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EXPANDING MYRA WOODSIDE YOUTH

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), ViceChair of the Democratic Caucus, released the state-ment below welcoming the Treasury Department’snationwide expansion of its myRA retirement sav-ings program. In his Building Better Savings, Build-ing Brighter Futures plan, Crowley proposed waysto make Americans more financially secure through-out their lifetimes, including making the myRAprogram permanent.

“We know Americans want to save for retire-ment, but we also know that far too many workersface significant barriers that make saving not justa daunting process, but, in many cases, simplyimpossible. The myRA program gives Americansa safe, stable, and portable savings option thatrelieves some of the common barriers workersface to saving in the first place, such as highminimum contributions and early withdrawal pen-alties. With the expansion of this program nation-wide, more Americans will have the opportunity tosave for their future and achieve much-neededfinancial security.

As Part of His Building Better Savings, Building Brighter Futures

Plan, Crowley Calls for Making myRA Program Permanent

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EXPAND MULCHING


by David Rosasco

As autumn operations power alongacross the entire zip code, the youth,having already made significant progressin tree care determined to add to theiroverall number of trees mulched, withEdison Salazar, 12th year student at Youth

Leadership Academy and one of the vet-erans of this enormous beautificationproject, asserting “As long as we havesupplies available, we could potentiallydo all the trees in Woodside withoutmuch struggle.”

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM

Elders Davis-Harris & Garcia

Governor Andrew M.Cuomo announced $67.5million has been awardedto nine organizations acrossthe state for the develop-ment of programs that sup-port the family memberswho care for the nearly380,000 New Yorkers liv-ing with Alzheimer’s dis-ease and other dementias.The awards are part of Gov-ernor Andrew M. Cuomo’sAlzheimer’s Caregiver Sup-port Initiative, which wasannounced earlier this yearas part of the 2015-16 Ex-ecutive Budget.

“Alzheimer’s Diseaseaffects thousands of NewYorkers each year and takesa devastating toll on bothpatients and the caregivers,”Governor Cuomo said.“This investment will pro-vide a wide range of sup-port and respite services forcaregivers of individualswith Alzheimer’s and simi-lar diseases.”



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UNITING IN SUPPORT OFPERMANENT AND FULLYFUNDED ZADROGA 9/11 ACT

Members of the New York andNew Jersey congressional delega-tions united at the site of the Septem-ber 11 World Trade Center attacks tovoice their opposition to new pro-posals that would make cuts to healthcare and compensation and only tem-porarily extend the James Zadroga9/11 Health and Compensation Act.The House Energy and CommerceCommittee Majority recently re-leased a discussion draft of a bill totemporarily extend the World TradeCenter Health program for a periodof 5 years. A separate bill, intro-duced by House Judiciary Commit-tee Majority members on Thursday,would temporarily extend the Vic-tim Compensation Fund for fiveyears, but at funding levels that couldrequire as much as 60 percent cuts tothe awards already promised to re-sponders and survivors.

Congresswoman Carolyn B.Maloney (D-NY), CongressmanJerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Con-gressman Peter King (R-NY) intro-duced the James Zadroga 9/11Health and Compensation Reautho-rization Act (H.R. 1786). The bipar-tisan bill to fully fund and perma-nently extend the health and com-pensation programs has broad, bi-partisan support, with 241 Housecosponsors, a clear majority. Sena-tors Kirsten Gillibrand and CharlesSchumer have introduced the samelegislation in the Senate, and nowhave 62 cosponsors, a bipartisanand filibuster proof majority.

Maloney and Nadler were joinedby House Energy and CommerceRanking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), whose committee is directlyresponsible for considering the leg-islation, Congresswoman NydiaVelazquez (D-NY), CongressmanSteve Israel (D-NY), Congress-woman Grace Meng (D-NY) andnumerous advocates including MarioCilento, President of the New YorkState AFL-CIO, Steve Cassidy,President of the UniformedFirefighters Association, IAFF Lo-cal 94, James Lemonda, President ofthe Uniformed Fire Officers Asso-ciation and Jon Feal of the Feal GoodFoundation. First responders andsurvivors whose lives depend on theZadroga Act spoke about the needfor the legislation to be permanentand fully funded.

