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Vol. 40, No. 49 Dec. 9-15, 2010
On this poll site form, ballot totals weren’t cal-culated, omitting entire Election Districts from the initial Nov. 2 tally.
A computerized process designed to make voting easier was prone to bad math and omissions on forms filled out by poll work-ers, leaving tens of thousands of ballots uncounted in Queens’ early returns. By Joseph Orovic…Page 22
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By JESSICA ABLAMSKYThe City Dept. of Education culled its list
of 12 possible closures in Queens down tofour – two large high schools, one middleschool and one elementary school.
If approved by the Panel for EducationalPolicy at public hearings next January andFebruary, Beach Channel High School, Ja-maica High School, IS 231 in SpringfieldGardens and PS 30 in Jamaica will not acceptnew students next year.
Both high schools would be replaced byschools co-located in the building that openedthis past fall.
Beach Channel would become theRockaway Park High School for Environ-mental Sustainability, while Jamaica wouldbe replaced by two schools: the Hillside Arts& Letters Academy, and the High School forCommunity Leadership.
During its illustrious 100-year history, thehalls of Jamaica High School has been filledwith many who found success after gradua-tion, including Councilman Mark Weprin(D-Oakland Gardens), who is “very discour-
Four Boro Schools To Be Phased Outaged” by the DOE’s decision.
“I don’t think it’s going to make a hill ofbeans of difference,” he said. “Even if I’mwrong and it makes a difference, it’s notgoing to be a hill.”
Echoing the words of UFT presidentMichael Mulgrew, Weprin said that the DOEshould fix schools, not close them.
“The miniscule results are not worth de-stroying the history of the City of New York,”Weprin said.
Neither high school is a stranger to clo-sure. A judge last year blocked the DOE fromclosing 19 schools in the city, including bothBeach Channel and Jamaica.
“Because of our lawsuit last year, thecourts stopped the DOE from illegally closing19 schools,” Mulgrew said. “The UFT, ourlawyers and the teachers in the closing schoolswill be closely monitoring the process thisyear. If we find any substantial violations ofthe statute that covers school closings, theDOE can expect to see us in court.”
The decision to pursue closure came afterweeks of conversation with school communi-
ties, and examining academic records, saidDeputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg.
“Year after year, even as we providedextra help and support, these schools simplyhave not gotten the job done for children,” hesaid. “These are tough decisions, but wecannot afford to let schools continue to failstudents when we know we can do better.We’re now hard at work creating new schoolsand improving our existing schools, so thesecommunities will have more high-qualitychoices next year that will serve studentsbetter than the schools we’re phasing out.”
IS 231 would be closed by June 2013 andreplaced by two unnamed schools. PS 30would be closed by June 2014 and be re-placed by an unnamed school or schools.
Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans)is not surprised that PS 30 is going down.
By SASHA AUSTRIEA School District 29 parent advocate who
used the “N Word” to refer to parents in aschool meeting earlier this year has beenfired and is appealing his dismissal.
Ron Barfield, the family district advocatefor District 29 in Jamaica, was recorded onMay 27 using the “N Word” in a number ofinstances at a parent association executiveboard meeting at PS 134. The meeting washeld to craft bylaws per the Chancellor JoelKlein’s regulations.
In the meeting, Barfield said the parentassociation should meet on Fridays because“niggers don’t like to come out on Fridays.”He closed the meeting with a reminder to theboard: “Keep the niggers out.”
Barfield held his post since October 2007and is one of 32 family district advocatesthroughout the City. A district familyadvocate’s responsibility is to assist parentsif they still have questions after consultingwith their parent coordinators or principals.
Felicia Galy, a former PA board member,who spoke against Barfield’s use of the “NWord,” said her initial reaction was “shock,”which turned into dismay when at a Nov. 18hearing Galy said three members of the cur-rent PA were in support of Barfield’s return.She alleged that Lennon Murray, District29’s superintendent, also supported Barfield.
As of press time, Murray and members ofthe PA did not return calls for comment.
William McDonald, a member of the
NAACP and Community Educational Coun-cil for District 29, said the appeal is part of theprocess, but that the DOE has no interest inBarfield.
“This is a pattern,” McDonald said ofBarfield’s behavior. He said Barfield hasbeen ousted from Districts 16, 17 and now29. McDonald said he has heard Barfield usethe “N Word” on previous occasions.
“He uses it as a term of endearment,”McDonald said. “It disenfranchises parents,”he said. “His job is to empower parents.”
Matthew Mittenthal, a DOE spokesman,said though Barfield was terminated, a suc-cessor will not be named until the arbitratormakes a decision at month’s end.
McDonald said he found it interesting thatthe DOE was “holding the job for him.” Hesaid the lack of a family district advocate is “ahuge problem.”
“The parents are disenfranchised,” hesaid. “The community is disenfranchised.That is a big loss for the community.”
Though the NAACP is taking a wait-and-see stance, McDonald said Barfield would notbe reinstated.
“Barfield will not be coming back to thedistrict under any circumstances,” he said.“And if they are dumb enough to send himback, that is like declaring war on the com-munity.”
“PS 30 deserves to be closed,” he said.“Their principal is horrible.”
Comrie is more concerned about findingalternatives to closure for IS 231 and his almamater, Jamaica High School.
Defending the DOE’s decision was Edu-cation Reform Now, an advocacy organiza-tion that supports the DOE’s decision.
“We can’t continue to ask parents to sendtheir children to schools where they won’tlearn basic skills or get a diploma,” saidExecutive Director Joe Williams. “Each ofthese schools should have been replaced yearsago. The DOE should move as quickly aspossible to create better options for familiesin these neighborhoods.”
Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 124.
By JOSEPH OROVICA slew of city and state agencies swept
through Willets Point on Dec. 8, doling outsummonses and all manner of violations,leaving the 62-acre Iron Triangle a veritableghost town by the time they left.
Witnesses said the NYPD rolled into thearea at about 8:30 a.m., with the Depart-ments of Buildings, Business Affairs, Hous-ing Preservation and Development, Environ-mental Conservation, FDNY, traffic copsand even the ASPCA in tow. Police cruiserscordoned off the hexagonal area between34th and 37th Avenues and 126th Street andWillets Point Boulevard.
The agencies systematically inspectedbusinesses' paperwork, snagging any own-ers with violations and towing away carswithout documents.
As of printing, the NYPD had no com-ment about the sweep.
Angered workers congregated on thecorners. According to Alexander Dominguez,who has worked in Willets Point's shops formore than two decades, the raid was anattempt by the City and its Economic Devel-opment Corp. to rattle business owners intomoving out.
Shop owner and member of the WilletsPoint Defense Committee Marco Neira saidthe inspections targeted holdout businessesnot willing to sell their property to the EDC.
EDC spokeswoman Julie Wood rebuffedthe accusations.
"That's not how the City does business,"she said.
Witnesses said a similar raid last yearclosed down a dozen shops. A walk through
the area revealed at least as manyshops were shuttered as a resultof the most recent raid.
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras(D-East Elmhurst) decried thesweep, agreeing with assertions ofshenanigans by the City.
"The action today smacks ofoverly aggressive harassmentaimed at shutting down businessesthat are already preparing to relo-cate," she said. "I therefore ques-tion the intent of this action anddemand to know if the arrests thatwere made match the reasons thatwere originally stated for the raid,or if those reasons were just ascreen for a general crackdownon business in the area."
By the time the police werefinishing up at 1:30 p.m., thestreets of the Iron Triangle werelargely barren. Gone were thehaggling men, encouraging youto take your car to their joint.Shops were shuttered. The usualdearth of dormant cars on streetsdwindled to a scarce supply.
Reach Reporter JosephOrov i c a [email protected] (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127.
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No OTB Rescue, Parlors Shut DownBy DOMENICK RAFTER
NYC OTB shut down for good at mid-night Tuesday night after the State Senatefailed to pass a bill rescuing the company thathas been in bankruptcy for a year.
The bill fell three votes short of the 32needed: 10 senators, five each on the Demo-crat and Republican sides, were absent fromthe vote, including Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) who is in China for a high-speedrail convention.
“A no vote on this bill lights the wick toa stick of dynamite that will blow up ourracing industry,” said Sen. Eric Adams, (D-Brooklyn), chairman of the chamber’s racingand wagering committee. “Today it’s NewYork City OTB, tomorrow it’s Nassau,Monticello and other regions.”
All 27 Democrats who were present votedfor the bill, including Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.(D-Howard Beach), who had expressed res-ervations about any rescue bill.
“We have to be very careful when we giveentities like OTB a blank check,” he said ata Community Board 10 meeting on Dec. 2.“I’m not prepared to make cuts to Medicareand cuts to youths and other services to bailout OTB.”
Two Republicans, outgoing Sen. FrankPadavan (R-Be l le rose ) and Sen. RoyMcDonald (R-Saratoga Springs) both votedfor the bill. The GOP had proposed a com-promise bill that would also allow any bailoutto spread evenly over all of the states’ OTBs.
The Assembly passed the rescue bill latelast week. Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), a supported of the bill, said hewas disappointed in the Senate vote andwarned OTB’s closure would prove costly toNew York State.
“The result of this vote will cost the statea tremendous amount of money in severance,unemployment insurance and other relatedcosts,” he said.
M i l l e r s a i d opponen t s hadmischaracterized the bill.
“This bill is not a bailout. It allows OTB toget out of bankruptcy, and satisfy their twomajor creditors – the New York Racing Asso-ciation and Yonkers Raceway. It would have
given OTB the opportunity to restructurewithout additional state money,” he said.
The closure leaves 900 people without ajob. At O’Neill’s in Maspeth, one of threerestaurant OTB locations in Queens, Maitre‘dJack McDonald said the restaurant wouldlose some business.
“It would hurt us [if OTB closed]” he said.“We get quite a bit of business from peoplewho come in here for the races.”
McDonald said O’Neill’s would be able toabsorb the blow it would take from closing itsin-house OTB parlor, but the employees whowork behind the restaurant’s OTB countermay not.
“These people are going to be out of a job,at a terrible time,” he said.
By BRIAN M. RAFFERTYMitch Kersch believes in “paying it for-
ward,” and he is putting his money where hismouth is.
Kersch, the owner of Major Homes, afourth-generation home improvement com-pany in Bayside, in operation since 1919, ispartnering with the Queens Tribune to awardone family in Queens their own version of“Extreme Makeover.”
The Queens Tribune ’s Major HomesMakeover will award one lucky winning fam-ily new windows, roofing or siding at abso-lutely no cost, courtesy of Major Homes. Thecontest is simple. Readers can submit them-selves or somebody they know into the con-test by writing a note and mailing or e-mailing it to the Queens Tribune by Dec. 23.The note should, in less than 250 words,explain the need and reason why the entrantdeserves the service.
Initial entries will be judged by MajorHomes and the Queens Tribune based onthe most compelling factors – economic need,
Tribune’s Major Homes Makeovera person who does good deeds for others andthe urgency of the improvement. From thefirst round, three finalists will be selected.The Queens Tribune will interview each ofthe finalists and print their stories, along withtheir entries, in the Jan. 6, 2011 edition ofthe Queens Tribune.
Readers will have an opportunity to votevia mail and e-mail to choose the winner.Voting will end on Jan. 26, 2011, and thewinner will be announced in our Feb. 3, 2011edition.
Jason and Mitch Kersch have been high-lighted on “Angie’s List,” a national homeimprovement watchdog for home improve-ment contractors, for their charitable work.“We will do the work for free, and there areabsolutely no gimmicks,” Mitch Kersch said.“We really do like to pay it forward.
In January 2010, thanks to notice in theQueens Tribune, Major Homes was able toaward the Brigante family of Queens a roomrenovation that transformed an unused,closed-off room into a play and dining area
for their family, including new oak floors andfresh walls.
This newspaper is proud to co-sponsorthe Queens Tribune ’ s Major HomesMakeover.
To learn more about Major Homes, visitthem on the Web at majorhomes.net or call(718) 229-5741.
Contest entries can be e-mailed [email protected] or sent via U.S.mail to Queens Tribune’s Major HomesMakeover, 150-50 14th Rd., Whitestone,NY, 11357. Entries must be reveived at theQueens Tribune by 5 p.m. Dec. 23, 2010.Entries received after the deadline cannot beconsidered.
Finalists agree to participate in a storyabout their need, including follow-up articlesand photos, as well as the use of their namesand likenesses in both print editions andonline.
Reach Editor Brian M. Rafferty [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 122.
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Proud To ServeTo The Editor:
It has been a profound honor toserve our community in the NYSAssembly for the last 14 years. Fromthe moment I was first elected in1996, I have fought to protect therights of my constituents. I havebeen especially focused on advocat-ing for senior citizens and in holdinginsurance companies accountable.
I never took my responsibility asyour voice in state government lightlyand I am proud of the dozens of billswhich I introduced that were signedinto law, as well as the thousands ofconstituents I have been able to helpwith issues such as in cutting throughred tape with city and state agenciesor with health insurance companiesthat denied them coverage.
I am also proud of the millions ofdollars in state funding that I havebeen able to steer toward our localhospitals, nursing homes, schools,libraries and senior centers in North-east Queens.
Though I have chosen to leavethe Assembly at the end of my cur-rent term in order to spend moretime with my family, including mytwo young children, I plan to re-main active in our community andto continue to advocate on behalf ofseniors in Northeast Queens. I willalso continue to conduct my annualgift drives.
I sincerely appreciate all of yoursupport for my record-breaking giftdrives the last 14 years. Withoutyour generous assistance, we wouldnot have been able to brighten the
holidays for so many hospitalizedwar veterans and children. I havepersonally witnessed the smiles thatyour donations have brought to thefaces of thousands of hospitalizedheroes as well as disabled and needychildren.
I would also like to congratulateAssemblyman-Elect Ed Braunstein.I have known Ed for many years andI am certain that he will do an out-standing job serving our district inthe Assembly.
Once again, thank you for yoursupport. It has been a pleasure toserve you. I look forward to seeingyou in the community. In the in-terim, I wish you and your family asafe and happy holiday season.
Ann-Margaret CarrozzaMember of Assembly
QPC AwardsTo The Editor:
The Queens Preservation Coun-cil (QPC), founded in 2003, is acoalition of people from historicalsocieties and neighborhood groupsthroughout Queens County whowork collectively to curb overdevel-opment and to advocate for thepreservation of historical buildingsand neighborhoods in our borough.
Recently, QPC presented twoaward plaques to worthy individu-als who have worked to make adifference in their neighborhoods.
The Stanley and Lee CoganFounders Award was presented tothe family of the late JosephHellmann, who had been activealong with other community mem-
be r s i n t he Doug l a s ton H i l llandmarking effort. His work servesas a role model for other communityadvocates also seeking this designa-tion in other neighborhoods. Mr.Hellmann was also active in theDouglaston and Little Neck Histori-cal Society.
His award is named in honor offormer Queens Borough Historianand activist Stanley Cogan. Mr.Cogan, together with his late wifeLee, were active for many years inneighborhood preservation efforts.
The Nancy Cataldi MemorialAward was presented to MarjorieFerrigno and her late husband, NickFerrigno, for their longtime civicand preservation work in the Broad-way- Flushing community. Mr. andMrs. Ferrigno, along with othercommunity leaders, have been tire-less advocates for the landmarkingof their community. It is hoped thatthe Landmarks Preservation Com-mission will soon reward these ef-forts with an Historic District desig-nation for Broadway-Flushing.
The Ferrignos’ award is namedin honor of the late Nancy Cataldi.Ms. Cataldi fought for many yearsfor landmark status for her Rich-mond Hill community. As an activemember of the Richmond Hill His-torical Society and a co-author of abook of historical photographs ofMaple Grove Cemetery, Ms. Cataldiwas well known city-wide for hercommitment and perseverance.
Henry Euler,Bayside
Immigrant VoteTo The Editor:
I am writing to encourage allQueens residents to support Intro410, a bill introduced by the CityCouncil’s Committee on Govern-mental Operations on Nov. 17,which would allow all documentedimmigrants to vote in New YorkCity’s municipal elections. We atQueens Community House see thislegislation as the right step towardfulfilling the promise of democracyin our city, and we hope that otherswill join us in urging the Council tobring to a vote and pass this bill.
Currently, over a million taxpay-ers in this city are barred fromchoosing who will stand up for himor her in government affairs. Inseveral City Council districts inQueens, the most ethnically diversecounty in the world, more than onein three of our neighbors cannotvote. Legally documented nonciti-zens, who pay income and salestaxes at the same rate as citizens,send their children to public schools,fight in our military, and contributeone fifth of the total New York StateGross Domestic Product, are ex-cluded from participating in the
democratic process.Up until 1926, when a wave of
anti-immigrant sentiment rackedour shores and some were displeasedwith the expansion of voting rightsto African Americans and women,noncitizens in many states had theright to vote in city, state, and evenfederal elections. And before theBoard of Education was dissolvedin 2002, all New York City resi-dents with children enjoyed the rightto vote for their community schoolboards for more than 40 years.
As the port of entry for so manyNew Yorkers, Queens should lead theway in fighting to restore the right tovote in municipal elections to docu-mented New York City residents.
This is why Queens CommunityHouse has joined the NY Coalitionto Expand Voting Rights to worktowards this goal which will pro-mote political incorporation.
We thank the Council memberswho have stepped up to the plate tosupport taxpaying residents whoare disenfranchised because of theircitizenship status: Daniel Dromm,Gale A. Brewer, Lewis A. Fidler,Helen D. Foster, Letitia James, BradS. Lander, Annabel Palma, YdanisA. Rodriguez, Deborah L. Rose andJumaane D. Williams. We hope oth-ers will join us in urging more of ourCouncil members to bring to a voteand pass Intro. 401. When all of ourneighbors are able to participate inmaking decisions that affect theirdaily lives, democracy will be betterserved, and everyone will benefit.
Irma E. Rodriguez,Executive Director
Queens Community House
ObstrublicansTo The Editor:
The midterm election has beencalled a referendum by the usual andexpec t ed de t r a c to r s , t heObstrublicans and indeed it was.However, it was not a referendumdirected at the Democratic policieswhich any middle class un-dupedAmerican should cheer. It was areferendum on Barack “Can’t we alljust get along” Obama.
He handled his position as thePresident of the United States as ifhe were a Law professor in aHarvard lecture hall speaking toopen minds thirsty for knowledgewith which, to benefit their futurelives rather than acknowledge thereality, that the vipers to whom hewas constantly “Reaching out” hishand, want no more than to severthat reaching hand at the shoulder.
He failed to realize that while heis going about the business of try-ing to improve the country, theopposing party, which has made anart form out of gutter politics, hadno such interest but rather bent
solely on the destruction of theObama presidency so as to onceagain place it in their control. Asthey so proudly stated, bring abouthis Waterloo, their primary goal isto make Obama a one term Presi-dent. Compromise or agree on noth-ing, even when voting on a bill theythemselves had put forth, Just sayno, period – and so on. For oncethey weren’t lying; they have doneand are doing exactly that.
The election results were a refer-endum on Obama’s naiveté, a testa-ment to the old adage, “nice guysfinish last,” especially in politics.
