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AFTER THE FIRE Nearly 50 Richmond Hill residents displaced PAGES 4 AND 14 In the wake of the six-alarm fire that totaled apartments and businesses in six adjoined buildings on Jamaica Avenue last Thursday, the community has launched an effort to help the residents who had their homes and belongings destroyed.

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(Covid) shot heard ’round the U.S. LIJMC nurses kicked off virus vaccinations, pandemic recovery

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

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inally the vaccine is here. I feel like the vaccine is safe, I’m confident in the science and this marks the beginning to an end of a very dark time in our history, so we should all feel hopeful.”

Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse from Northwell’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the first Covid-19 vaccination in the U.S. on Dec. 14, a day the hospital’s staff has deemed “V-Day.” And she feels great.

“As a leader in the health system I think it was important for me to take the vaccine — to lead by example — and I wouldn’t ask my staff to do anything I would not do myself,” the Glen Oaks nurse said a few hours after receiving her first of two doses, adding that it felt similar to receiving an influenza vaccine and that, no, her arm doesn’t feel stiff. Lindsay will receive her second dose in 21 days.

The historical moment was livestreamed for the entire country to witness and Gov. Cuomo tuned in to share in the celebration.

“This vaccine is exciting because I believe this is the weapon that will end the war. It’s the beginning of the last chapter of the book, but now we just have to do it,” he said, noting the significance that the borough, which was the country’s first epicenter, was making the

Long Island Jewish Medical Center nurse Stephanie Cal was one of three Northwell healthcare workers to receive a Covid-19 vaccine by Director of Employee Health Services DNP Michelle PHOTO BY KATHERINE DONLEVY Chester Dec. 14. first strides to recovery: “Good things come from Queens.”

Lindsay wasn’t the only Northwell worker to receive the novel vaccine; Chair of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital Dr. Yves Duroseau and LIJMC RN Stephanie Cal were also given their first doses Monday morning. All three were given the shots by Director of Employee Health Services DNP

Michelle Chester.

The shots were administered three days after the federal Food and Drug Administration gave emergency approval to the PfizerBioNTech vaccine, which has demonstrated 95 percent efficacy. That same day, the country reached a record breaking 280,514 new cases in a single day. The U.S. also reached new heights in its pandemic death toll last week — more

Bill de Blasio Mayor Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc Commissioner

than 3,150 Americans died on Dec. 10.

Because the vaccines are limited, healthcare workers will be prioritized before other essential workers and citizens. The Northwell Health system has approximately 74,000 team members, a majority of which are frontline workers, and will receieve their shots within the next four to six weeks, said Mark Jarrett, the system’s chief quality officer and deputy physician in chief.

Vaccines will be administered in a “methodical way,” he said. The three-phase prioritization matrix will determine which workers will be vaccinated first based on the case rates in the community where they work, their job function in that hospital and age. Shots will not just be given to doctors and nurses, he noted, because other hospital workers, such as janitors who clean the ICU, are at the same level of risk as the healthcare workers.

Vaccinations will also need to be spread out in case recipients feel adverse affects and cannot come into work the day following their shot.

In order to preserve the vaccines, Northwell invested in more than 20 freezers that go to minus-70 degrees, which can store about 250,000 doses each, and stocked up on extra needles, gloves and swabs.

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‘It’s totaled’: 6-alarm fire devastates block Richmond Hill inferno displaces 48 residents, injures 3 firefighters

by Max Parrott

above the ceiling in these old framed structures,” Hodgens said.

Though multiple businesses share the early 50 Richmond Hill residents were displaced from their homes address, FDNY sources and two affected and three firefighters were injured residents said the fire began in Lemuria when a six-alarm fire burned through six Emporium, a shop that sells spiritual readbuildings early last Thursday morning, ings and mystical objects.

Video posted to the Citizen app shows according to the FDNY. The Fire Department reported that the flames engulfing the top of the building. blaze broke out around 1 a.m. inside a Over 200 fire and EMS members eventually a r r ive d at t he business at 109-25 scene. No civilians Jamaica Ave. before were injured, per the traveling up to the t’s totaled. The floors, F DN Y, but t h r e e attic space, or cockloft, at the top of the the rooms, the ceilings — f i r ef ig ht e r s we r e transported to building and everything is torn down.” Ja m a ic a Ho s pit a l s pr e a d i ng t o t he Medical Center with neighboring struc— Arleen Cora minor injuries. t u r e s . T h e u n it s By 3:43 a.m., the arrived on the scene within three minutes of the first emergen- firefighters had the blaze under control.

As of the following Wednesday the cy call, Assistant FDNY Chief John HodRed Cross had assisted seven households, gens said at the site.

“We had an advanced fire on arrival. consisting of 35 people who were disThe business was closed up. It quickly placed, by providing temporary housing extended into a common area that runs in local hotels and emergency financial assist a nce. Assemblywoman-elect Jenife r R ajk u m a r sa id her off ice had connected with 48 residents who were displaced in the fire.

Last Thu rsday after noon after the fire had been extinguished, the FDNY was escorting families inside the scorched build i ngs who were rummaging for any salvageable belongings and putting them into trash bags t o t a ke w it h them.

Jay a n d A r l e e n The fire was said to have started in Lemuria Emporium, a mystical Cora and their f ive PHOTO BY MAX PARROTT children lived in one boutique that hosts tarot card readings.

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The fire that displaced over 40 people from their apartments on Jamaica Avenue spread to six buildings through the cockloft at the top of the building, a space shared by several structures on FDNY PHOTO the block. of the apartments directly above the fire.

Arleen said they are without renters insurance and though the Red Cross is putting them up in a hotel for five days, after that they have no idea what to do. Their apartment and most of their belongings were destroyed.

“It’s totaled. The floors, the rooms, the ceilings — everything is torn down,” Arleen said.

They had come back to see whatever little they could pull out because they had fled the burning building with nothing but their jackets.

“Whatever we had on — that’s it,” said Jay. Lisa George from the office of state

Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-South Ozone Park) was on the scene last Thursday tracking down displaced residents who still needed help. She said she connected with seven more families who were not yet able to register with the Red Cross because their phones were burned in the fire or they left the scene to stay with family.

Mercedes Romero or “Meche,” as her clients know her, runs a salon that burned in the fire. She said that she is waiting to hear what her insurance company says.

Speaking through a translator she said she was looking for a sign about what’s next in her life.

“With Covid, everything was so diffiQ cult and now this,” she said.

Two candidates for Council rake in funds

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Out of the eight candidates who have registered with the New York City Campaign Finance Board to run for City Council District 32, just two qualified for public matching funds in the latest round of filing.

High school teacher and activist Felicia Singh has remained at the top of the fundraising heap, with an $93,594 infusion to

her campaign.

With the new funds her estimated balance is $112,170.

Mike Scala, a Howard Beach attorney who ran unsuccessfully against term-limited incumbent Eric Ulrich (D-Ozone Park) in 2017, received $41,078 from the CFB, bringing his estimated balance to $46,474.

The contribution limit for City Council candidates is $250.

In this round, the CFB approved public

match i ng f u nd s pay ments tot ali ng $17,263,525 to 61 candidates in the 2021 New York City elections.

Two mayoral candidates, one comptroller candidate, two borough presidency candidates, and 56 City Council candidates qualified for payment.

The payment comes after the CFB instituted an improved $8-to-$1 matching rate and more robust candidate guidance Q and training.

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City creates vaccine taskforce De Blaz aims to prioritize outreach in 27 nabes

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Mayor de Blasio announced last Friday the establishment of a vaccine command center, run jointly by the Racial Inclusion and Equity taskforce and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, opening in Manhattan on Monday.

The plan involves using NYCHA space and NYC Health + Hospitals clinics to vaccinate priority populations, with a focus on targeting racial demographics hardest hit by the pandemic.

“We know the pain that families went through was magnified for so many families in this crisis because of these fundamental inequalities, and we need to confront them and overcome them. So, how we distribute this vaccine is part of righting those wrongs and that means prioritizing the 27 neighborhoods of this city that bore the brunt of this crisis,” Mayor de Blasio said at the Friday press event.

The agencies will also attempt to build a network of trusted community messengers from NYCHA residents, community partners, and faith leaders to keep communities around the city informed about the rollout of the vaccine.

The effort will prioritize outreach in 27 neighborhoods citywide, where officials

Mayor de Blasio created a vaccine command center tasked with making the vaccine accesFILE PHOTO sible in hard-hit neighborhoods. will lead a series of virtual conversations on the vaccine. The list includes 13 ZIP codes in Queens, according to a map that the mayor displayed during the press event, stretching over par ts of South Ozone Park, Briarwood, Jamaica, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica Estates, South Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Corona, North Corona, Arverne, Broad Channel, Belle Harbor, Rockaway Park,

Edgemere and Far Rockaway.

The goal of the command center is to coordinate the vaccine response between public and private providers including urgent care clinics, pharmacies, hospitals and community vaccination sites.

“Part of why we are having a command center in place is of course, again, the massive logistical effort now, controlling the operational dynamics and making sure they’re effective, but it’s also to have a single point of contact where the information comes out, the confirmation [of information so] that people [know] what’s happening, the consistent transparency and the troubleshooting,” de Blasio said.

The city is expected to receive 465,000 doses of the vaccine by the beginning of January. Before the FDA issued its expected emergency authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine over the weekend, DOHMH First Deputy Commissioner Dr. Torian Easterling said at the Friday press event that he hoped the vaccines would be available this week. The first doses were administered Monday.

Gov. Cuomo reiterated at his own press conference Friday that he expected to begin deploying the first shipment of Pfizer vaccine for an estimated 170,000 people in the Q state this week.

Elmhurst gets vaccine — after LIJ Elected officials wonder why public hospital wasn’t first

by David Russell

Dromm said Elmhurst not getting it first “raises one’s eyebrows” as a private company picked a private hospital.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst “That’s part of the problem with received its Covid vaccine Tuesday — healthcare in the United States today,” after Northwell LIJ Medical Center in he said. “Big Pharma runs the show.”

Glen Oaks was in the first group to Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz receive it.

(D-Corona) said the rollout was “It is strange,” Councilman Danny peculiar.

Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) told the “As long as everyone gets the vacChronicle, adding, “It makes one woncine in a timely manner it’s great news der why it was done the way in which for everyone,” she told the Chronicle it was done.”

