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The Howard Beach Lindenwood Civic Association and the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association teamed up over the weekend to collect hundreds of gifts for the NYPD 106th Precinct’s toy drive. The third annual event, with Roger and Holly Gendron reprising their roles as the Clauses, garnered support from the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department and area elected officials.

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Fair Chance debate heats up at hearing Adams says no ‘blanket support’ of bill that some are calling to revisit

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five-hour hearing on the controversial Fair Chance for Housing Act in the City Council last week provided a chance to air opinions on the bill that would ban tenant background checks in many cases, and led to a racist rant on the floor, which drew even more attention as many later came out to denounce it.

“I know that this is a spicy bill, as I’ve been calling it, but I hope we all can execute our opinions and our testimonies in a manner that is respectful,” Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-St. Albans) said at the start.

Williams, a co-sponsor of Intro 632, chairs the Committee on Civil and Human Rights, in which the legislation was introduced.

“In New York, 2.3 million people have a criminal record of some kind and approximately 750,000 New York City residents have a criminal conviction,” said Williams, adding that housing discrimination based on past records is a “barrier to reintegration” and can lead to a cycle of criminality.

She continued, “We also understand people need to feel safe in their homes,” and said the bill balances those needs by establishing exceptions for violent acts and sex offenders.

Several of her Queens colleagues disagreed. “[The Department of Education] has regula-

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tions that prohibit anyone C o u n c i l m a n Sh e k a r with a felony from working K r ish nan (D -Jackson in a school, so why would Heights) echoed prior supthe same city then force port of the bill, saying that property owners to have felthe current housing crisis is ons live in the same buildnot going to be solved by ing with children? ” said making it more difficult for Councilman Bob Holden people to find homes and (D-Maspeth). that, “People in homes The bill would not apply equal safer communities.” to two-family, owner-occuMelissa Gomez, a realpied housing or rooms in tor in Queens Village and a owner-occupied housing, member of the New York but Holden said many of State Association of Realthe homes in his district are tors, said she feels it “falls three-family and that the short in addressing the root bill would keep landlords Councilwoman Nantasha Williams of the problem” and drew from determining if a per- PHOTO BY JOHN MCCARTEN / MAYOR’S OFFICE on her experience as a son might be a risk. He minority. suggested the city instead build more transi“Racism is very much alive and well and my tional housing. fear is that people will use this as a reason ... to “On the surface, Intro 632 sounds like a why they will deny housing and we’re actually great idea,” said Councilwoman Joann Ariola going to create a bigger problem of housing (R-Ozone Park). “However, as it’s currently access for people,” she said. written, it is unrealistic and puts landlords and Issues of race were front and center after tenants at risk, unilaterally prohibiting land- Asian Wave Alliance President Yiatin Chu and lords from looking into criminal backgrounds community leader Susan Lee testified. of potential tenants opens the door to tragedy.”

Douglas Powell, who spent years in prison Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-White- reportedly on sex offense charges, testified on stone) described the bill as “lopsided” and behalf of the social services organization Voiccalled for it to be revisited and rewritten. es of Community Activists & Leaders NY, say-

ing, “I live in Rego Park now. That’s the most racist neighborhood I’ve ever been in, and it’s nothing but Asians in there.”

Powell continued, uninterrupted, “They don’t want Black people living in Black people neighborhoods. Because it’s not their neighborhood, because they’re from China, they’re from Hong Kong. We’re from New York.”

Holden later tweeted that he hopes VOCALNY “cuts ties with someone who espouses such racist hate speech.”

Councilwoman Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) issued a statement calling the testimony “vile, offensive and racially divisive,” and called for an “unequivocal apology” from the group.

The Asian Wave Alliance went so far as to call for Williams to step down as chair of the committee for not stopping the “tirade.”

A spokesperson for Mayor Adams previously did not say whether he supports the bill, but in an address last week on the affordable housing crisis, Adams said he supports it “in concept” but is “concerned about public safety.”

“No one should be denied housing based on their records, but I want to make sure residents in apartments and buildings and rentals in the small units, that they get the protection that they deserve. I’m a big supporter of having a look back period to allow a person to clean their record ... But I am just not in blanket supQ port of it,” he said.

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Six Queens schools set to be ‘magnets’

Three districts chosen as part of competitive national grant program

by Deirdre Bardolf Associate Editor

Three Queens school districts have been chosen to receive grant money from the federally funded Magnet Schools Assistance Program, which will award nearly $15 million to districts over the course of five years.

“It brings tremendous value and resources into our district and allows us to think way outside the box,” said District 28 Superintendent Tammy Pate.

The district applied together with District 29 for PS 182, PS 312, MS 72 and MS 332 and PS 135, the latter of which is in D29, to be named magnet schools. In District 27, MS 64 entered as part of an application with neighboring Brooklyn District 19. They received the news last month.

The U.S. Department of Education’s magnet programs aim to “develop and revitalize magnet schools with academically challenging and innovative instructional approaches designed to bring together students from different social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds” and include professional development.

Academic experiences are enriched by school trips, additional supplies, partnerships and ar ts-in-residency programs, according to the city magnet school’s website.

The $15 million gets distributed proportionately to the schools included in the

Six Queens schools were chosen to receive FILE PHOTO federal grant money. applications based on their size but there is not much discrepancy, explained Pate.

For her district’s part in the application, it was a group effort, she said. During principal conferences, they explored themes and drafted proposals. Support came from Brendan Mims, who is now a superintendent in Brooklyn but was named a magnet school principal when he was at MS 358 in Jamaica Hills, and from Principal Tanya Bates Howell of PS 349, also in Jamaica Hills, a previous magnet grantee.

The schools develop a theme to base programming around, including in STEM, career development, leadership skills and

language immersion.

In District 28 and 29’s application, it states the following themes: Discovery and Applied Learning for PS 182; Innovative Leadership and Civic Activism for PS 312; Multimedia and Performing Arts for MS 72; Leadership and Exploration for MS 332 and Exploration through the Arts for PS 135.

“It really is a gift — money that you don’t have to take from your core budget and that enhances learning and making learning fun, making learning engaging,” said District 29 Superintendent Crystal Bonds.

The magnet program at PS 64 in Ozone Park will be centered around leadership and social justice activism.

“It is really focusing on instruction and investing in teacher training to prepare students to be social justice activists,” said Superintendent David Norment.

“There will be an activism lab where students learn all the nuances of preparing to be activists for their community. Whether it’s through technology, production, skills, strategies to participate and support their community, the idea is young leaders making a change in their community and designing an interdisciplinary approach,” said Norment.

Norment was a principal at PS 140 in Jamaica and received magnet funding for the school back then.

“It really allowed us some flexibility with

that additional funding and allowed us to provide some opportunities for students to engage in learning that they may not have received if they if we didn’t have those resources,” he said.

Part of the program, he said, includes having a magnet coordinator within the school and having professional development support for teachers.

“We’re looking forward to next steps, looking forward to partnering with the community, looking forward to student outcomes and student achievement and the performances and the academics, everything,” said Bonds.

“I’m looking forward to hearing from the students about how the programs impacted their learning.”

Funds are expected to hit school budgets soon, said Pate, so that they can begin to make hiring and program development decisions.

And the funds serve a larger purpose for the schools, she said.

“This is also a part of our enrollment strategy in this district. When I came aboard, across the City of New York, we’ve seen a decrease in enrollment. It has not been as bad in District 28 but I believe that if we have strong schools, our families will stay with us, stay within our district, and stay within the New York City Department Q of Education.”

Legal battle in AD 23 race continues

Appellate court also rules to count absentee ballots as others loom

by Deirdre Bardolf

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An appellate court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling to count 94 absentee ballots that were mailed in incorrectly in the race for Assembly District 23.

The decision is the latest in the saga between incumbent Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park) and Republican challenger Tom Sullivan.

“We are grateful to the courts for once again agreeing that these are votes from valid voters,” said Matthew Rey, a campaign spokesperson for Pheffer Amato from political consulting firm Red Horse Strategies, in a prepared statement.

“These voices will now be heard, and the fact that their votes can now be cured and

counted is an important step forward,” he continued.

At the crux of the lawsuit are 94 ballots that were invalidated by the city Board of Elections for not being mailed in the proper envelope that must be sealed and inserted into a larger one.

Without the 94 ballots being counted yet, the race has Pheffer Amato ahead of Sullivan by one single vote, following a hand recount.

A judge ruled last week that the 94 absentee voters should have been given the opportunity to “cure” their ballots.

T he st atement issued by Pheffer Amato’s campaign team also states that, in addition to the 94 ballots, there are up to six affidavit ballots “pending opening by the Board,” and an additional 13 votes that were rejected by the board and are

also being challenged in court.

“Assembly woman Pheffer Amato continues the fight to have every vote counted,” it stated.

