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Some seniors will walk, but may not graduate Regents grades delayed until after some high schools hold ceremonies by Domenick Rafter Editor
raduation at city high schools begins this week, but some students who will walk may not get a diploma. Due to issues with a new system used to grade the statewide tests, there is a delay in grading some of the statewide Regents exams, and the results may not be issued until after seniors don their cap and gowns. Under the new requirements, students must pass all Regents exams to receive a high school diploma. That means seniors who took the exams this month must pass them in order to graduate. The exams concluded earlier this week, but the city Department of Education warned principals on Tuesday that the grades for some exams will not be available until Monday. For some schools, like Benjamin Cardozo High School which hold its graduation on Friday, that’s too late. And for other schools, who hold graduation next week, it gives a short turnaround time to notify students that they won’t graduate if they do not pass the exams. That puts principals in a dilemma, as they typically don’t allow students to walk unless they are certain to graduate. The DOE is advising principals to forgo their typical protocol of not allowing students to walk if final graduation requirements are still pending. In a letter to principals this week, Niket Mull, the department’s executive director of assessment, told principals to notify seniors who may be affected by the delay. “We understand the importance of having Regents scores back as soon as possible, especially for graduating seniors, and apologize for this delay,” the letter read. “We are continuing to work closely with the vendor to accelerate scanning and address the situation. At this time, we expect schools to have
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Graduation for Benjamin Cardozo High School, seen here in 2011, is scheduled for Friday, but some seniors won’t find out if they graduate until next week when Regents grades come in. FILE PHOTO
access to final results by the end of the day Monday, June 24, as scheduled.” The three Regents that remain delayed according to the letter, are the Living Environment, Global History and US History Regents. The exam grades were expected to be released Wednesday and Thursday. Living Environment results are now scheduled for Friday while the grades from the two history Regents will be released Monday.
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That would mean most schools, like Forest Hills, John Adams and August Martin high schools, will have less than 24 hours between the time grades are released and graduation ceremonies are held, while some, like Cardozo, would have already had graduation. The issue stems from a process called “distributive grading,” in which teachers are not allowed to grade their own students’ exams, a rule recently put in place by state law. This is the first year distributive grading is being used. The DOE opted to have four of the most-taken tests — Living Environment, Global Studies, U.S. History and English — scored electronically. McGraw-Hill, the vendor, which received a $9.6 million contract to administer the process for three years, collects the exams at schools, transports them to a scanning site in Connecticut, and then distributes answers to teachers stationed at computers in city grading centers. At the time, the grading process moved quicker, one source said, but this year, once all high schools were included, some schools did not have their exams picked up for days and bandwidth issues are causing grades to be uploaded into the computer system slowly. A teacher from Brooklyn hired to grade the Global Studies exams said computers at the grading sites crashed and she was able to grade only about two dozen tests. “Last year, I graded more than 100 in a day,” she said. Another teacher, who graded English exams, said the process was not too bad, but that other teachers were complaining. “Sometimes the computers freeze and it takes a while to get them back up,” the teacher said. “It’s not entirely a terrible program, it’s just got a lot of kinks.” continued on page 22
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At PS 232, crossing can be quite risky Parents, officials demand DOT put traffic controls on 153rd Avenue by Domenick Rafter Editor
To say the scene around PS 232 in Lindenwood is chaotic on a typical weekday afternoon when school lets out may be an understatement. The line of double-parked cars runs nearly the entire length of the block along 83rd Street. School buses sit stacked along the north end of the school on 153rd Avenue and the sidewalks all around the building are often impassable. Two crossing guards, one at 84th Street and 153rd Avenue and the other at 83rd Street, scurry through the intersections trying to keep cars and children away from each other. At 84th and 153rd, the crossing guards job is helped by the traffic light that exists at the intersection. But a block away at the T-intersection of 153rd and 83rd, the scene is very different. Traffic entering the intersection northbound on 83rd Street is subject to a stop sign and there is a crosswalk, but traffic along 153rd Avenue is uncontrolled. Between 79th and 84th streets there are no traffic lights or stop signs. Often cars heading east fly down the stretch of road to catch the light at 84th. That puts them right in the path of children and parents crossing the avenue between the
Joan Petroccione, who has a grandchild at PS 232 in Lindenwood, demanded the city place a crosswalk and other traffic controls at 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street, where parents and students PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER often cross before and after school. school and the Lindenwood Shopping Center, where many parents park their cars to pick up their children. “I park there so I can do some shopping before my daughter gets out,” one parent said. “It’s easier and quicker.”
Stefanie Calise said she and her son Landon, 6, were nearly killed when a car narrowly missed them just earlier this month while crossing 153rd Avenue. “We were walking across and this car came flying down the street,” she said. “The car did
not even stop. They just don’t care. It happens all the time.” Using a megaphone and surrounded by children and parents holding up signs demanding the city Department of Transportation do something about the dangerous situation on 153rd Avenue, state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (DHoward Beach) and several parents demanded on Friday that something be done at the corner. Putting a crosswalk at 83rd Street is only one of several suggestions parents had. They’d also like to see a stop sign along 153rd Avenue at the intersection, speed bumps on the avenue and, if possible, a traffic light. Though 83rd Street does not go through the intersection, on the other side is an entrance into the Lindenwood Shopping Center’s parking lot, which creates a de facto four-way intersection at the location. Nobody has been seriously injured at the intersection and DOT records show no incidents with injuries at the location between 2007 and 2011, which the department said negates the need for a crosswalk, though a DOT spokesman said it will review other options. “Though DOT has received a request for this location, an analysis found that it did not meet federal guidelines for additional intersection controls,” DOT spokesman Nicholas continued on page 34
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FBI digs at home owned by mobster’s daughter Investigators won’t say what they’re looking for at Ozone Park house by Domenick Rafter
cargo from the Lufthansa cargo terminal at JFK Airport that was a big part of the plot in the If changing demographics and the longer 1990 movie “Goodfellas.” Burke was the basis of the character Jimmy elapsed time since the era of John Gotti and Jimmy Burke meant Ozone Park was losing its Conway in that film, portrayed by Robert De notoriety as a mob epicenter, the arrival of men in Niro. The reports also indicate investigators are FBI shirts and the sound of jackhammers under a looking for possible human blue tent in a driveway may serve remains, perhaps victims murto jog the memory. dered in the wake of the The Federal Bureau of InvestiLufthansa Heist. gation popped up Monday at the On Tuesday morning, agents home of Catherine Burke, daughter walked into and out of the blue of mobster Jimmy Burke, at 81-48 tent set up in the sunken driveway 102 Road in Ozone Park and have of the home, which was built in been working on the site all week. 1967. The sound of jackhammers The home, which one neighbor could be heard coming from said is occupied by an elderly inside the tent. Another tent has couple renting from Burke, is at been set up in the backyard of the the center of an FBI investigation. home facing Liberty Avenue. Catherine Burke’s most recent A former resident of 102nd address was in Howard Beach. Road said work was done on the Jimmy Burke died in prison in 1996 while serving a 20-years-to- Jimmy Burke died in prison in house and the driveway in the FILE PHOTO early 1990s. 1996. life sentence for murder. Burke was an associate of the A spokesman for the federal agency would not comment on the investiga- Lucchese crime family, but was never a full tion, but multiple published repor ts cited member because he was not of Italian descent. sources saying the investigation may be con- He was sent to prison for the murder of Robert nected to an ongoing probe into the Lufthansa Eaton, whose body was found in a freezer truck Q Heist — the 1978 theft of millions of dollars in in Brooklyn, tortured and hogtied. Editor
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Forest Park Senior Center closes Budget issues force shutdown after 33 years by Domenick Rafter Editor
A senior center in Woodhaven that had been in financial straits for some time has shut its doors. The Forest Park Senior Center closed for good last Thursday due to ongoing budget issues. Donna Marie Caltabiano, the center’s executive director, said she decided to close the center because $60,000 in city funding allocated by Borough President Helen Marshall was being held up due to the ongoing budget fight and will not be given to the center until after June 30. “I just can’t do it anymore,� Caltabiano said, noting that the issue of securing funding is one she often has faced in the 19 years she has been the center’s executive director. “I’m still going to be there to answer the phones and look for mail and close the place up in the next few weeks, but as of Thursday, we are closed.� She said the closure came as a shock to the three dozen or so seniors who regularly come to the center, which is located at 8902 91 Ave. in the Woodhaven Post 118 American Legion Hall. “There were a lot of tears last week,� Caltabiano said.
Most of the center’s funding comes from allocations from Marshall and Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), who disbursed $50,000 to it. The center used to rely on state money as well, but no funding has come in from the state level in the last few years because of the hold on member items in the Legislature. One member of the center, Joe Palladino, donated $10,000 and loaned the center thousands more. The center had a program, called the VIP Program, in which seniors who attended the center donated money, but Caltabiano said the city forced them to stop because the program allegedly violated regulations on nonprofits. The center operates on a $115,000 annual budget, which is down from $200,000 when it first opened in 1980. The delay in receiving money from the city is not uncommon, Caltabiano said, and has occurred nearly every year since she took over as executive director in 1994. “We typically don’t get our money for six months, sometimes a year later,� she said. The Mayor’s Office has held up money allocated to the Department of the Aging from borough presidents in every borough in recent years during budget negotiations. The center has three full-time employees, including Caltabiano, who will be officially
without a job at the end of the month, and is the American Legion Hall’s main tenant. She said the center owed the veterans group rent money for six months. “They’re going to be hurting too now,� she said. “They’ve been really understanding about the rent. They don’t want to evict us.� Ed Wendell, President of the Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, said he was sad to see the center close. “It’s always a problem when you lose a senior center,� he said, noting that the neighborhood’s other facility, the Woodhaven Senior Center, has had issues, especially after a building collapse in April damaged the Woodhaven Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps building on Jamaica Avenue, where the senior center operates. Ulrich said budget issues have caused a number of senior centers around the city to shut down. “It’s not just them,� he said of Forest Park. “A lot of senior centers across the city have had to close.� The Howard Beach Senior Center, for example, faced financial difficulty for years until it was taken over by Catholic Charities Q last fall.
Teen killed on Linden Blvd. A teenager was stabbed and killed in front of a Linden Boulevard home in South Richmond Hill Friday night and police have arrested a suspect. Police responded to a call of a man stabbed in front of 128-15 Linden Blvd. at 9:04 p.m. Upon arrival, they found the victim, Danthony McDonald, 19, of 11154 130 St. with a stab wound to the chest. EMS responded and transported McDonald to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He was attacked around the block from his home. Police arrested Wilson Rivera. 19, of 127th Street for the killing. He is to be arraigned on charges of murder and criminal posession of a weapon. There were at least a few witnesses who said they saw the man who stabbed McDonald, according to a police source, who added that they believe the stabbing occurred after a fight between McDonald and the suspect. McDonald died only hours before what would have been his 20th birthday on Saturday, according to several published reports. His murder is the fourth recorded in Q the 106th Precinct this year.
