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C M SQ page 1 Y K SOUTH QUEENS EDITION Serving Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, City Line and JFK Airport

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014

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PARKING RESTORED Eight spots brought back near City Line plaza

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City OKs $57 million for Albert Road project PAGE 14 The reconstruction of a stretch of roads in the Centreville section of Ozone Park will be funded with $57 million.

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Few bother with fare hike hearing

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

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he many empty seats in the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College in Jamaica, where the Metropolitan Transportation Authority held a hearing Dec. 3 on proposed fare and toll hikes set to take effect in March, did little to deter those in attendance from expressing their views.

Most of the speakers who did show up shared common concerns: rising financial burdens from the rate increases and dissatisfaction with various aspects of the transit system.

Two proposals are under consideration. Proposal 1 would increase the base cost of a MetroCard fare to $2.75, up from the $2.50. Riders would get a bonus of 11 percent with a purchase of $5.50. Under Proposal 2, the base fare would remain at $2.50 but the bonus for purchasing multiple rides would be eliminated.

Under either proposal, the $112 30-day pass would go up to $116.50 and the seven-day pass would rise $1 to $31.

Most one-way tolls at the Whitestone, Throgs Neck and RFK-Triborough bridges and the Queens Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels would also increase under either proposal.

Under Proposal 1, the toll for a car would increase from $7.50 to $8, and from $5.33 to $5.54 for those using an E-ZPass Approximately one dozen individuals had registered to speak prior to the beginning of the hearing, which was scheduled to run from 6 to 9 p.m. First up was a concerned citizen who

identified himself only as Mr. X, who asked the panel, “Why are you increasing the fares and tolls in 2015?” Met with silence, he concluded, “No answer? No accountability.”

Astoria resident Bradley Brashears, a staff transportation planner from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA, which represents the New York City Transit Riders Council, said that while “the fare proposals that are the subject of this hearing contain less severe increases than those of the past ... funding must be accomplished in a way that is fair to riders and takes into account those who are most heavily burdened by fare increases.”

The council favors Proposal 1, Brashears said, because it puts a lesser burden on regular users of the system than Proposal 2.

Jason Chin Fatt of Woodside said he was speaking primarily on behalf of his mother, who feels unfairly taxed doubly, facing increases on the subway and the Long Island Rail Road, both of which she uses regularly.

Another speaker, Matthew L. Kessler of the LIRR Commuter Council, lamented that the Queens and Long Island hearings were held on the same day, limiting what MTA board members would hear personally.

Students, in particular, seemed to believe they will be among the hardest hit.

Anika Chowdhury, who attends Queens College, suggested that “the beauty of the environment is being able to get around” but complained that she faces delays “too frequently not to mention” while waiting to take the Q88 bus

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Attendees of the MTA’s Queens hearing on fare increases had no problem finding seats, unlike the situation on the subway.

PHOTO BY MARK LORD from her home in Queens Village to school.

Brooklyn resident Danielle Hugh is a student at Queensborough Community College, making for a four-hour commute six days a week.

“I currently spend $30 on weekly MetroCards because I cannot afford to shell out the $112 at once for an unlimited,” Hugh said.

“I’m debating taking a semester off because I cannot afford the fare as is. If you raise the fare, you will take away my right to affordable education.”

Another concerned citizen, James Jagiello,

said, “You’re hurting the poorest of the poor” by raising the fares. He suggested the panelists “find some other way to generate money,” including the increase of fines for offenses such as fare beating. He recommended plainclothes police officers be assigned to buses to issue summonses for infractions. He also called for public restrooms at every subway station.

Among the other suggestions was one made by another disgruntled rider, David Eisenberg, who said, “I propose that you raise the cost of advertising on YouTube. I can’t recall the last time I took the subway and did not see YouTube advertisements at some point on my commute. ... Not even the ceilings and seats are immune.”

Traveling from his home in the Bronx to attend the hearing, David-Paul Gerber said he was trying to raise awareness of mismanagement in the system. Holding up his smartphone, Gerber encouraged those in attendance to click on theirs to personally see the outdated information being offered on various bus routes.

“If you guys can take care of issues in the same time from that you’re raising fares, I would be very happy,” he said. “Unfortunately, that’s not the case.”

In a statement, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz said, “It’s hard to justify any fare increase that isn’t coupled with some increase in service. This short-sighted pay-more-for-thestatus quo approach only serves to limit economic vitality. We must prioritize finding more stable transit funding sources other than from Q the commuters’ pockets.”

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How To Get Rid of Knee Pain Once and For All...

Without Drugs, Shots or Surgery Now, in Howard Beach, NY, one doctor is helping local residents with knee pain live more active, pain-free lives.

Living with knee pain can feel like a crippling experience.

Let’s face it, your knees aren’t as young as you used to be, and playing with the kids or grandkids isn’t any easier either. Maybe your knee pain keeps you from walking short distances or playing golf like you used to.

Nothing’s worse than feeling great mentally, but physically feeling held back from life because your knees hurt and the pain just won’t go away!

My name is Dr. Robert F. Gucciardo, D.C., owner of Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center.

Since we opened seventeen years ago, I’ve seen hundreds of people with knee problems leave the office pain free.

If you’re suffering from these conditions, a new breakthrough in medical technology may completely eliminate your pain and help restore normal function to your knees.

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Finally, You Have an Option Other Than Drugs or Surgery New research in a treatment called Class IV Laser Therapy is having a profound effect on patients suffering with knee pain. Unlike the cutting type of laser seen in movies and used in medical procedures, the Class IV therapeutic laser penetrates the surface of the skin with no heating effect or damage.

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.

Professional athletes like The New York Yankees and team members of the New England Patriots rely upon cold laser therapy to treat their sports-related injuries. These guys use the cold laser for one reason only…

It Promotes Rapid Healing of the Injured Tissues.

Before the FDA would clear the Class IV laser for human use, they wanted to see proof that it worked.

This lead to two landmark studies.

The fi rst study showed that patients who had laser therapy had 53 percent better improvement than those who had a placebo. The second study showed patients who used the laser therapy had less pain and more range of motion days after treatment. If the Class IV Laser can help these patients, it can help you too.

Could This Noninvasive, Natural Treatment Be the Answer to Your Knee Pain?

For 10 days only, I’m running a very special offer where you can find out if you are a candidate for cold laser therapy.

What does this offer include? Everything I normally do in my “Knee Pain Evaluation.” Just call before December 21, 2014 and here’s what you’ll get…

• An in-depth consultation about your problem where I will listen … really listen … to the details of your case.

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Until December 21, you can get everything I’ve listed here for only $37. The normal price for this type of evaluation including X-rays is $250, so you’re saving a considerable amount by taking me up on this offer.

Remember what it was like before you had knee problems – when you were pain free and could enjoy everything life had to offer. It can be that way again.

Don’t neglect your problem any longer – don’t wait until it’s too late.

A new treatment is helping patients with knee pain live a happier, more active lifestyle.

Here’s what to do now: Due to the expected demand for this special offer, I urge you to call our office at once. The phone number is 718-845-2323.

Call today and we can get started with your consultation, exam and X-rays (if necessary) as soon as there’s an opening in the schedule. Our office is called Gucciardo Specific Chiropractic and Natural Health Center and you can find us at 162-07 91st Street in Howard Beach. Tell the receptionist you’d like to come in for the Knee Evaluation before December 21.

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Don’t wait and let your knee problems get worse, disabling you for life. Take me up on my offer and call today (718) 845-2323. For more information go to www.drgucciardo.com and click on the laser therapy tab.

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Petition started to restore two-way traffic, help area business owners

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Community Board 9 Transpor tation Chairman Kenichi Wilson said on Tuesday that eight parking spots have been restored along 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, following the partial removal of the controversial pedestrian plaza at the City Line.

“The entire curb line has parking spots,” he said to community board members.

Wilson had originally announced the spaces would be restored at last month’s community board meeting, and said the Department of Transportation would make the changes in the spring.

“They came five days later,” he said.

Wilson said the street had lost eight spots when the plaza was installed last year.

“They restored all the parking along the curb line,” he said.

But, to some business owners along 101st Avenue, the partial removal of the plaza is not enough.

Hasib Ali, co-owner of Ozone Park Discount Variety and Hardware at 74-01 101 Ave., said his business of 30 years is suffering because of the change in the flow of traffic along the corridor.

“When they open the Ozone Park pedestrian plaza, our business is less than half,” he said.

The pedestrian plaza at city line was once again the source of complaints by business owners, who claim their profits are being hurt because of the change in traffic flow along 101st Avenue.

FILE PHOTO They are calling for the complete removal of the plaza.

The opening of the plaza required a part of 101st Avenue near Drew Street on the Brooklyn side of the border to be turned into a one-way street. It had previously allowed for two-way traffic.

Ali also called for the removal of the entire pedestrian plaza. A large portion of

it still remains along Drew Street.

“We need the whole street open,” Ali said.

Ali presented community board members with a petition he started that was signed by more than 30 residents and business owners in Brooklyn and Queens.

In their petition, the people ask for Drew Street to be restored to its “original condition” and for 101st Avenue to be restored to allow for two-way traffic.

“If the situation doesn’t improve businesses will phase out or will have to be closed,” the petition states. “It has been affecting our livelihoods.”

The petition also included a cover story from the Nov. 20 Queens Chronicle that detailed the concerns area business owners have with the plaza and how it has hurt their businesses.

The plaza was proposed by Brooklynbased nonprofit Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services, which also pays for the maintenance of the site.

An executive with the nonprofit told the Chronicle three weeks ago that it would not suppor t the removal of the plaza, and added that many people have enjoyed it since it opened last year.

Wilson, responding to a question from a community board member, said the DOT will do a study of the plaza in a few weeks to determine if further changes need to be made.

Ali, however, wants action to be taken sooner.

“Please, everybody, help us and save our lives and our family members,” he said. Q

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Parking reinstated near City Line plaza

Resolution blasts basement abodes De Blasio’s affordable housing plan debated by community board 9

by Anthony O’Reilly

Kane referenced a Dec. 4 Queens Chronicle article that detailed a number of illegal conversions made in a South Ozone Community Board 9 members have a message for Mayor de Park home that spontaneously exploded in the early afternoon hours of Thanksgiving Day. Blasio: not in our basements.

“This is one of many examples of what happens when you Members of the board passed a resolution affirming the board’s opposition to a plan by the mayor to legalize basement have illegal conversions,” he said.

The resolution received the support of dwellings as part of his plan to place or members from the Woodhaven Resipreserve an additional 200,000 units of dents’ Block Association, including the affordable housing throughout the city. e have a community group’s president, Martin Colberg.

“We’re not sitting ducks for this,” But not everyone was thrilled with the community board member and Land that’s living in the board’s position on the mayor’s proposal.

Use Com mit tee member Sher man shadows. There’s not Board member Richard David said the Kane said of people moving into baseresolution does nothing to help the thoument dwellings. a single solution to sands of people who are looking for The resolution also includes an affordable housing. amendment that asks the Mayor’s this problem.”

“We have a community that’s living Office to keep Community Board 9 in the shadows,” he said. “There’s not a included in any discussions of where — Richard David, single solution to this problem.” affordable housing would be placed in Community Board 9 member Several community board members its communities. agreed with David that more needs to be The mayor in May said he is seeking to add and/or maintain 200,000 units of affordable housing done about the number of people who are looking for affordable housing, but added that they should not be placed in basements. across the city.

“I feel like we are putting people in jeopardy,” one communiClose to 80,000 of those units would be new developments and the remaining 120,000 would come from existing space, ty board member said.

Board member Alex Blenkinsopp said the board should supincluding some basement apartments.

But Community Board 9 members believe the possible addi- port affordable housing but tell Mayor de Blasio to not legalize Q basement dwellings. tion of basement dwellings could lead to unforseen problems.

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Community Board 9 Chairman Ralph Gonzalez speaks during a discussion on a resolution stating the board’s opposition to Mayor de Blasio’s plan to legalize basement dwellings in an effort to add more affordable housing.

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Resiliency study touted by planners Zoning for Old Howard, Hamilton Beach to be examined by agency

by Anthony O’Reilly

“We want to make sure people have the ability to retrofit their City Planning off icials last homes,” Thomas Smith, a city planThursday said the objective of the ner, said at a presentation given to department’s resilient neighbor- Community Board 10 members.

Smith, along with his colleague hood study in Old Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach and Broad Chan- and fellow planner Melissa Hernel is to identify ways that people litz, said the Planning Department in those areas can be prepared for will look to rezoning, street raising and other planning strategies future floods. as ways to prevent future flooding.

Officials conducting the study will look at about 99 blocks in the Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach area that we r e h e av i ly h it by Superstorm Sandy.