Sullivan issued a statement on social media, stating, “Stacey Pheffer Amato is engaged in the same hard ball legal tactics and smoke screens that has lead to both Democrats and Republicans being disgusted with the electoral process.”

He continued, “In the appellate case, Stacey Pheffer Amato is suing to admit invalid mail in ballots because she perceives them to work in her favor. In YET ANOTHER separate case to be heard this Thursday, she is suing to readmit additional ballots that were disqualified in the bipartisan hand recount.”

He wrote that he objects to Q the “perpetual lawsuits.”

The race for Assembly District 23 has come to one vote, with Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, right, just ahead of Tom Sullivan as some contested votes remain.

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Civics spread cheer

A caravan of Christmas cheer rolled through Howard Beach and Lindenwood on Sunday, picking up hundreds of toys to deliver to the NYPD 106th Precinct’s toy drive. The third annual event was hosted by the Howard Beach Lindenwood and New Hamilton Beach civic associations.

The route looped through Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach and Lindenwood, escorted by the

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At top center, Roger and Holly Gendron, the Clauses, are seen with officers from the 106.

At right, Councilwoman Joann Ariola, left, and state Sen. Roxanne Persaud spread the cheer alongside HBL Civic Co-presidents Barbara McNamara, right, and Phyllis Inserillo, who moonlights — Deirdre Bardolf as Minnie Mouse.

Ranked-choice voting to be made simpler Council approves bill to make instructions easier to understand

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The confusing at times ranked-choice voting process is poised to become easier for voters to comprehend.

The City Council passed a bill last Wednesday that aims to simplify instructions on ranked-choice ballots.

Should Mayor Adams sign the legislation into law, voters will see changes to the ballot when they head to the polls in June for the city’s primary elections.

Councilmember Sandra Ung (D-Flushing), the bill’s primary sponsor and chair of the Committee on Governmental Operations, praised the Council’s approval of the changes, which she described as “commonsense” ones.

“New Yorkers pulled off the largest Ranked Choice Voting election in the history of the U.S. when they went to the polls in last year’s June primary,” she said in a statement.

“This new law will simplify the ballot and make it easier to understand, encouraging all voters, especially those with limited English proficiency, to take advantage of the opportunity to rank their preferred candid ates and st reng then the democratic process.”

The parameters laid out in the bill aim to

Councilmember Sandra Ung’s bill to simplify ranked-choice voting instructions passed last week.

NYC COUNCIL At left are past instructions, and at right, a sample of how new ones could look. cut down on the verbiage of ballot instructions seen in previous ran ked-choice elections.

Specifically, it says that the Board of Elections must include more illustrations to convey how to correctly fill out the ballot at the top. The bill also stipulates that the BOE include drawings of incorrectly marked ballots, showing one that ranks two candidates

as the same choice and another that ranks a candidate twice.

During the Governmental Operations Committee hearing on the bill, the BOE provided a sample of what the ballot might look like under those parameters, as seen above. A spokesperson for Ung was careful to note, however, that that may not be the final product. Rather, it serves as a model

for how a compliant ballot could look.

To make instructions more comprehensible for voters whose primary language is not English, the legislation requires that instructions in other languages be arranged on the ballot so that they are easy to compare with the English directions.

On top of that, the bill requires that, above each election included on the ballot, instructions regarding ranking candidates be included, though a drawing is not required there.

The most recent version of the ballot had listed each ranking as “1st choice,” “2nd choice,” and so on. Ung’s bill, however, simplifies that, requiring that columns instead be labeled “1,” “2” and so on.

Common Cause NY was one of the groups in Rank the Vote NYC, which played a crucial role in the implementation of the city’s ranked-choice voting system. Susan Lerner, Common Cause NY’s executive director and board chair of Rank the Vote NYC, said she is thrilled the bill passed, saying it will “make the ballot even more voter friendly.”

“Ranked choice voting affords voters more choice and more voice and puts power back in the hands of the people, delivering consensus majority winners every time,” Q she added in a statement.

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Five indicted in SEQ deed theft scheme Group allegedly stole homes worth more than $1M; three unidentified

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

The game is over for five alleged Southeast Queens home theft conspirators.

The office of state Attorney General Letitia James on Friday announced five indictments in a deed theft ring aimed at elderly and vulnerable homeowners in Jamaica, South Jamaica and St. Albans. The five indicted, along with three unidentified members of the group, all played a specialized role in the ruse, the AG said.

According to James’ office, starting in Sept.

2019, 47-year-old Marcus Wilcher allegedly would identify homes in the Southeast Queens neighborhoods in poor condition with absentee owners. Fifty-one-year-old Stacie Saunders would then market the homes to investors at prices significantly below market rates to ensure quick sales, according to James.

Once an investor displayed interest in purchasing a home, Wilcher allegedly would secure personal information about the real owners, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, to create falsified documents, including Social Security cards and driver’s licenses.

James said Wilcher and Saunders would then find people to impersonate the true property owners at contract signings and closings.

Forty-seven-year-old Anyekache Hercules, who was disbarred and cannot practice law in

New York, allegedly would create forged legal documents using a practicing attorney’s name and email on legal correspondence, and either 61-year-old Dean Lloyd or one of the three unidentified individuals would allegedly appear at closings with forged deeds and contracts.

Sixty-six-year-old Jerry Currin allegedly appeared at the closing on his family home with a person pretending to be his sister, the executor of his family’s estate. Currin also submitted a false affidavit in support of a second estate sale for a different stolen property, according to James.

Once sales of the properties were finalized, the group allegedly would use the forged documents to open bank accounts in the names of the homes’ real State Attorney General Letitia James announced five indictments in a Southeast Queens deed theft ring on owners. They would use the accounts Friday, but the three individuals above remain unidentified.

PHOTOS COURTESY NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL along with LLCs and entities they controlled to funnel themselves the profits. that five members of the ring remain at large: warning, knowledge, or reason,” James said The three homes sold as part of the ring Wilcher, Lloyd and the three unidentified in a statement. “Deed theft is a merciless totaled more than $1 million in value. They are individuals. crime that targets seniors, and often people of located near Long Street and 121st Avenue in Anyone familiar with one or more of the co- color, who are asset rich but cash poor, and South Jamaica, 176th Street and Murdock Ave- conspirators at-large is encouraged to contact reliant on their homes as a stabilizing force nue in Jamaica and Marsden Street and 119th the OAG’s Public Integrity Bureau confiden- for their families and loved ones. My office Avenue in St. Albans. tially by calling (212) 416-8090 or emailing will continue our work to combat deed theft Saunders, Hercules and Currin were public.integrity@ag.ny.gov. until we can ensure no other New Yorker is arraigned last Thursday.

“No one should face the nightmare of hav- forced to endure this heartbreaking, lifeQ The Office of the Attorney General warns ing their home stolen from them without any altering loss.”

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ver at Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, students learn in a building that houses nearly 4,500 kids and operates at 160 percent capacity. It had been at 200 percent before a new annex with 555 seats opened this year. It’s a top-notch school kids are desperate to get into no matter how crowded the halls are.

Down at the Springfield Gardens Educational Complex, which houses four high schools, enrollment declined for five years, dropping 23 percent, until this year, when it started rising again. Even so, the school building is operating at 69 percent capacity, with 1,638 students attending instead of the 2,376 who could be learning there.

Now there’s a school eager to occupy some, though not all, of the space that’s available. Another highly effective school that, like Francis Lewis, gets more applicants than it can admit. One that could hit the ground running. That school is Success Academy. But Success means resistance.

The SGEC is one of two buildings in Southeast Queens where Success Academy seeks a co-location. The other is the building housing three schools including MS 72, the Catherine and Count Basie Middle School, in Rochdale Village. Together those three are at 46.5 percent capacity, with

623 students in a building that could handle 1,340.

Both schools say they don’t have room for Success Academy. Yeah, right. What they don’t have room for is the model of high-grade education Success offers: innovative, dynamic and unencumbered by many of the strictures and, especially, union regulations of traditional city schools.

The results of Success Academy’s approach as the city’s premier charter school system are crystal clear. At Success schools in Southeast Queens, the share of students passing the 2022 English language arts state exams ranged from 65.3 to 84.5 percent. For area district schools, the average numbers were 43.7 to 45.7 percent. In math, Success students passed at rates of 74 to 93 percent. In district schools, the numbers were 29 to 45 percent. Success also offers rich arts programming and more. No wonder its four elementary schools in Queens received 9,644 applications for this school year, when all they could provide were 487 seats. That’s about 20 children applying for every single spot.

Meanwhile enrollment in Districts 27, 28 and 29, those serving Southeast Queens, dropped by 10,049 students, or 8.7 percent, from the 2017-18 academic year to 2021-22.

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charters, or parochial schools — or maybe just to move.