“The cancers suffered by 9/11responders aren’t five year cancers,”said Congresswoman Carolyn B.Maloney. “Five years of health care

won’t do. It should and must be per-manent and fully funded. We mustcontinue provided high-quality careto the heroes and heroines of 9/11.And we must provide the full com-pensation we promised. We cannottell those who have already lost somuch that the compensation they werepromised will be cut by more thanhalf. The Zadroga Act must be per-manent and fully funded so that thesebrave men and women never againhave to beg Congress for the care andcompensation they need and deserve.”

Congressman Joe Crowleysaid: “Some seem to think thathaving more than 240 bipartisancosponsors in the House and 61bipartisan cosponsors in the Sen-ate means it’s instead time to startover. But what we need is not astep backward — we need a vote.We need a vote on the legislationthat makes permanent the prom-ise of health care for our 9/11heroes. We need a vote on the billthat provides the full resources tohelp those in need. Our 9/11 he-roes deserve more than just words– they deserve action. But, thataction must live up to the promisewe made to our heroes to never,ever forget.”

BACKGROUND:On Thursday, October 29, 2015,

Members of the Majority on theHouse Judiciary Committee, andthe Energy and Commerce Com-mittee Majority released two sepa-rate bills to temporarily extend theJames Zadroga 9/11 Health andCompensation Act for just five yearsat insufficient funding levels. A ma-jority of the House supports a per-manent extension.House Judiciary Action:

The House Judiciary Majorityintroduced the September 11th VCFReauthorization and U.S. Victimsof State Sponsored Terrorism Com-pensation Act. The legislation wouldextend the Victim CompensationFund for 5 years; however, there aretwo primary problems with the ap-proach taken by the legislation:

1. Slashes current awards by 60percent: The legislation fails to ad-dress severe underfunding in the cur-rent program, which will result incurrent claimants receiving just 40percent of their awards.

2. Fails to make the programpermanent: The legislation only ex-tends the VCF for 5 years, when amajority of the House supports apermanent extension.

Energy & CommerceAction:

The House Energy and Com-merce Committee Majority lastweek released a discussion draft ofa bill that would temporarily ex-tend the World Trade Center Healthprogram for a period of 5 years.There are three primary problemswith the legislation:

1. Underfunds the health pro-gram: The bill establishes annualfunding levels for the World TradeCenter Health Program that fall be-low what is necessary to ensure allresponders and survivors receiveadequate health care. It would cut thefunding levels established in H.R.1786 by more than $456 million.

2. Extension is temporary: Thebill provides a 5-year reauthoriza-tion of the World Trade Center HealthProgram, even though a majority ofCongress supports a permanent bill.

3. Paid for by cutting Medicarebenefits: The bill forces senior citi-zens to bear the cost of the WorldTrade Center Health Program, a payfor that has been repeatedly rejectedby Congress.Zadroga Reauthorization

Act (H.R. 1786):Congresswoman Carolyn B.

Maloney (D-NY) and CongressmanJerrold Nadler (D-NY) authored theJames Zadroga 9/11 Health andCompensation Reauthorization Act(H.R. 1786) with Congressman Pe-ter King (R-NY). The legislationwould permanently extend theWorld Trade Center Health Pro-gram and September 11th VictimCompensation Fund. The programswere created by the James Zadroga9/11 Health and Compensation Act,which passed in December 2010,and was signed into law by Presi-dent Obama in January 2011.

The World Trade Center HealthProgram authorization expired at theend of September, and funding willrun out by September 30, 2016. Inthe meantime, the program is in theprocess of shutting down, creatinganxiety for those in treatment, andproblems for program administra-tion, medical staff retention and con-tinuity of care.

The Victim CompensationFund, also authorized for five yearsby the 2010 Zadroga Act, will shutdown by October 3, 2016 and willnot be able to fully compensate 9/11 responders and survivors unlessCongress extends the program andfully funds it.



“Now, we must ensure the myRA pro-gram is here to stay. That’s why I includedthis program in my Building Better Savings,Building Brighter Futures plan, and is whyI will be working to codify myRA into law.We must make every effort to put the abilityto save back in the hands of American fami-lies and create a culture of saving.”

