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SOCCER DEJA VU City eyed MLS stadium for Queens in 2002

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Construction and extra commuter traffic are worrying people living and working near Coleman Square in Howard Beach PAGE 5 National Grid is moving gas mains to prepare for a sewer project in Coleman Square, closing down much of the street even as commuters from Rockaway try to access the adjacent subway station and local businesses clean up from Hurricane Sandy.

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MLS stadium redux Soccer home was part of 2012 Olympic bid

by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

all it a redo on a Major League Soccer stadium in Queens.

A committee charged with bringing the Olympics to New York suggested a soccer stadium in Queens serve as a backup plan in its 2001-2005 push to host the 2012 Olympics, according to decade-old documents obtained by the Chronicle. It would have also served as the home to a Major League Soccer franchise.

An economic analysis conducted separately from the Olympic committee shows the creation of a large, open-air stadium in the borough would cause a net financial loss for the city.

The internal memo circulated within NYC 2012 — the committee charged with authoring, designing and selling the city’s Olympic bid — lists neighborhoods in Northern Queens eyed for the potential the home of an Olympic stadium. The United States Olympic Committee requests that each applicant submit a backup site for its crown jewel sports facility, typically a large stadium that hosts a majority of the track and field events.

The committee investigated College Point, downtown Flushing, Willets Point and Flushing Meadows Corona Park — where MLS is now proposing to build a stadium. It returned with three options for an Olympic facility: a

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football stadium in Shea Stadium’s parking lot; a soccer stadium in Shea’s parking lot; or a temporary modification to Shea Stadium itself.

It’s final recommendation reads: “Parking lot west of Shea — open-air 25,000-seat soccer stadium.”

The memo does not list Flushing Meadows Corona Park as a suitable home for a soccer stadium, though it does not give reasons for the park’s exclusion. It ultimately was the planned site of various Olympic events, including archery, tennis and rafting within the Pool of Industry.

The Chronicle did not reveal the documents to MLS or the Mayor’s Office, in an effort to protect its sources. It did, however, lay out the memo’s contents. Risa Heller, a spokeswoman for the league, said it had no comment on a 10-year-old report it has not seen.

The Mayor’s Office did not respond to an inquiry as of this writing.

The proposed creation of an MLS stadium at the current site of the Pool of Industry would take up 10 to 13 acres of parkland, which the league must replace elsewhere within the city. MLS has brought the plan before the borough in a series of meetings, touting economic benefits that include 150 permanent jobs and $60 million in economic activity. It has been met with resistance by a coalition of

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local community groups, which decry its proposed location within the park.

NYC 2012’s decadeold soccer stadium idea matches its modern equivalent in nearly every way. It would have boasted 25,000 seats, with the ability to expand in the future. It would have been home to the MetroStars, a New York fran- The city’s final bid for the 2012 Olympics called for a dual-stadium chise that played in the configuration in Willets Point, the current home of Citi Field and a NYC 2012 Old Giants stadium at the potential 1.4 million-square-foot mall. time. (The team is now called the New York Red Bulls and plays in whole exchange, NYC 2012 kept Queens in its sight, and MLS was considered a potential Harrison, NJ.) The only difference between the plans is partner.

The memo notes the Metro-Stars were seekabout a quarter of a mile — the distance between the parking lot of what is now Citi ing a 25,000-seat stadium with a potential to Field, which would have been home to the MLS expand.

“A much simpler and cheaper alternative is stadium, and the site within Flushing Meadows to build the Metro-Stars stadium here,” the Corona Park currently being eyed by MLS. NYC 2012, led by then-Deputy Mayor Dan memo reads, adding the construction costs Doctoroff, initially produced a much-bally- would have been substantially lower than a hooed plan for what would have been a Jets new, grandiose facility on the Upper West football stadium on the Upper West Side of Side. The soccer stadium’s natural configuraManhattan. The proposal was met with vocif- tion would also have met the need for a 400erous opposition and was ultimately scrapped meter track to host marquis Olympic events. in the 11th hour of the city’s bid. During the continued on page 39

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Residents fret over Coleman Sq. work DEP plans new sewer project at commercial strip hard hit by Sandy

by Domenick Rafter

struction work is hindering progress.

Further complicating the situation in the square are the repairs being done to hurricane-damaged A blue Toyota rolled slowly up 102nd Street out buildings and the shuttle buses from Far Rockaway of Hamilton Beach and made a right turn onto 159th dropping off commuters at the subway while the A Road toward Coleman Square — the tiny commerline to the Rockaways is out. The subway tracks in cial strip across from the Howard Beach-JFK AirBroad Channel and over Jamaica Bay were destroyed port subway station. But the driver quickly stopped in the hurricane and the MTA is running shuttle bus mid-turn, idling for a couple of seconds before backservice from the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue station ing up and continuing north on 102nd Street. around JFK Airport to Howard Beach.

Less than a minute later, another car did the same “Those things are all converging in an unsafe thing. fashion,” said Gregg Cohen, who lives a few “How am I supposed to get to the subway?” the blocks from Coleman Square. elderly male driver asked a pedestrian.

Cohen said he takes his kids to a day care near “Go up to 158th [Avenue] and come around the the square adjacent to the construction site. He said block,” the pedestrian told the driver, who grunted the buses use the long-term parking lot in the afterbefore following the directions. noons and evenings, but in the mornings, he has A few minutes later another driver, a younger seen them try to pull into the square. woman identifying herself as Laura, made the failed Also, Cohen said construction work being done on turn, before going over the sidewalk to get back to buildings in the area creates danger. He said he was the street. She was dropping her brother off at the AirTrain so he could get to his job in the airport.

Coleman Square is inaccessible to cars due to a massive infrastructure project, and nearly hit by falling debris at a construction site while The only direct route into Coleman Square, the work is concerning some nearby residents and commuters. PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER walking with his kids.

“It’s a very dangerous situation there,” he said. which bore the brunt of Hurricane Sandy’s storm National Grid spokeswoman Karen Young said the project surge in Old Howard Beach just six weeks ago, 159th Road ders behind homes and stores between the street and the has been impassable for the past few weeks because a subway tracks. During Hurricane Sandy, the storm surge is being undertaken by the company to move gas mains under National Grid project to move gas lines is causing the reached anywhere between 6 and 10 feet in the square, the square in preparation for a sewer project that the Department of Environmental Protection will begin next year. The destroying every business there. street to be torn up.

Now, as most merchants in the square attempt to return to gas mains would have to be moved to make room for the new The square sits in a low-lying swampy area adjacent to JFK Airport near the bed of Hawtree Creek, which mean- some sense of normal, some are complaining that the concontinued on page 37 Associate Editor

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Neither snow, nor rain, nor gloom of hurricane Postal Service sustained damage to two Howard Beach offices in Sandy

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The two U.S. Postal Service branches in Howard Beach, including Station B, above, at Coleman Square, were damaged by Hurricane Sandy and remain closed, but mail service returned to the PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER neighborhood the day after the storm. tions were ordered to report to work at nearby branches sorting mail for local delivery.

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) said on Facebook last week that the postal service will open a temporary trailer at Station A on Cross Bay Boulevard and

reopen the Station B branch in Old Howard Beach within the next two weeks.

In the meantime, however, the mail heading to and from Howard Beach has been sorted at the Ozone Park branch at 91-11 Liberty Ave. The USPS said residents of Howard

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Two days after Hurricane Sandy struck Queens, residents in Howard Beach did not have power, nor did they have heat, and many did not even have cars.

But they did have mail.

Walking up the still-damp sidewalks of the neighborhood, mail carriers rolled their bags full of letters, bills, packages and, yes, even election mailers in the f inal days before the Nov. 6 balloting.

Where they could, the mail carriers of the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail to Howard Beach homes less than 24 hours after the neighborhood was flooded by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge, even while the cash-strapped agency lost both of its Howard Beach locations in the storm.

Station A, the post office branch at 160-50 Cross Bay Blvd., has been closed since Oct. 29. Station B, the smaller location at 102-12 159 Ave., near Coleman Square, has also been closed, the iron gate in front of that post office showing signs of damage from the floodwaters.

Both post offices were closed at the time the storm surge hit. The insides of both buildings suffered damage and need to be repaired.

Workers who typically staff the two loca-

Beach’s 11414 ZIP code who are not receiving mail delivery can pick up their mail at that location. The 11414 ZIP code covers all of Howard Beach as well as Lindenwood, Ramblersville and Hamilton Beach.

In a statement, the USPS praised the mail carriers who worked in Howard Beach for showing up to work immediately after the storm and delivering the mail in the days following.

“The Howard Beach letter carriers are doing a tremendous job — from reporting to work the day after the hurricane to delivering mail to the community in safe areas and continuing through one of the most challenging times that we have seen in our lifetime,” the statement read.

The USPS also asks those who have been temporarily relocated due to the storm to submit a change of address, place mail on hold or request that mail be temporarily forwarded to their new location. To do that, the agency suggests visiting its website, usps.com and completing the online request.

Customers can also visit any operating post office to fill out the Permanent or Temporary Change of Address card.

Residents are also advised to call (718)348-3900 with any questions about local mail delivery issues pertaining to the afterQ math of Hurricane Sandy.

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No triumphs yet in fight to keep statue Pols, community members oppose Civic Virtue’s changing ZIP code

by Mark Lord Chronicle Contributor

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but in the case of a rally held on Saturday at the base of a controversial sculpture, it was more a matter of civil liberties than artistic taste.

Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. (D-Astoria) led the protest against the planned removal of “The Triumph of Civic Virtue,” a local icon that has been prominently displayed near Borough Hall in Kew Gardens for three quarters of a century, to the Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Reports indicate the move could happen as early as this week.

John Torodash founded an advocacy group aimed at keeping the statue in Queens.

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Speaking to the gathering of concerned citizens, Vallone had a message for Mayor Bloomberg: “Leave our Virtue alone. Leave it here and restore it to its former glory. It’s art.”

The 22-ton sculpture, which was designed by acclaimed artist Frederick MacMonnies in 1920 and had already adorned City Hall in Manhattan prior to coming to Queens, depicts a nearly naked muscular male trampling several female figures, representing evil sirens.

It is seen by some as a symbol of male oppression, demeaning and biased against women.

But the artwork has many supporters, among them Jon Torodash, founder of Civic Virtue, an advocacy group that wants to see the statue left where it is.

“The statue is a famous work of art,” Torodash said. “This neighborhood has no equal to it. It was quite a miracle that Kew Gardens could get a hold of it.”

Art historian Richard Iritano, executive director of the organization, called the statue “a monumental work of allegorical art that banishes corruption and vice and should be viewed, not banished in obscurity among the dead.”

Andrea Crawford, chairperson of Community Board 9, said, “We have been advocating since 2006 for its restoration. We were not contacted [about the move]. We found out from Peter Vallone and press releases.”

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, center, and Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. lambasted what they called a covert decision to move “The Triumph of Civic Virtue” from its current home in Kew GarPHOTO BY WALTER KARLING dens to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

The board’s district manager, Mary Ann Carey, said, “The statue does not represent what people who don’t know any better are saying.” She, too, indicated that “the board was not notified” of the decision to move the statue. “Design and Construction made the decision. We found out from press releases from the borough president’s office.”

The impending move, Vallone said, “was designed so no one would know about it. The

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board knew nothing about it. The people of Queens never knew about it. We want the mayor and the Design Commission to hear us.”

The commission authorized the move on Nov. 13, at a hearing held two weeks after Hurricane Sandy struck. The timing struck many as inappropriate.

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The failure of ‘Civic Virtue’ t’s a shame that “The Triumph of Civic Virtue,” the 1920 statue by famed sculptor Frederick MacMonnies, which has been stationed outside Borough Hall since the 1940s, is being moved out of Queens.

But the fact is we don’t deserve to keep it.

The statue, commonly just called “Civic Virtue,” has not been well maintained. It’s not respected by many residents here; most probably don’t even know what it is. It was controversial even before it arrived at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike. And its pending move to GreenWood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while unfortunate, may provide the impetus for the residents of this borough to be more protective of our treasures.

“Civic Virtue” comprises a male figure wielding a sword and towering over two writhing female figures, sirens of Greek mythology, meant to symbolize vice and corruption. Those who want to keep it where it is understand the symbolism.

But from day one the sculpture has been misinterpreted, both knowingly and not, as sexist. Elizabeth King Black of the National Women’s Party is one who decried it, saying, “Men have their feet on women's necks, and the sooner women realize it the better!” That was no recent comment made by someone

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ignorant of history; she said it at a hearing in the 1920s.

So while we sympathize with those who know what the sculpture is meant to convey, we also understand the view of those who look at it and just see misogyny.

That, however, is not the main reason people in Queens should throw up their hands and just let “Civic Virtue” go. The main reason is that we let our officials allow it to all but fall apart over the years, and now it’s too late to do anything about it. Those who wanted it preserved should have demanded that funds be allocated for that years ago.

Instead, in typical Queens fashion, no one got it done. Now that the statue is just days away from being moved to GreenWood — which will pay to restore it with private funds and let those who want to admire it afterward do so — we get a too-little, too-late press conference, led by two City Council members trying to stop the process.

The hearing was held, the decision was made, and all we can say now is that Queens residents should do a better job protecting other borough assets, such as the New York State Pavilion from the 1964-65 World’s Fair, the Bowne House, the Steinway Mansion and so many other endangered landmarks. If we lose another, the fault again will be not in our stars but in ourselves.

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Restart LIPA Dear Editor: It has been nearly a month since ferocious Hurricane Sandy touched ground in New York City, and hundreds of Rockaway residences are still without electricity, gas, and light tonight.

This is both dumbfounding and perplexing.

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While I’m happy that LIPA’s President Mike Hervey decided to resign, he is taking the easy way out. I ask him before he departs to visit some of the high-rise buildings in the Rockaways, where our seniors who can’t climb down 25 flights of stairs were trapped in their apartments. I ask him to spend the night with some of our homeowners who are bundling together on wet mattresses with their children to keep warm tonight. I ask him to spend a night in the shelter and sleep on one of those hard cots provided by the Office of Emergency Management, which I did the night of the storm. Somehow, I project that all © Copyright 2012 by MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor any part thereof may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, recording or by any information retrieval system without the express written permission of the publishers. This copyright is extended to the design and text created for advertisements. Reproduction of said advertisement or any part thereof without the express written permission of MARK I PUBLICATIONS, INC. is strictly prohibited. This publication will not be responsible for errors in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not necessarily in accordance with the views of the QUEENS CHRONICLE. This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objectionable.

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Live long and prosper e all know New York is the greatest city in the world. Even the grandest of our competitors don’t match up. And now comes news of one other way in which we’re better than the rest — and it’s just about as important a measure as you can find.

