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Workers clear the Laurelton LIRR station after the snow storm earlier this week. Despite the lack of a severe storm as predicted, City workers were lauded for clean-up efforts. By Jordan Gibbons … Page 3.

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Too Close To Home Town Hall

Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Ja-maica) will be hosting a town hall meeting on Feb. 3 on limited secure placement.

The City’s Close to Home initia-tive is a juvenile justice reform ini-tiative designed to help keep youth close to their home communities. When fully implemented, the initia-tive will require juvenile delinquent youths from the City, who the Family Court has determined need placement in other than secure settings, to be placed with the New York City Ad-ministration for Children Services.

This legislation aims to transform the juvenile justice system by autho-rizing the City to develop a program to treat and return young people to the community prepared to succeed and become productive adults.

Wills is co-hosting the meeting with the South Ozone Park Civic Association West at Saint Anthony Padua Church. The original meeting was scheduled on Jan. 27, but was postponed due to the snowstorm.

The meeting will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at Saint Anthony Padua Church, located at 109-26 130th St., Jamaica.

For more information, contact Wills’ district office at (718) 206-2068.

Gambling Ring BustedTwo gambling operations in

Queens ran out of luck this week.Queens District Attorney Richard

Brown joined Police Commissioner William Bratton on Thursday to an-nounce seven individuals were in-dicted in a gambling crackdown.

Five men were charged with en-terprise corruption and promoting gambling as part of a lucrative sports betting ring. In a separate gambling operation, two other defendants were charged.

The five individuals were indicted on charges of unlawfully operating a

sports betting enterprise in Queens that annually took in hundreds of thousands of dollars in wagers on various sporting events – including professional and college basketball and football, professional base-ball and hockey and other sporting events.

“It is alleged that this small op-eration was able to effectively com-pete for the illegal gambling dollars of bettors by availing themselves of modern technology,” Brown said. “By taking advantage of toll-free numbers and Internet websites as ‘wire rooms’ – where bets were ac-cepted and gambling accounts were maintained – the defendants were able to reap huge profits through their unlawful gambling operation.”

Brown said the principal de-fendants, Christopher Morrissey, Louis Cavalli, Mitchell Fusso, Sean Murtagh and Brian Hull were charged in a 34-count indictment charging 33 pattern acts. A separate six-count indictment charged Luigi Caminiti and Mirsad Dedic with promoting gambling as part of a re-lated gambling operation.

“Illegal gambling rings, like the one announced in today’s indict-ments, profit by exploiting victims who are unable to pay their debts and often result with the victims ow-ing large sums of money and facing threats of violence for not making payments on time,” Bratton said.

The enterprises allegedly handled thousands of wagers each month that generated thousands of dollars in monthly gross revenue. It is alleged to have relied on modern technology to generate its criminal proceeds, includ-ing toll-free phone numbers and gam-bling websites, www.wagerstop.com, formerly known as www.wager4you.com, and www.mgmwager.com.

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BY JORDAN GIBBONS

There’s no business like snow business.

Monday’s snowstorm proved that predicting snowfalls is nowhere near an exact science.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio strongly advised New Yorkers to leave work early Monday afternoon along with placing a travel ban throughout the City, Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided to shutdown all trains and buses at 11 p.m. due to meteorologists’ expec-tations of more than two feet of snow blanketing the five boroughs.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Bayside, Woodside and Glendale registered about one foot of snow, while Forest Hills, Rego Park and JFK Airport recorded about 10 inches. Suffolk County received the full force of the storm however, with more than 20 inches recorded, according to Na-tional Weather Service reports.

Roads were clear for the most part Tuesday morning, due to sanitation working through the night and for

most of the day, which the Mayor made sure to give them credit for.

“Sanitation will be working non-stop. I’ve said that statistic over and over – they have 6,000 miles of roads to cover, same as going from here to Los Angeles and back,” he said. “But Sanitation has stuck with it, with 2,400 pieces of snow-clearing equipment out, continuing their 12-hour shifts, and they’re doing a great job.”

The City began to partially return to normal on Tuesday. The travel ban was lifted at 7:30 a.m. and mass transit opened up Tuesday morning as well. Parks were opened at 11 a.m. Schools were back in session on Wednesday. Limited refuse, recycling and organics collection also resumed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Dept. of Sanitation.

While some people questioned whether the Mayor overreacted in shutting the City down, he said this is not a situation to second guess.

“So, the bottom line is, we got lucky,” he said. “Things turned out a

lot better than we feared, but we were prepared. My job as the leader is to make decisions, and I will always err on the side of safety and caution.”

Dept. of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia said that the amount of sanitation workers that were out in full force on Monday night made a significant difference on how effec-tive the cleanup efforts were.

“They are back on it this morn-ing and will be on it all day, to both widen lanes on the commercial strips, but also to get into some of the secondaries that definitely need a second pass – particularly out in Eastern Queens that saw more than 10 inches of snow and there’s a lot of blowing and drifting,” she said on Tuesday. “So, I’m pleased with what they’ve been able to accomplish and hope to – well, let me just say, not unhappy we didn’t see 30.”

As far as drivers disobeying the travel ban, de Blasio said that he was

New York City Avoids Historic Snowstorm

BY JORDAN GIBBONS

A Springfield Gardens man shot and killed his wife, mother-in-law and 7-year-old daughter Saturday morn-ing, before turning the gun on him-self and taking his own life.

His 12-year-old older daughter who survived the massacre after be-ing shot in the head, called 911 to report the horrific incident and iden-tify her father, Jonathon Walker, as the shooter.

Officers from the 105th Pre-cinct responded to the residence at about 5:40 a.m. to discover the four individuals and the three fa-

talities were confirmed by EMS. The surviving daughter was trans-

ported to Long Island Jewish Hospi-tal in critical condition.

After shooting his family, the 6-foot-6, 260 lbs. Walker fled his home wearing all black clothing in his 2013 silver GMC Acadia SUV.

Later that day around noon, Walk-er was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head and a .45 caliber firearm was found at the scene. He was parked in a wooded area near John F. Kennedy Airport.

Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) went to the crime scene after hearing about the tragic murders.

“In the wake of this tragic event, I call upon the residents of Spring-field Gardens to pray for and offer support to the families of the vic-tims,” Richards said in a statement. “While gun violence continues to rear its head in our neighborhoods, the passing of these innocent lives is a stark reminder that these weapons have no place in New York City out-side of the context of law enforce-ment.”

Richards also called upon the Dis-trict Attorney, community leaders and others to work with him to re-move guns, prevent crimes and save lives.

DA Richard Brown also cited do-mestic violence as another issue that the City and Borough need to work harder on to prevent.

“This morning’s tragedy once again underscores the human toll and horror of domestic violence,” Brown said. “Despite the progress that we have made in domestic vio-lence prevention and prosecution, today’s events in Southeast Queens show that we cannot relent in our ef-forts to eliminate the scourge of do-mestic violence.”

Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@queenspress.com or @jgibbons2.

Springfield Gardens Man Murders Family

MTA employees shoveled the Laurelton Long Island Rail Road station on Thursday to remove leftover snow and ice.

proud that New Yorkers heeded the Mayor’s caution and the roads re-mained clear to allow Sanitation to do its job.

NYPD Chief James O’Neill said he conducted a survey at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning where he traveled up the East Side, went across 42nd Street and into Times Square.

“First time, I think, in my life where I saw no vehicular traffic in Times Square besides sanitation trucks,’ he said. “I saw people having a snowball fight. I came down Sev-enth Avenue and I saw one vehicle – it was a livery cab on West 4th and Seventh – and I told the driver, may-be it’s time to go home and gave him a warning and sent him home.”