Wednesday. “I am, however, conElmhurst Hospital was considered cerned that if we’re leaving it to Pfizer to be “the epicenter of the epicenter” during the worst of the pandemic and Dr. Eric Wei of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst injects to figure out who gets what that this is the area has a strong Hispanic and healthcare worker William Kelly with the coronavirus vaccine a small indication of what else is to Asian population. City and state offi- Wednesday morning. NYC MAYOR’S OFFICE SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE come.”

She echoed Dromm’s sentiments, cials often have talked about making sure brown, black and poor community state designated 90 regional centers that saying, “It’s very interesting that it was a would store the vaccine but the CDC and private hospital, that it wasn’t a hospital in members are able to take the vaccine. the epicenter.”

“I thought Elmhurst definitely would Pfizer determined who got them first.

Veronica Delagado and William Kelly of “Within those sites, which received them have been a better choice,” Dromm said, adding, “Elmhurst Hospital is a miniature on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday, the NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst became state did not have any control over that the first two healthcare workers vaccinated United Nations there, basically.”

Gov. Cuomo announced last week that shipping schedule,” he said, adding, “We at the hospital Wednesday morning.

Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of 72,000 of 170,000 doses of the vaccine were weren’t the ones choosing where the UPS NYC Health + Hospitals, said he believes boxes went.” estimated to be given to New York City.

Five hospitals received the first ship- the workers at the hospital will be vaccinatA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson told the Chronicle ments of the vaccine Monday and 37, ed over three weeks.

He said the 11 hospitals in the system each jurisdiction decides where to ship its including the ones in the NYC Health + Hospitals system, received them Tuesday, have around 280 Covid patients, compared initial vaccines.

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Adams to lead Public Safety Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) was recently appointed chairwoman of the Committee on Public Safety, the Council’s police oversight committee, for the remainder of her term.

Adams is replacing fellow Southeastern Queens Councilman Donovan Richards after he was sworn in as borough president earlier this month.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Man hattan) named Adams, a first-term councilmember elected to represent District 28 in 2017, to head the committee.

“I thank Speaker Corey Johnson for placing his confidence in me and I look forward to working within this capacity, with my colleagues on the committee, and the entire City Council to move New York City into a more unified progressive direction. I look forward to putting forth a very robust agenda from my committee,” she said.

The committee also has jurisdiction over the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the courts, legal services, the district attorneys’ offices and the Office of the Special NarQ cotics Prosecutor.

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Problems persist for special education Advocates say the issues go beyond reopened District 75 schools

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Since the city reopened its school buildings for 3-K through fifth-graders along with schools that specifically serve students with severe special needs, and pushed to transition as many of them to five-day schedules as possible, parents of special-needs students continue to demand a new approach.

Parent advocates seek to raise awareness that not all students with special needs attend District 75 schools, those which only enroll such students and opened last week. They say nonDistrict 75 students are still not getting the priority they need.

Special Support Services, a group that advocates for special-education students, has documented an array of challenges that children and households have faced due to remote learning.

Julia Marie, the mother of a third-grade son who has autism and ADHD, said that his experiences with remote learning have been horrific.

According to a behavioral therapist, forcing her son to sit in front of a screen for school is actively detrimental to his health.

“It’s brought out behaviors that we’ve never seen before. Things like self-harm. Bashing his head against the table — he’s never done anything like that. I have to hold him like he’s in a straightjacket, and all just to get him to stare at the screen,” Marie said.

Marie’s son is one of thousands of students it to the entire student population. who have Individualized Education Plans, docuThe principal did not respond to the Chroniments detailing specialized services, but are not cle’s request for comment. in District 75 schools. He is enrolled at a comPrior to last week’s reopening, Schools Chanmunity program for students with special needs cellor Richard Carranza sent a letter to all prinat PS 219 in Flushing. Luckily for Marie, at the cipals urging them to pay special attention to end of November, her principal announced that putting any students with disabilities on a fiveoverall the school had enough space to apply for day in-person schedule. But parent advocates five-day learning for all students.

Rachel Ford and Jenn Choi with Special Support But many students with IEPs are not so fortu- Services pointed out that that guidance alone nate. Mayor de Bladoes not solve the sio said Monday that problem facing spea week after city students his just becomes a triaging cial-needs schools began without more resourcreopening for in-perschools. situation for which there is es for son learning, less “Pr i ncipals are than one-third of all being asked by the no precedent.” schools that have cent ral educat ion — Jenn Choi, parent advocate returned to it are team, which is ultioffering five days a mately led by the week of face-to-face classes for students. On top chancellor, to make five days a week possible, of that, Marie clarified that her principal resisted but asked to do so without any other extra supthe calls from her and other parents of students port, so no additional staff, no additional with special needs to establish a five-day sched- resources,” said Ford. ule earlier in the semester.

Ford added that a big concern revolves Marie and another parent at the school said around students in integrated co-teaching classthat on remote days, their student’s teacher es, who are required to have a special education would appear in an empty room, which indicat- teacher and general education teacher assigned ed that there was enough space and capacity to to each of their classes. go to five days for the special needs class earlier, She added she’s been hearing from parents of but the principal was waiting until he could offer special-needs students that it’s common for ICT

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losures and lockdowns made a lot of sense back in March, when the city first grasped the immensity of the danger of the novel coronavirus, a public health challenge unrivaled in the last 100 years.

But that was before the Plexiglas went up between you and the supermarket cashier.

Before surgical masks became must-have accessories. Before markers went down on floors and sidewalks to show how far away from the next person to stand. Before medical staff learned the best ways to save patients.

Yet now, after all the changes society has instituted, Mayor de Blasio wants to shut down the city again. Apparently this is an urgent matter, because it would of course add to the long list of destroyed businesses the city has racked up during the virus crisis. Or maybe it’s not so urgent, since the mayor thinks it can wait until after Christmas — though he’s fine with the actual decision maker, Gov. Cuomo, going ahead before then if he wishes. Cuomo is so far

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noncommittal, as he often has been when de Blasio proposes a new move against the virus.

A new shutdown now would be a cure worse than the disease. Yes, the virus is spreading more rapidly than it has for months, but we’re not overwhelmed. The city hospital system was treating 280 Covid patients Wednesday; that’s 7 percent of the nearly 4,000 it had in April.

And now we have the vaccine — before the end of the year as promised, despite all the naysayers. It first was given at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Glen Oaks. Two days later it was administered at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, the “epicenter of the epicenter.” It’s too bad it couldn’t have been given there at the same time as it was at LIJMC, if only to demonstrate officials’ oftstated promise to pay special attention to the minority communities hit hardest by Covid-19.

But then Cuomo would have had to share the spotlight with de Blasio. And there’s no vaccine for the bad blood between those two.

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mong those most in need this holiday season who could use your help are 11 families burned out of their homes in Richmond Hill last week.

Nearly 50 people were displaced by the blaze, which apparently began in a business on Jamaica Avenue and spread to five neighboring buildings.

You can help in at least two ways.

Area Assemblywoman-elect Jenifer Rajkumar and the Richmond HillSouth Ozone Park Lions Club, with the support of many other groups and individuals, have set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money to help the 33 adults and 15 children who lost their homes. Called “Relief for Richmond Hill Fire Victims,” the drive had only raised $3,931 out of its $55,000 goal by noon Wednesday. The campaign

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I realize it’s a way of life for some people I see going through public and private garbage cans fishing for every nickel item they can find.

Aside from the fact some people stuff odd brands and crushed items into the machines, often breaking or jamming them, what I find sickening and disgusting is to see people putting their mouths on a deflated bottle that they just fished out of a garbage can and trying to blow it up so they can redeem it.

The beer, soda and juice liquids left in shopping carts and in the machines is bad enough, but while I can feel sorry that people apparently need this redemption money to survive, I find many get hostile and won’t stop stuffing the machines for a few seconds to allow me to cash in a handful of items.

There’s got to be a better way.

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really could use your support.

Also helping out is Neir’s Tavern, with its GoodFellas Challenge (immortalized in the Queens Chronicle at bit.ly/3h5lIQx). Now a fundraiser that provides meals to the needy, the challenge will first benefit the fire families. Contributors can donate $10 for a meal via Neir’s website and post their photos of folks doing their best Robert De Niro on social media, being sure to include the #NeirsGood Fellas hashtag, to be recognized and maybe even win a prize.

These days there are no shortages of people in need and causes to support. We hope that when considering your charitable giving, you’ll consider helping out the 48 people who lost their homes and just about every possession they had last week.

Unsafe, nasty subway Dear Editor: A female neighbor told me about a recent experience she had with the subway. She entered the 71st Avenue station in Forest Hills from the north side of Queens Boulevard. The passageway was deserted except for a homeless man urinating against the wall.

My friend felt insecure. It is widely known that a large percentage of the homeless have mental issues and that there have been a number of instances of subway riders being attacked by the homeless.

I am not stating that this one individual has any mental problems but as people pass by they do not know, and as I wrote above the passageway was deserted, as it often, is except for the homeless. Also, passengers should not be subject to smelling urine as they travel.

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It is the responsibility of the city and the MTA to make sure that passengers feel safe. The city should relocate all the homeless, especially those that are in the subway, to a place where they can get warm shelter and the medical attention they need.

The city needs to come up with a realistic plan and it is imperative that the mayor’s wife not lead the committee. She already blew a billion dollars on the Thrive program with no concrete results to show for it.

I hope that one of our local elected officials will respond to this letter in next week’s issue with a solution. We need one.

Lenny Rodin Forest Hills

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ister for G&T and the SHSAT, and to apply to academically screened schools.

Please use your voice and your elected power to speak up for your constituents. NYC families want to expand G&T, specialized high schools and academically rigorous programs, not eliminate them.

Yiatin Chu Co-President Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education Manhattan

Do-nothing legislators Dear Editor: Your retrospective on Mike Miller (“Miller’s memories of time in office,” Dec. 10, multiple editions) presents a case study in how easy it is to attain a seat in the NYS Legislature for an aspiring Queens politician: Offer an acceptable alternative to perennial inaction.

In fairness to Miller (a good man), the state Legislature, with its “three people in a room” process, is not a place where a single legislator can accomplish much, but you can at least get on the soap box for your constituents. Miller was a creature of the Queens Democratic machine. As such he was beholden to it, less so his district.

And what is a major issue in his district?