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Let’s really make New York business-friendly again t’s just silly when a bunch of Texas cowboys sign petitions saying they want to secede from the United States, as if all such questions weren’t resolved at great cost 150 years ago. Yes, they actually did that recently. But it’s not so silly when the Lone Star State’s governor, Rick Perry, starts running ads in New York and elsewhere in the Northeast trying to lure our best and brightest away with promises of economic dynamism and lower or nonexistent taxes. That’s something the Empire State should take seriously. Perry’s got a point, but the answer isn’t for our companies to leave, even in the rare case where that might be practical, but to improve the business climate here. Gov. Cuomo’s new plan to make New York more business-friendly, called Tax-Free NY, would cut all state taxes for 10 years for companies that set up shop in or around SUNY campuses. Eligible firms would be those “with a relationship to the academic mission of the university, new businesses, out-of-state businesses that relocate to New York, startups and existing businesses that expand their New York operations while maintaining their existing jobs.” In other words, Cuomo seeks targeted tax breaks for select companies the state approves. That’s crony capitalism:
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tions at $1,000 each, for items that cost him 65 cents apiece. In Brooklyn, a bodega owner wanted to enlarge the statemandated sign saying it’s illegal to sell tobacco to minors, so her husband photocopied it. Alas, the copy was in black and white, rather than red and white as the law demands. So the couple got slapped with an $8,000 fine — $1,000 for using the wrong color and $7,000 for not properly listing each of seven tobacco products the sign cites. Again, excessive. A customer testified in court and signed an affidavit saying the sign was properly displayed, but the judge didn’t care. The mayor’s attitude about the skyrocketing summonses under his watch? “Just don’t do what we fine you for.” This just happens to be the 50th annual National Small Business Week. To mark it, the credit card comparison company CardHub.com released a study ranking the best and worst cities for the employees of small businesses to live in. New York came in 16th place. Three cities in Texas, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas, finished in the top 10. The best answer to Rick Perry’s siren call for corporate relocations would be a concerted effort to improve the business climate here, with reforms at both the city and state level. There are obviously plenty of places in which to start.
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Not only do the affected trees look ugly, but their survival is in jeopardy as well. Severe pruning opens up trees to disease and insect infestation. Property values are lowered as well. Our tree canopy is one of the reasons that our neighborhood is so desirable. When trees are lopsided or stressed in this way, it makes a negative impact on curb appeal of any property. Perhaps the ultimate solution is to place all of the power lines underground — not only for aesthetic reasons, but also for safety reasons and the reduced chance of power failure due to storms year round. Henry Euler Bayside
Israel is no democracy Dear Editor: I was surprised and disappointed by your editorial denouncing the Queens Pride House for its sponsorship of a public forum that was critical of the Israeli government’s continued occupation of Palestinian territories, especially since your article reporting on the event was a
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Dear Editor: After a long, hard day at work, Al Bundy — and many hardworking New Yorkers — should be able to enjoy a brew along with an adult dancer. He would object to “Bikini bars may get into full disclosure” (by Josey Bartlett, June 13, multiple editions). Elected officials such as Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas and others who opposed the Queen of Hearts from obtaining a license from the State Liquor Authority need to loosen up, hoist a pint and get a lap dance or two at a local neighborhood adult club. The owners of the Queen of Hearts cabaret pay taxes like the rest of us. They also provide gainful employment to cooks, bartenders,
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The cost of ‘green energy’ Dear Editor: Last week, Robert La Rosa naively wrote that the answer to our energy needs is solar energy (“The solar solution,” Letters). He asserted that the major oil companies pay billions of dollars to lobbyists to stop the advancement in alternative energy. La Rosa’s letters are always one sided and provide as much information as a three-minute segment on MSNBC. Both Republicans and Democrats receive millions in campaign donations. Here is a list of failed solar energy/green energy companies that received U.S. tax dollars. Most of these companies have already filed for bankruptcy and the rest of them are failing miserably. Evergreen Solar continued on page 10
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perfectly straightforward and honest account of what happened (“An attack on Israel, here in Queens,” June 6). Your labeling and name-calling does not help foster an atmosphere of debate and open discussion. For instance, calling Sarah Schulman “anti-Israel” because she put forth an articulate criticism of Israeli government policies makes me wonder if you would call me unAmerican since I am critical of several policies our own government pursues every day. You also make it sound as if pink-washing does not exist. It is true that our LGBT Jewish sisters and brothers in Israel have secured some important civil rights, and it is also true that other nations in that region have terrible records in relation to LGBT people. But none of that negates another very important fact: Every day the rights of all Palestinians, queer and straight, are assaulted by the brutality of the Israeli occupation. Additionally, one cannot dispute the fact that the Israeli government has been on a public relations campaign to clean up its image internationally, and one component part of that is to promote Israel as a haven for gay people. Their image has been sullied because of their horrendous treatment of the Palestinian people for decades. This is the context in which many of us have been speaking out against pinkwashing by the Israeli government. I also disagree with your assessment that Israel is a functioning democracy. Yes, there are important democratic rights granted to those who are Jewish. But if you are not Jewish, most of those rights disappear ... even if your family has lived there over several centuries. You cannot claim to be a democracy when significant portions of your own population are denied access to all of the rights accorded others, all based on religious identity. That’s not my idea of democracy, whatever nation it takes place in. As a lesbian, as a person committed to ending military occupations everywhere, and as a citizen of the world who supports the struggles for full social, political and economic rights here in the U.S., in the Middle East, and wherever they are being carried out, I say thank you to the Queens Pride House for hosting this event. I hope they will invite us to other forums like this in the future and not shy away from what might seem to be controversial issues. Leslie Cagan Elmhurst
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La Rosa should consider educating himself. Our government, on both sides of the aisle, is failing us miserably while we preoccupy ourselves with the Kardashians and “American Idol.” The Democratic Party is now the Progressive Party (Socialist/Marxist). The Republican Party of today is like the Democratic Party of 50 years past. If our country has any chance of remaining a republic, the readers of this paper better start paying attention and vote for constitutionally conservative candidates, whether they have a D next to their names or an R. Wake up, people! Paul Parrinello Jr. Howard Beach
Syria, Mideast in crisis Dear Editor: The Syrian civil war continues to rage on unabated, and with increased violence. President Obama and Russian President Putin cannot seem to agree as to how to stop the violence and bloodshed. The entire region is going to be gradually drawn into this conflict, which will increase the possibility of an AmericanRussian confrontation, something that would indeed be disastrous for both nations, as well as the rest of the international community. Cool, calm heads must prevail, and there must be a solution to this conflict via diplomatic means, not military ones. John Amato Fresh Meadows
Two to be sentenced in Figoski murder Ozone Park men face 25 to life Two Ozone Park men are scheduled to be sentenced today, June 20, for the December 2011 murder of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski. Kevin Santos, 32, and Nelson Morales, 29, both face 25 years to life in prison when sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus. Both men have been convicted of seconddegree murder and first-degree burglary. Figoski, 47, a decorated 22-year veteran with four daughters, responded to a call of a robbery in progress in East New York with his partner, Officer Glenn Estrada, in the early morning hours of Dec. 12. He was shot in the face by Lamont Pride of North Carolina as Pride attempted to flee the scene. Figoski died later that morning at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Estrada, who ran down and captured Pride despite being injured in the confrontation, has since been promoted to the rank of detective. Figoski was promoted posthumously. Pride is now serving 45 years to life after being convicted in February of seconddegree murder, second-degree aggravated manslaughter and first-degree burglary. Ariel Tejada of Ozone Park pleaded guilty
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In a rare move, the left-leaning Working Families Party announced it will throw it’s support behind the re-election campaign of Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). The move allows Ulrich’s name to appear on the WFP’s ballot line in the November electio should he gather enough petitions. “We’re suppor ting him because he’s stood with us on issues vital to workingclass and middle-class families,” said WFP spokesman Joe Dunin. “He stood with us in favor of paid sick days and he called for raising the minimum wage in Albany. Those are two big issues for us, and he was on the right side.” Ulrich welcomed the endorsement. “As I gear up for my re-election bid, I am proud to have the support of the Working Families Party,” he said in a statement. “Generally speaking, my supporters come from a wide array of political backgrounds and aff iliations. My campaign
will focus on the issues that are important to the people I represent and helping rebuild the neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Sandy.” Ulrich was the only Republican on the City Council to support the bill to mandate paid sick days, a bill which pitted him against Mayor Bloomberg, who opposed the bill. While running against Democratic state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) last year, Ulrich endorsed raising the minimum wage, which was opposed by most Senate Republicans. The WFP typically crossendorses Democrats or will run its own candidates, but has in the past endorsed Republicans. “We support candidates who will stand up and fight for working-class and middleclass families, no matter their party,” Dunin said in an email. One Democrat has jumped into the race against Ulrich, Rockaway civic leader Lew Simon, who has the support of the Queens Q Democratic Party.
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Lew Simon takes on GOP incumbent Rockaway civic leader announces run, says Sandy recovery main issue by Domenick Rafter
to work very closely with the new mayor to make sure we get the protection we need.” Simon added that Queens needed more attention from City Democratic District Leader Lew Simon is all in. The Rockaway civic leader is running for the City Council Hall across all issues. Transportation is high among Simon’s other priorities. He against Republican incumbent Eric Ulrich in the 32nd Council supports reactivating the Rockaway Beach railroad line and District. Simon, who ran for the same seat in the 2009 special elec- proposes placing an high occupancy vehicle Lane on Woodtion that Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) ultimately won, is campaigning haven and Cross Bay boulevards. “It would help reduce traffic on that road,” he said. “Right in a district that includes most of the Rockaway Peninsula, Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill now, Cross Bay Boulevard is congested and traffic is terrible.” Simon also supports keeping the Rockaway ferry, which and parts of Woodhaven. Much of the area was devastated is scheduled to stop running at the end of the summer. by Hurricane Sandy, including Simon’s own home and He would like to add a stop in Howard Beach. office in the Rockaways. He said the storm is what Simon said he would work to find the money in made him decide to run. the budget for better transportation options. “I did not see leadership out there. No one was “I’d have to look at the budget and see what’s coordinating. We were out there on our own,” Simon there,” he said, noting there is money for other prosaid. “We need somebody who will stand up and jects. “But look at the Second Avenue subway. We pay lead and coordinate. I want to be that person and 2013 MTA surcharges and our money seems to go to Manhatmany people have said to me ‘it’s time for you to run.’” tan. We have to make sure Queens gets our fair share.” Simon has gotten the support of the Queens Democratic Simon also wants to see another hospital open in the RockParty, which supported fellow district leader Frank Gulluscio in the 2009 special election for the seat, vacated by state Sen. Joe aways, which is down to only one — St. John’s — since the cloAddabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach). Simon also ran for the seat in sure of Peninsula Hospital in 2011. “We need a state-of-the-art hospital in the Rockaways and, if 2001, losing the Democratic primary to Addabbo. Simon said the recovery from Sandy dominates the issues in possible, one in southern Queens,” he said. He noted that the closure of Mary Immaculate Hospital in the district. He said he wants to see Queens get the attention Jamaica has also led to strain on healthcare in the district. other boroughs have in recovery efforts. Simon also wants to see more money dedicate to Queens “I’ve been sitting through the meetings and we’ve all discussed the need for barriers,” Simon said. “We have no board- schools. “They’re trying to cut the budget in many of our schools, walk and seawalls. We asked for seawalls on the bay side. We asked for flood gates. But Mayor Bloomberg has answered which I find ridiculous,” he said. “Many of these schools still ‘We’ll start in Brooklyn and Rockaway will be last.’ I’m going have issues from [Sandy].” Editor
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Students, parents and teachers admire the hard work put in by the students of the Walter Reed School, PS 9, in Maspeth. This table on gun violence is just one of 10 works of art made citywide PHOTOS BY TESS MCRAE as part of LEAP’s student exhibition.