Yet the administrations at the SGEC and Basie campuses don’t want Success moving in. Co-location would harm their programs, they say without evidence. There’s no room, they claim, despite being under capacity. And, they say, it’s not good to co-locate an elementary school into a middle school or high school, which is what Success is looking to do. We agree that students of such differing ages should not be mixing at school but are confident that problem can be avoided with logistical and structural measures, as elsewhere.

The fact is Success Academy has been exactly what its name says it is. It’s a great vehicle for kids who come from tough neighborhoods but have a drive to learn. Critics point to all kinds of supposed flaws, from its selectivity to the fact its leadership gets paid, but they’re all exaggerated. Plenty of traditional city schools also are selective, and plenty of Department of Education employees are well-paid. Chancellor David Banks makes more than $360,000.

Hearings on the co-locations will be held Dec. 19 and 20, with the Panel for Educational Policy voting Jan. 5. We hope for a yes on both, so that more children can benefit from what Success Academy charter schools have to offer.

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There is no simple solution but landlords need to know what can happen if they refuse people with vouchers, children and emotional stress dogs. An attorney should have a neighborhood meeting with landlords to further stress the laws about renting now.

James Turano Middle Village

All BQE lanes are vital Dear Editor: Regarding Mayor Adams’ announcement of preliminary design concepts for a re-envisioned Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Central, the Trucking Association of New York is pleased to see the BQE return to three lanes of traffic.

With over 17,000 daily truck trips, the BQE is an essential freight corridor for the region,

facilitating commerce and providing the ontime delivery of vital goods and services.

Reducing the BQE to two lanes created unsustainable congestion that delayed goods movement, jeopardized drivers’ hours of service and had the unintended consequence of moving trucks off the BQE and onto local streets — thereby increasing both emissions and possibilities of encounters with vulnerable road users.

At TANY, the sole New York affiliate of the American Trucking Associations, representing over 580 member companies, we are excited about new possibilities in last-mile freight distribution and are thankful the administration has expedited the repair timeline. Currently, the safest and most efficient movement is through a functioning BQE. Zach Miller Metro-Region Operations Manager Trucking Association of New York Clifton Park, NY

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Lock up alleged plotter Dear Editor: A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has denied two requests from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to keep would-be terrorist Matthew Mahrer in jail, where he belongs.

Threats against the Jewish community must not be taken lightly, let alone individuals putting plans into action and going as far as stockpiling weapons and equipment to execute an attack on

Fare hikes needed Dear Editor: Fare hikes are periodically required if the MTA and operating agencies such as NYC Transit bus and subway and Staten Island Railway, MTA Bus and Long Island and MetroNorth railroads are to provide the services mill io n s of New Yorkers count on ONLINE daily (“Transit fa r e h i ke s a n Miss an article or a letter cited by a writer? option in 2023: by Want breaking news M T A , ” from all over Queens? Michael Gannon, Find the latest news, Dec. 8). They are past reports from all inevitable, due to over the borough and increasing costs of labor, power, more at qchron.com. f uel, supplies, materials, routine safety, state of good repair, replacement of worn-out rolling stock, upgrades to stations including bringing those not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act into compliance, signals, interlockings, track, power, yards and shops necessary to run any transit system, as well as inflation. The same is true for ensuring that maintenance programs for all assets are fully funded and completed on time to ensure riders safe and reliable service.

Financial viability of the MTA has always been a four-way dance between fare box revenue, City Hall, Albany and Washington. All we ask in return is a reliable, safe, on-time trip and, as periodically necessary, a reasonable fare increase that doesn’t exceed the current inflation rate. There also need to be real legal consequences for those who don’t pay their way and contribute to fare evasion losses, which will reach $500 million in 2022.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, or in this case ride, for everyone on mass transit.

Larry Penner Great Neck, LI The writer is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who worked for 31 years in the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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Stephen Roser is the pastor of Howard Beach Assembly of God Church We should never get too disturbed by the baby in a the conduct of earthly rulers because crude animal there is an Invisible Hand ruling all that feeding trough. they do. Many presidents, emperors, and Humiliation accompanies Jesus’ entrance kings have carried out God’s will without into the world, but His birth lays the even realizing it. foundation of a kingdom before which The story of Christmas bears this out. all the emperors of the world would one Caesar Augustus issues a decree that day go down. Even the rule of Rome is all the world be taxed, forcing Joseph temporary. John describes it in the book of to travel to Bethlehem, the town of his Revelation, “The kingdoms of this world birth. Unknown to Caesar, in eternityare become the kingdoms of our Lord and past God had already decreed that His of His Christ.”

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Also according to divine plan, Mary control. Things are falling into place even brings forth her firstborn son, wraps Him when they look like they are falling apart. in rough bandage-like strips of cloth, and, We do not need to panic. We only need to because the inn was overcrowded, places make room in our hearts for His Son.

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Dear Editor: Re your Dec. 8 editorial “Anti-Semitism on the rise again”: Kanye West, Kyrie Irving and the UN’s General Assembly are not the only purveyors of anti-Semitism. It also festers at City University Law School in Long Island City and at Brooklyn College. Both schools were criticized for condoning hostility against Jewish students.

As a CUNY alumnus (Queens College, BA, 1962), a Jew and a taxpayer, I’m appalled.

Last May, CUNY Law School’s faculty council approved a resolution supporting the pro-Palestine and anti-Jewish Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

The Anti-Defamation League cites BDS as one reason for a rise in attacks on Jews. City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn) responded by canceling $50,000 in NYC funds for CUNY Law School (New York Post, May 29).

Jewish students at Brooklyn College complained of physical and verbal attacks by Justice for Palestine campus activists, who condemned Israel as a “Zionist, colonial and apartheid” nation (Post, Sept. 25). These unproven charges echo the anti-Semitic bile of Kanye West and other bigots.

Jewish students’ complaints sparked a federal probe, because CUNY receives some federal funding. But one-third of its budget comes from New York State. Taxpayers must not support any CUNY college that refuses to halt hatred.

CUNY is America’s largest municipal college system, with 243,000 students on 25 campuses. For the past 175 years, it has been a welcoming and safe institution for students of all faiths, races and ethnicities, until recent events changed that. CUNY must restore its traditional values and not allow hatred to matriculate on any campus.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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Dear Editor: This year has been the worst for anti-Semitism and I cry out in shame and disgust. It is an abomination and appalling that this free nation, where Lady Liberty stands proudly in the harbor, should have such a disgusting attitude.

Education must be given, with documentary movies and lessons in schools, visits to Jewish museums and lectures about Judaism. AntiSemitism must stop right now because like a cancer it could spread.

We do not want Hitler times again.

Cynthia Groopman Little Neck

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To add insult to injury, this judge also denied a request asking that Mahrer wear an ankle monitor. It is an absolute dereliction of duty and terrible lapse in judgment that he walks free on bail and untracked.

We stand with the Jewish community in condemning the judge’s decision that has allowed this dangerous and capable individual to freely walk our streets. He continues to be a threat to the public and needs to be behind bars.

James F. Gennaro New York City Councilman for the 24th District Hillcrest Daniel Rosenthal New York State Assemblyman for the 27th District Flushing

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Ranked-choice voting to be made simpler Council approves bill to make instructions easier to understand

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

The confusing at times ranked-choice voting process is poised to become easier for voters to comprehend.

The City Council passed a bill last Wednesday that aims to simplify instructions on ranked-choice ballots.

Should Mayor Adams sign the legislation into law, voters will see changes to the ballot when they head to the polls in June for the city’s primary elections.

Councilmember Sandra Ung (D-Flushing), the bill’s primary sponsor and chair of the Committee on Governmental Operations, praised the Council’s approval of the changes, which she described as “commonsense” ones.

“New Yorkers pulled off the largest Ranked Choice Voting election in the history of the U.S. when they went to the polls in last year’s June primary,” she said in a statement.

“This new law will simplify the ballot and make it easier to understand, encouraging all voters, especially those with limited English proficiency, to take advantage of the opportunity to rank their preferred candidates and strengthen the democratic process.”

The parameters laid out in the bill aim to

Councilmember Sandra Ung’s bill to simplify ranked-choice voting instructions passed last week.

NYC COUNCIL At left are past instructions, and at right, a sample of how new ones could look. cut down on the verbiage of ballot instructions seen in previous ranked-choice elections.

Specifically, it says that the Board of Elections must include more illustrations to convey how to correctly fill out the ballot at the top. The bill also stipulates that the BOE include drawings of incorrectly marked ballots, showing one that ranks two candidates

as the same choice and another that ranks a candidate twice.

During the Governmental Operations Committee hearing on the bill, the BOE provided a sample of what the ballot might look like under those parameters, as seen above. A spokesperson for Ung was careful to note, however, that that may not be the final product. Rather, it serves as a model

for how a compliant ballot could look.

To make instructions more comprehensible for voters whose primary language is not English, the legislation requires that instructions in other languages be arranged on the ballot so that they are easy to compare with the English directions.

