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BACK TO BUSINESS TEMPLE TROUBLE Howard Beach synagogue in financial straits after Sandy

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SEEING RED Officials blast Red Cross response to Hurricane Sandy

COLOMBIA FLAIR Mestizo Dance Company goes traditional at Thalia Spanish Theatre

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South Queens merchants seek help after Hurricane Sandy PAGE 5 Dawn Mullahey and her father, Ronnie Barbaria, owners of a Howard Beach business destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, speak with a representative from the Small Business Administration at Resorts World Casino New York City on Friday.

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State AG going after alleged gas gougers Three stations in Queens among 13 on Schneiderman’s list for price hikes

by Michael Gannon Editor

usiness owners who took New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s recent talk about post-Hurricane Sandy price gouging as an idle threat may now find themselves in legal trouble in the coming weeks.

Schneiderman’s office last week notified 13 gas station owners — including three in Queens — that he will initiate enforcement proceedings against them for allegedly violating state price gouging laws.

“Our office has zero tolerance for price gouging and we are taking action to send a message that ripping off New Yorkers is against the law,” Schneiderman said.

He said Thursday’s action was but the first as his office investigates more than 600 complaints from consumers against businesses that allegedly placed steep price increases on gasoline, generators, hotel rooms and other “items of necessity” after Sandy caused abrupt disruptions in the marketplace.

The gas stations in Queens include the Mobil station at 40-40 Crescent St. in Long Island City allegedly charging $4.89 per gallon; a Shell station at 70-18 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights accused of charging $5.50; and a Delta station at 13-09 14th Ave. in College Point alleged to have hiked its

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Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck), left, and state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) wrote bills this year that would guard against price gouging that is alleged against three Queens gas stations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. They spoke Sunday in Manhattan. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY price to $5 per gallon.

A man answering the phone at the Delta station said they had nothing to do with the complaint. A man at the Mobil station hung up. Owners of the Shell station could not be reached for comment.

State law allows businesses to submit evidence that their prices were the result of cost

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increases over which they had no control.

Asemblyman David Weprin (D-Little Neck) last week applauded Schneiderman’s action, which could lead to fines. Earlier this year Weprin sponsored a bill, A.6173, that would require gas stations to post signs near each pump with contact information for Schneiderman’s office and investigative unit.

A companion bill, S.3631, was introduced by state Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn).

“We will not allow victims of this terrible storm to be taken advantage of at the gas pump,” Weprin said Sunday at a press conference with Adams. “We will do whatever we can to stop these unscrupulous individuals from raising their prices and knowingly overcharging customers for gasoline.”

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), chairman of the Public Safety Committee, has called on the state to make price gouging punishable by up to a year in prison rather than just a fine, which can run up to $25,000.

“Clearly the penalties that exist are insufficient to protect the public in times of crisis,” Vallone said last Friday. “These gas stations in particular apparently see fines as the cost of doing business. Anyone who would try to profit from another person’s pain during an emergency deserves to face jail time.”

The law is crafted to deal with those setting an “unconscionably excessive price” during an “abnormal disruption of the market.”

Those covered by the law include but are not limited to gas stations, supermarkets, hardware stores, bodegas, delis and taxi and livery car services. “Unconscionably excessive” is not specif ically def ined in the statute, though before and after prices can be Q considered in an investigation.

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Small biz owners seek aid at disaster forum Merchants talk to agencies about how to recover financially from Sandy

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

Ronnie Barbaria has owned a bait and tackle shop in Howard Beach for 20 years, but he lost everything to Hurricane Sandy.

“The flood went into the trailer and destroyed all our equipment, all our freezers and refrigeration — all our supplies,” Barbaria explained.

He and his daughter, Dawn Mullahey, who runs Crossbay Fishing Station with him, put some 20pound sandbags outside the front door before the storm, thinking they would prevent water from seeping in, but she never imagined it would become several feet high.

“It didn’t seep in, it rushed through,” Mullahey said.

“We couldn’t even open the door,” Barbaria added. “All the stuff had flipped and we had to force it open.”

The roof blew off their trailer and they lost all their office supplies along with a brand-new food cart, which they had planned to have stationed outside and didn’t even get a chance to use yet. They estimate the damage they sustained at more than $100,000.

Also, the three workers they

employed are now out of a job.

The two were just some of many merchants who attended a small business disaster relief forum on Friday at Resorts World Casino in Ozone Park. They were there to find out how to get financial help to rebuild their business — something they vowed to do.

“We are going to get the resources we need one way or another,” Mullahey said, sounding very determined. “We are not going to shut down. He loves that place. People rely on him. All the people who fish off that bridge. They call constantly looking for him. We are going to figure out something.”

Representatives from various agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Small Business Administration and state Department of Labor Business Services were on hand to provide information and help people fill out the necessary paperwork.

The SBA provides loans to businesses of any size as well as to homeowners, renters and nonprofit organizations after a disaster.

“First you should register with FEMA, because that opens the door to federal assistance and a number

of other programs,” advised Mark Randle, a representative from the SBA. “Residents, in most cases, will be referred to SBA.” For homeowners, the agency can provide a loan of up to $200,000 with interest as low as 1.68 percent for 30 years to repair and replace a primary residence. For renters, the SBA can loan up to $40,000 to repair and replace personal property.

There is no cost to apply. Homeowners and renters who don’t qualify for an SBA loan will be referred to FEMA for possible grant assistance.

“Three months from now, when we’re sitting here and we’re meeting, there’ll be some people who will say, ‘You know you told me to apply and I didn’t think I wanted a loan or needed one, but I applied and as it turned out, I’m very glad I did,’” Randle said.

Businesses and nonprofits can get loans for up to $2 million at a rate of 4 percent for the former and 3 percent for the latter. They can be for inventory, machinery, equipment or any business assets.

The deadline to apply for either loan is within 60 days of the disaster declaration. Applicants don’t have to wait for insurance settlements or

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Dawn Mullahey and her father, Ronnie Barbaria, lost the bait and tackle shop PHOTO BY ANNMARIE COSTELLA they owned in Howard Beach to Hurricane Sandy. contractor estimates.

“The idea of the program is to be the primary source of federal assistance for private property owners to help the community get back up and running, to help pay for those losses, to help sustain you,” Randle said.

There is some documentation applicants should have handy when

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Sandy leaves temple in perilous situation Howard Beach synagogue suffered flood damage, in danger of closure

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The Howard Beach Judea Center suffered severe damage as a result of the flood caused by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge on Oct. 29 and the cleanup from the storm has put the synagogue PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER in a dire financial situation.

Rabbi George Hirschfeld, and a buffet cooked by Pearlman.

The intimate temple with its small, stained glass windows and dark wood interior still carried a whiff of the stagnant water that flooded it three weeks ago. The main sanctuary is cleared out, the tables and chairs that used to populate it in a pile in the backyard, where a swing set and

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Before Hurricane Sandy, the Howard Beach Judea Center was having a mini-renaissance. Armed with a new head rabbi, the synagogue nestled in the residential community of the Rockwood Park section of Howard Beach was looking optimistically to the future.

Then Jamaica Bay came to the door.

The temple on 162nd Avenue and 90th Street suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge on Oct. 29. Up to 3 feet of water surged into the temple’s attached sanctuary and first floor, destroying offices, the kitchen, classrooms in the adjacent school and many of the temple’s prayer books that were stored in a closet. Left with no lights or heat, the school had to close for two weeks and the temple had to undergo a massive, and expensive, cleaning.

But even while the lights are back on and the building is warm again, the financial cost of the devastation may be more than the small Conservative Jewish temple can bear.

“We are in dire need of help,” said Lisa Mason, who helps run the synagogue and the school. “We lost our kitchen, the toys for the students, chairs, tables, everything. I don’t want to have to close.”

Mason’s mother, Dorie Pearlman, is organizing a concert to raise funds for the synagogue and its school on Saturday, Dec. 1. The concert will feature the temple’s rabbi and cantor,

toys also lay destroyed in a heap on the lawn.

“The kids keep asking me, ‘when can we go on the swings?’” Mason said.

In the hallways leading to the classrooms where, more than two weeks after the storm, the 28 schoolchildren were finally celebrating Halloween; the buckling linoleum floors creaked when they walked on them. On the side of a closet in the main office, a grimy line marks the level reached by the flood.

“Because we don’t have a basement, the water came right into the first floor,” Mason explained. “It flooded everything.”

The front wall of the synagogue will have to be gutted, she said.

Though representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency came to the temple last Friday morning, they can be of no help because FEMA does not give money to nonprofits, but came to asses the damage.

The synagogue’s kitchen was destroyed by the storm, and new appliances will be required. A new boiler arrived last week. Many of the prayer books stored in a closet near the sanctuary were destroyed and Mason said they needed to be disposed of in a manner adhering to Jewish tradition.

“We have to have them taken away and buried,” she said.

“And that’s another expense.”

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Red Cross criticized on Sandy response Local officials say organization’s relief efforts have been lackluster

by Domenick Rafter

“I did not see a presence until day 6 or 7,” he explained.

“When it came to helping people, they just weren’t here.”

Goldfeder acknowledged that he met with Red Cross offiIn the employee parking lot of Resorts World Casino, dozens of American Red Cross disaster relief vehicles sit idle cials three days after the storm to discuss relief efforts, but or buzz around the white tents and work vans that fill up the said it was at least three more days after that when he started seeing them in the neighborhoods affected. He said the Red space along Rockaway Boulevard.

But while their presence there is apparent, where they have Cross officials had told him they would be on the ground 24 not been seen much are the areas hardest hit by Hurricane to 36 hours after that meeting.

“Until they came, it was neighbor helping neighbor,” he Sandy, according to residents of those neighborhoods. said. “We’re not waiting for anyone Citizens and off icials in the else to save us.”

Rockaways, Broad Channel, In Howard Beach, the Red Cross Howard Beach and Hamilton handed out blankets and boxes of Beach were left wondering where hen it came to helping food a week after the hurricane. The the Red Cross was in the first few people, they just organization has set up a number of days after the storm and that has places in Queens where it is giving local officials incensed. weren’t here.” out meals twice a day — 11 a.m. to 1 “Maybe instead of running TV p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. — includads asking for money, American Red — Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) ing Charles Park, Ave Maria Catholic Cross should be helping my conAcademy, both in Howard Beach, the stituents. I wouldn’t give them a dime,” said an angry Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) American Legion Hall in Broad Channel and six locations in the Rockaways. on Twitter last week.

The Red Cross is under fire for its response citywide and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) described for at least one other Sandy-related controversy. On Monday, the Red Cross’ response as an “absolute failure.”

“It’s just an utter disappointment,” he said. “They’re great the Huffington Post reported that its volunteers were being at their promotional materials and self-promotion, but this is lodged in the SoHo Grand Hotel in Manhattan, where rooms the first time I saw their response on the ground and it was can run over $300 a night.

In Staten Island, Red Cross trucks drove around last week horrific.”

He said the Red Cross was not on the ground in the Rock- offering food to residents in the Tottenville section, many of aways until a week after the storm — two days after it raised whom have already gotten their power back.

A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday said 66 percent of $23 million from a celebrity-hosted national telethon for the New York City residents — including 72 percent of Queens survivors of Hurricane Sandy.

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A Red Cross disaster relief vehicle sits in the parking lot at Resorts World Casino New York City in South Ozone Park, which it has been using as a staging ground for relief to South Queens.

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residents — rated the Red Cross’ response to the hurricane as “excellent” or “good.” But the opinion of the Red Cross’ response is not positive everywhere. The poll shows half of respondents from Staten Island thought the agency did a “fair” or “poor” job in response to the hurricane.

