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David Rosen, the head of the company that runs Jamaica Hospital and Flushing Hospi-tal, was fired Monday after his indictment last week in a bribery scandal. He allegedly sought to buy influence for Jamaica Hospital from corrupt state legislators in Queens and Brooklyn. By Domenick Rafter…Page 3
Hospital Cans CEO Linked To BribesBy DOMENICK RAFTER
David Rosen, CEO of MediSys, the groupthat runs Jamaica Hospital, Flushing Hospi-tal and Peninsula Hospital in Rockaway, aswell as a number of care facilities for adultsand the mentally il l, was fired by thecompany’s board of directors on Monday.
Rosen had been named as a co-defendantin an indictment handed down last week thatincluded two Brooklyn state legislators; Sen.Carl Kruger and Assemblyman WilliamBoyland Jr. Rosen’s sacking was confirmedby MediSys spokesman Michael Hinck.
“In 2009 the board was advised by theNew York State Department of Health aboutwhat was only an investigation at that time.We were awaiting a resolution by the U.S.Attorney before taking any action,” Hincksaid Tuesday, “Following last Thursday’saction, the board met on Monday and votedto remove Mr. Rosen.”
Hinck said Rosen was removed because
By JOSEPH OROVICThe Dept. of Finance announced it will
cap assessed value increases on co-ops andcondos at 50 percent this year, followingoutcry from owners and local elected offi-cials. For some, that is still too much to pay.
The move came on the heels of large,controversial jumps in the City’s co-op andcondo assessments, in some cases more thandoubling the figure used in property taxcharges.
Officials who initially decried the suddenincreases were tepid at best in welcoming thechange.
“While I appreciate DOF’s recognitionthat the initial assessments could not stand, a50 percent hike is still unreasonable,” saidCouncilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gar-dens), who was among the more vocal oppo-nents of the increase.
The increased valuations disproportion-ately affect large chunks of Northeast Queens,which has a large number of condo and co-op owners, according to State Sen. TobyStavisky (D-Flushing).
The exact math behind the DOF’s valua-tions has been the subject of speculation. Theagency is not giving up the formula easily.Weprin filed a Freedom of Information Lawrequest to shed light on DOF’s calculations,though the agency had not responded as ofpress time.
“There is something wrong with the for-mula they are using,” Weprin said. “Theydon’t actually give you the full details.”
The increased valuations initially ranged
of the indictment and will receive no sever-ance pay. He added the company and theboard was cooperating with authorities.Rosen was replaced by COO Bruce Flanz,who has been with MediSys since 1975 andhas served as COO since 1980.
The indictment alleges Rosen, throughfake companies, bribed Kruger and formerAssemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D-Rich-mond Hill) to support a MediSys purchase ofother Queens hospitals, including now-closedSt. Johns Queens Hospital in Elmhurst andMary Immaculate in Jamaica.
Seminerio died in prison a few monthsago after pleading guilty to corruptioncharges and resigning from the Assembly in2009. The indictment also alleges Rosen paida salary to Boyland Jr. for a no-show consult-ant job. MediSys also operates BrookdaleHospital in Brooklyn, which receives most ofits funding from the state.
In June 2010, the State Dept. of Health
recommended then-Attorney GeneralAndrew Cuomo investigate Rosen whenMediSys’ former counsel MargaretJohnson sued the company after shewas fired in 2008 in response to thetermination of a lower-level lawyer hiredto represent MediSys in the Semineriocase. Johnson said she felt a conflict ofinterest was developing between thelawyer, Victor Rocco, and Rosen.
Rosen was not the only hospital fig-ure in Queens to be indicted in whatU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called “anunholy alliance of politicians, lobbyistsand businessmen.” Also named in theindictment was Robert Aquino, formerCEO of defunct Parkway Hospital inForest Hills. Aquino is alleged to havepaid $60,000 to shell companies set upby Kruger in 2008 to bribe the Senatorto support a plan to allow ParkwayHospital to buy other hospitals, includ-ing St. Johns and Mary Immaculate.
Since Parkway Hospital’s closure,Aquino has been pressuring local offi-cials to restore Parkway Hospital’s op-erating certificate. John Krall, a friend ofAquino’s, appeared at March meetings ofCommunity Boards 9 and 6, only days beforethe indictments were handed down, askingfor support in reopening Parkway. Krall toldthe boards that Aquino had lined up $75million to operate the hospital and only neededits operating certificate restored, but whenasked, would not specify where the moneycame from.
The indictments put in question the finan-cial situation of the cash-strapped MediSys.
By JASON BANREYDrawing a litany of responses, from all
angles of opposit ion and support, the planto rename the Queensboro Bridge to honorformer Mayor Ed Koch has become a politi-cal hot potato as a March 23 vote on thematter draws near.
The issue has riled up borough residents,excited city leaders and outright upset oneQueens Councilman. The Queens delega-tion is not united in support of the measure.
After polling all 15 members who repre-sent the borough within the Council, theQueens Tribune has discovered that noteven half of the delegation actively supportsrenaming the bridge.
In all, six Council members say they willvote in favor of renaming the bridge, six areundecided on the matter and just three holdfirm stances against the plan.
With a line drawn in the sand, someQueens Council members are now speakingout about the issue-some more than others– while an unresolved bunch decides to re-main silent.
After writing an op-ed piece, publishedin the Tribune last week, Counci lman PeterVal lone Jr. (D-Astoria) was surprised to bejoined by only two of his fellow Queens mem-bers in his defiance of the Mayor.
Joining suit, Councilmen Leroy Comrie(D-S t . A lbans ) and Dan Ha l lo ran (R -Whitestone) strongly opposed the Mayor’sproposal to co-name the century-old struc-ture the Ed Koch-Queensboro Bridge, andfeel Queens deserves the right to retain itsclaim on the name.
“Brooklyn and Manhattan have their ownbridges,” said Halloran. “So it’s only rightthat Queens deserves its own.”
Comrie, was surprised that the honor waseven brought up for discussion.
“This was dropped on our heads,” saidComrie. “Queens residents should decidewha t happens w i th the [QueensboroBridge].”
Joining in support of both the Mayor andCouncil Speaker Christine Quinn, and notafraid to have their opinions heard, areCouncil members James Gennaro (D-FreshMeadows), Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gar-
from the double digits to close to 150 per-cent. The resulting tax increases are usuallypassed onto co-op shareholders via highermaintenance fees.
The hikes create a burden that Staviskysaid is unfair to the middle class, especiallythose living on a fixed income, such as se-niors, who cannot afford a sudden upswingin living expenses.
“They have a budget gap and they aretrying to sock it to the middle class,” she said.“To stick it to a particular class is not fair.”
Part of the issue, according to Stavisky, isthe classification of co-ops and condos undera Class 2 umbrella, which lines them up invalue with revenue-generating rental units.Stavisky, herself a co-op resident, said mostco-ops and condos are owner-occupied. Shehopes to address the discrepancy with legis-lation she is forming with Assemblyman EdBraunstein (D-Bayside) which will put thecontested units in line with small homes,which have a 6 percent tax cap.
“We just think that co-op owners are morelike single-family homeowners and less likelandlords,” Braunstein said.
The bill is still in its early stages, he added,and far from assured passage. It would notsolve the immediate increase facing co-opowners, he said.
“This legislation isn’t going to be able tosolve their problem this year,” Braunsteinsaid. “This is more of a long-term fix.”
Reach Deputy Editor Joseph Orovic [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.
dens) and Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills).In recognition of not only Mayor Koch’s
service to the city, Gennaro added that hedeserved the honor for his heroic dutieswhile serving in World War II and for theterm he served as the U.S. Representativefrom New York’s 17th District.
“[Mayor Koch] remains relevant to thisday at the local, national and internationallevel,” Gennaro said. “Renaming the bridgeis the least we can do to honor one who hasserved so many for so long.”
Echoing a number of borough residentswho do not even utilize the “Queensboro”name, Gennaro added, “Nobody calls thebridge that name anyway – it s called the59th Street Bridge.”
In accordance with yea-sayers, Koslowitzagrees with the change, but prefers it herway.
“ I p r e f e r r ed t ha t i t b e ca l l ed t heQueensboro-Ed Koch Bridge,” she said.
Council members Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park)and Peter Koo (R-Flush ing) also sided withthe new name.
Remaining undecided on the mat ter areCouncil members Danny Dromm (D-Jack-son Heights ) , Ju l issa Ferreras (D-EastElmhurst), James Sanders (D-Laurelton),Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), RubenWills (D-Jamaica) and Diana Reyna (D-Ridgewood).
With the issue split three ways within theQueens delegation and a vote coming lateron this month, there is no telling what bor-ough residents will soon call the gateway toour borough.
Indifferent as to whether or not he is hon-ored, Mayor Koch leaves it completely up tothe City Council to decide.
Despite thinking he is a per fect fit forthe bridge because “it’s not soaring, beauti-ful, or as handsome” as other city bridges,he says he will take what he gets from theCity Council.
“Either way, whatever happens,” saidKoch. “It’s st i l l a great honor.”
Reach Reporter Jason Banrey [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
Push To Save Bridge’sQueensboro Identity
Co-Op Assessment FixLeaves Tax Too High
In late 2009, Jamaica Hospital was runningfar in the red and at risk of closure, but lastsummer, MediSys said Flushing Hospital wasrunning in the black. A 2009 report fromPrice Waterhouse Coopers suggested thatJamaica Hospital was no longer economi-cally viable. A MediSys spokesman would notcomment this week on the company’s orhospital’s finances.
Jamaica Hospital and its parent company arecentral to a massive bribery scandal involv-ing a Senator and Assemblyman from Brook-lyn.
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the Muslim community are decrying Con-gressional hearings being held by U.S. Rep.Peter King (R-Long Island), chair of theHouse Homeland Security Committee, onradicalization in Muslim-American commu-nities.
Standing with a sign that said “I am a
Locals Rail Against Muslim HearingsMuslim too,” Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) held a rally with some of hisMuslim constituents in front of his office on37th Avenue on March 6 before last week’shearings. He called the hearings “Muslim-baiting.”
U.S. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) wasone of 56 Democratic members of Con-gress who signed a letter urging King to
cancel the hearings before they were heldlast week.
“Singling out one religious group andblaming the actions of individuals on anentire community is not only unfair, it isunwise — and it will not make our countryany safer,” read the letter.
Rami Nuseir, president and founder of theLong Island City-based American MidEast
Leadership Network, called the hearings“counter-effective.”
“I agree with [King] that we need to payattention to homeland terrorism,” he said,“but the packaging was wrong. I understandwhat he was trying to do, but the hearingswere very narrowly focused.”
Nuseir said the hearings gave “blank judg-ment” to the Islamic religion at a time whenAmerican Muslims are needed to fight terror-ism.
“We should be encouraging the main-stream Muslim community to be key play-ers,” he said. “Instead [Rep. King] createdmore enemies. When you start pointing thefinger, people become defensive, and whenthey become defensive, they become radi-cal.”
Nusier added the best way to preventhomegrown terrorism is to “engage” Mus-lims in aspects of our culture, like sports.
“Let them feel that they’re a part ofAmerica,” he said.
At the March 10 hearing, U.S. Rep.Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), the first Mus-lim elected to Congress, spoke of paramedicMohammed Salman Hamdani, a Pakistani-born resident of Bayside who died whileresponding to the Sept. 11 attacks and wasinitially mistaken as being one of the terror-ists involved.
“Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fel-low American who gave his life for otherAmericans,” said Ellison, fighting back tears.“His life should not be defined as a memberof an ethnic group or a member of a religion,but as an American who gave everything forhis fellow citizens”
By DOMENICK RAFTERThe Taxi and Limousine Commission
unveiled a new plan last week to allow “gypsycabs” in the outer boroughs to legally pick uppassengers who hail them on the street.
Currently, it is illegal forlivery cabs to pick up passen-gers who do not call ahead fora car service, making it nearlyimpossible to legally hail a cabin a boroughs that often findsyellow taxis in short supply.
A lack of meters in liverycabs leads to the potentialprice gouging of riders whenlivery cabs are hailed. Typi-cally a price is quoted overthe phone when a customercalls in for service; no suchguarantee exists when hailedfrom the street,
“What we are trying to do is legalizesomething people will take advantage of,”said Taxi and Limousine CommissionerDavid Yassky at a Community Board 6 meet-ing on March 9. “Our plan is to let the carservices who serve the boroughs already, if
TLC: Black Is The New Yellowthey choose to, do street hail service.”
Under the new rules, call-ahead cab com-panies can opt to join in a program to pickup passengers who hail them down in outerboroughs to take them anywhere in the City,
including Manhattan. Cabswould be allowed to makeone return hailed fare tripfrom Manhattan back intothe outer boroughs.
Cabs involved in the pro-gram would have to adhereto certain regulations; theywould need to be paintedyellow, have a roof “on-duty” light, have workingmeters and be able to takecredit cards.
Yellow cab advocates op-posed the plan. The Metro-politan Taxicab Board of
Trade, which represents 3,500 yellow medal-lion cabs, released a statement supportingthe idea of outer borough street hails, but notthe proposal.
“The goal of enhanced service in theboroughs is well worth pursuing, but not by
legitimizing the illegal and dangerous prac-tice of livery street hails. Instead, we shouldbe exploring ways to expand high-qualityyellow taxi service into the boroughs,” astatement read.
Bhairavi Desai, founding member of theTaxi Workers Alliance, said yellow cab driv-ers would see fares decrease under the plan.
“Legalizing an illegal activity because ithas been done for so long will immediatelycut into fares, especially during the rushhours when yellow cab drivers who live in theouter boroughs pick up fares at the begin-ning or end of their shifts,” she warned.
But Yassky said the outer boroughs arenot widely served by yellow cabs and thusnew legalized livery cab service will not cutinto their fares. He used the airports as anexample, saying the TLC has to “bribe”yellow cab drivers to take passengers fromJFK and LaGuardia to destinations in theouter boroughs.
“Yellow taxis don’t like those trips any-way,” he said.
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Fed Chair Analyzes Boro EconomyBy JOSEPH OROVIC
For most Queens residents, life is notgetting cheaper. Grocery store receipts raiseeyebrows and a trip to the gas station hasbecome daunting. But hey, that new iPad 2is a bargain!
That was the memorable takeaway of anaddress by Federal Reserve Bank of NewYork President and Chief Executive OfficerWil l iam Dudley, who stopped by theLaGuardia Sheraton in Flushing to deliver anaddress about the Fed’s regional and Queens-specific economic outlook.
The much-maligned gaffe was deliveredin response to prodding about inflation,which some feel has increased due to theFed’s Quantitative Easing plan. The contro-versial strategy calls for the buying of treasurysecurities from Goldman Sachs in an effort toflush the Fed’s balance sheet – in essenceprinting money. Dudley’s connection toGoldman as a former partner has addedcontroversy to the practice.
The maneuver was announced as part of aneffort to stymie deflation, after the ConsumerPrice Index showed a decrease in prices.
But the CPI does not take into accountcommon household purchases such as foodand fuel, in an effort to mitigate volatility inthe figure – which brings us to the iPad 2.
Following a series of questions, Dudleyconceded the cost of some items has risen,then countered:
“Today, you can buy an iPad 2 that coststhe same as an iPad 1 that is twice as powerful.[…] You have to look at the prices of all things.”
The comment drew vocal grumblings fromthe audience, and largely negated the event’sgreater purpose of putting a positive face onthe Fed.
The event was held in conjunction with
the borough’s Chamber of Commerce andEconomic Development Corp. as part of abroader outreach effort.
Gaffe aside, Dudley did give a cursoryoverview of the borough’s economic state.
“During the recent recession, Queens’dynamic recovery was hard hit,” Dudleysaid, “yet it proved more resilient thanManhattan’s and much of the nation’s.”
When the rest of the country’s employ-ment declined by 7 percent, the borough’sdipped 3 percent, Dudley said.
The New York Fed chief touted Queens’economic diversity, singling out transporta-
tion as its specialty, a result of the borough’stwo major airports. Air transport jobs ac-count for 6 percent of the borough’s employ-ment, with overall transportation work tak-ing a 12 percent slice.
Elected officials took turns asking ques-tions, most concerning lending. Despite lowshort-term rates set by the Fed, many banksare still adhering to strict standards whenvetting borrowers, they said.
“The worst has passed,” Dudley said.“Things are getting better but they’re notwhere we want them to be.”
Assemblyman and former City Council
Finance Committee Chairman David Weprin(D-Little Neck) said the Fed could do more toloosen banks’ purse strings.
“They could use their bully pulpit to raisethe pressure on [the banks],” he said.
It is difficult to quantify the effect theFed’s policies have on the borough, Weprinsaid. Policy decisions made at that level“trickle down” to Main Street folks.
“It’s a little bit more removed,” he said. “Iwas impressed he actually came to Queens.”
Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.
By JASON BANREYGov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget leaves se-
nior centers in jeopardy with the threat of a $25million cut in state funding for senior services.An Assembly action to restore the funding hasbeen made, but Republicans in the Senate havenot endorsed the change and it is questionableif the restoration of funds would survive thefinal negotiations in the state budget.
Standing outside of her Long Island Citysenior center, Olivine Adams, 67, raised hertightly clenched fists in protest. Joined by localpoliticians and seniors in solidarity on March11, Adams and others voiced their opinions inopposition to the cuts at Riis Settlement SeniorCenter and Ravenswood Senior Center.
The elderly assured lawmakers they werenot willing to give up.
As a member of the senior center for morethan 12 years, Adams has become accus-tomed to getting two nutritious meals a dayand soc i a l i z i ng w i th f r i ends a t t heRavenswood Senior Center.
Seniors Vow To Continue FightIf passed as proposed, the budget’s $25.2
million cut to the Title XX funding couldresult in the closure of 22 senior centers in theborough, leaving Adams, as well as a largepopulation of elderly, without access to theaffordable meals and essential social servicesthey have utilized for years. Adams fears shewill no longer be able to grow old the way shealways wanted - peacefully.
“As you get older, bleak thoughts begin tobreak through your mind if you don’t stayactive,” said Adams. “This center helps keepme engaged as I get older. I really need it.”
Amidst shouts in favor of saving theRavenswood Senior Center, Councilman VanBramer (D-Sunnyside) and Sen. MichaelGianaris (D-Astoria) pledged their supporttowards fighting the significant cuts andurged seniors to keep hope alive.
“We’ve got a good shot at securing thesefunds for [senior centers],” Van Bramer said.
Despite difficult economic times that thestate is facing financially, Gianaris urged the
governor to recognize the thousands of seniorsthat would be affected if Title XX was axed.
“We must make the hard decisions in away that minimizes the impact on the mostvulnerable New Yorkers,” said Gianaris.
Borough Assembly members promised tomake seniors a top priority in conjunction withsupport of other members throughout the state.Assemblywomen Marge Markey (D-Maspeth)and Grace Meng (D-Flushing) reported that theNew York State Assembly would allocate $25million to guarantee funding for senior centersin the upcoming State budget.