The study areas will be conf ined within, “ the Belt Pa r k way t o t he north, the A-train tracks to the east, Jamaica Bay to the south, and 92nd St r e e t t o t he We s t ,” according to the department’s website.

The department decidThe study area for Old Howard Beach and e d t o i nclu d e Br o a d PHOTO COURTESY NYC PLANNING Chan nel in the st udy Hamilton Beach.

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because “it has similar challenges to Hamilton Beach,” Smith said.

The Broad Channel portion of the study will encompass “all developed land on the island,” the agency’s website states.

Smith said the agency’s study will look at ways to mitigate coastal flooding in the areas, in addition to damage caused by natural disasters.

“We want to look at what we can do about the moon-tide floodings,” he said.

Herlitz said one of the major issues that will be looked at is zoning that is not conducive to flood prevention.

“We’re really looking at some of the existing zoning that might present challenges to these areas,” she said.

One idea the agency is looking into, Herlitz said, is creating, “a zoning that will create infrastructure in tight areas,” specifically in Hamilton Beach.

Planning officials said some suggestions for the areas include bulkheads near the shoreline as well as catch basins, in addition to

Melissa Herlitz, a planner with the city Planning Department, updates Community Board 10 members on the Resilient Neighborhoods study for Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach. The study seeks to stop flooding in the PHOTO BY ANTHONY O’REILLY two communities. street raising.

The study is still being conducted, Smith and Herlitz said, and the agency is in the process of receiv-

ing input from community leaders.

The two planners estimated that the st udy’s f i nd i ngs w ill be released some time in late 2016. Q

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Help us help children in need

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his year marks the Queens Chronicle’s 20th annual toy and gift drive for the neediest children in the borough. As always, we ask your support, and as always, we’re confident we’ll get it, generous people that you are.

We collect these toys and other gifts — including some of life’s most basic necessities, ones that many of us take for granted — for children in homeless shelters here. They range in age from virtual newborns to teenagers, and they need your help to have a decent holiday season.

Whenever we deliver the gifts to the children, our hearts break to see so many young people who deserve better than to live in homeless shelters. But there they are. Every year they, or their parents in the case of the youngest ones, write letters to Santa Claus asking for the things they want, such as Legos, action figures and dolls. Or, in many instances, need — such as a warm coat or socks.

This newspaper is well aware of the resistance to establishing new homeless shelters that people naturally feel due to the increasing school population, strain on infrastructure and potential for a rise in crime. We’ve reported extensively on the protests in Elmhurst, on the lawsuit filed over the Glendale plan and on the way the city has been springing

shelters on communities with no warning.

But none of that has anything to do with the children themselves. It is not their fault they’re in shelters, and it’s not their fault the city is breaking its own regulations to establish new ones. We ask that you separate the two issues, as we do here.

In fact, this year we’ve added a fifth shelter to the list of those we’re collecting for, the one at the Boulevard Family Residence, the old Pan American Hotel in Elmhurst. It’s the scene of much controversy. It’s also home to approximately 370 needy children. We ask you to take part in our toy and gift drive for their sake, and that of hundreds more like them around the borough.

The holiday season reminds us to appreciate the basics most of us have in life, such as a warm home and a choice of shirts to wear every day. These children lack those things.

The deadline to donate your new, unwrapped gifts is Monday, Dec. 22. Elsewhere in this edition you can find both an article and an ad that tell you where you can drop them off if you can’t make it to our offices during business hours. We hope you’re able to help these children have a happy holiday season, and that you have one yourself.

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Queens tops for tourism?

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ove over, Manhattan! So long, Saratoga!

Farewell, Florida!

There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to tourism, and guess what — it’s Queens!

At least that’s what Lonely Planet, “the world’s leading travel media company,” declared on Wednesday. Weren’t we shocked.

Yes, Queens has plenty to offer and we’re glad to see it touted as a place to visit. But whether it’s “the best tourism destination in the United States” is, well, open to question. We doubt the decisionmaking process here was exactly scientific.

But hey, we are proud to have topped some other hot spots around the country. No. 2 on the list was Western South Dakota. Yay for Queens! Does that mean the Unisphere beat out Mount Rushmore?

Other major travel destinations we bested include North Conway, NH and Duluth, Minn. Awesome!

Expect to see this designation milked for all its worth, and then some. And then go about your life as you did before you learned this bit of “news.”

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If the criminals don’t like the process, don’t do anything illegal. When you break the law, you put yourself at risk.

Paul Narson Flushing

Cuomo contributed Dear Editor: Gov. Cuomo bears some blame for Eric Garner’s homicide. Despite pleas from more than a dozen state legislators, he refused to appoint a special prosecutor for this explosive case. Relying on Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan to prosecute cops he works with is like asking Kim Kardashian to wear a burka.

Cuomo also imposes a double standard for enforcing New York’s tobacco tax law, which led to Garner’s death.

Cops busted Garner for selling a few untaxed cigarettes, called “loosies,” on the

street. But native American tribes avoid punishment for selling cartons of untaxed cigarettes at reservation smoke shops to the public.

Tribes such as the Poospatuck in Mastic, LI reap huge profits while breaking the law. A federal judge ordered them to pay $10.5 million in excise taxes after Cuomo refused to crack down on their illegal cigarette sales. He also allows the Seneca and Shinnecock tribes to sell untaxed cigarettes on their “sovereign” soil.

Cagey Cuomo plays fast and “loosie” with the law while people die as a result.

Richard Reif Flushing

Lawmakers’ pay I Dear Editor: Since all persons who do the same job should be paid the same salary, I am skeptical a two-tier salary for New York State legislators would be legal and fair (“Two salary tiers for legislators,” Editorial, Dec. 4). As to a salary increase for a part-time job and for a group

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We feel that if the LPC was to engage in a massive decalendaring, it would set a risky

Cooperation needed Dear Editor: The recent report that 321,000 jobs were added to the economy in November is indeed positive news. However, our country still has along way to go before it totally climbs out of this six-year-long recession. Job creation is so very critical to economic growth and improvement, and the trend of adding more jobs must be a continuous one.

Our nation has a bevy of problems, and creating jobs just one of them. It is up to the Congress and President Obama to work together in order to solve this nation’s problems. The American people want cooperation, not confrontation, between Congress and the president. This process needs to start immediately!

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Dear Editor: I could not agree more with “Two salary tiers for legislators.” Consider that after our state Assembly and state senators have been re-elected, many are looking to pass legislation in a lame-duck session, which will give them a future salary increase.

The 2014 state Legislature session calendar covered a six-month period from Jan. 1, 2014 to June 30, 2014. There were 129 available weekdays. After subtracting New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day and Memorial Day, most ordinary New Yorkers worked 125 days. The Legislature was in session only 62 days. Not bad for a part-time job.

Many members find the time to hold down second jobs paying even more.

Most members in the majority Democratic state Assembly and Republican state SenateIndependent Democrat coalition supplemented their base pay of $79,000 with lulus for chairing dozens of useless committees and subcommittees. These run up to $41,500, for a salary of $121,000 per year. This is supplemented by day-to-day meal expense accounts and reimbursement for travel to and from Albany.

Nobody was drafted to run for public office.

Everyone knew of the salary, perks of office and limited work requirements. Members of the state Legislature are lucky to have their part-time jobs! There are plenty of out-of-work New Yorkers who would be more than happy to replace them. They would gladly show up for work full-time, not constantly complain or ask for a salary increase.

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precedent, where those properties may undergo demolition as-of-right, and the public would speculate that future calendared properties may be decalendared and also demolished.

Residents, community groups, elected officials and preservationists at-large work tirelessly to research, propose and advocate for new landmarks, which have largely resulted in those properties to have been calendared.

The public is routinely presented with the opportunity to testify on hearing items, but a “commissioner only” vote on decalendaring would have appeared as if the public has no voice in the landmarking process, or as if we inhabited the days of protests before the classic Pennsylvania Station’s demolition.

Our landmarks and potential landmarks are a unique contribution to our city’s architectural and cultural history, diversity and aesthetics, and are cornerstones in the eyes of residents.

As per the Landmarks Law, which enables the public to provide testimony for properties, the public needs to have a say in the future of the nearly 100 individual properties and the two districts.

Reviewing the listing of the proposed decalendaring items, our boroughs would lose their identity and distinctive qualities of a livable community. Some cases in point are the Ahles House and the Douglaston Historic District Extension in Queens, the IRT Powerhouse and Loew’s 175th Street Theater in Manhattan, the 5466 Arthur Kill Road House and Garner Mansion in Staten Island, the 65 Schofield Street House and the Samuel Babcock House in the Bronx and St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church and St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church and Rectory in Brooklyn.

We strongly encourage the LPC to schedule public hearings for all of the calendared items, beginning where there is most pressure to alter, sell or redevelop the site, or where development patterns in the community could compromise the site’s integrity or longevity. May the LPC and New Yorkers work as a team, to emphasize how a governmental body and its constituency can operate cohesively for our city’s improvement. Thank you for your consideration.

Michael Perlman Rego-Forest Preservation Council Chairman Forest Hills

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with far too much corruption, that raises more serious questions. If, however, all things considered a case can be made for a salary increase, I believe it should be conditioned on the following: 1. All state legislators, Assembly and Senate, should be paid a salary of $150,000 a year, but shall be prohibited from engaging in any other outside work for pay.

2. If item 1 is not feasible, they should all be paid $100,000 a year, but each year they must file an affidavit setting forth all outside activities they perform for pay, listing who paid them, the amount paid and the outside activities they performed and how much monthly time was devoted thereto.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Community Board 7 member Phil Konigsberg made the long trek from Bay Terrace to South Ozone Park last Thursday night in an effort to convince Community Board 10 members to pass a resolution that would encourage landlords to establish smoke-free units in new developments, a measure that his board passed in June.

“It’s basically a public health measure,” Konigsberg said during the public forum part of Community Board 10’s meeting.

Konigsberg said he is on a mission to visit all the community boards throughout Queens, in an effort to have every single one pass the resolution.

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Community Board 7 Chairman Gene Kelty strongly argued against the resolution and the Rev. Richard McEachern of the Macedonia AME Church was one of Konigsberg’s allies in the fight to pass it.

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The board has been seeking a new district manager since the previous one, Mary Ann Carey, retired in September after serving on the board for 35 years.

Lisa Gomes, the former assistant district manager, has been the acting district manager since Carey’s retirement.

The time of the meeting, which will take place in Borough Hall located at

120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, had not been set as of press time.

Gonzalez said, however, that the time will be announced to the public at a later date.

“The meeting will be public,” he said.

He added that board members want to hear the opinions of residents in the areas in the board’s district.

Community Board 9 covers the neighborhoods of Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and parts of Ozone Q Park.

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City reaches new deal with principals Pay raises, reform measures part of $743 million seven-year contract

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña last Saturday announced that the city has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents public school principals and other officials, which includes retroactive and future pay raises.

“This agreement with CSA means that all of our school administrators will get the fair wages they deserve in a way that protects the City’s long-term fiscal health,” de Blasio said at the union’s annual conference over the weekend. “But above all else, this is an education contract that will spur innovation and help us ensure the best educators are leading our schools.”

Under the contract, CSA employees will receive 4 percent retroactive pay raises for 2010 and 2011, which will be paid out in installments from 2015 to 2021.

CSA employees will also receive 2 percent pay raises each year from 2015 to 2018, officials announced.

The agreement includes all CSA employees who have been promoted to supervisory positions since 2009, a part of the deal that was advocated for by CSA President Ernest Logan.

Mayor de Blasio last Saturday announced a tentative contract agreement with the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents public school principals and PHOTO COURTESY NYC MAYOR other officials.

“CSA members will now have the contract they demanded, one that recognizes their invaluable role in educating our children, and one that reflects Chancellor Fariña’s ethic of cooperation,” Logan said in a written statement. “The wisdom of this is that the Chancellor will now have little trouble promoting from within the school system

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$57 million set for Albert Road project Funding will pay for acquisition, reconstruction of Centreville streets

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It may have taken more than 35 years, but the city has finally approved funding for the long-awaited HWQ411B project in the Centreville section of Ozone Park.

According to a Dec. 1 letter from Stephen Malmberg, assistant director for the Office of Management and Budget, close to $50 million will be distributed to several city agencies for the decades in the making road reconstruction project, with about $7 million in contingency funds being pledged.

The Department of Transportation will receive $22,962,370 for its part of the project, while the Department of Environmental Protection will receive $25,910,716, the School Construction Authority will get $665,325 and Verizon, National Grid and Con Ed ison w ill receive a combi ned $460,605 for utility work, bringing the total cost to $49,999,016.

The OMB has also approved another $7,102,439 in contingency funding.

The funding was announced by Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton at last Thursday’s meeting, who said it was an “early Christmas present” for Ozone Park Civ ic Associat ion P resident Howa rd Kamph.