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The Red Cross let us down verywhere you go in South Queens you hear the same complaint: The Red Cross hasn’t done enough for us. And it’s not just coming from random residents who might very well be impatient and edgy as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy continues to wreak havoc on their lives. It’s also coming from elected officials well versed in the operations of nonprofit groups and their mandate to serve the public, which they voluntarily take on in exchange for tax benef its that make them, in essence, subsidized by the rest of us.

“I wouldn’t give them a dime,” Republican City Councilman Eric Ulrich of Ozone Park said.

Democratic state Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder of the Rockaways called the Red Cross response to the hurricane “an utter failure.”

The agency has reportedly taken in $145 million in what it touts as fundraising for Hurricane Sandy relief. But if history is any guide, it won’t spend all that money on our storm-battered region. Instead it will bank a lot of it for the next crisis — which may not be a bad idea in theory, but sounds a lot

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like false advertising directed toward those donors who want to help these victims of this storm.

What did South Queens get out of that money?

As far as we can tell, some blankets and food while Red Cross staffers stayed in a fancy Manhattan hotel. What the agency gave out was appreciated but way below expectations. And, we’ll note, the Red Cross failed to take questions on this from the Chronicle, despite a PR man’s promise it would.

Contrast the agency’s response with say, the city sanitation, police and fire departments. All performed superbly. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has written $46 million in checks to Howard Beach residents alone so far, an amount expected to double. Even Walmart, denied the chance to do business in the city by its enemies, gave out tons of supplies and let its trucks be used to move generators to schools and hospitals. Then there are the countless local volunteers who’ve been giving their all since day one. The Red Cross, a venerable agency but one that apparently needs a shakeup, could take a lesson from any of them.

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Ski bummer Dear Editor: Last week’s article “Astoria skiing canceled” (Western Queens edition) reported that due to Hurricane Sandy, the Parks Department won’t provide a Sugarbush Resort-funded mini-ski slope down the Great Meadow in Astoria Park this winter for our 8- to 10-yearolds. Too bad! That would have been a wonderful new kids activity in Astoria.

Our kids, unfortunately, are not getting enough exercise and outdoor experiences in this modern age of video games and smartphones. Fortunately, Astoria does have various activities for kids, but not too many outdoor ones. Astoria Park is a great venue, and a great place to bring our children for a little nature. I bring my 1-year-old there, and she loves it.

From the runners to the dogs to the trees, it’s a great place.

Skiing down the Great Meadow in Astoria Park — what could be better? No traveling in the cold, on a tour bus, to some faraway resort, renting skis, getting frostbite. And what a way to sneak in some exercise! Many of us aren’t getting the recommended 30 minutes a day, including kids. They just don’t want to do it.

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$upport Small Business Saturday ou hate seeing vacancies in your local business district. You abhor seeing taxes and fees rise to pay for city, state and federal services. You’re glad to know children in the area have merchant-sponsored sports leagues they can join to strengthen both body and mind and keep them away from the dangers of the streets.

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Skiing in Astoria: good for kids, good for health, great for Astoria. We should push to get it next year.

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Republicans have a large majority in the House. True. But “a more true mandate” I take issue with, for two reasons. In the 2010 election the GOP captured 12 state governorships and legislatures, as well as winning a stunning victory in the House. This power gave the GOP the right to gerrymander their congresThe Democrats won sional districts in their favor, based on the 2010 Census data. It’s true that Dear Editor: I wish to take issue with ONLINE the House has a large RepubliLenny Rodin on two points he can majority. However, the made in his Nov. 15 letter, “A Democratic minority received Miss an editorial or common-$ense answer.” millions more votes than the letter cited by a writer?

First, he thought the Chronilarger GOP! In my view, the Want news from our cle stretched the point by sayRepublicans’ so-called “true other editions covering ing President Obama had mandate” is a moot issue. the rest of Queens? Find earned a new mandate in its One closing point concerning past reports, news from Nov. 8 editorial “Can we talk?” mandate power. It appears to me across the borough and Folks, when a candidate that voters tilted that power in more at qchron.com. receives three million more favor of the Democrats. They popular votes than his oppowill control the Senate 55-45 in nent, and wins by 332 to 206 electoral votes, 2013. Add to that the clear mandate Obama that’s a mandate! Obama beat out six presi- has and the larger issue is no longer moot. dents, starting with John F. Kennedy.

Anthony G. Pilla Mr. Rodin’s second point was that the Forest Hills

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Dear Editor: The election is finally over and the losers are in post-election mortem, dissecting what went wrong. They will have four years to figure it out.

If they do not come to the conclusion that they had the wrong message and the wrong messengers with which to deliver it, they can look forward to the same results four years hence. The shills for the 1 or 2 percent party of the wealthiest lost to those for the 98 or 99 percent party representing the middle class.

As for the messengers, a look at the votes not cast in their favor by those who knew each candidate best is a clear indicator of the level of esteem in which they are held by those they served directly. Michigan, the Romney family’s home turf, went for the other guy. So did Massachusetts, where Romney was governor.

Obviously the people there were not impressed enough with his governorship to vote for him again, this time for president. It seems he didn’t develop a following.

Then there was the other guy, young gun Ryan, who not only lost his state, Wisconsin, where he is a representative, but his very own town of Jamesville.

If this is the loyalty they have earned from those who had experienced their leadership, our country is fortunate not having to undergo the same.

Nicholas Zizelis Bayside

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Aid the hungry Dear Editor: This year we need to truly remember the true meaning of Thanksgiving. I take it to mean being thankful for all God has given us and giving to others in need. We need to remember all our friends and neighbors who are truly hurting from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. There are many who have been left homeless and hungry and are in greater need this year.

I understand many of us are hurting from this recession. But I ask those who can to give to your local food pantry, soup kitchen or houses of worship that distribute to the needy. And remember that people are not only hungry during the holidays but all year. There are many households where children go to bed hungry. So give what you can, for even a little means a lot to those who have lost everything.

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Dear Editor: In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg, as we all know, canceled Halloween. That way trick-or-treaters wouldn’t be meandering around in darkness or avoiding fallen trees and other hazards from the hurricane.

While the safety of our children and parade participants is important, and while most people supported his decision, he attracted the wrath of one fiendish fellow, namely Satan.

You don’t annoy the devil ... especially on Halloween. How the Grinch stole Christmas is one thing. How the mayor canceled Halloween is quite another story. Let’s hope Thanksgiving traditions continue here in the city.

It seems the official residence of our ghoulish mayor, Gracie Mansion, is now swarming with poltergeists and Bloomberg is afraid to sleep there. He’s called in a group of experts including psychic mediums John Edward and Sylvia Browne to rid his home of the ghostly entities, in what he calls Operation Apparitions.

The Ghostbusters were unavailable, as they are powerless and stranded in Far Rockaway. Is it any wonder that malevolent spirits are raising havoc over at LIPA headquarters?

“No Halloween? This is unthinkable!” said the great granddaughter of magician Harry Houdini. Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman and Lindsay Lohan could not be reached for comment. But department stores and costume shops that relied on Halloween sales were not in very good spirits. No one and no thing is happy over this tough decision. Even the pumpkins weren’t putting on their happy grins.

“Just wait until the next Witches’ Sabbath,” Tea Party favorite and dabbler in sorcery Christine O’Donnell warned. “You have no idea what tricks lie ahead for New York City. Beware.”

Mark Lane Douglaston Editor’s note: The quotes are no more real than the rest of the writer’s ghastly musings.

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The council used the meeting to praise the police department for its response to the storm, which battered the community of Howard Beach and neighbors to the south.

“The elephant in the room is the storm,” Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, said at the beginning of the meeting.

Pascale said police were out the night of the storm, Oct. 29, and were able to patrol flooded parts of Howard Beach with the help of the National Guard, which chauffeured officers around in Humvees. In many parts of the neighborhood, downed power lines made the floodwaters dangerous.

The nearly two-week blackout in Howard Beach after the hurricane only compounded things, Pascale said.

“The blackout was a dangerous situation,” he explained. “We had a lot of calls about looting and we responded to them. Thankfully they were all unfounded. We have no problem with that.”

In the rest of the communities served by the precinct — including Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park — gas lines were the main problems the police had to deal with in the days after the storm.

Back in Howard Beach, Pascale said the precinct was able to assign 50 cops south of the Belt Parkway — 25 on either side of Cross Bay Boulevard — after receiving extra officers from the Bronx.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton, whose home is in a badly affected part of Howard Beach, added her praise to the work the NYPD did during and after the hurricane.

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“On behalf of everyone on the community board, we want to extend our thanks for the superb job from the Police Department,” she said, adding that many of the cops on duty were from the Rockaways or coastal parts of Long Island, and their own homes and families were in peril.

Braton also praised the NYPD’s traffic enforcement job on Cross Bay Boulevard during the days when traff ic lights were out.

Besides discussing Hurricane Sandy, the council responded to a concern from a Richmond Hill resident named Reginald who said there was a situation with homeless people sleeping and defecating on 121st Street off Liberty Avenue. An officer from the precinct said three arrests had been made at the site earlier in the week.

A member of the 75th Precinct Community Council in East New York, Brooklyn attended the meeting to gather information about the council’s bylaws to help with his own.

Another Richmond Hill resident informed the police about a minivan that has been parked near the corner of 106th Street and 107th Avenue for over a month after it was dropped off by a tow truck. She gave the police the information on the tow truck that left the van and they promised to follow up.

A Lindenwood resident asked if the police could do anything about idling cars in front of stores at the neighborhood’s shopping center, but Pascale said stopping and idling is not illegal, only parking, and the lot is private property anyway.

The council also reminded attendees and all residents that the 106th Precinct will be collecting coats from now until Jan. 1. All coat donations can be brought to the precinct at 103-532 101 St. in Q Ozone Park

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The Ozone Park driver who survived a Long Island car crash that killed four of his friends was arrested in Nassau County last week on numerous charges connected to the Oct. 8 wreck.

Joseph Beer, 17, was taken into custody last Friday after being indicted by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice on multiple charges including aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter in the f irst degree, four counts of manslaughter in the second degree, four counts of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree, driving while intoxicated, reckless endangerment in the second degree, reckless driving and unlicensed operation of a vehicle. He could face 25 years in prison if convicted.

According to Rice, Beer — who had only a learner’s permit and was not legally allowed to drive at the time of the accident — was driving at 110 mph westbound on the Southern State Parkway at 3:35 a.m. on Oct. 8, when he lost control of the car

on an overpass right before Exit 17. The car crashed into trees on the side of the highway, splitting into two.

Beer’s four passengers — Darian Ramnarine, 18, of Inwood; Peter Kanhai, 18, of South Ozone Park; Neal Rajapa, 17, of South Ozone Park; and Christopher Kahn, 18, of Ozone Park — all were thrown from the vehicle and killed. Beer suffered minor injuries.

A blood sample taken from Beer two hours later tested positive for marijuana.

“The sheer magnitude of this tragedy is unthinkable, and it could have easily been avoided if this defendant had simply made the right choice to drive sober and drive safely,” Rice said in a prepared statement.

“Instead, we have four promising young lives cut short, another young man facing years in prison, and families that will forever be torn apart by this horrific crash.”

Beer’s parents, Patricia and Aaditia Beer, were also arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle for letting their son drive. They could face 15 Q days in jail and a $300 fine.

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FEMA: $46M to Howard Bch Nearly half of the eligible homeowners in Howard Beach have applied for aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a FEMA representative said Monday evening at the November meeting of the Queens Borough Board.