“We are acting to ensure that criticalservices like those provided by these seniorcenters are preserved,” said Markey.
“We’ll go all the way to Albany if we haveto. The [governor’s] not going to knock usout the box,” said Adams. “We’re still amongthe living. They can’t bury us yet!”
Reach Reporter Jason Banrey [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
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Tolerance is a tricky word, not as easy to define as itsounds. It denotes a fair, objective and permissive attitudeto what is different from one individual to another.
This week two separate but equally relevant issues oftolerance have come to the forefront: the beating death ofa man who was thought to be gay and the “Muslimradicalization” hearings held in Congress by Long IslandCongressman Peter King.
Both speak volumes about the society in which we live.The first involved four teenagers who trashed a party, towhich they were not invited, began using anti-gay epithetsand ended up chasing down and beating to death a man whohad left the party because of an apparent fear for the thugswho showed up.
He wasn’t gay, but his attackers used the label as areason to hate him, to demean him and to take from him hislife.
The second feeds on fear. The Sept. 11 hijackers – andmany other terrorists – were and are Muslim. Their actionsare deplorable, and the issue of “radicalization’ is some-thing that any faith needs to address with its members.
But to hold hearings with the purpose of analyzing thecauses that specifically turn followers of Islam to becometerrorists creates a label of hatred, foments a grain of doubtand plants a seed of fear of the members of an entire faith.
Well, that’s not how it’s supposed to work – and certainlynot in Queens, the most diverse place on Earth. We mustkeep our eyes open, but in doing so also see our brothers andsisters without labels, without ignorance and without fear.
For The VeteransTo The Editor:
For many years St. AlbansVeteran’s Hospital has not beenfunctioning. Now that St. John’s,St. Joseph, and Mary Immaculatehave closed, our returning veteranswill be more desperately deprived ofthe health care they were promisedand deserve.
Unfortunately Eric Shinseki, Sec-retary of the Department of VeteranAffairs, continues to support anEnhanced Use Lease (EUL). His ra-tionale for continuing to press for a75-year lease of 25 acres of tax-freeland to a private developer is basedon a Census taken in 2000. ThisCensus reported that the number ofreturning veterans will decrease.
Mr. Shinseki has neglected totake into consideration the numberof men and women that were sent toIraq in 2001, and the surges ofadditional troops both in Iraq andAfghanistan.
Mr. Shinseki continues to sup-port Rev. Floyd Flake’s corpora-tion. The Allen Corp Name ischanged to “D&F. This has beendone because Rev. Flake’s financialventures began to be questioned
and were publicly exposed. The oth-ers names, Rev. Reed, D’Amico,and Florey remain the same.
The guidelines established bythe RFP, page 11, Sec. 2.4.8.bullet3, mandate that a developer mustmaintain positive relations with theState and local areas and avoid anydestruction of the surrounding mi-nority community. The private de-veloper has failed to carry out theseguidelines. He is planning high riseapartments, multiple homes andstores, all of which are in conflictwith local zoning regulations.
We need to: save the lives of ourbrave veterans; stop the rising num-ber of suicides due to the lack ofappropriate health care; end the EULnow; and rehabilitate the existinghospital to a full service hospital.
The private developer is creatingfar more luxury living than the VA isplanning to offer our veterans.
Doris Salzberg,Queens
WBID DefenseTo The Editor:
I read with interest the letter writ-ten in reference to our Woodhaven’sJamaica Avenue, and as President of
the Woodhaven Business Improve-ment Dis t r ic t respons ib le forWoodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue it isincumbent upon me to respond.
This letter refers to the appear-ance of our Avenue after the twomajor snowstorms. To judge anyarea after this unusual weather placesus at a disadvantage. The bird drop-pings referred to on the sidewalkand near our J line elevated stan-chions are power washed periodi-cally. The snowstorms made theminaccessible and the power washingchemica l s f reeze in the co ldweather, so they could not becleaned. This accumulation will bepower washed this month.
As to the litter baskets “over-flowing with garbage,” after thesnowstorms the garbage from thewire baskets was not picked up.This also occurred on our residen-tial streets and throughout the City.During the snowstorm our WBIDcleaners cleared paths and the cor-ners of snow for our Avenue pedes-trians. After the garbage was pickedup, the garbage in the wire baskets,household garbage as well, as al-ways were bagged, and the basketslined. This is done twice a day,seven days a week.
The “trash tossed in the street”issue on Woodhaven’s Jamaica Av-enue is addressed by the sweeperscleaning twice a day, seven days aweek. Our cleaners sweep the av-enue and the curbs all along our 25blocks. These cleaners which yourefer to as “one man with aRubbermaid trash can on wheelswith a broom,” do the job, as theSanitation Dept. did and did wellwith their sweepers many years ago.These hardworking cleaners thatclean our Avenue have been ratedvery clean by our Sanitation Dept.
As to the “empty storefronts” asa recent survey has proved, we havea very low vacancy rate with some“closed stores” not being rentedand used for only storage. We havebeen notified by the City that our JLine Jamaica Avenue elevated trainstructure and stanchions will finallybe painted and repaired.
Also, more improvements areplanned after this project is com-pleted. Now that the spring weatherwill be upon us, the WBID will besponsoring free pictures with theEaster Bunny and other activitiesalong our Woodhaven’s JamaicaAvenue from Dexter Court to 100thStreet. There are also many otherpromotions throughout the year,the biggest being our “Holidays inWoodhaven” Weekend Menorah andChristmas Tree Lighting and Holi-day Parade.
This is what we do here inWoodhaven, and I would suggest any-one with this letter’s concept ofWoodhaven’s Jamaica Avenue go
along Jamaica Avenue to the adjoin-ing Communities in Queens andBrooklyn. There they will find that thedifferences are obvious and very self-evident; we stand out as a clean, graf-fiti-free commercial strip. The mem-bers of our WBID board are commit-ted businessmen and storeowners.They, in addition to paying assess-ments, give their time to work for ourcommercial strip. This is why we werehonored with the award for the BestBID in New York City.
Remember, our WBID has thesmallest budget for the length of 25blocks in the City of New York, yetstill, with these limited resources,we accomplish a great deal.
For those who want everything, wecannot and will not ever satisfy you.
Mathew Xenakis,President, WBID
Not In Our InterestTo The Editor:
Suffice it to say the destructionof many small businesses and thou-sands of their employees and fami-lies for an ill-conceived Willets Pointproject the vast majority of whichwill benefit real estate moguls, is theantithesis of good government andis bad.
Wha t i s e ven wor se i sBloomberg’s trampling on the time-honored concept that eminent do-main is used to take private prop-erty for a public purpose and not forthe benefit of financially and other-wise well-connected private realestate interests. This is best sup-ported by the fact that several yearsago Daniel Doctoroff, then a highofficial in the Bloomberg adminis-tration, bragged before a group ofreal estate moguls that underBloomberg more than 90 percent ofreal estate interests’ zoning changessought had been granted.
As distinguished from MayorBloomberg’s laudable private phil-anthropic endeavors, as Mayor, hehas consistently demonstrated anindifference to the welfare of thepoor, the middle class and smallbusinesses. Willets Point is just thetip of the iceberg because Bloombergis intent on using eminent domain toturn this city over to the rich andwell-connected, and the public shouldbeware lest it is their neighborhoodnext on the chopping block.
It must be noted Bloomberg isaided and abetted by politicians whoseconstituencies appear to be the realestate interests and not the public. Itis the height of hypocrisy for Rep. JoeCrowley, State Sen. Toby Staviskyand Assemblywoman Net t ieMayersohn to support this project.
For years, the Willets Point own-ers have requested the city to cor-rect the conditions in the area, andthese persons in total default of their
obligations as elected officials onthe public payroll for many, manyyears, have ignored the pleas andnot lifted a legislative finger to cor-rect the conditions. Prudence dic-tates if they were not possessed ofthe intelligence to at least remainsilent, their past indifference is askeleton that would best be kept ina locked closet. Not to be ignored isthe fact the city has kept secret whattaxpayer dollars – direct and indi-rect – the private developer of WilletsPoint will receive. If history is anyjudge, it will be in the tens of mil-lions of dollars.
The issue of eminent domain isserious and transcends Willets Point.The Supreme Court decision in thecase of Kelo v. City of New Londonwas not unanimous. It was a 5 to 4,hardly a reasonable consensus. Sooutraged by the Court’s decision,that 43 states enacted legislationprohibiting or severely restrictingthe use of eminent domain for whatis essentially a commercial purpose.In line with the real estate clout in thiscity and state, New York was not oneof thems. This can be changed if inthe next election those running foroffice be deprived of votes unlessthey publicly acknowledge they willsupport remedial legislation.
Benjamin M. Haber,Flushing
Millionaire TaxTo The Editor:
The Queens Civic Congress, acoalition of Queens’ major neigh-borhood-based civic organizations,is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomoand the State Legislature to extendthe so-called millionaires tax pastDec. 31, 2011, when it is due toexp i r e . QCC i s t he on l yboroughwide group of its kind inNew York City.
QCC President Patricia Dolanca l l ed on Cuomo, As semb l ySpeaker Sheldon Silver and SenateMajority Leader Dean Skelos to sup-port retention of the Personal In-come Tax Surcharge to offset cutsin the governor’s executive budgetthat Dolan said are “squarely aimedat middle class families who cannotpossibly duplicate services theywould lose.”
She also pointed to the severecuts in health, education and socialservices that would force New YorkCity to cut services to city residents.
The Personal Income Tax Sur-charge levies an addition 1 percenttax on individuals with net incomesof more than $200,000 and on fami-lies with net incomes of more than$500,000.
Patricia Dolan,Director,
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scored a major victory inthe indictment of StateSenator Carl Kruger, As-semblyman Wil l iamBoyland and six accom-plices in a bribery ringthat goes back five years.
Until now, corruptlegis lators had beenpicked off by the au-thorities one at a time, and theirvenality, although felonious, wasrelatively limited in its scope. Thistime a big fish has been nabbed,along with his bottom-feeder as-sociates.
The investigation was helpedover the years by co-operating pub-lic officials seeking lighter sen-tences. Brian McLaughlin was thefirst to go; he gave up the lateAnthony Seminerio, who wastaped in expletive-laced conversa-tions with Kruger’s confederates.
We wonder how many morelegislators, particularly from Brook-lyn and Queens, are shivering atthe prospect of future undesiredcontact with law enforcementagencies. The Aqueduct casino con-spiracy of 2010, although well pub-licized, has not yet led to indict-ments. Since the plot was foiled,there may be insufficient groundsto send the plotters upstate. If theyshould be incarcerated, however,they will be counted as residentsof their home districts downstate,
thanks to their Demo-cratic colleagues in thelegislature who wantedto minimize Republicandistricts upstate.
The daily press gavesubstantial and well-mer-ited attention to the ar-rests.
The 53-page crimi-nal complaint, obtainedby Preet Bharara, United
States Attorney for the SouthernDistrict of New York, a posit ionformerly held by Rober tMorgenthau and Rudy Giuliani,contain intercepted telephone con-versations between the al legedconspirators, including anAssemblymember who died inprison.
For nine years, we have railedagainst public corruption, startingwith former Councilman AngelRodriguez in our first column (3/21/02). Whenever one wrongdoeris found out, however, it seems thatanother rises to take his or herplace. The system is remarkablyenduring.
We believe that most publicofficials are honest and decent.Unfor tunately, many are held inlow regard because of the derelic-tions of their colleagues. It is alsotrue that very few officials are con-cerned with the misconduct of theirfellow legislators; they are muchmore comfortable ignoring fraud orcorruption by their next door neigh-
bors and running mates. Thesedon’t commit crimes themselves,but they are quite tolerant of thosewho do. There is no honor codein Albany.
Most New Yorkers are rela-tively satisfied with the peoplewho represent them. This is in partbecause over the years they havereceived publicly-funded mailings orrelied on constituent services. Theymay have met their local represen-tative in the park, on the street,or in a church or synagogue. Vot-ers may identify by gender, orien-tation or ethnicity with the namethey see on election posters.
In addition, challengers topoliticians are usually even less wellknown than the incumbents. Thatis why the re-election rate is sohigh, and why legislators havemore to fear from prosecutors thanfrom electoral rivals.
Nonetheless, the indictmentsare good news. We are aware thatan indictment is merely an accusa-tion, and a jury must be convincedof the defendants’ guilt. Kruger hashired a fine lawyer in BenjaminBrafman, who while representinghim will no doubt divest his clientof a good portion of his allegedlyill-gotten gains.
We suggest you read as muchas you care to of the U.S.Attorney’s complaint, and particu-larly the transcripts of the defen-dants’ telephone conversations. Areasonable person would be hard
pressed to develop a scenario un-der which the alleged conspiratorswould not be at fault.
It will probably take over ayear before this matter is disposedof. We have on occasion quotedan old Greek saying, which wasrendered in English in 1640 byGeorge Herbert: “The mills of thegods grind slow, but they grindexceeding fine.”
By MICHAEL SCHENKLERI like Ed Koch.Ed Koch is my hero – now,
even more than before.
As the Mayor of New YorkCity for 12 years, (1978-1989) hemade us feel good – it was his ownpersonal brand of the “Fun City”theme initiated by John Lindsaytwo terms earlier. Only for Ed, itwas “How’m I Doin’?”
Somewhere in the house, Ihave an autographed copy of his1984 bestseller, “Mayor.” In the of-fice, still unpacked from our Novem-ber move, is a picture of me and Edtaken at Gracie Mansion way backin his early days as Mayor – it’s blackand white. If I can locate it, I’ll shareit with you if space allows. Ed evenbecame a movie reviewer for mypapers when I was President ofNews Communications in the
1990’s. He’s continued reviewingmovies to this day – sharing histhoughts on movies in theHuffington Post, and on politics andthe world to an email list.
But Ed Koch is my guy. Heand Mike Bloomberg tower overthe other Mayors I’ve encountered– and I’ve met them all since JohnLindsay, who was first elected in1966.
But Ed didn’t become my realhero until he was out of office formore than two decades and wellinto his 80’s. Last year, at age 85,
Ed decided to lead New York’s re-form movement, aimed at tryingto fix what is broken in Albany. Ashead of NY Upr ising, he haspreached, bullied, led and imploredcandidates and elected officials tosign onto the reform pledge withthe centerpiece being independentredistricting. This month, Ed wasin Albany greeting the elected “he-roes of reform” and still urging the“enemies of reform” to sign on.
He’s one of my heroes.He’s one in a million.I like Ed Koch.
A HERO BUT NOT ABRIDGE
I oppose renaming theQueensboro Bridge for EdKoch. The iconic structure isours – the people of Queenstake pride in it. It is the onlyiconic structure named for ourborough. It is part of the heartand soul of Queens.
My hero Ed is from Man-hattan – he’s all Manhattan.But I wouldn’t support nam-ing it for anyone. We needsomething mighty and soar-ing and iconic of our own.Queens needs theQueensboro Bridge – we’vehad it for more than a cen-tury.
“They wouldn’t do it to theBrooklyn Bridge,” was CouncilmanPeter Vallone Jr’s first phone callto me. I was sold before hearingfrom Peter but was excited that per-haps the Council wouldn’t go alongwith the Mayor’s proposal. Vallonehas bravely taken on the Mayorwho has proposed the namechange and his seemingly acquies-cent colleagues at the City Coun-cil ready to allow Queens to bediminished. Councilmembers LeroyComrie and Dan Halloran havejoined in opposition. The rest ofthe Queens delegation is woefully
silent or pathetically supportive ofthis shameful act.
The Speaker of the Councilwould not be moving this bill if theQueens delegation opposed it. Theentire Council would not be back-ing this measure if the Queens del-egation spoke up in opposition. Itis the silence of inaction that willtake our Bridge and hand it overto the Manhat tan-centric City toname for a Manhattan hero.
There are a lot of things whichcould be named for Ed Koch – al-though I’m one of those who be-lieve the government should notbe naming things for the living.
In the Schenkler book, re-quirement No. 1 is that you hadto have lived an honest and goodlife; requirement No. 2 is thatyou’ve had to have done some-thing exceptional relating to thatwhich is named for you; and re-quirement No. 3 is that you haveto be dead.
Ed Koch deserves somethingspecial, but I hope it’s not for manymore years that I advocate for “EdKoch Central Park.”
Ed Koch and Mike Schenkler at Gracie Mansion in the 1980s.
