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Residents Protest Willets, FMCP
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By ROSS BARKANDespite claims that a new Willets
Point is going revitalize a mori-bund scrap heap and herald a new,glittering era for Queens, critics ofthe project packed a public hearingon the project last week to con-demn the Mayor’s proposal for anew entertainment venue at the site.
Many contrasting visions wereoffered for the neighborhood ofauto repair shops at last week’spublic scoping meeting at PS 19 inCorona. Hosted by the Office ofthe Deputy Mayor for EconomicDevelopment, the specific purposeof the Sept. 27 hearing was for thepublic to offer comments to be in-corporated into a supplementalenvironmental impact statement forthe City’s latest Willets Point devel-opment plan. The hearing becamea soapbox for opponents of theproject, who overwhelmed back-ers, to blast it for its perceivedplanning flaws and relative opacity.
“This review must…come togrips with the vehicular monstros-ity the proposed development willsurely create,” said Flushing resi-dent Benjamin Haber. “Of particu-lar importance is the Mayor’s andEDC’s attempt to blindside the enor-mous vehicular problem by simply
Willets Opposition Vocal At Hearing
talking about the construction oframps to and from the Van WyckExpressway…it must be exposed asa world class folly.”
In June, Mayor Mike Bloombergand the City Economic Develop-ment Corp. unveiled a new $3 bil-lion multi-phase plan, the second infour years for Willets Point. It calledfor the creation of a million-square-foot shopping mall, residential units,hotels, a public school and even,according to NYCEDC attorneyEthan Goodman, a convention cen-
ter. Related Companies and Ster-ling Equities, which is helmed byMets owners Fred Wilpon and SaulKatz, won the rights to develop thefirst phase of the project.
Since the Willets Point develop-ment would encroach on New YorkCity parkland, several oppositiongroups have recently rallied to op-pose the plan. Critics also arguethat the development will chase awaythe scores of small business ownersthat occupy Willets Point and thatthe increased traffic from such a
development would create an un-sustainable burden on alreadyclogged highways and nearby localstreets. Though affordable housingwill be a part of the development,the City said the approximately1,900 affordable units would notbe completed until 2025, after theshopping mall is finished. Commu-nity Board 7, which incorporatesWillets Point, was angered that theyhad no input in the City’s vision.
Still, a majority of elected offi-cials and several unions have en-dorsed the development as a way tocreate jobs and build a new neigh-borhood that is more like down-town Flushing. The new develop-ment also dwarfs its original incar-nation: 62 acres of proposed devel-opment in 2008 has now swelled tomore than 100.
“The economic potential of thearea will be more fully realized withthe redevelopment and environmen-tal clean-up that is planned,” said arepresentative of Borough Presi-dent Helen Marshall.
Unions and real estate interestsechoed Marshall.
“This development will bring af-fordable housing that so manymiddle- and low-income families inQueens need,” said 32BJ Service
By MEGAN MONTALVOFollowing two recent town hall
meetings, the Fairness Coalition ofQueens organized an emergencymeeting at the Community Churchin Jackson Heights on Oct. 1 tovoice their concerns about a stringof proposed developments pend-ing for Flushing Meadows CoronaPark.
With more than 200 residents inattendance, park-goers made it clearthat they are not in favor of anychanges.
“Promises by developers for jobshave been proven time and timeagain to be worthless. Developerswill say anything to get free land tobuild on,” said Georgia Southworthof the Jackson Heights Green Alli-ance.
According to the coalit ion,which is comprised of a group ofnonprofit religious and communityorganizations, FMCP has beenpoorly funded for years with bud-gets far below Central Park or Pros-pect Park.
The group contests that theparkland is threatened by corpo-
Town Hall Focuses On Park Protestrate interests who want thepublic asset for their ownprivate gain at the expenseof the largely workingclass, immigrant popula-tion of Queens.
“Billionaires want toput a shopping mall onparkland, and I can tellyou from my own experi-ence that promised jobswill be poorly paid, with-out benefits, and mostlikely part-time. Salariesfor these jobs are so lowthat it’s impossible to raisea family with those wages,”said Maria Alvarez, a mem-ber of Make the Road.
In addition to protest-ing against the Willets Point devel-opment, which would construct a1.4 million-square-foot entertain-ment venue partially on publicparkland, residents in attendancealso expressed concerns over pro-posals made by the United StatesTennis Association and MajorLeague Soccer, who are lobbyingfor alienation rights to add two new
stadiums and concert venues onparkland.
If approved, the developmentsalso plan to add several parkinggarages and new roads inside thepark.
While Councilwoman JulissaFerreras (D-Elmhurst) and Coun-cilman Daniel Dromm (D-JacksonHeights) were on hand to address
the community, StateSen. Jose Peralta (D-Elmhurst) and Assem-blyman Francisco Moya(D-Jackson Heights),who were not in atten-dance, came under firefor their support of theproposed MLS soccerstadium.
“Tonight our electedof f i c ia l s in JacksonHeights heard the com-munity speak loudly andclearly that giving ourpark away to corpora-tions is not acceptable,”said Edwin West ley,president of the Jack-son Heights Beautifica-
tion Group. “Flushing MeadowsCorona Park needs to be fullyfunded. Not ignored and misman-aged.”
In response to meeting, Moyaissued a statement defending hisstance.
“The proposed Major LeagueSoccer stadium has tremendouspotential to provide positive recre-
Employees International Union VicePresident, Kyle Bragg, in a state-ment. “It will produce permanentjobs that pay enough for workingpeople to support their families andcontribute to the local economy.”
While the Real Estate Board,32BJ and the Building and TradesCouncil all spoke in favor of theproject, two opposition groupscontinually took to the microphone.Willets Point United, a collective ofWillets Point property owners bat-tling the City’s plans, and the Com-mittee for the Defense of WilletsPoint, another collective represent-ing the predominately Hispanicworkforce of Willets Point, tookturns blasting the development. Lastyear, the City broke ground on a$50 million sewer system for WilletsPoint after years of complaints fromworkers and property owners aboutdecaying, or nonexistent, infra-structure.
“We don’t see the reason whythe City wants to make rich peoplemore rich,” said CDWP PresidentMarco Neira. “We pay taxes everyyear and the conditions they keepus in are a shame on the City.”
Reach Reporter Ross Barkanat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 [email protected].
ational and economic benefits toour community that cannot be ig-nored, but it is still very much in thedevelopment process which I amhappy to be a large part of,” Moyasaid. “It is far too early to come outagainst a project that has not hadthe opportunity to present publicly.I have been working hard and ar-ranging meetings between commu-nity groups and Major League Soc-cer to discuss the proposal, and Ifeel confident that in the end,through open dialogue, that therewill be compromise.”
Moving forward, residents ex-pressed their plans to possibly seeklandmark status for the park anddemanded tha t Mayo r M ikeBloomberg address their com-plaints.
“I want to hear Mayor Bloombergtalking about how he’ll increasefunding and support for the park—not how he’ll give it away,” Westleysaid.
Reach Repor te r MeganMontalvo at (718) 357-7400 Ext.128 o r mmonta l [email protected]
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On Oct. 1, more than 200 residents packed theCommunity Church in Jackson Heights to pro-test against proposed FMCP developments.
Proponents and detractors lined up in Corona to of fer theiropinions of the proposed Willets Point development.
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By ROSS BARKANThe Queens Republican Party,
more divided than ever after anugly State Senate primary, may havea new leader sooner rather thanlater.
Party Chair Phil Ragusa, whobacked Juan Reyes in a failed pri-mary challenge against CouncilmanEric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), is reach-ing a “tipping point” for some GOPinsiders, according to one opera-tive. Ragusa, Republican chair since2007, survived an attempted coupfrom former Councilman TomOgnibene last year, but his hold onthe party could be in jeopardy afterUlrich, an ally of Ognibene’s and afavorite of State Senate Republi-cans, trounced Reyes in a divisiveprimary that left some Queens Re-publ icans wonder ing whetherRagusa had taken a personal feudtoo far.
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-MiddleVillage), left without a district torun for after new Congressionallines were drawn this year, ex-pressed interest to the New YorkPost last week about leading theRepublican Party in the future.Turner, like Ognibene and Ulrich,is from the southern half of Queens
Ragusa Out, Turner In At Queens GOP?and Ragusa is based in thenorth, but Turner’s upsetvictory over AssemblymanDavid Weprin (D-LittleNeck) in a special electionlast year lent him wide-r each ing c r ed i b i l i t yamong New York Repub-licans.
Turner did not re-spond to requests for com-ment as of press time,though the GOP opera-tive who engineered hisCongressional victory,Bill O’Reilly, said if Turnerwere “truly interested, thatshould be seriously discussed.”
One Queens GOP operative whospoke on the condition of anonym-ity said Turner would be a unifyingforce for the Republican Party andthat Ragusa’s time in power may becoming to an end.
“Turner has the gravitas thatcomes with being in Congress andhe’s an independent guy who hasshown the ability to work with allkinds of people,” the operative said.“Juan Reyes was a tipping point fora lot of people. Not only was it a sillyendeavor from the start, but it wasdone in such a way, offensively and
very heavy-handedly, that it upset alot of people.
“When you add the fact that itwas against a guy like Ulrich, whoeverybody except for hardcoreRagusa-[Vincent] Tabone loyalistsagree is a shining star in the partyand a real good chance to win theseat…it went from being petty in-fighting to really cannibalizing theparty,” the operative added.
With Senate Republicans fun-neling tens of thousands of dollarsinto Ulrich’s campaign, the youngcouncilman crushed Reyes, a For-est Hills attorney, by 40 points. The
Reyes campaign drew con-demnation from Republi-cans, including formerMayor Rudy Giuliani, formai l ings that at tackedUlrich for once dining withCouncilman Jimmy VanBramer (D-Sunnys ide ) ,who is openly gay. The mailsought to galvanize socialconservatives in the 15thSenate District but onlyadded to the bad pressReye s was r e ce i v i ng .Ulrich is challenging StateSen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and is only
a slight underdog in the race, ac-cording to political observers.
Local Republican Party machin-ery failed Reyes, an indicator thatRagusa’s grip on the party is weak-ening, said longtime political op-erative James McClelland, nowchief of staff for Councilman PeterKoo (D-Flushing).
“In a primary, you’d think acandidate that has county backinghas the formidable backing,”McClelland said. “They’re the onesthat are supposed to rally districtleaders and already have mecha-nisms on the ground.”
Ragusa did not respond to re-quests for comment but VincentTabone, Queens Republican Partyexecutive vice chairman, affirmedthat Ragusa still had the support ofthe party.
“Chairman Ragusa indicatedhe’s running for re-election and iswilling to sit down with Bob Turnerin the future to help build the partyand br ing peop le toge ther , ”Tabone said.
I f Ulr ich defeats Addabbo,McClelland said Ragusa’s oustercould be a “fait accompli.” Aslong as Ragusa has the support ofhis executive committee and dis-trict leaders, however, removinghim from power wil l be a chal-lenge for his opponents. He is upfor reelection next year. Whenasked about Ragusa’s prospects,Ulrich was much more guardedabout the possibility of a success-ful coup.
“I’ve stated before and I’ll stateit again, we need change in thecounty leadership,” Ulrich said. “Mymain focus right now is winningthis Senate seat.”
Reach Reporter Ross Barkanat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 [email protected].
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner’s upset victory last year mayhave propelled him to be the frontrunner for thehead of the Queens Republican Party.
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By JOE MARVILLISt. Mary’s Hospital opened its
new Patient Pavilion on Sept. 27,amids t a ra l l y by 1199SEIUHealthcare Workers East.
Having recently filed an UnfairLabor Charge against St. Mary’s,nurses and care workers picketedthe hospital from 4 to 5:30 p.m.From there, they moved to a nearbyrally around 6 p.m., before finish-ing the evening with a candlelightvigil and prayer at 7:15 p.m.
Meanwhile, inside the new build-ing, 500 attendees were greeted bythe new Pavilion’s lobby and treatedto an opening ceremony featuringmusical performances, speeches andsome words from the children ofSt. Mary’s.
Master of Ceremonies RosannaScotto, the anchor for Fox 5 News,welcomed the children to their newhome. The 97 patients were allsmiles as they walked in to resound-ing applause and were serenadedby These Three Tenors performing“You Raise Me Up.” The music wasfollowed by invocations from Dea-con Michael Maroutsis, Rabbi MeirFeldman and Dr. Hafiz Rehman.
Leah Weinberg, whose brotheris a patient at St. Mary’s, spoke atlength about his positive experi-
Pavilion Opens Amidst Union Rally
ence at the hospital, say-ing “I see it as a placethat heals not only thebody, but caters to theneeds of the soul as well via themeans of kindness and friendship.”
After her words, the guests weretreated to another musical perfor-
mance, this time by the Jill GioiaTrio. Featuring Billy Joel saxophoneplayer Richie Cannata, the groupwent through “Empire State of
Mind (Part II) Broken Down” byAlicia Keys and “New York Stateof Mind” by Billy Joel.
St. Mary’s President JeffreyFrerichs was momentarily over-whelmed by the ceremony, tearingup in front of the crowd beforesaying, “The work of St. Mary’s isall about creating unlimited possi-bilities for children.”
The most emotional moment ofthe service came when two of thehospital’s current patients came
up to speak. One of thech i l d r en , D im i t r i u s ,said, “Thank you fromthe bo t t om o f ou rhearts.”
“ W e w e r e o v e r -w h e l m e d w i t h t h eoutpouring of supportat the grand opening ofSt. Mary’s new PatientPavi l ion,” said Lesl ieJ o h n s o n a b o u t t h eo p e n i n g c e r e m o n y .“Our focus, and that ofour community of sup-porters, r ight ly fel l onthe new Patient Pavi l -
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Other features include a thera-peutic playground, a Children’s Ac-tivity Center, quiet play areas oneach floor and the expansive BurtonGrebin Rehab Center, named afterthe hospital’s previous CEO whopassed away in Jan. 2010. Thewhole building is both wired andwireless, containing room for newtechnology and integrated commu-nications.
Although the new building was85 percent financed by a bond deal,the nurses union wished some ofthe money could have gone to abetter deal for them.
“A new building is great butthe staff is underpaid,” said unionrepresentative Steve Kramer. “Badbenefits and no real pension allproduce high nurse turnover andhurts the kids who need a constantin their l ives.”
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Union nurses andcare workers pick-e ted outs ide S t .Mary’s during thePav i l ion open ing ,chanting for a faircontract.
St. Mary’s new Patient Pavilion held its openingceremony on Sept. 27, featuring musical perfor-mances and several speeches.
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The people of Queens have spoken, and now it is time forour elected officials to take notice. Residents have spokenout against the proposals for stadiums at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park at several meetings in recent weeks. It is clearthe proposals are not popular ones.
Yes, a Major League Soccer stadium could bring a newfocus on Queens. And yes, the expansion of the USTA’sBillie Jean King Tennis Center could greatly enhance theannual U.S. Open experience. Taken one at a time, theremay not be any opposition to the proposals.
The problem arises when these proposals stand side-by-side at the same time. It is clearly a case of too much all atonce, and the opponents of the proposals have a legitimategripe with the potential loss of park space in the Borough’smost prominent park.
As the opposition grows, it is time for our electedofficials to step in and fix this issue. Instead of focusing onpushing through both new stadiums, look at what would bebest for the residents of Queens, including the ones whohave been vocally opposed to it.
It’s time to do the right thing for the people of Queens.
Keep It GreenTo The Editor:
In 1895 Frederick Law Olmsteadthe genius who created Central andProspect Parks in this city and otherfamous parks elsewhere said: “Thesurvival of our park system requiresthe exclusion from management ofreal estate dealers and politiciansand that the first duty of our parktrustees is to hand down from onegeneration to the next the treasureof scenery which the city placed intheir care.” The huge increase inour urban population and the tech-nological congestion in moderncities makes it clear Mr. Olmstead’sadmonition over 100 years ago iseven more pertinent today. Butwhen it comes to Flushing Mead-ows Corona Park, it not only fallson deaf ears, but upon a large groupof donkeys who masquerade aspublic officials, oblivious to the factthat even during the great depres-sion of the 1930s, public parklandwas considered sacred and invio-late, not for sale or barter.
Since the administration of thelate former Queens Boro PresidentDonald Manes through and up to ourcurrent Bloomberg administration,FMCP has been up for grabs by allsorts of fat cat real estate and specialinterests aided and complicit with socalled politicians who have not thevaguest understanding of what ur-ban parks are all about and that onceparkland a non renewable resource isgiven away, it is lost forever.