The representative, Michael Karl, said that number — 49 percent — is actually quite high for this stage in the recover y after a natural disaster.

Howard Beach residents have received $46 million in assistance since Hurricane Sandy struck more than three weeks ago, he said.

The percentage is lower in the Rockaways and Broad Channel, where the destruction was much worse, but Karl said FEMA believes more people will register as the weeks go on.

“This is just as of now,” he said Monday evening. “I expected the numbers to rise.”

Karl added that FEMA will also fully reimburse the city for repairs and reconstruction of transportation systems damaged or destroyed by the storm, including the A subway line over Jamaica Bay and the city’s tunnels, as well as repairs Q made to the power systems.

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Jamaica Bay ecology walloped by Sandy Besides human toll, environmental damage to estuary was also severe

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The communities surrounding Jamaica Bay suffered a massive hit from Hur ricane Sandy’s storm surge, but when the 8-10 feet of water rose on shore in Rosedale, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, and coastal Brooklyn, the place where the water came from also paid a heavy toll.

Jamaica Bay — home to one of the greatest environmental comeback stories in recent decades — may have taken a step back as a result of last month’s hurricane.

When the storm surge rushed onto shore, the water also rose in the lagoon that separates the Rockaway Peninsula from the rest of the borough.

Dan Hendrick, communications director for the New York League of Conservation Voters and producer of an upcoming documentary about Jamaica Bay, said the storm will have some permanent effects.

He toured the bay with Don Riepe, Northeast Chapter president of the American Littoral Society and a Broad Channel resident, immediately after the storm.

“Hur ricane Sandy literally reshaped the geography of the Rockaways,” Hendrick said.

Habitats were changed, he explained, including a section of Breezy Point where the piping plover — a protected shorebird that makes its home around the bay — mates every year.

“It’ll be interesting to see what they do when they come back in the spring,” he said.

Much of the damage to the bay consisted of debris from neighborhoods that washed away with the storm surge. Pieces of homes and garages, streetlights and cars were among the items found in the bay

after the storm, from neighborhoods in both Queens and Brooklyn that were hit by the surge.

But the biggest problem was the thousands upon thousands of gallons of oil which leaked into the bay from home fuel tanks, washed from houses in Broad Channel.

“Hurricane Sandy literally reshaped the geography of the Rockaways.”

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Hendrick said most of that oil will dissipate over time — and much of it already has — but it created an expensive mess at a time when budgets are constrained.

The oil problem was compounded with sewage also leaking into the bay because of damaged sewer lines and water treatment plants along the bay’s shore being shut down or damaged after the hurricane.

Hendrick said that the marshland in the bay, which has been under renovation for the past decade, fared well. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working on the Black Wall Marsh near Broad Channel, but Hendrick said the project was not damaged by the storm and the construction equipment was moved well in advance.

The wildlife refuge just to the north of Broad Channel suffered a big blow from the hurricane. Both

West Pond and East Pond, where birdwatchers often come to spot shorebirds, breached into Jamaica Bay. In East Pond, the breach took out a section of the A subway line tracks which run on the narrow piece of land between the pond and the bay.

The breach in West Pond is large enough to sail a boat through, Hendrick said. West Pond previously had been completely circumvented by a pathway, and the storm washed out a section of the path on the south side of the pond creating a channel into the bay. He said he is not sure if the federal government has the finances to rebuild it.

“The question is whether or not the [National Park Service] will come up with enough of money to build a bridge there,” Hendrick said.

East Pond’s breach will likely be repaired when the subway tracks are rebuilt.

Overall, Hendrick said he believed most of the ecological issues in the bay will repair themselves because nature is “resilient,” but he suggested the storm could set a new standard for how communities prepare for and handle these weather situations.

“You have the potential to really set the example of how we deal with a changing climate and extreme weather,” he said.

Hendrick added that the rising sea level problem is also adding to the trouble in and around Jamaica Bay. A tidal gauge near Meadowmere on the eastern end of the bay has recorded the water level rising at a rate of 2 inches per decade and that threatens not only wildlife habitats but communities like Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach and Meadowmere,

Hurricane Sandy washed out the path around West Pond in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, creating a channel from the pond to the bay large enough to PHOTO BY DAN HENDRICK sail a boat through. which sit only a few feet above the waterline of Jamaica Bay. The rising water levels make marshland much more important because the wetlands serve as a barrier to coastal flooding.

“It only heightens the importance of those marsh restoration projects to buffer the tide,” Hendrick explained.

Hendrick hopes the recovery from Hurricane Sandy sparks a renaissance in the underutilized parkland. Noting the federal government tends to pour its limited

resources into more well-known national parks like Yosemite and Yellowstone, he said he hopes Gateway National Recreational Area gets bumped up the priority list.

The NPS has underinvested in places like Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula, he added, expressing hope that the hurricane — as well as the Obama administration’s wish to invest more in urban parkland — will bring attention to the area.

“Maybe this is a chance to rebuild Q and do it right,” Hendrick said.

Sandy costs schools midwinter recess

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

New York City students will be losing part of their February break this year thanks to Hurricane Sandy.

The city Department of Education has decided to forgo three school vacation days to make up for days lost when the country’s largest school system was shut down the day of the hurricane and the rest of the week.

School will be in session Feb. 20 to 22, previously scheduled to be the last three days of the annual midwinter break and a previously scheduled half day on June 4 will

Days lost will be made up in February now be changed to a full day. Schools will continue to be closed on Feb. 18 and 19.

“We are by law required to provide a certain number of instructional days for students and the time during midwinter break presented us with the most sensible solution,” the Department of Education said in a statement.

The law requires 180 days of school, though the city reserves at least two “snow days,” usually to use in case of a snow-

storm, the most common reason to cancel classes in the city.

Last year the DOE did not use any snow days and two days at the end of the school year were canceled.

The entire school system closed all schools from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, but most reopened the week after the storm, though some remained closed for another week because they were being used as shelters or were damaged in the storm. A select

few schools — such as PS 207 in Howard Beach — are still closed due to damage from Hurricane Sandy and students were relocated.

The news of the February break cancellation did not sit well with many teachers, who often use the midwinter break, usually scheduled during President’s Day week, to take vacations. The United Federation of Teachers said in a statement that any teacher or DOE staffer who had vacation plans for that week may use sick days or vacation time, or go Q unpaid for the days they miss.

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Lamont Dell was not aware this could be the last time he would be able to come to Hostess’ store at 89-19 Atlantic Ave. in Ozone Park and buy his favorite dessert snacks.

Leaving the store Monday with a two bags full of Ring Dings, Devil Dogs, Twinkies and Wonder Bread, he let out a disapThe Hostess Bakery Outlet on Atlantic Avenue in Ozone Park was pointed groan. “That’s ter rible,� he scheduled to close for good on Wednesday after Hostess PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER said. “I’ve been coming announced it was ceasing operations. here for like 20 years. I “Hostess failed because its six managewas wondering why everything was on sale.�

Dell lives in Brooklyn, but drives into ment teams over the last eight years were Queens to shop at the store, as well as the unable to make it a profitable, successful business enterprise,� said Frank Hurt, presinearby Pathmark. “It was always cheaper to buy them here,� dent of the 80,000-worker Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers he said.

In the window of the store, a sign hand- International Union in a statement, which written on a piece of white oaktag advertised went on to add that union members have been accepting benefit and wage cuts ever since 50 percent off all merchandise.

Dell and other shoppers who come to the the company’s financial difficulties began Hostess store may not be able to get their years ago.

The company has been hemorrhaging favorite snacks in Pathmark either. Hostess brands itself is going out of business this week money for the past decade, losing 30 percent unless a last-ditch effort at mediation ordered of its revenue from 2009 through 2011, Monday by a federal bankruptcy judge in according to research firm PrivCo. The company’s long-term debt surpassed half a billion Westchester County is successful.

Crippled by bankruptcy and an ongoing dollars.

But never fear Yodel fans — PrivCo also bakers’ union strike, the company announced said some of Hostess’ brands could get as last week it was liquidating its assets. “We deeply regret the necessity of today’s much as $1 billion at auction from other comdecision, but we do not have the financial panies, including possibly from Mexican bakresources to weather an extended nationwide ing conglomerate Bimbo.

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and declared him dead at the scene.

Police say they are investigating the death as a homicide. The Homicide Squad was called to the scene.

Dudley’s body was found not far from where another man was found dead back in May. In that incident, the victim, 48-year-old Zograb Avetisyam, was found burned after a fire was spotted in the park near Park Lane South and 86th Street.

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Commission revises redistricting map New lines sent to City Council for approval within three weeks

by Domenick Rafter Associate Editor

The process to redraw the city’s council districts is making progress.

The NYC Districting Commission released its revised plan this week. Many of the lines were radically changed from its first plan, released in late summer.

The new maps are likely to be final unless the City Council rejects them. The Districting Commission will submit the maps for their approval within three weeks. Should the Council not take any action, the maps would be deemed approved, Shirley Limongi, a spokesperson for the NYC Districting Commission, explained. Then the maps will go to the U.S. Justice Department for clearance under the Voting Rights Act. Should the council reject the maps — which is unlikely but possible — the commission would go back for another revision.

The new maps will go into effect for the 2013 elections.

In Northwest Queens, the 22nd District, currently represented by term-limited Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), would go into East Elmhurst, ending at 82nd Street and loses LaGuardia Airport and Rikers Island to the 21st District, represented by Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst).

The 26th District, represented by Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), would

Under the new City Council redistricting maps, Maspeth is united in a district with neighboring Middle Village while Briarwood is moved into a district with Kew Gardens and Forest Hills.

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include most of the East River waterfront south of Astoria Houses and unites all of Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside. It would lose a section of Maspeth, which along with Middle Village and Glendale is in the new 30th District, represented by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village).

Losing its northern section to the Astoria-

based 22nd District, Councilman Danny Dromm’s (D-Jackson Heights) 25th District would take up nearly all of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, including a significant chunk removed from the Forest Hills-based 29th District, which would expand to include Briarwood as well as Kew Gardens and Rego Park. Only small changes would be made to

Fer reras’ district in Corona and East Elmhurst, and her district would still include Willets Point, Citi Field, the National Tennis Center and the World’s Fair Grounds.

In South Queens, the 32nd District would extend to include most of northern Richmond Hill near Forest Park, ending at Babbage Street. It would continue to include the Wakef ield section of South Ozone Park, Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula. However, the new lines would split Woodhaven, with the neighborhood west of Forest Parkway being placed into the 30th District and everything to the east in the 32nd District. Under the previous draft, Woodhaven was united as one neighborhood in the 30th.

The 28th District, represented by Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica), would take in a significant chunk of Ozone Park, and with it the Indo-Caribbean and South Asian community based in South Richmond Hill.

The districts in Southeast Queens would not change that much, although the 31st District, currently represented by state Senator-elect James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton), would lose its section of Springfield Gardens to Councilman Leroy Comrie’s (D-St. Albans) 27th District. Comrie is also term-limited and is a candidate for borough president in 2013. That discontinued on page 32

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Queens was the hardest hit borough in the city

by Domenick Rafter and AnnMarie Costella Editors

Queens lost more than 7,000 trees during Hurricane Sandy, and numerous more in the snowstorm the week after.

At the November meeting of the Queens Borough Board on Monday, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski said 7,062 calls for fallen trees were recorded during and after the hurricane, far more than any other borough. But this is not surprising, she said, because Queens has the highest number of street trees.