Nicholas Zizelis,Bayside
Keeping Status QuoTo The Editor:
There is more to “Close InsiderTerm Limit Loophole” (Henry Stern,Dec. 2). Term limits passed by voterreferendum this past November willnot necessarily impact future makeup of the New York City Council.The NYC Council Districting Com-mission will draw new Council dis-trict boundaries based upon the 2010Census. Their action could deter-mine future political survival of thecurrent Council members, many ofwhom came out of the local Demo-cratic political clubhouse. The com-mission will be composed of 15members. Mayor Michael Bloombergappoints seven, Democratic CouncilSpeaker Christine Quinn five andRepublican Minority Council leaderJames Oddo three.
Term limits without a fair reap-portionment may result in the localDemocrat Council member switch-ing seats with their State Assemblymember or State Senator. Queensterm limited NYC Council memberDavid Weprin was crushed comingin dead last in a four way Demo-cratic primary for Comptroller in2009. He subsequently passed onhis former NYC Council seat tobrother Mark. State Assembly mem-ber Mark Weprin returned the favorpassing on his vacated State Assem-bly as a consultation prize to brotherDavid in early 2010. The prize canalso go to their chief of staff, relativeor member of their local Demo-cratic Party clubhouse assuming theseat. This continues assuring thestatus quo in City Hall.
Larry Penner,Great Neck
Jamaica High School has joined a list with Beach ChannelHigh, an elementary and middle school in Queens that willbe “closed” by the Dept. of Education, pending the outcomeof expected lawsuits, the likes of which were able to forestallclosings last year.
The Dept. of Education has failed to engender good willwith the affected communities simply by a choice of words.The reality is that these schools won’t be “closed” – they willmerely be renamed, re-staffed and given new curriculum tohelp solve persistent problems. Restructuring would prob-ably be the best term. Conceptually, very few people opposethe so-called closings if the result is an improvement in theeducation of our children.
And there have been improvements. Mayoral control is adramatic step forward from the morass of the Bd. OfEducation and its essentially autonomous school boards. Inthe great strides made, there have been a few small stepsbackwards, but we believe that the Dept. of Education isheaded in the right direction.
Peace, Happiness And A Few Predictions for 2011By MICHAEL SCHENKLER
Back in the day, I used to makefanciful political predictions andprint them in my column. Perhapsit was the few moments I spentfantasizing that something in NewYork State would change and thelegislature would start governingconsidering the interests of thepeople of the State as its primarymission, that caused me to thinkof the fun I had creating those col-umns. Well, miracles may happenagain.
With that in mind, allow methe privilege of dreaming and pre-dicting for the New Year and fu-ture.
• In spite of denials, MikeBloomberg will continue to sit andwatch and participate in the na-tional scene evaluating the contin-ued ineffectiveness of the Presidentand erosion in h is support andhoping for the right wing of theRepublican Par ty to anoint thelikes of Sarah Palin as their Presi-dential candidate in 2012. Should
the factors play in his favor, TheMayor will then aim straight downthe middle on an independent linefor the Presidency in 2012.
• Joe Biden will announce thathe is a one-term Vice Presidentciting personal and family reasons.
• Chuck Schumer will continueto steal headlines, raise money andbe further vaulted into the nationalleadership of the Democratic Party,becoming one of the small handfulmentioned to be Obama’s 2012running mate.
• Queens DA Richard Brownwill announce that he will not seeka fifth term and retire after 20-plusyears as DA and a 50-plus year ca-reer of public service. Brown willbe saluted by the entire commu-nity, for his exemplary service withrecognition from the Mayor, theGovernor, Congress and more.
Contrar y to speculat ion,Brown will not step down early topermit the appointment of an in-sider to replace him. Instead Sep-tember 2011 will witness an ex-citing political mad scramble for thiscoveted position.
The speculation will include:Peter Vallone Jr, Mark Weprin,Mike Gianaris, Melinda Katz, EricGioia, and Grace Meng; on theRepublican side, Dan Halloran willbe the GOP’s clear choice.
The Dem Primary will be be-tween Vallone Jr., Katz, and Gioia.
Vallone, campaigning as “The
People’s Lawyer,” will win and goon to beat an energized effort byDan Halloran to be elected asQueens DA.
• In an init ial sign of unity,Dean Skelos and Shelly Silver willreach out to Andrew Cuomo andbudget negotiations will begin incooperative earnest. The three menin a relative transparent effort willreach an on-time budget, eliminat-ing member items, with severe cutsto services across the board, butwith reliance on a number of one-time revenue enhancers. Cuomowill, with the Legislature’s leadersat his side, talk about a new era ofcooperation and joint sacrifice inthese tough times. He shall raisethe image of the Empire State aris-ing again. There will be a momen-tary belief that good governmentmay return to New York.
A heroic Andrew Cuomo willbe mentioned as a possible 2012Obama running mate.
• Charlie Rangel wil l resignand, in spite of continueal denials,former Governor David Patersonwill run for and win the HarlemCongresional seat.
• The Term Limit referendumspearheaded by New York Civic’sHenry Stern will collect more than30,000 signatures and get on theballot in spite of chal lenges fi-nanced by incumbents attemptingto keep their stay in office beyondtwo terms. In November of 2011,
people for the fourth and final timewil l go to the polls and over-whelmingly ratify the same con-cept they have voted for thrice pre-viously, City officials and Council-members shall be limited to twoterms in office, effective immediately.
Henry Stern shall become theposter boy of the reform move-ment – again. A short-lived effortby Stern to revive the dormantNYS Liberal Par ty wil l meet aquick death when the WorkingFami lie s Par ty enlist s theGovernor’s help in convincingStern the effort is going nowhere.
• A not-quite-so-heroic An-drew Cuomo will sign off on a leg-islative redistricting deal wherebythe Democratic Assembly drawstheir lines, the Republican Senatedraws their lines and the one Con-gressional seat lost by New Yorkis resolved by a “fair fight” betweentwo upstate Congre ssmembersfrom adjoining districts which arefairly merged. Speculation that thiswas the cost of Cuomo’s budgetdeal will cost the Governor in theeyes of reformers. But New YorkState government will be function-ing like it hasn’t in ages – to effec-tively serve the people with real-istic financial restraint.
• Senior Queens Congress-man Gary Ackerman will, after alifetime of wearing carnations in hislapel, switch to white roses withno explanation of why. C’mon
Gary, please tell us.• The economy will continue
to improve in New York – signifi-cantly ahead of the nation — mak-ing both Mike Bloomberg and An-drew Cuomo the talk of the townand the political backrooms.
• The Mayor, in the companyof the Borough President, will an-nounce a new economic develop-ment zone for leisure and enter-tainment in the area adjacent toAqueduct’s new Resor ts WorldCasino and not far from JFK Air-port. It will target redevelopmentof portions of South Jamaica andSouth Ozone Park, some ofborough’s most blighted neighbor-hoods. Rumors wil l include aShinnecock Casino to be built incooperation with Genting – thenew Aqueduct Casino operator. Amajor league soccer team will beattracted to the area. New luxuryhotels will be announced.
• Queens will again be rockedby corruption indictments of pub-lic figures in a not-so-well-kept-secret scandal.
• The Mets . . . no, sorry . . .it appears easier to get good gov-ernment than a championshipteam in Flushing Meadows.
• Hillary Clinton will be men-tioned as a posible VP candidate.
• And there will be prosperityand and joy in 2011, and peace inthe [email protected]
By HENRY STERNEvery now and then,
a story appears on an in-side page of a newspaperwhich deserves more at-tention than it receives.
A few weeks after theelect ion, the New YorkTimes published an articleby veteran repor ter SamRoberts: New York State’sVoter Turnout This Year Was TheLowest In The U.S.
OUR OBSERVATIONS:We see three specific factors
as depressing the turnout in NewYork State in 2010.
1. Noncompet it ive races.There was no doubt that theDemocratic candidates for the twosenate seats and the governorshipwould be elected. Therefore no onecould believe that his/her votewould make a difference.
2. Widespread disillusionmentwith state government. The legis-lature has been known for yearsas the most dysfunctional inAmerica. It’s antics in 2009 and2010 were deplorable. Some of itsmembers belong in jail.
3. The last two governorshave been enormously disappoint-ing for widely different reasons.Their predece ssor governedpoorly and without imagination,courage or fiscal responsibility, butmaintained the facade of propri-
ety and regularity.Although the three
top Republican candi-dates were extremelyweak (Townsend andDioGuardi for Senatorand Paladino for Gov-ernor), the two down-ballot state-wide candi-dates (Dan Donovan forAttorney General and
Harry Wilson for Comptroller) didmuch better. Wilson lost by about102,000 votes in what was theclosest of the state-wide contests.
The Republican state chair,Edward Cox, promoted a viablecandidate for governor, Steve Levy,the Suffolk County executive, whoswitched par ties in 2010 to be-come a Republican. Levy was verypopular in Suffolk, one of thestate’s most populous counties. In2007 he was endorsed by all fivelegal parties (D, R, C, I and WF)and received 96.1% of thevote. The balance was shared bythe Integrity Party candidate (2.5%)and the Liber tar ian nominee(1.3%).
Levy’s candidacy was derailed,however, by Republican countyleaders around the state, whochose Rick Lazio as the party’scandidate, and denied Levy permis-sion to enter the Republicanprimary. Lazio had lost to HillaryRodham Clinton for the Senate in
2000 by over 825,000 votes (55to 43, with 2% scattered amongsix minor party candidates). Hewas regarded as a sure loseragainst Andrew Cuomo. Laziohad received $40,000,000 for hisSenate race, but that was frompeople who disliked Hillary, notfrom h is own devotees. Hisfundraising results in 2010 wereminimal, compared to the eight-figure treasury Andrew Cuomohad amassed. While Cuomo wasgaining praise for his work as At-torney General, Lazio was em-ployed as a lobbyist for J. P. Mor-gan, although he took a leave torun for governor.
Lazio’s weakness was dem-onstrated by his 62-38 loss toCarl Paladino, a more colorful andauthentic advocate of anti-govern-ment attitudes. The large marginsurprised observers and pollsters,but Paladino’s intemperate lan-guage, ignorance of public issues,implicit threats of violence (car-rying a bat) and an attempted as-sault on a reporter caused sub-stantial erosion of his support.Many people concluded that hewasn’t emotionally suited to begovernor of New York State. Af-ter the Spitzer and Paterson de-bacles, voters placed new valueon stabi l it y, sound judgment,good temper and the ability towork with other people.
Term Limit PetitionNew York Civ ic has an-
nounced that the public referen-dum we have just kicked off toclose the loophole that exempts34 incumbents from the two-termlimit is quickly picking up steam.This Sunday, the editorial boardof the Daily News recognizedNew York Civic founder HenryStern and wrote, “The drive hasbegun to give New Yorkers theterm limits law they want and de-
serve... Get your pens out,people. Sign. Sign.”
To help in the effort to col-lect the 30,000 signatures neededto get this referendum on the bal-lot, please volunteer and [email protected] with yourname, address, phone number,and whether you have prior peti-tioning experience in NYC. Don’tworry. No experience is neces-sary.
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Legislative UpdateTheater Safety
Assembly Members Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and RoAnn Destito (D-Utica),led a roundtable discussion on emergencypreparedness in New York City’s TheaterDistrict on Monday Dec. 6. The roundtableexamined the effectiveness of the laws andprocedures in place to prepare employees inthe NYC theater district in case of an emer-gency. The May 1, 2010 attempted car bombin Times Square highlighted the need toexamine emergency preparedness plans andprocedures in the area. Theater district em-ployees have complained that many theatersdo not run proper fire or evacuation drillseither before or at the commencement of anew production.
Topics of discussion included the Occu-pational Safety and Health Act requirementfor theaters to have Emergency Action Plansand how often these plans are inspected bythe federal Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA); the Fire Safety andEvacuation Plans required for theaters by the2007 version of the New York City Fire Codeand the enforcement of the plans by the FireDepartment; and the effectiveness of regular“life safety” training hosted by theater ownersat the start of each production and annually.
Several recommendations were made atthe roundtable to improve emergency pre-paredness in theaters. These recommenda-tions include, that theaters conduct one hourof mandatory, paid employee “life safety train-ing” every six months; during inspectionsOSHA will make sure theaters have accurateand up-to-date Emergency Action Plans inplace; in continuing to develop and enforcethe NYC Fire Code, the Fire Department willconsider emergency preparedness concerns
addressed at the roundtable and the Subcom-mittee on Workplace Safety will be involvedin the process of adopting the new Fire Code,ensuring that employees’ workplace safetyconcerns are considered; the Office of Emer-gency Management will look into ways toallow for better communication between the-aters in case of an emergency situation; andthe Subcommittee on Workplace Safety willpropose through either union contract orlegislation that a formal task force be createdbetween all theater stakeholders to addressthe concerns regarding emergency prepared-ness.
Back In BlackOn Wednesday, Dec. 1, Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan (D-Astoria), Council Mem-ber Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) andNew York City School Chancellor-Designate
Cathie Black toured two local schools inWestern Queens.
The tour consisted of visits to P.S. 111Jacob Blackwell and P.S. 78 Robert F. WagnerJr. School in Long Island City. At each schoolthe Chancellor-Designate had an opportunityto chat with staff and visit classrooms to seefirst-hand the wonderful work happening ateach school. Assemblywoman Nolan, who isalso the State Assembly’s Education Chairand Council Member Van Bramer who repre-sents the district in which the schools arelocated joined the Chancellor-Designate inthe tour.
“I enjoyed meeting with Cathie Black; wewere able to visit two Title 1 schools withexcellent principals and terrific kids,” saidAssemblywoman Catherine Nolan. “I knowthat we will face some education challengesdown the road but I appreciate the opportu-nity to meet with the new Chancellor. It wasa good visit.”
“Today I had the opportunity to meetCathie Black and tour two of the schools inmy district with her and AssemblywomanNolan,” said Council Member Jimmy VanBramer. “Making sure that all children areafforded every opportunity to learn and suc-ceed in our public schools is priority numberone and I expect to work with the incomingChancellor to make that promise a reality.”
A Fracking MessOn Monday, Nov. 29, the Assembly passed
legislation that would suspend the issuance ofnew permits for natural gas or oil drillinginvolving hydraulic fracturing, known ashydrofracking, until May 15, 2011.
Hydraulic fracturing involves pumpingwater and chemicals under pressure to create
fractures in rock containing natural gas oroil. The resulting fractures permit the naturalgas or oil to be captured. Concerns have beenraised about the potential environmental andhealth impacts of the chemicals contained inthe hydraulic fracturing fluid. Currently, theEnvironmental Protection Agency is con-ducting a study to investigate the possiblerelationships between hydraulic fracturingand drinking water.
By delaying DEC’s ability to issue permitsuntil May 15, 2011, this bill will provide theLegislature additional time to assess the trueenvironmental impacts of horizontal drillingand hydraulic fracturing. This bill will alsoallow the Legislature to properly deliberatethe numerous concerns that have come for-ward during the public comment period onthe Depa r tmen t o f Env i ronmen ta lConservation’s draft Supplemental GenericEnvironmental Impact Statement (draftSGEIS). The May 15, 2011 date also ensuresthat the Legislature will have ample opportu-nity to act in the 2011 Legislative Session.
Given the complexities of the environmen-tal and policy issues under consideration, theneed for a one year suspension on the permit-ting process for development of natural gasdrilling in the Marcellus Shale formation can-not be overstated. This will allow for a thor-ough, deliberate and unrushed analysis of allfactors involved.
“This moratorium will help ensure that thehydrofracking process will only be allowed inNew York after a thorough, deliberate, andunrushed analysis of the process is com-plete,” said Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills). “This legislation will removeany ‘time pressure’ and allow DEC to do itsjob correctly.”
Chancellor-Designate Cathie Black joinsAssemblywoman Cathy Nolan, CouncilMember Jimmy Van Bramer and P.S. 78Principal Louis Pavone for a tour of theschool, which included a visit to a kin-dergarten gym class.
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File No.: 2009-2810/A CI-TATION THE PEOPLE OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT To :Sonia Davies, Kilnyo Kim,At torney Genera l o f the
State of New York The un-known dis t r ibutees , lega-tees, devisees, heirs at lawand a s s i gnee s o f JOHNM I C H A E L D A V I E S , d e -ceased, or their estates, ifany there be, whose names,places of residence and posto f f i ce addresses a re un -known to the petitioner andcannot with due diligencebe ascertained. Being thepersons interested as credi-tors, legatees, distributeesor otherwise in the Estate ofJOHN MICHAEL DAVIES,deceased, who at the timeof death was a resident of35-30 73rd Street, JacksonHeights, in the County ofQueens, State of New York.SEND GREETING: Upon thep e t i t i o n o f L O I S M .ROSENBLATT, Publ ic Ad-m i n i s t r a t o r o f Q u e e n sCounty, who maintains heroffice at 88-11 Sutphin Bou-leva rd , J ama ica , QueensCounty, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Es-t a t e o f JOHN MICHAELDAVIES, deceased, you andeach of you are hereby citedto show cause before theSurrogate at the Surrogate’sCour t o f t he Coun ty o fQueens, to be held at theQ u e e n s G e n e r a l C o u r t -h o u s e , 6 th F l o o r , 8 8 - 1 1Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,City and State of New York,on the 13th day of January,2011 at 9:30 o’clock in theforenoon, why the Accountof Proceedings of the Pub-lic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of
the Estate of said deceased,a copy of which is attached,shou ld no t be jud ic i a l l ysettled, and why the Surro-gate should not fix and al-low a reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARDJ. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to peti-tioner herein in the amountof $8,278.40 and that theCourt fix the fair and rea-sonable additional fee forany services to be renderedby GERARD J . SWEENEY,ESQ., hereafter in connec-t ion with proceedings onkinship, claims etc., prior toentry of a final Decree ont h i s a c c o u n t i n g i n t h eamount of 6% of assets orincome collected after thedate of the within account-ing; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow anamount equal to one per-cent on said Schedules ofthe total assets on Sched-ules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date ofthis account, as the fair andreasonable amount payableto the Office of the PublicAdministrator for the ex-penses of said office pursu-ant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4);and why the c la im f romKilnyo Kim in the amount of$27,000.00 should not bepaid and should she fail toappear to collect said funds,said funds should be depos-ited with the Commissionerof Finance on her behalf;and why each of you claim-ing to be a distributee of
the decedent should not es-tablish proof of your kin-ship; and why the balance ofsaid funds should not be paidto said alleged distributeesupon proof of kinship, ordeposited with the Commis-sioner of Finance of the Cityof New York should said al-leged distr ibutees defaultherein, or fail to establishproof of kinship, Dated, At-tested and Sealed 16th dayof November, 2010 HON.ROBERT L. NAHMAN Sur-r o g a t e , Q u e e n s C o u n t yMargaret M. Gribbon Clerkof the Surrogate ’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.( 7 1 8 ) 4 5 9 - 9 0 0 0 9 5 - 2 5Queens Boulevard 11th FloorRego Park, New York 11374This citation is served uponyou as required by law. Youare not obliged to appear inperson. If you fail to appearit will be assumed that youdo not object to the reliefrequested unless you f i leformal legal, verified objec-tions. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law ap-pear for you. AccountingCitat ion
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In an effort to combat littering and dump-ing along 101st Avenue, Councilman EricUlrich (R-Ozone Park) allocated over $18,000in this year's budget to install 35 new trashbins along the busy commercial strip from76th Street in City Line to 111th Street inSouth Richmond Hill.
Standing outside his district office on thecorner of 93rd Street and 101st Avenue inOzone Park with Sanitation CommissionerJohn Doherty, Ulrich said the new trash binswould "discourage illegal dumping on streetcorners, and improve the quality of life forresidents and business owners alike."
