and Halloween items. Eventually, it gives way to a Christmas-only wonderland.

By the end of the holiday season, most of the merchandise is gone, Gurino explained, and the store becomes a showcase for the sale of pianos, as well as being lent out for

The Hernandez family

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Ready to head home, Hernandez, when asked when they would start decorating, answered, “Hoy mismo!”

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Tips to prolong the life of your Christmas tree Christmas trees are symbols of the holiday season and the spirit of giving that the season champions. Choosing and decorating a Christmas tree are traditions for many families, and depending on the trees they choose, families may have some work to do to keep their trees glowing all season long.

Artificial Christmas trees require little, if any, maintenance. But live Christmas trees, which some people feel are more authentic and welcoming than their artificial counterparts, require daily maintenance. In addition to supplying the tree with water at least once per day, live Christmas tree owners can take these steps to prolong the life of their trees.

• Protect the tree on the way home. Your tree might be vulnerable to damage as you transport it from the farm to your living room. Unwrapped trees placed atop vehicles can be dried out by the wind. Prevent wind damage by wrapping the tree if you plan to place it atop your vehicle. If possible, lay the tree in the bed of a pickup truck and close the cover over the bed. If you don’t have access to a pickup truck but can use a minivan or SUV to transport your tree, see if the tree fits inside your vehicle. If it doesn’t, wrap it tightly in a blanket or another form of cover, making sure the cover won’t blow off in the wind when you hit the open road.

• Have the tree cut before you take it off the lot. If you typically purchase your tree from a florist or tree lot instead of a tree farm, then remember to ask the seller to recut the stem of the tree before you take it home. Tree farm trees are fresh-

ly cut, but trees sold away from the farm might have been chopped down weeks before they are ultimately sold. During the interval between being cut down and sold, trees’ vascular systems can clog and prevent the tree from getting the water it needs to survive the season. A fresh cut of the stem unclogs the system and ensures the tree will be able to consume water.

• Avoid placing the tree near heaters or drafty windows. Many people know that placing a live tree near a potentially hot heating vent poses a fire hazard. But doing so also can dry out the tree, decreasing the chances it will make it through the season. Placing the tree near drafty windows also can dry out the tree, so try to find a spot in your home with a consistent temperature.

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Christmas is rife with traditions that date back ages.

Christmastime is here. The presents are being purchased and wrapped. The stockings will soon be hung on the fireplace mantle. Mistletoe is pinned above the front entryway, and poinsettias add rich color to home decor.

Tradition is integral come the holiday season. Throughout the month of December, traditions fill people’s days and comprise the many reasons why individuals decorate, celebrate and dine the way they do this time of year. But few may know the origins of some of the most beloved holiday traditions.

Santa Claus Santa Claus’ origin story can be traced to St. Nicholas, a Christian bishop who lived during the fourth century. St. Nicholas was very generous and gave away his fortune to help the needy. He also did various other good deeds. St. Nicholas became famous and began to be known by various names around the world. The Dutch called him Sinter Klaas, which was eventually transformed to Santa Claus.

The jolly persona came later when 20th century advertisers — especially the artists responsible for Coca-Cola ads — portrayed Santa in a red suit with a big smile.

Christmas stockings The Christmas stockings of today may be a byproduct of various traditions. One such tradition dates back to a Dutch custom in which children would leave shoes full of food to feed St. Nicholas’ donkeys, and then St. Nicholas would leave small gifts in return.

Another origin story of Christmas stockings can be traced to the 12th century, when nuns would leave socks full of nuts, fruit and tangerines for the poor. This is why some people still put tangerines in Christmas stockings.

Mistletoe Mistletoe is hung in doorways, and couples who stand beneath it are encouraged to share a kiss. The tradition of hanging it in the house goes back to the times of the ancient Druids. Mistletoe was thought to bring good luck to a household and ward off evil spirits. The custom of kissing under mistletoe can be traced to England. Originally, a berry was picked from the sprig of mistletoe before the person could be kissed. When all the berries had gone, there could be no more kissing.

Christmas tree Christmas trees are everywhere this time of year. The use of evergreen trees predates Christmas and is associated with the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which celebrated the agricultural god Saturn with partying and gift-giving.

During the winter solstice, green branches served as a reminder that spring would arrive anew. Germans are credited with first bringing evergreens into their homes and decorating them.

Christmas bells Church bells ring for many special services, including Christmas Mass. During Christmas midnight Mass in the Catholic Church, the altar bells may be rung while the priest says the “Gloria.” Bells are part of caroling, and jingling bells are associated with sleighs and Santa’s reindeer.

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We still need your help this Christmas Your donations will go to the needy children in Queens homeless shelters

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Our annual toy and gift drive has started — but we still need your help.

Items are slowly coming into our office, as well as our drop-off points around the borough, but we’re asking for more people to get into the giving spirit.

A special thank you goes out to those who have donated: Josephine and Danielle from Rego Park, Mary Jacobs from Middle Village, Theresa Conlin from Richmond Hill, Darra Tashlick from Astoria, Dorothy Kummer from Middle Village and Tina Altaro from Maspeth.

A very special thank you to Thomas McCarthy, of Woodhaven, who donated $100 to the toy drive.

That money will be used to buy the dolls, basketballs, soccer balls, action figures and more that have been requested by the children in Queens homeless shelters.

Many are also asking for coats and winter clothes.

Please note: we cannot accept used clothing items, only new and unused.

Donated items will go to the children at the Dove House, a shelter for battered

women or men and their children in eastern Queens, and 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.

Gifts can be dropped off at the Chronicle office, at The Shops at Atlas Park, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201 in Glendale, above Ho me G o o d s , f r o m Mo nd ay through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pa rk i ng i n t he Sout h 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: • Councilman Danny 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

These children had a happy Christmas during a previous toy drive, and now you can make others FILE PHOTO get into the holiday spirit by donating.

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.

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.

We thank you in advance, and if you have any questions, please visit the Queens Chronicle during business hours or call us at (718) Q 205-8000.

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Holiday desserts the whole family will love

‘Tis the season for baking cookies, cakes and other treats D

Stick with tested recipes Although holiday bakers may want to branch out a bit with their culinary creativity, recipes that have previously been prepared with great success can take some of the work out of holiday baking. Preparing recipes you recall preparing in the past is much easier than trying something new. If you’d like, add sparkle to old standards, such as decorating oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies with colored sprinkles.

Cookies are fast-baking Did you know that cookies were originally made to test oven temperatures? Culinary historians say that cookies were first made to test if an oven was hot enough to bake other goods. Today, cookies can be whipped up in mere minutes. Make a batch of dough and then freeze or refrigerate it, thawing it when the time comes to bake. Also, think about baking one day and decorating the next if pressed for time.

Embrace colored candy melts Icing can be tricky to master. Simply heating colored candy melts and pouring over cakes or painting onto cookies can add festive appeal to desserts. Candy melts even come in many different colors and can be combined to achieve the tint desired.

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A quick and delicious holiday recipe for “Chocolate-Strawberry Pie” from Addie Gundry’s “No-Bake Desserts” (St. Martin’s Press) can be prepared in just 15 minutes, all without turning on the oven.

uring the holiday rush it’s easy to get side-tracked or tired and perhaps even a little bit overwhelmed by all the things to do in such a short period of time. Holiday baking doesn’t have to add to seasonal stress.

With these tips and shortcuts, there will be plenty of sweet treats for the family and your holiday baking can be made much easier by employing these tricks of the trade.

Double chocolate chip cookies

Add a smile to the face of family members by making some delicious holiday desserts.

Keep ingredients in top form Don’t let poorly performing ingredients or a lack of supplies be your undoing. Butter can be softened quickly in the microwave when needed for recipes. Eggs can be brought to room temperature by allowing them to sit in a bowl of warm water. Ensure that brown sugar stays soft by putting a piece of sliced bread in the container. Don’t forget to stock up on other baking staples, such as vanilla and almond extracts, baking powder/ soda, molasses and confectioner’s sugar.

Parchment paper is key Line cookie sheets or cake pans with parchment paper for easy dessert release and quick cleanup. Parchment paper and even foil can help lift cakes or cookie bars out of pans so they look neat and do not stick.

For those people who enjoy baking, no dish is more synonymous with holiday baking than cookies.

Children leave cookies out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, while adults may indulge and enjoy an extra cookie or two at family gatherings or holiday office parties.