Some residents and community leaders faulted the Parks Department’s, once-every-seven-years pruning policy for the tipped trees, claiming, they wouldn’t have succumbed to Sandy’s high winds if the branches weren’t so overgrown.

But the agency refutes that assessment and notes that some trees in every community board are manicured each year.

Some 1,150 trees fell onto homes, mainly in Community Boards 11 and 13, which consist of Eastern and Northeastern Queens neighborhoods like Bayside, Douglaston, Floral Park, Bellerose and Cambria Heights. Many of those trees were large, Lewandowski said, and that caused significant damage.

About 21 trees remained on homes as of Monday night, she said. More than 1,000 more reports of fallen trees were called into 311 during the snowstorm that struck the borough on Nov. 7. In that storm, the early wet snow felled trees weakened by Hurricane Sandy.

“No tree, no matter how frequently pruned or carefully looked after, is immune to damage from hurricane-force winds,” an agency spokesman said in an email Monday. “The Parks Department takes extensive precautions to ensure that

the extent that we had problems in this area,” McClean said. “I am not sure if that means a lot of our members and residents are more diligent in calling it in.”

In Brookville Park, 120 trees were damaged, McClean said, with another 40 damaged in Springfield Gardens Park.

On the Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy, McClean and board chairman Bryan Block drove from one end of the district to the other looking for downed trees that blocked streets or were leaning on power lines or houses. They turned in a threepage list of locations the next morning to the transportation The snow took down storm-weary trees and big branches all over Queens, including here on and parks departments, as well FILE PHOTO as the Off ice of Emergency 61st Road near 69th Street in Middle Village.

Management. our trees are safe and well-maintained.”

“We are happy to report that by Friday, 90 percent of those There were 13,800 service requests for damaged trees bor- had been dealt with,” McClean said. “This was in part oughwide, after the hurricane and nor’easter, CB 13 District because the volume of calls so overwhelmed Con Ed and Manager Larry McClean said at the community board’s 311, that they hadn’t put together a list, and we already had a meeting on Monday, citing a Parks Department report. Of list. those, 2,810 were reported in CB 13.

Lewandowski said her department was working with the “So for a borough of 14 community boards, our board Department of Design and Construction to fix sidewalks that called in 22 percent of the damaged trees, which shows you continued on page 38

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MTA fare hearing offers no surprises Bus and train riders tell authority March MetroCard hikes will cut deep

by Michael Gannon Editor

With four separate options under consideration, the prospect of a fare increase from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this coming March seems assured.

Still, most of the nearly 20 people who attended a public hearing on the matter in Flushing last Thursday implored the MTA to continue seeking another way to raise the $450 million that the authority says it needs to balance its books in the coming year.

The four proposals include various combinations of fare and toll increases, with some raising the bus and subway fare by 25 cents to $2.50 and others hiking costs or lowering discounts elsewhere.

The hearing took place in the ballroom at the LaGuardia Sheraton East Hotel on 39th Avenue.

Christopher Coury of Flushing was typical of the speakers imploring MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota and his board to f ind another way.

“I work. I have a family and I am paying off a student loan,” Coury said. “Paying $104 for my monthly MetroCard is hard. If it goes up to $125 it is going to be very hard.”

Christine Lee of Forest Hills said she is

Thomas Prendergast, president of New York City Transit, left, and MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota confer prior to a public hearing in Flushing last week on four possible fare increase plans. The MTA PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON is expected to increase fares and tolls in March. unemployed. She said her bicycle is impractical for some of the longer trips, and becomes even less of an option once the winter weather turns for the worse.

“What we have to pay to go more than five miles is a little ridiculous,” she said.

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Suspects sought in robberies The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating and identifying the suspects wanted for questioning in regards to two robberies in Ozone Park.

In both incidents the victims are approached by a group of six male and female Hispanics. The female suspects sprayed the victims with Mace and the male suspects punched them and took their property. Two of the female suspects were labeled persons of interest — they are not accused of taking part in the robberies.

The first robbery took place on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 10:45 p.m. at 84-15 Sutter Ave. The victim was a 40-year-old Asian man. Four of the suspects — two men and two women — are wanted in that case.

The second robbery took place at 97-28

81 St. The victim was a 20-year-old Hispanic man. The same two men and two women are being sought as suspects in that robbery.

One suspect has been identified as 18year-old Justin Ortiz, while the second male suspect is described as a Hispanic man between the ages of 17 and 20.

The four female suspects — two of whom are wanted as “persons of interest” — are all Hispanic and between the ages of 16 and 17.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577. All tips are strictly confidential.

Group, or NYPIRG, was out in force, along with representatives of its Straphangers Campaign arm.

Jaqi Cohen and Enrico Purita of NYPIRG work with students at Queens College. Both said an increase could be crippling to students with already limited budgets.

“Queens College is a commuter school,” Purita said. “If they don’t have the funds or a job, they cant afford a fare hike.”

Cohen also said many have no alternative for getting around New York.

“Gov. Cuomo calls mass transit the lifeblood of the city,” she said.

Michael Sinansky of the Transit Riders Council said New York City riders already pay a higher share of transit costs than those in most other major U.S. cities.

He also pointed out that a 2009 fare hike agreement was reached to meet MTA needs.

“Then they made $243 million in [service] cuts,” he said.

Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D-Bayside) was more interested in the proposal for a “green” fee on new MetroCards, aimed at encouraging riders to refill existing cards rather than constantly buying new ones.

The problem, he said, is that Long Island Rail Road stations in his district are not equipped with machines that can add money to existing cards.

“My constituents are stuck paying a fee that no one else has to pay,” he said.

Mayuri Saxena of Flushing does like the idea of a green fee, but said it would make more sense for the consumer if MetroCards were not as flimsy and subject to damage as they are now.

“You could switch to a more durable card like they have in Washington, DC,” she said.

James Li of Kew Gardens was resigned to some sort of fare increase, and came out in favor of option 1-B, which would increase bus and subway fares by 25 cents but raise the cost of a monthly pass by only $5 to $109.

“That would be the best deal for regular riders,” he said.

Daneek Miller, president and business agent for Rosedale-based Amalgamated Transit Union 1056, represents bus drivers, mechanics and maintenance workers. He said any increased revenue must go toward improving facilities and service.

“Investing in transit means more than repairs, new cars and buses and routes,” Miller said. “It means a stable, affordable fare that encourages mass transit use and provides an affordable means for workers and visitors to get around.”

He said it is imperative that the MTA and elected officials who appoint members remain tuned in to the needs of workers and the traveling public.

Miller also said Lhota is in an almost unique position of being able to address funding locally and in Albany.

“Many pundits and commentators often glossed over how transit was shortchanged, if not outright robbed, by the city and state over the years,’”Miller said.

“The respect and well-earned goodwill chairman Lhota has with his colleagues in government offers an opportunity to move on a path to reverse this,” he added.

Li earlier had praised Lhota for taking the subway himself to work on a daily basis.

Philip Demacas, a Suffolk County resident and an official with the New York State chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars, applauded the Long Island Rail Road’s discount for active duty members of the armed forces.

But he said many organizations extend such breaks to all combat veterans, and asked the MTA to consider doing the same.

Owen Costello of Nassau County serves as a member of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council. He said there should be other ways to increase revenue, including efficiencies in the MTA workplace.

Costello, who came to the meeting from Manhattan, also suggested collecting all fares from all passengers.

“No one checked my ticket from Penn Q Station tonight,” he said.

Anti-crime meeting The Knights of Columbus, St. Sylvester Council, is sponsoring the Public Education Campaign Program on Anti-Crime in cooperation with the 102nd Precinct on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at their council hall located at 101-18 101st Ave. in Ozone Park.

Police will be in attendance to speak about security, auto and bike registration, safeguarding your house/apartment and crime prevention for children. Electronic devices can also be etched for identification purposes.

For more information, call Victor Q Guarino at (917) 583-2604.

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Hundreds rally for Israel at Boro Hall Queens leaders unequivocal; Clinton goes to Tel Aviv amid truce rumors

by Michael Gannon Editor

More than 200 people gathered on the steps of Borough Hall on Monday as political and civic leaders embraced Israel’s cause during this latest round of rocket attacks.

The rally was organized by the Queens Jewish Community Council, and drew numerous elected officials from city and state government.

Israel has been under increasingly intense rocket f ire aimed at civilian areas from neighboring Gaza in recent weeks.

The overreaching theme was that Israel has the right to defend itself.

But Assemblywoman-elect Nily Rozic (DFresh Meadows), a native of Israel, went a step further.

“Israel has the right to exist,” Rozic said.

Rabbis and community leaders from the entire spectrum of Judaism were present, as were scores of children from the Ezra Academy in Forest Hills.

The featured speaker was Shahar Azani, consul for media affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York City.

“I wondered if I should speak about Israel’s talking points, about Israel’s right to self-defense,” Azani said. “But you already understand them.”

He instead read a brief note he received Monday from a friend living under threat of

Students from the Ezra Academy of Forest Hills hold signs backing Israel’s right to deend itself and PHOTO BY MICHAEL GANNON its citizens from rocket attacks in recent weeks. attack with her mother.

“In the south, you have 15 seconds from the time you hear the siren warning you about the missiles,” Azani’s friend wrote.

Congresswoman-elect Grace Meng (DQueens) parsed no words in her condemnation of the recent attacks.

“Israel takes great care to avoid civilian casualties,’ Meng said. “Hamas targets

civilians.” Assemblyman David Weprin, (DLittle Neck) said Hamas also deliberately places its own civilians in the line of fire to show pictures of the horribly wounded.

“It’s a public relations move,” he said.

State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky concurred.

“Israel is not the aggressor!” she thundered.

Cyrus McGoldrick, advocacy director for

the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-New York, said he was disappointed with quotes by political leaders reported to him from the rally.

“I think the knee-jerk reaction is to support Israel,” he said. “Yes, any nation does have the right to defend itself. But so do people. And the Palestinian people have been subject to blockades for years and years. To view these last two weeks of activity in the context of Israel defending itself is thoroughly ridiculous and short-sighted ... This is an occupation.”

McGoldrick said the United States and Israel have aligned themselves against virtually the entire world.

“I hope they decide to come over to the right side of history,” he said.

McGoldrick said reports of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi possibly stepping in to effect a truce could be promising. So too did Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows), a staunch Israel supporter who spoke at the rally.

“I think President Morsi could be the only honest broker,” McGoldrick said.

Speaking to the Queens Chronicle on Friday, Lancman, who lived under rocket attack in Israel in December 2008, had a somewhat different take should Morsi, a leader in the virulently anti-Israel Muslim Brotherhood, continued on page 35

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Remembering the forgotten who served City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley officiated Friday at a ceremony for U.S. veterans who are buried in the city’s potter’s field on Hart Island in Long Island Sound, above.

Hart Island has served as a public burial ground for indigent and unclaimed people in the city since 1869. Those interred on the island include unclaimed veterans, who by virtue of their service are entitled to burial in

a national cemetery.

Hart Island is administered by the city’s Department of Correction. Crowley serves as chairwoman of the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee.

“This is a celebration of the sacrifice so many have made, and it serves as a reminder that we should never reach the point where our veterans are lost and for-

gotten,” Crowley said.

Records of exact burial locations of numerous identified veterans were destroyed in a fire in 1977.

Also attending the ceremony were city Department of Correction Commissioner Dora Schriro, Mayor’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs Commissioner Terrance Holliday and numerous veterans’ organizations.

continued from page 5 bearing the f inancial brunt from its own pockets. Mason said the teachers at the school are not being paid while the temple tries to figure out a financial solution.

