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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Mayor Touts Build it Back Progress; Had No Idea About NY Rising Money

By Bianca Fortis and Kevin Boyle With the Sandy anniversary just ahead, Mayor Bill de Blasio has seemingly turned some of his attention to Rockaway (and Broad Channel). His visit to Broad Channel on Monday marked the second time in five days he has visited the area. On his second trip, he came to proclaim Build it Back as a revitalized program making great progress under the stewardship of Amy Peterson.

De Blasio and his administration have set a new goal for Build it Back: 1,000 construction starts and 1,500 reimbursement checks

by December 31. The Mayor made the announcement in Broad Channel next to the home of Jayme and John Galimi, which was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, and is currently being rebuilt.

“We know that every check means a family is getting back on their feet,” de Blasio said. “Every construction start means a family will get back in their homes. If you want to know what it means, talk to the Galimi family about the difference between having a home and not having a home, having a

plan that’s going to get you back home versus having no plan at all.”

Construction on the Galimi home began in August; the family hopes to move back in by Christmas. Initially after the storm they stayed with friends in Ozone Park, then they rented in Howard Beach for a year and now they’re renting a home within Broad Channel.

At the beginning of the year, there had been no construction starts or reimbursement checks issued. The Build it Back program was revamped and met its initial goal of 500 starts and checks by Labor Day. As of Monday there were 727 construction starts and 878 reimbursement checks sent. According to the mayor, 14,000 families have applied to Build it Back.

There are also plans to expand design and construction capacity in order to work faster, he said.

The failures of the program have been well documented, perhaps best illustrated by the fact that more than 6000 people began the process only to voluntarily withdraw. Peterson has generally received high marks for her efforts. When asked about the thousands of people who

gave up on the program she said they “if they want to get back in touch they have that opportunity.”

The Mayor added that people who “got in touch” wouldn’t necessarily be eligible for the program and added, however, that there was no deadline to do so.

In a question and answer session that followed, The Rockaway Times asked the Mayor about the Rockaway ferry which days earlier he effectively pronounced dead come October 31. The Rockaway Times asked him about available State money. “Would you get in the way of it? The New York Rising money is State money and the community has the ferry on its wish list.”

The Mayor’s response indicated the New York Rising money option had not been brought to his attention. “I very much like to make it a point not to deal in hypotheticals,” he said. “ But I’ll say if the state of New York has money they want to offer us, we’re certainly going to work with them to see how we could use it, but I have not heard that offer to date. I would welcome it if it’s there.”

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder

said he has been aware of the money since a New York Rising report was issued months ago. He said “the community has clearly stated its desire to use the funds for a ferry” and now hopes City Hall seizes the opportunity.

11th hour Ferry reprieve or tease?

Sources tell The Rockaway Times that the Mayor has agreed to meet with local elected officials who have been clamoring along with their constituents for the ferry to be extended. The Mayor has called the meeting for October 30th just a day before the ferry is scheduled to sail away for good.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

BRIEFS Street to be Named for Dylan Smith

City Councilman Eric Ulrich and the Belle Harbor community will gather Saturday, October 25th, 2014 for a street co-naming ceremony in honor of late Belle Harbor resident and Hurricane Sandy hero Dylan Smith.

The night of Hurricane Sandy, Smith used his surfboard to rescue people who were trapped by rising floodwaters. Smith was a lifeguard and a passionate surfer. Just several weeks after his heroic actions, Smith died while surfing in Puerto Rico.

Councilman Ulrich and the community will join the Smith family and friends to recognize Dylan Smith by co-naming the corner of Beach 130th Street and Newport Avenue, “Dylan Smith Way.” This is a rain or shine event. The event takes place at 2 p.m.

Dispatch System, Human Error Played Role in Fatal Fire

An overly complicated FDNY dispatch system may have played a part in the deaths of two Far Rocka-

way children in April, according to a Department of Investigations report released Tuesday.

An ambulance took about 21 minutes to arrive to the scene of the Far Rockaway fire, which took place Easter morning on Bay 30th Street.

The victims were siblings Jai’Launi Tinglin, 4, and Aniya Tinglin, 4.

Several 911 phone calls were made, but EMS was delayed due to a dispatching process that involved at least seven people, according to the report. The report also said that the technology supporting the system is outdated. Additionally it cited human error – including inadequate supervision and the failure of a supervisor to competently use the computer system – as a problem. “DOI’s investigation exposed an antiquated, unwieldy system for dispatching ambulances to the scene of an active fire that substantially increases the opportunity for human error,” DOI Commissioner Mark Peters said. “We must start to overhaul this process immediately.”

The Fire Department has already begun to implement changes to the system, he said. The DOI will continue to monitor the FDNY’s progress.

City Agencies to be Present at Sandy Town Hall

PSEG Service Center Opens

By Bianca Fortis PSEG, the energy provider for the Rockaway peninsula, opened a new customer service center at 68-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd. It is open on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Local elected officials welcomed its opening, saying that it represents the commitment PSEG has made to providing reliable service to the community.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder said it is the first ever utility office stationed in Rockaway. Councilman James Sanders praised the facility itself.

“It’s such a nice place, it makes you want to pay your bill,” he said.

PSEG began operating in Rockaway in January after it took control of the electric grid from the Long Island Power Authority.

New York City Councilmembers Donovan Richards and Eric Ulrich will host a Town Hall on Monday, October 27 to discuss Hurricane Sandy recover. New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, Build it Back Director Amy Peterson and the mayor’s senior advisor for Recovery and Resilience, Bill Goldstein, will be present, along with representatives from the Economic Development Corporation and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection.

Attendees will have an opportunity to submit questions when they arrive at the event which will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Beach Channel High School, 100-00 Beach Channel Drive.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

By Kevin Boyle

Lines That Linger After last week’s column, in which I was still trying to decipher the meaning of “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride” – some gems came in over the wire from baby boomers who were showered with the same kind of wisdom in their formative years.