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Funding has finally been approved for the reconstruction of roads and sewer lines on Albert Road in the Centreville section of Ozone Park. More than $57 million will be going to the project, FILE PHOTO city documents state. announcement, Kamph said he now wants to “see it get done.”

“It’s been more than 35 years,” he said.

The project, which was proposed during the first term of then-Mayor Ed Koch, will replace two miles of sewer lines and three miles of water mains, as well as reconstruct close to 12 miles of sidewalks, roads, curbs

and pedestrian ramps throughout the Centreville section of Ozone Park.

The project also includes $ 665,325 toward the preparation of a capital plan for the construction of a new public school.

“That’s impor tant because we need schools in that area,” Kamph said.

The school, however, cannot be built until

the roads and sewers are taken care of.

The project will be bounded by 135th Avenue and Linden Boulevard to the north, Cross Bay Boulevard to the west, Aqueduct Race Track to the east and North Conduit Avenue to the south.

National Grid is replacing gas lines along Albert Road between Cohancy and Centreville streets as part of the preliminary work for the project.

The plan requires the city to acquire land from homeowners along the street so workers can build sidewalks and widen roads where necessary.

The approved $57 million includes funds for the city to purchase private property from homeowners, but some of them, Kamph said, are not budging and may cause further delays to the project.

The work is scheduled to begin in the spring if the Department of Design and Construction can have all residents agree to give up their land for the city to build on.

A spokesman for the DDC said in an email, “The HWQ411B Albert Road project is still in the process of acquiring portions of proper ty required in the land acquisition process. Once the contract is registered payments will be made for the acquired properties and then construction Q would follow.”

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Three city agencies are teaming up to provide schoolchildren with a safer commute to and from their schools.

The Safe Routes to School projects are ongoing in Maspeth, South Ozone Park, Jackson Heights and Ridgewood, according to city officials.

The work is being carried out by the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation and the Department of Design and Construction.

The four schools receiving the safety upgrades are St. Joan of Arc School in Jackson Heights, PS 108 in South Ozone Park, St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Maspeth and IS 77 in Ridgewood.

The new safet y en hancements include “neck downs, new sidewalks, curbs, pedestrians ramps, drainage/ road re-alignments, pavement markings, traffic signal upgrades, street lighting and landscaping,” according to city documents.

Work began on the four sites last month and is slated to be finished by fall 2015.

The Safe Routes to School projects began in 2003 to remedy dangerous Q traffic problems near schools.

A s s e m bly m a n Ph i l G old fe d e r (D-Rockaway Park) has co-written a letter with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) petitioning U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to immediately approve an application filed by the Broad Channel Civic Association to open a new Contract Postal Unit on the island.

The neighborhood had a CPU that operated out of the Baygull Bagel Store on Cross Bay Blvd. until it was damaged in Superstorm Sandy.

“Many families in Broad Channel are still not back in their homes following Superstorm Sandy and most still lack the basic services they need,” Goldfeder said. “The Postal Service has a responsibility to serve its customers and help ou r Sandy- devast ated com mu nit y rebuild.”

CPUs are smaller retail stores under contract with the U.S. Postal Service to provide many of the same services as a fully operational federal post office.

According to the civic, a postal service rep approved the application earlier this year, but in Ju ne they were informed that it was denied, open to rereview. The agency cited a lack of need Q for postal services.

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New sign, warm welcome Residents and visitors driving into Howard Beach will now see a new welcome sign, following an initiative started over the summer by the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic Association. The group proposed to raise money to revamp the sign, but American Legion Post 1404 stepped in and paid for the entire cost.

“They were so generous and donated the

entire sign. It was a very pleasant surprise,” said civic President Joanna Ariola.

A photo of the new Cross Bay Boulevard sign is proudly displayed on the group’s Facebook page.

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Marquis Auto of Queens is one of the largest auto leasing companies in New York with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry.

They are conveniently located at 158-01 Cross Bay Boulevard in the same building as Dr. Istrico. They opened their Queens location a little over a year ago.

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Like many of us, the owners were hit hard by Sandy and understand that even though it has been two years since the storm, most are still in recovery mode. That’s why Marquis Auto of Queens continues to provide discounts to those who were affected by Sandy. Grace Candela, General Manager and Director of Sales, vows to stay committed to those still in recovery. “Most people lost multiple cars as a result of the storm and were forced to either lease or finance a car right away. Because of that, most signed bad leases or likely overpaid for their cars. We want to help. Tell us you were

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Howard Beach is preparing for Santa Kiwanis to host three-hour photo session at Key Food with Saint Nick

by Anthony O’Reilly

Kiwanis members, dressed up in Christmas attire, will also be on hand to spread For 12 years, Howard Beach resident holiday cheer throughout the store.

“Anybody can come,” LoCascio said.

Bobby LoCascio dressed up like an elf and The photo session is a new spin on the took pictures outside of his house in an effort to raise funds for CancerCare and event LoCascio used to hold in front of his house every Christmas.

March of Dimes.

More than 30 years ago, LoCascio used The last time he donned that suit was to have people gather in front of his house more than 30 years ago.

This Sunday, LoCascio’s Christmastime for t he opp or t u n it y t o me et Fat he r Christmas. alter-ego will make a At the same time, comeback as the K iwa n is members Howard Beach isit Santa at Key Food, were collecting Kiwanis Club will donations for charihost a photo session located at 163-30 Cross table organizations. with Santa Claus for Children who the ch ild ren of Bay Blvd., on Sunday attended the event Queens. were also given free “I was the elf back from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. presents by the t hen , a nd at Key group, which were Food I’ll be the elf donated by several area organizations. again,” he said. “It’s all coming full circle.”

“For 12 years we did this,” LoCascio said.

The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club will In the final year the club held the event it host a free photo session with Kris Kringle from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Key Food, located raised about $6,000 for CancerCare and March of Dimes. at 163-30 Cross Bay Blvd.

After that year, however, the annual “It’s a community function,” said LoCascio, the vice president of the Howard Beach event came to a halt because several club members and the organizations that helped Kiwanis Club.

Children will have the opportunity to pose bring the man in the big red suit to Howard Beach had left. with Old St. Nick and receive a free picture.

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Bobby LoCascio, far left, and members of the Howard Beach Kiwanis Club stand outside of his home 30 years ago at an annual event where children received free gifts and took pictures with PHOTO COURTESY BOBBY LOCASCIO Santa. The club will be reviving the event at Key Food on Sunday.

“I didn’t have the team to put it together,” LoCascio said.

Although the jolly old elf was no longer making appearances in front of LoCascio’s house, the Kiwanis Club did not stop their efforts to keep raising money for different charities throughout the year.

A few months ago, a Kiwanis member suggested the idea of bringing Papa Noel back to the area.

LoCascio said the club picked Key Food for the event because it has a space in the back of the store that will be closed off for Q participants.

Award-winning math teacher Kerri Naples

Lindenwood middle school gets fence fix

Kerri Naples, an algebra II/trigonometry teacher from the Scholars’ Academy in the Rockaways, was one of seven teachers to receive the sixth annual Sloan Award for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics and the only honoree from Queens.

“You don’t know what you are missing if you don’t have a teacher like Kerri Naples,” said Scholars’ Academy Principal Brian O’Connell.

Presented by the Fund for the City of New York and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the award recognizes creative teachers at city public high schools who often inspire their students to pursue careers in science and math.

Naples and her fellow recipients were nominated through applications submitted by parents, students, teachers and administrators. Her own students cite her creative assignments and personalized attention as keys to their ongoing success, particularly in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

The winners were honored at a ceremony held in the Great Hall at Cooper Union on Dec. 3 and received a prize of $5,000. The schools will receive $2,500 as well to bolster Q their math or science departments.

Holes to be patched in two weeks: DOT

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The Department of Transportation on Monday began to fix fences near MS 202, the Robert H. Goddard School in Lindenwood, after Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park) and parents said two weeks ago that schoolchildren were using gaps in them to cut across Conduit Avenue.

“I commend Queens DOT and Borough Commissioner Hall for recognizing this dangerous situation and quickly acting to make the required repairs,” Goldfeder said i n a w r it ten st atement announcing the start of the remediation of the fence. “These repairs will go a long way in keeping students out of harm’s way.”

According to Goldfeder, the DOT has started making preliminary repairs to the fences and will completely patch them up in the next two weeks.

A DOT spokesman confirmed in an email that repairs are taking place near the school.

Goldfeder had written to Dalila Hall,

borough commissioner for the DOT, on Nov. 19, saying the pedestrian fences near Arion Street had holes in them that allowed students of the middle school to cut across Conduit Avenue.

“This creates a dangerous situation where an accident is waiting to happen and is a major concern to local families and school officials,” he said in the letter.

The ongoing repairs were hailed by Gaytrye Persaud, MS 202 PTA President.

“The school and all the parents are excited and relieved that they no longer have to worry every day about students getting injured,” Persaud said in a written statement. “We deeply appreciate Assemblyman Goldfeder fixing this problem that has been putting our students in danger for such a long time.”

Goldfeder said he hopes the repairs will give parents of schoolchildren the “peace of mind they deserve.

“No parent should have to send their child off to school in the morning worried whether they will make it to school Q safely,” he said.

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Part of Woodhaven’s history rediscovered Forest Park trees were planted to remember those lost in World War I

by Anthony O’Reilly Associate Editor

A row of oak trees in the Oak Ridge section of Forest Park may appear to most people to be just like the hundreds of others planted throughout the area.

But local historian Ed Wendell has discovered the trees were planted close to 100 years ago to commemorate the Woodhaven residents who died while serving in World War I. “This is a real stunner to me,” he said.

“It’s just one of those things that falls into your lap.”

But it took some work for him to locate the trees.

Wendell said while reading the Brooklyn Eagle about two years ago, he read the story of the trees that were planted in the park in 1919 to commemorate the more than 70 community residents who died in the war, which had ended the year before.

Each tree had a ceremonial ribbon tied around it.

They were also the site of the annual Memorial Day celebration in Woodhaven.

Members of American Legion Post 118 in Woodhaven would lead a parade to the trees and hold a brief ceremony in front of a plaque that was located nearby.

The parade was held at that location until about 1942, when the American Legion was

A row of oak trees in the Oak Ridge section of Forest Park were planted to remember Woodhaven residents who died serving in World War I. The above rendering shows what it would be like if ribbons IMAGE COURTESY PROJECT WOODHAVEN were tied around the trees, as they were many years ago. relocated to 89-02 91 St., where it resides today.

The members took the memorial plaque with them, but with the move abandoned the tradition of visiting the trees to pay tribute to the fallen Woodhaven residents.

Over time, people forgot about the

significance of the trees, Wendell said.

“It had just been forgotten,” he said.

Although Wendell’s curiosity about the trees began about two years ago, it wasn’t until three weeks ago that he began looking for clues that would lead him to their location.

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“There were many late nights in piecing this together,” he said.

One of the only clues he had from the article mentioned the trees were located near the old Golf Club House in the Oak Ridge section of the park.

But he was unable to identify which of the thousands of trees were the ones he was looking for.

Wendell said his wife had suggested using a city website, gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap, which allows users to see what New York City looked like many years ago.

“I went back and there it is,” he said of his discovery of the trees with the ribbons still wrapped around them.

Many of the trees have since fallen due to deterioration or natural disasters, but many of the original trees remain there today.

One tree in the area fell as recently as two years ago, Wendell said, and an examination of its core confirmed it had been planted around 1919.

Wendell said he hopes to have a commemoration near the trees in 2018 to recognize the one hundreth anniversary of the war’s end at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

He also hopes to revive the tradition of tying ribbons around the trees in rememberance of the Woodhaven residents who died Q serving in the war.

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by Michael Gannon Editor

The Eastern Queens Alliance is chartering buses for people interested in attending a Dec. 18 federal court hearing on the proposed runway extension at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The Eastern Queens Alliance is opposed to the project, which will move a portion of Runway 4 Left-22 Right about 700 feet closer to Rockaway Boulevard and residential areas to the north and northeast of JFK. The hearing before the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals will address the EQA’s

Southeast groups fight runway extension appeal of a ruling by the Federal Aviation Administration — called a Finding of No Significant Impact, or FONSI — that the project would not cause or exacerbate noise or environmental problems in adjacent areas.

The finding was based on a study conducted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates JFK and LaGuardia airports.

The PA has said it is pursuing the extension to comply with FAA regulations that

will allow it to service larger passenger and cargo jets. But residents of Rosedale, Brookville, Springfield Gardens and other communities in Southeast Queens fear that closer runways means these larger aircraft will be coming over their homes, schools and parks at lower altitudes.

The EQA is asking the court to order what is called an environmental impact study, which is considered far more extensive that the review conducted by the PA.