Even with the devastation, the center is playing host to some schoolchildren from the Jewish community in Neponsit in the Rockaways displaced by the storm.

“We have to do what we need to do to help out,” Mason said.

The Howard Beach Judea Center is the oldest synagogue in Howard Beach and the only one serving the Conservative sect of Judaism. The other major synagogue in Howard Beach, the larger Rockwood Park Jewish Center across from St. Helen Roman Catholic Church, also suffered damage.

The center does open its doors to other dominations. Mason said the temple often serves the neighborhood’s significant Catholic population, some of whose members come to pray in the temple on Saturday mornings.

“We welcome everybody here,” Mason said. “We’re a community center.”

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WOODHAVEN EVELOPMENTS We will endure and recover after Sandy

by Maria A. Thomson Executive Director GWDC

Last year at this time our focus was on the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s Forest Parkway Plaza area and getting our trees in our plaza — especially our Christmas tree — ready for the holidays.

What a difference a year makes.

This year unfortunately we experienced Sandy which brought destruction, sadness and loss of life. Its vicious winds and rain brought down our award-winning Christmas tree. Our four small trees — that were somewhat battered — are being spruced up and our Christmas tree will be replaced for our “Holiday Weekend 2012 Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting Ceremony” to be held on Friday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Our holiday parade will be held on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 12 p.m. from 100th Street marching down Jamaica Avenue to Dexter Court, where Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet the young children and those young at heart.

After 30 years, our organizations — first with the sponsorship of our Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation and now with the sponsorship of the Woodhaven Business Improvement District — will not disappoint this current generation of children. They, as the children before them, and in some cases their mothers and fathers, will again make decorations for our Christmas tree and enjoy our holidays in Woodhaven.

On Veterans Day the GWDC did not forget our veterans and commemorated this important day at our veteran’s monument in the Forest Parkway Plaza area. The monument was festooned with American flags and a new wreath was placed there on Memorial Day. We do this to honor all our veterans and let them know that they are in our thoughts and prayers. It is because of them that we have our freedoms and that our great America is strong.

With the holidays fast approaching the GWDC and GWBID encourage you to shop locally and visit all of our restaurants and shops where you can find anything you need on our “Everything Woodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue.” Remember now that Daylight Savings Time is over to leave your porch lights on.

See some great scenes of Woodhaven at our website woodhavenbid.com Our email is GWDCBID@hotmail.com, our telephone number is (718) 805 0202.

On Thanksgiving Day we in America have so much to be thankful for — a blessed country, our families and all the good people of America who help each other. Happy Thanksgiving.

Note, the WBID will take free pictures with Santa and friends at the Forest Parkway Plaza area on Saturdays, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. (weather permitting).

Again, may God bless our veterans, who have preserved our freedom, and may God Q bless America.

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Protect Sandy workers without cutting corners moving water or

by Rory Lancman Hurricane Sandy’s devastation and its while removing impact on New York City have conjured water from flooded analogies to 9/11 — the sudden and ran- structures.”

Sept. 11 recovery dom loss of life caused by forces beyond our immediate control and understanding, work was also danthe unifying of a city better known for its gerous. Thousands citizens’ pursuit of their individual dreams, of workers (and voland the contemplation of a “new normal” unteers) labored on way of life. But let’s not let the analogy and around “the extend to once again putting recovery pile,” as the remains workers in harm’s way more than is of the World Trade Center at Ground Zero were known, and in the rest of lower Manabsolutely necessary.

Pressure is being applied to the federal hattan, for months after the mission Occupational Safety and Health Adminis- switched from rescue to recovery. The tration to cut corners on safety for workers atmosphere was toxic, with over a million engaged in Hurricane Sandy recovery tons of dust containing every chemical efforts. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and compound that made up every item in has criticized OSHA for “trying to come in the World Trade Center having been puland enforce regulations on employers who verized and spewed into the air.

The government and private sector are just trying to get things done.” Some argue that a softer hand from OSHA is employers failed miserably to protect these called for, focusing the agency’s efforts men and women. Not only did various govinstead on encouraging best practices, fos- ernment agencies, including OSHA, affirtering interagency cooperation and general- matively misrepresent air safety informaly making workplace safety part of the tion for those working and living in lower background noise of recovery efforts. Now Manhattan, but OSHA consciously decided not to issue citations is not the time, they for failure to wear ressay, to put enforcepirators, for fear that it ment of safety regulae cannot repeat the would slow down the tions above the impereffort. Many ative to get us back to mistakes of the 9/11 recovery workers developed where we were before devastating respiratoSandy hit. cleanup, which left ry illnesses and canWe’ve seen this so many seriously ill. cers — at least 70 permovie before, and it cent became sick after doesn’t end well.

Let OSHA do its job. working on the pile. It Recovering from took the Zadroga Act, and cleaning up after Sandy is very dangerous work. Workers signed into law nearly 10 years after 9/11, have to get an electric grid back online that for the government to effectively acknowlis both deep underground and way up in the edge its failures and establish a mechanism air, in environments that are dark, wet and for offering compensation to injured workunstable. They have to clear debris and ers and others.

The drive to get things done, to cut red drain contaminated floodwater from homes, streets, tunnels, parks and whole neighbor- tape and push aside useless bureaucracy, is hoods. They have to provide security, and admirable, and essential; even more so, it is organize and distribute relief to thousands quintessentially American. We’re at our best trying to get big things done, quickly. And of displaced and homeless residents.

Here’s how OSHA, which oversees getting people back into their homes, kids workplace safety in the private sector in back into schools, patients back into healthNew York (public sector workers are over- care facilities and our infrastructure back in seen by the state Department of Labor), order are big, important things that need to summarizes the risks our Sandy recovery get done quickly. But doing so cannot come at the expense of our recovery workers’ workers face on a daily basis: “Illness from exposure to contaminated health and safety. Not again.

OSHA and every other federal and state water or food, exposure to the elements and heat stress, downed electrical wires, agency involved in recovering from Hurricarbon monoxide and electrical hazards cane Sandy need to enforce our workplace from portable generators, fall and “struck- safety rules vigorously for those men and by” hazards from tree trimming or work- women doing the dirty and dangerous job Q ing at heights, being caught in unprotected of getting New York back in order.

Rory Lancman is New York State excavations or confined spaces, burns, lacerations, musculoskeletal injuries, Assemblyman for the 25th District in being struck by traffic or heavy equip- eastern Queens and chairman of the ment, and drowning from being caught in Subcommittee on Workplace Safety.

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Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), center, as well as state Senator Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). Each received approximately 70 blankets, which will go to shelters, religious institutions and volunteer groups.

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We want to acknowledge that we are all affected deeply by the experience of Hurricane Sandy. This is indeed a tragedy. Many people lost their homes, their communities, their livelihoods and face an uncertain future on a most basic level.

We know from other disasters that for many people this experience will be unfolding for a long time, beyond the issues of transportation, electricity and getting “back to normal,” as much as we need to resume our everyday lives.

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We will emerge from this as a stronger community.

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Many of our patients, colleagues, friends and neighbors have been profoundly impacted.

Our thoughts are with you.

We salute the emergency response teams working tirelessly to help those in great need and we are awed by the countless citizens donating their time and energy to ease the suffering of others.

We will rebuild and come back stronger than ever!

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continued from page 18 trict would also gain a few more blocks of Downtown Jamaica.

Eastern Queens districts would change little. The 23rd District, represented by Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), would gain a section of Bayside Hills, while the 24th District, represented by retiring Councilman Jim Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows), would remain mostly the same east of the Van Wyck Expressway, but would gain all of LeFrak

City under the new lines.

The border between Councilman Peter Koo’s (D-Flushing) 20th District and the 19th District represented by Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) would get tweaked, giving Halloran more of Linden Hill with the district’s border running along 33rd Avenue to 169th Street.

In one odd change, JFK Airport would be divided between districts 28 and 31, with the airport’s runways in the latter and the Central Terminal Zone in the former.

Limongi said the lines were drawn that way because the roads into and out of JFK pass Q through the 28th District.

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The United Federation of Teachers announced it is suing the city Department of Education, accusing it of violating the Freedom of Information Act by releasing heavily redacted emails between former Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and other political figures.

On May 28, 2010 the UFT requested copies of all emails from Dec. 1, 2009 through that date sent between two or more of the following individuals: Joel Klein, John White, Kathleen Grimm, Michael Duffy, Christina Grant, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson, Executive Director of Democrats for Education Reform Joe Williams, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center James Merriman and mayoral aide Bradley Tusk.

The DOE provided the emails in April, but many of them were redacted.

The DOE said the deleted parts of the emails conain records that fall under statutory exemptions found in FOIA, including information related

to collective bargaining, violations of personal privacy or infor mation related to law enforcement investigations.

But the UFT suit accuses the DOE of failing to prove that the redacted information met the FOIA exemptions and the union is asking for the courts to render a decision.

“At the Department of Education, information is rarely free, particularly when important issues are involved,” said UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

“Like dozens of other organizations, from parent groups to the city’s media, the UFT has struggled to get the DOE to live up to its obligations to make public information public, and we have asked the courts to intervene.”

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College kids who care The Queens Chronicle got a nice surprise visit last Friday morning from five friends bearing gifts they had collected from their fellow students at Western Connecticut State University, for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in South Queens.

They brought it all — two big boxes filled with food, cleaning supplies, tissues, socks, gloves and hats, and even a bucket of cash

they had collected. The contributions made a great addition to the Chronicle’s ongoing relief effort, which they chose to donate to after seeing an article about it online.

Taking the ride into Queens with the goods were WCSU’s Kelly Stendahl, left, Michael Bosco, Vi Phan, Keith Roland and Jessica Lin — one thoughtful bunch of young people.

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Avella seeks snow shovelers

The new council district map strangely divides JFK Airport, placing its runways and terminals in two different council districts

State Sen. Tony Avella’s (D-Bayside) “Snow Removal for Seniors” program will be returning this year. Avella started the program last year, matching volunteers with seniors living in their vicinity who are in need of assistance when the white stuff comes down.

Last year’s turnout and aid offered to seniors received a positive response from seniors and volunteers, according to Avella. Dozens subsequently signed up for the program.

“I am glad to be able to coordinate this service for seniors again this year,” Avella

said in a statement. “Year after year, seniors struggle to clear their sidewalks and remove the snow. Many seniors are unable to remove the smallest amount of snow and are completely trapped following the larger storms. Unfortunately, they are still responsible for the snow removal in front of their homes and often receive fines from the city for not clearing the snow from their sidewalks.”

Volunteers of all ages can contact the senator’s office directly at (718) 357-3094.

Student volunteers will receive 10 hours of Q community service credit.

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Better storm prep, small biz outreach, embracing cultural diversity are goals

by AnnMarie Costella Assistant Editor

City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) has no intention of discontinuing his public service after he is term-limited out next year. He has set his sights on the office of borough president and feels he would be a powerful voice to represent what he called the most dynamic borough in the city.

“I would ask people to look at my track record,” Comrie said. “I have the ability and the desire to stay in public service. I had the good fortune to be born and raised in Queens, so I understand the history of this borough and all the elements that make it great.”

There are many things the three-term lawmaker and head of the Queens delegation has on his agenda. First and foremost, after witnessing the effects of Hurricane Sandy and hearing that meteorologists are predicting that such a storm could hit twice a year in the future, Comrie is naturally concerned about disaster preparation.

He wants to re-examine the flood zone maps, and possibly revamp them to better reflect the likelihood of more communities being in a storm’s path. Also, Comrie wants to make sure there is a strategy to quickly and effectively deploy assistance to those affected.

