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Woodhaven SBS supporters call for action ... in Manhattan PAGE 4 Public Advocate Letitia James and supporters of Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards held a small rally, above, on the steps of City Hall on Monday. The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association criticized them for holding the event nowhere near the corridor.

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Concerned community gets an arson briefing Cops ‘working around the clock’ to bring the Forest Hills pyro to justice

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

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he NYPD is turning up the heat on the man responsible for a frightening string of arsons that have terrorized one Forest Hills neighborhood over the last two months.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce joined a gaggle of investigators, area police brass, elected officials, representatives from the Mayor’s Office and concerned community members to discuss the crime spree at a closed door meeting on Tuesday at the Bukharian Jewish Community Center in Forest Hills.

In his short speech to the media after the gathering, Boyce called for an increased partnership between the police and the residents of the impacted Cord Meyer section of Forest Hills in order to bring the firebug, who has torched at least seven unoccupied buildings — most of which were homes under construction — to justice.

“It was a very productive meeting this morning. We’re trying to tap into community sources that we need to solve this crime,” Boyce said. “We’re going to solve this crime together.

“Both patrol and investigative sources within the Detective Bureau are working pretty much around the clock to get this done.”

The seven cases of arson as determined by

Flanked by NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, second from left, Borough President Melinda Katz reassures Forest Hills residents that investigators are doing all they can to bring the serial PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA arsonist tormenting the neighborhood to justice as soon as possible. police include: • 70-35 113 St. on Oct. 20; • 68-60 112 St. on Nov. 8; • 108-13 67 Road on Nov. 10; • 112-35 69 Road on Nov. 15;

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ian community, Boyce said the Hate Crimes Task Force is working on the case but the NYPD is not ready to label the fiery trend, which began at the abandoned Parkway Hospital, as such an offense just yet.

However, he did infer that it’s a real possibility.

“We have a specific community that’s being targeted here,” the chief said. “There’s certain key aspects of this entire pattern that come back to this community.”

Boyce was joined at the meeting by dozens of area residents, Deputy Inspector Judith Harrison, the 112th Precinct’s commanding officer, Borough President Melinda Katz, Community Board 6 District Manager Frank Gulluscio, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), Assemblymembers Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) and state Sens. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach).

In an interview with the Chronicle and another media outlet after the press conference, Harrison said that, while Boyce and his detectives are tasked with investigating the fires as she handles the patrolling Cord Meyer aspect of the case, she isn’t sure of the arsonist’s motives just yet.

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Pols, groups push for SBS at City Hall Woodhaven civic criticizes location for rally on issue that’s about Queens

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Elected officials and transportation advocates stood on the steps of City Hall Monday to voice their support for Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards — but were quickly slammed by some of the people it would affect.

“We are here today because every New Yorker deserves high-quality transportation.

We are here today because too many New Yorkers, living in our outer boroughs, are transitstarved,” Public Advocate Letitia James said.

Cou ncil members Donovan R ichards (D-Laurelton) and Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) joined James and the Straphangers Campaign and the Riders Alliance in calling for SBS, which would put a designated bus lane in both directions along the corridor. SBS supporters claim it would improve the commute times for tens of thousands of bus riders each day.

“There’s been a lot of debate around Woodhaven,” Richards said. “Is this a bad plan? No it’s not. Woodhaven is a very unsafe corridor.

Everyone knows it.”

One of the groups that does think SBS is a bad plan criticized the rally for being held nowhere near the topic of discussion.

“This rally shows everything that’s wrong with the way SBS is being shoved down our community’s throat. The rally was supposed to indicate support for SBS in our community, yet

Public Advocate Letitia James, at podium, calls for Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. She was joined by Councilmembers Donovan Richards and Jimmy Van PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Bramer and transportation advocacy groups at City Hall. it was held far away from our community, and was sponsored by a slew of outside organizations pushing an agenda that ignores our community’s concerns,” the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association said in a statement issued hours after the press conference.

“That’s all extremely fitting, because the push for SBS is not about improving our

community. It’s about city officials teaming up with powerful, well-funded interests to drown out the voices of regular residents who don’t have expensive lobbyists and consultants representing them.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park), an opponent of SBS, said “hosting their event at City Hall is indicative of the lack of

support from local communities.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), also an opponent of the plan, said Manhattan is where many of the SBS supporters come from.

“Many of those who are for it, not all, but many come from outside Woodhaven,” Addabbo said.

A spokesperson for the BRT for NYC Coalition, one of the co-sponsors of the rally, replied in an emailed statement, “The press conference was held outside City Hall to make sure the de Blasio administration knows the community needs Select Bus Service with BRT features as soon as possible on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards.” BRT is short for Bus Rapid Transit, a variation on SBS. James — when asked how she would respond to SBS opponents’ concerns — mentioned there were opponents of a similar plan in Crown Heights when she was a councilwoman representing that area and they later came around to the proposal.

“There were some individuals who were concerned about BRT on their routes,” she said.

“And it was an educational process and as a result of the educational process and explaining the process to them, they were able to come around. So I urge the individuals in Queens and other parts of the outer boroughs, it’s really an education process and it’s about respecting continued on page 42

Woodhaven stands as one after hate crime $4,500 reward offered for arrest, conviction of Thanksgiving arsonist

by Anthony O’Reilly

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The message was simple, but loud on the streets of Woodhaven last Friday: “We are one.”

“We gather as a diverse group, unif ied by love and oneness,” Aminta Kilawan, co-founder of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, said at a rally in front of a home where 40 Jhandi f lags were burnt early Thanksgiving morning.

Kilawan was joined by dozens of people from different faiths and ethnicities who stood in front of the house, at the corner of 80th Street and 89th Avenue, to condemn the hate act carried out by an arsonist who is still on the loose. The suspect was last seen wearing a baseball cap and a three-quarter-length jacket and carrying a medium-sized travel bag, according to police. New surveilance video of the suspect was released shortly before the rally.

Jhandi f lags are used in the

Hindu religion — they come in different colors, bear the image of deities and are put outside homes after prayers have been said.

T hey a re a com mon sig ht throughout different South Queens communities.

“If you walk around this neighborhood, if you walk around Ozone Park, South Ozone Park or Richmond Hill, you will see that Jhandi flags are the most prevalent identifier of a Hindu, Indo-Caribbean home,” Kilawan said.

T he Na r i ne fa m ily, whose flags were burnt, did not appear at Friday’s rally but said in a statement issued by Sadhana, “Although we feel hurt and we were afraid that something worse could have happened, we feel blessed that we are safe.

“We don’t u nderstand why someone would target our home,” they continued. “If the perpetrator is found, we would like to try and talk with them to understand their motivation and explain about our

culture and religion, which is peaceful. We want to build dialogue and trust to help the racism disappear. We have it in our hearts to forgive.” The family thanked the community for coming together in support of them and asked for privacy at this time.

While the flags were the main focus of Friday’s event, those who spoke also reflected on the recent acts of terrorism carried out by or for the Islamic State and condemned the terror group for invoking Islam.

“It is ver y hea r t achen i ng, regardless if atrocities are committed in the name of Islam or any other religion, when we see innocent lives are taken,” Imam Safraz Bacchus, of the Masjid Al Abidin mosque in Richmond Hill, said. “It is always my belief that religion is supposed to bring us closer together, it is not supposed to divide us.”

It’s necessary, Safraz and many others said, that whenever a hate act is committed against one group

Community Board 9 member Richard David, with megaphone, calls for Hindus to stand up for their rights alongside Public Advocate Letitia James.

They and others last week condemned the burning of 40 Hindu flags by a PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY / INSET COURTESY NYPD unknown suspect, inset. that people of all backgrounds come together to condemn it, as Queens did last Friday.

“Whenever there is a hate act in this city, all of us must respond immediately,” Public Advocate Letitia James said. “We live in a city where we celebrate diversity.

Whoever thinks they can divide us, let me tell you that you will not shake the bonds that tie us together as one.”

For Naheed Bahram, member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, hate is something that happens too often. continued on page 44

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Still waiting for an SBS vote at CB 9 Some members push for a motion on the controversial bus proposal

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The Department of Transportation’s Select Bus Service proposal for Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards has been one of the more talked about and controversial topics at Community Board 9 meetings recently, but the advisory panel has not yet taken an official stance on it.

Some members on Tuesday said it might be time to change that.

“Are we serving the community well by remaining silent on it?” CB 9 member Alex Blenkinsopp asked Transportation Committee Chairman Kenichi Wilson at the full board’s meeting.

Other members — all who seemed to be opposed to the plan to place a designated bus lane in both directions along the corridor — also said they would like to see an official stance taken on SBS. “I feel like we need to take a position on this,” member Marilyn Molina said.

But Wilson said he would rather wait for the DOT and MTA to come back with statistics on the effects of bus lanes, not part of SBS, implemented on the corridor in Rego Park and Forest Hills.

“I would not like to make a premature decision on it,” he said.

Molina was skeptical that the DOT would

To take a position on SBS, or not to take a position on SBS? That was the question posed by some at Community Board 9’s meeting on Tuesday. The service would have designated bus lanes for the PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY Q52 and Q53 buses along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. be truthful with any statistics it might present to the board.

“I’m feeling like I can’t trust the DOT,” she added.

Board member Jan Fenster said taking a vote would send a message to the community that the panel is reflecting its opinions on the plan.

“Let them know that we’re not just sitting on our rear ends,” Fenster said.

Despite the lack of an official vote, many CB 9 members have expressed their opposition to SBS because they believe it would add congestion on the main thoroughfare, shift more vehicles to side streets due to the elimination of left turns onto major corri-

dors and put commuters in harm’s way by making them wait for the buses on the center median of Woodhaven Boulevard.

The service is expected to be implemented in 2017, with town halls on the details of it being hosted next year.

A town hall was held last Monday, hosted by a number of Woodhaven organizations, where a room of 100 residents opposed to SBS admonished the DOT for going ahead with the plan against their wishes.

Although Wilson declined to have a formal position taken up on the proposal, he did say he has strong personal feelings about it and the bus lanes already in effect.

“It’s really hard for me to hold back how I feel about it,” he told the board, adding once the board does vote on SBS he would open up the “floodgates” holding back his opinions on it.

The committee chairman has said the Rego Park lanes have affected his business, which requires drivers to commute from Queens to Manhattan, and he sees congestion starting on Woodhaven Boulevard earlier every day.

“I’m paying people to sit in traffic,” he said.

Wilson will be attending a community advisory committee meeting on the plan on Tuesday at noon at Queens Borough Hall. Q

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hink rush-hour traffic around the junction of the Long Island Expressway and Grand Central Parkway can’t get any worse? Think again. It will — thanks to your friendly neighborhood Department of Environmental Protection.

Maybe the DEP has no choice in what it’s doing. But we find that hard to believe, and with the agency declining to answer our questions Wednesday, we just don’t know.

The department is performing work on the sewer system below the Horace Harding Expressway around 108th Street, just west of the LIE-GCP interchange. No doubt the project needs to be done; it will help reduce — maybe one day even help reverse? — the continuous poisoning of Flushing Bay with human waste and all the other crud that winds up in sewer system. But, as this page so frequently finds itself saying in one way or another, laudable ends don’t justify careless means.

To do the work, the city is shutting down two of the three lanes in either direction on the Horace Harding, aka the LIE service road. Traffic that was already awful is now and will continue to be beyond intolerable. Even though the work is only being done from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., the lanes will remain shut down all the time — for two years. That’s what Community Board 4 reported at its meeting Monday.

Simultaneously, all but one lane in each direction of 108th Street around 43rd Avenue will also be shut down. Also for two years.

And the reconstruction of the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, which links Corona and Flushing over Flushing Creek, should start soon.

How long will that project take? You guessed it — also two years.

So while highway commuters will face a bad enogh nightmare around the LIE, GCP and 108th Street, the people of Corona will confront one that might even be worse. As CB 4 member Judy D’Andrea said Monday, area residents were “held prisoner” last summer thanks to the USTA, the Mets and the Hall of Science, all of whose events kept them from traveling freely. “There’s no way in and no way out,” D’Andrea said. “How are we going to get food?”

When things are that fundamental, you know there’s a problem.

Think also of Forest Hills and points south. Engine 324 is at the corner of the Horace Harding and 108th Street. Forest Hills is being plagued by a rash of arsons. And now the city is going to make it harder for 324’s trucks to respond to them?

This sure looks like a multifront disaster in the making. Can’t the DEP stagger the work? Can’t it reopen the lanes during rush hour? Even just one more of them? We don’t know because, like the area’s elected officials, we’re not getting the information the public needs from the city. Let’s change that and go from there.

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No to rezoning Dear Editor: The Department of City Planning will be holding a public hearing on Mayor de Blasio’s two proposals to increase the number of affordable housing units and senior housing units to be constructed in our city. The proposals are known as “Zoning for Quality and Affordability” and the “Mandatory Inclusionary Housing” text amendment. Both proposals are controversial and have come under much well-deserved criticism from civic and community leaders, community boards and many elected officials.

Most everyone understands the need for additional affordable and senior housing units in our city. These two proposals, however, would undermine the contextual rezonings that have been accomplished over the past several years that help protect our communities from reckless overdevelopment. Under these two proposals, developers would be allowed to construct buildings with increased height and bulk in many different zoning areas. Parking requirements would be reduced or eliminated for senior housing units in certain areas. There are other serious problems with the two proposals as well.

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The City Planning Commission hearing will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, starting at 9 a.m., at the National Museum of the American Indian, at One Bowling Green, Manhattan, near Battery Park. People from all over the city are encouraged to attend and testify, or at least send an opposition letter to Carl Weisbrod, Chair, City Planning Commission, 120 Broadway, 31st Floor, NY, NY 10271.

Let’s hope that the City Council, which has the last word on these two proposals, will vote them down and follow the lead of the majority of community boards and borough presidents in our city who have already rejected these two misguided proposals.

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an Congressman Joe Crowley get the feds to act where others have been unable to? The fish of Flushing Bay hope so. As do we.

The issue is those two derelict barges that have been rotting into the water, polluting it with chunks of Styrofoam and who knows what else — petroleum products and lead paint among the likely substances.

The Army Corps of Engineers could remove them, but won’t until it finds out who owns them, so the responsible party can be charged for the job. But as Crowley and others pointed out Monday, we can’t wait for that. These things have to go ASAP. Here’s a plan: Remove the barges and then find out who owns them and send them the bill. What’s the problem with that?

Supportive housing is key Dear Editor: Re “Mayor pledges 15,000 new homeless units” (Nov. 25): In the Nov. 25 edition, Queens Chronicle Contributor Etta Badoe reports on Mayor de Blasio’s plan to build 15,000 units of supportive housing. As the article indicates, while elected officials do support the plan, they may also push back on the siting of supportive housing in their district. Before they do so, we urge them to consider the critical role supportive housing can play in their communities and to dialogue with its providers about that role.

In the article, Councilmember Donovan Richards touches on the concerns Southeast Queens elected officials have about supportive housing. While he acknowledges the mayor’s plan constitutes “a huge step in the direction towards solving the city’s homeless crisis,” he also states, “We just have to ensure that the new housing units are not in Queens Community Boards 12 and 14, since they are already

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overburdened with homeless shelters.” These concerns are understandable. According to Citizens Committee for Children Keeping Track data, neighboring CB 13 ranks second out of 59 New York City community districts in Tier II homeless shelter capacity. A few places down the list is CB 12, which ranks 10th in Tier II homeless shelter capacity.

Still, just as elected officials celebrate a new affordable housing development in their district, they should also celebrate a new supportive housing residence. After all, supportive housing is not a shelter. Residents sign a lease or make another rental agreement. Residences are designed to enhance tenant self-esteem with the goal to become integrated community members.

Also, in several respects, a new supportive housing residence represents an opportunity for the community to have truly affordable housing for its residents. This is because supportive housing residences are increasingly a mixed-use model with a certain number of units reserved for lowincome people residing in the community.

In late 2012, Urban Pathways opened the Residence at Hallet’s Cove in Astoria, a 52-unit supportive housing residence for individuals with homeless and mental health backgrounds. Its siting came with much pushback. The community worried it would discourage businesses from moving into the area and expressed concern over the oversaturation of social services. However, as evidenced by the development of Hallet’s Peninsula, these concerns have not materialized.

As the city implements the mayor’s supportive housing plan, we and other supportive housing providers look forward to working with communities throughout Queens to invest and become part of the community. This way, the mayor’s plan is not just a huge step in solving the city’s homeless crisis, but a huge step in helping the city’s communities.

Nicole Bramstedt, Director of Policy, Urban Pathways, Inc. Manhattan

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But most importantly, the system that allows the legislators to become corrupt must be changed. State government must be a full-time occupation, with capped campaign funds and no professional connections to their former employers or businesses during their tenure in Albany.

There is a lot of resistance to reform in Albany, but these elected representatives are subject to the will of the electorate and not vice-versa.

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Fighting ISIS Dear Editor: Russia announced that it would be launching cruise missiles into Syria from one of its submarines in the Mediterranean Sea as it continues to ratchet up its level of military involvement in the Syrian civil war.