Ever rising, unfair property taxes. That neither Miller nor essentially any other Queens politician will speak or run on it is a mystery. Presumably it’s not a priority for the Democratic machine or its chairman, Greg Meeks, but even Republican and third-party candidates, running the electoral politics equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, curiously avoid it.

Another case in point, presented in that same issue of your newspaper: David Weprin (“Weprin announces bid for city comptroller,” multiple editions). Not shy to use the soapbox, he was possibly the loudest voice in opposition to congestion pricing for years, but is mum like everyone else on property taxes afflicting his homeowner-rich district. If he had spoken out, maybe some of that litany of last-place finishes in the various other races he has participated in would have turned out differently.

Certainly, the Queens legislative caucus, such as it is, needs further shaking up. For starters let’s hope there is someone on the horizon to give Andrew Hevesi, imposed like Miller on a neighboring Assembly district, a run for his money, rather than allow this indifferent political scion to again enjoy re-election essentially unopposed.

Edwin Eppich Glendale

Restore KGH library service Dear Editor: Re David Russell’s Dec. 10 report “More branches offer to-go service”: It’s great that 35 Queens Public Library branches now offer to-go service to their patrons. But why are Kew Gardens Hills Vleigh Place branch users denied this benefit?

That branch offered to-go service in October, but then abruptly halted it with no reason given. I’ve frequently phoned the QPL to learn when service will resume, but was told there’s continued on next page

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Dear Editor: (An open letter to our elected officials) Over 10,000 NYC families have signed our petition in support of Gifted and Talented programs, screened admissions and the Specialized High School Admissions Test, posted at chng.it/L7fP7j24.

Additionally, many of you have received thousands of personalized emails in your inbox, with parents sharing what these accelerated opportunities mean to them and their students. In a recent survey by PLACE NYC, Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, 83 percent of parents are extremely concerned about the possibility of the Department of Education not giving the SHSAT this year.

The kindergarten application opened this week and the DOE still has no information on G&T testing for over 30,000 families. With the haphazard application process and deadline of Jan. 19, elementary school parents are ill-informed of the public school programs available to their children. This is irresponsible and further widens the divide of access.

We all know how crucial the early years of K-3 are to long-term academic success. The $34 billion DOE, with dedicated staff for testing and enrollment, continues to blame Covid for procrastinating on giving school admissions information to nearly 200,000 families. This is unacceptable.

In the meantime, a cadre of anti-screen, anti-G&T, anti-SHSAT activists have been using the excuse of Covid to call for the end to all accelerated opportunities, which they have long opposed ideologically. You probably know them by name, as there are so few of them.

Regardless of how you personally feel, as our elected officials, you represent NYC families. You are hearing directly from parents who overwhelmingly support these programs and are anxiously awaiting information to reg-

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LETTERS TO THE continued from previous page no definite timeline. Kew Gardens Hills has no City Council representative since Rory Lancman was appointed as special counsel for utility ratepayers. I urge state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal to correct this situation. Kew Gardens Hills must not be marginalized.

Richard Reif Kew Gardens Hills

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10 letter, “Congestion pricing delay.”

First, it is the author’s second letter on the subject in three months published on these pages, and he’s not saying much of anything he didn’t say before.

Second, the author discusses what parts of the MTA’s Capital Plan will and will not be implemented. Does the author sit on the MTA Board? Is he employed in a policymaking position in the MTA? If not, then how can the author say what capital plan the MTA will or will not implement?

Third, why doesn’t the author cite any Good guy Henry Herte studies as to the effect of congestion pricDear Editor: ing on traffic, parking, etc., in neighborWe are now in the season of Christmas hoods both near the congestion pricing and other holidays, and it is time to help area and areas immediately adjacent to our fellow neighbors, especially in these Manhattan? An article on Wikipedia (not most difficult times with this pandemic. necessarily the last word in reliable sourcI just got the news from an old neighbor es) cites such issues as increased traffic of mine, Steve, that his father had died at and carbon monoxide in neighborhoods the age of 96. This I found very sad. I with high asthma rates. A study cited by knew his father, Henry Herte, when I lived the Queens Chamber of Commerce states in Queens Village in the ’50s economic losses to the city and ’60s and had fond memcould total in the billions ONLINE ories of him. under congestion pricing.

Henry was a good neighCan this city really afford to Miss an article or a bor to my family. My mother letter cited by a writer? lose any more business? I had just died in 1963 and I Want breaking news just drove to my dentist in was 14 years old and my from all over Queens? Connecticut: not a dime in father was 72 and had health Find the latest news, tolls. What incentive is there issues. Henry told me I was past reports from all for me to pay just for the the man of the house and over the borough and privilege of driving to the showed me what to do to city? more at qchron.com. keep the house clean and the The author also (not necproperty in good order and essarily unjustifiably) takes in good repair. He also said he would go various politicians to task on how they food shopping for us because we did not spend money we don’t have, thus costing have a car and he could go places where he “we the taxpayers.” A number of years ago would get things on sale and therefore save the author had an issue with federal monus money. When my mother had died, we ies going to the Helen Keller Institute on had friends and relatives who said if you Long Island. I totally agree with the need anything, you’re free to call. But author. Why is the author in favor of Henry was different; he actually came another tax increase? over to help.

Nat Weiner Henry imbued in me a deep sense of Bronx responsibility that has stayed with me all of my life. I served in the Navy during the Biden beware Vietnam War and later dedicated myself to serving the community and am now the Dear Editor: grand knight of St. Anastasia Knights of According to one legend, all American Columbus in Douglaston. We need to be presidents elected in years that are multiples more like Henry, willing to go the extra of 20 have been cursed by the Indian Chief mile to help our fellow neighbors who are Tecumseh. Indeed, many American presihurting. dents elected between 1840 and 1980 were I would also like to say to Henry, killed, seriously wounded or died of natural thanks for being a good neighbor, mentor causes while in office. For example, Presiand a friend for you were truly very spe- dent William Henry Harrison was elected cial indeed. You were a man who was ded- in 1840, and in 1841 he died after serving icated to the church, family, community only 31 days. Presidents Warren Gamaliel and those in need of your kindness. For all Harding (elected in 1920) and Franklin that you are deeply missed.

Delano Roosevelt (third term, 1940) also Frederick R. Bedell Jr. died while in office.

Bellerose Presidents Abraham Lincoln (elected in 1860), James Abram Garfield (1880), WilMcKinley (second term, 1900), and Why’d Penner pen that? liam John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1960) were Dear Editor: killed. President Ronald Reagan (elected Queens Chronicle is free to publish or in 1980) was severely wounded. not publish any letter it chooses, and I So we can only guess what will happen think Editor-in-Chief Peter Mastrosimone to the president elected in 2020. tries very very hard to be fair. But I must Victor Maltsev take exception with Larry Penner’s Dec. Rego Park

time’s not a charm Cuomo vetoes Sen. Addabbo’s clean-fill dredging bill yet again

by Max Parrott Associate Editor

Af ter thousands of New Yorkers signed a petition urging Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill aimed at keeping the waters of Jamaica Bay free of contamination, he vetoed it at the end of November — the second time he’s pulled the plug on the proposal.

The bill, introduced to the Legislature by state Sen. Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Park), has two parts. One section would end the sunset clause of a 2014 law that Addabbo State Sen. Joe Addabbo’s bill, which was vetoed sponsored preventing toxic materials by Gov. Cuomo at the end of November, would from being placed in Jamaica Bay to fill raise the standard for keeping contaminants out pits dredged for construction. The bay of Jamaica Bay. FILE PHOTO has several areas that are deep enough to use as borrow pits or areas where material is the reemergence of marine wildlife to the either dug up for use at another site or used area, Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato and I believe that the sunset clause on this bill as a place to store excess material.

The other part would make it so that any should be removed and it should be made dredged material that does enter the body of permanent. With such a positive impact on water meets the federal standard for toxic Jamaica Bay, we also want to make the waters even cleaner by further improving the levels of contamination.

The bill passed both the Senate and quality of dredging materials.”

“I’m looking forward to the restart of the Assembly in 2019 as well as this year. Addabbo previously told the Chronicle that the legislative session so we can reintroduce this governor vetoed the bill in 2019 because the bill, and work with Senator Addabbo and the state Department of Environmental Conser- Governor’s office to finally get this through vation objected to the change in the toxicity the finish line,” said Pheffer Amato, the standard. He said this year the pandemic Assembly sponsor of the bill.

Dan Mundy Jr., president of the Jamaica had stopped the environmental agency from doing the work of assessing the consequenc- Bay Ecowatchers, has said that the federal contamination standard eliminates certain es of the change in standard.

“Even though the Governor vetoed this bill levels of metals or toxic chemicals that could again, I intend on re-introducing it next year enter the ecosystem through the bottom of and then continuing to negotiate with the the food chain. He worried that the state stanstate agencies,” Addabbo said in a prepared dard does not go far enough.

“Governor Cuomo needs to reverse his illstatement. “After seeing the incredible improvement of the water quality of Jamaica advised position on this bill and lead the way Bay — with advocates saying the bay is the to protect our only urban national park,” said Q healthiest it has been in decades — and with Mundy.

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Adams to lead Public Safety

PHOTOS COURTESY JENIFER RAJKUMAR

Richmond Hill unites to help fire victims After a fire tore through six buildings on Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill on Dec. 10, the neighborhood has united to help collect and distribute donated items to 11 families displaced in the aftermath.

Assemblywoman-elect Jenifer Rajkumar and the Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park Lions Club, with the support of other groups, created

a GoFundMe campaign to provide relief to the total of 48 residents, who had their homes and possessions destroyed in the middle of a pandemic, weeks before the holidays.

As of Wednesday. the fundraiser had drawn over $3,000 of its $55,000 goal.

Rajkumar’s office was soon flooded with calls by residents from all over the state who

wanted to donate gift cards, clothes and food to support the residents. Rajkumar’s transition office and Neir’s Tavern were set up as dropoff locations.

This week, the afflicted families will come to Rajkumar’s office to pick up the donated supplies they need.

— Max Parrott

Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Jamaica) was recently appointed chairwoman of the Committee on Public Safety, the Council’s police oversight committee, for the remainder of her term.

Adams is replacing fellow Southeastern Queens Councilman Donovan Richards after he was sworn in as borough president earlier this month.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Man hattan) named Adams, a first-term councilmember elected to represent District 28 in 2017, to head the committee.