Here are some holiday recipes your family will enjoy through the holidays and beyond.

Cookies come in all shapes and sizes, so bakers have an array of options at their disposal when planning their holiday menus. Chocolate chip cookies may be among the most popular types of cookies, and bakers who want to capitalize on that popularity while giving loved ones something a little different may want to try the following recipe for “Double Chocolate Chip Cookies” from Maxine Clark’s “Chocolate: Deliciously Indulgent Recipes for Chocolate Lovers” (Ryland, Peters & Small).

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Makes about 12 large cookies 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 5 tablespoons granulated sugar 5 tablespoons light brown sugar, sifted 1 large egg, beaten 1⁄2 teaspoon pure vanilla essence or chocolate extract (see note) 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons self-rising flour 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 2⁄3 cup (or more) dark and white (or milk) chocolate chips (or roughly chopped chocolate) A heavy, nonstick baking sheet Preheat the oven to 350 F. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars together until pale and fluffy.

Beat in the egg and vanilla essence.

Sift the flour with the cocoa and salt in a small bowl. Fold into the egg mixture with the chocolate chips.

Place 4 heaping tablespoonsfuls of the mixture on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them well apart. Press down and spread out to about 1⁄4-inch thick with the back of a wet spoon or with dampened fingers (you may like to scatter some more chocolate chips over the top).

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack. When cool, store in an airtight container. Repeat with the remaining mixture.

Note: Chocolate extract is a fat-free flavoring ingredient made from a blend of roasted cacao beans, water and alcohol.

Chocolate-Strawberry Pie Yields 1 pie 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed, trimmed and halved 1 store-bought (or homemade) chocolate cookie pie crust 2⁄3 cup sugar 1⁄4 cup cornstarch 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1⁄4 teaspoon minced crystallized ginger 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg pinch of kosher or sea salt 6 large egg yolks 2-1⁄2cups half-and-half 6 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped 1⁄2 tablespoon rum extract 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Additional strawberries for garnish (optional) Place the strawberry halves in a single layer in the bottom of the pie crust.

In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder, ginger, nutmeg, and salt over medium heat.

Whisk in the egg yolks to create a thick paste. Gradually whisk in the half-and-half until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.

Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute.

Remove from the heat.

Add the chocolate and whisk until combined. Add the rum and vanilla extracts.

Cool the mixture for 4 minutes.

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Celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year Holiday revelers tend to be busy with social the kitchen or whether a last-minute trip to the engagements — from corporate parties to store is in order. cocktails with close friends — between Downsize Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Chances Festive feelings may inspire you to expand are, many people will be attending a party your guest list. Social people understandably and/or hosting their own this holiday season. want to invite all of their circles of friends, but While attending a party requires little of cel- an overwhelming guest list can make hosting ebrants other than a willingness to have a good more difficult. If you have trouble paring down time, hosting a holiday get-together can be hard the guest list, consider hosting separate parties, work. But hosts can heed a few time-tested designating one for family and another for strategies to ensure friends. they and their guests Yo u c a n e v e n make the most of their downsize your offertime together this holiings to lessen some onʻt get down if a holiday your load. Rather than day season. spending days in the party is beyond your Forget perfection kitchen making Television, movies unique apps, stock up capabilities. Channel and adver tisements on chips, snacks and your energy into what paint an unrealistic picpremade appetizers so ture of what the holiyou have enough food. you do best and make days should be. Don’t If you want to make get down if a holiday one or two appetizers the most of it and enjoy! party that would make from scratch, stick to No r m a n Ro ck wel l a handful of tried-andproud is beyond your true recipes and concapabilities. Rather than trying to plan a pic- venience items so you’re not worrying about ture-perfect holiday party, channel your energy kitchen-testing new things. into what you do best.

Cook up a holiday feast if you love being in Hire professionals the kitchen, or decorate till you drop if you If you’re simply too busy to handle hostlove to deck the halls. The point of the party is ing but still want to invite loved ones, hire to gather with family and friends, so no need some professional help. Hire wait staff to to worry about throwing a perfect party. tend to guests during the party, and book a cleaning service to clean your home in the Enlist helpers days before the party. Don’t hesitate to have Ask others to contribute to the party so all the party catered if you prefer your gathering of the work is not on your shoulders. A potluck not be potluck. party is a great way to encourage participation.

Holiday hosting can be a big time commitWhen everyone brings something along and ment, but there are ways to make hosting easihelps, it frees up time to spend together rather er regardless of how busy you are.

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Score in bunches? Yup. He led the team with 28 points on 10-21 shooting while playing all 40 minutes.

Play shutdown defense? You bet. Six rebounds and a team-high five steals.

Facilitate for his teammates? Of course.

With fellow guard Marcus LoVett out with a minor knee injury, Ponds chipped in four assists and was more than happy to spread the wealth around.

It was just the latest outburst in a season full of them for the man they call “Slick.”

He’s scored at least 20 points in six of the Red Storm’s nine games, including three performances of at least 26 points, good for an average of 20.2 per game. That mark is fourth in the entire talented Big East Conference.

When it comes to rebounds, he’s grabbing 6.3 per game, a quite impressive tally for a guard that’s good for 10th in the conference.

Only fellow guard Justin Simon averages more per game for the Johnnies.

And while Simon leads the Big East in steals with 23, Ponds is second with 21.

Free throw shooting has been the Red

John’s will go as far as the Brooklyn product will take them.

And with Ponds off to a dominant start, it’s no surprise the Red Storm have won eight of their first nine games.

“He has the ideal personality. Nothing seems to faze him,” Mullin told the Chronicle before the season started. “He’s unflappable. He gets lost playing the game. The moment is never too big for him.”

Big East play is fast approaching and it will serve as a litmus test for the Johnnies. If they prove they’re for real — a true conference contender — it will be predominantly because of Ponds.

Maybe then, the rest of the nation will Q start giving him the props he’s due.

Storm’s Achilles heel over the years, but Ponds has converted 91 percent of his attempts.

Statistically, he’s already a superstar. And in terms of intangibles, Ponds has plenty of them.

He’s your quintessential floor general, a player who can both put the team on his back offensively and facilitate to his teammates.

He’s got an impeccable knack for simply putting the ball in the bucket. Ponds can shoot from distance. He can create his own shot better than most with his shiftiness. He fearlessly drives the lane with ease.

But maybe more impor tant than any of that is his leadership. The Johnnies rally around him and they’ve done so since the minute he arrived in Shamorie Ponds blows past a defender against Grand Canyon on Queens last year.

Tuesday night. The Brooklyn product continued his stretch of domQ u i t e s i m p l y, S t . ination in the 68-60 win.

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I don’t know how many of you stayed up to watch St. John’s take on Grand Canyon on Tuesday night. After all, it was an 11:30 p.m. tip — the game was in Phoenix — and even I found myself dozing off around 1 a.m. midway through the second half.

But if you powered through like I did, you were treated to another scintillating episode of The Shamorie Ponds Show.

I know I’ve talked about the Brooklyn boy ad nauseam on this page since he first got to campus last year. But unfortunately, I feel like I’m the only one — along with the New York Post’s quality SJU beat writer, my friend and former colleague Zach Braziller — who dedicates ink to him.

I sort of understand why he isn’t talked about much by the national sports media, by the ESPNs and Sports Illustrateds of the world.

St. John’s has lost much of its shine over the last decade thanks to a multitude of losing seasons.

Combine that with the decline and ultimate death of the “old Big East” and you have yourself a program that’s a far cry from what it was in the 1980s and 1990s.

Quite simply, the Red Storm have fallen so far out of the national conversation, it’s almost impossible to get back into it.

But at the end of the day, Ponds deserves to be talked about like the budding star he is. We talk about prized underclassmen like Texas’ Mo Bamba and Villanova’s Mikal Bridges at length, and rightfully so. For whatever reason, Ponds is left out of that conversation.

To see why he deserves inclusion, just look at what he did in the Red Storm’s 68-60 road win over Grand Canyon, a squad projected to win the Western Athletic Conference this year.

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Briarwood peppers Blaz with questions Pomonok, school lunch issues and more come up at mayor’s town hall

by Christopher Barca

mayor. “We need lights bad. When you walk down the street, it’s like a different world. It’s a The crowd of a few hundred at MS 217 in black hole.”

De Blasio then asked to the stage New York Briarwood was quite the friendly one for City Housing Authority General Manager Mayor de Blasio.