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PROBATE CITATION File No.2009-1073/A SURROGATE’SCOURT – QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORKBy the Grace of God Freeand Independent TO: MARYF. DIORIO and CHARLES N.DIORIO if living and if dead,to her/his heirs at law, nextof kin and distributees whosenames and places of resi-dence are unknown and ifshe/he died subsequent tothe decedent herein, to her/his executors, administra-tors, legatees, devisees, as-signees and successors ininterest whose name andplaces of residence are un-known and to all other heirsa t l aw , nex t o f k in anddistr ibutees of MARIE C.DIORIO, the decedentherein, whose names andplaces of residence are un-known and cannot after dili-gent inquiry be ascertainedChr i s t i na D io r io A/K/AChristina Bates A petitionhaving been duly filed byRAE C. MONTEVERDI who isdomiciled at 32 – 27 166thStreet, Flushing, Queens, NYYOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 Sutphin Bou-levard, Jamaica, New York,on the 31st day of March,2011 at 9:30 A.M. of thatday, why a decree should notbe made in the estate ofMARIE C. DIORIO lately do-miciled at 110 – 20 71st Road,Forest Hills, Queens, NY ad-mitting to probate a Will datedNovember 15, 1997, a copyof which is attached, as theWill of MARIE C. DIORIOdeceased, relating to real andpersonal property, and di-recting that Letters Testa-mentary issue to: RAE C.MONTEVERDI HON. PETERJ. KELLY Surrogate MARGA-RET M. GRIBBON Ch ie fClerk FEB 07 2011 (Seal)JOHN J. CASLIN, JR. Attor-ney for Petitioner 212 - 681– 0800 Telephone Number99 Park Avenue, 3rd Fl. NewYork, NY 10016 Address ofAttorney [Note: This citationis served upon you as re-quired by law. You are notrequired to appear. If you failto appear it will be assumedyou do not object to the re-lief requested. You have aright to have an attorney ap-pear for you.]________________________________________________________________NORDIC-UBS LLC Articles ofOrg. filed NY Sec. of State(SSNY) 2/11/2011. Office inQueens Co. SSNY des ig .agent of LLC upon whom pro-cess may be served. SSNYshall mail copy of process to56 -01 Maspe th Ave . ,Maspeth, NY 11378, whichis also the principal businesslocation. Purpose: Any lawfulpurpose.________________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF E-File With EaseLLC Under Section 203 ofthe Limited Liability Com-pany Law FIRST: The name ofthe limited liability companyis: E-File With Ease LLC SEC-OND: The county, within thisstate, in which the office ofthe limited liability companyis to be located is: QueensTHIRD: The Secretary ofState is designated as agent
of the limited liability com-pany upon whom processagainst it may be served. Theaddress within or without thisstate to which the Secretaryof State shall mail a copy ofany process against the lim-ited liability company servedupon him or her is: E-FileWith Ease 163-10 NorthernBlvd Suite 310 Flushing, NY11358 USA Cristian Stanescu(signature of organizer)________________________________________________________________Notice of formation of SJCapital LLC Articles of Orga-nization filed with the Secre-tary of State of New YorkSSNY on January 13, 2011. Office located in QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of pro-cess. SSNY shall mail copy ofany process served againstthe LLC to 213-02 73rd Av-enue Apt 2C, Bayside NY,11364. Purpose: any lawfulpurpose._______________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of 149Place Condominium LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/8/11. Office location: QueensCounty. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Seungho Kim, 43-01 37th
St . , Long Is land City, NY11101. Purpose: any lawfulactivity.________________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF WALKWITHU, LLCUnder Section 203 of theLimited Liabil ity CompanyLaw FIRST: The name of thelimited liability company is:WALKWITHU, LLC SEC -OND: The county within thisstate in which the office ofthe limited liability companyis to be located is: QUEENSTHIRD: The Secretary ofState is designated as agentof the limited liability com-pany upon whom processagainst it may be served. Theaddress within or without thisstate to which the Secretaryof State shall mail a copy ofany process against the lim-ited liability company servedupon him or her is: SUNGHYEHAN 211-18 45 DRIVE, 2FLBAYS IDE , NY , 11361 ,USASUNGHYE HAN (signa-ture of organizer)_______________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF XMAC, LLC UnderSection 203 of the LimitedLiability Company Law FIRST:The name of the limited li-ability company is: XMAC,LLC SECOND: The countywithin this state in which theoffice of the limited liabilitycompany is to be located is:Queens THIRD: The Secre-tary of State is designated asagent of the limited liabilitycompany upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.The address within or with-out this state to which theSecretary of State shall mail acopy of any process againstthe limited liability companyserved upon him or her is:67-57 Ingram Street, ForestHi l ls , NY 11375 Chin H.Huang (signature of orga-nizer)________________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: RIGHTEOUS
CONVICT ION MANAGE -MENT, LLC. Articles of Orga-nization were filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 01/25/11.Of f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent of the LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of process to theLLC, c/o Kate Chan, 844656th Avenue, Elmhurst, NewYork 11373-4814. Purpose:For any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF Bottom Line Con-st ruct ion & DevelopmentLLC Under Section 203 ofthe Limited Liability Com-pany Law FIRST. The name ofthe limited liability companyis Bottom Line Construction& Development LLC SEC-OND. The county within thisstate in which the limitedliability company is to be lo-cated is Queens. THIRD: Thesecretary of state is desig-nated as agent of the limitedliability company upon whomprocess against it may beserved. The address withinor without this state to whichthe Secretary of State shallmail a copy of any processaccepted on behalf of thel imi ted l iab i l i ty companyserved upon him or her is:255 West 148th Street, #5B,New York, New York 10039.FOURTH: The name and ad-dress in this state of the reg-istered agent upon whomand at which process againstthe limited liability companymay be served is : AlexisMcSween, 255 West 148th
Street, #5B, New York, NewYork 10039. IN WITNESSWHEREOF, the undersignedhas executed these Articlesof Organization on the datebelow. Date: November 22,2010 LegalZoom.com, Inc.,Organ ize r / s / Ime ldaVasquez By: Imelda Vasquez,Assistant Secretary 101 N.Brand Blvd., 10th Floor Glen-dale, CA 91203________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of URITo ta l Ca re ManagementLLC. Arts. of Org. filed withNY Dept. of State on 11/13/07. Office location: QueensCounty. Princ. bus. addr.:35-05 Farrington St., Flush-ing, NY 11354. Sec. of Statedesignated as agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served and shallmail process to: 1 MaidenLane, 5th Fl., NY, NY 10038,Attn: Spiegel & Utrera, P.A.,P.C., regd. agent upon whomprocess may be served. Pur-pose: any lawful activity.________________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF Arbor Close RentalLLC Under Section 203 ofthe Limited Liability Com-pany Law FIRST. The name ofthe limited liability companyis Arbor Close Rental LLCSECOND. The county withinthis state in which the limitedliability company is to be lo-cated is Queens. THIRD: Thesecretary of state is desig-nated as agent of the limitedliability company upon whomprocess against it may beserved. The address withinor without this state to whichthe Secretary of State shallmail a copy of any process
accepted on behalf of thel imi ted l iab i l i ty companyserved upon him or her is111 14 75th Ave., Forest Hills,New York 11375. FOURTH:The name and street addressin this state of the registeredagent upon whom and atwhich process against the lim-ited liability company may beserved is: Mary T. Brown,111-14 75th Ave., Forest Hills,New York 11375.________________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATION ofSTRATEGIC PHYS ICALTHERAPY, PLLC Articles ofOrganization filed with Sec-retary of State of New York(SSNY) on 01/14/2011. Of-f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated as an agent uponwhom process against the LLCmay be served. The addressto which SSNY shall mail acopy of any process againstthe LLC is to: Strategic Physi-cal Therapy PLLC, 84-54 250th
Street, Bellerose, NY 11426.Purpose: To engage in anylawful act or activity.________________________________________________________________Not i ce o f Fo rmat ion o fZervoudis Associates, LLC,Art. of Org. filed Sec’y ofState (SSNY) 12/16/10. Of-f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mail copyo f p rocess to Vas i l i k iTroianos, 5-30 150th St . ,Whitestone, NY 11357. Pur-pose: any lawful activities._______________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: ANAF HOLD-INGS, LLC. Articles of Orga-nization were filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 02/15/11.The latest date of dissolutionIS 12/31/2061. Office loca-tion: Queens County. SSNYhas been designated as agentof the LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofprocess to the LLC, 104-66Roosevelt Avenue, Corona,New York 11368. Purpose:For any lawful purpose._______________________________________________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 8596/09 WELLSFARGO BANK, N .A . ASTRUSTEE FOR THE HOLD-ERS OF SASCO 2007-MLN1Plaintif f , vs. ANGELA LO-GAN, ET, AL. Defendant(s).MORTGAGED PREMISES :240 -02 CANEY ROADROSEDALE, NY 11422 SBL #:BLOCK 13550 LOT 62 TOTHE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANT: You are hereby sum-moned to answer the Com-plaint in this action, and toserve a copy of your answer,or, if the Complaint is notserved with this Summons,to serve a notice of appear-ance , on the P la in t i f f ( s )attorney(s) within twenty daysafter the service of this Sum-mons, exclusive of the day ofservice (or within 30 daysafter the service is completeif this Summons is not per-sonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York). In
case of your failure to appearor answer, judgment will betaken against you by defaultfor the relief demanded inthe Complaint. The Attorneyfor Plaintiff has an office forbusiness in the County ofErie. Trial to be held in theCounty of Queens. The basisof the venue des ignatedabove is the location of theMortgaged Premises. Datedthis 24th day of February,2011, TO: ANGELA LOGAN,Defendant(s) In this Action.The foregoing Summons isserved upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order ofHON. DAVID ELLIOT of theSupreme Court of the Stateof New York, dated the 24thday of February, 2011 andfiled with the Complaint inthe Office of the QueensCounty Clerk, in the City ofJamaica. The object of thisaction is to foreclose a mort-gage upon the premises de-scribed below, executed byNORRIS REID A/K/A NORRISROY REID (who died a resi-dent of the State of New Jer-sey on the 28th day of May,2008) dated the 9th day ofAugust, 2006, to secure thesum of $419,760.00, and re-corded at Instrument No.2006000519788 in the Of-fice of the City Register ofthe City of New York, on the14th day of September, 2006;which mortgage was duly as-signed by assignment datedthe 31st day of March, 2009,and sent for recording in theOffice of the City Register ofthe City of New York. Theproperty in question is de-scribed as follows: 240-02CANEY ROAD, ROSEDALE,NY 11422 SEE FOLLOWINGDESCRIPTION ALL that cer-tain plot, piece or parcel ofland, situate, lying and beingin the Borough and Countyof Queens, City and State ofNew York, bounded and de-scribed as follows: BEGIN-NING at the corner formedby the intersection of theSoutherly side of Caney Roadwith the Easter ly s ide ofBrookville Boulevard; RUN-NING THENCE Souther lyalong the Easterly side ofB rookv i l l e Bou leva rd ,100.274 feet; THENCE East-erly parallel with the South-erly side of Caney Road,21.94 feet; THENCE North-erly at right angles to CaneyRoad, 100.00 feet to theSouther ly s ide o f CaneyRoad ; THENCE Wes te r l yalong the Southerly side ofCaney Road, 29.34 feet tothe point or place of BEGIN-NING. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE
ON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OFINFORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agenciesand non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-formation about possible op-t ions, including try ing towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)or v is i t the department’swebs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with offersto “save” your home. Thereare individuals who watch fornotices of foreclosure actionsin order to unfairly profit froma homeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such services forprofit to enter into a contractwhich fully describes the ser-vices they will perform andfees they will charge, andwhich prohibits them fromtaking any money from youuntil they have completed allsuch promised services. §1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOUARE IN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME If you do notrespond to this summons andcomplaint by serving a copyof the answer on the attorneyfor the mortgage companywho filed this foreclosure pro-ceeding against you and fil-ing the answer with the court,a default judgment may beentered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court where yourcase is pending for furtherinformation on how to an-swer the summons and pro-tect your property. Sending apayment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisforec losure ac t ion . YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT. DATED: Febru-ary 24, 2011 Steven J. Baum,P .C . , A t to rney ( s ) Fo rPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________
ISTS Brains LLC. Arts of Orgfiled with NY Sec of State(SSNY) on 2/15/11. Office:Queens County. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC uponwhom process may beserved. SSNY shall mail copyof process to: 29-17 34th Av-enue, Apt. 4A, Long IslandCity, NY 11106. Purpose: Anylawful activity.
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Queens This Week
CB Elder Steps AwayFrom Her Post
The borough's community boards havesome long-time members, but few can matchRose Bruno. The CB 11 member served herlast meeting on Monday, March 7, roundingoff a career of civic participation that pre-dates the community board system by morethan a decade.
To honor her service, Deputy BoroughPresident Barry Grodenchik brought a proc-lamation from Borough President HelenMarshall, thanking Bruno for her service anddubbing March 7 "Rose Bruno Day."
Days later, sitting in her kitchen, thevivacious 97-year-old was still at a loss forwords. The thought of "Rose Bruno Day" hadnot sunk in. It was explained to her that "Ifthere was a Queens calendar, March 7 wouldbe your day." Her eyebrows rose slightly.
"I had no idea," she said.Bruno's tenure on the board has seen five
Borough Presidents get elected, numerouscivic associations come and go, countlessboard meetings and the transformation ofAuburndale, her home, from a pastoral rem-nant into a suburban escape.
Ever the family woman, she measuresthings differently: eight grandkids and fivegreat grandchildren to be exact.
"It was a privilege to serve for so long withso many good people," she said.
Her absence will be felt by the board sheserved, said CB 11 Chair Jerry Iannece.
"I wish I had a dozen more members likeher," he said. "She was responsible, diligent,and always there. […] Replace her? I don'tthink you ever can."
Bruno saw many a political career take offduring her tenure as well. More recently, shewas around for State Sen. Tony Avella's (D-Bayside) early forays into civic activism, andworked alongside former Borough PresidentClaire Shulman, who was also an inauguralmember of the same board.
"She's a wonderful, wonderful woman,"said Shulman, who served as the originalplanning board's recording secretary whileBruno acted as corresponding secretary. "Shealso hardly ever missed a meeting; low keybut very smart. She is really all the best thatcivic workers are."
Bruno's lengthy civic resume includes theGood Citizenship League, the CommunityAdvisory Board of Flushing Hospital, Leagueof Women Voters and, most of all, the Flush-ing Council of Women's Organizations. Sheserved as the group's President through itsmost active stretch, which included a move-ment to save Flushing Town Hall.
Her reputation as a restless member of thecommunity led then-Borough PresidentMario Cariello to request her participation ina newly-formed planning board in 1967.
CB 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece (l.) and Councilman Dan Halloran (r.) observe asDeputy Borough President Barry Grodenchik presents Rose Bruno with the lat-est of a lifetime of honors.
"I said, 'What's a planning board?'" Brunorecalled.
The first years proved a pivotal era, as theBoards carved their own niche into civic andgovernmental life.
"We started to design what we were sup-posed to do at the very beginning," Shulmansaid of the time. "It was just service deliveryprimarily. Then it kind of grew. It was a lotmore than a civic association."
Bruno learned to keep her political idealsand partisanship under wraps. Open alle-giances, she believes, hinder the negotiationprocess.
"Because I was never political, I felt I couldbe better," she said. Shulman still has no ideawhat political party Bruno favors.
Bruno first moved to the borough withher husband Mario in 1944, buying a housein then-middle-of-nowhere Auburndale.
She kept records of her civic work, fromfliers to letters and news clippings. The paperbits of history are scattered about her home.
"My husband always said I should worryabout a fire inspection, because all the papersI kept would create a fire hazard," she said.
The walls of her basement are lined withcitations for various achievements and herlengthy service. Asked if she's a historian ofsorts, she responded, "I'm a keeper."
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FH Attorney ScoresVictory For Kids
In the late 1980s, Michele Kule-Korgoodwas excelling in her career as a special edu-cation teacher, teaching students on the au-tism spectrum and with cerebral palsy. Shebegan to get involved with advocating forspecial education students, but found shereally didn't know much about their legalrights.
That led her to a change in career. Shechose to become an education lawyer andnow has a Forest Hills-based law firm thatfocuses on legal rights of children with dis-abilities.
Last month, Kule-Korgood and associateattorney Tamara Roff won a court battle thatKule-Korgood said could make it easier forparents with special needs children to accessthe schools and programs their children need.In the case, the child, identified as D.A., whohas autism, was not provided with an appro-priate school by the New York City Dept. ofEducation, forcing his parents to place himin a costly private school, the Rebecca Schoolin Manhattan. The tuition was beyond whatD.A.'s family could afford.
The City tried to argue that it was onlyrequired to reimburse tuition of wealthy
families who send their special needs chil-dren to private school and that reimbursingtuition would place a burden on city taxpay-ers. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe dis-agreed and on Feb. 1 ruled in D.A.'s parents'favor.
Gardephe ruled the DOE has the obliga-tion under the Individuals with DisabilitiesAct to reimburse tuition for parents whosespecial needs children the school districtcould not provide.
"The court simply understood what theNYC DOE could not - that you cannot dis-criminate against a child with a disability bylimiting his or her rights just because theycome from a family without financial means,"said Kule-Korgood. "By ordering that thedistrict pay the tuition directly to the RebeccaSchool, the decision ensures that children offamilies of modest means have the sameaccess to quality education as children fromwealthier families. Given that families mustovercome the difficulties inherent in under-standing their child's disability, access to anappropriate education should not be a fur-ther hurdle to overcome."
Kule-Korgood admitted the City has abigger caseload than the suburbs.
"The problem is greater in the City be-cause there are more kids," she said. "But alsobecause the different parts of the process inwhich school district make recommenda-tions are very disconnected to each other"
A closed parochial school in Ozone Parkwill soon be reborn as a new public school.
Community Board 9 voted March 8 tosupport the Dept. of Education buying twoplots of land at 90th Street and 101st Avenuein Ozone Park from the Roman CatholicDiocese of Brooklyn and Queens that oncewas home to St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyrschool, convent and schoolyard.
St. Stanislaus closed a few years ago andmerged with nearby Nativity of the BlessedVirgin Mary parish. The school has beenvacant since last June.
Two representatives from the SchoolConstruction Authority appeared at lastweek's CB 9 meeting to outline the initialplans for the school. The current schoolbuilding, built in 1926, will be torn down, aswill the convent next door, and the newschool building will be built on the site be-tween 90th and 91st Streets.
Across 90th Street, the lot that served asSt. Stanislaus' schoolyard will remain as aschoolyard for the new public school. Theschool will house 416 students, about thesame number St. Stanislaus did. It will servePre-Kindergarten to fifth grade students. Theschool would be three blocks west of MS 210and about equidistant between the closestpublic elementary schools: PS 64 on 82ndStreet and PS 65 on 99th Street.
"This is a development I support," saidCouncilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park)."Every time you watch the news and hear aYeshiva or Catholic school closes, you don'tknow what is coming into the community [inits place]. The diocese could sell this propertyto developers."
For some, the demolition of the existingstructure was an upsetting prospect. TheRev. Paul Palmiotto, St. Stanislaus' currentpastor, said the school property had becometoo expensive to maintain and the Diocese islooking to sell it. He added that a school wasthe perfect fit for that property.
"To continue to have an educational facil-ity there is important," he said. "It will con-tinue the tradition of what was there."
CB 9 Education Committee chairmanNick Comaianni said a school was needed inthe community.
"It means that we have more seats and itmeans we're going to relieve overcrowdingsomewhere else," Comaianni said.
The SCA could not give a specific date forthe school's opening, but said it expects2014 as a tentative target date. The sale of theproperty to the City would have to be ap-proved by the City Council.
Here's a modest business proposal: anauto suspension and tire shop in DowntownFlushing.
A trip through the area has rarely beenpleasant for drivers. Congestion and dare-devil pedestrians tend to keep things inter-esting. But following a rough winter, theneighborhood's roads resemble a third-worldbackcountry thoroughfare.
"This is the worst I ever remember," saidQueens Commissioner of the Dept. of Trans-portation Maura McCarthy, who visited Flush-ing with Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing)to showcase the agency's pothole-addressingsystem.
Koo, along with McCarthy, watched andhelped as a DOT crew filled potholes onUnion Street between Northern Boulevardand 37th Avenue.
Queens has 42,000 reported potholesevenly distributed around the borough,McCarthy said.
"But every community board thinks theyhave it the worst," she said.
The potholes are caused by the freeze andthaw cycles of the severe winter, as waterenters cracks in the asphalt then expands.
One would think the sad state of theneighborhood's roads would elicit more con-cern, but Community Board 7 District Man-ager Marilyn Bitterman said the phones arenot exactly ringing off the hook with com-plaints.
"It's horrendous all over," she said. "Theyhave a tremendous amount of potholes. [Resi-dents] are not calling in to us."
The Dept. of Transportation addressedthe CB's recent complaints about a strip ofMain Street between Booth Memorial andElder Avenues. The DOT stripped pavingfrom the stretch and gave it a fresh coat ofasphalt.
Bitterman and a DOT spokesman advisedresidents to phone in all potholes to 311. Thespokesman said the standard turnaround fora complaint is three to four days.