“I thank Speaker Corey Johnson for placing his confidence in me and I look forward to working within this capacity, with my colleagues on the committee, and the entire City Council to move New York City into a more unified progressive direction. I look forward to putting forth a very robust agenda from my committee,” she said.

The committee also has jurisdiction over the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the courts, legal services, the district attorneys’ offices and the Office of the Special NarQ cotics Prosecutor.

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Neir’s introduces Goodfellas Challenge Neir’s Tavern is launching a new charity program that is aimed at helping feed the hungry while helping the historic business survive the pandemic at the same time.

The Goodfellas Challenge encourages community members to take a photo of themselves recreating the Robert De Niro scene from Martin Scorcese’s ’90s gangster masterpiece in their own home. Once

they post it to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, under the #NeirsGoodfellas hashtag, and become a meal sponsor online, they will be eligible for a number of rewards.

Every $10 donated feeds one hungry New Yorker. The first batch of meals will be going to the families that were affected by the Thursday morning fire in Richmond Hill.

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being selected for the Neir’s Ordinar y Heroes interview series or “Ordinary Hero of the Week,” a chance to get acknowledged on social media and via email and inclusion in a raffle for a gift from owner Loycent Gordon.

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continued from page 8 subjects during in-person classes.

From what Choi and Ford have heard anecdotally, the outlook has not improved with the reopening plan.

At a City Council hearing in October, city Department of Education officials said 84 percent of students got the services outlined in their IEPs in the 2019-20 year, but they could not answer what percentage of those services were being administered this year, according to Gothamist.

They also did not have a figure for how many students in ICT classes have both a general teacher and special education teacher assigned to each of their classes, as required by law.

The DOE did not respond with updated figures for this article but said its expectation is that all ICT classes have a co-teaching pair, and that the agency is working with schools to support staffing challenges and closely monitoring compliance.

“This just becomes a triaging situation for which there is no precedent.

And so the school district has to be very clear on how to help and support principals as they make these really Q tough decisions,” Choi said.

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Light construction on the existing building is A homeless shelter for 175 single men is planned for the spring, Schwartz said.

The DHS has been looking to erect a shelter coming to Briarwood and Community Board 8 in the neighborhood for the past few years as is not happy.

The board overwhelmingly voted against the part of the mayor’s Turning the Tide on Homeplanned 138-50 Queens Blvd. shelter at its Dec. lessness initiative, which includes installing 76 facilities throughout the city.

9 meeting. Only three of the In May 2019, DHS Borough 39 members voting supportDirector Amanda Nasner ed the plan. o one is against visited the community board “It is to be a permanent and requested recommendafacility and is to be designed a homeless tions on where the shelter to serve all populations and facility, but should be built in an effort to that will include those with involve the community. substance abuse,” Seymour this is not the “There is a homeless popSchwartz, the board’s area 2 ulation that is coming into chair, reported. He, District appropriate the system from this commuManager Marie Adam-Ovide nity,” she told the board. “We and Chairperson Martha location for it.” want to be able to give them Taylor met with a Depart— Neighbor of proposed the opportunity to come ment of Homeless Servcies Briarwood homeless shelter home. We want to be able to representative the week prior, shelter them closer to their where they learned the shelter is tentatively scheduled to open in September schools or closer to their social networks.”

According to the DHS, the community had 2022.

Schwartz revealed new information on what never submitted any responses or suggestions the shelter, billed by the city as a “high quality, for consideration.

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As of Dec. 14, the agency reported that fewer than 54,000 individuals are living in city shelters, approximately 18,400 of whom are single adults. The Briarwood home would house 175 of them.

“The Borough of Queens and New Yorkers from the area who fall on hard times deserve access to the types of services and supports that can help restabilize their lives with dignity — and we remain committed to ensuring Queens communities have the critical safety net resources they need to support those who may fall on hard times, right here in the community, so they can get back on their feet closer to their support networks,” the DHS told the Chronicle in an email. “Through collaborative support and compassion, we will make this the Q best experience it can be for all.”

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Despite the plentiful precautions, community members are wary of the shelter.

“I have alerted all the major property owners surrounding the proposed site. They are very concerned of course and aroused and very strongly opposed,” Schwartz said.

One concerned business owner, who preferred to stay anonymous, told the Chronicle in an email that area property owners are creating a coalition to raise funds and possibly go to court to stop the DHS from using the Queens Boulevard location.

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Business community slams new dining ban Data: Restaurants cause 1.4 percent of spread, social home gatherings 73.8

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Business groups, particularly in the restaurant industry, are fuming in the aftermath of the Gov. Cuomo’s orders that again halted indoor dining as of Monday.

The governor, in his press conference last Friday, said outdoor dining and takeout are not affected by the order.

The indoor closure took effect 74 days after city eateries were allowed to seat at 25 percent indoor capacity on Sept. 30.

“New York City restaurants and the communities they serve were dealt a huge blow today with the state’s closing of indoor dining in the Restaurant Capital of the World,” said Melissa Fleischut, president and CEO of the New York State Restaurant Association, in an email to the Chronicle.

“Shutting down indoor dining in New York City makes little sense based on the state’s own numbers, and to make matters worse, we are offered no plan for survival to get through this shutdown,” she said, adding that it will only incentivize more unregulated indoor household gatherings, which the state says have accounted for more than 73 percent of new exposures.

“Restaurants have done their part, and the state’s own numbers ref lect this fact,” Fleischut said. “This action will inevitably

as well as indoor dining elsewhere in the state.

“If the facts change, we’ll adjust.”

He also said Congress needs to step in.

“The federal government must provide relief for these bars and restaurants in this next relief package,” he said. “I understand battling Covid. I also understand you are wiping out businesses.”

Toward that end, Cuomo said the state will extend its moratorium on commercial evictions.

Tom Grech, president and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, was pessimistic on Twitter late Friday morning.

“Further restrictions will be the final nail in the coffin for many cherished neighborhood businesses and cost thousands of New Yorkers their jobs,” he wrote. “Those losses may not show up in funeral homes, but they are terribly painful nonetheless.”

Andrew Rigie, executive director of the New York City bars and restaurants were closed again to indoor dining on Monday under new NYC Hospitality Alliance, also fears a permaorders from Albany. Gov. Cuomo said state residents need to brace themselves for another sev- nent impact.

“While public health and safety must be NBC 4 SCREENSHOT / YOUTUBE eral months of precautions. paramount, Governor Cuomo’s announcement result in massive layoffs and vast closures percent of the new Covid cases reported to once again shut down indoor dining in New right before the holidays. This action is unfair between September and November and have York City is at odds with the State’s own data and devastating.” caused less transmission than healthcare that’s been presented as driving these deciA chart provided during Cuomo’s press delivery and interaction among college sions, and it will be the last straw for countless more restaurants and jobs,” Rigie said in an conference showed that restaurants and bars students. are believed to be responsible for just over 1.4 But Cuomo said he and his experts don’t email. “And the restrictions begin on Monday with zero economic support for small busilike the trends within the city.

“It is a generator,” he said in a video posted nesses that are already struggling to survive.”

Rigie pointed out that Manhattan, with the to YouTube on NBC 4 and others. “We have made strides in indoor dining with the restric- largest number of restaurants in the state, has tions we put in place and the protocols we put a positivity rate of just 2.7 percent, which he in place. It is still an issue. But it is much bet- wrote is less than half that of many counties throughout the state where indoor dining ter than it was.”

Cuomo said a number of factors are in play. remains open, including Albany (7.2 percent), “Compliance is down,” he said. “It’s Covid Westchester (6 percent) and Suffolk County (6.1 percent). fatigue. It’s the holi“Restaurants as an days. The vaccine is i ndust r y a re on ly coming. ‘I’m tired of urther restrictions will r e s p on sible for a dealing with it.’ And small 1.4 percent of enforcement is down.” be the final nail in the virus cases as comThe governor said pared to 74 percent one key statistic is the coffin for many f rom liv i ng room rate of transmission. cherished businesses ...” spread,” Rigie continT h e s t a t e’s m o s t ued. “Yet, only New recent figures find — Tom Grech, president and CEO, York City’s restauthat each person who Queens Chamber of Commerce rants are being closed is infected infects an even when hospitaladditional 1.3 people.

“Once the rate of transmission is over 1, ization rates upstate are double the city’s rate.”

Rigie pressed Congress to immediately you’re in a problematic state,” he said. “We cant relax until Covid relaxes. And it’s not pass the RESTAURANTS Act, a revitalizarelaxing ... We don’t want to lose people we tion program to help mitigate the economic and social devastation caused by the don’t have to lose.”

Cuomo pointed to last week’s caution on pandemic.

It’s not the first time this year that the He also called on the state to extend and indoor dining from the federal Centers for club has given out food cards to religious strengthen the eviction moratorium through Disease Control and Prevention. institutions in the area.

“You put the CDC caution on indoor dining 2021 and enhance unemployment benefits for It also distributed $2,000 in food cards together with the rate of transmission and the the thousands of workers who will lose their to help financially burdened households in density and the crowding, that is a bad situa- jobs again. the spring, as well as another round during Rigie also called on the city to make pertion,” he added. “The hospitalizations have Thanksgiving. continued to increase in New York City. We manent a cap on third-party delivery fees and The cards can be redeemed at Key Food said we would watch it. If the hospitalization require these companies to give restaurants on Cross Bay Boulevard or Food Emporium rate didn’t stabilize we would close indoor ownership of their customer data.

Lindenwood.

Back in Albany, the governor also warned dining. It has not.”

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Kiwanis chip in for holidays The Howard Beach Kiwanis Club recently gave out $2,500 in food donations to the community.

The civic organization gave the sum in the form of grocery store gift cards to five religious institutions in the neighborhood including Our Lady of Grace, Saint Barnabas Church, Assembly of God, the Howard Beach Judea Chabad and St. Helen. Each of the houses of worship will distribute the cards to those who need them most.

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Holiday cheer for St. Mary’s in Bayside

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Celebrating the Festival of Lights On the fourth night of Chanukah ... more than 40 people joined together to celebrate the Festival of Lights in Howard Beach on Sunday, Dec. 13.

Rabbi Avrohom Richter, center, of the Howard Beach Judea Chabad led the lighting of

the community menorah near Cross Bay Boulevard and Shore Parkway to celebrate the Jewish holiday.