O’Neill also added that there were no summonses or arrests in relation to the storm.

Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at (718)357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@queenspress.com or @jgibbons2.

An Astoria resident was one of several neighbors tackling snowy streets on Tuesday.

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BY LUIS GRONDA

If you are driving around Queens Borough Hall, you might have an eas-ier time finding a parking spot.

The Dept. Of Transportation has changed a parking pattern in Kew Gardens and created 40 new angled parking spots for drivers.

The new parking is located at 134th Street between Union Turn-pike and Hoover Avenue. The tran-sit agency added the parking as part of a plan to alleviate parking that was lost due to the Municipal Park-ing Lot adjacent to Borough Hall

closing last year. The lot was ordered to close down

by DOT because it needed a renova-tion due to its deteriorating condition.

Its creation is part of a bigger plan to create more parking options in the wake of the garage’s closure.

According to a DOT and Dept. of Design and Construction presen-tation on the demolition plans of the municipal lot, obtained by the PRESS of Southeast Queens, the two agencies also propose to extend me-tered parking on the southbound on Queens Boulevard, south of 83rd Avenue and convert to six-hour me-

Parking Created Near Queens Borough Halltered parking. They estimate that this would create about 20 to 25 ad-ditional spots.

They also propose to add metered parking on 78th Crescent off of the Grand Central Parkway, while still maintain space for morning drop offs. This would create an estimated 10 to 15 spots according to the pre-sentation. The aforementioned new parking on 134th Street is not me-tered parking but alternate side regu-lations do apply to that area.

Kenichi Wilson, head of Commu-nity Board 9’s Transportation Com-mittee, said that adding new spots

will help the parking situation, but he hopes that DOT will continue to look for more areas to create more spots.

“I’ve gone to Queens Borough Hall during the morning hours and it’s almost impossible to get park-ing,” Wilson said.

A DOT source said that the agen-cy identified that 134th Street area to create more parking as part of its ef-fort to address community concerns about parking after the municipal lot closed last year.

Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.

(Above): The municipal parking lot next to Queens Borough Hall was shut-down last year due to safety concerns. (Right): This map shows three proposed areas around Queens Borough Hall to create more parking. The angle parking on 134th Street was implemented last week.

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By Steven J. Ferrari

On the heels of a landmark deci-sion that would allow victims in do-mestic violence cases to use an elec-tronic signature to ease the process for victims, the Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office to Combat Do-mestic Violence spoke to the PRESS of Southeast Queens about the deci-sion, and the work her office is doing to combat domestic violence.

Commissioner Rosemonde Pierre-Louis lauded the recent decision as transformative in modernizing the prosecution of domestic violence cases in New York City.

The decision stems from a case against Gustalvo Perez Sanchez, who was arraigned in Queens Crimi-nal Court in June 2014 and charged with third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. The judge in the case, the Hon. Deborah Stevens Modica, held that the Court could accept the electronic signature of a complaining witness in lieu of a handwritten signature on a support-ing deposition.

The decision to allow electronic signatures will eliminate the need for domestic violence victims to travel to various City agencies to sign neces-sary documents and, according to a release from Queens District Attor-

ney Richard Brown, allow victims to sign documents they need before their batterers are released from jail.

“Today’s decision is a significant victory for victims of domestic vio-lence, one of the most primitive and savage crimes that sadly still exists in our society,” Brown said in a state-ment. “As advances in technology continually make it easier for pros-ecutors to bring batterers to justice, today’s ruling makes it that much easier for domestic violence victims to get justice as well.”

Pierre-Louis, who announced the decision with Brown earlier this week, called the decision a signifi-cant victory for victims of domestic violence.

“Think about how many different things we use in our daily lives. There are a lot of different forms we deal with that are important,” she said. “This is going to revolutionize [court proceedings]. I think we will contin-ue to think about ways that technol-ogy can be more helpful.”

In a conversation with the PRESS of Southeast Queens on Thursday, Pierre-Louis said her agency hoped to use similar “outside-the-box” thinking to not only help the victims of domestic violence, but to raise awareness to the issue as well.

Before taking on her current role,

Pierre-Louis served as Deputy Bor-ough President under then-Manhat-tan Borough President Scott String-er. She was also an attorney who handled domestic violence cases for 20 years until taking on the deputy BP role.

“For me, this job is a full circle moment, because I’m coming back to an issue I’m passionate about,” she said. “It’s really exciting to work for an administration that isn’t using the issue as a talking point but really applying resources.”

The commissioner noted that the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence did 926 outreach events throughout the City last year, a 400 percent increase over 2013.

“The more outreach we do, the more awareness, the more conversa-tion to demystify domestic violence, that’s a good thing,” she said.

Pierre-Louis said that the in-creased awareness of domestic vio-lence issues throughout the country has led to a higher number of domes-tic violence incidents being reported to police, which she called a good trend.

“That means that there are more people who are reaching out to law enforcement for assistance, and that’s what we want people to do,” she said. “If you’re seeing an increase in prosecutions, that means we can reach out to more people who need help.”

Reach Editor-in-Chief Steven J. Fer-rari at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 122, via email at editor@queenspress.com or on Twitter, @stevenferrari.

Commish Discusses Domestic violence Prevention

rosemarie Pierre-Louis, Commission-er for the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic violence.

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Shelly Silver: Not A Sliver Of Conscience

It’s the end no one saw coming.

Good government types had complained about it for years, but no one actually thought Sheldon Silver was doing anything overtly un-ethical when he would report income of nearly a million dol-lars from a law firm with which he had been affiliated.

But last week federal pros-ecutor Preet Bharara dropped the bomb on the veteran As-sembly Speaker. Silver was arrested for pocketing some-where in the neighborhood of $4 million from super law firm Weitz and Luxenberg in a scheme Silver cooked up with a physician/researcher specializing in the effects of asbestos on humans.

Silver allegedly allocated $500,000 to a Columbia University Medical Center in exchange for the doctor/researcher in asbestos cases, referring his patients almost exclusively to Weitz and Lux-

enberg. That is where Silver claimed to have worked as a lawyer when not serving as a Manhattan assemblyman and the tough-as-nails speaker.

For decades, Silver, who has been speaker since 1994, has fought against reforms that would limit the amount of outside income state leg-islators make. He has helped to stonewall a salary increase for state officials for at least a decade. He fought it because it would also have put an end to his outsized private income. The legislators have not had a salary increase in 15 years and Silver has not cared because he found a golden opportunity for himself. He was hauling in millions from his alleged scheme.

The speaker, by the way, makes more than the average Assembly member or Senator. As speaker he gets more than $121,000 per year, compared to their $79,500. In addition to the referral fees he gets from Weitz and Luxenberg, he also collects a reported $120,000 base salary.

Unfortunately, we have

seen too many legislators fall from grace because rather than leave the job that could no longer finance their lives adequately, they chose to get involved in questionable actions to pay their bills. It is a very sad thing to see people make those bad deci-sions because they inevitably lose everything -- much more than the few dollars here and there that their desperation impelled them to get will ever compensate for.

There is no condoning anyone betraying the public’s trust. But when you have a Shelly Silver making millions and yet block some poor schmuck from getting a little raise, it sickens you. There is an arrogance to his actions that is beyond words.

The unfortunate thing about his fall is that in many ways, he was an effective speaker. For the most part he really took care of downstate. The rare exception would be the commuter tax, which he disbanded about 15 years ago. Commuter tax was bringing in about half a billion dollars into

the New York City tax coffers. With inflation it would be al-most doubled by now. Most of us still don’t quite understand why he did that but it did put a hurting on our City.