On top of that, the bill requires that, above each election included on the ballot, instructions regarding ranking candidates be included, though a drawing is not required there.

The most recent version of the ballot had listed each ranking as “1st choice,” “2nd choice,” and so on. Ung’s bill, however, simplifies that, requiring that columns instead be labeled “1,” “2” and so on.

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Last chance to gift joy to kids in need

The Chronicle’s 26th Annual Toy Drive comes to an end on Monday, Dec. 19

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

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Beach Woodhaven Lions Club and there were photos with holiday friends, top.

The block association held another at the Living Word Christian Fellowship on Friday, above, with partners and elected officials. There was Santa, hot chocolate, train — Deirdre Bardolf rides and more.

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Holiday gifts and cheer were spread among nearly 1,000 children in the Ozone Park area over the weekend with festive tree-lighting events.

On Sunday, one was held at the Deshi Senior Center by the Ozone Park Block Association and the Ozone Park Howard

The Queens Chronicle’s 15th annual Holiday Photo Contest is underway!

Take pictures of joyous children and families, lights, miniature villages, snowy landscapes — anything that reflects the season — and send them in. Our main requirement is that the photos be taken in Queens this season. Give us all the details you can, especially the location, the names of people in the picture, when possible, and when it was taken. Please tell us your correct name, where you live and whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer. The winner or winners may have to wait patiently for their prize, free passes to a family-friendly performance in or around the city, as they slowly become available again. Send your entries to peterm@qchron.com, saying “contest” somewhere in the subject line, or mail prints to Queens Chronicle Photo Contest, 71-19 80 St., suite 8-201, Glendale, NY 11385. The deadline is Monday, Jan. 2. Good luck!

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Time is running out for you to contribute to the Chronicle’s 26th Annual Holiday Toy Drive.

The deadline to drop off goodies is Monday, Dec. 19. Items will go to kids in area shelters, including The Kings Inn Family Shelter in East Elmhurst and Dove House.

While kids are sure to want the hot favorites of the day, like the latest Marvel or DC movie action figure, they might also love old favorites like Rock ’Em, Sock ’Em Robots or good, old-fashioned Legos. Give a youngster The deadline to contribute to the Chronicle’s the gift of nostalgia this holiday season. toy drive is Monday, Dec. 19. PHOTO BY SEAN OKULA If you’re more technologically inclined, try a remote-controlled car or mini-helicop- Glendale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday ter. Just remember to check if batteries are through Friday.

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Clothing donations are also needed, and enters the building where the sign says The remember: All items must be new and Offices at Market Plaza.

Donations also can be dropped off at the unwrapped.

Taste aside, all kids deserve to open district offices of the following elected offisomething this time of year, and not just the cials during their regular office hours: • State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr., at 159-53 nice ones. Who knows, your contribution could be the spark of joy a youngster needs 102 St. in Howard Beach; • Assemblyman Ed Braunstein, at to discover a whole new world.

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Barris from Ridgewood, Pat LaLThe new Goldfish Swim School, ande from Queens Village, Fay from Middle Village and Lisa from Astoria. located across from the Chronicle in GlenSome donors have remained anonymous, dale, has also kindly set up a box to receive donations. and we thank them, too.

Anyone seeking more information on the Gifts may be brought to the Queens Chronicle offices at 71-19 80 St., Suite toy drive is asked to call the Chronicle’s Q 8-201, at The Shops at Atlas Park mall in Stela Barbu at (718) 205-8000.

Library speaks their language More than 190 languages are spoken in Queens, where half of the population is not native-born, but one institution should have everyone covered now.

The Queens Public Library announced last week that every branch now offers live phone interpreting services in more than 240 languages, ensuring greater access to the collections, programs and services it provides in the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country.

Each library now has a reference or circulation desk equipped with a phone with two handsets. Patrons can pick their lan-

guage from a chart and have a three-way conversation with their librarian and someone from LanguageLine, a company that says it has 16,000 interpreters on call with an average connect time of 16.1 seconds.

“Offering live, on-demand interpretation services by phone in one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the world builds on our longstanding commitment to serving all New Yorkers, whatever languages they speak,” QPL President and CEO Dennis Walcott said in an announceQ ment of the service.

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City plans special ed pre-K expansion City officials on Tuesday announced funding for 400 new preschool seats for special education students.

Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks said the initiative, which includes 65 service providers, is the precursor to having a seat for every specialneeds preschooler in the city by spring.

The initial outlay, coupled with an additional 400 seats early in the 2023 calendar year, is expected to be $130 million over two years.

“I know from personal experience what it’s like not to have had the supports I needed to learn and thrive as child. For far too long, our young students living with disabilities have struggled in a system that hasn’t been fully able to meet them where they are,” Mayor Adams said in a press release sent by his office.

“Today, we’re changing that. This expansion ensures not only that our youngest are provided the resources they need to succeed, but that the educators and caretakers who serve them are paid fairly and at a rate worthy of the life shaping the work they do. This investment is long overdue, and I’m so grateful

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to everyone who has worked tirelessly to make this a reality.”

“For far too long, children with disabilities and their families have been overlooked by a system that was not built with them in mind,” Banks added. “Our vision for early childhood education sees all children.”

Banks said his team has been focusing on children living with disabilities.

“We are deeply committed to establishing early childhood education that works for all New York City families,” the chancellor said. “A truly accessible, high-quality, and sustainable program that equitably serves our children living with disabilities. Bright starts begin at birth, and I am proud that Deputy Chancellor Dr. Ahmed and the Division of Early Childhood Education are dedicated to creating a truly inclusive early childhood system that will set our children up for success for generations to come.”

Funding is included to recruit, train and retain the necessary staffing to the program. Class days will be lengthened to bring them more in line with other Q pre-K programs.

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

Jamaica Center Business Improvement District Executive Director Jennifer Furioli is set to leave the organization at the end of the month for the top job at the White Plains BID. Of the projects she undertook in her three and a half years at the helm, one she believes will have the most lasting impact on the business corridor, stretching along Jamaica Avenue, is still in progress.

“I was involved in the unification of the three separate downtown business improvement districts into one entity,” she said.

“Once this new organization gets their sea legs, I believe it will be an effective force for advocacy for Downtown Jamaica. Services will be better coordinated and duplicative money once spent on administrative overhead can finally go into initiatives that matter: sanitation, business support, activities to draw shoppers and beautification.”

She says the legislative boundaries of the new BID — composed of the JCBID, the Sutphin Boulevard BID and the 165th Street Mall Association — go into effect on Jan. 1, with much of the groundwork for the estab-

lishment of new organizational infrastructure set to take place early next year.

Among the items she hopes the new BID will tackle are a full replacement of Downtown Jamaica’s sidewalks, the revitalization of decimated tree canopies along the corridor and the institution of a horticulture beautification program. She also says improvements are needed to internet access for the downtown business community.

The BID recently learned that the city Department of Transportation has decided to make the Jamaica Avenue bus lane permanent, she said.

“While we support and appreciate DOT’s efforts to increase bus speeds for commuters, to do so at the peril of local businesses by completely cutting off access during their key operating hours, especially just after the pandemic when they have already suffered tremendous business loses, misses the mark,” she said. “We need to be a city of compromise. It makes more sense to have bus lanes in effect when commuting hours are at their worst, and to permit access to our small and micro businesses in the off hours. I’m certain this conversation isn’t Q finished.”

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Flood mitigation efforts inch closer to reality Council passes backwater valve bill; House OKs infrastructure funds

by Sophie Krichevsky Associate Editor

At a town hall in response to the flooding left by the Sept. 13 rainstorm, Flushing residents made their frustrations with persistent flooding issues known. Though at the time, the Department of Environmental Protection emphasized that homeowners should install backwater valves or check valves — which prevent sewage from the sewer system from flowing into a given home — residents were far from satisfied with that answer, and pointed to the need for updates to the area’s sewer infrastructure.

Now, it seems those residents — and the rest of the borough — may be a couple steps closer to getting both of those things.

The City Council last week unanimously approved a bill to establish a program that provides financial aid for the purchase and installation of backwater valves. Meanwhile, the U.S. House passed a bill that includes nearly $120 million worth of funding for improvements to the borough’s sewer system.

The legislation comes just over a year after Hurricane Ida, which caused devastating flooding throughout the borough and took 11 Queens lives as a result. Since then, heavy rainfall and chronic flooding, like that seen on Sept. 13, has continued to plague the borough.

Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Hillcrest),

Heavy rain has devastated Queens repeatedly, such as during the Sept. 13 storm that left the Cross Island Parkway, above, flooded. Two recent bills could help prevent that. FILE PHOTO who chairs the Council Committee on Environmental Protection and was the bill’s first sponsor, was thrilled. “This is welcome news for my constituents — many of whom repeatedly experience property damage as a result of backflow during heavy rainfall,” he said in a statement. “Backwater valves are a crucial tool to mitigate damage from wastewater backing up into homes.”