Among the attendees were congregants of the temple, Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, Queens County Clerk Audrey Pheffer,

members of the Howard Beach Civilian Observation Patrol and the NYPD Auxiliary Police.

The event was capped off with traditional favorites — latkes and jelly donuts — given to all to enjoy by the rabbi. The Howard Beach Judea Chabad is located at 160-35 87 St.

Operation: Give Back, We Love Whitestone and a slew of city businesses have teamed up to bring holiday cheer to those who need it the most.

All collected new and unwrapped toys will be delivered to St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital in Bayside. Donations can be made at: • Harpell Pharmacy, at 12-65 150 St. in Whitestone; • Exxon Gas Station, at 150-65 Cross Island Pkwy. in Whitestone; • Bagel Parlor, at 14-37 150 St. in Whitestone; • Whitepointe Cleaners, at 132-07 14 Ave. in Whitestone; • Centro Pizza Bar and Italian Kitchen, at 47-23 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City; and • Fabio’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, at 635 Meeker Ave. in Brooklyn.

The shops are accepting donations until Dec. 20.

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Car association continues helping the St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital

by David Russell Associate Editor

For two decades, Michael Bilski of the East Coast Car Association has brought joy to the kids at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside.

Throughout the year, the association collects toys at car shows. While children are appreciative, during the pandemic, he’s had parents yelling their thanks as he drives past.

“I’ve never gotten that ... I’m totally shocked,” the Glendale resident told the Chronicle.

By h is est i mat ion, more t ha n $250,000 between cash and toys has been given over the years.

“I just enjoy it. It’s so much fun,” Bilksi said. “You see a kid jumping up and down yelling ‘Santa!’”

Last Sunday, the car association teamed up with the Glendale Kiwanis Club as a parade of 22 classic cars made its way around Middle Village, Maspeth, Glendale and Ridgewood.

As he drove his 1966 Mercur y Comet Convertible — known as Candycane1 — in Middle Village, a girl on a corner with her mother was so excited that “she was crying her eyes out.”

Early in the pandemic, he drove eight hours in an Easter Bunny outfit with children watching from their windows. On Easter Sunday, Bilski, a sergeant in the New York Guard, was activated and assigned to Staten Island under a joint task force with the National Guard. Bilski was assigned to take people’s temperatures.

He later went back to his job at the Department of Sanitation.

“Going from essential to frontline back to essential,” he said.

There was one time Bilski was filling his car at a gas station when someone paid the $20 for him.

“No Santa Claus, it’s on me,” the man said. “It’s amazing how the Easter Bunny has the same car. You bring such joy to my children. It’s worth $1 million.”

When he got back home, his neighbor’s children gave him a box of chocolates addressed “To Santa and Santa’s wife.”

Bilski spoke of the personal meaning to him after losing two sons.

“It makes me feel happy seeing a kid smile at something I’m doing, giving happiness to children,” he said, adding, “It’s just something that makes you feel good.” Bilski has two daughters and another son.

Bilski said his philosophy is “Community. That’s what keeps us together.”

The words “God Bless Us All” are on the back of his car.

He said anyone interested in helping out should write a check to St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital and write East Coast Car Association on the bottom.

“If you enjoy what I do just make a donation to St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital,” Bilski said. “That’s all I ask.” Q

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The Chronicle hosted a holiday business meet-and-greet followed by a brief end-of-year prayer vigil on Dec. 11 at King Manor Museum in Jamaica.

At top left, Gabrielle Catalano of Domenick’s Pizza-Restaurant brought zeppoles and garlic knots. Next to her, J.C. Milholland takes a break from his table to do some holiday shopping, while at right, artist Tetteh Aawiah shows some of his wooden sculptures, which also have practical uses.

In the second row, Youth Officer Paul Faulk, left, Neighborhood Coordination Officer Kaitlyn Bazarewski and NCO Sgt. Erik Tarnok visit with Chronicle account Executive Ree Brinn while bookseller Tracy Gambles checks the arts and crafts from Heidi Schneider’s Occasional Crafts.

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tive director of the AIDS Center of Queens County, offers a brief prayer.

In the third row, Gambles displays muticultural books for all ages. Next, Flame and Jason Fulgoni, representing the ACQC, offer information on everything from counseling to information on food pantries. At the next table, Michael Dorsainvic and Tiwana Smith show the handmade soaps and skin care products of Pink Sugar’s Gingerbread House, while Karen Alston shows masks with a message.

At right, Marvelle Williams of Jam Hut Restaurant and Heidi Schneider prepare to greet customers.

The NYPD’s 103rd Precinct and state Sen. Leroy Comrie supported the event. Andy Acevedo, manager of Starbucks on Sutphin Boulevard, provided free coffee.

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‘They’re not sure where to start’ Commonpoint’s new Hub in Elmhurst provides job, social service assistance

by David Russell Associate Editor

At Commonpoint Queens’ new workforce hub in Elmhurst, people are connected with training and job-placement assistance, among other resources at the site.

“What we’re hoping to do is make sure that people do not fall into a line of poverty,” said Denia Tavarez, director of business development at the center, which opened in October at 77-17 Queens Blvd.

She said the 9,600-square-foot Queens Hub, as it’s known, helps people have a better understanding of what it is they can do.

“Everyone’s very different,” Tavarez said.

“Some people are more tech-savvy than others.

Some people are overwhelmed. They’re not sure where to start.”

One takeway is that many of the people need help on their resumes.

“A lot of times candidates are just not selling themselves,” Tavarez said.

There are workshops to help with anxiety, acing a virtual interview, how to conduct an online job search and more. Tavarez said some people may not want to go back to the industry they had been working in.

People of all ages have sought help, from young people working in retail to people in their 60s, whose benefits aren’t enough to retire on or they still want to work and remain active.

Residents from throughout the city have been going to Commonpoint Queens’ workforce hub to COURTESY PHOTO improve skills as they look for employment during the pandemic.

Covid concerns have caused challenges.

“Some job seekers are not ready to look for work or they can’t because of the way the education system has gone back and forth in terms of how classes would be offered,” Tavarez said, adding it was tough for parents, especially single mothers.

There is vocational training, with participants having the opportunity to become certified in medical billing, dialysis tech, EKG, phlebotomy, home health aide, nurse’s aide, pharmacy technician, web coding certifica-

tions and solar panel technician.

Other support programs include SNAP food stamp enrollment, Medicaid enrollment assistance, home energy assistance program referrals for enrollment and legal counseling referrals.

An Advance and Earn program is for city residents between 16 and 24 years old who are not working or attending school.

Kelly McArdle, outreach and recruitment specialist for opportunity youth programs, said doing things online has been extremely challenging.

“One of the biggest problems they face is access to technology,” she said, noting that a number of them live in shelters that may not have internet access or had their cell phones turned off because of unpaid bills.

The program provides devices if a need is demonstrated, such as laptops and tablets.

Some have a high school diploma but are not enrolled in college.

“Some of them maybe took a few college credits and then, especially with the pandemic, a lot of them dropped out of college just for financial reasons,” McArdle said.

She said a lot of single mothers are in the group.

“They weren’t able to work because child care was a challenge,” McArdle said.

Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx are the three most common residences for members though some advanced training in-person sees more people from Queens only.

In-person nursing classes physically take place in Kew Gardens and a pharmacy tech program was held at the hub in Elmhurst.

If someone has to travel for classes or to provide paperwork, he or she is given a MetroCard to cover the cost of the ride and lunch is provided at in-person classes.

“The best part is always helping people, giving them a sense of opportunity and hope,” Q Tavarez said.

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Opponents refuse to back down despite City Council approval

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

Despite months of community opposition and numerous protests, the City Council last week gave the Special Flushing Waterfront District the green light, approving a plan that would rezone 29-acres of Downtown Flushing for luxury condominiums, hotels, offices, stores and a new road network.

But its adversaries are not giving up the fight yet.

“City Council has allowed a massive takeover of 1,700+ luxury apartments and a privatized waterfront with vastly inadequate and unenforceable ‘concessions,’” MinKwon Center for Community Action, one of the leading protesters, said in a statement following the 39-5 vote.

The activist organization is continuing to pursue a June lawsuit challenging the proposal’s omission of an environmental impact statement, which they say should render it and its approval illegitimate. Rather than completing an EIS, the developers conducted a less thorough environmental assessment.

A considerable number of councilmembers had opposed the SFWD in the weeks before the vote, until the developers agreed to modify aspects of their plan in an effort to provide more community benefits. The promise of quality jobs for Flushing residents, doubled public

waterfront access, 20,000 square feet of community facility space and more was enough to sway a significant portion of elected officials, but the longtime activists said the “concession” still doesn’t quell the problems the development will bring — resident displacement, traffic congestion, pollution, overpopulated public schools and lack of affordable housing.

The developers, FWRA LLC, promised to dedicate 30 percent of one of the buildings to affordable housing, which equates to about 5 percent of the units in the entire complex, or 90 apartments out of 1,700. City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said the promise, as well as the developer’s agreement to engage in conversations to increase the percentage over the next three years, is not good enough.

“There’s so little affordable housing and an unenforceable promise to do better by the community in the next three years,” he said. He and Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria) were the only Queens officials to vote no.

MinKwon argued that the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure favors wealthy developers over the needs of communities and workingclass people and joined the Flushing Against Displacement Alliance for a Dec. 16 rally at City Hall to demand the process be overhauled and reformed. The protestors delivered a “Community Declaration” that calls for “an end to

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The City Council overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Special Flushing Waterfront District develJEFF STIKEMAN ARCHITECTURAL ART IMAGE opment proposal Dec. 10.

Mayor de Blasio’s racist luxury rezonings, his failed affordable housing policy, and the charade of virtual ULURP meetings.”

City Councilmember Peter Koo (D-Flushing) only had positive things to say about the development and its promise to create job opportunities to the neighborhood — the FWRA estimates that the SFWD will bring

over 2,900 permanent jobs, as well as an average of 550 construction jobs per day during its development. The project is also expected to bring about $116 million in property tax revenue for the city.

“This kind of economic development can help New Yorkers get back on their feet,” Koo Q said.

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Nonprofit finds new Jamaica Estates home Reconnect NYC employs at-risk young men at Bishop Molloy House

by Katherine Donlevy Associate Editor

An all-male nonprofit is operating across the street from an all-girls high school.