According to recent studies, one-third ofall workers – and nearly two-thirds of work-ers earning less than $35,000 a year – reportthat they are not saving any money for theirretirement. Many of them say they recog-nize the importance of saving for retirementor other potential needs, but for a variety ofreasons are not using existing savings ve-hicles. The myRA program was created to

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EXPANDING MYRARETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM

help workers who face barriers to saving –such as not having access to an employer-sponsored savings plan, or difficulty in meet-ing the minimum contributions required bytraditional accounts.

The myRA program will allow a workerto open an account with as little as $1, andgives them the ability to make automaticpayments every pay period. There also areno maintenance charges or fees associatedwith these accounts, meaning every dollarthat is invested will be returned – plus inter-est – to the account holder. Under the myRAprogram, participants can withdraw fundsfrom their account at any time tax-free andpenalty-free – so these funds can be used asan emergency rainy-day fund as well as afuture retirement account, further breakingdown a barrier against savings.


The Governor’s Alzheimer’s CaregiverSupport Initiative seeks to alleviate the emo-tional and financial burdens that are undulyplaced upon New Yorkers who care forloved ones living with Alzheimer’s. Thereare a total of 1 million of these informalcaregivers in New York State who provide1.1 billion hours of unpaid care.

Award recipients will receive $7.5 mil-lion over the course of five years to developprograms that support informal caregiversthrough evidence-based approaches like careconsultations, educational resources, sup-port groups, and respite services. Past evi-dence shows that these services are vital toreducing caregiver stress and health risks,while also improving the quality of life forAlzheimer’s patients.

The nine organizationsreceiving awards are:

Sunnyside Community Services, Inc.,Alzheimer’s Disease and Related DisordersAssociation, Hudson Valley/Rockland/Westchester, NY Chapter, Research Founda-tion for SUNY Plattsburgh, Catholic Charitiesof Buffalo, Lifespan of Greater Rochester,Inc., Northeast Health Foundation, Inc., Parker

$UPPORT FORALZHEIMER’S ANDOTHER DEMENTIAS

Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabili-tation, New York University School of Medi-cine, Presbyterian Senior Services, Inc.

NYS Senate Aging Committee Chair SueSerino said, “Caregivers play a significantrole in helping our seniors age with dignity.Those caring for family and friends whoselives have been forever changed byAlzheimer’s and dementia face an incrediblyunique set of challenges. I thank the Gover-nor for recognizing the need to provide thiscritical support and I thank our State’s count-less caregivers for all that you do to help ourseniors maintain their quality of life.”

Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan said,“Congratulations to Judy Zangwill and herteam at Sunnyside Community Services(SCS) for being one of only nine groupsselected statewide to receive critically neededfunding for families facing Alzheimer’s dis-ease in a loved one.When Governor Cuomoand the Legislature fund these importantinitiatives outstanding organizations likeSCS have the ability to secure funding andprovide the necessary services to help andsupport our families in the community.”

The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hopethat readers will enjoy the borough’s wonderful attractions.

It’s In Western Queens!The baseball action inside Citi Field has settled in for

a long winter’s nap, but the rest of the borough is alive andkicking with a wide array of fun things to do, includingbrand new theater, Korean film, live music, Kristallnacht-related discussions, smashing pumpkins, and a Diwali motor-cade. Here’s the rundown.

Nov. 6, New York Korean Film Festival, through Nov. 11At varying times, nine moves will screen. $20 opening night/$12 afterward. Museum

of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.Nov. 7, NYC Compost Project: Pumpkin Smash 2015, 10am - 2pm

Bring your own pumpkins, Jack-O-Lanterns and gourds…and smash them. The NYCcompost project will convert them into compost for city parks and green spaces. Free. LouLodati Playground, Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street, Sunnyside.

Nov. 7, RAM Presents: Groundings & Imaginings, 8pmEvent showcases enduring trios and duos for winds, strings, piano, and electronics by

RAM composers Guy Barash, David Fetherolf, Gilbert Galindo, David Schober, and B.Allen Schulz and musical performances by Edward Schocker and Asha Srinivasan. Otherperformers are Laura Falzon on flute, Thomas Piercy on clarinet, Kate Dillingham oncello, and Amir Khosrowpour on piano with special guest violinist Sabina Torosjan. $15.Broom Tree Theatre, 23-35 Broadway, Astoria.Nov. 11 – 14, Michelle Ellsworth: Clytigation: State of Exception, 8pm

This multi-media performance/installation incorporates a box, a bike, a typewriter,and a coin-operated choreography generator. With a body double, an ancient text, andsome modern technology, the performance investigates the impact of wars on bodies andlegal protocols. Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Ave., LIC.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most com-mon form of dementia and the number ofcases in New York State is expected toincrease from 380,000 to 460,000 by 2025.More than half of New York’s Alzheimer’spatients live at home, and 75 percent ofthose who do, live with a friend or familymember who provides care.