“Eaten bread is soon forgotten,” was one of those nuggets. It’s a line that made you think, or I should say, it was meant to make you think.

But even when I think about it, I’m not still sure. Give them an inch and they’ll take a yard? Or is it

another version of, what have you done for me lately? Out of sight, out of mind? I dunno…

So, eaten bread is soon forgotten, eh? Yeah, well, not if the bread is on top of a White Castle burger.

You’d like to forget that, but you can’t.

Anyway, it wasn’t just proverbs that left their mark. The Greatest Generation was expert in delivering both admonishments and zingers. You’d turn your nose ever so slightly at your dinner and you’d hear, “You know how many kids are starving in Africa?”

One dedicated reader said he can still hear his father, drink in his hand, a Lucky Strike cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, “Use your head for something besides a hat rack.” Now if you said “what?” you might be asked “Are those ears painted on?”

It wasn’t exactly a head scratching proverb but the line you’d hear often enough was from somebody’s mother: Make sure you’ve got clean underwear on, in case you’re in an accident.

In other words, I’m not so concerned about the accident but don’t embarrass me with dirty underwear.

Boomers got mixed messages all the time. You were told a stitch in time saves nine and the next day be told, haste makes waste.

The best things in life are free.

And then before you know it, they’d say there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

Silence is golden.

But the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Birds of a feather flock together.

But opposites attract.

No wonder baby boomers got so confused. They had dueling proverbs and something called New Math to deal with. Drugs soon became popular.

My mailbox overflowed with quotable quotes. Kathy and Bill Dickesheid were among those who sent in some lines not soon forgotten.

Another county heard from!

You’re like two peas in a pod. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I think you should quit while you’re behind. Waste not, want not.

Those were the days when you could go to hell in a handbasket.

(Is there any other time you’d hear the word handbasket?).

Self-esteem concerns were a generation away. In those days, you’d be far more likely to hear “You’re about as useful as 3 sore toes” than “good job, here’s a trophy.”

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Kennedy’s: Breezy Point Icon to Reopen on Sandy Anniversary

By Katie McFadden

The debris has been cleared, the walls have been rebuilt, the furniture and equipment have been replaced, major renovations have taken place and Kennedy’s Restaurant in Breezy Point is finally ready to reopen two years after Hurricane Sandy tore through it.

Local residents are eagerly waiting the reopening of what has been a Breezy Point staple since 1910. “I run into people all the time around the neighborhood, especially at Waldbaums, and they keep asking

‘When are you going to reopen?’”

Gerard Casey, who owns the restaurant with the Buckley family, said. On October 29, 2014, exactly two years after Sandy, Kennedy’s will hold a grand reopening. “We’re so close, that we might as well open on that date. It’s significant to be coming back on the second anniversary,” Casey said.

The day after Sandy, Casey, of Neponsit, visited the restaurant that he had owned for 32 years to see the damage that was done.

“From the road, looking at the res-

taurant, it looked untouched. Everything was fine. Then I walked around back,” Casey said. About five feet of water had come in from the bayside. “Sandy did what happened to everybody. The building was structurally sound, but all of the interior contents were destroyed. All the windows and doors were broken in the bar area. All of the equipment was destroyed. The water forced its way in and swept the floor.”

The owners went through the early motions of cleaning up the debris and gutting the walls. Construction started in January 2013, but a brutal winter made the process slower than expected. During the process, Casey and co-owners James Buckley, Jr. and Christine Strehle, realized that the reconstruction process was also a chance to revamp the whole restaurant. “We realized the height of the original ceiling and the possibilities became evident that we could do something nice by changing it, “Casey said.

“We wanted to enhance the place.”

The repairs haven’t been cheap.

Casey says about $1.5 million went into fixing up the restaurant. Fortunately, the building was insured with flood insurance. The owners also received grants from National Grid, a loan from the Small Business Administration and financial assistance from the NYS Empire State Development Corp. through

the “Capital Access Program.”

However everything else came out of pocket. “We had to lean on relatives and friends to make that cash flow happen. It was difficult and put a strain on us, but we all buckled down. We’re the Buckley’s and Casey’s. We come from immigrant parents who grew up the hard way.

That’s what we do,” Casey said.

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We’re coming out a day early next week. We will hit newsstands and doorsteps on Wednesday, October 29. If you’re an advertiser, please get your ads to us on Monday! Columnists get your stuff in by Sunday! *** Surf on. The First Annual Longboard Challenge is Saturday. Brought to us by the Rockaway Beach Surfers Association and The Rockaway Beach Surf Club, the Longboard is an all-day thing from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Put on a sweatshirt and check out the action near the jetty at Beach 90th Street. Kudos to organizers doing what they can to inject some last minute summer into the fall. *** Rockawaytimes.com is our free website where you can find this column and just about everything you’d find in our paper. This past week our website surpassed 100,000 views. *** While praising the efforts of Amy Peterson and the revamped Build It

Back program at a press conference in Broad Channel, Mayor de Blasio said he hopes to have at least 1,000 construction starts underway and 1,500 reimbursement checks issued by the end of the year. *** At the same press conference, the Mayor demonstrated some unfortunate ignorance. When asked about NY Rising money that might be used for the ferry, the Mayor said, “I very much make it a point not to deal in hypotheticals, but I’ll say if the State of New York has money they want to offer us, we’re certainly going to work with them to see how we could use it, but I have not heard that offer to date. I would welcome it if it’s there.” The money is there, Mr. Mayor. It’s not a hypothetical. *** Treat, no trick. The Madelaine Chocolate store reopened October 20. Get your Halloween sweets at the store on 95th, right off the Rockaway Freeway. ***

There’s talk of last minute ferry rallies and demonstrations. Stay tuned on Facebook and RockawayTimes.com. Before it sails away for the last time, here’s a round of applause to Laura Deckleman and some really dedicated advocates.