And despite his arrest last week, Silver was hoping to continue being speaker. Most elected officials who get indicted are immediately thrown off their committee assignments and any leader-ship position they may have in their respective body. Not Shelly; he wanted to continue being speaker.

The members who had the gall to call for his resig-nation as speaker are to be commended. So now after 21 years there will soon be a new Assembly speaker. Candidates in the “race” to replace him include Queens’ own Cathy Nolan, the steady and charm-ing chair of the Education Committee; and Carl Heastie of the Bronx. If either of them gets it, downstate should be okay.

He should’ve known better. The piper always shows up for payment, Shelly.

A New Era In The Assembly

The revelations about Speaker Sheldon Silver’s alleged mis-conduct is a stain on Albany, and we were relieved to see that swift action was taken leading to Silver stepping down as Speaker.

Any further support for the Speaker would have called into question the integrity of each member in the eyes of the public. Loyalty is commendable at times, however this was not one of them.

It is imperative that members of the Assembly restore faith and integrity in governing this great state by leading the way and not becoming the ghost of all that is rotten, going back to Wil-liam Marcy Tweed.

Many names are now being discussed to replace Silver. One name that has some serious support is Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, who represents Western Queens. Cathy is the chair of the Education committee and a long-serving legislator. What is novel about her potential as speaker is the fact that she is not a lawyer, but a full time Assemblywoman devoted to her community and position.

On the surface, she lacks many potential conflicts of interest that lawyers always seem to have. Her only income is from her salary as a legislator. It would also be a great change to have a woman as speaker, which has never happened under the normal operation of the Legislature. This would be especially historic given a culture in Albany that has protected a number of incidents of sexual harassment from Assemblymen towards their female staffers. A strong Speaker like Nolan would go a long way to help heal that particular black eye.

Keep Running, MTATo The Editor:

While closing down road-ways to prepare for the blizzard was the right call, to shut down the entire subway and bus sys-tem should not have been done, due to the fact that there were many people who work night jobs, such as cops, firefighters, nurses, doctors and EMTS, as well as those who work as doormen and security guards. How could all of these people get to work with mass transit completely shut down? The city has had far worse storms than this one, which did not even drop the predicted 24 inches. Mass transit was not shut down for those storms. Officials need to be a little more pragmatic, should another situation like this one occur. Some form of transit must be running when the elements become angry, and Mother Nature displays its rage.

John Amato,Fresh Meadows

A Job Well DoneTo The Editor:

I would at this time like to praise our NYC Sanita-tion workers under their new Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia who did what they had to do during the blizzard of 2015. I also like to give credit to Mayor de Blasio who prepared the city in what could have been a complete disaster. The travel bans also helped tremendously, which helped the Transportation and Sanitation Department get their job done.

I live in Glen Oaks Village and saw many sanitation snow removal trucks doing their job on Commonwealth Blvd. As I was shoveling I gave a wave to these men and women who worked hard to clear our streets so the many can get to work and to school. Now for that I say," KUDOS, for a job well done!"

Frederick R. Bedell Jr., Glen Oaks Village

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“If elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly, I will listen to the members of the Democratic Majority Conference with respect and dedication.”

— Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan

As the Assembly prepares to choose a new Speaker, Assemblymembers Carl Heastie, (left) Catherine Nolan and Joe Morelle are vying for the position.

BY PRESS STAFF

As the dust begins to settle on last week’s arrest of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), four candidates have emerged to replace the embattled legislator as Assembly Speaker.

Silver, who led the Assembly as speaker for more than two decades, was arrested on Jan. 22 and is now facing charges that he “used his posi-tion to receive nearly $4 million in bribes and kickbacks from people and businesses in exchange for his official acts,” according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

“Over his decades in office, Speaker Silver has amassed titanic political power,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said of the arrest. “But, as alleged, during that same time, Silver also amassed a tremendous personal fortune — through the abuse of that political power.”

Silver is facing five counts of fraud, with each count carrying up to 20 years in prison.

While the embattled official has not resigned as an Assemblyman, he did step down as Assembly Speaker on Monday, turning the reins over to Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D-Rochester). Morelle will serve as interim speaker until the chamber votes on a new Assembly Speaker on Feb. 10.

An Emotional Week While many Assembly members

in Queens declined to comment on the situation, those who did com-ment noted that the previous week has been an emotional one.

“I obviously have very mixed res-ervations,” Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) said. “Frankly, I think [Silver’s] been an excellent speaker over the last 21 years. He had an amazing talent to get a consensus from a very diverse conference.”

Assemblyman Michael Miller (D-Woodhaven) also noted that he had “mixed feelings” about the Sil-ver situation because while he does believe Silver is the best person to be the speaker while they are negoti-ating a new budget, he does believe that he should focus on his legal is-sues.

“Based on what’s happened, it’s something that he should concen-trate on,” Miller said. “We need someone that can concentrate on ne-gotiating the budget.”

Other Queens Assemblymem-bers decided to focus on moving forward after Silver’s arrest and de-

cision to step down. “The assembly majority has put

forth a process to move the house be-yond this circumstance,” Assembly-man Michael DenDekker (D-Jackson Heights) said. “We look forward to continuing the legislative and budget process unified under new leader-ship.”

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Hillcrest) called the past week “a big moment” for the Assembly.

“I am confident that we will go forward and continue to lead,” she said. “We will get back to work on the budget, institute reforms to make Albany more open and equitable and continue to do the job I was elected to do.”

Choosing A Replacement

As the Assem-bly moves forward, a number of can-didates have an-nounced their in-tention to run for Speaker in the Feb. 10 vote among mem-bers. Joining Mo-relle in announcing their intentions to lead the legislative body this week in-clude Assemblyman Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), chair of the Bronx Democratic party.

According to those close to the situation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pushing for Morelle, while Mayor Bill de Blasio is supporting Heastie behind the scenes.

In Queens, Assemblywoman Cath-erine Nolan (D-Sunnyside) released a statement announcing her intention to run for the position as well. Nolan would be the first woman to serve as Speaker in the Assembly, which has

long been mired in accusations of sexual harassment from male mem-bers towards female staffers.

Nolan touted her experience and integrity over her 30 years in the As-sembly in her announcement.

“Serving the people of New York State has been my only job – whether it be my own constituents, school children or working men and women in our state. It will con-tinue to be my only job,” she said. “If elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly, I will listen to the members of the Democratic Majority Conference with respect and dedication.”

Nolan also ad-dressed the culture of harassment that has been attributed to the Assembly.

“The press has written extensively and derisively about the sexual harass-ment cases that have occurred in the leg-islature over the last few years,” she said. “It is past time for that ‘culture’ to end once and for all. I am committed to doing just that.”

Taking Sides Not long after the candidates

for the position made themselves known, their colleagues made it clear that they are taking the decision very seriously.

“I look forward to hearing from all the candidates and their ideas on how to reform the Assembly,” Rozic said.

DenDekker echoed those senti-ments.

“Cathy Nolan is a well respected colleague and is an excellent candi-

date for speaker,” he said. “I look forward to hearing from all of the designated candidates and hope my colleagues and I can get behind one person to lead this body going for-ward.”

When asked which specific can-didate he would support, Miller said he would have to speak with all the candidates before making a firm decision. He added that Nolan is a close colleague of his and he believes that she would do a good job working with all the Assembly members and negotiating the bud-get.

“Cathy Nolan is a colleague, my friend and my mentor and we’ll leave it at that,” Miller said.