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Angry DelightTheatre Time Productions will present
“12 Angry Men” at its new location, GraceEpiscopal Church, 14-15 Clintonville St.,Whitestone, March 11-20. Call (347) 732-9015 for tickets and information.
Mom’s Home CookingJoin QCC Professor Megan Elias for an
interesting look at the evolution of the role ofwomen in culinary history in “Mom’s HomeCooking, Women & Food in Queens,” alecture presented by the Queens HistoricalSociety Sunday, March 27, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Over time the tasks associated with pre-paring meals have changed profoundly asfood sources and opportunities have changed.The work that women did in kitchens inQueens’ agricultural past is very differentfrom that preformed in the borough’s privateand commercial kitchens today. Dr. Elias willexplore the ways that changing foodstuffshave brought changes to the lives of womenin Queens over the course of the borough’shistory.
The cost is $5 for members, $8 for non-members (life members are free). The eventwill be held at Kingsland Homestead, 143-3537th Ave., Flushing.
Ragtime BandOn Sunday, March 27, at 5 p.m., the
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will play at atFlushing Town Hall.
Travel back to the early 1900s as Americabegins her love affair with automobiles andelectricity, flying machines take to the sky,and vaudeville performers are American Idols.Join the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, as theyvisit the exciting sounds of Scott Joplin,I rv ing Ber l in, and other inventors of“America’s Original Music.”
Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35Northern Blvd. Tickets are $20, $15 forseniors and $10 for students. Valet parkingand street parking both available. To learnmore go to musicareginae.org or call (718)894-2178.
Oratorio KaraokeJoin with OSQ singers for just one night!
Last year, we had so much fun at our Karaokefund-raiser, and this year, we’re stepping itup a level with the Table Sing-Off. Yup, we’regoing to compete for prizes. So, gather yourfriends and pick a good song and prepare toknock our socks off!
The event will be held Sunday, March 27,4 p.m., at the Community House, 15 BoragePlace, Forest Hills. Call (718) 279-3006 fortickets or e-mail [email protected] will be all kinds of music, raffles, asupper buffet, desserts available for purchase.Bring the beverage of your choice (soda,wine, beer, etc.). $50 per person.
Green In QueensGoing Green In Queens 2011, a greening,
Educational and Networking Conference,will be held Saturday, March 26, 10 a.m. to3:30 p.m. at the Al Oerter Recreational Cen-ter, 131-40 Fowler Ave., Flushing. Free ad-mission, free workshops, giveaways, foodand fun. There will be more than 50 tables/exhibits and 10 workshops. For more infor-mation cal l (718) 341-1395 or go togoinggreeninqueens2011.eventbrite.com
Flushing Camera ClubThe Flushing Camera Club is celebrating
its 40th season of serving all of Queens, LongIsland and New York City. The club meets at7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hos-pital; enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street.
Meetings are on the first, third and fifthWednesday of the month. Come and spendan evening with us to learn about goodphotography and to enjoy excellent photog-raphy related programs. Validated free park-ing is available.
For more information call (718) 749-0643 or go to flushingcameraclub.org.
Purim PartyOn Saturday, March 19, at 2 p.m., the
Queens Community for Cultural Judaismwill host its annual Purim Party, presentinga reading of a very witty version of the PurimStory with lots of laughs! Costumes areencouraged for a prize. We’ll schmooze overdeliciously, light refreshments, music. Ad-mission is $5. At Queens Unitarian Congre-gation, Ash Ave., corner of 149th St. Flush-ing. Call (718) 380-5362.
Hall Of Science1001 Inventions, Through April 24: Un-
cover 1,000 years of science & technology.The “dark ages” were a golden age! Discovera forgotten history of science and scholar-ship in this hands-on exhibition. The NewYork Hall of Science hosts the U.S. premiereof 1001 Inventions, which opened Dec. 4.Free with general admission. 1001 Inven-tions is sponsored by ALJ Community Initia-tives.
The New York Hall of Science, in Flush-ing Meadows Corona Park, is open Tuesday- Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday, 9:30a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $11, $8 for ages2-17 and seniors. To learn more go tonysci.org or call (718) 699-0005.
Darwin’s DiscipleJoel S. Schwartz, Professor Emeritus of
Biology at the City University of New York,will speak at The Reform Temple of ForestHills, 71-11 112th St., on Tuesday, April 5,at 8:30 p.m. He will discuss his book,“Darwin’s Disciple: George John Romanes,a Life in Letters.” Dr. Schwartz is currentlyContributing Editor of the Darwin Manu-script Project which is based at The Ameri-can Museum of Natural History.
This event, sponsored by the Temple’sSisterhood, is open to the general public atno charge.
Meet Me In St. LouisThis spring, the Gingerbread Players of
Saint Luke’s Church, Forest Hills, will presentMeet Me in St. Louis. Based on the 1944MGM motion picture, this beloved produc-tion includes such timeless songs as The BoyNext Door, The Trolley Song, Have Yourselfa Merry Little Christmas, and, of course,Meet Me In St. Louis. The story of the Smithfamily, as they grow and change at thebeginning of the twentieth century, contin-ues to resonate today.
Now in their 40th year, the GingerbreadPlayers continue the tradition of showcasingthe talents of performers between eight andeighty. Alternating in the role of Esther areBecki Santana and Elizabeth Reddy; ConradHerold-Wright returns to the troupe asEsther’s boy next door, John Truitt. Eldersister Rose is portrayed by ShannonO’Rourke, and James Toback marks hissecond Gingerbread appearance as her beauWarren Sheffield. Nieve Corrigan and KiraWilson as Tootie and Agnes, and StanfordVogel as brother Lon, round out the Smithfamily children. Their parents are portrayedby Gingerbread veterans James O. Cham-berlain and Terri Bonica-Matassov, with An-drew Dinan as Grandpa and Ngan PingChiang as Katie.
Meet Me in St. Louis opens on Saturday,April 2, at 2:30 p.m. Further performancesare on April 2, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April3, at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m.,Saturday, April 9, at 2:30 p.m., and Sunday,April 10, at 2:30 p.m.
The church is located at 85 GreenwaySouth in Forest Hills Gardens, an easy walkfrom the Continental Avenue subway stop.The company’s signature gingerbread willbe on sale at the refreshment table at intermis-sion.
The suggested donation is $12 ($10 forgroups of 6 or more). For reservations orfurther information, call (718) 268-7772 orvisit gingerbreadplayers.org.
Senior DanceThe Howard Beach Senior Center, lo-
cated at 156-45 84th St., is featuring “LatinDance” Lessons and Exercise Program everyFriday afternoon at 1 p.m. Sara will be teach-ing mambo, salsa, cha-cha, meringue andother Latin dances to interested seniors.
Rotary EventsThe Rotary Club of Southwest Queens
Communities has a very full schedule. Pleasemark your calendars so you can be a part allof the exciting events that are being planned.If you have any questions or need details, call(718) 845-1429.
March 20, FUNDRAISER: PancakeBreakfast at OLG (158-20 101st Street,Howard Beach) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $10 perperson, $7 per child, $25 per family.
March 22, Trial run presentation for So-cial Networking Seminar at Prima Pasta
March 29, End of the month dinner atStrawberry’s Bar & Grill (42-15 235 Street,Douglaston). Free Happy Hour from 7-8p.m., dinner at 8 p.m.
We meet every Tuesday evening at 7:15pm (except last Tuesday of the month) atPrima Pasta, located at 161-50 CrossbayBlvd., in Howard Beach, unless otherwisenoted.
Shirtwaist AnniversaryThe Queens Jewish Historical Society
will commemorate the 100th Anniversary ofthe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the1911 lower Manhattan sweatshop blaze whichcaused the deaths of 146 people. Specialceremonies will be held at the Workmen’sCircle section of Mount Zion Cemetery,Maspeth. Fifteen victims were buried at thesite. The ceremonies will take place on Fri-day, March 25, at 1 p.m.
The Triangle fire consumed the eighth,ninth and tenth floors of the Brown (origi-nally Asch) building at 245 Greene Street,Manhattan, a block from Washington SquarePark. The blaze, which took place on March25, 1911, led to significant pro-worker leg-islation.
The New York State Factory Investigat-ing Commission was constituted under As-semblyman Alfred E. Smith and State Sena-tor Robert F. Wagner. The Commission pro-posals led to passage of laws requiring ad-equate exits, fire drills, fireproofing of build-ings, automatic sprinklers in factories, regu-lated ventilation of factories, examination ofphysical fitness of children, limitations on thenumber of hours under which women andchildren could labor in factories and thepromulgation of the Workmen’s Compensa-tion Act.
Due to the research of Mar ianneDiPalermo McCauley, a New York Cityguidance counseor and archivist at the JohnD. Calandra Italian American Institute, wehave found records for 135 of 146 lost in thefire. It appears that at least 41 (30.4 percent)of those identified were of Italian descent.
What was considered a Jewish labor eventnow has a strong Italian-American compo-nent.
There will be a contingent of legislators,civic and union leaders present. For furtherinformation, please contact Jeff Gottlieb,President of the Queens Jewish HistoricalSociety, at (917) 376-4496.
Fashion ShowThe St. Francis Preparatory School Moth-
ers’ Guild presents The 37th Annual FashionShow & Dinner to be held on Thursday,March 31, 7-11 p.m. at the Floral Terrace.Dinner, fashions, raffles, student perfor-mances, dancing make an enjoyable eveningfor all who attend. $60 per guest. ContactSus i e a t ( 646 ) 239 -9584 o r ema i [email protected] for ticket in-formation.
Rummage SaleA rummage sale will be held Saturday,
March 19 at the Poppenhusen Institute 11a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, [email protected] or call (917)443-6989.
Defensive DrivingA defensive driving course for insurance
and point reduction will be given at HolyFamily Church in Flushing, on Saturday,March 26, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Forinformation and registration call (631)360-9720. The cost is $45.
Blood DriveA Blood Drive will be March 20 at the
Community House, 50 Borage Pl., ForestHills. Call (718) 268-7710.
The World Service Committee will beholding its next semiannual Blood Drive 10a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Community HouseGym. The New York Blood Center has acontinuing critical need for blood and des-perately needs your help. Only two percent ofthe population in the New York area isdonating blood right now compared to adonation rate of five percent in the rest of thecountry.
Healing PsalmsRabbi Joshua O. Haberman, Rabbi
Emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Con-gregation and author of “Healing Psalms,”wil l be a guest speaker at The ReformTemple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., onFriday, March 18, during the Shabbat ser-vice which begins at 8 p.m. He will demon-strate how Psalms can help people copewith sadness, depression, and the stressesof everyday l ife.
Rabbi Haberman was one of the clergy-men who participated in the National Day ofMourning and Remembrance service at Wash-ington National Cathedral following the 9/11 attack against America.
Megillah Mia“Megillah Mia”, a sing-along Purim shpiel
inspired by the music of ABBA and theBroadway musical “Mama Mia,” will takeplace at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills,71-11 112th St., Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m.As part of the tradition of Purim, all areinvited to attend the celebration in costume.Groggers will be provided. A carnival atnoon will offer games, food, raffles and fun.Hamantaschen, the traditional pastry forPurim, will be served.
There is no charge for this event butregistration is required. For free tickets go tortfh.org or call the Temple at (718) 261-2900.
Young families within Western NassauCounty and Eastern Queens gathered for aSaturday morning Tot Shabbat Serviceand Purim workshop at Temple Tikvah.Over 30 children attended the free pro-gram and had a wonderful time learningabout the story of Queen Esther, makingtheir very own Sammy the Spider Groggers,l istening and watching a Purim puppetshow, noshing on Hamantashen, and sing-ing songs with Cantor Bonne and RabbiSheinberg .
Parents and grandparents had a equallygood time sharing their Jewish traditionswith their children and grandchildren. Thenext workshop will be April 2 as the templefollows Moses and the Jewish peoples exitfrom Egypt. For details about this programor others check templetikvah.org.
Assemblyman David Weprin, other leg-islators, and members of the “Unsealed Ini-tiative” gathered March 6 at the steps of CityHall to voice their support for the passage ofAssemblyman Weprin’s legislation; the“Adoptee Bill of Rights” (A.2003).
“The passage of the “Bill of AdopteeRights” will provide adult adoptees with ac-cess to information that a non-adopted per-son has a legal right to obtain” said Assem-blyman Weprin. In New York, an adopteecannot access his or her original birth certifi-cate unless the adoptee goes through judicialmeans, and even then, the outcome does notguarantee that access will be granted. Thisbill will allow adult adoptees to request andreceive a non-certified copy of an originalbirth certificate and/or a medical historyform if available.
“Having represented families in high pro-file adoption disclosure cases, I have seenfirst-hand the anxiety and pain that lack ofhistory can cause in the adoptees and theirfamilies. It is clear to me that our present lawis archaic and in dire need of change. I fullysupport Mr. Weprin’s efforts and will con-tinue to work closely with him on this impor-tant issue.” said Assemblyman MatthewTitone , co-sponsor of AssemblymanWeprin’s bill.
“Throughout history adoption has beenknown as the kindness of strangers but intoday’s world these old father knows bestlaws, denying adult adoptees the right to
their original birth certificates are unkind toadoptees in need of answers. Adoptees oftensuffer their grief in silence. The right to knowis imperative for all adult adoptees.” saidJoyce Bahr, President of the Unsealed Ini-tiative.
Adoptees will be able to gain knowledgeof their religious and ethnic heritage; as wellas have access to medical information thatmay be necessary for preventive health careand illnesses that are linked to family historyand genetics. A birth parent may seek toprotect his or her privacy by completing acontact preference form that would be sent tothe adult adoptee upon a request for a non-certified copy of an original birth certificate.The contact preference form provides thebirth parent with the option to be contactedby the adoptee, through an intermediary orto not be contacted at all.
“The passage of this bill is long over-dueand will set up much needed parameters forbiological parents and adoptees to gain ac-cess to vital information of importance,” saidWeprin.
Assembly Bill A2003 is presently beingreviewed by the Assembly Health Commit-tee.
Army National Guard Pvt. Edwin Oliverahas graduated from Basic Combat Trainingat Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, thesoldier studied the Army mission and re-ceived instruction and training exercises indrill and ceremonies, Army history, corevalues and traditions, military courtesy, mili-tary justice, physical fitness, first aid, riflemarksmanship, weapons use, map readingand land navigation, foot marches, armedand unarmed combat, and field maneuversand tactics.
He is the son of Ramona Olivera of ForestHills.
State Sen. Tony Avella was elected toserve as an Executive Committee Member ofthe Italian-American Legislators Conference.
The Italian American Legislators Confer-ence is a bi-partisan coalition made up ofboth State Senators and Assembly Memberscharged with fostering Italian-American cul-ture and expanding business and educational
opportunities for Italian-Americans.Avella, who founded and served as Presi-
dent of the Italian-American Caucus while inthe New York City Council, has been activethroughout his career in promoting Italianheritage and culture and fighting discrimina-tion.
Avella said, “As a proud second genera-tion Italian-American, it is an honor to serveas an Executive Committee Member of theItalian American Legislators Conference. Ital-ian Americans have been instrumental in theshaping of our society. Throughout our coun-try and our State their significant impact canbe seen in the arts, architecture, politics,literature, and labor movements.”
“Unfortunately, our culture often getsdragged into harmful stereotypes and ourhistory is only passively covered in ourschools. That is why it is so important that wehave organizations like this to work collec-tively in order to promote the rich history andculture of Italians and Italian-Americans.”
Army Pfc. Tyriq E. Harrington hasgraduated from Basic Combat Training atFort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
During the nine weeks of training, thesoldier studied the Army mission and re-ceived instruction and training exercises indrill and ceremonies, Army history, corevalues and traditions, military courtesy, mili-tary justice, physical fitness, first aid, riflemarksmanship, weapons use, map readingand land navigation, foot marches, armedand unarmed combat, and field maneuversand tactics.
He is the son of Tanya Richardson ofCorona. Harrington graduated in 2007 fromForest Hills High School.
Army National Guard Pvt. SebastianRamos graduated from the Field ArtilleryAutomated Tactical Data Systems SpecialistAdvanced Individual Training course at FortSill, Lawton, Okla.
As members of the Army’s field artilleryteam, the course is designed to train soldiersas specialists to operate the advanced fieldartillery tactical data systems for both cannonand multiple launch rocket systems. The spe-cialists play a critical role in the safe, accu-rate, and lethal delivery of the field artillery’svarious fire support systems used to supportinfantry and tank units in combat. Skillstraining included methods of computing tar-get locations using computers or manualcalculations, ammunition handling tech-niques, and operating and performing main-tenance on related equipment, vehicles, gen-erators, and artillery tactical and data sys-tems.
The private is regularly assigned to the 1stBattalion, 78th Field Artillery, Fort Sill,Lawton.
He is the son of Ana Ramos of Sunnyside.Ramos graduated in 2009 from John BowneHigh School, Flushing.
The following students are on the Dean’sList for their outstanding academic achieve-ment for the Fall 2010 semester from theSchool of Management at Binghamton Uni-versity, State University of New York.
The criteria for the Dean’s Honors list isa minimum grade point average of 3.75.
Filip Malaric of Flushing, Yang Qiu Q.Zhou of Flushing, Yi Lu of Flushing, JiaqiZhang of Flushing, Joling Soo of CollegePoin t and Alison Rachel Ent in o fWhitestone.
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New Face At Helm Of Queens TheatreBy DOMENICK RAFTER
The Queens Theater in the Park wel-comed Ray Cullom as its new executive direc-tor this week, as the theater winds down oneseason and begins work on the next.
Cullom, a native of Philadelphia, comes toQueens Theater after two years as managingdirector of Long Wharf Theater in New Ha-ven, Conn. Originally on track to become astage director, Cullom came to New York inthe late 1980s where he worked on TheaterRow on 42nd Street gaining experience inperformance, lighting and production. Helater spent some time working for theNede r l ande r t hea t e r f am i l y g roup ’ sNederlander Worldwide Entertainment inMaryland. Altogether; Cullom has over twodecades of both for-profit and not-for-profittheater experience.
“I bring to the theater a different perspec-tive,” he said, having experience in for-profittheater, where he said the art is used as ameans to create revenue, and non-for-profit,which he said revenue is used to create art.
Cullom, who replaced Jeffrey Rosenstock,who had been with the theater since itsrebirth in 1989, said he was spending his firstdays learning the names of his staff and thehistory of the Queens Theater. The theater,which sits in the shadow of the long-aban-doned towers of the New York State Pavilionin Flushing Meadows Corona Park, bothproduces its own material and presents pro-grams produced elsewhere as a venue. That’sa combination Cullom says he likes.
Though no decisions have been made onthe theater’s 2011-2012 season because theboard of directors waited to hire a new
executive director first, he said he had a lotof ideas. Because of the executive directorsearch, the theater has a shortened amount oftime to put together next season’s program.
It was the culture of Queens that broughtCullom back to New York. He said he hopesto use social media like Facebook and Twit-ter to entice programs to come to the theaterand to help sell tickets.