The new bins, which read "Keep OzonePark Clean," are different from the smallopen-top trashcans. They are larger, andhave a narrow opening at top, which pre-vents people from dumping large trash bags,like those used in offices and private homes.
Illegal dumping of private garbage hasbeen a problem in Ozone Park. Some land-lords refuse to allow tenants to throw outtrash on garbage day, often in an effort tohide illegal occupancies. People then throwtheir private trash into the public bins caus-ing them to overflow into the street.
Commissioner Doherty said the Sanita-tion Dept. would increase enforcement ofillegal dumping laws, which could carry afine of $100, and asked residents who haveissues with landlords who do not providesanitation services to call the Sanitation Dept.
Doherty said the Sanitation budget couldnot fund the new bins for the whole City, sothey look for partnerships with council mem-bers and community boards to fund them.Community Board 10 funded similar gar-bage cans along Liberty Avenue and CrossBay Boulevard.
The receptacles will be serviced four timesa week, Doherty said, twice on regular gar-bage days and two more times. The 35 pailsare scattered along the route on the mostneeded areas.
"Not every corner needs them," Ulrichexplained. "The Sanitation Dept. surveyedwhere they're the most effective and placedthem on those corners."
The lull between the lunch and dinnercrowds makes Glendale Diner a serene es-cape from the bustling intersection of Myrtleand Cooper Avenues outside.
While a few people scattered in boothsenjoy their lunch, some take notice of theolder gentlemen, dressed in a red and blackplaid shirt, wearing a U.S. Navy baseball cap,perched on top of the booth bench. Hestretches his arm to the window overlookingMyrtle Avenue and with a few waves of hisarm, the outline of an animal's face appearsin the window: Rudolph the Red Nosed Re-indeer.
Kenny Landherr has been painting for aslong as he could remember. He realized hehad a talent for it while a student at IS 145,but he never saw art as a career
"I didn't want to take up art in school," hesaid. "Artists don't become famous untilthey're dead 200 years."
So he took jobs painting cartoons on theside of trucks, as a glass blower and finally inconstruction, from which he retired 12 yearsago. He served in the U.S. Navy, on theU.S.S. Bristol, where he put his skills to workdrawing mess hall menus.
Now retired, Landherr volunteers his skills
to the community, painting store windows inRidgewood and Glendale for the holidaysand patriotic murals, one of which could beseen facing the entrance to the diner. Themural features a country scene with moun-tains, a lake and trees - something Landherrsaid came from his own imagination - with anAmerican flag, head of a bald eagle, andvarious medals awarded to soldiers, includ-ing the purple heart. He also has a mural ata VA center on the Lower East Side. In thespring, he will begin work on a mural at adisabled veterans center in Lynbrook.
Landherr paints the windows at the dinerfor many other holidays: a silhouette withtwo lovers in a heart for Valentine's Day,roses for Mother's Day, patriotic symbols forthe Fourth of July. But this year, he hasn'tbeen able to do it as often in the past year.
"The last year was a bummer," he said.In 2010, Landherr suffered the loss of his
brother, his ex-wife, and his son, who waskilled by a drunk driver. Then he suffered aheart attack himself, which kept him frompainting through most of the summer. Oncehe recovered, he picked up his paintbrush,and with a smile on his face, went back towork.
"He's a very special person," said formerState Sen. Serphin Maltese, who has helpedLandherr secure places to paint his murals.He pointed out to the mural outside thediner.
"Isn't it beautiful?" he asked.At the Glendale Diner, he has become as
much a part of the establishment as his art onthe windows. Regular customers know him,and the staff treats him like one of their own.
"He's very talented," said Vanda, a serverat the diner. "If they ever sell this place, Kennywould come with the diner."
After seven years at the Queens HighSchool of Teaching in Bellerose, algebrateacher Sabaa Daly won the prestigious SloanAward for Excellence in Teaching Scienceand Math, given out annually by the Alfred P.Sloan Foundation and the Fund for the Cityof New York.
"I was in tears of joy, and honored, trulyhonored, to be a recipient," she said. "It's anamazing job, and an amazing experience,working with kids."
Daly finds plenty of support at school forher efforts. Whether she wants to rearrangeseats in her classroom, or the curriculum,administrators at the are eager to give it a try.
"On a regular basis they give you a lot ofkudos for what you do, but to be publiclyrecognized is really humbling and really hon-oring," she said. "The ninth grade team ofteachers that I work with is really supportive.It's great to work with a team that is really init for the kids and who go above and be-yond."
Daly understands that many kids are scaredof math. Her goal is to help kids realize thatmath is part of everyday life.
"I found the love and the passion for mathbecause a teacher in my past told me thatmath was everywhere," she said.
To make the curriculum relevant, Dalyplans projects that kids would use in theirdaily lives.
"For example, kids just recently had toplan a road trip, make a budget, get gas,calculate distance, gas mileage," she said.
It is important for kids to understand thevalue of the math they learn in class.
"It motivates them to want to learn more,and that's all I can ask for, to make lifelong
learners," she said.Nominated by administrators, colleagues,
students and parents citywide, recipients ofthe Sloan Award receive $5,000 each and$2,500 to strengthen their school's math orscience department.
Winners are chosen by an independentpanel of educators, mathematicians and sci-entists.
"I am honored to congratulate this year'saward winners," said Chancellor Joel Klein."I've long said that the most important factorin a child's education is the quality of his orher teachers. Through their commitmentand creativity, these award-winning teachershave inspired and motivated students to excelin math and science, and I'm thrilled torecognize their achievements."
Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 124.
—Jessica Ablamsky
Mighty WolverinesEnd Up On Top
It's a story that's as old as the "Bad NewsBears." Through unique coaching and perse-verance, a team of rag tag kids shows every-one who’s No. 1.
That's what happened when Pee WeeFootball team the Wolverines came backfrom a dreadful first season to win 8-0, givingup only three touchdowns all year. The sea-son saw them play against the best teams inthe league, from the five boroughs all the wayup to the Hudson Valley.
"Our numbers speak for themselves," saidHead Coach Ray Capuana. "Averaging 22points a game and only letting up threetouchdowns an entire year shows the dedica-tion of our coaching staff, parents and mostimportantly, the kids. We practice two-threetimes a week and have been working outsince the summer."
To give the 7- to 9-year-old team thatfighting edge, coaches incorporate cardio,relay races and yoga into practices, and stressgood nutrition.
"Our team was one of the most well-conditioned teams in the league," said Assis-tant Coach Sal Aiello. "That really helps bythe fourth quarter."
Their dedication shows. On a blisteringcold December night, more than a dozenkids ran plays in the biting wind, and lovedit.
"It's awesome, because they toughen youup," said 9-year-old Justin Bourren, whowent to practice even though he was feelinga little under the weather.
How long will he be playing?"Until I become a professional," he said.There are no playoffs in the Mighty Mite
Division, where the Wolverines started out.Next year, they will move up to the Jr. PeeweeDivision, where they hope to beat all the bestteams in the state and make it to the champi-onships in Florida.
"They're a machine right now," said MickeyMcCutchen, commissioner of WhitePointFootball. "They'll be fine. They'll be morethan fine."
The league, which reaches out to kidsfrom across the borough, is about more thanjust football. A prerequisite to attending prac-tices and games is good grades.
"It's to start a pattern in a child's life,"McCutchen said.
The idea is to keep the kids fit, well-educated and free of negative influences,goals that parents are completely behind.
"It teaches them discipline, listening skillsand to keep their grades up," said JeanineBrady, a team mother. "My kids love it. Theymake a lot of friends."
It makes all the driving around worth it."It's a huge commitment on both their
parts and the parents," said Assistant CoachTom Ginnane. "For them to succeed like thatwas phenomenal. The smiles on all their faceswhen they won was a beautiful thing."
Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 124.
—Jessica Ablamsky
Students Dig DeepFor Others
When a gas explosion displaced dozens ofresidents in a Flushing apartment building in2008, JHS 189 provided them with shelter intheir institution.
Since then, the junior high school's stu-dents have shared a charitable connection tothe surrounding community, taking on nu-merous causes in good faith.
For the past three years, during the holi-day season, eighth grade students haveworked to raise funds for the United StatesMarines Corp's Toys for Tots Foundation,turning holiday frowns upside down.
English teacher Gary Malone has coordi-nated the charitable cause since 2007, andsince then has become a popular figure withthe students at the middle school.
Through the years Malone has realizedthat even though most of his students comefrom working class families that do not al-ways have much, they still find it easy to givethe little they have to the less fortunate.
"This is by no means is a case of well-to-do kids throwing a few crumbs to the lessfortunate," said Malone. "The fact that theywork so hard to help others, despite the factthat many of them may be in similar need, isinspiring."
Last year Charles Carreno witnessed otherstudents getting involved and jumped at theopportunity to contribute. As an active par-ticipant in this year's campaign, he nowvalues the selfless act of giving to those whohave less than him.
"We have things that we don't need andother children don't have anything," saidCarreno. "Sometimes [kids] take what theyhave in life for granted."
Not only have the children been reachingout to the community and fellow classmatesfor donations, they have also been donatingtheir own allowances and birthday money insupport of this noble cause.
Erica Wong saved up four weeks of allow-ance, donating the entirety of her savingstowards the campaign. Reachelle Ramirezsaved the small amount her parents
Looking forward to the fruition of theircampaign, students plan to visit the Toys RUs in College Point Dec. 20 and 21 to pickup the toys. On Dec. 22 they will host anassembly, ceremoniously handing over thetoys to be distributed.
Currently the students have raised ap-proximately $1,700 and are looking to reachthis year's goal of $3,000. To make a dona-tion contact PS 189 at (718) 359-6676 byDec 19.
Reach In te rn Jason Banrey a [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
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By DOMENICK RAFTERThe Wage Theft Prevention Act, aimed at
preventing employers from withholdingwages, an often-overlooked problem amongimmigrant workers, passed the State Assem-bly and is waiting for Gov. David Paterson’ssignature.
The bi l l , sponsored by Sen. DianeSavino (D-Staten Is land) and Assembly-man Carl Heast ie (D-Bronx), passed theState Senate by a narrow margin in Juneand had been languishing in the Assem-bly. In recent weeks, labor and immigra-t ion act ivists, l ike Make The Road NewYork, pressured the Assembly to vote onthe bil l in last week’s special session. Lastmonth, MRNY held a ral ly with vict ims of
Wage Theft Law Awaits Gov.
By SASHA AUSTRIEMelvin Van Peebles casts an iconic shadow,
not only in the black community, but in theannals of film culture.
His career has spanned more than 50years and it can be retold in a series of firsts.Van Peebles’ 1971 release of “SweetSweetback’s Baadasssss Song” is credited asthe introduction of the blaxploitation genre.It was the era of black superheroes, whitevillains and tfilm scores featuring a funky1970s sound.
“There was nobody doing their own showsat that time,” he said.
More than an intro to an era, the filmsolidified Van Peebles’ career. The godfa-ther of independent film and modern dayblack cinema, he made the film in 19 days on
a $500,000 budget. The film grossed $10million and not only did Van Peebles sit in thed i r e c to r ’ s cha i r , hesc r ip t ed , ed i t ed andwrote the score for thefilm. A legend was leav-ing his footprints in thesand.
In his more than fivedecades of f i lm, VanPeebles said though hehas seen the industrychange, the actor’s crafthas remained a constant.
“It’s not how manytimes you get knockeddown,” he said. “It is how many times you getback up.”
Melvin Van Peebles
At 78, Van Peebles shows no sign ofslowing. On Saturday, Dec. 11, he will host
B l a ck Spec t r umTheater’s 40th Anniver-sary Celebration. VanPeebles has had a bondwith Carl Clay, BlackSpectrum’s founder andexecutive director, formore than 35 years.
Clay worked for VanPeebles before the ideafor Black Spectrum wasfully realized.
“He was terr i f ic,”Van Peebles said of Clay.
“I took an interest in him from there on.”Van Peebles dubbed Clay as a community
oriented individual who wanted to do some-thing for the community.
“It’s quite funny when you see a miraclebefore its rise,” he said of the Black SpectrumTheatre in Jamaica. “He has done a miraclethere.”
Not only will Van Peebles co-host thespecial anniversary event, he will also receivethe Black Spectrum’s 40th AnniversaryActor’s Award.
“It’s quite an honor,” he said.Reach Reporter Sasha Austrie at
wage theft on Roosevelt Avenue in Jack-son Heights demanding the Assembly acton the bi l l .
If enacted, the bill would create incentivesfor compliance by increasing liquidated dam-ages from 25 percent to 100 percent; protectworkers who speak out against retaliation byimposing fines against employers; and keepwage violators from hiding assets to avoidpayments.
“It’s a long time coming,” said Assembly-man Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven). “This billprotects our workers from unscrupulousbusiness owners.”
Miller, who said his office had fieldedsome calls from constituents who were vic-tims of wage theft, said employers who abuse
the law are the exception, rather than therule.
“Most employers follow the law and treattheir employees fairly,” he said. “But thereare that handful of business owners whodon’t, and that’s who this law goes after.”
The bill passed the Assembly 89-42, get-ting the votes of nearly all Democrats andsome Republicans. Every Assembly memberfrom Queens, as well as every Senator, votedin favor of the bill. Business leaders arelobbying Gov. Paterson to veto the legisla-tion, citing the potential for increased laborcosts.
“It’s not how manytimes you getknocked down. It ishow many timesyou get back up.”
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102ND PRECINCTSELF STORAGE ROBBERY: The
NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance inlocating four men who are wanted in connec-tion with a commercial robbery that oc-curred in Ozone Park.
On Monday, Nov. 15, at approximately 7p.m. four men forcefully entered a self stor-age facility located at 101-09 103rd Ave. inOzone Park, and pushed a victim, a 28-year-old man, to the ground before duct taping hishands. The suspects then proceeded to re-move an unknown amount of property frominside of three separate storage containersbefore fleeing in a U-Haul truck. There wereno injuries sustained to the victim as a resultof this incident.
The first suspect is a black man, 5-foot-5,160 lbs, wearing a white shirt with a skull andcrossbones design. The second suspect is ablack man, 6-feet, 200 lbs., wearing a blackjacket with a gray hooded sweatshirt, bluejeans and an Atlanta Braves hat. The thirdsuspect is a black man, 6-feet, 200 lbs., seenwearing a black hooded sweatshirt with blackpants and a red knit cap. The fourth suspectis a black man, 6-feet, 200 lbs., last seenwearing a brown jacket with black pants andan earring in his left ear.
Anyone with information is asked to callCrime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).The public can also submit their tips bylogging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site atnypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting theirtips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enteringTIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
105TH PRECINCTFOUND DEAD: On Monday, Dec. 6, at
approximately 2:24 a.m., police respondedto a call at 118-47 231st St. in CambriaHeights for an unconscious and unrespon-sive person. Upon arrival police discoveredan 81-year-old black woman unconsciousand unresponsive. EMS responded and pro-nounced the victim dead at the scene. Themedical examiner was to determine cause ofdeath and the investigation was ongoing.
106TH PRECINCTSHOT IN NECK: The NYPD is seeking
the public’s assistance in locating the where-abouts and identity of a suspect wanted inconnection with a shooting of a livery cabdriver in South Ozone Park.
On Friday, Dec. 3, at approximately 8:50p.m., at the corner of 122nd Street andSutter Avenue in South Ozone Park, policeresponded to a 911 call of a man shot. Uponarrival, responding officers discovered thevictim, a 53-year-old black man, shot in theneck in the driver’s seat of a 2005 GoldChevy Impala. EMS also responded to thescene and transported the victim to JamaicaHospital where he was listed in critical con-dition.
The suspect is described as a 20-year-oldHispanic man, 6-feet tall.
Anyone with information is asked to callCrime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).The public can also submit their tips bylogging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site at
nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting theirtips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enteringTIP577. All calls are strictlyconfidential.
109TH PRECINCTATTEMPTED ABDUC-
TION: The NYPD is seekingthe public’s assistance in lo-cating two men who arewanted in connection with anattempted abduction that oc-curred in Downtown Flush-ing.
On Wednesday, Dec. 1, atapproximately 8:15 a.m., thevictim, a 13-year-old Hispanicgirl, was walking in the vicin-ity of Barclay Avenue andUnion Street when a blackfour-door sedan with tintedwindows and occupied by twomen, pulled alongside her. One of the vehicle’soccupants then grabbed the victim and at-tempted to pull her inside.The v ic t im was ab le tostruggle free before the ve-hicle fled the location. Therewere no injuries sustained tothe victim as a result of thisincident.
The first suspect is de-scribed as being a white man,47-48 years old, 5-foot-8,wearing a blue and orangejacket with a New York Metslogo on the back. This sus-pect attempted to abduct thevictim.
The second suspect is de-scribed as being a white manin his 40s.
Anyone with informationis asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit
their tips by logging onto the Crime Stop-pers Web site at nypdcrimestoppers.com or
by text ing their t ips to274637 (CRIMES) then en-tering TIP577. All calls arestrictly confidential.
114TH PRECINCTMURDER SUSPECT:
The NYPD is seeking thepublic’s assistance in locat-ing Kyle Rivera, who iswanted in connection with amurder.
On Saturday, May 22, atapproximately 1:15 a.m.,Rivera (aka White Chocolate,aka Dub C), was involved ina verbal dispute with the vic-tim. The suspect, along witha group of individuals, as-saulted Stefan Middleton, 34,
of 12-21 35th Ave, East Elmhurst. As he wasattempting to flee the scene Rivera allegedly
shot Middleton in the torso.Middleton was taken toElmhurst Hospital where hewas pronounced dead on ar-rival.
Rivera is identified as aHispanic man in his 20s,approximately 6-feet, 170lbs,with a long ponytail and fa-cial hair. He is also known todrive a Gray Dodge Charger.
Anyone with informationis asked to call Crime Stop-pers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).The public can also submittheir tips by logging onto theCrime Stoppers Web site atnypdcrimestoppers.com or bytexting their tips to 274637
(CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls arestrictly confidential.
Police released this sketchof the attempted abductor.
Bowne House HolidayThe Annual Historic Bowne House Holi-
day Open House will be held Dec. 12 from 1-3 p.m. The Bowne House parlor and gardenwill be open to the public.
The Board of trustees will provide holidaycheer. This is the tradition of many WinterFestivals where people share warm drink inorder to celebrate the rebirth of the year andseaso
Dialogue ProjectQueens Community for Cultural Judaism
presents “The Dialogue Project” with MarciaKanery facilitating an honest discussion be-tween a Muslim and a Jew that asks thequestion: How can we better talk and listento each other? The event will be held Dec. 18,1 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Congre-gation, Ash Avenue at 149th Street, Flush-ing. Light refreshments will be served andadmission is free. To learn more call (718)380-5362.
The NutcrackerTchaikovsky’s classic music comes to life
at Flushing Town Hall Sunday, Dec. 12, 2p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 19, 2 p.m., as Balletfor Young Audiences introduces children tothe story of Clara’s Nutcracker. Visit theEnchanted Forest with its magical dancingsnowflakes and the wondrously beautifulSugarplum Fairy in the Kingdom of theSweets.
$16/$12 Members; $12 Children/$10Member Children. FCCA is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing. For informa-tion, visit flushingtownhall.org, or call thebox office: (718) 463-7700, Ext. 222.