That’s life expectancy. The mayor this week announced two different sets of data that both say people live longer here than elsewhere in the United States, on average.

Life expectancy for Queens residents now averages 79.6 years, three years better than 10 years ago, according to one study. Another report says the average for all city residents is 80.9 years, also three years more than before.

How much this has to do with the mayor’s health initiatives, as he says it does, and how much it has to do with other factors like gentrification is debatable. But one thing isn’t: Life is good! And in New York, it seems the good times last longer. Who can argue with that?

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three of my requests will be declined.

CBS News recently reported that the governor has the power to appoint seven of the 15 members on LIPA’s board. Therefore, I’m calling on the governor today to ensure that at least five of the appointees are local community members. Perhaps one of them should be a family member of the 77-year-old man who died because he fell down a flight of stairs in an unlit stairwell in the Hammel Houses in Rockaway.

The only reason we haven’t suffered more fatalities is because of the assistance and generosity of everyday citizens across America.

Since the disaster, my office has amassed $1,000,000 in supplies and thousands of volunteers. We served nearly 8,000 people directly out of our district office, without electricity or lights for days after the storm.

Whether Sandy arrived or not, the lack of emergency preparedness and systems in place for a disaster are unnerving. This is why Gov. Cuomo must either turn the lights off at LIPA immediately or appoint a new board that is ready to ensure we won’t be here ever again.

When a company that everyday citizens put their trust in does little to reassure them it can deliver services, its leaders must go. Let’s hire someone who can do the job.

Donovan Richards Springfield Gardens The writer is chief of staff to Councilman James Sanders Jr. and a candidate to succeed him in the 31st District.

Save parks from pols Dear Editor: The Queens Chronicle editorial in its Dec. 6 edition, “MLS stadium doesn’t belong in our park” opposing a private for-profit professional soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, is right on the mark. It should be mandatory reading for the plethora of Queens elected officials who for years have evidenced their ignorance concerning the importance of parks in an urban society and have consistently participated in dumping on FMCP with all sorts of illegitimate structures that do not belong in a park.

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Dear Editor: Patricia Pokorny writes in her letter (“Cross at the Red Cross,” Dec. 6) that during World War II “someone in the service was annoyed that he had to pay for a cup of coffee and doughnut that the Red Cross was serving.”

My father, Julius Gold, who was a soldier in the American army during World War One, told me exactly the same story, though not about just one soldier. All the soldiers in his unit, who had little or no money, were angry that the Red Cross gave nothing without charging.

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FAA: just plane abusive Dear Editor: I have read that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to implement its controversial plan to change departure procedures from LaGuardia Airport. This means a constant stream of aircraft will continue coming over our homes here in Northeast Queens. The FAA has been “testing” the changes during the past six months and everyone has noticed the dramatic increase in noise and air pollution.

Has the FAA listened to our complaints about the intolerable noise? No! Does the FAA realize or care that the constant noise from these aircraft lowers our property values and disturbs our quality of life? No! Has the FAA scheduled hearings so that residents can express their opinions on the proposed changes and perhaps suggest alternatives? No! This is totally outrageous.

Sen. Tony Avella has scheduled a rally to protest these actions by the FAA on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 11 AM. The rally will take place in front of the Senator’s district office at 38-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside, corner of Bell and 39th Avenue. Community, civic and elected leaders continued on page 10

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Senator or mob boss?

Dear Editor: Allow me to add to the insightful reporting of “Sen. Smith jumps ship to join the Republicans” (Politics As Usual by Peter C. Mastrosimone, Dec. 6). Republican State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos reminds me of Don Corleone, who is not about to give up his power so easily. Like the Godfather, Skelos has all the politicians in his pocket, keeping him in charge.

He has purchased the votes of Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder and the Independent Democratic Caucus members, Sens. Jeff Klein, David Carlucci, David Valesky and Diane Savino, along with Malcolm Smith.

His offers of salary lulus, committee chairmanships, sponsorship and passage of favorable legislation promoted by their own pay-to-play campaign contributors, hidden earmarks buried under quasi state agencies, along with extra funds for additional staff, district offices and mailings, can’t be refused. All six are puppets while Godfather Skelos pulls the strings.

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A case in point is Helen Marshall, our current Queens borough president, who thought it was a great idea to build a grand prix race track around Meadow Lake and a huge Jets football stadium smack in the middle of the park. Her anti-FMCP activities are so egregious as to qualify her as the [“wicked”] stepmother of the park.

Joining her are state Sen. Jose Peralta and state Assemblyman Francisco Moya, who think it fine to sell off public parkland to private business interests. They should be challenged as to whether they would support selling off land in Central, Prospect or Bronx parks for so-called economic purposes.

Term limits will rid us of Ms. Marshall but not of Messrs. Peralta and Moya, whose support for the Major League Soccer plan makes their rhetoric about caring for the poor, the middle class and small businesses empty, and bespeaks an affinity with a constituency of the rich and privileged.

Recognition that urban parks are a resource that cannot be replaced should be an important election issue. Anyone seeking public office who does not adhere to that should not be elected, and those already in office should be denied re-election.

The public should be alert to politicians who attempt to beguile them with justification for their nefarious actions by claiming FMCP is different from the other parks. This is snake oil because there is absolutely nothing in the City Char ter that ONLINE designates FMCP as “difMiss an editorial or ferent.” This is a letter cited by a writer? phony claim Want news from our manufactured other editions covering by Donald the rest of Queens? Find Manes, the dispast reports, news from credited former across the borough and Queens borough more at qchron.com. president, who wanted to turn this park into another Meadowlands.

It should also be noted that the MLS claim that Queens supports a stadium in the park is absurd. Its claim is based upon a poll with 650 respondents, 500 from around Queens and 150 from Corona and Flushing specifically. Sixty percent of the people said they had seen or read nothing of substance about the MLS plan. The 2010 Census determined the population of Queens County was 2,230,722, and in that context a purported poll of 650 people is worthless. Furthermore the poll was conducted by Global Strategy Group, commissioned and paid for by MLS, and Global is also a registered lobbyist for the MLS. Unless the public rises up and demands the end to the desecration of this park, Manes’ dream may well become a reality and goodbye to a park so vital to the poor and the middle class in our community.

The Queens Chronicle is right to point out there are other nonpark lands where a stadium could be built. Of course, the wealthy soccer club owners would rather have free public parkland than have to pay for nonpark land on the open market.

Benjamin M. Haber Flushing

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Dear Editor: I am writing to express my gratitude to the Queens community for re-electing me to serve in the 113th Congress. As I return to the House of Representatives to represent the people of New York’s new 3rd Congressional District, please know that I am grateful for your support, and I am honored to stand up for the values we share.

As we approach the start of a new year, we face many challenges. I am eager to get back to work, fighting harder than ever to protect our veterans and seniors, New York’s middle-class families, and small businesses who want to create jobs here at home. Thanks to your support, I’ll be able to continue working to reform our tax code to recognize the high cost of living in New York, while leading the charge to make college more affordable for students. I am committed to New York’s middle-class families — and I’m looking forward to fighting on your behalf in the halls of Congress.

Finally, please know that my door is always open. I am proud of the record I have built, not only on Capitol Hill, but here at home as a problem solver for my constituents. I’ve gone to bat for families battling insurance companies, small businesses trying to stay afloat, and veterans caught up in the VA’s red tape — and I’d be proud to go to work for you too. If I can ever be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact my office, and we’ll get right to work.

I look forward to working with you and growing our partnership in the years to come.

Thank you again for allowing me the privilege of representing you in Congress.

Steve Israel U.S. Congressman for the 2nd District Hauppauge, LI Editor’s note: As of January, the writer will represent the new 3rd CD, which includes a section of northeastern Queens, Beechhurst and Whitestone.

Reform the entitlements Dear Editor: In the Dec. 6 issue, Tyler Cassell argued for increased taxes on all people as a way to pay for the gap in Medicare and Medicaid spending (“For the 99%,” Letters). He stated that “the last thing we want to do is cut benefits or raise prices on those who receive Medicare and Medicaid.”

What Mr. Cassell fails to realize is that by raising Medicare taxes or instituting a national sales tax he would be imposing a tremendous financial burden on those people who are struggling to survive on what they have.

Mr. Cassell also ignores future cost projections which show Medicare and Medicaid taking a larger share of government spending.

Obamacare has not addressed this issue other than setting up unelected committees who will determine what healthcare will be.

What is needed to solve our Medicare/Medicaid problem is to have a bipartisan group come up with a list of recommendations. That is how we have solved major issues in the past.

There will have to be increased taxes and some reduction in benefits. Conservatives and liberals will hate that last comment but that is reality.

It is too bad that President Obama is only focusing on the revenue side. All the talk is about how the Republicans will have to cave in on taxes. Yes, they will have to give in. My question is what entitlement reforms will Obama offer in return. Negotiation is a two-way street.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

Reject the antitax pledge Dear Editor: The closing days of the 112th Congress, known as the lame duck, will see a historic debate called Fiscal Cliffhanger. Budget cuts vs. higher tax rates are at the heart of this battle royale between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.

However, behind the scenes, a nonelected GOP politician will play an important role.

His name is Grover Norquist. For decades, he was the antitax advocate and “field marshal” for the Republican Party. He manipulated most GOP congressionals into signing his “no new tax” pledge. If anyone violated the pledge, Grover had enough clout to see that member of Congress defeated in his or her primary bid for re-election.

Mr. Norquist is best known for saying, “My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming) responded to his remark by commenting, “I hope he slips in there with it!”

Since the Republican Party was unable to elect Mitt Romney president, there are signs that, for the good of our country, some GOP members of Congress will reject their pledge to Norquist. Are Grover’s days numbered? Only time will tell.

Anthony G. Pilla Forest Hills

A salute to Sanitation Dear Editor: We are one of those families who had been hit hard by Sandy, though not as bad as those who were residing just off the ocean waters.

Rendering services at this crisis situation of great confusion and magnitude would seem unthinkable and above all human possibilities.

But in spite of all odds, the services from the Sanitation crews — both those original to Howard Beach and the guest crews — were superb and deserve our great cheers, appreciation and our gratitude.

They were prompt and worked ’round the clock, cleaning mountains of debris and garbage thrown out of the damaged houses in Howard Beach. Deeply sharing our feelings of loss and desparation, they provided a clean neighborhood all around, unsparingly doing their hard work and making sacrifices without murmur or complaints.

God bless you all! Thank you, every member of the Sanitation crews!

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Sandy pickups end Dec. 31 The Department of Sanitation last week announced that special storm debris collections in neighborhoods hit hard by the storm will continue through the end of the year.

Sanitation crews are providing pickups of bulky storm debris in Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways, as well as southern Brooklyn and Staten Island, on the day preceding each of their regularly scheduled refuse collection days.

Therefore, if your scheduled trash collection day is a Monday, you should place out storm debris on Saturday evening for Sunday collection. These special storm debris collections will end on Dec 31, and starting Jan. 2, regular pickup schedules will resume in all of the areas and bulk items will be collected on regularly scheduled refuse collection days.

While the Sanitation Department does remove non commercial waste from homeowners engaged in small projects, those who are undertaking large projects should arrange for their own Dumpster by contacting a private rubbish removal service.

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by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

New York’s two U.S. senators announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is reimbursing the Department of Sanitation more than $26 million in cleanup costs related to Hurricane Sandy.

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday the $26,335,600.27 in FEMA funds will go to cover overtime costs for uniformed workers between Oct. 30 and Nov. 16. In the month after the storm, Sanitation crews worked around the clock to clean up debris left behind by Hurricane Sandy’s winds and storm surge and personal items tossed out of flooded homes during cleanup efforts.

The department was praised by many residents and officials for the job that was done, including receiving a standing ovation from the Howard Beach community at a town hall on Nov 20.

Some Sanitation workers were on the job for 24 straight days between Hurricane Sandy’s landfall on Oct. 29 until the entire department was given a day off on Thanks-

giving.

At a November meeting of the Queens Borough Board, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said the department picked up over 265,000 tons of trash related to the hurricane in the first three weeks after the storm. That includes damage from fallen trees, poles, and other structures as well as personal items tossed after the floods.

City Comptroller John Liu announced last month that his office had released $22 million in emergency money for the Sanitation Department. Mayor Bloomberg said last month he expected much of the cost to be reimbursed by FEMA. The Obama administration has asked Congress to allocate $50 billion in federal aid for hurricane-ravaged localities, including New York City, though the governors of the three hardest-hit states — New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — have asked for $83 billion.

FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said his agency has another $4.2 billion it can allocate for recovery efforts and has already Q spent $2 billion since the storm.

Man convicted of 2010 killing The suspect in the May 2010 murder of a teenager outside a Richmond Hill bar has been convicted of the killing Miguel Viruet, 37, of Ozone Park was convicted by a jury of shooting 19year-old Christian O’Hara outside of Scooby’s Bar at 118-07 Atlantic Ave. near Lefferts Blvd. before dawn on May 5, 2010.

Viruet received a phone call from his brother before 4 a.m. and was told by him that he had been punched in the face by an unknown man. He then drove to the bar with two other men and asked the bouncer who punched his brother, but the man told Viruet that his brother had been ejected from the bar for being drunk and had been attacked outside on the sidewalk.

Viruet left the bar in a vehicle but walked back, and from across the street, shot at people standing in front of Scooby’s. He hit O’Hara, who was standing outside, in the torso. He later died.

The suspect was convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

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Lindenwood civic’s first post-Sandy meeting Residents, officials talk Hurricane Sandy recovery, prepardness

by Stephen Geffon Chronicle Contributor

At the first meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance after Hurricane Sandy, President Joann Ariola and other officials updated the members on the group’s post-hurricane efforts in the community.

Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, attended the meeting to discuss the NYPD’s response to the storm. He said that during the hurricane and blackout that followed, officers worked a 12-hour shift which, with additional officers from the Bronx and the overlapping shifts, gave him the ability to assign 50 police officers in addition to the supervisors to the Howard Beach community at night.

The inspector acknowledged a rise in crime during the hurricane. He said a couple of businesses were burglarized as were some residences where people had evacuated.

Pascale said there was no looting in Howard Beach, though there were many 911 calls of suspicious people in the neighborhood with flashlights walking down the street and people in backyards, activity which turned out to be nothing illegal. He thanked the residents for the calls on reporting their suspicions.

Pascale asked residents with uninsured cars destroyed by the hurricane to remove the vehicles from the street.

“We don’t have the assests to take those cars off the road,” Pascale said.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) also attended the meeting.

Goldfeder, who lives in Rockaway, said that his home sustained significant damage and that about 85 percent of his district was damaged by either water or fire.

