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INCREASED SERVICEAs ridership hits historic highs, it’s time for Gov. Cuomo,

Legislature to invest in increasing service by funding theMTA’s five-year capital plan

On Monday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)released data showing subway ridership reaching highs notseen since the 1940s. Meanwhile, the MTA’s $32 billion2015-2019 Capital Program, which funds maintenance, ser-vice improvement and system expansion, faces a $15 billionshortfall. As the Legislature resumes session, Governor Cuomoand the State Legislature will decide whether to close thatshortfall. The Riders Alliance issued the following response:

“People are taking the subway at levels we haven’t seen forgenerations. Our elected officials should be falling over eachother to invest in better subway and bus service, to serve theeight million people who take the subway and bus every day.Instead, there’s a debate about whether to invest even the basicfunds required to prevent the subways from deterioratingfurther,” said John Raskin, Executive Director of the RidersAlliance. “New Yorkers are voting with their Metrocards andrelying on public transit more each year. It’s time for Gover-nor Cuomo and state lawmakers to listen to the crowd andincrease transit funding to match riders’ needs. If they don’t,riders are in for a future of more delays, dangerous crowdingand higher fares.

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ers Point Civic Association, the Long Island City/AstoriaLions Club, and the 108th Precinct Explorers Club joinedforces with the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy onSaturday April 18th, to provide in-kind care to thebeautiful Gantry Plaza State Park. They were joined byNew York State Senator Michael Gianaris and FrankRaffaele of the LIC Landing. COFFEED provided foodand beverages for all the hard-working volunteers after-wards, showing once again that those with the biggesthearts get the biggest returns.Photo Above: 108th Precinct Explorers, Rob Basch,Hunters Point Park Conservancy, State Senator MichaelGianaris, Brent O’Leary, Hunters Point Civic Association

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On April 18th, New York City Council Majority LeaderJimmy Van Bramer helped hand out hundreds of free bicyclehelmets to families and residents in the Queensbridge Houses.In an effort to promote the safety of cyclists within the district,Van Bramer allocated funding to the Department of Transpor-tation to provide families with free safety equipment. Re-cycle-A-Bicycle was also on hand swapping children’s oldbicycles for refurbished, better fitting upgrades, making ad-justments and performing safety checks for families.


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by David Rosasco

While teams of youth were crisscrossing the entireWoodside community conducting their critical restorationwork, Amina Rodriguez, 6th grade student at PS 11 explainedthe scope of her task as official spokesperson for the day andhow it fit into the other work going on in multiple locations“This is a great day to be planting vegetables, addingcompost, mulching trees and cleaning all the areas where weare working. We have done this many times over 4 years,they’re all related to the other, so it’s not that hard at all.”

It was clear from her statement that the Gordian Knot ofseamlessly mulching 81 trees, planting 105 flowers andvegetables then find room to clean the same locations onSaturday, April 11 for a total of 17 bags of garbage was norandom occurrence. The youth in Woodside have predict-able assignments each weekend, without cancelling an eventfor over 2 and a half years, each youth accumulating hundredsof hours of service devoted to their duties over the time.

by Crystal Wolfe

The Long Island City Community Roots Garden is lo-cated at 29-08 47th Avenue in Long Island City. In this urban,industrialized area it is a safe haven of green and growingthings amongst cement and factories and skyscrapers, an oasisof flowers and vegetable garden beds. At lunchtime, peopleoften have to wait for a seat amongst the colorful flowers andlush, blooming trees. LIC Roots started as a communitygarden coordinated by Noah Kaufman and Terry Born, prin-cipal of the Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School at the timefor Arts and Technology in 2000 to commemorate the lateFirefighter Michael E. Brennan, who was a native of Sunnysideand lost his life in 911. “He loved what he did, helping people.Mike Brennan was a hero,” said one of the founders Kaufman.

The LIC Gardens have been honored with a license forcommunity beautification from the Metropolitan Transpor-tation Authority to create a garden over the tracks of theDegnon Terminal Railroad at 47-08 30th Street.