“The potential for this theater is the thingthat brought me here,” he said. “The fact thatsuch diverse programs exist [around theborough] and it’s easier to find and bringthem here more than ever.”
Cullom said one focus will be to promotelocal artists, performers and playwrights; theborough’s diverse and dense populationshould make it easy to fill the theater’s 460seats for just about any performance.
“I guarantee you there is an audience foranything and everything of quality that wecan put our hands on,” he said. “There are460 people in this borough who will showup.”
Another project on Cullom’s mind is to getthe theater an actual physical street address.The site, located in the middle of the World’sFair grounds, has no actual address and can-not be found on GPS. Instead, motorists haveto follow small signs on surrounding highwaysand in the park itself to lead to a parking lota short distance from the theater.
“Having an address would make this easierto find,” Cullom said. “If people can’t gethere, they won’t come.”
By BRIAN M. RAFFERTYFormer Councilwoman Melinda Katz re-
cently welcomed a second child into her life.Hunter Charles Katz was born nearly
three months premature at Weill CornellMedical Center on Feb. 24. The good newswas tempered by the loss of Hunter’s twin.
“Most of my friends knew that I waspregnant with twins,” Katz said in a phoneinterview Tuesday. “It was a difficult preg-nancy for a bunch of reasons. But in the endI gave birth to one beautiful little baby boy.The other one unfortunately did not sur-vive.”
Hunter’s middle name is from Katz’s Zadie(grandfather) from Hungary. “I wanted to
pay tribute to him.” Her first son, CarterDavid, is named for her father’s Jewish name.
As for Hunter, you can attribute the nameto ex-football player Fred Dryer for acting inone of Katz’s favorite TV shows – “Hunter,”which ran from 1984 to 1991.
Young Hunter was born at 3 lbs 3 oz, andas of Tuesday morning was up to 3 lbs, 14oz., and expected to come home from thehospital in the next few days.
“Thank God, he’s doing well so far,” Katzsaid. “I’m looking forward to bringing himhome.”
Hunter will join his brother Carter, whoturns 3 on May 3. Like his brother, Hunterwas conceived in vitro, and is a biological
match for his brother; they share thesame father donor, whose identityKatz has chosen to keep private.
“I wanted Carter to have a sib-ling, and now he’s going to grow upwith a true biological brother,” Katzsaid. “They do look alike, but I as-sume they will be very different kids.”
Reach Executive Editor BrianRaf fe r ty a [email protected] or(718) 357-7400, Ext. 122.
By SASHA AUSTRIE Last year was particularly bloody for
black men. The NYPD’s Murder in New York City report revealed that black people, who account for 25 percent of the City’s popula-tion, make up 67 percent of the City’s 536 murder victims.
“We need to do something to remind people that they need to have a better level of respect for each other,” said Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans).
Of the 67 percent of blacks murdered, more than 350 in 2010, 33 percent were between the ages of 15 to 29. While the average for murdered blacks increased by 31 percent, it decreased for whites by 27 percent and according to the report, Asians and Hispanic murder rates remained un-changed. The increase in black murders resulted in a citywide increase from 471 to 536.
Why Has This Happened?“There are many reasons for the jump,”
said Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton).
He squarely places blame on the down-fall of the economy, failure of the family structure, the ease of getting weapons and the “macho mindset of shoot first and the rise of gang violence.”
Sanders dubbed these as symptoms of a systematic failure.
“This is a failure at every level,” Sand-ers said. “It’s a failing of parenting, of our schools, of our leaders in government, and of our society as a whole.”
The numbers are even more daunting where the weapon and murder suspect are concerned. The report states that 61 percent of the City’s murdered victims were shot. When counting only black men, 90 percent of victims were killed by gunfire. At about 85 percent of the time, the arrested suspect and victim were both black.
“We first have to identify that these crimes are happening by us against us,” said Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamai-ca).
Reacting To NumbersState Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis)
said there are three challenges to the issue of guns and murder on City streets – accessibility, need for employ-
ment and mental health. Though Queens ranked third in mur-
ders citywide, with 19 percent, Southeast Queens is the hotbed for homicides within the borough. In 2010, from Jan. 1 to Oct. 14, there were at least 40 murders.
At the tail end of the summer, six murders in September caused Southeast Queens politicians to turn up the volume. They hosted town halls and press confer-ences. Officials asked the NYPD to bolster its presence in trouble spots and rotate critical resources; there were calls for edu-cation to change the mindset of children in the community; residents and politicians volunteered to walk the neighborhood on Friday night.
The effort has since subsided. Comrie admitted that the walks have
become infrequent. He said for about four weeks the program worked, but it has since been confined to the area around Sutphin Boulevard.
“It never expanded,” he said.
Becoming ProactiveThe Rev. Charles Norris Sr., a noted
pastor and activist in Southeast Queens, lambasted politicians for not doing more to curb the violence.
“I’m really disappointed in what our elected officials are doing about the problem,” he said. “To me, they are doing nothing.”
State Sen. Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica) disagreed.
“We’ve been working hard in that com-munity,” Huntley said. “Let’s be real; there is not much legislation you can pass that can keep people from killing each other.”
To combat the ills, all the officials are touting varying solutions.
Huntley said she is actively trying to reopen the Baisley Houses Youth Center and is funding renovations for the South Jamaica Houses center, which would give teens a place to call their own.
“I’m doing what I can on my end and everybody should do what they can on their end,” she said.
Sanders and Norris both advocate for a gun buyback program, which would “stop the flood of illegal guns,” the councilman said.
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agers conflict resolution via youth courts, which is “one of the better ways of dealing with this issue.” He added that diversion programs can also be used to catch youth before they fall into a life of crime.
Smith said Operation S.N.U.G., a statewide program, deals with the three challenges. The program is modeled after Cease Fire Chicago. Quoting U.S. Justice Department stats, Smith credits the pro-gram with decreasing illegal gun violence by 16 to 35 percent. S.N.U.G. dispatches “violence interrupters” in the aftermath of a shooting to try to bring the victim and perpetrators together. The program also looks into gainful unemployment and uses former criminals to deter violence.
Another component Smith is working on is the P3 Gun Buyback Program. He said the program would include a public and private partnership to fund the buy-back, though the groups, which include the NYPD, district attorneys, private sector industries, clergy and Operation S.N.U.G. have yet to meet to finalize their mode of attack,
“P3 is about to come to New York City,” Smith said.
It’s Up To The PeopleWills, who is mere months into his first
year in office, said he is building community partnerships.
“We have to get non-profits, community based partnerships, clergy and a relation-ship with the NYPD that is not just spoken about,” Wills said. He also advocated for ex-convicts to be part of the solution.
“We need to understand how self-hate can make you pull a trigger on another man of color,” Wills said. “The only people who can speak to that are the people who have committed those crimes.”
Since taking office in November, Wills said he has partnered with two community based organizations that have created Saturday academies at PS 123 and PS 155.
Comrie suggested residents outfit their homes with security cameras and request the NYPD support the community.
“Hopefully we can catch more of these people,” he said.
Reach Reporter Sasha Austrie at [email protected], or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 123.
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By DOMENICK RAFTERA teenager was brutally beaten outside a
birthday party in Woodhaven last week by agroup of teens in what the NYPD is calling ananti-gay hate crime against a straight victim.
“It appears to have all the elements of ahate crime,” said NYPD Commissioner RayKelly. “The hate crime task force is involved.”
Around 1 a.m. on March 12, police re-sponded to a call of a man beaten near theintersection of 90th Street and 89th Avenuein Woodhaven. Police discovered AnthonyCollao, 18, had been beaten by a group ofteens that were thrown out of a house partyon 90th Street earlier in the night. The victimwas taken to Jamaica Hospital where he wasput on life support and succumbed to hisinjuries on Monday.
The alleged assailants, Alex Velez, 16, ofthe Bronx, and Nolis Oganda, ChristopherLozada and Luis Tabales, all 17, from Queens,were arrested and arraigned Monday onmanslaughter charges. Police say Lozada,who was wearing a baseball cap when ar-rested, was covered in blood.
According to the NYPD, the four arriveduninvited at a birthday party at an abandonedhouse on 90th Street and refused to pay thecover charge to get in. They pushed their wayinto the house, where they shattered win-dows and picked arguments with partygoersbefore cornering Collao outside. Witnessessay the four beat him with a metal pipe whileshouting anti-gay slurs at Collao, who wasnot gay and had a girlfriend. Other partygoerstold police anti-gay slurs were used againstguests inside the party as well. The party was
Police Arrest 4 InHouse Party Murder
hosted by two gay men.The attacks brought swift condemnation
from leaders.“Our streets will not be safe until the
individuals who are responsible for this hei-nous crime are brought to justice,” saidCouncilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park),who represents Woodhaven. “Senseless actsof violence such as this will simply not betolerated.”
“My Council colleagues and I are sad-dened and disturbed by this outrageous at-tack,” said Council Speaker Christine Quinn,who is openly gay. “We celebrate diversity inNew York City; we do not tolerate biasattacks in any neighborhood in Queens oranywhere else in our great City.”
The assailants’ alleged use of anti-gayslurs reopened wounds in the borough’sLGBT community. In 2009, Jack Price, a 49-year-old a gay man in College Point, wasbeaten in an anti-gay hate crime. His attack-ers, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced toprison earlier this year.
“In the last few years, there has been anumber of hate crimes against LGBT people,including transgendered women of color,”said Pauline Park, president of the board ofdirectors at Queens Pride House, theborough’s only LGBT community center.“We call upon the police to fully investigatethis crime in order to determine the extent towhich homophobic hate motivated the per-petrators to kill Anthony Callao.”
approximately 8:31 p.m., police respondedto a 911 call reporting a woman shot at thefront of 93-20 214th St. in Queens Village.Upon arrival, police found Rabia Mohammed,23 of Jamaica, shot twice in the torso.
EMS also responded to the location andtransported the victim to Jamaica Hospitalwhere she was pronounced dead on arrival.There were no arrests at this time and theinvestigation was ongoing. Identification ofthe victim was pending proper family notifi-cation.
BROKEN NECK: OnMarch 14, at approximately 8p.m., police responded to a911 call of an unconscious maninside of 90-10 187th St. inHollis. Upon arrival police dis-covered a 31-year-old blackman dead inside of a basementapartment with trauma to theneck. The Medical Examinerwill determine the cause ofdeath.
105th PrecinctATTEMPTED RAPE: The
NYPD is seeking the public’sassistance in identifying a man wanted inconnection with an attempted rape in Spring-field Gardens. On March 12, at around 5:30p.m., a man followed the victim into a build-ing in the vicinity of 141st Avenue andSpringfield Boulevard in Springfield Gar-dens and grabbed her buttocks. When the
victim resisted the suspect threw her to theground pulled her pants to her knees andattempted to rape her. The suspect fled thescene when a resident opened a nearby apart-ment door.
The suspect is described as a black man,dark complexion, between 18-23 years old,5-foot-5, wearing a black jacket and bluejeans. He also had a dark colored North Facebackpack around his back.
Anyone with information in regards tothis incident is asked to call Crime Stoppersat (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public canalso submit their tips by logging onto theCr ime S toppe r s Web s i t e a t
nypdcrimestoppers.com or bytexting their tips to 274637(CR IMES ) t hen en t e r i ngTIP577.
110th PrecinctMOTORCYCLE CRASH:
On Monday, March 14, at ap-proximately 7:09 a.m., policeresponded to an accident in-volving a motorcycle at theL.I.E. and Maurice Avenue inMaspeth. Upon arrival, offic-ers determined that a 36-year-old white man was travelingwestbound on the L.I.E. and
lost control of his gray 2001 Harley Davidsonmotorcycle near the Maurice Avenue exit.
EMS responded and transported the manto Elmhurst Hospital where he was pro-nounced dead on arrival. The investigationwas ongoing and identification of the victimwas pending proper family notification.
Police are looking forthis man wanted for anattempted rape.
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By JASON BANREYThe Sloan Public Service Awards have
become widely regarded as the Nobel Prizesof City government – and three of its recipi-ents this year are from Queens.
For more than three decades, the Fund forthe City of New York has recognized cityemployees from all ranks and levels of civilservice for their outstanding commitmentand dedication to their duties, and bestowedupon them this lauded award.
Chosen from more than 250,000 employ-ees from numerous city agencies and institu-tions, half of this year’s six honorees hailfrom Queens and boast more than 80 yearsof service combined.
While working for the city, they havecollectively given the metropolitan area’sgrowing immigrant population a voice, liv-ened up the landscapes of decaying cityspaces and tackled the legal challenges ofdealing with a tuberculosis outbreak.
Susan Dalmas, Director of Adult LiteracyPrograms for Queens Library, was honoredfor more than 25 years of international expe-rience, which began at a refugee center in thePhilippines.
Pioneering innovative adult and youthliteracy programs now replicated through-out the United States, Dalmas has helpedQueens Library become one of the largestlibrary-based literacy programs in the na-tion.
Dalmas moved to New York City morethan 20 years ago and now lives in ForestHills. Five days a week, she enriches the livesof others through a diverse array of program-ming which includes English for speakers ofother languages, civic learning, health lit-eracy and support for disconnected youth.
“We’re not just helping people to read and
write,” said Dalmas, with a gentle smile at apreliminary award ceremony in Long IslandCity. “We’re giving [people] the freedom tobe involved in their communities.”
Sought for her expertise in the field ofliteracy, Dalmas now also works with thedifferent non-profit organizations through-out the city who have recently been strug-gling due to cuts from city funding.
“Even though there are budget con-straints,” Dalmas said, “there are always thingsthat can be done for the community.”
Emmanuel Thingue, Senior Designer atthe Dept. of Parks and Recreation, has spentmore than two decades changing the land-scape of the city through his elegant andthoughtful designs.
Since 1990, this East Elmhurst residenthas worked with communities throughoutBrooklyn to make the most of his technicalskill and design aesthetic, creating both beau-tiful and functional spaces.
“I try to feel how it would be to live in thespace,” Thingue said of his unique approachbefore developing a design.
Thingue designs two to three parks peryear and throughout his 20-year career, thou-sands of residents and visitors have made hisparks destination spots in the city.
After joining the New York City LawDepartment in 1974, Gabriel Taussig envi-sioned only spending a few years with thebranch of municipal city government beforemoving on to developing his own .
Nearly four decades later, the QueensVillage resident was honored for overseeinga wide variety of cases ranging from theenforcement of building and fire safety to theregulation of restaurants, nightclubs, taxi-cabs, waste haulers and street activities.
As Chief of the Administrative Law Divi-
sion, Taussig has played a significant role inshaping countless programs and policies thathave yielded results for the City’s citizensover the last 37 years.
“What other job could give me the chanceto tackle the legal challenges of dealing withwhether bloggers on the internet are to beconsidered journalists entitled to NYPD presspasses,” Taussig said. “Or how to make sure
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that catastrophes like the Happyland Firedon’t happen again?”
The six winners were honored at a cer-emony at Cooper Union last week and eachreceived a cash prize of $7,500 and anoriginal drawing by artist Niculae Asciu.
Reach Reporter Jason Banrey [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand received NYPD Brooklyn-Queens Holy Name Society’s “Person of the Year” Award for her support of 9/11 heroes and her efforts to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Pic-tured l. to r.: Monsignor Robert Romano, Deputy Chief of Chaplains, NYPD and Spiritual Director of the NYPD Holy Name Society Brooklyn-Queens; Sgt. Edward Conroy, President NYPD Holy Name Society Brooklyn-Queens; Sen. Gillibrand; and Joseph J. Esposito, Chief of Department, NYPD.
Person Of The Year
MTA Superintendent Emanuel Clouden (r.), who retired after 31 years, is presented an award by Kirt Simmons.
Photos by Ira Cohen
Faithful Service
Councilman Jim Gennaro and Speaker Christine Quinn distribute food in honor of the Jewish holiday of Purim with Met Council CEO William Rapfogel (r. of the Speak-er) and Rabbi Shlomo Nissanov on March 15 at Kehilat Sephardim in Kew Gardens Hills.
Purim Packages
Officials gathered recently for the grand reopening of the Windsor Park branch of the Queens Library. Pic-tured l. to r.: Claudia Filomena representing Mayor Mike Bloomberg; Jordan Goldes representing Rep. Gary Ackerman; trustee Gabriel Taussig; CEO Tom Galante; Assemblyman David Weprin; State Sen. Toby Stavisky; Councilman Mark Weprin; and Susan Seinfeld of Com-munity Board 11.
Windsor Park Opens
Christ the King High School in Middle Village defeated Rice High School of Manhattan 60-57 for the second consecutive year for the CHSAA Class AA NY City Championship. Above, the team poses with its award. Below, players dump a bucket of ice water on coach Joe Arbitello after their victory. Photos by Dan Miller
CTK Wins Again
1960s pop icon Connie Francis re-cently performed to a packed house at the Kupferberg Center at Queens College.
Above, the star took a few minutes to meet fans and sign autographs.
Photos by Ira Cohen
Connie At Kupferberg
State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky spoke at the Bayside Se-nior Center about Title XX cuts to senior center funding, and afterward listened to attendees’ concerns. Pictured: Oakland Gardens resident Shirley Brotman (l. to r.) dis-cusses a neighborhood issue with Sen. Stavisky and Bayside Senior Center Director Susan Schafer.
Senior Talk
Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer welcomed Nadia Per-saud from MS 137 in Ozone Park, accompanied by her parents and grandmother, to Albany on March 2. Nadia was selected by the New York Art Teachers Association to be a part of the 21st Statewide Legislative Student Art Exhibit. Pictured l. to r.: Mr. & Mrs. Persaud, Assembly-woman Pheffer, Nadia Persaud and her Grandmother.
Art In Albany
Last week, following a request to NASA by Rep. Anthony Weiner, astronaut Mike Massimino visited Assistant Prin-cipal Kevin Collins and students from P.S. 232 in Linden-wood for a presentation about his experiences in space.
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The Wizard of Beechhurst Lives OnBy BARBARA ARNSTEIN
SMASH! The world-famous magicians l ammed down h i s hammer and thepresident’s pocket watch shat-tered into a million tiny pieces.He’d just borrowed it fromCoolidge, for a par t of h isper formance at t he Wh iteHouse, and now cogs, gearsand glass lit tered the table likeconfetti.
Did the horrified look onthe face of a watching SecretService agent mean his careerwas about to be ended? Themagician quickly wrapped allthe bits and pieces in a pieceof paper, made it disappear,and asked the First Lady toslice a nearby loaf of bread.Inside it was her husband’swatch, completely intact.