“Three generations of memories were lost,” Goldfeder said

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, right, addresses the December meeting of the Lindenwood Alliance, the first time the civic group PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON has met since Hurricane Sandy. of what he suffered personally. “The trauma is so deep.”

The assemblyman said he had intended to stay in his home during the hurricane but was forced to evacute as 4 feet of water rushed into his basement. He found refuge in the 101st Precinct in Rockaway and spent four days living there.

“Just to see the sheer impact and how people put themselves out there on the line to help other people — for me it’s just so important to say thank you to everybody,” said Goldfeder.

Lindenwood resident Sheila Shale commented that the community was very fortunate that Waldbaum’s and Tuscany

Deli and the bank had power. She asked if there was a backup plan in place should power be knocked out on the scale of Hurricane Sandy again.

“That’s perhaps, something that we should think about because without Waldbaum’s and the laundromat and Chase Bank and Tuscany this whole neighborhood would be totally and literally at a standstill,” said Shale.

Joe Trotta, representing the Lindenwood Shopping Center, said management there was looking into a natural gas generator and where it would be placed.

Ariola discussed the Alliance’s charity drive and donation center for hurricane victims and the group’s donation to the River Fund and how the Fund helps the community.

She said a contribution will be made to the Rockwood Park Jewish Center, which suffered over $1 million in damage from the storm and has provided free meeting space to the group.

She also related that the Alliance has received gifts cards from Waldbaum’s and Target which will be distributed to area victims of the hurricane.

Ariola said her organization will be making a donation to the River Fund which has also provided turkeys and other foodstuffs to the community.

“The River Fund was a ‘Storm Angel,’” Ariola said.

The Alliance will also be sponsoring families through Tuscany Deli’s “Adopt-a-Family” program. Marly Gurino, coowner of the deli, said she had received over $4,000 in cash contributions for the program.

Also, a bit of good news after the hurricane was reported: “Laura,” the homeless woman on Cross Bay Boulevard, survived the hurricane and is believed to now be living in a Q shelter.

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NYPD safety tips to prevent scams, theft Cops on lookout for fake utility workers

by Michael Gannon The NYPD is reminding residents that personal and home safety can be greatly enhanced by not opening doors for strangers, particularly those who might be attempting to impersonate utility employees or profesional home maintenance personnel.

“If something is suspicious, call 911,” said Capt. Thomas Conforti, commanding officer of the NYPD’s 112th Precinct, at a community forum held in Forest Hills on Dec. 5.

General prevention tips • Never let anyone in your home without an appointment or proper identification.

• Keep a check on neighbors, and be alert to the presence of anyone in your neighborhood who is looking to perform home repairs and gain entry to residences.

• Immediately report any suspicious activity to the police.

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Utility workers Beware of people who: • claim to work for utility companies and state that your service will be cut off if you don’t pay your bill in cash immediately; • claim they must gain access to your home because of an emergency situation such as a gas or water leak; or • ask to see a copy of your bill for any reason.

Even if ID is shown at the door, call the utility company to verify that the person works for it. There have been cases in which people use fake identification and fake uniforms to gain access to people’s homes.

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Richmond Hill toy drive The Richmond Hill South Civic Association this year held its 16th Annual Toy Drive. Members contributed seven bags of toys and baby clothes to the River Fund of New York.

On Dec. 2, civic association leaders visited the River Fund’s Richmond Hill office to deliver their contributions. Children will get to pick their own gifts from the toys, and parents of

younger children will choose for them. The River Fund has also been helping children and parents in the Rockaways in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

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support and development opportunities to our educators and rigorous instructional proIf the city Department of Education and gramming to our students,” Walcott said in teacher unions do not agree on a new evalua- the address.

He added that he spoke to UFT President tion deal by Dec. 21, they may hope the Michael Mulgrew and the two sides have Mayans were right about the apocalypse.

The city and the UFT have been in talks agreed to continue to negotiate as long as it for over a year to set up a new teacher evalu- takes to get a deal done before Dec. 21.

“After everything our schools, staff, stuation system, and now the deadline for it to get done is looming. If no agreement is dents and families have been through this reached, city schools could lose $250 million fall, they deserve a restful holiday break, free of worry about potential cuts to schools,” in state funding.

A plan for evaluating teachers needs to be Walcott said.

At issue is the different ways the city and set and submitted to the state by Jan. 17, which means a deal would need to be struck the union wants teachers to be evaluated. The UFT said the mayor’s plan would unfairly by the end of next week.

But the unions and the DOE do not appear pass the blame on bad school management from the DOE onto teachers, while the city to be anywhere close to a deal on a plan.

In an address at the Manhattan Institute on argues student performance should be a Dec. 5, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott major part of evaluations.

The union further argues that student persaid loss of the funding could lead to smaller staff sizes and cancellation of after-school formance is often affected by external circumstances including family life and programs.

“Any cuts will undermine exactly what we extracurricular activities such as sports out are trying to achieve – providing meaningful of the hands of his or her teacher.

“We’re not going to have an agreement until Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott stop playing politics with our schools. Rather than establishing bogus deadlines and threatening parents with the loss of teachers and services, they should be focusing on reaching an agreement that will actually help make the schools better,” Mulgrew said.

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Astoria councilman to run for borough prez Peter Vallone Jr. announces bid

by Josey Bartlett Editor

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) would like to stay councilman indefinitely, but as the law would have it, his 12 years are up next year, so he must set his sights on another office if he wishes to stay in the business of public service.

And he does. At the Vallone & Vallone law firm’s Christmas party on Tuesday the outspoken councilman who rarely, if ever, holds back an opinion announced his official bid for Queens borough president.

“Every borough president has a different style,” Vallone said. “Marty Markowitz is a great cheerleader for Brooklyn. Ruben Diaz [of the Bronx] is very involved with the City Council and the lawmaking process. Helen Marshall [of Queens] is very good at getting along with everyone.”

He wants to combine the best qualities of all the borough presidents, as well as add an element — strong leadership.

As the Astoria councilman, he said he has been a worldwide leader against graffiti, a city leader pushing for more police officers on the street, and in Queens he spoke out against such plans as the renaming of the Queensboro Bridge and the removal “of the borough’s only big piece of art” — the “Civic Virtue” statue, a controversial work being moved from its location at Borough Hall [Editorial, page 8].

As Chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, Vallone said he has worked with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to make New York City streets safer.

He backs the commissioner’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy and vocally pushed for increasing the number of officers. This year he started a neighborhood watch in Astoria and has passed many pieces of legislation increasing punishment for gun traffickers and graffiti vandals.

On the graffiti front he created legislation that makes it harder to get graffiti tools and requires larger buildings and stores to clean graffiti from their property. He also created and helped pass a law requiring that all new roll-down security gates on stores be seethrough.

In other areas, as a member of Smart Power NY, a coalition of citizen organizations, environmental groups and politicians, Vallone pushed for cleaner-burning power plants, as dirty ones have contributed to parts of his district being dubbed Asthma Alley.

“In addition to a track record for leadership, I’ll bring my experience as a small business person,” Vallone said.

Before taking his position as councilman, the Queens native ran his family’s law business for 10 years. Vallone recently fought alongside Astoria businesses to keep a plaza from being created on Newtown and 30th avenues, which

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business owners said would obstruct traffic to their stores.

“I know how to make a payroll,” Vallone said. “I know how big government affects small businesses. No one [among the other candidates] has any business experience.”

Other officials who have expressed interest in the seat are Assemblyman Jose Peralta (DEast Elmhurst) and Deputy Borough President

Barry Grodenchik. State Sen. Tony Avella (DBayside), former Councilwoman Melinda Katz and Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) have officially announced their bid.

Vallone has fundraised more than a million dollars.

“I’m fully funded for the race,” he said. “I can now concentrate on issues instead of Q fundraising.”

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“There’s an ad for that.”

The phrase could be a campaign slogan for mayoral hopeful Tom Allon. As a newspaper publisher in Manhattan, Allon knows the strength and value of advertising. And it’s one of the things he wants to bring to City Hall.

A former Democrat who just changed parties to seek the Republican nomination for mayor next year, Allon is running on a platform that stresses educational improvements and reform and more public transportation options.

And one way he’d pay for it all is through advertising — letting companies bid to put their names on subway stations, for example, the way they do on sports stadiums. The same thing is done when benefactors get their names put on hospital wings, he pointed out.

Decrying the transit fare hikes the MTA is planning during an interview last week with the Queens Chronicle editorial board, Allon said, “Why not take our 468 subway stations and 15,000 bus stations and sell the naming rights? Why not have Google Times Square station? There’s no reason we shouldn’t do that.”

Selling naming rights as a way to raise revenue is just one part of the Allon’s financial improvement plan for the city. He would also sell the air rights over schools to help fund education by letting developers put apartments above them where it would work, sell residential parking permits in some neighbor-

Mayoral hopeful Tom Allon has a plan hoods and try to get the commuter tax reinstated to bring in revenue from people who work in the city but live in the suburbs.

“The city needs somebody with my experience, vision and creativity,” Allon said. “I think like a businessman.”

Allon is the publisher of several community newspapers and online media outlets based in Manhattan, including Our Town and City & State, the latter of which is becoming required reading for the chattering classes all over the city. Prior to becoming a publisher, he was a reporter, and in his various roles has covered city government for more than 25 years. He was also a teacher at Stuyvesant High School, from which he had graduated years before.

Improving the school system is one of Allon’s key campaign platforms. He stressed that he would reduce some of the reliance on test scores as a measure of success and instead “give teachers the tools they need to teach” — starting with better training in teachers’ colleges.

“I think if teachers get proper training before they get into the classroom, that solves 50 percent of our education problem,” Allon said.

The interview at the Chronicle covered a broad range of other topics as well. Allon’s position on various issues include: • adding more express bus service and building elevated light rail systems. Asked about the proposal to reopen the old Rockaway

train line that used to run from Forest Hills into South Queens, Allon said that although he had not heard of the proposal before, it sounded good, because any improvement to public transportation is; • selling more taxi medallions to raise revenue and expand transportation options; • reforming but retaining the use of stop and frisk as a police tactic; • hiring more police officers. Allon noted that the force has dropped to about 34,000 from its high of 41,000, and said he knows how to cut other costs so the city can afford it; • putting the brakes on the drive to expand gambling, which he said amounts to a regressive tax on those least able to afford it. While he would not try to shutter the existing Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct, he does not favor adding full table games there; and • licensing bicycle riders and forcing them to carry insurance.

He also said he would support building a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a plan that has been the center of controversy in recent weeks. Asked if he would back such a project in Central Park, the lifelong Manhattanite said yes.

A Democrat until just a couple months ago, Allon said he is a fiscal conservative and social liberal who no longer felt at home in that party and had to become a Republican. The only other announced GOP hopeful for mayor is

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Adolpho Carrion, a former Bronx borough president who also just switched parties.

On the Democratic side, likely and announced candidates include City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Q Thompson Jr.

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Ralliers stand by workers Many gather in Jackson Heights after Bangladesh fire

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Spanish, Bengali and English all mixed in the air at a rally last Thursday held to remember the many workers killed in a factory fire outside the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

On Nov. 25 a f ire blazed all night at Tazreen Fashions factory, which media sources said made clothing for Walmart, Sears and Disney, leaving more than 120 dead. About 500 Bangladeshi factory workers have died in fires since 2006, according to the Clean Clothes Campaign.

About 8,000 miles away in the 37th Road Plaza in Jackson Heights, advocates, neighbors and workers hoisted up signs about two weeks later and demanded a change in workers’ rights for Bangladeshis.

“It is our duty that we stand up in solidarity with those workers, who get paid 55 cents an hour, and to f ight for their rights,” said Saima Khan, a leader with Desis Rising Up and Moving, which assists South Asian low-wage immigrant workers, youth and families in New York City to gain a more powerful voice. “We will hold those corporations responsible for the lives of those workers. We will make them accountable.”

DRUM members were joined by Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights);

Saima Khan, a worker leader with Desis Rising Up and Moving, spoke in Bengali at last Thursday’s rally PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT in solidarity with Bangladeshis workers.

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Hurricane Sandy made a soggy mess of some CitiBank-sponsored bike share equipment and has postponed the program yet again.

Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge flooded CitiBike’s facility at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the East River, where about twothirds of the system’s equipment was stored when the Oct. 29 storm hit. While most bike frames and hardware were unscathed, many electrical components must be refurbished or replaced, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.

The plan — which would allow riders to rent wheels all over Manhattan and Brooklyn as well as in Long Island City for a few hours at a time — was released in May and would have launched bikes this fall.

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LIC will be left out of CitiBike’s initial unveiling with an unspecified LIC launch date of later in the year, according to the DOT. Once equipment is repaired, the DOT plans to put about 1,500 bikes in other parts of Brooklyn and in LIC for a total of 7,000.

Users will rent them using credit cards and then return them to any of the system’s stations.

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Queens nabe hotbed of many firsts for city’s political scene

by Jenny Hollander Chronicle Contributor

When Grace Meng is sworn into Congress in January, she will become New York’s first Asian-American politician on Capitol Hill.

Meng’s political rise — from representing Flushing in the state Assembly all the way to Washington, D.C. as a member of Congress — is the latest example of an emerging Asian-American political base spawned in Queens during the last decade.

It began 11 years ago, when John Liu became the first Asian-American to serve in a major elected office in New York City. Today, most of the state’s Asian-Americans on the City Council, state Assembly and in Congress are, or originally were, representatives of Flushing.

The Pew Research Center reported in June that AsianAmericans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in the United States, with New York City boasting the largest Asian population in the nation. Yet no other neighborhood with a large Asian-American population has produced the political players like Flushing has.

Ten years ago, all of Flushing’s representatives — Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik, Councilwoman Julia Harrison and state Sen. Toby Stavisky — were Caucasian.

The neighborhood’s Asian population has since grown by 37 percent, and now more than two-thirds of the neighborhood’s inhabitants are Asian-American.

“Growing up in Flushing, I never dreamed I could run for office, let alone get elected,” said Liu, who served for eight years in the City Council, has been the City Comptroller since Januar y 2010 and is r unning for mayor in 2013.

Today, Stavisky — re-elected seven times in 13 years as state senator for the 16th District — is the only non-Asian representative left. And even Stavisky had to beat an AsianAmerican, J.D. Kim, to keep her seat this year. Every race for a seat in Flushing on Election Day, regardless of party, featured at least one Asian-American candidate.

“Flushing has provided opportunity for Asian-American advancement faster than anywhere else,” said Evan Stavisky, son of the senator and partner at strategic communications firm The Parkside Group.