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In anticipation for Earth Day,the Ridgewood Democratic Club(RDC) held its April monthly meet-ing by hearing from Willis Elkins,Program Manager of the NewtownCreek Alliance. Mr. Elkins gavea presentation about the many poli-cies and issues being worked onand advocated by the Alliance to

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munity health, water quality, habi-tat, access, and vibrant water-de-pendent commerce alongNewtown Creek. State SenatorJoseph Addabbo also attended andgave an update on both the re-cently enacted state budget andspoke on the many issues related toRidgewood and Western Queens.

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“GRACE UNDER FIRE”Churches Banned In Public Schools

by Crystal Wolfe

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected theappeal of the Bronx Household of Faith onMonday, March 30, 2015. This makes thethird time the court has sided with the cityagainst the church in a case going backapproximately 20 years. The case dates backto 1995, when the Bronx Household of Faithwas denied a permit to rent a school buildingfor worship services and filed suit, contend-ing its religious liberties were violated.

“Any community group can meet in NewYork City’s school buildings during non-school hours for any purpose—except forreligious groups meeting to worship God.This policy is clearly nothing more thanreligious segregation—the kind of segrega-tion the mayor has said he opposes,” saidJordan Lorence, who was the senior counselwith Alliance Defending Freedom, whichhas represented Bronx Household for 20 yearsin its legal battle against the city’s policy.

Another case was The Good News Clubv. Milford Central Schools, 99-2036. Since1992, the Milford school had a policy allow-ing community use of its building after classhours for “social, civic and recreationalmeetings.” The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and4-H Club are among the groups that havemet at the school. The school district’slawyers fought this because the Good NewsClub’s members were grade-school age andthe meetings would be held immediatelyafter school, so they thought some childrenmight be confused into believing the schoolapproved the club’s religious message.Milford was denied its access to rent thespace to churches.

“When Milford denied the Good NewsClub access to the school’s limited publicforum on the ground that the club was reli-gious in nature, it discriminated against theclub because of its religious viewpoint inviolation of the free-speech clause of theFirst Amendment,” Justice Clarence Tho-mas wrote for the majority.

In essence this means that there can beschools in churches and that space can berented from churches but that churches cannot rent space from schools. Statistics showschools and churches make their communi-ties better. According to a 2011 Barna Re-search study: Three-quarters of U.S. adultsbelieve the presence of a church is “very”(53%) or “somewhat” positive (25%) fortheir community. In contrast, only one out ofevery 20 Americans believes the influenceof a church is negative.

The New York Law Department, how-ever, disagrees, stating: “We view this as avictory for the City’s school children andtheir families. The Department was quiteproperly concerned about having any schoolin this diverse City identified with one par-ticular religious belief or practice.”

Some people are offended by the idea ofa church meeting and worshipping in a schoolbelieving it to be unconstitutional. Othersbelieve it is unconstitutional and a threat toreligious freedom upon which this countrywas founded upon. One school who rentsspace in NYC stated in article in ChristianityToday, “I stand with my Muslim friendswho wish to rent on Friday, my Jewishfriends on Saturday, and my Christian friendson Sunday—all paying money to use spacethat belongs to us all.” There are otherreasons for public schools to continue beingallowed to rent space out to these churches.It benefits and gives an additional source ofincome to under-resourced schools.

Wile Norvell, deputy press secretary forthe mayor’s office, said de Blasio is dedi-cated to “ensuring that religious organiza-tions are able to use space in City schools onthe same terms provided to other groups.”

Mayor de Blasio has stated his support ofchurches and letting them stay, though un-der the Supreme Court Ruling he could havethem kicked out of the schools. But whatwill happen to these churches under a differ-ent administration? De Blasio says he sup-ports the schools but the Department ofEducation is under the Mayor’s Office andwith the flip of his signature he could re-move this ordinance. He has not done so.

Out of the 50 metropolitan public schoolsin the country, NYC is the only city underthreat of losing churches that’ve been rent-ing to them. Several churches in the bor-oughs are being threatened, but in this areait is the Grace Fellowship Church, whichmeets at PS 150 School on 43rd Street and41st Avenue in Sunnyside is under fire. Thisfight has been going on in the SupremeCourt for 20 years; Pastor Jon Storck ofGFC has been fighting it since he movedhere four years ago with his wife Jenniferand their children four years ago.