What are we doing? We also need to be increasing our military ability to take out ISIS and its leaders by sending troops in to the region, as some of our own military officials have urged President Obama to do. He still refuses to do that, saying that what we are doing now with continuous airstrikes is the way to go. Airstrikes alone will not destroy ISIS, and the U. S. needs to significantly change its military strategy, just as Russia has done with missile attacks.

We are running out of time here folks and the longer that the U.S. delays upping its military strategies in Syria, the more precarious the situation there will become.

John Amato Fresh Meadows

Who’s under attack?

Dear Editor: Visits to Islamic centers and mosques with accusations of “Islamophobia” by elected officials following terrorist attacks represent the stuffing of straw men. Attacks against Jews, for instance, routinely number 3 to 1 versus those against Muslims, as documented by law enforcement authorities.

Americans, by virtue of their general decency, tend to leave them alone.

Accusations of Islamophobia are thrust at critics of Islamic extremism in order to silence them and avoid discussion of an obvious problem, namely that while most Muslims are not terrorists, most terrorists are Muslims. In those rare cases when Muslims (with rare exceptions such as Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of Arizona) condemn terrorism, they qualify their condemnations with “buts” — “but you have to understand the poverty, the frustration of the Palestinians, the oppression of the dictatorships” and so forth, thereby negating their criticism with justification.

In the case of some locals like Linda Sarsour, an admirer of stone throwers (a popular modern Islamist mode of death penalty), there is no pretense whatsoever.

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Renewing Struggling Schools

by Michael Mulgrew President, United Federation of Teachers

Cities and school districts across the country have tried a range of strategies to deal with the problems of poor children and struggling schools. Under former Mayor Bloomberg, New York City relied on a “shutdown” strategy, eventually closing 150 schools, including some that the Bloomberg administration itself had created.

While Bloomberg’s cheerleaders lauded his approach, the fact is that many of our schools – both older ones and those started during Bloomberg’s tenure – continue to struggle.

In contrast, the de Blasio administration has listened to teachers and members of school communities. We know that it is difficult, but struggling schools can succeed – if provided the proper support and resources, and a team approach that brings all a school’s stakeholders together.

The city’s new Renewal program, created with input from stakeholders, is designed to focus on some of the neediest schools in the system. Early returns show that many of these schools have stabilized and in some cases are started on the road to improvement.

Students in these schools start out with deficits. Nearly 20 percent are English Language Learners and almost a quarter are classified as special education.

Thousands live in shelters or are doubled up with relatives. Many are hungry, lack winter clothes, or have medical needs, including glasses and hearing aids.

Many have parents who are unemployed or who work long hours at minimum-wage jobs.

Teachers at these schools see these problems not as excuses, but as issues that need to be addressed to ensure that all kids have an equal opportunity to learn.

Renewal schools are being paired with non-profit agencies to deliver services like health care and counseling to students and their families. What’s more, the nearly $400 million the administration is investing in these schools over the next three years includes funds for hiring teachers, academic coaches, social workers and other professionals, along with professional development for the staff on the skills necessary to work with children facing these challenges.

While in 2013-14 nearly one-third failed to meet targets for student achievement, the 2014-2015 School Quality Report shows that now 87 percent of the renewal schools are moving in the right direction, measured by better attendance, more family involvement and other criteria. As a group, they showed gains in both reading and math on state tests.

Many of these schools have a long way to go. Turning them around is difficult, particularly in the face of years of cutbacks and systemic indifference. These schools will require a multi-year strategic intervention built on sound education practice, including custom-tailored supports for each school’s particular needs.

With its Renewal program, New York City is taking on tough work that no one in the country has attempted before on this scale.

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Dear Editor: Re “Silver convicted on all counts,” qchron.com, Dec 1: One cannot help but wonder how much corruption exists in Albany. Judging by the extraordinary number of legislators convicted just in the past year in Albany, it seems it is more rampant than is exposed in the media: If the top leaders, who should be under more scrutiny because of the power they exert, show such a flagrant abuse of power, then many lower-level legislators are flying under the radar and getting away with cheating their constituencies. Silver and his cohorts are not the only ones benefiting from criminal conduct but they are the ones who were caught.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is doing a good job spotting those highway robbers, but he cannot do it alone: Gov. Cuomo and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman should be more active in investigating the legislators for misconduct

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Queens needs a smarter transportation solution

by Marty Ingram

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Dashing through the boulevard Santa traded his sleigh for a Harley this year — for a cause.

Jolly Ol’ St. Nick and 200 bikers rode down Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards to raise money for the second annual New York for Families with Autistic Children’s Toy Run. Close to $15,000 was raised by the bikers and other participants. Hundreds of toys were also collected.

“From those who donated the food and the entertainment, to those who volunteered and those who rode, we’d like to say ‘thank you, from the bottom of our hearts,’” Andrew Baumann, NYFAC’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

The riders started at Forest Park and ended at the Broad Channel Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters at 713 Shad Creek Road.

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Perhaps all the gibberish related to the various cults could be replaced with the popular but not often-enough exercised Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

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Religion is to blame Dear Editor: Terrorism: a form of expression shared by the idolization-obsessed obtuse.

Recently a Christian terrorist shot and killed three in Colorado at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colo. Not the first time for such a murder.

More recently a husband and wife team motivated by their Islamic faith killed 14 and wounded even more at a facility for the developmentally disabled in San Bernardino, Calif. The Buddhists, long seen as the epitome of peace lovers expressed their propensity to inflict lethal brutality against non-Budd hist minor ities in Myanmar/Burma just as earlier had been expressed in Sri Lanka.

And the beat goes on. Invent a superstition-based mystical belief and there will be many equally mystifying beliefs to challenge it and destroy it. Throughout the history of mankind, the greatest contributor of misery has been religion and the battle of the gods, each side proclaiming that their spook is the spookiest spook bespoke.

What a wonderful world it would be if there was a religion called Empathy. No invisible beings, inexplicable miracles or colorful fables, merely placing oneself in the position of a fellow human and treating him or her as you would wish to be treated.

Republicans are to blame Dear Editor: Once again the Republicans in Congress (not Congress, the Republicans in Congress) refuse to fund the Zadroga Act and GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell is directly responsible. Republicans always claim to be the party that supports patriots. I guess that’s only if the patriots are from their state.

The 9/11 first responders stood on the pile of rubble that was once the Twin Towers looking for survivors, finding human remains, doing the hard work of cleaning up after such a loss all while breathing in deadly toxins that are now killing them.

But thank god someone is doing something for the “struggling” 1 Percent. Jeweler Pascal Mouawald has lowered the price of the Victoria’s Secret bejeweled “Fantasy Bra” from $10 million to “only” $2 million. Trophy wives and mistresses are sure have a wonderful Christmas, and their men will be able to afford three or four new Bentleys instead of just one.

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Oftentimes, I find myself trying to pass though the central part of Queens and I am frequently stymied by the traffic on the Van Wyck Expressway or on Woodhaven Boulevard. On the Van Wyck, sometimes I feel like it is a football game. If I am lucky enough to get 10 yards, I am eligible for a first down. On Woodhaven, I feel like my car has a special device that turns every traffic light red as I approach.

While stuck in traffic I commiserate with my fellow motorists and try to make the best of a bad time. Recently instead of feeling sorry for myself I have become sympathetic for the people who live in the neighborhoods surrounding this corridor. Despite great improvements in emission controls, this heavy traffic load causes daily air pollution that has strong negative effects on all, especially those with respiratory issues like asthma. Also on a daily basis they have to contend with the unwanted traffic jams that surround their neighborhoods.

I recently discovered an app for my smartphone called Waze. Through GPS satellites, it knows where I am and has the capability to reroute me around traffic jams that lie ahead. It offers alternate ways to avoid traffic and quickly gets me to my destination. In the past if a major artery was clogged the traffic would “spill out” onto the service road until that road also became clogged. Now through Waze the traffic spill out is being routed through local neighborhoods in order to discover alternate routes.

This further compounds the problem for formerly quiet neighborhoods.

What Queens needs is more transportation options that would help to reduce this daily traffic jam. Any benefits from major construction projects on the Van Wyck seem to quickly disappear after the projects are completed due to the added traffic flow.

Mass transit using rail would greatly relieve the congestion experienced daily in the area.

In 1962, New York City took ownership of the abandoned railroad tracks called the White Pot Junction Line or the Rockaway Beach Line. It is a 3.5-mile segment that goes north to south from Rockaway to Queens boulevards. It lies between Woodhaven Boulevard and the Van Wyck Expressway in the central north-south corridor of Queens. Since 1962, this property has been abandoned. Many neighbors to this right-of-way have extended their backyard fences and have built sheds on the property owned by the city.

They have neither purchased this property nor are they paying property taxes on it.

Queens is the largest geographic borough of the City of New York. Most public transit in NYC is designed to carry people to Manhattan. All rail service with the exception of the G train (Brooklyn to Queens) goes to

Manhattan. Queens needs a rail system that connects to subway lines that traverse the borough and also allows for rapid transit to Manhattan. Reactivation of this rail line will do that and with more people turning to mass transit, the daily congestion experienced on the Van Wyck and Woodhaven Boulevard would be lessened.

Many transportation advocate groups, mostly from the Rockaways, have been fighting for the reopening of this spur. This has caused many to think of this as a Rockaway transportation issue. But when you look at the problem from a greater strategic position it is a problem that affects all of Queens.

Perhaps one of the greatest ironies is that the opposition to developing this spur comes from those who live near it.

They are saying “Not in My Backyard” even though there are parts of their backyard that were appropriated inappropriately.

Some groups are trying to develop the abandoned track as a linear park called the QueensWay. This park proposal is being made despite the fact that this area is overserviced by parks like Forest Park. The QueensWay supporters have gained support from their local politicians, and have made significant progress. The added parkland will in no way alleviate the daily oozing of t he met a l l ic sludge t h roug h t hei r neighborhoods.

The advocates of the rail line see the problem as a significant issue to the entirety of Queens County and are now calling their effort the “Queens Rail Line.”

Another problem looming in the future for the Central Queens corridor is the MTA and Department of Transportation’s plan for Select Bus Service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards. This plan favors busses only and fails to find a balance between various modes of transportation.

Of major concern is the plan to reduce speed limits, eliminate numerous parking spots and eliminate 23 left turns onto major corridors. This will cause more traffic “spill outs” from the boulevard and further disrupt the quiet neighborhoods that lie between the Van Wyck and Woodhaven Boulevard.

The Central Queens corridor needs a balanced intermodal approach that addresses pedestrian, bicycle, motor vehicle, bus and Q rail modes of transportation.

Marty Ingram is a Breezy Point resident, Co-chairman of Community Board 14’s Transportation Committee, past chief of the Point Breeze Fire Department and commander of the New York Guard’s 88th Brigade.

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Where those will go and how grand the project will be is to be decided next year, Com mu n it y leaders last T hu rsd ay after a mandatory public comment period.

While there were other questions asked expressed opposition to a plan that would put public access amenities near Spring about the project — one member asked if it Creek, saying it would invite illegal activity would be completed in his lifetime, to which and take money away from existing parks the answer was yes — the proposed public access to the federal parkland was the main that are in need of maintenance.

“We are not at all in agreement with sticking point at the meeting.

The agencies prethis,” Howard Beachsenting said the Lindenwood Civic creek could see anyAssociation Presie very, very rarely see thing from park dent Joan n A r iola said at last week’s U.S. Parks Police patrol benches to a boardwalk installed.

Com munity Board those parks. I would be Ariola and other 10 meeting. member s broug ht The National very wary of public up concerns of pubParks Service, state lic safety and Department of Enviaccess to that land.” maintenance. ronmental Conserva— State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. When asked who tion and Army Corps wou ld p at r ol t h e of Engineers updated creek if people were the community on the rehabilitation of the barrier that stands allowed in, Jen Neresian, superintendent of between Howard Beach and Jamaica Bay, a Gateway National Recreation Area, said the $65 million project that has already seen U.S. Parks Police as well as the 106th Precinct would be able to “do law enforcement preliminary studies started.

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“We’re just not getting the funds we need from Washington,” Goldfeder said.

Another issue brought up at CB 10 was that Charles and Hamilton parks, also overseen by the NPS, are poorly maintained and in need of upgrades.

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Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said in a follow-up interview about the law enforcement agency’s presence in Frank Charles Memorial Park or Hamilton Park. “I would be very wary of public access to that land.”

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Parks pitches more aesthetic, safer spaces Commissioner noncommittal on new Flushing Meadows Alliance, concerts

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

New York City is home to some of the more famous and inviting parks in the country, if not the world.

But according to Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver, some of the 1,953 green spaces throughout the five boroughs are either difficult for residents to access or are simply not aesthetically pleasing enough to attract visitors.

And the goal of the agency’s new “Parks Without Borders” initiative is to tear down the unsightly spaces’ literal and figurative walls between them and the surrounding community.

At a meeting of the Borough Board on Monday, Silver said high fences, unsightly walls and unclear park entrances will soon become a thing of the past, as $50 million has been set aside for the initiative.

Under the proposal, the physical entrances to the spaces will be widened and possibly moved to areas with higher foot traffic to draw passersby in, while new plantings and amenities such as seating and tables will be added.

Around the perimeters of the parks, fences will either be lowered significantly or removed to improve sight lines into the spaces in a hope to enhance safety.

Community Board 9 Chairman Raj Rampershad, left, poses a question to Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver on the topic of Parks Without Borders, the initiative Silver and colleague Steve Leonard presented to the Borough Board on Monday. PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA A number of green space projects, including one in Jackson Heights, already in the works include Parks Without Borders elements, according to deputy planning director Steve Leonard, who gave the presentation along with Silver.

“A great example is Travers Park, where we’re replacing a 12-foot-high chainlink fence with a much more open and engaging edge

that has amenities along the sidewalk,” Leonard said. “It makes for a much more welcoming and inviting face to the neighborhood.”

Eight parks will be chosen through a community input process, with at least one in each borough receiving the full Parks Without Borders treatment.

Until the website closes to comments on Feb. 28, residents are encouraged to log onto

nyc.gov/parks/pwb to nominate green spaces in their area they want to see receive a facelift.

Some Borough Board members posed clarification questions about the project, but others, such as Community Board 4 Chairman Louis Walker and Community Board 5 head Vincent Arcuri Jr., were more concerned with other topics.

Walker asked Silver about the three different requests for large-scale music festivals in Flushing Meadows Corona Park being reviewed by the Parks Department, specifically whether sections of Queens’ largest space would be off-limits to residents during the concerts.

Silver was noncommittal, saying only his agency was reviewing all aspects of the applications before returning to the Parks Without Borders initiative.

Councilmembers Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and Peter Koo (D-Flushing) also ripped the newly created, yet controversial Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance — a group of elected officials and corporate representatives — for not including those living on the park’s east and south sides.

Lancman called the group’s lack of inclusion “indefensible,” but Silver again said he was only there to discuss Parks Without Q Borders.

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Community Board 9’s immediate past Chairman Ralph Gonzalez resigned from the advisory panel five days before it was set to vote on Tuesday whether to remove him due to excessive absences.

Gonzalez has not been to a CB 9 meeting since February, the last time he publicly appeared as the board’s top member.

The Ozone Park resident was in charge of the panel during its district manager search last year, which was criticized by Borough President Melinda Katz for an apparent lack of transparency.

The Queens Chronicle was unable to reach Gonzalez for comment on his resignation, but in an interview in March when he decided not to run for chairman again he said, “It takes a lot of time to deal with some of these personalities and my whole purpose of being chair was to help the community and not to play politics. And in the position of chair I find myself more in the game of politics.” He declined to elaborate on what he meant by “politics.”

T h e d evelo p e r s of a p r o p o s e d 505-guestroom hotel at the site of the former TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport will present their plans for the historic building next month at the three community boards whose areas abut JFK. Boards 10, 12 and 13 — the districts of which all border the airport — will have their respective Land Use Committees review the proposal, followed by a hearing by the full boards during their January meetings.

Although the landmarked exterior of the building — designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen — is to remain intact, the interior will be modified to make space for the rooms, an observation deck and eight restaurants and bars.

More information on the renovation process will be made available during the boards’ meetings.

The public hearing for CB 10 will take place on Jan. 7, CB 12’s will take place on

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The panel on Tuesday unanimously voted off Harichandan Singh, who was appointed to the board in April but was never seen since then.

“Nobody has seen him since he was supposedly put on,” CB 9 1st Vice ChairQ man J. Richard Smith said.

Jan. 20 and CB 13’s on Dec. 21.

The TWA Flight Center was the crown jewel of aviation after it opened in 1962, but it shut down in 2001 because it was unable to accommodate larger aircraft.

Gov. Cuomo an nou nced that the unused structure would be turned into a hotel during an announcement on airport renovations in July, the same day he an nou nced a complete overhaul of LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst.

The $265 million TWA project is expected to bring 3,700 construction and permanent jobs to the area, according to Cuomo. The Port Authority Board of Commissioners in October approved a 75-year lease agreement with Flight Center Hotel LLC, a joint partnership with MCR Development, the developer of the project, and JetBlue Airways Corporation. MCR Development will own 95 percent of the hotel and JetBlue will own the remaining 5, Cuomo said.

Groundbreaking is expected to take place next year, with the project to be Q completed some time in 2018.