But that didn’t mean he and his city agency Michael Kelly, who said he was aware lights in commissioners got off easy at last Thursday’s “key areas” of Pomonok were out.

“They’re being replaced right now and town hall.

The gracious but inquisitive audience we’re looking to have that done next week,” pressed the mayor for nearly three hours on Kelly said, before stating NYCHA is looking neighborhood topics including the Pomonok at replacing the working lights with brighter Houses, a new Briarwood library, park renova- bulbs.

After Corbett challenged him to replace the tions and kosher and halal lunch in schools — in addition to broader topics such as climate broken lights first to improve safety, the mayor stepped in. change and Islamophobia.

“You’re going to take a field trip,” de Blasio But before he fielded questions, he cheerfully rattled off statistics that, de Blasio says, told Kelly. “Let me give you a mandate. denote how Council District 24 — represented Michael, lighting is a very important issue to

by Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh me with NYCHA. You have to go over in the Meadows), the night’s moderator — has next few nights to see for yourself when it’s dark.” improved over his first term.

When asked about a timeline for building a “There’s not been a single homicide here in the [107th] precinct. Isn’t that outstanding?” he new Briarwood branch of the Queens Library said. “Councilman, four years ago there were — area leaders say the existing structure is 341 pre-K seats in your district. There are now aging and not large enough to serve an explod3,243 full-day pre-K seats in your districts. ing neighborhood population — de Blasio told the crowd that it’s “on our radar screen.”

Score.

“Bluntly, I’m going to be real with you and “Last year, we repaved 43 lane miles,” he added. “We’ve redone 35 lane miles in this say I don’t have that yet,” he said. “It is a priorCouncil district just since this summer, includ- ity but there are some challenges. We’re trying ing key corridors like Union Turnpike and Par- to come up with a real plan and a real timeline.” sons Boulevard.”

The Briarwood Community Association After boasting that 23,000 feet of scaffolding had been removed from Pomonok over said last year it heard that plans were in the four years, de Blasio took a question from works to start building in 2020, should suffiPomonok Residents Association President cient funding be secured.

Other area issues to come up included a Monica Corbett, who said many of the 600 lights throughout the housing development are request to renovate Captain Tilley Park’s pond — Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowsout and need replacing.

“As I listen to you rattle off things happen- ki said the agency will study it — and running ing in Pomonok, it’s kind of flawed. If you limited service on the Q88 bus.

Regarding a request for left turn signals at leave here and take a tour of Pomonok, it’s pitch black,” a frustrated Corbett told the the intersection of Main Street and Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills, Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trot tenberg said the agency is studying it, adding she is “happy to visit the site myself.”

The conversation then turned to citywide issues, as the mayor was asked about add i ng t he Hindu holy day of Diwali to the list of public school holidays.

De Blasio said he wished he could do so, but after recently adding Eid and Lunar New Year to the calend ar, there isn’t enough room to create another holiday.

“We have to by Mayor de Blasio smiles as he chats with Councilman Rory Lancman durlaw pr o d uc e 180 ing the former’s town hall meeting.

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Pomonok Residents Association President Monica Corbett, in green, asks a question of Mayor PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA de Blasio at his town hall meeting in Briarwood last Wednesday. school days. When we added those additional holidays, it put real pressure on the calendar,” he said. “We are going to keep looking at the option, but we do not feel in fairness we can accommodate it now. We have to leave a buffer for snow days.”

Over the last month, de Blasio has caught heat over the city’s free school lunch program, specifically from Jewish and Muslim leaders who say none of the food is certified kosher or halal.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) even introduced legislation in November that would mandate that kosher and halal meals be made available to students with religious dietary restrictions upon request.

Sam, a Jewish teenager, and his Muslim friend Icram teamed up to ask de Blasio about kosher and halal options.

The mayor got up from his seat to shake their hands and call the youngsters “everything good about New York City” before saying it’s simply not likely — citing federal funding complexities.

“We costed out what it would take to do true halal and kosher meals of the same quality we now provide for general meals in schools,” he said. “It is a prohibitive price tag. Tens of millions of dollars. We don’t feel like we can afford that in this environment, particularly with the uncertainty coming out of the federal government.”

A number of questions throughout the night came from Muslim residents of the district, including a number of Jamaica Muslim Center volunteers.

Most were profusely supportive of the mayor, with their questions ranging from assigning more Muslim police officers to neighborhoods with high Muslim populations to increasing JMC senior center service from three days to five.

JMC President Khwaja Mizan — who thanked God de Blasio was re-elected, calling him a “beacon of hope for minorities” — asked about protecting Muslims from hate crimes in an age when Islamophobia is on the rise.

Without saying the president’s name, de Blasio referenced Donald Trump’s Wednesday

retweeting of a far-right British hate group’s anti-Muslim videos — one of which is not what it claims to be — calling his past and present rhetoric “distressing.”

“We as a city have to stand up and say this is unacceptable. But then there’s action we can take, too,” he said. “One thing the NYPD has done an outstanding job on is sending a message, through action, that if someone commits a hate crime, they will be found and they will be prosecuted.”

Trump’s name came up again later in the meeting, as a Jamaica Estates resident asked about better enforcing laws that render most Airbnb listings illegal — citing the controversy with the president’s childhood home being listed on the site earlier this year De Blasio said that while the city has cracked down on Airbnb, it’s really only interested in busting systematic bad actions and large-scale rentals.

“The real concern is going after the bigger actors. There’s been some whole buildings converted illegally for that kind of rental,” he said. “There’s a lot of focused enforcement, but it’s not with the vision of going after every homeowner who occasionally participates with Airbnb.”

When asked about the city’s adherence to the Paris Climate Accords by a 13-year-old MS 217 student named Armon, de Blasio stayed away from criticizing the White House’s position on climate change.

He did, however, run through a number of climate-friendly initiatives, including the retrofitting of every public building to reduce greenhouse emissions.

“We’ve recently put out a plan to mandate every major private building not meeting appropriate standards be obligated to be retrofitted,” he said. “And if they didn’t retrofit in time, they would be fined in a very big way. So real teeth.

“Something I’m also really excited about is electric cars. The city will go to an all electric car fleet in the next few years,” the mayor added. “We’re also going to put up charging stations in all five boroughs. We’re going to Q make them available to anyone.”

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Making the season bright for seniors

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

The holiday season can be either the most joyous time of the year or, for those without friends or family to share it, the loneliest. It can be especially hard on older folks, many of whom have simply outlived their closest relations.

At the same time, it can also be said that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never too late to celebrate ... which seems to be the motto at many of the Queens facilities that provide services for the senior population.

Case in point, the jam-packed calendar of special holiday events planned for residents at Forest Hills Care Center, a mainstay on Yellowstone Boulevard that caters largely to short-term rehabilitation. According to Marc Waight, director of therapeutic activities, the facility will be celebrating all the seasonal holidays.

Special Chanukah religious services are on the agenda, along with a day of live entertainment, story-telling, gift-sharing, and, of course, rugelachs and donuts for everyone.

The dining room area will become the focal point of the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas celebration, with a tree-trimming event. Each resident will have the opportunity to place an ornament on the tree, and Christmas cookies and eggnog will be served. A chorus of students from nearby Russell Sage Junior High School will make its annual appearance.

Peter Hoffman, president of the Resident Council at the Forest Hills Care Center, points out upcoming holiday events there, joined by fellow client Shirley Alpert.

PHOTO BY MARK LORD Waight hopes to have a group of African dancers on hand to usher in Kwanzaa, when fruit salads, representative of the holiday, will be served.

On New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live it up!â&#x20AC;? Waight said, with a deejay, dancing and all the merriment one could expect.

According to administrator Louis Herzberg, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music is a very powerful resource. It lifts the whole spirit. Those who are able to, get up and dance. It

changes the whole mood of the residents.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try not to let anybody be alone,â&#x20AC;? Waight pointed out.

Perhaps no one knows the power of music better than Naomi Zeitlin, a longtime Bayside resident who now lives on Long Island and spends many a day throughout the year entertaining at senior facilities.

This time of year, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a strong

holiday spirit. I would say more so than with people who live at home. We as entertainers treat seniors and those who are challenged as people.

They appreciate that.â&#x20AC;?

When Zeitlin sings, her audiences, many feeble and wheelchair users, smile, sway, cry and even sing along at times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of them are trapped in their bodies but alert. This is a high point in their day. They can forget for an hour that their family is not there. Music transports them,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Betsy Lazarus, director of therapeutic recreation at Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Jackson Heights, found her own inspiration over the years watching the Rockefeller Center tree-lighting ceremonies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to bring that here for our residents,â&#x20AC;? she said.