Residents of Queens and indeedof this city have every right to beconcerned and to protest the malfea-sance be ing in f l i c ted onFMCP.(Residents Protest Park Plans-Queens Tribune-Sept. 20-26). It willbe recalled Manes, who disgraced theoffice of Boro President facing crimi-nal charges, wanted to cut down overone hundred trees and build a GrandPrix race track around Meadow Lake,endorsed at the time by our currentQueens Boro President HelenMarshall, then a public official, as wellas others and wanted to turn the parkinto a Meadowlands sportsplex to benamed after himself. Since then the
USTA was given a significant pieceof the park upon its promise not toseek more parkland. That promisewas as worthless as a dead tennis ball,it sought and was given more landand currently seeks more as well asthe right to increase the size of itsstadiums, an environmental blight.Bloomberg’s ill advised Willets Pointplan will take some parkland andcause an egregious impact on thepark. On the horizon is the prospectof a private for profit soccer stadiumwithout hearing any expressions ofopposition from any public official. Itshould also be noted the Mets sta-dium when initially constructed, wason parkland. The billboards on itscurrent stadium for which it derivessubstantial income, is an environ-mental horror.
Donald Manes’ dream of asportsplex in lieu of a park may wellcome to pass, in which case it shouldbe named after him since the demiseof the park would be criminal andcompliment his abysmal term in of-fice. While the die has been cast, butsince not yet solidified, can anythingbe done to prevent this from happen-ing? The answer is “Yes.” The peopleof this city and in particular of Queens,must take Frederick Law Olmstead’sadmonition seriously. Flushing Mead-ows Corona Park must be removedfrom the city’s jurisdiction and turnedover to a professionally trained parkadministrator supported with taxdollars and with the specific obliga-tion to exclude all politicians, realestate and special interests from anysay in management of the park.
Residents of Queens wake up ifyou want to save Flushing MeadowsCorona Park for yourself and gen-erations to come, and insist any per-son seeking public office must sup-port the above or not receive yourvote.
Benjamin M. Haber,Flushing
Mitt Tanks AgainTo The Editor:
If you’ve been following the presi-dential campaigns, you’ve witnessedthe classic hoof-in-mouth diseasefrom the Republican presidentialpick, Mitt Romney, on several is-sues, both here and abroad. Seems
like the more Mitt talks, the more heburies himself. Why? Because, Mittcan’t stop being who he is.
Mitt’s the classic rich kid; the boyof privilege who went to privateprep school, Harvard, and movedthrough a life of the haves and richsocialites. He’s never had to work asecond job, or go to night school toget an education, nor has he had towork to pay the rent. His familynever ate pasta a couple nights aweek because it was a cheap meal,and money was tight. He marriedinto the same crusty culture. He’sthe male Leona Helmsley, the Queenof Mean, who said “only the littlepeople pay taxes.” Maybe Mitt isn’tso mean, but the way he looks at oursociety is in the same callous vein.He sees the job creators, and thepoor schmucks who aren’t good orsmart enough to have their owncompany, so they need a job as ahandout. And, he hides his moneyout of the country so he doesn’t haveto pay taxes like the little people.
He’s a cold plutocrat who smilesnow and then. It takes a stone-coldperson to close companies, fire hun-dreds of people, take their pensions,make millions for yourself, and sleepat night like he did at Bain. PaulRyan, his running mate, says ourcountry is made up of “makers andtakers”. Same mindset. Given achance, they would have their Bainway with the country by gutting anysocial program they viewed as ahandout such as Social Security,Medicare, Medicaid, food stampsand many others. They would undoall of the social progress this countryhas made over the last 75 years, andthen some.
Mitt used the long-used Republi-can talking point that 47 percent ofthe people don’t pay income taxes ata private wealthy fund raiser lastspring as he talked to an audience ofother 1-percenters. A hidden re-cording of that speech made na-tional news and the statement finallygot the debunking it deserved.
Just the sound of it makes youthink that 47 percent of the peopleare tax cheats, government depen-dent, or low-lifes. Of that group, 28percent pay payroll tax, 10 percentare elderly on low incomes, and 7percent are those making less than
$20,000 annual ly , l ike manyWalmart employees. Now, he’s indamage control trying to explainaway what he really meant that hemeant that he meant rather thanwhat he said. Oops.
Look for other faux-pas to come.Now, Mitt says he’s going to spendmore time talking to everydayAmericans. The next few weeksshould be classic Mitt. Give him themike, let him talk.
Tyler Cassell,Flushing
Nation In DeclineTo The Editor:
Did you hear that as the Demo-cratic Party national conventionnominated President Obama for asecond term, our national debt nowexceeds $16 trillion dollars! Don’tforget that local, town, city, countyand state debt combined adds up toanother two trillion dollars! It istime for the government to destroyits own credit cards.
Let’s return to limited govern-ment accompanied by a minimalamount of confiscatory taxation tosupport only essential services alongwith Pay as Go budgeting; meanstesting for all government assistanceprograms; no member item porkbarrel spending; sunset provisionsfor agencies and programs who havecompleted their missions, balancedbudgets; actual surpluses and downpayments to reduce long term debt.
Democrats and Republicans havemorphed into one Washington in-side-the-Beltway party dedicated tostaying in power regardless of thecost to taxpayers. Their philosophyis to increase spending above therate of inflation. Liberals won’t sayno to social welfare programs. Con-servatives love any defense spend-ing. Both support farmers and cor-porate welfare subsidies.
How ironic that after winning theCold War against the Evil Empire ofCommunism, it may be mismanage-ment of our economy that results ina decline of our standard of living. Itmay also end our reign as the worldssuper power as we become the worldsuper debtor nation.
Larry Penner,Great Neck
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Council Speakers: When Will They Ever Learn?By MICHAEL SCHENKLER
Okay, my outrage is just be-ginning.
It is a long path until nextyear’s election – we’re not eventhrough this one. But when Citymoney is used to bolster the can-didacy of one Mayoral hopeful, Iget angry.
As I sat down to write thiscolumn at a little after 2 p.m. thispast Sunday, the TV was on chan-
nel 2 (CBS) and my mother-in-lawwas watching “Food, Faith & Cul-ture,” an interesting show on thediversit y of New York – w ithQueens-specific scenes — high-l ight ing the role of food inSikhism, Is lam and Judaism.Yummy.
The Giants weren’t on untilnighttime and the Jets could waituntil the second half.
The show, the Queens scenesand the food held my interest un-til around 2:20 p.m. when a “Di-versity” commercial was aired.“Hello, this is Council SpeakerChristine Quinn” or something likethat said the recognizable voice ofthe council boss and Mayoralwanabe. It was a 30-second, multi-cultural lovefest with terrible pro-duction values – as bad as you eversee on network television. But themessage of “Love Love” and “Hate
Hate” is of course a seller in ourgreat city. At the end of the pain-fully bad commercial with a solidlygood message, was the City’s logo(NYC) taking ownership for thespot.
The Speaker of the City Coun-cil was elected by one district outof 51 in the city. She represents1/51 of our population. She is notour public spokesperson, the Mayoris. She is not to be lavished withpromotional funds to spread hername around our city. She shouldnot be the beneficiary of taxpayerfunds or City-owned property toelevate her image as she preparesto run for Mayor. Not on our backs,Chris.
Eleven years ago, Queens’Peter Vallone Sr., then Speaker ofthe Council, showed up at my of-fice as a Mayoral candidate withmore than a half a dozen city staff-
ers – besides a driver. I challengedthe use of City resources on a cam-paign stop. Vallone asserted hisright. I opposed him. The peoplerejected his candidacy – he finishedthird in a field of four and did notmake the run-off.
Mike Bloomberg ultimatelybeat Mark Green who beatFernando Ferrer in a runoff – howquickly we forget.
In 2005, four years later, thestor y was somewhat the same.Then Counci l Speaker, GiffordMiller, had used the council mail-ing budget to put his name and facein the mailboxes of almost theentire city. He caught it from meand many others in the press. Thepeople agreed and Giff finished apoor fourth in a field of 4 (Ferrer,Weiner, Fields, Miller). In the Gen-eral Election, Bloomberg beatFerrer again.
Now, we have the th irdSpeaker in a row running forMayor. She too apparently thinksit’s okay to use City resources totry to get elected. There is st il lplenty of time for her to recognizeshe was wrong in using Citymoney to put her name and voiceon a TV commercial. She canapologize, reimburse the city andpledge to only use campaign fundsoutside of her district.
In a competent field whichincludes former Comptroller BillThompson, Public Advocate, BillDiBlasio, Comptroller John Liu,Manhat tan Beep Scot t Stringerand newspaper publisher TomAllon, we have lots of choices.
Anyone using City funds tofurther their campaign deservesyour disdain.
They have [email protected]
The Trib needs a new cartoonist!Email submissions to [email protected].
By HENRY STERNThe issue of ethics
reform in Albany hasbounced around for sev-eral years. Everyone issupposed to favor it, butsomehow it never hap-pens.
The controversycaught fire in 2006when the Brennan Cen-ter for Justice, affiliated with NewYork University School of Law,was said to have concluded thatNew York State had the most dys-functional legislature in the coun-try.
Although it cannot be statedwith cer tainty that New YorkState’s legislature is the worst ofthe 50, and there may be severalrivals for that title who are evenmore deficient in particular areas,it is generally known that NewYork is close to the bottom, whichis a pathetic location for the Em-pire State, whose motto is excel-sior.
Our governance is unsatisfac-tory in areas that go beyond thepersonal corruption of public offi-cials. There is an institutionalstandoff in the bicameral legisla-ture. The gerrymandered housesare dominated by their leaders, whomake decisions on issues which areimportant to them. Individual leg-islators are forced to toe the partyline, under threat of budgetary re-
prisals and political isola-tion.
“Reform” proposals aremade periodically and goodgovernment groups oftenrate legislators on their re-sponse s to these init ia-tives. Some measures willsometimes pass one houseor another, but the trackrecord on laws approved by
both houses and signed by the gov-ernor is meager. The polit icianshave found a way to appear tosupport reform without risking anyprivileges and prerogatives thatthey might lose if reforms were tobe enacted. Legislators, who gen-erally behave like other people, notmuch better and not worse, can-not be relied upon to voluntarilylimit their own authority. Rattlingthe bars of their cages in Albany isunlikely to induce any leopards tochange their spots, or any lions tolie down with lambs.
In a political universe, the wayto achieve change is to electpeople who are committed to it,and to watch them like hawks tosee that they do not retrogress orsubmit to the rule of the powerbrokers who have run the store fordecades.
An attempt at such oversightoccurred in 2011 as a result ofGovernor Cuomo’s stated desire toturn around state government. TheJoint Commission on Public Eth-
ics was established through thePublic Integrity Reform Act of2011. The commission has the au-thority to oversee and investigatethe legislative and executivebranches along with lobbying en-tities in matters of ethics and dis-closure. Many consider the rulesgoverning its decision making pro-cess to be overly inhibitive, due tothe nearly unanimous voting re-quirements for launching an inves-tigation. After its first meeting re-garding a matter of investigation,The Governor mentioned the pos-sibility of creating another panelin order to make sure that thescope of the probe was appropri-ately broad.
It will take coalitions of like-minded individuals and organiza-tions to change Albany’s ways. Itwill take years, and there will bedisappointments and defeats alongthe way. Individuals you havehelped elect may turn out to beunstable, ineffective or malleable.
Nonethele ss, the strugglemust continue. If we give up, thepublic sector may deteriorate fur-ther due to a lack of citizen par-ticipation and oversight. We livein a competitive world, with othernations, states and provinces vy-ing for our assets and resources.
We are not accusing peopleof evil designs, although that lo-cution applies to a few. The prob-lem is that the current course of
Reform An Elusive Goal, Can Legislature Cure Itself?self-serving conduct is accepting asituation that is unsustainable. Thesooner New York recognizes this,the easier it will be to changecourse.
Governor Cuomo is the keyplayer here. What he does in thenext two years will impact boththe future of the state and his ownprospects for advancement. Hiselect ion and h is first twent ymonths have given us hope, but
the disappointments we sufferedunder his predecessors make ourreading of the future guarded. Howlong will the governor stick to hisprofessed ideals? And what willhappen if he feels compelled toyield on one point or on many?And what will be the effect of nextyear’s mayoral election on the city-state dynamic? Sadly, time is notour friend.
