Volume 65, No. 123 MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 50¢ Guardians of Justice from the bench and QUEENS bar gather for Eagle’s inaugural gala TODAY — October 7, 2019 — WITH OCTOBER BEING BREAST Cancer Awareness Month, State Sen. Joseph Addabbo, Jr. is announcing a free mammogram screening event in Howard Beach on Nov. 1. The American-Italian Cancer Foundation will have its Mammogram Bus parked outside of the New York Community Bank, located at 156-02 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., providing no-cost mammogram screenings for women who register for an appointment. Uninsured patients are welcome, there are no co-payments and all deductibles are waived for this service. See more on page 8 “SINE C OCTOBER IS RECOGNIZED See more on page 16 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, bringing Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County President Thomas Oliva, retired Supreme Court, Civil Term Administrative Judge Jeremy free mammograms and clinical breast exams Weinstein, Brandeis Association President Adam Orlow, Queens County Women's Bar Association President Adrienne Williams, Chief to the district is a major service for women Clerk of the Queens County Supreme Court Tamara Kersh, Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan, former Legal Aid Society who are either uninsured or cannot make it to Attorney-In-Chief Seymour James, Queens County Bar Association President-Elect Clifford Welden and Eagle co-publishers Dozier a clinic is even more imperative,” Addabbo Hasty and Michael Nussbaum. Eagle photo by Andy Katz said in a statement. “As you get older, it becomes more and more important for women to get these tests and screenings in order to monitor for breast cancer and other ailments because early detection can be the difference NYC voter between life and death.” guides will E LECTED OFFICIALS AND COMM- unity leaders are announcing that as of now have sign Saturday, the southeast corner of Seward Avenue and 235th Street in Bellerose Manor will be known as “Bernard M. Aquilino language option Place.” The street co-naming is to honor By Victoria Merlino Aquilino’s more than 50 years of community Queens Daily Eagle service. Aquilino fought to have the Deaf New Yorkers will now have the op- neighborhood renamed Bellerose Manor. The portunity to view voter guides in American law establishing Bernard M. Aquilino Place Sign Language, according to Mayor Bill de was sponsored by Councilmember Barry Blasio, as the city government tries to low- Grodenchik and approved by the New York er barriers deaf residents may face while City Council. trying to vote. “A strong democracy requires an en- gaged constituency,” said de Blasio in a QUE E NS BOROUGH PRESIDENT CAN- statement. “We want all New Yorkers to didate and Councilmember Costa Consta- stand up, get involved and vote for the is- ntinides today unveiled his five-point plan sues they care about most. The new voter to expand the office’s accessibility, protect guides in American Sign Language will al- immigrant communities and prioritize census low more people to do just that.” outreach to ensure every resident is counted. There are over 200,000 New Yorkers The announcement, held in Jackson Heights’ who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, according Diversity Plaza surrounded by Bangladeshi, to a statement from the Mayor’s Office. Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 Empty voting booths at a Ridgewood polling place. Eagle file photo by David Brand Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Visit us Online @queenseagle facebook.com/queenseagle queenseagle.com NYC voter guides will now have sign language option Continued from page 1 info. Friedman, the assistant executive director Election Day will be on Nov. 5, where res- for Public Affairs for the NYC Campaign Though voter guides will have closed cap- idents will be voting on offices like Queens Finance Board & NYC Votes, in a state- tioning, new guides will also include a pic- District Attorney. ment. “We're thankful to the Mayor's Office QUEENS ture-in-picture insert of ASL interpretation “Increasing access to essential voter in- for People with Disabilities and Democracy for all video statement by candidates, as well formation, particularly for underrepresented NYC for working with us to implement these as a series of short clips that explain local communities like Deaf and hard of hearing American Sign Language interpretations so candidates and ballot proposals. New Yorkers, is a core part of our mission all New Yorkers are empowered to cast a bal- The voter guides can be found on nyccfb. at the Campaign Finance Board," said Eric lot that counts.” TODAY Long Island man faces up to 126 years for — October 7, 2019 — Nepali and Peruvian community leaders, is the first policy platform Constantinides made supplying heroin used in two fatal ODs