We could mention a dozen or more but Laura was without equal. *** We never know when something will prove popular in the paper and sometimes we don’t know they’re popular until we forget to put them in. We’ve heard good things about Facts You Probably Don’t Need, the Rockaway Word Search, and Recipe Swap. A dedicated reader came by the RT Booth to ask for a copy of the paper from two weeks ago because she was looking for the recipe, one supplied by Matt Whalen.

See this week’s by Sharon Feldman. *** What’s a High Tide column without a Word Search paragraph? Last week we changed things around a bit and asked readers to drop off solved puzzles at the Shell gas station on Beach 59th Street for a chance to win a hundred bucks and/or a consolation t-shirt. Plenty of people raced there with the right answer – Gliders--- but no one got there quicker than Palmer Doyle who cracked the puzzle and gets a pat on the back for being first one to drop off a winner. Now how about

the hundred simoleons? We reached into a hat and…ding-ding, ca-ching, ching. A crisp $100 bill goes to Maureen McNelis. Stop by The RT booth and collect, Maureen. Valerie West, Palmer Doyle, Janet Pittman, Joan Coogan, and Kristine Supple win tshirts. Send your address and t-shirt size to editor@rockawaytimes.com *** As the Mayor held a press conference in Broad Channel about Build it Back, a small group lined up on the other side of Cross Bay Boulevard to protest the end of the ferry and to call for better transit options for Rockaway. Among the few was former mayoral candidate Sal Albanese. Gotta hand it to Sal. Some pols act like they love you and where you live but are never seen again after Election Day. Sal owes nobody but he still supports the people of Rockaway. *** Another homeless shelter is heading to Rockaway. This one is slated for the old Rockaway Manor on Beach 8th Street. After some shrieking by elected officials, the Department of Homeless Services held off the move, for the time being. *** Anthony Weiner tweeted: Rockaway is like the Jets. Always in year 7 of a 5 year plan. Yeah, always, as in when he represented us, too! ***

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 Mayor has made.

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Crime Stopper

Dear Editor: I’m doing work in Kyle, Texas where the kids ride their bikes to schools and garages with motorcycles and “high end” equipment are in open view. We have zero breakins primarily because most of its citizens owns a gun and if you enter a home here to commit a crime you will probably be shot. I’m not a gun owner but the bad guys don’t know that and that’s just fine with me.

Brian McManus

Mayor Gives Him Blues

Dear Editor: Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the Mayor’s Press Conference last week, but did watch it thanks to NY True. Thank you John Kenny.

Was a bit disappointed - I thought the Mayor was coming to Rockaway with a ‘Plan’. Instead he lectured - as he does best! - the local press corps on the importance and significance of a plan. WOW - Captain Obvious is telling Rockaway what every grade-schooler learns the first day of baseball practice…when you walk up to the plate, you gotta have a plan.

What, Mr. Mayor is the Plan for Rockaway? I thought you were coming to offer us your plan - your plans - for Rockaway, and bringing your agency heads to further discuss them?

In round numbers, some one billion dollars in infrastructure improvements are presently being invested and deployed into the Rockaways, and the city has NO PLAN! What is Our Transportation Agency’s plan for Rockaway?

What is our Economic Development Agency’s Plan for Rockaway?

What is our Planning Commission’s Plan for Rockaway? What is our Environmental Protection Agency’s Plan for Rockaway? What is our Housing Agency’s Plan for Rockaway. What is our ‘Streets & Lights’ Plan for Rockaway? What is our Tourist Agency’s plan for Rockaway? What is our Health and Hospital Agency’s Plan for Rockaway?What is our Business Development Agency’s Plan for Rockaway? What is our ‘Build It Back’ Plan for Rockaway? What is our Homeless Services Agency’s Plan for Rockaway? This, he did not say - nor was he asked! Why couldn’t Joe Hartigan, for instance,

ask the mayor a question?

The Mayor is from - and I say this euphemistically - Park Slope.

So, was he one of those rebuilding the burning buildings of 5th Avenue; investing in family businesses on 7th Avenue; restoring storefronts on Union Street, 3rd Street, 9th Street, 15th Street, or maybe teaching at John Jay High?

Certainly not - oh no, No, NO - Bill de Blasio began his career with the Hillary Clinton Senate Campaign…to elect a transported Arkansas - DC - Illinois native to represent New York State. Well done, Mr. De Blasio, and now you’re our ‘pretender’ Mayor, just as Hillary Clinton was our ‘pretender’ Senator, with NO clue and NO plans.

Yeah sure, Mr. Mayor, lower the speed limit to 25MPH (from 30!!!

- how ridiculous is that?), hog-tie the cops, sue Long Island College Hospital.

Stand & Deliver, Mr. Mayor.

The great people of New York City voted for Captain America, unfortunately we elected Captain Obvious…The Great Pretender.

Pete Stubben

Ferry Sinks Opportunity

Dear Editor: It’s very unfortunate the Rockaway ferry will cease. One of my clients has been scoping out two commercial spaces in Rockaway to expand his business so that local health care clients would be serviced by local employees we would train and hire. This would have potentially created 400 jobs on the Rockaway peninsula. We were waiting and watching to see what the decision regarding the ferry would be. Unfortunately, the subway trains are not a reliable means of service to and from the Rockaways. We cannot allow the frail, elderly and disabled to receive services from caregivers who cannot make it to work on time.

Similarly, the administrative staff in Manhattan cannot depend on the inconsistent subway service as well, not to mention the safety and security that the subways lack.