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Conn. that creating a piece on gun violence and the need for stronger gun laws would Two parks in Queens just got a little bit best benefit the area. “We did the yin-yang to show the good brighter. The students of the Walter Reed School, and the bad,” Demitrius Moris, a sixth-grader PS 9, in Maspeth and the Robert E. Peary at PS 9, said. “One side shows what happens School, PS 75, in Ridgewood presented their when we have guns and violence and the original large-scale public artworks Monday other shows the beautiful things like love and as part of the Learning through an Expanded wishing. I see shooting stuff in the news all of the time. We need to make this a better Arts Program public art program. place, a good place. Called the largest Not just for me and student art exhibimy school but for tion in the history of everybody in the the city Parks whole world.” Department and the “We thought it first to span the five was a good idea to boroughs, it features talk about stronger school lunchroom gun laws since it’s tables that are transtalked about everyformed into meanwhere,” Carlos Seixingful works of art is, an eighth-grader, addressing social P 9 table on gun violence. said. “It’s important issues they feel are for everyone in general to know how bad important in their community. Each borough selected two schools to guns can be.” PS 9’s project was installed in the picnic work on a given table. The students vote on the issue they wish to portray on their table area of Juniper Valley Park in Middle Viland spend 16 sessions working with a teach- lage, where it will stay for the entire summer for people to eat at and admire. ing artist on the piece. “The parks that were chosen are parks that “These types of projects empower the students and gives them a voice,” said Christy are close to the school so that the kids can Powers the LEAP teaching assistant who hopefully visit in the summer and show their worked with both schools on their projects. friends and family,” Powers said. “By connecting, whether it’s social issues “It’s a concrete way for them to explain themselves and a good outlet so that if they or academics, to the arts makes it fun and have a bad day, they can just draw. In this day makes it different from the typical ‘turn to and age when we focus so heavily on testing, page 24’ textbook learning,” Alexandra Leff, the these projects allow the kids to think without deputy director of LEAP said. “The whole idea of the tables is that it represents the children the pressure of a grade.” PS 9 decided after the shooting in Newtown continued on page 50 Reporter
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The 102nd Precinct is getting bigger. Arriving late to Tuesday’s community council meeting because he was responding to a construction accident in Kew Gardens, Captain Hank Sautner, the precinct’s commanding officer, announced that 10 more officers will be assigned to the precinct at the end of this week. “From my perspective, this is tremendous,” he said. “It doesn’t sound like a whole lot. Obviously, we want extra officers. I’m pleasantly surprised to get some out of this program. I never in my wildest dreams thought we’d get 10.” Sautner added that the addition of new officers will allow some current cops at the precinct to take vacations and make moves to advance in their career. Quality-of-life issues dominated the remainder of the meeting. Sautner said crime spiked in the precinct this year mainly due to grand larcenies, especially car break-ins and thefts, mainly against Nissans and Hondas. The issue was spread out across the precinct, but especially prevalent in Woodhaven near the Brooklyn border. Sautner announced that he assigned two
officers to head a detail to patrol Forest Park. The pair will be charged with keeping an eye on safety issues in the park. In late March, a woman was attacked while jogging in Forest Park, leading to a temporary increase in police presence in the park. “They’re going to be out there giving safety tips and enforcing park rules and regulations,” the captain said. Updating the council on the issue of illegally parked tractor-trailers, Sautner said 204 summonses have been issued since May 25 for trucks parked overnight, especially along Woodhaven Boulevard and Atlantic and Jamaica avenues. “These really have a negative impact on residential neighborhoods,” he said. “We’re trying to identify these trucks drivers to let them know they can’t take up these spots.” The captain also heard a number of concerns about loud parties in Ozone Park. Sautner said he would look into allegations that one of the parties is stemming from an illegal nightclub on 95th Avenue. Sonia, a resident of Ozone Park who did not want to give her last name, said twice the tires and rims from her and her son’s car have been stolen from in front of her home. She said she spotted a suspicious vehicle idling in front of her home one night a few months ago, but it
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which has increased from about $36 billion to $70 billion under Mayor Bloomberg, 56 percent over the rate of inflation. “Nothing On the city’s darkest day, as most eyes were naturally focused has grown as much as government in the city,” Lhota said. He would change that by demanding 10 percent reductions in on the stunning human tragedy resulting from the destruction of the World Trade Center, Deputy Mayor for Operations Joe Lhota spending from each agency and following a zero-based budgeting model in which departments are not assumed to need more fundwas busy trying to get the city government up and running again. ing each year but must demonstrate what they need to fulfill The result of his management and the efforts of others, as their missions. he recalled in a recent interview with the Queens Lhota said that under Giuliani, that’s how it was Chronicle, was that everybody north of Chambers done. When he was budget director, during the exStreet in Manhattan had garbage pickup the next mayor’s first term, he said, he would tell an agency day, Sept. 12, 2001, paychecks went out to city its target of expense elimination was, say, $10 milemployees that day and schools were up and runlion. “The agency would say we don’t want to cut our ning again the following week. budget $10 million, we want to increase revenue $10 It’s that kind of successful management, whether million,” he recalled. “I’d say no, and I’d have the backin a crisis or in day-to-day operations, that Lhota 2013 ing of the mayor. Mayor Bloomberg has changed that.” says he will bring to the office of mayor if he is elected. One of the next mayor’s primary fiscal and political chalThe Republican hopeful faces two primary challengers, with the winner of that contest going up against any one of several lenges will be reaching new bargaining agreements with all the city’s unions, all of which are now working without contracts. Democrats in November. Lhota says he wants to focus on the structure of the govern- Some candidates are open to the idea of retroactive pay raises for ment, getting departments whose leaders don’t communicate public union members, but not Lhota. Instead, he said, he will get the unions to agree to a particular enough talking again, remaking the Office of Emergency Management into a bureau to handle crises, rather than the planning increase that would take effect over several years. He cited as an agency he says it has become, imposing meaningful spending example the 11.32 percent increase he negotiated with DC 37 cuts that will keep budget growth below the rate of inflation under Giuliani, which took effect over five years, with no pay and ensuring the city doesn’t return to the “bad old days” of raise the first two years, followed by roughly 3 percent the third higher crime rates and other social maladies that preceded the year and 4 percent in the fourth and fifth years. “If the union wants a lump sum payment, I won’t call that Giuliani years. “Great things have been happening” in New York since the retroactive pay,” Lhota said, “but over time the contract will be turnaround that started in the early 1990s, Lhota said, but he fears 11.32 percent, for example.” On Queens-specific issues, Lhota said: “this election could change that.” • he is against the plan to build a soccer stadium in Flushing Top among his concerns is the growth in the city’s budget, Editor-in-Chief
Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, a former deputy mayor PHOTO BY PETER C. MASTROSIMONE and former head of the MTA. Meadows Corona Park, because Queens doesn’t have enough parkland as it is, and games would conflict with baseball; and • that while he leans toward reopening the old Rockaway rail line to trains, he is concerned about the impact on adjoining properties and could only commit to a dialogue on the idea. Before joining the Giuliani administration, Lhota was an investment banker. Afterward he served as an executive with Cablevision Systems Corporation and the Madison Square Garden Company. In 2011 and 2012, he headed the Metropolitan Transportation Administration, and was credited with wisely shutting down the system before Hurricane Sandy struck, avoidQ ing worse damage than it actually suffered.
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Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, commanding officer of the 106th Precinct, is warning residents to look out for a “Driving Miss Daisy” situation. Burglars in late-model cars park with the motor running, one individual sitting in the front and one individual in the back, he said. “That means one individual is out knocking on doors,” Pascale warned. If no one answers, they kick in the back door. Since the beginning of the year, crime in the 106th Precinct has spiked by 8 percent according to the latest NYPD CompStat crime statistics for the period ending June 9. Pascale confirmed the fact to the packed precinct council meeting on June 12, noting that burglaries were up 25 percent for the year. He added that the spike in burglaries was occurring mainly in South Ozone Park and the neighborhood along the east side of Aqueduct Race Track, between the track and Lefferts Boulevard. Burglars seem to be attracted to homes with prayer flags outside where they know that occupants keep gold, cash and jewelry, many of them religious items, a problem that Pascale has spoken about for over a year. He said the perpetrators are believed to
be driving around in late-model rental cars, such as Nissan Altimas and Chevy Impalas, and usually three individuals ride in each car. Two individuals will get out of the car on a residential block and knock on the front doors of homes, while the third at a given house acts as the lookout. In prior council meetings Pascale asked homeowners to take steps to protect their assets, urging them to rent bank safety deposit boxes to put valuables in instead of keeping them in their home, and deposit cash in a bank account. He also suggested putting good safes in their homes, bolted to the floor. He urged residents to look out for their neighbors and call 911 immediately if they see suspicious individuals or activity on their block. Lt. Frank DiPreta, the 106th Precinct’s special operations coordinator, discussed the precinct’s response to conerns expressed at last month’s meeting, including the issue of youths recklessly riding dirt bikes and bicycles on 76th Street between North Conduit and Pitkin avenues in Ozone Park, which appeared to be resolved with the confiscation of the bikes, said DiPreta. DiPreta said that police have issued numerous summonses to youths found to be in Joseph Addabbo Park in Tudor Village after the park closes at 9 p.m. One individual was issued a summons for parking his motor-
cycle in the park, in violation of the rules. The precinct’s conditions unit will also continue to monitor that park during their midnight to 8 a.m. shift, DiPreta said. On other concerns, DiPreta said summonses have been issued to tractor-trailers for parking overnight on the southbound side of Woodhaven Boulevard between 103rd Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard. Complaints from last month of insufficient lighting under the A train on Liberty Avenue between 100th and 104th streets were referred to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Illegal dumping concerns in the vicinity of 76th Street and Glenmore Avenue in Ozone Park were referred to the Sanitation Police. Concerns about a homeless man sleeping at the corner of 76th Street and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park were referred to the NYPD’’s community outreach unit. DiPreta said he was hopeful the unit would be able to convince him to go to a shelter. Sonia, a resident of South Ozone Park, asked Pascale why it takes police up to eight hours to respond to a noise complaint. She said there was a party on her block that lasted from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Pascale said that due to the volume of noise complaints extra officers are assigned Q to patrol on the weekends.
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A Broad Channel playground destroyed in Hurricane Sandy will be renovated this summer, thanks to a little help from the colonel. Gene Gray Playground, located on Cross Bay Boulevard between E. 9th and E 10th roads, has been chosen as a grand prize winner of Kentucky Friend Chicken’s Li’l Playground Makeover Contest and will receive a grant of $11,000 from the fast-food eatery. As part of KFC’s launch of its Li’l Bucket Kids Meal — the children’s version of the restaurant’s popular item — educators, administrators and community members from all around the country were invited to enter the contest in hopes of winning a makeover for their school or local community playground. Gene Gray, which is named for a Broad Channel resident and activist who died in 1973, is one of two playgrounds that won the grand prize; the other one is in Missouri.
“We received stories and photos from some very deserving organizations,” said Jason Marker, chief marketing officer for KFC United States in a press release. “KFC is pleased to be able to give ‘a li’l help’ to these playgrounds, and help make them even better places for the children in these communities.” The playground, which is often packed with neighborhood children in the summer months, was nominated by Broad Channel resident Jennifer Mungeer. The grant will be used to rebuild the park’s infrastructure — including new swings and slides and other playground equipment— which were destroyed Sandy. “Every house in this area was destroyed. I want to help make a positive impact for the children of the community that have seen so much destruction.” Mungeer said in a press release. “We want to make this a place of joy so kids can focus on being kids again.” A spokeswoman for KFC said the work on the playground will commence this Q month and last several weeks.
