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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021

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SEASON OF GIVING Jefferson Pesantes lost his arm in an accident in Ecuador when he was 2. At the Ozone Park Residents Block Association Christmas tree lighting on Friday, he was fitted for a prosthetic arm by prosthetist Glenn Easton, who learned about Jefferson through a combined community effort. Jefferson’s mom, Roció Rodriguez, watched as Jefferson received the prosthetic, cheered on by community leaders and members.

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ayor de Blasio announced Monday on MSNBC that there will be a vaccine mandate for private sector workers throughout New York City taking effect on Dec. 27.

“We are under attack in a different way from the coronavirus,” said de Blasio. “We have Omicron as a new factor, we have colder weather, which is going to create additional challenges with the Delta variant, we got holiday gatherings. We in New York City decided to use a pre-emptive strike.”

The mandate comes days after the mayor and Gov. Hochul made announcements that the Omicron variant is in the Big Apple.

“We are aware of a case of the Omicron variant identified in Minnesota that is associated with travel to a conference in New York City, and we should assume there is community spread of the variant in our city,” de Blasio said in a prepared statement.

“We are working closely with the State and the [Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention], as well as the Javits Center’s event organizers, and our Test and Trace Corps will be contacting conference attendees. This conference required masks and complied with our Key2NYC requirement to mandate vaccination.”

Key2NYC, also known as the Key to NYC, is the mayor’s directive mandating proof of vaccination for people 12 and older who want entry to indoor dining, fitness and entertainment and other meeting spaces.

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus may have been present in the Netherlands and was spreading throughout Europe before it was detected by scientists in South Africa via their

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Business owners, including restaurateurs, face new requirements after Mayor de Blasio mandated that all private sector workers get the vaccine and announced new restraints on entry for certain FILE PHOTO indoor establishments. advanced genomic-surveillance (variant detection) program, according to nature.com.

On MSNBC, de Blasio said his “bold” first-in-the-nation measure is for private sector workers across the board, during his 70-second interview.

He said his office will also provide resources and accommodations to support small businesses and issue enforcement guidance on Dec. 15.

The mayor previously announced a mandate for city workers Oct. 20. The expansion of the rule also includes lowering the Key2NYC vaccine requirement to age 5 and requiring two vaccine doses up from one, according to MSNBC. Not all are in support, and a Staten Island lawyer plans a class action suit to block the mandate, ABC reported Wednesday.

In Queens, Glenn Greenidge, the executive director of the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, said he understood why the mayor ordered the workplace mandate, but the situation could cause hardships for smaller firms.

“I understand that everybody is trying to slow down this virus,” said Greenidge. “The smaller businesses may not have the capability [to adhere to] the mandate because of their employees.”

Greenidge found the situation to be “dicey” because employees may choose not to get vaccinated, leaving their companies without workers.

“It’s tough, some of the insurance policies are going up,” for employers who don’t have vaccinated workers, said Greenidge.

“There are a lot of issues, but I don’t know if all small businesses could accommodate that ... I know overall it would support slowing down the pandemic. The bottom line is that we cannot afford another shutdown.”

Like Greenidge, Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, is concerned about the mandate’s impact on businesses.

“Throughout the pandemic, small businesses have gone above and beyond to keep their customers, employees and communities safe,” Grech said via email to the Queens Chronicle.

“While we remain concerned about Covid-19, we are also worried about the impact that further restrictions will have on businesses. We hope the administration will work collaboratively with small businesses on vaccine mandates to ensure we are keeping our city safe while allowing our businesses to stay open.”

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Vaccine mandates increase in schools

Private educators and younger kids will be subjected to the shots, too

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Vaccine mandates imposed by New York City are encompassing more groups in a variety of settings, following a series of announcements over the past week.

Mandates for school staff will now extend to nonpublic school employees, Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday.

Preliminary details state that staff at religious and other private schools must show proof of a first shot by Dec. 20. The new policy will affect approximately 56,000 employees at 938 schools, according to the city.

“We’re doing everything in our power to protect our students and school staff, and a mandate for nonpublic school employees will help keep our school communities and youngest New Yorkers safe,” de Blasio said in a statement.

The deadline for public school teachers to get their shots was Oct. 4.

The announcement comes as the state is now reporting 12 cases of the Omicron variant touching down. The mayor held a press conference last Thursday with Gov. Hochul and city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi to update New Yorkers on the new variant.

The governor said the first case was found in Suffolk County, the second in Queens, the third in Brooklyn and two more were “identified in the city and in one of the five boroughs.”

The mayor promised, “There will be more new initiatives coming to protect people.”

“Earlier in the week, we announced a vaccine mandate for childcare employees, about 102,000 childcare employees. Earlier today, a vaccine mandate for employees of non-public schools. That’s about 56,000 additional employees,” he said on Thursday.

“Everyone is committed to protecting all New Yorkers and city and state working together in unity to get this done.”

The mandate has already gotten pushback from religious leaders.

Rabbi David Zwiebel, chairman of the Committee of NYC Religious and Independent School Officials, wrote a letter to de Blasio and Chokshi opposing the mandate.

“The practical impact of the city imposing an immunization mandate could be devastating to our schools and the children they serve,” he wrote.

Zwiebel added that some teachers would surely resist and therefore be terminated.

“In an era where finding high quality teachers and staff is so difficult even at the beginning

of the school year, finding high quality replacement staff in the middle of the school year may be impossible,” he said. “Some schools may even be forced to close because of the severe shortage of teachers.”

Questions about how the mandate will be enforced in private schools remain unanswered.

“Who will enforce this? What is the point of this if many schools will simply just go about their day?” said City Council Minority Leader Joe Borrelli (R-Staten Island) on Twitter.

Other councilmembers have shown support.

“I am very supportive of this new policy from [the mayor] to mandate vaxx for non public school staff,” said Councilman Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn) on Twitter. “We know that widespread vaxx is how we end the pandemic.”

The city plans to work with school leaders to ensure vaccinations are accessible and that school operations can continue running smoothly. Schools can request vaccinations and they will also be offered to interested students who are eligible.

Children ages 5 to 11 who participate in “high-risk” extracurricular afterschool activities will have to show proof of one shot by Dec. 14.

“Previously, for the kids 12-years-old and up, the rule has been in place for high risk extracurricular activities — sports, band, chorus,

orchestra, dance — things where there’s a lot of close contact, things where kids are ... singing or anything where they’re really letting a lot of air out that could have an impact on everyone around them,” the mayor said in a press conference with Chokshi on Monday.

“Most kids don’t necessarily participate in those activities,” he added. “That’s fine, but for those who do we want to make sure they have that protection, it’s real important.”

As of Monday, Chokshi said Covid rates among children were highest in those ages 5 to 11.

The latest available city data shows that there were over 10,500 Covid cases in kids 5 to 12, per every 100,000 people.

So far citywide, fewer than half of kids under the age of 17 have gotten a first shot and only 36 percent are fully innoculated. In Queens, 53 percent have gotten one shot and 42 percent are fully vaccinated.

The expansions that came on Monday are all part of the “Key to NYC” program.

Starting Dec. 14, kids 5 to 11 must show proof of one dose for indoor dining, fitness, entertainment and performance venues.

“New York City will not give a single inch in the fight against COVID-19,” the mayor said in Q a prepared statement.

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A tree now illuminates the corner of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway thanks to the Woodhaven Business Improvement District.

The ceremony took place on Friday night, with the chorus from PS 97, upper right, singing Christmas carols and Santa arriving in a red Volkswagen covertible driven by Community Board 9 President Kenichi Wilson, above center, and escorted by the NYPD 102nd Precinct.

The Franklin K. Lane ROTC Color Guard performed and children were given balloon animals.

Among those who attended were Councilman Bob Holden, near right with Woodhaven BID President Raquel Olivares, Councilwoman-elect Joann Ariola, Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.’s chief of staff Neil Giannelli and Project Woodhaven’s Ed Wendell.

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A Christmas to remember in Ozone Park

Season of giving as community comes together for 6-year-old

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

A Christmas tree lighting last weekend brought one of the greatest gifts to 6-year-old Jefferson Pesantes, who lost his arm in a bakery in Ecuador when he was a toddler.

Santa delivered Jefferson a new prosthetic arm, which was decorated with a Spider Man theme, at the Ozone Park Residents Block Association event on Saturday at Living Word Christian Fellowship.