And so she has. The facility recently held its own tree-lighting ceremony in the lobby, where everyone gathered next to the fireplace and shared stories of their blessings and their hopes and wishes for the season and the upcoming year, Lazarus said.

Earlier this month, residents made Christmas cards to send to servicemen and women overseas, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives them the opportunity to reach out and look beyond their immediate environment.â&#x20AC;? By now, this is an annual tradition at the facility. continued on page 47

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Making the holidays more affordable Getting the perfect gift for everyone on your shopping list doesn’t mean you have to go over-budget. With some tips from the shopping experts you can celebrate the season affordably without sacrificing the merriment.

• Décor: Whether you’re going for a classic look or a modern feel, you can deck the halls stylishly and on-budget at a discount retailer. Make your exterior inviting with a festive wreath and lights. Decorate your tree with a wide selection of ornaments and ribbons, as well as homemade ornaments.

Mini trees, snow globes and scented candles can also add cheer in every room. Let the fireplace take center stage and make it glow with mantel décor and stockings on those extra-cold evenings.

• Gifts and stocking stuffers: With a large quantity of people on your shopping list from co-workers to cousins and teachers, save time and money by picking up a simple glass jar and filling it with their favorite candies and treats. You can also dress up the gift with a little ribbon and a $1 ornament.

And don’t forget about the stocking stuffers. For kids, skip the long lines, high prices and crowds at the toy store and head to a discount retailer for brand-name,

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affordable toys, dolls and electronics.

• Baking: End your holiday meals on a sweet note by baking your own cake and holiday-themed cookies with simple mixes and pre-made frostings. This not only saves money, but also creates an activity the entire family can enjoy together.

• Hosting a crowd: If you will be hosting house guests for a winter party or for several days, stock up on basic household products

before everyone arrives. Save by buying toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning items in bulk online and have them delivered to your home for one less stop during the holidays.

• Staying healthy: Avoid the physician this holiday by staying well as the colder temperatures arrive. Drinking lots of water and eating healthy fruits and vegetables can help P keep you healthy this winter.

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Trial run: living on Social Security If you’ve reached the age where you can collect Social Security and keep working without any reduction in your benefits, at some point you’re going to wonder: When is it safe to retire? Before you let go of that paycheck, do a trial run.

Try to live for a period of time (at least six months) on just an amount that would equal your Social Security income should you retire. Use the rest of your work income to pay off all your bills and put some money aside.

To determine if Social Security will be enough, save every receipt and make a list of every single cent you spend. At the end of each month, divide your expenses into categories such as basics, fun, needs, wants or whatever applies to your lifestyle. Your Social Security should at least pay for basic monthly bills and medical care. Here’s how to get started: • Calculate which parts of your lifestyle you’ll be able to continue. Club membership with dues? Movies twice a month with lunch afterward? Investigate free activities and events in your area.

• Figure a monthly plan for your utilities. Take your last year of bills and divide by 12 to determine your monthly cost.

• Is your vehicle paid for? How about your cellphone? Pay them off with your work money.

• If you switch high-interest-rate credit cards to zero interest, how quickly can you pay off the balances?

• Investigate free services available to low-income seniors.

• Do you have enough clothing for the next year? Include winter gear and shoes, which can be big-ticket items. While you’re practicing living on only Social Security, stock up.

Many seniors will have only Social Security benefits during retirement. The time to determine if that amount will be livable is before you P actually stop working.

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Wireless tips — finding the best deal There are currently more than 93 million Americans in the U.S. over age 55, according to Census data, and the vast majority (74 percent) of them have a smartphone. And that number keeps growing.

In addition, baby boomers spend an average of 149 minutes a day on their smartphones — about as much as smartphone-obsessed millennials at 171 minutes per day.

Despite these figures and the fact that members of this generation were the inventors of the wireless industry, many mobile plans for Americans aged 55 plus are still designed for a time before the internet. They come with limited minutes, and no data.

“The fact is that many ‘senior’ plans offer limited services that only work with basic phones. This doesn’t make sense for most of today’s modern, mobile adults,” says John Legere, CEO and president of T-Mobile. “Unfortunately, many carriers and plans treat these generations like they’re stuck in the past.”

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Happily, many of the residents at Regal have friends who come to visit them, Lazarus said.

For those who don’t, Lazarus said she sees to it that they have individual visitations from staff members all year round. And for the holidays, “We double up on the visiting and reminisce with them,” she said.

Bruce Cunningham, executive director of Queens Interagency Council on Aging, is particularly grateful for the role senior centers play, especially around the holiday season.

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— StatePoint neighborhood, with their grandparents nearby, often living together,” he said. Not so anymore, leaving many without loved ones close by.

“Senior centers are open to the public.

They provide not only a meal but a network for socialization” that is most important, he noted.

One area center that is in the holiday spirit, the Young Israel of Forest Hills Senior League, is holding what acting director Susan Rabinowicz calls “an all-inclusive holiday party” on Dec. 19. For a $5 suggested contribution, the public is invited to join in for a special holiday meal and entertainment.

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Report leads some to rip mute swan plan Analysis shows DEC science data not up to required standards: pol, advocates

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

When it comes to the state’s wish to control the mute swan population, animal advocates continue to be anything but mute.

According to the Department of Environmental Conservation, mute swans are not native to New York State and can lower water quality, destroy submerged aquatic vegetation and be aggressive to humans. The agency’s website says that they can be found in the lower Hudson Valley and Long Island and that they have established a presence around Lake Ontario in recent years.

Proposals put forth by the agency in recent years to eradicate New York’s mute swan population have triggered blowback from animal advocates.

Last November, Gov. Cuomo signed a bill carried by state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and a Brooklyn assemblyman requiring the agency to hold two public hearings before it could put forth a new mute swan control plan.

The legislation also created a two-year moratorium for enacting any proposal to manage the species’ population. And it mandated that the agency would have to totally document the scientific foundations for “current and projected environmental damage” and its forecasts for the swan’s future population.

The DEC held three hearings. Now, the agency says that its third draft plan, which was released in September, would preserve some of the swans while preventing the population from enlarging its range or increasing in size.

But according to advocacy groups and Avella, a new independent analysis shows that the data used by the state in its most

In response to a new analysis by the nonprofit Hudsonia, animal advocates and state Sen. Tony Avella are criticizing the scientific basis of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s latFILE PHOTO est mute swan control draft plan. recent proposal for the swans does not meet his bill’s requirements involving science.

Hudsonia, a nonprofit group tasked by some of the advocates to study the issue, released a report last month which concluded there were “methodological problems, insufficient hard data, and a lack of distinction between short-lived and long-term impacts associated with some of the research that has been used to justify control programs.”

It also said that “some of the negative impacts imputed to mute swans are unsubstantiated or anecdotal, whereas others may

be of management concern.”

The group, which calls itself a “non-advocacy organization,” is not taking a stance on the issue or calling on the DEC to go through with any particular policy.

“I find the DEC’s handling of this process shameful and I thank all of the advocates for helping me fight on behalf of the mute swans of our state and the communities that cherish them,” Avella said in a prepared statement.

“The conclusion of the Final Hudsonia Report confirms that during the time of the moratorium on the killing of mute swans,

the NYS DEC has been long on reasons for killing mute swans, but short on science,” Anne Muller from the League of Humane Voters said in her own statement.

In response to the criticism, the agency said its plan is based on “the best available science.” It also highlighted how its strategy includes reaching out to and educating the public about the environmental impacts of the creatures, how its draft proposal emphasizes nonlethal control of them and encourages responsible care and ownership of mute swans.

People are allowed by the DEC’s invasive species permitting process to own mute swans for a variety of reasons: education, public exhibition, research or to help manage the species’ population in New York. The draft mute swan plan would continue to enable ownership of the mute swans for those purposes.

The DEC also pointed to how the Hudsonia report detailed threats posed by the mute swans, including how one man drowned to death after one of the animals attacked his boat. It also noted how the nonprofit’s analysis mentioned the safety issues posed by their presence at airports, the way they can raise fecal coliform levels in bodies of water and other issues.

According to a spokeswoman for the agency, it will review comments from the public until the period to issue them ends on Dec. 13. Then, the DEC will “determine next steps,” she said.