Henry Stern
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Co-tan Family LLC. Arts. ofOrg. filed with Secy. of Stateof NY (SSNY) on 11/24/10.Office in Queens County.SSNY designated agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process toCorporation Service Com-pany, 80 State St., Albany,NY 12207-2543. Purpose:General .___________________________________219-25 LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with Secy. of State ofNY (SSNY) on 7/9/12. Officein Queens County. SSNYdesignated agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail process to 102-10 Met-ropol i tan Ave Suite 200,Forest Hills, NY 11375. Pur-pose: General.___________________________________Notice of Formation of C LReal Estate Group, LLC. Ar-ticles of Organization withthe Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 08/07/2012.Office located in QueensCounty, SSNY has been des-ignated for service of pro-cess. SSNY shall mail copy ofany process served againstCL Real Estate Group, LLC.,144-11 Sanford Ave., STE 3J,Flushing, NY 11355. Pur-pose: any lawful purpose.___________________________________Real Estate for Long LLC, Arts.of Org. filed with SSNY on08/28/12. Office Location:Queens County, SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC uponwhom process against it maybe served. SSNY shall mail acopy of process to: The LLC,63-60 102nd St., #E-12, RegoPark, NY 11374. Purpose: toengage in any lawful act.___________________________________PROBATE CITATION File No.2011-4485 SURROGATE’SCOURT- QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God free andIndependent TO JohnSibbert, Brian McNamara,Vivienne Breault, the PublicAdministrator of the Countyof Queens and to the heirs atlaw, next o f k in , anddistributees of Bernard D.Walsh, deceased, if living,and if any of them be dead totheir heirs at law, next of kin,distributees, legatees, execu-tors, administrators, assign-ees and successors in inter-est whose names are un-known and cannot be ascer-tained after due diligence. Apetition having been dulyfiled by Lawrence L. D’Amato,who is domiciled at 209-3326 th Avenue , Apt . 2H,Bayside, NY 11360 YOU AREHEREBY CITED TO SHOWCAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, New York, on Octo-ber 25 2012, at 9:30 o’clockin the forenoon of that day,why a decree should not bemade in the estate of BernardD. Walsh lately domiciled at249-15 Rushmore Terrace,Little Neck, NY 11362 admit-ting to probate a Will datedSeptember 14, 2010, a copyof which is attached as theWill of Bernard D. Walsh de-ceased, relating to real andpersonal property, and di-recting that [x] Letters Testa-mentary issue to: LawrenceL. D’Amato (State any fur-ther relief requested) Dated,Attested and Sealed SEP 062012 (Seal) HON. Peter J.Kelly Surrogate MARGARETM. GRIBBON Chief ClerkLawrence L. D’Amato Attor-ney for Petitioner 718 423-3000 telephone Number 42-40 Bell Boulevard, Suite 301,Bayside, NY 11361 Addressof Attorney [NOTE: This cita-tion is served upon you arerequired by law. You are notrequired to appear. If youfail to appear it will be as-sumed you do not object tothe rel ief requested. Youhave a right to have an attor-ney appear for you.]___________________________________SUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK –COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX# 3841/11 FILED: 2/2/2012SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSAND NOTICE Plaintiff desig-nates Queens County as theplace of trial. Venue is basedupon the County in whichthe mortgage premise is situ-ated. U.S. BANK NATIONALASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE, FOR THE REGIS-TERED HOLDERS OF THEABFC 2007-WMC1 TRUSTASSET BACKED FUNDINGCORPORATION ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SE-RIES 2007-WMC1, Plaintiffagainst CARMEN RIVERA,VASESH ARJOON,RAMNARINE RAMLAL ANDHIS RESPECTIVE HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT OF KIN,D I S T R I B U T E E S ,EXECTUORS, ADMINISTRA-TORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES,LEGATEES , ASSIGNEES ,LIENORS, CREDITORS ANDSUCCESSORS IN INTERESTAND GENERALLY AL PER-SONS, HAVING OR CLAIM-ING UNDER, BY ORTHROUGH SAID DEFEN-DANT WHO MAY BE DE-CEASED, BY PURCHASE, IN-HERITANCE, LIENOR OTH-ERWISE, ANY RIGHT, TITLEOR INTEREST IN AND TOTHE PREMISES DESCRIBEDIN THE COMPLAINTHEREIN; NEW YORK CITYPARKING VIOLATIONS BU-REAU, CAPTIAL ONE BANKUSA, N.A. IN INTEREST TOCAPITAL ONE BANK, CRIMI-
NAL COURT OF THE CITYOF NEW YORK, BENEFICIALNEW YORK INC., EMPIREPORTFOLIOS INC., CON-DOR CAPITAL CORPORA-TION, QUEENS SUPREMECOURT, CREDIT GROWTHAND INCOME FUND, LLC.,WORLD WIDE ASSET PUR-CHASING, LLC S/I/T TOPROVIDIAN BANK,SLOMINS, INC., YELLOWBOOK ON NEW YORK LP,ENVIRONMENTAL CON-TROL BOARD, UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA, NEWYORK STATE DEPARTMENTOF TAXATION AND F I -NANCE, and “JOHN DOE#1,” through “JOHN DOE#12,” the last twelve namesbe ing f i c t i t i ous and un -known to plaintiff, the per-sons or part ies intendedbeing the tenants, occupants,persons or corporations, ifany, having or claiming aninterest in or lien upon thepremises being foreclosedhere in , Defendant ( s ) TOTHE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: NOTICE YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME IF YOU DONOT RESPOND TO THISSUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT BY SERVING A COPYOF THE ANSWER ON THEATTORNEYS FOR THEMORTGAGE COMPANYWHO FILED THIS FORECLO-SURE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU AND FILINGTHE ANSWER WITH THECOURT, A DEFAULT JUDG-MENT MAY BE ENTEREDAND YOU CAN LOSE YOURHOME. SPEAK TO AN AT-TORNEY OR GO TO THECOURT WHERE YOU CASEIS PENDING FOR FURTHERINFORMATION ON HOWTO ANSWER THE SUM-MONS AND PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY. SEND-ING A PAYMENT TO YOURMORTGAGE COMPANYWILL NOT STOP THIS FORE-CLOSURE ACTION. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT . YOU AREHEREBY SUMMONED to an-swer the complaint in thisaction and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the com-plaint is not serviced withthis summons, to serve anotice of appearance on thePlaintiff’s attorney within 20days after the service of thissummons, exclusive of theday of service (or within 30days after the service is com-plete if this summons is notpersonally delivered to youwithin the State of NewYork); The United States ofAmerica, if designated as a
LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE
Defendant in this action, mayappear within (60) days ofservice thereof and in caseof your failure to appear oranswer, judgment wil l betaken against you by defaultfor the relief demanded inthe complaint. NOTICE OFNATURE OF ACTION ANDRELIEF SOUGHT: THE OB-JECT of the above captionedaction is to foreclose on amor tgage which was re -co rded in Document2007000299818 in the of-fice of the Clerk of the Countyof Queens where the prop-erty is located on June 11,2007. Said mortgage wasthen ass igned by writ tenagreement therefore to U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THEREGISTERED HOLDERS OFTHE ABFC 2007 -WMC1TRUST ASSET BACKEDFUNDING CORPORATIONASSET BACKED CERTIF I -CATES, SERIES 2007-WMC1by assignment of mortgagedated April 30, 2010, cover-ing premises known as 3107-04 Waltham Street, Jamaica,NY 11435 (Section: 2323Block: 275 Lot: 15). The re-lief sought in the within ac-tion is a final judgment di-recting the sale of the pre-mises described above tosatisfy the debt describedabove. To the above namedDefendants: The foregoingsummons is served upon youby publication pursuant toan order of the Hon. VALERIEBRATHWAITE NELSON, aJustice of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York,dated August 13, 2012 andfiled on August 21, 2012along with the supportingpapers in the office of theC le rk o f the County o fQueens. This is an action toforeclose on a mortgage. ALLthat certain plot, piece orparcel of land, with the build-i ngs and improvement sthereon erected, situate, ly-ing and being in the Bor-ough and County of Queensand State of New York. SEC-TION: 2323 BLOCK: 275LOT: 15 said premises knownas 3107-04 Waltham Street,Jamaica, NY 11435. YOU AREHEREBY PUT ON NOTICETHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT ANDANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FORTHAT PURPOSE. By reasonof the default in the paymentof the monthly installment ofp r inc ipa l and in te res t ,among other things, as here-inafter set forth, Plaintiff, theholder and owner of theaforementioned note andmortgage, or their agentshave elected and herebyaccelerate the mortgage anddeclare the entire mortgage
indebtedness immediatelydue and payable. The follow-ing amounts are now dueand owing on said mortgage,no part of any of which hasbeen paid although duly de-manded: Ent i re pr inc ipa lBalance in the amount of$584,519.52 to be immedi-ately due and payable underthe mortgage herein fore-closed, plus interest at therate calculated in accordancewith the provisions of thenote f rom December 1 ,2007, together with unpaidlate charges in the amount of$225.06 that have accruedprior to this action, togetherwith reasonable legal feespursuant to the mortgage,for a total of $733,421.03due and payable, with inter-est as stated above.. UNLESSYOU DISPUTE THE VALID-ITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANYPORTION THEREOF ,WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYSAFTER YOUR RECE IPTHEREOF THAT THE DEBT,OR ANY PORTIONTHEREOF, IS DISPUTED,THE DEBTOR JUDGMENTAGAINST YOU AND A COPYOF SUCH VERIFICATIONOR JUDGMENT WILL BEMAILED TO YOU BY THEHEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR.IF APPL ICABLE , UPONYOUR WRITTEN REQUEST,WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30)DAY PERIOD, THE HEREINDEBT COLLECTOR WILLPROVIDE YOU WITH THENAME AND ADDRESS OFTHE ORIGINAL CREDITOR.IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED ADISCHARGE FROM THEUNITED STATES BANK-RUPTCY COURT, YOU ARENOT PERSONALLY LIABLEFOR THE UNDERLYING IN-DEBTEDNESS OWED TOPLAINTIFF/CREDITOR ANDTHIS NOTICE/DISCLOSUREIS FOR COMPLIANCE ANDINFORMATIONAL PUR-POSES ONLY. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE New York Staterequires that we send youthis notice about the foreclo-sure process. Please read itcarefully. SUMMONS ANDCOMPLAINT You are in dan-ger of losing your home. Ifyou fail to respond to thesummons and complaint inthis foreclosure action, youmay lose your home. Pleaseread the summons and com-plaint carefully. You shouldimmediately contact an at-torney or your local legal aidoffice to obtain advice onhow to protect yourse l f .SOURCES OF INFORMA-TION AND ASSISTANCE TheState encourages you to be-come informed about youroptions in foreclosure. Inaddition to seeking assis-tance from an attorney or
legal aid, there are govern-ment agencies , and non-profit organizations that youmay contact for informationabout possible options, in-cluding trying to work withyour lender during this pro-cess. To locate an entitynear you, you may call thetoll-free helpline maintainedby New York state BankingDepartment at 1-877-Bank-NYS o r v i s i t t heDepar tment ’ s webs i te a twww.bank ing . s t a te .ny .u sFORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home.There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requiresanyone offering such ser-vices for profit to enter intoa contract which fully de-scribes the services they willperform and fees they willcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you unti l they havecompleted all such promisedservices. Section 1303 NO-TICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving the copy of the an-swer on the attorney for themortgage company who filedthis foreclosure proceedingagainst you and filing theanswer with the court, adefault judgment may be en-tered and you may lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court whereyour case is pending for fur-ther information on how toanswer the summons andprotect your property. Send-ing a payment to your mort-gage company will not stopthis foreclosure action. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING AN ANSWER WITH THECOURT. Leopold & Associ-ates, PLLC, 80 Business ParkDrive, Suite 301, Armonk,NY 10504___________________________________
GRAND FULTON PROP-ERTY LLC Articles of Org.filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)7/19/12. Office in QueensCo. SSNY design. Agent ofLLC upon whom process maybe served. SSNY shall mailcopy of process to The LLCP.O. Box 610009 Bayside,NY 11361. Purpose: Any law-ful activity.
By JOE MARVILLIQueens College’s Rosenthal Li-
brary is nearing the end of its firstmajor renovation in its 24-year life-time.
Having started the project inJanuary 2012, the library made sig-nificant improvements to its ser-vices on both levels two and three.The $2.6 million worth of fundsused for the work was allocated sixyears ago by Borough PresidentHelen Marshall.
The library recently opened themain entrance to level three again,displaying the new layout of theinformation area. The circulationdesk has been rearranged, givingstudents easier access to both the
self-checkout machine and libraryassistants.
The Charles J. TanenbaumRoom was also added, providingstudents and professors with a high-tech seminar space. It was privatelyfunded by Charles and SzilviaTanenbaum. Charles, who passedaway in 2009, was a rare bookcollector and his wife got her Li-brary of Science Degree fromQueens College.
“All these renovations really helpimprove our public services,” saidChief Librarian Robert Shaddy.
The computer lab on level twohas also undergone a few largeupgrades. Much of the funding wentto upgrading connectivity and im-
proving the air conditioning.Kiosks will be inserted to levels
three and two, although theyhaven’t been mounted. All installa-tions and touch-ups will be com-pleted by late October or earlyNovember.
Now that the renovation is al-most complete, the administrationwill look to the future and decidewhat to do with a subsequent $4.2million grant given by Marshall acouple years ago. It will likely gotowards public services.
“To encourage collaboration;that’s probably best,” said Shaddy.
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilliat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or [email protected].
Library RenovationNears Completion
By MEGAN MONTALVOAt a time when the country faces
a looming doctor shortage, medi-cal schools have responded by ex-panding enrollment numbers in aneffort to combat the Statewidepopulation increase.
However, despite this expan-sion, some fear not enough work isbeing done to address an impend-ing lapse in the healthcare system.
Seeking to create a boost in thenumber of available physicians, U.S.Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights)announced the introduction of theResident Physician Shortage Reduc-tion Act of 2012 on Sept. 28.
If passed, the legislation wouldexpand the current cap on the num-ber of Medicare-supported train-ing slots for doctors by helping toensure teaching hospitals can meetthe growing demands for physi-cians.
“We face a cruel irony: retiringbaby boomers and the newly-in-sured, now covered through theAffordable Care Act, will be access-ing our health care system in greaternumbers, but we won’t have nearlyenough doctors on-the-ready todeliver the health care servicesthey’ll need,” Crowley said. “A
Crowley Addresses Doctor Shortagedoctor shortage is something wejust can’t ignore.”
According to the Association ofAmerican Medical Colleges, theU.S. is expected to face a shortageof 45,000 primary care physiciansin addition to 46,000 surgeons andmedical specialists by the year 2020.
Under the proposed legislation,the number of Medicare-supportedhospital residency positions wouldincrease by 3,000 slots per yearover five years, bringing the totalnumber of slots available to ap-proximately 102,000.
The increase would give Statehospitals the ability to train about500 new doctors while placing anemphasis on expanding residencyslots in primary care and other spe-cialties necessary to meet the needsof a growing population.
Reinforcing the need for addedsupport, members from the Asso-ciation of American Medical Col-leges, Greater New York HospitalAssociation and the HealthcareAssociation of New York State havespoken out in favor of the Crowley’sannouncement.
“This bil l wil l help ensure thatteaching hospitals across the coun-try can train a robust, desperately
needed physician workforce thatwil l deliver high-quality patientcare for decades to come,” saidGreater New York Hospital Asso-ciation President Kenneth Raske.
“We are extremely grateful to Rep-resentative Crowley for introduc-ing this important legislation, andfor recognizing that America’slooming physician shortage must
be addressed right now.”Reach Repor te r Megan
Montalvo at (718) 357-7400 Ext.128 o r mmonta l [email protected]
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By NATALIA KOZIKOWSKASecurity workers at John F.
Kennedy International Airport for-mally filed a complaint with theTransportation Security Adminis-tration (TSA) last Thursday, alleg-ing that post-flight security inspec-tions are often rushed, potentiallycausing dangerous situations to fly-ers and residents. The complaintwas signed by 30 of the 120 work-ers employed by JFK’s securitycontractor, Global Elite Group.
Once a plane lands and the allthe food crumbs, candy wrappersand empty bottles are thrown away,airport security agents are federallymandated to conduct a thoroughsearch of every cabin for items leftbehind by passengers. These secu-rity agents are also required to openevery overhead bin and back-seatpocket one by one to ensure thatany weapons, explosives or drugsthat may have been left behind areremoved before the plane takes offfor its next flight.
But last week, various reportsemerged, stating that securityworkers at JFK are told to cutcorners to avoid delaying fl ightsand revealed that their employeesare undertrained and often un-d e r - e q u i p p e d w i t h
Leaders Urge PA To Tighten Securitynonfunctioning metal detectors.
This is not the first time a JFKAirport security contractor hasbeen called into question.
In August, a TSA complaint wasfiled against JFK Airport securitycontractor Air Serv, a companynamed one of the worst employersin New York City by United NY. ANew York University study deter-mined their airport workers makea median of $8 per hour, with mostearning minimum wage, despitehaving more than $400 million inrevenue in 2010.
In an effort to urge the PortAuthority to tighten its security, 21local politicians, leaders and clergy-man of Southeast Queens have sentand signed a letter to the Port Au-thority executive director, PatrickFoye, voicing their concerns.
“Airline security contractorswho either do nothing to correct,or that even encourage shoddy se-curity practices are doing us all adisservice and make our airportand our community less safe,” theletter read. “These airplanes fly overour homes, cargo and passengerscoming to and from the airportdrive through our streets, and manyof the workers employed by theseand other companies at the airport
live in our community.”Councilman James Sanders (D-
Laurelton) is adamant that the inad-equate safety measures taken at JFK,one of the world’s busiest airports,could potentially lead to disaster, asechoed in the Sept. 11 terroristattacks.
“Any time that we place the valueof making more money overpeople’s lives, you are going to finda situation that is inherently un-safe,” he said. “Nowhere in Ameri-can history has this taught us to bemore careful than with the after-math of 9-11. The world is not asafe place – there are those that arelooking to harm America and look-ing for us to drop our guard, andthis can not happen at JFK.”
Camille Rivera, executive direc-t o r o f Un i t edNY, s econdedRichards’ concern that low wagesand few benefits are only exasperat-ing the poor security measurestaken at JFK.
“Subs tandard t ra in ing andwages not only jeopardizes the safetyof our city – it jeopardizes the safetyof our country,” she said. “I don’tthink that they have the right train-ing or the right wages they need forthe right support to get the jobdone. If you pay better wages and
Antiviolence Rally:
On Oct. 1, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) or-ganized a rally against gun violence at Queensbridge Housesin front of the Jacob Riis Settlement House. Sparked by arecent shooting, the rally welcomed attendance from resi-dents, community leaders and local officials.
increase training there is less turn-over and more consistency. It cre-ates a better work environment foreveryone.”
Representatives from the PortAuthority were scheduled to attenda meeting to address these con-cerns at The Eastern Queens Vil-
lage Alliance, Inc. on Oct. 4.The Port Authority did not re-
turn requests for comment beforepress time.
Reach Repor te r Nata l i aKozikowska at (718) 357-7400,Ext. 123, or email [email protected].
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Queens This Week
Glen Oaks VillageCurbs In Disrepair
While Glen Oaks Village hasgrown and changed in its past 65years of existence, the community'scurbs have never been replaced orrepaired.
Since 1999, the co-op's presi-dent, Bob Friedrich, has sent lettersto both politicians and City agen-cies in an attempt to get the side-walks of the community fixed. Thearea's 10,000 residents are stillwaiting, with no sign of mainte-nance in the near future.
"We've gotten absolutely zeroresponse," said Friedrich. "The curbsituation here is creating trippinghazards for residents, especially theseniors."
There are virtually no blocks inthe Village where the sidewalk iswhole. In most sections, entire seg-ments are missing, making bothparking and walking difficult forcitizens. The lack of curbs is alsocreating a flooding problem. Ratherthan the stormwater being chan-neled down the streets, it makes itsway into the grassy section of thesidewalk and has started to erodethe ground near the street.
In some areas, the erosion hasgotten so bad that street signs arestarting to lean over due to thecompaction of soil.
"It seems to me that the Citywould be smart to simple fix theproblem," said Friedrich.
Friedrich sent his first letterabout the issue back in 1999 toCommunity Board 13, asking theBudget Committee to request fundsfor curbing. Four years later, hecontacted the Dept. of Transporta-tion, requesting a curb replacementprogram to be established for thecommunity. It also includes a prior-
ity list for repairs.He also sent a letter in 2006 to
David Weprin's (D-Little Neck) of-fice, which included a detailed re-port for budget allocation for therepairs. The total budget requestba sed on c i t y p r i c i ng was$1,284,393 at the time.
According to a representative forAssemblyman Weprin, who was a CityCouncilman at the time, the matter isbeing looked into and he will dowhatever he can to fix the problem.
Cur ren t Counc i lman MarkWeprin (D-Oakland Gardens) wroteto DOT Commissioner JanetteSadik-Khan on Sept. 10 of thisyear about the issue, attaching aletter from Friedrich as well as thephotos he took of the erosion.
"We better get [a response] soon.It's literally decades long to get thesethings replaced," said Weprin "It isunfortunate the city is completebacklogged on them. It's not some-thing most people would want to dothemselves."
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilliat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or [email protected].