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PHYS ED 4 ALLCOALITION

The New York City Councilunanimously passed legislation in-troduced by City Council MemberElizabeth Crowley to further en-sure public school students are re-ceiving the state-mandated physi-cal education they are entitled to.

Physical education (PE) hasfaded out of many city schools overthe past few years, despite state-mandated requirements to holdclasses and report on doing so. Yearafter year, New York City schoolsare falling short of providing stu-dents with the required amount ofPE instruction; studies showschools with a lack of gym space,licensed PE teachers and more.

This legislation (Int. 0644-B)will require the Department of Edu-cation (DOE) to report the numberof minutes and frequency of physi-cal education at each grade level,the number of full-time and part-time certified instructors at eachschool and report information onthe on-site and off-site spaces usedfor instruction. The DOE wouldsubmit this data to the City Coun-cil Speaker and post on its website,allowing parents and others tomonitor how much PE is given attheir children’s school. The firstreport will be released by August31, 2016 and will reflect the condi-tions for this school year.

“Comprehensive, quality PEduring the school day has beenshown to improve children’shealth, focus and academic perfor-mance. This bill is about fairness;by knowing which schools are fall-ing short, we can provide resourcesto help them meet the State’s stan-dards.” Crowley said. “Currently,the DOE does not report on whetherschools comply with the minimumstandards for physical education.As a public school parent, I wasfrustrated when my son’s school

substituted gym class with test prep;and sadly, I have heard worse sto-ries from parents – their childrenare without a PE teacher, classspace or simply just the time forphysical education.”

Studies done by City Comp-troller Scott Stringer and membersof the Phys Ed 4 All Coalitionrevealed hundreds of thousands ofchildren in the New York Cityschool system are without qualityphysical education, and 60 percentof schools citywide only offer PEone to two times a week.

“All young people deserve arobust physical education taughtby licensed professionals in a gym-nasium or other large space suit-able for physical activity,” saidCouncil Member Daniel Dromm,Int. 0644-B co-prime sponsor andChair of the Education Committee.“For too long, our city has failed tomeet the basic physical educationneeds of our public school studentsthereby violating state educationlaw. I am committed to workingwith Council Member ElizabethCrowley and my colleagues in theCouncil to ensure that public schoolstudents are provided with thephysical education they need tolive happy, healthy lives.”

“My son, Fernando, is a sec-ond grader at one of the most over-crowded schools in the city, P.S.19, in Corona, Queens” saidRafaela Vivaldo of Make The RoadNew York. “Students only havegym for 30 minutes each week andsometimes they watch movies in-stead. My son spends his schoolday in a trailer: without access toplay, he’s less able to learn, andhe’s less happy. My child’s healthand success is as important as anyother and the health of all of ourchildren depends on adequatephysical education in school.”

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File No.: 2014-4190/CCITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK BY THE GRACEOF GOD, FREE ANDINDEPENDENTTO:Rockville Skilled Nursing &Rehab Center,Denise Rodgers,Attorney General of the State ofNew YorkThe unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of Lelia Mozee aka LeliaD. Mozee, deceased, or theirestates, if any there be, whosenames, places of residence andpost office addresses are unknownto the petitioner and cannot withdue diligence be ascertained.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate of Lelia

Mozee aka Lelia D. Mozee,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of Margaret TietzNursing Home, 107-02 MerrickBoulevard, apt 5S, Jamaica, NY11433, in the County of Queens,State of New York.SEND GREETING:Upon the petition of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofLelia Mozee aka Lelia D. Mozee,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the

10th day of December, 2015 at9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, whythe Account of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of theEstate of said deceased, a copy ofwhich is attached, should not bejudicially settled, and why theSurrogate should not fix and allowa reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $2,242.17and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the within

accounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe claim of Rockville SkilledNursing and Rehab Center in theamount of $2,312.00 should notbe paid; and why each of youclaiming to be a distributee of thedecedent should not establishproof of your kinship; and whythe balance of said funds shouldnot be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of the

LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICECity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship,Dated, Attested and Sealed 16thday of October, 2015HON. PETER J. KELLYSurrogate, Queens County,Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard11th Floor, Rego Park, New York11374This citation is served upon you asrequired by law. You are notobliged to appear in person. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed that you do not object tothe relief requested unless you fileformal legal, verified objections.You have a right to have anattorney-at-law appear for you.Accounting Citation 10/30/15, 11/6/15, 11/13/15, 11/20/15

QUALITY EDUCATION

CELEBRATE 6-DAYS OFSERVICE AT QUEENS LIBRARY

Assemblywoman CatherineNolan along with the Alliance forQuality Education (AQE) re-cently co-sponsored a free filmscreening of the documentary,Education Inc. at LGA Commu-nity College. Education, Inc.which was released this year wasmade by filmmaker Brian Maloneand tells the story of several schoolboards in Colorado and their cam-paign to speak out on privatizingour public school system. Afterthe film, Assemblywoman Nolan

along with representatives fromboth AQE and District 30’s Com-munity Education Council (CEC)took questions from the audience.

“As a parent of a child inpublic school, it is important thatevery parent and taxpayer see thisfilm” said AssemblywomanCatherine Nolan. “As Chair ofthe Assembly Education Com-mittee, I am very concerned aboutseveral individuals having theability to control and privatizeour schools. I would urge more

parents to get involved and speakout so we can continue to ensurethat our public schools work forall of our students.”

Every library in every neigh-borhood will be open six days aweek, beginning the week of Nov.15. To celebrate, Queens Libraryinvites everyone to free gala pro-grams on Sat. Nov. 21. Specialguests will be joining us on thatday. But this is just the beginning.The library is scheduling additionalprograms throughout the year.There will be more books, morechances to use the computers, morevideos to borrow, more homeworkhelp, more chances to study En-glish or for a high school diploma,more music, dance and author talks,more interesting conversations —more Queens Library!

Mayor de Blasio, SpeakerMark-Viverito, Finance ChairFerreras, Cultural Affairs and Li-braries Committee Chair VanBramer, Subcommittee Chair Kingand the City Council made an his-toric investment in our city’s li-braries. They passed a budget that

included $43 million citywide inincreased operating funds that al-lowed Queens Library to hire morestaff, provide six day service, andsupport more programs, more ser-vices, more library materials.Please join us in thanking them,and enjoying your neighborhoodlibrary six days a week.

EVENTSCHEDULE:

Saturday, Nov. 21(subject to change).Programs are free:

35-51 81st Street. 10 AM - Meetand Thank CM Daniel Dromm; 3PM - Screening of the documen-tary “Gardel’s Father” (in Spanish)

Queens Libraryat Long Island City,37-44 21st Street. 10 AM -

Saturday Morning Story Time.Queens Libraryat Ridgewood,

20-12 Madison Street. 10:30 -Family Story Time; 3 PM - Whatto Expect at College: Strategies toHelp You Achieve Your Goals andOvercome Challenges.

Queens Libraryat Sunnyside,

43-06 Greenpoint Avenue. 4PM - Anime Drawing Workshopfor children 7-12.

Queens Libraryat Woodside,

54-22 Skillman Avenue. 2 PM- Bengali singer Md Khairul Alam(live performance)

Queens Libraryat Astoria,

14-01 Astoria Boulevard. 1:30PM - Face-painting and BalloonSculpture (for children).

Queens Libraryat Jackson Heights,

TRANSPARENCY OFCAPITAL & MAINTENANCESPENDING IN PARKSMayor de Blasio signed the followingsix pieces of legislation this week:The first bill, Intro. 154-A, re-

quires the Department of Parks andRecreation to provide an annual re-port on the amount spent on mainte-nance performed in each park prop-erty. The bill also requires the De-partment to publish regular updatesregarding the status of capital projectson its website. “This legislation is animportant part of our efforts to en-sure all New Yorkers have access togreat parks. Through our Commu-nity Parks Initiative, we’re alreadyinvesting $285M to transform 67underserved neighborhood parks.But another key element of parksequity is seeing how and where ourdollars are being spent, and this billwill allow the public to see just that,”said Mayor de Blasio. “I want tothank Speaker Mark-Viverito for herleadership, and Council MembersLevine and Lander for sponsoringthis legislation.”