QC Presents MessiahRing in the holidays with Handel’s be-
loved Messiah, a work associated with theQC Choral Society since its inception in1941. Join the Queens College Choral Soci-ety in Celebrating its 70th Anniversary in2010–2011. The show is at 8 p.m. Dec. 11.Tickets:$20; $18 seniors, students, alumni;$5 for students with valid QCID at box officeonly (does not include $1 online ticket sur-charge).
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 FlushingHospital, on the first, third and fifth Wednes-day of the month, at 146-01 45th Ave, enterat 45th Avenue and Burling Street.
Come and spend an evening with us tolearn about good photography and to enjoyexcellent photography related programs.Validated free parking is available.
For more information call (718) 749-0643or go to flushingcameraclub.org.
Handel’s MessiahThe holiday season has come and what
better way to celebrate it than to hear theOratorio Society of Queens presenting itsAnnual Holiday Concert Dec. 19. The con-cert will feature excerpts from Handel’s “Mes-siah” and performances of everyone’s favor-ite Christmas carols and Chanukah songs bythe chorus, soloists and The Orchestral ArtsEnsemble of Queens under the direction ofMaestro David Close. The performance willbe held at Queensborough Performing ArtsCenter at Queensborough Community Col-lege, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, at 4 p.m.Tickets: $25 for General Admission ( Or-chestra and Balcony); $20 for Seniors (62and up) and Students with ID; Free for
children 12 and under. To order tickets andfor more information call (718) 279-3006 orgo to queensoratorio.org.
Willow Lake TourWith the new gates unveiled at Willow
Lake and a massive revitalization underway,Willow Lake will have controlled access withtours by the Urban Park Rangers this fall.
Sun, Dec. 19, 10 a.m., Duck, Duck,Goose - tour about the various species ofwaterfowl that use the lake each winter.
Science CampBeginning Dec. 13, parents can register
their children for two fun and educationalprograms that bring the excitement of sci-ence to kids of all ages. Each InnovationCamp and After-School Club at the NewYork Hall of Science includes hands-on ac-tivities and explorations of popular exhibits.Register today for the best rate. Residents ofCorona (zip code 11368) may take theseprograms for free (space is limited).
Schools Out! Innovation Camp – Feb. 21-25: Are you looking for a fun and educationaladventure for your child during the Februarybreak? Sign up for a unique experienceexploring concepts in science, technologyand engineering through hands-on investi-gations. Each Innovation Camp includes in-teractive activities, exhibit exploration, snackand lunch.
Project Green Team, Grades 6-8, Feb. 21-25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: What is global warmingor greenhouse gas? Find out what climatechange really is and how it affects you and ourplanet. Measure your carbon footprint, ex-plore how to reduce waste, and learn how to“go green” in your own community. You canmake a difference!
Science Adventures, Grades 3-4, Feb. 21-25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Take a fantastic journeythrough the world of science as you exploredifferent topics through hands-on activitiesthat excite you and make you question every-thing around you! With a little bit of biology,a taste of chemistry, and a run-in with phys-ics, your mind will go through a grandadventure.
Camp Fees are $200 ($150 if registeredby Jan. 15), and include mid-morning snackand lunch. Registration begins Dec. 13. Formore information call (718) 699-0005, Ext.320, or visit nysci.org/Camp.
Special Needs GroupThe Samuel Field Y is pleased to offer
Project Child, an after-school program forchildren ages 5-15 with ADD, ADHD,Asperger’s syndrome, learning disabilitiesand high-functioning children on the Au-tism Spectrum. Project Child operates dur-ing the school year and is located in Bayside,NY at the Bay Terrace Center of the SamuelField Y. Project Child offers high child-to-staff ratios and includes programming spe-cifically designed to meet the needs of chil-dren with learning differences and specialneeds. Homework help and snack are pro-vided daily, as well as educational and rec-reational activities. Project Child operatesfrom 2:30-6 p.m. daily when school is insession. For more information, includingfees and registration, contact MeredithGuberman at (718) 423-6111, Ext. 228 oremail [email protected].
Sky View CelebratesTo celebrate its official Grand Opening,
Sky View Center , F lush ing, Queens’800,000-square-foot shopping center, ishosting Sky View Celebrates, a jam-packedseries of events that will run through theholiday season. This week’s event, on Satur-
day, Dec. 11, at noon, is Pirate School withBilly Bones, The Good Pirate presented bythe Big Apple Circus.
The Big Apple Circus invites kids andparents alike to join Mr. Bones for a “PirateTraining Academy,” which combines a stageshow and lots of “on-their-feet” fun. They’llplay piratical games, hear a pirate poem or aBuccaneer rap song, and meet his furry firstmate Rocky the Raccoon. After visitors canparticipate in an exciting treasure hunt andwill even receive a special Pirate AcademyDiploma. Visitors can also enjoy two-hourcomplimentary parking with purchase.
For more information about the Sky ViewCelebrates visit shopskyviewcenter.com. Formore special holiday promotions visit SkyView Center on Facebook facebook.com/skyviewcenter
Breakfast With SantaStrawberry’s Sports Grill, 42-15 235th
St. Douglaston, will hold its Breakfast withSanta Dec. 12 where you will be able to meetand enjoy breakfast with Santa himself. Pleasebring an unwrapped toy to donate to Toys forTots. The photo with Santa is free to anyonewho comes down. Breakfast will take placefrom 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults are $18.95and kids $5.95.
Fresh Meadows CameraThe Fresh Meadows Camera Club meets
every Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. They have cri-tiques, Photoshop classes, competitions, andassorted shoots in their own facility.
Call Joe at (917) 612-3463 or Richie at(646) 831-5962 for information and direc-tions.
Santa PawsThe Holiday season is for all and that
includes our four legged loved ones whowould love to cuddle next to Santa for apicture to remember. Guests to Queens Cen-ter Mall will be able to bring their furry friendsDec. 12 to have a photo taken with Santa atthe JC Penney Wing on the 3rd level of themall. The event will be held at Queens CenterMall, 90-15 Queens Blvd.
Elmhurst, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and itis asked that guest please only bring theirdomestic pets
Friday DinnerOn Friday Dec. 10 at 5 p.m., Havurat
Yisrael is hosting a Friday night dinner.Everyone is invited: singles, couples, families– all ages. Let’s spend an evening celebratingwhat unifies all Jews – Shabbat. Newcomersto Havurat Yisrael $10 , others $25. PleaseRSVP by Dec. 8 at Havurat House, 108-1169th Rd, Forest Hills. Call (718) 261-5500 ore-mail [email protected].
Leonard LopatePopular talk show host Leonard Lopate
will top the bill at the 15th Annual Author’sCafe of the Central Queens Y in Forest Hillson Sunday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. Host of oneof the most popular talk shows on publicradio in NYC, Lopate will moderate a paneldiscussion of Jewish novelists and filmmak-ers]
On the panel are bestselling author TovaMirvis, author of The Ladies’ Auxiliary ,and filmmaker Pearl Gluck, whose films drawon her rich Hasidic heritage. Winner of thefirst Yiddish Fulbright, Pearl Gluck’s filmshave shown at international film festivals. Ascion of leading Hasidic dynasties, novelistJoshua Halberstam has appeared on bothOprah & National Public Radio. In additionto his radio show, Leonard Lopate also ap-pears regularly at cultural venues in the city,
including the 92st Street Y and the BrooklynAcademy of Music. Tickets to the Café,which includes a kosher dessert buffet, beginat $36.
The Author’s Café is an EmergencyFundraiser for the Hevesi Jewish HeritageLibrary. This fall drastic funding cuts haveput the library at jeopardy. Ticket informa-tion is available through the library or on theY Web site. For more information, call (718)268 -5011 , ex t . 151 , o r ema i [email protected] or visit ourwebsite at www.centralqueensy.org.
World Of OperaTom Newby will deliver another lecture in
his series “The World of Opera & Broadway”at a meeting of Horizons, a club for those 55and over, on Thursday, Dec. 16, at theReform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112thSt. Newby, a retired English teacher, per-forms concerts as a singer and is active incommunity theater as a director and chore-ographer. Attendees are invited to bringlunch. A charge of $3 will include coffee andcake. For further information, call the Templeat (718)261-2900.
Be A HeroThe Forest Hills Jewish Center will be
having a gala “Be a Hero” Auction on Dec.18. We are asking our local business friendsand neighbors to “Be a Hero” and helpsupport our mission. By donating a gift or agift certificate for use as an auction item orraffle prize you can become one of ourheroes. And we always remember our he-roes.
Since 1930, Forest Hills Jewish Centerhas been serving the needs of the Forest Hillscommunity by providing early childhoodeducation through its nursery program, aswell as religious and adult education, pro-grams for seniors, social programs, and youthactivities.
Our membership of over 600 familieslives in our community and patronizes yourbusiness. Our senior center operates six daysa week and serves approximately 150 se-niors. Over two hundred and fifty studentsparticipate in our early childhood and reli-gious schools. Many of our young parentsshop at your stores while waiting for theirchildren to be dismissed from school.
Any way that you can help will be trulyappreciated. All donations will be acknowl-edged in the event program and are taxdeductible to the extent of the law.
Let your merchants know about this eventand the opportunity they have to “get theirmessage out” to a substantial audience,through this auction.
For more information, please contactDebbie Gregor, Exec. Director of the ForestHills Jewish Center, (718) 263-7000, Ext.293.
Autism AidBorders Book Store in the Shops at Atlas
Park, Glendale, will hold a stuffed animal,book drive to benefit New York Families forAutistic Children, located in Ozone Park.The book drive/stuffed animal drive is al-ready underway and can be placed at the cashwrap area, said Laura Fraraccio, sales man-ager of the store.
Borders will collect these items until Thurs-day, Dec. 16, when NYFAC will pick up theitems for its annual Holiday Party on Sunday,Dec. 19. You must be a family member ofNYFAC by Dec. 1 to be eligible to attend theparty, which draws more than 500 peopleannually. This year’s party will be held atRomaView catering, 160th Avenue and CrossBay Boulevard, Howard Beach, from 9:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m..
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF BlueRite LLC Un-der Section 203 of the Lim-ited Liability Company LawFIRST. The name of the lim-i ted l iab i l i ty company i sBlueRite 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: 241-06 137th Ave.,Rosedale, New York 11422.FOURTH: The name andstreet address in this state ofthe registered agent uponwhom and at which processagainst the limited liabilitycompany may be served is:Raul Wagner, 241-06 137th
Ave., Rosedale, New York11422 . IN WITNESSWHEREOF, the undersignedhas executed these Articlesof Organization on the datebelow. Date: August 9, 2010LegalZoom.com, Inc., Orga-nizer /s/Imelda Vasquez By:Imelda Vasquez, AssistantSecretary 7083 HollywoodBlvd., suite 180 Los Angeles,CA 90028_______________________________________________________________Haley’s Management Ser -vices, LLC. Arts. of Org. filedwith Secy. of State of NY(SSNY) on 9/15/10. Ofc inQueens Cty. SSNY desig-nated agent of LLC uponwhom process against it maybe served. SSNY shall mailprocess to Tessa Dawes, 2946Falcon Ave, Far Rockaway,NY 11691. Purpose: General.________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of BigEng Realty LLC, Art. of Org.filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/15/10 . Of f i ce loca t ion :Queens County. SSNY des-ignated as agent of LLC uponwhom process against it maybe served. SSNY shall mailcopy of process to Bob Eng,84 -63 Knee lnad Ave . ,Elmhurst, NY 11373. Pur-pose: any lawful activities.________________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: CHENG FATLLC. Articles of Organizationwere filed with the Secretaryof State of New York (SSNY)on 01/25/10. 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, 59-4554th Street, Maspeth, NewYork 11354. Purpose: For anylawful purpose.________________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: MJR REAL ES-TATE, LLC. Articles of Orga-nization were filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 11/20/09.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, 97-37 63rd Road, Suite
10 K, Rego Park, New York11374. Purpose: For any law-ful purpose._______________________________________________________________NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF K. FERRONE LLC. Articlesof Organization filed withSec. of State of NY (SSNY) on5/11/2010. Office location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated for serviceof process. SSNY shall mail acopy of any process servedagainst the LLC to the LLC at67-19 218th Street, Bayside,NY 11364. Purpose: any law-ful purpose._______________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of FineEdge, LLC (“LLC”). Articlesof Organization filed with theSecretary of State of NewYork (“SSNY”) on 10/15/2010 . Of f i ce loca t ion i sQueens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst i t maybe served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofsuch process to the LLC to101-36 133rd Street, Rich-mond Hill, NY 11419. Pur-pose: any lawful purpose._______________________________________________________________ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-TION OF JOSHUA HOMEIMPROVEMENTS LLC (Insertcompany name) Under Sec-tion 203 of the Limited Liabil-ity company Law of the Stateof New York THE UNDER-SIGNED, being a natural per-son of at least eighteen (18)years of age and acting as theorganizer of the limited li-ability company (the “Com-pany”) hereby being formedunder Section 203 of the Lim-ited Liability Company Lawof the State of New York (the“LLCL”), certifies that: FIRST:The name of the Company is:JOSHUA HOME IMPROVE-MENTS LLC. SECOND: Thecounty within the State ofNew York in which the prin-cipal office of the Companyis to be located is: QUEENS.THIRD: The Secretary ofState is designated as theagent of the Company uponwhom process against theCompany may be served. Thepost office address within orwithout the State of New Yorkto which the Secretary ofState shall mail a copy of anyprocess against the Companyserved upon such Secretaryof State is C/O THE LLC, 93-04 207TH QUEENS VILLAGENY 11428. FOURTH: TheCompany shall be managedby one or more members INWITNESS WHEREOF, I havesubscribed these Articles ofOrganization and do herebyaffirm the foregoing as trueunder penalties of perjury,this 26th day of March 2004.Mohan Sawh Sole Organizer90-35 202nd Street Hollis, NY11423 Tel: (718) 217-5119_______________________________________________________________Law Of f i ce o f An thonyClemenza PLLC Notice of thefo rmat ion o f the abovenamed Professional LimitedLiability Company (“PLLC”)Articles of Organization filedwith the Department of Stateof NY on 7/26/2010. OfficeLocation: County of Queens.. The Secretary of State of NY(“SSNY”) has been desig-nated as agent of the PLLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any such pro-
cess se rved to : 61 -11Queens Blvd., Woodside NY11377. Purpose: to practicethe profession of Law.________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of 65-43REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with Secy. of State of NY(SSNY) on 10/08/10. Officelocation: Queens County.Princ. office of LLC: 65-05Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY11385. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to c/o Cyru l i Shanks Har t &Zizmor LLP, 420 LexingtonAve., NY, N.Y. 10170. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.________________________________________________________________Notice of Qualification ofJMDH REAL ESTATE OFHUNTS POINT, LLC. Author-ity filed with Secy. of State ofNY (SSNY) on 11/04/10. Of-f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. LLC formed in Dela-ware (DE) on 11/03/10 .Princ. office of LLC: 15-24132nd St., College Point, NY11356. SSNY designated asagent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may beserved. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to the LLC at the princ.office of the LLC. DE addr. ofLLC: 1220 N. Market St., Ste.806, Wilmington, DE 19801.Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.of State of DE, Div. of Corps.,State of DE, 401 Federal St.,Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.________________________________________________________________KTR REALTY GROUP, LLC, adomestic Limited Liabi l i tyCompany (LLC), filed withthe Sec of State of NY on 10/1/10. NY Office location:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any processagainst the LLC served uponhim/her to The LLC, 178-15Eveleth Rd. , Jamaica, NY11434. General Purposes.________________________________________________________________M & J HOSPITALITY GROUPLLC, a domestic Limited Li-ability Company (LLC), filedwith the Sec of State of NY on9/29/10. NY Office location:Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any processagainst the LLC served uponhim/her to The LLC, 39-27Bell Blvd., 2nd Fl., Bayside, NY11361. General Purposes.
_______________________________________________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTION AC-T ION TO FORECLOSE AMORTGAGE STATE OF NEWYORK SUPREME COURT:COUNTY OF QUEENSWELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.P la in t i f f , v s . ANTHONYPUEBLA, LENA WATERS -PUEBLA , ET , AL .De fendan t ( s ) . TO THEABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANT: INDEX NO.: 30450/09 MORTGAGED PRE -MISES: 221-15 130TH AV-ENUE A/K/A 2115 130THAVENUE SPRINGFIELD GAR-DENS , NY11413 SBL # :BLOCK 12825 LOT 504 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 1st day of Novem-ber, 2010, TO: ANTHONYPUEBLA and LENA WATERS-PUEBLA, Defendant(s) In thisAction. The foregoing Sum-mons is served upon you bypublication, pursuant to anorder of HON. JAIME A. RIOSof the Supreme Court of theState of New York, dated the22nd day of October, 2010and 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 byANTHONY PUEBLA and LENAWATERS-PUEBLA dated the24th day o f Sep tember ,2008, to secure the sum of$433,683.85, and recordeda t In s t rument No .2009000104564 in the Of-fice of the City Register ofthe City of New York, on the9th day of April, 2009; Theproperty in question is de-scribed as follows: 221-15130TH AVENUE A/K/A 2115130TH AVENUE, SPRING-FIELD GARDENS, NY 11413SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIP-TION Block 12825 and Lot504 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 on the North-erly side of 130th Avenue,distant 1127.38 feet West-erly from the corner formedby the intersection of theWesterly side of 226th Streetwith the Northerly side of130th Avenue as said Streetand Avenue are shown andlaid out on final topographi-cal map of the City of NewYork for the Borough ofQueans; RUNNING THENCEWesterly along the Northerlyside of 130th Avenue, 40 feet;THENCE Northerly at rightangles to the Northerly sideof 130th Avenue, 99.59 feetto the l and o r l a te o fMonte f io re Cemete ry ;THENCE Easterly along saidl ands Nor th o f l and o fMontefiore Cemetery, 40.01feet; THENCE Southerly andagain at right angles to theNortherly side of 130th Av-enue, 100.51 feet to theNortherly side of 130th Av-enue at the point or place ofBEGINNING. P remi sesknown as 22115 130th Av-enue, Springfield Gardens,
New York 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 ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OFINFORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in foreclo-sure. In addition to seekingassistance from an attorney orlegal aid office, there aregovernment agencies andnon-profit organizations thatyou may contact for informa-tion about possible options,including trying to work withyour lender during this pro-cess. To locate an entity nearyou, you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by theNew York State Banking De-partment at 1-877-BANK-NYS(1-877-226-5697) or visit thedepar tment ’ s webs 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 fi led this foreclosureproceeding against you andfiling the answer with thecourt, a default judgmentmay be entered and you canlose your home. Speak toan attorney 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:November 1, 2010 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._______________________________________________________________Dupont Street AssociatesLLC. Arts. of Org. filed withSecy. of State of NY (SSNY)on 6/27/02. Ofc in QueensCty. SSNY designated agentof LLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to79-63 68th Rd, Middle Vil-lage, NY 11379. Purpose:General ._______________________________________________________________NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR-ING The NYC Board of Stan-dards and Appeals has sched-uled a public hearing on thefollowing application: Vari-ance (§72-21) to permit theaddition of a third floor to anexis t ing two-s tory schoolbuilding contrary to §24-36(rear yard) & §24-551 (set-back). R3-2 zoning district.Address: 250-10 Grand Cen-tral Parkway, south side ofGrand Parkway service road,between Little Neck Parkwayand Commonwealth Boule-vard, Block 8401, Lot 7501,Borough of Queens. Appli-cant: Sheldon Lobel, P.C.,fo r Yesh iva Har Torah ,owner. Community BoardNo.: 13Q This application,Cal. No.: 190-10-BZ, has beencalendared for Public Hear-ing on Tuesday, December14, 2010, 1:30 P.M., session,40 Rector Street, 6th floorHearing Room ”E”, Boroughof Manhattan. Interested per-sons or associations may ap-pear at the hearing to presenttestimony regarding this ap-plication. This application canbe reviewed at the Boardoffices, Monday through Fri-day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Thisnotice is published by theapplicant in accordance withthe Rules of Procedure of theBoard of Standards and Ap-peals. Dated: November 23,2010 Sheldon Lobel PC, Ap-plicant_______________________________________________________________
Notice of formation of KingHome Inspections, LLC, adomestic Limited Liabi l i tyCompany (LLC). Articles ofOrganization filed with Sec-retary of State of NY on Octo-ber 22, 2010 New York of-f i ce loca t ion : QueensCounty. The Secretary ofState is designated as agentupon whom process againstthe LLC may be served. TheSecretary of State shall mail acopy of any process againstthe LLC served upon him/her to c/o King Home Inspec-tions, LLC, 8419 51 Avenue,#3A, Elmhurst, NY 11373.Purpose: Any lawful act oractivity.