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I hope that you had a great Father’s Day and bought all your gifts for dad on our Woodhaven Business Improvement District’s Jamaica Avenue, your “Everything Avenue” from Dexter Court to 100th Street. Can you believe this weather, you don’t now what you’ll wake up to. Hopefully, our weather will stop being a daily surprise for the remaining days in June especially for our brides and outdoor graduation ceremonies. As to our brides, graduations and birthday parties, consider our new catering hall, Woodhaven Manor located right here on Jamaica Avenue. This is a beautiful venue for every occasion with their attentive and accommodating staff, good food and gracious hosts, Mandeep and his wife Sandy. A welcome addition to our avenue. I know you have noticed the new stores opening on our WBID, also that we have a very low vacancy rate. This is because even in this economy small businesses are coming to our avenue. • Music: This Friday, June 21, from 6-9 p.m. in the Forest Parkway Plaza area, off Jamaica Avenue, the WBID will sponsor live music of “Gold Echoes” featuring music through the years. This program is part of a city-wide “Music New York.” There will be no rain date. • Training: St. Nicks Alliance workforce is offering a 8-12 week daytime training for Class B Commercial driving test with Hazmat
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On the auction block: Parkway Hospital Forest Hills eyesore will be up for bid next week, community leaders weigh in by Tess McRae Reporter
The shuddered building at 70-35 113 St. in Forest Hills that has been vacant since 2008 but once was home to Parkway Hospital is going on the auction block next week. Dr. Robert Aquino, the former CEO of Parkway, tried several times to keep the hospital afloat. He even resorted to bribing former state Sen. Carl Kruger, leading to Aquino’s four-month sentence in prison a year ago. But now with the eyesore up for bid, what will become of the hollow building? “There’s no telling what it will be but ideally, it’ll be some sort of health annex,” Forest Hills Civic Association President Barbara Stuchinski said. “You’re limited in your options because even when it was a functioning hospital, it needed a lot of work.” She added that senior housing would be a Parkway Hospital, which has been closed since 2008, will be up for auction on June 28. The buildwonderful addition to the neighborhood but ing now stands with boarded-up windows and shrubbery creeping up the facade. Some community PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE said developers should still weigh their leaders are hoping the buyer uses it for affordable senior housing. options as there is an assisted-living facility interested in what the plans are for that consider knocking it down and turning it into a not too far away from the location. high-rise building,” Stuchinski said. “Would Community Board District Manager building.” As the auction is a foreclosure auction, we want that? No. It would overwhelm the Frank Gulluscio agreed that senior housing when the 70,000-square-foot building goes area and we can’t have that. You couldn’t use it might be the way to go. “In our district, Forest Hills, Rego Park, up for bid at the Queens Supreme Court in for any type of center though. I couldn’t imagwe have a large senior population so any type Jamaica, the buyer must also take on the ine it being used for businesses or anything.” A number of elected officials have tried to of senior housing would work well in the building’s outstanding lien of $14.86 million “If I were a business person, I might get another hospital to come to the site, area,” he said. “We would certainly be very
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including mayoral candidate and former congressman for the area Anthony Weiner. At the time, Forest Hills Hospital, located l.2 miles away, was facing overcrowding with Mary Immaculate and St. John’s closing around the same time as Parkway. But nothing came of the push. “I doubt it will ever, ever function as a hospital,” Stunchinski said. “It would take a lot of money because it’s allowed itself to go downhill so it ain’t going to come back.” Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who has dedicated much of her time in public office to senior issues, said that she wants whoever the buyer of the hospital is to do what’s best for the neighborhood. “It’s about time something happens with the Parkway Hospital building,” she said in a written statement. “It is my hope that whoever assumes ownership will use it for the purposes that will fit into our community.” Gulluscio agreed. “You have to use it to enhance the community and to help the people of Forest Hills,” he said. “It has to be beneficial.” Koslowitz, Gulluscio and Stunchinski could not speculate what will happen to the building after June 28. “I really don’t know,” Stunchinski said. “There are so many possibilities but I haven’t Q a clue what will happen.”
106 Pct. Cop of the Month Police Officer Anthony Gallo was honored with the 106th Precinct’s Cop of the Month award for his seizure of a loaded firearm last month and the arrest of the alleged gunman. According to Deputy Inspector Thomas Pascale, the precinct’s commanding officer, Gallo responded to a report of a dispute inside a restaurant in the vicinity of 131st Street and Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill on May 10 at 2 a.m.
Once inside the restaurant, Gallo spotted a 23-year-old male with a 9mm loaded firearm. Gallo was able to tactfully and safely remove the firearm from the individual with no injuries to any police officers or civilians. Presenting the award to Gallo at the 106th Precinct Community Council meeting on June 12 are Frank Dardani, the community council’s president, left, and Pascale. — Stephen Geffon
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USTA plan to Albany then Council Tennis expansion in FMCP in final stages of review by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor
The United States Tennis Association’s planned expansion within Flushing Meadows Corona Park is winding its way through the required input and approval process, as both state legislatures now have bills before them that would allow the alienation of parkland in exchange for land the nonprofit said it needs in order to expand. The bills before the state Senate and Assembly would let the USTA substitute 1.5 acres of land cur rently under its leasehold for 0.68 acre along its flank. The Assembly had passed the bill to allow alienation, with Assemblyman Jeff Aubry (D-Corona) as the lead sponsor. The state Senate did not bring the bill to a vote as of this writing, though it is anticipated to occur soon. The passage at the Assembly level came as the City Council will bring the proposal to its chambers for a final vote as part of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure. Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) sponsored the home rule legislation that sent the alienation plan up to the state Assembly. The USTA’s National Tennis Center
upgrade, nominally dubbed a “Strategic Vision,” calls for a relocation of the current Grandstand stadium, a renovation of the Louis Armstrong stadium, as well as additional courts and parking facilities. The nonprof it claims the plan would alienate a total of .68 acre of what is currently parkland along its facility’s eastern edge. But the replacement parkland was called a “swap” by some activists. The USTA is giving back parkland it leased, but continuing to use it as if it’s paying rent, according to the nonprofit. The deal represents no net gain in the acreage of mapped city parkland, yet elected officials who were hesitant about the expansion welcomed the deal. Advocates blasted the plan, saying that while the leasehold on FMCP acreage may be smaller, by all appearances and uses, the USTA will continue operating as if nothing changed. The plan drew the ire of local park advocacy groups and elected off icials, who deemed expansion a simple landgrab and the USTA’s logic shoddy at best. “Our goal is to continue to be a good steward of the Park and a good neighbor and community partner,” USTA CEO
Daniel Zausner said in a statement after a recent rally blasting the nonprofit’s plan. “Understanding that every inch of parkland is precious, our plan calls for the minimum amount of additional parkland possible, 0.68 acres, to complete the needed upgrades to the NTC. The sliver of land in question is mostly an existing asphalt road. We have no plans for any additional expansion.” The project is the first of three mulled for the park. A proposed 25,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium had been eyed for the current site of the Pool of Industry, though that plan appears to be scuttled, and a development group that includes the Mets’ owners’ real estate firm plans to build a 1.4-million-squarefoot mall next to Willets Point. To date, the plan has divided community boards, with the six who voted on the plan split three in favor and three against. The expansion did get the approval of Borough President Helen Marshall, who included stipulations the USTA replace all parkland and use union labor on all construction work. The vote on the USTA plan is taking place today, at 11 a.m. in the City CounQ cil’s main chamber.
Charge phones at the park People will be able to charge their cell phones, tablets and other electronic devices for free at three outdoor locations in Queens, and 22 others citywide, by the end of the summer, AT&T announced this week. Solar-powered “street charging stations” will be located at Rockaway Beach, the Clearview Park Golf Course in Bay Terrace and Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, the telecommunications company said. They will work day and night, whether it’s sunny or cloudy, AT&T said. The inability to charge mobile devices was one of the countless impacts people experienced during the power outages they suffered due to Hur ricane Sandy last fall. Mayor Bloomberg said he asked the private sector to “step up” following the storm, and that “AT&T is doing just that, and we’re grateful for their efforts.” AT&T said the street charging stations complement its installation of free Wi-Fi service in 26 public parks around the city. More details, including all street charging locations planned this summer, are available at att.com/attstreetcharge. Q
The 2014 Student Council officers gather for a picture after their “swearing in” ceremony. From left to right: Ericka Hernandez, Areeba Imam, Christopher Verdin, Emily Persaud, Stephan Belgobin, Brenda Tapia, Peter Roy, Ruby Reyes and Sarbjit Kaur.
Peter Roy, a Richmond Hill HS junior, is posing with his Excel 2010 expert certification. A student in the RHHS Academy of Business and Finance, Peter passed six certification exams, including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and advanced versions of Excel and Word. He was awarded Microsoft Master certification in Office 2010.
Mr. Wayne Anderson poses with RHHS seniors Subhan Ali, left, and Arlette Cabreja during RHHS Senior Awards night. During the night, over 200 academic awards were given and over $200,000 worth of scholarships were awarded.
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Tips for a healthy, effective summer slim-down While children long for the lazy carefree days of summer, many adults view the season as a reason to be active and get healthy. Whether it’s to look good for an upcoming beach vacation or simply to have the energy to enjoy the season to the fullest, setting health goals is a great first step. Sticking to those aspirations doesn’t have to be difficult or stressful. Just follow a few expert tips and you’ll look and feel great in no time. Leading fitness expert and celebrity yoga and Pilates instructor Kristin McGee has partnered with CalNaturale Svelte to help busy adults maintain overall health and wellness. Her top tips for an effective yet healthy summer slim-down include: • Go outdoors: The weather is nice, so why not take your workout routine outdoors? So many outdoor activities are natural calorie-burners, plus they’re a lot of fun. Ride bikes on the weekend, run around and play tag with your kids, or play fetch with the dog. Infuse your social activities with fitness, too. For example, f inish a date night with a romantic walk outside, or have friends over for an outdoor barbecue and dance party. • Lighten meals: Light foods pair well with warmer weather, so take a fresh approach to meal time. Visit your local farmers market to pick up fresh, seasonal food and get creative in the kitchen. Incorporate
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Common cancers have a high level of awareness among Americans — and rightly so. Prevalent cancers like breast, colon or prostate affect a large number of people, and it’s important to be aware of preventive and diagnostic measures. But cancer can also strike in an area of the body many people don’t think about — the feet. “The most serious, increasingly common type of skin cancer, melanoma, can f irst emerge on the feet,” says Dr. Matthew Garoufalis, a podiatrist and president of the American Podiatric Medical Association. “One reason for this may be that many people who are vigilant about using sunscreen on their faces and arms still forget to apply protection to their feet. Exposure to UV rays is a leading cause of skin cancer.” More than 2 million cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States, and it is the most common type of cancer in the world, says the American Academy of Dermatology. While sun exposure is a main contributor to skin cancers on other parts of the body, and can be a factor when melanoma occurs on the feet, many cancers that affect the feet can be more often linked to anything that causes increased cell turnover, including viruses, chemical exposure, chronic inflammation and chronic ulceration. Heredity may also play a role, the APMA reports. With the arrival of summer and more time outdoors and on-the-go, it’s a good idea to think about protecting and monitoring all aspects of foot health, including cancer risks. The APMA offers some important information about cancers of the feet: • The skin of the feet often gets overlooked during routine physicals. Be sure to ask your doctor to include a close inspection of your feet in your annual physical, and do your own routine checks regularly. • Take steps to protect your feet from sources of skin cancer. Always apply sunscreen to your feet when you wear sandals or flip-flops — including between the toes and on the soles. To reduce exposures to harmful viruses, avoid going barefoot in public areas such as pool decks, hotel rooms or corridors, and on beaches and boardwalks. Never go barefoot when using household chemicals such as weed killers or strong cleansers. If your feet become painful or the skin inflamed, don’t try to wait out the irritation; see a podiatrist right away. Learn about the types of cancers that affect the feet, and know their warning signs and symptoms. Common foot cancers include: • Basal cell carcinoma: The least aggressive form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma causes local damage but rarely spreads. On the feet and lower legs, basal cell carcinoma often looks like non-cancerous skin tumors. On other parts of the body, basal cell cancers may manifest as pearly white bumps or patches that ooze or crust over, similar to an open sore.