Miller said the most important thing in selecting a speaker is pick-ing someone who will fight to keep key funding, like money for educa-tion and veterans, in the New York State Budget. He said that the new speaker should also be able to work with all the members of the State Assembly and deal with the different personalities that each member has.

Weprin said he has heard from each of the candidates, but he has not decided who he would back just yet. He spoke highly of Nolan, how-ever.

“I haven’t committed to her, but I’ve known her for over 30 years,” he said. “She’s certainly very quali-fied and would make a great speak-er.”

Weprin noted that the candidates would address the Assembly on Mon-day and Tuesday, to prepare for the Feb. 10 vote. He added that he hopes to meet with U.S. Rep. Joseph Crow-ley (D-Jackson Heights), the head of the Queens Democratic Party, to get his take.

“The next week is going to be very crucial,” Weprin said.

With Silver Stepping Aside, Assembly Seeks A Speaker

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102nd Precinct Homicide

The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying two individuals who were involved in a homicide that occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Jan. 20, within the confines of the 102nd Precinct.

According to an incident report, police responded to a call of a male shot at the Van Wyck Expressway and Atlantic Avenue. Upon arrival, they discovered a 28-year-old male, identified as Derek Quattlebaum, 28, of Brooklyn, with gunshot wounds about the head, torso and limbs. EMS responded and transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The NYPD is looking for informa-tion identifying two males that ap-proached the victim at a BP gas station on Atlantic Avenue and the Van Wyck

Expressway. The two suspects were driving a 2003 blue Audi A6 with Ver-mont plates, reading GHF-306.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stop-ers at (800) 577-TIPS, visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls are confidential.

113th Precinct Homicide

At 11:19 p.m. on Jan. 25, police responded to a 911 call of two people shot at 168-40 127th Ave., in Roch-dale Village, within the confines of the 113th Precinct. Upon arrival, po-lice observed two males with gunshot wounds to their heads. EMS also responded and pronounced one vic-tim, a 24-year-old male, dead at the scene. The second victim, a 20-year-old male, was transported to Jamaica

Hospital, where he was listed in criti-cal condition. There have been no arrests at this time and the investiga-tion is ongoing.

Investigation At 3:18 a.m. on Jan. 25, police

responded to a 911 call of an uncon-scious infant inside of 170-12 144th Ave., Rochdale Village. Upon arriv-al, officers observed a 3-month-old child, identified as Javion Williams, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS also responded to the location and transported the child to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner will de-termine cause of death. The investi-gation is ongoing.

Assault Arrest On Jan. 22, police arrested a 27-

year-old male in connection to an as-

sault that occurred within the confines of the 113th Precinct on Jan. 19.

According to a police report, at 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 19, a 42-year-old male walked out of a supermarket located at 134-40 Springfield Blvd., when he was approached by a male suspect who punched him in the face multiple times. The suspect then fled the scene with a female in a white Chevrolet Malibu four-door sedan.

The victim, an off-duty NYPD Officer, was transported by EMS to an area hospital, and was later trans-ferred to a second hospital, where he was admitted for surgery for injuries sustained to his face during the as-sault.

The NYPD announced that police arrested Tommie Williams, 27, of Rochdale Village, and charged him with assault, second-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree harassment.

BY JACKIE STRAWBRIDGE

The Floating Hospital will be kept healthy and growing thanks to $320,000 in Federal funding.

Headquartered in Long Island City, the Floating Hospital provides health and dental care, health education and counseling to the City’s underserved populations. Among its several satellite locations, the Floating Hos-pital has also operated a federally qualified health center at Queensbridge Houses since 2012.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) announced the grant – $327,098 in total – at the Jacob Riis Settlement House at Queensbridge on Saturday. Secured by Malo-ney through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, the funds will go pri-marily towards expanding Floating Hospital services.

According to Floating Hospital community outreach director Cynthia Davis, this expand-ed service will include a new geriatric psychia-try program.

“[It’s] so exciting,” Davis said. “A lot of se-niors in this community need someone to talk to. They might have their cat or their grand-kid, but they don’t have a professional to look for to talk to.”

The grant will also go towards training and development in the Floating Hospital’s Quality Improvement Department, as well as making hires from local public housing communities.

“They’re just great people,” Maloney said of the Floating Hospital’s staff. “It’s not only helping people and saving lives, it’s just a re-markable group, caring people, and we’re so thrilled that they’re here in Queensbridge.”

Reach Reporter Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@queenstri-bune.com or @JNStrawbridge.

Floating Hospital Gets $320K In Federal Funds

Cynthia Davis (left) of the Floating Hospital joined Con-gresswoman Maloney in announcing a $320,000 federal grant to enhance programs and expand services.

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pixU.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks spoke at a discussion on “The State of Policing – Today and Beyond” as part of a National Day of Service program hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Queens Alum-nae Chapter; St. Albans Congre-gational Church – Justice and Witness Ministry and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Nu Omicron Chapter on Jan. 19 at the Robert Ross Family Life Center in St. Albans.

Successful Hiring

Birch Family Services and State Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. recently sponsored a hiring event for the local community, with dozens of ap-plicants headed down the path to potential employment. More than 80 percent of applicants from this event are moving forward to a second interview with Birch Family Services.

Celebrating Dr. King

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Queens’ seniors will have the chance to workshop poetry, choreo-graph dances and create art with professionals in their neighborhoods this year.

The Seniors Partnering with Art-ists Citywide program brings artists into senior centers to teach and col-laborate. Queens’ 2015 artists were chosen by Queens Council on the Arts, the Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the Dept. for the Aging through a competitive application process and will be working in 11 senior cen-ters across the Borough.

Daniel Arnow, SPARC coordina-tor at QCA, said that the organiza-tion chose projects that they expect to stimulate social interaction, cog-

nitive function and self esteem among partici-pants. As such, many of the artists have teaching experience and have de-signed highly interactive programming.

“The engagement fac-tor is very important,” Arnow said.

Poet David Mills said he has worked with a range of age groups through positions at the Lincoln Center Nutcrack-er Project, Rikers Island and more. He was chosen to work at the Rochdale Village Se-nior Center.

“I was stoked,” Mills said of being chosen for SPARC. “I’ve had work-

shops that I’ve done where there have been seniors in the workshop, but it’s never been where that is the target group. So I’m really curious and excited about how that’s going to manifest in terms of their creativity.”

Mills said he will run a poetry workshop that will incorporate close reading, discussion and journaling between classes.

The program should be a “give and take,” Mills added. “There’s this experiential thing that they’re bring-ing to it that I don’t have in terms of life experience that I think is going to inform this kind of back-and-forth in a very interesting way.”

Dancers/choreographers Hillary Ramos and Henry Holmes similarly

artists-in-residence chosen For Senior centers

By LuiS gronda

Foo Fighters fans will now have a second chance to see their favor-ite band.

The group has added a second show at Citi Field set for this sum-mer, following the first concert, which sold out the stadium home to the New York Mets. The second show is scheduled for July 15 start-ing at 7 p.m. The original show is the day after, on July 16.

The shows in Queens are part of a worldwide tour in support of their new album “Sonic Highways,” which was released in November 2014. For this album, the band recorded each of its eight tracks in a famous studio in eight different cities. The writing process and frontman Dave Grohl’s interaction with musical legends are covered on a HBO miniseries also titled “Sonic Highways.”

New York City’s stop for the

band included a trip to The Magic Chop to record the closing track, “I Am A River.”

During the band’s career, they have won 11 Grammy awards in-cluding three awards for “Best Rock Album.”

In addition to songs from the new album, fans can expect to hear Foo Fighters hits from the past 20 years, including “Everlong,” “Learn To Fly,” “Best of You,” and “All My Life.”