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Laser Therapy has been tested for 40 years, had over 2000 papers published on it, and has been shown to aid in damaged tissue regeneration, decrease inflammation, relieve pain and boost the immune system. This means that there is a good chance cold laser therapy could be your knee pain solution, allowing you to live a more active lifestyle.

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On Saturday, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. lit its Christmas tree and menorah at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway. Elected officials and area organizations were in attendance for the event.

The next day at noon, everyone returned for the annual Welcome Santa to Woodhaven Parade. Children and adults were able to enjoy the march of Christmas characters as holiday Q music filled the air.

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Maria Thomson, left, receives a merry greeting from Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley PHOTOS BY MEGAN ARFMANN while on stage.

Members of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District and Greater Woodhaven Development Corp. stand with the Claus family and some Christmas characters.

Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, accidentally Woodhaven’s Christmas tree, which stands on the corner photobombs Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Thomson. of Jamaica Avenue and Forest Parkway.

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“This year wasn’t a good year for me because I ended up being in a shelter with my family ... ” one young lady named Isabelle writes. “I can’t ask you for a house, but I am doing a part-time job, and sometimes it can get really cold inside the supermarket I work in, and I would like to get warm boots ... My size for Ugg is 8 woman, but in regular girl boots my size is 9-10.

“I would also want a warm hat for my mother. That’s all I could think of for now ...”

Five-year-old Izayah has a disability that he says causes him to misbehave at times, but that he’s doing the best he can as his mother teaches him to control his behavior. He’d like a few gifts this Ch r ist mas, including Legos, action figures, fun books to read and clothes — he wears a size 8 in both pants and shirts.

“Please, Santa, don’t overlook me,” he and a writing helper say.

“I’m doing better; every day is a struggle. Santa, my mom fell on hard times, so she can’t provide as much. Please grant me my Christmas list, Santa.”

These are just two of the many letters to

Santa Claus the Queens Chronicle has received in the last several days, as we continue our 21st annual Holiday Toy Drive. We ask for your contributions of gifts — toys, clothing, games, cologne, to give hundreds of needy children, from infancy to their teenage years, who are living in Queens homeless shelters, the best holiday we can.

This week’s new contributors to whom we give our heartfelt thanks are Myrna Colon, Linda Medford and Robert and Candace Chu, all of Middle Village, Judy Fell and Velia Martinez, both of Rego Park, Cathy Chirichella of Glendale, the Varella family of Maspeth and the Ozone Park Knights of Columbus and Columbiettes.

The gifts will go to children in four city homeless shelters, the Kings Inn Family Center in East Elmhurst, the Boulevard Family Residence in Elmhurst, the Metro Family Residence in East Elmhurst and the Saratoga Family Inn in Springfield Gardens, as well as Dove House, an emergency shelter for battered women or men and their children in Eastern Queens. Some also will go to children in a shelter in Brooklyn; those will be distributed by staff at the school they attend.

Among the many other children whose

requests to Santa need fulfilling are: • Aubri, 4, who’d like an African-American Barbie doll, roller skates and a baby carrier; • Eldad, 5 months, who’d like a Fisher Price Superstar Step ’n Play Piano; • his sister, Ashley, 3, who hopes for a Melissa ’n Doug Learn-to-Play Piano; • Justin, 11, who’d enjoy a magic kit, art supplies, a Mindcraft Lego set, comic books and a remote-controlled car; • his sister, Justina, 9, who’d like makeup, nail polish, dolls and Shopkins Season 3 toys; • Xion, 7, a boy who hopes for a big Hot Wheels set, sneakers in size 2, pants in size 8 slim and a shirt in size 10-12; • Sincere, 13, a girl who’d like an art set; • Shiasha, 11, a girl who could use pants size 16-18, an XL-size shirt and “something pink”; • Jodiel, 5, a boy dreaming of a train set, a toy piano, Power Rangers toys and a coloring book; and • Jandel, 9 months, a boy in need of a winter coat.

There are many more whose requests you’ll read about in the next two weeks. And of course items not specifically listed are welcome.

The toy and gift drive wraps up Dec. 22 so we can get your contributions to the children in time for Christmas.

New, unwrapped gifts can be dropped off at the Chronicle office, at 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd.

in Rego Park, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you can’t deliver them during regular office hours, you can leave them at Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, next door at 62-37.

A number of elected officials also let their offices be used as drop-off points. They are: • Councilman Daniel Dromm, at 37-32 75 St., 1st floor, in Jackson Heights; • Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, at 47-01 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside; • Councilman Donovan Richards, at 23426A Merrick Blvd. in Laurelton; • Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (who collects for other drives as well as ours), at 213-33 39 Ave., suite 238 in Bayside; • State Sen. Leroy Comrie, at 113-43 Farmers Blvd. in St. Albans; Assemblyman Mike Miller, at 83-91 Woodhaven Blvd. in Woodhaven; and • state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., at both 159-53 102 St. in Howard Beach and 66-85 73 Place in Middle Village.

We have one new request, in the interests of hygiene: no stuffed animals, please.

We know you’ll come through as you always have, to provide some of our neediest young neighbors with more joy on the holidays than they otherwise might feel. You have our sincere thanks in advance, and if you have any questions, please call the Queens Chronicle office at Q (718) 205-8000.

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On Thursday, December 3, Assemblyman Mike Miller, left, presented Student of the Month certificates to the Students of the Month at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Academy in Woodhaven. Next to Miller is Principal Mr. Joseph Carpenter and the outstanding students for the months of November: Samantha Jacome, Kaleb Sanchez and James Lockhart.

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“The defendant’s alleged avarice knew no bounds and he stole everything from lottery tickets at mom and pop delis to jewelry at boutique stores,” Singas said in a statement. “The defendant’s alleged ‘smash and grab’ burglary spree ended when our partners in the Nassau County Police Department, working with our office, arrested him in June.”

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Forest Hills comes together over arson cases continued from page 2 that’s what it is, speculation,” Harrison said.

“We’re not ruling anything out. We don’t believe it’s bias at this time but it could be.”

The commanding officer added that a command post has been set up at the intersection of 112th Street and 68th Avenue, all while she has beefed up patrols throughout the area where the fires have been started.

When it comes to any possible persons of interest, a source who was present at the meeting said attendees were told by investigators that a list of suspects has been compiled. Harrison declined to comment on such a list, saying Boyce and the detectives he’s assigned to the case have been tasked with combing through the list.

Twice already have police cleared a person of interest in the case.

Last month, authorities discovered a note written in code at the Nov. 25 blaze with the author telling police that if they crack it, they would have the arsonists’s name.

Investigators were successful and the person of interest with that name was interrogated at the 112th Precinct, but his alibi checked out and he was cleared.

After the Dec. 6 fire, a photo was circulated by authorities of a man on a motorcycle in the vicinity of the blaze when it broke out. However, Harrison said Tuesday he was just a passerby who happened to be in that location.

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“I passed right by there 10 minutes before the fire started,” Koslowitz said. “I was just getting into bed when I heard all the sirens.”

During the press conference, the councilwoman said she’s sick of hearing that sound on a weekly basis.

“This is something that must stop. It has to stop now,” she said. “I lay in my bed at night and hear those fire engines going past my house and I say, ‘Oh no, not another one.’”

Stavisky said she couldn’t help but think of what so many Bukharian immigrants went through prior to immigrating from the former Soviet Union to the United States decades earlier, and how fear has followed them to their new homes in Forest Hills.

“As I was sitting in the meeting, I was thinking about the conditions that brought the Bukharian community to the United States,” Stavisky said. “It’s sad that they can’t feel safe in their homes anymore.

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In terms of the number of unoccupied homes in the Cord Meyer neighborhood, Harrison said that there are 29 structures that are undergoing some sort of construction or renovation, buildings her officers are scanning for the perpetrator on a constant basis.

Harrison ended the interview by calling on Cord Meyer residents with security cameras on the exterior of their homes to angle them toward the street instead of their doors or windows in hopes of catching the pyromaniac on film.

“Obviously you want to protect your property, but if you angle them to the street, you may catch somebody walking by,” she said. “You may capture something.”

Katz said in her brief statement that the enhanced media coverage on Forest Hills will hopefully inspire someone with knowledge of the perpetrator to come forward.

“We’re hoping that with this attention also comes tips to the hot line,” Katz said.

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A Chinatown banker last Wednesday announced he is challenging Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) in the 2016 Democratic primary.

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Lee, according to published reports, said, “Our 7th District needs a change for the better. We need new faces, new ideas and new energy.”

A spokesperson for Velazquez touted the congresswoman’s experience on Capitol Hill for the past 25 years.

“That’s why she’s focused on passing her new law to provide additional assistance to businesses and homeowners har med by Sandy, working to ensure NYCHA funds are spent in a way that creates jobs locally, holding Wall Street accountable through legislation to bring transparency to hedge funds, and promoting her bill to reduce g un violence, among many other Q efforts,” the spokesperson said.

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Addabbo agrees.

“We don’t need to add that area,” he said.

Goldfeder also said there are other areas that need immediate attention and in a separate press release issued on Tuesday he asked the U.S. Department of Interior to fund the restoration of two of those sites: the West Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Center in Broad Channel and the bathhouse in Riis Park in the Rockaways.

“Every year, millions of families come to enjoy New York’s best urban beaches at Riis Park and the tranquil trails at West Pond,” the assemblyman said in that press release. “Sadly, the devastation from Sandy has tarnished these once-proud sites. We must provide the resources to restore these true gems to ensure that they will be preserved and protected for future generations to enjoy.”

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NYFAC, Kiwanis take ‘Aktion’ The two groups start club for young adults with autism

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The young adults at New York Families for Autistic Children are no longer just thinking about being leaders, they’re now taking “aktion.”

Along with the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club, NYFAC has formed an Aktion Club to provide its members the opportunity to develop leadership skills and participate in community service projects.

The club is the idea of New York State Kiwanis Gov.-elect Steve Sirgiovanni, who pitched it to former club President John Spagnuolo and NYFAC CEO Andrew Baumann — both men loved the idea.

“N Y FAC is an organization that affords us the opportunity to establish the Aktion Club because of who it serves,” he said. “And since both organizations are from the Howard Beach community it’s a perfect fit.”

The 10 charter members were inducted into the club by former Queens Supreme Court Justice Augustus Agate.

According to NYFAC, the members will take part in everything from visiting veterans to helping out with area food drives.

“This is a perfect opportunity to teach our individuals the value of giving back,”

Charter members of the Howard Beach Aktion Club were sworn in by former Queens Supreme PHOTO COURTESY NYFAC Court Justice Augustus Agate, right.

Baumann said. “There’s nothing more important than giving of yourself.”

There are about 500 Aktion Clubs nationwide, with about 12,000 members, according to the organization’s website.

The club’s mission is to give young adults with disabilities a chance to better their communities.

“It will give them the chance to improve their leadership skills and to

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by Mark Lord said id normally ll go for f $20 andd up, for f only l $12 each. Also selling well at her table were infinity scarves, which can be worn in a variety of trendy ways.

“You wrap them around and they keep your neck warm,” she said.

For some, flea market vending is a family affair. Courtney Rodden has been selling her costume jewelry at the market on and off for two years, while her mother-inlaw, Roseanne Guerriero, displays sterling silver jewelry at the next table. Further down the aisle, Guerriero’s grandson, Tyler Ocasio, keeps an eye on a huge heap of miscellaneous items, which quickly attract prospective buyers.

Guer riero said she sells her wares, which include some collectible vintage silver and both new and secondhand chains, rings, bracelets, pins and necklaces, for “probably a third [of the cost] in regular stores.”

Another vendor offered an assortment of celebrity perfume lines. At his table, “For-

ever”” by sits b Mariah M i h Carey C it side id by b side id with “Eau Florale” by Shakira and Justin Bieber’s “Girlfriend.” They sell for around $25 each.

“I specialize in things people don’t buy,” joked Priscilla Glassman, who has been manning a table at the market for eight years.

A recent visit to her concession revealed such one-of-a-kind decorative items as a framed picture of a giraffe and a purple sequined beret. She also had an original Raggedy Ann doll going for $15 and a lace parasol, priced at $30. Oh, yes, she also had a package of a dozen 70-mm Christmas apples, tree ornaments, a steal at $2.

Among the shoppers was nearby resident Frank Gonzalez, who said he’s been stopping by every week for the past 20 years, in search of “everything and anything,” with a particular interest in toys, jewelry and clothing.

“This is a hobby,” he said. “Like some people go to church, this is my church.”

Besides finding plenty of bargains, Gon-

zalez’s wife, Carolyn, said, “I’d rather give local vendors money than the stores.

Here I’m giving to my community.”

According to the market’s owner, who identified himself only as Stephen, the market has been family-owned for 35 years. He estimated that some 2,000 customers show up on a typical Sunday, with the number doubling this time of year.

The number of vendors tends to increase too, up from the usual 100.

“We have a steady following of vendors,” Stephen said. “Other vendors come for the winter season.”

A major attraction at the market is Saks Cafe, which is celebrating its grand opening. The menu includes all-day breakfast platters, signature sandwiches like chicken quesadilla and meatball par m igiana, crepes, soups, salads and desserts. Entrees include pomegranate-glazed salmon ($12) and bacon-wrapped meatloaf ($8).

For more on the Richmond Hill Flea Market (117-09 Hillside Ave.), call (347) 7097661 or visit richmondhillfleamarket.com.

Another longstanding paradise for shoppers is the Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Flea Market in Jamaica, which moves indoors during the cold-weather months. For the holidays, the market is open for three consecutive Sundays, with two remaining: Dec. 13 and 20, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Many goods are new.

One of the many popular tables last Sunday featured the alluring wares of Denise Ferrara, who is liquidating her personal memorabilia collection.

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rom a gently used acoustic guitar and a selection of Bonsai plants to framed pieces of art and an assortment of area rugs, you can find just about anything at area f lea markets, some of which are open at special times for the holiday gift-giving season.

While some consumers prefer to browse the highfalutin merchandise in fancy retail stores, and others take the stay-at-home route and make their purchases online, flea markets provide an interesting alternative, offering some of the best prices and, quite possibly, the widest variety of gift ideas out there.

Case in point is the Richmond Hill Flea Market, which has taken up residence in the former RKO Keith’s movie theater at the corner of Myrtle and Hillside avenues in Richmond Hill.

According to manager Joe Lynch, the market has been around for over 35 years.

It’s open every Sunday all year-round from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Merchandise is both new and used.

As expected, crowds can get particularly heavy this time of year, but early-morning shoppers can generally breeze through the overstocked aisles with relative ease. And you never know what you might find.

Quana James has been a vendor at the market for two years. In addition to a variety of hygiene products, she sells items that are proving very popular among the giftgiving set.

Vogue pocketbooks, she said, “sell very well. They’re ‘in’ right now. They’re nice gifts.” And she sells the bags, which she

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Gift ideas from hi-tech to tic-tac-toe New phones, binge DVDs, books and games are just some of what’s out there

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Correspondent

The holiday season is certainly a joyous time, but it can be stressful when it comes to finding just the right gifts for the special people in your life. Here are some ideas that one hopes will inspire.

Electronics and technology have become the marquee items in the world of consumer goods. As is generally the case with electronics, prices have tumbled rapidly.

Whereas a few years ago the battle for personal computer supremacy was between Apple’s Mac and everyone else’s Windows PC, today the main tech skirmish involves smartphones, with Apple’s iOS system vs. nearly everyone else’s Android. Apple fans will enjoy using the iPhone 6s while Samsung is now the unquestioned leader in the Android field with its latest offering, the Galaxy 6S. For those who use their smartphones for correspondence, the Galaxy Note5 with its larger screen and stylus is ideal.

Tablets are catching up to laptops in the area of portable computing, and there LG, Lenovo, Acer and Samsung compete with the industry leader, Apple’s iPad. Kurio makes a wide array of tablets for kids, which all have parental control (kuriworld.com). Regardless of which you get, it’s always a good idea to protect your expensive portable devices with a case from Otter Products.

The internet has made subscription web streaming services such as Amazon Netflix, Hulu and the WWE Network competitors with cable television’s premium channels including

HBO and Showtime. Devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire and Google Chromecast, when plugged into the HDMI ports on your television, give internet sites the same picture quality as TV channels.

For those who enjoy binge watching, HBO has just made shows including “The Wire,” Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire” available on DVD. Sure, you can Google almost anything these days, but there’s something comforting about having facts at your fingertips the old-school way. “The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016” is still the best paperback reference. Offbeat trivia buffs must possess “Guinness World Records 2016.”

Fans of America’s pastime will certainly enjoy perusing the “Baseball America 2016 Almanac.” The NFL is facing a big milestone with Super Bowl 50, and there are new commemorative books such as Sports Illustrated’s coffee-table “Super Bowl Gold” and Dey Street’s “Fifty Years, Fifty Moments,” which features legendary wide receiver Jerry Rice as a co-author.

This is a big year for music books in the publishing industry.

Carly Simon has published a memoir, “Boys in the Trees” (Flatiron Books). Coinciding with the centennial of Frank Sinatra’s birth, James Kaplan has written the definitive bio of Ol’ Blue Eyes, “Sinatra: The Chairman” (Doubleday). Rock music fans should pick up Mat Snow’s “The Who: 50 Years of My Generation” (Race Point).