Gov. Cuomo, who shares leadership of the PA with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, earlier this year ordered the PA to conduct the equivalent of federal Part 150 environmental study.

The Dec. 18 hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the federal courthouse at 40 Foley Square in Manhattan, and the EQA is offering round-trip transportation to and from the hearing for $5 for those who preregister.

Those wishing to RSVP for a bus seat can contact the Eastern Queens Alliance at info@easternqueensalliance.org, or (347) Q 824-2301.

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Using the Holocaust to connect old and young Molloy teacher Sabina Kobinski to attend Auschwitz liberation ceremony

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

Sabina Kobinski’s great-uncle, a Roman Catholic priest, was performing Mass in Poland in 1942 when German soldiers entered his church and captured him for speaking ill of Adolph Hitler’s regime.

He would spend the next three years imprisoned in Eastern European concentration camps such as Dachau and the infamous Auschwitz facility.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet forces on Jan. 27, 1945, Kobinski, a Briar wood social studies teacher, will travel to the camp along with 24 other teachers from around the country and around the world as part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s “Auschwitz: The Past is Present” professional development program.

Kobinski, a 27-year-old Maspeth resident and freshman pre-AP World History teacher at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood for the last four years, first heard about the Eastern European trip f rom a nu n at St. Adalber t Catholic Church in Elmhurst where she worships.

After applying with little hope she would be accepted, she received notification of her selection a few months ago.

“I figured I wouldn’t get picked because

there had to be hundreds of people that applied,” Kobinski said. “So when I found out, I was blown away.”

The four-day trip begins in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 23, with a visit to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

The group, made up of 15 teachers of various subjects from the United States and 10 other educators from other nations, will then make its way to Auschwitz on Jan. 27 to attend the annual remembrance ceremony.

Kobinski, the only teacher from New York City to be selected for the trip, traveled to Auschwitz as a teenager with relatives who still live in Poland.

She said she was too young to truly grasp what that facility represents, and this expedition will be much different for her emotionally.

“It’s going to be very eerie and chilling.

But it’s really going to put everything in perspective,” she said. “Today, the question still exists, what have we learned from that era?”

In addition to attending the 70th anniversary event, Kobinski’s group will also meet with a handful of people who survived the Auschwitz death camp.

While her great-uncle, who died in the 1990s, never divulged stories from his

days as a prisoner, even to his own family, the Maspeth resident said she’s looking forward to interacting with those who actually lived as prisoners of war for years.

“What an amazing experience, what an amazing opportunity,” she said. “To have a chance to meet these people and see their courage and bravery is going to be incredible.”

In terms of taking the lessons learned from Auschwitz and bringing them to Briarwood, Kobinski said the school’s curriculum won’t allow her to devote an entire unit to the Holocaust.

But as the generations of students she’ll teach now and in the future grow more detached from World War II as time goes on, what happened to her great-uncle and millions of other innocent Jews and assorted political prisoners will always be taught in her classroom.

“World War II is unfortunately becoming more and more out of reach to my students simply because they’re younger,” she said, “but I’m going to try to tie in what I learned with the topics we’re up to now.”

“The curriculum doesn’t give me much leeway,” she continued, “but I’m going to put aside a few days to show them some pictures and tell them what I learned.” Q

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by Julie Sandorf Queens has more branch libraries than from New Yorkers any other borough — with 62 — and, reaffirms the statherefore, a special interest in helping cele- tistics—in fiscal brate their role in the life of our city. That’s ye a r 2013, t h e exactly what the NYC Neighborhood city’s 207 branch Library Awards do, and they are now libraries welcomed nearly 36 million accepting nominations from the public.

The second annual NYC Neighborhood visitors, 160,000 Library Awards are co-sponsored by the for every day they Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the were open. More Charles H. Revson Foundation and will than 2.4 million people enrolled in the honor five branch libraries with $20,000 libraries’ public programs, and they circueach — based on nominations from the lated more than 60 million materials.

And yet public funding of the libraries public. Last year, more than 4,300 New Yorkers wrote to tell us why they care continues to be flat. As a result, in 2013, about their branch libraries and, in doing the city’s libraries were open only an averso, highlighted the extraordinary role that age of 43 hours a week, far fewer hours than in other cities libraries play including Boston, throughout the city.

San Francisco, San One New Yorker, he deadline for the NYC A nt on io, Seat tle, nominating Corona Chicago and ColumLibrary, said, “There Neighborhood Library bus. Operating is a line around the expenses are the tip corner of neighborAwards is Dec. 12, so of the iceberg — hood residents before please nominate your according to a recent the branch opens! report by the Center People use it for branch today. for an Urban Future, ESOL , homework titled “Re-Envisionhelp after school, internet access, and of course access to ing New York’s Branch Libraries,” the books. It is a trusted and safe place where city’s three library systems have nearly $1.1 all folks regardless of socio-economic or billion in capital needs across more than 170 branches. (This report was supported ethnic backgrounds can come.”

Corona Library was one of five winning by the Charles H. Revson Foundation.)

According to the report, “Many of the branch libraries last year. Queens Village Library was one of five additional finalists city’s libraries are simply too small to meet the demands placed on a full-serthat received $5,000 each.

Other nominations from across the city vice neighborhood library … In all, underscored the crucial role of neighbor- Queens has 41 buildings with fewer than hood libraries. For example, Oswald, a stu- 10,000 square feet, compared to 26 in dent, wrote, “The library is the only place I Brooklyn, 14 in the Bronx, seven in Statcan go after school that is safe.” Yunona, an en Island and only six in Manhattan … immigrant, said, “I started to learn English Of the $278 million (needed) for acquisiand basic computer skills here.” Shonda, tions and new construction citywide, formerly homeless, stated, “Without this $231 million is for expansions and place I would have had nowhere to write replacement buildings in Queens.”

The N YC Neighborhood Librar y my resume and would likely still be living Awards are designed to highlight the vital on the street.” role of branch libraries in the city, the needs of the library systems and the passionate support that they have from New Yorkers. Reflecting the city’s diversity, nomination forms for this year’s awards are available in Spanish, Chinese, French Creole, Korean, Russian and English and can be submitted online at nyclibraryawards.org, through the city’s three library systems’ websites, or in person at any neighborhood library.

Nominations will be open until Dec. 12.

It’s past time to recognize New York City’s neighborhood library as the public Q Could the Howard Beach Library be the one square of this great city.

Julie Sandorf is President of the that wins $20,000? Or another in Queens?

Maybe, but only if you nominate one. FILE PHOTO Charles H. Revson Foundation.

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Families work to stop gun violence Family members of shooting victims honored for efforts at prevention

by Victoria Zunitch Editor

Congressman Gregory Meeks marveled on Dec. 5 when he attended a dinner in Jamaica for mothers who have lost children to gun violence.

“I really don’t know of anybody more important than you,” said Meeks (D-Queens), who hosted the dinner. “You’re saving somebody else’s child and as a result, you’re making sure that your life has triumph.”

Event committee member Sheene Johnson said Meeks had suggested the dinner so the families could support each other during the difficult holidays. He met many of the dinner guests at a 2012 luncheon he held for mothers of gun violence.

“No one can understand their pain unless you stand in their shoes,” Meeks said.

Tanya Glasper, who lost her son Isaiah, said recovery has been a journey.

“We cried about it so much,” she said. “I finally put the liquor bottle away. Now I’m getting ready for my peaceful protest.”

Gun deaths very often grow out of a “beef” between two youths, usually males, said Simone-Marie Meeks, the congressman’s wife.

Five awards were given to people working to prevent the next gun death. Valerie and William Bell were honored, and Mrs.

Congressman Gregory Meeks, center, honored work done by people who have lost loved ones to PHOTO BY VICTORIA ZUNITCH gun violence at a dinner in Jamaica on Dec. 5.

Bell gave the keynote address in which she announced that she has written a book about her son Sean titled “Just 23” and plans to publish it in the new year.

Jackie Rowe-Adams, who lost two sons in separate shootings, founded Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent End) with Jean Corbett-Covington. The group provides peer-to-peer support and seeks to prevent future violence by working on its social causes.

“Gun violence ain’t going to stop,” RoweAdams said. “But I’ll tell you one thing. We can continue to save one life.”

Erica Ford of Life Camp works to reduce youth violence in part by speaking with the acquaintances and family members of gun victims in an effort to stop retaliation.

“We have taught young men the method of dealing with your troublesome spirit,” Ford said. “Of course when there’s a shooting and it’s your child, you don’t celebrate

the victories.”

Ford left to visit the scene of a fatal shooting at 144th St. in Jamaica. It was later reported that 21-year-old Taquane Clark, age 21, had been murdered in his home during a break-in by masked men.

Taylonn Murphy was honored for his dialogue with the mother of the a man who is now imprisoned for murdering his daughter Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy, a high school basketball star who died at age 18 in 2011.

Prosecutors said the crime was the result of a feud between young men in separate Bronx housing projects. Murphy’s dialogue with the mother is seen as helping to prevent further violence.

Oressa Napper-Williams was honored for founding Not Another Child, which seeks to keep young men out of trouble, in 2006 when her son was killed as a result of a dispute he had nothing to do with.

Some made passing reference to the Eric Garner and Michael Brown deaths at the hands of police and laws to control guns — “the only consumer product in America that’s unregulated,” Meeks said. But the main focus was on preventing people from using guns.

“There could be 1,000 guns, but we want people to have control of their mind so that Q they never pick it up,” Ford said.

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With some holiday magic, an airplane hangar in JFK’s Terminal 2 became a winter wonderland last Wednesday.

As part of the 4th annual “JFK Holiday in the Hangar” event, a nationwide program hosted by Delta Airlines and the YMCA, 150 students from PS 154 in the Bronx were treated to a day of fun in Queens.

On a Delta 767 that taxied down the runway — taking the place of Santa’s reindeer — the children were magically transported to the “North Pole,” where special guests joined in the joy and Santa himself passed out gifts.

The biggest present of all was a $10,000 check from the airline to the Bronx YMCA.

Included in the cheer were, starting from the top row, left, flight attendant and Kew Gardens resident Margo Cortinaslodin; students holding “boarding passes” before entering the plane; a boy receiving a toy from Santa Claus; second row, left, Mrs. Met and the New York Liberty’s Maddie embracing; students waving on the plane; third row, left, Delta’s Gail Grimmett, left, presenting a check to Bronx YMCA Executive Director Sharlene Brown, right; Zaniyah Howell flaunting her wintry makeup; the whole group posing in the hangar; bottom row, left, actress Ciara Bravo posing with young fans and a student-turned-tiger standing by Santa.

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NYPD brass talk body cameras in the 103rd Pilot program to begin before Christmas; technology limits, training to be tested

by Michael Gannon

Deputy Commissioner Lawrence Byrne of the NYPD said the department will be evaluating two types of body cameras and both the uses and limitations of the available technology in a pilot program beginning in the next two weeks.

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On the cusp of a pilot program that will equip police officers in the 103rd Precinct with body cameras, a high-ranking police official was in Jamaica Tuesday night to talk about what the NYPD knows about cameras and still must find out.

The 103rd will be the only precinct in Queens participating in the trial program. Speaking before about 40 members of the public at a meeting of the precinct’s Community Council, Lawrence Byrne, deputy commissioner for legal matters, said the program will be up and running before Christmas.

Byrne said the department is testing two models of cameras in order to evaluate the technology, when and where officers should be required to turn them on and off, and any limitations that might come to the fore during a trial period that will extend at least into early next year. “Officers will be required to turn them on during arrests, certain interactions with the public, motor vehicle stops, incidents of stop, question and frisk,� Byrne said.

He said they will be turned off at other times such as meal breaks, interviewing of some witnesses and other instances when the officer or members of the public would have an expectation of privacy.

He said all cameras will be taken at the end of a shift and the information downloaded and stored for review. “The officer cannot erase, edit or tape over it,� Byrne said. “Film will be reviewed at several levels internally and externally.�

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One camera, he said, has a battery life of eight hours and the other five, thus preventing continuous use.

An officer might forget to turn the camera on at a mandated time, and officers not meeting trial protocols will be retrained. “Also, if an officer is involved in a scuffle, a camera can be pulled off, or he might forget to turn it on engaging in a chase because he is in a dangerous situation,� Byrne said, particularly with the camera model worn on an officer’s uniform tie. “Some people think cops wear clip-on ties because they have no fashion sense,� Byrne said. “They wear them so if their ties are grabbed in a scuffle, they come off.�

Officer safety, paramount to the NYPD, hits close to home for Byrne, whose brother, Edward, was a patrolman in the 103rd when he was killed in the line of duty in 1988.