The ferry would have been a perfect opportunity, as their safety would have been assured based on the excellent track record of the Seastreak. The news of the demise of the Rockaway ferry only deepens the economic woes Rockaway has been struggling with. A terrible decision, a terrible mistake the

Dear Editor: Today’s seniors, that are on Social Security, once again will be losing buying power. The Social Security Administration, is projecting a 1.7% COLA {COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT} increase for 2015. This will equal about $17.00 for most seniors. The increase for 2014 was 1.5%. Seniors on Social Security since 2010 have averaged a 1.4% increase per year.

In 2010 & 2011 benefits did not increase at all.

Since the year 2000,Social Security Recipients have lost nearly 1/3

of their buying power. The Senior Citizens League is supporting Legislation that would tie increases for the elderly to the C. P. I {Consumer price index} This would result in higher increases. The number crunchers, have estimated that the average Senior is experiencing $119.00 increases in their monthly costs vs a $19.00 increase in Social Security benefits.

We need Congress to take a hard look at this as the U S has $$$ going all over the world, and very little for our seniors. The Government has to take better care of our seniors, who worked very hard.

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The Mayor In The Bubble Ferry advocates did a great job communicating their wishes to City Hall. City Hall just didn’t want to listen. Or maybe it was something more than that. Maybe City Hall staff didn’t communicate with the Mayor.

Certainly our elected officials didn’t get to make the case that State money could have been used to save the ferry.

At a news conference on Monday, The Rockaway Times asked the mayor about using New York Rising money for the ferry. New York Rising is money set aside by the State to help communities devastated by Sandy. Rockaway was allotted more than $60 million. The money pot was divided among several peninsula sections and Broad Channel. Over a period of months, members of the various communities got to work with the help of consultants to figure out what was best for the different parts of Rockaway.

The State acknowledged that “community members are best positioned to assess the needs and opportunities of the places where they live and work.” One of those communities, Rockaway West, decided after a lot of work that $7 million dollars should be spent on continuing ferry service.

So, the State asks, the community responds: we want to keep the ferry.

The wish gets the blessing of the consultants who pass it on to the Governor’s office.

The Mayor doesn’t know anything about this. He says there’s not enough money in the budget and the ferry was supposed to be temporary anyway.

But Mr. Mayor, we ask, would you stand in the way of New York State funding the ferry?

Here’s the money quote: “I very much make it a point not to deal in hypotheticals, but I’ll say if the state of New York has money they want to offer us, we’re certainly going to work with them to see how we could use it, but I have not heard that offer to date.

I would welcome it if it’s there.”

I have not heard! Whoa. What?!

Our elected officials, the mayor’s staff, nobody told him about NY Rising money?

Why not?

Sources tell us the people on the State side said the NY Rising money could only be used if the ferry was going to be part of a long term plan. As of now, there’s no long term ferry plan so the money can’t really be used.

That is an example of people covering their butts. It’s just a bunch of bull.

People in the Mayor’s office have known about this money. They could have presented it as an option to the mayor. They could have said, if we use this $7 million in State money that will give us a chance to flesh out a long term plan.

Of course, the mayor could have rejected the idea outright or found the strings attached to be too burdensome. That’s not the point, however. The mayor was in the dark about the NY Rising money. That’s his fault (doesn’t he know NY Rising money is earmarked for Sandy-impacted areas throughout the city?). It’s his staff’s fault for not bringing the Rockaway $7 million to his attention. And it’s the fault of our elected officials for not getting this option on the mayor’s desk.

The ferry didn’t make it into the City budget. But shamefully, the mayor had other options and he didn’t even know it.

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She and other civic leaders gathered on Thursday morning to call attention to the little progress the city has made in making the eastern portion of Rockaway, which floods even without the occurrence of a major storm, more resilient to flooding.

“Two years after Sandy, we are now going into the winter,” Reed said. “And we have no real hope of ensuring that we won’t be flooded out again.”

Councilman Donovan Richards, who is also the chair of the environmental protection committee of the New York City Council, pointed out that Arverne and the surrounding community have historically been prone to flooding.

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community,” he said. “If the storm comes again, arrives today, arrives tonight, many of us will be back in the same shape that we were in right after hurricane sandy.”

He said these issues are particularly important for communities

of color, which are often left out of conversations dealing with environmental justice. The various levels of government that must work together to implement environmental protections should move past bureaucracy in order to

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

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By Peter J. Mahon

Mayor de Blasio held a press conference in Broad Channel this past Monday to speak about the achievements of the city’s Build It Back program thus far and his new goals for that program. The presser was held in front of the home of John and Jayme Galimi on Cross Bay Boulevard. Their house, demolished after being severely damaged by Sandy, is one of the few being rebuilt by the Build It Back program and it looks like the Galimi’s will be back home by this Christmas. Dan Mundy Jr., President of the Broad Channel Civic Association, attended the press conference and stated, “There is a lot that has not gone right with the program but Amy Peterson and her group have changed a lot and I think the program is getting better.”

I hope Dan is right because just half a block from where the Mayor was standing in front of the almost completed Galimi home lauding the “new and improved” Build it Back program stands a vacant lot on West 12th Road

that once was the home of Lenny and Sophia DeVirgilio which was also destroyed by Sandy.

The DeVirgilios are among the 90 percent of Build it Back applicants who are still awaiting assistance from the program. Wouldn’t it have been a great public relations move if, just after talking to the Galimi family in front of their almost completed home on Cross Bay Boulevard, the Mayor had walked across the boulevard and talked about the enormous amount of work still left to be addressed by Build it Back with the Devirgilio family in front of their boarded up, still empty, lot?

But then, what do I know?