To submit a comment about the agency’s draft swan management plan, you can email wildlife @ dec.ny.gov with “Mute Swan Plan” in the subject line. Written comments can mailed to “Bureau of Wildlife — Mute Swan Plan” at 625 Broadway, Q Albany, NY 12233.

Douglaston group home OK’d by CB 11 Board approves nonprofit’s plan for site on Northern Boulevard

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Community Board 11 voted on Monday to approve a proposed group home in Douglaston. The center is planned for a building at 244-04 Northern Blvd. in a building owned by St. Anastasia Catholic Church.

Run by the nonprofit group Services for the Underserved, the home will house eight intellectually disabled adults, half of them men and the other half women. They will be supervised at all hours.

Only one board member voted against the proposal.

Although CB 11 Group Home/Community Facilities Committee Co-chairman Steve Pivawer supported the plan, he expressed concer ns about how much money the nonprofit group that would run the home pays its own employees, given that it receives large amounts of

taxpayer dollars.

“I see expenditures here of over $60 million for salaries,” he said. However, he added that the state would keep a close look on how the group uses money, as it does with other nonprofits that receive taxpayer dollars.

It appears that the home plan is not controversial in the area surrounding the building. CB 11 District Manager Joe Marziliano said that neighbors had been given notice that there would be a hearing about the group home proposal but none of them showed up.

The advisory council also voted in favor of a resolution urging the Long Island Rail Road to expand service on the Port Washington line to reduce rush-hour commute crowds. The resolution also calls on the MTA to not open another station on the line, in response to rumors Q that it might.

Community Board 11 member Steve Pivawer speaks on Monday night. The board approved a proposal for a group home on Northern Boulevard in Douglaston that would serve developmenPHOTO BY RYAN BRADY tally disabled adults.

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City closer to buying Brinckerhoff site Parks Dept. to file ULURP application early next year; pols feud over plan

by Ryan Brady Associate Editor

Parks Department Borough Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski revealed last week that the city is closer to buying the historic Brinckherhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows.

“There’s a uniform review process that needs to be reviewed,” she said at Mayor de Blasio’s town hall in Briarwood. “The application is just about to go in.”

After the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure is completed and the city gets approval to buy the cemetery, according to Parks, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and the owner can negotiate the price and the city can ultimately purchase it.

The agency told the Chronicle in an email that it expects to file a ULURP application with the Department of City Planning early next year.

Le Dan Cai bought the cemetery property for $105,000 in 2010.

It is unclear how much the city is going to pay for the cemetery. There appears to be $630,000 allocated for the lot, though the Parks Department cannot use all of that money.

After being asked if the city had assessed the value of the property — and if so, what figure it arrived at — the Parks Department declined to give an answer “prior to negotiations.”

Borough President Melinda Katz and Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) had respectively allocated $150,000 and $300,000 that Parks says it can use to buy the cemetery.

The $180,000 that state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) secured for the Friends of Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery nonprofit group to buy the site was not allocated to the Parks Department to make the purchase.

Captured in a 1935 photo, this grave marker at the Brinckerhoff Cemetery dates all the way FILE PHOTO back to 1740.

The city is moving forward on the purchase of the historic Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows.

PHOTOS BY RYAN BRADY Covered in vegetation, the graves at the site are not visible to passersby.

Past media reports have said that the $300,000 allocated by Lancman could be used only for repairing the cemetery property.

However the councilman’s office told the Chronicle that those funds can be used for both that purpose and for the city to acquire the cemetery.

Katz and Lancman haven’t been the only electeds involved with the historic cemetery grounds. Avella held a press conference last week with the Friends group, which was created in 2013 to buy the historic grounds.

Avella, who allocated the $180,000 in 2015, called on Cai to finally sell the lot to the nonprofit. Originally, the Friends group planned to buy it and allow the Queens County Farm Museum — which has a historic connection to the cemetery — to maintain the site.

Because it was landmarked in 2012, development cannot happen at the cemetery.

With the city closer to buying the site, the Friends group may not purchase it. And according to whom you ask, reasons vary as to why it has not already been sold to the Friends group.

William Zou, the attorney who has worked with Cai on the sale, says that his client is “very motivated” to sell it. And according to him, the Friends’ new lawyer, Gary Peters — their previous counsel had to step down because he became a judge — has not been helpful.

Zou said that Peters did contact him once.

“He said that he’s the new attorney and he’s going to contact me to finalize the contract,” Zou explained, adding that Peters never actually followed up with him.

Peters could not be reached for comment prior to deadline.

Zou added that he just wants to finalize negotiations and finally get a contract for the sale signed.

But to put it mildly, Friends of Brinckerhoff Colonial Cemetery President Yolanda Dela Cruz-Gallagher thinks Zou’s version of events is a little inaccurate.

She said that Peters “gave Zou the final draft” for the contract. And then, Cruz-Gallagher added, he gave Zou letters following up about the situation.

“What they have to do now is have the document signed and return it to Peters,” the FBCC president said.

The Friends group’s treasurer, Joan Hausmann, backed Cruz-Gallagher up. “Peters never got responses back from the attorney,” she said.

Avella — who secured the $180,000 for the Friends group after Katz and Lancman had allocated monies — has criticized the councilman about his effort to get the city to buy the site. He also said that it would be a “much simpler process” if the Friends group bought it.

The senator added that a contract between the Friends group and the cemetery’s owner was going to be signed, but the latter started to think that a much bigger profit could be made after Lancman secured the $300,000.

The cemetery was bought for only $105,000, he pointed out.

“It will be a huge windfall at the taxpayers’ expense,” Avella said. “Maybe it should come out of Lancman’s personal pocket, because this is a disgrace.”

In response to the remarks, the councilman said that the senator is being unrealistic.

“Tony’s scenario is built on multiple levels of fantasy: that the owner was willing to sell, that the organization that he mentioned had the capacity and wherewithal to come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase it and maintain it going into the future,” Lancman said.

Cai could not be reached for comment.

In response to the claim that taxpayers could end up paying Cai a huge profit, the councilman insisted that the city would not be dealt with unfairly. Before entering negotiations, he explained, the value of the land will be assessed by the city.

“If the owner refuses to negotiate a price in good faith, we can start the process of eminent domain,” Lancman said. “And ultimately a court will determine what the city would have to pay the owner.”

As for the cemetery today, some say that it should be better taken care of.

Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic Association President Jim Gallagher, husband of Cruz-Gallagher and adviser to the FBCC board, told the Chronicle that the sidewalk and curb in front of Brinckerhoff are “in deplorable condition.

“Why the city has not gone after the owner to fix it is unbelievable,” he said.

His wife also lamented the sorry state of the cemetery.

“It’s been a total eyesore for years,” she said. “Look at the massive overvegetation, overgrown trees, infestation over there.”

Predating the founding of the United States, the site’s use as a cemetery began in 1730. A survey from 1919 determined that 77 graves are there. Because of vegetation, the graves at the 182nd Street lot aren’t visible from the street.

The last burial there took place in 1872.

It was used by the Brinckerhoffs, a family of Dutch farmers who owned large pieces of land in Queens. Other well-off Dutch families who farmed, including the Adriances and the Hooglands, used it too, according to Brownstoner.

The land where the Queens County Farm Museum sits was once owned by a member of the Adriance family. The Adriance Farmhouse at the museum, restored in the 1980s, was built when the farm was in the family’s Q possession.

Parks Department Queens Borough Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski said last week that the city is close to filing a Uniform Land Use Review Procedure application to buy the historic Brinckerhof f Cemeter y in Fresh Meadows.

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begin by sketching their designs and thinking about how to approach the build, Slagus said.

Workshop leader Roxana Santana introduces the project at the top of each session, encouraging participants to spend time planning and designing first, and to expect problems while implementing their designs with the soft tools of candy, cookies and icing.

Santana has observed that adults tend to think more rigidly, with fixed ideas about how the designs are supposed to work. The children seem much more flexible. Santana said that although they start out with a design in mind, as the process goes on, they tend to be focused on how to make it all work in real life. continued on page 55

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Science meets Santa this year on GingerBread Lane in Corona, courtesy of the New York Hall of Science.

Chef John Lovitch is preparing transportationthemed cookies for the activity workshops tied to this year’s massive gingerbread house neighborhood display on NYSCI’s second floor. Kids and families are being challenged to design and construct transportation vehicles with candy and icing, using the cookies as a base. Here’s the science angle: Problem-solving is the name of the game for scientists young and old.