But Donna Clopton, president of the 103rd Community Council, said after the meeting that she is satisfied with the current plans and safeguards. “This will be good for the community and the police,� she said. “Sometimes with people taking videos, you get only one side.�

Byrne said the technology, still in its relative infancy in police work, should not be seen as a threat by rank-and-file police officers, citing the experience of Commissioner Bill Bratton as an example. “He started his career in Boston in 1970, when they were just getting individual radios,� Byrne said. “They were big, clunky things. The cops hated them. Now I would ask you to Q find an officer who doesn’t want to go out with a radio.�

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Activists to NYPD: ‘We can’t

by Tess McRae Associate Editor

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

The same week Mayor de Blasio announced a decrease in civilian police complaints, a grand jury announced the officer accused of killing Eric Garner in an apparent chokehold was not guilty.

The city erupted and thousands of people took to the streets, holding signs and demanding justice for a man who was approached by several officers while selling loosey cigarettes.

“This stops today,” Garner said just before resisting arrest. It was then Officer Daniel Pantaleo can be seen on video wrapping his arm around Garner’s neck.

The hold has been called a choke by some and a headlock by others.

Regardless, Garner’s final words, “I can’t breathe,” would become the trademark of protests, marches and demonstrations going on around the city and country.

“I knew it was only a matter of time before this would happen again,” Hawa Bah, mother of Mohammed Bah, who was killed by an officer in 2012, yelled into a megaphone in Foley Square. “And it will continue to happen until we step in.”

The day after the grand jury announcement was made, hoards of people gathered in Downtown Manhattan, flanked by the city court buildings. Hundreds of officers surrounded the protesters like a buoy line, loosely keeping the marchers in order without hindering their First Amendment rights.

The crowd in Foley Square was diverse. People of all ages, races and genders chanted things like “Eric Garner, Michael Brown, shut the whole system down” and “No justice, no peace. No racist police.”

The original plan was to have protesters cross the bridge into Brooklyn, but the group quickly split up into as many as four contingents. Many major corridors, including Broadway, Canal Street and the West Side Highway, were completely shut down by marchers, causing major traffic delays.

Thousands across city march and cry

Protesters chant and hold signs in Foley Square in front of the New York County Courthouse, 24 hours after the grand jury PHOTOS BY TESS MCRAE announcement was made.

While the Foley Square march got the most attention, it officers for the “discrimination” faced by immigrants and was not the only demonstration held in the week since the black people every day.

The encounter ended with a moment of silence. grand jury’s decision was made.

Protesters stood stone-faced and rain-soaked with their In Jackson Heights, several activist groups, including Desis Rising Up and Moving, New Immigrant and Cop hands up, staring at the officers as if to say “The blood of Watch, gathered for a community discussion followed by an Garner and all of those killed by the NYPD is on your hands.” action.

The Garner case, no doubt, has raised the issue of com“This country that we’re in, this city that we’re in, this building that we’re in was stolen from indigenous munity policing once again. In 2013, community policing people, built on genocide,” Fahd Ahmed, executive was a major focus of the City Council which passed the director of DRUM, said. “We’re in an ongoing strug- Community Safety Act — which puts added monitoring on gle, as is evident in what we see on the streets and in police conducting stop and frisks — but as demonstrations the news. The purpose of this event is to show solidar- continue, with no clear end in sight, it is hard to pin down ity and ensure society deem the lives of the black community as valuable.”

The series of speakers, only one of whom was black, were emotional. Undocumented immigrants shared their stories of fear and South Asians showed their support for their African-American counterparts.

“One of the things I’ve really been trying to do is convey how system-wide discrimination in the Police Department really is,” Cou nci l m a n Da n ny D rom m (D-Jackson Heights) said in an emotional speech during the event.

The community meeting came to a head when 30 or so activists took to the streets and marched in the rain to the 115th Precinct.

Major streets, including 37th and Roosevelt avenues and Northern Boulevard, were blocked by Three young protesters chant, “Black lives matter. We can’t breath. m a r c h e r s , w h o , o n c e t h e y Activists march toward Broadway to shut the major corridor down to cars and trucks reached the precinct, criticized for a least a half hour.

Let’s end racism for good. Peace! We can’t breathe.”

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out the last words uttered by Garner why people march.

For some, it seems the reason is the death of a black man in Staten Island, for others, it’s NYPD policies such as broken windows and stop and frisk or the so-called genocide of poor black communities.

For the majority of marchers though, it seems each reason is one and the same. They want better policing and they want it now. “I was brought up to be afraid of police officers, to always be afraid,� Hendrick, a Queens-native who marched in the Foley Square rally, said. “It was never ‘be afraid after you see it’s a bad cop,’ it was to be afraid. You walk around and even if you’ve done nothing wrong, you feel like these officers are just seeing you as another statistic. I don’t want to be afraid of police no more. I want to live in a country where I can feel good walking down the street.�

Unlike in Ferguson, Mo., after a grand jury did not indict an officer in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the protests in the city have remained largely peaceful.

Several hundred arrests have been made, a majority of which were not for violent acts.

More commonly, groups want to be seen and heard by everyone.

Last Friday, while members of DRUM and NICE marched up 37th Street, groups of protestors held die-ins — where demonstrators lie on the floor, usually interlocking their arms — in Macy’s, the Apple store and other popular businesses in Manhattan.

Marches and actions are also scheduled for Thursday

with this ‘Tale of Two Cities’ garbage, but I’m seeing a tale of three: The city for the rich, the city for the poor and the city for blacks.�

The justice system will again be tested when a grand jury determines the case of an NYPD officer who “accidentally� shot Akai Gurley in the stairway of the Pink Houses. “If they don’t indict him, I’m done,� Hendrick said. “I’m Q done with this city and I’m done being nice.�

and Friday night with the Million People March taking place on Saturday afternoon. “It’s exciting to see everyone pushing,� Hendrick said. “So many different people showing their support is really awesome. And the fact it’s been going on this long is even more awesome. I don’t think [Police Commissioner Bill] Bratton is going to be able to ignore it. It’s too big now.�

Si nce t he g r a nd ju r y announcement, the de Blasio a d m i n i s t r a t io n a n d t h e NYPD have rolled out what m a ny act iv ist s called a “nonsolution solution� to community policing through the new body camera program. “If you have a video of a man being choked and telling people he can’t breathe and the officer doesn’t get indicted, what the hell are body cameras going to do?� one protester in Manhattan asked. “It’s going to do nothing. It’s a move to make de Blasio look good and that he’s here for us. He goes on Police sirens in the background as marchers walk toward Canal Street and the Holland Tunnel.

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Pols blast Garner ruling, eye reform Lawmakers say DOJ should charge NYPD officer for ‘chokehold’ death

by Khorri Atkinson Chronicle Contributor

A Staten Island grand jury’s decision last week not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner has triggered nationwide anger, including among Queens congressional members who are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to slap a federal indictment against the cop.

At a press conference last week in Washington, moments after the announcement of the decision, lawmakers renewed their calls for the DOJ to launch a federal investigation in Garner’s death. The DOJ said it will probe the man’s death, including how the grand jury reached its decision.

“We’ve got a problem that America must conf ront,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeff r ies (D-Brooklyn, Queens). “We don’t understand how the grand jury could have arrived at this result. The decision by a grand jury not to indict in the death of Eric Garner is a miscarriage of justice; it’s an outrage, it’s a disgrace, it’s a blow to our democracy and it should shock the conscience of every single American who cares about justice and fair play.”

Jeffries was joined by fellow New York members of Congress Nydia Velazquez (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens), Gregory Meeks (D-Queens, Nassau) and Joe Crowley (D-Bronx, Queens).

Congressmen Gregory Meeks, front, and Hakeem Jeffries at a recent press conference on Capitol Hill with other New York congressional members, speaking about the grand jury’s decision not to C-SPAN IMAGE indict the police officer who placed a Staten Island man in a fatal hold.

At a breakfast meeting held Monday at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center about the jury’s decision, the cry for transparency was echoed. Meeks, who spearheaded the talk, announced actions that the Congressional Black Caucus and the DOJ will pursue. He said the DOJ will examine the NYPD’s policing policies and practices and the jury process and

its “lack of effort to indict” the officer.

“Their decision conflicts with the NYPD policy that chokehold is prohibited and the medical examiner’s officers that ruled Eric Garner’s death a homicide,” said Meeks.

The congressman also repeated the call for transparency. He said the district attorney should release details that explain how the

grand jury reached its decision. He argued that the “lack of transparency” allows civilians not to trust the legal system.

A day after the decision, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan sought authorization, under state law, from a judge to release specific elements of the grand jury proceedings. Only the number of witnesses who testified and the evidences they reviewed were made known. The transcripts of witnesses’ testimonies, Garner’s autopsy report and the charges the jury considered against Pantaleo remain concealed.

The decision on the Garner case came on the heels of another grand jury’s determination not to indict Ferguson, Mo. Police Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. The deaths of both black men at the hands of white officers have called for the implementation of police body cameras across the country. Last Friday, the NYPD launched a pilot body camera program.

What good body cameras will do is another question posed by lawmakers. They noted that Garner’s altercation with police was caught on camera, which they said proved that Pantaleo used “unnecessary excessive force” and Garner wasn’t a threat.

“What more does America needs to see?”

Jeffries asked. “The video is living, breathing, continued on next page

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emergency personnel stood by without assisting him, videos show, and he died a few minutes later.

The case also triggered a call for a special prosecutor to investigate killings of unarmed civilians by law enforcement officials. Critics on Garner’s case argued that local district attorneys work too closely with law enforcement. Some believed there is a conflict of interest in cases when they have to prosecute an officer.

On Monday, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked Gov. Cuomo to grant his office such authority.

However, Meeks, a former prosecutor, voiced caution about the idea.

“We have to be very careful here,” he said. “We can’t jump to make a quick decision because we’re heated right now. We have to examine this thoroughly.”

He asked, “Who’s going to appoint that person? And where will that pool of candidates come from? As a federal elected official, I’ve asked Attorney General Eric Holder to give us recommendations about this.”

Reports said Cuomo’s office is reviewing Schneiderman’s request, which is supported

by Public Advocate Letitia James and city Comptroller Scott Stringer. The only elected official from Queens who announced full support is state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst). On Tuesday, state Democrats introduced a bill that would appoint a speQ cial prosecutor.

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continued from previous page probable cause that a crime occurred. He begged for his life. It is indescribable that the grand jury could not return a single charge.”

Velazquez asked, “How could you sit there as a juror, watch this video and issue a nonindictment?”

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the pilot program will prevent and record misconduct between officers and civilians.

“It really does provide the ability to deal with the ‘he said, she said’ issue that often is a challenge in situations that involve officers and citizens,” he said.

Meeks concurs with Bratton that body cameras will help to change how officers react to civilians. However, he said they are not enough to build community relations between police and people of color.

“What we need to dispel is that body cameras are the answer,” said Meeks.

“Don’t put all of your weight on a body camera to resolve this issue in America; that’s not what’s going to resolve it.”

On July 17, Garner was confronted by police for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island. He was grabbed from the behind and put in a chokehold, a maneuver that that is prohibited by departmental policy — though some including the police union say it was just a legal headlock.

Garner could be heard repeatedly saying to the officers, “I can’t breathe.” Police and

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Margaret Finnerty honored The accolades just keep coming for Margaret Finnerty.

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Finnerty has been the family advocate for School District 27 for the past 13 years

and has worked for the Department of Education for 25 years.

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Right, Finnerty receives a citation from Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Rockaway Park).

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And the agency acknowledged that the 2012 figure included both the 5,796 incidents recorded in that year’s Hate Crime Statisics report and another 777 published in a later addendum.

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E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, writing an opinion piece in Sunday’s New York Post, reported that the bill amounted to an effort by the unions to nullify a unanimous 2006 state Court of Appeals decision that had confirmed the police commissioner’s authority over discipline.

The measure passed the state Senate 57-2 and the Assembly 132-2.

McMahon, who opposes the measure, claimed it would reduce the ability of Commissioner Bill Bratton to run the Police Q Department as he sees fit.

Easier sex change on birth certificates OK’d The City Council on Monday approved a bill that would allow people to change the sex listed on their birth certificates without undergoing surgery, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announced.

Mayor de Blasio is expected to sign the measure into law, the group said, and the Board of Health will adopt regulations that mirror its provisions immediately.

Under the legislation, people who want to make a change to their birth certificates would have to get a licensed healthcare provider to state that what is listed there is not their “true sex.”

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Many are poor: report More than 40 percent of Queens residents do not have the income needed to cover food, shlether, clothing, healthcare and transportation, according to a new study by the United Way of New York City, City Harvest and the Women’s Center for Career and Education Advancement.

While the U.S. government’s poverty threshold for a family of four is $15,730 a year, the report said the least expensive part of the city requires $52,776 for a “bare-bones” lifestyle.