If you know someone’s size and taste, fashion is always fun.

American Eagle, Lands’ End, Ace Rivington and Haupt all make comfortable, stylish and durable dress shirts. The arrival

of winter means that hat, scarf and gloves season is upon us.

Calypso St. Barth (which also makes fragrances), Vineyard Vines and Shaw Lux (shawlux. com) all make outer wear accessories to keep us warm on those Arctic days.

Many guys are just as interested in skin care as women are these days. Jack Black (not the actor!) makes gift sets of balms, creams and body bars.

There is no shortage of handbag designers but most of them, short of Louis Vuitton and Vera Bradley, are not well known.

Baggalini, Deondra Jeree, Laudi Vidni (individual spelled backwards), and Be Brilliant (bebrilliantbags.com) make clutches, wallets and handbags in various sizes and price points.

Watches are the most popular form of jewelry, and Long Island City’s own Armitron makes fashionable and affordable ones. HOH Watches, which was founded by Forest Hills High School alum Lawrence Leyderman, makes timepieces that rival Tag Heuer and Rolex at a fraction of their prices.

As for baubles, Dana Buchman, Marrin Costello, Luca & Danni and Auburn Jewelry are good sources for pendants, bracelets, rings and cuff links.

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Shoes for strutting in style

by Victoria Zunitch Chronicle Contributor

In a rare moment of sartorial sanity, the fashion industry is offering holiday shoppers this season footwear both flashy and functional for everyone in the family.

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With a new “Star Wars” movie on the way, the brand has made its way onto shoes. At Shoe Village in Flushing, kids can get footwear with a “Star Wars” theme on sneakers from Skechers and clogs from Crocs.

Sneaker styles for all ages are transitioning.

In the past few years, they’ve been flashing back to 1990s styles, such as the New Balance 530s, according to Peter Song, who owns Shoe Village with his brother Andrew Song. Fashion magazines expect those retro looks to start giving way to new designs on both the monochromatic and multicolored front.

And kids’ perennials such as light-up sneakers and shoes with plenty of pink to appeal to toddler and preschool girls are still available all over Queens.

Men

Timberland boots are big this year. Men’s fashion is often a reiteration of classic styles, and the past few years have been no exception, as loafers and wingtips have been popular.

But Peter Song says this year brings a variation, the brogue wingtips. They’re the type with a trim line beset with perforated dots.

The popular men’s classic brand Johnston and Murphy is offering brogue wingtips this year.

Women

In high fashion, Harper’s Bazaar displayed this fall above-knee and even thigh-high boots with sky-high heels and 1970s flair. Metallic tones and multicolors abound, some adorned with fuzz or fur.

Bazaar also covered fantasy takes on Mary Janes, with the highest of heels or rows of straps, alongside women’s low-heeled shoes in loafers or wingtips with über-manly shapes but boasting campy female features such as extrashiny patent leather in girly-girl colors or with feathery appliqués.

If you’re as likely to be strutting to a holiday party off Madison Avenue as you are to be grabbing groceries on Northern Boulevard, consider a low boot. Shoe Village has a selection of this year’s popular iteration, the Chelsea boot, from Doc Marten, Hunter and others.

The Chelsea boot has expandable elastic panels on both sides of the foot for easy slip-on and slip-off.

Corporate cobblers have also produced a wide selection of zip- or buckle-up low boots, with Eric Comfort Shoes in Queens Village

sporting a wide selection of these. And perennial favorite Uggs has expanded its line of waterproof boots from a single style to several.

The Elysa boot slipper by Daniel Green, also at Eric Comfort Shoes, catches the eye as the quintessential Christmas morning gift. It’s a fuzzy slip-on with a suede mudguard, perfect for a stroll in Gantry State Park.

Comfort

If comfort is your first priority, don’t worry: Fashion has worked its way into those types of shoes too. One example is the Joya brand.

Song says Shoe Village is one of only a few stores in the world to stock the brand.

“When people are visiting from out of the country, they call us up and take a cab from Manhattan” to buy Joya shoes, he said.

They’re styled like a regular sneaker or shoe but are meant to keep your feet as happy as your eyes.

Turnpike Comfort Footwear in Fresh Meadows has a wide variety of shoes to put your feet at ease, and third-generation owner Steve Rueda says one style, “athleisure,” has been growing quickly. Athleisure is a new footwear trend that combines the feel of a sneaker with the look of a leisure shoe.

Turnpike also stocks ruby-red Waldlaufer pumps and loafers in women’s low-heeled varieties, and red boots with a bit of faux fur, all of

“Star Wars”-themed sneakers and clogs, top, at Shoe Village, and “athleisure” shoes at Turnpike PHOTOS BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH Comfort Footwear. which would make an impression at any Long Island City girls’ night out but can also be fitted with orthotics.

Waldlaufer makes shoes for men too.

Rueda also carries the Piedeli brand from Spain, which makes evening shoes for women with hard-to-fit feet, such at those with bunions, hammertoes or extra width. One of its offerings is a soft leather slingback with a swirled flower.

The store sells therapeutic shoes, formerly known as orthopedics, and offers another service too, Rueda noted: “We have the ability to Q modify or repair a shoe on the premises.”

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Some trendy gifts can’t be used much in NYC

by Etta Badoe Chronicle Contributor

Celebrities have made them one of the hottest must-have items this Christmas, but New York City shoppers may want to scratch hoverboards off their Santa wish list, along with electric bicycles, thanks to city and state law.

New York City Administrative Code 19-176.2 makes it illegal to ride an e-bike, which is defined as a “motorized scooter” under the code, in the city because they can’t be registered and are also expressly prohibited under state law.

That’s despite the fact that federal law that governs consumer products, which can’t be superseded by harsher state laws, exempts lowspeed e-bikes from being classified as motor vehicles provided they have fully operable pedals, an electric motor of less than 750 watts and a top speed of no more than 20 mph. However, federal law doesn’t govern how these products are used. That is left to individual states.

Hoverboards fall under the definition of an “electric personal assistive mobility device,” which are exempt under NYCAC 19-176.2, but are still illegal here because under state law they qualify as motor vehicles that can’t be registered and are operated in a city with more

than a million people.

“Some of the devices are expressly prohibited [according to the DMV], but all of them would be considered motor vehicles under the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law,” a spokesman for the city Department of Transportation said.

Riders ignoring the ban can face fines of up to $500 and businesses can find themselves cited for infractions by their drivers.

Hoverboards, more properly called self-balancing scooters since they don’t so much hover as glide, and e-bikes, which can be pedaled but come with an integrated electric motor, are seen as possible elements in the future of transportation, providing a relatively cheap, eco-friendly alternative to cars and public transport.

Today, a hoverboard can cost anywhere between $200 and $2,000. Popular brands like IO Hawk and PhunkeeDuck, favored by celebrities, cost $1,799 and $1,499 respectively.

E-bikes start at around $1,000. They could provide a cost-effective way to get around the city, if they hadn’t been banned. But they’ve also been accused of being dangerous and a menace to cars and pedestrians alike And there have been stories of hoverboards catching fire thanks to low-quality lithium batteries that can explode while charging and, of

That e-bike might be nice to ride in the country, but it’s illegal here in the city. And you can’t roll down the sidewalk on a hoverboard, either.

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course, one might say there’s not much point spending all that money for something you can’t even use.

Press reports also suggest that a potential patent legal war with billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who has an agreement that gives him exclusive license of the American patent for “a two-wheel self-balancing personal vehicle” may have made large retailers like Walmart and Target wary of carrying hoverboards instore and online this Christmas by threatening a “nightmare” if they proceed. However, Megan Boyd, a spokesperson for Target, confirmed that that the chain will be carrying the Swag-

way X1 Hands-Free Smart hoverboard online.

Confusion about what constitutes an illegal e-bike led to lax enforcement by the NYPD until recently, and riders and sellers took advantage of police apathy. Sales and use rose particularly amongst delivery personnel and older users in the decade following the city’s first ban, in 2004. But after a new law was passed almost a decade later, the NYPD began to crack down on illegal e-bike use. Between July and October of this year, the police issued 685 summonses, made 14 arrests and seized 96 e-bikes according to the department. continued on page 38

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Finding fresh new ways to feast Dining establishments that take a different approach to classic offerings this holiday season

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If you’re looking to digress from the standard holiday fare this season, or take a new spin on an old favorite, Queens has a bounty of feasts and fares to behold.

The assortment of appetizers, entrées and overall dining experiences the borough has going on this winter encompass not just the home cooking to which we’ve grown accustomed, but at a number of restaurants also a fresh take on the traditional nourishment, as folks gather around the table this year.

At Gastroteca in Astoria, the holiday menu will have a wide array of twists on the traditional.

John Parlatore, owner and chef at Gastroteca, said the holiday season is the busiest time of the year for the establishment, which offers a number of dishes that take a new approach to conventional Italian fare.

“We’re using ideas that would be traditional but we’re putting our technique in it,” Parlatore said.

For example, he described a classic codfish dish that was turned contemporary, being used as a filling for ravioli.

But that’s just one of the samplings. The

Gastroteca staff Greg Castoria, left, and Jymmy Javier prepare for an event.

Christmas Eve menu boasts a “Feast of the Seven Fishes,” which is actually a threecourse, $40 prix fixe meal, wherein fish is served three ways for the first two courses.

“The night before Christmas is kind of special at restaurants,” he said, adding that the environment should “feel like home.”

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The establishment, with an atmosphere he described as a “nice, cool vibe,” playing music a la mode, also has a solid Instagram presence as well, with posts that bring in new folks, sometimes even on the same day.

As you’re making your trendy journey, Mu Ramen in Long Island City offers per-

haps more winter-friendly Japanese noodles and takes a new technique on a traditional Japanese pancake, okonomiyaki, as just one example.

“We do Ramen and that’s pretty much what people come for,” said owner Joshua Smookler, adding that the place has become something of a destination restaurant.

Indeed, last Saturday night, many gathered outside in anticipation of the establishment opening for dinner.

There are also many options to explore at M. Wells Steakhouse. Case in point: the LIC restaurant’s meat pie. Now trending, the tourtières are filled with an array of pork, poultry and brisket, to name a few.

“I know a lot of people out there are having fun with the meat pie,” said Sarah Obraitis, the co-owner, describing them as a “democratic, rich way of eating.”

The pies are on the menu this season, and can also be picked up at the steakhouse, for $35 with the $8 cranberry ketchup.

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Holiday desserts to wow any crowd

by Liz Rhoades Chronicle Contributor

The holidays are a great time to take family and friends to a favorite restaurant, but by the time you’ve finished the main course, everyone might be too full for dessert. Here’s a solution: Bring everyone back to the house! By that time dinner will have settled and people will be ready for some homemade treats.

Below are several recipes to put you in the holiday spirit and delight your company.

Cranberry-mincemeat pie

1 pie crust 1 1-pound can whole cranberry sauce 1 1/4 cups mincemeat 1 cup pecans, chopped 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons brandy Mix cranberries and mincemeat well and put in unbaked pie shell. In bowl, toss nuts with sugar and butter. Sprinkle over pie and bake at 425 degrees for 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool one hour before serving.

Heat brandy. Ignite. Pour flaming over pie.

Serve immediately.

Creme de menthe mousse

1 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt 1 egg white 1 cup broken meringue shells 2 teaspoons green creme de menthe strawberries Stiffly whip cream, add sugar and salt. Blend thoroughly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white, meringue shells and creme de menthe. Pour into mold and cover well with aluminum foil to prevent crystalization. Freeze until solid. Remove from mold and garnish with fresh strawberries.

Hummingbird cake

3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 1 small can crushed pineapple with juice 2 bananas, sliced thin 1 cup chopped nuts Mix eggs and vegetable oil with spoon. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients and add to other mixture. Do not beat. Add other ingredients. Bake in greased and floured tube pan for about 1 hour and 20 minutes at 350 degrees. It may take less time, so check periodically.

For glaze, mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 1

teaspoon cinnamon and just enough milk to spread easily. Prick warm cake that has been removed from tube pan with toothpicks in several places and spread glaze over entire cake.

Meringue nests with ice cream and raspberry sauce

Nests: 4 egg whites, at room temperature 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped pecans Raspberry sauce: 2 tablespoons cornstarch 2/3 cups sugar 2 pints fresh raspberries or 2 10-ounce packages frozen berries 2 tablespoons lemon juice For nests, beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and vanilla. Keep beating until doubled in size. Mix in sugar a tablespoon at a time until meringue is stiff and glossy. Fold in nuts. Form meringue nests by dropping about 2 tablespoons onto cookie sheet lined with brown paper. Hollow center of meringue with back of spoon to make nest. Bake 50 minutes at 275 degrees. Turn oven off and leave in 10 minutes more. Cool and store in airtight container.

For sauce, mix cornstarch with sugar in top of double boiler. Add raspberries and gradually

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1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons heavy cream 1/2 cup sugar 1 envelope gelatin 1/2 pint sour cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla strawberries Mix heavy cream, sugar and gelatin in pan.

Heat until dissolved. Cool to thicken slightly.

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Christmas: More secular or religious?

The complicated history of Dec. 25 shows it wasn’t always about the birth of Christ

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

For many Christians, Christmas is the second-most important day of the year — behind Easter. The holiday for them marks the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger in Bethlehem, a popular image that can be seen in churches and some public displays across the world.

But for many others, and for non-Christians, the days leading up to Dec. 25 are a time for a shopping frenzy and getting the best deals on the latest gadgets.

Some religious leaders bemoan what they call the secularization of the holiday, or as they call it, taking the “Christ” out of Christmas.

But history shows that the second-holiest day for Christians, for much of recent history, has been a secular holiday.

The first recorded celebration of the holiday wasn’t until the year 336, more than 300 years after Jesus’ birth and death. Fourteen years later, Pope Julius I declared Dec. 25 the day to celebrate Christ’s birth, though some say he was born in the spring.

But for many, Christmas was seen as an excuse to get drunk and rowdy.

English Puritans believed this was because it coincided with pagan holidays. Because of

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that, and that recognition of the holiday is not mandated by the Bible, the sect outlawed celebrating it in England in 1647, but it was made legal in 1660 by King Charles II. Christmas was also outlawed in some colo-

nies when Puritan immigrants landed in this country.

The holiday was, however, celebrated in New York and Virginia, which were not as heavily Puritan as other colonies.

Christmas as we know it started to become popular in the 19th century, due to increased consumerism and material production, North Dakota State University assistant professor Anne Blankenship said in an article posted to Washington University in St. Louis’ website.

“All of these things play into the popularization of Christmas, especially as Puritan theocracy diminished,” Blankenship said in the article. “Once they lost popular control, things loosened up considerably.”

Protestants and Catholics in America, who were not opposed to the celebration of Christmas, almost immediately began to try to keep the holiness of the day intact, according to Washington University in St. Louis professor Leigh Schmidt.

Celebrating it “became one more way that Christians could make a claim on the public culture,” Schmidt said in a separate article on the school’s website.

But their mission to make the day a holy one was an uphill fight from the start, according to Blankenship.

Starting from the Civil War, Christmas was seen more as a patriotic cause than a religious one. continued on page 39

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Old or new, classic holiday music just keeps on coming ... and then there’s ‘Dominick’

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The days surrounding Thanksgiving are a song cue in New York City, when every radio and television station starts breaking out its Christmas favorites.

I say Christmas rather than holiday, but the great thing is that there’s something that connects us all.

Even if one wasn’t raised in church on “Silent Night,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” or “We Three Kings” — and some of us in elementary school had some festive lyrics for the latter, of which the nuns would have not approved — everyone has a favorite that makes us smile, laugh or sometimes cry.

So for a while we get less of The Beatles, Stones and Bruce Springsteen — and newer stuff — we’re willing to make an exception.

We can like “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” or not, but we all tap our toes in the car to Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” (1957), Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (1958), and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” (1994).

We are comforted by “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” (Nat King Cole versions only), while John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s

The Whos of Whoville gave us “Welcome Christmas,” an adorable nugget to fans, but Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” written about 75 years ago, still is the leader of the holiday song pack.

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“Happy Xmas (War is Over)” made us think.

A tear can well up when we hear Darlene Love’s “Baby, Please Come Home,” which she first recorded in 1963 and which became a classic to a new generation as a mid-December

staple every year on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

Only a soulless toad can’t feel badly for a very little boy with a very grown-up dilemma in the 2000 number “The Christmas Shoes”

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And we can all agree that every existing recording of “Dominick the Donkey” should be taken out in the dark of night and buried in unconsecrated ground.

There’s no telling what will make a song a classic.

Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” first performed in 1941 as America was newly involved in World War II, was far better than the 1954 movie starring Crosby that it inspired. His version of the Irving Berlin-penned tune is the largest selling single of all time, with sources placing sales at over 100 million.

On the other hand, author and humorist Joe Queenan once referred to Michael Bolton’s 1992 cover of the song as “a cultural war crime.”

Crosby struck again in 1943 with “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” often performed as a letter written home from an American GI in some godforsaken corner of war-torn Europe.

Crosby, when I was a kid, seemed as if he had been born at 100 years old. And watching his Christmas special in 1977, as we did every year, I was wondering just who had thought to pair him with David Bowie. continued on page 39

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The newest trends in holiday lighting Experts laser in on what holly, jolly items you should be decorating your home with this year

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

No one knows holiday lighting quite like Whitestone resident Kevin Lynch.