Glenn Easton, prosthetist and owner of Centerpedes Center for Pediatric Therapy, Orthotics and Prosthetics in New Jersey, is donating not just one arm but at least 12 that Jefferson will need as he grows. Each one could have cost his mother, Roció Rodriguez, up to $50,000 apiece.

“It is something so beautiful,” said Rodriquez, with help from a translator.

“God has blessed us so much. I did not know we were going to get all of this,” she said. “A lot of people love my son and it means a lot to receive all of these blessings.”

She and her son immigrated to East Elmhurst three years ago seeking healthcare after Jefferson lost his arm in a bread machine at the family’s bakery in Cuenca.

Easton learned about the family’s need from his mother-in-law, Angela Nocerino, who is part of the Kiwanis Club of Ozone Park and the Block Association. She saw a Facebook post about Jefferson and asked Easton if he could help.

Easton visited the boy over the past few months to do fittings.

“I figured until he is 18 and stops growing, I could provide them,” said Easton. “It’s probably going to be more than 12, too — he is probably going to need two a year.”

Tears were shed and the crowd cheered as Easton fitted Jefferson with the first arm.

“Who believes in Santa, now?”

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer A mato ( D -Rock away Beach) called out to the crowd.

Along with celebrating Jefferson, folks gathered to watch the tree be lit outside the church, sip hot chocolate, eat hot dogs and baked goods, take pictures with Santa and receive gifts from him.

The Ozone Park Howard Beach Woodhaven Lions Club handed out free bottles of hand sanitizer and boxes of N95 masks.

Sponsors included the Rev. Joel Sadaphal, pastor of Living Word, the Ozone Park Lions Club, the Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol, Tibb’s Interior Exterior, Prima Pasta, the Pizza Dance Foundation and the American Bangladeshi Community Development and Youth Services group.

The NYPD facilitated and estimated almost 2,000 people attended throughout the day. The NYPD ceremonial unit partook as well.

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Councilwoman Darma Diaz, Community Board 9 Chairman Kenichi Wilson, Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park President Joe Caruana, Tommy Tibball of Tibbs Interior Exterior, Councilwoman-elect Joann Ariola and other supporters watch as Glenn Easton fits the prosthetic arm for Jefferson Pesantes in front of his mother, Roció RodriPHOTOS BY DEIRDRE BARDOLF guez, third from left, and Santa.

The Ozone Park Residents Block Association’s tree lighting drew crowds who witnessed the gift of a prosthetic arm being given to Jefferson Pesantes, center, with his mom and Easton. Jefferson lost his arm in Ecuador when he was 2. Sam Esposito, above, thanked local officials and volunteers who made the night possible, including Rosemarie and Marie Tibball, right, who handed out cocoa.

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The Christmas tree was not the only star of the show at the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association’s tree lighting last Saturday.

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P Radicals denied in hopeful City Council development EDITORIAL

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verything in moderation is not just sound advice in most circumstances that dates back to Ancient Greece at least; it could be interpreted as a guiding principal of this page when it comes to politics and policy.

That’s a key reason why we backed Democrat Eric Adams for mayor on the one hand and Republican Joann Ariola for City Council from South Queens on the other — they both advocate reasonable, centrist policies while their opponents were both kind of ... out there.

And here we go again with extremist ideas coming from some of the usual suspects, who, we’re glad to report, were quickly slapped down by those they tried to bully. We’re talking about the efforts last week of a number of “progressive” (ahem) organizations to eliminate the voices of all five incoming Republicans on the City Council when it comes to choosing the next speaker.

Jockeying for the vital position, second only to the mayor in power and responsibility — other than the public advocate’s unwarranted top spot in the line of succession — is going on right now, even as you read this. It’s going on as you head to work, as you eat dinner, as you sleep.

The hopefuls include two Queens councilmembers, Fran-

cisco Moya of Corona and Adrienne Adams of Jamaica.

Like most of the other five, they’re liberal Democrats. Also like the other five, that doesn’t mean they’re looking to create new enemies on the Council before they’re even seated.

But that’s what the hard left groups want them to do, by cutting all Republicans completely out of the process of choosing the next speaker. The GOP lawmakers likely have very little voice anyway, since they will only hold five seats in the 51-member body (up from three right now). But if the race boils down to a close divide among Democrats between one moderate and one “progressive,” a unified five-vote Republican block could make a difference.

That’s exactly what the leftist groups, such as Make the Road Action, New York Communities for Change and Communities United for Police Reform Action, want to avoid. “[T]he Speaker of the City Council should be determined solely by the Democratic members ...,” the unelected groups wrote in a Dec. 1 letter meant to intimidate duly elected officials. It characterized all the incoming GOP lawmakers as “a fringe group of Republican Council Members who openly support Donald Trump’s racist, authoritarian politics.”

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The de Blasio disaster Dear Editor: I respond to Lenny Rodin’s letter in the Dec. 2 issue about the soon-to-end term of Mayor Bill de Blasio (“Any de Blasio fans?”).

No, you are not alone, Lenny. There are many as delighted as you to see this nightmare come to a close. Eight years, the city is dreadfully 100 times worse than when he was first sworn in in 2014.

De Blasio, about as far to the left as anyone could be, didn’t offer one single program or policy that made life in the city any better.

Think of what it was right before he won the first term. Look at what it is now. And many people thought John Lindsay and David Dinkins were bad.

Whether Eric Adams will be any improvement remains to be seen. Some people feel that as a former policeman and with a belief in law and order, he will turn the mess around. Others feel that, despite how he campaigned, he will quickly capitulate to the far left. That it won’t take long for the City Council, UFT, labor unions, media, Hollywood, Black Lives Matter and Upper East Side and Upper West Side white liberals (the folks who don’t have to ride the A, J and Z trains) to pull him to the left.

I will reserve judgment. But it won’t be much beyond March 2022 that we learn if he really is his own man — someone who will stand up to the left, campaign against bail © Copyright 2021 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.

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think of, the incoming GOP Caucus could just as well be more in line with outgoing South Queens Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, who collaborated with liberal Democrats to get things done and, incidentally, led the way in proposing that Jamaica Hospital Medical Center take the name Trump off a pavilion that the former president’s mother had endowed. It eventually did.

We’re pleased that all seven candidates for speaker declined to succumb to the activists’ pressure. Doing otherwise would almost be like saying the five GOPers don’t matter, and therefore their constituents don’t either. That kind of division is not what we need.

Nor is any continued lurch to the left on policy, not when it comes to vital needs such as reining in spending, improving education, reducing crime and cutting overregulation of businesses. Eric Adams, who at least publicly is staying away from the race for Council speaker, promises to be a vast improvement over his predecessor on all these counts. We hope he and the centrist, bipartisan Common Sense Caucus of the next Council can send New York in a new, more positive direction. Those on the fringes can either learn to compromise or, we hope, be left out in the cold. Their choice.

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reform, support police, demand criminals be treated harshly, restore Gifted and Talented programs in schools, oppose jails in residential neighborhoods, and not support taking down every statue and ending every holiday that the left wants removed.

On New Year’s Eve I won’t just be celebrating a new year, but the end of the de Blasio disaster. I look forward to, hopefully, a turnaround from Eric Adams. I eagerly wait to see how he will govern. Will he be his own man?

We’ll see.

Edward Riecks Howard Beach

Off topic but hey, Trump Dear Editor: Here is my reply to Lenny Rodin’s recent letter. When Donald Trump left the White House due to Joe Biden’s victory, I wonder if

there are any Chronicle readers who voted for him twice, who think he did a wonderful job, and if so, why?

Silence will not be different this time! It looks like he may try again in 2024. Does anyone really believe that? I don’t.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

A welcome history lesson Dear Editor: Being a Queens Village resident since 1960, in the same house, I’ve seen a lot of changes in the neighborhood, but I didn’t know all the history of the town, and I thank you for educating me as well as others about it (“The many names of Queens Village,” Welcome to the Neighborhood, 43rd Anniversary Edition, Nov. 11).

