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Tony Avella (D-Bay- to revitalize the waterfront. side) organized the rally to intro- The meeting, held at Flush- duce legislation to reform the site ing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern selection process for new schools Blvd., featured a presentation by in city school districts. But City Joy Chen, the project’s manager, Councilman Paul Vallone (D- outlining the Flushing Riverfront Bayside) expressed support for project, which would clean up and the project because District 26 is rezone 60 acres on the Flushing so in need of school seats. waterfront. He was joined by about 75 The project seeks to create members of the Bayside commu- a planned community with wa- nity to rally against the proposed Mayor Bill de Blasio steps out of the line march during the Little Neck-Douglaston Parade to shake hands with terfront access and housing and an excited veteran. See story on Page 6. Photo by Tom Momberg commercial space. 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W derer is caught and sentenced to “The home of all homes, the EEKLY Surrounded by a heavy NYPD prison, that was another kind of perfect home above, in this per- , M presence, the wake and funeral of loss, “There are two lives that fect home there is fellowship, AY upcoming rapper Lionel “Chinx” have and will be lost,” he said. there is no struggle, there is no 31, 2015 Pickens, a member of the group Thirty-one year old, Lionel pain, there is no sadness. Lio- Coke Boys, was held Tuesday at Pickens, who was known by his nel’s happiness on Earth is noth- the Greater Allen AME Cathe- rap name Chinx, was shot to ing compared to the joy he feels dral in Jamaica. death in the early hours May 17 at now.” More than 2,000 family mem- 84th Drive and Queens Boulevard Pickens grew up in Far Rock- bers, friends and fans gathered to in Briarwood. Police are still away and was remembered by pay respects to the beloved rapper, searching for the killer. Pickens his family as someone who had a who came from Far Rockaway, and his friend were in a Porsche, great sense of humor. By the time and joined in singing “Lord, I lift according to police, when anoth- he turned 15, he began to pursue a your name on high” at the begin- er car pulled up to the driver’s career in the music industry. His ning of the service. side and shot at Pickens and his road in the music industry led to Mourners, including rapper friend, Antar Alziadi. Pickens his joining the Coke Boys record French Montana, paid their re- was hit over a dozen times, au- label, founded by Montana, the spects at the open casket wake thorities said. CEO of Cocaine City Records. where Pickens was dressed in The rapper was taken to Ja- Pickens released his first solo al- a gray suit and surrounded by maica Hospital Medical Center, bum, “Hurry Up & Die Vol 1: Get white roses. His widow, Janelli where he died. Alziadi was hit Ya Casket On” in 2009 and collab- Caceres, wore white jeans and a On one wall of the church, floral tributes to the rapper from family and admirers more than once and he is current- orated with Montana. white shirt with the words “S.I.P were on display. Photo by Sadef Kulley ly recovering from his wounds, French Montana, who sat front Baby Chinx” on the back. according to police. There have and center with the Pickens fam- After the processional, his The president of the New who was fatally shot on May 17 in been no arrests and the investiga- ily and held his son, had taken manager Doug Ellison spoke York City Correction Officers Briarwood, spoke about stopping tion was ongoing, police said. responsibility for all his funeral about the life Pickens had lived Benevolent Association, Norman the violence. He said that today The Rev. Dollene Palmer from arrangements, according to an of- and legacy he had left behind. Seabrook and cousin of Pickens, the community had lost one per- the Brotherhood Baptist Church ficial source. Terrorism case against two Jamaica women proceeds Federal prosecutors ask Brooklyn judge for permission to hide identity of undercover agent BY SADEF ALI KULLY ter Asia Siddiqui, one of the two “Then I have go over the re- In the complaint, Siddiqui women from Jamaica suspected cordings with my client,” he said. and Velentzas were accused by Prosecutors in the federal case of planning a terror attack, re- “This can take a while. They can- federal prosecutors of collecting of two Queens women accused of fused to leave her cell and was not rush this case.” and researching information on plotting a terror attack filed a absent for the May 20 hearing in According to the motion filed, how to make bombs, including request Tuesday for a protective Brooklyn federal court. evidence from the under cover downloading the “The Anarchist order for unclassified materials, Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., agent to be produced consists of Cookbook,” inspired by the 2013 including the identity of the un- was vexed by her absence in the “audio and in some cases video Boston Marathon bombing pres- dercover agent who befriended last hearing, but her defense at- recordings by the UC. These re- sure cookers, and considering the them, in Brooklyn federal court. torney, Thomas Dunn, and the cordings contain the UC’s voice funeral of two NYPD police offi- According to the federal court prosecution agreed that the dates and likeness, as well as informa- cers as a target for their plot.