After all, the eye-popping decorations adorning his home won the retired firefighter and his family a $50,000 reality television show prize.

So when it comes to the newest trends in holiday lighting and the decorations festive revelers can buy, Lynch said there’s one fad that’s been sweeping the nation in 2015 that he’s enjoyed getting in on.

“The laser lights, they’re new this year,” Lynch said in a Monday phone interview with the Chronicle. “The little kids try to catch all the lights, they just don’t know where it’s coming from.”

Laser lights emanate from a small, remote-controlled projector that can be hidden in a bush or wreath, and the hundreds of tiny beams can be projected onto a variety of surfaces, such the siding of a home, to create an illuminating display.

Some manufacturers even make laser lights of various colors that twirl, pulse and move in a variety of manners to make the display even more attention-grabbing.

Kevin Lynch has started switching to laser lights at his Whitestone home.

Lynch has spent hundreds of dollars on such visuals for his home this year, and other extreme decorators like him have done the same.

“A lot of people are shopping for them,” he said. “They’re big now.”

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cated to the sale of all things Christmas, concurred with Lynch in a Tuesday phone interview, saying the laser lights have flown off his shelves in recent weeks faster than Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen gallop through the night sky with Santa in tow.

“That’s the hottest thing by far that’s out on the market. They’re sold out across the

country,” Gurino said. “We still have them, but we’re selling them like crazy.”

When it comes to the strings of lights proving popular this holiday season, he said LED bulbs are the best choice, as opposed to the more traditional incandescent ones.

“LED is definitely the way to go,” he said. “They last longer. It’s a much stronger bulb and a much stronger system of lights.”

Lynch agreed, saying he’s started slowly transitioning to LED lights over the years.

“All the figures in my lawn have LED bulbs in them,” he said. “I haven’t changed a bulb in two or three years, I used to have to change the incandescent bulbs daily.”

Gurino added that he’s seen a huge uptick this year in the sale of holiday decorations both in Queens and across the country, something he hasn’t seen since the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001.

“People are decorating more than they’ve ever decorated,” he said. “Maybe it’s because of everything that’s going on in the world. Maybe it’s because of the warm weather. I think it’s a little bit of both.

“There’s tragedy in the world and people want to stand up to it,” Gurino added. “They Q want to brighten things up.”

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Last-minute holiday dance lessons Queens studios offer affordable classes so you can brush up before New Year’s Eve

by Gina Martinez Chronicle Contributor

For many, the holiday season means attending a ton of parties.

New Year’s especially is the time when couples young and old wear their best outfits and dance the night away before and after the clock strikes 12.

But not everyone is blessed with the ability to dance, which means lessons are in order before the big night.

Queens is home to countless dance studios and many are offering lessons before the end of the month to ensure you can impress anyone at the holiday parties with your amazing moves in lightning speed time.

Gina Colantuoni, owner of Gina’s Dance and Fitness Studio in Ozone Park, says people come in all the time to get some extra practice in before a big event. “We’ve had girls that are practicing for their Sweet 16, couples preparing for their wedding, or people who really just want to brush up their skills,” she said.

As to what an actual lesson would look like for someone who wants to get some practice in for New Year’s Eve? “An instructor would play the latest music, the songs playing in clubs during New Year’s at this time, and that’s what

they would practice.”

Colantuoni, whose studio is located at 10405 101 Ave., says weekly lessons would add up to only $150 for the month.

Another affordable option is Vibez Studios in Flushing. Located at 32-43 Francis Lewis Blvd., the dance studio offers Zumba, a latin/ hip-hop-inspired dance style meant to burn calories but that also can provide dance moves used out of the studio.

“We offer a great Zumba course,” said owner Jay Friedman. “We have a choreographer show you the dance and you follow the instructor. Most of the music you would know from the radio, like reggae or hip-hop. It’s $10 a class; you come as you go or you could buy a monthly pass.”

But if you’re looking for something more specific, then no worries. The studio has indivisual instructors to meet your needs, no matter what style of dance.

According to Friedman, the studio also provides private lessons from a well-trained dance instructor. Each private lesson is $80 for an hour, and if you’re really serious you can buy a package of five lessons for $360, giving you enough time before the holidays to get enough practice in.

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Have any Chanukah shopping left to do?

As you read this, Chanukah is more than half over, but if you still need to pick up some gifts for the last few nights, there’s no need to feel like your dreidel just landed Shin-side up. Don’t get all New York neurotic like Woody Allen. Just head on down to any of the many fine retailers in Queens happy to help you celebrate the remaining days of the Festival of Lights.

Just a few of the good ones are: • Gift World Judaica, one of the larger stores dedicated to Jewish merchandise, located at 72-20 Main St. in Flushing.

• Kandi Kastle, at 72-12 Main St., which specializes in gift baskets, chocolate and other candy, as well as party favors.

• Emily Gifts, Inc., at 64-30 108 St. in Forest Hills, which among its products carries a wide assortment of menorahs ranging from basic models to high-end.

• The Goldie Yares Judaica Shop, in the lobby of the Marathon Jewish Community Center, at 245-37 60 Ave. in Douglaston, one of many synagogue gift shops that carry holiday-oriented items.

Chanukah begins on the night of 25 Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, which can

land on a wide range of dates in the Western calendar, either compressing or broadening the gift-buying period for people who also shop for Christmas presents. This year it began the night of Dec. 6, earlier than last year’s Dec. 16 but later than the unusually early first night of Nov. 27 in 2013. Next year it starts on one of the later possible Q dates, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. — Peter C. Mastrosimone and Mark Lord

“He’ll get you where you’ll need to be, for sure,” said Friedman. When asked if lessons before a big holiday are a normal occurrence Friedman said, “Yes, all the time. Mostly people just want to learn hip-hop choreography.”

Another option is Mende Dance Studio in Rego Park. The studio, located at 62-61 Woodhaven Blvd., specializes in a variety of dances but can accommodate any style. Owner Mende Tanasovski is confident that students can master any dance within five lessons, ensuring they’d be ready for the New Year.

“We ask what music they will dance to, listen to it and then demonstrate what the proper dance for that is,” Tanasovski said. “According to the music we give a simple lesson and see how comfortable the dancer is with the dance and teach the basic steps.”

Group lessons are $15 per person and personal lessons are $45 per half hour. “With the lessons we find out the weak and strong points in the students’ dancing,” he said. “We tell students that they will walk in the front door and dance out.”

These are just a few of the available options in Queens. If you feel like you aren’t ready for New Year’s Eve, don’t be discouraged, sessions Q are just waiting for you to step in.

Make sure you won’t embarrass her, or him, on the New Year’s Eve dance floor.

Gifts the law frowns upon continued from page 30 Damon Victor, the owner of Greenpath Electric Bikes in Brooklyn, admits that people are reluctant to purchase e-bikes in the wake of the recent crackdown, and he was recently cited for selling them, facing almost $9,000 in fines if he loses his case in January.

“Every single state allows them except New York,” Victor said. “I’ll probably be shut down within six weeks.”

The vast majority of his clientele, Victor argues, are people over 55 and those with medical issues, who need e-bikes to be mobile and improve their quality of life. He is very critical of the city’s ban, which, he believes, lumps all e-bikes under the same banner based less on actual research on any inherent dangers, as opposed to reckless driving, and more on anecdotal evidence.

“It hurts the people that need it the most. It hurts the environment, it hurts global warming, it hurts the people who can’t afford the increase in transit fares, it hurts the handicapped and it hurts the elderly,” he said.

Daniel Zhou, who owns Green Power E-bikes in Flushing, is also feeling the pinch.

“We have obviously stopped business,” Zhou said, adding that he plans to either start focusing on selling out of state or moving into a different line of business.

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) has tried to make e-bikes legal in the state, but to no avail.

City Councilman Andy King (D-Bronx) recently proposed that hoverboards be made legal, but only be allowed to operate in designated areas within the city.

Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) supports the ban on hoverboards, though he said he is open to King’s proposal.

“Their place is not on our sidewalks,” Lancman said.

And though they’re popular, he said he believes the existing ban can be enforced, saying, “People who use a thing they’re not supposed to will be deterred” once they see the police clamping down.

For the technologically minded New York shopper looking for something cutting-edge they can legally use in the city, drones are always an option. Cheaper than either e-bikes or hoverboards, basic drones can retail for under $100, and there is no ban that prevents their use within city limits, though bills to restrict them are pending. Users can face reckless endangerment charges, which can carry a penalty of between one and seven years in prison, if the police believe they are creating a public risk, but the city even has designated areas where users can fly their drones, including Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Forest Park in Queens.

If Mayor de Blasio gets his way, however, the Styrofoam packaging used to protect our favorite must-have items may soon be as illegal in the city as, say, riding an e-bike, or Q using a hoverboard on the sidewalk.

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Clockwise from above, flea market vendor Quana James sells discount Vogue bags and more, Tyler Ocasio and Courtney Rodden make business a family affair, Rebeccah Ramlal sells wares to frequent market customer Carolyn Gonzalez and Denise Ferrara offers vintage collectibles. PHOTOS BY MARK LORD continued from page 00 “I have no room at my house,” Ferrara explained.

Among the collectibles on display was a Shaun Cassidy Hardy Boys doll, going for only $10, and a Wizard of Oz and His Emerald City play set, another relic from the 1970s, selling for $25.

Fellow vendor Tony Ford has been selling at the market for 15 years. Up for grabs was his Sylvania Slow Cooker ($20), as well as Texas Steer boots ($35) and lavender bath sets with gel, body scrub and cream ($3). But as of early in the day, he said, his best-selling items were sets of crystal glasses.

Over at another table, Sharda said, “It’s very slow today,” a surprise since she specializes in toys of all kinds. Among them: Shoot Air Blast ($12), beauty play set ($8), turbo racer set ($8) and classic train set ($15).

“They get a lot of discounts ... ” Sharda pointed out. And, of course, everything is negotiable.

Undoubtedly the happiest shopper of the day was Shikha Dalal, a Parkway Village resident who picked up two jacketless hardcover A.A. Milne books for $10 apiece.

“These are precious,” Dalal said of the “Winnie the Pooh” author’s work, adding, “I come for things that are no longer avail-

able in the stores. I love the flea market.”

And, she pointed out, the market “has been a very important source of income for a lot of people.”

For further information on the Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Indoor Flea Market (150-75 Q Goethals Ave.), call (718) 591-1815.

Gift ideas continued from page 28 Tic Tac Toe game comprising a wooden square frame along with wooden X and O blocks. Peace Toys’ Hugg-America pillow lets you rest your head on a detailed map of the USA. Starbucks has teamed up with Swarovski for a line of beverage containers that have exteriors consisting of crystals. Savannah Bee and Stonewall Kitchen make a variety of upscale bath products and also have great gift baskets.

Godiva and Ghirardelli both make fine confections, but if you worry about allergens but still want great taste, try Vermont Nut Free Chocolates. Another guilty pleasure is Amy’s Wicked Whoopie Pies from Maine (wickedwhoopies. com). Adults with a sweet tooth should try the wine-infused chocolates from Fredericksburg, in Texas Hill Country (fbgwinery.com), which is quickly rivaling the Napa Valley when comes to producing quality American wines.

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continued from page 34 During the war between the North and the South, Christmas decorations and cards of the time depicted Santa in a Union Army uniform.

That patriotism was also seen during World War II when a “giant star-spangled victory ‘V’ towered over such a village on one card,” Blankenship said of Christmas cards during the time. “On another, artillery guns formed a ‘V’ sprouting from sprigs of holly.”

Japanese Americans forced into internment camps during WWII also used Christmas celebrations to display a sense of patriotism.

“In the incarceration camps they celebrated Christmas as a specifically American holiday and used standard American motifs and icons like trees and cards to express their disappointment and discontentment with the government,” Blankenship said.

They also used the traditions to protest their imprisonment.

“At a glance, you would see a standard Christmas motif,” Blankenship said, adding the decorations would actually show “grim, snow-covered barracks.”

It was around that time, too, that nonChristians began taking part in Christmas traditions.

“In the 1940’s and ’50’s, we saw this melting pot ideology where everyone was

continued from page 34 But their rendition of “Peace on Earth/ The Little Drummer Boy” instantly became a holiday song for the ages. One, by the way that is adapting with the times — the Bing Crosby Facebook page now offers the songs and photos for iPhones.

“The Little Drummer Boy” sparks this bit of trivia: What do Adam Sandler and the Vienna Boys Choir have in common?

Just this: holiday hits, with the choir’s rendition of the tale of a poor child with nothing to offer a new king but the love in his heart sometimes played in the same radio set as one of Sandler’s hilarious namedropping “Chanukah Song” installments listing famous practitioners of Judaism. His new third one doesn’t skip a beat.

“The Little Drummer Boy” also is part of another holiday phenomenon — classic songs spawning classic television specials, some of which have run for or near the last half century.

Gene Autry’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was the first No. 1 Billboard chart song of the 1950s, debuting in December 1949. The TV special featuring the young buck, his crush, Clarice, and his adventures with pals Hermie and Yukon Cornelius came along 15 years later.

“Frosty the Snowman” was charted by Autry (7) and Cole (9) in 1950, and again by Jan and Dean (11) in 1963. The cartoon debuted in 1969.

encouraged to share common traditions,” she said. “Regardless who you were, you could quite literally buy into the traditions — if not the society — of the white, Christian majority.”

That philosophy lost steam in the following decades.

“But beginning in the 1960’s and the ethnic pride movements of the ’70s, different groups said they didn’t want to celebrate Christmas in this way just because they were Americans,” Blankenship noted.

“They said ‘We can be American without imitation of these practices.’”

Schmidt noted the secularism vs. holiness of Christmas is revisited every December, because it’s the perfect time to discuss it.

“Christianity is so prominent during Christmas and, at the same time, also clouded by everything else going on,” he said.

“It’s a wonderful metaphor for Christianity’s ambiguous place in American culture.”

As ambiguous as it might be, Schmidt added, there is still a soft spot in most people’s hearts for Christian Christmas traditions such as Nativity scenes, carol singing and even Christmas Masses, pointing to Gallup polls that show those practices to be popular among the general public.

“There are a lot of things that Christians can still feel good about in regard to how Christmas is being celebrated,” Q he said.

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” changed the order a bit — the Dr. Seuss book, published in 1957, came to TV in 1966 with songs needing to be written for it.

“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft, known to most as the voice of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes’ Tony the Tiger.

The narrator/Grinch was an uncharacteristically cuddly Boris Karloff.

I always felt cheated when they did not sing the full six verses listing the Grinch’s less endearing qualities, cutting out a few lines to allow for more commercials.

True, the story also gave us the 2000 theatrical release starring Jim Carrey (see “Michael Bolton — White Christmas”).

But the cartoon, produced by Chuck Jones of Looney Tunes fame, also yielded “Welcome Christmas” aka “The Who Song,” the one beginning with the Seussean phrase “Fahoo fores, dahoo dores” (also rendered “Fa who foraze ...” and otherwise).

It is the less heralded of the two songs from the show, and seldom plays on the radio.

That song, sung from the village below, so annoyed the Grinch that it set his plot to steal Christmas into motion.

Yet the tune that once drove him to madness, as everyone knows, later showed him the true meaning of Christmas, and some say “that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.”

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Nonpublic schools to soon get guards But not everyone is supportive of taxpayer-funded private security

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

The City Council on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would provide nonpublic schools with 300 or more students with at least one private security guard. Forty-three council members voted in favor and four voted against the legislation.

“Today is a historic day for children’s safety,” Councilman David Greenf ield (D-Brooklyn), who introduced the bill, said in a statement. “This monumental legislation recognizes that every child, regardless of where they go to school — whether public or private, secular or religious — deserves to learn in a safe environment.”

The bill is expected to be signed by Mayor de Blasio and will go into effect on April 1, 2016, Greenfield said.

The city will now pay $19.8 million for state-licensed, unarmed, security guards at some nonpublic schools.

The bill was pushed by Greenfield and religious leaders — including Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, and a coalition of rabbis.

The fact that the measure would benefit institutions with religious affiliations is why some are opposed to it.

“Crossing the line between public and private is something our forefathers were

Nonpublic schools, such as The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, above, will soon receive private security guards, but not everybody is happy about it and some see the measure FILE PHOTO as a breach of separation of church and state. smart enough not to do,” United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew told reporters last Friday, referring to the separation of church and state.

Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), chairman of the Council’s Education Committee and one of the four members to vote against the bill, believes it

diverts money that could have gone to public schools.

“This bill is a multi-million dollar subsidy of yeshivas, private and parochial schools and will come at a great cost to our New York City public school students,” he said in a joint statement with Councilwoman Rosie Mendez (D-Manhattan), who also

voted no on Monday.

In an interview with the Queens Chronicle last week, Dromm alleged the bill is unconstitutional — breaching the separation of church and state in both the federal and New York constitutions — and argued it would only be a matter of time before someone brought a lawsuit against it.

Greenfield told the Chronicle there have been several cases that uphold the use of taxpayer money to benefit nonpublic schools, so long as it does not go to religious education.