Giving Women A Place To Feel SafeBy JESSICA ABLAMSKY
For the women who seek help from Re-store, the biggest obstacle to personal safetyis fear.
A nonprofit that serves Chinese and Ko-rean victims of sex trafficking, Restore re-cently opened the first safehouse in the cityfor international victims - at a secret locationin Queens.
Only coined about 10 years ago, the term"sex trafficking" can be hard to define, muchless agree upon.
According to the United Nations, sextraff icking is the use of force or otherforms of coercion for the purpose of ex-ploitat ion. I t includes the recruitment,transportat ion, transfer, harboring or re-ceipt of people.
Since opening their doors two years ago,Restore has worked with more than 100women. Most came to them through thecourt system, ordered to receive services bya judge, but women have also arrived throughword of mouth.
After two years of planning and a year offundraising, Restore opened its first safehousefor clients a little more than a month ago.With eight beds for residents and two forhouse coordinators, one who speaks Chi-nese and another fluent in Korean, there isplenty of space.
"Right now we had our first client movein," said Lanci Villio, operations director forRestore. "Our job is to earn these people'strust because they've been so misled. Thereare women who are scared to open up withtheir story because they are really afraid oftheir sex trafficker."
Most of the women get sold into sexualslavery after hearing in their home country
about a job opportunity in the United States,one that comes with a hefty fee for theappropriate legal documents.
"They sometimes get here with fake visas,or it's a smuggling case," Villio said. "Wework with lawyers. Once they have a visa, thegovernment recognizes them as a victim ofsex trafficking."
The first resident was afraid to move intothe house.
"We said, 'Why don't you check out thehouse and see if you feel comfortable.' Whenshe saw the house and saw that there wassomeone who speaks the language, she wasimmediately like, 'Yes, I would love to movein,'" Villio said.
He describes the house as "a very pleasantplace to be. These women have meals cookedfor them. We are purchasing a piano, so theywill have music lessons. There's art easelswhere they can learn to paint."
There is also a computer station wherethey can learn how to create a resume.Through a project called Hello Rewind, thewomen make custom laptop sleeves.
"We are still in the process right now ofthinking of more ideas," he said. "If they can'tmake money, then the long-term aftercare isgoing to be difficult."
Although they had a location in mind,finding the right rental was not easy.
"We definitely went through a couple ofdifferent landlords that pulled out at the lastminute," he said. "I think, personally, thatthey pulled out because they didn't under-stand."
Their current landlord is someone whoselife was touched by sex trafficking and iscompletely behind Restore's mission.
"We would like to expand as much as we
can," he said. "We really want to be thor-ough in the services we are providing now.There are other nationalities here that arevictims of the crime. We would like tobranch out linguistically. If this house fillsup, we would like to branch out to a widerbase."
In any major city, sex trafficking is presentat some level, Villio said.
"All of these places have storefronts," he
said. "Massage, salons, acupuncture."Villio suggests a stroll through Chinatown
and Flushing in the middle of the night."These places are open. What's going
on?" he asked.For more information, or to find out how
you can help, go to restorenyc.org.Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky at
By DR. DAN MILLEROn Sunday, Dec. 5, Archbishop Timothy
Dolan was joined by Edward Cardinal Egan,a number of priests and hundreds of prayergoers to celebrate the inauguration of the St.Patrick Old Cathedral in lower Manhattan asNew York's first basilica, a designation ap-proved by Pope Benedict XVI back in March.Basilica is a term used for the most importantancient houses of worship in Rome.
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, a 205-yearold structure, was the original seat of the NewYork City Roman Catholic Church when itwas built in the early 1800s. It was replacedas the home of the Archdiocese by St. Patrick'sCathedral in 1879.
The celebration took place during eveningprayer, known traditionally as Vespers, at thehouse of worship located at the corner ofMott and Prince Street in Little Italy. Movie
Boro Folks On HandAt Basilica Inaugural
fans might remember the church scene in"The Godfather." It was filmed at this marvel-ous architectural treasure, the Old St.Patrick's Cathedral.
A number of Queens residents were onhand to help celebrate the basi l ica's inau-gurat ion and to help honor one of theirown. Gai l Frohl inger, a Bayside residentwho also teaches adult education at Gar-den City High School, was invited tocreate an important element of the eveningVespers.
On hand to honor their Queens fr iendwere State Supreme Court Just ice JamesJ. Golia and his brother, Associate JusticeJoseph G. Golia of the Supreme Court,Queens County, both accompanied byt h e i r w i v e s . T h e y w e r e j o i n e d b yBriarwood residents Pamela Arcuri andJanet O'Hara.
By ANGY ALTAMIRANOKeeping with the Queens College motto,
Disimus ut Serviamus, meaning “We learnso that we may serve,” the new PsychologicalCenter on the Queens College campus bringsa helping service to the community it seeksto serve.
The Queens College Psychological Cen-ter opened this October in Razran Hall onthe campus, and has seen growing participa-tion from students and faculty, as well as thesurrounding commu-nity, looking for close-to-home and affordableaid.
QCPC’s mission in-cludes three key aspects:service, training andresearch, each allowingit to bloom and functionas a productive center.QCPC’s service missionlooks to provide “com-passionate, high qual-i t y , ev idence - t e s tedmental health services”for any from the QueensCollege campus and thebroader Queens com-munity.
QCPC serves as atraining ground for the Clinical Psychology:Neuropsychology Doctoral Program, giv-ing doctoral students an opportunity andexperience in the field they hope to one daywork When it comes to research, QCPCopens the door to opportunities in develop-ing “collaborations focused on clinically rel-evant projects.” Even though a lot of thoseinvolved are doctoral students, experienced
QC Psych Center Aids Communityfaculty members supervise client therapy.
“I have been amazed on how much needthere is in the community,” said Dr. YvetteCaro, Clinic Director of QCPC. “[The center]has treatments that help people have a betterquality of life.”
Some of the services provided includeindividual or group psychotherapy, familyand couple’s therapy, child therapy, counsel-ing and more. QCPC help clients with avariety of problems, such as improving self-
esteem and body imageconcerns, solving fam-i l y , coup l e ’ s andparent ing problems,and other issues thatchildren, adolescentsand adults might findthemselves facing.
“People suffer solong unneces sa r i l y ,without knowing thereare treatments – treat-ments we know work,”said Caro.
If anyone comes inwith issues that are toosevere, the center helpsthem find the specificand extra care theyneed. Depending on the
severity of the psychological evaluation, thecenter could care for them or send them to anappropriate third-party location.
The services at the center are affordable tothe students and community looking for help.
“No one is turned away regardless offinancial status,” said Caro. “Low-cost orno cost – everyone should be able to im-prove their l ives.” There is an initial fee of
By JESSICA ABLAMSKYDo you know what’s in your disinfecting
kitchen cleanser?Thanks to the State Dept. of Environ-
mental Conservation, you soon might. DECstaff is developing a proposal that wouldenforce a more than 30-year-old regulationto make public the ingredients in householdcleaners.
“We have the authority to require thereporting of these chemicals contained in thecleansing products,” said DEC spokeswomanMaureen Wren. “Due to increased publicinterest in such information, we’re develop-ing a plan to make this [information] moreaccessible to consumers so that they have theinformation they need before making pur-chases.”
New York State could become the first inthe nation to require the reporting of chemi-cals that consumer advocacy and environ-mental groups say are linked to public health
Boro Group LaudsCleanser Law
menaces like asthma and breast cancer.Everyone has a right to know what is in
the products they use, said Nadia Berry, ofthe Queens College chapter of the New YorkPublic Interest Research Group, an environ-mental and consumer advocacy organiza-tion.
“We shouldn’t even have to ask for it,because everybody can be harmed by whatthey use,” she said. It just makes sense.”
What form enforcement wil l take – anon-the-label requirement or on a Web site– is unclear, but DEC staff is hopeful thatit can come up with something that isworkable for manufacturers of cleansers,meets the regulation and is useful for thepublic.
The proposal will be released for publiccomment sometime early next year.
Reach Reporter Jessica Ablamsky [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 124.
“No one is turnedaway regardless offinancial status.Low-cost or no cost– everyone shouldbe able to improvetheir lives.”–Dr. Yvette Caro, Clinic
Director of QCPC
$25 for new applicants, but even that canbe waived if any issues of payment arise forthe patient.
Caro, and others that help out in theclinic, seek to make sure that anyone whocalls in knows that they can be helped andthey should not be afraid to seek assistance.Caro said she hopes the clinic will expand its
understanding of the community and willidentify what needs are not being served andbegin to try to fill them.
For more information or to schedule anappointment, call (718) 570-0500.
Reach Intern Angy Altamirano [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
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Is it time to help your parent enjoy a newindependent lifestyle?
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FAITH GROUNDS A LIFE FOR FORD, 107By JASON BANREY
Goodwill towards the less fortunate, asound business plan and a large dose offaith seem to be the precise formula for along lasting life, according to one Queensresident.
Pattie Ford celebrated her107th birthday last week amonga gathering of caregivers, fam-ily and friends at MargaretTietz Nursing and Rehabilita-tion Center. Surrounded byloved ones, they reminiscedabout their connection to thecentenarian, revealing a faith-filled past along a miraculous journeythat led her to New York.
Born in 1903, Ford was raised by heronce-enslaved grandparents in Belona,Va. In an effort to better her family’ssituation, Ford decided to create her ownbusiness, giving her the opportunity toprovide her family with a stable financialfoundation that future generations couldbuild on.
Taking off throughout the 1930s,Ford’s homegrown salon thrived, stylingthe hair of many women in the neighbor-hood as she worked as a domestic andattended cosmetology school.
As the family’s first entrepreneur, sheachieved her goal of becoming a cosme-tologist, passing the New York State li-censing exam, having only attained a sixth-grade education.
Despite the multiple obstacles Fordfaced as an African American woman
living in a segregated South, she watchedher business grow, eventually expandinginto her own location, The ExclusiveBeauty Salon in Southeast Queens.
Cheryl Wade, Ford’s granddaughter,recal ls being apart of her
grandmother’s arduous journey,regularly joining her, as theytook the train into Harlem fromCambria Heights to attendcosmetology school.
As a child, Wade admiredFord’s decision to go into busi-
ness for herself. “Seeing her as abusiness woman and run her own
business impressed me,” Wade said.As she observed her grandmother’s
development from a domestic into an es-tablished entrepreneurial figure withinthe family, Wade took her grandmother’seffort as an unspoken lesson; one shecontinues to instill in her students at St.John University.
“My grandmother achieved all that shedid because she is exceptionally resilientand brilliant,” Wade mentioned in a pub-lication created for her law students. “Shefaced racism and sexism and yet thrived.”
Three years ago, doctors nearly gave upon Ford’s recovery after she suffered froman illness that they believed she would notrecover from, giving her only a short pe-riod of time for survival. Despite theirinitial diagnosis and their request that shebe entered into hospice, Ford pressed onto live and continued to be active.
As the oldest living member of Bethany
Baptist Church in Jamaica, Ford contin-ues to attend special events when she can,and always has the strength to sing herfavorite songs of faith.
The Rev. Craig Scott of Bethany Bap-tist Church recalls the active presenceFord had within the church and attestsher longevity to her strong spirit and end-less faith in God.
“When you see her, she’s going to talkabout God and sing her songs. Thatgrounds her,” said Scott. “Her faith is
extremely important to her. Her wholestory is a faith story.”
Throughout her timeless tale, this su-per-centenarian shows no signs of lettingup. Before blowing out her candles infront of friends, she was asked what thisyear’s birthday wish would be. She faith-fully replied, with a smile, “I wish for many,many more.”
Reach Intern Jason Banrey [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128.
With 80,000 New Votes Tallied,Election Night Accuracy Questioned
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By JOSEPH OROVICYards of receipt tape in folded piles
or tightly-wound cylinders cling to re-turns of canvasses, large yellow sheetsabout the size of a standard desk calen-dar. Their numbers recount the tale ofNov. 2’s preliminary election tallies inpencil lead and ink. For one night, theyfueled excitement, speculation and angstfor many. And for 28 days, the numbersmisled all.
When the City’s Board of Electionscer tified its poll results on Nov. 30,195,005 electronic ballots were addedto the state’s final tally, all of them seem-ingly lost in the Election Day shuffle of amistake-prone counting system birthedby new voting machines.
Of that staggering figure, 31 percent,or about 80,000, belonged to our bor-ough. The head-scratching disparity be-tween the election night figures and cer-tified results left many baffled. The pre-liminary vote-counting process remainswrought with so many traps, it could, forone very brief moment in one electoraldistrict, leave an incumbent Assembly-man trailing behind write-ins like “JoyBehar” and “Peewee Herman.”
How could the numbers be so wrong?Some ask a different question: Do we
really need to know the results rightaway?
A New ProcessIn the now comical-seeming stone
age of switches and levers, poll workerswould open ballot machines at the endof the night, mark each candidates’ votetally on a “Return of Canvas” sheet, thendistribute them in three different direc-tions. The system was wholly archaic,primitive in its use of the imposing 600-pound machines, and prone to error.
When the Help America Vote Act wassigned into law by President George W.Bush in 2002, few in the state could imag-ine what would ensue eight years later.New voting machines, employing thelatest f i l l - in-the-bubble technology,promised to make voters’ lives easier.Instead, a litany of complaints arose, withissues like lighting, privacy, readabilityand trust coming to the fore. It led MayorMike Bloomberg to reportedly call pri-mary night “a royal screw-up” and leftthe Board of Elections scrambling toright any wrongs.
But the gap between preliminary andcertified results highlights a wholly dif-ferent issue – the plight of poll workers,volunteers and civil servants, learninga new technology while struggling toprovide accurate numbers.
The new polling machines print out areported 20-25 feet of receipt tape,providing duplicates of tallies. One setof results is posted for poll watchers. Theother is cut manually with scissors ac-cording to election district.
The figures are then scrawled ontothe Return of Canvas forms by the poll-ing site’s inspectors, to be tallied andentered in the form’s “Total” column.
Two of three copies of the canvassform are then handed to a police officer,to be inputted into a database by a civil-ian employee of the NYPD at the pre-cinct. Those inputted figures are dissemi-nated as early returns to the masses.
The newly-found ballots were not
enough to invalidated any concessionor victory speeches. All of the borough’sNov. 2 victors did, eventually, win.
With so many figures being tran-scribed, added and re-filed, the risk forhuman error, it appears, is massive. Andin some cases, Total columns were leftentirely blank.
“I’m not sure the public really appre-ciates the extent to which human errorplays a role in election results,” saidAssemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest), who is proposing legislationthat would let out-of-county college stu-dents work at polls.
The reasons for the errors are many,and agencies are quick to promise fixes.
Of Cops and Poll WorkersThe 5 a.m. clock-in on Election Day
left many poll workers frazzled. The dayahead of them was long. Questions hadto be answered. Instructions were doledout ad nauseam. The road back homewas at least 16 hours away.
When polls closed at 9 p.m., many apoll worker began the most tedious ofthe job.
Armed with the machines’ receipts,workers sat at tables and began tran-scribing figures, then adding them upwith a calculator and cross checking thenumbers. A coordinator would then in-spect the sheets before handing themover to the police. At least that’s whatwas supposed to happen.
In some instances, faint receipt print-outs rendered some numbers illegible.
“It was like the toner running out,” saidJoseph Hennessy, who worked as a co-ordinator at PS 101’s polling site in For-est Hills Gardens. “Everybody com-plained about the printing.”
Also, workers relied on their own cal-culators – classic or cell phone – to addthe numbers, if they even bothered.
At a recent stop by the Board of Elec-tions’ office in Kew Gardens, the Tribuneinspected three returns on canvassforms. Two of them did not have total votecounts added.
Prior to the Tribune’s findings, CityBoard of Elections spokeswoman ValerieVazquez asserted that numerical snafusin the prel iminary counts were notcaused by flawed totals. She did not re-turn phone calls for comment after the
return of canvass forms were viewed.The Board of Elections claims the Po-
lice Dept. did not properly input many to-tals at precincts on Nov. 2. In fact, 570 of thecity’s electoral precincts initially reportedzero votes in the gubernatorial race be-tween Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino.The Board attributes that discrepancy topoor data entry on the part of the NYPD.
“Some have stated that maybe thepolice officer couldn’t differentiate whatthe number was so they put in a zero,”Vazquez said.
The NYPD did not respond to re-quests for comment.
And then there are the hours, gruel-ing and long as they are. Some stayedbeyond a full 18 in order to earn their$225. According to Hennessy, the timeracked up and took its toll, an issue onlyworsened by employing a new system.
“The paperwork at the end of the night,that kind of complete switch around ofwhat you had to do, was difficult,” he said.
The Gap GrowthThe changed tallies solidified mar-
gins of victory in several key races andturned two casual wins into completeblowouts.
The victor for the 11th Senate district,Tony Avella, unseated incumbent FrankPadavan (R-Bellerose) by 3,083 votes,according to preliminary counts. Thatnumber jumped 38percent to 5,003votes when the certi-fied numbers werereleased.
Avella said he didnot worry that hemight have actuallylost when the new fig-ures were released.
“Once you get overeven 1,000 votes, it’sunlikely thatnewfound votes aregoing to change theelection,” he said. “If itwas under 1,000votes, we might nothave declared victory.”
Other incumbentsfaired much better.State Sen. TobyStavisky (D-Flush-
ing) gained more than 12,000 votes,while State Sen. Malcolm Smith raked inclose to 19,000 more.
Does It Matter?Despite the confusing figures, the pre-
liminary numbers do not serve any le-gally binding purpose.
“Whatever the police put or anybodyelse puts out is irrelevant. It means noth-ing,” said Emanuel Gold, an attorney andformer State Senator. “The official finalresults are what determine the election.”
Preliminary results are, in all truth, anopiate for candidates and the political-junkie masses.
Some questioned the necessity ofpreliminary results at all, saying the needfor immediate figures and winners mir-rors a distinctly American urge.
“We live in a society that wants in-stant gratification,” Avella said. “It’s notjust election results.”
But these revamped figures shouldtemper the Gospel of the early returns,according to Lancman.
“It just highlights the point that theelection process is run by human be-ings,” he said.