Regarding the passage of the federal bill, Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), who allocated the federal money and has consistently advocated for improved infrastructure, said, “Constituents shouldn’t have to worry if their homes, cars and streets will flood every time rain is forecasted, and the House’s passage of my legislation gets us one step closer to remedying the problem.”

The federal funding still needs to pass in the U.S. Senate and be signed into law by President Biden. As such, many of the details have yet to be determined.

The backwater valve bill, however, is only awaiting Mayor Adams’ signature. That would only be the beginning of the process, though. The bill calls for a Department of Environmental Protection study assessing the benefits of backwater valves by December 2024. The financial program itself must be established by April 2025, and would prioritize areas that regularly have backflow issues.

The financial assistance program will only apply to backwater valves — not check valves, a spokesperson for Gennaro clarified. Though they serve the same purpose, the mechanics of the two differ slightly. The same spokesperson said it is not yet clear whether the program would subsidize backwater valves or provide reimbursements for them. That will be determined following the DEP study.

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Schools cite space jam in charter talks Leaders at SGEC and MS 72 say no reason to risk program cutbacks

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

Southeast Queens school officials continue to oppose the proposed co-location of charter schools on two campuses.

Ahead of joint public hearings scheduled for next week, leadership at the Springfield Gardens Educational Campus and MS 72 in Rochdale held events aiming to illustrate the already fully utilized conditions in their buildings, as the city Panel for Educational Policy is set to vote on the potential co-location of Success Academy charter schools at the locations early next month.

Last Thursday, the PTAs of all four schools at the Springfield Gardens complex — Queens Preparatory Academy, Excelsior Preparatory High School, George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences and Preparatory Academy for Writers — held a joint meeting in the building’s auditorium, at which they condemned the proposed co-location.

“I’m going to ask all of us to make sure we email every last person on this list,” PTA President for the Preparatory Academy for Writers Genevieve Jean said of a list of PEP members.

“Their email boxes need to be inundated.

They need to be full. It needs to be, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t check my email anymore,’” she added.

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MS 72 Restorative Justice Coordinator Clevevon Akil and UFT representative Bruce Zihal led a walkthrough of the school campus on Monday. The building is one of two targeted for a proposed co-location with a Success Academy charter school, along with the Springfield Gardens PHOTO BY SEAN OKULA Educational Campus.

High School — Najwa Waysome and Pauly Piña — said they are planning a demonstration for Thursday, Dec. 15.

“When I told my friends and helped spread [awareness] of this issue, that this may happen, we were all very shocked, because if you have ever seen the hallways in our school, you would know they’re extremely crowded,” Waysome said. “Trying to leave the school from 2:30 to

3:30 [p.m.], it is extremely crowded.”

The students also expressed concerns about pushed-back lunch periods and condensed gym time. Under the building utilization plan, Excelsior would have access to the cafeteria for lunch from 1 to 1:45 p.m. and access to the school’s three gymnasiums from 1:40 to 3:10 p.m.

Waysome and Piña, along with Queens Preparatory Academy students Blair Vales

and Amonique Wynter, expressed concerns about introducing K-4 students into a setting that currently only includes students in grades 6 to 12.

“You’re letting 9- and 10-year-olds come into a school with 15-, 16-, 17-, 18-year-olds, 19-year-olds,” Vales said. “It’s just weird.

Those 18- and 19-year-olds have habits — as in smoking, doing narcotics after school, things they aren’t supposed to be doing — and they might see these little kids and think there are ways to influence them into doing things they want them to do.”

The principals from all four schools were also in attendance, and expressed concerns about their students being spaced out of programming.

“I’m not saying the elementary school students don’t have a right to have space,” George Washington Carver High School President Janice Sutton said. “However, that space is not here.

“They should use the space to develop the programs and expand the programs in our building that we know have been successful.”

According to the educational impact statement provided by the city Department of Education with the proposal for co-location, the SGEC building utilization rate is at approximately 69 percent for the 2022-23 school year, continued on page 21

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Space jam in charter talks continued from page 20 and according to the building utilization plan, it has 26 full-sized classrooms and three half-sized classrooms in excess of the citywide instructional footprint allocation.

City Councilmember Selvena BrooksPowers (D-Laurelton) was one of approximately 40 in attendance at the meeting, and she expressed concerns about younger and older students coexisting in one building.

“I believe in parents’ choice, as a mom,” she said. “However, I do not believe in colocations, and I’ve been very clear about that for some time now. I have strong concerns about having an elementary school placed within a high school.”

On Monday, the Chronicle participated in a walkthrough of the Q072 campus — home to Catherine & Count Basie MS72, Redwood Middle School and PS Q993.

Administrators and a representative from the United Federation of Teachers aimed to demonstrate that all of the school’s space was being utilized, in contrast with the 46 percent utilization rate listed in the educational impact statement for the proposed co-location of a Success Academy elementary school on the premises.

A spokesperson for the DOE said that excess space implies that a school could serve its enrollment in fewer rooms, not that a number of rooms are not being used by a school.

Of the rooms observed by the Chronicle, which encompassed all four floors of the building, all were utilized for some purpose, though not all were occupied at any given time. Some rooms were split down the middle by a divider, turning one classroom into two.

The school is organized as to best keep each individual school together and operating in its own space. Each school is designated its own staircase, with the first and second floors split between MS 72 on one side and Q993 on the other, the third split between MS 72 and Redwood and the fourth occupied entirely by Redwood.

MS 72 Restorative Justice Coordinator Clevevon Akil and UFT District 28 representative Bruce Zihal wonder how the school would make space for the Success charter, slated to occupy 13 full-size classrooms, two half-size classrooms and three

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rooms equivalent to a full-size classroom space for administrative purposes.

“The educational impact statement says there’s going to be no impact on the school,” Zihal said. “How can that be if Success Academy is coming in? Based on the way the school is split up already, it would be a massive reorganization, first of all, of the school.

“Secondly, there would have to be a reduction of programs. We’re seeing everything that goes on in this school, all of the great programs that they have; if another school comes in, the programs that are offered here would have to be reduced, and the programs that are in the works for the near future would be reduced as well.”

The school already faces spacing issues under its current layout. During the walkthrough, the Chronicle observed a Q993 class, which is the District 75 branch in the building, participating in a physical education class taking place in a space designated to be a girl’s locker room.

Akil said a community walkthrough is planned for Thursday with safety officials from the Department of Education. Akil and Zihal said the department has performed no in-person inspection of the premises. The building utilization plan says a space verification was conducted by a representative of the of the DOE’s Office of Space Planning on Sept. 14, which was confirmed by a spokesperson.

The joint public hearing for the co-location at Q072 is set for Monday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m. via teleconference, available at LearnDOE.org/districtplanning. The hearing for the Springfield Gardens Educational Campus is scheduled for 6 p.m. the next day, Tuesday, Dec. 20, joinable at the same link.

The Panel for Educational Policy meeting on the proposals for the co-locations is scheduled for Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. at Long Island City High School, located at 14-30 Q Broadway in Astoria.

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Santa took a break from his North Pole toy factory on Dec. 10 to officiate at the annual Christmas tree lighting at The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale.

In the top row, Julia from Middle Village, left, was excited to see the tree light up. Next to her, students from the KTB Dance Studio in Glendale got ready for Santa’s arrival, which last weekend was in transportation a bit more modern than his traditional sleigh.

In the second row, the KTB students prepared to wow the crowd, while Mera Almalahi and Bryan Cuadrado stretched out in the courtyard. Next to them, Lt. Sean Dolphin of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens North welcomed

Mrs. Claus to Queens.

In the third row officers from Queens North plus the 104th and 112th precincts made the Kringles’ welcome to the city official. It was unknown if the first couple of the North Pole stopped by a gift table staffed by sponsors Main Street Radiology, Laser World and Bee’s Arts and Crafts Studio. But next to them, Officer Taylor Cumbo of the 112th Precinct was getting into the spirit of the celebration.

In the fourth row, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, at right, were on hand to greet revelers.

So too was Officer Keith Tuohey of the 112th Precinct, far right.

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Review of 14 mass transit options is nearing conclusion, says agency

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

Queens residents have grown accustomed over the years to public transportation that operates at a leisurely pace.

But while it has been nearly nine months since the last public input meeting on proposals for new access to LaGuardia Airport by mass transit, and 13 since a three-person panel was appointed to study 14 alternatives under consideration, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday that there is light visible at the end of the tunnel.

“The review of mass transit alternatives to LaGuardia Airport, undertaken at Governor Hochul’s request, is continuing and nearing conclusion,” a PA spokesman told the Chronicle in an email on Tuesday.

“Working in close consultation with a panel of independent experts and stakeholders, the Port Authority is conducting a thorough and rigorous review of 14 mass transit alternatives as expeditiously as possible. Once complete, a report will be sent to Governor Hochul and released publicly,” he said.