“I love that fact that people are so friendlyhere and they talk to you, you get to knowpeople, it’s diverse, has great restaurantsand is family friendly. I just have an internalpastoral call to this neighborhood. It’s beengood to us,” said Pastor Jon Storck. “Most ofthese churches are very involved in theircommunities and neighborhoods. They havegreat relationships with the police and crimerates go down just with their presence.”

Some have voiced concerns that thesechurches take over the schools when they’rehaving worship service. Yet at the sametime the Grace Fellowship Church Serviceis in session, there is another group for asoccer club meeting upstairs. In reference tothe Milford School “Good News Club Case,”Pastor Jon Storck stated, “Several otherchurches here have schools associated withthem, such as the Queen of Angels and St.Raphael’s. Do we have such little faith inour public schools system in NYC and ourkids that we think they are the only ones notsmart enough to know the difference be-tween school and church?”

When asked why he couldn’t rent a build-ing instead of space at the school, he an-swered, “Believe me we’ve looked into it.For one thing, rent would be at least twice asmuch renting anywhere else. We also havea hard time managing to find a good alterna-tive. Not many buildings have an open spacefor the sanctuary and fellowship area, as wellas the 4-5 classrooms we need for our kids.”

Just as many small businesses are clos-ing down because the rents are getting sohigh in the area, and many people are find-ing the skyrocketing apartment rents hard tomanage, the pastor has had a hard timefinding a space offering all they need andnot costing more than they can afford. Andof course, they want the majority of theirfunds to go to bettering the community andnot to rent. The Grace Fellowship Churchhas invested thousands of dollars in the pastfew years on top of their rent to PS 150 to theDrama Department, making renovations tothe building and community service projects.

“It has brought our congregation to-gether,” said Pastor Jon Storck in re-sponse to the fire Grace has been under,“we’ve forged stronger ties with each andour community.”



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In a major policy speech hosted by the Center for American ProgressAction Fund, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of theDemocratic Caucus, unveiled his plan to address the savings and retire-ment security crisis in America by giving American families the ability tobetter save for the future and retire with dignity. With nearly half of U.S.households having insufficient savings for an emergency, and one-third ofworkers saying they are not saving for retirement at all, the savings andretirement security crisis in the U.S. threatens the financial well-being ofthe middle class and those working to join the middle class.

Crowley’s “Building Better Savings, Building Brighter Futures”plan will make Americans more financially secure throughout theirlifetimes by creating new financial options that encourage personalsaving, expanding employer-provided retirement plans, and strengthen-ing Social Security. Crowley released a detailed blueprint for the plan,which can be found here.

“We know that savings are the path for middle class families toachieve the American Dream, yet that dream is increasingly beingput at risk. Too many Americans say that they want to save for thefuture, and they know they should be saving for the future – but it’seasier said than actually done,” said Rep. Crowley. “My BuildingBetter Savings, Building Brighter Futures plan makes saving not just apriority, but a possibility for every American. The time to act is now.”

Crowley’s plan focuses on creating new vehicles for saving andstrengthening current policies to ensure that Americans are more finan-cially secure throughout their lifetimes:

I. USAccounts: Building Savings from the StartCrowley’s plan will establish USAccounts, a long-term savings account

to help every American child start their financial future on the right foot.Upon the birth of a child, a USAccount will be established in the child’sname, and the federal government will contribute $500 in seed money thefirst year. As families contribute to the child’s account, the government willmatch a portion of future yearly contributions, based on family income. Theproposal also authorizes a corresponding increase to the successful ChildTax Credit for those who save through their child’s account, giving low-income families the opportunity to contribute to the savings account.Crowley’s plan also promotes financial know-how and a greater under-standing of saving options, and calls for an established partnership betweenall stakeholders to improve financial understanding among all Americans.II. myRA: Creating A Nest Egg for Long Term Savings

Crowley’s plan will make President Obama’s myRA program per-manent, giving American workers a safe, stable, and portable savingsoption that relieves some of the common barriers workers face to savingin the first place, such as high minimum contributions and early with-drawal penalties.III. SAVE UP Accounts: Launching a Secure Retirement Plan

Crowley’s plan will establish universal pension accounts, called“Secure, Accessible, Valuable, Efficient Universal Pension” accounts(SAVE UPs), so every American worker has this vital asset after alifetime of hard work. SAVE UP accounts will be funded through sharedefforts between employers and employees.IV. Continuing to Defend and Strengthen Social Security

Crowley’s plan calls for ensuring Social Security, the programthat has served as a lifeline to millions of Americans for close to acentury, remains strong in the 21st century by strengthening funding,standing firm against changes to the Cost of Living Allowance(“Chained CPI”), and fighting efforts to slash Social Security Dis-ability payments to 11 million Americans.