The second bill, Intro. 712-A,requires the Department of Healthand Mental Hygiene to conduct anannual community air quality sur-vey to measure air pollution aroundNew York City, and to determine therelationship between air pollutionlevels and factors such as traffic andbuilding emissions. The survey mea-sures common air pollutants that areimportant for public health, includ-ing fine particles, black carbon, ox-ides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, andozone. In his remarks, the Mayorthanked the bill’s sponsor, CouncilMember Johnson, Chair of the Com-mittee on Health.

The third bill, Intro. 462-A, re-quires the Department of Buildingsto refer immediately hazardous el-evator-related violations to the De-partment of Housing Preservationand Development for considerationunder the Emergency Repair Pro-gram. In his remarks, the Mayorthanked Speaker Mark-Viverito andthe bill’s sponsors, Chair of the Com-mittee on Housing and Buildings,Council Member Williams, andCouncil Member Vacca.

The fourth bill, Intro. 644-B, re-quires the Department of Education

to report on physical education inour public schools, including the fre-quency and duration of P.E. classes,facilities used for those classes, andthe number of instructors, amongothers. In his remarks, the Mayorthanked Speaker Mark-Viverito,Chair of the Education CommitteeCouncil Member Dromm, and Coun-cil Member Crowley.“Our city isobligated to provide all public schoolstudents with the physical educationthey need to live happy, healthylives,” said Council Member DanielDromm, Chair of the Committee onEducation. “I am pleased to haveworked with Council MemberCrowley on this legislation whichwill provide us with the informationwe need to improve and reinforcepublic school physical education inthe City of New York.”

The fifth and sixth bills, Intros210-A and 225-A, increase the trans-parency of the Citi Bike program.Intro. 210-A requires the Depart-ment of Transportation to compileand publish Citi Bike usage data,including trip duration, start and endtime, and starting point and destina-tion. Intro. 225-A requires Depart-ment of Transportation to compileand publish all financial data relatedto Citi Bike program. In his remarks,the Mayor thanked Speaker Mark-Viverito, and the bills’ sponsors,Council Members Lander and Coun-cil Member Rodriguez, Chair of theTransportation Committee. “Ourcity and our citizens have investedso much in our new bike share sys-tem. As is typical with all publicgoods, our citizens deserve theknowledge that their investment isboth sound and stable. INT 225 willensure that the public is armed withthe information they need and de-serve to ensure the stable future ofour bike share system,” said Coun-cil Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Chairof the Committee on Transporta-tion. “I commend Mayor Bill deBlasio and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito for their commitment toensuring our public goods remainfinancially sound.”



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ObituaryObituaryObituaryObituaryObituaryMariko Nagami, born on May 21,

1938 in Japan, died, Sunday, Novem-ber 1, 2015 at home in Woodside. Sheis survived by her daughter Yoko, hergranddaughter Helena and her son-in-law David Rosasco.

Her death was not unlike the earlystages of her life, having grown up asa young girl during World War II, herfather evacuating her and her motherand sibling to Hokkaido to avoid star-vation and daily bombardments ofTokyo towards the end of the war. Hermother died just a few days beforeAugust 15, 1945 from starvation.

After the war, Mariko was placedin a French-Canadian Catholic nun-nery for orphans of the war, residingthere for 7 years until her father, whosurvived the war, came to recover her.

Mariko spent most of her adult lifeas a registered nurse in the town ofToro, Omiya City, Saitama Prefec-ture, working long hours, sufferingmany indignities due to harassmentsand abandonment by people she trustedwould be there for her.

Despite her 4’9" frame, a directresult of malnutrition during the war,Mariko was a woman of such energy,who never sat still, and, as a singleworking mother in Japan during the1960’s, was a rare example at that timein her country, one where divorce wasunknown, regardless of circumstance.

Her oldest daughter, Yoko, mar-ried David, an American fromWoodside, a fact that would change alltheir lives. Mariko always acceptedher son-in-law, he himself would go

on to live and work in Japan during hisyounger days for 12 years, in an at-tempt to prove to her that he would bea better son-in-law than any Japaneseman. Mariko was David’s first teacher,first friend, first of everything as headjusted to the different and complexculture and language of Japan.