Tickets for the added show will go on sale on Friday, Jan. 30 begin-ning at 10 a.m. Prices for the show range from $45 to $75. Tickets are also subject to an additional service charge ranging from $14 to $17.

To purchase tickets, visit http://mlb.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/foo_

fighters.jsp. Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at

(718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.

Second Foo Fighters Show at citi Field added

By Jordan giBBonS

The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning has a variety of events and activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, including edu-cational, visual and performing arts activities.

JCAL has several art galleries that are opening this week for the month of February. The exhibition, “Memo-ry,” will be in the Visitors Gallery and celebrates the memory of Southeast Queens-native Hazel Louise Woods-Sanders. The exhibit highlights Sand-ers’ artistic collection of over thirty African masks and artifacts that she collected throughout her journeys to different regions of the African con-tinent.

The exhibit will be open until Feb. 21 and the opening reception will be on Friday Feb. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Another exhibit at JCAL is an in-terdisciplinary art exhibit titled, The Untold Epic Story – African Heritage of NY State in Living History – The Declaration and the Proclamation. With a robust, interactive tactile expe-rience, the audience is taken through a spectacular time journey to explore, examine and learn of the sacrifices of the people who endured the African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage.

The exhibit is for groups only by ap-pointment. Call (718) 658-7400, Ext. 2134 to schedule an appointment.

Over at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, performances are scheduled for every weekend in February, start-

ing off with “Open Mic in the Round: The Word, The Rhyme, The Reason.” JCAL invites all poets and lyricists to share in the spirit of self expression. The open mic begins at 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 and all participants must register pri-or to the day of the event. Call JPAC at (718) 618-8170 to register. Admission for the event is free.

On Feb. 14, a special dinner the-ater performance will be held for Val-entine’s Day. Kerri Ann Gill’s Tenant Romance is a romantic comedy that explores the themes of infidelity and greed. Admission costs $55 per person and $100 per couple. The event begins at 7 p.m. Contact Downs District Res-taurant for advance ticket purchases at (718) 810-6794 or (646) 833-6154.

On Feb. 20, The Edge School of the Arts is performing 4 Little Girls: The Dance-ology to take a look at the tragedy during the Civil Rights Movement in which the lives of four young girls were taken in September 1963 when the Sixteenth Street Bap-tist Church in Birmingham, Ala. was bombed. The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets cost $15 for orchestra seating and $10 for the balcony.

To end the month of celebration and remembrance, the United Afri-can Dance Troupe: The Struggle Con-tinues celebrates the Black experience through dance as a nurturing element in ancestral connections, past and present. On Feb. 28 the show starts at 7 p.m. and on March 1, a second showing begins at 4 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $10 for children.

JcaL celebrates Black History Month

said they look forward to learning from the Ridge-wood Older Adult Cen-ter visitors that they will be working with through SPARC.

“Both of us are really excited about the oppor-tunity to work with peo-ple with different bodies, people who aren’t nec-essarily trained profes-sional dancers,” Holmes said. “They have a dif-ferent perspective and a whole different outlook on what movement is.”

Ramos and Holmes said they will teach bi-weekly classes, focusing on a number of facets of movement, from mobility and exercise to telling sto-ries through dance.

“[We want to] prompt them to see that you can make a dance about anything and you can make art about anything,” Ramos added.

Other SPARC artists will be found throughout the year in the Rego Park Senior Center, Sunnyside Com-munity Services and the Selfhelp Clearview Senior Center, among other locations.

Reach Reporter Jackie Strawbridge at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstraw-bridge@queenstribune.com or @JN-Strawbridge.

Borough President Melinda katz (right) joined Qca director Hoong yee Lee krakauer in celebrating the 2015 SParc art-ists and other Qca grant winners on wednesday.

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SPEEdAfter the success of “A Yip-pie-Ki-Yay Christmas: DIE HARD” the action guys are at it again. Join the Chain Theatre at 7 p.m. for a parody staged reading of one of your favorite action films, “Speed.” Not to mention the amazing raffle prizes, trivia, audience participation, and other sur-prises. Event is 21 and over and tickets cost $15.

A PLAy IN A dAyLet’s make a play in two hours at Q.E.D. Explore how to devise a piece of theatre using an ensem-ble-based approach. The source material, Beat Poetry and the music of Tom Waits, will be used as a spring-board to create an original piece of theater. This class is meant as a fun and intro-ductory overview of the basic techniques of creat-ing original theater. All are welcome to participate from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

WINTER GARdEN BALLAstoria’s Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden proud-ly presents its annual

Winter Garden Ball for you to dance the night away. Live Music by EXPRESS. Attendees will enjoy a

seated dinner, dancing and five hour open bar. To re-serve your seat today email: events@bohemianhall.com or call (718) 274-4925.

MySTERIOuS LAkE What if objects had souls, and they became living creatures at night when the world sleeps? They’d have plenty of stories to tell. In this special event, cre-ative people give voices to discarded objects and their souls. 2 p.m. Free. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

BOOk SIGNING A roundtable discussion

on the Borough’s western neighborhoods moderated by Adrienne Onofri, who will also sell and sign copies of her new book, “Walking Queens.” 1 p.m. Free. Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, Fourth Floor, Long Island City.

LA dANzA dEL CORAzONThis is a special Latin dance social. Admission includes three dance classes. One floor is for Salsa and Bachata; the other floor in-corporates Hustle, Cha Cha Cha, Merengue, and West Coast Swing. 6 p.m. $15 in advance/$20 at the door. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

SuPER BOWL SuNdAy AT RESORTS WORLd CASINOCome watch the Seattle Seahawks vs the New England Patriots at Resorts World Casino. Reserve your spot at Bar 360 for the Big Game. Ticket includes entry to Bar 360, two domestic draft beers, a hero and chips. Tickets cost $20. Prices start at $250 for a party beginning with six people. If interested email the Casino at events@rwnewyork.com.

QuEENS SyMPHONy ORCHESTRA The orchestra plays Pe-ter and the Vegetable Garden, featuring Mo-zart’s Magic Flute Overture, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and Beethoven’s Sym-phony No. 4 at 3 p.m. LeFrak Concert Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

ENdANGEREd By THE MOvING IMAGELeading African American cultural commentators, including Jelani Cobb, Mia Mask and Greg Tate, discuss how African Americans are represented in film

and television, beginning with D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and con-tinuing through contempo-rary movies and TV pro-grams. $12/$9 for seniors and students. 2-5 p.m. Mu-seum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

STOREfRONTS Kevin Walsh, an histori-an who runs the Forgot-ten NY blog, displays classic NYC storefront signs and discusses their history and lore. Some are still around, some are gone, but they’re rapidly disappearing. 7 p.m. $5. Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, Fourth Floor, LIC.

ISAMu NOGuCHI RECEPTION This exhibition surveys the symbiotic relation-ship between sculpture and design in LIC-based artist Isamu Nogu-chi’s work in the years leading up to the 1939 World’s Fair and his exten-sive design work beyond this period up to 1985. 5-9 p.m. Free and on exhibit through March 19 at the Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. Johns Univer-sity, Sun Yat Sen Hall, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica.

CREATIvE WRITING WORkSHOPNancy Agabian, an ad-junct assistant professor at Queens College and part-

time teacher at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, teaches a series of creative writing workshops to help par-ticipants find their voice or work on long-term projects, such as a mem-oir or novel. One session starts on Feb. 3; the other begins on Feb. 4. Address provided upon registration. $450 for 10 classes.