He and Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) said the bill, which had 45 cosponsors, is not about supporting religious groups, but protecting children of all ages.

Some don’t buy that argument.

“We’re extremely disappointed in our City Council today for its widespread support of a scheme to divert tens of millions of dollars away from our struggling public scho ols,” New York Civ i l Lib e r t ie s Union’s Advocacy Director Johanna Miller said in a statement. “To suggest that these pr ivate, secret a r ia n i nst it ut ions t hat receive monetary support from their students and private donors should be financially supported by the city as well is not only bad policy, it is an example of unconstitutional government support for religious Q institutions.”

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sites for potential terror threats or chatter.

According to Loeffel, investigators sift through roughly 90,000 messages per day in an effort to curb a potential terrorist event.

“I’m worried here about the homegrown person, typing away on his computer,” he stated. “We have a huge investigative unit out there that investigates these types of incidents.”

Loeffel urged residents to report strange or unusual behavior to the New York City Safe Line. Examples of alarming behavior can include photography or filming of bridges or other possible soft targets, as well as large quantities of boxes or deliveries to a particular residence, as was the case in California.

In addition, he applauded the launch of the NYPD’s new Critical Response Command, comprising 110 officers from across the department.

The group has been deployed throughout the city to secure high-profile targets.

The NYPD also expanded its Strategic Response Group into each borough by the hundreds in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Loeffel urged citizens to be cautious and remain aware. His advice for dealing with a terror situation, such as the recent attack in Califor n ia , follows a t h ree -pronged approach of run, hide and fight.

According to Loeffel, should an active shooter strike, it is best to seek shelter at a secure location, or to shelter in place, if escape is not possible. If the attacker is present, citizens are encouraged to scan the room for potential weapons to use to ward off the perpetrator.

“There are currently no credible threats but we must remain vigilant, and we have to act,” Loeffel added. “We have to go home at Q the end of the night to our families.”

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In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris and California, Borough President Melinda Katz added a special counterterrorism presentation to the top of the agenda for Tuesday’s Borough Cabinet meeting at Borough Hall.

The meeting — hosted by Deputy Borough President Melva Miller — focused on protecting potential soft targets in the outer boroughs while announcing new plans and procedures in the event of a terror attack.

“There is a renewed concern, as we all know, about the safety of New York City and its residents from terrorist attacks,” Miller stated. “Police Commissioner Bratton assured us that his department is taking every step necessary to keep our city and borough safe.”

Guest speaker Lt. Thomas Loeffel of Patrol Borough Queens North’s Counterterrorism Unit spoke about the changing tactics used by terrorists, as well as the ways in which the NYPD and FBI are addressing those challenges.

“There are actually no credible threats to New York City, but that doesn’t mean we stop doing what we do,” Loeffel said. “We have to practice.”

Unlike in large-scale, highly orchestrated terror plots of the past, most notably the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Loeffel explained, terrorists have shifted their focus to smaller, more accessible targets such as shopping malls, movie theaters and — in the case of the recent attacks in San Bernardino, Calif.

— office complexes.

Loeffel cautioned that a Paris-style attack could potentially happen here in Queens and urged residents to remain alert and prepared. He also cited retail and business districts such as Astoria and Metropolitan Avenue as potential soft targets due to the areas’ high number of outdoor cafes, restaurants and theaters.

In light of Nov. 13’s brutality in France that left 130 dead, law enforcement officials are revising the ways in which they deal with and confront terror attacks and activeshooter situations.

According to Loeffel, nearly 67 percent of terrorist attacks worldwide are over long before police arrive on the scene. The average attack, as witnessed in Paris, takes roughly two to three minutes to complete, and usually ends with the terrorists killing themselves by way of a gun or suicide vest.

The lieutenant said Parisian authorities waited for advanced counterterrorism units before engaging those who took hostages at the Bataclan Theater, where 89 concertgoers were slaughtered.

“We can’t wait anymore. We have to go in there and engage them,” Loeffel stated.

“These people have one thing in mind: to kill and then be killed themselves.”

In addition to changes in the ways active situations are dealt with, authorities have also ramped up monitoring of social media

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Sanders challenging Meeks for Congress State senator forms committee to take on nine-term Dem incumbent

by Michael Gannon Editor

State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) has formed a campaign committee with the intention of challenging Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) in next year’s election in New York’s 5th Congressional District.

A four-page Statement of Organization for “Sanders for Congress, Inc.” was filed with the Federal Election Commission on Dec. 2.

This is not the first time Sanders has taken on a longtime incumbent.

He was a member of the City Council in 2012 when he challenged and defeated embattled state Sen. Shirley Huntley.

Sanders at the time was running up against term limits in the Council, and the newly redrawn 10th Senate District had been reconfigured to include parts of Queens where he traditionally enjoys strong support.

Huntley subsequently faced state and federal charges for the misappropriation of government money by a nonprofit organization she founded, and served almost a year in prison.

Meeks, depending on whom one asks, might possibly be considered vulnerable.

The 17-year veteran has a House Ethics Committee investigation in his recent past.

The investigation found no fault with Meek’s failure to report the receipt of money

Congressman Gregory Meeks, left, has picked up a serious challenger to his re-election next year. State Sen. James Sanders Jr., right, has notified the Federal Election Commission that he FILE PHOTOS intends to seek Meek’s job in 2016. that he had not reported on his financial filings, and the congressman was permitted to re-file while calling the money a loan.

He also suffered a minor heart attack in November.

A Sanders spokesperson said the campaign will not comment on the matter until after the funeral of Meeks’ father, who died Nov. 26,

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Council approves the bill unanimously The City Council voted unanimously for new city buildings and those being modiMonday to approve a plan that encourages fied. No later than 18 months after the effective date, the city shall recommend standards the use of geothermal systems in the city.

The measure requires the city to develop for installing and maintaining the systems.

“Our study earlier this year showed that an online screening tool that can be used in determining if a geothermal system is cost- New York City has some of the best geology and conditions ef fe c t ive for a for the adoption of property, no later geothermal systhan Feb. 1, 2017. tems,” said Nilda Geothermal sysMesa, director of tems are energythe Mayor’s Office efficient forms of of Sustainability, heating and in a statement. cooling.

“This bill repre“Through this sents the first time legislation, we’re in city history that taking another step the social cost of toward our goal of carbon will be conreducing New sidered as part of York City’s carbon implementing an City Councilmember Costa Constantinides emissions by 80 PHOTO COURTESY NYC COUNCIL percent before the environmental pol- sponsored the bill. icy,” City Councilyear 2050,” said member Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Q said in a statement.

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out of respect for the family. James Weldon Meeks was interred Monday, but a memorial service for him will be held Dec. 12.

The congressman made a statement on Sanders’ run through a spokeswoman, Pat Simmons, saying, “The beauty of American democracy is that anyone can run for office. I wish him the best of luck.”

Meeks, in his most recent filing with the FEC, reported $69,021.02 in the bank as of Sept. 30.

Sanders, in a filing with the State Board of Elections, reported $14,524 in his Sanders for Senate account this past July.

Sanders, 58, is a native of Far Rockaway and grew up on the Hammel Houses project.

He graduated from Far Rockaway High School and went on to serve three years in the United States Marine Corps.

He subsequently went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in history with a specialty in African-American studies from Brooklyn College in 1984.

He is married with two children, and was elected to the Council in 2001.

Meeks, 62, is married with three children.

He is a native of East Harlem, and attended Adelphi University. He got his law degree from Howard University School of Law. The future congressman served as an assistant district attor ney and a special narcotics prosecutor.

He also served as a supervising judge for the state Workers’ Compensation system.

His first political office was assemblyman from the old 31st District from 1993 to 1998.

That year he was elected to succeed the Rev. Floyd Flake in the 6th Congressional District, Q which after redistricting became the 5th.

WRBA criticizes rally location continued from page 4 the views of individuals who have concerns. I think just confronting those concerns and overcoming those concerns will bring us together.”

In their statement, the WRBA said it would continue to voice opposition to the plan.

“No artificial ‘rally’ can change the reality that this community — the people most affected — strongly opposes the SBS plan,” the civic said. “And we will continue to fight to ensure that our voices — the voices of ordinary New Yorkers — aren’t drowned out by those who think they can do what they want to our community just because they’re powerful.”

The press conference was held one week after a room of 100 people lambasted Nicole Garcia, Queens commissioner for the Department of Transportation, for what they said are major flaws in the plan, which is expected to be implemented starting in 2017.

Addabbo questioned why those who appeared on Monday were not at last week’s town hall.

“They could’ve spoken out there,” he said.

Among the concerns are the elimination of left turns from the corridor onto several major streets, congestion as a result of having one lane each way designated just for buses and putting commuters on the center

median while they wait for buses.

But for Stephanie Veras, a Woodhaven resident and member of the Riders Alliance, SBS is a necessity for bus riders like herself.

“It’s unfortunate that we’re still fighting for Bus Rapid Transit in our community,” Veras said. “The DOT has said they’re going to fix Woodhaven Boulevard, but we’re still waiting. And the more that we wait ... makes more people at risk for car crashes. It makes more people wait even longer, makes people spend more time outside of their homes, away from their families on the way to work back and forth.”

Cate Contino Cowit, of the New York Public Interest Research Group’s Straphangers Campaign, touted 7,000 petition signatures that have been collected, each calling for SBS implementation along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards.

“Seven thousand people who say ‘Yes, I want BRT because I want my commute to be faster, safer and more reliable,’” Cowit said.

For Richards, the issue is partially about making sure all commuters have access to public transportation.

He also said it’s about helping to halt the effects of climate change.

“We have to get people out of their cars,” the councilman said. “One of the ways to do that is making sure transportation is runQ ning quickly and efficiently.”

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W’haven rally calls for peace and understanding continued from page 4 “And I hope that this kind of gathering, where we stand with different faiths and different cultures, shows that we are all one,” Bahram said.

Alfonso Wyatt, an elder at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, called the rally “a ministering of love.”

“We are ministering because we understand that we are one,” Wyatt said. “It is important that all of us stand with all of us so that we remind one another that if you hurt, I hurt. We are one.”

Kenrick Ross, executive director of the Indo-Caribbean Alliance, also called for everyone to work together for coexistence in New York and everywhere else.

“We have to make sure that all of us are accountable for creating an environment of respect and tolerance,” Ross said.

The Nov. 26 incident was not the first time Jhandi flags have been desecrated, according to Community Board 9 member Richard David, who added that there have been many times in the past when h at ef u l a c t s we r e not r e p o r t e d t o authorities.

That has to change, he said.

“We’re a silent community,” David said.

“Sometimes we don’t stand up for our rights. And the truth is, we’ll be disrespected and continue to be disrespected.

What happened here is utter disrespect.

We have to stand up because we are one.”

Vishnu Mahadeo, president of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corp., said this should be an opportunity for the Hindu community to educate people on the importance of Jhandi flags.

“And for us to be proud of that,” he said of families displaying the flags. “That’s why we put it at the front of our yard.”

Kilawan said some Indo-Caribbean Hindu families have said flags should be moved to the back of homes in light of the arson attack.

She disagrees, however.

“We should be proud of our heritage, proud of our culture, proud of our religion, and we should not allow individuals like the one who committed this hateful crime to get to our mind such that we hide who we are,” Kilawan said.

Some who spoke directed their comments at the arsonist, and at the end of the night $4,500 was pledged for the arrest, indictment and conviction of him.

“We’re sticking together,” Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) said, “to get this coward who committed this act of vandalism brought to justice.”

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) urged the NYPD to keep the pressure on the suspect and catch him as soon as possible.

“Because this is not who we are,” she said. “We are better than this. Love and

compassion and hope is better, always better, than this type of behavior. It has no place here, or in any other part of New York City.”

But Martin Colberg, president of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, believes the perpetrator should make the cops’ jobs easier.

“Do yourself a favor, turn yourself in,” Colberg said. “And man up to your problems. You will be forgiven ... Close this chapter in your life and join this community that wants to come together.”

Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) praised Hindus for their contributions to Queens and New York City and said a hate crime toward them should be investigated as if it was a hate crime toward any other religion.

“We would not allow any person to burn a cross on a lawn,” Ulrich said. “We wouldn’t tolerate any anti-Semitic cause.

We should not tolerate or accept or condone in any way violence toward Hindus.”

State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) had a more blunt message for the suspect.

“Whether you know it or not, you did the bidding of ISIS,” he said. “You did the bidding of those who are trying to divide and bring this country down.”

Sanders added that Queens, and the rest of the country, will stay united.

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Adrienne Adams, chairwoman of CB 12, called the rallying cries in Woodhaven a “righteous fight.”

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Festive feelings at Juniper Park Civic Awards for community cleanups given out to two do-good groups

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Holiday cheer was in the air at the Juniper Park Civic Association’s December meeting last Thursday.

Group President Bob Holden still made sure to address issues plaguing Middle Village, but the gathering was a lighter-thannormal one as both the city and civic made sure to give thanks to a handful of area residents doing good in the community.

The meeting led off with the presentation of a certificate of appreciation from the Department of Sanitation to the Maspeth High School Green Club, a group of students who volunteer their time to promote clea n li ness a nd g reen i nf rast r uct u re improvements in the neighborhood.

The club was specifically honored for organizing a handful of graffiti cleanups in the area, something MHS teacher Aaron Bell, the director of the group, said the students thoroughly enjoy doing.

“We’re seeking partnerships and we’re seeking to make a difference. That’s kind of the Maspeth way,” Bell said. “It’s really inspiring for me to have these young leaders in our community do great deeds.”

Holden also applauded the teenagers, saying they’ve become an invaluable asset to the community since the school opened in

Maspeth High School Green Club director Aaron Bell, right, thanks the Juniper Park Civic Association and the Department of Sanitation for honoring his group with a certificate of appreciation in PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA honor of their graffiti cleanup work.

September 2011.

“Maspeth High School is involved in almost every cleanup we’ve had since they’ve been in existence,” Holden said.

“They’re a model school. It’s well run and the students are great.”

Awards for graffiti cleanup were also distributed to members of the Juniper Juniors club, as well as 104th Precinct Community

Council President Len Santoro, who is the biggest organizer of such events in the area.

When it comes to another quality of life issue — people who scour neighborhood trash cans looking for plastic bottles to recycle for money — Holden said it has become more than just an annoyance.

“It’s an epidemic. It’s gotten so bad that it’s an actual industr y,” Holden said.

“There’s a lot of people posing as bottle and can scavengers going in our yards. I caught somebody doing that and they had a long burglary arrest record.”

When asked what level of government residents should petition to rectify the issue, the civic leader said a repeal of the New York State Returnable Container Act — a 5-cent deposit paid by consumers on beverage container purchases that can be refunded by returning the bottle or can to a recycling center — is in order.

“Put the people that are going through our trash cans to work. I think most of us would be willing to pay five cents on a bottle of soda to not have somebody go through our garbage,” he said. “It’s a waste of human effort, going through garbage and our yards.

There’s no purpose to it and it doesn’t do any good for our neighborhoods.”

In other news, 104th Precinct Community Affairs Officer Charles Sadler presented the approximately 75 people in attendance with an update on crime, which is significantly down in Glendale, Ridgewood, Middle Village and Maspeth.

The officer reported that crime was down 11 percent for the year in the precinct, with many in the crowd applauding.

“We’re having a great, great year for Q crime,” Sadler said.

Pols knock plan to create bridge tolls Proposal is case of ‘actual highway robbery,’ says Assemblyman Weprin

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Blasting a plan to toll the East River bridges, officials assembled Sunday in Long Island City to express their disapproval — w it h t he Q ueen sboro Br idge i n t he background.

Calling Move NY’s plan, which was pitched by t ra nspor t at ion g u r u Sa m Schwartz, “nothing but a renewed congestion pricing initiative,” Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) mentioned that many folks rely on the free spans to make a living, visit friends and family or to receive medical care “not often accessible in some hospitals in the outer-boroughs.”

“I cannot think of a better example of actual highway robbery,” Weprin said.

The proposal, which seeks to bring in funding for the MTA, would charge $5.54 with use of an E-Z Pass, or $8 without.

“It would be a major financial burden on many small and medium businesses that rely on the free bridges for multiple trips daily,” he added.

Under the proposal, a “toll swap” would bring fees down by as much as 48 percent on the MTA’s bridges, such as the Throg’s Neck and Whitestone.

However, Weprin said because the MTA is a quasi-governmental agency not subject to local and state mandates, it could still

legally bring the tolls back up to the previous costs, or go higher.

The four East River bridges — Queensboro, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg — are still under the city’s jurisdiction.

Weprin and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) have introduced legislation that would prohibit the city from placing tolls on any of the East River bridges.

“Nobody drives into Manhattan for the pleasure of it,” Avella said. “They drive because they have to.”

Avella said the plan is “nothing but a not her t a x” on fa m ilies a nd small businesses.”

“Once the toll on the East River bridges goes into effect, it will never go away,” he said.

The press conference, which was held on the same day that the George Washington Bridge tolls increased to $15, was interrupted twice by a couple of passersby, who both who expressed their opposition to the plan upon hearing the topic.

“It’s been put in the oven,” said new City Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens). “It’s been mushed around. It’s been baked over again, but it’s still a tax on the residents of the borough of Queens.”