Though Flushing has had an Asian-American city council representative since 2002, Chinatown elected its first Asian-American council representative, Margaret Chin, just three years ago. Chin makes up one-half of the AsianAmerican delegation of the entire City Council; Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) is the other half.

Koo considers his predecessor Liu a “trailblazer” for his eight years as the city’s first Asian-American council member. “He ran for office, and he had courage,” Koo said.

“After, other people looked back to him — [former Assemblyman] Jimmy Meng, for example — and thought, ‘John, if you can do it, then we can do it, too.’”

Grace Meng agreed with Koo’s description of Liu. In 2004, two years after Liu won his city council seat, her father, Jimmy Meng, had become the first Asian-American elected to the state Legislature. Before her congressional race, Meng followed in his footsteps from 2009 to 2012.

[Her father pleaded guilty last month to bribery charges, committed after he left office.]

“Every Asian-American who runs for office, and every woman, is a trailblazer,” Grace Meng said. “Every time someone runs for office, win or lose, they encourage peo-

ple to get involved.”

Now, as Meng heads to Congress, her successor in the Assembly is a Seoul-born immigrant who moved to Flushing at the age of 7, Ron Kim, who is making history by becoming the f irst Korean-American lawmaker in the state.

Liu said that when he first ran for City Council, the Asian-American political base — both in terms of voter turnout and political representation — was low. “Now, not only has it grown substantially, it has also become that much more motivated,” he said. “Asian-Americans are making progress along the political learning curve: Before, we didn’t have any elected legislators, and now we have a handful, at all different levels of government. And I expect that trend to continue.”

The Pew Research study also found that Asian-Americans are now the highest-earning and best-educated racial group in the country, which may account for their growing political force.

“Look at Ron Kim,” Koo said, referring to Meng’s successor. “He’s educated and understands communities.

Flushing has more and more immigrants coming in, and a lot of them are well-educated. They are more involved in politics and successful in business.”

The Brookings Institution found that America’s foreignborn population was increasingly moving towards the more suburban areas of cities, such as New York City’s outer boroughs, after analyzing American Community Survey data in 2011. The Asian-American population in Manhattan’s Chinatown dropped 15 percent between 2000 and 2010. AsianAmericans now make up just 13 percent of the neighborcontinued on page 36

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Avella blasts FAA on LGA flight paths Changes in patterns mean more air traffic over Northern Queens

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

If you’ve noticed more planes flying over Northeast Queens, you’re not going crazy — and you probably should get used to them.

The Federal Aviation Administration this year had implemented a six-month-long evaluation of new flight patterns into and out of LaGuardia Airport, whichs led to more planes flying over Northern Queens neighborhoods like Astoria, College Point, Flushing and Bayside.

Now, the FAA has decided to permanently implement the changes, stating that the evaluation showed they worked and are necessary to prevent conflicts with new flight patterns from JFK Airport.

“After the six-month evaluation, the FAA conducted an environmental review according to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act,” the FAA wrote in a letter to local legislators. “Following the review, the FAA approved the procedure for use when JFK is operating under other runway configurations. We are working to determine the best way to implement the use of this procedure with these other runway configurations.”

Previously, outbound flights from LaGuardia would sometimes make the “Coney Climb,” in which planes taking off would fly over Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Kew

Low-flying, noisy airplanes over Northern Queens have become a more common sight since the FAA decided to make new flight patterns to and from LaGuardia Airport permanent.

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Gardens, Ozone Park and Brooklyn, exiting the city airspace near Coney Island.

But due to increased traffic out of JFK Airport, LaGuardia flights have scarcely used that route, instead staying over Northern Queens. Outbound flights on Runway 13 now turn east over Kew Gardens and then

north over Flushing and Bayside. Inbound flights have used patterns that often take landing planes low over Middle Village, Forest Hills, Ridgewood, Woodside and Jackson Heights.

That does not sit well with state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside).

“Frankly, it is a disgrace the FAA has decided to go ahead with these departure changes, which will have a profound effect on the residents in northeastern Queens, without the proper input from the community,” Avella said. “My office continues to hear from homeowners who are irate at this abrupt increase in air traff ic over their homes, which is causing an intolerable amount of noise pollution. Any new flight patterns need to be properly evaluated to determine the impact on the quality of life for residents. In this case, the FAA has decided to disregard the voice of the people, and as a result, another rally is necessary to ensure that FAA finally listens to the concerns of residents.”

Avella will hold a rally in opposition to the FAA’s decision on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. in front of his Senate District Office at 38-50 Bell Blvd. He said he wants the new flight patterns more thoroughly vetted and wants to make sure the FAA knows how opposed to the plans his constituents remain.

Avella’s concerns about LaGuardia are echoed in the southern part of the borough where those living in the flight paths to JFK Airport expressed their anger and concerns to the FAA at a meeting Tuesday night in Springfield Gardens concerning air traffic Q into and out of that airport.

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The sound of planes flying overhead could be heard every few minutes as about 100 people attended a meeting on Tuesday in Springfield Gardens with representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration hoping to hear about its plans to reduce noise, among other issues. But the answers they received were bleak indeed.

“We’re not giving you any good news tonight, and we realize that,” said Robert Jaffe of the FAA’s flight standards division.

“It’s not going to get better. That’s the situation we’re dealing with. That’s clear. However, if we exclude a mode of transportation like aviation — it will be replaced — because there will be a travel demand.”

Air traffic is expected to increase 50 percent by 2025, according to the FAA. Agency officials gave an hour-long presentation which several community members said sounded like a commercial for the aviation industry and offered no real answers.

“It seems more like a sales pitch for the airlines, rather than bringing in the pertinent information about how all of this affects our community,” said Dwight Johnson, president of the Federated Blocks of Laurelton, garnering much applause from the crowd. “Nowhere in this presentation were any of the issues that most of the people in our community have addressed.”

The representatives talked about the number of runways at JFK International Airport, the complex job of air traffic controllers and airplane pilots and how many jobs are created nationwide by airlines.

“One of the items we were asked to talk about a little bit is how does having an airport nearby affect the people who live here,” said Diane Crean, deputy regional administrator for the

agency. “I don’t have specifics for this area, because that would really come from the airport, but I do have a good presentation on the economic benefits of the aviation industry.”

The only problem they did address in the presentation was the notion that planes have been flying too low. Barbara Brown, leader of the Eastern Queens Alliance, which hosted the meeting, said, “You can almost reach and touch them.”

But Jaffe said that is all an optical illusion and that planes aren’t allowed to fly any lower than an altitude of 1,000 feet over residential communities. He added that pilots, whose top priority is safety, have no incentive to disobey the rules.

While it’s true that plane engines are evolving to become quieter, that was about the only piece of good news offered by the FAA, which was blasted by sever- Civic leaders Dwight Johnson, left, and Lonnie Glover were among those PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA al civic leaders and at least one elected official. As the disappointed by the FAA’s answers. need for flights increases, they said, so too will the over the community, sometimes it’s not feasible. Another FAA amount of planes and the amount of noise.

It’s the not the FAA’s job to offer any sound-proofing or staffer also noted that planes headed to JFK’s Runway 22 will, noise-reduction solutions, Crean noted. Their only job is to at some point, have to fly over eastern Queens because of its close proximity to the strip. make certain that air traffic is safe.

Lonnie Glover, president of the Spring-Gar Civic Association “We’re not here to paint a rosy picture, or to to tell you anything other than what the truth is,” Crean said. and treasurer of the Eastern Queens Alliance, wanted to know However, the FAA does have an airport improvement pro- what the FAA plans to do about plane emissions and possible gram, which includes assisting airport owners in alleviating health problems that could result from them. He did not get an noise impact, but the Port Authority has to apply for the aid. answer. But Jaffe did say automotive traffic produces much more Brown asked why the planes couldn’t be directed to fly over air pollution than planes. water instead of residential areas. Mark Guiod, of New York “Air craft are a very small percentage of the emissions, when Terminal Radar Approach Control, said that is done when pos- you talk about hydrocarbons in the New York area,” Jaffe said.

Q sible, but due to the concentration of aircraft in the airspace “Almost all of it is from road traffic.”

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Delta takes kids on holiday trip to the North Pole Some 100 children got a special holiday treat this year as part of Delta’s annual “Holiday in the Hangar” event on Tuesday, during which participants took a mock trip to the North Pole.

The children got the chance to taxi down a runway at JFK before arriving at their destination, which was inside an airplane hangar that had transformed into a holiday winter wonderland. There were plenty of celebrities on hand, including New York Knick John Starks, the Rockettes and the Coca-Cola Polar Bear.

The children received gifts and holiday treats and there were plenty of activities to keep them busy including interactive games, hockey, basketball and crafts. The event was hosted by the Madison Square Garden Company, Delta Air Lines and the Garden of Dreams Q Foundation.

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Floyd Flake endorses Thompson for mayor Says he is the best candidate for the job

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The Rev. Floyd Flake, pastor of Greater Allen AME Cathedral in Jamaica and a former Congressman, has endorsed Bill Thompson for mayor, citing his experience as the former city comptroller.

“During his time as comptroller, there were no problems, no blowups, no fraud,” Flake said Monday. “He ran things extremely well. New York City did not suffer during that time. He’s someone who knows how to handle things financially. I’m not saying the others candidates couldn’t do a good job, I

The Rev. Floyd Flake has decided to back Bill Thompson for mayor.

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just think he can do it better.”

Flake had worked on Thompson’s campaign during his last mayoral run in 2009, but switched his support to incumbent Mike Bloomberg because he said, “an additional term was valuable to the city.”

Flake, whose church boasts a congregation of more than 18,000 parishioners, cited Bloomberg’s positions on crime and economic development as major reasons for his endorsement last time around.

Thompson was pleased that Flake, a political heavyweight in the Queens community and beyond, has decided to back him this time.

“We are proud to have Reverend Flake’s support,” a spokesman for Thompson said in an email statement. “He is a highly regarded religious leader and we expect the support of many other religious leaders across New York City.”

Other candidates planning to run for mayor are Democrats City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill deBlasio, and Republicans Tom Allon, a Manhattan community newspaper publisher, and Adolpho Carrion Jr., a former Bronx borough president. State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Jamaica) is also rumored to be considering a run on the GOP line.

Earlier this year Flake endorsed City Councilman James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton) in his primary bid for state Senate against incumbent Shirley Huntley. He secured a comfortable vicQ tory, taking nearly 60 percent of the vote.

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Protestors decry FMCP, Willets plans

by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor

Community groups and residents opposing proposed expansions in Flushing Meadows Corona Park staged a rally and park cleanup on a rainy Sunday afternoon, lambasting three nearby planned projects as corporate land grabs that would rob the community of “sacred” parkland.

The protest specifically focused on: a 1.4 million-square-foot mall proposed for Willets Point; an expansion of the United States Tennis Associations facilities within the park; and Major League Soccer’s proposed 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

The gathering was organized by the Fairness Coalition of Queens, a collective of community groups that includes Make The Road New York, Asian Americans for Equality and Queens Congregations United for Action, among others.

MLS responded with a statement touting the project’s 2,100 construction-related jobs, park improvements and 13 acres of replacement parkland.

“We have a tremendous amount of community support from small businesses to civic groups, local soccer leagues and labor,” said spokeswoman Risa Heller. “We will continue to engage with the community and look forward to hearing more from them.”

The USTA did not respond to a request for comment as of this writing.

The protesters met in front of Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Corona, over 100 of them holding up various signs that included “Save our park” and “Put soccer stadium in Central Park.”

The crowd was joined by Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside), both decrying what they characterized as a clandestine deal and giveaway of parkland.

“We cannot make any deals behind closed doors,” Ferreras said, though she fell short of declaring the park an unsuitable site for expansion or new stadiums.

Some took issue with comments MLS Commissioner Don Garber made during an

interview stating the league and city were “at the finish line” in agreeing on the details surrounding the proposed 13-acre project.

“I cannot be supportive of a project at the finish line when it has not even begun,” Ferreras said, then leading the crowd in a chant of “Our park, our plan, our future” in Spanish.

Avella called all parkland “sacred” and said he opposes the building of any stadium or expansion, while facetiously holding up a sign that called for the stadium’s placement in Central Park.

Speaking of Flushing Meadows, Avella said, “I hate to say it but government looks at it, looks at who uses it and thinks it’s a good idea to use the park for a stadium. It’s cheaper for them to do it this way.”

Ferreras noted the focus on the MLS plan caused many to lose sight of the USTA’s proposed expansion, which would increase its presence in the park to just over a half an acre of parkland beyond its current site.

She also pointed to what she sees as a flaw in the approval process that will allow MLS to ignore projects to be built around the stadium, including the USTA expansion and the Willets Point redevelopment, in its environmental impact statement because they would be built later.

“That’s a very valid concern for me,” she said.

The rally was followed by reports of MLS lobbying efforts topping $1.48 million since March, spending that purportedly went to lobbying firms working with officials at both the state and city level.

Nearly $1 million has gone to HR&A Associates, which boasts a staff filled with former city officials.

MLS downplayed the firm’s work, saying most of its efforts have been focused on real estate and architectural negotiations.

Heller said firms involved in those talks were counted “because they are occasionally in meetings where lobbying takes place, and out of an abundance of caution are registered with the city and state. Regulations do not permit any company from distinguishing lobbying and non-lobbying activities on the disQ closure forms.”

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Asian vote solidifies as a bloc in Flushing continued from page 27 hood, whereas Flushing’s Asian-American community has increased.

“The new immig rants [to Flushing] understand the concept of taking care of the community, as well as their family,” Koo said. “So they are more involved in politics, running for office, and being part of the community board.”

“It’s about the American Dream,” said Liu. “And the essence of being American is being political. Taking part in the democratic process.”

In 2009, Flushing had the third-highest portion of foreign-born residents in New

York City, with over half of its residents identifying themselves as such. Almost a third of those immigrants are Chinese alone.

When the MinKwon Center asked residents in 2011 why they had moved to Flushing, the most common response was the proximity of one’s friends and family.

Asian-Americans have typically been underrepresented in New York’s politics, both in terms of its politicians and voter participation. However, redistricting based on the 2010 U.S. Census helped create Asian-American political hubs: the redrawn Congressional District 6 — the

seat Meng won — had almost triple the Asian-American population of its predecessor, at 38 percent.

“The lines were drawn — and I think I’m absolutely correct in saying this — with a view to giving the Asian community dominance, when it might otherwise have been a multinational community,” said former Councilmember Julia Harrison, who was succeeded by Liu in 2002 (and later Koo), and is currently a Democratic District 22 leader.