“For the past century, Democrats have been at the forefront of puttingforward big, bold ideas to bring security and peace of mind to workingfamilies. And so it will be the Democratic Party that again leads the chargeto address the looming savings and retirement crisis,” continued Crowley.

Crowley’s plan incorporates key ideas that have been praised by: TheAspen Institute; Asset Building Program, New America; Center forAmerican Progress; Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED);National Institute on Retirement Security; and Third Way.

At a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), Ranking Demo-crat Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) called on her colleagues to help shapetax policy that is favorable to small businesses and that encourages growth.

Maloney noted that small businesses are the backbone of the UnitedStates economy and have led the economic recovery through the creationof 6 million jobs over 17 straight quarters. “Today, small businesses areleading the economic recovery,” Maloney said. “Small businesses haveadded more than 6 million jobs over 17 straight quarters of smallbusiness job growth and the share of small businesses planning to addjobs is back near its pre-recession average.




LONG ISLAND CITYIN BLOOMIN BLOOM

Founder Noah Kaufman showing his proposed space for the new parkand beautifying of Dutch Kills.

The students of Queens Inter-national High School and the Rob-ert F. Wagner School have workedhard in the garden to give the com-munity a breath of fresh green airamong a landscape of municipalcity life. In 2008, GrowNYC raised6 vegetable gardens, 4 of which aretended by individuals, the remain-ing two by students of Robert F.Wagner School.

Founded in 1976,Greenmarkets mission is to ensurethat all New Yorkers have accessto the freshest, most nutritious lo-cally grown food of the region, andto promote the regional agricultureby providing small family farmsthe opportunity to sell their locallygrown products to consumers di-rectly. According to the Websitefor LIC Roots, “What began overthree decades ago with 12 farmersin a parking lot on 59th Street and2nd Avenue in Manhattan has nowgrown to become the largest andmost diverse outdoor urban farm-ers market network in the country,now with 54 markets, over 230family farms and fisherman par-ticipating, and over 30,000 acresof farmland protected from devel-opment.” Some of the other ser-vices offered by LIC Gardens arerecycling programs, teaching,composting with the BotanicalGardens, two bee hives, educa-tional and job opportunities. Theyare always appreciative of volun-teers and membership to show sup-port of the organization.

Kaufman was excited to sharewith the Woodside Herald exclu-sively their long-standing pro-posal to provide a new park near46th Avenue at the Dutch KillsCanal. The waterfront is cur-rently toxic but Kaufman hopesto beautify and green the areawith the support of elected offi-cials and the Community Board2. “The appropriate time to planfor a park is now. Our communityis among the most underserved inQueens as far as open space andparks. It used to be all factorieshere and they didn’t need parks.But the factories have been di-minished, 6 schools are here, butno park, no gym class for any of

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these students. The city hasn’t kept pace with the times.”Brennan’s family generously wants the new park to be named after

the first responders and the heroes of 911. His family wants the parkto be universal and welcoming to everyone. “We just want to maintainthis park and garden and green our community,” said Kaufman. Formore information on their events, volunteering opportunities or howto become a member, go to:www.grownyc.org/openspace/gardens/qns/licroots or their Facebook Page under LIC Roots Garden.