Speaking of the Mayor, for more than a year now local area activists and elected officials have been entreating Mayor de Blasio via letters, emails, press conferences, demonstrations, petitions, etc., to develop the means to permanently fund the continued operation of the Rockaway/BAT Ferry Service. The Mayor responded by distancing himself from

this issue and had Kyle Kimball, President of the N.Y.C. Economic Development Corporation issue various rhetorical assurances that the ferry service was being taken as, “we are evaluating costs and funding solutions....the ferry is a considerable cost that is unsustainable... the ferry has requires an operating subsidy that equates to several million dollars of added expense to the city’s budget....simply raising fares is not the answer....the city must focus on fiscal responsibility, sustainability and transportation equity....while we continue to evaluate inventive ways for ferry service to continue, the key determinant will be financial responsibility and sustainability of service, given its high expense.”

Last week Mayor de Blasio, at long last, personally addressed this issue while speaking with the press in Far Rockaway. Unfortunately his statement that the Rockaway Ferry was always deemed a temporary, interim measure, which is no longer required at the end of this month because the subways are back running at 100% essentially sounded the death knell for this much needed transportation alternative for our area.

Regarding the imminent closure of the Rockaway Ferry service, Danny Ruscillo wants everyone to know that “On Friday October 31st at 8:45 P.M. the last Ferry boat will arrive at Beach 108th street and Beach Channel Drive Ferry landing. We will be there at 8:30 pm to witness the termination of Rockaway’s only form of water transportation and our total disgust at Mayor de Blasio’s refusal to fund the continuation of our Ferry service. If anyone would like to join me it would be appreciated. I will be reaching out to all my media contacts in order to give this Mayor a last kick. Oh yes if coming bring a flashlight and signs since it will be dark. We will only remain at the dock no more than 30 to 45 minutes.”

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“This is a temporary victory, but we will stay vigilant and continue to do everything we can to keep our community strong and allow our families to recover from Sandy,” he said.

Rockaway residents are still furious over DHS’ decision to open a shelter at Beach 65th Street at the former Daytop Village drug rehabilitation center. Residents and civic leaders alike opposed it, citing several concerns, including a lack of adequate public transportation, that there is only one hospital serving the community and that Rockaway, still struggling after Hurricane Sandy, is not resilient enough to house even more disadvantaged individuals.

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The Rockaway Beach Surfer’s Association and the Rockaway Beach Surf Club present the 1st Annual New York City Longboard Challenge to be held at the 90th St jetty, this coming Saturday October 25.

Competition should start around 7:30 a.m. and depending upon the amount of contestants, it should finish before 5 p.m.

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The After Party will be at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club, 302 Beach 87th St, Rockaway, NY 11693 The following weekend on No-

vember 2nd we have the 3rd Halloween Costume & Surf Contest held at the 90th St jetty as well. Event starts at 1pm, costume judging at 2pm and surf judging from 2:30pm – 3:15pm. There will be a Buffet Special at UMA’s following the competition and an After Party at the RBSC. This contest originated when a whole bunch of locals got together and kicked off this great idea of surfing in Halloween costumes just days before Hurricane Sandy hit, with Jimmy Dowd narrating the collisions and jostling on the waves. It was a hilarious event seeing match ups of all kinds. Yours truly was in a werewolf costume and when on a particular wave I noticed Spider Man was next to me, after a few pushes and no success dislodging Spider Man, I had to resort to tackling him off his board. It was these shenanigans

that scored us points. Needless to say I didn’t come close to winning. It was Brian Biggins dressed as President Lincoln, beard, hat and all, that took out the win for the Men. Ashley Wood who was dressed as the Jamaican Bobsled Team (you had to see the outfit!), who took out the Women. Some other notable standouts were Bridget Klapinski as Dorothy and her yellow board decked out to look like the Yellow Brick Road.

Brandon D’Leo as King Neptune and Greg Allen, with his lengthy beard and gown, was a dead ringer for Jesus.

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The Iceman cometh…

The first photograph is of Rockaway Historian, Emil R. Lucev Sr. at 10 years old. Emil was a summer employee of the Hygeia Ice Company in Rockaway Beach, NY. The ice company serviced homes and business iceboxes year round in Arverne & Edgemere. The company was founded in 1915 by Emil’s Grandfather Mate’ Lucev a.k.a. Mike Louis (the ice man).

The family business prospered and Mike Louis was known as the Ice King of the Rockaway’s having the largest territory to serve. The kingship lasted for many years until monopoly charges had the territory broken up into many sections of ice routes for other ice companies. This happened in the 1930’s during the great depression.

The positive outcome was the reduction of bloodsheds or ice wars.

Young Emil (Mike’s Grandson) came on board in 1943 and helped his Grandpa until the invention of refrigerators closed the ice business forever in 1951.

A wagon with a horse named Tony was used for deliveries from 1915 to 1927. In the latter year a

Tin Lizzie (Model T Ford) was purchased and ran well into 1951. This was the same year that all summer bungalows, tents and local business have switched to electric refrigerators.

Young Emil had no driver’s license but there were times he had to crank start and drive the Model T Ford.

Ice plants were located in Arverne on Bch. 79th Street (Bayside), Bch. 41st Street (north of Rockaway Beach Boulevard) and at Redfern in Far Rockaway.

The second photo is of the Arverne Hygeia Ice Plant was taken in 1895.

This Ice House opened in 1890 and closed in 1950. The site was taken

over by The Chain Bike Corporation & Ross Bicycle Company in 1965.

The other two ice plants also gave way to progressive times.

When Mike’s (The Iceman) daughter bought her first refrigerator, Mike opened the door to feel the coldness and observe the

inside. He then slammed the door of the appliance and kicked it with his foot while exclaiming…” You son-of-a-bitch…you put me out of business!”

To carry on the tradition Emil Sr., Emil II, his Grandson’s Emil III & Thomas both became A/C and refrigeration technicians.