In July, Reconnect NYC moved from its Bedford-Stuyvesant home to the Bishop Molloy Retreat House at 86-45 Edgerton Blvd., directly across the street from The Mary Louis Academy.

The house, attached to the Immaculate Conception Church, has been under renovation since the group moved in, slowing down operations, but a Reconnect NYC representative alerted Community Board 8 Dec. 9 that its graphic design workshop is up and running.

The nonprofit provides employment and engages young men between the ages of 17 and 24, particularly those at risk of violence and under-education.

“This has opened a whole new set of possibilities,” Executive Director the Rev. Jim O’Shea said on relocating to Jamaica Estates.

“We have the opportunity here to rethink and work with partnerships, [to] move beyond one neighborhood.”

The facility and its operations were met by positive remarks by the community board.

“Very nice,” Chairperson Martha Taylor said. “It sounds like a very promising program.”

The young men run a graphic design work-

Two young men from Reconnect NYC with the raised beds for the organization’s community garRECONNECT NYC PHOTO / INSTAGRAM den at its new home: the Bishop Molloy Retreat House. shop out of the new Jamaica Estates location.

They create custom apparel and promotional products for businesses, as well as their own creative designs. The work offers the youth the chance to harness their artistic skills and learn a trade.

Production will ramp up once renovation is completed, O’Shea said. The site will be renamed the Thomas Berry Place after the cultural historian and world religion scholar. Work

on a community garden that utilizes a hydroponic system and raised beds has already begun, but is still in its early phases. The food, including kale, beets, snap peas, string beans and more, will feed retreat center staff and guests, as well as be shared with the neighborhood and nearby pantries, O’Shea said. They’re also planning on installing solar panels.

“It will be reopened in June 2021. It’s gonna be cool,” he said. In the next five years, the

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In the past, Reconnect NYC also operated a cafe, but lost the business when the building was sold. The nonproft was forced to move out of Bed-Stuy after it became too difficult to keep up with the expenses to stay. Rather than looking for another Brooklyn location, the group set its sights on Jamaica Estates.

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“I told our guys that I will take the blame for that one there,” Red Storm head coach Mike Anderson said after last Sunday’s 97-94 overtime loss at Georgetown. “I didn’t get the job done. The guys played their hearts out, the tempo of the game was the way we wanted it to go, and we had a lot of miscues going down the stretch.”

It was a tough loss for St. John’s, who led by seven with 2:32 remaining only to squander the lead, tie the game at the buzzer to send it to overtime and then let a lead slip away again.

“I just didn’t put them in the right position at the right time,” Anderson said.

Pressure defense caused 17 Hoya turnovers but the sloppy Red Storm turned the ball over 15 times.

Not all of it was Anderson’s fault. There were critical missed free throws. Posh Alexander, who had 16 points and six assists, committed a foul in the backcourt in the final minutes which began the Hoyas comeback. And St. John’s missed nine of 13 three-point attempts.

The Red Storm defense was disappointing as Georgetown shot 54 percent from the field and 11 for 23 from three-point range.

“I think our guys just have to take a little more pride in it, that is what has to take place,” Anderson said.

There were some bright spots in defeat.

Former junior college All-American Isaih Moore scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Julian Champagnie tallied 13 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double in six games. Greg Williams Jr. scored 13 points, including a lay-up at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.

But St. John’s, who lost last Friday to Seton Hall, is 0-2 to start Big East play for the third time in four seasons.

The Red Storm have had a winning record in conference play only three times in the last 18 seasons. The 2013-14 team started 0-5 before finishing 10-8 and the 2014-15 squad was 0-3 before getting hot and also finishing 10-8.

The familiar pattern seems to continue.

St. John’s plays well against nonconference

Julian Champagnie scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds last Sunday but St. John’s lost to PHOTO COURTESY ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS Georgetown in overtime. opponents and then struggles facing the upgrade in competition.

“It definitely hurt,” Williams Jr. said of losing to Georgetown after being in position to win. “That is a big stain on us so the only thing that we can do is bounce back and move forward while we learn from our mistakes.”

To add to the frustration of the Georgetown loss, the Hoyas are one of only two teams predicted to finish below St. John’s in the conference.

Anderson said the loss will not define the team and that they will continue to evolve as

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the season progresses.

“We’ve just got to learn how to finish, that’s all,” he said. “It’s not defining time, it’s not panic time, it’s two games into league play and just take both of them on the road.”

The Big East conference released the second portion of men’s basketball schedules Monday, which involves two separate week-long breaks for makeups of postponed games. All St. John’s home games will be held at Carnesecca Arena without fans. The Johnnies close the season at home against Q Providence and Seton Hall.

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Some of the most fun and heartwarming holiday movies and TV specials invoke the magic of Christmas.

Then there are stories like “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” where Charlie can see the beauty in what others see as a scrawny little Christmas tree. Or the “Home Alone” movies, where Kevin McAllister, in between unleashing painful barrages of booby-traps on a pair of inept burglars, can help an old man reconcile with his estranged son and a granddaughter he has never met, or bring a smile to the face of a bag lady who has nothing to call her own but bittersweet memories and a long-ago broken heart.

These characters pass along the miracles of Christmas, changing the world, or at least their little parts of it, through great acts of love or simple acts of kindness.

The website christmastvschedule.com lists several films with that message — needed as much as ever in this annus horriblis — that will air or stream between Dec. 18 and Christmas. Here’s when some of the best may be seen.

Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol” in 1843, and the tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and visits from four ghosts, remains the holiday favorite of favorites.

Multiple movies air this season.

The 1938 film, starring Reginald Owen, shows on TCM at 9 a.m. on Dec. 21 and at midnight Dec. 24-25. Alastair Sim’s portrayal from 1951 is on FXM at 2:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. on Dec. 24; five times on Christmas; and 1:40 a.m. on Dec. 26.

The 1984 version, with George C. Scott, plays on Starz Encore Classic at 5:08 p.m. on Dec. 20; at 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 23 and 1:10 a.m. on Christmas; “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” (2009) stars Jim Carrey in a 3-D animated film. It will stream on Freeform at 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 18 and at 3:05 p.m. on Dec. 22.

A comedic twist titled “Scrooged” (1988) has Bill Murray as a humorless, ill-tempered TV executive. It runs on AMC at least once a day Dec. 19-22 and 24-25.

“Elf”(2003), starring Will Ferrell, became an instant classic.

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Francis was struck with polio as a boy and became bedridden. He amused himself with puppet shows, which influenced his interest in theater. In the early 1950s the family moved to Lake Success, LI. Coppola attended Hofstra University and continued his interest in theater, which grew into movies.

The family moved to California. Coppola went to UCLA Film School and got into the movie business. By 1970 he was known as part of the wave of “New Hollywood” filmmakers, and his work on that year’s “Patton” won him his first Academy Award. More

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With most live performance venues remaining dark because of the pandemic, Queens Theatre is offering several ongoing events online to help stay-at-home audiences continue to enjoy the arts.

Two are tailored specifically for older adults, who, perhaps more than anyone else, can suffer from feelings of isolation and loneliness ... and they’re completely free.

One program is “Golden Hits Wellness Check In.” As its name suggests, it combines entertainment with an opportunity to visit with other shut-in contemporaries.

Interested participants may join this weekly virtual hour of singing, dance, poetry and classic comedy routines on a computer or other device or just by telephone.

Richard Hinojosa, the theater’s director of education who had been involved in a storytelling program at area senior centers, explained that the online program began following the closure of those popular gathering places because of the virus.

“It started as a check in,” he said in an interview. “We started calling folks because we knew they were isolated.” Those individual phone calls turned into conference calls, and soon began to include bits of entertainment, ranging from a song or two to dra-

matic monologues. Before long, classic old radio comedy routines, such as those of Abbott and Costello, were added to the mix.

“We moved to Zoom and invited friends from the stage to do performances,” he said.

Each week’s offering begins with an icebreaker, a question of the day, such as “What is your favorite decade for music?”

Hinojosa leads the program each week, along with teaching artist Brian Feinstein, a composer, producer and performer in his own right, joined by different guest artists.

It’s important, Hinojosa said, for seniors in particular to be able to reach out to others.

“A lot of the community they had is just gone,” he said. “This way they can sort of connect with their friends. It’s vital, especially during the holiday season.”

With a core of about a dozen followers whom Hinojosa described as “very grateful,” along with others who drop in — all are welcome — the series goes live each Wednesday, through Jan. 27 at least, at 2 p.m.

Another series of online programs, called “Movin’ n’ Groovin’ Mature Adult Dance Class,” may well “transport you to another time,” according to the theater’s web page.

Led by teaching artist Allison Plamondon, along with special guests, this series offers a different dance class each week, including tap, contemporary, jazz and hip-hop.

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Nora Palka plays her ukelele at one of the Queens Theatre’s online performance programs SCREENSHOT COURTESY QUEENS THEATRE that entertain seniors and help them stay connected.

According to Plamondon, each session begins with warm-up stretching, leading into the dance of the week. “Musical theater is a favorite dance,” she said.

Like Hinojosa, she appreciates the need to bring such a program to senior citizens.

“They can sometimes feel so isolated,” she said, adding that the program provides “a sense of connection.” She said it also helps to “get the blood flowing, feel a

little more awake.”

She suggested it’s “a miracle we’re able to connect that way. We all make it work.”

It is important to note that the program is accessible for dancers and nondancers alike.

Participants may stand or remain seated while involved.

The class runs each Tuesday at 2 p.m.

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any lower, he happens upon a newborn baby in a stable in a town called Bethlehem.

It streams on Freeform at 7:30 on Dec. 19.

Dr. Seuss’ Grinch also receives several interpretations. The original “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (1966) introduces us to the lone tenant of Mount Crumpit who despises Christmas and every Who in Whoville who celebrates it. But it is their very celebration and Cindy Lou Who, no more than 2, who give him a new view. It is on TNT at 7 and 7:30 on Dec. 18 and at 8 on Dec. 19.

Carrey tackles the Grinch — and gives him a sad backstory — in “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2009) on Dec. 20 and 22-25 on Freeform.

“Love Actually” (2003), with an all-star ensemble cast, is a romantic comedy involving 10 tales of love, loss and finding love again in London, Milwaukee and a small town in Portugal. It airs on AMC Dec. 18-19 and 22-23.