See Page 7 For UpcomingGreen Market Events



File No.: 2014-1260/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENTTO:Brenda Johnson,David Hitt,Ralph Hitt,Crawford Hitt,Harold Hitt,Frank LaGrange III,Pat Kelsey,William LaGrange,Susan Farr,Nancy Braaten,Paul LaGrange,Kathy Kennedy,Attorney General of the State ofNew YorkThe unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of JOYCE CARBINEaka JOYCE E. CARBINE,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate of JOYCECARBINE aka JOYCE E.CARBINE, deceased, who at thetime of death was a resident of 68-60 108th Street, Apt 3A, ForestHills, NY, in the County ofQueens, 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 ofJOYCE CARBINE aka JOYCE E.CARBINE, deceased, you andeach of you are hereby cited toshow cause before the Surrogateat the Surrogate’s Court of theCounty of Queens, to be held atthe Queens General Courthouse,6th Floor, 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, City and Stateof New York, on the 4th day ofJune , 2015 at 9:30 o’clock in theforenoon, why the Account ofProceedings of the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $7,135.66and 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 collected

Thank You FromHarry Hill’s Family

“While this reflects majorprogress, there is more that shouldbe done to support small businessgrowth. As President Obama hasproposed, Congress should sim-plify and cut taxes for America’ssmall businesses to increase in-vestments and reduce costs.”

Maloney said she supports ad-ditional tax relief for small busi-ness, as long as it benefits legiti-

FAIR TAXES

PROBATE CITATION File No.2015-0441 SURROGATE’SCOURT - QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK Bythe Grace of God Free andIndependent TO: MARYANNMONACO, if living and if dead,to her heirs at law, next of kin anddistributees whose names andplaces of residence are unknownand if she died subsequent to thedecedent herein, to her executors,administrators, legatees, devisees,assignees and successors ininterest whose names and placesof residence are unknown to allother heirs at law, next of kin anddistributees of MARYANNMONACO, the decedent herein,whose names and places ofresidence are unknown and cannot,after dil igent inquiry, beascertained. PUBLICADMINISTRATOR, QUEENSCOUNTY ATTORNEYGENERAL, STATE OF NEWYORK A Petition having beenfiled by DENNIS MONACO, whois domiciled at 15-24 163rd Street,Whitestone , New York 11357;YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO


LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICEafter the date of the withinaccounting; 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 whyeach of you claiming to be adistributee of the decedent shouldnot establish proof of your kinship;and why the balance of said fundsshould not be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship,Dated, Attested and Sealed 2ndday of April, 2015HON. PETER J. KELLYSurrogate, Queens CountyMargaret M. Gribbon Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard,11th 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 file

formal legal, verified objections.You have a right to have anattorney-at-law appear for you.Accounting Citation 4/17/15, 4/24/15, 5/1/15, 5/8/15

SHOW CAUSE BEFORE THESURROGATE’S COURT,QUEENS COUNTY, at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NewYork 11435 on May 21, 2015 at9:30 a.m. on that day why a Decreeshould not be made in the Estateof DONALD MONACO, alsoknown as DONALD F.MONACO, lately domiciled at 67-25 223rd Place, Unit 25B, Bayside,New York 11364; admitting toprobate a Will dated April 23,2003, a copy of which is attachedas the Will of DONALDMONACO, also known asDONALD F. MONACO,deceased, relating to real orpersonal property, and directingthat: LETTERSTESTAMENTARY issue toPetitioner DENNIS MONACODated: March 30, 2015 HON.PETER A. KELLY, Surrogate,Margaret M Gribbon Chief ClerkAttorney for Petitioner: BARON& GOODSELL, Esqs. 608 JerichoTurnpike, New Hyde Park, NY11040, Telephone (516) 328-3254NOTE: This Citation is servedupon you as required by law. Youare not required to appear. If youdo not appear, it will be assumedthat you do not object to the reliefrequested. You have the right tohave an attorney appear for you.4/24/15, 5/1/15, 5/8/15, 5/15/15

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mate small businesses, and sheendorsed the ObamaAdministration’s tax reform plan,which would simplify and cut taxesfor small businesses, including byexpanding expensing provisionsand allowing more small busi-nesses to take advantage of sim-pler cash accounting rules.

“We must make sure that anytax reform benefits the smallfirms,” Maloney said. “For reformto work, it must be comprehensiveand it must be bipartisan. There isno other path forward.”

It is difficult to find words to express how thankful we are for all of your payers,support, thoughtfulness and expressions of love to our family at this truly difficulttime. We would also like to thank the NYPD for the exceptional honor given toHarry. The outpouring of support seems to have no end, and we will likely neverbe able to thank everyone enough. We are thankful to so many people.