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Now an attorney with a major firm, Melinda Katz has served in the City Council and state Assembly and was an aide to former Borough President Claire Shulman, overseeing all the community boards in Queens. Put all that experience together, especially her eight years chairing the Council’s vital Land Use Committee, the Forest Hills Democrat says, add in her proven ability to bring disparate parties to the negotiating table and hammer out compromise, and you’ve got the perfect candidate for Queens borough president. Katz describes that office, the one she is seeking against several Democratic rivals in this year’s primary, as “the culmination of the career I’ve had, and my family’s had, in Queens.” If elected, she said during an interview late last week with the Queens Chronicle editorial board, she will focus on using the borough president’s authority, especially over land use and capital spending, to create jobs, improve the schools, establish new primary healthcare facilities with the ability to function in certain ways as hospitals do, and retain the trust of the people by always giving them a voice in decisions and being an advocate for all communities. “One of the things the borough president can do is bring people together,” Katz said. “I think there’s a sense out there that I can deliver that. That’s been my forte in public service. My forte has always been to put people at the table.” Her service at the borough, city and state
levels of government, as well as her experience as an attorney representing nonprofit groups along with businesses, give her a unique position among the candidates to achieve compromise, she said. For example, establishing the healthcare centers she envisions — in a borough where a number of hospitals have closed in recent years — is something that would require state approval, and as a former assemblywoman, she knows what it will take to get that. Katz said she wants private healthcare providers to build the centers, which would operate under emergency room rules — meaning anyone who walks in is treated regardless of insurance coverage — and have beds for one- or two-night stays. “From my perspective, it’s an obligation to provide healthcare,” she said. “But from a financial perspective, it also saves the city money in the end.” Katz said she would approach development as she did during her tenure as chairwoman of the Council’s Land Use Committee — during which, she said, she led the downzoning of 6,000 blocks across the city — approving projects where appropriate but protecting neighborhoods from overdevelopment. A key to doing that, she said, is upzoning major commercial strips while downzoning side streets, as the city has done in neighborhoods across Queens in recent years.
“For every rezoning, whether it’s Willets Point, Hunters Point South, Forest Hills or Jamaica, we had a philosophy of trying to balance it out,” she said. She added that she would not approve any project unless the additional infrastructure that’s necessary — especially transportation and schools — is in place. Education is another key area Katz said she will focus on if elected. She vowed that her appointment to the Panel on Educational Policy will listen to the concerns of parents. “I think there is not a parent in the City of New York who feels they have a say with the Board of Education,” Katz said, using the name for the former policymaking body that the PEP replaced under mayoral control. “My appointment will speak to parents.” She said she would focus on upgrading amenities such as auditoriums, play yards and science labs — the kind of facilities administration critics say have been neglected as standardized testing has gotten all the attention. And, she said, she would revive Shulman’s “war room,” in which the borough president’s staff tracked subjects like the number of school seats being added. Queens is wellknown to have the most overcrowded schools of any borough, with many operating at well over 100 percent of their capacity. On other issues, Katz:
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• said she wants more economic development in the Rockaways, though the first thing is to provide the peninsula with better transportation options, because its residents are “prisoners” now; • declined to discuss the proposal to revive continued on next page
Small biz, safety on Vallone’s agenda Boro prez candidate says advocacy and experience make him top pick by Josey Bartlett
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Councilman Peter Vallone Jr.’s main goals if elected as borough president would be safety and economic rejuvenation. PHOTO BY TESS MCRAE
Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) is running for borough president as the most “accessible” advocate for Queens with experience in both the business and public service worlds. “We all bring government service backgrounds to this position — thank God I don’t have any Albany experience — but what I bring that no one else does are two things: I was a small business person for 10 years before I was elected ... and the second thing is a background of keeping people safe,” Vallone, who is term-limited out of the City Council this year, said during a sitdown interview with the Queens Chronicle editorial staff last week. On the economic side Vallone disagrees with the government mandating how many paid sick days a small business owner must provide, a City Council item that recently passed, even though Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) stalled it for years. Vallone was the only Democrat to vote against it. He would also like to see more warnings
doled out to graded restaurants versus the current fine-and-more-fines system for nondangerous violations. To combat that he introduced a bill with Councilman and borough president candidate Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans). “Everything I am going to do as borough president, God willing, will be done through the eyes of the small business person,” said Vallone, who ran his family’s Astoria-based law firm for 10 years and before that worked as a prosecutor for six years. “The others can talk about small businesses, but none of them have had a job outside of government.” Candidate and former City Councilwoman Melinda Katz worked as a lobbyist for a few years and is now a private-sector attorney. As for his background in safety Vallone touts his tenure as the chairman of the Council’s Public Safety Committee for 11 years. He cites working with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to bring down crime 32 percent since 2002 and 80 percent since 1991. His committee has been involved in the debate about stop and frisk as well as review-
ing the new 911 system. On June 7 a 4-yearold girl was killed after it took the 911 operator four minutes to dispatch a response team. Since taking office after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mayor Bloomberg has been rolling out a new system, but now that upgrade is a billion dollars over budget and seven years late. The Fire Department commissioner blamed the slow response on human error. “Part of the problem is that they have an overworked, understaffed group of operators,” Vallone said, adding the workload employees are asked to perform would produce errors in any profession. “But what does the borough president have to do with keeping people safe?” he asked. The position has duties such as community board and development as well advocacy for the borough, he said. The councilman drafted a bill that would require Queens agencies to go before the borough president’s board with proposals, giving the position more power. He would also bring in experts on topics from Sandy, to education continued on next page
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continued from previous page and healthcare to create the best policy. “The job is what you make it,” he said. “I would stay involved in writing laws.” He noted Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz’s hands-on approach to policy making. Diaz actively works with the Council, according to Vallone. He killed the Armory project, a move Vallone disagreed with, by rallying together Bronx council members, and now he’s working with Vallone on gun registry legislation. Vallone said he would advocate, and Vallone is known for having a loud-noteasy-to-step-down voice, for more police officers and in favor of the controversial Stop and Frisk program. In the development sector he would like to look at the borough as he did for his district getting downzoning for areas “so it’s not two-story, two-story, 10-story,” he said. He would like to see some development, but not just residential, but medical, schools, parking space, transportation and other infrastructure projects as well. One such big development that is scheduled to occur during the next borough president’s tenure is Willets Point. Vallone supported the original proposed project that came before the Council in 2008, but now the plan has morphed to push back the construction of affordable housing and to spread out to capture a parking lot on the south side of Citi Field, where developers would like to see a mall. Vallone would like to see that “different plan” back before the City Council. “I have always supported some form of development there, especially since there is a small amount of legitimate businesses there. It was a hard decision,” he said. “The job of the borough president will be to monitor this project and make sure it’s done with the input from the community board, and that the developers come back to the table. Whether or not they can be forced to go back to the City Council anywhere, we’ll see, but if these developers want to build anywhere else in Queens, they better damn well work with me and work with the community. It has to be on budget and on time.” If elected Vallone would continue to oppose the building of a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park as well as
advocate for more money to fix up the grounds. He recently proposed a bill that mirrors one introduced on the state level by state Sen. Dan Squadron (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan) that would require any park conservancy raking in more than $5 million, such as the Central Park conservancy, to donate 20 percent to other parks that have been rated unsatisfactory for two years or more. “Money should not be paying for things that should already be there like [park enforcement patrol] officers and graffiti removal,” Vallone said, “but if you want to build a really nice comfort station or put up extra signage, that’s what the extra money should be for. That’s what a good borough president is going to be there to do. I support a conservancy. I don’t love the idea of relying on private money ... but right now if there is that hundreds of millions of dollars it needs to get to Flushing Meadows.” Additionally as borough president he would allocate some of his funds to the park. If elected he would make his appointment to the Panel on Education Policy someone who represents his views that he would gain through education experts and as a father of two daughters who went through the public school system. Unlike other Democratic candidates he does not have a problem with all charter schools. He noted his voice was raised against moving the Civic Virtue statue, which was taken from Kew Gardens to Brooklyn, and the partial renaming of the Queensboro Bridge to the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. “If they tried to rename the Brooklyn Bridge Marty Markowitz would still be handcuffed to it,” Vallone said. “That’s what a borough president is supposed to do.” Vallone vehemently spoke out against the renaming, saying that because he did so Quinn cut his discretionary funds, an assertion the speaker refutes. Vallone said as borough president he would have had a larger voice than as a local council member, even though he has a pretty large voice already. Vallone often takes to his social media pages to debate and interact with his constituents directly. “When I’m there people will know who Q their borough president is,” he said.
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Mayoral hopefuls talk post-Sandy city Two thousand fill church for forum by Josey Bartlett
participate in the forum. “We are looking for substance,” the Rev. Although Hurricane Sandy hit New York Marvin Bentley of Antioch Baptist Church City in October the devastating aftermath of Corona said, “not empty promises, not still persists and the next mayor will need rhetoric, but substance.” Even with the time limit, a man from Far to address the issues arising from it. That was the foundation of last Thursday Rockaway said in Spanish, “They are all night’s mayoral forum hosted by Faith in equal. They just talk, talk, talk.” The candidates said they would have New York, an organization of 53 congregations, and three other foundations focused hired solely New York City-based contracon post-storm rebuilding in hard-hit and tors for the repairs. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city lower-income neighborhoods — the Comptroller Bill Thompson Alliance for a Just Rebuilding, wanted more than just New Sandy Regional Assembly and Yorkers, but New Yorkers with NYC Environmental Justice an emphasis of women and Alliance. minority individuals. Twenty “You can’t declare victory percent of the state’s conon the storm just yet,” canditracts are done with womendate and Public Advocate Bill and minority-run businesses, de Blasio said. He compared whereas the city employs only 3 Mayor Bloomberg’s saying the 2013 percent, Thompson said. storm’s worst is over to President City Comptroller John Liu made a Bush declaring victory in Iraq and Afghanistan, pointing out the prevalence of point to say that Sandy contractors should mold in the neighborhoods that were under have been paid higher wages and benefits 8 feet of water during the hurricane is a — a prevailing wage. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner growing health problem. The storm’s continued effects were why said contractors who paid more and providabout 2,000 church, synagogue and union ed benef its to their workers would save members crowded into the narrow pews of money for the government in the long run because those people would not need as the First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst. Unlike other mayoral forums, vague and much or any public assistance and could grandiose statements were not allowed from seek preventive care instead of waiting each of the five Democratic candidates who until an illness required emergency care, were given just 10 minutes — broken down which carries a high price tag. Quinn and de Blasio set out plans to creinto two 90-second and one four-minute answer and a short closing response to if ate more housings and keep it affordable they would pledge to visit the affected area for middle- and low-income New Yorkers. once elected, which all answered with yes de Blasio said as mayor he would use — to respond to questions. Republican can- Sandy aid and other city money to build didate Joe Lhota declined the invitation to 200,000 units of affordable housing in the Editor
About 2,000 residents filled the pews of the post-Sandy job and recovery mayoral forum in East PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT Elmhurst. next 10 years. Quinn would set in motion a plan for 40,000 units during that time period for the middle class. Quinn also noted an income tax break for residents of the Seagirt Marine Terminal houses in Rockaway that the Council approved last week. “We have to see all the money coming in as a way to fix other areas. We need to take the money and change the rules of the game,” de Blasio said. The audience responded to him as a father figure as he said he sympathized with mothers who had a hard time paying the bills. He also emphasized that if he were mayor, he would have had his office go door-to-door after the storm to check in on everyone’s needs. The forum came just days after Mayor Bloomberg released a $20 billion rebuild-
ing plan including levies, sand dunes, sea walls and a new luxury residential complex on public housing land by Battery Park in Manhattan. “It would be terrible to put luxury housing on housing authority land,” Thompson said. “Put middle-class housing on that ground.” Weiner spoke about how the hurricane illuminated the lack of healthcare and said that would be a prime focus. Overall, the crowd responded to Weiner the best. He got loud cheers. He was funny, even addressing the spiritual crowd as “brothers and sisters” and then later making fun of himself for getting carried away. “He addressed the needs of the people,” a woman from East Elmhurst said. She also liked Thompson, saying, “He Q also knows what he’s talking about.”