It was the Great East Japan Earth-quake on March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pmwhich brought Mariko and David,who was caring for her at the time inJapan, to Woodside after the U.S.government all non-essential Ameri-cans out of Japan.

Mariko suffered for the remainingyears in Woodside with corticobasaldegeneration, a very rare and debilitat-ing neurological disease within theParkinsonian disease group, whichgradually attacks multiple parts of thebrain, causing all muscles in the bodyto malfunction and become rigid, adisease which eventually led to a vari-ety of symptoms and the primary causesof her death at at 77.

It was her ferocious will and thecare provided to her by Yoko, Helenaand David that permitted her to live aquality life until the end, as this was anhonor for them, the same honor sheafforded others.

Her suffering in her last few months,being unable to speak or eat or drinkappropriately, to walk or move fromher bed did not affect the part of thebrain that controls understanding, and,even to the end, her nods and move-ments of her left hand or eyebrowssignaled that there was a spirit namedMariko still there, still just as sharp.

Mariko loved Japanese baseball,TV dramas, going to the local depart-

ment stores in Japan, all of it simpleliving, as she lived alone for manyyears of her life with no one to standwith her, no one to talk to, no one tofight on her behalf.

God, in his mercy and wisdom,places people together in situations,allows good and noble men and womento emerge at just the right moment.Mariko was witness to many of thesemiracles during her 5 years inWoodside, with great men of faithvisiting her, praying for her, anointingher, comforting her, all becauseWoodside is blessed to have suchpeople still in its midst.

Though raised in a Catholic nun-nery, these ministers spanned most ofthe great Abrahamic faiths, from Pas-tor Joseph Mantovani of St. JacobusEvangelical Lutheran Church, to JohnRaymond Gernarde as a Born-AgainBaptist, to the missionaries of theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints, who almost daily visited herhome, the hospital and were there atthe moment of her death, andSamsudeen Ismail, a Sunni Muslimman of powerful faith who prayedalone for her healing in her hospitalroom many nights in the month lead-ing up to her death.

These blessings are a gift fromProvidence that assures she was notabandoned, and will find herself in Hispresence. For that, there is no doubt.

Mariko, in the end, was worthmore to her family than all of thekings of the earth, all of the learnedand the wise, and will be rememberedfor her fight for life surrounded by thevery best Woodside, and indeedAmerica has to offer.

KID FRIENDLY COMEDYThe Guess What comedy show gives kids a chance to go

to a comedy sow without all the sailor talk. In addition, eachkid gets a chance to go on stage and tell a joke in betweencomedians. The vibe is definitely kid friendly as the hosts ofthe show are a dad comic and his 8-year old daughter.

The Creek and the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave,Long Island City (718) 706-8783

12:30PM on Saturday 11/21,12/19 and 1/16

FREE admission, Free reservation ticketsavailable, No drink or food minimum at

the club. Brunch menu available

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Such was the mood on Saturday, Octo-ber 31, as the youth gathered in the way theyhave over long years, with mulch gener-ously procured from Garden World byMustafa Arshad, owner of Sign Media In-ternational, and one of but a handful ofpersons who never deny the will of the youthto be matched by means. This resulted inanother 40 bags of natural cedar mulchbeing deployed to 39 street trees along 63rd

and 64th Streets and Trimble Road, boundedby Roosevelt Avenue and Woodside Av-enue north and south respectively,

From there, the youth reassembled to

WOODSIDE YOUTH EXPAND MULCHINGcontinue other tasks in locations that havefor many years been ones of disorderlylittering, returning to the north side of QueensBoulevard near Sherry Dog Park at 67th

Street to weed and clean the green spacewhere these same youth planted over 30trees during the period of their work, and inpreparation for the winter months.

Seiji Ushimaya, 7th grade student atHunter’s Point Community Middle School,observed, as he worked diligently to supportone of the street trees with a wooden post“The only thing that is difficult about gettingthis post to stay in the ground is the time itstaking to sharpen the end of it, but I’m trying.”

SATURDAY TEAM

Pastor Joseph Mantovani(St. Jacobus Evangelical

Lutheran Church)

SEIJI & EDISON

TEAMMEETING

ALEXIS& EDISON

ALICENT

TYLER

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