The Board of Elections adamantlycautions against reliance on the earlyfigures. The 200,000 additional ballotsonly served to prove their point.
“This is really the difference betweenofficial and not official,” Vazquez said.
Preventing A RepeatLegislators like Lancman and Avella
look to improve the election processthrough bills in their respective bodies.
“It’s just painfully obvious that the waywe conduct polls should be carried outbetter,” Lancman said.
According to Vazquez, prevention ofanother preliminary gap will come withcommunication and exploration of flawsin the system. Poll coordinators areasked to keep journals which, along witha debriefing session, provide feedbackto the Board of Elections.
The Board and NYPD will also meetand iron out any kinks, according toVazquez.
“We want every voter to have everyconfidence at the end of the day,” she said.
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With 80,000 New Votes Tallied,Election Night Accuracy Questioned
Queens Community House held its second fundraising event at the Acela Club at Citi Field Nov. 16 honoring Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Jimmy Bres-lin, Queens Market President of Capital One Giselle Ca-halan, and former Queens Community House Vice Pres-ident of the Board of Directors, Aino Jonah. Pictured are Jimmy Breslin, QCH Executive Director Emeritas Lew Harris, QCH Board Member Joe Hennessy and QCH Supporter Vincent Nicolosi.
Breslin Honored
On Thursday, Dec. 2, more than 400 guests attended SCO Family of Services’ black tie gala, the Shepherd’s Ball, at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. The Shepherd’s Ball raises funds that help SCO provide vital services for children and families throughout New York City and Long Island. Pictured: SCO Shepherd’s Award Honorees Stanley Bergman, Chairman and Chief Exec-utive Officer of Henry Schein;, Jost Fischer, Chairman and CEO of Sirona Dental; Marion Bergman MD, MPA, Health Projects Dir, Miracle Corners of the World; SCO Exec Dir Robert McMahon; Shepherd’s Ball Co-Chair Michael Whitcomb. Photo by Asia Lee
Shepherd’s Ball
Dozens of children who are patients at North Shore-LIJ’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center boarded flight 1225 from LaGuardia Airport to the North Pole this weekend on a special Fantasy Flight to help spread holiday cheer for these young patients who face life-threatening ill-nesses. From top to bottom: She’s not part of a young pilot program, but this child had the chance to sit in the cockpit; The volunteer flight crew for the Fantasy Flight hang out with the big man; Parents bring their children on board the flight; After “landing” at the North Pole, chil-dren were greeted enthusiastically by Santa Claus.
Photos by Ira Cohen
Fantasy Flight
Newly sworn in Officers of the Queens Civic Congress and elected officials gathered for the Queens Civic Con-gress 12th Annual Legislative Reception. Newly sworn in officers of the Queens Civic Congress are on the steps. In front, l. to r.: Sen. Toby Stavisky, Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, NYC Comptroller John Liu, Pat Dolan, Pres., Queens BP Helen Marshall, Assemblyman William Scar-borough, Manhattan BP Scott Stringer, Assemblywoman Barbara Clark and Assemblyman Rory Lancman,
Photo by Juliet Kaye
Civic Congress
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman installed the officers of the Brandeis Association, an association of Jewish Judg-es and lawyers of Queens County. Honorable Jeremy S. Weinstein, Administrative Judge of the Queens Su-preme Court, Civil Term, presided over the event which drew 250 members of the legal community including the Judiciary, bar and elected officials. Judge Bernice Sie-gal was sworn in as Chair of the Board of Directors and Lawrence Litwack was installed as president. Pictured (l. to r.): Judge Jeffrey Lebowitz, Judge Bernice Siegal, Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Administrative Judge Jeremy S. Weinstein, and incoming President Lawrence Litwack.
Brandeis Honors
At the Woodhaven BID Welcome Santa to Woodhaven Parade, St. Luke’s Nursery School marches proudly.
Welcome Santa
Councilman Dan Halloran speaks to Dr. Nikola Saboti-nov (not pictured), president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, at a meeting this week in Sofia, Bulgaria. To the Council Member’s right is Yane Yanev, chairman of Order, Law and Justice, the political party hosting Hal-loran on his visit to the country.
Queens Historical Society presents the23rd Annual Historic Holiday House Tourthis Sunday, Dec. 12, from 1-5 p.m.
Six historic sites in Flushing beckon visi-tors to celebrate the holiday season and learnabout these landmark houses and theirunique histories. The Kingsland Homestead,Voelker Or th House, Lew is H. Lat imerHouse Museum, Flushing Town Hall and theBowne House each offer special activities,
delicious refreshments and a glimpse at whatlife was once like during the holidays inFlushing at this fun-filled annual event.
Kingsland Homestead, c. 1785, was occu-pied by the same family until the 1930s. In1968, the house was moved from its origi-nal Flushing site to its current location. It isthe home of the Queens Historical Society,which offers school programs, tours and lec-tures to the public, documenting the history
of Queens. This year theQHS invites the publicto join them for ongo-ing “Tradit ional Victo-rian Craft Workshops”for the whole family.Lea rn more a tqueenshistoricalsociety.org
Voelker Or th Houseis a museum, bird sanc-t ua r y and Vi c to r i a ngarden. Dating back to1891, it was home tothree generations of oneQueens family. For thisfestive event, enjoy pi-ano per formance s al lday and a special plantsale at this dressed-for-the-holiday period Vic-to r i an house . Learnmore at vomuseum.org
The Lewis H. LatimerHouse Museum wasconstructed from 1887
O’NEILLS RESTAURANT64-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth(718) 626-9696CUISINE: Spor ts BarHOURS: 7 am to 3 am, 7 daysCREDIT CARDS: All MajorPARKING: StreetDEIVER: Yes
Nestled in a residential part of northernMaspeth near the neighborhood’s borderwith Woodside, O’Neill’s is not just a pub– it’s so much more.
Located at the corner of 53rd Drive and65th Place, when you step through the frontdoors, the first thing you notice is the be-hemoth bar, crowded even atlunchtime. There’s a bar menu forthose who want to eat there,rather than go to the dining room.Friday nights are Girls Night Outfrom 4-7 p.m.., featuring “tinyt inis,” mini-mart inis for $5, anda complete dinner menu for $15.Ever y Monday and Thursdaynight unti l midnight are wingnights, 10 wings, with a choiceof 12 different flavors, for $4
Maître ‘d John McDonald tookus to the back dining room, where O’Neill’sfamous brick oven pizza station takes upone corner. The wal ls are garnished withtelevisions featuring horseracing, a stapleof O’Neil ls’ in-restaurant OTB parlor, withsmaller ones in the booths turned to sportschannels. The lunch crowd was l ight,though the restaurant was hosting a par tythat day. Some locals came for the horseraces.
Our lunch star ted with soup and salad;the potato leek soup is creamy and rich, agood warm treat on a cold day. The gardensalad was dressed with a thick, flavorful bal-
samic vinaigret te.Next up was O’Neill’s popular brick
oven pizza; a whole pie is enough to feedtwo or three people. Our waitress broughtthe pizza fresh out of the oven, the cheesestill sizzling. The pie was placed on a pieceof metal to keep in a foot or so off thetable. The pizza comes with shakers filledwith red pepper and Parmesan cheese. Thecrust was thin and crispy. The slices aresmall enough for a hungry person to eatalmost the entire pie for a meal, but forus, there was sti l l much more food tocome.
McDonald suggested O’Neill’s trade-mark porterhouse steak meal. Perfect for a
couple, or a family, the meal fea-tures a prime-aged porterhousesteak, served with creamed spin-ach, hash browns and onionrings. The steak is cooked to per-fection. If you’re get ting it me-dium well, expect well cooked toblackened on the outside, andstill a spot of juicy red in themiddle. Chef Jose Dominguezsays he ages the steaks anywherefrom three to six weeks. Thecreamed spinach has a rich flavor
that can almost double as a sauce for thesteak. Try dipping your cut of beef in thecreamed spinach. The real unexpected treatis the hash browns, cooked and seasonedto perfection.
Though the meal left lit tle room for des-ser t, we opted to try some anyway. Ourwaitress brought us a plate featuring threeitems; a slice of rich, smooth cheesecake,chocolate mousse cake and a fruity straw-berry shor tcake on a plate garnished withfresh strawberries.
Go, have fun, and enjoy.—Domenick Rafter
By BRIAN M. RAFFERTYFor many of us, celebrating the holidays
means ver y specific tradit ions. We eat thesame food in the same places with the samepeople; the only thing that changes is theyear.
Perhaps it’s t ime to shake yourself outof the holiday doldrums. No longer will yoube a holiday zombie going through the mo-t ions of the expected rituals. Perhaps it st ime to star t a tradit ion of your own, com-plete with shining lights, holiday music, hotcocoa and all the bells and whistles – quiteliterally – that a last-minute overnight holi-day tr ip can bring. Maybe its t ime forMohegan Sun.
Just a couple of hours away, though notquite as far as the nor th pole, there’s a win-ter wonderland that has been decked out forthe holidays and bringing you some of thebest area entertainment for the holiday sea-son, including the star of the Phil SpectorChristmas Gift, Ms. Ronnie Spector, whopersonally has defined the yuletide blend ofholiday tradit ion, Motown and the PhilSpector wall of sound. Her “Christmas (BabyPlease Come Home),” is one of the mostplayed songs of the season, and she’s brin-ing that and all the other classics to a freeshow at the Wolf Den on Christmas night at7 p.m.
If you’re more into swing, next weekendBig Bad Voodoo Daddy – you rememberthem from “Swingers,” right – are bringingtheir Wild & Swinging Holiday Party to theWolf Den, located in the heart of the casino,Dec. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. The cooler soundsof Johnny Mathis follow the next night, Dec.19, at 7 p.m.
For New Year’s Eve, Chelsea Handlerbrings her stand-up act to the Mohegan SunArena, while a disco par ty invades to bring70s soul back for an all-night par ty at theWolf Den.
Besides the headliners, Mohegan Sunoffers the largest casino nor th of New YorkCity, and some of the best dining outside ofthe five boroughs. Celebrity chefs BobbyFlay and Todd English operate two fine din-ing restaurants – Café America in andTuscany, respectively – and each offers a newand exciting taste that people have come toexpect from an Iron Chef and world-re-nowned restaurateur.
Swing, Dance, EnjoyFestive Holiday Fun
Here’s a tip for you; if you go to CaféAmericain, get the fresh potato chips withhot blue cheese sauce. If headed to Bobby’sBurger Palace, be sure to get your burgercrunchified, which means served with freshchips inside the burger. You can’t go wrong.
Whatever you choose, Mohegan Sun willhelp you create your new holiday tradition.And besides, how much were you going tospend on fruitcakes this year? Take thatmoney and put it on red (and green).
To learn more, call (888) 777-7922 or goto mohegansun.com.
Reach Editor Brian M. Rafferty [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 122.
to 1889. Home of African-American inven-tor Lewis H. Latimer, he lived in this housefrom 1903 until his death in 1928. The sonof fugitive slaves, he played a vital role inthe development of the telephone and theincandescent light bulb. Join them for anopen house and many traditional holiday re-f re shmen t s . To l ea r n more go tohistorichousetrust.org
Friends Meeting House is the first houseof worship in the village of Flushing and theCity’s oldest structure in continuous use forreligious purposes. It was built in 1694. Thehouse will be open for tours all day; be sureto walk around the proper ty and view thehistoric cemetery. Learn more at nyym.org/flushing
Flushing Town Hal l was bui lt in 1862.Once the cultural & political focal point ofthe vil lage of Flushing, it is now a per-forming and visual ar ts space and home to
The Historic Bowne House will be part of the HistoricalHouse Tour this Sunday.
Ronnie Spector will bring all of herChristmas classics to the Wolf Den onChristmas Night.
Flushing Counci l on Culture and the Ar ts.Exper ience the Ten Thousand Spr ingsPavi l ion and color your own pavi l ion.There wil l be a per formance of “The Nut-cracker” at 2 p.m. (additional ticket re-quired) and a free concer t by the BaysideHigh School Jazz combo and a cappellagroup from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Learn more atflushingtownhall.org
The Bowne House, built by John Bowne,who emigrated from England to Boston in1649 and settled in Flushing when New Yorkwas under Dutch Rule, was built c. 1661and is the oldest surviving home in Queens.Currently closed for restoration, the prop-erty will be open from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Learnmore at bownehouse.org
For More information or to reserve yourtickets contact the Queens Historical Soci-e t y a t : ( 718 ) 939 -0647 o r ema i [email protected].
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SINGLES SOCIAL & DANCESunday , December 12singles social and dance from2-6 . $10 . Over 45 . RegoPark Jewish Center, 97-30Queens Blvd. , Rego Park.459-1000.
IRMA VEPThrough December 12 theGreek Cultural Center pre-sents the comedy “The Mys-tery of Irma Vep” in Astoria.$20 adults, $15 children andseniors. 726-7329.THE BIKINISThrough December 12 TheBikinis, a new musical beachparty at Queens Theatre inthe Park. 760-0064.I_NYSaturday , December 18lives of immigrant NYers in-tersect at Queens Theatre inthe Park at 8. Free; reserva-tions required. 760-0064.
WOMANSPACEWednesdays Womanspace,a discussion group devotedto i s sues concern ingwomen, meets 1 -3 at theGreat Neck Senior Center,80 Grace Avenue . Newmembers welcome.STAY WELLMondays at 10 at the Cen-tral library. Tuesdays at 2 atthe F lu sh ing l i b ra ry andWednesdays at 10 at theEast Elmhurst library. Specialexercises and relaxation tech-niques.AARP 4158Tuesday, December 14North Flushing AARP chap-ter 4158 meets at noon atChurch on the Hill, 167-0735th Avenue, Flushing.HORIZONS CLUBThursday , December 16Tom Newby wil l speak on“The wor ld of Opera andBroadway” at a meeting ofHorizons, a club for those 55and ove r , a t the Re fo rmTemple of Forest Hills, 71-11112th Street. $3 includes cof-fee and cake. 261-2900 in-formation.AARP DRIVING CLASSThursday, December 16 atthe Forest Hills library at 1.STARFriday, December 17 SeniorTheatre Acting Repertory atthe Queens Village library at10.FREE LUNCHSaturday, December 18 atAl l Saints Church in Rich-mond Hill. 849-2352 reser-vations.AARP 1405Monday , December 20Flushing AARP 1405 meetsat the Bowne Street Commu-n i t y Church , 143 -11Rooseve l t Avenue a t 1 .Chr i stmas Par t y fo r pa idmembers only.FREE LUNCHSaturday, December 25 atChurch of the Resurrectionin Kew Gardens. 847-2649reservations.
LIC BOOKTuesday, December 21“Freedom” will be discussedat 10 at the LIC library.TIME TRAVELTuesday, December 28 ex-plore time travel, fact andfiction at 4 at the Hillcrestlibrary. FLEA MARKETS MISCELLANEOUS
FLEA MARKETSaturday and Sunday, De-cember 11, 12 at St. Tho-mas the Apostle, 87-19 88th
Avenue, Woodhaven.HOLIDAY GIFT SHOPSunday, December 12 from1-5 at Flushing Town Hall .463-7700, ext. 222.BAZAARSunday, December 12 from10:30-3:00 at the Bay TerraceJewish Center, 13-00 209th
street, Bayside.SANTA & SALESaturday , December 18annual Breakfast with Santaand Christmas Sale in Msgr.Mulz Hall , St. Thomas theApostle, 87-19 88th Avenue,Woodhaven. 847-1353.
TOY DRIVEThrough December 16bring new, unwrapped toysor games to any of the Mar-t i n A . G leason Funera lHomes.SOUP KITCHENSaturday , December 11free soup kitchen with hotlunch 12-2 at the UnitarianUniversalist Congregation ofQueens , 147 -54 Ash Av -enue, Flushing. 353-3860.NETWORKINGFr iday , December 17Martha’s Bakery Café, 70-30-Austin Street. Business andSocial Networking at 6. $6.Food and d r inks no t i n -cluded. “The ‘C’ Network.263-3501.
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DEFENSIVE DRIVINGSaturday, December 11 atOur Lady of the Blessed Sac-rament in Bayside. 631-360-9720.SATURDAY ASTORIASaturdays Your CommunityCente r i n As to r i a ho ldsclasses in Civics Preparation,Computer Sk i l l s and ESL .205-8225.SCRABBLE CLUBSaturdays at 10 at CountBasie Jr. HS, 132nd Street andGuy R. Brewer Blvd. 886-5236.KNIT AND CROCHETSaturdays at the Seaside li-brary at 2:30.PET OWNERSSundays (not on holidays)from 1-4 free workshops onpet behavior at CrocheronPark in Bays ide (weatherpermitting). 454-5800.KNIT & CROCHETMondays a t 4 a t theDouglaston/Li t t le Neck l i -brary, 249-01 Northern Blvd.INSTRUCTION & DANCEMondays and Fridays 7:15-8:00 dance lessons, dancefrom 8-11. Italian Charitiesof America, 83-20 QueensBlvd., Elmhurst. $10.ADULT CHESSMondays at 6 at the QueensVillage library.DANCE CLASSESMondays through Decem-ber 27 Tap f rom 6 -7 :30,Partnering (including aspectsof Jazz) 7:30-8:30. $15 persession at the Astoria Cen-ter of Israel. 278-2680.BEGIN CROCHETMondays, December 13, 20at the Rosedale library at 6.Bring yarn and hook.BALLROOM DANCINGMondays, December 13, 20,27 at the Forest Hills libraryat 6:30.CREATIVE WRITINGMonday, December 13 atthe North Hills library. Reg-ister.POLISH RESUMEMonday, December 13 atthe Central library. Register.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.OPEN BRIDGETuesdays at 8 at the ForestHills Jewish Center. Call 263-7000 for fees.BASIC COMPUTERTuesday, December 14 atthe LIC library at 10.INTRO POWERPOINTTuesdays, December 14, 21at the McGoldrick l ibrary.Register .BEGIN COMPUTERSTuesday, December 14 atthe Astoria library at 11.INTRO INTERNETTuesdays, December 14, 21,28 at the Queens Village li-brary. Register.JOB INFO CENTERTuesday, December 14 atthe Central library at 1.PRACTICE TESTSTuesday, December 14NCLEX-RN Practice Test andS t ra tegy Semina r a t theCentral library at 6:30.DUPLICATE BRIDGEWednesdays 10:30-3:00 at
the 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.BUSINESS SUCCESSWednesdays, December 15,22 Business Success Seriesat 6 at the Flushing library.INTERMEDIATE COMP.Thursday, December 16 atthe LIC library at 10.SCRABBLE/CHESSThursdays a t 4 a t theWindsor Park library, 79-50Bell Blvd., Bayside.QUILTING CLASSESThursdays 10-2 at the MariaRose Dol l Museum in S t .Albans. 917-817-8653 to reg-ister.KNIT/CROCHETThursdays (not holidays) at
6 and Fridays at 10:30 atthe Fresh Meadows library.QUILTERSThursdays at 1:30 at the EastElmhurst library.ADULT CHESSThursdays at 6 at the QueensVillage library.OPEN BRIDGEThursdays from 8-10pm atthe Forest Hills Jewish Cen-ter . $12 per p layer . 275 -6615 to register.WRITER’S WORKSHOPThursday, December 16 atthe Bayside library. Register.COMPUTER CLASSFriday, December 17 at theMiddle Village library. Reg-ister.COMPUTERSFridays, December 17, 24,31 at the Ozone Park library.Register .PUBLIC SPEAKINGSaturday , December 18learn to communicate effec-tively at Elmhurst Hospital.646-436-7940.