Thomas Grech, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said the plan would harm the group’s membership of 900 businesses, with 50,000 workers.

State Sen. Tony Avella speaks Sunday morning at a press conference on the bridge tolling proposal, which was held near the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City. PHOTO BY HANNAH DOUGLAS “Queens businesses move more people, products and materials than any other borough supplying the region with essential resources, once, twice, multiple times a day, hundreds of times a month.”

Newly elected Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman (D-Jamaica) reiterated that the issue of access to t ransit should be

addressed for the borough.

“We have to make sure that we have equitable distribution of transportation in Southeast Queens, other parts of Queens, Northeast Queens. It shouldn’t take our people so long to get to work ... we have to make sure we put their needs on the table too,” HyndQ man said.

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Group gives a new take on ‘The Nutcracker’

“The Nutcracker” — It’s that classic Christmas tale we all grew up with. presents around the tree, her Clara and her family opening o Drosselmeyer, and the spellmysterious magical godparent god bound Nutcracker that at the stroke of midnight ... transports Fair in Rio de Janeiro?

Clara to the 1922 World’s Fa This is “The Nutcracker” aas envisioned by choreographer Julie Petrusak, artistic director of the th JP Dance Group, whose Dance the World Nutcracker Festival will be showing at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City every night from fro Dec. 15 to 20.

In fact, the production asserts eearly on that this will not be a typical rendition of “The Nutcracker.” In place plac of Tchaikovsky’s classical composition arranged for chamber instruments is D Duke Ellington’s jazzy arrangement of the suite. Ellington released his recording in 1960, 1960 but when the show opens, half the dance troupe is attired in flowy flapper dresses and it becomes clear that this story takes place during the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

But this minor time warp is far from the only twist Petrusak has in store for audiences.

Enthusiasts are likely to recall that “The Nutcracker” transforms into a handsome prince Sweets. They meet the Sugar Plum Fairy, who takes Clara to his kingdom in the Land of Swee and a celebration of treats from around the world ensues. en conjures up a wondrous snowstorm whose In Petrusak’s take, the charmed Nutcracker conjure of independence with a world’s winds spirit Clara away to a Brazil celebrating 100 years y fair in its capital city. chinoise,” Petrusak In place of the “danse arabe” or “danse chinoise trusak has traditional and configured a rotation of highly talented tradition d modern dancers to round out her second act. This includes inc

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W H AT ’ S H A P P E N I N G EXHIBITS “Catalyst,” new projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Casey Tang. Looks at how personal and cultural forces form narratives. Thru Feb. 28. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Suggested $8 adults, $4 students, free under 12. Info: queensmuseum.org.

Defensive driving course, for insurance and point reduction, sponsored by the National Safety Council. Sat., Dec. 5, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. St. Mel’s Church, 26-15 154 St., Flushing, $45 pp. Info/ register: (631) 360-9720.

“Altered Appearances,” images that are not always what they appear to be. Thru Jan. 4. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30 St., Long Island City.

Free. (718) 937-0727, flcart.org.

Advanced ESL & U.S. citizenship courses, by Latin Cultural Center of Queens. Tues. and Thurs., 6-8 p.m.

Now thru Dec. 17. PS 13Q, 55-01 94 St., Elmhurst.

Free. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

“Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” art exhibit explores Hollywood movies as contemporary artwork. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. $12 adults, $9 seniors and students, $3 kids 3-12. Info: movingimage.us.

MEETINGS

MUSIC “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Bayside Glee Club winter concert, Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Sun., Dec. 13, 3 p.m. $10. Contact: baysidegleeclub.org.

“Rising Stars” concert Queensboro Symphony Orchestra presents local vocalists and classical concertos. Sun., Dec. 13, 7 p.m. St. Ann’s Church, 58-02 146 St., Flushing. Free-will offering. Info: facebook.com/queensborosymphonyorchestra.

Yuletide baroque concert, by The Queens Consort, a new ensemble. Sat., Dec. 19, 7 p.m. St. Mark’s Church, 33-50 82 St., Jackson Heights. $15, $10 students. Info: queensconsort.com.

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Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Call: (718) 969-1128.

The Brooklyn-based Ronald K. Brown/Evidence dance company is performing in Queens for the first time at Queens Theatre on Dec. 12-13.

COURTESY PHOTO “Santa Day,” at Richmond Hill Block Association.

Sat., Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 110-08 Jamaica Ave. Take a pic with Santa. Free. Info: (718) 849-3759.

35 St., Astoria. For ages 8-16, every Tues. and Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

Santa Claus is coming to town, Sat., Dec. 19, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Flagship Diner, 138-30 Queens Blvd., Briarwood.

“Tea and Torah.” Join Judith Rosenthal and friends at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, every Mon., 2:30 p.m. No previous Torah knowledge necessary. Info: Judith (718) 464-7681, heyjude523@nyc.rr.com.

Las Posadas celebration, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens. Sat., Dec. 19, 2:30-4 p.m.

PS 13 Clement C. Moore School, 55-01 94 St., Corona. Re-enact the journey of Mary and Joseph through Bethlehem and hear the children sing.

Free/donations welcome. Info/RSVP: (718) 2617664, laccq@aol.com.

“Messiah,” plus holiday concert, with traditional favorites. Oratorio Society of Queens, Sun., Dec. 20, 4 p.m. Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 22205 56 Ave., Bayside. $35, $30 seniors/students, $10 12-under. Info: (718) 279-3006, queensoratorio.org.

Maria Rose International House of Dolls open house for Christmas, now thru Dec. 26. Doll exhibits representing six continents of the world and Nativity exhibit. Wed.-Sat. 2-5 p.m. 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans. Donation: $10 Adults and $5 children. Info/ RSVP: (917) 817-8653, nuna321@msn.com.

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Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, combines traditional African dance with contemporary choreography and spoken word. Sat., Dec. 12, 2 and 7 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, 3 p.m. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $25 and up. Info: (718) 760-0064, queenstheatre.org.

Kids events at Alley Pond Environmental Center:“Animal Care Trainee,” Sat., Dec. 12, 10 a.m.12 noon.; 8-12 year-olds, $23 per child; “Nutty Squirrels,” Sat., Dec. 12, 1:30-3:30 p.m., 3-4 year-olds, $23 per child; “Furry Friends APEC Adventure Time,” Sun., Dec. 13, 1:30-2:45 p.m. 18-36 month-olds, $18 per parent/child combo. APEC, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Pre-registration required for all events. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Free pictures with Santa, Sat., Dec. 12, 11 a.m.

Hosted by Ozone Park Civic Association, Ozone Howard Little League Hall, 97-14 135 Drive, use entrance on Centreville St. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo will be Santa. Free gifts, bring your own camera. Info: (646) 298-7575.

Gym and creative exploration for disabled preschool children (ages 3-5) and their families, every Mon. and Wed., 3-4:30 p.m. Samuel Field Y, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy, Little Neck. $5 per family. Info: Amanda, (718) 423-6111 ext. 242, ASmith@sfy.org.

Free art classes, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at ARROW Community Center, 35-30

COMMUNITY Queens County Bird Club presents “Harbor Herons: Waterbirds of New York Harbor” with Audubon scientist Susan Elbin. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Wed., Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Free. Info: qcbirdclub.org.

Blessing of the Animals, Sun., Dec. 13, 2 p.m. For all animals and their guardians. Donations of new toys for animals welcome and will be donated to New York City Animal Care and Control. Free. Christ Church of Manhattan, 520 Park Ave. at 60 St. Saturday night dance, Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Dec 19, 8 p.m.-12 a.m. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Call: (718) 478-3100.

Richmond Hill Bingo. Every night (except Tues.), 6:30 p.m. Also every Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 11 a.m.

117-09 Hillside Ave. Great cash prizes daily. Must be 18 or over to play. Info: (718) 847-1418.

CLASSES Poetry writing workshop group: Explore the craft of poetry writing, enrollment is free and open to all. Every Tues. 1:30-3 p.m., Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road.

Sponsored by Queens Community House. Info: (718) 268-5960, queenscommunityhouse.org.

Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol, Thurs., Dec. 10, 8 p.m. St. Pancras’ Pfeiffer Hall, 68-20 Myrtle Ave. Special guest Con Edison to discuss how to safely handle electrical emergencies. Free.

Foundation Fighting Blindness NYC Chapter, Queens support network meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at the Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Meetings are open to visually impaired people. Free. Info: Sherry Rogers (718) 263-7638.

AARP: Open to the public. Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne St. Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., 1st and 3rd Mon. each month, 1 p.m; Chapter 2889, Maspeth, American Legion Hall, 66-28 Grand Ave., 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, noon; contact: (718) 672-9890. Chapter 4163, Ozone Park, Living Word Christian Fellowship Church, 132-05 Cross Bay Blvd., last Tues. each month, noon.

HOLIDAY FLEA MARKETS Elmhurst-Corona Lions Club, holiday market, Sat., Dec. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Rock Church, 57-02 Hoffman Drive, off Queens Blvd.

Italian Charities of America, Sat., Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m-3:30 p.m. 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, $25 per table. Call (718) 478-3100.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine, indoor holiday market, Sun., Dec. 13 and 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Parsons Blvd. and Union Tpke.

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.

St. Benedict the Moor Church, Merrick Blvd. at 110th Ave., Jamaica, every Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Vendors welcome. Call: (718) 332-0026.

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workshops in October and November. Each session had a theme, which was usually a Libby Mislan enjoys getting to know memoir, with attendees writing on topics her neighbors. from overcoming fears to sharing what they A performance poet and a resident of hold sacred.

Norman Street in Ridgewood, Mislan sought The 10-week project comes together with out folks living on her a live performance at block recently for a Outpost Artist project called “Inside Resources at 1665 N o r m a n S t r e e t ,” Norman St. in RidgeWhen: Dec. 11 at 8:30 p.m. which integrates wood on Friday, Dec. dance, writing and 11 at 8:30 p.m. The Where: Outpost Artist Resources, storytelling. suggested donation 1665 Norman St., “I’m very interestfor the event is $5.

Ridgewood ed in neighborhoods Their works have Entry: $5 suggested donation and communities and been compiled into a outpostartistresources.org how we build them ... b o o k , a ls o c a l l e d it’s perplexing that we “Inside Norman can live in these comS t r e e t ,” a n d t h e pact spaces and still remain strangers for anthology of stories will be read by the paryears,” Mislan said. ticipating writers.

The project incorporates the writing of a Additionally, professional street and stage diverse group of 12 residents, who previous- dancers will perform alongside the reading ly did not know one another. The group’s of the works, Mislan said. members represent homelands from Poland The poet reached out by going door-toto Kyrgyzstan, and their ages range from 17 door, leaving a box outside her residence to 74. for interes te d pa r t ies to drop t heir They participated in eight creative writing requests to join. qboro editor

Project participants Laisante “Zaquan” Holland, left, Yo-e Ryou, Erin Pastrana, Marta Danielewicz, Libby Mislan, Keenen Thomas, John Pena, Anara Myrzaly, Sherel Brown, Anthony Pena, Aziz Jumash, Zeehan Wazed and Sahadev Poudel during the first rehearsal at PHOTO COURTESY LIBBY MISLAN Outpost Artist Resources on Nov. 24.

She said it was “extremely exciting” when the applications started to arrive.

“I’m a performance poet and a teaching artist, so this project is what I considered to be a marriage between my experience

performing and my experience teaching poetry,” Mislan said.

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The ghosts of Christmas return to Queens

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supporting roles, while Marcus Denard Johnson makes for a lessthan-ghostlike Jacob Marley, though that has more to do with his It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, if not weather-wise, then costuming than his performance. certainly in spirit, as the Titan Theatre Company at Queens Theatre Generally, though, the costumes (credited to costume associate presents a feel-good, look-good rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic Lorraine Smyth) are lavishly and appropriately attractive, while the story of redemption and forgiveness, “A Christmas Carol,” running scenic design (by Michael Sabourin) proves not only serviceable but through Dec. 20. cleverly adaptable. The lighting design by Katy In a semi-musical adaptation by Emily Atwell provides the finishing atmospheric Trask and director Lenny Banovez, the show touches. Kudos, too, are due sound technician takes about 90 minutes to transport its Austin Chason, who is responsible for the When: now through Dec. 20 audiences to Victorian England, to tell the effective audio effects.

Where: Queens Theatre, world-famous tale of old sourpuss Ebenezer Banovez has seen to it that the entire pro14 United Nations Ave. Scrooge and the ghostly visits that forever duction glides effortlessly across the intimate South, Flushing Meadows change his outlook on life. black-box space, which finds the audience Corona Park This award-winning production, which is completely immersed in the proceedings. His becoming an annual holiday attraction at the work is abetted by the simple but lovely choreTickets: $18 theater, returns with Michael Selkirk in the ography by Nicholas Sotack. It’s all as elegant titantheatrecompany.com leading role. He turns in a powerful perforas can be. mance and remains believable throughout, Musical director Wiley DeWeese has even as the character undergoes his remarkable transformation. formed the triple-threat actors-dancers-singers into a fine vocal The entire cast, many of whom are members of the Actors’ Equity ensemble. The show includes renditions of several holiday classics Association, the professional actors’ union, delivers the goods with and a few lesser-known melodies. conviction, some playing multiple roles with apparent ease.

One quibble: On several occasions, the action takes place at the far Like Selkirk, several make return appearances in the show, though left or right side of the playing area, rendering it hard to see from cernot necessarily in their prior roles. Laura Frye makes an elegant tain angles. Theatergoers should also be cautioned to bring along a Ghost of Christmas Past, who starts Scrooge on his evolution. Marc sweater, as the space can get chilly.

Bailey Seeker as Belle and Jonathan Hicks LeVasseur is dashing as the hard-working family man Bob Cratchit.

“A Christmas Carol” runs Dec. 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 as Young Scrooge.

Q Among the guest artists, Annie Keris is appealing in a variety of p.m.; Dec. 12 and 19 at 2 p.m.; and Dec. 13 and 20 at 4 p.m.

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‘Dance the World Nutcracker Festival’ When: Dec. 15 to Dec. 20 Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., LIC Entry:

Dancers Samantha Needles, left, with Deborah Chambers, Cassandra Orefice and Erke PHOTO BY NEIL CHIRAGDIN Roosen during a rehearsal last Wednesday in Manhattan.

Nutcracker is perhaps nowhere else as at home as in Queens, one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world.

Petrusak is proud to show her festival at the Secret Theatre, where she had performed for years as a dancer herself. On the

shift in focus from dancing to production, she notes how rewarding it is to see her vision come to fruition on stage.

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you in your brain,” she said.

In the JP Dance Group’s artistic statement, Petrusak’s choreography is noted as “a slightly abstracted, surreal version of the original narrative.” This is precisely the case with her “Nutcracker,” which offers an energetic and playful shake-up to the old holiday standby, making good use of the dream logic inherent to the original ballet.

In the spring, the JP Dance Group will be performing “Saltwater Cures Everything,” an interactive dance event that removes much of its traditional seating in lieu of beach towels and beach chairs, and promises to feel more like a day in the sand and Q surf than a dance recital.

Sunday, December 13th, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm

Photos with Santa 12:00pm to 1:30pm 3:30pm to 5:00pm

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Harika Chatlapalli’s emotive and devastatingly precise Kuchipudi classical Indian dance, and Pei-Rong Wu whose traditional Chinese fan dance soars with grace. The Xochipilli Dance Ensemble puts on a Mexican folk dance full of bravado, and their vibrant costumes dazzle the eye.

The dizzying array of “guest” acts includes in addition: a Bollywood-style dance company, a Middle Eastern dance group, a modern Haitian folk fusion group, a Bulgarian folk dance company, a Jamaican dance hall group, a Middle Eastern folk dancer, a contemporary hip-hop-fusion group and another traditional Chinese dancer, in the Dai ethnic form.

It will be possible to attend three different nights of the Nutcracker Festival and see entirely different acts, apart from the core group.

For Petrusak, who grew up dancing a much more traditional “Nutcracker,” the production is an opportunity for innovation.

“I wanted to update it to be more relevant to our times,” said Petrusak, before adding “and everyone loves the Twenties!” Nostalgia is highly valued today, and a multicultural

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“Jokersize with Howie,” Tues., Dec. 15, 10:30 a.m., jokes combined with exercise. Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Lunch served at 12 p.m. Info: (718) 738-8100.

Della Monica-Steinway Senior Center. Serving adults 60 and over. 23-56 Broadway, Astoria. Exercise classes daily, 10 a.m. Social Dancing every Mon. and Thurs., 1 p.m. Daily lunch served 11:45 a.m. Info: (718) 626-1500.

Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center. Sisterhood sponsors an exercise program for active older adults every Tues., 11 a.m.-noon. 193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows. $5 per session. Info: (718) 357-5100.

Maspeth Senior Center, 6961 Grand Ave. Free English clases for Chinese speakers, computer instruction, Silver Sneakers, tai chi, yoga and more; breakfast and lunch served. Info: (718) 429-3636.

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school in Brooklyn. She said she built up her confidence through the experience.

“Every story was very personal,” Danielewicz said. “I wouldn’t share this story with anyone else, but the atmosphere she created in that project, the prompt she gave us, made us write really personal things.”