RIdGEWOOd PANEL dISCuSSIONA panel discussion called “Ridgewood: Preserve, Discover, Re-Define” will take place. The panel will discuss the changing demographics of this emerg-ing neighborhood as well as how to work together as more people move to Ridgewood. The discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. and it will take place at Topos Bookstore, which is at 788 Woodward Ave.

TRyOuTS The Queens College Choral Society holds auditions for new mem-bers for its Spring 2015 season, which will feature Faure’s Requiem and Pou-lenc’s Gloria. The society welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds with prior singing experience. 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Room 246 of the Music Building at Queens College. To schedule an au-dition, contact James John, music director, at 718-997-3818 or jmsjhn@aol.com.

JAzz CLINIC ANd JAM The Queens Jazz Over-Ground holds its month-ly open clinic, dedicated this month to John Col-trane and his dedication to practice, followed by a jam session. Musicians are en-couraged to play; others are encouraged to enjoy. Free. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

CONCERT AT TRANS PECOSWolvves, Aeon Rings, We Are Temporary and Skel-eton Head will perform at Trans Pecos in Ridge-wood. The show is slated to begin at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $8. The venue is located at 915 Wyckoff Ave.

CHILdREN’S fILM fESTIvALThe Museum of the Moving Image hosts a weekend of family matinees through Feb. 8, as a warm-up to the New York International Chil-dren’s Film Festival. NYICFF is North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. For a full list of featured films and screening times, visit www.movingim-age.us.

Premiering at the Thalia Hispanic Theatre, Raul Juarena’s “Tango 5 Senses” will immerse your senses in one of Latin America’s most dynamic, playful and romantic music genres.

It’s tango like you’ve never heard, seen, felt, tasted or experienced before. Tickets are $40. For more information, call (718) 729-3880.

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Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at SUNY Canton. They include:

Cambria Heights: Lorie Charles, Kenneth Johnson.

Jamaica: Fatizjah Burnett, Alicia Febus, Romario Fletcher, Alaetra Tyr-rell.

Queens Village: Valencia Exantus, Mihindukulasooriya Supun Buddhi Fernando.

Rosedale: Marius Exilien, Lor-raine Honeyghan.

St. Albans: Romaine Josephs, Tina Thompson.

Local students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at SUNY New Paltz. They include:

Broad Channel: Peter Willsen. Cambria Heights: Ashley Cum-

mins. Far Rockaway: Jordan Lerebours.

Jamaica: Jozina Campbell, Debo-rah Chai, Luana Horry, Julius Biggs, Rathotshavan Kanagarajah.

Laurelton: Sarah Broughton. Ozone Park: Rosalba Corrao. Queens Village: Karun Bhardwaj.Richmond Hill: Tiana Valentin. Rockaway Park: Joshua Nelson,

Michael McCann, Matthew Van-Leer Greenberg, Katelyn Gill, Alexandra Papapietro, Regina Paskoff.

Rosedale: Xavier Avery, Robert Alexis.

South Ozone Park: Denera Ragoo-nanan.

South Richmond Hill: Abigail Ramharack, Shayanna Roman.

Nathalie Pierre Noel of Rosedale and Sasha Dorzin of Queens Village were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.

Julian Shaw of Jamaica and Jasaan Persaud of St. Albans were named to the President’s List for the fall 2014 semester at SUNY Canton.

Local students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Hart-ford in West Hartford, Conn. They include:

Hollis: Nazih Neely. Jamaica: Caline Gin, Tanya Vohra,

Diamond Tillman. Laurelton: Gia Vasquez. Queens Village: Benjamin Cooley,

Puja Bhardwaj. Rosedale: Sharita Beckles, Domin-

ique Spooner.

Nia Henry of St. Albans has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at Albright College in Reading, Pa.

Krystal Peters of Jamaica, a junior majoring in Accounting, is enrolled in a Semester-in-London program in the UK through Binghamton Uni-versity. To increase access to study abroad opportunities, SUNY One-onta has established three special scholarships to support students who might otherwise not have the financial means to study abroad. Made possi-ble through gifts from alumni, faculty, staff and community members, the College at Oneonta Foundation 30th Anniversary Scholarship, the Bill and Khuki Woolever Scholarship and the Dr. Warren and Mrs. Rita Wellman Scholarship are offered each year to qualifying students.

BY JOE MARVILLI

A little more than two years ago, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) went down to Washington D.C. and was sworn into Congress. Now, she is taking a look back at her first term.

In the first part of a series of in-terviews with officials who have completed their first full term in of-fice, Meng stopped by the PRESS of Southeast Queens to discuss her achievements and the challenges she faced over the last two years. The Congresswoman also looked ahead to what still needs to be done.

“It’s been a tremendous privilege serving our district, which is the only seat that is completely within Queens. It’s been amazing,” she said. “We really tried our best to go to all corners of the district and to really see what we can do to localize what Congress is doing.”

Besides moving from her Assem-bly district to a larger Congressional district, which runs from Bayside to parts of Ridgewood, Meng said that she had to adjust to the way Con-gress operates, as opposed to Alba-ny. She said that in Albany, everyone debated bills and voted on the floor together. In D.C. though, representa-tives often stay in their offices, wait-ing for the bell to ring so they could vote and then leave again. Meng was not a fan of this process, calling it a “disservice to the country.”

Despite the very low approval rat-

Grace Meng Looks Back At Her First Terming Congress has, Meng said she did not believe the system was as broken as many think. She said she has tried her best to reach across the aisle and work with both Democrats and Republi-cans. Although those efforts are not as reported as the negative news, Meng said that Congress is doing a lot of good work each year.

Even though she was a fresh-man lawmaker in the minority party in the House of Represen-tatives, two of Meng’s bills were signed into law by President Obama. The Protect Cemeter-ies Act makes the desecration of cemeteries a violation of reli-gious freedom. The Flushing Re-monstrance Study Act will look into making Queens historic sites part of the National Park Service. Meng said these ideas came from her district’s constituents.

“Almost every one of my bills stem from constituents voicing their con-cerns on a certain issue,” she said.

Meng said that two of the most im-portant issues in her territory are the Veterans’ backlog and immigration. According to the Congresswoman, the wait time for veterans in New York to get their benefits is longer than the national average. The House passed legislation to hold the Dept. of Vet-erans Affairs more accountable for its actions. In terms of immigration, Meng is working to increase aware-

ness that legal immigrants who ap-plied on behalf of a sibling or child have to wait five to 10 years, which she said was unacceptable.

The Congresswoman has also worked to support small businesses in her district, by making them more aware of the resources available to them at a federal level. She held a hearing with the Small Business Ad-ministration, where business own-ers made their needs and obstacles known.

“I think it’s important for the fed-

eral government to know what they’re facing at a local level,” she said.

Another ongoing concern in Meng’s district is the debate over airplane noise, which has wors-ened over time. While a round-table between the community and the Port Authority is underway, there have been arguments over how to run it. Meng said that these are “growing pains” and that it is ultimately a step in the right direction towards alleviating airplane noise.

“This is an issue I’ve had to work on since day one. The prob-lem has grown. It’s like a cancer,” she said. “We asked for round-tables because this is a tool other big cities have, like Chicago. Any cities with airports and these prob-lems have roundtables, except for New York.”

Meng also commented on the continued growth of Flushing, point-ing out that while all of the economic development is great, the City needs to make sure that the infrastructure can support it with schools and other resources.

“Flushing has tremendous po-tential. Even during the economic downturn, businesses were still thriv-ing,” she said. “That being said, we really need to take into account the fast pace of development with the needs of the actual people who are living and working there.”