I still feel that Queens Village maintains its charm, because of the people inhabiting it. My

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tion, is Northwell Health, New York’s largest hospital system and biggest private employer, with 23 hospitals, 650 outpatient units and more than 70,000 staffers (Wikipedia). Its president and CEO, Michael Dowling, got total compensation exceeding $4 million last year (Paddock Post, April 5, 2020), 10 times higher than President Biden’s salary. Not bad for the head of an outfit designated as a “nonprofit, Build back better heat tax-exempt” organization by New York State Dear Editor: and the federal government. Northwell Health The article in the Chronicle titled “Build should change its name to North Hell Wealth, a Back Better childcare, climate” (Nov. 25) is more accurate title. something for all of us Queens homeowners In TV commercials, hospitals portray themto take note of. The Build Back Better bill selves as compassionate lifelines to their comincludes $12.5 billion in rebates to install new munities. But their bottom line takes top priorienergy-efficient appliances, including heat ty in real life. They are nonprofit profiteers who pumps, and for those of us who have been violated a basic mandate of medicine: “First, do vying to solar power our homes but can’t no harm.” State leaders and regulatory agencies afford to.

Gov. Hochul must back this commitment must probe and penalize them for financial abuse. with support for the All-Electric Buildings Richard Reif Act, which will mandate all-electric construcKew Gardens Hills tion starting in 2023. There must be a concomitant effort to retrofit older buildings for electric heat and hot water. Curbing greenNo to noncitizen voting house gas emissions from buildings — 33 Dear Editor: percent of total such emissions — is critical On December 9, the City Council will vote for the health of the planet.

But the advantages go way beyond the envi- on a bill allowing 800,000 New York City noncitizens, who are green card holders and ronment. Electric heat pumps, along with other energy-efficient appliances like induction DACA recipients, to vote in municipal elections, i.e., for mayor, city comptroller and the stoves and electric dryers, can save us 40 to 70 percent of energy costs. Low- and moderate- City Council.

This bill is supported by predominately income consumers will benefit the most. Other lame-duck progressives, who with their overadvantages: Electric rates are far more stable whelming members in the Council have the than oil or gas and heat pumps eliminate risk of explosion, carbon monoxide poisoning and power to pass it with a veto-proof majority.

The idea that such a bill is proposed is an indoor air pollution.

Moving toward electric buildings brings the affront to all legal citizens and all those who money now spent on out-of-state oil and gas potentially went through the long process of back home to invest in a better electric grid to obtaining citizenship. distribute renewable energy effectively and Their utter disregard for our democracy and make electric buildings truly green. the rule of law couldn’t be more apparent and Love, peace and spirit! should be totally denounced by all.

Kanwaldeep K. Sekhon Mayor de Blasio has said he would not veto Glen Oaks the legislation even though he believes the Council does not have the power to enforce it. is also a lame duck mayor and is on his way Greedy hospitals exploit He out, so he should not be a party to the utter conDear Editor: tempt of our democracy.

Re Naelsha Rose’s Nov. 25 article “Patients Put it to a referendum and let the people be sued during COVID-19 by hospitals”: heard!

I’m shocked to learn that “nonprofit” hospiThomas and Constance Dowd tals sued patients and filed liens against their Oakland Gardens homes during the Covid crisis, despite receiving New York State emergency funds. The Coalition for Affordable Hospitals claims that Normal is terrible 55 hospitals sued nearly 4,000 patients for medDear Editor: ical debt while getting $442 million from the Some suggest the Covid-19 vaccine offers state’s Indigent Care Pool. These pandemic the best opportunity for us to return to normalpredators exploited taxpayers and patients out cy. Our normalcy is plagued with military conof sheer greed. flicts, threat of nuclear weapons, desperate refAmong the worst culprits, says the Coaliugees, forced labor, school shootings, racial and other hatreds, destruction of the environment, human and drug trafficking, terrorist attacks Write a Letter! and other inhumane acts. Is this the paradise We want to hear from new voices! Letters for which we yearn to return? should be no longer than 300 words and Unfortunately, plagues stemming from may be edited for length, clarity and other human frailties will continue to threaten us reasons. They may be emailed to letters@ long after the Covid-19 pandemic. It just makes qchron.com. Please include your phone you wanna holler! number, which will not be published. Those Glenn Hayes received anonymously are discarded.

Kew Gardens own block is unusual in that it has a private driveway for all the people of the square block, but with everybody owning a car, it has its challenges! Nevertheless, I’m probably here to stay, until the day I die, and nearing 70!

Joan Silaco Queens Village

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NYFAC hosts its DOT pledges tighter 8th annual toy run eatery enforcement

Board leaders concerned about space sheds take up; city plans fees for them

by Max Parrott Chronicle Contributor

After the City Planning Commission unanimously came out in favor of the plan to make Open Restaurants permanent last month, setting it up for a final Council vote, the Department of Transportation regrouped with the Queens Borough Board on Monday to keep the members updated.

The Queens presentation, the first of a five-borough listening tour that the DOT has planned, facilitated a conversation about design guidelines for the permanent pro- City Transportation Commissioner Nicole Gargram. It also gave the DOT a chance to cia talks enforcement at Monday’s meeting of address concerns that many community the Queens Borough Board. SCREENSHOT VIA ZOOM boards have raised about how it will enforce r ules gover ning the dining str uctures sidering roadway elements to be seasonal.

That’s something we are really trying to around the city.

Agency representatives assured the board hone in and fine-tune on,” said Emily Weirepresentatives that they have recently denhof, the DOT’s director of public space.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty stepped up enforcement of the current iteration of the program by starting to hire more Braton and others said that many dining setstaff and by targeting dining setups that had ups had extended too far onto the sidewalk, leaving the pathway in between for pedestriserious safety issues to them.

“We’ve learned a lot since the program ans essentially blocked off. Other board has come about. We’ve gotten more resourc- chairs raised concerns over dining struces, we’re getting to the bad actors quicker. tures that are enclosed and continue to pose And then obviously now that this is moving a Covid risk. When the DOT identifies a forward, there are resources that we will be problematic dining structure or area, Braton bringing into the agency,” said Queens Bor- said, she, as a community board chair, wants to know about it. ough DOT Commissioner Nicole Garcia.

The DOT representatives said they are Garcia cited a crackdown effort the agency recently undertook in coordination with hoping to incorporate each of those borough Councilmember Peter Koo (D-Flushing) in board suggestions. The DOT also clarified Flushing to get rid of several dining setups that restaurants will have to begin paying that had started to become used as trash fees in order to participate in the program, but wasn’t ready to give specifics on how corrals.

She added that the agency had reworked much it will charge.

Finally the DCP and its internal process, so DOT set a timeline for that the bureau tasked input sessions on with responding to comesidents can weigh public the permanent plan. pla i nt s , t he H ig hway The proposal before the Inspections Unit, would in next month.

City Council is not a fully get to problem areas faster. Additionally, whereas at the outset of f leshed out plan, but merely a zoning Open Restaurants only one borough planner change that would create a legal framework had been tasked with keeping tabs on “bad for the city to move forward. To do so, the actors,” now all of them in the Queens DOT will add rules and regulations based office will be responsible for that, and the on public workshops.

In order to continue taking public input agency has posted a new job for a person to on the design of the Open Restaurants protake charge of the program.

At the outset of the program, Garcia said, gram, the agency announced that it will “we didn’t wanna be punitive,” but she hold virtual citywide roundtables Jan. 11 added that a year and a half later the agency and 12.

The agency is planning to release a draft is tightening up and cracking down.

An important question that remains is set of guidelines specifically around outdoor what kind of outdoor structures will be restaurant design in March, and after holding another round of public engagement, allowed under the permanent program The temporary outdoor dining rules finalize them in the spring.

The DOT will also continue to work out instruct restaurants to have as “small a footprint as possible along the curb” in the event the rest of the rules and regulations around of a snowstorm, but do not outright bar the permanent outdoor dining program in the summer and fall, with more public outwooden structures.

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Geographic priority in HS gains support

Pols, CCHS and another CEC join fight to reconsider change in policy

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

The chorus of opponents against eliminating geographic priorities for high school has grown louder as northeast Queens politicians, the Citywide Council on High Schools and Community Education Council 28 have joined the ranks.

The policy grants admissions priority to particular high schools based on where a student lives but was set to be phased out over a two-year span. Former DOE Chancellor Richard Carranza announced last year that all priorities, by district or by borough, would end beginning for students applying this year and entering high school next fall.

Now, the DOE is reconsidering the decision, officials have said.

Last Friday, state Sen. John Liu (D-Bayside) and Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) released a statement calling on the DOE to suspend the policy change.