-Joe Marvilli
BraunsteinSponsors Contest
Assemb lyman EdwardBraunstein (D-Bayside) has an-nounced his sponsorship of a Hal-loween Essay and Drawing Contest.
Students f rom grades twothrough five can participate in theholiday proceedings with either awritten story or a piece of artwork.Any type of creativity is welcome,but there is one rule contestantsmust abide by - the entries have tobe Halloween-themed.
The contest is open to any chil-
Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich points out the ero-sion caused by the lack of curbing.
dren in Queens, with district-wideprizes to be given out for the bestact of creativity. Barnes and Noblegift cards will be awarded to win-ners in each grade.
Contestants who don't win thegrand prize won't walk away empty-handed though. New York StateCertificates of Merit will be given toall students who participate in thecompetition.
"Every year my staff and I per-sonally read the hundreds of sub-missions we receive from studentsth roughou t Queens , " s a i dBraunstein. "We are always im-pressed with the extremely artisticand creative entries."
If you are interested in partici-pating, please print your name,grade, class and school on yourentry and submit your essay to As-semblyman Braunstein's districtoffice at 213-33 39th Ave, Suite238 in Bayside or by email [email protected] Thursday, Nov. 1.
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilliat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or [email protected].
-Joe Marvilli
ResidentsFrustrated AfterFlooding Meeting
Noah would feel right at homein Forest Hills.
Over the past two months, heavyrains have led to flooded homes andbusinesses throughout Forest Hills,angering residents. A town hallmeeting hosted by the Dept. of En-vironmental Protection and Coun-cilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-For-est Hills) left attendees and the Coun-cilwoman even more exasperated.DEP representatives told residentsat the Forest Hills Jewish Center onSept. 27 that barring a drastic andvery expensive revamp of the Queenssewer system, there is little that canbe done to prevent the flooding thatoccurred during three rain stormsin August and September.
"The town hall was very frustrat-ing, DEP said there was nothingthey can do," said Koslowitz in afo l low-up in te rv iew wi th theQueens Tribune. "What's under-ground is inadequate, not only forForest Hills, but Rego Park too."
The town hall came as a result ofcomplaints bombarding DEP andKoslowitz's office about three rainstorms on Aug. 1, Aug. 15 andSept. 8 that overburdened the localsewer system. Austin Street floodedon Aug. 15. One resident com-plained that his toilet overflowed,spewing feces, while an employeeof Sephora on Austin Street saidher store had flooded twice.
DEP Assistant Commissioners
Ed Coleman and Mark Lanaghanexplained that the Forest Hills sewersystem was built to handle only 1.5inches of rainfall an hour, a ratelower than the 1.75 inches that otherCity sewer systems can process.
"Sewage was backing up intopeople's houses, it was a terriblescene," said Forest Hills JewishCenter President Joe Fox.
Residents called on DEP to morefrequently clean catch basins. Theygrew angrier as Coleman andLanaghan tried to explain the intri-cacies of City sewer systems withoutproviding the answers they wanted.Koslowitz said she would look intolonger term solutions, such seekingFederal Emergency ManagementAgency funds, since DEP concededthat little could be immediately doneto prevent flooding from occurringin Forest Hills again.
Lanaghan explained that thesewer systems of New York City aretoo interconnected to improve sepa-rately. One piece of the system can-not simply be altered, he said, wherepieces are not built to the designstandard they should be.
"If the design capacity is exceeded,it will flood," Lanaghan said. "There isno one thing you can do to ensureflooding will never occur again."
Reach Reporter Ross Barkanat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127 [email protected].
-Ross Barkan
Flushing DoctorIndicted For ODDeaths
A Flushing-born doctor arrestedin Baldwin in June was indictedthis past Friday with causing theoxycodone overdose deaths of twopatients.
According to a federal indictmentunsealed in U.S. District Court inCentral Islip, Dr. William Conway wascharged for his supposed role in thedeaths of Giovanni Manzella, 34, ofLong Beach, and Christopher Basmas,29, of Hicksville in 2011. Conwaywas the only doctor supplying the twoindividuals in the months before theirdeaths. Conway is also charged ineight additional counts with the distri-bution of the controlled substanceshydrocodone and alprazolam.
Manzella died on April 23, lessthan two days after Conway gavehim two prescriptions for 450 pills.Basmas died on Oct. 27, two daysafter receiving a prescription fromthe doctor for 180 pills.
Once Basmas died, Conway "al-legedly attempted to alter variouspatient files, and continued to issueprescriptions for oxycodone andother controlled substances, insome instances, in the names ofindividuals he had never treated or
even met," said a statement by re-leased by the U.S. attorney's office.
The statement also mentionedtha t pa t i en t s who ob t a i nedoxycodone prescript ions fromConway received only a routineexamination. Conway issued 5,554oxycodone prescriptions, addingup to a total of more than 780,000pills, between January 2009 andNovember 2011, according to therecords of the New York StateBureau of Narcotics Enforcement.
"Sworn to do no harm, Conwayallegedly turned his back on his pa-tients' real needs and turned insteadto the pursuit of easy money," statedU.S. Attorney Lynch. "This Office,with its state and federal law enforce-ment partners, will continue to attackthis menace which has risen to epi-demic proportions in our nation andin our communities."
Conway's arrest was part of alarge-scale crackdown by authori-ties that led to 98 arrests on June 6.The crackdown came after the 2011Medford Pharmacy kil l ings, inwhich prescription pill-addictedDavid Laffer shot four people incold blood. Laffer pleaded guiltyand is serving life without parole.
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilliat (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, or [email protected].
-Joe Marvilli
Pols Honor FormerCommunity Leader
On Sept. 30, Councilman JimmyVan Bramer (D-Sunnyside) honoredthe life and accomplishments of thelate Martin Trainor by co-namingthe intersection of Roosevelt Av-enue and 58th Street in Woodside,"Martin M. Trainor Way."
In addition to Trainor's family,Assemblywoman Marge Markey (D-Maspeth) and U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley(D-Jackson Heights) joined VanBramer for the dedication.
Trainor was the co-founder ofWoodside on the Move and theformer president of CommunityBoard 2, the local Knights of Colum-bus as well as St. Sebastian's Church.
In commemoration of Trainor'scivic work, CB2 Chairman JosephConley championed Van Bramer'sefforts to rename the street.
"Martin Trainor did a lot to helpresidents of the Woodside commu-nity, especially with housing is-sues," Conley said. "His vision forthe neighborhood and spirit ofvolunteerism was truly inspira-tional. He was really just an allaround great guy."
Reach Repor te r MeganMontalvo at (718) 357-7400 Ext.128 or [email protected]
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By JOE MARVILLIWhen it comes to technology, Queens is on the rise
partially thanks to the efforts of the Coalition forQueens, a not-for-profit dedicated to creating a techentrepreneurial ecosystem.
The Coalition was founded in 2011 during the Ap-plied Sciences NYC initiative. It uses education, advo-cacy and partnerships to both increase awarenessabout the tech. industryin the borough as wellas outline job opportu-nities in the field.
Since it started, thecompany has gainedsupport from manyprominent Queens offi-cials, such as BoroughPresident HelenMarshal l , Congress-man Gary Ackerman(D–Bayside) and State Sen. Jose Peralta (D–EastElmhurst). The Coalition and City Council SpeakerChristine Quinn launched Queens Tech Education, aprogram meant to improve access to first-rate techeducation. The classes began this past September inLong Island City. Courses will be listed in the SkillshareSchool of C4Q.
The company also holds monthly Queens TechMeetups in the City, where tech enthusiasts talk aboutimproving the region through participation, communi-cation and experimentation. Since the first meeting inJune 2012, the amount of attendees has grown past700. The conferences usually feature a prominent guestspeaker as well as a couple of tech companies. Pastspeakers include Virgin Mobile USA founder AmolSarva, reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and OKFocus,a Long Island City-based digital agency.
The next Queens Tech Meetup will take place onOctober 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 25-25 44th Dr., LIC.It costs $10 to attend.
“These events are a great way for people to learnabout the innovations in tech, find partners to collabo-
rate and work on newprojects and also re-ceive feedback from thecommunity to improvetheir products,” saidfounder Jukay Hsu. “Wehope that holding theseevents and gett ingpeople involved wi l ldemonstrate the interestand demand for QueensTech.”
Hsu’s interest in boththe tech industry andcommunity progress be-gan during his time as a
volunteer and later, as Chairman of the American RedCross Queens Chapter Youth Group. The Bayside/Flushing native studied economic growth at HarvardUniversity.
He got a chance to put his development ideas intoplay when he served as a U.S. Army officer in Iraq. Hehelped to rebuild and produce governance initiativesfor two districts in the country.
Co-founder David Yang also brings a sense ofQueens community pride and tech knowledge to thecompany. The Rego Park citizen holds a Bachelor’sDegree in Architecture from Cornell University and aMaster’s Degree of Architecture from Yale University.
Yang worked for three years in the New York branchof Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, designing skyscrap-ers and large city projects. He was also a designer onthe winning team at NYC Startup Weekend EDU.
“We hope thatholding theseevents and gettingpeople involvedwill demonstratethe interest anddemand forQueens Tech.”
–Jukay Hsu
Given the Coalition’s success, Hsu’s experienceand the Cornell-Technion campus being built onRoosevelt Island, it looks like there is a chance forQueens to eventually join Silicon Valley as a new techhotspot.
“The tech industry is particularly beneficial becauseof its potential to empower people and communities,”said Hsu. “We hope that more people will get involved
to support our efforts and to grow Queens and NewYork’s economy.”
If you’d like to donate to Coalition for Queens, youcan do so through Paypal by visi t ingwww.coalitionforqueens.org/donate/ or by mailing onein to 42-65 Kissena Blvd. #223, Flushing.
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext.125, or at [email protected].
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Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale has announced that construction hasbegun for the expansion of The Sanctuary, New York City’s only above-ground Jewish Community Mausoleum. “This is a memorable time in thehistory of the cemetery,” Jay L. Iver, president of the cemetery, said. “Whilewe also continue to provide a variety of traditional burial options, we also cannow provide individuals and families who seek an above-ground option inyear-round climate control comfort.” Pictured at a ground-breaking for theconstruction expansion of The Sanctuary (from left) are cemetery boardmember Rabbi A. Allen Block, Ivler, board member Allan A. Komitee and ToddA. Fishler of McCleskey Construction Company.
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102nd PrecinctACCIDENT DOA: On Sept. 25 at ap-
proximately 6 a.m., police responded to a911 call of a person struck by a vehicle onQueens Boulevard, at the intersection ofHoover Avenue. Upon arrival, police deter-mined that an unknown vehicletraveling on Queens Boulevardstruck a 38-year-old Hispanicmale bicyclist, who was also trav-eling on Queens Boulevard. EMSresponded and transported thebicyclist to Jamaica hospital,where he was later pronounceddead. The investigation is ongo-ing.
103rd PrecinctATTEMPTED RAPE: The
NYPD is asking the public’s as-sistance in locating an individualwanted in connection to an at-tempted rape that occurred onSept. 27 at approximately 1:20 a.m.
The father of the victim, a 3-year-oldBlack female, discovered the suspect in hisdaughter’s bedroom and removed him fromthe location. The victim was transported toJamaica Hospital in stable condition for evalu-ation.
The suspect is described as an Hispanicmale, 25 to 35-years-old, 5-foot-7 and wear-ing a grey shirt and black jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to callCrime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).The public can also submit their tips bylogging onto Crime Stoppers’ website atnypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting theirtips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: OnSept. 30 at approximately 11:30 p.m., policeresponded to a motor vehicle accident in-volving a pedestrian at 147-13 Jamaica Ave.Upon arrival, officers discovered a 60-year-old female, identified as Mary Gater of Ja-maica, unconscious and unresponsive. EMSalso responded and removed the victim toJamaica Hospital, where she was pronounceddead on arrival.
Further investigation revealeda silver 2006 Chrysler 300 se-dan, operated by an 85-year-oldAsian male, was traveling east-bound on Jamaica Avenue, justeast of Sutphin Boulevard, whenhe lost control of the vehicle,drove onto the sidewalk, andstruck the pedestrian, who wasstanding in front of the location.The operator of the vehicle re-mained on the scene. There is nocriminality suspected and theinvestigation is ongoing.
106th PrecinctROBBERY: The NYPD is
asking the public’s assistance inidentifying a suspect wanted fora gunpoint robbery. On Sept.
16 at approximately 4 a.m. in the parkinggarage of Resorts World NYC Casino, thesuspect approached an 18-year-old male anda 19-year-old male, displayed a firearm anddemanded property. The suspect then emp-tied the victims’ pockets obtaining cash and
fled on foot in an unknown direc-tion. The victims were not in-jured.
The suspect is described as aBlack male, 20 to 28 years old, 6-foot, last seen wearing a whitesweater with a blue and orangediamond pattern, blue jeans,white sneakers with black shoelaces and a black Phoenix Sunscap.
Anyone with information isasked to call Crime Stoppers at(800) 577-TIPS (8477). The pub-lic can also submit their tips bylogging onto Crime Stoppers’webs i t e a t
nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting theirtips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
114th PrecinctASSAULT ARREST: NYPD has arrested
Day Bryant, 37, of Manhattan, on charges ofsecond-degree criminal possession of aweapon and reckless endangerment.
Bryant was arrested in connection to anincident at the Queensbridge Houses wherea 15-year-old girl was shot in the hand throughher window.
Queens Distr ict AttorneyIDENTITY THEFT: Queens DA Richard
Brown announced that a South Ozone Parkman who allegedly held himself out to be aHarvard graduate with plans to open a medi-cal facility has been charged with eight countsof first-degree identity theft and other chargesfor allegedly stealing the identities of six doc-tors and two others in a ruse in which heclaimed to be interviewing for positions at thefacility and seeking investors to finance it.
The defendant is identified as Delloyd“Tom” Hill, 50, of South Ozone Park. He
was arraigned on Sept. 27 on acriminal complaint charging himwith second-degree grand lar-ceny, second-degree forgery,first-degree identity theft andfirst-degree scheme to defraud.The defendant faces up to 15years in prison if convicted andwas ordered to be held withoutbail and to return to court onOct. 16. The defendant is alsobeing held on a fugitive warrantstemming from a criminal casepending against him in NewportNews, Va.
Th i s suspec t i swanted in connec-tion to a gunpointrobbery.
Th i s suspec t i swanted in connec-t ion to an a t -tempted rape.
By MEGAN MONTALVOFor several decades, shore-
lines throughout Queens havebeen a premier destination tolive, work and play.
From the plethora of muse-ums lining the shores in LongIsland City to the wildlife refugeat Jamaica Bay, the local water-fronts have served as a draw forresidents and tourists alike.
Though the waterfronts haveexper ienced l i t t le changethrough the years, the City isnow on the cusp of completingseveral new developments thatwill forever alter the face of theborough’s harbors.
2020 VisionIn March 2011, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg unveiled acomprehensive plan for theCity’s waterways.
The plan, known as Vision2020, detailed a blueprint to re-connect more New Yorkers andvisitors to the water as part ofan ongoing effort to reclaim theCity’s standing as the top-rank-ing waterfront city in the world.
In addition to being the firstCitywide plan for the waterfront innearly two decades, Vision 2020also marked the first-ever com-prehensive plan for the waterwaysthemselves as it aims to transformthe 520 miles of shoreline.
Suppor ted by Counci lSpeaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan), the plan’s Water-front Vision and EnhancementStrategy seeks to complete athree-year action agenda com-prised of 130 funded projects,including the development ofmore than 50 acres of new wa-terfront parks, creation of 14new waterfront esplanades andintroduction of new commuterferry service.
“The greatness of New YorkCity grew directly from our con-nection to our water,” Quinnsaid. “But at some point in ourhistory, we both literally andfiguratively turned our back onthe waterfront. Now we’ve madea decision to more fully embracethe waterfront, in a way that’sboth thoughtful and strategic.”
The string of projects in-cludes renovations to Astoria,Long Island City, Whitestone,Jamaica and the Rockaways.
Once completed, theBloomberg administration antici-pates the 130 action agendaprojects will create 13,000 con-
struction jobs and at least 3,400permanent maritime and indus-trial jobs.
“New York City has moremiles of waterfront than Seattle,San Francisco, Chicago, andPortland combined – but for de-cades, too many neighborhoodshave been blocked off from it,”Bloomberg said during the un-veiling. “Our waterfront andwaterways – what we are call-ing New York City’s sixth bor-ough – are invaluable assets,and when our work is complete,New York City will again beknown as one of the world’s pre-mier waterfront cities.”
Within the f i rst year ofWAVES, the City completed 34initiatives and another 71 initia-t ives are on schedule forcompletion. Completed projectswithin Queens include theplacement of combined seweroverflow storage facilities in Al-ley Creek and Flushing and fea-sibility testing for the cleanup ofNewtown Creek in Astoria.