Hochul on Oct. 4, 2021 ordered a study of alternatives to the project that was championed by former Governor Andrew Cuomo — an air train that would have run along the Grand Central Parkway and the Malcolm X Promenade by Flushing Bay between LaGuardia and

the No. 7 subway station at Mets-Willets Point.

While the proposal drew the wrath of nearby residents, environmentalists and park advocates, it remains one of the 14 options being considered.

In November of last year the study panel was created. Its members are Janette SadikKhan, who served as the city’s transportation commissioner under Mayor Mike Bloomberg from 2007 to 2013; Philip Washington, the CEO of Denver International Airport and the former head of the Los Angeles Metro transit system; and Mike Brown, former commissioner of transport for London and the former managing director of Heathrow Airport in London.

The proposed options include: • transit improvements including a possible Residents in March at one of the meetings bus lane from the proposed Roosevelt Avenue hosted by the Port Authority. station on the proposed Interborough Express PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON / FILE rail line; • improvements to the existing M60 bus and the present terminus of the N/W line at route that runs from the West Side in ManhatAstoria-Ditmars Boulevard; tan to LaGuardia through the Bronx and • bus lanes running on Northern Boulevard Astoria; and 94th Street between LaGuardia and the • dedicated bus rapid transit routes along the Northern Boulevard station on the M/R subGCP running between LaGuardia and the way line; Astoria Boulevard station on the N-W elevated • elevated light rail along the Brooklynsubway line; Queens Expressway and GCP • shuttle bus service along 31st Street and LaGuardia and the 61st Street-Woodside sub1 9 t h A v e n u e i n A s t o r i a b e t w e e n t h e a iway-Long r p o r t Island Rail Road hub;

• the original Cuomo-backed Mets-Willets Point AirTrain route, which already has cleared federal environmental studies; • elevated light rail service between the Long Island Rail Road’s Jamaica Station — which has a rail link with John F. Kennedy International Airport — and LaGuardia; • elevated light rail along the GCP between LaGuardia and the Astoria Boulevard N/W subway station; • an elevated light rail line between LaGuardia and the proposed Roosevelt Avenue station on the proposed Interborough Express rail line; • extending the N/W elevated subway line with an eastern branch that runs to the airport along the GCP from 30th Avenue; • extending the N/W line north along 31st Street from Ditmars Boulevard, then turning along 19th Avenue before continuing east along the GCP to LaGuardia; • ferry service to and from Bowery Bay and Flushing Bay at opposite ends of LaGuardia, with Manhattan stops at Pier 11, East 34th and East 90th streets; and • possible future technology including narrow tunnels with electric vehicles, autonomous shuttles or buses or other modes. b eMaps t w e of e nthe proposed projects and other information can be viewed online at Q bit.ly/3L5PItk.

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Three arrested in Ozone Park stabbing

Student robbed on Forest Hills street

Three teenage boys were arrested and charged with gang assault for an attack that left one man dead in Ozone Park last Wednesday afternoon.

Just before 3 p.m., officers in the 106th Precinct responded to a call of two men who were stabbed near Lefferts and Rockaway boulevards.

Justin Shaw, 20, of Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. He had sustained stab wounds to the chest. Another 20-yearold man, who was stabbed in the leg, was listed in stable condition.

Further investigation revealed the victims engaged in a dispute with a group of others, which escalated and led to the stabbings, according to police.

Late Thursday, police announced that three males ages 13, 15 and 17 were arrested and charged with gang assault and assault, and the 17-year-old also was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

They were taken into custody shortly after the incident, a police spokesperson Q said.

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Police are seeking two suspects in the daylight robbery of a teenager who was standing near a bus stop on Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills on Nov. 14.

According to the NYPD, the crime took place at about 3:10 p.m. in front of a restaurant at 98-31 Metropolitan Ave., which is next door to the North Forest Park Library and three blocks from a campus that houses three public schools. Video of the suspects can be viewed at qchron.com.

Two males approached the 15-year-old victim with one displaying a knife before the two demanded his book bag. The other then punched the victim in the face and took the bag, which contained a laptop, a calculator and a charger.

Both then fled. Police said the boy did not sustain serious injuries.

Anyone with information on their names or whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477), or, for Spanish, 1 (888) 57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.

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Guv signs space heater safety law Gov. Hochul on Dec. 8 signed new safety regulations for electric space heaters into law.

The signing took place one day short of 11 months since the deaths of 19 people in the Twin Parks apartment complex in the Bronx on Jan. 9.

“After f lames engulfed the Twin Parks apartments last year, we worked to help impacted families recover and vowed to never forget the tragedy and to protect New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a statement on her official website.

“As the weather gets colder once again and we crank up the heat in our homes, this legislation will help prevent future disasters and keep New Yorkers safe as we ensure higher safety standards for all electric space heaters sold in our state.”

The legislation amends the general business law to prohibit any retailer of electric space heaters from selling them in New York State without a thermostat, automatic shut off and certification by a testing and certification body recognized and approved by the United States Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety a nd He a lt h Ad m i n i s t r at ion , or Q OSHA.

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BP touts affordable housing effort, says Creedmoor convos to begin in January

by Sean Okula Associate Editor

As the First Jamaica Community and Urban Development Corp. opened the doors on its new affordable housing development, Borough President Donovan Richards and others in attendance at the ribbon-cutting ceremony alluded to a future with another large-scale project coming to the Eastern Queens area.

The FJCUDC celebrated the completion and opening of The Tree of Life Center, a 174-unit apartment building with leasable office and retail space located at 89-60 164 St., just a building away from the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica. At the ceremony, Richards touted the completion of the project, but also mentioned that public discussion around the development of the land occupied by the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village would start in January.

“To me, it’s clear as day that there’s only one way out of this crisis, and that’s building our way out of it,” he said, speaking on the city’s housing situation. “Long gone are the days we need to talk about building. We have to build affordable housing for our communities, and those behind this Tree of Life project have had the vision to understand this reality.”

“We’re not done in Queens,” he added. “I know Rev. O’Connor has spoken heavily about the Creedmoor campus, and that project is moving forward. In January, we will start the public engagement process on that site, and it’s about time we stop talking about mental health and [start] investing in it and supportive housing.”

The Rev. Patrick O’Connor — who serves as the lead pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, which runs FJCUDC — says all the units in the Tree of Life development will be available for those making 90 percent of the area median income or below, half will be available for those at 50 percent or below and 59 units will be permanently affordable, as to limit the chance of circumvention of the development’s intended affordability once the lowincome housing tax credit period expires.

“We don’t want somebody in the future to say, ‘We got through the tax credit period and now we’re going to put it to market rate,’” he said.

O’Connor says the rental process is under-

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Ribbon cut on Tree of Life in Jamaica

Borough President Donovan Richards, center, helped cut the ribbon at The Tree of Life Center, left, on Friday. At the ceremony, he mentioned that the public engagement process around the future of the PHOTOS BY SEAN OKULA Creedmoor Psychiatric Center would begin in January. way, with more than 26,000 applications submitted for the 174-unit space.

Following Richards’ comments, the Rev. David Brawley made an impassioned plea to turn the Creedmoor campus into the largest affordable housing development in the city.

“If First Church can take the resource of land and make a tree of life, then certainly there are

other congregations throughout our city that can do the same,” he said. “We call on our elected officials to work with us ... we call on our elected officials to help us so we can eradicate this injustice; people not having a place to live that they can afford is truly an injustice.”

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Claims DA can’t prove knowledge of guns

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Dorothy Hirsch’s lawyer is saying DNA tests conducted on handguns found in her apartment back her contention that she had no idea her late estranged husband kept firearms in a closet at her home packed with his belongings.

Hirsch was indicted on weapons charges in September. Nine guns were seized from her Briarwood apartment on June 2, one day after her estranged husband, Glenn Hirsch, was charged with murdering Chinese food deliveryman Zhiwen Yan on April 30 at a Forest Hills intersection.

Defense attorney Mark Bederow has asserted from the beginning that Dorothy Hirsch, a 63-year-old registered nurse, did not know and had no way of knowing that handguns and ammunition were being kept in the closet.

Glenn Hirsch was out on $500,000 bail when he shot himself to death just prior to a court hearing on Aug. 5.

In a letter to prosecutors dated Dec. 3, Bederow said tests on the guns did not turn up matches to his client’s DNA, even while Glenn Hirsch’s DNA was on some of the weapons. He called the test results “exculpatory” while repeating his call for the office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to drop the indictment.

Bederow, in the letter to Assistant District Attorney Thomas Salmon, said the Nov. 30 report on DNA tests on the guns was entirely favorable toward his client.

“You clearly recognize the significance of these results,” Bederow wrote. “In your application seeking to compel a [cheek] swab, you alleged that a comparison of DNA from the firearms and Dorothy’s DNA would provide ‘relevant material evidence’ linking her to the firearms by ‘demonstrating her knowing [emphasis added by Bederow] possession of an illegal firearm.’