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Boxer charged with murder A 28-year-old Far Rockaway man has been charged in the murder of Margarita Rivera, 31, who was beaten and stabbed to death down the street from her home on Dec. 1, police report.

T h e s u s p e c t , Tr e v i s H a l l of Brookhaven Avenue, is a professional boxer who has fought at the Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park and, according to press reports, was the victim’s boyfriend.

Rivera was killed near her home on Watson Place at about 2:30 p.m., police said. Stabbed repeatedly in the head and chest, she was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center but pronounced dead on arrival.

Police announced Hall’s arrest Dec. 4. He is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of fourthdegree weapons possession.

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Attention, drivers. Construction work on the Kosciuszko Bridge, spanning Brooklyn and Queens, will impact the flow of traffic on the span until the end of the month.

The Department of Transportation announced last Thursday that it will close a lane of traffic on eastbound Meeker Avenue between Kingsland and Porter avenues in Brooklyn Mondays through Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and intermittently between Mondays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. throughout the month of December.

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The approximately 240 people who visit the Social Security office in Rego Park each day will soon have to travel a bit further to apply for retirement or disability benefits.

The federal agency’s office at 63-44 Austin St. will close to the public for three to four months to allow for renovations to the building, starting on Friday, Dec. 12 at noon, according to the office of Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing).

For area residents who frequent the office, all walk-in traffic and appointments will be handled by the three closest Social Security offices to the one in Rego Park: 155-10 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica, 138-50 Barclay Ave. in Flushing or 1111 Myrtle Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

The 32 employees who work at the Rego Park facility will also be temporarily transferred to one of the three listed locations.

The goal of the construction work is to modernize the facility.

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left in the game and Syracuse leading 53-52.

The Orange’s Chris McCullough, a Bronx native, attempted a layup on a fast break, only to be fouled hard by sophomore Red Stor m g u a rd Rysheed Jord a n.

McCullough took offense to the foul, resulting in some pushing and shoving between both squads under the basket.

In years past, St. John’s may have emotionally folded under the pressure of being down on the scoreboard on the road in a hostile environment. But Greene said that wasn’t going to happen, not in a game of that magnitude. “Each and every one of us on the court came together,� he said, “and said it was time to get this win.�

True to his word, the Red Storm finished the game on a 17-2 run, holding Syracuse to just one field goal in the final six minutes.

With 3:59 left in the game and the Red Storm trailing 55-52, Greene pulled up for three from the left corner and knocked down the clutch long range jumper to tie the game. One minute later, the Chicago native buried another triple to give the Johnnies a 58-55 lead. “In my head, I was shooting regardless,�

Greene said of his go-ahead bomb. “I knew I was going to make a big shot.�

A Greene layup gave St. John’s a 60-55 advantage and with 59 seconds remaining, the hot-handed guard sunk yet another three ball, which he called the biggest shot of his four-year career. “This was a big game for us. It ended the losing streak,� he said.

Fellow senior guard D’Angelo Harrison scored a game-high 24 points while junior center Chris Obekpa finished with a gamehigh 15 rebounds and four blocks.

St. John’s coach Steve Lavin, who joins his players in recording his first win over Syracuse as coach of the Johnnies, said the joy of upsetting their longtime rival was not lost on his squad. “I’m really proud of our kids. I couldn’t ask for more from this group,� Lavin said. “The locker room has a special feel.�

The Red Storm and their fans had much to celebrate after Saturday night’s win, but Harrison said there wasn’t much time for that. “We’ll celebrate for 24 hours,� he said, “and then we’ll flush it and move on.�

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The last time St. John’s made the trip upstate and beat the Syracuse Orange at the Carr ier Dome, Phil Greene IV was an elementary school student in Chicago.

Fast forward 15 years, it was Greene who helped break one of the more frustrating streaks in recent school history.

The senior guard scored 11 straight points for the Red Storm, including a trio of three pointers, in the final four minutes of last Saturday’s stunning 69-57 win over hated rival Syracuse, the school’s first at the Carrier Dome since 1999.

After an offseason chock-full of questions over whether some players would return to the school or even be academically eligible this season, the Red Storm find themselves ranked 24th in the nation and the owners of a 6-1 record.

Every college basketball fan knows how tough an environment it is to play in. And growing up a diehard fan of the University of Connecticut, the many wars my team waged against the Orange has left me with one impression of their fanbase: Syracuse supporters are as rabid as they come, even bordering on delusional.

On Saturday, the attendance of 24,884 marked the largest crowd to attend a college basketball game anywhere in the nation this year.

Yet somehow, someway, the Red Storm walked into the Carrier Dome and silenced them, laying claim to the title of “New York’s College Team,� a moniker both schools say belongs to them.

Eight days after nearly knocking off Gonzaga, a top-10 team, St. John’s played with the mentality that you can’t have a conversation about the best teams in the NCAA without including them.

They took an early lead a few minutes into the game. They withstood every Syracuse run. They made up for sloppy turnovers with defensive stops and buckets in transition. They were resilient, a trait that has escaped the Johnnies in recent years.

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A long-awaited — and long overdue — new subway entrance to the E and F lines in Briarwood finally opened for business on Monday.

The ent rance, on the nor th side of Queens Boulevard near the library, was first planned for fall 2012 before weather, the discovery of lead paint and other delays sometimes slowed construction to a crawl.

The entrance was part of a $14 million reconstruction of the Briarwood-Van Wyck Boulevard station, part of the first phase of a state Department of Transportation project to modernize the Kew Gardens highway interchange about a half mile to the north along the Van Wyck Expressway.

Since 2012, commuters living or working on the north side of Queens Boulevard had to navigate a labyrinth of crosswalks and concrete barriers to cross the boulevard safely to and from the southern entrance.

The north entrance was the subject of a heated public meeting with the DOT in May. But this week, Briarwood riders were just pleased to have the new entrance with its glass-and-steel canopy open.

“It’s better than having to go down and around,” Robert Sullivan said. “It saves you five minutes here and there.”

Heading under the canopy in Wednesday morning’s rain, Hafi Odusanya also welcomed the extra convenience.

“But I hope they’ll be able to clear around this area soon,” she said of the construction work and heavy equipment that still permeate the area around Main Street and the Van Wyck.

The Kew Gardens Interchange is a tangle of roads and ramps where the Van Wyck, the Grand Central and Jackie Robinson parkways and Union Turnpike all converge.

The first stage, which includes widening the Van Wyck by two lanes, building new ramps and refurbishing or replacing six bridges that cross the expressway, is scheduled to be completed in 2016.

In a joint statement issued on Monday, elected and transportation officials were as elated as the riding public.

“The Briarwood/Van Wyck subway station is a critical resource for thousands of MTA customers in the Kew Gardens area, and we’re pleased that they will now have modern, bright and convenient ways to enter and exit the station,” said Thomas Prendergast, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

State Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing), a vocal critic of the delays in the last year, was more diplomatic than he was at May’s hearing.

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National Tennis Center construction continues Three towering cranes, ancillary work dominate area around Arthur Ashe

by Christopher Barca Associate Editor

You can see them for miles around.

Two massive cranes, one on each side of Arthur Ashe Stadium within the National Tennis Center in Flushing, have become seemingly permanent parts of the skyline in recent weeks.

Within Flushing Meadows Corona Park just outside the gates of the center, work on underground electrical lines, roadways encircling the venue inside the park and the surrounding trees is also underway.

While construction workers appeared to be as busy as can be on Monday morning, the building of a $100 million retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium still has years to go before it’s completed.

The two towering cranes, one of which is more than twice the height of the venue, have been used to hoist sections of the planned roof’s trusses in the months after the 2014 US Open ended in September.

Once all the trusses are hoisted into place, construction of the permanent section of the retractable structure will begin after next year’s tennis tournament.

Columns that will support the new roof were driven into the ground over this past spring and summer, shortly before this year’s US Open.

The roof will enclose the stadium’s existing

Two massive cranes and a third smaller one lift trusses into place as part of the construction of a $100 million retractable roof slated to cover Arthur Ashe Stadium by the time play begins in PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER BARCA the 2016 US Open. light towers and the building will stand 190 feet tall when it’s closed, 82 feet higher than it is now.

The first tournament played with a completed roof over the heads of competitors

such as Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic is expected to be the 2016 US Open, according to United States Tennis Association officials who spoke at last month’s Community Board 4 meeting.

The retractable structure will be completed in the first phase of the National Tennis Center’s wide-ranging renovation.

The second phase of work will include constructing a new 8,000-seat Grandstand Stadium in the southwest quadrant of the center.

The plan also calls for moving some field courts south and creating a larger pedestrian esplanade.

Phase 3 involves building a new 15,000seat Armstrong Stadium, adding 5,000 more seats than the current facility.

The entire project should be completed in 2018 and is expected to cost around $500 million.

The officials speaking at CB 4 said each project is moving forward as expected, but the USTA did not return follow-up requests for comment on the construction progress before press time.

The lengthy nature of the work can be partly attributed to having to halt all construction from mid-August to early September each year.

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Dancer Cynthia Stanley performs with a woven bamboo structure designed and created by Dutch artist Maria Blaisse at a special performance at the Noguchi Museum.

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which is breathing very, very slowly, respirating much slower than we do, is just incredible. It is a hybrid mechanical and biological system.”

“Arduino” is one of several bamboo structures made by Blaisse. Some are fastened at both ends; others take on a cylindrical form, like a basket or a band. One can be y stretched into a donut-shaped spiral, like a metal stre SSlinky toy.

The exhibit also features a short film, by filmmaker Jellie Dekker, of dancers with Blaisse’s woven structures. They climb inside or stand beside the podlike structures, bending sso the bamboo strips, held together by elastic fasteners, yield. fa Some clips were shot in a studio but others take place in natural settings, with dancers and structures moving atop sand dunes or beds of grass. They invite viewers to question: Does the dancer manipulate the form, or does the material control the human?

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A plump woven bamboo sphere, evoking a bird’s nest or dumpling, sits amid the Noguchi Museum’s collection of stone giants. Upon closer look, there’s a subtle surprise: It moves.

Swelling like an undulating jellyfish or a slowly inhaling lung, “Breathing Sphere” is a creation of Dutch artist and designer Maria Blaisse , presented to Noguchi by the design researchers at slowLab in Amsterdam.

Named “Arduino,” after the microchip that powers its movement, the structure’s peculiar “breathing” is sedate and hypnotic. A gossamer thread links the top of the sphere to the tiny motor on the bottom. The pulsing is meant to reveal the potential of the flexible bamboo, the reelationship between natural materials and the human body, and the many configurations inherent within the form.

“Noguchi is interested in the intersection of industry and nature in an unusually intimate way,” Dakin Hart, senior curator at the museum, said. “This amazing breathing sphere,

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THEATER Comedy Night at Central Queens YM & YWHA, lineup includes Jared Logan, Dennis Rooney, Eric Haft and KC Arora, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, Sat., Dec. 13, 8 p.m. $15 CGY members, $20 nonmembers. Complimentary babysitting available. Info/ tickets: (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, cgy.org/tickets.

Queens Secret Improv Club, Queens’ only allimprov comedy theater, Indie teams: Wed. & Thurs.

7, 8 & 9 p.m., $5. House teams: Fri., 7:30, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m., $7 for the whole night. Secret Theatre, 44-02 23 St., Long Island City. Info: secrettheatre.com

Free lung cancer screenings, Forest Hills Hospital, Weds., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 102-01 66 Road. Scan takes about five minutes and uses low-dose radiation.

App’t req’d. Info: (855) 375-5864.

Legendary techno music activist group Underground Resistance will perform at MoMA PS1 on Dec. 14.

Wednesday Night Singles Group, SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck, second and fourth Wed. of each month, 7-9 p.m. $7 members, $9 nonmembers.

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MUSIC Underground Resistance and more, presented

by Allgold, at MoMA PS1, in the inaugural Print Shop Residency music program for Sunday Sessions, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, Sun., Dec. 14, 1-6 p.m.

DANCE Colombia Musical Review, with Mestizo Dance Company and Harold Gutierrez & his Band, Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, thru Dec. 14. Enjoy the beauty and diversity of Colombian music and dance. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 4 p.m. $40 adults, $37 seniors/students.

Info/tickets: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.

AUDITIONS “Made in Southeast Queens,” a new original musical, Black Spectrum Theatre, Roy Wilkins Park, 177 St. & Baisley Blvd., Jamaica, Tue., Dec. 16, 1-2:30 and 7-8:30 p.m. Seeking African-American male/female singers/actors of all ages, including a young boy and a senior white female. Prepare song of your choice (bring sheet music) and monologue, all singing styles. Info: (718) 275-6476.

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CLASSES Free English classes for Spanish speakers every Sat., South Asian Center, 72-26 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights. All levels available, must call (646) 727-7821 to register.