“With many Queens high schools operating at well above 100 percent capacity, and in one case, even in excess of 200 percent, constructing new high schools at appropriate sites and increasing available seats in the borough should be a top pr ior it y,” said Braunstein.

Forest Hills High School is just below 200 percent capacity, Bayside High School is at

134 percent and Cardozo High School is at 141 percent, according to city data.

“In addition to chronic overcrowding in the borough’s schools, Queens students are faced with a unique lack of transportation options, especially in the eastern portion of the borough,” the lawmakers said. “We urge the DOE to suspend the elimination of geographic priorities in Queens until the City can sufficiently alleviate the existing overcrowding in the borough’s high schools.”

Braunstein and Liu also sent a letter to Chancellor Meisha Porter, who recently announced that her tenure will end this year. “... It is clear that this change disproportionately impacts Queens students, who are already confronted with overcrowded local schools and longer commute times. Therefore, we urge the Department of Education to reconsider their decision to eliminate geographic priority for students in the borough of Queens,” the letter concluded.

Liu, chair of the Senate Committee on NYC Education, has criticized last-minute education policy decisions made by Mayor de Blasio in his final days in office.

“Ending geographic priority at the eleventh hour injects chaos and uncertainty into an already complicated high school application process,” said Liu. “Queens is in desperate need of both more

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Omicron variant in New York continued from page 2 ship, a business improvement district in Jackson Heights, agrees with Grech.

“We applaud the Mayor’s efforts to contain the surge of Covid-19,” Ramos said to the Queens Chronicle via email. “However, this mandate will unfairly hurt the small businesses that are already overburdened w it h a d m i n ist r at ive m a nd at es a nd inspections.”

Greenidge believes that the mandate is the lesser of two evils compared to any renewed shutdown.

“If the mandate is the worst of the evil, so be it,” said Greenidge. “But it’s not easy right now for these small businesses.”

The Bayside Village BID and the Woodhaven BID were not immediately available for comment. The Long Island City Partnership, another business improvement district, declined to comment.

As of Monday, there were eight cases of the Omicron variant throughout the state — seven in the city and one case in Suffolk County, according to state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett.

“The Omicron variant is here, and as anticipated we are seeing the beginning of community spread,” said Bassett.

The mutation has spread to at least 17 states across the country, according to the CDC on Dec. 6.

De Blasio also announced that taking effect Dec. 14, children as young as 5 will

be required to get at least an initial vaccine dose to participate in “high-risk” extracurricular activities like sports, band, orchestra and dance.

“We have to be more relentless than the virus,” said city Health Commissioner Dr. David Chokshi.

Last week, in a joint press conference with de Blasio, Hochul and Chokshi, it was announced that an individual from Minnesota who tested positive for the Omicron variant was at the Jacob Javits Center during an anime conference, which had 15 entrepreneurs from Queens and was directly tied to people from throughout the city who got the variant — two of whom were from the World’s Borough. One was from Brooklyn.

“We don’t know even whether they’re in the same household or the same neighborhood,” Hochul said about the two Queens people during the Dec. 2 press conference.

The person from Minnesota recovered from the virus, but there is no information as of yet if the individual was fully vaccinated, had one shot or had a booster shot or if the people who were exposed were fully vaccinated.

There were more than 50,000 people at the three-day anime convention, which took place Nov. 19 to 21, according to Anime NYC, the host of the Japanese pop culture Q showcase.

high school seats and transportation options, and this last minute change sends our kids outside the borough without the public transportation to get them there. We must keep geographic priority indefinitely, lest we leave yet another mess for the incoming administration to clean up.”

CEC 28 passed a resolution with a vote of 9-1 opposing the removal of geographic zoning. It was introduced by member Lu Zhao.

“The system for high school admission is very complicated and any parents that go through the process understand ... it’s a nightmare, already,” said Zhao. “The removal of the geographic priorities makes it even more complicated and less predictable and transparent.”

The resolution also expressed issues with overcrowding, transportation options and the need for more high schools to be built.

It read, “CEC 28 requests the chancellor to rescind removal of the Geographic Priorities until such time the SCA builds new high school capacity with sufficient capacity to relieve overcrowding in Queens.”

It also cited similar resolutions from CEC 26, which passed in October, and a resolution from CCHS that passed with a vote of nine to zero the night before CEC 28’s did.

The CCHS resolution emphasized the need for specialized high schools as well.

“There is only one Specialized High School located in Queens (Queens High School for the Sciences at York College), with 511 students currently enrolled (9 to 12) and 116 seats offered for 9th grade admission in the fall of 2022, representing only 3% of SHS seats for 9th grade, and 9-12,” it states.

“Be it further resolved that CCHS urges the DOE and the SCA to plan the addition of more high schools in Queens, including a large Specialized High School comparable to Brooklyn Tech as there is clear demand for academically challenging programs in Queens.”

Some parents disagree with aspects of the arguments in favor of geographic priorities.

CEC 28 member Ted Chang introduced a resolution directly opposed to Zhao’s but it did not pass.

“I was disappointed ... because this could have been a resolution that represented all of Queens, but it wasn’t written that way, so I wrote a separate resolution asking for accommodations,” Chang said in the meeting. “I hope our council can work on my resolution for the next meeting to address equity in relation to geographic priorities.”

“Why is the resolution completely silent on guaranteeing that low income students will not be disproportionately excluded?”

Q asked Chang.

Porter to go from DOE to BX nonprofit

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

New York City Department of Education Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter confirmed on Thursday that she will be ending her tenure at the DOE come the end of the de Blasio administration.

“Since March, I have had the honor of a lifetime to serve as Chancellor for the incredible schools, educators, communities, families and most importantly, your children who make up the NYC Department of Education,” she wrote in a post on the DOE’s blog, “The Morning Bell.”

She began the role on March 15 following the sudden resignation of Richard Carranza. Porter was born in Far Rockaway and raised in South Jamaica. She was the first Black woman to be chancellor.

“Today, I am sharing the bittersweet news that I will be stepping down from my role as Chancellor at the end of this calendar year,” she wrote.

In a press conference, Mayor de Blasio said, “I want to give tremendous compliment to Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter, she has been absolutely outstanding, helped this city to move forward during

COVID, helped to keep our kids safe, worked really beautifully with our health care leadership, particularly Dr. Chokshi ... and Dr. Varma worked closely, closely with the Chancellor on a lot of the planning.”

Porter will be the CEO of a new nonprofit called the Bronx Community Foundation, she announced on NY1.

“It focuses on really investing across the Bronx, but more importantly, engaging with community stakeholders about what the needs are in the community,” she said.

“It’s going to be a foundation that is oneof-a-kind in the borough and really looking at ways to build sustainabilit y for Bronxites.”

Her position is widely expected to be filled by David C. Banks, president of the Eagle Academy Foundation, the first in a network of all-boys public schools.

Banks and Porter worked closely in opening the The Bronx School of Law, Government and Justice.

“I will work closely with the next Chancellor to ensure that a positive, welcoming, and affirming experience for all children continues this year and beyond,” she said Q in the post.”

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Painter adds to her palette in pandemic pivot

Artist Deborah Camp stands with some of her colorful work — as well as ink drawings by her mother, Barbara Malament — at the Woodhaven Street Fair on Nov. 7. She has custom painted windows PHOTOS BY EMILY DATTILO for many a business as well, including Parkside Realty in Richmond Hill, and more of her art is on exhibit this month at the Center at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens.

by Emily Dattilo

there but uses her graphic design business to keep her bills paid as she maintains her passion About 10 years ago, Deborah Camp had a as an artist.

This month, Camp’s art is featured at the job that paid the bills but didn’t quite fit the bill Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, at 127-15 for someone who has loved art since age 3.

Browsing through Craigslist at home in Kew Gardens Road, Mondays through SaturQueens, she happened across an ad for a win- days 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can meet her there dow artist for Pet Menu, a Flushing store that Saturday, Dec. 11, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Her best sellers on the marketing website for was searching for a design featuring the spring season and pets. Though she’d never painted on artists, RedBubble, are disco ball and animalglass before, Camp, 36, sent a sketch with a pets themed products, said Camp. Her account hosts nearly 700 designs, and she baseball game theme. The continues to add to it multiple owners of the store — which times a week. has since closed — loved it hop windows, A lifelong Woodhaven resand hired Camp for the job. ident with a BFA f rom On the window, she created a graphic design Queens College, Camp has whimsical world with two and an exhibit artistry in her DNA, reaching teams, “The pet store versus back to her great-grandfather the other guys,” complete in Kew Gardens. on her mother’s side. Camp with an audience of cheering said her earliest memories of animals and a score of 100-0.