“In fact, the opposite is true. The DNA results demonstrate that nothing links Dor-

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othy to the firearms Glenn Hirsch stored among the possessions he put inside of black garbage bags and boxes which he then stuffed in a hallway closet.”

Bederow continued by stating further tests demonstrate that it is “almost 94 times more probable” that Mrs. Hirsch’s DNA is not on the other testable weapon.

“In other words, there is no evidence that Dorothy ever touched any of the firearms from the closet while there is conclusive proof that Glenn did.”

In an email to the Chronicle on Tuesday, Katz’s office said it does not comment on ongoing investigations.

Glenn Hirsch had a long-running feud with the Great Wall restaurant, where Yan worked, over Hirsch’s claim that he once was not given a sufficient amount of duck sauce with a takeout order.

Yan, 45, was the married father of three children and lived in Elmhurst. He was very popular among his regular Forest Hills clientele built up over two decades.

Before the killing, Glenn Hirsch was accused of threatening workers at the restaurant, including one time with a firearm, and of committing at least one act of vandalism on an automobile.

Surveillance video allegedly showed that Hirsch, on the evening of Yan’s murder, circled the block where the restaurant is located multiple times before following Yan as he left on his scooter to make deliveries.

Hirsch was accused of trailing Yan to 67th Drive and 108th Street in Forest Hills, where he allegedly got out of his car and shot him.

Sur veillance video also repor tedly showed that Hirsch then went to his wife’s apartment, for which he had a key, within minutes of the shooting.

Bederow has a motion pending before the court seeking to dismiss the indictment based on allegations that the DA’s Office improperly withheld evidence favorable to Q Dorothy Hirsch from the grand jury. already demonstrated it’s possible: If we can do this here, let’s do this at Creedmoor,” he added.

The property on which The Tree of Life Center is located is owned by the First Presbyterian Church, according to O’Connor.

The Creedmoor campus is operated by the state Office of Mental Health.

State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) expressed concerns about the state of Creedmoor.

“We’re going to do everything we can to make Creedmoor as affordable as possible, with the realization that there’s a ton of asbestos there,” he said. “There’s desire and then there’s reality, and we have to explore Q everything.”

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Miracle on 108th St. brings toys and joys

by Peter Kropf Chronicle Contributor

A bearded man with a jolly smile was handing out presents in Corona on a chilly Tuesday afternoon — and it wasn’t Santa Claus.

It was Councilman Francisco Moya (D-Corona), who was leading a holiday toy giveaway at William F. Moore Park at the intersection of Corona Avenue and 108th Street between 51st and 52nd avenues.

Moya and a handful of volunteers from the Cement and Concrete Workers District Council passed out free toys to hundreds of excited neighborhood children and families. The line of people waiting for gifts extended around the perimeter of the park. It’s estimated that about 500 toys were distributed between 3 and 5:30 p.m.

The councilman is in a particularly generous mood. In November he delivered turkeys to over 3,500 families across his district. And he has two more gift giveaways scheduled before Christmas.

“Some families here struggle to put food on their tables, so some kids might not be able to get a gift during the holiday,” Moya pointed out. “And the coronavirus did not help.

“But the mere gesture of a gift can mean the world to these kids. Seeing the look on their happy faces is my favorite part of days like this.”

Where do all the presents come from?

Moya’s office works with a laundry list of sponsors, along with community-based organizations and local churches, to ensure that children of various ages can receive a toy they’ll enjoy.

The festivities were far from over when the gift-giving ended. Next came the 42nd annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, which has been held at William F. Moore Park each year.

According to Moya, the Lisa family, a once-prominent political powerhouse in Corona, used to organize the tree-lighting affair. Born and raised in the area, Moya attended it growing up. The councilman described former Democratic District Leader Jim Lisa as a mentor and his “political grandfather.” It’s fitting that Moya has hosted the event for the last two decades.

“I took up the mantle because I want to see this tradition continue,” Moya said. “It’s become a true community and family event.”

Corona Democratic District Leader Ari Espinal, who co-hosted the tree lighting with Moya, told the crowd that the annual gathering “keeps the neighborhood alive.”

The tree lighting was preceded by classic Christmas songs: chorus students from St. Leo Catholic Academy, PS 110 and PS 14 Fairview belted out enthusiastic renditions.

PS 14 Fairview’s choir has had some practice outdoors recently: It was selected as this year’s NBC 4 New York Star Choir and sang on live television Nov. 30 at the Rockefeller Q Center tree lighting.

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At top right, the tree at William F. Moore Park stands 22 feet high. At far right, some of the many gift recipients at the Christmas tree lighting and toy giveaway led by Councilman Francisco Moya Tuesday. Clockwise from above, Moya helps a child pick a gift; the PS 110 choir; the PS 14 choir, with Moya; Moya with Mike Liquori, left, commander of VFW Post 150, and toy giveaway volunteers Donald Walsh, Frank Sturiano, Victor Ocori and Billy Loria, all of the Cement and Concrete Workers District Council; and Moya with Ecuadorian Civic Committee of New York President Oswaldo Guzman, left, Yessenia Calle, designer of the tree’s installation and decorations, Calle’s father, Mario, and, in front, her nephew and two godchildren.

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Champlain Hudson Express a done deal Hochul hosts groundbreaking for Quebec-Astoria hydroelectric energy

by Michael Gannon Senior News Editor

The word “history” was spoken frequently on Nov. 30 when Gov. Hochul hosted a ceremonial — and indoor — groundbreaking for the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express cables that will bring clean hydroelectric energy from Quebec to Astoria.

Donald Jessome, president and CEO of Transmission Developers Inc., zeroed in on an often-checkered part of Queens history.

“Thank you all for joining us here today to celebrate the official start of a groundbreaking project that will supply 20 percent of New York City’s needs by delivering renewable energy to Astoria, which has traditionally borne the brunt of fossil fuel generation and its associated health impacts for decades.”

Hochul hosted representatives of the key players in the Town of Whitehall in upstate Washington County. Under an agreement involving New York State, Hydro-Quebec, the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawake and organized labor, the project will begin powering New York City in 2026. It will come ashore at the massive Con Edison complex on 20th Avenue, which houses a number of energy companies.

While it has been criticized by some environmental organizations, particularly those concerned about the digging that will be

Gov. Hochul, center, with Michael Lyons, president at Greater Capital Region Building and Construction Trades Council, Doreen Harris, of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Donald Jessome of Transmission Developers Inc., Pierre Despars of Hydro-Quebec and Grand Chief Sky-Deer of the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawake, staged a groundbreakPHOTO BY DARREN MCGEE / NYS ing on an actual stage in the town of Whitehall. required to submerge miles and miles of cable beneath Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. Overland cables will be buried.

Hochul touted it as a major part of reaching the state’s statutory levels of renewable energy use by 2030 and 2050.

She and others also stressed what they say

will be a $3.5 billion economic impact on communities all along the route, including increased tax revenue to 73 municipalities and 59 school districts. “[Seventy] percent of our electricity will come from renewables by 2030,” Hochul said according to a transcript on her official web-

site. “And we used to talk about 2030 as if it’s off into the future. That’s right around the corner ... 85 percent emission reductions by 2050.

These are ambitions, but they’re doable.”

Michael Lyons, president of the Greater Capital Region Building and Construction Trades Council, said the project will create three million hours of work for union construction workers.

A parallel project that also has been approved is Clean Path NY, which will transmit solar- and wind-generated electricity from upstate from a substation in Delaware County.

It will connect at the Rainey power substation located just north of the Roosevelt Island Bridge.

Pierre Despars, vice president of HydroQuebec, said it was the culmination of plans considered by his company for 15 years.

“To work 15 years on a project, you need perseverance and you need to believe in what you’re doing,” Despars said. “We need to work as a region to move our economies toward cleaner energy.”

Grand Chief Sky-Deer of the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawake, across whose ancestral lands the route will traverse, said it is a continuation of their long association with New York City, where hundreds of Mohawks were employed as ironworkers on many hisQ toric skyscrapers and bridges.

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We all have that one person on our giftgiving lists who is impossible to buy for, or claims they “don’t want anything.” In my family, the solution to that has always been simple: Get them a book. But with the clock ticking on the holidays, picking one may seem like a daunting task. Fear not: Whether you’re searching for the perfect present or just looking for something to curl up with next to the fire, the Chronicle has your back this holiday season.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf) — After going years without speaking, Sam and Sadie, now students at Harvard and MIT, respectively, run into each other in a crowded Boston T station. The pair reconnects, and, with the help of Sam’s roommate, Marx, soon decide to build a video game together, which quickly becomes wildly successful.