The magician was HowardThurston, one of the subjectsof Jim Steinmeyer’s fantastic new book,“The Last Greatest Magician in the World:Howard Thurston versus Houdini & theBattles of the American Wizards,” in whichthe above incident is described, and the fol-
lowing story is told.Thurston first became famous as a vaude-
vi l le star, later expanding h is show into avery elaborate touring pro-duct ion. For a lmost 30years, in the early 20th cen-tury, Thurston per formedillusions involving mysteri-ous spirits, women floatingand revolving in mid-air, avanishing horse, a magi-cally materialized lion, bun-nies becoming boxes ofchocolates and much more.
Ironically, consideringhis exper tise at creating i l-lusions that made peoplebelieve in magic, Thurstonhimself, at the age of 37,believed that he could findthe real thing. On a visit toIndia in 1906, he gavemoney to an old man whotold him through an inter-
preter that he would teach him the secret ofself-levitation, as soon as he returned from afive-day stay in the mountains. “If this mancan really accomplish this, then I have tolearn it,” he told his troupe, while he waited.
“I’ll stay here and learn his secret, even if ittakes years.”
The man never returned.Thurston’s brand of magic played vari-
ous roles in his real life offstage: That watchtrick he per formed at the White House?Years earlier, he’d used the secret switchingtechnique behind it to cheat people by sub-stituting gold watches for gold-plated ones.In Australia, he used his knowledge of mis-direction to help his assistant George Whiteevade racists.
In 1915, Thurston had a three-story homeconstructed in Beechhurst, in what was thenknown as Whitestone Landing, which heowned for the next 20 years. There he keptthe horse (and the lion) from his stage show,plus two monkeys. Nearby, at Knab’s Pavil-ion (neither the house nor the pavilion stillexist), he created intricate equipment for hismagical effects.
His daughter Jane spent her childhoodat boarding school most of each year, but inher memoirs, she recounts numerous happymemories of the summers she spent there,when the Whitestone area was a haven forpeople in show business, including manyfrom the growing movie industry. She hadfond memories of playing on the family ten-nis court, enjoying the local Four th of Julycelebrations, and the many celebrities shemet then, including bandleaders, comedi-ans, singers, actors and nightclub perform-ers.
The cover o f J imSteinmeyer’s book, whichdetails the true-life exploitsof a Queens magician.
By BARBARA ARNSTEINDo you always see what you think you’re
seeing? Do you always hear what you thinkyou’re hearing? What do you think?
“Twelve Angr y Men,” pre sented i nWhitestone by Theatre Time Productions,begins after a trial ends, when the jurorsmust decide whether the 16-year-old boy ontrial for murder should live or die.
Almost all agree on his guilt – except Ju-ror No. 8, exper tly por trayed by ArmandCatenaro, the narrator in Theatre Time’s2008 production of “Our Town”. For thosefamiliar with the movie adaptation, the rolewas dominated by Henry Fonda.
One by one, he challenges the others,transforming resentment to reason and stub-bornness to sanity, while demonstrating whatmore there is to see than the jurors wereshown, and to understand beyond what theywere told.
Thomas J. Kane, who appeared in “OurTown” and other plays, is rivet ing in therole of Juror No. 3, a man so choked withresentment that he contemplates misdirectedrevenge. Michael Wolf, another TheatreTime regular, is excel lent as Juror No. 10,the explosively emotional embodiment ofbigotry, while Al Carbuto, also a veteran ofTheatre Time productions, delivers an in-spiring per formance as Juror No. 11, theman who most appreciates the value of de-mocracy.
Danny Leonard Gutman realistically de-picts the sensitivity and anger experiencedby Juror No. 5, the youngest, while HowardM. Speil ler delivers a nicely subtle perfor-mance as humane Juror No. 9. Frank Free-man, whose roles have ranged from come-dic to menacing, here plays Juror No. 4, aconservative yet open-minded man. The ex-perienced Keith Junas, a member of the cast
Classic Tale Of JusticeBrought To Whitestone
In later years, she per formed with herfather onstage as his co-star: a singing, danc-ing magician. A neighbor, A. SeymourBrown, the author of “Oh, You BeautifulDoll,” wrote her a song entitled “My Daddy’sa Hocus Pocus Man,” which includes thelyrics, “He looks kind of solemn and seri-ous/And does things that seem mysterious/But I must make this admission/There neverwas a sweeter disposit ion.”
The many well-guarded secrets behindThurston’s stage i l lusions involved every-thing from fine wires to black threads. Butone incredible secret was revealed to Janeonly after his death: she was his stepdaugh-ter.
Jim Steinmeyer has written many well-received books and ar t icles on magic andother topics, including “Hiding the El-ephant” and “Charles Fort, the Man WhoInvented the Supernatural.” The man cal led“the best living originator of stage illusions”created many exciting effects for clients rang-ing from the circus to EPCOT. He designedthe finale of Broadway’s “Beauty and theBeast,” in which the beast is levitated intothe air and transformed back into the prince,and created the special effects for a recentproduction of “The Invisible Man,” in whichthe main character appears to materializeon stage layer by layer.
His book was published by Jeremy P.Tarcher, Penguin, a member of PenguinGroup, Inc.
of Theatre Time’s original production of thisplay, provides comic relief as Juror No. 12,an advertising execut ive who takes his juryresponsibility lightly.
Rounding out the wonder ful ensemblecast are Adam Bjelland, making his debutwith Theatre Time as the Foreman; movieand stage actor Anthony Bisciello as JurorNo. 6; and Eric Leeb, who has appeared inmany local productions, as Juror No. 2. Therole of Juror No. 7, well played last weekendby Peter Vrankovic, is played this weekendby Jim Thomas.
Per formances of “Twelve Angry Men”are on Friday, March 18, and Saturday,March 19, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March20, at 3 p.m. Kudos to Kevin C. Vincent,the Director, Ar t ist ic Director and Pro-ducer, and h is wife Judy Vincent, also aProducer .
Theatre Time Productions has relocatedto the Grace Episcopal Church, at 14-15Clintonville St. in Whitestone. Call (347)732-9015 for tickets. For more information,go to theatretime.org.
The cast of Theatre Time’s “Twelve An-gry Men.”
LA BELLA CUCINA69-61 Juniper Blvd. South, MiddleVillage(718) 894-8191CUISINE: ItalianHOURS: Mon–Thu 11 am to 10 pm;Fri-Sat 11 am to 1 pm; Sun 11 am to10:30 pmCREDIT CARDS: AllParking: Valet / Street
On the slightly darkened streets of Ju-niper Boulevard South, La Bella Cucinastands out among the row of houses. Onapproach, the bright lights are a simplewelcome to old-fashioned Italy, with a newworld twist.
Simply put, Middle Village has a gem.The dimly lit dining room and soft music,which never competed with con-versation, speaks of romance.
The tables where accentedwith pristine white and burgundytablecloths and the unoccupiedones were adorned with a vaseof faux flowers. When seated youare given two menus – one fordrinks, which is rife with cock-tails, and wine; the other has allthe Italian staples. There is some-thing for everyone.
I started out w ith a smooth and ful l-bodied pinot noir 2009 and my date, everthe ruffian, went with the Blue Moon witha delicate slice of orange.
As someone who is totally in love withcarbohydrates, the fresh oven-baked pizzabread woke up my dormant taste buds. Itwas fol lowed by warm crescent rol lsstuffed with pepperoni and onions.
As a lover of anything creamy, cheesyor doughy, I omit ted lunch to be readyfor the food onslaught. I was still ill-pre-pared for the deluge.
After my companion and I had almostfilled up on rolls, Lucy, one of our serverssuggested the pear salad. I was a bit skep-tical, but I’m on a mission to indulge mypalate in food adventures, so I gave it a
whirl. The dish is comprised of marinatedpears in red wine and honey, caramelizedwalnuts, vinaigrette and gorgonzola cheeseon a bed of mesclun greens. It was refresh-ing and delicate.
A hot ant ipasto platter loaded with egg-plant parmesan, stuffed mushrooms, grilledshrimp, stuffed clams and mushrooms wasreplaced in its stead. I had one issue withthe dish – I wanted more clams, but wastoo afraid to ask for seconds. Besides, Iwould soon be chomping down on lobsterravioli, striped sea bass and sautéed shrimp.
If you read careful ly, you would revertto the sentence where I expressed openlyand honestly my love for foods creamy,cheesy and doughy. The lobster ravioli wasal l of the above. The best par t was threehidden shrimp I unear thed in the sauce.
That was followed by a nicelycooked striped bass in a tomato-based sauce and adorned withsautéed shrimp.
For me, the piece de resis-tance was the r ib -eye s teaksmothered in a mushroom creamsauce. It was accompanied byroas ted pota toes and greenbeans.
We slowly carved our wayinto the bass and steak. Know-
ing dessert was only minutes away wethought better of finish ing the meal.
Dessert was a welcomed surprise. First,we introduced our palates to a beautifullyarranged mart ini glass loaded to the rimwith fruit bathed in a healthy splash of GrandMarnier, topped with a dol lop of whippedcream and a lady finger. As we sipped thesweet liquor, I thought here is a per fectway to end a delightful meal.
It was not over.Lucy brought out a sl ice of ricot ta
cheesecake, which was accented by asplotch of raspberry and chocolate syrup.
This was the per fect end to an idealevening. Good conversation, good food.What else can you ask for?
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CHESS CLUBSaturdays at the Flushinglibrary at 2.TEEN TUTORINGSaturdays, March 19, 26 atthe Bayside library at 10.TEST FESTSaturday, March 19 withthe Princeton Review at theRidgewood library. Register.OPEN MICSunday, March 20 at theCentral library at 2.TEEN TUTORINGMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Bayside library at 3:30.LAPTOPS FOR TEENSMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Hollis library at 4.CHESS CLUBMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Lefferts library at 6.KNIT & CROCHETMondays at the Douglaston/Little Neck library at 4.SHSAT PRACTICEMonday, March 21 at theCambria Heights library at 3.YOUTH JOB FAIRMonday, March 21 at theFar Rockaway library at 3.TEST FESTMonday, March 21 with thePr ince ton Rev iew a t theSouth Hollis l ibrary. Regis-ter .COLLEGE BOUNDMonday, March 21 CollegeBound Club for Teens at 4 atthe Central library.SAT/ACT ADMISSIONSMonday, March 21 at theRichmond Hill library. Reg-ister.TEEN COMPUTERMonday, March 21 TeenCompute r Lounge a t theRochda le V i l l age l ib rar y.Register .COLLEGE PREPMonday, March 21 at thePomonok library at 5.MINI TABLE TENNISTuesday, March 22 comeplay table tennis at 4 at theLIC library.BOOK BUDDIESTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Hillcrest library at 3:30.LAPTOPS FOR TEENSTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Hollis library at 4.TEEN GAME DAYTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Rochdale Village libraryat 4.DUNGEONS & DRAGONSTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Baisley Park library. Reg-ister.COLLEGE PROCESSTuesdays, March 22, April11 at the Far Rockaway li-brary at 3:30.GRAPHIC NOVELISTTuesday, March 22 meetg raph ic nove l i s t Ne i lNumberman at 3:30 at theMiddle Village library.LANYARD MANIATuesday, March 22 at theBriarwood library at 4.IMAGE CONSULTANTTuesday, March 22 at theCambr ia He igh t s l i b rar y.Register .TEEN TRIVIATuesday, March 22 at theSeaside library at 4:30.CHESSWednesdays at 3:30 at theQueens Village library.TEEN COMPUTERWednesday, March 23 TeenCompute r Lounge a t theRochda le V i l l age l ib rar y.
Register .LEARN MAGICWednesday, March 23 atthe Woodside library at 4.TEST FESTThursday, March 24 with thePrinceton Review at the BayTerrace library. Register.FUTURE WRITERSSaturday, March 26 bookclub at the LIC library at 11.
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FAMILY RESOURCESaturday, March 19 FamilyResource Day w i th in foabout summer camps, childcare programs, educationalresources Flushing library at11.COLLEGE PROCESSTuesdays, March 22, April11 parents can learn aboutthe college process at 3:30at the Far Rockaway library.YOGA FOR PARENTSThursday, March 24 at theRidgewood library. Register.
PARANORMALSaturday, March 19 Paran-o rma l and Mys te ry BookClub will discuss “No SecondChance” LIC library at 3:30.AVI POSNICKMonday , March 21 Av iPosnick speaks at the BaysideJewish Center at 2 :30 on“Education is the Road toPeace.” 352-7900.INVESTOR TALKMonday, March 21 Inves-tor Education Seminar withSt. John’s Universit y Schoolof Law Securities ArbitrationClinic Flushing library 6:30.INTRO TO TAROTMonday, March 21 at theSeaside library at 6:30.POMONOKWednesday, March 23 “TheBlindness of the Heart” willbe discussed at the Pomonokbook club at 2.FRESH MEADOWSWednesday, March 23 “Ma-jor Pettigrew’s Last Stand”Fresh Meadows l ibrary at2:30.FINANCIAL LITERACYThursday, March 24 learn tomanage your persona l f i -nances at the Central library.RICHMOND HILLThursday, March 24 Rich-mond Hill Book Club at 3.PHILOSOPHY CLUBThursday, March 24 at theSeaside library at 6:30.WOMEN MOVERSSaturday, March 26 Wo-men Mak ing Moves : TheThree Ps: for Success: Plat-form, Power, Publishing at10:30 Langston Hughes l i -brary.DIE FREESaturday, March 26 authorCheryl Wil ls speaks abouther book “Die Free: A He-roic Family History” at 1:30at Barnes & Noble, 176-60Union Turnpike, Fresh Mead-ows.WOMEN & FOODSunday, March 27 “Mom’sHome Cooking: Women &Food in Queens History” lec-ture 2:30 Queens HistoricalSociet y. $8 non-members,$5 members. 939-0647.
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AARP CHORUSL ike to s ing? The AARPQueens Chorus holds prac-t ice rehearsals for perfor -mances at nursing homes,rehab and senior centers .523-1330.FREE LUNCHSaturday, March 19 at AllSaints Church in RichmondHill. 849-2352 reservations.TAI CHI CLASSESMondays at 9 Pomonok Se-nior Center, 67-09 KissenaBlvd, Flushing. 591-3377.TAX HELPMondays, March 21, 28 freeindividual income tax coun-seling for low-income olderadults at 1 at the Sunnysidelibrary.AARP 1405Monday, March 21 Flush-ing AARP Chapter meets atthe Bowne Street Commu-n i t y Church , 143 -11Roosevelt Avenue at 1.CAREGIVERSEvery Tuesday CaregiversSupport group at 3:30-4:30at the Se l fhe lp Clearv iewSenior Center, 208-11 26th
Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.TAX HELPTuesdays , March 22 , 29AARP free individual incometax counsel ing for low- in -come older adults at 1 at theBayside library. Also on Tues-day, March 22 at the Hollislibrary at 1.STAY WELLWednesdays at 10:15 at theEast Elmhurst library for ex-ercise and other health re-lated programs.WOMANSPACEWednesdays Womanspace,a discussion group devotedto i s sues concern ingwomen, meets 1 -3 at theGreat Neck Senior Center,80 Grace Avenue.TAX HELPWednesdays, March 23, 30f ree tax help for low andmiddle incomes at the BroadChannel library at 1.TAX HELPThursdays , March 24, 31AARP free individual incometax counsel ing for low- in -come older adults at 1 at theFresh Meadows library.STARSFridays, March 25, April 1at 10:30 at the Queens Vil-lage library. Senior TheaterActing Repertory meets.FREE LUNCHSaturday , March 26 a tChurch of the Resurrectionin Kew Gardens. 847-2649reservations.
QUEENS LIBRARIESMany b ranches o f theQueensborough Library of-fer toddler and pre-schoolprograms. Contact your lo-cal branch for dates.KIDS’ THEATERThrough Saturday, April 9LaMicro Children’s TheaterWorkshop at the Sunnysidelibrary.STORY TIMESaturdays, March 19, 26,April 2 at the Ridgewoodlibrary at 11.STORY TIMESaturday, March 19 at theFlushing library at 11.ART FOR TOTSSaturdays, March 19, April16, Sundays, February 27,March 27, April 10 Art forTots 2-4 at the Noguchi Mu-seum. 204-7088.CATERPILLAR STORYSaturday, March 19 VeryHungry Ca te rp i l l a r S to rytime at 11 at Barnes & Noble,176 -60 Un ion Tu rnp ike ,Fresh Meadows.TEEN TUTORINGSaturdays, March 19, 26 atthe Bayside library at 10.MATH HELPSaturdays at the Flushing li-brary at 10.SCIENCE LABSaturdays, March 19, 26,April 2 at the Central libraryat 11.CHESS CLUBSaturdays at the Flushing
library at 2.STORY TIMESSaturdays at 11 and Tues-days at 10:30 weekly storytimes at 7 at Barnes & Noble,176 -60 Un ion Tu rnp ike ,Fresh Meadows.ANIMAL HOMESSaturday, March 19 at AlleyPond Environmental Center.229-4000 to register.ART FOR FAMILIESSunday, March 20 for fami-lies with children 5-11 at theNoguch i Museum. 204 -7088.KNIT & CROCHETMondays a t 4 a t theDouglaston/Li t t le Neck l i -b ra r y. B r ing need les andyarn.AFTERSCHOOL TIMEMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Arverne library at 3.CRAFT KIDSMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Flushing library at 3.HOMEWORK HELPMonday, March 21 wi thBOOST at the LIC library at3 .TEEN TUTORINGMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Bayside library at 3:30.CUDDLE-UP TIMEMondays , March 21 , 28Russ ian Cudd le -Up S to ryTime at the Forest Hil ls l i -brary at 3:30.CHESS CLUBMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Lefferts library at 6.
LIVE ANIMALSMonday, March 21 at theCorona library. Register.PERFECT PETMonday, March 21 at 3 atthe Corona library and 4:30at the Jackson Heights l i -brary. Meet and learn aboutsome unusual pets.PLAY-DOH PARTYMonday, March 21 for thosein K-3 at the Fresh Meadowslibrary at 3:30.CIRCLE OF FRIENDSTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Glen Oaks library at 11.HOMEWORK HELPTuesday, March 22 wi thBOOST at the LIC library at3 .BOOK BUDDIESTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Hillcrest library at 3:30.DUNGEONS & DRAGONSTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Baisley Park library. Reg-ister.NUTRITION WORKSHOPTuesday, March 22 at theRidgewood library. Register.BOOST WOMENTuesday, March 22 BOOSTWomen’ s H i s to ry Monthprogram at the McGoldricklibrary at 5.CHESSWednesdays at the QueensVillage library at 3:30.CRAFTSWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Steinway library at 11.First come, first served.
SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 13348/10 FI-NANCIAL FREEDOM ACQUI-SITIONS LLC Plaintiff , vs.UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THEESTATE OF EDNA SNYDERA/K/A EDNA WHIDEMAN,ET, AL., Defendant(s). MORT-GAGED PREMISES: 10036197TH STREET HOLLIS, NY11423 SBL #: BLOCK 10863LOT 24 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: Youare hereby summoned toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the Com-plaint is not served with thisSummons, to serve a noticeo f appearance , on thePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the serviceof this Summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons isnot personally delivered toyou within the State of NewYork). In case of your failureto appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken againstyou by default for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.The Attorney for Plaintiff hasan office for business in theCounty of Erie. Trial to beheld in the County of Queens.The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location ofthe Mortgaged Premises .