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Large 4 BR home with HW floors, large EIK with Sub Zero fridge, home office, LR and DR. Decked yard, garage and paved parking pad. $615,000

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Gorgeous Legal 2 Family Mint condition with rooftop deck and SS appliances, granite counter and private parking. A one BR rental apartment. $550,000 On the Canal Rare 2 family on a canal with pvt back deck! This home is on the west side, close to shops and public transportation to NYC. $425,000

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

‘Tip Credit’ Legislation Could Affect Local Businesses

By Bianca Fortis A proposal to abolish a “tip credit” could have a staggering effect on local economies, according to the opponents of the proposal.

Because the minimum wage was increased last year, the Department of Labor has convened a wage labor board to evaluate a number of issues – including the tip credit. The board has held a number of public hearings across the state to consider whether to abolish the tip credit and instead require employers to pay their employees minimum wage.

Under today’s law, restaurant workers are paid $5 an hour, after which their tips are added to that number. If the sum of both numbers is less than the minimum wage, employers pay them the difference.

According to a report by the Community Service Society, a group that advocates on behalf of the poor, tipped workers are more than twice as likely to live in poverty compared to other workers.

Workers within New York City do better than other workers statewide, but 30 percent still make less than $10 an hour including tips.

The proposal to eliminate the tip credit comes on the heels of other legislation designed to help low

income workers, including raising the minimum wage and paid sick leave.

This type of legislation can make life tough for small business owners who must also grapple with high rent and taxes, according to Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance.

Rigie cites data from a Hospitality Alliance report which surveyed nearly 500 restaurants throughout the city about the wages their employees make; according to that data, the average server makes $25.34 an hour.

Rigie said that eliminating the credit could result in a 65 percent increase in labor costs.

Terrence Tubridy, co-owner of the Bungalow Bar, said abolishing the tip credit could have a major impact on “working class” restaurants throughout Rockaway.

“For operators like us, it’s extremely difficult to manage payroll costs while paying a minimum wage,” he said. “It does affect us and it potentially affects jobs.” He said his employees make above minimum wage as it is.

If costs for the business increase, prices would increase as well, he said.

Increased costs could have an additional effects – such as layoffs

or encouraging business owners to move toward new technologies.

For example, restaurants could use a system wherein customers order via iPads, rather than servers, he said. This would remove the feel-

ing of hospitality that customers come to expect from their local restaurants. “It might work for some people, but it’s not cool for my grandmother celebrating her 60th birthday,” he said.

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Rockaway-Inspired Artist to Exhibit Work A native of Brooklyn, Cornell moved to Rockaway about 48 years ago, she said. She said the beauty of the peninsula has influenced her work. “ It’s an area where there is a lot of beauty,” she said. “We have the ocean, the bay, some very interesting old houses. It’s very picturesque. I remember when we first moved here, I thought, ‘Gee, wherever I look, there’s something wonderful to paint.’”

Cornell began painting as a child and was an art major in high school. She thought she would eventually moved into advertising or another commercial industry.

“As it turned out, I just kept painting,” the Rockaway Artists Alliance member said. “It became my career. I’ve never lost the desire to paint and to show my work and to have it appreciated.” The exhibit is open this Saturday and Sunday at the RAA gallery T-6. To learn more about the artist, visit http://www. cornellwatercolors. com.

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By Bianca Fortis A longtime Rockaway resident will have her watercolor paintings, some of which are inspired by the beauty of the peninsula, on display this weekend. Arlene Cornell’s exhibit, titled “Rockaway and Beyond,” features images from within Rockaway as well as other locations up and down the east coast, including Long Island and Massachusetts, to which Cornell has traveled.

Although she has some training in art, she is primarily self-taught in the art of water color painting, which she has been practicing for about 40 years. She has developed her skills by “trial and error,” she said.

A long time friend of mine cofounded an organization called Music That Heals in the late 90’s with the intention of bringing live musical performances to the bedsides of terminally ill children.

The program has grown leaps and bounds to include children, adults and all in between in all sorts of facilities including hospital lobbies, cancer centers, dialysis units, children’s homeless shelters, burn centers, schools for special children and hospice facilities. (Check it out: musicthatheals.org) One of the brilliant doctors, Dr. Fred Epstein, who was one of the first at that time open to the concept of having a caring musician singing and playing to a young child who had just undergone brain surgery, wrote to my friend to say that he was “. . . absolutely convinced that many of our children have recovered in a much shorter period of time as a result of the creative efforts of Music That Heals.”

Music is not only a form of entertainment; it also stimulates something in us to make us feel better. “Positive results include elevated mood, increased socialization and appetite and reduction in agitation. The benefits are attrib-

uted to the stimulation the brain receives . . .” caregiver.com, “The Healing Power of Music”, Steve Toll and Linda Bereham.

Bringing music that stimulates and soothes into our daily lives can greatly enhance the level of happiness and help to de-stress, to rid the body of the dis-ease that springs forth from things that happen in life. Taking some time to listen to your music of choice with limited distraction and centered breathing will bring you out of the day-to-day and what you have to do, what you have to plan, what problems needs to be solved. It is an escape, just for a little while, to stimulate positive energy and recharge.

Music is a universal language that the brain somehow hears and ingests. It is quite remarkable. You may choose to just listen, or move!

Movement to music adds other benefits: the release of physical body tension and the stimulation of energy lines in the body.

In this day and age, we need tools to help us keep centered, happy, kind to ourselves and others, grateful, content. Why not try the healing power of music?

Question/comment? Email us at BeWellBeHappy2@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Kennedy’s: Breezy Point Icon to Reopen on Sandy Anniversary Continued from page 6

With views of the Manhattan skyline and Coney Island right across the bay, the owners designed the building to take advantage of the scenery. A new upstairs party space was created with a large triangle window that frames the view of the city. The upstairs space, which holds about 50 people, is an appropriate spot for small parties like communions, showers, birthdays and more. The restaurant has already been open to some parties.