“Even our B areas can be impacted by an A Zone,” Comrie said, referring to the city flood zones where residents were not evacuated as

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Three-term City Councilman Leroy Comrie has set his sights on becoming the next Queens FILE PHOTO Borough President. owners,” Comrie said. “We need to increase the amount of outreach availability and tailor it to their schedule.”

Comrie also believes it is important that merchants explore different marketing avenues, such as participating in Restaurant

Borough terrorist gets life sentence

by Joseph Orovic Chronicle Contributor

Bosnian bor n Queens ter rorist Adis Medunjanin, 34, was sentenced to life in prison for multiple terrorism offenses, after the Flushing resident joined al Qaeda and then plotted and attempted suicide attacks.

Medunjanin and accomplices were days away from executing suicide bombings in the New York City subway system in September 2009, directed by senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan. The plot was foiled, leading Medunjanin to crash his car on the Whitestone Expressway in a last-ditch suicide attack attempt.

In 2008, Medunjanin and his co-plotters, Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay, traveled to Afghanistan to join the Taliban in its fight against U.S. forces, but Medunjanin and Ahmedzay were turned back at the Afghanistan border, remaining in Pesahwar, Pakistan.

Medunjanin, Zazi, and Ahmedzay instead traveled to Waziristan for terrorist training. They met with al Qaeda leaders Saleh al-Somali, then the head of al Qaeda external operations, and Rashid Rauf, a high-ranking al-Qaeda operative.

The three ultimately agreed to carry out suicide bombings during the Muslim holi-

day of Ramadan, which fell in late August and September 2009.

Zazi agreed to prepare the explosives, bringing a cache of materials from Denver, which was eventually ditched when their trail grew too hot, and all three agreed to conduct coordinated suicide bombings.

In Januar y 2010, law enforcement searched Medunjanin’s apartment while the convicted terrorist was trying to turn his car into a weapon by crashing it into another car at high speed on the Whitestone Expressway.

Medunjanin called 911 right before impact leaving a message of martyrdom, shouting the al Qaeda slogan, “We love death more than you love your life.”

A jury convicted him of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, kill militar y personnel, suppor ting al Qaeda, receiving military training form the terrorist group, attempting to commit an act of terrorism and the illegal use of explosives.

“Adis Medunjanin sought martyrdom for himself and death for innocent New Yorkers as part of al Qaeda’s plan to spread terror within our shores. Instead, he will now spend the rest of his life where he belongs, behind bars,” United States Attorney LoretQ ta Lynch said in a statement.

Week, attending networking events and doing whatever possible to highlight their services.

He recommends taking advantage of the small business resource centers at York College and LaGuardia Community College. He also supports expanding the role of the Chamber of Commerce and the Queens Economic Development Corp.

Others who are considering running for the office are City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria), state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and Deputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik. Former City Councilwoman Melinda Katz has off icially announced her bid.

Comrie said he hasn’t raised money for this campaign yet, because he hasn’t tried. But he’s not worried. He’s officially kicking off his fundraising efforts on Jan. 6 with an event at Antun’s in Queens Village.

“It’s not like I started fundraising as soon as I got re-elected,” Comrie said. “I haven’t had a lot of fundraising events. I’ve been too busy being in service to the community and taking care of my constituents.”

Asked why he chose to run for borough president instead of another elected office, Comrie said it’s because the position would best allow him to continue the work he has done in the City Council while also letting him use his natural skill set. “I want to create a bridge between all people,” Comrie said. Q

More transit for Rockaway Residents of the Rockaways can now use a free rail shuttle to get them between the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue and the Beach 90-Holland Street station.

The shuttle is being run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to replace some of the service lost because of Hurricane Sandy.

The H train, as it will be called, began Tuesday at 4 a.m., will run every 15 minutes between 4 a.m. and 1 a.m. and will make all intermediate stops. The rail cars were brought in by truck just over a week ago.

Tracks and stations west of Beach 90Holland suffered extensive damage to their signal systems in the storm and are not yet ready to handle passenger service, according to a statement issued by the office of Gov. Cuomo on Monday.

“The A train tracks from Howard Beach to the Rockaways were almost completely destroyed by the storm, and replacing them is a tremendous undertaking,” Cuomo said. “While that work continues, this new shuttle service will help improve travel for people in the Rockaways who are still Q recovering from Sandy’s effects.”

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He said Morsi and leaders in Turkey can play significant roles in ending — or extending — the hostilities “This is an opportunity to be a leader, to play a role in ending the conflict,” Lancman said. “President Morsi has some grown-up decisions to make that could either save or cost thousands of lives.”

At Monday’s rally, Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz had little patience for critics of Israel’s current actions.

“To ask them to do anything but defend their citizens is uninformed and hypocritical,” he said.

Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) chose words he said are old, but still accurate.

“It is said that if Hamas lays down its arms, there will be no war,” he said. “If Israel lays down its arms, there will be no Israel.”

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (DForest Hills), Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and others said it is impossible to negotiate with an adversary interested in destroying the country and people.

Hevesi took it further, calling for stronger international pressure on Hamas’s Q patrons in the Iranian government.

they were in Zone A. “Superstorm Sandy created a high tide situation for 24 hours and impacted our B areas.

We need to work with the state and federal government to fight for the best courses of action to protect the shoreline and fortify resources.”

One cannot talk about the borough of Queens without mentioning its cultural diversity, something Comrie said should be celebrated publicly and spoken about more in schools.

In addition, Comrie wants to create more opportunities to educate Queens communities in an effort to make people more sensitive to different ethnicities. Part of that effort includes promoting volunteerism and parental participation in education as well as hosting public forums and other culturally-oriented events.

“I am known for being a problem solver and I have the desire to work with all people to make Queens the best borough in the city,” Comrie said.

Also on his agenda is lending a hand to small businesses, which he said are the key to growing the economy. Comrie said a lot of merchants aren’t able to take advantage of the resources available to them because they have a hectic work schedule, so he wants to bring the opportunities to them.

“We need to connect with small business

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by Hurricane Sandy suffered as much as any other business, with their offices flooded, computers ruined, files and mementos lost to the storm.

The Queens Chronicle, located in Rego Park, got off lucky, and was even able to open its doors to two other area papers so they could keep publishing after the storm.

Now one of those papers, The Forum, based in Howard Beach, and another Queens weekly, The Wave, based in Rockaway, are getting new help, in a joint effort of the City University of New York and the New York Press Association. Each is getting five used CUNY computers so they can keep their readers informed and their advertisers in the game, in an effort engineered by NYPA Executive Director Michelle Rea and Garry Pierre-Pierre, executive director of CUNY’s Center for Community and Ethnic Media.

Rea and her husband, Doug, NYPA’s senior vice president of advertising, came to the Queens Chronicle office last Friday to join Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler in bringing five of the machines to The Wave, and to see the damage to the Rockaway Peninsula firsthand. NYPA, the association of

weekly newspapers across New York State, is based in Albany. The computers were delivered by CUNY to the Chronicle office to be given to the two papers. The Forum, published

by Pat Adams, has been produced at the Chronicle office since the storm, and will continue to be until its office is repaired.

“When I heard how bad things were for Pat Adams and The Wave, I was looking for computers,” Michelle Rea said. A colleague suggested she Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler, left, speaks write to Bob Isaacson, the director of about the donation of used CUNY computers, including those at center, with Doug and Michelle Rea of the New CUNY TV, asking for help.

PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE “I wrote the letter and the next York Press Association. day CUNY gave me 10 Mac comof which have shut down. The ripple effect of puters,” Rea said.

The NYPA director is also working on get- those closures could be devastating, as papers ting about 10 more machines and updated have regular expenses to cover, she said. software for hard-hit newspapers, by contact“This is the time of year newspapers wait ing companies directly and through Kevin for all year long,” Rea said. “The Christmas Slimp, a news technology consultant who is a season carries the newspaper business through regular speaker at association events and has the spring. If the storm had hit in any other extensive contacts in the computer industry. quarter, it would have had much less impact.”

Rea is also concerned, however, about the But, she reported, the NYPA board said it financial viability of other newspapers in is open to providing financial aid too: “We communities that suffered heavily from exist for the sustainability of newspapers. If Sandy’s rage. Like nearly all papers, they are we’re not there for them when a natural disasQ dependent for revenue on advertisers, many ter strikes — that’s what we’re here for.”

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Toy Drive aids children of domestic violence, homeless, hurricane victims

by Peter C. Mastrosimone Editor-in-Chief

What makes the Queens Chronicle’s annual Holiday Toy Drive an effort worth supporting?

Just ask Christelle Padmore, the child care coordinator for Dove House, an emergency shelter for battered women and their children that will be one distributor of this year’s gifts.

“Half of the time their parents fled with just the clothes on their back,” Padmore said. “They have nothing for the children, nothing.

“It’s a difficult life that many of our children experience, especially through the trauma of witnessing domestic violence. They come in very angry, cursing, fighting, crying over every little thing. They don’t trust anyone.”

Staffers at Dove House, which is located in eastern Queens and is one of several institutions that will benefit from this year’s toy drive, work to build trust with the children forced to seek shelter there. One way they do that is by trying to create some sense of normalcy for those whose lives have been turned upside down.

Gifts contributed through the Chronicle’s 18th Annual Holiday Toy Drive help a great deal.

“It helps to know, ‘Someone is thinking of me; someone loves me,’” Padmore explained.

“Our children are displaced from their families.

They’re away, and holidays are one of the most difficult times for them because holidays are about being with families.”

Dove House hosts an annual Christmas

party for the children in its care, and this year it will be held Dec. 21. That’s when they will be given their presents.

There were two dozen children at the shelter as of last Friday, but the number changes often, as new families arrive and others find alternative housing. Of the youths there now, many are infants, four are teenagers and the rest are scattered in between.

As always, the Chronicle asks that contributors to our toy drive not forget the oldest and youngest children when selecting gifts. Action figures, dolls and games for elementary and middle school-age are welcome, but so are big shiny things to help infants work on their grip and the hip T-shirts, jewelry, skateboards and other gifts teens like.

Really anything you can contribute in these difficult times is appreciated.

In addition to Dove House, this year’s gifts

will be going to the Metro Family Residence for the homeless in Elmhurst, the GlendaleMaspeth United Methodist Church and one or more reliable organizations, yet to be determined, that can get them to victims of Hurricane Sandy in South Queens and the Rockaways.

“No children should be forgotten at Christmastime, and it’s very important for kids to get something, because some kids get nothing otherwise,” said Marcie Galatioto, a member of the church’s Missions Committee, who is coordinating its distribution of toys. Galatioto worked on the Chronicle toy drive for years when she was with the city Department of Homeless Services and continues to in her retirement. “Getting something makes them feel as if somebody cares about them, that they’re part of the community.”

As always, we ask our readers to contribute toys and other gifts that are new and unwrapped so they can go to children of the right age. They may be brought to our office from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. We’re at 6233 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park, about a quarter mile south of Long Island Expressway Exit 19, on the east side of the street, one door from the corner of 62nd Road.

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

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Don’t let her write to Santa Claus in vain — please contribute to the Queens Chronicle’s 18th Annual Holiday Toy Drive for children in need. the donors who come to our office directly.

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

We thank you in advance for your support, as these are trying times for so many in Queens, and your help will bring a lot of joy to a lot of Q children who need it.

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The remnants of fallen trees have been taken by dump truck to a number of sites in the borough, including the parking lots of the Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park and Resorts World Casino New York City, as well as Cunningham Park, where they are being dumped before being turned to mulch.