Harry and his family are truly blessed to have all of you in our lives.Love,

The Hill Family



Traffic LightDear Editor,

I want to thank whoever wasresponsible for us in obtaining atraffic light at the corner of 51Street and Skillman Avenue. Itwas a long time coming but verywelcomed. I have lived inWoodside for 50 years and overthe course of those years wepleaded with our elected offi-cials about the necessity of a lightat that corner.

Community Board 2 – Thankyou. Councilman Jimmy VanBramer – Thank you.

You have made it safe for ev-eryone to cross at that very busyintersection.

Susan Santangelo,Woodside

MTA And TheCouncil

Dear Editor,It appears that NYC Council

Speaker Melissa Mark-Viveritoand Councilmembers have failedto provide any additional fundingto the Metropolitan TransportationAuthority (MTA) in their proposed$77 billion municipal budget.These funds are needed to helpbridge the Metropolitan Transpor-tation Authority’s $15.2 billionshortfall in the proposed Five Year2015 - 2019 $32 billion capitalplan. This deficit will result in theMTA having to make some diffi-cult choices in deciding how toprioritize the expenditures of scarceresources. The result will be con-sideration for deferral of many criti-cal capital improvement projectsinto the next 2020 - 2024 Five YearCapital Program. Riders on the #7and other lines can look forward toadditional service delays and morefare increases beyond the nextscheduled for 2017.

Many Council members havestaff to drive them around townalong with private parking privi-leges at City Hall. How many everconsidered using mass transit forcommuting to work like millionsof their constituents do daily? Doany Council members have a MetroCard and use it regularly? Checkout the City Hall parking lot whenthe Council is in session and seefor yourself.

Sincerely,Larry Penner

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With more people than ever re-lying on public transit, that shouldn’tbe Governor Cuomo’s vision forpublic transit in New York.”

Senator Gianaris said, “It’s nicethe MTA is finally acknowledgingskyrocketing train ridership in

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Long Island City, but the idea thatthis growth is due to more reliable7 train service is laughable,” saidSenator Gianaris. “The 7 line isplagued by legendary service dis-ruptions and weekend closures, andin recent months overall service

has been the bane of westernQueens’ existence. The MTA’s in-adequate solutions when it comesto improving mass transit in west-ern Queens are why I will alwayscontinue fighting for better servicein our communities.”

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Annual Spring Plant Sale and Membership DriveFF Michael Brennan Memorial, LIC Roots Community Garden

Week of May 4, 2015 Lunch Times

Spring Tabling EventsSaturday, April 25th: St. George DaySaturday, April 25th: Family Fun Day at Brooklyn Gardens Elementary SchoolSaturday/Sunday, April 25th-26th: NYC Hot Sauce ExpoTuesday, May 5th: Metropolitan Hospital Center’s Cinco de Mayo CelebrationFriday, May 8th: East Harlem Scholars Academy Health FairSat/Sun, May 16-17th: Harlem EatUp! FestivalFriday, May 28th: Fab Fridays - Fowler SquareSaturday, June 6th: Downtown BK Community Health ExpoFriday, June 12th: Fab Fridays - Putnam TriangleFriday, July 10th: Fab Fridays - Putnam Triangle



The trees mulched and composted were scattered across WoodsideAvenue and Queens Boulevard, while the bulk of the flower andvegetable planting were located on Trimble Road, within earshot ofsome of the other simultaneous activities.

As the number of youth has increased weekly, the depth and scaleof their work has as well, with more graffiti removal projectscontinuing across the entire Woodside community Sunday, April 19for those who could not be part of the Saturday work.

Sofia DeNoia, in the 7th Grade at St. Sebastian’s School describedthe logic of becoming masters of the full range of work, stating “Weall know each other by now, having worked in the cold and snow, andnow, with better weather, we move like a machine, we have the meansand the will I think, and we learn that continuing as a team is key.”Photos: 1 Joseph McGowan 2. Jeyson, Sofia, J’hanna, Daniela,Daniel 3. J’hanna, Sofia 4. Elders N’shinamaya & Chevalier 5.Llamo, Evelyn 6. Sister Johnson 7. Klaudio, Amina, Nelson, Safia,Jebreal, Ismael 8. Daniel 9. Amina 10. Adham, Kareem


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