School anti-violence program may be cut Giuliani-area project aimed at teen abuse faces the mayor’s budget ax by Domenick Rafter
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A program that begun under the administration of Mayor Giuliani to combat teen violence is facing extinction due to budget cuts. Teen RAPP, a citywide program aimed at fighting issues of relationship violence between teenagers, domestic violence issues and even bullying. The program, which began in 1998 and runs on a $3 million budget, is in 65 schools citywide and serves 45,000 students. Supporters say that the program is cost-effective and vital to city teenagers and should be saved. But as City Hall decides what lives and what dies in the annual budget negotiations, Teen RAPP may fall on the wrong side of the ax when the final tally of the city’s finances is due at the end of the month. Teen RAPP operates in only four schools in Queens — Cambria Heights Academy for New Literacies, August Martin, John Bowne and IS 10 in Astoria, but serves 5,663 students in the borough. Lucia Rivieccio, Director of STEPS to End Family Violence, one of the three nonprofit groups that are part of Teen RAPP, said the Giuliani administration started the program to
organize already existing programs across the city. “We were asked to sort of get together and create a more formalized program and develop a curriculum,” she said. Funded through the Human Resources Administration, Teen RAPP hires Masters-level social workers to work in schools across the city wherever their services are requested. The program offers workshops, training for teachers and DOE staff, as well as counseling for students who may be victims of abuse or the abusers themselves. Coordinators in each school will often do classroom workshops at the request of a teacher. “Our goal is to teach teenagers about violence and abuse, setting them up for navigating relationships in their lives,” Rivieccio said. Bullying is now being added as part of the Teen RAPP curriculum, she said. “What’s happening in some of the schools is we're adding extra sessions focusing on bullying,” Rivieccio explained. “We look at the roots of violence as well, such as street issues or abuse in the home.” Zoe Entin, the coordinator of the program at Cambria Heights, said her job goes well beyond just the school she’s assigned to.
“I do community outreach as well. I go to other schools and conduct workshops for the DOE,” she said. “We really go wherever our services are requested.” Entin, who has worked with Teen RAPP for 10 years, said that she has met with not only victims of abuse, who didn’t realize that they were in an abusive relationship, but also with teenagers who are abusers themselves. She has worked with teenagers of both genders. She defended the cost of the program, saying that it proves cost-effective because of all the issues they seek to prevent in the future, such as from health and emotional issues abused teens might suffer as adults. “So many things are being cut from the schools already,” Entin said. “This is so cost-effective, it doesn't make any sense to cut it.” She noted that when broken down, the cost is $66 per student. “I think it’s very easy to forget what it's like to be a teenager,” Entin said. “If you're not thinking about it, you're not paying attention to the fact that every image these kids are being bombarded with involves violence of some kind. I can’t express what it’s like when they see their relationship is Q unhealthy and they get out.”
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De Blasio calls for review of agency small biz fines by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor
On a particularly balmy February afternoon, Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio blasted what he said was statistical evidence the city targets outer-borough small businesses when enforcing regulations, using violations as a way to generate city revenue. “When Mayor Bloomberg sees these stores, he sees dollar signs,” the Democratic mayoral candidate said at the time, pointing to shops lining Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill during a press conference. Now a report by the Daily News claims the Department of Consumer Affairs uses a secret quota system to drum up more fines from small business owners, leading deBlasio to launch an investigation into the allegations. The investigative report by the News’ Juan Gonzalez claims a quota system urging inspectors to “keep numbers high” has led to the veritable fiscal vise grip put on many small business owners, which claim to have seen DCA violations jump since Mayor Bloomberg took office. The DCA calls for one violation for every four businesses inspected, accord-
ing to internal agency records obtained by the News, leading to a de facto “25 percent threshold.” That mandate led various unnamed inspectors to face bad evaluations for not being up to snuff. By the very nature of small businesses in New York, the report claims immigrants and poorer neighborhoods endure the brunt of the policy, costing some businesses tens of thousands of dollars for arguably minor violations. The agency denied the allegations. But an incensed de Blasio sent a letter to Bloomberg, saying he was “appalled” by the charges in the report. “The full scope of the DCA’s quota system and the improper influence of the adjudication process must come to light,” he wrote in the letter. Bloomberg reportedly algebraically denied the allegations in the story during a question-and-answer session at a press conference. “The quotas are ‘You gotta inspect X number of restaurants,’ not ‘You gotta f ind X number of faults,’” the mayor reportedly said. “I can’t imagine how you’d run it without that. It’s like saying our teachers have to teach X number of
hours and Y number of students.” The public advocate echoed his February report, which found Queens’ businesses are 16 percent more likely to be inspected by DCA than those in Manhattan. “Before an inspector even walks through the door, the fix is in. City Hall is out to squeeze small businesses any way it can. We see it every day with nuisance fines that can literally kill a business. To find out that even the appeals process is rigged against business owners is completely outrageous. This is government at its worst — and this needs to end now,” de Blasio said in a statement. His claims in February sounded nearly identical. “We’ve found arbitrar y and unfair judgments by inspectors,” de Blasio said on Feb. 22. “The mayor’s plan is to fine first, ask questions later.” The report also claims the DCA directed its administrative judges to uphold fines in the appeals process. “If there is any truth to the allegations laid out in today’s Daily News article, immediate changes need to be made at DCA —changes that cannot wait until a new administration takes over in 2014,” de Blasio wrote in his letter to the mayor. Q
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Support for Silver slips A bare majority of registered voters statewide say Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) should resign his leadership position, according to a new poll by the Siena Research Institute that examined a number of political questions. Silver has been criticized for his handling of the scandal surrounding exAssemblyman Vito Lopez of Brooklyn, who has been accused of inappropriate conduct toward a number of young women. Lopez may run for a City Council district that includes a portion of Queens. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed say Silver failed the people and should step down, while 32 percent said he should stay. The poll also found that Gov. Cuomo’s favorability rating is the lowest it’s been since he took office, at 58 percent, with 35 percent unfavorable. The poll considers ratings of excellent and good to be favorable, and fair and poor to be unfavorable. The survey also found that support for hydrofracking, the controversial gas drilling process, has slipped slightly, with 37 percent in favor of allowing it and 44 against, and that 44 percent say combating corruption should be Albany’s top Q priority.
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Crosswalk wanted at PS 232 continued from page 5 Mosquera said in an email. “While an entrance to a parking lot is not eligible for a crosswalk due to safety concerns, the agency will review the potential for other traffic-calming measures in the area.” But parents say the city should move preemptively at the intersection. “We should not have to wait until someone gets killed,” parent Lisa Neumann said at the rally. Addabbo said that while the intersection of 83rd Street and 153rd Avenue is a prob-
lem, the issue is bigger, noting the other intersections along the road are dangerous. A number of accidents have been reported at 82nd Street and 153rd Avenue, only a block away from the school, and Addabbo noted the neighborhood is populated with senior citizens who often cross 153rd Avenue where there are no crosswalks or stop signs in order to get to the shopping center. “You’ve got five or six blocks with no traffic controls here,” he said. “There needs Q to be something. It’s too dangerous.”
Bronx big’s call for soccer sets stage for Yankee garage replacement by Joseph Orovic Assistant Managing/Online Editor
The motto for Major League Soccer’s initial push to establish a franchise and stadium in New York City was “Let’s bring pro soccer to Queens.” But now an elected official from across the East River is saying “Let’s bring pro soccer to the Bronx.” That county’s borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., is asking MLS Commissioner Don Garber to drop Queens and pick the Bronx as a potential home for the league’s next expansion, a somewhat logical move considering the league’s New York franchise is partially owned by the New York Yankees. “As repor ts have made clear, your league’s plans to build a new soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows have stalled and may not be able to be revived. It would appear that there is little enthusiasm for world-class soccer in Queens,” Diaz wrote in the letter. MLS had initially made a full-on push to place a 25,000-seat stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, at the site of what is currently the Pool of Industry. A media blitz ensued during the fall and winter, as resistance to the stadium built in concer t with MLS and the Bloomberg administration’s insistence Flushing Meadows was a suitable home for a soccer stadium. Garber went so far as to say the league and city were “at the finish line” in negotiations. Whatever his def inition of the “f inish line,” the talks never materialized into a formal deal, despite reports of a sweetheart offer of at least 10 acres of FMCP land for $1 a year, as well as tax breaks on the cost of construction. The MLS project bred a resistance movement that led to the formation of two resistance groups: Save FMCP and the
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Melinda Katz continued from page 30 the old Rockaway rail line, which runs to the peninsula, because that will take time and she wants to focus on more immediate transportation improvements; • expressed skepticism about the rival plan to create a High Line-style park on the old rail right of way, mainly because of security concerns; • said she would create a funding stream to properly maintain Flushing Meadows Corona Park; • said she has “a real problem” with allowing a soccer stadium to be built
Fairness Coalition of Queens. But talk of an MLS stadium in Flushing Meadows quieted down in the spring, as an ownership group never materialized and talks for sharing parking lots with the Mets stalled. Eventually, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan emerged as a potential stakeholder in the franchise, with a late-May announcement revealing the Yankees as the other partner in the venture. The Yankees’ inclusion virtually killed any chances MLS had of ironing out a parking deal with the Mets, by and large putting the kibosh on the prospects of a stadium in FMCP, according to sources. Diaz’s economic catcalls to MLS echo the pro-growth, economic boon spiel the league pushed in Queens. The beep wrote of the influx of soccer fans into the Bronx during a recent friendly match between the Spanish and Irish national squads. “If a Major League Soccer franchise were to make its permanent home in our borough, we can replicate that f inancial boost, either at 161st Street or elsewhere, more than 20 times a year,” Diaz wrote to Garber. The allusion to 161st Street points to the parking garages alongside Yankee Stadium. After insisting on municipal bonds to subsidize the creation of the garages, the Bronx Parking Development Company, which holds the debt, is in default. It turns out fans of the Bombers hop on the subway more than was anticipated. The site fits the profile MLS was seeking in FMCP: close to mass transit and in a diverse, soccer-mad part of New York City. “The Bronx would be the perfect home for a new professional soccer franchise. I am ready to work with Major League SocQ cer to make this a reality,” Diaz wrote. there, as has been proposed, especially if it entails giving public land to wealthy businesses for $1; and • said she backs adding full table gaming to the Resorts World casino in South Ozone Park. During her time in the Assembly, Katz said, her proudest accomplishments were blocking a plan of former Mayor Giuliani’s to privatize city hospitals and extending the statute of limitations for young victims of sexual abuse to their 18th birthday plus five years. She also said her love of Queens is evidenced by her raising her two children in the same house she grew up in, which her Q family has owned since 1953.