Participant Tivon, age 7, participated in a workshop last weekend, creating a cookie car that

stood on its own two gingerbread wheels using two cookies, one from his kit and one from his babysitter’s. The function of the candy was primarily decorative, while the icing ser ved double-dut y a s both decoration and a s a structural adhesive. He forgave an accidental bump from an observer’s camera, as it provided necessary filling in an area of the vehicle he hadn’t planned to ice.

“The GingerBread Lane workshops reflect NYSCI’s Design, Make, Play approach to learning and making,” said Liz Slagus, director of public programs and residencies for the Hall of Science.

The workshops provide a sense of what’s involved in making the exhibit by mimicking Lovitch’s process, as participants are asked to

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boro EXHIBITS 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.

Sacred Music Society Christmas Concert, with the society joining with the Oratorio Society of Queens to perform highlights from Handel’s “Messiah” and other beloved holiday songs, led by Maestro David Close. Sun., Dec. 10, 4 p.m., Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills. $30; $10 kids under 13 with adult. Info: (718) 268-6251, facebook.com/sacredmusicsociety.olqm.

“All the Queens Houses,” with 273 photos of low-rise residences in the borough, reflecting the diversity of its architecture and people, by architect/artist Rafael Herrin-Ferri of Sunnyside. Fri., Dec. 8, 15, 2-6 p.m., The Architectural League of New York, 594 Broadway, suite 607, Manhattan. Free.

Info: (212) 753-1722, archleague.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) 3611750, sculpture-center.org.

“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.

“Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston War Relocation Center,” works by Isamu Noguchi focusing on his time voluntarily spent in a WWII camp for Japanese-Americans ordered there by the U.S. Thru Sun., Jan. 7, Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33 Road, Long Island City. $10; $5 seniors, students; NYC HS students, kids under 12 free. Info: (718) 204-7088, noguchi.org.

“Elizabeth Korn: Her American Half-Life,” with works by the painter and illustrator who fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and worked in various styles. Thru Sun., March 18, Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. $2 suggested. Info: (718) 359-6227, vomuseum.org.

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Chance on Me.” Sat., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., North Shore Towers Cinema, 272-40 Grand Central Pkwy., Floral Park. $32. Info: (631) 698-9696, dancingdreamtribute.com.

Songs of Peace and Light, by the NY Sri Chinmoy Center, with choral arrangements of joyful, uplifting songs composed by its namesake. Fri., Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, 70-35 112 St. Free. Info: (917) 215-3505, nycmeditation.org.

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, featuring Dan Brubeck, left, Mike DeMicco, Chris Brubeck and Chuck Lamb, will bring their unique jazz stylings to Flushing Town Hall Friday, Dec. 8.

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THEATRE “The Last Days of Judas Escariot,” with the biblical traitor on trial in a story with appearances by Pontius Pilate, St. Peter, Satan and more, asking if he should be forgiven. Thu., Dec. 7, 12 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 8, 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 9, 2 p.m., York College Performing Arts Center Little Theater, 94-95 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica. $10. Info: (718) 262-2840, york.cuny.edu/events.

“A Christmas Carol,” a musical adaptation of Dickens’ classic holiday tale of greed and redemption, by the Titan Theatre Co. Fri., Dec. 8-Fri., Dec. 22, varying dates and times, Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. Several shows already sold out. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

“A Roll of the Dice,” a performance by Hungariannative artist Andras Borocz inspired by the concreteblock walls of a parking lot in Greenpoint, with video projection too. Thu., Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., Radiator Gallery, 10-61 Jackson Ave., LIC. Free. Info: (347) 677-3418, radiatorarts.com.

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Liquid Light Lab, a “mind-blowing psychedelic light show” with works in various media by Astoria artist Steve Pavlovsky, whose art has accompanied Grateful Dead side projects, psych rock band The 13th Floor Elevators and more; with items available for sale. Thru June, QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. Free. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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Keely Garfield: “Perfect Piranha,” with several dancers moving through “ineffable strands of shady movement to fully articulated declarative dancing. Thu.-Fri. Dec. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 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.

Take Root, with an adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “Pullman Car Hiawatha” and a work called “HeadSpace” about the stigmas surrounding mental illness, part of a monthly series. Fri.-Sat., Dec. 8-9, 8 p.m. $15 advance; $20 cash at door; $22 credit card.

Fertile Ground, featuring multiple dance troupes and a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Valerie Green. Sun., Dec. 10, 7 p.m. $13 advance; $13 cash at door; $15 credit card. Both at Green Space, 37-24 24 St., Long Island City. Info: (718) 956-3037, greenspacestudio.org.

MUSIC African dance and drumming, with Vado Diomande, left, and the Kotchegna Dance Co. performing in the traditions of the Ivory Coast. Sat., Dec. 9, 2:15 p.m. (all-ages dance workshop 1 p.m.), Flushing Town Hall, 13735 Northern Blvd. $13; $8 kids (workshop $7 more; $4 kids). Info: (718) 4637700, flushingtownhall.org.

The Queens Consort Music for Yuletide, a candlelight concert with works by Sammartini, Biber, Lalande, Dandrieu and more played on Baroqueperiod instruments, with wine and food reception to follow. Sat., Dec. 16, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82 St., Jackson Heights. $20; $15 students, seniors. Info: (718) 639-8893, queensconsort.com.

Queens Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Happy Holidays!, with familiar favorites and Christmas confetti. Sun., Dec. 17, 3 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. Free. Info/RSVP (req’d): (718) 5442996, kupferbergcenter.org, queenssymphony.org.

Swinging with the Sweethearts, with beginners’ lessons by Swing Dance Astoria and a 1930s-’40s style show by the America’s Sweethearts singers, with favorites from the era like “Hold Tight” and “Sing Sing Sing.” Mon., Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. dance lesson; 8:30 p.m. show, QED, 27-16 23 Road, Astoria. $20 lesson and show; $10 show only. Info: (347) 451-3873, qedastoria.com.

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Brubeck Brothers Quartet, with the versatile, accomplished group performing inventive jazz that integrates various genres. Fri., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. $16. Info: (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org.

Clementi & Co. chamber music, with Dongshok Shin and Leah Gale Nelson performing sonatas by J.C. Bach, Luigi Boccherini and Muzio Clementi; with preshow reception. Fri., Dec. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m., King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. $15 Info: (718) 206-0545, kingmanor.org.

Dancing Dream: the ABBA tribute band, performing the 1970s pop group’s hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Fernando” and “Take a

“My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays,” with Steve Solomon, creator of “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!”, telling more tales of those who drove him into treatment. Sat., Dec. 9, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 10, 3 p.m., Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $20-$35. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

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A diverse borough has diverse Jews celebrating the holiday of Chanukah with myriad events.

The story remains the same: Most Jews were acculturated to Greek philosophy, theater and politics while living under the rule of the Hellenistic Assyria. When Jewish ritual was banned and idols placed in the Jewish temple, a revolt was started by a priest, Matisyahu, and his family. Eventually the Jewish warriors, the Maccabees, won the war and the freedom to practice their religion.

A sealed, unbroken flask of oil found at the temple to light the menorah for one day lasted eight. A miracle was declared. Chanukah means “rededication (of the temple).”

“Jews were not in jeopardy. Judaism was in jeopardy,” explained Rabbi Uriel Romano, director of Jewish education and family engagement at Hillcrest Jewish Center. “We celebrate our appreciation of our history, our people, our culture, and our laws.”

This year the holiday begins on the evening of Dec. 12 and ends Dec. 20. There are a variety of celebrations planned in Queens, many of them listed here.

Just as the holiday begins, at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, lights, songs and Israeli doughnuts will mark the celebration being held at Congregation Havurat Yisrael, located at 106-20 70 Ave. in Forest Hills. “We celebrate people who were not swayed by the spirit of the times but maintained a reverence for our tradition,” said Rabbi David Algaze, adding that his

Chanukah runs from Dec. 12 to 20 this year, and Jewish congregations in Queens have plenty of celebrations FILE PHOTO planned for the holiday. synagogue “does not like labels because it welcomes all Jews but has a reverence for Jewish traditions.”

The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, located at 71-11 112 St., will have a dinner on Dec. 15 at 6:15 p.m. Chanukah “is adding a little more light — that tomorrow could be better than today is,” said Rabbi Mark Kaiserman at the temple.