“I was so ecstatic that they gave me this art is drawing next to him when she was a todchance,” said Camp. “And that is how the ball dler, trying to copy the horses he was painting.

Camp takes much of her inspiration from started rolling. From there, I said, ‘You know, I love this. I love painting large scale. I wonder if music, specifically from the 1960s, as well as from nature, animals and the environment.

I could find other businesses like this.’”

Her career as a window painter “just snow- Right now, she’s exploring “the simple things of life” in her drawings, she said. balled from there.”

The price of her paintings differs based on Before beginning her freelance business, Camp worked as a cashier at the HealthMax in size, level of detail and her commute to the job Woodhaven. Though the job wasn’t artistically site. Camp said her paintings take an average of fulfilling, she says it gave her the opportunity to four or five hours to complete, though some meet lots of people and to better her customer have taken an entire week of eight-hour days. service skills — two elements that were essen- And this freelance style, despite its uncertainties, works for Camp. tial to building a business of her own.

“What I love about it is that I’m in control of As the years passed by, Camp continued to build her business. Then the coronavirus pan- my own time and how I use it,” she said. “I am demic hit. There wasn’t a need for decorated not tied down to certain hours. I can work at 2 windows for stores that had to close their doors. in the morning if I want on an idea. And then I When the city shut down in March 2020, the could put in a ton of hours one day and then the reality of Camp’s dwindling finances as a win- next day I could earn the day off. I’m in control dow painter set in, a situation that many free- of all of that.”

Camp works mainly in Queens, sometimes lancers experienced. But she did what artists do; she hustled and pivoted, focusing on a in Brooklyn and occasionally in Manhattan.

According to a 2017 study from the Center graphic design business she had started a few years ago. What initially had been a creative for an Urban Future, a nonpartisan policy orgaoutlet during her days as a cashier became nization, Brooklyn and Queens have had an Camp’s main source of income. Now the increase of “visual and performing artists” Queens-based artist paints windows here and since 2000 — with Brooklyn reaching 17,605 Chronicle Contributor

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and Queens 8,726.

Although the community of artists in Queens trails in size and influence compared to the Brooklyn scene, Camp has managed to support herself as a freelancer.

Camp has found a niche, and during the holidays — her busiest season — her paintings have graced the windows of some well-known Queens establishments including Neir’s Tavern in Woodhaven, whose doors featured a painted snowman and snowwoman. In years past, she painted a holiday scene for a barbershop, A Little Off the Side, also in Woodhaven, complete with Santa getting his beard trimmed by elves.

As the holidays approach, Camp is hoping to recoup the business she lost last winter, and so far, business is “booming,” she said.

This year, she landed a new client — Parkside Realty in Richmond Hill — when Regina Santoro Shaefer, a real estate broker, reached out to Camp on Facebook. After two days of work, an intricately painted winter village inspired by local Victorian houses adorned the windows, and Santoro Shaefer is very pleased with the result.

“Fantastic. Absolutely amazing,” she said. “It brings so much Christmas spirit to this corner, people actually are stopping and looking. When she was painting, people stopped her every two

minutes.”

Richard Paulsen, an assistant professor of economics at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, has studied the cross-section between business and art.

Paulsen said freelance artists who create original works can generate a following. “Consumers end up demanding that product that they didn’t know they necessarily wanted, whether that be a painting, a song, a screenplay.”

For Camp, her window art has caught the attention of the community, perhaps aided in part by a creative marketing technique — adding her name and phone number to each window art.

But window art and graphic design are just two of the many artistic ventures Camp hopes to explore in the years ahead. Writing and illustrating a book, working for a greeting card company and expanding her graphic design business are also on the list. And she has bigger plans for her beloved borough as well.

Camp plans to be a part of the effort to “make Queens equally shine as bright as Brooklyn,” she said.

“You know, if you nurture a seed, and you grow it, it’s going to bloom and blossom. Let’s make a whole field of flowers here for the Q arts.”

Christmas caravan Saturday A parade of Christmas cheer hosted by the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association will be rolling through 11414 this Saturday, Dec. 11.

The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. at the corner of 165th Avenue and 84th Street and will continue down 84th Street, crossing 157th Avenue and looping through Hamilton Beach up toward 149th Avenue and 81st Street.

Cars will be decorated and themed to show off the holiday spirit and the best decorated will win a dessert tray and holiday cake. Minnie Mouse, Santa and Mrs.

Claus will be aboard as well.

Registering a vehicle requires a donation of at least $10, which will go to the Our Lady of Grace food pantry.

Viewers can line up along the route to cheer on the procession. To register a car, contact Phyllis Inserillo at (917) 488-5067 or hblcivic2014@gmail.com. Commercial or labor vehicles cannot partake.

Toy donations will also be collected for the NYPD 106th Precinct toy drive.

Information can also be found on the Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic FaceQ book page.

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GOP A-OK with speaker hopefuls

Addabbo hosts All seven Democrats said they’d seek Republican votes Covid screening

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

From the Don’t Ask Questions You Don’t Want the Answer To Department: Ten progressive organizations on Dec. 1 sent a letter to the seven City Council Democrats who are campaigning to be the next speaker, entreating all to not seek the support of what will be the five-member Republican Caucus to attain the post.

Later in the day, at a retreat for incoming Council freshmen sponsored by City & State, all seven flat-out declined, including Queens Councilmembers Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) and Francisco Moya (D-Corona).

“While the moderators mostly tailored their questions to individual candidates, everyone was asked their position on the letter released Wednesday ...” City & State reported. “All seven candidates said they’d stick to tradition and accept Republican support.”

The news organization reported further that six of the candidates — with the exception of Moya — also said that the Republican minority leader would be on their Budget Negotiating Team.

“I do not support the disenfranchisement of any duly elected member of the New York City Council based on their party affiliation,” Adams told the Chronicle in an email. “Each

Council speaker candidates Francisco Moya and Adrienne Adams of Queens are not discounting the votes of their Republican colFILE PHOTOS leagues. member has the right to vote on every presented item, including Speaker. This is the democratic process open to all.”

Moya could not be reached for comment.

The letter was obtained from the website of Make the Road Action. It also was sent to Diana Ayala (D-Manhattan, Bronx); Justin Bran nan (D -Brook ly n); Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan); Keith Powers (D-Manhattan) and Carlina Rivera, (D-Manhattan).

“As the race for Council Speaker takes shape, we write to articulate our strong belief that the Speaker of the City Council should be determined by the Democratic members of

the City Council,” the letter said.

Citing the recently obliterated Independent Democratic Conference that for several years gave outnumbered Republicans control over the state Senate, the letter said, “New York already experienced the disastrous results of Democrats making power-sharing deals with Republicans” and called the projected five-member GOP caucus “a fringe group of Republican Council Members who openly support Donald Trump’s racist, Authoritarian policies.”

Other groups signing the letter included Jews for Racial & Economic Justice; New York Communities for Change; Communities United for Police Refor m Action; VOCAL Action Fund, Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU; Citizen Action of New York; Met Council Action; CUFFH Action and DRUM Beats.

The math, however, could prove problematic. It will take 26 of the 51 votes to name a speaker. If the five Republicans, including incoming freshmen Joann Ariola and Vicki Paladino of Queens, decided to vote as a block, that would represent just under 20 percent of the total needed. It would leave the seven Democratic candidates scrambling to cut deals to get 26 of the 46 votes remaining in a Democratic caucus often riven by geoQ graphical and other factions.

S t a t e S e n . Jo e Ad d a b b o Jr. (D-Howard Beach) will sponsor a free Covid-19 antibody testing event from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, at the Bukharian Jewish Community Center at 106-16 70 Ave. in Forest Hills.

Valhalla Medics will conduct the tests.

The test that will be given is a rapid IgG/IgM antibody test, which is done using a nearly painless finger prick to draw a small bead of blood that is transferred for processing.

After about a 10-minute wait, patients are given a form with a write-up of their results that is signed by the technician who performed the test.

The IgG/IgM tests can detect and differentiate between the presence of the short-term (IgM) and long-term (IgG) antibodies.