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ARTS, CULTURE C ULTURE E & LIVING L IVING IV
Kristen Vaughan, who plays Dr. Vic Frakenstein, operates on Marisol, played by Diana Oh. Marisol, below left, and Sophie, played by Autumn Dornfeld, live in Brooklyn when they meet Vic, the secretive doctor from upstairs whose vocation causes daily building-wide blackouts.
Back to Life by Josey Bartlett
“Frankenstein Upstairs” humorously and progressively revives bits, but only bits, of a classic story. The plot of the play, produced by Gideon Productions and running at the Secret Theatre through June 30, centers around a couple, Marisol and Sophie, who work from home as designers and social media consultants. Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, who goes by Vic, played by Kristen Vaughan, enters their lives when the duo is forced to confront her about their building’s
blackouts, caused by something peculiar in her apartment. They should have known that a doctor with a last name like Frankenstein was up to some funky business. But since the show takes place in modernday Brooklyn, it’s safe to assume they played it off as a coincidence. They even invite her over for dinner, recounting how they met at a design conference in Boulder, Colo. Vic’s visits become more and more frequent. She makes a somewhat
creepy comment about how life is about challenging death, but by that point it’s probably too late to stonewall the friend-starved neighbor. Marisol, played by Diana Oh, gives the doctor a dead mouse that she had inexplicably become attached to and then with a little poison the furry creature plunges the show into living dead territory. And that’s the end of the completely entertaining first act. Continued onpage page continued on 39
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Queens College Art Center, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, the mixed-media oil portraits and paintings of Dominican-American artist Jennie Santos. Through Thursday, June 27, Free. Call (718) 997-5597.
Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing: “farmers market Fridays” June 21 to Nov. 22, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; “We Go Together: The Launch of the Butterfly Garden,” Saturday, June 22, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., also sponsored by the Lowell School.; Summer Solstice Celebration, Sunday, June 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with museum admission, $4, $3 seniors, $2 children 3-12 and students with ID, free for members. Visit queensbotanical.org/programs or call (718) 886-3800 for more information on all the programs.
“Gravity of the Sculpture: Part II” will remain on display at The Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City, through July 3. Call (718) 937-6317, email david@dorsky.org or visit dorsky.org. “Bridging the Gap”—Long Island City Artists will be on display at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., from Thursday, June 27-Sunday, July 14, with an opening reception on Thursday, June 27 from 4-7 p.m. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. $5, members, students and Long Island City artists free. Visit flushingtownhall.org.
Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, Marine Invertebrates Scientifically Speaking, Saturday, June 22, 1-3 p.m. Learn about marine invertebrates, examine some of the shells they live in and make a shell candle, adults and children age 9 and older. $24 per person. Pre-registration required. Call (718) 229-4000.
THEATRE Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, presents “secret weapons of FAT DESTRUCTION,” a bilingual, hilarious, provocative comedy through June 23. Performances in English: Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. Performances in Spanish: Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. $25, $22 students and seniors. Information: (718) 729-3880, thaliatheatre.org.
MUSIC Cafe Parasio, jazz and blues, Saturday, June 22 at 7 p.m., Lorne Browne Hall, Hollis Presbyterian Church, 100-50 196 St., Hollis. Dinner and show, $25. Call (718) 723-4626. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., will host a concert starring the Avram Pengas Duo on Sunday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. featuring Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music. $10, $12 at the door. Call (718) 459-1000.
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The Aaron Copland School of Music Guerrilla Arts Ensemble will perform at Flushing Town Hall, 13735 Northern Blvd., on Sunday, June 23 at 2 p.m. $5. Call (718) 463-7700 or visit flushingtownhall.org. Queens Symphony Orchestra performs: Central Astoria’s waterfront independence celebration, Monday, June 24, 7:30-10 p.m. Astoria Park, 21 Hoyt Ave. N; Tuesday, July 30, Verdi selections, St. Johns University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Flushing; and Sunday, Aug. 4, a follow-up performance at the Forest Park Bandshell. All concerts are free. Visit queenssymphony.org.
FLEA MARKETS Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, Woodhaven, chinese auction, Wednesday, June 26, 1 p.m. Purchase tickets to win items. Call (718) 845-3385. A one-day-only, summer treasure, bake and book sale will be held on Saturday, June 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection, 85-09 118 St., Kew Gardens. Call (718) 847-2649.
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Richmond Hill flea market is held on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 117-09 Hillside Ave. Call (347) 709-7661 or visit richmondhillfleamarket.com. The Ridgewood Library, 20-12 Madison St., Ridgewood, hosts an outdoor flea market and fun day on Saturday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (718) 821-4770. United Methodist Church of Richmond Hill, 112-14 107 Ave., a furniture and rug sale fundraiser; Sunday, June 23, rain date Sunday, June 30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Greater Astoria Historical Society, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, second annual book extravaganza fundraiser, Saturday, June 29 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fill a bag for $10. Call (718) 278-0700. Our Lady of the Angelus, flea market every Sunday in the soccer field at 98-05 63 Dr., Rego Park, 9 a.m.4 p.m. Call (718) 897-4444.
MEETINGS AARP Chapter 2889 meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 69-60 Grand Ave., Maspeth. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston hosts: The Vietnam Veterans of America Post 32 holds their monthly meeting on Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m. at 19-12 149 St., Whitestone.
FOR KIDS Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, hosts: Perfect Ponds, Saturday, June 22 1:30-3:30 p.m., ages 5-and 6. $21. Explore our ponds and creatures that live there, snacks, live animals, a craft and a nature walk; Animal Care Trainee, Sunday, June 30, 10 a.m. to noon, ages 812. $21. Children will have hands-on experiences
and learn all about the needs of the APEC’s animals.; Buggy Bugs, a spring fan club, ages 3 and 4, Saturday, June 29, 10:30 a.m. to noon. $18 per child. Children will learn about the season of spring though various uses of APEC’s resources, including meeting live animals and crafts that relate. Preregistration required for all programs. Call (718) 2294000 or visit alleypond.com. Little Makers: In Stitches on Sunday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Introduction to the patterns and practices of sewing, for ages 18 months and older. Wear clothing that can get dirty. $8 per family, plus NYSCI admission ($5 per family for members). Little Makers is a series in which families with young children can tinker, design and create together. At the New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111 St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Preregistration, information: (718) 699-0005, nysci.org. There will be a family workshop with sun printing at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m. $20 per parent and one child, $10 each additional child. All proceeds to Long Island City Artists. Visit flushingtownhall.org.
CLASSES Watercolor classes at the National Art League, 4421 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston. All techniques, beginners to advanced. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $25 per session. Call (718) 969-1128. There will be coed mixed-level line dancing for adults at Cambria Heights Community Church, 11602 220 St., Cambria Heights, on Saturdays, July 6 and 20 at 9:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. $10 per session. Call (646) 229-0242. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, hosts dance with instructions every Monday and Friday from 7:15 to 8 p.m. and a social dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Call (718) 4783100. Cost is $10.
Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, 19th anniversary of Sunday to Remember Program, Sunday, June 30, 2:30-5 p.m. at El Paraiso, 102-11 42 Ave., Corona. Free. RSVP at (718) 261-7664 or laccq@aol.com Fashion designer showcase, Sunday, June 30, doors open at 6 p.m., showtime 7 p.m., Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building, 157-11 Rockaway Blvd. Information: yriphoto@gmail.com. Queens County Bird Club all day trip — Hunter Mountain to see breeding Bicknell’s thrush and blackpoll warbler. Chair-lift followed by hiking on Sunday, June 30. Information: Jeff Ritter, (917) 658-7302, ariegilbert@optonline.net, b1birder@netscape.net. Municipal Art Society sponsors two walks with Jack Eichenbaum — Crossing Newtown Creek: Contrasting industrial Brooklyn and Queens, Sunday, June 30, 4-6 p.m. Meander through Greenpoint and cross the Pulaski Bridge connecting Brooklyn to Long Island City. See remnants of industry along Newtown Creek, NYC Wastewater Improvement Plant and adjacent nature trail. Ends at Gantry Park; and Flushing’s Chinatown, Saturday, July 20, 4-6 p.m. A destination and commercial center to rival its Manhattan antecedent. Taiwanese at its core, host to a variety of Chinese groups. See office buildings, hotels, condos, specialty shops, cultural institutions and malls. Restaurant tips distributed. For each event: $20; $15 MAS members. Registration required: mas.org. Information: (212) 935-3960. Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., hosts a singles social and dance for singles over 45 from 2-6 p.m. on Sundays, July 21 and Aug. 18. $10. Call (718) 897-6255. Community Board 8 third annual health fair, at Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike and 196th Place, 2-6 p.m., Thursday, June 27. Free health screenings, healthy refreshments, fun physical activities, music and freebies. Information: District Manager Marie Adam-Ovide, (718) 264-7895, qn08@nyc.gov. Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association, 84-20 Jamaica Ave., hosts a free poetry workshop every third Tuesday, until Monday, Dec. 16. Email cabbz@aol.com.
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A Queens girl through and through is marking a new milestone. On July 12 Cambria Heights native Camille Gainer will be releasing her first album with her as the lead musician, titled “A Girl from Queens.” The album is mostly instrumental with some vocals and a guest rap solo to accompany the upbeat, jazzy beats that come from her wide variety of influences. She received a full-ride scholarship to study jazz at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, but after graduation she didn’t stick just with jazz. She toured with hip-hop and reggae musicians from Tom Brown to Jamaica Funk, Juice Crew, Dr. Dre and Born Jamericans. “You can’t be afraid to go forward and get the scrapes, because it pays off in the end,” Gainer said. “Music is always changing and you can’t stop learning.” Being a woman in a sometimes maledominated drumming world hasn’t stood in her way either. “It’s one of those ‘isms.’ You always have to prove yourself,” she said, “but I’m cool
Drummer Camille Gainer will release her first album with her as the lead on July 12. PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT
with it. You just do what you do and move forward. That’s someone else’s issue, and either they catch on or they don’t.” On her album she collaborates with many musicians such as Lakecia Benjamin on the saxophone, Patriq Moody on the trumpet,
Raymond Angry on the keys, her husband, David Jones, a bass player who toured with New York City-based band Lisa Lisa for years, and many others. Many of her songs make social commentary about racism and spirituality. “Are
You on Frequency” addresses speaking to a higher being. Whereas songs such as “My Name is Not N****r,” a speech by Orrin Evans, addresses just that. “Slave masters called their slaves that, but it had nothing to do with black people,” Evans says on the sixth track. “If everyone called me snake wouldn’t I start to think my name is snake, or start to rattle? “Call people by their right name, especially your own people. “So what is my name?” he asks. “We are African Americans.” “Street Metaphysics” is about growing up on Jamaica Avenue and the guys who used to post up on the street corners. Each piece Gainer picked, and in the majority she plays drums, keys or programs for. She said all her experience touring with greats from JT Taylor to Alicia Keys has helped her know how a band should be treated. “I’m looking forward to doing my own music,” Gainer said. continued continued on on page page 00 42
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is the writer behind the trashy books. So it makes sense that the second act At first the moral of the production, its comment on life, appeared to be how loses some of its fun since Marisol spends individuals need to know when enough is most of it in a vegetative state. Without her, Sophie, who is overly organized and enough and when to let go. Especially when Vic says “In my line of not up for any deviations from a strict life work you must strive for perfection but plan, and Vic rule the scenes. While Marisol is in need of a doctor’s then recognize when you’ve reached it.” care Vic becomes But then it veers an even more conaway from there stant fixture in the going into the apartment. second act, which When: Through June 30, This is where loses a bit of the Thursdays to Saturdays at 8 p.m. play’s momentum. Sundays at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, the pl ay m akes note of Mary Marisol has a June 26 at 8 p.m. Shel l ey’s novel quirky sense of Where: Secret Theatre, 44-02 23rd St., LIC “Frankenstein.” humor that brings Tickets: $18, secrettheatre.com Vic confesses to much needed lightSophie for months heartedness to the show. She has overcome a former abusive she has been listening to the couple relationship and empowered herself through a vent in their ceiling. In the book, the creature brought to through kickboxing classes and a biting wit. She spends her time with Sophie and life by Victor Frankenstein and then her best friend, Taylor, a dry-humored abandoned learns about human nature writer of sexy novels played by Rob Mait- by spying on a family through a hole in ner. He recently to decided shed his pseu- their cottage wall, as noted in the playdonym and instead reveal to his millions wright’s note for “Frankenstein Upstairs.” Vic asks, “Do you believe you choose of fans that he, a blind, homosexual man,
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Vic Frankenstein operates on Marisol in the Gideon Productions’ play “Frankenstein Upstairs,” showing at the Secret Theatre. PHOTO BY DEBORAH ALEXANDER your family?” And as the show progresses it becomes apparent Vic has chosen Marisol and Sophie and it doesn’t matter if they haven’t chosen her back. This becomes the issue that the couple
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SPECIAL EVENTS Afternoon Composting: Weekly Food Waste Drop-Off at the Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway in Long Island City on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Call (718) 721-2462. St. Gregory the Great School, 244-44 87 Ave., Bellerose, hosts its annual Gregorian summer festival from June 20-30. Free. Call (718) 347-3707. The Jackson Heights car, truck and motorcycle show will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. at 33-50 69 St. Call (917) 682-5362 or visit eccatoysfortots.org. Free. There will be a 5K walk/run health forum, sponsored by Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation, starting from Queens Faith Temple Church, 217-03 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica at 8 a.m. on Sunday June 23 ending at Roy Wilkins Park at 2:30 p.m. Call (917) 373-8434, (347) 233-1069, (917) 568-3624 or (347) 463-8793.