Reform Judaism “is taking the traditions of the past and blending them to modern society today,” said Kaiserman.

Temple Beth Sholom, located at 171-39 Northern Blvd. in

Flushing, will hold a Chanukah and shabbat service at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15, and asks everyone to bring a new, unwrapped toy that will go to a youngster in need. The temple’s Parents Association will host a Chanukah cook-off at 6 p.m. Dec. 16.

The cost is $10 to taste and judge, and $3 to enter a dish.

Howard Beach Judea Chabad, located at 160-35 87 St., will hold its Chanukah party at 7 p.m. Dec. 16, with latkes and doughnuts served after a menorah lighting.

A class about Chanukah will be taught by Rabbi Ilan Meirov along with a free breakfast at Young Israel of Forest Hills, 71-00 Yellowstone Blvd. on Dec. 17 at 9 a.m.

A number of celebrations will be held that day.

The Bay Terrace Jewish Center, located at 13-00 209 St., will light its menorah and enjoy music starting at 10 a.m.

Children can enjoy music, a gift raffle and more at the Sephardic Jewish Congregation, at 101-17 67 Drive in Forest Hills, at 12 p.m. The more than 60-year-old synagogue has Jewish congregants originally from more than 10 Muslim countries but welcomes all, said Rabbi Sholem Hecht, a fourth-generation American.

Another event, featuring a laser, light and fog show, will be held at 3 p.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, at 183-02 Union Tpke. The show culminates with colorful flames.

Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children.

Conservative Judaism, the type practiced at Hillcrest, “is commitment to tradition and law but also [being] aware and open to changes,” said Romano. continued on page 57

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The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona will be one of the sites on this weekFILE PHOTO end’s 30th Annual Holiday Historic House Tour.

Tour some historic Qns. landmarks on Sunday

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The holiday season can be stressful. This weekend, why not take a day to relax and get a taste of some borough history?

On Sunday, the 30th Annual Holiday Historic House Tour will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. in Flushing and Corona. As in previous years, participants will be able to check out seven buildings in the two neighborhoods — the Lewis Latimer House, the Bowne House, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Flushing Town Hall, the Voelker Orth Museum, Kingsland Homestead and the Quaker Meeeting House. Each location is in Flushing, except for the Armstrong site in Corona. All of the houses will be decorated for the holidays.

A trolley will make stops at the Voelker Orth Museum, Flushing Town Hall and the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Visitors will get handouts with the shuttle times and schedule on them. There is no first stop per se; you can hit the houses in whatever order you want.

This year is the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York. Keeping with this centennial, the house tour will have a focus on honoring women that are part of the historic buildings’ histories.

Built in the late 17th century when the area was a Dutch colony, the Quaker Meeting House is a truly remarkable relic. And people still worship at the building, which is one of the oldest ones in the entire city. The house was seized by the British Army during the Revolutionary War. The Flushing Female Association will be celebrated at the landmark this year.

In 1814, the group created the first free school in the neighborhood, which was open for more than a century. Folk

singing, hot apple cider and live performances will be there.

As many in the borough know, jazz great Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille, lived in a now-landmarked Corona house on 107th Street for years. Lucille decorated the house in a modern, art deco style. The celebrated interior of the building was restored years ago. Those who tour the building will also be able to listen to the jazz great reading “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” as well as some personal recordings that he made.

To celebrate Lucille, the house will be luminously decked out for the holiday season. Visitors will also get to hear some stories about how Mrs. Armstrong interacted with the community. The stories will be told by volunteer docents of the historic house, according to its visitor services manager, Adriana Filstrup.

You can buy tickets by going online to queenshistoricalsociety.org or reserve them by calling the Queens Historical Society at (718) 929-0647.

They will be sold at each of the tour’s houses. However, the QHS recommends that those who are going to buy tickets in person do so at Kingsland Homestead, because that’s where the largest supply of Q them will be.

30th Annual Holiday Historic House Tour When: Sunday, Dec. 10, 1 to 5 p.m.

Where: Flushing and Corona Tickets: $20 in advance; $15 at door; $5 for kids under 12.

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continued from page 51 “It helps them, also, learn how things are built,” Santana said, which includes making modifications to design during the construction process.

“They’re not perfect, because some of the pieces are fragile,” Santana tells participants.

The workshops are loosely structured, however, and don’t have to be approached formally. A pack of 5-year-olds who now attend various Long Island City kindergartens but go way back as friends when they all attended the same pre-K enjoyed a minireunion at the workshop, courtesy of one of the moms. Among them were Qiralynn Wong, Kavvieh Viejay, Nerea and Sabina.

The organizing mom planned the visit as “an activity to get us all together.” She

Gingerbread workshops When: Through Sat., Dec. 30 Where: New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Corona Entry: $15 (plus museum admission) (718) 699-0005, nysci.org

declined to give her name, but said she was a little disappointed that the activity filled only 20 minutes for their crowd, given they had paid the nonmember workshop fee of $15 plus museum admission.

But they still had the GingerBread Lane display and the rest of the museum to explore. And some participants, like Tivon, 7, and his babysitter, used the bulk of the hour to design, build and decorate.

Claudia Voyiatzis visited with her daughter Ava to see her cousin and her cousin’s children, Juliana and Christian. She said it was really nice for the children to enjoy making their own gingerbread creations after viewing the giant GingerBread Lane display Q upstairs, which is open until Jan. 15.

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Among those making their own gingerbread cars last weekend were, above, kindergarteners and longtime friends since pre-K Nerea, left, Kavvieh, Qiralynn and Sabina, joined here by Tivon; and, at left, Christian, his sister, Juliana, and their friend Ava. The workshops are held in conjunction with the GingerBread Lane exhibit, right. On the cover: Tivon works PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH on his creation.

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TOURS/HIKES Winter Bird Walk, with slide program and stroll led by Jamaica Bay Guardian Don Riepe, looking for owls, raptors, finches and waterfowl.

Sat., Dec. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd., Broad Channel. Free. Info: (718) 318-4340, nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit.

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Sun., Dec. 10, 1-5 p.m. $15 advance; $20 at door; $5 kids under 12. Info: (718) 939-0647, ext. 14, queenshistoricalsociety.org.

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Santa Sunday, with kids getting free photos with the jolly old elf. Sun., Dec. 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Flagship Diner, 138-30 Queens Blvd., Briarwood. Info: (718) 523-6020.

KIDS/TEENS Alley EcoClub: Winter Wilderness Skills, with kids 8-12 learning survival skills like harmful plant identification, water purification, shelter building and more. Sun., Dec. 17, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. $25. Info/pre-registration (req’d): (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

Happy Henson Holidays, with various holidaythemed films and TV shows featuring the Muppets and other Jim Henson creations. Each weekend thru Sun., Dec. 31, 1 p.m. (except Sun., Dec. 10, 11 a.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.

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

Most Wednesdays, 4-5:30 p.m., Bellerose Library, 250-06 Hillside Ave. Free, no registration required. Info: (718) 831-8644, queenslibrary.org/bellerose.

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.

SOCIAL EVENTS Pre-Chanukah “Talk and Meet” for singles, with wine, cheese and other refreshments and interactive lecture on the keys to happiness by Rabbi David Algaze, for those in their 30s to 50s. Sat., Dec. 9, 8 p.m., Havurat Yisrael, 10620 70 Ave., Forest Hills. $20; $30 at door. Info: (718) 261-5500, havurat.com.

Bingo, with prizes, light lunch and refreshments, by Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center. Tue., Dec. 12, 12 p.m., 13-00 209 St. $5 (includes two cards; more may be purchased). Info: (718) 428-6363.

Israeli folk dancing, with instruction for beginners, in a fun, welcoming atmosphere. Each Mon., 7:30 p.m. (beginners’ instruction); 8:3010 p.m. (intermediate dances), Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows. $10. Info: (718) 380-4145, hillcrestjc.org.

CLUBS “Hooks & Needles” Crochet & Knit Club, with participants bringing projects, hooks, needles and yarn, or working on charity projects. Every Thu., 6:30-9 p.m., Big 6 Shopping Center, 60-10 Queens Blvd., Woodside (entrance inside shopping center, up one flight, down hall to left of 99-cent store). Info: Lorraine, (917) 817-4037.

MARKETS Notre Dame Craft & Gift Fair, with vendor spots possibly still available at $55 a table. Sat., Dec. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Notre Dame School Auditorium, 50 Corwin Ave., New Hyde Park. Info: (516) 3527203, ndnhp.org.