But to describe Zevin’s latest novel merely as a book about video games hardly scratches the surface — nor do readers need to play video games to connect with its contents (I don’t!). The book follows Sam, Sadie and Marx as they navigate their rapid climb to the top and come of age in a world that is often less than

Books make for the perfect gift — even for those particularly tricky recipients. Here PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE are some titles we’d recommend. forgiving. Through her gorgeously written prose, Zevin explores myriad topics ranging from family to platonic love to identity.

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press) — Award-winning author Celeste Ng’s latest novel is vastly different from her previous one, “Little Fires Everywhere” (which, by the way, also makes for a great gift). In the days after “the Crisis,” a worldwide economic decline pinned on China, Asian-Americans are subject to violence and discrimination; all the while, the U.S. government has imposed censorship laws in the name of “preserving American

culture.” The novel’s protagonist, a 12-year-old boy named Bird, finds himself struggling to understand that world while searching for his mother, a Chinese-American poet who left when he was 9.

Ng’s dystopian space is eerily reminiscent of the pandemic, but it is not heavyhanded; she manages to capture the ambiance of 2020’s overlapping crises without doing so explicitly.

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But things take a turn for the worst when she finds wealthy hotel guest Charles Black dead in his suite, and soon becomes the lead suspect in the crime.

With help from friends she didn’t know she had, Molly must find the real killer before it’s too late. Prose’s debut is intricately plotted and told, making for the Q perfect winter read.

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Tittle has been lost, I HEREBY merly or currently of New York GIVE NOTICE that I intend to City. If the said funds are not cancel the said Certifi cate of 2371 BAYVIEW LLC. Arts. claimed by BOHUMIL FIALA on of Org. fi led with the SSNY Title and issue a new one in or before November 16, 2022, duplicate fourteen days after on 09/30/19. Offi ce: Queens the said funds will be paid into the last publication of this adCounty. SSNY designated court pursuant to CPLR § 2601. vertisement. as agent of the LLC upon BOHUMIL FIALA should conVolume: 1222 swhom process against it tact SELFHELP COMMUNITY Folio: 605 may be served. SSNY shall SERVICES, INC., COMMUNITY Lot #: 81 mail copy of process to GUARDIAN PROGRAM at (212) Place: Part of Burnt Ground 971-7752 or his court-appointthe LLC, 46-05 Northern Parish: St. Elizabeth ed counsel, Matthew Milford, Boulevard, Long Island City, Esq., at matthewmilford@ yaRegistered proprietor: Henery St. Halford NY 11101. Purpose: Any hoo.com, in order to claim the Finlay and Eugenie M. Barnaby- Finlay lawful purpose. funds owed.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.711975/2022 Date fi led: 6/7/2022 SUMMONS ACTION FOR QUIET TITLE TO PROPERTY SITUATED IN QUEENS COUNTY SUSAN CLEMENT, Plaintiff, -against- All the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest and the creditors, assignees and successors in interest thereof of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff of BLANCHE VELEZ; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint. Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place for trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Phillip Horn, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered Nov. 17, 2022 and fi led with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Offi ce. THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to quiet title to premises known as 153-06 111th Road, Jamaica, NY 11433 a/k/a Block 12167, Lot 28. Dated: June 1, 2022, Westbury, New York, Edward Wiener, Esq., Stein, Wiener & Roth, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 315, Westbury, New York 11590 (516)-742-1212 File no. 78991 #99939

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF QUEENS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, V. ELAINE WILSON, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 10, 2022, and entered in the Offi ce of the Clerk of the County of Queens, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 is the Plaintiff and ELAINE WILSON, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE on the COURTHOUSE STEPS OF THE QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, NY 11435, on January 13, 2023 at 12:00PM, premises known as 144-59 176TH ST, JAMAICA, NY 11434: Block 13288, Lot 49: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE BOROUGH AND COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi led Judgment Index # 704555/2022. Frank Bruno, Jr., Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/ CLERK DIRECTIVES.

Notice of Formation of MAMA LUNA LLC Articles of Organization were fi led with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/10/2022. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JACKLYN ZOPPI, 71-38 66TH PLACE, 2ND FLOOR, FLUSHING, NY 11385. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of SIM SWIMMS LLC. Art. Of Org. fi led with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/22.

Offi ce in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11534 227TH ST, CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, NY, 11411. Purpose: Any lawful purpose THE ROCKAWAY RETREAT, LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with the SSNY on 11/22/22.

Offi ce: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The Mets re-signed popular leadoff hitter and centerfielder Brandon Nimmo to an eight-year, $162 million contract last Thursday. Nimmo’s timing to be a free agent could not have been any better as there was a dearth of available quality centerfielders. He clearly benefited from supply-and-demand capitalism.

An indicator of how crazy baseball economics have gotten is Nimmo will be getting over $20 million per year even though he has never been named to the National League All-Star team. Nonetheless, Nimmo has made himself into a valuable asset for the Mets because he has a high on-base percentage; is a smart baserunner even though he doesn’t steal many bags; and has worked diligently on his defense so that he now is a legitimate Gold Glove contender.

When the Mets meet the Yankees in the Subway Series, Nimmo should walk up to Aaron Judge and thank him profusely. Mets owner Steve Cohen, still smarting after watching Jacob deGrom leave Flushing to accept a lucrative long-term deal with the Texas Rangers, was not about to let Nimmo go, especially after the Yankees re-signed Judge after having lived through a lot of Sturm und Drang in 2022.

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Last September I spoke to Judge in the Yankees clubhouse for the first time in three years. I jokingly said to him, “Aaron, we haven’t seen each other in three years but I hear things have gone pretty well for you!” “I can’t complain!” he replied with a big smile. He then asked about my column and if the pandemic made that a more challenging task. That is class.

The Mets signed highly touted Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga to a five-year deal over the weekend. He was sought by a number of teams because of his tough-to-hit forkball. The Mets also inked veteran starter Jose Quintana last week. All of which meant the Mets would be parting ways with free agent Chris Bassitt, who had a good record for them but did not pitch well Q in big games. He has signed with Toronto.

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Best priced mixed use anywhere around. Store was vacant at closing. Second Floor front has LEGAL COMMERCIAL USE. Great location right across the street from the US Post Offi ce, and close to every conceivable convenience. As per public records Zoning R6B with a C2-3 commercial overlay, FAR is 2, for over 2,000 buildable SF.

Price: $925,000 Contact Ariel C Rahmanov 212-470-6888

Welcome to this Magnifi cent Once in a Lifetime Opportunity 4-Story, All Brick, & Custom Built, Mixed-Used Commercial Prop Offered for Sale.

This features 2 Commercial Units and 3 Residential Aparts. The 1st Commercial Unit is being used as a Doctor's Offi ce. The 2nd Commercial Unit is being used as an Offi ce. Aparts 1 & 2 Are Identical featuring 2-BRs, 2 Full Baths & a Bonus Room with Tile Flooring & Central A/C & Heating. The 3rd Apart is located on the 4th Flr which Features a Custom Chef-Style Kit, 1 Large BR, a Bath with a Jacuzzi, Tile Flooring, Central Air Conditioning & Heating & a Pvt Terrace w/Scenic Views.

On the 5th fl , you have an Enclosed Rooftop Recreational Space with Stunning Views & a Half Bath with an Additional Terrace. Convenient to all Public Trans, Shopping, Restaurants, Schools & Houses of Worship. More Information Available Upon Request. Shown By Appointment.

Price: $3,499,888 Contact Chatter Singh 347-257-9475

OZONE PARK

2 fl oors for rent, 2 Offi ce spaces available each for $1,100 or as a whole for $2,200. Credit and fi nancials requested by landlord for an application.

3 securities plus 1st months rent.

Rental Price: $2,200 Contact: Vaclav Antos 347-631-0403

HOWARD BEACH

OTEGO VILLAGE

Price: $389,000 Contact Carolyn A DeFalco 718-848-4700

4.97 acres of beautiful natural woodland with trees on the fi rst 4 acres approx. and a meadow in the last acre approx. Perfect for a primary home or a vacation home.

Close to tourist attraction Cooperstown.

Price: $100,000 Contact Vanessa DeLise 347-263-7546

Mint condition 3 BR 2 bath end unit. Brand new kit with quartz counters, stainless steel appliances, crown molding, recessed lighting all newly fi n hardwood fl ring throughout.

Close to shopping, parks, schools, houses of worship.

Buses to Queens Center Mall & Jamaica, close to Belt Pkwy, Kennedy Airport and the Q-14-15 to Manhattan.

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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT

Imagine building long-lasting memories with your family and friends in this beautiful Splanch in the heart of South Merrick with 4 BRs & 2.5 baths with a dining room with ample space to have incredible tasty holiday meals with family and guests and a backyard to have your BBQ’s on a nice day with your friends!

Ready to move in, beautiful spacious 2 BR apartment, Living room, Formal dining room, use of backyard, 1st fl oor.

Rental Price: $2,500