Hawkins-based modern technique dance with Valerie Green, every Tue., 6:30-8 p.m. $18 pp; $15 dancers/students. Green Space Studio, 37-24 24 St., #301, Long Island City. Contact: (718) 9563037, greenspacestudio.org/classes.html.

Italian for Beginners, every Tues., 7-9 p.m., 10-week course. $60 pp. Dance with Instruction, every Mon. and Fri., 7:15-8:15 p.m. $10. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. Contact: (718) 478-3100.

Spanish for beginners and face & hand reading according to Zohar, Bayside Jewish Center, 203-05 32 Ave., Free. Info: (347) 771-9132.

Turkish Erbu/water marbling art classes, every second Sat., 7-9 p.m., Turkish Cultural Center, 43-49 45 St., Sunnyside. $35 pp, space limited. Contact: Anne (718) 482-8263, info@tccqueens.org.

Watercolor classes, National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Wed., 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. All techniques, beginner to advanced, with demonstration. Call: (718) 969-1128.

DJ classes, Mainline, 218-12 Hillside Ave., Queens Village, 1st & 2nd week of every month. Once a week, four sessions, classes in beat mixing and MC techniques. Call: (718) 479-4848.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Christmas concert, historic First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, Queens Blvd. at 54th Ave., Elmhurst, with the church’s Cancel Choir and The Harmonious Chorus, Fri., Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. Free, but donations will be collected.

Winter Fest at Citi Field, New York Mets and Metropolitan Hospitality team up for an afternoon of family fun, caroling, winter arts & crafts, meet and greet Santa and more, Sat., Dec. 13, 1-5 p.m. $10 adults, $7 children. Tickets: mets.com/winterfest.

Winter Solstice Star celebration, Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Sat., Dec. 13, 7-9 p.m. $18 adults, children 9 and up, pre-registration required. Contact: (718) 229-4000, alleypond.com Winter concert, Bayside Glee Club, Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Sun., Dec. 14, 3 p.m. Contact: csofq@aol.com.

17th annual Christmas concert, Chinese Youth Corps of New York, Youth Orchestra, Cardozo High School, 5700 223 St., Bayside, Sun., Dec. 14, 4 p.m. Free.

“Lessons & Carols,” St. Andrew Avellino Church, 158 St. at Northern Blvd., Flushing, Sun., Dec. 14, 3:30 p.m., music by the combined adult and children’s choirs and on the classical Casavant organ, followed by lighting of parish Christmas tree on Northern Blvd.

Las Posadas celebration, Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at Arrow Community Center, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, Sat., Dec. 20, 2-4 p.m. Free.

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

Chanukah festival, Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, Sun., Dec. 14, 1-3:30 p.m. $5 per child over two, $15 family max, adults free. Fun includes: magic show, crafts, inflatables, games, book fair, snacks for sale and every child gets a holiday surprise. Info/tickets: (718) 2685011, Robin Kaufman, ext. 482, or Dale Stark, ext. 501.

Chanukah party, Astoria Center of Israel, 27-35 Crescent St, Sun., Dec. 21, 3-5 p.m., $10 adults, kids free. Info: (718) 278-2680, astoriacenter.org.

COMMUNITY “The Men’s Rising Conference,” IS 59, 132-55 Ridgedale St., Springfield Gardens, Sat., Dec. 20, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free immigration services, first and third Wed. of each month, City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley’s district office, 71-19 80 St., Glendale.

Make appt. for help with naturalization and deferred action for childhood arrivals. All services are confidential and open to the public. Info: (718) 366-3900.

SPECIAL EVENTS 18th annual Central Queens YM & YWHA, Author’s Cafe, trailblazer Gail Sheehy, featured speaker, Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Sun., Dec. 14, 4 p.m. Minimum donation in advance is $18 ($23 at door). Info/tickets: (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, cgy.org/tickets.

KIDS/TEENS NBA-Fit Dribble, Dish & Swish competition, Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills, Sun., Dec. 14, 5:30 p.m., for boys and girls, ages 7-12, core basketball skills of dribbling, passing and shooting. Free, bring birth certificate and complete registration prior to competition. Register/info: Adam Ostroff (718) 268-5011, ext. 505.

Kids free art classes, by Latin American Cultural Center of Queens at Arrow Community Center, for ages 8-16, 35-30 35 St., Astoria, every Tue. & Thurs., 4:30-6 p.m. and Sat., 10-11:30 a.m. Info: (718) 261-7664, laccq@aol.com.

HOLIDAY FLEA MARKETS Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, Sat., Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m-4 p.m. $25 per table. Call (718) 478-3100.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church, giant indoor holiday event, Mulz Hall, Jamaica Ave. & 88th St., Woodhaven, Sat.-Sun., Dec. 13-14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Info: (718) 847-1353.

St. Josaphat’s Church, flea market and ethnic Polish bake sale, parish hall, 35th Ave. & 210th St., Bayside, Sun., Dec. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Info: Steve (718) 224-3052.

Ridgewood Market, Gottscheer Hall, 657 Fairview Ave., Sun., Dec. 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Parsons Blvd. & Union Tpke., Jamaica, Sat., Dec. 14, 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Richmond Hill, 117-09 Hillside Ave., every Sun., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Largest flea market in Queens.

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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Ja Rule, Fat Joe to perform in Queens Saturday

by Anthony O’Reilly

“I love Queens,” he said. “Growing up in Queens was a different experience.”

Queens native and hip-hop icon Ja Rule doesn’t get In fact, Ja Rule claims Queens is the true “New York too many opportunities to say “Holla Holla” to the bor- City,” not Manhattan. ough he grew up in.

“When people from out of town come into New “There’s not too many spots in Queens to perform York City, they think Manhattan,” he said. “But really at,” he said. the core of New York City is the That will change on Saturday, boroughs.” when he’ll be “Livin It Up” at the Queens was also the place Resorts World Casino on Saturday where Ja Rule was first introduced When: Sat., Dec. 13, 9 p.m. during a special concert. to hip-hop.

Where: Resorts World Casino Ja Rule, the stage name for Jef“Queens was very, very deep110-00 Rockaway Blvd. frey Atkins, will be performing rooted in hip-hop,” he said.

Tickets: $25 in advance, alongside his Bronx counterpart, Eventually, he became one of $35 at door; Fat Joe. the artists he once listended to, rwnewyork.com He said it will be his first time like Russell Simmons and LL Cool performing at the casino.

J, while walking the streets of “I’m very much waiting to see Hollis. what it’s all about,” he said. “I’ve heard a lot of great In 1999, he came out with his first big album, things.

“Venni, Vetti, Vecci,” which went platinum by the Ja Rule, now a resident of New Jersey, was born and year’s end. raised in Hollis, and during his teenage years attended Since then, he’s recorded nine studio albums.

John Adams High School in Ozone Park.

His 2001 album, “Pain is Love” was nominated for While in Hollis, he attended PS 134 until he was the best rap album at the Grammy Awards. In the same transferred to MS 172 because he kept getting into year, he won the NAACP Image Award for Best Rap/ fights.

Hip-Hop Artist Ja Rule, left, will be performing in his home borough on Saturday Even so, he looked back on his time in the borough But his career doesn’t end there. continued continuedon onpage page00 49 with Bronx native Fat Joe, right. PHOTO COURTESY RESORTS WORLD CASINO with fond memories. qboro contributor

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Luther Vandross performs with longtime friends and collaborator Diana Ross in 2000.

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Luther Vandross’ smooth voice is one of the most recognizable in R&B in the world. Star ting off as a background vocalist for such superstars as Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross and David Bowie, Vandross went on to become a solo artist who has sold more than 25 million records worldwide and won eight Grammys.

While the singer died tragically in 2005 from a heart attack, singles including “Here and Now,” “A House is Not a Home” and “Never Too Much” allow for Vandross’ legacy to continue.

It is because of that legacy the Black Spectrum Theatre will be hosting a special tribute for the ar tist at Resor t s World, almost 10 years after his death.

The show will be held at the 360 Bar Lounge — a circular bar with a stage on top — and admission is free.

Singers Chris Curry, Martinez Little and Petawane will croon covers of Vandross’ greatest hits with guest appearances by Vivian Perry, Rain, Mike Traxx and Eluminum.

The Vandross tribute is not the first the Black Spectrum Theatre has produced. This year has seen one tribute to poet and playwright Ruby Dee and two Ray Charles shows.

A specific lineup for the show has yet to be released, but there will be three

separate performances, all for free. The second one, at 9:30 p.m. is being advertised as a “special performance.”

Af ter his death, Vandross made a huge comeback, surprisingly from a younger demographic.

The reason behind this spike can most likely be attributed to the popular TV show “Glee” having done a cover and mashup of “A House is Not a Home” in the season two episode entitled “Home.”

The three headliners for the tribute performance have large shoes to fill as Vandross’ recognizable voice is nearly impossible to imitate. The show and performers would be better off singing their own versions of his slow jams.

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Amid Noguchi stones, a bamboo sphere has a pulse continued from page page 00 43 continued from The bamboo strips are moisturized to stay Blaisse’s work is one of several of the museum’s flexible, but partway through the show, one snapped. Blaisse, who observed from the recent exhibits that have spotlighted outside artists.

“We don’t really show other artists. It’s really not sidelines, announced in a matter-of-fact mansomething we’ve done much of,” Hart said. But when ner, “Time to do repairs.” It’s a delicate proslowLab approached them, however, he immediately cess, learning to speak the form’s language.

“It’s kind of like swimming for the first saw a connection.

On Dec. 6, the museum held a talk about “Breathing time,” Sara Jimenez, another dancer, said after the performance.

Sphere” and a demonstration draw“It’s this constant texing from the film’s exploration. ture around you that Before a crowd of about 50, your body feels intuithree dancers moved within three tively connected with in When: Wed. to Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; more of Blaisse’s bamboo strucsome way.”

Sat. to Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; tures that were brought to the Blaisse said the expethrough Jan 4 museum temporarily. They perrience constructing the formed before a work by Noguchi Where: Noguchi Museum, forms in her quiet stucalled, “To Intrude on Nature’s 9-01 33 Road, LIC dio space in Amsterdam Way.” At some points, one dancer Tickets: $10; $5 for seniors and kids; was fun, yet took hard, “Arduino,” a woven bamboo sphere that “breathes,” is on display at the worked with t wo struc tures at noguchi.org precise work. At first, Noguchi Museum until Jan. 4. once, opening and closing the PHOTO BY CRISTINA SCHREIL she made small-scale forms to show new designs and prototypes. When she came across climbed inside one structure, playing with the outthe energy of the bamboo. The strips scratched against the concrete floor — this ele- the bamboo material, the designs grew. Moving for- stretched form and running around inside as if it were ward, she’s expanding one bamboo structure to an already the building Blaisse envisions. ment of sound is also captured in the exhibit’s film.

“My work is interactive [and invites you] to call for“Each piece has its own language and its own way architectural scale. She said bringing the exhibit to of communicating,” Cynthia Stanley, one of the danc- Noguchi created a unique and peaceful communication ward your own creativity,” she said, adding she was delighted that the children explored the art. “When ers, said. “Every time you get in, you discover brand- between the stone and bamboo forms.

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Chapter 1405, Flushing, Bowne Street 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., meets 1st and 3rd Wed. each month, 12 p.m.

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and put on a good show,” he said. “It should be no different than what we’ve done before.”

He said while he doesn’t quite know what songs the two will perform, their shows are always “structured.”

“We never wing it,” he said.

Tickets for the one-day event are on sale now, and cost $25 before Saturday. Day-of tickets will cost $35. Concert starts at 9 p.m. and doors open an hour earlier.

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Ice Jewelry Buying Service is located on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park.

WE PROVIDE CASH LOANS FOR AUTOS AND MOTORCYCLES! they treat everything like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring Their cash loans program is straightforward and from another area shop, but was looking to get a simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to her previous offer was. Still, after examining her buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re “...because that’s what it was worth.” talking about and we respect that.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient and Edward Goldberg can relate to firsthand, eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like manufacturing. They understand that people get a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find into situations where they just need a little cash fast a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service customer to find a target price and hopes to help out in the most STORE HOURS let the Internet auctioneers handle honest way they can. the rest.

“For this, I like to think we’re MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has ever dealt doing the community a service,” SAT. 10am - 6pm SUN. by Appointment with the hassle of selling and Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough icejewelrybuyingservice.com shipping an item on eBay — all the forms involved in setting up a user spot. They can come to our store and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice and know that we can educate them on what they Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. bargain deal.

When that woman told me her previous offer, it made “At the end of the day, I just want people to feel me wonder how many times this happens — how comfortable doing business with us. People have many people who really need that money get taken this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy advantage of?” places with slimy people, and they’re typically right.