Italian Charities of America, with holiday gifts and more. Sat., Dec. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Info: (718) 478-3100.

Baby It’s Cold Outside Art and Handmade Winter Market, with holiday items and more

by NYC artists. Sat., Dec. 9, 12 p.m.-12 a.m., Local Project Art Space, 11-27 44 Road, Long Island City. Info: (646) 298-0969, localproject.org.

St. Josaphat’s Christmas Flea Market, with gifts, light breakfast, lunch, Polish meats, breads and bakery items and more. Sun., Dec. 10, 35 Ave. and 210 St., Bayside. Info: (718) 229-1663.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Flea Market, with holiday items and more. Sun., Dec. 10 and 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Union Tpke. and Parsons Blvd., Jamaica. Info: (718) 969-3226, stnicholas-queens.org.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens. Info: (347) 709-7661, richmondhillfleamarket.com.

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Chanukah events continued from page 53 Another conservative congregation, the Hollis Hills Bayside Jewish Center, located at 210-10 Union Tpke., will hold its celebration dinner at 5 p.m. the same day, with music, singing, face painting and more.

A celebration featuring live music, a fire juggler, free glow sticks and other entertainment will be held at Yellowstone Park, on Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills, at 6 p.m. Kosher burgers and other fare will be sold by JJ’s Holy Cow. Chanukah is about “spreading positivity and light into the world for all of humanity,” said Rabbi Mendy Hecht of Chabad of Forest Hills North, which is sponsoring the event.

Chabad “is a philosophy and mindset that brings Judaism to life,” Hecht said. “Chabad welcomes every Jew and makes them feel at home no matter what level or affiliation.”

Elected officials, a juggler and free doughnuts and potato pancakes will all be at the lighting of the large menorah at Federoff Triangle, at 67th Road and Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, also at 6 p.m.

Chanukah represents “Light that can dispel darkness, one light at a time,” said Rabbi Elya Bloch of Chabad of Rego Park, which is sponsoring that event.

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at Beth Gavriel synagogue, 66-35 108 St. Forest Hills on Dec. 18 at 7:45 p.m. An instructor will help everyone make holidaythemed art. The event is sponsored by Chazaq, a Jewish educational organization.

At the Forest Hills Jewish Center, at 10606 Queens Blvd., there will be singing, dancing and refreshments on Dec. 19 at 6 p.m.

Donations of canned food for the needy are encouraged.

The Rockwood Park Jewish Center, at 156-45 84 St. in Howard Beach, will also hold its Chanukah party Dec. 19 at 6 p.m.

Hecht, of the Sephardic Jewish Congregation, summed up the holiday for everyone: “Chanukah represents the idea of light over darkness, freedom over oppression.” Q

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C M SQ page 61 Y K SUPREME COURT COUNT Y OF QUEENS H & R Block Bank, a Federal Savings Bank, Plaintiff AG A INST Jesus Guevara ; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 5, 2014 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on December 15, 2017 at 10:00AM, premises known as 84-12 108th Avenue, Ozone Park, NY 11417. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block: 9143 Lot: 6.

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LEGAL NOTICE BY PUBLICATION is hereby given to Ahmad Bostani a/k/a Arman Rezayar Bostani a/k/a Ahmad Reza Bostani a/k/a Ahmadreza Bostani (collectively referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bostaniâ&#x20AC;?), of an action commenced in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, entitled Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company v. Islam, et al., Index No. 702988/2015, the object of which is, among other things, to recover damages against defendant Bostani in an amount of no less than $430,000.00 and expenses in an amount of no less than $7,288.01, plus interest from the date of April 14, 2014, costs, disbursements and expenses, for his role in the improper transfer of a certain piece of real property and for failure to repay a loan in a principal amount of $472,000.00 borrowed by Bostani in connection with said transfer of real property. Pursuant to its obligations under a policy of title insurance, plaintiff Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;?) paid the above sum and incurred the above expenses to quiet title to the property. Legal Notice by Publication is further given that on January 20, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Mohammad Islam (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Islamâ&#x20AC;?) as to liability only, and that on October 25, 2017, the Court granted default judgment against defendant Bostani as to liability only. Legal Notice by Publication is further given that an Inquest on the issue of damages to be awarded to Commonwealth and against Islam and Bostani will occur on February 27, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. at the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Trial Scheduling Part, Courtroom 25, Jamaica, New York 11435. If Judgment is entered against you for the relief that Commonwealth demands, the Sheriff may seize your money, wages, property or other assets to pay all or part of the Judgment. If you cannot afford an attorney, and seek information about the legal process, you may call the Help Center at the Supreme Court at (718) 2981024, or visit Room 100 in the Courthouse. Fidelity National Law Group, 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 103, Roseland, New Jersey 07068, (973) 863-7017, are the attorneys for Commonwealth.

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Elmhurst’s own at the helm of a historic train ride

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Andy Warhol’s adapted idiom “15 minutes of fame” came true for subway motorman Frederick “Fred” Fredericks, who operated the 8th Avenue Independent Subway Line, on New Year’s Eve in 1936.

The subway’s original terminus was Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, but the line was extended over three miles below Broadway in Elmhurst and Queens Boulevard. After more than three years of excavation work, eight new stations under Queens Boulevard finally opened to the public on Dec. 31, 1936 .

And at the throttle of the first official train run from Jackson Heights to Kew Gardens was Fredericks.

Before being hired as a subway motorman in 1933, he worked for years as a Long Island City trolley car conductor. With his wage of 95 cents an hour in 1937, he was able to own a home at 89-16 55 Ave. in Elmhurst and support his wife, Anne, and their three children, Catherine, Harold and Robert.

Almost immediately after the subway

Motorman Frederick “Fred” Fredericks pulls his subway car into the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station on Dec. 31, 1936, the first day of operation for eight new stops below Broadway and Queens Boulevard. stations opened, multistory apartment buildings sprang up along Queens Boulevard like weeds, seemingly overnight. Later in 1937, a new series of stops opened up, running to 169th Street in Jamaica, furthering development.

Fred eventually moved to Los Angeles to be near his son, Robert. The elder Fredericks passed away a few weeks shy of his Q 94th birthday on July 27, 1988.

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Much ado about Eli

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Eli Manning is an iconic sports figure in this town. While other NFL teams change quarterbacks the way most of us change our socks, he has been the uninterrupted Big Blue signal caller since 2004 as was evidenced by his 210game consecutive starting game streak that was snapped on Sunday. He has always been a positive voice in the locker room; good with media; and a pillar in the community. And yes, he led the Giants to a pair of Super Bowl victories.

Nonetheless, the reaction from the media about his benching was over-the-top. Mike Francesa, who is stepping down from his WFAN afternoon drivetime slot next Friday, got off one last classic rant. You would have thought we were on the verge of World War III. Manning is 36 years old and the Giants need to think about the future even though Eli has defied the aging gods based on his appearance.

Granted, there are quarterbacks who are still thriving who are older. The Jets’ Josh McCown is having a career year at age 38 and may well be back in 2018. And 40-year-old Tom Brady is still at the top of his game and will probably torment the Jets for at least another decade.

Still, those are rare exceptions and not the rule.

The Giants were 2-9 when beleaguered head coach Ben McAdoo made the announcement that Geno Smith would start against the Oak-

land Raiders and that third-string QB Davis Webb would probably get the same privilege before the season mercifully ends.

Giants management is well within its rights to test the backups under real-game conditions.

Ben McAdoo and Giants general manager Jerry Reese took a lot of grief for their decision to bench Manning, but it took courage to do it.

Considering that both men were on the verge of being fired, the safe route would have been to let Eli keep playing and hope the Giants would finish strong. It was to no avail. Both were fired Monday night following the Giants’ 24-17 loss to the Raiders. The only mistake I could see was that Eli wasn’t informed of the decision by team CEO John Mara before it became public.

In my opinion, Manning’s starting game streak has been an albatross. I remember going to the Giants practice facility in East Rutherford the last week of December 2009. The Giants had just been eliminated from the playoff hunt and had to finish the season in Minneapolis to play the Vikings. Giants head coach Tom Coughlin turned beet-red when I asked why he was playing Manning in a meaningless game and unnecessarily risking injury while Giants beat writers gave me dirty looks for having the chutzpah to ask such a heretical question.

Q Oh yes, the Giants lost that game 44-7.

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