Lewandowski said the department has not yet been able to assess how many trees were lost in city parks, and only began assessing that damage when the city streets were clear and opened – a process that took more than two weeks.

“We were able to have every street in Queens open to traff ic by Nov. 14,” Lewandowski said.

Lewandowski told the borough board that the Parks Dept. has moved into a new phase in Hurricane Sandy recovery.

The damage to Rockaway Beach was catastrophic, she said, with much of the boardwalk completely destroyed, espe-

cially between Beach 87th and Beach 116th streets. She said much of the boardwalk in the eastern part of the peninsula survived, but with serious damage. All four of the department’s concession buildings along the boardwalk suffered severe damage. Lewandowski said she hopes to have them up and running by next summer, but warned the entire beach might not be ready to open by Memorial Day. “There are some short-term things we’re concerned with and then we have long-term repairs,” she explained.

As for the sand that washed from the beaches onto the streets in Rockaway, Lewandowski said the Army Corps of Engineers is involved in projects to put the sand back on the beach, but she warned it was not that easy.

“We have to separate what is good sand and what is bad sand that could be contaminated by home heating oil or gas from cars,” she explained.

Good sand will be moved back onto the beach and that process has already begun while polluted sand would be set aside, cleaned and used on later Parks Dept. projects.

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When he can’t get gas to fill up his sweet white Jag, that’s when!

At least that’s the case, at least on the surface, with City Councilman Dan Halloran, who just ran a campaign for Congress at least as conservative when it comes to business as the one run by Mitt Romney for president.

Halloran supports mandating that gas stations in the city all have backup generators, so in case of blackouts like the ones Hurricane Sandy just caused, there won’t be another gas crisis to follow. It’s an idea floated by Mayor Bloomberg, whom Halloran often mocks for his tendencies toward nanny statism.

Not this time. Halloran says an electric generator mandate “seems a no-brainer.”

Keeping the fuel flowing would help not just the public but also the gas station owners, he asserted on Monday.

“As I said weeks ago, we can’t afford another gas shortage like this again,” the Whitestone Republican said in a prepared statement. “So many residents needed gas to fuel their own generators at home.

We saw the economic and social effect of not being able to pump gas, and we can’t let people wor ry about getting to work, buying food or powering their homes the next time the power City Councilman Dan lines go down.”

Halloran.

Asked how the business-friendly councilman reconciles a generator mandate with his general approach to the private sector, his spokesman pointed out that gas stations are already highly regulated because they are “both a necessary and potentially hazardous business.”

And, he added, Halloran wouldn’t just force the cost of buying and maintaining generators on gas station owners without giving them something in return. Tax breaks are one possibility he’s interested in exploring.

Whatever the answer, Halloran wants to get the discussion going. He can’t afford another gas crisis any more than the rest of us. That Jaguar sedan of his sure looks and rides nice, but he’s lucky if he’s getting 20 miles a gallon.

One less Democrat for mayor The potential Democratic f ield for mayor thinned again this week when Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced that he’ll be running for city comptroller instead.

Stringer hadn’t been seen as a likely winner in the Democratic field, which includes de facto frontrunner Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Thompson, Manhattan Borough Scott who made a sur- President prisingly decent Stringer. FILE PHOTOS showing against the all-powerful Oz, Mayor Bloomberg, the last time around, despite a vast relative deficiency in resources of every kind.

Stringer probably has a much better chance running for comptroller. His only known opponent there so far is Manhattan Councilman Dan Garodnick. Brooklyn Councilman Dominic Recchia is also expected to join the fray.

Stringer’s already got the support of Thompson and Liu; and the United Federation of Teachers, while stopping short of an actual endorsement, quickly offered a very positive statement on his candidacy, as reported in the Daily News.

One more Republican for mayor Adolfo Carrion, a former city councilman and Bronx borough president, this week became the second Democrat to look at that party’s crowded f ield for mayor and decide he’d be better off running as a Republican. Carrion was to meet with GOP leaders in the city this week to discuss a possible run, according to DNAinfo.com.

He’ll be joining Tom Allon, a community newspaper publisher in Manhattan, who announced last month that he’d be switching from Democrat to Republican to seek the mayoralty.

Poor city Republicans. Those who are left were having grand fantasies about Police Commissioner Ray Kelly running for the top seat in town under their party banner, and then there was a brief rumor, quickly shot down, that former GOP mayor Rudy Giuliani would jump back in the game. Not happening. So far the best they can hope for are ex-Democrats who don’t seem to have switched parties based on philosophy so much as simple political calculation. But it’s early yet. Q

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by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor

Utopia Playground in Fresh Meadows is a three-acre park that once housed the Black Stump School and the volunteer Black Stump fire company — and it exists today thanks to, of all people, Robert Moses.

Part of Fresh Meadows was known as Black Stump way back when, because farmers used the charred remains of trees to mark their property lines. Both the playground at 73rd Avenue and the parkway alongside it were named for the Utopia Land Co., failed developers in the area.

With the building boom that followed World War II, the area was starved for a public school. On July 24, 1947, the Board of Estimate met and discussed using the playground, then five years old, as the site for what would be Public School No. 173.

But Moses — the master planner with a reputation for destroying neighborhoods and seizing property under eminent domain — blasted the board and stopped the plan.

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Utopia Playground, at Utopia Parkway and 73rd Avenue, summer 1942. find another site for a park and build it, he said, would now cost at least $250,000. Plus, an old stream in the center of the playground, filled in by the city in 1941, would cause problems with any school’s foundation. And the plan would not leave adequate play space for either a neighborhood playground or a school playground, so it would be unsatisfactory both to the Board of Education and the Parks Department. The same groups fighting for PS 173 would be the first to demand a new playground, he added.

Moses got his way, as usual, with the board deciding in August to keep the park untouched. PS 173 was eventually built at Q 174-10 67 Ave. instead.

Girl Scouts’ Sandy relief Junior Girl Scout Troop 4989 from PS 232 in Lindenwood joined up with their sister troop from St. Barnabus in Howard Beach on Saturday, Nov. 10 to hold a Hurricane Sandy relief drive in the Lindenwood shopping center.

Many Lindenwood businesses contributed to the drive. The scouts were very successful in raising money, which they then used to buy gift cards to local stores.

The gift cards were then given to hurri-

cane survivors in Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways to be used by the survivors for food, clothing, cleaning supplies, toiletries and school supplies.

In a continued effort, Troop 4989 will start a project to help restore the Queens Library’s Broad Channel branch, which was badly damaged by the storm surge in Hurricane Sandy.

Above, the scouts during their successful Nov. 10 drive.

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The first dance depicts the indigenous culture of the Muisca people. The dancers wear grass skirts, which just barely cover their derrieres, and bejeweled, golden headdresses. They skillfully twirl and shake around at a dizzying pace. The next two numbers introduce two more indigenous cultures — the Paeces and the Wayuu — and then the show graduates to the extremely diverse west coast.

There the music stems from four main influences: European, African, religious syncretism and folklore. The costumes range from flowing skirts with about as many colors as there were dances in the show — 21 in total — to short little numbers.

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olombia is roughly the size of Texas by and almost the same shape — only Josey Bartlett with a more jagged border. And like the Lone Star State, with its cowboys, Dallas sophisticates, Austin liberals, Hispanics and oil tycoons, Colombia hosts a bevy of different groups and ethnicities as well.

In the 90-minute show “Colombia de Fiesta” the Mestizo Dance Company whips the attendees through the country’s myriad of different cultures and regions. “Whips” because the dances seems to spin and contract between conservative and risque and among very diverse regions.

Drums begin the show. The white walls of the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside fill with projected pictures of Colombia as male and female dancers begin to shimmy onto the stage.

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snack, a craft, live animals and a nature walk (weather permitting). Limited to 8 parent/child pairs. Call 718-229-4000 to reserve a pre-paid spot today. Cost is $16.

Queens Historical Society presents “Permanent Residence: Uncovering the Cemeteries of Queens” through April at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave. in Flushing. Call (718) 939-0647, ext. 17 or email info@queenshistoricalsociety.org

CLASSES Adult education classes will be held at the Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park.

Rabbi Waidenbaum will be teaching several adult education classes. No charge. Call for more information, (718) 459-1000.

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, announces the continuation of its program of independently-curated exhibitions: “Contested Territories,” that will remain on view through Jan. 6, 2013. Contested Territories is an exhibition that explores the interaction of the city and society in an age of conflict. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment.

The New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Flushing Meadows/Corona, presents ReGeneration now through Jan 13. Ten artists will present their interpretations of cultural sustainability. For over 450 exhibits as well as featured events and programs,visit nysci.org/visit “Three Generations” features the works of three generations of the Aguilera family — artists Raphael, Florencio and Chencho. Their paintings and drawings capture the history of Ayamonte, Spain from 1903 to the present day. The exhibit is on display at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, 225-05 56 Ave. in Bayside and will continue through Jan. 5. For more information visit the website at QCCArtGallery@qcc.cuny.edu or call (718) 631-6396.

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

STAR is looking for actors to audition for established senior repertory company. Call (718) 776-0529.

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

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Left to right, Laura Cetti, W. Gordon Innes, Lori Ann Santopetra, Nick Radu and Shana Aborn whoop it up in PHOTO COURTESY Parkside Players’ “Moon Over Buffalo” in Forest hills this weekend and next.

Dance Company and Harold Gutierrez and his Band through Dec. 9 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $30, students and seniors are $27. Friday tickets are $25. Call (718) 729-3880.

Enjoy excerpts from Tchailkovsky’s beloved Christmas ballet “The Nutcracker” performed in full costume by the Ohman School of Ballet on Monday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St. The performance is free.

MUSIC The Astoria Big Band Concert set to be given on Nov. 3 has been postponed to Saturday, Dec. 1 at 3 p.m. at the Steinway Reformed Church, 41st Street and Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria. It is free.

Artists of the Kunqu Society and students of its workshop will present highlights from Kunqu classics in a concert called “The Beauty of Kunqu” to be held at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St., on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. This concert is free.

FLEA MARKETS St. Josaphat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold a Christmas craft sale plus ethnic Polish bake sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 35th Avenue and 210th Street, Bayside. Call Steve at (718) 224-3052 for more information.

Parkside Players presents Ken Ludwig’s comedy Moon Over Buffalo at 103-15 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills on Fridays, Nov. 23 and 30 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday Nov. 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14/$12 for seniors. For reservations call (718) 353-7388.

Our Lady of Mercy Church, 70-01 Kessel Street, Forest Hills, will hold a holiday shoppe on Friday, Nov. 30 from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 1 from noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free, but there will be a preview sale on Thursday, Nov. 29 from 6-9 p.m. with $5 admission fee, which includes free coffee and cake.

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The Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, presents Colombia de fiesta with Mestizo

A schizophrenics anonymous self-help support group will be held on Sundays from 10 to 11 a.m. at L.I.

Consultation Center, 97-29 64 Rd., Rego Park. Call (718) 896-3400 for more information. The group is free.

New York Cares will hold a meeting to recruit new volunteers on Monday, Nov. 26 at 3 p.m. at Forest Hills Library, 108-19 71 Ave. A National Multiple Sclerosis Society Support group will be held at the Howard Beach Library, 9206 156 Ave. on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 1 p.m. The group welcomes family and caregivers as well and meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month.

Join the Knitting Circle at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, on Mondays, Dec. 3 and 17 from 6 to 7 p.m. This is a meeting for adults who know how to knit and not a class. Call (718) 229-4000 Ext. 214.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $7 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations.