Guests will also notice the new design and overall openness of the restaurant. “It’s very airy and Hampton-like. It’s more apropos for a beach location. We have a new design, lots of lights, fireplaces, a sense of warmness and a state of the art kitchen,” Casey said. Working in the kitchen will be Chef Patrick Ippolito, formerly of 490 West in Long Island. “We’re going to have a totally new menu with new, exciting items,” Casey said.

Some of the former staff members will be returning. “My uncle was an employee at Kennedy’s his whole life,” Park Slope resi-

dent Kevin Conlon said. “Sandy impacted him tremendously. He lost everything he owned and had to move into my basement and start from scratch. He had to look for part-time employment while Kennedy’s was being rebuilt. Kennedy’s reopening is great, not only for the fact that people are going to go back to work, but for a business that thrived for years to reopen is huge for the community,” Conlon said. Casey says he’s also open to hiring more locals who are looking for a job.

The owners of Kennedy’s are excited about getting back into the flow of things with the restaurant.

“It feels good being back to work. I’ll be back to 12 and 13-hour days, go home and have a glass of wine and call it a day. That’s what I used to do.

It’s getting to be fun now, as we get closer to the opening. It’s daunting, but it’s exciting,” Casey said.

Breezy Point residents are also ready for Kennedy’s to be back. “The reopening of Kennedy’s is very special to our family,” Theresa Hyland said. “Living right down the block, we go there quite frequently. We are looking forward to our Thursday Night Football dinners. We will be

there on Oct 29 to show our love and support to the Casey and Buckley families.”

Being around for more than a century, Kennedy’s is a place that holds many memories for residents.

“Kennedy’s reopening makes me smile because to me it represents family, friends and fun. I have fond memories celebrating many life achievements there, with the most recent being my grandparent’s 75th wedding anniversary,” Alanna Hogan said. Breezy Point resident Tara O’Donnell says the opening of Kennedy’s is a good sign for the community. “It is nice to see another Breezy business back on the map. Locals love it there. Things are slowly but surely returning to normal.”

Kennedy’s will officially open for dinner at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29, while the bar may open a few hours before. A big crowd is expected, but no reservations will be accepted. The restaurant will continue to be open for dinner only, while the owners smooth out any issues. “We’re going to ask for some patience from our patrons. There will be little kinks in the operation for sure. We’re hoping within three to four months, we’ll be back up to what we used to be,” Casey said, adding that they’ll eventually add lunch and brunch back into the mix.

“We’re looing forward to welcoming everyone back and seeing our patrons from Breezy and Rockaway,” Casey said.

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Facts You Probably Don’t Need • Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

• Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

No Plan!

The beach is eroding faster than you can say our recovery is taking way too long. Speaking of recoveries, they really have to slow down with the pace of the boardwalk.

If they move any faster they just might actually finish something, not that that’s a bad thing!

It’s so nice to see they have made such significant progress on our library, since permits were granted almost a month ago, the contractor has set a new world record for construction and installed almost 4 sheets of plywood. At least the temporary library trailer is only 1 year past its useful prime!

Mayor de Blasio came out to Broad Channel this week to spike his football, again bragging about having 727 construction starts, 148 homes fully repaired and 878 reimbursement checks sent out due

to the success of The Build it Back program. Psssst: Mr. Mayor, you’re supposed to spike your football in the end zone, not on your own 3 yard line.

Is it only me, but does anyone else notice that there are still wood poles holding up temporary street signs, temporary street lights, temporary traffic signals, and temporary wiring. Wood poles, yes folks you can’t make this up! Two whole years later and no plan to put back the proper and permanent street lighting and rebury the associated wiring.

Speaking of NO PLAN. There are still no plans to replace the more than one mile of NYC Parks we lost along Shore Front Parkway. Yes, you read that correctly: There is NO final design plan!

After 17 planning meetings in

• The original basket in basketball, as invented by James Naismith in 1891, was a peach basket.

• Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

• The world’s population grows by 100 million each year.

• In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets

two years with the residents Of Rockaway Beach and Rockaway Park, we still do not know what to expect to see in the coming years along Shore front Pkwy!

All this uncertainty is just so unfair to the people of the Rockaway Peninsula and Broad Channel. As a resident of the Rockaway community who suffered through Hurricane Sandy, I have to say that the

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• The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

• What’s in your wallet? Still legal tender, large denomination bills ($500 to $10,000) were last printed on December 27, 1945, and officially discontinued on July 14, 1969.

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Goldfeder Aims to Bring MTA Van to Southern Queens Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder is requesting from MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast that the Catholic Charities Howard Beach Senior Center and the JASA Rockaway Park Senior Center be regularly serviced by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) MetroCard Mobile Sales and information unit. “ Southern Queens has one of the fastest-growing senior populations in the city,� said Goldfeder. “The visits this summer by the

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On Learning: The Tunnel Vision of Parental Fear

By Leo J. Fahey An all too familiar scene in almost every home here and throughout the nation: Child: Mom, I don’t want to go to school.

Mom: You’re going. Child: I don’t feel good.

Mom putting the back of a hand to the child’s forehead: You’re fine...You’re going.

Child turning to Father: Why do I have to go? Father: Because you just have to...

I wonder if the balking child is saying something we can’t hear. I wonder if our tunnel vision coming from our fears for our children compels us to only see the need to go to school and to do well in its academics. I wonder if we are not seeing the emotional, the psychic, cost of having our children in places that are badly suited to who they really are.

As a father, I can safely say that parents loving their children fear for them by the minute, the hour, the day. We run quickly to comfort our child and to sooth our fears when children hurt except for when it comes to school. How many times have parents said to themselves that school and high academic achievement is “a matter of life or death” for their children.