Dated this 3rd day of March,2011 , TO: UNKNOWNHEIRS OF THE ESTATE OFEDNA SNYDER A/K/A EDNAWHIDEMAN, Defendant(s)In this Action. The foregoingSummons is served upon youby publication, pursuant toan order of HON. MARGUER-ITE A. GRAYS, ESQ., of theSupreme Court of the Stateof New York, dated the 15thday of February, 2011 andfiled with the Complaint inthe Office of the QueensCounty Clerk, in the City ofJamaica. The object of thisaction is to foreclose a mort-gage upon the premises de-scribed below, executed byEDNA SNYDER A/K/A EDNAWHIDEMAN (who died No-vember 12, 2008 a residentof the County of Queens andState of New York) dated the15th day of January, 2004, tosecure the sum o f$435,478.50, and recordeda t In s t rument No .2004000453598 in the Of-fice of the City Register ofthe City of New York, on the22nd day of July, 2004; whichmortgage was duly assignedby assignment dated the 29thday of September, 2009, andrecorded on the 19th day ofOctober, 2009, in the Officeof the City Register of theCity of New York at Instru-ment No. 2009000340306;which mortgage was furtherassigned by assignment datedthe 19th day of May, 2010,and sent for recording in the
Office of the City Register ofthe City of New York; Theproperty in question is de-scribed as follows: 10036197TH STREET, HOLLIS, NY11423 SEE FOLLOWING DE-SCRIPTION Block 10863 andLot 24 ALL that certain plot,piece or parcel of land, withthe buildings and improve-ments thereon erected, situ-ate, lying and being in theBorough and County o fQueens, City and State ofNew York, shown and desig-nated as Lot Nos. 100, 101and Parcel “G” on Map ofHollis Estates entitled “Mapof Hollis Terrace, AdditionNo. 1, belonging to the par-ticipating Realty Corporationin the 4th Ward, Borough ofQueens, City and State ofNew York, surveyed by JohnMiddleton, C.E. & C.S.” andfiled in the Office of the Clerkof Queens county on May21, 1907 as Map No. 1163,which said lots according tosaid map, are more particu-larly described as follows: BE-GINNING at a point on theWes te r l y s ide o f 197 thS t ree t , ( fo rmer l y F i shk i l lStreet) distant 220 feet North-erly from the corner formedby the intersection of theNortherly side of 104th Av-enue (formerly Beaufort Av-enue) with the Westerly sideof 197th Street; RUNNINGTHENCE Westerly and paral-lel with 104th Avenue, 100feet; THENCE Northerly par-allel with 197th Street, 52
feet; THENCE Easterly on aline forming an interior plotangle of 81 degrees 43 min-utes 05 seconds with the pre-ceding course, 101.05 feetto a point on the Westerlyside of 197th Street, distant37.44 feet Northerly fromthe po in t o f beg inn ing ;THENCE Southerly along theWes te r l y s ide o f 197 thStreet, 37.44 feet to the pointor place of BEGINNING. Pre-mises known as 10036 197thStreet , Hol l is , New York.DATED: March 3 , 2011S teven J . Baum, P .C . ,Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s),220 Northpointe ParkwaySuite G, Amherst, NY 14228,The law firm of Steven J.Baum, P.C. and the attorneyswhom it employs are debtcollectors who are attempt-ing to collect a debt. Anyin fo rmat ion obta ined bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of 168-04 L IBERTY AVENUELAUNDROMAT, LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with Secy. ofState of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/10. Office location: QueensCounty. Princ. office of LLC:95-25 Queens Blvd., 10th Fl.,Rego Park, NY 11374. SSNYdesignated as agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail process to c/o LaundryCapital Co., LLC at the princ.office of the LLC. Purpose:Any lawful activity._____________________________________SB HOMES LLC, a domesticLimited Liabil ity Company(LLC), filed with the Sec ofState of NY on 1/27/11. NYOf f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY is designatedas agent upon whom processaga ins t the LLC may beserved. SSNY shall mail acopy of any process againstthe LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 108-50 172nd
St., Jamaica, NY 11433. Gen-eral Purposes._____________________________________Notice of Formation MJ Op-tometry, PLLC art. of org.filed Secy. of State NY (SSNY)11/29/10 . Of f . Loc . i nQueens Co. SSNY designatedas agent of LLC upon whomprocess may be served. SSNYshall mail copy of process to:Martin S. Kim, 79-04 37th
Ave., Jackson Hts, NY 11372.Purpose: Any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________Not i ce o f Fo rmat ion o fLOGIC DATA INFORMA-TION, LLC, a limited liabilitycompany. Articles of Organi-zation was filed with the Sec-retary of State of New York(SSNY) on 01/18/2011. Of-f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent of the LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any processagainst the LLC to: 84-15124th Street, Apt. 2, KewGardens, NY 11415. Pur-pose: any lawful act or activ-i ty.________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation Wu Glo-bal Opportunities, LLC art.of org. filed Secy. of State NY(SSNY) 9/29/10. Off. Loc. inQueens Co. SSNY designatedas agent of LLC upon whomprocess may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to:41-50 Main St, Ste 209, Flush-ing, NY 11355. Purpose: Anylawful purpose.________________________________________________________________Notice is hereby given thatLicense Number 1251564for On Premises Retail Li-quor License has been ap-p l i ed fo r by T I ERRASCENTROAMERICANAS RES-TAURANT CORP. Locatedat : 87-52 168 Street , Ja -maica, NY 11432. For thesale of beer & liquor at retailp r ice .________________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF Thai Rock LLC (In-sert name of Limited LiabilityCompany) Under Sect ion203 of the Limited LiabilityCompany Law FIRST: Thename of the limited liabilitycompany is; Thai Rock LLCSECOND: The county, withinthis state, in which the officeof the limited liability com-pany is to be located is:Queens THIRD: The Secre-tary of State is designated asagent of the limited liabilitycompany upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.The address within or with-out this state to which theSecretary of State shall mail acopy of any process againstthe limited liability companyserved upon him or her is:Robert M. Kaskel 101-02Shore Front Parkway 1st FloorRockaway Park, NY 11694USA (Scott Weddle, Mgr ofEZonlineFiling (signature oforganizer) Scott Weddle,Mgr of EzonlineFiling (printor type name of organizer)________________________________________________________________Name: 3-D KIDS, LLC Art. OfOrg. Filed Sec. Of State ofNY 01/12/2011. Off. Loc.:Queens Co. SSNY designatedas agent upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY to mail copy of processto THE LLC, C/O Eric A.L i ch tens te in , M.D . , 192Union Turnpike, Fresh Mead-ows, NY 11366. Purpose: Anylawful act or activity._______________________________________________________________NAME: INTER IORS BYFRANCESCA LLC Art . OfOrg. Filed Sec. Of State ofNY 01/03/2011. Off. Loc.:Queens Co. SSNY designatedas agent upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY to mail copy of processto THE LLC, C/O FrancesHer re ra , 9945 67th Rd . ,#520, Forest Hills, NY 11375.Purpose: Any lawful act oractivity._______________________________________________________________Mishi2x Designs LLC. Arts.of Org. filed with Secy. ofState of NY (SSNY) on 2/10/11. Ofc in Queens Cty. SSNYdes ignated agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail process to C/O UnitedStates corporation agents,Inc, 7014 13th Ave Ste 202,Bklyn, NY 11228. Purpose:General .________________________________________________________________Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by the CivilCourt, Queens County on 3/3/11, bearing Index NumberNC-000204-11/QU, a copyof which may be examined atthe Office of the Clerk, lo-cated at 89-17 Sutphin Boule-vard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me the right to: As-
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sume the name of (First) Chris-tina (Middle) Vinutha Sun-der (Last) Raj My presentname i s (F i r s t ) Chr i s t ina(Midd le ) V inu tha ( Las t )Sunder ra j aka Chr i s t i naSunderraj My present ad-dress is 53-11 254th Street,Little Neck, NY 11362 Myplace of birth is Queens, NYMy date of birth is November20, 1983_______________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-T ION OF K immy MaArtStudio LLC Under Section204 of the Limited LiabilityCompany Law FIRST. Thename of the limited liabilitycompany i s K immy MaArtStudio LLC SECOND. Thecounty within this state inwhich the l imited l iabil itycompany is to be located isQueens. THIRD. The secre-tary of state is designated asagent of the limited liabilitycompany upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.The address within or with-out this state to which theSecretary of State shall mail acopy of any process acceptedon behalf of the limited liabil-ity company served upon himor her is: c/o United StatesCorporat ion Agents , Inc. ,7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202,B rook lyn , NY 11228 .FOURTH: The name andstreet address in this state ofthe registered agent uponwhom and at which processagainst the limited liabilitycompany may be served is:United State Corporat ionAgents, Inc., 7014 13th Av-enue, Suite 202, Brooklyn,NY 11228.________________________________________________________________
Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by the CivilCourt, Queens County onthe 7th day of March, 2011bearing Index Number NC-241/11, a copy of which maybe examined at the Office ofthe Clerk located at 89-17Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,NY, in room 357, grants methe right to assume the nameof Chereé (First) Antoinette(Middle) Buggs (Last), mypresen t name i s ChreeAnto ine t te Buggs a . k . a .Chereé Antoinette Buggs; myplace of birth is Queens, NewYork; my date of birth is Feb-ruary 22, 1963.________________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: 18-32 LLC. Ar-ticles of Organization werefiled with the Secretary ofState of New York (SSNY) on02/08/11. Office location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agent ofthe LLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofprocess to the LLC, 18-32127th Street, College Point,New York 11356-2334. Pur-pose: For any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________
Slimarous World Music LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/27/11. Ofc in Queens Cty.SSNY designated agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to138-30 233 St, Rosedale, NY11422. Purpose: General.
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SINGLES SOCIAL & DANCESundays, March 27, April10, June 12 singles socialand dance from 2-6. $10.Over 45. Rego Park JewishCenter, 97-30 Queens Blvd.,Rego Park. 459-1000.
SLOW DANCEMarch 18-27 new Americanmusical Slow Dance will beperformed at Queens The-atre in the Park. 760-0064.ALL SHOOK UPSunday, March 27 featuresElvis songs at Queensbor-ough Communit y Col lege.631-6311.IN ARABIAMay 6-13 “In Arabia We’dAl l Be Kings” by StephenAdly Guirgis at Queensbor-ough Communit y Col lege.631-6284. $10, seniors $4,faculty and students $3.KILLING KOMPANYThe Ki l l ing Company per -forms mystery dinner shows.1-888-SHOOT-EM.
YOUTH
FAMILY COLORINGWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Queensboro Hil l l i -brary at 11:15.HOMEWORK HELPWednesday, March 23 withBOOST at the LIC library at3 .CHESS & CHECKERSWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Woodside library at 3.FUN READINGWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Bay Terrace library at3:30.CROCHETINGWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Bayside library. Regis-ter .CHESS CLUBWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Ridgewood library at4 .FAMILY STORYTIMEWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Queensboro Hil l l i -brary at 11.STORY TIMEWednesday, March 23 atthe East E lmhurst l ib rary.Register .BABY CRAWLWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Forest Hills library at1:30.NECKLACEWednesday, March 23 Na-t i ve Amer i can Neck laceworkshop at the Fresh Mead-ows library. Register.WAND CRAFTWednesday, March 23 Rain-
bow Wand Craft at the EastFlushing library. Register.DISCOVER SCIENCEThursdays , March 24, 31wi th BOOST a t theMcGoldrick library at 5.HOMEWORK HELPThursday, March 24 withBOOST at the LIC library at3 .ARTS & CRAFTSThursday, March 24 at theAuburndale library at 4.AFTERSCHOOL TIMEThursdays, March 24, 31 atthe Arverne library at 3.SPRING CRAFTThursday, March 24 at thePomonok library at 3:30.BOOK TALKThursday, March 24 at thePoppenhusen library at 3:30.CHESS CLUBFridays at the Poppenhusenlibrary at 3:30.GAME DAYFr idays a t 3 :30 a t theQueens Village library.GAME PLAYERS CLUBFridays at the Hillcrest libraryat 4.GAME TIMEFridays at the Windsor Parklibrary at 4.CHESS CLUBFridays at the Douglaston/Little Neck library. Register.ACTIVITY TIMEFridays at the Briarwood li-brary at 3:30.RAISING READERSFriday, March 25 at the Pen-
insula library at 10:30.WII SPORTSFriday, March 25 a t theMaspeth library at 3:30.
Queens Today
EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS
INTRO FACEBOOKSaturday, March 19 at theLIC library at 10.FLOWER ARRANGE.Saturday, March 19 Cel -ebrate spring with a flowerarrangement demonstrationat the Bayside library at 2:30.PUBLIC SPEAKINGSaturdays, March 19, April2, 16, 30 learn to communi-cate effectively at ElmhurstHospital. 646-436-7940.BECOME A CITIZENSaturdays, March 19, 26 atthe LIC library.CRAFT CLASSESSaturdays 11 -3 at Mar iaRose International Doll Mu-seum in S t . A lbans . 276 -3454.SCRABBLE CLUBSaturdays at 10 at CountBasie Jr. HS, 132nd Street andGuy R. Brewer Blvd. 886-5236.PET OWNERSSundays (not on holidays)from 1-4 free workshops onpet behavior at CrocheronPark in Bays ide (weatherpermitting). 454-5800.KNIT & CROCHETMondays at the Douglaston/Little Neck library at 4.DRAWING CLASSMondays at the National ArtLeague in Douglaston. 361-0628.ADULT CHESSMondays and Thursdays atthe Queens Village library at5:30.BEGIN ENGLISHMondays and Wednesdaysf r ee Beg inner s Eng l i shC las ses 10 -11 :30 a t thePomonok Senior Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.591-3377.BALLROOM DANCEMondays, March 21, 28 Ball-room Danc ing w i th J i ngChen at the Forest Hills li -brary at 6:30.POETRY WRITINGMonday, March 21 poetrywr i t ing workshops a t theWoodhaven l ibrar y. Regis -ter .COMPUTER EMAILMonday, March 21 Com-puter Class Email at the FreshMeadows library. First come,first served at 10:30.FIND A JOBMonday, March 21 How toSearch the Internet to Finda Job at the Central library at6:30.ENGLISH CONVERSATIONMondays, March 21, 28 atthe LeF rak Ci t y l ibrary at10:30.CHESS CLUBMondays, March 21, 28 atthe Lefferts library at 6.BASIC COMPUTERTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Astoria, LIC and Glen-dale libraries. Register.INTRO EXCELMonday, March 21 Intro-duc t ion to Exce l a t theMaspeth library at 6.COMPUTER CLASSTuesdays at the Sunnysidelibrary. Register.KNIT & CROCHETTuesdays at the WindsorPark library at 2.SCRABBLE CLUBTuesdays at the East Flush-ing library at 3:30.COMPUTER CLASSTuesdays, March 22, 29 at
the Arverne library at 10.INTRO COMPUTERSTuesdays, March 22, 29 atthe Peninsula library. Regis-ter .MICROSOFT WORDTuesday, March 22 at theMcGoldrick library. Register.COMPUTER BASICSTuesday, March 22 at theQueens Village library. Reg-ister.ADVANCED COMPUTERTuesday, March 22 at theSteinway library. Register.TAX PREPTuesday and Thursday,March 22, 24 Self-GuidedTax P repa ra t ion a t t heSteinway library. Register.COMPUTER TIPSTuesday, March 22 Tips andTricks of Using Computersat the Maspeth library at 1.MEDITATIONTuesday, March 22 Medita-t ion fo r Body , Mind andSpirit at 2 at the Belleroselibrary. Thursday, March 24at the Steinway library at 6.GET YOUR YARNS OUT!Tuesdays after evening Min-yan at 8, knitters, crochet-ers, needlepointers, and oth-ers meet at the Forest HillsJewish Center . 263-7000,ext. 200.DUPLICATE BRIDGEWednesdays 10:30-3:00 atthe Reform Temple of For-est Hi l l s . $12 sess ion, in -cludes light lunch. 261-2900.WATERCOLOR CLASSWednesdays at 9:30 at NAL.Tradit ional and contempo-rary, all levels. 969-1128.INDOOR SOCCER – DADSWednesday evenings at theForest Hills Jewish Center.263-7000.SCRABBLEWednesdays, March 23, 30at the Forest Hills library at2 .INTRO EMAILWednesday, March 23 atthe Central library. Register.EMAIL BASICSWednesday, March 23 atthe Windsor Park l ibrary.Register .QUILTING CLASSESThursdays 10-2 at the MariaRose Dol l Museum in S t .Albans. 276-3454 or 917-817-8653 to register.CHESS CLUBThursdays at the East Flush-ing library. Register.COMPUTER CLASSThursdays at the Queens-boro Hill library. Register.KNIT & CROCHETThursdays a t the F reshMeadows library at 6.SKETCHINGThursday, March 24 TheEssentials of Sketch at theFlushing library at 7.WRITERS’ WORKSHOPThursday, March 24 at theBayside library. Register.COMPUTER CLASSFriday, March 25 a t theMiddle Village library. Reg-ister.KNITTING CLUBFridays at the Maspeth li-brary at 10.KNIT & CROCHETFridays at the Fresh Mead-ows library at 10:30.ESL CLUBFriday, March 25 a t theLefrak City library at 10:30.SCRABBLE
Fridays Bananagrams andScrabble at the Windsor Parklibrary at 2:30.GAME DAYFridays, March 25, April 1chess, checkers and otherboard games at 2:30 at theBay Terrace library.CHESS CLUBFr iday , March 25 a t theAuburndale library at 3:30.DEFENSIVE DRIVINGSaturday, March 26 at theKnights of Columbus in Val-ley Stream. 341-0452.INTERVIEW PREPSaturday, March 26 Inter-view Preparation Workshopfor Adults at 3 at the Broad-way library.FM POETSSaturday, March 26 FreshMeadows Poets meet to dis-cuss and critique their workat 10 at the Forest Hills li-brary.