East Meets WestAs the City worked towards
the beautification of the shore-lines, a string of investors con-currently began placing bids forvacant waterfront propertiesthroughout Queens, most ofwhich encompassed the west-ern region of the borough.
One of the most significantprojects included the redevelop-ment of Hunters Point South on a30-acre parcel of land along theEast River in Long Island City.
As part of Bloomberg’s $7.5billion New Housing Market-place Plan, up to 5,000 housingunits are expected to be devel-oped on the site, 60 percent ofwhich wi l l be affordable tomiddle income families.
According to the City Eco-nomic Development Corp., thecompleted project will feature 11acres of landscaped waterfrontparkland, new retail shops, com-munity facility space and a new1,100-seat intermediate/highschool.
In 2011, the first phase of con-struction began. Bound by theEast River, 50th Avenue, 2ndStreet and Borden Avenue,Phase 1 primarily includes anongoing infrastructure installationof storm sewers, water mains,curbs, roadways and sidewalks.
Projected to open in fal l2013, the locale’s 5-acre park
will showcase a playground,basketball court, dog run, traintrack rail garden and large ovalthat will serve as a place for ac-tive recreation as well as pas-sive uses.
As construction at HuntersPoint South gained momentum,plans for the redevelopment ofHallets Point in Astoria wereannounced.
Proposed by the Lincoln Eq-uities Group, a New Jersey-based real estate company, the$1 billion development projectwould add a water taxi stop aswell as a new park, supermar-ket and 2,300 residential unitsto 300,000 square-feet of landalong the East River.
While some residents and lo-cal officials have voiced con-cerns about increased trafficcongestion and potential blockedviews of Manhattan’s skyline,others like Lisa Gneo of Z Hotelin LIC have said the string ofdevelopments could potentiallybring business to the area.
As an LIC resident and direc-tor of sales at the hotel, Gneosaid she understands the impactthe developments will have onboth levels.
“Any time there is develop-ment in the area, it helps bringmore global awareness andmore business,” Gneo said. “Ithink it’s going to be great forLong Island City families as well.It will be great to have moreparks, shops and other ameni-ties in our area.”
In June, the project gainedsupport from the State Legisla-ture, which passed a bill that maymake it easier to rezone the area
by transferring the ownership ofthe land from the State ParksDept. to the New York City Hous-ing Authority. If the rezoning isapproved by the City Council,Lincoln Equities could breakground as soon as late 2013.
Two months after Hallets Pointgained a boost from the State,Alma Realty announced theywere in talks with the City to de-velop 1,800 units of housingacross four towers and a prom-enade with shops, restaurants, asupermarket and open space onan 8.5-acre parcel on 26th Av-enue. The Long Island City firmplans to file official applicationsfor the project, named AstoriaCove, by the end of the year.
This project joins another po-tential four-acre site across thestreet, which recently hit themarket in August. Avison Young,a Toronto-based commercial realestate brokerage, is marketingthe parcel, located at 3-15 26thAve. in Astoria, for $80 million.
While the project is still in itsearly stages, the space couldpotentially be built up to 800,000square-feet. Currently, the landis occupied by a lumber com-pany and a movie studio directlyadjacent to Whitey Ford Field.
Despite the overwhelmingpublic appeal each of the west-ern projects have garnered,State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) cautions developers toallow the community to give in-put before proceeding with anyfurther plans.
“The continued growth ofwestern Queens is good news forthe future of our local economy,”Gianaris said. “With all these new
developments, however, it is criti-cal this growth be responsible byensuring our infrastructure keepspace with the strains that will beplaced on it. These projectsshould only proceed after thecommunity has the opportunityto lend its input on necessary im-provements.”
Whitestone WaterfrontAside from the trio of projects
proposed for the western regionof Queens, the newest develop-ment for waterfront property inWhitestone is also in the works.
After a 10-month wait on themarket, investors with BaroneManagement have recently paida deposit on a 13-acre property,located at 151-45 6th Road.
As the firm began the pro-cess of working with the bank tofinalize the acquisition, whichwould allow it to move forwardwith plans to develop 52 single-family luxury homes, State Sen.Tony Avella (D-Bayside) askedthe State Dept. of Environmen-tal Conservation to test for soilcontamination at the site.
“After receiving concernedcalls from the community aboutprior illegal dumping, I asked theDEC to conduct a remediationprogram,” Avella said. “I think thehousing units will fit in well withthe character of the community,but first we have to ensure thatthe soil is safe.”
For Devon O’Connor, head ofthe Welcome to WhitestoneCivic Association, the new reno-vations offer a dual perspective.
While the renovations couldbe beneficial for local busi-nesses and residents, O’Connorsaid the increase in neighborsmight also lead to school over-crowding.
“There are a lot of families inWhitestone who also own busi-nesses in the area,” O’Connorsaid. “My biggest concern is thatas younger families move in, wemight have a lack of room in theschools. But, at the same time,the new development could alsobe better for our family-ownedbusinesses, which would createa better sense of community.”
According to Barone Man-agement, plans for constructioncould begin as ear ly as themiddle of next year.
Reach Repor ter MeganMontalvo at (718) 357-7400 Ext.128 or [email protected]
An artist’s rendering of a completed Hunters Point South. Thelocale’s 5-acre park is projected to open in the fall of 2013.
New Visions For Queens Waterfronts
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The beauty of a buffet, as anygood American knows, is choice.Walk into a great buffet, like NewGrand Buffet in Long Island City,and you are presented with awide array of food op-tions never dreamed ofbe fo r e . Tha t i s t heAmerican way.
Some buffets fail be-cause they undercookfood or provide too fewoptions for experienceddiners to enjoy. Themini-pizza is stale, theribs are lukewarm andthe desser t is unexcit-ing. But New GrandBuffet, a Chinese food buffetwith many American offerings,falls prey to none of these prob-lems.
To star t off, we packed ourplates with as much food as phys-ics and decorum permits. Buffetsmean overeating, and good buf-fets mean overeating in style. Weloaded up on chicken teriyaki,white rice, broccoli, fried shrimpand miniature pizza. Buffets areall about pacing yourself and en-suring that when the race to glut-tony is finished, the stomach isnot destroyed beyond repair.
Among the delectablehighlights were the baked stuffedclams. Filled to the breadcrumb-covered brim, these lit tle treats
were filled with chicken, shrimpand vegetables. Bursting with avariety of flavors, the clams couldalmost make up a meal on theirown. But the seafood bonanzad idn ' t s top there . The f r i edshrimp were tasty bite-sized bitsthat never felt too fried or tooundercooked. Every piece wasjust right.
Let's say you've had your fill offried food, or even cooked foodfor that matter. New Grand Buf-fet has got you covered there as
well. A mouth-wateringdisplay of sushi wasavailable for the pick-ing, including fan fa-vorites like Californiarolls and shrimp andrice. While sushi is usu-ally a nice snack, wewere free to pile on asmuch as we'd like, try-ing the many differenttypes they had to offer.
Ju s t when wethought we couldn't handle anymore of the entrees, we discov-ered the dessert table. The cakes,cookies and pastries were al lscrumptiously sweet. We finishedthe meal off with some soft-serveice cream we poured ourselvesinto mini-cones.
Given its shor t distance fromnot one, but two shopping cen-ters, New Grand Buffet is an ex-cellent pick for any shoppers whowant to grab a satisfyingly fillinglunch or dinner. Even if you arenot shopping in the area, youmight just want to head over andsee what delicious options awaityou.
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By MEGAN MONTALVOFor the past two years, Queens
World Film Festival has been the pre-mier event for movie lovers to watchand submit motion picture art.
Created by co-directors Donand Katha Cato, QWFF al lowscinephiles to catch new and emerg-ing artists across several local ven-ues throughout the Borough.
For the upcoming roll out inMarch 2013, the husband and wifeteam hopes to surpass their previoussuccess both in the number of sub-missions and audience attendance.
Film Festival Readies For New Year"Last year, we had an over-
whelming outpouring of suppor tfrom the community," Katha Catosaid. "This year, we are hoping tohave 5,000 people in at tendance."
Beginning at the Museum ofMoving Image, located at 36-0135th Ave. in Astoria, the 2013 fes-tival will feature films for the cat-egories of animation, documen-tary, narrative and LGBT.
Last year's schedule spannedfour days and combined screen-i ng s a t t h e h i s t o r i c J a ck sonHeights Cinema and Renaissance
Char ter School.To showcase the 2012 award-
winners, the Catos organized arooftop screening of three eventfilms on Sept. 27 at Z Hotel inLong Island City.
"It's so excit ing to see every-one come ou t in suppor t o fQueens Wor ld F i lm Fest iva l , "Katha Cato said. "We are goingon three years now, and we'reproud to say we're st i l l goingstrong."
The screening showcased astop-motion flick by local film-maker Elliot Lobell entitled "An-drew: Story of a Closet Monster,"the short narrat ive "Easy Street,"a commentary on racism by RussellGreene and the 2012 QWFF win-ner for best female and male ac-tor, "Queen" by Adam Rose, astory of a drag queen strugglingto balance his fame and social life.
Though QWFF is sti l l in itsearly years, the Catos have beenlong-t ime suppor ters of fi lm andknow how to bring top-notch qual-ity to the local circuit.
Don Cato is an experimental
and feature filmmaker with a strongacademic background. His filmshave screened at an internationaland eclectic group of venues andfestivals, including the NationalAcademy of Television Arts and Sci-ences, Cannes and Lincoln Center.He currently teaches at the NewYork Digital Fi lm Academy.
After earning her BA from Cali-fornia Poly technic Universit y inPomona and an MFA in Improvisa-tional Theatre from the Universityof Oregon, Katha Cato moved toNew York with her theater com-pany Forplay Improvised Theatreand pioneered the ImprovisationalHerald format into the mainstreamcomedy scene.
"I'm all the noise and he's thequiet art ist; that's why we makesuch a great team," Katha Cato said."Organizing the events has been alot of work, but thankfully we havesuch a great team of volunteers. Atthe end of the day, there is nothinglike seeing people watching thefilms and smiling."
The Catos are currently accept-ing submissions for QWFF 2013.
Ar t ists from Queens and abroadare welcome to submit entries. Formore i n fo rma t i on , v i s i tqueensworldfilmfestival.com.
Reach Reporter MeganMontalvo at (718) 357-7400 Ext. 128or [email protected]
By BARBARA ARNSTEINWhen you see printers creating
3D items, robots doing all kindsof things and a suit for dancersgenerating sounds and sights, thenyou know the annual Maker Faireis back at the New York Hall ofScience in Flushing. The event,known as the "Greatest Show (andTell) on Earth," held this year overthe weekend of Sept. 29-30,brought together scientists, engi-neers and ar t ist s a nd offeredcountless hands-on activities, ac-robats per forming aerial acts, ahuge version of the game "Mouse-trap," and much more. It celebratesrobots and recycling, ingenuityand innovation, creativity and cooltechnology, and to honor it, MayorBloomberg proclaimed the weekof Sept . 24-30 to be "MakerWeek."
At the Young Makers pavi lion,students from New York City'sMOUSE Corps presented projectsto help the visually-impaired, in-cluding a wristband to help usersdiscreetly locate items on a plate.Visitors thumb-wrestled, using le-
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vers to control the thumbs of giantred and blue hands. Kids pedaled afloating bike in a kiddy pool, con-trolled underwater toys and racedchild-sized vehicles. Adults rodemechanical bulls and mastered anintricate tabletop maze. Parents andchildren alike admired models ofthe Eiffel Tower, Yankee Stadium,the Taj Mahal and other famousstructures made from toothpicks,and interacted with "the Wizard ofFun," a colorful robot head that
made facial expressions. Mu-sicians played with a choirof electronic singing faces,and riders scooted along inlit tle cars shaped like cup-cakes and rode bikes withbig but ter f ly wings.
One of many stage pre-sentations, "Art and Scienceand Making Things," fea-tured bestselling author andentrepreneur Seth Godin;another, "Going Big: FromMaker Movement to New In-dus t r ia l Revo lu t ion, " in -cluded Chris Anderson of"WIRED" and Bre Pettus of
MakerBot. One of the most popu-lar at tractions, the 3D printer, cancreate any design in three-dimen-sional form, by forming the itemlayer by layer, a technique per fectfor creating prototypes of inven-tions, household necessities, figu-rines and so on.
The New York Hal l of Scienceis located at 47-01 111th St. inQueens. For more information, call( 718 ) 699 -0005 o r go towww.nysci.org.
A recreation of Yankee Stadium,made with toothpicks, was one of thethings you could find at the thirdannual Maker Faire.
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Restaurant Week Kicks Off At Borough HallBy STEVEN J. FERRARI &
MEGAN MONTALVOThe rain star ted not long be-
fore the noon kick-off for Restau-rant Week on the steps of BoroughHall Tuesday, but the drizzle didnot dampen the spirits of those inattendance.
Organizers quickly moved tablesout of the rain so the nine restau-rants on hand couldset up their waresfor the interestedparticipants. Beforethe tables opened forbusiness, people be-gan spying what wasavailable and decid-i ng wha t t heywanted to try.
The lunch event previewed justa taste of the offerings for QueensRestaurant Week, which runs fromOct. 8-11 and Oct. 15-18 at morethan 125 restaurants throughoutthe Borough. Par ticipating restau-rants will offer a three-course prixfixe meal for just $25.
“This eight-day campaign is themost del icious bargain in NewYork City, because the prices areso reasonable and the food is sogood,” Seth Bornstein, executivedirector of the Queens Economic
Development Corp., said of theevent. “There truly is something forevery taste bud.”
Du r i ng Tue sday ’s k i ck -o f fevent, Borough President HelenMarshall said the inspiration for theQueens Restaurant Week camefrom hearing about a similar eventin Manhattan. She noted that muchlike the the wide variety of people
l i v ing in the Bor -ough, the wide vari-ety of food availablewould make Queensthe perfect place tohost a similar event.
“When you cometo Queens, not onlycan you see theworld, but you can
taste the wonderful foods that camefrom those countries,” Marshall said.
Alan Kaufman, president andCEO of Melrose Credit Union, oneof the event’s co-sponsors, calledQueens Restaurant Week a win-win.
“It is good for local businesses,good for consumers and a per fectmatch for Melrose’s mission, whichis to help local residents and busi-ness owners enjoy financial benefitsfor provident purposes as they pur-sue their American Dreams,” he
said. “Plus, I can’t wait to exploresome of the Borough’s great res-taurants.”
When it began nine years ago,the event only spanned one week.Its popularity has led Queens Res-taurant Week to take over twoweekends now. Marshal l , who
called the event one of the mostpopular in Queens, said that itcould grow even bigger.
“Who knows, maybe one day inthe future, we’l l be celebratingQueens Restaurant Month,” shesaid.
Once the brief speeches were
done in front of Borough Hall, par-ticipants got to enjoy a preview ofQueens Restaurant Week, withtasty treats from nine local restau-rants, including:
El Coyote Restaurant – Withtwo locations, in Connecticut and
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Restaurant Week Kicks Off At Borough HallJackson Heights, El Coyote is fa-mous for serving fresh guacamoleprepared r igh t a t your tab le .Prompt serv ice and a fami ly -friendly atmosphere offers Mexicangourmet your way as patronschoose their choice beef, chickenand seafood entrees . S izz l ingfajitas and sangrias are sure to meltworries away. El Coyote is locatedat 80-18 Nor thern Blvd. in Jack-son Heights.
Austin Steak & Ale House –
At Austin’s, the food nourishesmore than diners’ stomachs. Since1992, Austin’s trendy pub-styledcomfor t food along with a fine se-lection of drinks has been knownto fuel meaningful social interac-tions amongst locals. Located at82-70 Austin St. in Kew Gardens,Austin’s boasts ample bar seating,a welcoming dining room and en-ticing American cuisine.
Bourbon Street Cafe – TheBig Easy may reign supreme whenit comes to Cajun cuisine, but that
does not mean you have to leavethe borough to get the good eats.At 40-12 Bell Blvd. in Bayside,Bourbon Street cooks up all theCajun classics in true French Quar-ters fashion. From the chicken andshr imp jamba laya to sea foodgumbo and the spicy Cajun sam-pler, Bourbon Street has every-thing that will appeal to even thepoorest of Po’ Boys.
London Lennies – Humblebeginnings has transformed Lon-don Lennies from a former fish-n’-chips shop to the premier seafoodrestaurant in Queens. Since 1959,this Rego Park restaurant has be-come notorious for the best infresh, local seafood selected dailyat the world-famous Fulton FishMarke t . Loca t ed a t 63 -88Woodhaven B l vd . , LondonLennies hosts the area’s finest rawbar comparable to the ones justacross the pond.