Her memoir ranged from a crush she had on a man on the train, to the more metaphorical way of taking a shower, washing away thoughts and feelings.

Another neighbor in the group involved is Anara Myrzaly, who is originally from Kyrgyzstan, but has lived in New York for 18 years and on Norman Street for the past eight.

This was her first time writing poetry in English, having previously been poetic in Russian. She wrote on the topic of time in her work, mentioning how she views it as infinite.

“It’s always right behind you,” Myrzaly said. “It’s always with you. You cannot see time, but you feel time. Everything that’s happening, everything that happened, is time.”

She mentioned how Mislan encouraged her to branch out by writing in English. In seeing others open up about their life experiences, she also found confidence in sharing her own stories, and in the end, found pride in herself, she said.

She said she has made longtime friends

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through the experience, and that she wants to see more projects like the one Mislan brought about come to the community.

A community arts grant from the Queens Council on the Arts made the project possible.

Each participant will receive a $100 stipend.

“It’s a really fascinating place to have done the project,” Mislan said.

In addition, the book of the writers’ works will be available for purchase at the event on Friday.

To learn more information, check out outQ postartistsresources.org.

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41 Avenue Realty Group, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 06/02/15. Office Location: Queens County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Fenton Jagan LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/2/15. Office location: Queens County.

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3053 47TH STREET REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/28/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Marino Ceko, 28-47 44th Street, Astoria, NY 11103. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Boysdancetoo LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/2/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O Michael Colucci, 35-20 Broadway The Quinn Bldg 4R, Astoria, NY 11106.

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Forever Paid Productions LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 147-17 Brookville Blvd, Rosedale, NY 11422. Registered Agent: Dennis R. Bembury, 35 Eileen Way, Edison, NY 08837. Purpose: General.

3071 35TH STREET LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12 /18 /14. Amended to 3282 37TH STREET LLC on 11/19 /15. Of fice : Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 25-56 31st Street, #302, Astoria, N Y 11102. Purpose : Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of Cosmic Web Systems LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/30/2015. Office located in Queens County.

SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Princy Thayyil, 8438 Lefferts Blvd., 3, Kew Gardens, NY 11415.

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Gem Sof t ware LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/14/15. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 14-16 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11360. General purpose.

3132 Partners LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/8/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 31-18a Broadway, Long Island City, NY 11106.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION (DOM LLC) OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DAVI TAX & ACCOUNTING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/29/2015.

Office location: New York County.

Amended 11/16/15 to Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 2642 30TH STREET, ASTORIA, NY 11102. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Iron Lion, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/15.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

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ENIGMATOYS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/13/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O US Corp.

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Notice of formation of KAROMA USA, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/8/2015. Office location, County of Queens. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 12-44 Clintonville St., Ste. 2C, Whitestone, NY 11357.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Sona Thali LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/17/2015.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC c/o SUTPHIN DRUGS INC, 143-03 HILLSIDE AVE., JAMAICA, NY 11435 Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of TRAIN WITH MD, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/03/15. Office location: Queens County.

Princ. office of LLC: 5-31 49th Ave., Queens, NY 11101. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

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SHARPE HOLDINGS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/25/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2061 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 11105. Reg Agent: Tinesha Sharpe, 2061 Steinway St., Ste 1R Office, Astoria, NY 11105.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11/19/2015, bearing Index Number NC-000763-15/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) VALERIE (Last) DE MARCO. My present name is (First) VALERIE (Middle) DE MARCO (Last) BUSILLO AKA VALERIE BUSILLO, AKA BUSILLO V. DEMARCO, AKA VALERIE DE MARCO, AKA VALERIE DeMARCO. My present address is 46-35 159th Street, Flushing, NY 113583628. My place of birth is MANHATTAN, NY. My date of birth is August 28, 1948.

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Health experts met with residents at a town hall Tuesday to discuss the issue of healthcare access for immigrants.

Following a report recently released by the Mayor’s Task Force on Immigration Health Care Access, which launched in June 2014, a panel of administration leadership members spoke on a range of issues at the standing-room only meeting, held at PS 222 in Jackson Heights.

The gathering also comes following the mayor’s announced direct access plan, which follows recommendations from the task force that aims to provide uninsured immigrants with access to care using existing providers.

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Nisha Agarwal led by stating that some of the “good news” is that the number of uninsured folks dropped by 34 percent from 2013 to 2014.

“The bad news is that many of the remaining uninsured New Yorkers still face daunting barriers to access basic healthcare because of their immigration status, because they may not speak English well, because of any number of reasons,” Agarwal said.

A number of these items were touched on at the town hall, such as not having translators available at health facilties or trouble getting identification approved.

Another issue brought up by an area resident was excessive waiting times in hospitals.

Under the direct access program, which will launch in spring of 2016, there are 1,000 uninsured New Yorkers participating.

The program serves to “really test out new models for providing better-quality care to the undocumented,” Agarwal said.

“If those tests work, than we can poten-

tially expand those citywide,” she added.

City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said after the meeting that the 1,000 individuals will receive medical care in a “defined clinical setting.”

“So rather than sometimes going to Elmhurst Hospital, going to Bellevue, they will commit themselves to getting care in one place that will have a defined fee schedule, that is transparent and that will additionally offer them care coordination,” Bassett said.

One of the many recommendations of the task force is creating a direct access health care program to give uninsured immigrants access to coordinated primary and preventative care, according to the report.

A few elected officials attended and provided their insights as well.

“We must always fight for our health rights,” said City Councilmember Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), who spoke at the event. “We have rights as individuals to receive proper care.”

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) spoke on the importance of annual checkups, adding that more than 1 million New Yorkers still lack health coverage and that insurance is a right not a privilege.

“We tend to forget on an annual basis to check ourselves in terms of our health, but how can we do that if we don’t have health insurance?” Peralta said. “That’s something that we need to work on ... People everywhere should have health insurance and affordable health insurance at that.”

Assemblymember Michael Den Dekker (D-East Elmhurst) highlighted the importance of preventative services and using word of mouth to tell folks.

“Don’t wait to get sick to go to the doctor,” Den Dekker said. “We want you to be able to get medical care ... to prevent you Q from getting seriously ill.”

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When World War II was ending and funds could start being distributed again to Borough of Queens infrastructure projects, it was discovered there was a big problem on 82nd Street and 60th Avenue in Elmhurst.

The city was preparing to A view of 82nd Street running south from 60th Avenue in pave and improve the road- what was Elmhurst but is now Middle Village, June 1945. ways when it was discovered that it didn’t hold title to them. It needed to ers already there, owned anywhere from 16 acquire title to 82nd Street from 60th Ave- to 18 feet of the street.

When it came time to pave, the maps of nue to Eliot Avenue and 60th Avenue from 82nd Street to 83rd Street (sections that the Bretonniere Farm, filed in 1853, and the Schmieg and Wallace E. Caldwell farms, later became part of Middle Village).

The area was still rural, with few people filed in 1922, were pulled to check for the going down those streets who didn’t live accurate boundaries. The property owners were compensated and the streets became there.

Back in June 1939, when Ernest Neu- city property, so they could be paved and mann of Oakwood Homes, Inc. was build- have sidewalks installed. Most likely the ing attached brick houses on 60th Avenue, residents’ property taxes went up.

With everything on computer today, he was granted an easement to connect services and supply electric and sewers to these kinds of problems don’t happen anyQ them. The nine new homeowners, and oth- more.

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

This has been one of the strangest years for the Giants. They came into Sunday’s game with the Jets with a disappointing 5-6 record, two of those losses occurring when they blew 10-point leads in the fourth quarter. Despite their foibles, they have been leading the unbelievably weak NFC East conference for most of the season.

The Jets historically have been the perfect tonic for the Giants when they’ve been struggling. And the G-men always seem to play their best football when they believe the job of their head coach, Tom Coughlin, is in jeopardy. The conventional wisdom in late 2011 was that Coughlin would be relieved of his duties at that season’s end. The Giants defeated the Jets on the afternoon of Christmas Eve that year and then went on to win the Super Bowl. That Lombardi Trophy has bought a lot of time and goodwill for him, but Coughlin was once again feeling the heat coming into this December.

The Jets had not beaten the Giants in a regular season game since 1993 having dropped five straight to them. In the first half on Sunday, it appeared as if the Jets would yet again play Wile E. Coyote to the Giants’ Road Runner.

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touchdown. Later in that quarter Big Blue wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. caught a pass over the middle from Eli Manning for a 72-yard touchdown. Both of those plays had to evoke painful memories among Jets fans of Victor Cruz catching a 99-yard touchdown four years earlier. It can be argued that the Rex Ryan era for the Jets went downhill and never recovered after that moment.

Lightning struck the Giants yet again, however, as they blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter for the third time this season. A game-tying field goal attempt in overtime by the usually dependable Josh Brown sailed to the right and the Jets came away with a 23-20 win.

Credit has to be given to Gang Green, who did not let the demons of the past traumatize them in spite of a poor first half. Ryan Fitzpatrick outplayed Manning while wide receiver Brandon Marshall was every bit as good as Beckham, if not better. Jets running back Bilal Powell picked an ideal time to have the best game of his career.

Coughlin’s bad Sunday afternoon got even worse when the Philadelphia Eagles, in one of the biggest NFL upsets in years, defeated Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. The Eagles and Giants now have the Q same 5-7 record in the NFC East.

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HOWARD BEACH HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Hi-Ranch. Oversized 50x100 lot, JUST LISTED, 10 rms, 4 BRs, 3 baths, large EIK, FDR, new heating & HW, oversized rooms & plenty of closets.

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1 family ESTATE SALE, Det. Empire, 10 rooms, 4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 40x 100, large yard, garage, pvt. driveway

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OZONE PARK Wakefield 1 Family 7 rooms, 4 BRs, 3 baths, garage, pvt. dvwy, 40x100 lot, full fin. bsmnt. CALL NOW!

• Hamilton Beach • 1 Family Ranch - just the shellcompletely gutted from Sandy, sold with additional lots across the street of 20x80 which can be used for parking, boat storage etc. N6QK8S

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Prime location, parking lot in front, 1,400 sq. ft, on Cross Bay Blvd.

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HOWARD BEACH

Just Listed, Garden Co-op, 5 Rooms, 2 bedrooms, formal dining room, new granite kitchen, new tiled bath, pet friendly, stainless appliances, tile & wood floors, all custom CALL NOW!

HOWARD BEACH Hi-Rise Co-op. 3.5 rooms, 1 king bedroom, 1 bath, new kit. $72,500

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• Old Howard Beach • 1-Family Hi-Ranch. 4 BRs, 2 baths, LR, DR, EIK, totally renovated, new heating & electric box, new windows, sidewalks and driveway, cedar closets. BHTSCP

Howard Beach. Custom-built Mother/Daughter Hi-Ranch. New Construction! FEMA approved.

No flood insurance required. Master bath has radiant heated floors, hook-up for washer/dryer & central VAC on 2 levels. 1st floor offers entertainment room, study & den, full bath, utility room & sliders to yard. 2nd floor features foyer entrance, LR, FDR, kit, breakfast room, full bath, 2 BRs & utility room. 3rd floor has master bedroom suite, full bath, walk-in closet & deck. YPPLRP

•Rockaway Park• Move-in ready. 1 BR Co-op on the beach.

Eff kit, LR/DR combo, full bath, HW floors thru-out, lots of closets, pet-friendly building, laundry room, super on premises, bike & storage room, wait-list for parking, 20% down payment. DNBY3V

• Brooklyn • 3 Family Townhouse. 9 BRs, 6 baths, Built in 2007. Sprinklers thru-out hallways, combo smoke and carbon monoxide detector hardwired, each f loor has separate heating system. 3 boilers, 3 hot water meters. R35BHL

• Rockwood Park • Howard Beach. 1 Family Hi-Ranch, 3 BRs, 3 baths, EIK, family room with OSE, Brazilian hardwood floors, granite countertops, new hot water heater, furnace,up dated electric, enclosed porch, private driveway. CDPLPQ

C M SQ page 63 Y K HOWARD BEACH Colonial (New Construction) 3/4 BR’s, 2.5 baths, finished attic, pvt. dvwy., deck, large yard, bsmnt will be Sheetrocked, in-ground sprinklers, new PVC fencing, stainless steel appliances.

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd., Howard Beach (Brother’s Shopping Ctr.) OPEN 7 DAYS! SOLD!

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ARLENE PACCHIANO

LAJJA P. MARFATIA

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Asking $799K

FREE MARKET APPRAISALS! HOWARD BEACH Custom 50x100 Colonial.

4 BRs, 3 f/baths, granite kit. with Thermador stove & hood, sub-zero fridge, Jacuzzi bath, balcony, fireplace in fam. room, 1.5 car gar. A spectacular home!

Reduced $939K

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HOWARD BEACH LINDENWOOD Large corner 2-Family, 6 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half-baths, full fin. bsmnt, move-in condition. $725K

Asking $350K

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Greentree townhouse mint condo (2nd floor), large 3BRs/2 Baths, 2 terraces front & back.

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$309K

Det. Colonial, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Great Block on the old-side. Potential 4th BR, Full Bsmnt w/½ Bath

BUILDER’S DELIGHT! Large waterfront property (69x155) 4 lots altogether.

Located on Canal.

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOOD Lg. legal 2 family Condo Townhouse, 3 BR, 1½ baths duplex, top flr with large deck, updated kit new appli, also lg. 2 BR, 1 bath duplex, new kit & updated bath on 2nd flr, plus walk-in unit - all new w/porcelain tiles throughout & sliding glass drs to pvt yard, pvt dvwy, 1 car gar, new boiler ASKING $649K & hot water heater.

4 BRs, 2.5 baths, 1 BR on first level with large living room, dining room, 1 bath, 2nd floor has 3 BR & 1 bath.

Finished bsmnt. with ½ bath & pvt. dvwy., 1 car gar. 30x100

Asking $549K

Brooklyn HAMILTON BEACH Mint 2 BR, 1 Bath lovely home. All new kit with granite countertops. SS appl, new bathroom, HW fls. GREAT BUY!! $299K D RE

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Lindenwood Co-ops HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Reduced. Unique large Colonial on oversized 40x127 corner lot. New kitchen with granite countertops, new cabinets & tiled floors, 3 large BRs, 2.5 Baths, 2 walk-in closets, 2-Car Garage, with roof top terrace.

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Great Location, in the heart of Ridgewood, walk to Fresh Pond Road train, brick S/D, 2 family, 6 over 5, renovated throughout, full finished basement.

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All up-dated Brick/Stucco split level on 3-Family detached. Close to Roosevelt Ave. 40X100, paved driveway for 2 cars, Large 3 BRs, 2 f/baths Large den with sliding doors train. Garage. Great income. Large rooms.

Asking $1.299 mil accessing rear tiled patio.

Only $719K

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HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Large Brookfield, all stucco, beautifully landscaped, open floor $690K plan, 4 BRs, 3 baths

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE Cape on 60x100 lot, 3 BRs, 2 Baths, Fin. Bsmnt. In Contract in 8 Days!

LD SO HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Mint Hi-Ranch on 41x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2 Baths

• Hi-Rise 2 BR/1 bath, updated kit. ...........$154,500 • Real 3 BR/1 bath, deluxe garden co-op Asking $195K • Mint AAA 2 BRs/1 bath, Garden co-op, 1st flr, open kit floor plan (move-in) ...................$199K

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• Hi-Rise 1 BR/1 bath, (needs complete renovation) ..$70K

LD SO HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK Brookfield Hi-Ranch, Mint AAA, 4 BRs, 3 Full Baths

• Greentree Condo, 2nd floor, 3 BRs, 2 baths, 2 terraces Mint ........................... $309K • Hi-Rise Condo Northgate Building Large 1 BR Condo, 5 Closets ....................................$184K

HOWARD BEACH Lindenwood • Apartment For Rent: Mint 3 BR, 1½ bath duplex, lg deck off DR & LR, new kit & bath, gar, pvt dvwy ............$2,200/mo

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Large 1 BR Condo in Hi-Rise building, closets galore, laundry on premises, L-shaped living Rm., Dining Rm.

A 40 x 100 gated lot.

Not cleared.

Owner will clear when a contract is signed

HOWARD BEACH

7 HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

337 Amber Street

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HOWARD BEACH HI-RISE CONDO

HOWARD BEACH

Asking $425K

LARGE ALL BRICK DETACHED COLONIAL

Large Hi-Ranch on oversized 45x100 lot – featuring 4 BRs/3 full baths, w/updated kitchens & baths. Park-like backyard with screened porch. $750K

$3,900 per month

Asking $129K

WAKEFIELD OZONE PARK

HOWARD BEACH ROCKWOOD PARK

STORE FOR RENT Crossbay Blvd. (off Liberty Ave.) 1,200 sq. ft. store & basement, heat & taxes included

HOWARD BEACH OLD SIDE

HOWARD BEACH/ LINDENWOOD

PERFEC T FOR Unique Dentist Office for DENTIST OR sale in prestigious Heritage DOC TOR !

Condo Building! Sale

includes: Condo as well as all equipment and supplies.

Ground floor office with separate entrance to the left of the main lobby. Featuring a waiting area - front desk & file area. 4 Operatories with X-ray & nitrous lab, private office & 2 half baths.

Common charges $709.

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