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Meng’s senior advisor, Michael Tobman — who has coordinated Meng’s political campaigns since her Assembly race in 2008 — agreed that the Asian-American community contributed only in part to Meng’s win. “Both in the primary and in the general elections, Grace won everywhere,” he said. “She got the Jewish vote in Forest Hills, the Spanish-speaking vote, and women’s votes in every part of the district. It’s great to have a demographic and geographic base to run from, but if you can’t deal with the rest of the district, you shouldn’t be running.”

The city comptroller’s 2012 report found that the neighborhood’s immigrants come from more than 70 different countries, including Colombia (5.6 percent), Ecuador (4.1 percent) and India (3.8 percent).

“In Flushing, you have demographics that represent every corner of the globe,” said Deputy Comptroller Ari Hoffnung.

“I could probably best point to [the diversity] by thinking back to mid-September,” said political consultant Stavisky. “There was a press conference, with three Democratic candidates. You had my mother [Toby Stavisky], Grace Meng, Ron Kim, and Flushing’s diversity was really on show: a white woman who’s Jewish; Grace Meng’s Chinese and her husband’s Korean; Ron Kim was born in Korea and his wife was born in China. There’s a lot of groundbreaking there.”

As the only Asian-American serving in the state Assembly at the time, Meng sponsored legislation during her term that eliminated the use of the word “Oriental” in state documents. She also established the Asian Lunar New Year as a school holiday for districts with a high Asian-American population.

Both Koo and Meng agreed that learning to deal with the challenges of Flushing’s multiethnic population had allowed them to grow and develop as politicians. “You don’t focus on what [demographic] communities have specif ic to themselves but, rather, what they have in common,” said Tobman, Meng’s advisor. “The issues — social mobility, economic mobility, education, quality of life — have nothing to do with Q diversity.”

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“How’s she doin’?” one might ask.

Pretty well, the answer might be, at least when it comes to endorsements.

The “she” is former City Councilwoman Melinda Katz of Forest Hills, a candidate for Queens borough president in 2013. This week, just before one of her rivals was to formally announce his campaign, Katz trumped him with the announcement that she has been endorsed by former “How am I doin’?” Mayor Ed Koch.

“I am supporting Melinda Katz for Queens Borough President,” the popular exmayor said in an prepared statement issued by the Katz campaign. “She is the one candidate in the race that raises the level of conversation about balancing economic development with the community in Queens. As Chair of the City Council’s Land Use Committee she achieved that balance citywide. It is why I supported her for City Comptroller in 2009, and why I am supporting her now for Queens Borough President in 2013.”

The Koch endorsement came Tuesday, one day before Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) formally kicked off his campaign for borough president. Other announced contenders include Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside).

Since Koch endorsed Katz several years ago in the four-way race for comptroller that was won by then-Councilman John Liu, now a mayoral hopeful, it’s possible he decided she was the best choice for borough president long ago.

But the timing of the endorsement, one day before Vallone’s kickoff event, is interesting because the councilman took a stand against the mayor, sort of, less than two years ago. That was when the Queensboro Bridge was renamed the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge. Vallone led the outcry against

continued from page 5 sewer lines and prevent them from being damaged in the sewer construction.

The project will place new sewers in the square and aims to improve drainage. The area is notorious for flooding and drainage problems. Even on Tuesday, after a few days of only light rain and drizzle, ankledeep water covered sidewalks and curbs around the square and the few blocks surrounding it. Even at pacif ic high tides, water from Hawtreek Creek sometimes flows over its banks.

Though Cohen admits the work being done is important, he said more effort should be put into being less intrusive on

everyday actions. He noted the project might hurt small businesses in the square that are already teetering on the edge after the hurricane shut them down for weeks.

“The whole point of this whole recovery is for us to help ourselves and the government to help us do it,” he said. “If people can’t access these businesses, they will make other accommodations.”

But others, like Laura, are less angry.

“It’s annoying, but what can you do? It has to get done, I guess,” she said.

She dropped her brother off at the corner of 159th Avenue and 102nd Street. “He can walk a block.”

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the change, seeing it as denigrating to Queens.

Would anybody propose renaming the iconic Brooklyn Bridge? Vallone asked. No. Why should Queens get any less r e s p e c t ? A b o u t Former Mayor Ed three-quarters of Koch waded into borough residents Queens politics this FILE PHOTO opposed the idea, week. according to a poll taken at the time.

Sure, Koch had led a much-needed bridge rehabilitiation program when he was mayor, but he has no particular tie to Queens. He lives in Manhattan, and the City Council could have renamed the Manhattan Bridge for him if it wanted. But instead it renamed the Queensboro. At least we got the hyphenated Ed Koch-Queensboro name in the end, rather than losing the borough moniker altogether. And of course a lot of people just call it the 59th Street Bridge anyway (thank you, Forest Hills natives Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel).

And Vallone didn’t let it go at that. Just a couple weeks ago, he introduced a bill to ban the renaming of any piece of city infrastructure for a person who is still alive, an idea he had floated back when the bridge controversy was in the news. The Queens Chronicle editorialized in favor of the notion back then.

Maybe Koch was irked that Vallone was again bringing up the bridge renaming, as he did in the bill’s announcement, just before declaring his bid for borough president.

The last time Koch made a Queens endorsement, it was for underdog Congressional candidate Bob Turner. He became Congressman Bob Turner. We can only wait and see if Koch helps Katz that much too. Q

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Bill: Gas stations must have backup generators LIGRA opposes such legislation, citing cost and space constraints

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

The long lines at gas stations following superstorm Sandy are not images that will easily be forgotten. In many cases, it wasn’t a gas shortage that was the problem, but a lack of electricity that prevented pumping.

In order to prevent such a predicament in the future, some state lawmakers are introducing bills that would mandate that gas stations have a backup generator, and would provide them with a tax credit to help offset the cost.

State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-East Setauket) has legislation that is in the drafting phase and is cosponsored

by Queens Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica).

There is a companion bill in the Senate sponsored by Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland-Orange), which was referred to the Rules Committee on Nov. 14.

“The gas station owners are already up in arms,” Scarborough said. “They don’t want the extra cost. If they can’t pump gas, they get reimbursed for their loss, but in this case they need to make an investment, and it’s a worthwhile investment.”

Kevin Beyer, the president of the Long Island Gasoline Retailers Association, is against such legislation, citing cost, space, operational requirements and a myriad of other reasons. Similar bills have been introduced by Nassau County legislators, he said.

Beyer, whose group includes Queens gas stations, believes that this type of legislation would only be effective if it were uniform across the region and the state or federal government covered the cost. He suggests a simpler solution of making gas stations a priority for power restoration when outages occur.

Beyer said that mandating the installation of a generator would force some independent stations to close or raise their

Long lines like this one were common after Sandy with many gas stations unable to pump fuel due to a lack of electricity.

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prices to cover the cost. He said that most gas stations make their money not from fuel, but from on-site convenience stores at the site, which require a lot of electricity on their own.

Generators that can provide uninterrupted power for gas pumps, refrigerator units and computer systems can cost between $30,000 to $40,000, according to Beyer.

Other reasons he opposes generator-mandating legislation is that such machines require a lot of space, which most gas stations don’t have. They would increase the price of insurance and employees would have to be trained to maintain and operate the generators safely.

“One of our pet peeves is when lawmakers introduce legis-

lation that impacts an industry, without consulting the industry,” said Michael Watt, executive director of LIGRA. Watt noted that in many cases gas station owners only have a three-year lease on their business and therefore it doesn’t make sense for them to spend thousands on a generator. “It’s like living in an apartment and putting in a whole new kitchen when you know you are only going to be there for three years,” Watt said.

The Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey also opposes such legislation, which it believes would be unfair since a generator mandate is not imposed on other industries.

Scarborough allowed that “These are reasonable concerns that need to be addressed,” but “We can’t forget that the gas crisis immobilized large parts of the city, and it could have been avoided.”

At least some Queens residents agree.

George Buonocore, of Howard Beach, who said his wife waiting in line for over 12 hours to purchase 8 gallons of gas after the storm, supports the legislation.

“I think it’s a great idea,” Buonocore said. “People say we are on track for more hurricanes. Hopefully, that’s not true.

But at least we can be prepared. There is no reason for us not to have gas. This is America.”

City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) supports the gas generator mandate and submitted a legislative service request on Nov. 13 for a similar bill in the council.

“It’s a very good idea,” Kevin Ryan, a spokesman for Halloran, said Tuesday. “The government already regulates gas stations and all the equipment and apparatus they are required to have. This is a minimal additional burden that will be beneficial in the long run. They will still be able to pump gas even Q when the power goes out.”

Should residents buy generators from utilities?

Legislation is getting mixed reviews

by AnnMarie Costella

Chris Olert, a spokesman for ConEdison, said Monday.

The Long Island Power Authority, did not Hurricane Sandy taught the city many lessons, perhaps the greatest of which is the return phone calls seeking comment by press need to be prepared when one’s electricity time.

“I think it’s a good idea — if the utility goes out. To that end, Assemblyman Bill Scarborough (D-Jamaica) will be introducing leg- companies use it to help people and not just to islation designed to make generators easier to make a profit,” said George Buonocore of Howard Beach, whose obtain. home suffered extensive The plan is to get utilidamage from Sandy. “A ty companies to buy the ind a way to give lot of people don’t have machines wholesale by them more money enough money to spend giving them a tax credit on a decent generator, so toward the cost. They so they can spill it something is better than would then sell the genernothing.” ators to their customers, down the drain?

But not everyone who could pay off what Absolutely not.” thinks the legislation they owe through a small would aid those slammed increase in their monthly by the storm — particuutility bill.

— Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder larly those who were dis“It speaks to one of the big problems with the storm, and that was a appointed by what they considered a lackluster response by LIPA. lack of power,” Scarborough said Monday.

“I would not support any bill that gives The bill is presently being drafted by legislative staffers. There is no companion bill in more money, power, or authority to the utility companies because they have not proven that the senate yet.

“We won’t comment on it until we see it,” they have the ability to manage their finances

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AG seeks to open politics Assemblyman Bill Scarborough, left, will be introducing legislation that he believes will help Hurricane Sandy victims, but Assemblyman Phil FILE PHOTOS Goldfeder disagrees. or to respond appropriately after a natural disaster,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (DFar Rockaway). “Find a way to give them more money so they can spill it down the drain? Absolutely not.”

Goldfeder said he looks forward to working with Scarborough, whom he called a friend, in order to come up with a better solution.

“Eighty-five percent of my district was damaged by the hurricane so there is no one that is more sensitive to people that are hurting,” Goldfeder said, “but this is not the answer.”

State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), who represents much of the same area, remained on the fence about the bill, when asked Wednesday if he would support the legislation.

“I think we need to invest in our utility companies,” Addabbo said. “Even though we are frustrated by their response after Sandy, they have to step up and improve customer service to ward against these same types of Q situations in the future.”

State Attor ney General Eric Schneider man on Wednesday announced that he is seeking new regulations on nonprof it groups that get involved in politics.

“More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before. By shining a light on this dark corner of our political system, New York will serve as a model for other states, and for the federal government, to protect the integrity of nonprofits and our democracy,” Schneiderman said.

The new rules would apply to groups that advocate for specific candidates or just for issues. They would have to report the percentage of their expenditures that go to federal, state and local electioneering. Those groups that spend at least $10,000 to influence state and local elections in New York will be required to file itemized schedules of expenses and contributions.

Those disclosures would then be released to the public.

The public can comment on the proposed rules from Dec. 26 through March 6. More information is available at ag.ny.gov/charity-disclosureQ regulations.

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side the Mets’ stadium is currently the site of a proposed 1.4 million-square-foot shopping mall.

The memo falls in line with the suggestions of the Fairness Coalition of Queens, a group of community organizations leading the charge against the MLS stadium’s proposed home in the park.

“It backs up what we have been saying all along,” said Hillary Klein, of Make the Road New York, a coalition member.

Another large sports franchise reportedly eyed the park and northern Queens in general, as the Jets were looking to move into new, Olympic-style digs.

As the Upper West Side stadium plan drowned in an ocean of complaints in 2004, Tishman, a construction and real estate company, conducted a site comparison analysis for the creation of a 76,000-seat football stadium in Queens and Manhattan, with dual configurations for an open and closed stadium in this borough.

It found an open-air stadium three times the size of MLS’s proposal in Willets Point would have resulted in an annual net public loss of $15 million.

“The net public return for a facility built in Queens, whether enclosed or open-air, results in a significant annual public loss,” the analysis concludes.

Heller dismissed the analysis, calling any comparison to MLS’s project “apples Q and oranges.”

Holiday party for Aktion Club Assemblyman Mike Miller, along with the Kiwanis Clubs of Glendale, Lefferts-Liberty, and Queens Boulevard and the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association sponsored a Christmas party for the members of the Forest Park Aktion Club at the WoodhavenRichmond Hill Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave. in Woodhaven.

The Forest Park Aktion Club is a Kiwanis group for adults with developmental disabilities. The organization is run with the support of Independence Residences Inc., a local

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MLS stadium proposal continued from page 2 “Such a design could be extremely well-suited to Olympics conversion,” the memo reads.

The creation of a stadium in Queens was championed by advocates and protectors of the park, especially David Oates, a nowdeceased park advocate and activist who lambasted any location other than Willets Point. The city was forced into a last-minute about face, scuttling plans for the West Side stadium and pushing the Queens location before the International Olympic Committee. By most published accounts, the move may have cost the city the games, with the IOC member from Morocco expressing confusion over the change.

Had the plan gone through, scenes of the Mexican national soccer team accepting its gold medals at this summer’s Olympics might have played out in Queens instead of London. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt would have solidified his place as the greatest sprinter of all time days later.

The Olympic bid, even though it failed in 2005, has had a lingering effect epitomized in mass development around the city. Residential towers on the Upper West Side, the High Line Park, and the redevelopment of Willets Point all have roots in NYC 2012’s plan. The proposed MLS soccer stadium could be added to that list, should it be approved.

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Ice Jewelry: where the owners can relate to their clients

Yes! Astoria resident Noah Rachels wins big on trivia game show

by Josey Bartlett Editor

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like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 selling services. offer on her ring from another area shop, but Their cash loans program is straightforward and was looking to get a better deal. In what may simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who be viewed as poor business acumen, she told has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg her new prospective buyer what her previous said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. 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 For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

People have this conception of gold buying Elias opened his Rego Park shop with stores as these slimy places with slimy Goldberg less than a year ago, and already people, and they’re typically right. But we they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in doing something right — the pawn business their counter for $800. We don’t do that.” typically deals in one-time transactions but Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at Elias is determined to break that mold, 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of building a reputation on trust. operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to “Everyone around here is buying gold these 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday days; you can go into the barber shop down private appoinments are available. Call for the road and sell your jewelry. The problem Q more information (718) 830-0030. with all these places is they treat everything

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Well, no but the $15,099 Astoria resident Noah Rachels won on the game show “Jeopardy!” is nothing to turn a nose up at.