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to in 2009, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that counter for $800. We don’t do that.” they’re doing something right — the pawn business Ice Jewelr y Buying Ser vice is located at typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation determined to break that mold, building a reputation are Monday-Friday from 11 am to 7:00 pm and on trust.

Saturday 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday – private “Everyone around here is buying gold these days; appoinments are available. Call for more information you can go into the barber shop down the road and Q (718) 830-0030. sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is

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Fat Joe, Ja Rule’s partner for the onenight event, began his music career under the stage name “Fat Joe da Gangsta.”

Real name Joseph Antonio Cartagena, Fat Joe went on to record several albums and gained popularity for his 2004 single “Lean Back.”

He’s been nominated for several Grammys and in 2006 won a Billboard Latin Music Award for best Latin Dance Club Play Track of the Year for his collaboration with Ricky Martin on “I Don’t Care/Que Mas Da.” He was last in the spotlight in 2011, when he debuted the video for his single “Drop a Body,” in which he revealed he lost close to 90 pounds off his 350 pound frame by following a low-carb diet.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PINTHA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/2014. 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 PHIMWALAN INTHAWONG, 70-64 YELLOWSTONE BLVD., 3B, FOREST HILLS, NY 11375.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

FORMATION in New York Notice of formation of PRINCE TOWER HOLDING, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 59-05 Main St., NY, 11355.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1281562 for liquor license has been applied for by Richmond Restaurants LLC d/b/a Flavor-Fi to sell liquor, wine and beer at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 121-14 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, NY 11419 for on-premises consumption.

STARSHIP BEARCAT, L.L.C., Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/10/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23-17 30th Drive, Astoria, NY 11106. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

THE NEW YORK REAL PROPERTY GROUP LLC, a foreign LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/24/14. 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, c/o Joern Arne Volkers, 4739 40th St., Ste. 6A, Sunnyside, NY 11104. General Purposes.

URBAN SEWN, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/9/14. 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, 36-27 170th St., Apt. 7, Flushing, NY 11358. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PIPPA FRANCE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/06/2014.

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 c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PROVENANT ENTERPRISE, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/12/14.

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, 35-15 223rd St., Bayside, NY 11361. General Purposes.

SPYYC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/28/14. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agt. upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Yenyu Chen, 64-68 Booth St # 5C, Rego Park, NY 11374.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TG TRENTINO, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/2014. 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, 68-37 78th Street, Middle Village, NY 11379. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of U1&C-1, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/05/14.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 41-02 Queens Blvd., Unit C-2, Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: X & H GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/9/14.

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 X & H GROUP LLC, 58-43 211 Street, OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Balkan Sewer & Drain Cleaning LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 130-01 Jamaica Ave, Richmond Hill, NY 11418. Purpose: General.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BRANDISON WOODSIDE, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/30/14. 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 Brandison Woodside, LLC, 20-34 37th Street, Astoria, NY 11105.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

J-5 REALTY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/07/14. Off Loc.: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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TO: Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of ANGELA LANGFORD, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unkown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence MICHAEL CAMPANALE, NANCY GRILLONI, CAROL CAMPANALE, LYNNE CAMPANALE, MARIE CAMPANALE, ANNE BOURDENS, KATHY KRUMEICH. A petition having been duly filed by JAMES F. ROONEY and LYNDA PERETORE who are domiciled at 15 Columbia Avenue, East Rockaway, New York 11518 and 86-07 Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven, New York 11421 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, on January 22, 2015, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of ANGELA LANGFORD lately domiciled at 99-29 62nd Drive, Rego Park, New York 11374, United States admitting to probate a Will dated September 27, 2013, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of ANGELA LANGFORD deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to JAMES F. ROONEY and LYNDA PERETORE. Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 26, 2014.

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NEW FALLS INTERNATIONAL LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/6/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 136-18 39th Ave., Ste. 1104, Flushing, New York, 11354.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

24 SPMM LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/19/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 37-20 Broadway, 2nd Fl., Astoria, NY 11103.

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Notice of Formation of 45-34 Pearson Street LIC, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/14. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 64-34 184th Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BROOKLYN SYNDICATE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/15/2014. 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 Jennifer Grady, 8800 Shorefront Parkway, Apt. 8L, Rockaway Beach, NY 11693.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Articles of Organization Filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 17, 2014. NOTICE OF FORMATION Keisha’s Gemz LLC. Office location: Queens. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to SSNY designated for service of process. c/o: THE LLC, 114-52 Francis Lewis Blvd., Cambria Heights, NY 11411. Purpose: any lawful purpose or activity.

31-53 ASTORIA HOLDINGS, LLC App. for Auth. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/12/14. LLC was organized in DE on 11/7/14.

Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

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AJG 146, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/1/14. Office in Queens County. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 52-76 72nd St., Maspeth, NY 11378. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DIANE CHANG CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/20/2014.

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 DIANE CHANG CONSULTING LLC, 34-20 74TH STREET, #3C, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LAKEVIEW GROUP, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/07/2014. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 147-46 Delaware Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

Notice of Formation of 43-01 21st Street EAT L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/14. Office location: Queens County.

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Notice of formation of Anns Adventures in Travel, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 11/06/2014. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to Ann Toback, 73-11 210th Street, Apt. 4N, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

DS TRADING COMPANY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/09/2007. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 167-41 147 Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11434.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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ONERO REALTY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/24/14. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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SUMMONS Index No.: 705547-13 D/O/F: November 27, 2013 Premises Address: 188-02 DORMANS ROAD, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF QUEENS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff -against- PIERRE RICHARD MATHURIN AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF SOEURETTE LUBIN; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF SOEURETTE LUBIN WHO WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 19, 1936 AND DIED ON MARCH 3, 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICAINTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ‘‘JOHN DOES’’ and ‘‘JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendant(s), TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

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

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The following notice is intended only for those defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security.

YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. The present amount of the debt as of the date of this summons: $ 275,236.06 consisting of principal balance of $235,550.00 plus unpaid accrued interest of $23,106.74, escrow/impound shortages or credits of $966.37, late charges of $0.00; MIP charges of $13,418.53; Broker`s Price Opinion/ Appraisal, Property Inspection and miscellaneous charges of $435.00; surrogate search of $21.73; attorney fee $1,200.00 and title search $537.69. Because of interest and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive the check, in which event we will inform you.

The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company. Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the herein debt collector.

If you notify the herein debt collector in writing within thirty (30) days after your receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by the herein debt collector. Upon your written request within 30 days after receipt of this notice, the herein debt collector will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor.

Note: Your time to respond to the summons and complaint differs from your time to dispute the validity of the debt or to request the name and address of the original creditor. Although you have as few as 20 days to respond to the summons and complaint, depending on the manner of service, you still have 30 days from receipt of this summons to dispute the validity of the debt and to request the name and address of the original creditor.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises. Dated: November 25, 2013 Susan A. West, Esq., ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff, Main Office 51 E. Bethpage Road, Plainview, NY 11803, 516-741-2585 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure, New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

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World’s Fair DVD tells the full story Documentary shows legacy of fair while reliving all its high points

by Liz Rhoades Managing Editor

A love of EPCOT Center at Disney World and an unexpected visit to Flushing Meadows Park led to a four-year odyssey for Ryan Ritchey, resulting in his new video, “Afterthe Fair.”

Ritchey, 38, who lives outside Philadelphia, makes corporate videos for a living. In a telephone interview, he said he always knew that EPCOT was fashioned after the 1964-65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows, but didn’t think anything remained of the extravaganza.

“About five years ago, my wife and I were driving through Queens when I saw those large towers of the New York State Pavilion,” he said. “I said we had to stop, so we pulled into the park and we both fell in love with the place. You could just feel that something special happened there.”

Thus began his journey to discover what remained of the fair, both at Flushing Meadows and around the country. The result is a 102-minute paen to the World’s Fair, beautifully edited with movie clips and photographs from the event, interspersed with short clips of interviews with preservationists, Disney imagineers and TV and film executives who used the pavilions in various productions.

His biggest expense was travel. He and his wife, Stacy, traveled to document the fair’s legacy. “We called them our ‘work-cation’ and it was a labor of love.”

The couple visited Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan as well as Georgia and Texas, among other locations to see some relics of the fair. Those included dinosaurs from the Sinclair Oil exhibit, buildings from the Johnson Wax and Wisconsin pavilions, both now in that state, and the Coca-Cola carillon at Stone Mountain, Ga. There are hints of the fair in street lights and garbage cans in upstate New York, part of a building at a summer camp in Pennsylvania and a large display for signs at a Long Island shopping center.

Ritchey not only gives the history of the fair but its contributions to society. “What’s really intriguing about the fair is although it was largely demolished nearly 50 years ago, in many ways it is still with us today,” he said, adding that from pop culture to technology, “the fair still resonates.”

He pointed to the Bell Picturephone as a precursor to Skype and FaceTime; and in pop culture, the fair is integral to parts of the “Iron Man 2” and “Men in Black” movies and an episode of “CSI: NY.” Ritchey even managed to inter view Flushing native Jon Favreau, who directed

“Iron Man 2,” Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed “Men in Black,” and Trey Callaway, a CSI producer.

“Favreau grew up in an apartment he could see the fair from,” Ritchey said. In the documentary, Favreau calls the fair “still awesome” and refers to the Unisphere as “eye candy.”

Sonnenfeld, who grew up in Washington Heights, said in the DVD that he went to the fair at least 70 times. “Its influence will be with us forever,” he said.

In “Men in Black,” the director turned the New York State Pavilion’s towers into flying saucers that took off, destroying the Unisphere in the process.

Callaway noted that a CSI episode revolved around the fair’s Underground House and wonders like many others if the structure remains buried at the fairgrounds. The fair “is a great piece of Americana,” he added.

In the documentary, Ritchey shows clips from the April open house at the New York State Pavilion and hopes the restoration effort is a success. He gave a speech there in October when the pavilion was reopened for the last time this year.

“I would like to be part of next year’s anniversary program at Flushing Meadows,” he said.

Ritchey is also hoping PBS will air the

Ryan Ritchey made a documentary on the COURTESY PHOTO 1964-65 World’s Fair. documentary and is also entering it in the festival circuit, which he says is an eight- to nine-month process.

If you’re looking for a unique holiday gift, the documentary sells for $19.99 plus $2.99 for shipping, and is available from the Q website worldsfairmovie.com.

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Adios Pete, Hello Rex?

by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

On Dec. 21, 1962, Kodak Pavilion field engineer George Kojac scaled the company’s new structure, under construction for the 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows, to plant a Christmas tree atop it.

Physical feats were nothing new to him.

Born in in 1910, Kojac was a top swimmer who broke his first world record as a senior in DeWitt Clinton High School, in swimming the 50-yard backstroke in 29 seconds. As reported by the International Swimming Hall of Fame, he learned to swim in the East River.

And he learned well. Kojac broke every National Scholastic freestyle and backstroke record there was; and then, while a student at Rutgers, won NCAA and National Amateur Athletic Union backstroke and freestyle national championships from 1927 to 1931. He never lost a race when representing Rutgers.

In the 1928 Olympic Games, where he was a teammate of Johnny Weissmuller, Kojac won two gold medals, for the 100meter backstroke, with a time of 1:08.2,

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Top swimmer George Kojac plants a bit of Christmas spirit atop the Kodak Pavilion at the World’s Fair site in Flushing Meadows. and as a member of the winning 800-meter freestyle relay team. He also came in fourth in the 100-meter freestyle race.

He did not enter the 1932 games, focusing instead on medical school at Columbia University. But he set and held 23 world records.

Kojac also served the nation in World War II and the Korean War, ending up as a colonel in the Air Force. He died at age 86 in Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ after a lifetime of accomplishments — including the installation of one high Christmas tree. Q

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Columbia University dismissed Lions football head coach Peter Mangurian this past Friday. Ironically, the fact that the Lions are in the midst of a 21-game losing streak had little to do with the dismissal; rather it was reports that Mangurian was verbally abusive to players, and even worse, ignored their concerns about having incurred concussions, that spurred Columbia president Lee Bollinger to act.

Not to belittle the players’ concerns, but not firing this guy just based on his win-loss record reminds me of how the feds could only put Al Capone away for income tax evasion instead of for any of his hardcore gangster activities. But the important thing is that Columbia finally got rid of “the Vince Lombardi of losing.”

Columbia needs a successor to Pathetic Pete, and my suggestion is to wait until early next month and contact Jets head coach Rex Ryan, who will surely get his walking papers the day after the season comes to a merciful end.

I can understand if your eyes are rolling at the notion of Ryan coaching the Lions. It’s clearly a longshot but it’s not as pie-in-thesky as you would think. Rex enjoys being a teacher and likes living in the New York area.

Columbia has a fairly sizable endowment, and given the historic ineptitude of Columbia football, few would complain if the school were to make him an extremely lucrative offer.

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