No insurance is necessary to get a test done, and participants do not need to live within the senator’s district.

Anyone who wishes to participate in the event and get the free rapid antibody test is urged to register by calling Addabbo’s office at (718) 7381111 to secure a spot. Walk-ups also Q will be welcomed.

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Bus and bike lanes would flourish; released 4 weeks before term ends

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Mayor de Blasio on Dec. 1 released a plan that would greatly increase the mileage of bus and bike lanes in the next five years while also creating multiple projects aimed at pedestrian safety.

“This plan charts a path forward to build on that progress with innovative ideas from the lessons we’ve learned. It will make our streets safer than ever,” de Blasio said in a statement issued by his office. “Thanks to the City Council’s important advocacy and DOT’s boundless energy and determination, New Yorkers have a thoughtful blueprint for the next era of street safety measures.”

The New York City Streets Plan was unveiled with outgoing Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman. Among the goals sought by the end of 2026 are: • 150 miles of physically or camera-protected bus lanes; • 4,750 t r a n sit sig n a l pr ior it y at intersections; • 250 miles of protected bike lanes; • 2,500 bus stop upgrades like benches, shelters and real-time passenger information; • 2,000 redesigned intersections; • assessments aimed at reworking com-

Mayor de Blasio’s Department of Transportation last week unveiled a five-year plan that includes a massive expansion of bike and bus lanes — when the mayor and most of the City Council had PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON, LEFT; FILE PHOTO COURTESY NYC DOT less than four weeks remaining in office. mercial loading zones and truck routes; • the creation of one million square feet of pedestrian space: and • improved handicapped accessibility and motility.

“It represents a draft that will help us deliver faster commutes for bus riders; safe bike lanes for cyclists; and sidewalks and

curbs that are better managed for the changing demands of city living,” Gutman said.

Two public feedback sessions will be held virtually on Dec. 14 and Dec. 16. The 49-page report can be viewed online at https://on.nyc.gov/3oqxmuB. Reimagined curb management will include examining the best ways to accom-

modate delivery vehicles on commercial streets; and more metered parking in some of the densest parts of the city, with different prices for certain vehicles, to free up space for deliveries and other curb uses. The plan counts on the Federal Highway Administration to finally approve a congestion pricing plan for Manhattan below 60th Street.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams, of course, likely will have his own goals when he takes the reins at City Hall in less than three weeks, as will more than 30 new Council members.

Adams’ campaign could not be reached for comment, but published reports say he has in the past committed to add 300 miles of bike lanes. The Chronicle reached out to Republican Joanne Ariola and Democrat Lynn Schulman, two new incoming Councilmembers from Queens, to ask if they believe such an ambitious plan should have been put forward with so little time left in the de Blasio administration.

“The mayor is going to be newly elected, as will much of the Council,” said Ariola, who is replacing Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “It would be much better for the people if this was decided by the people representing them.”

Schulman, who will replace Karen Koslowitz, disagreed. “He’s still the mayor,” Q she said. “It’s his decision.”

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Queens Library helps Equity firm offers Food Bank for NYC finance scholarship Seven sites in the Queens Public Library system are collecting canned food for the benefit of the Food Bank for NYC through Dec. 31 in the library’s fourth annual It’s Time for Kind food drive.

Those wishing to contribute can drop off food at: • the Broadway Library at 40-20 Broadway in Astoria; • the Cambria Heights Library at 218-13 Linden Blvd.; • the Central Library at 89-11 Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica; • the Far Rockaway Library at 1003 Beach 20 St.; • the Glen Oaks Library at 256-04 Union Tpke.; • the Peninsula Library at 92-25 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Beach; and Help the Queens Public Library help others.

• the Ridgewood Library at 20-12 MadiNYC COUNCIL PHOTO / TWITTER son St. Donors are asked not to drop off perishThose wishing to help the Ridgewood able food items, dry goods or toiletries. All Library effort are welcome to drop their food collected will be distributed to agendonations at the district office of Councilcies, organizations and individuals in man Bob Holden (D-Middle Village) at Queens. Donated items may be dropped 64-69 Dry Harbor Road.; and the office of off at any time during regular library busiCommunity Board 5 at 61-23 Myrtle Ave. Q ness hours.

Only canned goods will be accepted.

schools throughout New York City — including in Queens — has 21,000 students, of whom 94 percent are minoriLong Ridge Partners, an asset manageties, 14 percent have disabilities, 8 perment company that specializes in recruitcent are English language learners and ing in the hedge fund, private equity, real estate and technology industries, will pro- three-quarters receive free or reduced vide an annual $25,000 scholarship and priced lunch, according to the school network, which was founded in 2006. paid internship to a Success Academy high school senior with a 3.7 grade point There are kindergarten to middle school average or above and an interest in pursu-Success academies in Rosedale, South Jamaica, Springfield Gardens , St. ing a career in finance.

Albans and Far Rockaway, and the charThe firm, located at 575 Madison Aveter school network hopes to have a high nue in Manhattan, wants to provide guidschool in Queens soon. ance to a minority or underprivileged There is no online link to apply for scholar pursuing that field in college. scholarships, but students will receive help “Over the past few years, we have seen with their applications within their indian incredibly strong and growing appetite vidual high schools, according to Success from the financial services industry to Academy spokeswoman Laura Wilker. diversify their staffs,” said Jason Sklar, a “We have College Access and Persispartner at Long Ridge, to the Queens tence counselors (similar to guidance Chronicle via email. “As recruiters, we see counselors or college counselors) that supthere is a shortage of students from underport our scholars with applications as well privileged communities pursuing careers as financial aid and scholarship guidin finance. While we cannot fix this problem overnight, we seek to help educate and ance,” said Wilker via email.

Students from Astoria, Flushing, Jamaisupport members of our NYC community ca and Long Island City attend the SA toward a career in the industry.”

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hat a year!! If there is anything that 2020-2021 has taught us, it is that our surrounding community and neighborhood can quickly become our whole world. For better or worse, it has left us questioning our living environment, our social calendars, and even our professions.

Through it all, there has been one constant focus for us all; our health.

While many businesses shuttered, the essential workers at Dry Harbor seized the opportunity to revamp and recalibrate their approach to providing top-notch care. The way nursing and rehabilitation services were being provided needed to change, for the safety of those seeking care and those professionals responsible for delivering it.

Right on cue, a new leadership team stepped in at Dry Harbor to bring this quality-driven nursing and rehabilitation center to the forefront of postpandemic care. Led by newly appointed Administrator, Yoel Lichstein, the Dry Harbor mission has never been more

clear. Yoel’s decades of healthcare leadership experience has brought him here to this moment, with no shortage of suitors.

In today’s healthcare environment, the options of where to work were plentiful. When asked why he chose Dry Harbor, Yoel had this to say: Dry Harbor’s mission of putting patient care fi rst really resonated with my own core beliefs.

From ownership on down, you can feel the sincerity that our staff has in their daily approach. That is the key to building strong clinical programs and bringing Dry Harbor to the forefront of nursing home care. The ingredients are here and I’m excited to put on my chef’s hat!

and clinical background in skilled nursing and acute care environments is just what Dry Harbor was looking for to take resident care to the next level.

To round out the new leadership team, Yoel knew he needed a strong clinical presence to keep pace with and ultimately exceed their residents’ and hospital partners’ expectations. Yoel found the perfect fi t in seasoned veteran, Jay Singh. Jay comes to Dry Harbor with over 20 years of successful hospital and nursing home leadership experience.

Her progressive executive management

Next time you’re driving by the corner of Dry Harbor Road and Woodhaven Blvd., take a glance up at this storied nursing and rehabilitation center. Within those walks, groundbreaking medical care is being provided by some of the borough’s best and brightest clinicians.

Rest assured that Middle Village and the rest of Queens county is in good hands.

Jay, too, had many options on where her skills could be put to use. When asked what clinical services set Dry Harbor apart, Jay had this to say: Following the example set by the facility ownership, patient care is the top priority in everything we do at Dry Harbor and every decision we make. As my favorite saying goes: “Our residents don’t care how much we know until they know how much we care.”

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NYBC concerned about Omicron

New variant further sets back very necessary blood drive donations

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The Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park held an awards ceremony last Wednesday during its monthly meeting at St. Anthony of Padua Church in South Ozone Park.