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BY JORDAN GIBBONS

Celebrating an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which is on Feb. 2, is also known as Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin and the Meet-ing of the Lord.

According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem 40 days after his birth to com-plete Mary’s ritual pu-rification after child-birth and to perform the redemption of the firstborn son, in obe-dience to the Law of Moses.

The gospel states that Joseph and Mary took the option provided for poor people who could not afford a lamb, sacrificing a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

When they arrived at the temple, they encountered Simeon. The gospel said that Simeon had been promised

that “he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.”

Simeon prayed the prayer that would become known as Nunc Dim-ittis, or Canticle of Simeon, which prophesied the redemption of the world by Jesus.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Church-es, the holiday is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a Feast Day, the major feast between the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle

on Jan. 25 and the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle on Feb. 22.

In some Western liturgical church-es, Vespers on the Feast of Presenta-tion marks the end of the Epiphany season. In the Church of England, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple

is a Principal Feast celebrated either on Feb. 2 or on the Sunday between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3.

In the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. It was also reflected in the practice of the churching of new mothers, forty days after the birth of a child.

Traditionally the Western term, “Candlemas” referred to the practice whereby a priest on Feb. 2 blessed beeswax candles for use throughout the year, some of which were dis-tributed to the faithful for use in the home.

Within the Roman Catholic Church, since the liturgical revisions of the Second Vatican Council, this feast has been referred to as the Feast of Presentation of the Lord with ref-erences to candles and the purifica-tion of Mary de-emphasized in favor of the Prophecy of Simeon the Righ-teous. Pope John Paul II connected the feast day with the renewal of re-ligious vows.

According to over eight centuries of tradition, the swaddling clothes that baby Jesus wore during the pre-

sentation at the temple are kept in Dubrovnik Cathedral in Croatia.

In the Byzantine tradition, Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic, the Meeting of the Lord is unique among the Great Feasts in that it combines elements of both a Great Feast of the Lord and a Great Feast of the The-otokos, or Mother of God. It has a forefeast of one day and an afterfeast of seven days. If the feast falls dur-ing Cheesefare Week or Great Lent, the afterfeast is either shortened or eliminated altogether.

The holy day is celebrated with an all-night vigil on the eve of the feast and a celebration of the Divine Lit-urgy the next morning, at which bees-wax candles are blessed.

In the United States, Candlemas coincides with Groundhog Day, the earliest American reference to which can be found at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center at Franklin and Marshall College. The reference implies that Groundhog Day may have come from a German-American Candlemas tradition.

Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@queenspress.com or @jgibbons2.

The Presentation Of Jesus At The Temple

Kirstyn Joy Notavio is a junior at Hillcrest High School, a hard-work-ing student studying Computer Sci-ence in hopes of pursuing a career as a computer scientist.

Her college advisor Gordon No-tavio said Noatavio scored a 1040 on her PSAT and is currently ranked fourth in her junior class with a GPA of 4.0.

As Notavio works towards becom-ing a computer scientist, she has received honorable achievements, including certification as a CIW In-ternet Business Associate and she scored 100 and 98 in the Career Pathways Word Exam and Careers Pathways Excel Exam, respectively. Notavio also devoted her time to-wards learning computer science by attending CodeNow, which is a cod-ing course that uses Ruby, a program-ming language.

Last summer, Notavio attended Girls Who Code, at AppNexus in Manhattan, where she was invovled in computer programming and fo-

cused on robotics, animation, mo-bile applications, data structure and algorithrms. Notavio also worked with programming languages such as HTML, Javascript, Python, CSS and Jquery.

Natavio is enrolled in a three-year software engineer program in the Biz/Tek Small Learning Commu-nity, one of nine SLCs into which Hillcrest High School is divided. Notavio is also taking college level classes: AP English, AP Spanish and a Pre-Calculus college course at York College. She is on the school honor roll.

Outside of school, Natavio has a Computer Aided Design (CAD) internship with Fabberz, a start-up company that engages in laser cut-ting and laser engraving, which she attends every Tuesday and Thursday after school for four hours. On Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays, Nata-vio dedicates her time to working on the school website after school.

Natavio partakes in volunteer ac-

tivities at school as well. She files and catalogs paper for her Global His-tory teacher, Mr. Shult, represents the Biz/Tek SLC in high school fairs at Brooklyn Technical High School

Rising Star In The Hillcrest Software Engineer Program

and Francis Lewis High School and helps at the Freshman Orientation Ice Cream Social and Open House events held at Hillcrest.

- Bob Harris

Presentation of Christ at the Temple by Hans Holbein the Elder.

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FEB. 3Open House

The Y Roads Jamaica is having an open house where people can stop in and learn about available programs for out of school youth ages 17 to 24, tour the facilities and register for the upcoming cycle. Y Roads is a part-nership between the Greater YMCA of New York and Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow that is designed to support young people who are nei-ther employed nor in school and get themselves on a path to success. The open house is from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the Y Roads Jamaica is lo-cated at 161-4 Jamaica Ave. For more information, visit www.obtjobs.org.

ONgOiNgNoguchi Exhibit

The works of Isamu Noguchi, who patented the baby monitor and the kitchen timer, among many other in-genious inventions, is the subject of the latest exhibit at the Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University. Isamu Noguchi, Patent Holder: De-signing the World of Tomorrow was developed in response to a borough-wide call to celebrate the 75th and 50th anniversaries of the two Queens World’s Fairs of 1939-40 and 1964. The display at St. John’s is an expand-ed version of the exhibit originally housed at the Noguchi Museum and surveys the symbiotic relationship in Noguchi’s work between sculpture and design in the years leading up to the 1939 World’s Fair, as well as his

extensive design work beyond this period. The exhibit is on display un-til March 19. St. John’s University is located at 8000 Utopia Parkway.

Quilt ExhibitQuilt-N-Queens (QNQ) is a South-

east Queens based group of African American women who share a pas-sion for the art of quilt making. This exhibition, “Quilting our Personal Expressions”, at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning will showcase their various personal view points of each individual artist through their ability to create their words or sto-ries in cloth. The exhibit opens on Jan. 30 and runs until Feb. 21. JCAL is located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. For more information, call (718) 658-7400.

African Mask galleryThe exhibition, MEMORY, cel-

ebrates the memory of Southeast-Queens native, Ms. Hazel Louise Woods-Sanders. The Ms. Hazel Louise Woods-Sanders collection will adorn the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning as she will be me-morialized through this contribution of art. The exhibition highlights Ms. Sanders’ artistic collection of over thirty African Masks and artifacts in which she collected throughout her journeys to different regions of the African continent. The exhibit opens on Jan. 30 and runs until Feb. 21. JCAL is located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. For more in-

formation, call (718) 658-7400.

Exercise ClassesEvery Tuesday and Friday at

Theodora G. Jackson Adult Center offer exercise classes. Seniors are in-vited to get in shape, stay in shape and be in shape with “The Tommy Experience” starting at 10:15 a.m. The center is located at 92-47 165th St., Jamaica. For more information, call the program office at (718) 657-6500, Ext. 1581.

Flea MarketGo down to the Rockaway Blvd.

Senior Center to discover “Rock-away’s Closet Treasures” at a flea market with Rockaway’s Treasure Finders. The flea market is every first and third week of the month on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. The center is located at 123-10 143rd St., Jamaica. For more information, call (718) 657-6752.

Soup KitchenGreater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral

of New York opens their doors for a soup kitchen and food pantry twice a week all year long. On Mondays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the church hands out food, including fresh vegetables, canned goods and frozen meat. On

Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there is a sit-down dinner with hot food and a clothing station. Greater Allen is located at 110-31 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. For more informa-tion, call (718) 206-4600.