The 34-year-old fundraiser for Columbia University beat his opponents during the show aired last Thursday night, but then lost the next day — sending him back home.

Rachels started his love for trivia around the dinner Astorian Noah Rachels, right, with longtime game show host Alex table in Kerhonkson, NY, Trebek, competed on “Jeopardy!” This episode aired last week. where growing up his family COURTESY PHOTO used to watch the game on TV — pretty laid back.” show while eating.

As for what’s in store for his loot?

“We played a fair amount of Trivial Pur“Save it,” Rachels said. “I don’t know suit as well,” Rachels said.

He gleaned knowledge of the arts while what the tax rate is on game show winnings.

Q studying music at Moravian College in I don’t want to spend it all.”

Pennsylvania and then continued to round out his repertoire of “seemingly useless bits of information” throughout his day-to-day life.

In January he took the “Jeopardy!” test, available online to anyone. Unlike a driver’s The Queens Hunger Project is in test or spelling quizzes, test takers don’t response to the growing problem of know their fate right away. hunger in Queens. The GlendaleRachels didn’t know he had passed until Maspeth United Methodist Church has May, when a member of the “Jeopardy!” adopted two places that provide food staff asked him to audition in person in for the hungry.

Manhattan. He showed up and participated The f irst is the United Methodist in a mock “Jeopardy!” round and interview, Center in Far Rockaway, a soup kitchen which made him eligible to play for real and food panty. They provide between over the next 18 months.

100 and 120 nutritious meals daily “I tried out once before 10 or 11 years Monday through Friday and food packago and they never called me back,” ages Tuesday and Thursday depending Rachels said. “I kind of thought it would be on how much food they have on hand. the same sort of thing.”

Missions Chairperson Hellen Block His luck changed in July with a phone and other church members volunteer call. The game show casting crew said they there every week. would like him to compete in Los Angeles The second place is the Ridgewood in August.

Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave. Once on the other coast he put his bank of facts to use answering all the trivia host which gives out an average of 450 to Alex Trebek threw his way — saying he 500 food packages a month, feeding recalled only one especially tough question. over 1,500 people.

He advanced to a second day of “JeopThe congregation makes regular ardy!” competition, which aired last Friday. food donations to each place but help Unfortunately that ended his one-day run as is needed from the public. game show king.

Items needed are canned, boxed Nevertheless he didn’t just take away his and packaged food, but nothing that is winnings. He can now say he met one of the perishable or needs to be refrigerated.

United States’ most recognized game show They can be dropped off at the hosts, Trebek.

Chronicle office at 62-33 Woodhaven “He was a lot of fun,” Rachels said. “He’s Blvd. in Rego Park, Monday through much more relaxed and humorous — you Q Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. probably don’t get that from watching him

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Jackson Heights politician Hiram Monserrate slammed for fraud Hiram Monserrate, a former state senator and city councilman from Western Queens, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for directing $100,000 of City Council money into a fund used for his failed bid for the state Senate in 2006, according to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

In addition to prison time Monserrate, 45, was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $79,434.49 in restitution and a $200 special assessment fee.

Monserrate, an ex-cop who was eventually elected to the state Senate in 2008 and then ousted in early 2010 after being convicted of misdemeanor assault for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building in Jackson Heights, is scheduled to report to prison in March.

In 2005, the then-city councilman representing the neighborhoods of Corona, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights was allocated $300,000 in tax revenues to support the Latino Initiative for Better Resources and Empowerment, a Corona-based nonprofit.

But when Monserrate unsuccessfully ran for state Senate in 2006, he siphoned $100,000 of those funds into his campaign, Bharara said.

“Hiram Monserrate helped to underwrite his political ambitions with money that was intended to benefit those in need, and he

Former state senator and city councilman, Hiram Monserrate, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for using money allocated for the nonprofit LIBRE to help finance his failed campaign FILE PHOTO for state Senate in 2006. cor r upted his off ice in the process,” Bharara said.

Specifically, Monserrate ordered LIBRE employees to work on his Senate bid, prosecutors said, for which LIBRE paid them thousands of dollars.

LIBRE employees also used discretionary

funds to run a voter registration drive and create a database filled with voters in the Senate district. LIBRE then intentionally delayed giving the database to the state Board of Elections, Bharara said, which gave Monserrate an unfair advantage because that he was the only candidate who knew these

individuals were registered.

Additionally, in the summer of 2006, LIBRE paid workers to gather signatures of registered voters on petitions designating Monserrate as a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the state Senate, prosecutors said.

In May Monserrate pleaded guilty to the fraudulent handling of the money.

“He stands in a long line of recent public officials whose crimes have undermined the public’s confidence in its elected officials,” Bharara said. “His sentence should serve as a reminder that public officials who break the law will be forced to answer to the public they betrayed, and they will be punished.”

Queens resident and former comptroller Alan Hevesi was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence for a pension fund scandal. Also, former assemblyman Jimmy Meng of Flushing admitted taking an $80,000 bribe from a defendant in federal court after promising to help him get a lesser sentence.

“After Monserrate’s arrest, the people of Jackson Heights, Corona, and Elmhurst voted overwhelmingly to elect leaders with integrity who will move beyond the corruption and criminal activity of the past,” Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Corona) Q said.

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BB gun costs crook his life

Man allegedly kills 62-yr GF

Drug detectives shoot would-be robber in Ridgewood

by Trevina Nicholson Chronicle Contributor

Two unnamed undercover NYPD narcotics detectives fatally shot an unidentified, 42-year-old career criminal in Ridgewood last Saturday night.

The man was seen approaching the officers pointing a gun. The officers then fired a total of six rounds, five from one officer, and one from the other. All six rounds hit the man. He was taken to nearby Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead.

Neither of the detectives were harmed in the incident.

The man was seen by witnesses leaving a black vehicle and making his way toward the police while they were arresting Nolan Rivera, an alleged drug dealer.

The man was carrying what appeared to be a black Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol, later revealed to be a Walther CP99 — a .177-caliber BB gun — while the detectives were making the drug bust near the corner of Gates and Seneca avenues, according to police officials.

It is illegal to have that form of gun in the city because of its appearance, the NYPD said. It is designed to look like Walther’s real P99 pistols, which are used by German police and British special forces.

The man the detectives killed allegedly thought they were robbing Rivera and decid-

The Walther CP99 BB gun wielded by a man police killed in Ridgewood is designed to look like a real PHOTO COURTESY NYPD pistol. ed to rob them in turn, officials explained.

Rivera was heard yelling at the would-be robber that the detectives were police officers, according to a news report. That is when both officers turned around and shot him.

The NYPD said it was the first shooting incident for both cops.

The report from the police indicated that the man killed “had 39 prior arrests, including four by the Miami-Dade Florida Police Department.” In the city, his arrest record included drugs and weapons charges and assault.

Rivera was not harmed in the shooting,

but was transported to a hospital on account of swallowing cocaine, police said.

The NYPD would not comment on the well-being of the officers who killed the would-be robber. But such incidents can lead to emotional after-effects for the police involved, who may be left feeling uncertain and depressed as a result of a shooting.

For cops dealing with stress or trauma, there is a crew of officers who volunteer their time to help them without involving the Police Department itself. They can be contacted 24/7 Q at (1) 888 COPS-COP (267-7267).

Officers arrested a man on Sunday morning for allegedly stabbing his 62year-old girlfriend to death, according to NYPD. Police found Lorraine Cetrone, 62, in her apar tment at 90-34 54 Ave. in Elmhurst at 8:20 a.m. after neighbors reported smelling a foul odor. A dead body takes one to three days, depending on the weather, to begin to smell, according posts on Policeone.com, a website contributed to by officers.

Responders also took a 63-year-old man from the apartment to the hospital to be treated for a stab wound. The man was listed in stable condition.

Officials pronounced Cetrone dead on arrival to Elmhurst Hospital.

Police later arrested Robert Wall, 63, and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

The NYPD would not conf irm if Wall is the man treated for a stab wound on Sunday. Wall lived with Cetrone in the Elmhurst apartment Q where officers found her.

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$60,000. To give it to a private cemetery, she said, would be a “disservice to our city.

Civic Virtue should stay here in Queens.”

Estimates to restore the work have ranged from $900,000, a figure quoted back in 1998, to $20 million.

“I can’t get any answers as to who would be paying,” Vallone said, but he indicated that MacMonnies’ family might foot the bill.

Torodash, who used the rally as an opportunity to formally announce he will be running as an independent candidate against councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) next year, called the commission’s actions “the most flagrant use of secrecy and neglect. The people of Queens are losing out.”

When asked about the possibility of replacing the statue, as has been suggested

by Borough President Helen Marshall and other elected officials, Vallone responded, “I’m not here to discuss replacing the statue. I’m here to discuss restoring and keeping it here. No statue in Central Park would be allowed to decay like this.”

While standing at a nearby bus station with her 4-year-old granddaughter, Aida Lopez, who has lived in the area for 35 years, represented the opinion of many area residents when she said, “I’ve seen the statue since I lived here. It needs to be cleaned. But there’s nothing wrong with it.

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continued from page 6 Crawford said. “To take public art and place it in a private location is absolutely outrageous.”

The city, however, said the hearing was properly noticed — well ahead of the requirement that it be announced 72 hours ahead of time.

A city spokesman also defended the relocation in an emailed statement.

“Green-Wood Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark with one of the largest outdoor collections of 19th- and 20th-century statuary, including the monument to James Wall Finn by Frederick MacMonnies,” the spokesman said. “The relocation of Civic Virtue by Frederick MacMonnies to Green-Wood is part of a public-private initiative to ensure the long-term preservation of the sculpture. Civic Virtue will remain fully accessible to the public, and we are working on establishing a vibrant, welcoming public space in Queens while the statue is on loan to Green-Wood.”

Speaking on a personal level, Vallone added, “As the father of two daughters, if I thought it was sexist, I wouldn’t be here.”

He sees the statue as “a Greek mythological portrayal. If you oppose this statue, there are so many others you’d have to oppose. This is a Queens statue.”

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (DMiddle Village) said the sculpture was commissioned by the city at a cost of

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The City Council on Monday voted to grant landmark status to the Brinckerhoff Cemetery in Fresh Meadows, removing any chances to develop the historic site.

“With the landmarking of the Brinckerhoff Cemetery, an irreplaceable part of Queens’ history will be preserved in perpetuity,” said Councilman James Gennaro (DFresh Meadows). “After more than a decadelong legal struggle, this hallowed ground, which was used as a cemetery for more than 200 years, is preserved.”

The nearly unanimous vote puts in place preservation mechanisms that will protect the cemetery, located on 182nd Street between 67th and 73rd avenues, from incursion in the form of development or any other disturbances. Any proposals to build upon the site must be vetted by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and match the character of the existing site.

A survey of the plot conducted in 1919 found 77 headstones and markers dated from 1730 to 1872. It was used as a burial ground by the Brinckerhoff family, one of the first European clans to settle in the borough in 1642.

The Fresh Meadows Homeowners Civic

Association played an integral role in the landmark status realization. Its president, James Gallagher Jr., thanked the council for its vote.

The 45-to-1 vote was met with broad bipartisan support.

“Queens is rich with historical treasures dating back to the Dutch era, from the Flushing Remonstrance and the Bowne House to Brinckerhoff Cemetery,” said Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone).

“It’s important to preserve the historical legacy of the Borough and I’m proud of the bipartisan effort to protect the Brinckerhoff Cemetery.”

The Brinckerhoff Cemetery was a private plot that still houses the remains of dozens of Queens’ earliest residents. Today, there are no visible grave markers the land, and it has become largely overgrown with greenery.

It faced the prospect of being built upon about 12 years ago, after it was improperly sold to private owners who wanted to build two houses on the land. It drove the Queens Historical Society to launch a fundraising effort to buy the site, though it fell short of the estimated $100,000 needed.

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Interest in deferred action peters in Qns. Organizations thought apps would increase after Obama re-election

by Josey Bartlett Editor

Queens organizations that help with deferred action for young illegal immigrants are perplexed why the number of applicants did not pick up after President Obama’s re-election.

In an effort to get the word out, Catholic Migration Services, Desis Rising up and Moving, MinKwon Center for Community Action and South Asian Youth Action held an informational clinic in Jackson Heights. No one attended.

Between 50 and 100 individuals attended the last two clinics held by Catholic Migration Services, a few months ago.

“It seems like not a lot of people are still out there that still need help with applications,” said Megan Helbling, immigration counselor and outreach specialist for Catholic Migration Services in Sunnyside.

As of Aug. 15 eligible undocumented immigrants could apply for a two-year deportation deferral, a Social Security number and a work permit, through President Obama’s policy directive — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Congress has repeatedly stopped a similar proposal called the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. During the first 15 days 37,864 people applied, according to the U.S. Citizenship and

Juan Fernadois, left, spoke about what applying for a two-year deportation deferral and legal working papers would mean to him on Aug. 16, the day after President Obama made the option availFILE PHOTO able for young illegal immigrants.

Immigration Services Agency.

During the full months of September and October the agency received 108,586 and 117,213 applications, respectively.

However, during the f irst 15 days of November, representing the most recent released period of data, the USCIS only saw 45,272 DACA forms. If the same rate continued for the month, the agency could expect to receive a little over 90,000 applications —

about a 27,000 person drop.

“There was a huge influx in September and we still have a few people trickling in,” Helbling said. “But we thought there would be a rush after Obama’s re-election, but we have not seen that at our office.”

In Astoria, Immigration Advocacy Services Executive Director Antonio Meloni also planned to need more applications after Nov. 1, but that wasn’t the case.

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“Kids are just not coming out,” Meloni said, adding that immigration organization directors across the city have said the same thing at a series of recent meetings.

He contributed the decline in interest to busy schedules or because there is no deadline people must apply by. Some individuals also might still be unaware of the policy directive, Meloni said, but he added that he thought there would still be a spike once applicants knew a Republican wouldn’t hold the presidential seat for at least another four years.

Immigration Advocacy Services has worked with about 200 people on DACA forms since August. Its first applicant was approved two weeks ago and since then about seven more have been approved.

The MinKwon Center in Flushing was flooded with calls in August and September, said Christina Chang, an advocacy and organizing associate with the group.

“It took three to four weeks to set up appointments, because we were overwhelmed,” Chang said.

Then before the election the center saw a lull in applicants. After Obama’s re-election it saw a small uptick when compared to the few weeks before.