How many times have parents coming out of that deep fear have said to their children: If you don’t do well in school, you won’t get a good job. Or, if you don’t finish school, you’re going to be on the street, penniless, poor and without a home.

As it turns out, the greatest of parental fears is for their children’s future material prosperity.

And since our society has deemed school the path to good fortune, we push our children into school and to be among the top achievers in

every level. But what if the school, the grades and all they are set-up to do, don’t mesh with the way children really are. I mean, for starters, is it truly natural or healthy and good for success for children to be forced to sit still for hours on end? Is truly natural or healthy and good for success for children of the same age to be forced to acquire the same knowledge and in essentially the same way? Is it truly natural and healthy and good for success to force the standardization of the entire process denying any differences among children? For me the answer to all is a resounding NO!

Yet, every day our fear induced tunnel vision narrows our perception of what’s going on in our children for we keep on saying: “Child, your entire future rests solely in this place that hurts you.” However, maybe, when a child complains about feeling not so good about going to school, we should take the time to examine what’s happening to make our child sick.

And think hard about the actual benefit to future prosperity with an adult who has become ill from schooling.

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An ambulance took about 21 minutes to arrive to the scene of the Far Rockaway fire, which took place Easter morning on Bay 30th Street. The victims were siblings Jai’Launi Tinglin, 4, and Aniya Tinglin, 4.

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BIKING ACROSS AMERICA A New Man

By Shane Shackleford I feel different. I am different. I used to be extremely tense on the road. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, and the west coast has opened its broad interstates, inviting us to ride, while we get the occasional honk of encouragement.

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We are coming to our last days. Everyday out in the open has been a blessing with a lesson. Never quit your day dream. My hope now is to finish strong in the next 9 days or so, and complete what had seemed to be overwhelmingly impossible.

Nevada tonight and the California boarder by mid afternoon.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014

Snowflake Softball League: Nothing’s Settled

By Richard George Week 6 of the Jamaica Bay Babe Ruth Snowflake League is officially in the books. The standings have changed a tad since last week and I envision them changing dramatically for the rest of the season. Everyone must remember that this year marks the change in league rules that not every team will be around for playoff glory. Two teams will be relegated to watching all Snowflake League games from the bleachers while the other six teams will be involved in a 6-team bracket in an attempt to win the heralded party prize. Should go down to the wire so best of luck to all squads!!!

The Monday night match-up that started off Week 6 saw The Wire taking on Old Head for the second week in a row. Although the conditions were not wonderful, The Wire still found a way to “mercy” Old Head twice. These two wins are big for The Wire in their attempt to snag a playoff seed in this year’s playoffs. On the other hand, these two losses have Old Head at 0-12 for the season with miniscule chances of joining the playoff hunt. Old Head needs big wins next to avoid being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. The Tuesday night match-up saw the Black Sox take on the Crushas in a pairing that held huge playoff implications. Rumors are swirling that this game was

going to be played under protest because of a call on the base-paths that went in favor of the Black Sox. After this call, the Black Sox poured on more runs and eventually swept the Crushas in both games. These two wins end a 5-game losing streak for the Black Sox and put the Crushas on the outside looking in on the playoff chase. Better hope your second baseman gets back from job training fast!!!

Wednesday night saw more awful weather as Marine Park took on Ruffle Bar for the second straight week.

Despite the awful playing conditions, Marine Park found a way to take both games from Ruffle Bar and firmly plant themselves as the 1-seed in this league. Both of these games were won by one run, not to mention one of the games ended in a walk-off homerun over the scoreboard. Big knock by birthday boy Steve Orr! These four consecutive wins by Marine Park over Ruffle Bar looks like payback from losing to them last year in the championship. Who knows? Maybe you’ll play again. And Thursday night saw the second seed Son of Pitches take on Rock Fam. The night and morning before this doubleheader saw torrential rain and the field was in pretty bad shape. But thanks to star Right-Center fielder Ryan McGrisken and his minions, the field was in top shape for the start of the game. Not only does Ryan McGrisken do great

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Rock Fam ended the Sons of Pitches eight game winning streak in game one and then changes were in store for the Sons of Pitches in game two.

Co-Captain Vin Geary took it upon himself to drop the other dead-pull Co-Captain Andy Ambro in the lineup. Guess it worked because Ambro

still did nothing however Vin struck out via the Goat. Nonetheless, the Sons of Pitches took the W in game two and remain the 2-seed.

Standings after Week 6 (head to head and run differential separate seeds): 1: Marine Park (10-2) 2: Sons of Pitches (9-3) 3: Ruffle Bar (7-5) 4: Black Sox (7-5) 5: The Wire (6-6) 6: Rock Fam (5-7)

Surf Girls Take New Jersey

Taking their talents on the roads, Symcha Sachs 9 years old, from Belle Harbor placed third and Maya Karl also 9 from Belle Harbor placed 2nd in the girls division for

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Water Temperature : 62.6 *F at B-116th St- on the inside (bay) Another great Saturday this weekend for getting outside, warm sunshine with a slight breeze made it a nice day. Sunday’s cooler temperatures and high winds kept many anglers home, and many were leaving their boats tied up at the dock. It’s that “spooky” time of the year again. This is usually the time of year when BIG fish come into the back bay to feed. If you have not gone fishing all year NOW is the time to get out there, the next few weekends is when it all happens. A lot depends on the weather but, the fishing can be fantastic !

Jamaica bay:

We called Big Ron’s bait and tackle today and spoke with Kim who told us that there is a lot of black fish action along the sea wall and at B.C.H.S. A 4 pound black fish was taken at B.C.H.S. last week.

Tom’s Wave service station on Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park reported in. Tom said that the fishing was a bit slow this week with the windy weather but next weekend should be better.

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