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The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave., hour-long classes: jewelry making, Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; Richard Simmons exercise, Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30; free computer classes, Mondays at 12:30 p.m.; Eldercise, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.; massage therapy, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; manicures, Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; yoga, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Movies every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 1:15 p.m. MetroCard van, 4th Thursday of month. 39th Anniversary party, Friday, June 28. $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Everyone welcome. Call Karen (718) 456-2000.
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The Innovative SNAP of Eastern Queens Senior Center, 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Queens Village, offers Lunch and Learn Cinema Talk: A film series discussion group on Tuesdays, June 11, 25, July 9 and 23 between 12:30 and 4 p.m. $7.50 per class or $25 for the series. Call (718) 454-2100 or visit snapqueens.org. The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143 St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is at noon with a suggested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include: tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramics, camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday parties and more. Call (718) 657-6752. The Brooks Senior Center, 143-22 109 Ave., Jamaica, hosts a healthy lunch from noon to 1 p.m., activities such as Wii sports, bowling, bingo, laptop classes, exercise, ceramics, cards and board games, blood pressure checks, trips, monthly nutrition presentations and monthly birthday celebrations and theme parties. Suggested contribution is $1.25. For more information call (718) 291-3935. The Pomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., is offering free Chinese language classes Thursdays at 1 p.m.; its very first Dear Abby Group Thursdays at 11 a.m.; free ESL classes for Chinese speakers, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-10:30 a.m.; and the Knitting and Crochet club Thursdays at 1 p.m. for beginners and experts. Call the Pomonok Senior Center at (718) 591-3377, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Prince Room, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Cost is $6 for lunch. The program includes yoga instruction, discussion groups, card games, bingo, birthday celebrations, guest speakers and holiday celebrations. Call Dr. Roz Gold at (718) 229-7511.
SUPPORT GROUPS Gay and Jewish siblings of Gay and Jewish Victims of Domestic Homicide/Violence meets in Forest Hills. All are welcome. Call (917) 561-4252. Bereavement groups for the loss of a spouse, facilitated by a licensed social worker. Central Queens YM&YWHA, 67-09 108 St., Forest Hills. Call Pamela Leff: (718) 268-5011 ext. 621.
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The Selfhelp Latimer Gardens Senior Center, 3430 137 St., Flushing, offers ballroom dancing, Mondays, Wednesdays through Fridays at 10:30 a.m. to noon; tai chi, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. to noon; English as a second language, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. to noon; Ping Pong, exercise and mahjong, Mondays though Fridays. Call (718) 961-3660.
Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults, 92-47 165 St., details its safety program about rent, Medicaid and food stamps. Call for an appointment at (718) 657-6500. Free. Computer classes are being held at Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Prince Street Senior Center, 4525 Kissena Blvd., Flushing. For seniors 60 plus. Call John at (718) 559-4329 to register. Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-11 26th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. Call (718) 224-7888.
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She began drumming at 6 a.m. on her 12th birthday on 219th Street in Cambria Heights. For years Gainer, who follows the wise advice from Roberta Flack to never reveal her age, would leave drum pamphlets with circles around her ideal set on her parents’ nightstand. On that birthday her father returned from his night shift as a police officer at 3 a.m. He had her come downstairs and in the corner sat a drum set. “That set me on my journey,” Gainer said, adding that she woke up at 6 a.m. and started practicing. “My parents were very instrumental and always keeping us abreast of culture,” she said. “We played violin and piano. Everyone in my family had a piano, my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and now I have a piano in my house.” She would spend her days practicing in basements — “Queens was the home of the basement band. There was a band on every block, especially in Jamaica.” “I prefer to live in Queens,” Gainer said. “There were so many great musicians to learn from and that I knew.” She later met professional jazz musician Michael Carvin, who mentored her and continues to give her tips.
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Gainer now lives in Far Rockaway with her husband, where they are slowly digging out from Hurricane Sandy. “It was like being in a sci-fi flick,” she said of the 6 feet of water on her ground floor. She lost about 3,000 records, but was able to move the speakers and drums upstairs. “You never expect it — not in New York City,” she said. ”We lived for two months without electricity. It was like being on the frontier.” The release party will be at BB Kings in Manhattan and the record is available on Q iTunes, CD Baby and ReverbNation.
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Nets General Manager Billy King admitted that his team is taking a risk by hiring recently retired NBA point guard, as well as certain Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Jason Kidd to be the team’s new head coach, in light of the fact that he has no coaching experience. I applaud King for taking this gamble since he was not going to be able to get Phil Jackson or one of the Van Gundy brothers, Jeff and Stan, to be the Nets head coach. King could have gone the safe route by a hiring a retread from the coaching ranks such as Mike Dunleavy or Scott Skiles but he realized that: a) recycled NBA head coaches don’t sell tickets the way name players do; b) they frequently have trouble motivating veteran players on a roster; and c) since the Nets are near the NBA salary cap, they won’t have money to spend on a big-name free agent, so signing a household name as head coach accomplishes some needed off-season buzz for marketing purposes. As a star Nets player a decade ago, Kidd did not get along with his then-head coach, Byron Scott, and it’s widely believed that Scott was responsible for his firing. It will be
very interesting to see how Kidd handles his modern-day counterpart, prima donna point guard Deron Williams. The hardest aspect of the job for Kidd will not be making in-game decisions but rather might be in dealing with the media. At last Thursday’s Barclays Center introductory press conference I asked him if he is concerned about having to speak a lot more than he ever had to as a player. These days a coach has to be an extrovert given all of the print, electronic and digital media that now cover professional sports. As a player, Kidd, like his fellow Bay Area native the actor Clint Eastwood, was a man of few words and let his work speak for itself. Before he could answer, Billy King, who is as natural around a microphone as an emcee at a comedy club, quickly chimed in, “Oh, I did not tell that this will be the last time that Jason will be talking to the media!” After the laughter died down, Kidd spoke about how successful San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is renowned for his minimalist philosophy with the press. When you have won NBA titles, as “Pop” has, you obviously get a lot more leeway in how you do things. Kidd should also keep in mind that San Antonio has a very small media contingent compared to what he’ll be Q facing here.
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Amedeo’s Bar and Grill lit up South Jamaica by Ron Marzlock Chronicle Contributor
Amedeo’s Bar and Grill was a fixture on South Road in South Jamaica for five decades. It opened after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 at 153-22 South Road, and in 1935 moved across the street to larger quarters at 153-25. The joint was an instant success with the large number of milk and dairy employees who worked in the area. It sold exclusive Trommers Malt Beer on tap. Women were welcome. And you Amedeo’s Bar and Grill, located at 153-25 South Road couldn’t miss the large sign in the in South Jamaica, as seen on a 1939 postcard. doorway which read, “Positively By the 1950s the bar had changed hands No Trust.” Many of the milk and dairy employees and become Joseph Pugliese Bar and Grill, who patronized Amedeo’s came from the continuing the neighborhood tradition until Elmhurst Cream Co., later called Juniper about 1980. Today that part of South Road is lined Valley Dairy Co., at 154-21 South Road. Beechhurst Farms, Dellwood Dairy and with housing that once had been stores. The Puritan Farms all operated out of a building building that housed the bar, however, is at 155-01 South Road. Their employees also gone, with the property being used as a yard Q loved to come down after a long day’s work. for tractor-trailers.
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Notice Of Formation of 8504 Management LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on 05/21/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 42-30 Forley Street 2/ FL, Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: TICKLE THE DRAGON LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/24/2013. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: W.V. CONTRACTORS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/05/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Wilmer Elias Vindell, 87-59 126th Street, #2, Richmond Hill, New York 11418. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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continued from page 16 coming to the table to talk about issues that impact them and their communities.” A few miles east in the Jacobson Playground in Forest Park, another lunch table, created by middle school boys of Ps 75, was installed. “We’re just trying to do something about the forest and talk about global warming,” Antonio McDuffie, a sixthgrader who worked on the project, said. Frank, who folded origami monkeys, frogs and birds that were pasted throughout the piece, said he wants the community to work harder to preserve the planet and hopes the table will inspire them to do so. “I’m hoping people will actually do what we want them to do which is clean the world up,” he said. “It was mostly about the rainforest and tell people to stop cutting down trees because you’re hurting the environment,” Brad Hughes said. “There might be animals that we’ve never even heard of that are already dead so we want to tell people not to do this.
This isn’t the first time the students had the opportunity to admire their artwork, though. On May 23, all of the students who participated in the program were invited to Union Square Park in Manhattan for a student social-action art exhibition where every table was put on display. “We really had fun working together and making art,” Lily Menendez, a sixthgrader at P 9 who wants to be an artist when she grows up, said. “I do want to thank our teachers who are now, like famous after everyone got to see the art.” After the tables are removed from the parks in August, they will return to the respective schools, where they will be displayed. “Some schools put the table in the lunchroom so kids can sit and eat at it or they take the table apart and mount the tops onto the wall for everyone to see when they walk by,” Powers said. This is the sixth year that LEAP has held its student exhibition, entitled “A View From the Lunchroom, Students Q Bringing Issues to the Table.”
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs allocated $1.25 million for the project. An additional $1 million was donated by Kaufman and other private contributions to make up the $2.5 million project cost.
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The boys of the Robert E. Peary School PS 75 pose with their table in the Jacobson Playground in Forest Park. The students spent 16 sessions with teaching artist Christy PowPHOTO BY TESS MCRAE ers working on their global warming awareness piece.
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