Food PantryGreater Springfield Community

Church distributes food every Satur-day from 9 to 10 a.m., while supplies last, at the church located at 177-06 129th Ave., Jamaica. For more infor-mation, call (718) 527-0100.

Free TutoringFirst Presbyterian Church of Ja-

maica offers help on Saturdays pre-paring for the SAT, the Math, Eng-lish, History or Living Environment Regents or 9th and 10th grade Math and English exams. Tutoring is of-fered 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Homework help is also being offered. For more information contact Dr. Cicely Rod-way at (646) 334-2677 or email ci-cely.rodway@gmail.com. First Pres-byterian is located at 89-60 164th St., Jamaica.

SUPREME COURT COUN-TY OF QUEENS NYCTL 2009-A TRUST and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL-LON, as Collateral Agent and Custodian for the NYCTL 2009-A TRUST, Plaintiffs against RENEE JOHNSON, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 12, 2014 and entered on November 26, 2014, I, the un-dersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Courthouse 88-11 Sutphin Blvd in Court-room # 25, Jamaica NY on February 27, 2015 at 10:00 am premises situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of 220th Street and the present north-easterly side of Springfield Lane; being a plot 47.80 feet by 100 feet by 121.25 feet by 124.08 feet. Block 13454 Lot 6 Said premises known

as SPRINGFIELD LANE, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS,, NY Approximate amount of lien $ 8,783.82 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index Number 2794/2011. DIANA C. GIANTURCO, ESQ., Referee Seyfarth Shaw LLP Attorney(s) for plaintiffs 620 Eighth Avenue, New York NY 10018________________________NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORT-GAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-PA1 Plaintiff -Against- ANTHONY ALFRED A/K/A ANTHONY R.T. AL-FRED A/K/A ANTHONY R. ALFRED ET.AL. Defendants Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale granted on or about 10/09/2014, I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Queens

County Supreme Court, 88-22 Sutphin Blvd, Court Room # 25, Jamaica, New York 11435 on February 27, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. premises known as: 112-05 178TH Place St Albans, New York, 11433-4121 Block: 10302; Lot: 26 ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, as more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Said premises will be sold subject to all terms and conditions contained within said Judgment and Terms of Sale. Approximate Amount of Judgment: $446,876.22 plus interest and costs. Index No.: 19510/2013 Joseph DeFelice, Esq. REFEREE Mc-Cabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 Dated: January 12, 2015________________________

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Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) is go-ing lulu-less. A “lulu” is an annual sti-pend – collected from taxpayer dollars – awarded to City Council members for extra work on Council committees. As Majority Leader and Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Committee, Van Bramer was entitled to receive $20,000 this year. But instead, he’s passing Go without collecting 20 grand, along with eleven other Coun-

Scott KrokoffMusicians OF QuEEns

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While Scott Krokoff’s pas-sion is for music, he does have a day job as a practicing lawyer.

How does he manage to balance the two? By dedi-cating part of each day to his songwriting.

“As you can imagine, it can be quite difficult at times,” he said. “But on most days, I make sure to dedicate at least a few hours to music-related activity, whether it's writing, practicing, recording, networking, booking shows or engaging with fans via email and/or social media.”

The Bayside-based mu-sician creates Americana-flavored folk-rock and pop. Although each song is built around the melodies created by his acoustic guitar and his expressive voice, Krokoff’s music does not limit itself to one palate or style. Instead, he pulls in various elements, like warped guitar sounds, harmonica, organ and cello, to make each number stand out.

After releasing his debut, “A Better Life,” Krokoff started the “Realizations & Declara-tions” project. He is working on releasing several volumes of EPs that will eventually cul-minate in a full-length album. He started writing material for the record in 2009/2010, part of his efforts to refocus on his music. Although he started by recording a few acoustic ver-sions of his songs at producer Bob Stander’s studio, Krokoff found that the full-band ar-rangements of those tracks came out even better. The EP is bookended by two versions of “What The Hell,” one acous-

tic and one full-band.“Realizations & Declara-

tions Vol. 1” came out in No-vember 2012. Krokoff hopes to have Vol. 2 out before the end of the winter, sometime in late February or early March.

“Vol. 2 will differ from Vol. 1 in that most of the songs are new, although I will also include a re-edited version of ‘Sparrows,’ one of my oldest songs and one that appeared on the ‘A Better Life’ record. As much as I love that song, it was too long and by shav-ing off around 30 seconds, it breathed new life into the song so I thought it was worth including that,” Krokoff said. “Aside from that, I think Vol. 2 is a little lighter than Vol. 1 was.”

Krokoff’s music has gar-nered some notice, as a couple of songs, “A Better Life” and “Don’t,” were featured during the third annual NY Yankees Hope Week segment on NBC’s “The Today Show.”

“One of the segment pro-ducers heard about my music from a fan of mine who works at NBC and edits these seg-ments,” Krokoff said. “They thought [the songs] were great fits for these segments and the messages they intended to convey, like striving for a better life and not to give up no matter the odds.”

Besides releasing his new EP, Krokoff hopes to continue recording the third volume of the “Realizations & Declara-tions” series. You can expect to see him touring locally as well. To keep up with the latest news, visit www.scottkrokoff.com.

- Joe Marvilli

The rent has actually be-come too damn high for Jimmy McMillan and his landlord is giving him the heave-ho. McMillan, who is most known for running for mul-tiple city-wide offices under the “Rent is too damn high” party, has been served an evic-tion notice by the landlord of his Manhattan apartment over a legal dispute. He has reportedly been in a battle with his landlord, be-cause the owner believes that his primary residence is not the East Village apartment he pays rent in, saying that the former fringe mayoral candidate lives in Brooklyn. McMillan is trying to fight the eviction by filing a suit against the landlord claiming that they never gave him a key that he needed to enter the apartment, so he had to make one himself. “They never gave me a damn key,” he told the Daily News. Although this may not specifically be about rent, it would be too damn ironic if McMillan was kicked out of his apartment.

Too Damn Ironic?

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Show Him The Money?

As this week’s storm hit, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters he wouldn’t be shoveling snow outside Gracie Mansion, like he did

last year outside his home in Brooklyn. While this Photoshopped image says differently, don’t believe your eyes. The Mayor had a

lot more important things to do during this storm than clear off the walkways. After all, City workers seemed to do a pretty good job.

cil members including Queens’ Rory Lancman, according to published reports. The unrequited lulus will go back to the City.

We here at QConf can’t complain about the idea of keeping the lid on the Council cookie jar. These Council mem-bers set a good example in fiscal responsibility for their colleagues, as well as their partners in

government across the State, maybe even into the Assem-bly…

Last week, Major League Baseball’s Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred an-nounced changes in baseball’s hierarchy on the executive council. Mets owner Fred Wilpon was taken off the council, but was appointed to a new posi-tion that has us here at QConf scratching out heads. Wilpon will be the chair-man of the finance committee. Yes, the same man who has been involved in two Ponzi schemes and lowered the Mets payroll to a middle class level in the country’s largest market will now be overseeing finances for all of baseball. After losing about $700

million in the Bernie Madoff scheme, Wilpon stated that he did not know what was going on. Wilpon was not charged with any wrongdoing, but shouldn’t his ignorance of how he invests well over a half million dollars of his own money be a sign that finance is not his strong suit? Not to mention how he runs his own team. Hopefully, this does not blow up in the new commis-sioner's face. Maybe if Wilpon sees how other teams spend their money, he can bring some of that knowledge back to Flushing to make our home-town team Amazin’ again.

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