Panorama of My Silence-Heart First – Situated along astrip of laundromats, delis and gro-cery stores, this unassuming veg-etarian cafe resides at 84-73 Par-sons Blvd. in Jamaica. Inspired bySri Chinmoy, a spiritual teacherand humanitarian, Panorama offersunique dishes like veggie pies and
the 3 Napkin Burger made out ofsoy. Best of all, a zen like atmo-sphere gives cafe-goers a delight-ful sense of calm just before theyhead back into the concrete jungle.
Uncle Peter’s Restaurant –Restaurant Week would simply notbe complete if it were not for theinclusion of Italian cuisine. Thank-ful ly, Uncle Peter’s will feature theirhomemade pastas and hearty en-trees during the week-long celebra-tion. A warm atmosphere and up-
scale ambiance have earned thisrestaurant’s title as the go-to spotfor a delicious meal in Queens.Uncle Peter’s is located at 83-15Nor thern Blvd. in Jackson Heights.
The restaurants featured in thekick-off do not even represent onepercent of the more than 125 res-taurants taking part in Queens Res-taurant Week. For information anda ful l list of par ticipants – whichthe QEDC says is growing by theday – visit www.itsinqueens.com.
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El Coyote offered flautitas, empanadas and rice during theQueens Restaurant Week kick-off event.
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GARDENING CLUBSaturdays he lp with ourvegetable and shade gardenat the Steinway library at 4.COMPOSTINGMondays through Novem-ber at the Steinway library6-7:30.
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SENIOR FITNESSThrough November 2 ten-nis, yoga, fitness walking atAstoria Park, CunninghamPark, Flushing Meadows andRoy Wilkins Park. Call 760-6999 for times and activities.DUPLICATE BRIDGEMondays Lunch, lesson andcongen ia l p l ay. P r ide o fJudea. 423-6200.STAY WELLMondays at the Central libraryat 10 and Wednesdays at 10:15at the East Elmhurst library.AARP 4158Tuesday, October 9 enter-ta inment . Nor th F lush ingchapter AARP at noon at theChurch on the Hill, 167-0735th Avenue, Flushing.BASIC COMPUTERTuesday, October 9 SouthOzone Park library at 10.CAREGIVERSTuesdays Caregivers Sup-por t g roup a t 3 :30 -4 :30Selfhelp Clearview SeniorCenter, 208-11 26th Avenue,Bayside. 631-1886.ELDER LAWWednesday, Oc tober 106:30-7:00 at the SunnysideCommunity Service, 43-3139th Street, Sunnyside. Elderlaw, how to protect your as-sets and Medicaid eligibilit y.WORD
Wednesdays at 3 at theArverne library.GAME DAYWednesdays St. Albans li-brary at 4 and Howard Beachlibrary at 4.CHESSWednesdays at 3:30 QueensVillage library.PICTURE PERFECTThursday, October 11 UsingSocial Media for Slideshowsand DigitalVideos at 5 Pomonok library.ORIGAMI WORKSHOPThursdays, October 11, 18,25 Seaside library at 5:30.TEEN THURSDAYSThursdays Bay Terrace libraryat 3.CHESS CLUBThursdays intermediate levelat the East Flushing library at5. Sunnyside library at 5.BOOK BUDDIESFriday, Oc tober 12 at theFresh Meadows library at 4.CHESS CLUBFridays Auburndale library at3:30.ARTS & CRAFTSFridays Briarwood library at 4.GAME DAYFridays Woodhaven libraryat 4:30.STORYTELLING CONCERTSunday, October 14 at theCentral library at 1.
Wednesdays, Oc tober 10,17 Lefrak City library at 11.STARSWednesdays Senior TheatreAc t ing Reper to ry a t theHollis library at 11:15.BRIDGEWednesdays Reform Templeof Forest Hills. 261-2900.HORIZONS CLUBThursday, Oc tober 11“Tracing Your Family Tree”is the subject at the HorizonsClub, for those 55 and over,at 12:30 at Reform Templeof Forest Hills. $3 includescoffee and cake.AARP 29Thursday, Oc tober 11AARP 29 meets at noon atGrace House, 155-02 90th
Avenue, Jamaica.AARP DEFENSIVEFriday, Oc tober 12 at theMcGoldr ick and Cambr iaHe igh t s l i b rar y. Reg i s te r276-6790.STARSFridays Senior Theater Act-i ng Reper to ry a t theQueens Village library at 11.HOWARD BEACHFridays in October digitalcamera class. Sunday, Oc-tober 14 defensive driving.$17 AARP members , $19others. 156-45 84th Street.738-8100.P
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QUEENS LIBRARIESMany b ranches o f theQueensborough Library of-fer toddler and pre-schoolprograms and more. Contactlocal branches.FAMILY STORYTIMESaturdays, October 6, 20 atthe F lu sh ing l i b ra ry a t11:30.STORY BOOK LADYSaturdays 12:30-1:30 read-ing enrichment program for6-9 year olds at Maria RoseInternational Doll Museumin St. Albans. $7.50. 276-3454.SCIENCE LABSaturdays Central library at11.CHESS CLUBSaturdays Flushing libraryat 2.SHABBAT SCOUTSSundays Shomer ShabbatBoy Scout Troop 613 a tYoung I s rae l o f WindsorPark. 969-1571.BABY & MEMondays, Oc tober 8, 15,22, 29 at the Bayside libraryat 11.SEASIDE CRAFTMondays, Oc tober 8, 15,22, 29 at the Seaside library.Register .CRAFT KIDSMondays at the Flushing li-brary at 3.CRAFT TUESDAYSTuesdays, Oc tober 9, 30,November 6, 20, December4, 18 at the Forest Hills li-brary at 3:30.ORIGAMI POP-UPTuesday, October 9 at theSt. Albans library. Register.BOOST MATH DAYTuesdays, October 9, 23 :at the Central library at 4:30.PRE-SCHOOL CRAFTWednesday, October 10 atthe Windsor Park l ibrary.Register .PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIMEWednesdays, Oc tober 10,17 at the Maspeth library at12:30.FALL CRAFT/ACTIVITYWednesdays, Oc tober 10,17, 24, 31 at the East Flush-ing library Register.INTRO POWERPOINTWednesday, October 10 atthe Central l ibrary. Regis -ter .STORY TELLINGWednesday, Oc tober 10fo r H i span ic Her i t ageMonth at 3 at the Woodsidelibrary.CHESSWednesdays at 3:30 at theQueens Village library.TIMELESS TALESWednesdays at 10 at theCentral library.STORY TIMEWednesdays at the Seasidelibrary at 11.
GAME DAYWednesdays at the HowardBeach library at 4.CRAFTERNOONSWednesdays a t theRidgewood l ibrary. Regis -ter .PRESCHOOL TIMEThursday, October 11 atthe Bellerose library. Regis-ter .HISPANIC HERITAGEThursday, October 11 at 4a t the S te inway l ib rar y.S to ry te l l i ng fo r H i span icHeritage Month.FAMILY STORYTIMEThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the Bay Terrace libraryat 11:30.CAVE WRITINGThursdays, Oc tober 11, 18at the South Hollis library at4:30.PING PONG…Every Thursday ping pong,board games and coloring atthe Seaside library at 4.WHO TOOK CHEESE?Thur sdays , Oc tobe r 11 ,18, 25 8-12 year olds willr e a d “ W h o To o k m yCheese?” at the Central l i -brary at 4:30.ORIGAMI WORKSHOPThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the Seaside library at5:30.ARTS & CRAFTS CLUBThursdays at the Seaside li-brary. Register.STORY TIMEFriday, Oc tober 12 at theAstoria library at 3:45.INTRO TO SCRATCHFriday, Oc tober 12 at theCentral library. Register.EARTH STORIESFriday, October 12 at 4 atthe S te inway l i b rar y.Wednesday, October 24 at4 at the Astoria library. Fri-day, November 2 at 3 at theWoodside library. Earth Sto-ries from Long Ago.KIDS STORY TIMEFridays, October 12, 19 atthe Arverne library at 11.PRESCHOOL CRAFTSFridays, October 12, 19 atthe Sunnyside library. Reg-ister.HISPANIC HERITAGEFriday, October 12 at 4 atthe Langston Hughes library.S to ry te l l i ng fo r H i span icHeritage Month.BOOK BUDDIESFridays, October 12, 19, 26at the Fresh Meadows l i -brary at 4.READ TO MEFridays th is autumn forthose 3-7 at the Briarwoodlibrary at 3.KIDS ACTIVITIESFr idays :at 3 :30 a t theBriarwood library.GAME DAYFr idays a t 3 :30 a t the
Queens Village library.ARTS & CRAFTSFridays Briarwood library at4 . Eas t F lu sh ing Reg i s te r .Ozone Park at 4.GAME DAYFridays Windsor Park at 4.CHESS CLUBFridays Auburndale libraryat 3:30 and at the WindsorPark library. Register.CUB SCOUTS 351Fridays at St. Nicholas ofTolentine. Boys in grades 1-5. 820-0015.SCOUTINGJo in Scout ing in Queens .212-651-2897.CUB/TROOP SCOUTSFr iday s Sep temberthrough June Pack 357 andTroop 357 in Flushing. 591-9514 Cubs , 279 -9085Scouts.THINGS THAT GO BUMPSaturday, October 13 at 3at the Ridgewood l ibrary.Wednesday, October 17 at3 at the North Hills library.Monday, Oc tober 29 a t3:30 at the Maspeth library.Things That Go Bump in theNight: Mult icultural ScaryStories.STORYTELLING CONCERTSunday, October 14 at 1 atthe Central library.
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OUTDOOR FLEASaturdays and Sundaysthrough November 25 9-4 :30 a t S t . N icho las o fTolentine, Parsons Blvd. andUnion Turnpike, Jamaica.FAMILY FLEA MARKETSaturday, October 6 11-4at the Bay Terrace CountryClub, 217-14 24th Avenue,Bays ide . Vendors , ponyrides, dj, pumpkin decorat-ing, face painting, refresh-ments, more.RUMMAGE SALESaturday, October 6 10-4and Sunday, October 7 12-4 at St. Luke’s Church, 85Greenway Sou th , Fo res tHills.AUTUMN BOOK & FLEASaturday, October 20 9:30-3:30 and Sunday, October21 11:30-3 :30 bake andbook sale at Church of theResurrect ion, 85-09 118th
Street, Kew Gardens.CRAFT & VENDOR SALESaturday, November 3 10-4 in the schoo l gym a tPS113, 78-23 87th S t reet ,Glendale . Vis i t Santa , re -freshments.FLEA MARKETThursdays-Sundays MFMf lea marke t a t 221 -02Merr ick Blvd. , Spr ingf ie ldGardens.
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ASTORIA HISTORICALSaturday, Oc tober 6 “Si -l en t Sp r ing” h i s to ryroundtab le a t 1 . $5 non-members. Saturday, Octo-ber 20 “The Cuban MissileCrisis” history roundtable at1. Free. Greater Astoria His-torical Society, 35-20 Broad-way , 4 th f loor , L IC . 278 -0700.CHINESE AMER. LITSaturday, October 6 talkson Literature and Reading– “An Intellectual Debate onChinese Amer ican L i tera -ture” at 3 at the Flushing li-brary. “To Read Is To Live”discussed.ALL THE TEASunday, Oc tober 7 SarahRose discusses her best sell-ing book “For All the Tea inChina: How England Stolethe World’s Favorite Drinkand Changed History.” KingManor 3-5 206-0545, ext .13.HILLCREST BOOKTuesday, October 9 “TheMarriage Plot” discussed at3 at the Hillcrest library.FINANCE & BILLINGTuesdays, Oc tober 9, No-vember 6 , December 11free financial and billing as-sistance courtesy Council -man Le roy Comr ie . 776 -3700.ELDER LAW
Wednesday, Oc tober 106:30-7:00 at the SunnysideCommunity Service, 43-3139th Street, Sunnyside. Elderlaw, how to protect your as-sets and Medicaid eligibilit y.GLENDALE BOOKThursday, October 11 “TheHelp” discussed at 5:30 atthe Glendale library.NIGHT BOOK CLUBThursday, October 11 “ToThe End o f the Land”discusse4d at 5:30 at theWindsor Park library.DREAMLANDSaturday, Oc tober 13“Dreamland: Adventures inthe S t range Sc ience o fSleep” at 2:30 at the ForestHills library.FLUSHING BOOKSaturday, October 13 “ToRead Is To Live” at 3 at theFlushing library.OBAMA OR ROMNEY?S u n d a y , O c t o b e r 1 4“Who is Better for Israel”a t the Reform Temple o fFores t H i l l s , 71 -11 112 th
S t ree t a t 10 :30 . Reg i s te r261-2900.JEWS OR GREECESunday, October 14 “TheJews of Greece and the Ho-locaust: Their Untold Story”at 1 at Kupferberg HolocaustCenter at QueensboroughCommunit y Col lege. 281-5770.
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WAITANKUNGSundays at 2. Total -bodyworkout. Flushing Hospital/Med ica l Cen te r . F ree .Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156.TAI CHIMondays and Thursdays at11 at the Cardiac Heal thCenter in Fresh Meadows.670-1695. $5.M STuesdays , Oc tober 9 , 23National Multiple SclerosisSociety meets at 1 at theHoward Beach library.HEALTHY FOODSTuesdays, October 9, 16, 23Healthy Foods, Healthy Fami-lies at Lucille Rose DaycareCenter. 990-5197.ALZHEIMERSTuesdays, Oc tober 9, 23,November 13, 27, Decem-ber 11 Caregiver SupportGroup in Forest Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237.CAREGIVERS SUPPORTTuesdays Western QueensCareg ive r Ne twork inSunnyside. 5:30-6:30. 784-6173, ext. 431. Also, 3:30-4:30 Selfhelp Clearview Se-n io r Cente r , 208 -11 26 th
Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.Va r ious se r v i ces a t the
Queens Communit y House,80-02 Kew Gardens Road.268-5960, ext. 226.AUTISMTuesdays Qualit y Servicesfor the Autism Communityholds workshops for familiesand friends of autistic chil-dren and adults. 7-AUTISM,ext. 1219.DAYTOPTuesdays support for familyand friends of those affectedby substance abuse. 1-800-2Daytop.WELL SPOUSESWednesdays, October 10,November 14, December12 well spouses or partnersof the chronically ill and dis-abled meet at St . CharlesRehab Center in Albertsonat 7. 516-829-8740.OAWednesdays OvereatersAnonymous at the HowardBeach library at 11.ZUMBAWednesdays 6:30-7:30 Car-diac Health Center in FreshMeadows. 670-1695. $10class.RECOVERY INT.Thu r sdays , Oc tobe r 11 ,18, 25, November 1 Re-
covery International meetsat the Forest Hills l ibrary at2:30.MEDITATION CLUBThursday, Oc tober 11Meditation Club at 5:30 atthe Bellerose library.CO-DEPENDENTS ANON.Fridays 10-11:45 at Res-urrection Ascension Pasto-r a l C e n t e r , 8 5 - 1 8 6 1 s t
Road, Rego Park. Womenonly.SUPPORT GROUPSAlcohol, drugs, domestic vio-lence , mar t ia l i s sues , de -pression, anxiet y, phobia,etc. Woodside Clinic. 779-1234.ALZHEIMERS1-212-983-0700.DOMESTIC VIOL.24 hour Domestic ViolenceHotline. 657-0424.WOODSIDE MENTALWoods ide Menta l Hea l thClinic. 779-1234.
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FOR THE BIRDS!Through November 18 “Forthe Birds! Fanciful Follies forOur Feathered Friends: atthe Voelker Orth Museum,149-19 38th Avenue, Flush-ing. 359-6227.THREE GENERATIONSOc tober 12 through Janu-ary 12 three generations ofthe Agu i l e ra Fami l y a tQueensborough CC. 631-6396.REGENERATIONOc tober 27 through Janu-ary 13 at the Hall of Science.699-0005.