For info., call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.

An Overeaters Anonymous support group will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Howard Beach Library, 92-06 156 Ave. The group meets every Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.

VFW post 4784, located at 19-12 149 St., Whitestone, will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. All those who served in the military overseas are invited to attend.

FOR KIDS Bring your little one who is between the ages of 18 & 36 months and join Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, for Furry Friends on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. This program will include games, songs, a

A job search strategies workshop will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 10 a.m. at Fresh Meadows Library, 193-20 Horace Harding Expressway. The workshop will cover what is needed to start a job search, general and career-specific websites, safely finding and applying for jobs online, posting a resume online, following up after applying online as well as other topics. For more information call (718) 900-0746.

An AARP defensive driving class will be held on Friday, Nov. 30 at 10 a.m. at Laurelton Library, 134-26 225 St. Call (718) 479-8914 for more information.

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

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

On Mondays at 10 a.m. there will be an ongoing discussion titled “In the News” at the Clearview Selfhelp Senior Center, 208-11 26 Ave., Bayside.

Other classes held at the center include: QiGong on Mondays, at 10:45 a.m., dance aerobics on Tuesdays at 9 a.m., aerobics at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Wii Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:45 p.m., bingo on Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m., Staywell exercises on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. and dance fitness on Fridays at 10:45 a.m. Call (718) 224-7888 for more details.

Central YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St. in Forest Hills is now offering a ballet fitness fusion class which will combine the fundamentals of ballet barre work with traditional fitness training. This Wednesday class is designed to strengthen, tone and shape the lower body. Classes will run through Dec. 19. Free for members of the CQY; nonmembers can purchase a 10-class card at $150. One can start classes anytime.

The Sunnyside Community Senior Center, 43-31 39 St., Sunnyside, offers free classes in Argentine tango every Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. Beginning tai chi classes are Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. with the intermediate level on Thursdays at 11 a.m. Creative writing classes are at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information call (718) 784-6173 ext. 411 or email jmonterroso@scsny.org.

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‘Visual Conversations’ Four works from the exhibition “Visual Conversations”: Annette Lemieux’s “Black Mass,” left; Shirin Neshat’s “Fervor”; Lemieux’s “Sleep Interupted,” with Robert Gober’s “Crouching Man” in front.

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CLASSES Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, will host a dance with instructions every Monday and Friday from 7:15-8 p.m. From 8-11 p.m. there will be a social dance. Call (718) 478-3100 for more information. Cost is $10 per person or you can buy a series card.

SPECIAL EVENTS On Sunday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. the Northern Woodside Coalition will present a Manton Christmas tree lighting with hosts John and Rita Manton at 33-30 58 St., Woodside. A reception at Christ Lutheran Church, 33-57 58 St., will follow. Performances will include the Goliard Carolers and Manny Perez & Friends. Call the Northern Woodside Coalition at (718) 205-1030 for more information.

The Samuel Field Y has two weekday programs for preschool children ages 3-5 with developmental disabilities and their families. On Mondays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. there is Monday Magic: Learn and Play at the Bay Terrace Center: 212-00 23 Ave., Bayside. On Wednesdays from 3-4:30 there is Gym and Creative Exploration at the Little Neck Site, 5820 Little Neck Pkwy. Contact Amanda at (718) 225-6750 ext. 262 or email asmith@sfy.org for more information.

Join Hands-on History: Decorate the Manor on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave. Learn about and make historic winter decorations for your home.

For more information call (718) 206-0545.

A soul moving concert to benefit the Howard Beach Judea Center Hurricane Sandy relief effort with traditional, Yiddish, Latino, show tunes, old and modern songs featuring Rabbi Cantor George Hirschfeld and company will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Howard Beach Judea Center, 162-05 90th St. Tickets are $20. Dairy buffet served.

RSVP at (718) 835-2298 The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens celebrates Thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42 Ave., in Corona. There will be dancing and Latin American music with an artistic presentation by Francisco Cantilo. Free. Refreshments will be served. Space is limited. Call (718) 261-7664 to make a reservation.

The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45 Ave., enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street. Call (718) 749-0643 or visit flushingcameraclub.org for more information.

The Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFY Adult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, invites you to social evenings with special guest speakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Center members, $9 nonmembers.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES The Middle Village Adult Center will hold a beginner’s computer course on Mondays and Wednes-

The Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., is offering free Chinese language clases every Thursday at 1p.m.; its very first Dear Abby Group every Thursday at 11 a.m.; free ESL classes for Chinese speakers, every Tuesday and Thursday from 9-10:30 a.m.; and the Knitting and Crochet club every Thursday at 1 p.m. for beginners and experts. For more information, please contact the Pomonok Senior Center at (718) 591-3377, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., welcomes seniors age 60 and older, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. offering activies, health seminars, exercise classes, bingo Tuesday through Saturday, billiards daily, monthly bus trips, a food pantry (Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30-11:30 a.m.). Flo Michaels entertains on Friday, Nov. 30 from 4-7 p.m. Ticketes are $8 ($10 at the door). For more information call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramic, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing, for area seniors.

An exercise class for seniors. meets Saturdays at 9 a.m. at the SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4 on the Creedmoor Community Campus, Queens Village. For more information call Kathleen at (718) 454-2100.

The Woodhaven Senior Center, 78-15 Jamaica Ave., announces free exercise classes at the center. Stay Well on Monday includes stress reduction; yoga on Thursday includes meditation time. The center is open five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The center offers a variety of activities and exercise classes including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, and monthly bus trips. For information, call Karen at (718) 456-2000.

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

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

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

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for For those who are less Internet-savvy or cash in today’s economy is something that just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry in jewelry manufacturing. They understand Buying would purchase, like a handbag or that people get into situations where they just antique furniture, they can help find a buyer need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice on their eBay store. Elias consults with the Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in customer to find a target the most honest way they can. price and let the internet STORE HOURS “For this, I like to think we’re auctioneers handle the rest. doing the community a service,” MON.-FRI. 11am - 7pm For anyone who has Elias said. “We’re in the business SAT. 10am - 5pm ever dealt with the hassle of helping people who are in a SUN. by Appointment of selling and shipping tough spot. They can come to an item on eBay — all the our store and know that we can forms involved in setting up a user and paypal educate them on what they have and we’ll give account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice them what their items are worth. When that Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is woman told me her previous offer, it made me really a bargain deal. wonder how many times this happens — how “At the end of the day, I just want people many people who really need that money get to feel comfortable doing business with us. taken advantage of?”

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

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discusses “What a Painting Aims to Do.” On to the second floor, which deals more with political activism and eyes — eyes looking out, eyes looking to another person, eyes in pain and eyes filled with confusion.

In the political vein there is the lifelike oil-painted flag by Edward Ruscha titled “Plenty Big Hotel Room” and the Pledge of Allegiance printed on a 10-foot red canvas by artist Barbra Kruger.

Annette Lemieux’s “Black Mass” of hundreds of uniformed workers holding blank signs says a lot without any words.

Lemieux could have blacked out the words because she thought the signs of “more pay” and “better treatment” were too generic. Or were the words blacked out because the viewer has seen this image many times before in person and in newspapers, and doesn’t need to read the words to understand what the protesters wanted?

As for eyes, there is the perplexed baby transfixed on an object somewhere out there, the clown meekly peering at the audience and the Klu Klux Klan member peeping out from his white shroud.

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are displayed — the Georgia O’Keefe, the several Jasper Johns, the several Andy Warhols and the Willem de Kooning.

Dean at the front desk thinks these works are interacting with each other, and not with the audience. A volunteer on the third floor also believes that level’s display doesn’t obviously converse like the other ones, but wouldn’t go further.

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BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Alena Jarabekova, Zdenka Akosiova, Alfred Bachner, Anna Szabo Horvath a/k/a Mrs. Jenone Horvath, Istvan Dravarits, Katalin Dravarits Szendentis a/k/a Mrs. Istanne Szendentis, Gizella Dravarits Galavits a/k/a Antalne Galavits Scott Kaufman, Esq., Diane Lowenburger, Esq., Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of IRENE GRECH, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained.

Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of IRENE GRECH, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 1924 Stanhope Street, Ridgewood, NY , in the County of Queens, State of New York.

SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of IRENE GRECH, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 20 day of December, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $14,248.74 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims, etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 25 day of October, 2012 GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County Margaret Gribbons, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 182nd ST FM REALTY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/06/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 58-33 182nd Street, Fresh Meadows, New York, 11365.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of LYNDSAY SKEEGAN DESIGNS LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/23/12.

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

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

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

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: BAO DI 99 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/28/2012. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 51-32 GOLDSMITH ST., ELMHURST, NY 11373. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Alta Loma Productions LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/12. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: General.

Notice of Formation Piotisoft LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 9/7/12.

Office loc: Queens. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 14430 Sanford Ave, #6E, Flushing, NY 11355.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Cab4All LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/11.

Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Michael Levine, 25-11 B 41st Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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ALEX & JEM STABLE & RACING LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/19/12. Office location: Queens County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 90-10 Pitkin Ave., Ozone Park, NY 11417. General Purposes.

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

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: Prince 35NY LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/24/2012.

Office location: Queens County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 134-04 35 Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354.

Purpose: for any lawful purpose.

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

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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

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

Office location Queens County.

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

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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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 212306-7500.

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

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Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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

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

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

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by Lloyd Carroll Chronicle Contributor

Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey provided the silver lining in yet another dark cloud of a season for our Flushing heroes. With little else to cheer for, Mets fans and the local media spent most of the second half of the 2012 season obsessing over Dickey’s chance of winning the Cy Young Award, the honor bestowed by the Baseball Writers Association of America on the best pitcher in each league.

Despite winning 20 games, Dickey faced formidable obstacles with respect to receiving baseball’s highest hurler honor. The BBWAA is a conservative body that traditionally honors personnel from winning teams. Plus, no knuckleball pitcher had ever won a Cy Young.

Too many sportswriters in the past believed that the knuckleball was a gimmick and that only traditional pitchers should get the award.

It’s a credit to the BBWAA that members were able to overcome those old biases and realize that Dickey’s winning 20 games for the Mets was the equivalent of a decent team’s pitcher’s winning 30.

R.A. not only helped his contract negotiations with the award but his publishing career as well. Last winter his autobiography, “Wherever I Wind Up” (Blue Rider Press), received great reviews and wound up on the New York Times Best Sellers list. In September I saw

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Dickey and his coauthor, New York Daily News sportswriter Wayne Coffey, chatting at Citi Field. Dickey told me they were discussing additional material for the paperback release, slated for next March. His 2012 dream season should make for a good addendum.

It wasn’t a pleasant homecoming for Indiana Pacers point guard Lance Stephenson, and not just because he scored only four points and turned the ball over three times last Sunday at Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks easily beat his team 88-76.

Lance was a high school star at Coney Island’s Abraham Lincoln High School and led his team to a couple of PSAL titles. Coney Island, sadly, was not spared from Superstorm Sandy. “Yesterday I went to my aunt’s house where I grew up. Although the house sustained serious damage, it is habitable. I spent the day talking with FEMA officials and filling out paperwork with her,” he told me somberly in the locker room before the game.

Is it my imagination or does it seem as if Linsanity was a decade ago? The Knicks 7-1 start certainly has quelled the consternation among the faithful over the team’s decision not to re-sign last season’s folk hero, Harvard alum Jeremy Lin. By the same token, whatever happened to the concern about the Knicks losing their star forward, Amar’e Stoudemire, for two months as he recovers from knee surgery? Q

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