ONCA Vice President Robert Joseph, top right, presented President Joe Caruana, center, with the first-ever Vice President’s Award. Joining them was Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar.

Councilwoman-elect Joann Ariola was named Woman of the Year, represented by

Phyllis Inserillo, third from left, above. Daniel Coffaro Hill, far left, marketing director for the Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol, was the youngest-named Man of the Year.

Other awardees included Rajkumar, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, represented by her chief of staff Daniel Randell, fourth from left, Councilman Eric Ulrich, represented by Linda Fogal of Community Board 9, and attorney Joseph Kasper.

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Join rec centers for free There are only three weeks left to get a free membership to Parks Department Recreation Centers.

The agency announced it was giving away free one-year memberships in September, but the offer only lasts until Dec. 31.

Those who sign up will have access to indoor athletic courts, sports and educational programs, Shape Up NYC classes, media labs, fitness equipment and more.

The membership term will last for one year from the registration date and grant access to facilities citywide.

As a precaution due to Covid-19, several new policies have been implemented to keep patrons safe. Vaccinations are required for members ages 13 and up, and mask-wearing is required for all. In addition, equipment has been arranged to promote social distancing, and shared equipment will be cleaned frequently. Patrons will be asked to complete a health screening and temperature check before entering the facility.

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Fatigue, lack of hosts and the new Covid variant have reduced blood donations. PHOTO COURTESY NYBC Building in Flushing Meadows Corona Park (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and at Andromeda Advantage in Long Island City at 49-12 31 Place (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) on Dec. 10, according to the NYBC. Young Israel of Queens Valley at 14155 77 Ave. in Flushing will have one on Dec. 13 (4 to 10 p.m.) and the following day the 103rd Precinct (12 to 6 p.m.) will host one in Jamaica at 168-02 91 Ave. On Dec. 15, there will be blood drives at NYBC’s Long Island City facility (12 to 6 p.m.) at 45-01 Vernon Blvd.; at The Shops at Atlas Park at 8000 Cooper Ave. in Glendale (1 to 7 p.m.); and the 109th (37-05 Union Street in Flushing), 114th (34-16 Astoria Blvd. in Astoria) and 115th (92-15 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights) precincts from 12 to 6 p.m.

“Donating blood is safe, easy and vital to those who need it,” Cefarelli added. “This is the season of giving and there is no better gift to your fellow New Yorkers then life-saving blood donations.”

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With a nationwide shortage continuing, there is no national surplus to offset the lack of regional blood donations.

There has been a shortage of donations throughout the 19-month pandemic because donor fatigue has hit both first-time givers and long-time volunteers because of constant need for blood donations; some companies that now allow employees to work from home are no longer hosting blood drives; organizations that supported NYBC and similar groups have not resumed their blood donations; and widespread fear of a Covid-19 infection has been amplified by the Omicron variant, according to the Blood Center. Donors have also become confused as to whether having a vaccination will impact their ability to give blood. It does not, people can donate after getting a vaccine.

However, if they have cold, flu, sore throat, respiratory infection or flu-like symptoms they are ineligible.

“In a normal year, winter is a difficult time to maintain the blood supply,” Andrea Cefarelli, senior executive director at New York Blood Center, said via a prepared statement. “Unpredictable weather, cold and flu season, school breaks, family and holiday travel all contribute to making blood donations less of a priority. Normally, October and November are a time where we build our inventory in anticipation of these challenges, but this year is especially dire without a solid inventory pre-holiday and the news of a new variant.”

A number of blood drives are coming up in Queens. The first will be held at the Passerelle

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NYSCI lost about half its exhibits due to Ida

by Katherine Donlevy Editor

The New York Hall of Science had only been open again for two months when the remnants of Hurricane Ida decimated 50 percent of its exhibits and infrastructure, forcing the institution to close indefinitely.

Again.

The storm’s water forced its way into the Corona museum’s front doors and flooded the lowest level of the original building, which was constructed for the 1964 World’s Fair.

The water made its way to the street level as well, and shredded carpets, took out elevators and destroyed several exhibits, including Mathematica and Charlie & Kiwi’s Evolutionary Adventure.

“There was a lot of damage,” NYSCI CEO Margaret Honey told the Chronicle. “It took us over a month just to work with a service to get the building cleaned and do a mitigation that you have to do when you have a lot of water in your building.”

The crew’s restoration efforts hit a turning point on Dec. 6: They wrapped up the destruction removal process and initiated repair work.

Honey plans on partially reopening NYSCI in February so students

can access the resources that weren’t affected by the storm. She expects the mezzanine and street levels to be completed first, as well as for the elevators to be up and running again.

She added that her and the staff’s “hope is to be fully back in September” — one year after Ida struck.

Luckily, the north wing of the building was completely untouched

by Ida. The exhibits there are in good condition, and Honey is especially relieved that NYSCI’s newest exhibit, the Happiness Exper ience, survived.

The Happiness Experience was created during the pandemic and opened on July 8, when the entire museum reopened after the Covid shutdown. The immersive exhibit explores the neuroscience and social science of happiness, how humans deal with stressful situations and challenges and what the underlying science behind well-being is.

“I’m honestly not sure we could have handled losing that,” Honey said.

It will cost an estimated $12 million to repair NYSCI, Honey said, though the total is a moving target.

Even with insurance, aid from government partners and donations, the museum could still experience a

The New York Hall of Science sustained significant damage from Hurricane Ida Sept. 1, and CEO Margaret Honey estimates it will take a whole year before the museum fully reopens, though she anticipates partially reopening NYSCI PHOTOS in February. shortfall as much as $5 million.

The museum is asking for donations from the public, which can be made at bit.ly/3pAMHb9.

Despite being very much in need itself, NYSCI has continued to serve its community during the crisis. As one of the founding organizations of the pandemic-born Elmhurst-Corona Recovery Collaborative, the museum has tackled food insecurity, vaccination efforts and immigrant aid during the national emergency. On Nov. 20,

NYSCI hosted a food drive, in partnership with the La Jornada food pantry, in the limited available space it has: the employee parking lot.

The museum asks its partners to consider donating to the ECRC, as well, even if it means that the museum would get a little less funding. To donate, visit bit.ly/3dthiBL. NYSCI’s staff still delivers on its mission of educating the community’s youth by providing science, technology, engineering and math pro-

gramming virtually. The museum also offers virtual programming for educators, as well.

“We all went through, and unfortunately are still going through, a rocky time with the pandemic, and we got a little extra clobbered,” Honey said. “But the great thing about the New York Hall of Science — we’re all resourceful, we’re creative, we’re problem solvers. That’s what science is all about.”

Honey continues to look on the bright side of the crisis. She sees the destruction as an opportunity to rebuild with stronger infrastructure and engineering technology.

Additionally, and ironically, the science center is using the storm as a chance to teach about the climate emergency.

“We have an opportunity to lean into using ourselves as a template to understand climate change,” Honey said. “One of the hardest things about climate change for all of us is that it feels so scary ... We see what happened to us, and we have the chance to tell a story about how to make change and preserve important city institutions, neighborhoods and families. It’s critical. It is an opportunity, and we will use it as an opporQ tunity.”

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MoMI shows how

iconic animator gave life to the Grinch

Jones brought in come of his regular collaborators, including artist Maurice Noble, known for the backgrounds for such Warner Bros. classics as “What’s Opera, Doc?” and the Road Runner/ Wile E. Coyote shorts; as well as Disney films “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio,” “Dumbo,” “Fantasia” and “Bambi.” continued on page 29

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In his 1957 book, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, made his black-and-white Grinch popular.

In 1966, animator Chuck Jones made the Grinch a legend, and the secrets of just how he did it are on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 27. “‘A Wonderful, Awful Idea’: Animating the Grinch Who Stole Christmas” is a collection of more than 40 animation cels, background art and Jones’ own hand-drawn sketches on n loan from the col-lection of Bill Heeter er and Kristi Correa.

Barbara Miller, the he museum’s director or for curatorial affairs, said they, unlike many other private collectors, feel it is important to share their collection with the public. MoMI recently displayed some of their collection from “The Simpsons.”

While “The Grinch” is the length of but one Simpsons episode, it is far older.

“It really is an indelible film that stayed with people,” Miller said of the 24-minute cartoon.