More children’s classics bring lessons on giving to others. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1964) also teaches about kindness and tolerance. “Frosty the Snowman” (1969) is a pro at having fun with the kids in town on a snow day. And while he can only

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In “The Little Drummer Boy” (1968), Aaron is filled with hate for the world that took his parents; even his only friends, the few farm animals he has left, are being taken away. When he cannot possibly feel

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Notice of Formation of RED HOUSE HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/03/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JING J CAI, 7305 168TH STREET, FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11366. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Uglystreetwallstreet Co. LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/19/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: UGLYSTREETWALLSTREET CO. LLC, 92-11 219TH ST., QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428.

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Notice of Formation of Prism Outdoor Furniture LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/03/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ANDREW SESKUNAS, 41-15 44TH STREET, APT 3K, SUNNYSIDE, NY 11104. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RiverRock Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/23/20. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 940603, Rockaway Park, NY 11694.

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Notice of Formation of 3JE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/17/2020 and amended on 10/07/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 3JE LLC, 52-30 39TH DRIVE, 6D, WOODSIDE, NY 11377. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 12-07-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000628-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) GEORGE (Last) HAFISOV. My present name is (First) JORA (Last) HAFISON AKA GEORGE HAFISON AKA GEORGE HAFISOV. The city and state of my present address are Flushing, NY. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. The month and year of my birth are September 1983.

Notice of Formation of A Visit from HOPE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/19/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: SALISHA HOPE, PO BOX 130332, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, NY 11413.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ATLANTIC GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/04/20. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Queens Chronicle does not knowingly accept advertising in violation of these laws. When you suspect housing discrimination call the Open Housing Center (the Fair Housing Agency for the five boroughs of New York) at 212-941-6101, or the New York City Commission of Human Rights Hotline at 718722-3131.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 11-16-2020, bearing Index Number NC-000621-20/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me (us) the right to: Assume the name of (First) RACHEL (Last) ANDERSON. My present name is (First) RICHARD (Middle) JOSEPH (Last) ANDERSON AKA RICHARD J ANDERSON. The city and state of my present address are Jamaica, NY. My place of birth is PENNSYLVANIA. The month and year of my birth are December 1983.

AB CURATED TRAVEL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/24/20. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 25-15 Crescent Street, Apartment 5A, Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of C.S.N Consulting & Events LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/17/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: CAMERON NADLER, 41-18 CRESCENT ST., APT 5F, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice is hereby given that an

Notice of Formation of Ada + Ida Group LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/30/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: DONNA DAVIS, 2936 MARTIN COURT, FAR ROCKAWAY, NY 11691. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of G Mobile Mechanical LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/2020. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: GERARD ROETHEL, 831 LIBERTY LANE, BREEZY POINT, NY 11697. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order was entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County Pennsylvania, on 10-27-2020, bearing Docket Number 12196-20. A hearing on the Petition for Change of Name is scheduled for the 16th day of December, 2020 at 1:30 o’clock PM, in Courtroom G Room 222 on the 2nd floor at Erie County Courthouse, 140 W. 6th Street, Erie, Pa. 16501 Current name is Bridgette Victoria Winschel seeks to change name to Bridgette Kasmira Gerber-Winschel The county and state of present address are Erie, Pennsylvania.

Place of birth is Cincinnati, OH. Month and year of birth are March 2001.

wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned Danubius

to permit the sale of beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 4757 41 Street Sunnyside, NY

On-Premises license, #TBA has been applied for by The Cottage Tavern Inc d/b/a The Cottage Bar Restaurant to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC Law at 108-07 72nd Avenue Forest Hills NY 11374.

Notice of Formation of 398 Manhattan Ave Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/20.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-20 Roosevelt Ave., Room 288, Our Classifieds Reach Over 300,000 Readers. Call 718-205- Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/06/2020. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2116 24th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101.

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Call Robert 347-450-3577. Capri Jet Realty Williamsburg, 905 Metropolitan Ave, Apt 3R. NO FEE. 1 Month FREE. Brand New Renov Luxury 2 BR, $2,390/mo. Ex-lg apt. HWF, high ceilings. New SS appli. Avail Jan 1. Call Agata Landa 914-255-7284 Capri Jet Realty

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it may be served. SSNY shall 347-475-9279 mail copy of process to the LLC,

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32-56 49th Street, Long Island

Long Island City, NY 11101.

City, NY 11103. Purpose: Any Howard Beach, Hi-rise, 2 BR, 2

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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549 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg Mixed-Use 2 Fam. + Store!

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McCann’s the man

by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

The Mets signed their first marquee free agent under the aegis of new owner Steve Cohen when catcher James McCann agreed to a fouryear deal in the $40 million range. McCann, who is one of the premier backstops in baseball, would have gotten a far more lucrative contract (not that anyone has to start a Go Fund Me page for him) had it not been for the pandemic.

Landing McCann had to have been especially satisfying for Cohen since his previous team was the White Sox, whose owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, voted against the sale of the Mets from the Wilpons and was quite vociferous about it.

Cohen was well aware he was under pressure from the Mets fan base and media to sign a topflight free agent. His work is far from finished in this area, however.

Many fans were hoping their team would have acquired catcher JT Realmuto instead.

That’s understandable since they have seen a lot of Realmuto since he has spent his entire career in the National League East as a member of, first, the Miami Marlins, and most recently, the Philadelphia Phillies. Realmuto is 29 and is a few months younger than McCann.

Realmuto would have commanded a more lucrative contract, which probably wouldn’t have been a big deal for mega-billionaire Cohen, even if did bring the Mets closer to Major League

Baseball’s luxury tax for exceeding the salary cap. What had to have been concerning was reports of Realmuto expressing reservations about playing in New York. He may have said that to coax a few more bucks out of the Mets if negotiations got serious but it left a bad taste.

Popular 37-year-old lefty reliever Jerry Blevins accepted a minor league deal to return to the Mets after a two-year hiatus. The Mets probably see him as a future executive in their organization more than an addition to their crowded bullpen.

Phil Linz was a member of that fraternity of baseball players who wore both a Yankees and Mets uniform. Linz, a reserve infielder who passed away last Thursday at the age of 81, was one of the game’s great characters.

He is best known for irritating then-Yankees manager Yogi Berra by playing a harmonica in the back of a team bus after the Yankees had lost four straight games to the Chicago White Sox. A less famous but even funnier story that Linz liked to tell was how he was pulled over by a highway patrolman for speeding. The cop noticed the “corrective lenses” restriction on Linz’s license and asked him why he wasn’t wearing his glasses. “I’ve got contacts, “Linz cheerfully replied. “I don’t care who you know!

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• Lindenwood • Spacious Two BR One bath Co-op. This home has an open living room/dining area layout; good closet space throughout. King size master bedroom 18 x 11 & full size second BR 10x11; both with overhead lighting. Maintenance Includes All Utilities: Heat, Hot Water, Cooking Gas, Electric, And Re Taxes. Base Maint: $794.12, AC $30.00; Refrig/fre $10.00; Security $11.50; special assessment $128.57; additional assessment $52.94 Total = $1,027.13 Flip tax/waiver of option is $50.00 per share/330 shares. Co-op selling “as is” Building Features Laundry In Lobby Level; Storage Room (fee), Intercom & Buzzer Vestibule Entrance; Park Benches Thru-Out Grounds & children’s playground. Near Lindenwood shopping center; Express bus to Midtown; public bus & expressway.

1 Family Ranch, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath.

New kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, tiled floors, stainless steel appliances, upgraded electric, oil burner, oil tanks, large backyard, walk to “A” train, express bus, library, parks, tennis courts and Gateway National Park, 15 mins to JFK.

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• Lindenwood • Lovely legal 2 family home with full fi nished basement. Near all shopping, transportation to Manhattan, Must see, lots of updates!

Welcome to this unique & beautiful 2 fam. home with a fi n. bsmnt, a spacious backyard & central A/C. This recently-renovated property was updated with top-of-the-line fi xtures & fi nishes. The 2nd apt has a custom kit. made from recycled wood imported from France. The Mediterranean bathroom is breathtaking, with spa fixtures such as a rain shower, Jacuzzi, jet massage & heated floor.

The apt has beautiful wood fl rs, new noise reducing windows and a charming terrace. The 1st apt is a true gem with unique moldings, French doors, beautiful wood fl rs, an updated kit., patio & stunning bathroom. The bsmnt is fully renovated with marble fl rs, large mirrors throughout & exposed brick. The bohemian style backyard, accessible from either apt, is perfect for a private relaxation session yet spacious enough to entertain family & friends.

The property boasts parking & is conveniently located right on the border of Greenpoint & Williamsburg.

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• Valley Stream • 4 BRs, 2 bath, Cape on an over-sized lot. Must see to appreciate. Much bigger than it looks outside! Old world charm with modern updates, heated floors in sunroom, French door onto deck, semi in-ground saltwater heated pool, wood burning fi replace, gourmet kitchen, alarm system. Too much to list!!!

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK Pristine/Stucco unique contemporary Colonial, 3/4 BRs, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, open floor concept on first floor & winding S.S staircase to second floor master bedroom en suite w/ Jacuzzi and bidet, 2 other BRs & full bath, fin. bsmnt, storage rm., den, ping, pong rm or 4th BR, fences front & backyard has I.G. saltwater heated pool, Jacuzzi (seats 8) Cabana, full bath, storage rm, S.S. gates, 2nd flr balcony granite & awning.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy Chanukah from our Family to yours!

Asking $1.298 Mil

HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK

OZONE PARK

MIDDLE VILLAGE

Det. 1 Family, 3 BRs, 2 baths, basement, pty driveway and 1 car garage

Mint Detached Colonial, pvt dvwy & 2 car garage, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, completely renovated throughout within 7 years, windows, roof, gas boiler, hotwater heater, stoop, wood doors, porcelain tiles on 1st flr, hardwood flrs upstairs, lg living rm, lg formal dining rm. lg kitchen with cherry cabinets, S.S. appl, island, Beautiful.

Hi-Rise 2 BRs, 2 Baths, Top Floor Asking $229K

Asking $168K

WELCOME TO LUXURY LIVING At The Tides in Charleston, Staten Island. This breathtaking home features a 1st fl r master BR suite with 2 walk in closets, pvt bath with jacuzzi tub, sep shower & radiant heat. Upgraded custom EIK with SS appliances, dining room & formal living room with cathedral ceilings that lead you to a pvt patio area. First fl r also features bath, laundry room & direct access to the oversized 2 car gar. Second fl r showcases a huge open loft area which overlooks 1st floor, 2nd master BR with huge closets and adjacent bath. The open loft can easily be converted to a 3rd BR. This spectacular home features central air and radiant heat, custom window treatments & much, much more! Enjoy adult living in a community that includes, tennis, full gym, pool, clubhouse, game room & bocce court. Close to shopping & transportation. A must see!