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AATuesdays a t 8 a t GraceLutheran Church in Astoria.520-5021. Also, 520-502124 hours, 7 days a week.AL-ANON457-1511.DEBTORS ANON.212-969-8111.FAMILIES ANON.343-2018.GAM-ANON1-877-664-2469.MARIJUANA ANON.Sundays 7-8:30 at Zion Epis-copa l Chu rch , 143 -01Northern Blvd., entrance on44th Avenue, room 5, LittleNeck.NAR-ANON1-800-984-0066.NICOTINE ANON.Mondays 6:45-8:00 at theCenter for Tobacco Control,225 Communi t y Dr i ve ,Great Neck. 516-510-7826.Fridays in Forest Hills. 631-
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MOVING IMAGEThrough October 14 Filmsof Kenji Misumi. Museumof the Mov ing Image inAstoria. 412. Adults . 777-6800.AMAZING MAIZE MAZEWeekends through Oc to -ber 28 a t the QueensCounty Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Flo-ra l Pa rk . 347 -FARM. $9adults, $5 children.ELLAThrough October 7 “Ella”at Queens Theatre in thePark. 760-0064.SOUL TRAIN TRIBUTEFriday and Saturday, Octo-ber 5, 6 t r ibute to SoulTrain at JHS8, 108-35 167th
Street, Jamaica. $25. 481-8144.FAMILY FLEA MARKETSaturday, October 6 11-4at the Bay Terrace CountryClub, 217-14 24th Avenue,Bays ide . Vendors , ponyrides, dj, pumpkin decorat-ing, face painting, refresh-ments, more.ARGENTINIAN TANGOSaturday, Oc tober 6Argentinean Tango, SpanishF lamenco , Pue r to R icanCuisine starting at noon atthe Langston Hughes library.AESTHETIC REALISMSaturday, Oc tober 6Ethnics Is A Force! Songsabout Labor at the Flushinglibrary at 2.CHINESE FILMSaturday, Oc tober 6screening of “Warr iors ofQiugang” (Mandar in Chi -nese with English Subtitles)at the Sunnyside library at2:30.SPIRITS ALIVESaturday, October 6 Spir-its Alive 2-5 at Maple GroveCemetery. 523-1876.BLESSING OF PETSSaturday, Oc tober 6 Bless-i ng o f the Pe t s a t 11 a tChurch of the Resurrection,85 -09 118 th S t ree t , R ich -mond Hill. 847-2649.CONCERTSunday, October 7 Shusmoplays original music using awide range of in f luenceswith Arabic music at its core.3 at the Central library.WALKING TOURSunday, October 7 walkingtour of Maple Grove Cem-etery at 10 and again at 1.523-1876.PAT COOPERSunday, Oc tober 7 a tQueensborough Commu-nity College. 631-6311.NEW PLAYSSunday, Oc tober 7 “Bri l -l i an t Rose . ” “The LadderSer ies : A Staged ReadingSe r ie s A imed a t Ge t t i ngNew P lays to the Nex t
Rung” a t the Creek andCave , 10 -93 Jackson Av -enue , L IC . $7 .www.ThePlat formGroup.orgLIVE JAZZ & R&BSundays , Oc tober 7 , 14,21, 28 live jazz and r&b 6-10 at Déjà vu, 180-25 Lin-den Blvd., St. Albans.OPEN MIC POETRYMondays, October 8, No-vember 12, December 10 atBa rnes & Nob le , 176 -60Un ion Tu rnp ike , F reshMeadows at 7:30.OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTSTuesdays, Oc tober 9, 16,23, 30 Olympic Highlightsat 4 at the Seaside library.MONTE CARLO NIGHTThursday, Oc tober 11Monte Carlo Night at 6 atthe Doug la s ton Manor .$100 per person. 805-6796,ext. 133.ASTORIA JAZZ BANDSaturday, October 13 fea-tur ing Fred Staton at theSteinway Reformed Churchat 3. 917-667-5331 tickets.RECEPTIONSaturday, Oc tober 13 re-cep t ion fo r the “For theBirds!” exhibit at the Voelker
Orth Museum, 149-19 38th
Avenue, Flushing from 2-4.COMMUNITY FAIRSaturday, October 13 theCross Island YMCA will hosti ts 1st Annual Communit yFair, Auction and Carnival11-6 . 238-10 Hi l l s ide Av-enue, Bellerose.JAPANESE DANCESaturday, October 13 Japa-nese Classical Dance at 2 atthe Flushing library.ECHOING VOICESSaturday, October 13 mu-sical presentation of storiesof American immigration at2:30 at the Fresh Meadowslibrary.STORYTELLING CONCERTSunday, October 14 at theCentral library at 1.WOODHAVEN ST. FESTSunday, Oc tober 14 32nd
Annua l Wonder fu lWoodhaven Street Festival12-6 on Woodhaven’s Ja -ma ica Avenue f rom 80 th
Street to Woodhaven Blvd.HISPANIC HERITAGESunday, October 14 NYSCIcelebrates Hispanic Her i -tage at the Hall of Science.699-0005.
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BECOME A US CITIZENSaturday, October 6 at theFlushing library at 3.PUBLIC SPEAKINGSaturdays, October 6, 20,27 public speaking and ef-fect ive communicat ion atElmhurst Hospital. 646-748-8290 information.HISTORY OF PHOTOMondays, Oc tober 8, 15,22, 29 History of Photogra-phy: A MoMA Teleconfer-ence at the Queens Villagelibrary. Register.SMALL BUSINESSTuesdays, Oc tober 9, 16,23, 30 a t the Centra l l i -brary. Register.INTRO EMAILTuesday, October 9 at theMcGoldrick library at 11:30.COMPUTER CLASSTuesdays, October 9, 23, 30a t the Sunnys ide l ib rar y.Register .JOB READINESSTuesdays, Oc tober 9, 16,23, 30 at the Woodside li-brary at 6.BEGIN COMPUTERSTuesday, October 9 at theFlushing library at 10.COMPUTER BASICSWednesdays, Oc tober 10,17, 24, 31 at 10:30 at theArverne library.GENEALOGYWednesdays, Oc tober 10,17 at the Central library at6:30.
PICTURE PERFECTThursday, Oc tober 11 Us-i ng Soc ia l Med ia fo rSlideshows and Digital Vid-eos at 5 at the Pomonok li-brary.MICROSOFT OFFICEThursdays, October 11, 18,25 , November 1 a t theArverne library at 10:30.FICTION WRITINGThursdays, Oc tober 11, 18at the Langston Hughes li -brary at 5:30.LEARN CHINESEThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the North Forest Parklibrary at 5:30.ORIGAMI WORKSHOPThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the Seaside library at5:30.INTRO COMPUTERSThursdays, October 11, 25at the Ozone Park l ibrary.Register .COMPUTER TUTORINGThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the Woodside library.Register .MOCK INTERVIEWSThursdays, October 11, 18,25 at the Centra l l ibra ry.Register .INTRO WORDFriday, Oc tober 12 at theHillcrest library. Register.INTERMEDIATE WORDFriday, October 12 Inter-mediate Microsoft Word andExcel at 1 Arverne library.
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New Turn Signal InLittle Neck
It took nearly two years fromthe time a concerned Little Neckresident contacted the office ofCounci lman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone), but a busy intersec-tion now has turn signals.
Back in October 2010, a con-stituent contacted Halloran re-questing left turn signals for North-ern Boulevard at Marathon Park-way, not far from their home.
“This one seemed like a no-brainer. There’s a supermarket,Long Island Railroad Station andtwo schools within walking dis-tance,” Halloran said. “Every dayhundreds of cars make left turnsthere and until today it was one ortwo at a time.”
It took more than a year ofcorrespondence and a thoroughstudy before DOT agreed this Feb-ruary that the signals were war-ranted. On Aug. 30, the new turnlanes were working well, for bothmotorists and pedestrians.
“I want to thank DOT Commis-sioner Maura McCarthy and Com-munity Board 11 for making ourlives a little safer by seeing thisidea through to completion,” saidHalloran. “It’s just another ex-ample of common sense leadingto a good result. I’m glad I couldhelp get it done.”
Electric Vehicle BillCouncilmen Mark Weprin (D-
Oakland Gardens) and JamesVacca (D-Bronx) introduced legis-lation to encourage the NYC Taxiand Limousine Commission to useelectric cars, which have zeroemissions, to protect the environ-ment.
“Increasing the use of electricvehicles will reduce carbon emis-sions, protect the environment and
make New York a more sustain-able city for future generations,”Weprin, chair of Zoning and Fran-chises, said.
“A dense city like New York isthe perfect market for electric ve-hicles,” Vacca, chair of the Trans-portation Committee, said. “Al-though electric vehicles only rep-resent a tiny portion of car users,the growth potential is enormousand the City should be looking atany viable way to encourage elec-tric vehicle use. The potential toreduce vehicle emissions and otherpollutants through increased elec-tric vehicle use could have a majorimpact on air quality throughoutthe City.”
The bill would allow the Taxiand Limousine Commission to ap-prove electric vehicles for use asmedallion taxicabs as long as theymeet the TLC’s relevant safetycriteria. The TLC already approvescertain hybrid vehicles for use asmedallion taxicabs when they meetits internal criteria; allowing TLCto approve electric vehicles willoffer medallion owners the oppor-tunity to put a zero emissions ve-hicle on the road for the first time.With more than 13,000 taxis onCity streets, the taxi fleet repre-sents a major opportunity to havecleaner vehicles on the streets,especially as manufacturers ofelectric vehicles continue to makeadvances in technology, allowingvehicles to charge faster and ex-tending mileage range.
Essay AndDrawing Contest
Assemblyman Ed Braunstein(D-Bayside) is sponsoring a Hal-loween Essay and Drawing Con-test.
Students from grades 2 through5 are invited to participate. Theessay or drawing should have a
Halloween theme, such as an ac-count of your favorite Trick orTreat experience or why youpicked your Halloween costumethis year.
Distr ict-wide prizes wi l l beawarded to the winner in eachgrade. New York State Certificatesof Merit will be awarded to allstudents who participate. If youare interested in participating, printyour name, grade, class and schoolon your entry and submit your es-say to Braunstein’s district office,213-33 39th Ave., Suite 238,Bayside, NY 11361 or via email [email protected] Nov. 1.
For information, call (718) 357-3588.
Muni Meters AtRest
Following numerous requestsby Councilman Peter Vallone Jr.(D-Astoria), the Dept. of Trans-portation has agreed to programall new Muni Meters to shut downon Sundays, preventing the ma-chines from accepting money.Despite meter regulations beingsuspended on Sundays, machineshave continued to accept moneyand issue parking receipts, at anunnecessary cost to residents.
In addition, Vallone has askedthat Muni Meters be turned off atall times that parking is free, andthe DOT is conducting a pilot pro-gram to test the requirementsneeded to implement a start andstop program Citywide.
“We cannot accept the City’sMuni Meters behaving like brokenarcade games, wrongfully eatingpeople’s money,” Vallone said.“It only makes sense that metersdon’t accept money when parkingis already free.”
Foreclosure FraudPrevention Act
In order to better protect NewYorkers facing the foreclosure ofthe i r homes, State Sen. JoeAddabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach)co-sponsored a bill that is nowbefore the Senate’s Rules Com-mittee, which amends the penallaw to prevent the fraudulent andwidespread practice of “robo-sign-ing” during the foreclosure pro-cess. The bill would impose bothmisdemeanor and felony-level pen-alties on those who intentionallyengage in such conduct and on“high managerial agents” of resi-dential mortgage businesses whorecklessly tolerate such fraudulentconduct by their employees andagents. It creates the crimes ofresidential mortgage foreclosure
fraud in the first and second-de-grees. The senator also stated thatlater this year, when the Legisla-ture is called back into an ex-pected special session by Gover-no r Cuomo, he p l an s t ointroduce his own bill to enact aone-year moratorium on foreclo-sures in New York State.
“My new bill would impose aone-year moratorium on foreclo-sures, provided that the home-owner maintains a reduced mort-gage payment agreed to as a re-sult of negotiations with the bankor other mortgage holder. Thiswill stop the hemorrhaging offoreclosures while the economy,hopefully, slowly recovers overthe next year. And, it will allowNew Yorkers to secure employ-ment and get their finances backon track, which in turn will assisti n s t a b i l i z i n g ou r s t a t e ’ seconomy,” Addabbo said.
“Robo-signing” and relatedforec losure abuses have a lsoprompted a coordinated review bystate and federal regulators. In2010, following revelations of thewidespread use of “robo-signed”affidavits in foreclosure proceed-ings across the country, New YorkState, along with other state attor-neys general, formed a workinggroup to investigate the problem. The major mortgage servicingbanks soon acknowledged thatindividuals had been signing thou-sands of foreclosure affidavits with-out reviewing the validity or accu-racy of the sworn statements. Sev-eral national banks then agreed tostop their foreclosure filings andsales until corrective action couldbe taken. In April 2012, New Yorkand 48 other state attorney gener-als along with federal agencies,including the Departments of Jus-tice, Treasury, and Housing andUrban Development reached alandmark settlement with the five
Looking east at 5:30 p.m., traffic is a lot calmer with new turnsignals at Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway.
leading bank mortgage servicersresulting in substantial changes totheir servicing and foreclosure-re-lated practices and approximately$25 billion in monetary sanctionsand relief.
Reading ChallengeJust in time for National Book
Mon th , As semb l yman Ph i lGoldfeder (D-Howard Beach) isurging parents of children whoparticipated in the State AssmeblySummer Reading Challenge tosubmit their completed applica-tions. Goldfeder has already re-ceived hundreds of forms fromchildren all over southern Queensand Rockaway, who participatedin the program.
“Reading is such an importanttool for success, and I am proudthat so many children and fami-lies chose to participate in theSummer Reading Challenge tokeep their minds active duringt h e l ong s umme r b r e ak , ”Goldfeder said.
The Summer Reading Chal-lenge requires children to readtogether with a parent or guardianfor at least 15 minutes per day for40 days or more during the sum-mer.
In October, Goldfeder will ac-knowledge the achievement of thechildren who completed the Sum-mer Reading Challenge by visitingthe schools of each child to handthem an Assembly Excellence inReading Certificate and congratu-late them on their accomplish-ment.
If you have not sent in yourforms and your child was a partici-pant in the 2012 Summer Read-ing Challenge, do so as soon aspossible to ensure your childrenreceive their Assembly Certificate.For information, call (718) 945-9550.
On Sept. 23, Coun-c i lwoman KarenK o s l o w i t zpar tnered wi thKidz care, a localnonprofit group, toorganize a frontlawn clean-up forlongt ime Fores tHi l l s re s identMar i l yn Smi th .Smith is a seniorwho cou ld nolonger take care ofher front yard. As a result, the bushes and weeds wereovergrown and encroached on the sidewalk. The cleanupconsisted of kids ages 6 to 18 that come together to volunteertheir time for community projects.
Lawn Clean Up:
Viva La Comida Pride House Anniversary
Moon Day Alzheimer Walk
Queens Events Edited By Harley Benson
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The Major Homes family grew on Sept. 13 with the birth of Lytal Hila Kersch, weighing in at 8 lbs., 10 oz., to Jason and Chavi Kersch. Lytal, pictured here with her father and grandfather, Mitch, kicks off the fifth generation of the family at the home renovation company, located in Bayside.
Flushing celebrated the Moon Day Festival over the weekend. Photo by Xinping Tian.
Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Rotary Club President Anthony J. Civi-tano (at left) with members of the Rotary Club of Flushing at the 2012 Walk to End Al-zheimer’s on Sept. 30 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Photo by Jo-Ann Raskin.
Queens Pride House celebrated its 15th anniversary on Sept. 27 with a benefit at Novo in Jackson Heights. Lo-cal officials and civic leaders gathered to honor Selena Blake, Ross Levi, the Rev. Charles McCarron, Daniel Cano and Voces Latinas for their contributions to the LGBT community.
Jackson Heights residents came out to enjoy a day of food, folks and fun during the Viva La Comida celebra-tion on 82nd Street. Photos by Ira Cohen.
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Queens FocusPEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. ..PEOPLE PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. ..PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE PEOPLE. ..PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE. . .PEOPLE
The New York Army NationalGuard announced the promotionof members in recognition of theircapabilities for additional respon-sibility and leadership.
Andrew Lee of Flushing, serv-ing with Company A, 101st SignalBattalion, is promoted to private.
David Shin of Whitestone,serving with the Headquarters andHeadquarters Company, 27th Bri-gade Special Troops Battalion, ispromoted to private first class.
Gaspar Teri of Flushing, serv-ing with the Headquarters andHeadquarters Company, 27th Bri-gade Special Troops Battalion, ispromoted to specialist.
Lingyan Li of Flushing re-ceived a Masters in Business Ad-ministration degree during sum-mer 2012 commencement cer-emonies at the University of NewHaven in Connecticut.
The New York Army NationalGuard recently announced the re-enlistment of members in recogni-tion of their continuing commit-ment to serve community stateand nation as part of the ArmyNational Guard.
Special ist Dieter Harster-porras of Flushing has reenlistedwith the Company C (Medical),427th Brigade Support Battalion.
Karel Kassad of Flushing hasreenlisted with the 1569th Trans-
portation Company.
Air Force Airman 1st ClassJisung S. Kim graduated frombasic military training at LacklandAir Force Base, San Antonio,Texas. The airman completed anintensive, eight-week program thatincluded training in military disci-pline and studies, Air Force corevalues, physical fitness, and basicwarfare principles and skills.
He is the son of Chae and JungKim of Flushing and is a 2008graduate of Bayside High School.