HEALTH
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS7 days a week. 932-6244.www.westernqueensna.org.WAITANKUNGSundays at 2. Waitankung isa great total-body workout.Join these ancient Chineseexercise classes in the Flush-ing Hospital/Medical Centerauditorium on 45th Avenuebe tween Pa r sons andBurling. Free. Jimmy 7-10pm347-2156 information.EZ YOGAMonday, December 13 atthe Flushing l ibrary. Regis-ter .TAI CHIMondays and Thursdays at11 at the Card iac Heal thCenter in Fresh Meadows.670-1695. $5 a class.FEMALE CANCERMondays, December 13, 27“Look Good, Feel Better”program for women under-going chemotherapy and ra-diation therapy in Flushing.1-800-ACS-2345.MS SELF-HELPTuesdays, December 14, 28Multiple Sclerosis Self-helpgroup to share a commonlife experience for support,education and mutual aid 1-2:30 at the Howard Beachlibrary.ALZHEIMERSTuesdays, December 14, 28Caregiver Support Group inForest Hills. 592-5757, ext.237.YOGA DANCETuesdays 4:30-5:30 at theCard iac Heal th Center inFresh Meadows. 670-1948.$10 class.CAREGIVERS SUPPORTEver y Tuesday We ste rnQueens Caregiver Networkin Sunnyside. 784-6173, ext.431.CAREGIVERS WORKSHOPWednesday, December 15at the Hi l lc res t l ibrary a t11:30. Understanding theemotional dynamics of ag-ing , prevent ing careg iverburnout , resources in thecommunity.COPD
Wednesday, December 15Jamaica Hospital holds freeChronic Obstructive Pulmo-nary Disease support groups.206-8410.HEALTHIER LIFEThursday , December 16Moving For A Healthier Lifeat the Sunnyside library. Ex-ercise class – bring towel oryoga mat at 6.WOMEN & HEARTThursday , December 16Nat iona l Coa l i t ion fo rWomen with Heart Diseasein Forest Hills. 830-1511.OAThursdays a t the HowardBeach library at 10:30.MEMORY LOSSFridays Couples with onepar tne r exper ienc ingmemory loss meet a t theSamuel Field Y. 225-6750,ext. 236.OAFridays 6:30-8:30 at UnityCenter of F lushing, 42-11155 th S t ree t . Saturdays10:30-noon at ResurrectionAscension, Feely Hall, 85-1861st Road, Rego Park. Be-ginners meeting except thelast Friday of each month,which is a writing meeting.CO-DEPENDENTS ANON.Fridays 10-11:45 at Resur-rection Ascension PastoralCente r , 85 -18 61 st Road ,Rego Park. Women only.SHARPSaturday , December 18Se l fhe lp A lzhe imers Re -source Program (SHARP) inBayside. 631-1886.
BRAIN INJURYWednesday, December 22Traumatic Brain Injury Sup-port Group at Peninsula Hos-pital. 734-2432.CANCER ACTIONMonday, December 27 Co-rona Cancer Action CouncilMeeting at the Corona l i -brary at 6. Work with thecommuni t y and organiza -tions, improve access to can-cer prevent ion, screeningand t rea tment , addres shealth needs of Corona andmore.P
SPIRITUAL SUPPORTFriday, December 17 sup-port group for parents seek-ing spiritual support with abiblical look at parenting inSt. Albans. 454-4044.CHILD CARE NETWORKSaturday, December 18 in-formation on free nutritionse rv i ce and p lann ing fo rchild care providers and fami-l ies in the Queens area at10 at the Forest Hills library.
MEETINGS
POETSSaturday, December 11 theFresh Meadow Poets meet atthe Forest Hills library at 10to discuss and critique theirpoetry.AMER. LEG. AUX.Sa turday , December 11Leonard Unit 422 AmericanLegion Auxi l iary meets inFlushing. 463-2798.TOASTMASTERSMondays, December 13, 20learn communicat ion andleadership skills in Kew Gar-dens. 646-269-1577.VFW 4787Mondays, December 13, 27Whitestone VFW Commu-nity Post meets; ladies auxil-iary meets the 2nd Monday.746-0540.TOASTMASTERSMondays, December 13, 27learn the art and science ofPublic Speaking in Queens.525-6830.CATHOLIC VETSMonday , December 13American Mart yrs CatholicWar Veterans Pos t 1772meets in Bayside. 468-9351.AMERICAN LEGIONMonday , December 13American Legion Post 510meet s a t S t . Rober tBellamine in Bayside Hills.428-2895.WATCHMonday , December 13Woman at the Chapel Hall(WATCH) meets at the Com-mun i t y Church o f L i t t l eNeck. 229-2534.FRESH MEADOW CAMERATuesdays the Fresh Mead-ows Camera C lub meets .917-612-3463.ADVANCED WRITERSTuesdays at 6:30 at the Ter-race Diner at Bay TerraceShopping Center and alsothe l a s t Tuesday o f t hemonth in the Communi t yRoom in Panera Bread at BayTerrace Shopping.LIONS CLUBTuesday, December 14Ravenswood L ions C lubmeets at Riccardo’s by theBridge, 21-01 21st Avenue,Astoria at 6:30.FH CIVICTuesday, December 14 For-es t H i l l s Communi t y andCivic Association meets. 997-7014.COMM. BD. 9Tuesday, December 14 CB9meets. 286-2686.TELEPHONE PION.Tuesday, December 14 Tele-phone Pioneers of Americameet in College Point. 463-4535.IAAPTuesday, December 14 In-ternat ional Associat ion of
Administrative Professionalsmeet at Bourbon Street res-taurant in Bayside at 6:30.$25. [email protected] forreservations.WOMANSPACEWednesdays Womanspace,a discussion group devotedto i s sues concern ingwomen, meets 1 -3 at theGreat Neck Senior Center,80 Grace Avenue . Newmembers welcome.TOASTMASTERSWednesday, December 15learn the art of public speak-ing at the Voices of RochdaleToas tmas te r s C lub in J a -maica. 978-0732.FLUSHING CAMERAWednesday, December 15Flushing Camera Club meetsat F lushing Hospita l . 441-6210.KNIGHTS OF PYTHIASWednesday, December 15Queensv iew Lodge 433meets in Whitestone. 746-4428.HORIZONS CLUBThursday , December 16Tom Newby wil l speak on“The wor ld of Opera andBroadway” at a meeting of
Horizons, a club for those 55and ove r , a t the Re fo rmTemple of Forest Hills, 71-11112th Street. $3 includes cof-fee and cake. 261-2900 in-formation.REPUBLICAN WOMENThursday , December 16Women’s Republican Clubmeet s in G lenda le . 526 -3987.TOASTMASTERSThursday, December 16 atthe B r i a rwood l ib ra ry a t5:45.QUEENS CENTRAL ROTARYThursdays 6:30-8:30 Comelearn i f Rotary is for you.465-2914; [email protected] AIR PATROLFridays 6-10 at Vaughn Col-lege of Aeronautics, 86-0123rd Avenue, East Elmhurst.AcademyWOMAN’S GROUPFridays the Woman’s Groupof Jamaica Estates meets atnoon. Call 461-3193 for in-formation.P-FLAGSunday, December 19 P-FLAG, a support group forparents, families and friendsof lesbians and gays, meetin Forest Hills. 271-6663.
RELIGIOUS
BELLEROSE JCSaturday , December 11Winter Celebration from 8-midnight. $22 includes DJ,l ight supper , door pr izes .Reservations needed. Tues-days at 7:30 “Journeys inJudaism.” Bellerose JewishCenter, 254-04 Union Turn-pike, Floral Park. 343-9001.GLENN MOHR CHORALESunday , December 12“Blessed Hope” will be per-formed at 4 at ImmaculateConcept ion Center , 7200Douglaston Parkway. Freewill offerings requested.ST. THOMASSundays, December 12, 19Sung Vespers during Advent.December 18 Annual Break-fast with Santa and ChristmasSale in Msgr. Mulz Hall. De-cember 24 Christmas EveConcerts in the church. St.
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Thomas the Apostle, 87-1988th Avenue, Woodhaven.LUTHERAN REDEEMERWednesday, December 15Advent Service at 7:30. De-cember 16, 17 Outdoor Liv-ing Nativit y on the churchlawn at 7 and 8. December24 Christmas Eve Servicewith Caroling at 7:10, ser-vice with candles at 7:30.December 25 Christmas DayService at 10. December 31New Year ’s Eve Service at7:30. Sundays regular wor-ship service with Holy Com-munion at 8:30 and 10:30.Sunday School, Adult BibleClass and Friendship Hour at9:30. Youth Group at 12:30.Wednesday prayer groupand B ib le S tudy a t 7 .Lutheran Church of the Re-deemer , 157 -16 65 th Av -enue, Flushing. 358-2744.
QUEENS HISTORICALTuesdays , Sa turdays andSundays 2:30-4:30 new ex-h ib i t “Fo r Love o f theGames: A History of Sportsin Queens,” with other ex-hibits, “Unraveling History:Using Texti les to Date thePas t , ” “K ings l and : F romHomestead to House Mu-seum,” “Persistence: A Cel-ebrat ion of Landmarks inQueens – Past, Present, Fu-ture,” and “The Civil War’sLast ing Memory.” QueensHi s to r i ca l Soc ie t y a tKingsland Homestead, 144-35 37th avenue, F lush ing .939-0647, ext . 17. $2 se -niors and students, $3 adults.NO. IRELANDThrough December 23“Voices Envisioned: Memo-ries Made in Northern Ire-land,” at the Queens Col -lege Art Center. 997-3770.AMER. CIVIL RIGHTS
Through December “March-ing the Dream: Amer icanCivil Rights” with Americanphotographer Dan Budnik.Through January “A JourneyI Stone and Wood,” sculp-tures by Gladys ThompsonRoth . February throughApril “Bindu Masks from theImperato Collection.” Febru-ary through June “QCC ArtGallery: 20 Years of Collect-i ng . ” May through June“Depar tment o f A r t andDesign’s Juried Student Ex-hibition.” QCC Art Gallery.631-6396.HOLIDAY ARTThrough January 1 at theNational Art League, 44-21Douglaston Parkway. Free.NY REGIONAL AESTHETICSJanuary 29 through June 30“Express : Local/New YorkRegional Aesthetics” at theQueens College Art Center.997-3770.
SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 5383/09 WELLSFARGO BANK, N.A. Plain-tiff, vs. ANDREA MURRAYAKA ANDREA N. MURRAY,D e f e n d a n t ( s ) . M O R T -GAGED PREMISES: ET, AL.309 BEACH 88TH STREETF A R R O C K A W A Y , N Y11693 SBL #: BLOCK 16122LOT 63, FKA P/O LOT 3 TOTHE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANT: You are hereby sum-moned to answer the Com-plaint in this action, and toserve a copy of your an-swer, or, if the Complaint isnot served with this Sum-mons, to serve a notice ofa p p e a r a n c e , o n t h ePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the ser-vice of this Summons, ex-clusive of the day of service(or within 30 days after theservice is complete if thisSummons is not personallydelivered to you within theState of New York). In caseof your failure to appear oranswer, judgment wil l betaken against you by defaultfor the relief demanded inthe Complaint. The Attor-ney for Plaintiff has an of-f i ce fo r bus ines s i n theCounty of Erie. Trial to beh e l d i n t h e C o u n t y o fQueens. The basis of thevenue designated above isthe location of the Mort-gaged Premises. Dated this1st day of November, 2010,TO: ANDREA MURRAY AKAA N D R E A N . M U R R A Y ,Defendant(s) In this Action.The foregoing Summons isserved upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order ofHON. JOSEPH G. GOLIA ofthe Supreme Court of theState of New York, datedthe 26th day of October,2010 and f i led wi th theComplaint in the Office ofthe Queens County Clerk,in the City of Jamaica. Theobject of this action is toforeclose a mortgage uponthe premises described be-low, executed by ANDREAMURRAY AKA ANDREA N.MURRAY dated the 13th dayof June, 2008, to secure thesum of $413,250.00, andrecorded at Instrument No.2008000280411 in the Of-fice of the City Register ofthe City of New York, on the15th day of July, 2008; Theproperty in question is de-s c r i bed a s f o l l ows : 309BEACH 88TH STREET, FARROCKAWAY, NY 11693 SEEF O L L O W I N G D E S C R I P -TION Block 16122 and Lot63 (f/k/a p/o lot 3) ALL thatcertain plot, piece or parcelof land, with the buildingsand improvements thereonerected, situate, lying andbeing in the Borough andCounty of Queens, City andSta te o f New York , andbounded and, described asfol lows: BEGINNING at apoint on the Westerly sideof Beach 88th Street distant44.25 feet Northerly fromthe corner formed by theintersection of the North-erly side of Gull Court andthe Westerly side of Beach88 th S t r e e t ; R U N N I N G
THENCE Westerly at inte-rior angle of 114 degrees40 minutes 45 seconds andparallel with the Northerlyside of Gull Court, 18.94feet; THENCE Northerly atright angles to the last men-tioned course and parallelwith the Westerly side ofBeach 88th Street, 40 feet;THENCE Easter ly at r ightangles to the last mentionedcourse and para l le l wi thNortherly side of Gull Court37.32 feet to the Westerlyside or Beach 88th Street,THENCE Southerly at an in-terior angle of 65 degrees19 minutes 15 seconds alongthe Westerly side of 88th
Street , 44.02 feet to thepoint or place of BEGIN-NING. TOGETHER with thebenefits and subject to theburdens of an easement foringress and egress as shownon a survey dated May 11,2007 by Montrose Survey-ing Co., LLP affecting Block16122 Lots 3, 66, 65, 64,and 63. Premises known as309 Beach 88th Street, FarRockaway, New York HELPF O R H O M E O W N E R S I NFORECLOSURE NEW YORKS T A T E L A W R E Q U I R E STHAT WE SEND YOU THISNOTICE ABOUT THE FORE-C L O S U R E P R O C E S S .P L E A S E R E A D I T C A R E -FULLY . SUMMONS ANDCOMPLAINT YOU ARE IND A N G E R O F L O S I N GYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINTIN THIS FORECLOSURE AC-T I O N , Y O U M A Y L O S EYOUR HOME. PLEASE READT H E S U M M O N S A N DCOMPLAINT CAREFULLY.YOU SHOULD IMMEDI -ATELY CONTACT AN AT-TORNEY OR YOUR LOCALLEGAL AID OFFICE TO OB-TAIN ADVICE ON HOW TOP R O T E C T Y O U R S E L F .SOURCES OF INFORMA-T ION AND ASS ISTANCEThe state encourages you tobecome in fo rmed abou tyour options in foreclosure.In addition to seeking assis-tance from an attorney orlegal aid office, there aregovernment agencies andnon-profit organizations thatyou may contact for infor-mation about possible op-t ions, including try ing towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locatean entity near you, you maycal l the tol l - f ree helpl inemaintained by the New YorkState Banking Departmentat 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-2 2 6 - 5 6 9 7 ) o r v i s i t t h edepar tment ’ s webs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.F O R E C L O S U R E R E S C U ESCAMS 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 r o f i t f r o m ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promisesand any suggestions that youpay them a fee or sign overyour deed. State law re -quires anyone offering suchservices for profit to enterinto a contract which fullydescribes the services theywill perform and fees they
will charge, and which pro-hibits them from taking anymoney from you until theyhave completed a l l suchpromised services. § 1303NOTICE NOTICE YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME If you do notrespond to this summonsand complaint by serving acopy of the answer on theattorney for the mortgagecompany who filed this fore-closure proceeding againstyou and fi l ing the answerwith the court, a default judg-ment may be entered andyou can lose your home.Speak to an attorney or goto the court where your caseis pending for further infor-mation on how to answerthe summons and protectyour property. Sending apayment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisfo rec 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: No-vember 1, 2010 Steven J.Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. andthe attorneys whom it em-ploys are debt col lectorswho are attempting to col-lect a debt. Any informationobtained by them will beused for that purpose.
PROBATE CITATION F i leN o . 2 0 0 4 - 4 1 0 5 / ASURROGATE’S COURT –QUEENS COUNTY CITA-TION THE PEOPLE OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK, Bythe Grace of God Free andI n d e p e n d e n t T O : T oE u s t a c i a G r e e n , T a m m yBeckham, Robert BeckhamWilliams, Erik Johnson*, ifl iving and if dead, to [his/her] heirs at law, next of kina n d d i s t r i b u t e e s w h o s enames and places of resi-dence are unknown and if[he/she] died subsequent tothe decedent he re in , to[his/her] executors, admin-istrators, legatees, devisees,assignees 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 andd i s t r i bu tees o f Ma t thewB e c k h a m a / k / a M a t h e wB e c k h a m , t h e d e c e d e n therein, whose names andplaces of residence are un-known and cannot after dili -gent inquiry be ascertained,and to *as the heir of thepost -deceased dist r ibuteeLuela Beckham WashingtonAvis Jestine Adams, DarnellL. Adams, Sanders AdamsS h a w n A n t o i n e A d a m s ,P leshet te Adams, ThelmaBeckham, Natasha DeniseH i l l , Han i f Wa l ton , Ak i lW a l t o n , a n d t o T a m i k aB e c k u m , A b d u l J a m a rBeckum Johnelle Beckhamand Levone Beckham as theheirs of the post-deceaseddistributee Sandra Beckum,Enid Washington as the heirof the post -deceased dis -t r ibu tee Lue l l e Beckham
W a s h i n g t o n , N o r m a nGreen and Richard Greenas the heirs of the post de-ceased dis t r ibutee Luel laB e c k h a m G r e e n , a n dM i c h a e l G r e e n ,Veeraniqica Green, Roch-elle Reaves Porter, MichelleO w e n , a n d R o b e r tTerrence Green III as heirsof the pre-deceased chi l -dren of the post-deceaseddistributee Luella BeckhamGreen A pet i t ion hav ingbeen duly fi led by RichardGreen, who is domiciled at107-15 Watson Place, Ja-ma ica , New York 11433YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CASUE before theSurrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica , NewYork, on 20th day of Janu-ary, 2011 at 9:30 A.M. oftha t day , why a dec reeshould not be made in theestate of Mathew Beckhama/k/a Mat thew Beckhamlately domiciled at 131-15230th Street, Jamaica, NewYork 11413 admit t ing toprobate a Will dated Febru-ary 12, 2003, a copy ofwhich is attached, as theWill of Mathew Beckham a/k/a Matthew Beckham de-ceased, relating to real andpersonal property, and di-recting that [X] Letters Tes-tamentary issue to: RichardGreen (State any further re-lief requested) NOV 04 2010(Sea l ) HON. ROBERT L .NAHMAN Surrogate MAR-GARET M. GRIBBON ChiefClerk Ann C. Northern, Esq.Attorney for Petitioner 718-596-5168 Telephone Num-ber 26 Court Street, Ste.1603, Brooklyn, New York11242 Address of Attorney[Note: This citation is servedupon you as required bylaw. You are not required toappear. If you fail to appearit will be assumed you donot object to the relief re-quested. You have a right tohave an attorney appear foryou.]