“We absolutely were respectful of the source material,” — a copy of the book lays open under glass — “but it really was Chuck Jones’ adaptation that really made the Grinch an iconic character.”

The movie traces the joyless, grouchy Grinch’s journey from a selfimposed outcast to the character who seeks redemption.

The exhibit r focuses on the adaptation fo process. pr “The book had a very limited color palette — it was white and black and red,” Miller said.

“Chuck Jones just exploded it into the world of color. The Grinch is bright green. Could you ever imagine an adaptation of that story with the Grinch being a different color?”

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Ralph Johnson Bunche was born August 7, 1903 in Detroit, Mich., and later raised in Los Angeles, Calif.

Bunche graduated from the University of California as the valedictorian and was hired by Howard University in the Political Science Department in 1928. He received a master’s degree and a doctorate while there, and fell in love with one of his students, Ruth Harris. They married in 1930 and had two girls and a son together.

Bunche became involved with the United Nations at its inception. He brokered a truce between the Arabs and Israelis in 1949 and became the first Black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the next year. He lived at Parkway Village in Jamaica, a haven for the many workers of many races at the new United Nations.

In 1953 Jack and Marion Sturm sold him a neo-Tudor home on a 72-by-106-foot lot at 115-24 Grosvenor Road in Kew Gardens.

Ruth preferred a apartment in Manhattan, but Bunche, who grew up in a house, craved the open space of a large garden and yard.

The Ralph Johnson Bunche house at 115-24 Grosvenor Road in Kew Gardens, as it looked when he lived there in the ’50s.

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Bunche and his son made headlines in 1959 when the Forest Hills Gardens West Side Tennis Club refused membership to them. They were later accepted, but Bunche refused because he did not want entry based on his celebrity status.

He passed away in December 1971 at age 68. His wife Ruth followed in 1988. The house became a National Historic Landmark in 1978 Q and a New York City Landmark in 2008.

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Plenty in store for everyone at APEC

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The Alley Pond Environmental Center is getting into the holiday spirit, and has several in-person events lined up for everyone.

“The beauty of APEC is we do target all age groups,” said Rosemarie Favuzza, APEC’s director of education.

Some events are exclusively catered to children, while others are designed specifically for adults.

Favuzza’s Dec. 17 cooking class is reserved for children ages 8 to 12. She teaches the class once a month, and crafts the menu to reflect the seasons. For the December class, Favuzza and her students will be making an entire breakfast meal of snowmen.

The little chefs will make snowman pancakes using cookie cutters and Nutella, as well as snowman powdered donut kabobs and snowman poop made of marshmallow.

While Favuzza mans the stove, another educator will take the children to visit some of APEC’s furry friends and feed them the scraps from their activities.

“Strawberry caps will go to the guinea pigs,” Favuzza said. “It’s a fun class for children.”

The week ahead of the snowman breakfast class, APEC will be hosting a Jingle Bells

Children will meet some of APEC’s feathered friends as part of the center’s Jingle Bells PHOTOS COURTESY APEC for Birds program. for Birds class. This session is designed for younger children: 6- to 8-year-olds. Participants will learn from APEC’s bird ambassadors about different avian beaks, examine skull replicas, discuss how birds lay eggs and meet some of APEC’s feathered friends.

“Then they’ll create a bird toy for our birds,” said Favuzza, adding that they will be able to bring some treats home for the birds in their own backyards. Children will

smear Krisco all over a recycled toilet paper roll before dipping it into bird seed. “They can also hang bells from it because it’ll be entertaining for the birds.”

Children don’t get all the fun at APEC this holiday season — on Dec. 12, artist and jewelry designer Naomi Rabinowitz will host an afternoon glass fusion workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to make colorful necklaces, pins, magnets, earrings or rings

and to learn the basics of fused glass art.

APEC hosted the class once before, and it was so popular that the center decided to make room for a second workshop this time, according to Favuzza All materials will be provided, and Rabinowitz will fire the pieces made in the workshop, which will then be available for pickup at a later date. The workshop, Favuzza said, is a great opportunity to craft personal and handmade holiday gifts for loved ones this season.

Almost every children’s class — 95 percent of all hosted at APEC, Favuzza estimated — includes a short nature walk. The Snowman Breakfast and Jingle Bells for Birds classes will certainly end with an outdoor stroll, so children should be dressed appropriately.

“Especially after last year, this gives children the chance to socialize in a safe environment,” said Favuzza, adding that the entire APEC staff is vaccinated against Covid-19 and that masks are required for everyone when indoors. “It’s a safe environment. It’s a good opportunity for people to socialize. It’s like-minded people learning about the environment.”

Spots are limited for every event, and registration is required. For more informaQ tion, visit alleypond.org.

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sketches from the mid-1960s show how he wanted the animation artists to draw the characters from 360 degrees.

The display said it broke Jones’ heart to reduce the role of the adorable little Cindy Lou Who, who was no more than 2. But he expanded the role of Max, the Grinch’s long-suffering but loyal dog who lives with him in a cave on Mt. Crumpit, allowing the pup to serve as an observer and a representative of the audience when not pulling the Grinch’ sleigh while wearing an oversized reindeer horn on his head.

Then they brought in horror movie legend Boris Karloff, who played against type to voice both the kindly, wise narrator and the villain who was not nearly as rotten as he would have had all the Whos in Whoville believe.

The film also featured the first song ever to include a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich. With arsenic sauce.

On Saturday, Dec. 18, Craig Kausen, Jones’ grandson and president of the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, will speak at MoMI on the Jones-Geisel collaboration with a talk that will include some of his grandfather’s notes, drawings and photo-

Chuck Jones, who oversaw Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the Road Runner at Warner Brothers, brought motion, expression and rich colors to the environs and residents of Whoville and Mt. Crumpit. On the cover: Chuck Jones’ rough sketches were turned into a cartoon masterpiece and a holiday classic.

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graphs. There also will be a showing of eight shorts Jones directed between 1949 and 1960 with Bugs, Daffy and others.

MoMI is located at 36-01 35 Ave. in Astoria. Its temporary hours are Friday from

2 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.

Information on tickets for the museum and Kausen’s talk is available at MoMI’s Q website, movingimage.us.

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“He had very precise ideas for what he wanted in terms of character movement,” Miller said. “As experimental and creative as he was, in some ways, he always believed that a character would move in a certain way, and it had to be consistent.”

Some of Jones’ rough, hand-drawn

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It’s lockout season Chronicle Contributor

As expected, a work stoppage occurred last Thursday when Major League Baseball club owners and the MLB Players Association failed to achieve a new collective bargaining agreement.

The issues are bit more nuanced than they were during the Marvin Miller era when work stoppages revolved around bread-and-butter economic issues such as salaries, pensions and health insurance benefits. There were fun accounting issues as well with the players demanding the owners open their financial records. The owners, of course, did not want to show how they were able to underreport revenues and generate artificial losses by using income-reducing accounting weapons.

The skirmishes between the owners and the players now center around two key issues. The biggest obstacle is players must spend six years in the big leagues before they can become free agents. The union understandably wants the service time to drop to at least five so players can rake in the big bucks earlier. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred makes no secret of representing ownership. He didn’t make baseball fans reach for the Kleenex when he spoke last Friday of the depression fans in smaller markets experience when their favorite players leave, literally and figuratively, for greener pastures.

Another issue is how veteran “middle class”

players are being squeezed off MLB team rosters. Owners who shell out astronomical sums for big stars think nothing of cutting payroll corners by getting rid of veteran players and replacing them with cheaper minor leaguers.

Familiar names such as Neil Walker, Curtis Granderson and St. John’s alum Joe Panik have been squeezed out this way. Expect MLBPA executive director, and former Mets first baseman, Tony Clark to demand the owners raise the minimum salary significantly from its current $500,000 as a way of ridding this disincentive.

This is the first lockout stoppage since 1994.

My guess is there will be an accord by the time spring training is scheduled to get underway despite the hardline posturing from both Manfred and Clark. There is too much money to be lost for both parties if games are canceled.

There are far more entertainment options now than there were 27 years ago. Streaming services were not around back then. Also, baseball’s “national pastime” status has gone the way of Madison Square Garden being the mecca of basketball. Both descriptions have frayed badly since Bill Clinton’s first administration. Manfred and Clark both know that.

All labor disputes eventually get resolved.

The less the public anguishes over what is going Q on in baseball, the faster this one will.

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