since declaring his candidacy last month. By Jonathan Sperling The deadly overdoses began in April 2017, lado’s death, Lum allegedly supplied heroin Queens Daily Eagle when Lum allegedly gave Collado, his girl- to Brown, his friend, who lived in Bayside. COSA N T NTINIDES’ PLAN IS ANCHO- A Long Island man who allegedly distrib- friend, heroin while the two were at a mov- Brown consumed the drugs at Lum’s house red by a new Department of Diversity and uted heroin and other narcotics in Queens is ie theater in College Point. The two got high and immediately had a medical emergency. Outreach, which would oversee satellite the first drug dealer in Queens charged with a snorting heroin off of a cell phone, then left the Lum called 911 and gave Brown CPR until first offices throughout the borough along with theater and used more heroin inside of a car. responders arrived. homicide for overdose-related deaths, prosecu- other major initiatives. These locations will tors say. Collado quickly passed out, so Lum pulled Brown survived the near-fatal overdose, but bring the Borough President’s Office directly Justin Lum, 30, allegedly supplied heroin over at 56th Avenue and Main Street where after he was discharged he returned to Lum’s to neighborhoods such as Jackson Heights, that eventually led to the death of his 28-year- first responders gave her Naloxone and rushed home and allegedly got more heroin from the old girlfriend, Patricia Collado, as well as his her to the hospital. defendant, who stated in sum and substance Bayside, the Rockaways and Jamaica, with 24-year-old friend, Calvin Brown. Before be- After Collado was discharged from the that the victim needed it so much that he gave staff who speak the languages native to these ing arrested, Lum allegedly told an acquain- hospital, she and Lum went to the defendant’s it to him to get him to go home. neighborhoods. tance that he could not be prosecuted because grandfather’s house in Flushing, where they The next day, Brown was found dead by of the “Good Samaritan law. I can’t get in trou- snorted more heroin. Collado went into cardi- his mother in their Queens’ home. He was in ble.” ac arrest, but instead of calling 911, Lum at- his bedroom, seated in a chair with his head T HE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 79TH “Even though fatal overdoses have been on tempted to “stabilize her” and stated in sum slumped onto a desk. Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights was the decline in Queens County this past year, and substance that he “didn’t want to call the An autopsy performed on the victim’s body co-named after former State Sen. José Peralta every loss of life causes undue pain and heart- ambulance again.” As Collado foamed at the showed the cause of death was acute intoxica- on Sunday. Peralta died in 2018 after years as a ache particularly when the death could have mouth, Lum allegedly consumed more drugs tion from the combined effects of heroin, al- civic leader and elected official. been prevented,” Acting Queens District At- before going to sleep. Lum awoke shortly be- prazolam, diazepam and phenobarbital. torney John Ryan said in a statement. fore 8 a.m. to find Collado beside him uncon- “Heroin, unfortunately, has made a deadly Lum was arraigned before Justice Kenneth scious and foaming at the mouth. By the time comeback in Queens Countyand throughout TEHE WE KEND SAW THE FDNY HOST Holder and charged with 3 counts of sec- emergency medical technicians arrived Colla- New York City and our nation as a whole,” its 5th annual citywide Open House program. ond-degree manslaughter and multiple counts do was dead. Ryan added. “Overdose deaths have far out- More than 200 Firehouses and EMS Stations of third- and fifth-degree criminal sale of a An autopsy performed on her remains con- paced homicides in the last few years … The opened their doors to the public. FDNY controlled substance. Holder remanded Lum cluded she died from acute intoxication due to dealers who profit from distributing these members gave away more than 15,000 smoke and ordered him to return to Court on Dec. 11, the combined effects of fentanyl, heroin and drugs bear responsibility when their clients alarms, as well as fire safety literature, fire 2019. If convicted, he faces between 26 to 126 cocaine. die. This defendant thought he was safe from safety coloring books, and fire/EMS helmets years in prison. In March 2018, less than a year after Col- prosecution. He was dead wrong.” for children, which were donated by the FDNY Foundation. Get 'The Best of the Nest' delivered to your inbox every week: QueensEagle.com/Subscribe PUBLISHERS: Michael Nussbaum J.D. Hasty [email protected] [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR David Brand [email protected] DIGITAL EDITOR Jonathan Sperling [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER Kat Ramus [email protected] Queens Criminal Court.