File No. 2009-4813/A CITA-T I O N S U R R O G A T E ’ SCOURT, Queens COUNTYTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK , By t heGrace of God Free and In-d e p e n d e n t T O : M i l d r e dS i e w e r s ; H a r r y V o nOehsen; Public Administra-tor, Queens County; To theheirs-at-law, next-of-kin andd i s t r i bu t ee s o f G I ESELAAHLERS, deceased, if l iving,and if any of them be deadto their heirs-at- law, next-o f -k in , d is t r ibutees , lega -tees, executors, administra-tors, assignees and succes-sors in interest whose namesare unknown and cannot beascertained after due dil i -gence. A pet i t ion havingbeen duly fi led by KARINRANA who is/are domiciledat73-38 – 199th Street, FreshMeadows, New York 11366,Un i ted S ta te s YOU AREHEREBY CITED TO SHOWC A U S E b e f o r e t h eSurrogate’s Court, QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica , NewYork, on January 13, 2011,at 09:30 o’clock in the fore-noon of that day, why a de-
cree should not be made int h e e s t a t e o f G I E S E L AAHLERS lately domiciled at73-38 – 199th Street, FreshMeadows, New York 11366United States admitting toprobate a Will dated Febru-a r y 1 1 , 1 9 9 9 , ( a n dCodicil(s), if any, dated) acopy of which is attached,a s t he W i l l o f G I ESELAAHLERS deceased, relatingto real and personal prop-erty, and directing that: XLetters Testamentary issueto KARIN RANA Dated, At-tested and Sealed, NOV 162010 Seal HON. Robert L.Nahman Surrogate MARGA-RET M. GR IBBON Ch ie fClerk Ira Levine, Esq. PrintN a m e o f A t t o r n e y I r aLevine, Esq. Firm (516) 829-7911 Tel. No. 320 NorthernBoulevard, Suite 14, GreatNeck, New York 11021 Ad-dress NOTE: This citation isserved upon you as requiredby law. You are not requiredto appear. If you fail to ap-pear it will be assumed youdo not object to the reliefrequested. You have a rightto have an attorney appearfor you.
SUMMONS AND NOTICESUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK -COUNTY OF QUEENS IN-DEX NO. 30592/09 NYCTL2008-A TRUST, AND THEBANK OF NEW YORK ASCOLLATERAL AGENT ANDC U S T O D I A N F O R T H EN Y C T L 2 0 0 8 - A T R U S T ,Plaintiffs –against-HAROLDM. WEINBERG AND “JOHNDOE No. 1” through “JOHNDOE No. 100” inclusive, thenames of the last 100 defen-dants being fictit ious, thetrue names of said defen-dants be ing unknown toplaintiff, it being intendedto designate fee owners ,tenants or occupants of theliened premises and/or per-sons or parties having orclaiming an interest in or al ien upon the l iened pre-mises, if the aforesaid indi-vidual defendants are living,and if any or all of said indi-vidual defendants be dead,their heirs at law, next ofkin, distributees, executors,adm in i s t r a to r s , t r u s t ee s ,committees, devisees, lega-tees , and the ass ignees ,lienors, creditors and suc-cessors in interest of them,and general ly al l personshaving or claiming under,by, through, or against thesaid defendants named as aclass, of any right, tit le, orinterest in or lien upon thepremises described in thecompla int here in , Defen-dants . ADDRESS: VacantLand, 171st Street, Jamaica
Estates, New York BLOCK:9826 LOT: 63 TO THEA B O V E N A M E D D E F E N -DANTS: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED to answer thecompla in t in th i s ac t ionwithin twenty days after theservice of th is summons,exclusive of the day of ser-vice or within thirty daysafter service is completed ifthe summons is not person-ally delivered to you withinthe State of New York. Incase of your failure to ap-pear or answer, judgmentwill be taken against you bydefaul t for the re l ief de-manded in the complaint.NOTICE OF NATURE OFACTION AND REL IEFSOUGHTTHE OBJECT of theabove entitled action is toforeclose a tax lien for theamount due and interest,recorded in the office of theRegister/Clerk of the Countyof QUEENS on the 15th day ofJu l y , 2008 and bea r ingCounty Register File Num-ber 2008000280711 cover-ing premises described asfollows: ADDRESS: VacantLand, 171st Street, JamaicaEstates, New York BLOCK: 9826 LOT: 63 COUNTY:QUEENS The relief sought inthe within action is a finaljudgment directing the saleof the premises describedabove to satisfy the debt se-cured by the tax lien de-scribed above. Plaintiff des-ignates QUEENS County asthe place of trial. Venue isbased upon the county wherethe Proper ty be ing fore -closed upon is located. WEARE ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Dated: November 22, 2010New York , New YorkWINDELS MARX LANE &MITTENDORF LLP MICHAELH. RESNIKOFF, ESQ. ATTOR-NEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 156WEST 56 TH STREET NEWYORK, NEW YORK 10019PHONE: (212) 237-1102 TOTHE ABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: The foregoing sum-mons is served upon you bypublication pursuant to anOrder of the Court datedSEPTEMBER 27, 2010 andfiled along with the support-ing papers in the QUEENSCounty Clerk’s Office. Thisis an action to foreclose atax lien. SCHEDULE A – DE-SCRIPTION ALL that certainplot, piece or parcel of landwith the building and im-p r o v e m e n t s t h e r e o nerected, situate, lying andbeing in the Borough ofQueens, City and State ofNew York, designated onthe Tax Map of the City ofNew York for the Boroughof Queens as Section 43,Block 9826, Lot 63.
Councilman Gennaro attends the ribbon cutting of the new Hillel MultimediaLab on Nov. 29 at Queens College. The lab, which is open to all students, islocated in the Student Union Building, boasts a dozen brand-new, high-techcomputers and several 50-inch television screens. The lab was funded with thehelp of budget allocations secured by Councilman Gennaro. Pictured (L. TO R.)is Stephanie Pere, president of the Hillel Student Organization; CouncilmanGennaro; Queens College President James L. Muyskens; Rabbi Moshe Shur,Queens College Hillel executive director; Ellen Koppleman, a Queens Collegealum and the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors; Professor Jerry Waxman,Computer Science; and Professor Samuel Heilman, Sociology and the HaroldProshansky Chair in Jewish Studies.
The New York Lottery announced thenames of area Lottery players who claimed awinning ticket from one of the Lottery’srecent live drawings or instant games.
Monique Gordon of Jackson Heightswho won $10,002 on the Mega Millionsdrawing of Nov. 19. Gordon’s winning ticketwas purchased at the Arabelly’s Grocery at89-02 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights;Rosemary Dilorenzo of Maspeth who won$10,005 on the Quick Draw drawing of Oct.12. Dilorenzo’s winning ticket was purchasedat the Maspeth Express Minimart at 69-28Grand Ave. in Maspeth; Camechia Delacruzof Flushing who won $10,000 on the MegaMillions drawing of Oct. 12. Delacruz’s win-ning ticket was purchased at the Deep Con-venience Store at 77-53 Vleigh Pl. in Flush-ing; Robert Piervinanzi of Jackson Heightswho won $27,272 on the Take Five drawingof Nov. 23. Piervinanzi’s winning ticket waspurchased at the Jackson Heights Stationeryat 75-23 31st Ave. in Jackson Heights;Carmen Clements of Jamaica who won$25,407 on the Take Five drawing of Nov.10. Clements’s winning ticket was purchasedat the Rochdale Junction at 165-90 BaisleyBlvd. in Jamaica; John Cioff i of Baysidewho won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing ofNov. 20. Cioffi’s winning ticket was pur-chased at the Pay-O-Matic at 102-26 AltanicAve. in Ozone Park; Wai Lam of Flushingwho won $10,000 on the Money Ball Bingoinstant game. Lam’s winning ticket was pur-chased at the Saloni Stationery at 70-49Parsons Blvd. in Flushing; and SandraRamirez of Forest Hills who won $30,000on the Holiday Tripler instant game.Ramirez’s winning ticket was purchased atthe Headline News at 88-01 Queens Blvd. inElmhurst.
On Nov. 10, the Junior Class at HolyCross underwent a traditional rite of passagewith the distribution of their class rings andpins. Father Vincent Chirichella encouragedthe class to think ahead as they set forth onthis new journey as upperclassmen.
“With Holy Cross as your foundation, it istime for you to consider the future, and findyour mission in life.” Junior Class PresidentCharles D’Oria echoed these sentiments.“We were led by the example of those whocame before us; now, we are to set theexample for the freshmen and sophomores,”he said. “It is our responsibility to act asgentlemen and be moral and ethical. The
rings and pins are a symbol of our highschool years and a reward for our hard work.We will now carry on the tradition above alltraditions: we are Holy Cross men.”
Principal Joseph Giannuzzi ’65 alsoaddressed the class and urged the Knights tohave a positive impact on their families andtheir fellow classmates. Dr. Joseph Fusco,Interim President, congratulated the studentson being installed as the next Senior Class atHoly Cross.
“You have the power to do the greatergood for the school, and leave a lastingimpression,” he remarked. CatherineKenny, Class Moderator, recognized JuniorRobert Anderson who designed this year’sclass pin. The evening concluded with areception for the members of the class, theirfamilies and friends.
As part of an ongoing effort to stimulateeconomic vitality in New York City and incommunities across the nation, the Bank ofAmerica Charitable Foundation today an-nounced $450,000 in flexible funding andleadership training to local New York Citynonprofits through its Neighborhood Excel-lence Initiative, bringing the bank’s totalcommitment in New York City through theprogram to $3.15 million since 2004.
The Neighborhood Excellence Initiativehonors two categories of community leaders:Local Heroes and Student Leaders. LocalHeroes contribute significantly to the healthof their neighborhood through volunteerservice and civic engagement. With this rec-ognition, they will direct a $5,000 donationfrom the Bank of America Charitable Foun-dation to an eligible nonprofit of their choice.2010 New York City Local Heroes include:Robina Niaz, of Queens, who will direct hergrant to Turning Point for Women and Fami-lies, and Lester Solnin, of Queens, who willdirect his grant to East Harlem TutorialProgram.
The New York Lottery announced thenames of area Lottery players who claimed awinning ticket from one of the Lottery’srecent live drawings or instant games.
Monique Gordon of Jackson Heightswho won $10,002 on the Mega Millionsdrawing of Nov. 19. Gordon’s winning ticketwas purchased at the Arabelly’s Grocery at89-02 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights;Rosemary Dilorenzo of Maspeth who won$10,005 on the Quick Draw drawing of Oct.
Students celebrate their awards at Holy Cross.
12. Dilorenzo’s winning ticket was purchasedat the Maspeth Express Minimart at 69-28Grand Ave. in Maspeth; Camechia Delacruzof Flushing who won $10,000 on the MegaMillions drawing of Oct. 12. Delacruz’s win-ning ticket was purchased at the Deep Con-venience Store at 77-53 Vleigh Pl. in Flush-ing; Robert Piervinanzi of Jackson Heightswho won $27,272 on the Take Five drawingof Nov. 23. Piervinanzi’s winning ticket waspurchased at the Jackson Heights Stationeryat 75-23 31st Ave. in Jackson Heights;Carmen Clements of Jamaica who won$25,407 on the Take Five drawing of Nov.10. Clements’s winning ticket was purchasedat the Rochdale Junction at 165-90 BaisleyBlvd. in Jamaica; John Cioffi of Baysidewho won $25,000 on the Win 4 drawing ofNov. 20. Cioffi’s winning ticket was pur-chased at the Pay-O-Matic at 102-26 AltanicAve. in Ozone Park; Wai Lam of Flushingwho won $10,000 on theMoney Ball Bingo instantgame. Lam’s winning ticketwas purchased at the SaloniStationery at 70-49 Par-sons Blvd. in Flushing; andSandra Ramirez of For-est Hills who won $30,000on the Holiday Tripler in-stant game. Ramirez’s win-ning ticket was purchasedat the Headline News at 88-01 Queens B l vd . i nElmhurst.
On Saturday, Dec. 5,runner Michael Rodgerscrossed the finish line ofthe Joe Klienerman 10k inCentral Park – his 35th andfinal race of 2010 – withthe goal of raising $20,000 for St. Mary’sHealthcare System for Children.
“I had the privilege of serving as theinterim Vice President for the Foundation atSt. Mary’s a couple years ago,” Rodgerswrote in a letter to supporters. “My life wassignificantly impacted by seeing families’lives changed by the incredible work of thecaring staff.”
Rodgers turned 35 Aug. 2 and has runnearly 400 miles in races across the countrysince January 2010, competing in the ING
New York City Marathon, the Boston Mara-thon, a half-Ironman triathlon, two 24-hour200 mile relay races and seven half marathonsand a 1m dash down 5th Avenue. He also setpersonal records (PRs) at six different dis-tances this year. Rodgers’ original goal wasto raise $10,000 for St. Mary’s along the way,but the outpouring of support has allowedhim to double the goal to $20,000 for 2010.
Gloria and Wilfred Moncayo of FreshMeadows were the big winners of Four Sea-sons Sunrooms and Windows’ homemakeover giveaway, in which thousands ofLong Island and Queens families competedto transform their residences into glasshouses. The Moncayos will receive a $75,000renovation package, which includes build-ing a fully-finished, state-of-the-art sunroomand installing several windows to their home.
Gloria and Wilfred immigrated to theUnited States from the Phil-ippines in 1966 and 1968,respectively. The Moncayoshave lived in their FreshMeadows home since 1976and raised their two chil-dren there. After winningthe makeover, they revealedthat for years, their dreamhas been to i n s t a l l asunroom in their home.New l y r e t i r ed , t heMoncayos plan to use theirnew glass addition as amulti-use family room forall three generations of theirfami l y to en joy . Theyhaven’t renovated theirhome at all in more than 20years, which is typical: mostlocal homes have not been
updated in decades.The winners of the giveaway were an-
nounced on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at a hugeparty Four Seasons hosted for the 150 fami-lies who were semi-finalists in the competi-tion. Also in attendance were Town of IslipCouncil Members Gene Parrington and TrishBergin Weichbrodt and several of thecompany’s top executives, including CEOShaun Kennedy. The Moncayos were joinedby their daughter, Melanie, and grandson,Kailer Tova.
Michael Rodgers has runmore than 400 miles in racesthis year.
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If you are an avid tweeter, younoticed the lack of star power onWorld Aids Day. Celebrities likeQueens beauty Alicia Keys, ten-nis pro Serena Williams, ElijahWood, Justin Timberlake and theKardashian sisters, Kim andKhloe, went tweetless.
In honor of World AIDS Dayand the Keep a Child Alive Cam-paign Digital Life Sacrifice, thestars choreographed their digitaldeaths. They were participatingin the first ever celebrity black-out, by abstaining from Twitter,Facebook and other social net-working venues.
To revive the stars, we commoners would have to text message withtheir first names to 90999 and donate $10. Their digital life will only bespared if they raise $1 million.
This could easily be solved by the celebrities themselves. Theycould each donate $1 million and tweet, Facebook, Myspace, instantmessage, text, bbm, e-mail or even send a telegram to as many peopleas they would like.
C’mon, Alicia, write the check.
Alicia Keys
30 Rock WeprinQueens Councilman Mark Weprin, in helping
promote the City’s new organ donor program, wasset to meet up with a host of celebrities who havebenefitted from organ donation at a special Councilmeeting Dec. 8.
One of the participants, Grizz Chapman, whoplays straight-man to Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordanon “30 Rock,” which films right here in Queens, is arecent kidney.
Grizz, who stand 6-foot-10 and recently dropped75 pounds so he could be cleared for surgery, mightmake for a great photo op with Weprin who, at acouple of inches below 6 feet, should come up to thecomedy giant’s shoulder.
This won’t be the first time Weprin stood beside
Tina Fey stands shoulder to shoulder with Mark
Weprin. (r.) Grizz Chapman is next on his 30 Rock list.
a “30 Rock” star. A year ago he got to hang out withTina Fey while he was still in the Assembly.
Perhaps he’s pushing for a walk-on.
We weren’t aware, but apparently the Metropolitan Museum of Art
selects a work each day from its permanent collection as it’s “Featured
Work of Art.” Last Friday (12/3/10), their site displayed the day’s pick.
(inset) A 1995 Gouache and colored pencil on paper Menorah by Queens
born and Electchester raised Mark Podwal. Way to go Pods.
No HitterBaseball may be over for the year, but for one Queens-raised kid, it
was a career highlight week. As the Texas Rangers continue to celebratethe franchise’s first World Series appearance, their Gerneral Manager– the youngest in baseball – 34-year-old Jon Daniels was named as“Executive of the Year”by Baseball America.
“Jon Daniels is a geek who last played organized ball in LittleLeague,” according to an old story in Fast Company, the forward-looking business mag.
“The next year, he tried out for the freshman team at Manhattan’sacademically elite Hunter College High School and got cut. His personalscouting report: “I could throw, and I wasn’t afraid to take a beating.But I couldn’t hit for shit,” the mag reported.
Alicia's Tweet Escape
Queens-Bound HealthEnergy Kitchen, the Manhattan-based fast food chain that
even Mayor Mike Bloomberg could love, will finally call ourbeautiful borough home. The health-centric eateries that featuremenu items with 500 calories or less will appear in 10 more as-yet-unnamed locations in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Catering to always-on-the-go New Yorkers, Queens residentscan look forward to healthy burgers, wraps, salads and smoothies,always baked, grilled or steamed – never fried. Among those whohave hit up the Kitchen include Hollywood A-listers like Hugh
Jackman, Nicole Kidmanand Renee Zellweger.
At least these guys won’thave to worry about the hit ofa sugar tax, though their ar-rival in Queens will be prettysweet.
Queens' Adrian Brody with a worker at
one of Energy Kitchen’s locations in
Manhattan's. Soon he won’t have to
travel as far.
Baseball America's Executive of
the Year, Jon Daniels
When last we met HowardBeach native Gia Allemand, shetold us that modeling and pag-eantry have been her way of lifeever since she was a baby. Havingstarted her career as a baby inJohnson & Johnson ads and as aGerber baby, it wasn’t until 2003that she decided to try her hand atit as an adult, though she hadcontinued to work in pageants.
Today, she’s certainly notice-able, as one of the final three con-testants on the mot recent seasonof “The Bachelor” on ABC. Shehas also joined on to a companynamed Dream It Make It, anagency that helps artists, models,musicians, athletes, actors, writ-ers, and entrepreneurs make theirnames in the industry.
Our Maxim girl, recently dis-cussed the challenges she hasfaced in her career, and showedhow her new agency can help.
“Its a hard career,” she said.“I struggled a lot to get to theplaces I’ve been. I am very luckybut I was always very laid back anddidn’t know much about model-ing. I wish I had had a mentor to goto.”
“This is a cutthroat field andvery few make it,” she added. “Get-ting coached by someone thatknows the field and the people init has a huge advantage.”
Gia may be ready to put the
Gia Grows Up
modeling behind her. “I have mod-eled for years,” she said. “I’m nowworking on an acting career. AndI also want to go back to college toget my masters.”
She is set to start filming Jan.2 in the role of Ava Gardner in abiopic of Gianni Russo, the mob-ster-turned-actor who playedCarlo, Talia Shire’s husband, in“The Godfather.”
We’re certainly looking for-ward to seeing her on a big screen.
Gia AllemandHoward BeachAge: 27Height: 5’5"Weight: 100 lbsStats: 34-23-34
Models Of
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Gia AllemandHoward BeachAge: 27Height: 5’5"Weight: 100 lbsStats: 34-23-34