Six people waited for the outcome of the election. The center also received six new appointments after Nov. 1, but not the same level of interest as August and September. Q

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THE STEAL Group transforms empty bank with site-specific works

”Sealing the Deal“ by Guerra de la Paz is one of the artworks displayed in the exhibition, ”How Much Do I Owe You?“

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n 1927 the newly built Bank of Manhattan clock tower stood pristinely over the industrial neighborhood of Long Island City, but over the years the building, much like the banking industry, began to decay.

The clock cracked.

The company moved out in the ’80s and then in 1990 Citibank built a metal and glass edifice that dethroned the bank as the tallest building in the borough.

Now, if only for a couple months, the nomadic public arts group No Longer Empty has filled the vacant bank once again. But the bankers of the early part of the last century who graced the floors of the 14-story skyscraper might not be too pleased with the theme of the exhibition.

“What’s money?” artist Theodoros Stamatogiannis asked while standing in front of the pingpong table he installed on Monday morning.

“It’s a big game,” he retorted.

Stamatogiannis, who splits his time between the UK and Queens, is one of 26 artists in the show “How Much Do I Owe You?” — the 14th exhibition curated by No Longer Empty.

Stamatogiannis didn’t create the table, but said that’s not the point of his art.

“It’s not about if the artist makes it or not, it’s about the meaning of the object,” he said of the table, which was wedged between two walls and no longer could function as a pingpong table.

“It’s no longer functional in this space,” he said.

Downstairs in one of the building’s vaults is a film created by Brooklyn-based artist Orit Ben-Shitrit.

The film — a mixture of dance, French narration and social commentary — takes place in two epochs: modern day Wall Street and the years leading up to the French Revolution.

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Maxim Anikushin on Sunday, Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Proceeds will benefit the church’s building fund. Visit historic-stgeorge-astoria.org.

Socrates Sculpture Park at 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, is looking for artists and architects with a deadline of Jan. 7. Visit socratessculpturepark.org, click on the exhibition tab and search for artist opportunities for more information and to print out an application.

FLEA MARKETS Flushing House, 38-20 Bowne St., Flushing, will hold a flea market on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queens nursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interested in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a flea market plus ethnic Polish bake sale on Sunday, Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 35th Avenue and 210th Street.

Slow Pitch Softball of Queens is now enrolling for the 2013 summer season. Visit spsofqueens.com or email spsofqueens@gmail.com for more information. Limited space is available.

MEETINGS

HOLIDAY St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish will hold an Indoor Flea Market on Sunday, Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 150-75 Goethels Ave., Jamaica. Free admission and parking. Breakfast and lunch are available.

For more information call (718) 591-1815.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Center Blvd., performs The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Contact laguardiaperformingarts.org or (718) 482-7206.

Dutch Kills Civic Association will hold its annual Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 13 at the Growing Up Green School, 39-37 28 St., at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free, but a small donation would be appreciated.

Come to the holiday luncheon on Friday, Dec. 14 at CCNS Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy. Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. There will be ice cream, raffles and music for dancing. Reserve now.

Donation is $4. Call (718) 225-1144.

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Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery host carols ‘n’ cookies ‘n’ cocoa ‘n’ cheer, a holiday community gathering with music and treats, on Friday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Center at Maple Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road. Admission and parking is free.

NYC Puppet Theatre presents a holiday musical, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” on Friday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. at Springfield Gardens High School auditorium, 143-10 Springfield Blvd., featuring holiday puppets and holiday themes for youngsters.

Cost is $8 per person.

The Community Singers of Queens will hold a winter concert at Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Flushing, on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information call (718) 658-1021.

There will be a children’s Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 15 at All Saints Episcopal Church, 43-12 46 St. in Sunnyside, for children ages 3-9. Two sessions — 2-3:30 p.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. Space is limited. No charge and free refreshments. Call (718) 784-8031.

The Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39 St., will host a holiday bake sale to benefit its afterschool program on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 5 to 8

Pianist Maxim Anikushin will perform at St George’s Church in Astoria on Sunday, Dec. 30.

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p.m. Tasters tickets are $20 for adults and free for children under 13. There will be an iPad raffle and silent auction. Email info@acsny.org.

16 from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42 Ave., Corona. The event is free but space is limited. RSVP early at (718) 261-7664 or laccq@aol.com.

Decorate the Manor on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at King Manor museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave. Call (718) 206-0545.

On Sunday, Dec. 16 visitors to the Queens Botanical garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, are invited to enjoy a Winter Solstice celebration. Admission is Free.

Visit the Bohemian Hall Christmas market, 29-19 24 Ave. in Astoria, on Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 12 to 6 p.m. Email events@bohemianhall.com.

A joint Christmas concert “For Unto Us a Child Is Given” will be presented on Friday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. by the Harmonius Chorus and The Choir of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown at The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown on the corner of Queens Boulevard and 54th Avenue. The concert is free but donations are welcomed and will go primarily towards restoration of this historic church’s original 1895 Gothic doors. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

The B-Sharp LI Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians invites everyone to the Messiah Sing-In on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. at Amity Baptist Church, 164-12 108 Ave. in Jamaica.

Admission is $10.

The Oratorio Society of Queens will sing excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” and other Christmas and Chanukah favorites at a holiday concert celebrating the group’s 85th anniversary on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside. Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors, $10 for children under 12. Call (718) 2793006, or visit Facebook.

On Sunday, Dec. 16 at 12:30 p.m. at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Cynthia Zaliksy, executive director of the Queens Jewish Community Council, will speak about “The Chanukah Lights Illuminating a Woman’s Perspective,” chaired by Noreen Daniel. A deli luncheon and dessert will be served. The cost is $10 per person. Must reserve in advance. Call (718) 459-1000.

THEATRE Emmy-nominated actor Rob Schneider brings his zany comedy to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56 Ave., Bayside, on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 for all seats. You must be 21 or older to attend.

MUSIC A winter concert will be held at Church on the Hill, 167-07 35 Ave., Bayside on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. sponsored by the Community Singers of Queens. Tickets are $10. Email csofg@aol.com.

The Center for Culture the Afrikan Poetry Theatre in Conjunction with National Council of Negro Women Queens County Section presents its annual gala Kwanzaa celebration Ujamaa on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 1 to 8 p.m. at Springfield Gardens High School, 143-10 Springfield Blvd. Free admission. For more information call (718) 523-3312.

“Rebuild the Rock,” a three-day music festival to benefit neighborhoods hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, will be held at 87-48 78 St., Woodhaven. On Friday, Dec. 14 at 8:30 p.m. there will be a Rock and Blues night. On Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. there will be an anything goes night and on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. there will be an Acoustic, Rock and Soul night. There is a suggested donation of $20 at the door for each night.

The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens hosts a holiday party and toy drive on Sunday, Dec.

St. George’s Church, 14-20 27 Ave., Astoria, presents a piano, organ and carillon concert by

Free public speaking/effective communication meetings are held on the first, third and fourth Saturdays of the month at 10 a.m. Learn to be comfortable speaking before an audience. Meetings are held at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway. Contact club vice president membership at (646) 748-8290.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $6 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. For info., call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.

A schizophrenics anonymous self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park.

Call (718) 896-3400 for more information. The group is free.

FOR KIDS Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, invites Young Chefs between the ages of 7 and 12 to design, build and decorate a graham cracker gingerbread house on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $24 per child. Space is limited to 8 participants. Call (718) 229-4000 to pre-register.

Join the animal care club on Thursday, Dec. 27 at 10 a.m. to noon at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for children ages 8-12. Fee is $21 per child. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000.

Come to Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for a safari on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 1-2 p.m. Ages 6-11 are welcome and the fee is $9 per child. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000.

All children between the ages of 5 and 6 are welcome to join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 22806 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for a day of “Dino”mite Dinosaurs on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Youngsters will learn how these prehistoric creatures lived then go on an “archeological dig” including a craft, a snack and nonprehistoric animals. Limited to 12 participants. Cost is $21 per child. Call (718) 229-4000 to pre-register.

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Trains bring holiday greetings in Flushing

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

No one is really sure why trains and Christmas became associated with each other. After all, Santa Claus delivers presents via sleigh and reindeer, not train.

Some say trains symbolize “coming and going,” and as such fit the season in which years come to an end and new ones begin.

Perhaps it’s simpler than that; toy trains are popular gift items for children.

Either way, trains and Christmas go together like barbecue grills and Memorial Day. Many put model trains under their Christmas tree and have them circle

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through a tiny town. Trains were further embedded into the Christmas psyche in 2004 when the popular holiday film “The Polar Express” was released.

For the second year in a row, Danny Naimoli of Naimoli Landscaping has brought holiday trains to the basement of St. Mel School in Flushing, and he is utilizing this year’s show to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The second annual Holiday Train Show at St. Mel opened last weekend and will continue into this weekend, pleasing children of all ages.

Naimoli had been putting on the train show at the Queens Botanical Garden before moving it to St. Mel last year. His inspiration came from a similar show that is held every holiday season at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

“I think that one and this one are the only two train shows in the city,” Naimoli said.

It takes him more than a month to build the structures before he begins placing them in the basement of the school, a process that takes a week alone to complete. Among the items he built are replicas of the new World Trade Center, as well as St. Mel Church and

The St. Mel Holiday Train Show includes elements from fairy tales such as the houses of the “Three Little Pigs” and the Seven Dwarfs from “Snow White.” PHOTOS BY DOMENICK RAFTER nearby St. Luke’s Church.

This year, Naimoli added scenes from children’s fairy tales and fantasy movies including a castle from “The Lord of the Rings,” houses from “Shrek,” and nursery rhyme-inspired buildings including the home of the little old lady who lived in a shoe, Rapunzel’s tower and the Seven

Dwarfs from “Snow White.”

All the flora used in the display is real and the smell of fresh pine permeates the entire room.

“It’s all natural materials,” Naimoli said.

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Other songs that will — Perry Townsend, “It’s a unique group. It is be included in the conchoir director a mix of people from differcert are taken from clasent backgrounds,” he said. sic popular music such as Every year the singers showcase two songs from the Beatles, folk music and a programs, one in December and one in few “Chorus Line” selections from comMay — captivating their audiences with poser Marvin Hamlisch, the Queens music from classical to doo-wop. native who died earlier in the year and is The December program is made up of k n o w n f o r t h e s o n g “ T h e Wa y We two segments. The first part will be a non- Were." holiday musical section and the second And the diversity of the program attracts quite a crowd. “People come from all over,” Townsend said.

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“Each exhibition is site-specific,” Ben-Shitrit makes connections between spokeswoman Lucy Lydon said.

John Law, a Scottish economist who In Manhattan the group curated a advised the 18th Century French govern- show about the changing music industry ment and created one of the world’s first in the vacant Tower Records store on Ponzi schemes — and also killed a man Broadway and West Fourth Street, and in for his love, Elizabeth — and a fictional the Bronx the artworks in an empty banker whose lust for senior home for the money, and his partonce-well-to-do cenner Elizabeth’s greed, tered around hidden led him to fraud. wealth.

“It’s a look at how The LIC project power corrupts,” Benstarted months ago When: through March 13, Shitrit said. when Andover Realty Thursday through Other works include approac hed No Monday, 1 to 7 p.m. ki tes t ha t look lik e Longer Empty about Where: The Clock Tower giant dollar bills by occupying the bank.

29-27 41 Ave., LIC Erika Harrasch, glass It then progressed Tickets: Free, nolongerempty.org piggy banks filled with into a two-month used lottery tickets by research project.

Co l l ee n F ord a nd Staffers talked to empty suits whose ties have become established LIC arts organizations includfighting snakes by Guerra de la Paz. ing representatives of Socrates Sculpture About a fourth of the artists live in Park and the Noguchi Museum. They also Queens. walked around the neighborhood and No Longer Empty’s mission is to scope visited artists’ studios and schools to see out barren buildings all over New York what people in LIC are concerned about, City and transform them into cultural Lydon said.

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Discuss Torah portion Miketz with Rabbi Samuel Waidenbaum, Rabbi Romie Daniel and Charles Lehat on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 12:30 p.m. following Shabbat services at the Parashat and Haftarat Club at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.

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Thrill to an evening with the stars with astronomer Mark Freilich at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. View highlights of the night sky.

Cost is $12 per person, $7 for children ages 7-12.

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A Scrabble club will be held at the East Flushing Library, 196-36 Northern Blvd. on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. Seating is limited; first come, first served.

Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy, Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 2237659. Fee: $25 per class.

The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes in all mediums, adults, children, days, evenings. Classes are held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue. Costs are: adults, $100 for four sessions, nonmembers, $75 for members; children seven years and up, $75 for eight sessions. Membership available. For information, call Geraldine at (718) 446-4709.

Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with Rabbi Michael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 4160 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Free. For more information, call (718) 961-0030 or email info@freesynagogue.org.

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The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has expanded its GED preparation program to include free adult classes. Tracks vary in length from 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance test results. Contact the YW and sign up for the next placement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at (718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserve your placement exam seat.

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tunnel and then comes out, riding along a makeshift viaduct over a lake, where a waterfall drains into. The dwarfs are placed at the shores of the lake.

“The theme is based on characters from children’s imaginations,” Naimoli explained.

The annual train show brought out Diane Pramberger and her three children on Saturday. The Hicksville family arrived with grandmother Eleanor Pramberger of College Point, who enjoys watching her

2 Shrek is one 3 Is curious (about) 4 Wall-climbing plants 5 Thickly populated 6 Mined-over matters 7 Rewrite, maybe 8 Forgo the cue cards 9 — Council ("Survivor" meeting) 10 Mornings (Abbr.)

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grandchildren eye the toy trains.

“It’s exciting for them,” she said as her two older grandchildren, Thomas and Catherine Pramberger, vyed over the best viewing position for the trains crossing the Brooklyn Bridge replica.

The buildings Naimoli creates for the show are placed in storage after the show and saved until next year. The World Trade Center buildings were from last year. Naimoli also said he built replicas of the Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges, but failed to finish them in time Q for the show.

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No one would ever refer to New York as a hotbed for college football, but we are always the center of the NCAA pigskin universe the first week of December.

The marquee event is the Heisman Award ceremony, held Saturday night at the Best Buy Theater. Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel won this year. After the ESPN show ended, Manziel went to the Heisman press center at the Marriott Marquis hotel, where he discussed everything from the importance of winning this year’s Cotton Bowl to looking forward to hearing from the top Aggie alum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

It was somewhat surreal that while the Heisman event honoring the best in college football was taking place at the Marriott Marquis, so was a Columbia University football recruiting dinner. The Columbia Lions of course have been a perennial laughingstock for generations, as evidenced by this year’s 69-0 loss to Harvard.