Anthony Garcia of CollegePoint has been admitted to AlfredState for the fall 2012 semester inthe sports management program.
Naomi S iguenc ia o fWhitestone is attending the 17thInternational Burn Camp, an an-nual event organized by the Inter-national Association of Fire Fight-ers Charitable Foundation, whichhelps teenagers cope with life-changing injuries.
Air National Guard Airman 1stClass Julian A. Aristizabalgraduated from basic military train-ing at Lackland Air Force Base,San Antonio, Texas. The airmancompleted an intensive, eight-week program that included train-ing in military discipline and stud-ies, Air Force core values, physi-
BELL Academy in Bayside held its first National Day ofRemembrance & Service. The ceremony held in theschoolyard memorialized the heroic acts of humanity andsacrifice that occurred 11 years ago.
9-11 Memorial:
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder joined dozens of childrenand families enjoying games, face painting, and entertain-ment at Family Fun Day at Public School 207 in HowardBeach. The event was sponsored by Frances Scarantino ofReach for the S.T.A.R.S Daycare and the City Parks Foun-dation.
Family Fun Day:
cal fitness, and basic warfare prin-ciples and skills.
Aristizabal is the son of MarthaNolasco of College Point.
James Kaz lausky andXiomara Cuevas-Gonzalez,both of Glendale, received degreesduring summer 2012 commence-ment ceremonies at the Universityof New Haven in West Haven,Conn. Kazlausky received a Bach-elor of Science degree in fire sci-ence. Cuevas-Gonzalez received aBachelor of Science in criminaljustice.
Christina Rukki of ForestHills, a student at St. LawrenceUniversity in Canton, is studyingabroad in Spain.
Navin Roolpal o f Sou thOzone Park won $25,000 on theNew York Lo t t e r y ’ s$100 ,000 ,000 Spec t acu l a rscratch-off game. Roolpal’s win-ning ticket was purchased at MetroCandy, 96-13 Metropolitan Ave.,Forest Hills.
The New York Army NationalGuard recently announced the re-enlistment of members in recogni-tion of their continuing commit-ment to serve community stateand nation as part of the ArmyNational Guard.
Specialist Fabian Mendoza ofRego Park has reenlisted with the222nd Chemical Company.
Emmanuel Moreno of OzonePark, a student at St. LawrenceUniversity in Canton, is studyingabroad in Spain.
Inderjit Singh of South Rich-mond Hill received a Masters inBusiness Administration degreeduring summer 2012 commence-ment ceremonies at the Universityof New Haven in Connecticut.
The New York Army NationalGuard announced the promotionof members in recognition of theircapabilities for additional respon-sibility and leadership.
Timothy Deluniversita ofOzone Park, serving with Com-pany B, 642nd Support Battalion,is promoted to sergeant.
Steven Govea of RichmondHill, serving with Company F (For-ward Support Company Infantry),427th Brigade Support Battalion,is promoted to specialist.
Jessen ia Wi l l i ams o fWoodhaven, serving with the145th Maintenance Company, ispromoted to specialist.
The New York Army NationalGuard recently announced the re-
enlistment of members in recogni-tion of their continuing commit-ment to serve community stateand nation as part of the ArmyNational Guard.
Staff Sgt. Abismael Gonzalezof Richmond Hill has reenlistedwith the Headquarters, 106thRegiment (Regional Training In-stitute).
Habib Alhudais of OzonePark won $50,000 on the NewYork Lottery’s $5,000,000 Cashscratch-off game. Alhudais’s win-ning ticket was purchased at SevenStar Mini Deli, 90-04 JamaicaAve., Woodhaven.
Be rke l e y Co l l ege s t uden tGustavo Moreno of Ozone Parkrecently received athletic honorsfrom the Hudson Valley Men’sAthletic Conference for men’s soc-cer. Moreno was named to theHVMAC Honor Roll during theweek of Sept. 18 for his perfor-mance in the week’s game, duringwhich he made 15 saves.
The New York Army NationalGuard announced the promotionof members in recognition of theircapabilities for additional respon-sibility and leadership.
Alexander Mar t inez o fWoodside, serving with the 442ndMilitary Police Company, is pro-moted to staff sergeant.
Alexander M. Mart in o fRidgewood and Katie Ng ofWoodside have enrolled at St.Lawrence University as membersof the Class of 2016. Martin gradu-ated from Grover Cleveland HighSchool. Ng graduated from FrancisLewis High School.
Viktor iya Sa ld ina o fRidgewood, a s tudent a t St .
Lawrence University in Canton, isstudying abroad in Spain.
Gamillo Ficalora of MiddleVillage won $11,951 on the NewYork Lottery’s Take Five drawingSept. 9. Ficalora’s winning ticketwas purchased at Asha & Hardik,73-42 68th Ave., Middle Village.
Rolando Cruz of Ridgewoodwon $10,000 on the New YorkLottery’s $5,000,000 Multiplierscratch-off game. Cruz’s winningticket was purchased in Brooklyn.
Habib Alhudais of OzonePark won $50,000 on the NewYork Lottery’s $5,000,000 Cashscratch-off game. Alhudais’s win-ning ticket was purchased at SevenStar Mini Deli, 90-04 JamaicaAve., Woodhaven.
The New York Army NationalGuard recently announced the re-enlistment of members in recogni-tion of their continuing commit-ment to serve community stateand nation as part of the ArmyNational Guard.
Sg t . Fernando Febus o fWoodside has reenlisted with theCompany A, 1-68th Infantry.
Spec ia l i s t Luis Flores o fRidgewood has reenlisted with theHeadquarters and HeadquartersBattery, 1-258th Field Artillery.
Specialist Mychal Pivetz ofGlendale has reenlisted with theJoint Force Headquarters.
Local students have been ad-mitted to Alfred State for the fall2012 semester. They include:
Woodhaven: Reggie Woo, com-puter engineering tech program.
Woodside: Tsering Namgyal,electrical engineering tech program;Brandon Sherman, constructionengineering tech program.
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LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE
PROBATE CITATION File No.2012-3528 SURROGATE’SCOURT – QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Free andIndependent TO: heirs at law,next of kin, and distributeesof Aarne H Peets, a/k/a AarneHugo Peets, deceased, if liv-ing, and if any of them bedead to their heirs at law,next of kin, distributees, lega-tees, executors, administra-tors, assignees and succes-sors in interest whose namesare unknown and cannot beascertained after due dili -gence and the Public Admin-istrator of Queens Countyand Ilmar Andresso a/k/aAndy Andresso A petitionhaving been duly filed byDagmar Ballenberger, who isdomiciled at 824 West BayDrive, West Islip, New YorkYOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, NewYork, on the 15th day of No-vember, 2012 at 9:30 A.M. ofthat day, why a decree shouldnot be made in the estate ofAarne H. Peets, a/k/a AarneHugo Peets lately domiciledat 102-14 90th Avenue, Rich-mond Hill, New York admit-
ting to probate a Will datedMarch 29, 1990 (a Codicildated none) a copy of whichis attached, as the Will ofAarne H. Peets, a/k/a AarneHugo Peets deceased, relat-ing to real and personal prop-erty, and directing that [xx]Letters Testamentary issue to:Dagmar Ballenberger (Stateany further relief requested)SEP 20 2012 (Seal) HON.PETER J. KELLY SurrogateMARGARET M. GRIBBONChief Clerk Feldman, Kramer& Monaco, P.C. Attorney forPet i t ioner (631)231-1450Te lephone Number 330Motor Parkway, Hauppauge,New York 11788 Address ofAttorney [Note: This citationis served upon you as re-quired by law. You are notrequired to appear. If you failto appear it will be assumedyou do not object to the reliefrequested. You have a rightto have an attorney appearfor you.]___________________________________Notice of Formation of Em-pire Adjustment, LLC. Arts.of Org. filed Secy. of State ofNY (SSNY) on 6/27/12. Off.loc.: Queens County. SSNYdesignated as agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallma i l p rocess to : c /o
Cooperman Lester Mi l lerLLP, Attn: Joseph E. Kraus,1129 Northern Blvd., Ste.402, Manhasset, NY 11030.Purpose: any lawful activity.___________________________________
Not i ce o f fo rmat ion o fMaspeth Equities LLC. Ar-ticles of Organization filedwith the Secretary of StateSSNY on 08/24/2012. Officelocated in Queens County.SSNY has been designatedfor service of process. SSNYshall mail copy of any pro-cess served against the LLCat 7014 13th Ave. Brooklyn,NY 11228. Purpose: any law-ful purpose.___________________________________
Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by theCivil Court, Queens Countyon 9/5/12, bearing IndexNumber NC-000498-12/QU,a copy of which may be ex-amined at the Office of theC le rk , loca ted a t 89 -17Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,NY 11435, grants me theright to: Assume the name of(First) Julia (Middle) Sun Hwa(Last) Kang My present nameis (First) Sun (Middle) Hwa(Last) Kang aka Sun HawKang My present address is64-16 211th St., Oakland Gar-
dens, NY 11364 My place ofbirth is Portland, Oregon Mydate of birth is December15, 1980___________________________________
Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by theCivil Court, Queens Countyon 9/19/12, bearing IndexNumber NC-000562-12/QU,a copy of which may be ex-amined at the Office of theC le rk , loca ted a t 89 -17Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,NY 11435, grants me theright to: Assume the name of(First) Shad (Last) Islam Mypresen t name i s ( F i r s t )Shadth (Last) Islam (infant)My present address is 23-49129th St., College Point, NY11356 My place of birth isQueens, NY My date of birthis April 04,1997
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NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF SARTORIAL STUDIOSLLC. Arts of Org filed withSecy of State of NY (SSNY)on 3/6/12. Office location:Queens County. SSNY des-ignated as agent upon whomprocess may be served andshall mail copy of processagainst LLC to principal ad-d res s : 94 -30 43rd Ave ,
Elmhurst, NY 11373. Pur-pose: any lawful act.___________________________________Notice of Formation of Lim-i t ed L i ab i l i t y Company( LLC ) : Name :CHARTYOURTRADE.COMLLC, Articles of Organiza-tion filed with the Secretaryof State of New York (SSNY)on 09/07/2012. Office loca-tion: Queens County. SSNYhas been des igna ted a sagent of the LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mail acopy of process to: C/OCHARTYOURTRADE.COMLLC, 147-12 78th Road, Apt.2b, F lush ing , NY 11367.Purpose: Any Lawful Pur-pose. Latest date upon whichLLC is to dissolve: No spe-cific date.___________________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF NEW YORK TAI JI CUL-TURE LLC Arts. Of Org. filedwith Secy. Of State of N.Y.(SSNY) on 9/7/12. Officelocation: Queens County.SSNY designated as agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to:The LLC, 3901 Main St, Ste507, Flushing, NY 11354which is also the principal
business location. Purpose:any lawful activity.___________________________________Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by theCivil Court, Queens Countyon 9/12/12, bearing IndexNumber NC-000518-12/QU,a copy of which may be ex-amined at the Office of theC le rk , loca ted a t 89 -17Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,NY 11435, grants me theright to: Assume the name of(F i r s t ) Bhumika (Midd le )Jayeshkumar (Last) Thakar Mypresen t name i s ( F i r s t )Bhumika (Midd le )Maheshkumar (Last) Joshi akaBhumika Mahesh ikumarJoshi, aka Bhumika M JoshiMy present address is 1921L inden S t . , Ap t 2R ,Ridgewood, NY 11385 Myplace of birth is India Mydate of birth is January 16,1980___________________________________Center O.W. LLC, a domes-tic LLC, Arts. of Org. filedwith the SSNY on 7/26/12.Of f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY is designatedas agent upon whom processaga ins t the LLC may beserved. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: The LLC, 35-11 43rd
Ave., Long Island City, NY11101. General Purposes.
Back on Sept. 20, the New YorkMets were put out of their miseryin style. The Malaisin’ Mets fell toPhillies 16-1, mathematically dis-qualifying them from the playoffs.Starter Jeremy Hefner, no rela-tion to Hugh, faced seven batterswithout recording an out. ThePhillies scored eight runs in thefirst inning. Whitestone nativeMike Baxter did homer, though.
Beat the Mets, beat the Mets,step right up and beat the Mets…
Metsopholies
When it comes to modeling,Roseanne Ludwigson has cov-ered a wide range of styles. The 19-year-old Middle Village native isexperienced in editorial, promo-tional and runway modeling.
Roseanne got into the busi-ness when she appeared in one ofDonald Trump’s beauty pageants.She received the People’s ChoiceAward, which she said opened upa lot of doors. Her new contactsled to an upswing in offers.
When not modeling, she fol-lows another lifelong interest,majoring in illustration at theSchool of Visual Arts. Roseanne’scollege studies fit nicely with herhigh school achievements. Shewon the Art Award at Christ theKing High School.
When she’s not studying ormodeling, Roseanne loves to read,garden and cook. She also spendsher time at Queens Center Mallfor shopping and Atlas Park. Shegoes to Queens Center for themovies.
“Queens has everything, re-ally. It has great stores, great en-tertainment,” she said. “There’salways interesting people to meet.I’ve always lived in Queens and Ialways will”
Although she has lots of inter-ests, her top passion is modeling.Roseanne will be featured in a two-page spread called Fall Discoverynext month in “Style” magazine.
Roseanne LudwigsonHome: Middle VillageAge: 19Height: 5’9Weight: 116Stats: 34-23-33
A Real Dream
She hopes it will be the gig thatgets her noticed by the big model-ing companies.
“I’m really hoping to be dis-covered by one of the top agen-cies,” she said. “That’s my realdream.”
Models Of Queens
Conf ident ia l ly, New York . . .
Holy CrapAfter a long awaited ar-
rival, the bathrooms atElmhurst Park have finallyreopened. Not to be con-fused with the traditionalrestroom, this $2.3 millioncomfort station features astriking facade of curvedbrick and glass blocks, deco-rative geometric tiles, diaperchanging tables and handi-capped-accessible stalls.
While local park-goers areappreciative to have accessto toilets, civic leaders aresaying that the renovationsare too pricy. Their chief com-plaints are that the changeshave created an overbuilt andoversized eyesore.
The sticker shock hasQConf wondering if the newporcelain thrones are notmade of gold
In Elmhurst Park, you can go in style . . .in
the new bathrooms pictured.
Let’s Dance!You can dance if you want to,
but when it comes to the videogame“Just Dance 4”, you don’t have toleave your friends behind.
Even though the title indicatesit is the fourth game in the series,“Just Dance 4” is actually the sixthmain entry of the franchise. Com-ing out on Oct. 9, the game wasdeveloped by Ubisoft and fea-tures 48 music tracks for people toshimmy along too. Included in thesong list is Queens-born artistNicki Minaj, with her smash single“Super Bass”. Other hit songslisted are “Umbrella” by Rihanna,“Oops, I Did It Again” by BritneySpears, “Rock Lobster” by the B-52s and “Jailhouse Rock” by ElvisPresley.
Among the game’s new fea-tures is a dance battle mode, whereyou can face off against yourfriends and see who the betterdancer is. If you’d rather work to-gether, a bunch of songs will allow
either duet or group performances.“Just Dance 4” will be available
for the Xbox 360, the Playstation 3and the Nintendo Wii. It will beone of the release titles for the WiiU when it hits stores on Nov. 18.
Mr. MeT-RexOn Wed., Sept. 26, Field Sta-
tion: Dinosaurs’ 15-Foot T-Rex andMet’s mascot, Mr. Met had somefun with fans at Citi Field.
Field Station: Dinosaurs is a 20-acre Jurassic outdoor explorationwith 30 life-sized animatronic di-nosaurs, including three T-Rex’sand a 90-foot Argentinosaurs thatcan be seen from the Empire StateBuilding, MetLife Stadium, traffichelicopters and some flights inand out of Newark Liberty Airport.
No RespectThe Mets just can’t catch a
break, even from New York City’smayor.
During a radio segment on Sept.21, Mayor Michael Bloombergtalked at length about the arrival ofthe Brooklyn Nets, the borough’sfirst professional team since theDodgers left in 1957. While hewelcomed the team to their newhome at the Barclays Center andtalked about his excitement of abasketball Subway Series, hewasn’t as kind to the strugglingMets.
“You want both teams to begood. It’s sad that the Mets havesort of fallen apart here,” he said.
It certainly didn’t help lightenthe Mets fans’ spirits after a dev-astating 16-1 loss against thePhillies. To add insult to injury,Bloomberg praised Yankees man-ager Joe Girardi.
“I met him a few times, we gottogether when he first came here,”he said. “I congratulated him, he’sa great manager.”
Queens raised Nicki Minaj
QConf is edited by: MichaelSchenkler. Contributors: RossBarkan, Joe Marvilli, Marcia MoxomComrie, Steve Ferrari, MeganMontalvo, Mike Nussbaum.
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