HEALTH
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS7 days a week. 962-6244.TAKE CONTROLSaturday, March 19 TakeControl of your Health at thePeninsula Hospital Rehabili-tation Center in the Medita-t ion room, 51 -15 BeachChanne l Dr i ve , Fa rRockaway.ZUMBASaturday, March 19 at theLangs ton Hughes l ib ra r y.Register .CHAIR YOGAMonday, March 21 at theRosedale library. Register.ZUMBAMondays, March 21, 28 atthe St. Albans library. Regis-ter .ASK THE DOCTORMonday, March 21 at theLIC library at 6.CHAIR YOGATuesday, March 22 Wood-haven library. Register.CHAIR YOGATuesday, March 22 RegoPark library. Register.ALZHEIMERSTuesday, March 22Caregiver Support Group inForest Hills. 592-5757, ext.237.LOSE WEIGHTTuesday, March 22 Maxi-mize Your Metabol i sm toLose Weigh t a t 2 a t theHillcrest library.FIBROMYALGIATuesday, March 22 at theFresh Meadows library at 3.ZUMBAWednesday , March 23Zumba Class at the Flushinglibrary. Register.OAThursdays a t the HowardBeach library at 10:30.ZUMBAThursday, March 24 at theCorona library. Register.HATHA YOGAThursdays, March 24, 31 atthe Queensboro Hill libraryat 6 . Br ing mat and wearcomfortable clothing.CHAIR YOGAThursday , March 24Howard Beach library. Reg-ister.ZUMBAFr iday , March 25 a t theAstoria library. Register.
MEET THE COMPOSERSaturday , March 19 a tQueens Co l lege . Fo r thefamily. 793-8080.HAITIANSaturday, March 19 Haitianauthor talk followed by mu-sic and dance at 2 at theCentral library.AFRO-PERUVIAN JAZZSaturday, March 19 at theFlushing library at 2.ART IN NYSaturday, March 19 Art inNY: From Jackson Pollock toAndy Warhol and Beyond atthe Forest Hi l l s l ibrary at2:30.FOLK & PROTESTSaturday, March 19 SongsThat Moved a Generation:Folk and Protest Songs of the1960s at the Peninsula l i -brary at 2:30.OPEN MICSunday, March 20 at theCentral library at 2.UKRAINIAN DANCESunday, March 20 Voloshkyperforms at 3 at Queens-bor-ough Communit y Col lege.631-6311.JEWISH CONCERTMonday, March 21 Interna-tional Resource Center pre-sents Music and Voices ofthe Mu l t i cu l tu ra l J ew i shCommunit y at the Flushinglibrary at 6.IRISH MUSICMonday, March 21 Irish Tra-ditional Music with fiddlerBernadette Fee and vocalistMary Cour tney a t theSunnyside library at 6.MOVIE & TALKMondays the F r iends o fPomonok present a movieand discussion. Bring lunch.1 at the Pomonok library.BINGOTuesdays at 7:15 at Ameri-can Martyrs Church, churchbasement , 216 -01 Un ionTurnp ike , Bays ide . 464 -4582. Tuesdays at 7:15(doors open 6) at the RegoPark Jewish Center, 97-30Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3admis s ion inc ludes 12games.CHAMBER MUSICTuesday, March 22 Musicof Beethoven, Dvorak andFaure. Tuesday, Apri l 12Jazz from Queens College.Friday, April 22 Windscape.Tuesday, Apr i l 26 Lu c yShelton and Friends. Friday,May 6 C la remont Tr io .LeF rak Concer t Ha l l a tQueens College at 10. Freepark ing . $95 ser ies . 997 -3802.CZESLAW MILOSZTuesday, March 22 Centen-nial Celebration of the Workof Czeslaw Milosz at 7 in theMusic Bui lding at QueensCollege. $20. 793-8080.BLUESThursday, March 24 EddieLee Isaacs and the Rockin’S ide o f the B lues a t theWhitestone library at 2.SONGS OF THE 60SThursday, March 24 Songso f the S i x t i e s a t theMcGoldrick library at 2:30.OPEN MICThursday, March 24 at theEast Elmhurst library at 6.LIVE JAZZFridays through December13 at 180-25 Linden Blvd..,S t . A lbans . 347-262-1169
ticket information.ABBAMANIASaturday , March 26 a tQueensborough Commu-nity College. 631-6311.DOO-WOPSaturday, March 26 annualfundraising Doo Wop con-cert at Beach Channel HS.755-6262.RUSSIAN FESTIVALSaturday, March 26 at theFlushing l ibrary start ing atnoon.WOMEN’S HISTORYSaturday, March 26 ce l -ebrating Women’s HistoryMonth with New Voices inF i c t ion a t the Langs tonHughes library at 1.SYMPHONY 101Saturday, March 26 at 1 atthe Lefferts library and at 3at the Bayside library.MERCERSaturday, March 26 tributeto Johnny Mercer at the For-est Hills library at 2.ART IN EUROPE
Saturday, March 26 Pro-vocative Fin de Siecle: Artin Europe at the End of the19 th Century at the FreshMeadows library at 3.LATIN/AFRO-CARIBBEANSaturday, March 26 at theLangston Hughes library at3:30.PET THEATRESunday, March 27 GregoryPopovich Comedy Pet The-atre at Queens College. 793-8080.KAROAKESunday, March 27 at theCommunity House in ForestHills. 279-3006 for ticket in-formation. Fundraiser for theOratorio Society of Queens.RAGTIMESunday, March 27 ParagonRagtime Orchestra at Flush-ing Town Hall. 894-2178.STAMP SHOWSunday, March 27 at theRamada Inn, 220-33 North-ern Blvd., Bayside. Free. 10-4:30.
MEETINGS
BELLA ITALIA MIASundays, March 20, April 10Bella Italia Mia will meet.457-4816.P-FLAGSunday, March 20 PFLAG,a support group for parents,families and friends of lesbi-ans and gays, meet in ForestHills. 271-6663.MENS CLUB SOCCERTuesday evenings at the For-est Hills Jewish Center. 263-7000.FH VACWednesdays , March 23 ,April 27 Forest Hills Volun-teer Ambulance Corp meets.793-2055.ST. ALBANS CIVICSunday, March 27 St. AlbansCivic Improvement Associa-t ion meet s a t S t . A lbansLu the ran Church , 200 th
Street and 199th Avenue inthe undercroft at 1:30.JEWISH VETSSunday, March 27 JewishWar Veterans of the USALipsky/Blum Post meet at theGarden Jewish Center. 463-4742.
FLEA MARKETS
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SPRING TREASURESaturday, March 19 9:30-3:30 and Sunday, March 2011:30-3:30 bake and booksale, used clothing, more atChurch of the Resurrection,85 -09 118 th S t ree t , R i ch -mond Hill.FLEA MARKETSunday, March 20 9-4 fleamarket and e thn ic Po l i shbake sale at St. Josaphat, 35th
Avenue and 210th S t ree t ,Bayside.SPRING BOOK SALESunday, March 27 9-3 at theBe l l e rose Jew i sh Cente r .Books, records, DVDs andmore. 254-04 Union Turn-pike, Floral Park.
REFORM TEMPLEFriday, March 18 “HealingPsalms” author will be theguest speaker at the 8pmShabbat service. Sunday,March 20 Purim Celebrationwith “Megillah Mia,” a sing-a-long at 10. Reform Templeof Forest Hills, 71-11 112th
Street. 261-2900.REGO PARK JCSaturday, March 19 ce l -ebrate Purim at 8. Sunday,March 27 l i gh t b runch ,make collage art, appreciatepoetry and join in singingYiddish songs. $5. 11:30am.Rego Park Jewish Center ,97 -30 Queens B lvd . 459 -1000.HILLCRESTSaturday, March 19 PurimCelebration 7:30. Sunday,March 20 Minyan 8:30 fol-lowed by Megillah readingat 9:15. Hillcrest Jewish Cen-
ter, 183-02 Union Turnpike,Flushing. 380-4145.FOREST HILLSSunday, March 20 7 th An-nua l Pur im Carn iva l a f terMegillah reading noon-2:30.Come in your favorite cos-tume! Fores t Hi l l s JewishCenter. 263-7000, ext. 200.BAYSIDE JCSunday, March 20 Purim on32nd Avenue with a hot buf-fet dinner and music at theBayside Jewish Center. $22.352-7900.BELLEROSE JCSunday, March 20 PurimCarnival following the 10amreading . Be l le rose JewishCenter, 254-04 Union Turn-pike, Floral Park. 343-9001.PURIM PARTYTuesday, March 22 Park HillsHadassah Chapter will holda Hadassah Purim Party atthe Rego Park Jewish Cen-ter. 275-0636.LUTHERAN REDEEMERWednesdays, March 23, 30Midweek Lenten Service at7:30. Lutheran Church of theRedeemer, 157-16 65th Av-enue, Flushing. 358-2744.JEWISH MEDITATIONThursdays, March 24, April7 at the Hi l lcrest JewishCenter. $10 suggested do-nation. 380-4145. 7:30.
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SUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF QUEENS IndexNo. 2776/2011 Filed withQueens County Clerk on Feb-ruary 4, 2011. Plaintiff desig-nates Queens County as theplace of trial. The basis of thevenue is the residence of theplaintiff. SUMMONS Plain-t i f f resides at: 61-10 218Street, 1 FL Oakland Gar-dens, Queens County NewYork 11364 JENNIFER YOON,Plaintiff, -against- UNCHULKO a/k/a KO UN CHUL De-fendant. ACTION FOR A DI-VORCE To the above namedDefendant: You are herebysummoned to service a no-tice of appearance on thePlaintiff’s Attorneys within 20days after the service of thissummons, exclusive of theday of service (or within 30days after the service is com-plete if this summons is notpersonally delivered to youwithin the State of New York);and in case of your failure toappear, judgment wi l l betaken against you by defaultfor the relief demanded inthe notice set forth below.Dated: New York City, NewYork January 25, 2011 SHIM& GHIM, LLC by: Young KonNah Attorneys for Plaintiff1261 Broadway, Suite 201New York, New York 10001Telephone (212) 532-1004Notice Under DRL Section255: The Defendant is ad-vised that he may no longerbe covered by the Plaintiff’shealth insurance plan once ajudgment o f d i vo rce i ss igned.________________________________________________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO. : 27268/09METLIFE HOME LOANS, ADIV IS ION OF METL IFEBANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.(s).MD MAMTAZUDDINMAJUMDER A/K/A MDUDDIN, ET , AL . MORT -GAGED PREMISES: 189-32113TH ROAD SAINTALBANS, NY 11412 SBL #:45-10431-6, FORMELY PARTOF 19 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: Youare hereby summoned toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the Com-plaint is not served with thisSummons, to serve a noticeo f appearance , on thePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the serviceof this Summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons isnot personally delivered toyou within the State of NewYork). In case of your failureto appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken againstyou by default for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.The Attorney for Plaintiff hasan office for business in theCounty of Erie. Trial to beheld in the County of Queens.The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location ofthe Mortgaged Premises .Dated this 7th day of March,2011 , TO: MDM A M T A Z U D D I NMAJUMDER A/K/A MD
UDDIN, Defendant(s) In thisAction. The foregoing Sum-mons is served upon you bypublication, pursuant to anorder of HON. DAVID ELLIOTof the Supreme Court of theState of New York, dated the16th day of February, 2011and filed with the Complaintin the Office of the QueensCounty Clerk, in the City ofJamaica. The object of thisaction is to foreclose a mort-gage upon the premises de-scribed below, executed byMD MAMTAZUDDINMAJUMDER A/K/A MDUDDIN dated the 3rd day ofSeptember, 2008, to securethe sum of $454,500.00, andrecorded at Instrument No.2009000287199 Office ofthe City Register of the Cityof New York, on the 4thdayof September, 2009; whichmortgage was duly assignedby ass ignment dated the28thday of September, 2009,and sent for Office of theCity Register of the City ofNew York; The property inquestion is described as fol-lows: 189-32 113TH ROAD,SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIP-TION ALL that certain plot,piece or parcel of land withthe buildings and improve-ments thereon erected, situ-ate, lying and being in theBorough and County o fQueens, City and State ofNew York, bounded and de-scribed as follows: BEGIN-NING at a point formed bythe intersection of the North-erly side of Murdock Avenueand the Eas ter ly s ide o f113thRoad at a radius of 46degrees 55 minutes 05 sec-onds; RUNNING THENCE inthe Northeasterly directionalong the Easterly side of113thRoad, 142.17 feet par-a l l e l w i th 113thRoad ;THENCE Easterly to the North-westerly side of MurdockAvenue, 81.25 feet; THENCENor the r l y , 20 .00 fee t ;THENCE Southwes te r l y ,81.25 feet to the Easterly sideo f113thRoad ; THENCESoutherly, 20.00 feet to thepoint or place of BEGINNING.MEANING AND INTENDINGTO DESCRIBE THAT PRE-MISES KNOWN AS BLOCK10431 NEW LOT 6. HELPFOR HOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OFINFORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agencies
and non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-format ion about poss ib leoptions, including trying towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)or v is i t the department’swebs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home.There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such servicesfor profit to enter into a con-tract which fully describesthe services they will per-fo rm and fees they w i l lcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you until they have com-pleted all such promised ser-vices. § 1303 NOTICENOTICE YOU ARE IN DAN-GER OF LOSING YOURHOME If you do not respondto this summons and com-plaint by serving a copy ofthe answer on the attorneyfor the mortgage companywho fi led this foreclosureproceeding against you andfiling the answer with thecourt, a default judgmentmay be entered and you canlose your home. Speak to anattorney or go to the courtwhere your case is pendingfor further information onhow to answer the summonsand protect your property.Sending a payment to yourmortgage company will notstop this foreclosure action.YOU MUST RESPOND BYSERVING A COPY OF THEANSWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF(MORTGAGE COMPANY)AND FILING THE ANSWERWITH THE COURT.DATED:March 7, 2011 Steven J .Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________Notice is hereby given thatan Order entered by the CivilCourt, Queens County on 3/9/11, bearing Index NumberNC-000120-11/QU, a copyof which may be examined atthe Office of the Clerk, lo-cated at 89-17 Sutphin Boule-vard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me the right to: As-sume the name of (First)E leesa (Last) Kissoon Mypresent name is (First) Lisa(Midd le ) H i rava t i ( Las t )K i s soon aka L i sa H . Mypresent address is 107-55118 th S t reet , South Rich -mond Hill, NY 11419 My placeof birth is Guyana My date ofbirth is June 03, 1994
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As this is Women’s HistoryMonth, the National Women’s Hallof Fame in Seneca Falls – the birth-place of Women’s Suffrage andthe fight for equal rights – hasnamed a handful of new inductees– and a Queens gal has made thelist.
The 11 women inducted includesuch luminaries as Coretta ScottKing and Donna Shalala, but alsojoining the list is Billie Holiday.The sultry yet troubled songstresswho lived in South Flushing diedmore than 50 years ago, but herinfluence is seen today amongsome of the best singers in pop,jazz and R&B.
Congratulations, again, LadyDay.
HummingDid someone make a wrong turn
at Kandahar?While driving to our office in
Whitestone last week, we encoun-tered a surprising neighbor driv-ing with us northbound on theVan Wyck Expressway near Flush-ing.
A Humvee, and not one of thecommercialized gas-guzzling ver-sions GM marketed to people whoneeded to feel like they were in-vading Iraq while going to Costco,drove alongside the Hondas andDodges on the busy expressway.The military vehicle caught oureye in our rear-view mirror north ofJewel Avenue. Reflexively, weslowed down and tuned in to the
Lady’s Day
Flushing gal Billie Holiday
It doesn’t happen often, but every now andthen a star from Queens suddenly bursts ontothe scene. That is the case of Nicki Minaj.
Born Onika Tanya Maraj to West Indianparents in Trinidad, Nicki grew up on the islandwhile her parents worked and lived in Queens.When she was 5, mom showed up andbrought her to Queens to get a good edu-cation.
Nicki went to MS 210 on 93rd Streetand 101st Avenue, where she playedthe clarinet. Shewas also a singerand wanted to act,so she tried out forthe LaGuardiaHigh School ofMusic and theArts. The day ofher vocal audition,her voice cracked, soshe had to settle for drama.
It was while in school thatNicki began formulating a vision of acareer in entertainment. In 2007, at the ageof 22, she released her first mix tape, quicklyknocked out two more and won the FemaleArtist of the Year award in 2008 from theUnderground Music Awards.
A contemporary of Westchester nativeLada Gaga, Minaj has a sexy look and ribaldlyrics that have drawn comparisons to thechameleon-like pop star.
With a string of awards from BET and aGrammy nomination, we expect to see more ofthis Queens gal as she makes her way into themusic players of a new generation of listeners.
City Gets DissedSalt-N-Pepa, the female hip-hop trio of Cheryl
“Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton (with DJDiedra “Spinderella” Roper on the wheels of steel),was one of the first female hip-hop acts to be seen asa force in the burgeoning scene in the late 1980s.
Having grown up in Western Queens and at-tended Grover Cleveland HS in Ridgewood, theladies made the big time with their breakthrough“Push It,” followed by a string of hits.
Though time played its tricks on the gals and theysplit for a while, they recently reunited for a “Hip-HopLegends Tour” featuring such fellow acts as KoolMoe Dee, Slick Rick, Rob Base, MC Lyte and more.
Taking their show on the road, they’ve beenplaying to packed crowds up and down the EastCoast. But there’s certainly one town missing – NewYork!
With our town considered the birthplace of hip-hop, and home to more of its legends than AncientGreece had gods, it’s shocking that these Queens
Salt-N-Pepa back in the day
women can only come as close to their hometown asNewark, Philadelphia or – yikes – Buffalo.
Hey Spinderella, bring that beat back home.
A Heavy LoadSlow down there, Madame.
Those tightie whities seem a justbit too snug.
After attempting to sneak 1,699$100 bills stitched in her undiespast customs agents at JFK Air-port, one Queens woman nowfaces up to 21 months in prison.
Before flying in from Khartoum,Sudan, Claire Abdeldaim stuffedthe sizeable sum she received fromselling her late husband’s prop-erty down below.
Her defense lawyer claimedAbdeldaim did not understand thecustoms declaration form and hadevery good intention of passingon the money to her children as aninheritance.
The drawers were made for
dollars
Abdeldaim is now free on$100,000 bail and is scheduled forsentencing on June 20.
It seems smuggling a bountifulbooty past airport security is notas easy you would think.
closest radio news station to see ifwe were at war.
The Humvee passed us on theleft; we caught a glimpse of thedriver, dressed in fatigues.
We managed to follow it until
we lost it as it headed east on theCross Island Parkway inWhitestone, surprising us as wehad always assumed Humveeswere considered commercial ve-hicles.
Apparently it’s hard to find a Hummer in Queens.
The Donald is at it again. Whether itis for sport or it is a decision based on anew marketing scheme, Queens nativeDonald Trump is giving mixed messagesabout his potential 2012 presidential bid.
The media hog dispatched a senioraide to Iowa, but Trump has seeminglynot left his penthouse in New York. Hehas had zero, zilch, nada campaign stopsand no one knows where he stands,other than in the Republican camp.
Can you imagine a Trump presidency? That comb over blowing inthe wind every time Air Force One lands? Can you imagine him tryingto fire Muammar Gaddafi as leader of Libya?
It makes us nervous just thinking about it. Please Donald, stick towhat you know. Open a restaurant, fire washed up celebrities that needa boost in their ailing careers or come home to your roots and save ouriconic bridge’s name.