To be fair, the Lions did win two Ivy League games in 2012, beating both Cornell and Yale, making this one of their most successful seasons in years. Maybe rookie head coach Pete Mangurian is turning the program around after all. I wouldn’t bet the mortgage on that however.

Speaking of the Ivy League, the Bushnell Awards for the best conference player on offense and defense, respectively, were

bestowed upon Harvard QB Colton Chapple and Princeton linebacker Mike Catapano last Monday at the Waldorf Astoria. The newest members of the College Football Hall of Fame were announced there the next day, with the more familiar names being Ty Detmer, Dave Casper, Art Monk and Tommy Kramer.

Madison Square Garden is known as the “world’s most famous arena,” and it proved it again with the 12/12/12 concert to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which should net hundreds of millions of dollars.

The organizers of the concert held a press conference at the Garden last Friday. Film mogul Harvey Weinstein, who cofounded Miramax with his brother Bob, and now runs the Weinstein Company, talked about growing up in Electchester, attending PS 200 and John Bowne High School, and spending summers with his grandparents in Far Rockaway.

Cablevision and MSG CEO James Dolan thanked the media for their help, something he admitted his unusual for him, and that got some good-natured laughs from the press corps.

Dolan is a rock musician himself, and I asked him if his band, JD & the Straight Shot, would share the bill with Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel and Eric Clapton. “No chance!” he replied with a chuckle. It’s too bad. The band’s new CD, “MidQ night Run,” is quite good.

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Among the last parts of Queens to be developed following World War II were the easternmost communities of Glen Oaks and Floral Park, which lie at the western edge of the Hempstead Plains, Long Island’s natural prairie.

Suddenly small cookie-cutter Cape Cod homes were going up everywhere, as returning soldiers eagerly started new families, often with three children or more.

The area was served by the Q43 bus, which ran along Hillside Avenue. There was no subway. There had been talk about extending it east of the last station, at Hillside and 179th Street, but it never happened.

The Long Island Rail Road was a few blocks south of Route 25, Jamaica Avenue-Jericho Turnpike, which here marks the city line.

Hillside itself was practically barren.

Then in 1949, Slovenian Frank Vodopivic boldly opened a delicatessen in what seemed the middle of nowhere. Shortly afterward, Bohack and Key Food supermarkets saw an opportunity and opened nearby.

The deli failed due to its major-league

Frank Vodopivic owned this deli and frozen foods store at 260-11 Hillside Ave. in Floral Park, seen here on March 14, 1949. competition, and Vodopivic went east to Westbury to start again. His old location went through a succession of businesses selling everything from homes to stereos and Italian bread. Ironically, Vodopivic was ahead of his time, as many mini-grocery convenience stores now thrive along Hillside, despite their supermarket competitors.

As with so much of Queens, the area’s demographics have changed. As the original owners passed on or moved away, their homes were bought largely by people from India and Pakistan. Some have torn down the old Capes and built larger houses, those derided as McMansions, in their place. Q

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To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 At an IAS Part 17 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Held in and for the County of Queens at the Queens County Court House, City of Jamaica, on the 22nd day of October, 2012.

Present: Honorable Orin R. Kitzes, Justice Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Queens in the matter of the Application of Christopher Rooney, Petitioner, for the dissolution of R-Way Moving & Storage, Ltd., Pursuant to Section 1104(a) and 1104-a of the Business Corporation Law, Respondent.

Index No. 21674-12 Order To Show Cause Upon reading and filing the petition of Christopher Rooney, duly verified the_day of October, 2012, the holder of one-half of all outstanding shares of R-Way Moving & Storage, Ltd., (“R-Way”), it is ORDERED that Joseph Rooney, R-Way, the State Tax Commission, the State Attorney General, and all other interested persons, show cause before this court at Part 17 thereof, to be held at the Courthouse at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York 11435 on the 12th day of December, 2012, at 9:30 am o’clock in the forenoon on that day, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made and entered herein as follows: 1. Granting dissolution of R-Way; 2. Granting an accounting of the assets and liabilities of R-Way; and 3. granting to Petitioner such other, further and different relief as to the Court may seem just and proper, together with attorneys’ fees and the costs of this proceeding; and it is further ORDERED that pending the hearing and determination of this application, Joseph Rooney and any agent of Joseph Rooney acting on his behalf is hereby stayed and enjoined from selling, transferring, moving, alienating, hypothecating, encumbering, dissipating, diverting, conveying or disposing of any of the stocks, assets or good will of R-Way, except in the ordinary course of business; and it is further ORDERED that pending the hearing and determination of this application, Joseph Rooney is hereby restrained, enjoined and prohibited from forwarding any telephone calls or e-mails to any telephone number or e-mail address; respectively, of which Petitioner is unaware and to which Petitioner does not have direct access; and it is further ORDERED that a copy of this order shall be published in The Queens Chronicle once in each of the three weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon; and it is further ORDERED that a copy of this order shall be served upon Joseph Rooney, R-Way, the State tax Commission, the Attorney General, and all other interested persons, in the manner prescribed in Section 1106(c), Business Corporation Law, and it is further ORDERED that an affidavit of service be filed with this Court on or before the return date.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: DCT, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/19/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 36-14 11th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

EASTERN ENTERPRISES TRAVEL LLC Art. of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 03/12/2012. Off. Loc.: Queens Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 249-40 51st Avenue, Little Our Classifieds Reach Over Neck, NY 11362. Purpose: 400,000 Readers. Call 718-205Any lawful act or activity.

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Notice is hereby given that Amerasia Bank, Flushing, New York has made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for its written consent to merge with Great Eastern Bank of Florida, Miami, Florida. It is contemplated that Amerasia Bank will be the surviving charter from the merger. It is further contemplated that all of the offices of the above-named institutions will continue to be operated by the surviving bank after the merger.

This notice is published pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the regional director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 101180110, not later than January 5, 2013. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file in the regional office and are available for inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portions of the application file will be made available upon request.

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GREAT EASTERN BANK OF FLORIDA MIAMI, FLORIDA

NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Lei Guan, L.M.T 13545 Roosevelt Avenue, Apt. 10-I, Flushing, NY 11355 CASE NO.: 2012-11899 LICENSE NO.: MA 64044 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting Candace A. Rochester, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052, Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3265, (850) 245-4640.

If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by January 17, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4640, 1-800-955877(TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.

NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Yanping Zheng, L.M.T., 36-09 Main Street, 10-A, Flushing, NY 11354 & 3857 Sunset Cove Drive, Port Orange, FL 32129 CASE NO.: 2012-14141 LICENSE NO.: MA 64609 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting, Alicia E. Adams, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3265, (850) 245-4640 If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by January 24, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4640, 1-800-955-877 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.

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 attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery upon you personally within this 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Diccia T. Pineda-Kirwan of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on October 31, 2012 and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by PHYLLIS BAKER and JEAN SANON to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE SOURCE LLC in the principal amount of $402,573.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on February 17, 2010, in CRFN. 2010000054165. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION by assignment of mortgage dated November 18, 2011 and recorded on December 7, 2011 in CRFN. 2011000426697.

Said premises being known as and by 130-16 124TH STREET, SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY 11420.

Dated: August 20, 2012, Batavia, New York. Virginia C. Grapensteter, Esq., ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue, Batavia, NY 14020, 585.815.0288.

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 (1-877226-5697) 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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Notice of Formation of SDS WIRELESS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/12. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 11-11 44th Drive, Long Island City, NY 11101.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED BANK MERGER

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -against- PHYLLIS BAKER, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said PHYLLIS BAKER, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff; JEAN SANON; NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “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).

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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 27973/2011 Date of Filing: November 23, 2012 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS

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Golden Peace, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/18/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Ning Chen, 35-06 Leavitt St., Unit CF-D, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 71STTECH, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/23/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of CROSSROADS DEVELOPER MANAGING MEMBER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/21/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 42-09 235th St., 2nd Fl., Douglaston, NY 11363.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SJJKEV, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/12. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 33-14 145 Place, Flushing, NY 11354. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Cohen & Coleman, LLP, 767 Third Ave., 31st Fl., NY, NY 10017.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 501 LEONARD STREET, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/16/12.

Office location Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 29-10 120th Street, Flushing, New York 11354.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1264730 for beer & wine has been applied for by Jardinova Corp. DBA Totoras Bar & Restaurant to sell beer & wine at retail in a restaurant under the ABC Law at 9031 Corona Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373 for on-premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: ANDINA MULTISERVICES LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/23/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 84-02 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 37, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: Y & Y DENTAL RESEARCH GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/04/2012.

Office location is Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the Yu Han Young, 133-36 41 Rd., #1G, Flushing, NY 11355. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Willoughby Staffing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/6/12. Office location: Queens County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 221-10 Jamaica Ave., 3rd Fl., Queens Village, NY 11428, principal business address.

Purpose: all lawful purposes.

FRACTURED PIXELS LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/1/12. 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, 28-04 33rd Ave., Apt. 2E, Astoria, NY 11106. General Purposes.

NOTICE OF ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY IN RE: The license to practice massage therapy of Furong Li, L.M.T., 14212 41st Avenue, Apt. L-1, Flushing, NY 11355 & 13443 Maple Avenue, FL 2, Flushing, NY 11355 CASE NO.: 2012-12545 LICENSE NO.: MA 63348 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting Thomas J. Morton, Assistant General Counsel, Prosecution Services Unit, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C65, Tallahassee, Florida 323993265, (850) 245-4640 If no contact has been made by you concerning the above by January 24, 2013, the matter of the Administrative Complaint will be presented at an ensuing meeting of the Board of Massage Therapy in an informal proceeding.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the individual or agency sending this notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on the notice. Telephone: (850) 245-4640, 1-800-955-877 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service.

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Real Estate EQUAL HOUSING. Federal, New York State and local laws prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, marital status, familial status or disability in connection with the sale or rental of residential real estate.

Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 212306-7500.

The Queens Chronicle reserves the right to alter wording in ads to conform with Federal Fair Housing regulations.

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Toy drive for the needy enters its final week

by Peter C. Mastrosimone

• Currell, 2, hopes for a jumbo gym, cans of Infamil, a bouncy chair, clothes and books.

• Justine, 14, asks for size 8 Ugg boots, size 5 Hollister jeans, size 5 Burberry shirts and a Juicy Couture necklace and bracelet set.

• Kizzy would like black size 8 Ugg boots, black flats, Levi’s jeans in size 16-14 and Play-doh.

• Kymani, Kizzy’s brother, is hoping for Hot Wheels cars, Bob the Builder toys and Thomas the Tank Engine.

• Carlos, 3, is looking forward to a size 4T snow suit and LeapFrog toys.

• Quaron, 9, just asked for a Mario Smash Brothers game for the Wii system.

• La-Nyah, 3 1/2, would like Dora the Explorer toys and books.

• Glory is only a month and a half old, and she hopes to get a carrier her mother can use to carry her around because it’s tough to always use the stroller, along with size 1 Pampers.

• Evan, 9 months, likes any toy that’s musical and educational, and would also like a walker to help him learn to walk.

• Damien, 4, would like anything you might give him, but he’s interested in karate and playing baseball and football.

• Lanniyah, 3, asked for a magical wand Cinderella doll, Little Mommy Doctor check up doll, a Bratz doll and warm pajamas in size 3T.

Editor-in-Chief

This is it — the last chance to contribute to the Queens Chronicle’s 18th Annual Holiday Toy Drive, which will benefit needy children who are homeless, are staying in a shelter because of domestic violence or lost everything when Hurricane Sandy hit.

We hope you can be a part of it.

Children staying at the Metro Family Residence in Elmhurst and the Dove House shelter in eastern Queens, along with those who were flooded out in South Queens and the Rockaways, need you.

This being the last week of the toy drive, let’s cut to the chase: the letters to Santa.

Those were written by the children at Metro and the Dove House (the Sandy children, whose gifts will be distributed by the Glendale-Maspeth United Methodist Church and Glendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps, are not all staying in certain locations and were not asked to write letters).

While some of the children simply wished Santa Claus well, or asked for things you can’t provide, such as “a new home for me and mommy,” others had specific requests. Or in the case of the many infants at the shelters, their mothers did.

Here’s what some of the children we hope you can help have asked for for Christmas: • Julius, 5, would like Sonic the Hedgehog dolls and a Lightning McQueen remote control car.

• Liam, 2 months, could use clothes for those ages 3 to 6 months.

• Liam’s eldest sister, Arianna, is 4, and would really love to get a unicorn. She wears size 5T to 6T clothes and size 11 1/2 shoes.

• Liam and Arianna’s sister, Alexia, 2, needs clothes in size 3T to 4T and shoes in size 7, and she’d like a princess doll.

• Danielle hopes to get a toy puppy that barks.

• Michelle, 2, would like a baby doll.

• Artie asked for a remote control helicopter and the Diary of a Kid book series.

• Carlos would like a remote control motorcycle.

• Missaprie would like an Adidas track suit and Hollister Cardiff jacket, both large size and black.

• Damay, 7 months, asked for a Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn musical table.

• Aleece, 1, could use a teething ring and a Winnie the Pooh doll.

These are just some of the children we hope you can get a gift for. As you see, they range in age, needs and wants. But they all need the Christmas spirit brought to life, and that’s where you can make a difference.

Each week we thank those who contributed gifts over the prior seven days, and there are a slew of them this time around. Our thanks, and those of everyone involved in the drive — as

well as, above all, the children and their parents — go out to Terry Ventrice of Ozone Park, Dorothy Comreck of Maspeth, Tom McCarthy of Woodhaven, Ann Whyte of Forest Hills, Marshal Capuano, Pat Miller of Middle Village, Linda Wood of Howard Beach, the Wisnewski family of Elmhurst, Caroline Maffetone of Rego Park, Johanna Pajuelo of Woodhaven, Merryl Casanova and the teachers from PS 206 in Rego Park, the Scarpati family of Howard Beach, R. and J. Jacobs of Forest Hills, Cathy Chirichella of Ridgewood, Marilyn Latanaca of Rego Park, Tom Eaton of Rego Park and Linda and Jim Dobson of Middle Village.

Quite a list! Here’s how you can get on it for next week: Please bring new and unwrapped presents to our office from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. We’re at 62-33 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, about a quarter mile south of Long Island Expressway Exit 19, on the east side of the street, one door from the corner of 62nd Road.

After business hours, gifts may be dropped off next door at Barosa restaurant, at 62-29 Woodhaven Blvd., or Barosa Brick Oven Pizza, at 62-37. Please leave your name and the name of your community with any gifts brought after hours so we may thank you later along with the donors who come to our office directly.

We’ll be taking gifts until Dec. 20 so our partner organizations have enough time to give them to the children by Christmas. If you have Q any questions, call us at (718) 205-8000.

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