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CO-OPS FOR SALE Hi-Rise 1 BR Unit Converted from a Studio, Low Maint, Updated Kit & Bath, Top Floor

• Staten Island •

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Mint Hi-Ranch on 40x100 lot, 4 BRs/3 full baths, Vinyl siding with brick front, Andersen windows, Hi-Hats, tiled floors, new carpeting in BRs, security cameras, alarm system, freshly painted, mechanics all updated, heated spa & in-ground pool, brick patio, CAC, rollout awning Asking $889K

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$610K

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARK Lovely Colonial in heart of Richmond Hill South. Updated Kitchen, 3 BR’s, 2 Full Baths, Full Finished Basement, Garage.

Asking $575K

Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 3 Baths, 40X100

Asking $849K

Asking $968K

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Commercial Building (101st Ave.) 2 blocks off Cross Bay Blvd./25x100 lot, 25x46 building/ 2nd flr., Dental Office $2,200 per mo./ 1st floor gutted to studs & vacant / basement clean with new furnace / zoning R6B / building K2

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96-10 101st Ave., Ozone Park, NY 11416

Tel: 718-848-4700 Fax: 718-848-4865 kwrliberty@gmail.com

JOHN DIBS Broker⁄owner

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BAYSIDE ELMONT Beautiful 1 family home in the heart of Elmont with oversized BRs. Full fin bsmnt with sep entrance. Pvt dvwy. Close to all amenities such as shopping, parks, & schools. Ten minute walk to LIRR Elmont station & a few steps away from the N6 bus.

PRICE: $525,000

Contact Jocelyn Pacheco for more information 917-627-0021

BROOKLYN Empty land, approved plans. R6 zoning.

Information is deemed reliable but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

PRICE: $1,999,999 Contact Rene Rose for more information 718-810-0293

BELLROSE REGO PARK Legal 2 Family being used as 1.

PRICE: $868,000

Contact Carolyn DeFalco for more information 718-848-4700

Excellent condition det 1 family cape with pvt dvwy.

This home features all hardwood flooring throughout, 2 nice sized BRs, updated kit & bath, fin attic and full fin bsmnt. Close to shopping & transportation.

PRICE: $729,000

Contact Jatinder Kaur for more information 646-645-4753

Welcome to the Versailles! One of the premier luxury buildings in "Towers at Water's Edge" located in lovely Bay Terrace. This apartment has been highly renovated from floor to ceiling. The kit boasts custom European wood cabinets, granite countertops and a full suite of stainless steel appliances including a Bosch dishwasher & counter-width refrigerator. Spacious LR & din area leads to the pvt balcony where the view of Little Neck Bay and Manhattan will take your breath away! The king sized BR has an enormous walk-in closet - just one of the huge closets this apartment has to offer. The bath is also renovated with marble vanity & ceramic tile. Welcome HOME! Amenities at The Versailles include 24 hour doorman & concierge service, indoor parking gar ($), on-site gym/ spa, summer pool, tennis courts, shopping arcade with restaurant, salon, dry cleaner & laundry.

PRICE: $399,000 Contact Jennifer Scala for more information 917-796-5251

LONG ISLAND CITY 2 Fam, BRICK duplex on a tree lined street in the heart of Astoria! First floor boasts hard wood flrs, renovated kitchen and a queen sized master BR. 2nd flr also features hardwood flrs, queen sized master BR & a full, renovated bath. The full, fin bsmnt has access to the front yard as well as the backyard.

A party dvwy behind the house allows access through the new fencing to fi t 2 full sized vehicles. Property is landscaped in front & paved in the back.

1½ blocks to Ditmars Blvd. and approximately 3 blocks to N/W trains.

PRICE: $1,175,000 Contact Mila Manaevskaya for more information 917-318-3577

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RIDGEWOOD

Ton of foot traffic guaranteed at this prime location on Liberty Ave in Ozone Park. This space is steps away from the A train & a number of bus lanes. The property has a 2 BR apartment with a terrace that the new owner may wish to expand onto. Commercial area with full basement as well as yard space.

A great location, a great price with endless possibility for a new business.

One family house frame in Ridgewood.

Lot size 20x100, zoning R6B. Close to transportation, Close to L&M trains 20 minutes to Manhattan.

PRICE: $875,000 Contact Teodoro Navarrete for more information 718-848-4700

PRICE: $999,000 Contact Wesley Antos for more information 347-631-0403

FRANKLIN SQUARE HOWARD BEACH 2 BR. 1 bath Co-op

PRICE: $199,000 Contact Valerie Shalomoff for more information 646-533-8142

Beautiful Cape in Franklin Square. Offering spacious EIK, Large LR, hardwood floors, master BR with sliding doors to pvt yard, fabulous renovated bsmnt with family room, det gar, upgrades include: updated f/bath. Great location.... Close to all. Low taxes! Move right in!

PRICE: $633,000 Contact Lauren DiNovi/Alise Vitale for more information 917-847-2349/646-267-1871

REGO PARK Beautiful 2 BR Co-op with hardwood floors, renovated bath and kitchen.

Close to everything.

PRICE: $388,000

FLUSHING Beautiful All Brick 2 Family Home Nestled In The Heart Of Flushing. It Features 5 BRs, 3½ Baths, Wood Floors Throughout, A Fully Fin Bsmnt With A Sep Entrance, Separate Meters & Pvt Dvwy With A Gar. Close To L.I.R.R, Northern Blvd., Buses, Shopping, Schools & Houses of Worship. Will Not Last!!!

PRICE: $1,500,000 Contact Chatter Singh/Ryan Singh for more information 646-354-0799/347-257-9475

WOODHAVEN BROOKLYN

FAR ROCKAWAY

2 Family, 6 BRs, 3 bathrooms, Sells as is. No access.

PRICE: $675,000 Contact Max Levy for more information 917-254-5420

This home is in mint condition, quiet block, close to proximity to schools, shopping & houses of worship and more.

PRICE: $1,200,000

Contact Eglon Williams for more information 917-592-2693

THE BRONX 3 Family will be delivered vacant at closing.

Property could be a developing site sitting on a R8 zoning, 20, PRICE: $1,290,000 Contact Sandra Torres for more information 347-432-7696

Here it is... a rare 2-fam with sep heat zones! High ceilings in both units make this a really roomy home. 1st flr boasts 2 BR, brand new bath, a huge formal DR, eat-in kit with granite & an enclosed front porch with original stained glass detailing. 2nd flr has an open concept LR dining kit with 2 BR newer bath & a sleeping alcove! Bsmnt is full with high ceilings outside entrances (2) laundry, storage, 3 fin rms & a new full bath. Plenty of room for the entire family or a profi table investment. PRICE: $780,000 Contact Angela Orlando for more information 516-669-6119

RICHMOND HILL

WOODHAVEN

Enchanting 4 BR, 4.5 Bath residential home showcasing gorgeous LR, DR, hardwood flrs, library, Jacuzzi, foyer, pvt dvwy & more! Master Suite On First Flr & A Master Suite On The 2nd Floor As Well With All Sound Proof Doors & Windows. Legal Functioning Doctors Office.

Close To All: Subway The R&M Lines.

Newly renovated 1 family semi-detached home. New windows, updated kitchen, finished basement, community driveway, new carpet, freshly painted.

PRICE: $589,000 Contact Indira Persaud for more information 917-509-2874

RICHMOND HILL Beautiful renovated 2 fam home. Heated bathroom flr, custom shower with marble. Custom kit cabinets w/brand new S.S. high efficient appliances, quartz counter top, high draft kit hood, drawer hide away microwave. Barn style sliding dr leads into a wonderful BR with custom closet. Brand new electrical with smart switches & LED recess lighting throughout entire home. Brand New tankless hot water system. Brand New high end split ductless Heat & air conditioning system covering the entire house, including full fin bsmnt completely ren with spray foam insulation & its own stand up shower. Brand new triple pane high thermal windows.

Brand new smart washer & dryer. Entertainer delight with a picturesque backyard featuring custom deck & gazebo additional storage area, completely fenced in by a wonderful all new cedar fence providing complete privacy. Wide driveway fi t 3 cars.

PRICE: $879,000 Contact Fardeen Hamid for more info. 718-848-4700

RIDGEWOOD 2 Family completely renovated.

New plumbing, electric, wood floors, stainless steel appliances. Ready to move in!

PRICE: $1,189,000 Contact Pedro Duarte for more information 646-552-4422

PRICE: $599,000 Contact John Dibs for more info.

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BROOKLYN The dental office is located in a great, well kept, building with parking in a desirable professional & residential area. This spacious office is around 800'-850' square feet. With an option to purchase the business as well.

PRICE: $285,000 Contact Ariel Rahmanov for more information 212-470-6888

BROOKLYN Great multi-family house with pvt dvwy available in the heart of Crown Heights. Tons of potential for either first time home owner or great for developer. The property sits on a 29x100 lot with a building size of 22x53 with 2464 sq. ft. The options are endless.

PRICE: $999,000 Contact Kevin Paulk for more information 347-915-4139

THIS IS THE PROPERTY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Beautiful Detached Home on 4,100 Sq. Ft. Lot, 3 Large BRs, 2.5 Baths, Long Pvt Dvwy, Det Garage, the list goes on. Close to Public transportation, Shops and Restaurants. 1 Block to Main Street. Being Sold AS IS.

HOLLIS Stunning 1 family in Hollis Park Gardens built in 1994.

This turn-key home has 5 BRs and 3 full baths.

This home sits on a 40 x 112 Lot size. Full fin bsmnt, open and spacious with laundry area & open side entrance and 1 car garage. A must see! Home will not last on the market very long.

Price: $965,000 Contact Rose Deonarine for more information 917-496-1819

JAMAICA Handyman Special. 3 BR, 2 bathroom

PRICE: $497,000 Contact Michael DeFreitas for more information 718-848-4700

PRICE: $1,250,000 Contact Cass Boggiano for more information 702-332-9776

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