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Queens Weekly, Apr CF:8C :C8JJ@=@<;J @EJ@;< Apr. 28, 2013 Your Neighborhood — Your News® Boro Muslims Queens GOP gets new brass on alert after Boston attacks Como named vice chairman to replace Tabone amid party turmoil BY JOE ANUTA, RICH BOCKMANN BY JOE ANUTA “I take the job very serious- AND STEVE MOSCO ly,” Michel told a crowd of about 30 GARBAGE BUSTERS The Queens man installed people gathered at the Northeast Members of Queens’ Mus- as a city Board of Elections com- Queens Republican Club meeting lim community said this week missioner during a political coup at Clearview Golf Course April they had not experienced a back- in January recently spoke to a 17. “Some people are upset I took lash in the wake of the Boston Republican club about his tenu- the job, some people are nervous I Marathon bombings, but when- ous relationship with party lead- took the job.” ever an act of terrorism makes ership and cleaning house at the Michel is president of Christ headlines, it puts them on edge. board. the King High School, a parochial “I have not noticed anything His speech took place against institution in Middle Village, and in the neighborhood. Everything the backdrop of the ongoing tur- has strong ties to a faction of the seems to be normal and I am hop- moil within the Queens Republi- Queens GOP at war with the cur- ing it stays this way,” said Imam can Party. rent leadership. Eden Djonovic, of the Albanian Michael Michel was ap- He was a staffer for former American Islamic Center of pointed to a four-year term as the Councilman Tom Ognibene and Queens in Ridgewood. Queens GOP commissioner Jan. was later hired in 2008 and 2009 With bombing suspect 23 against the wishes of Queens as Ognibene’s campaign consul- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in custody Republican Party Chairman tant, according to campaign fi- a week after he and his brother, Phil Ragusa. He replaced Judith nance data. Ognibene was the at- Tamerlan Tsarnaev, allegedly Stupp. torney of record for Michel after detonated several explosive de- The Democratic and Repub- the Queens GOP tried to stop his vices at the marathon’s finish lican parties from each borough appointment in court. line, the national conversation typically get to pick the 10 com- Michel was also paid by Ul- has turned to what, if any, ties missioners who run the board. rich’s campaign last year when the two had to radical Islamic But Ragusa missed a deadline, the councilman ran for state Sen- groups. which allowed City Council- ate. Both Ognibene and Ulrich Tamerlan, who was killed men Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), are outspoken critics of Ragusa, in a shoot-out with police, was Anna Goldberg, 10, helps her father Matt remove pieces of tires from James Oddo (R-Staten Island) and and Ulrich has repeatedly called an avowed Muslim, news reports Udalls Cove during a cleanup of the area in Douglaston. Vincent Ignizio (R-Staten Island) for his ouster. Most recently, Ul- say, but his younger brother’s Photo by Christina Santucci to install Michel instead. rich and a list of other district Continued on Page 12 Continued on Page 12 Probation Dept. asks families White roofs planned in Astoria to be part of Jamaica program BY PHIL CORSO the borough’s blackest roof- of western Queens next in tops with a solar-reflective line. BY RICH BOCKMANN A city-based nonprofit white coating, the environ- Heather James, a has set its sights on parts mentally-focused White board member at the White A revamped probation program the city of Astoria and Long Island Roof Project has worked in Roof Project, said Astoria introduced in Jamaica over the summer is ex- City to combat rising tem- conjunction with the city’s landed on the group’s radar pected to branch out to Long Island City and Far Members of the White Roof Project peratures, armed with no CoolRoofs initiative to re- after heat-related deaths Rockaway soon. douse a city rooftop in reflective paint more than buckets of white duce the sun’s strength in caused by power outages In July, officials cut the ribbon on the Neigh- to reduce the strength of the sun. paint. various hot spots through- became noted problems in Continued on Page 12 Photo courtesy the White Roof Project By resurfacing some of out the city — with parts Continued on Page 12 A CNG Publication • Vol. 2, No. 17 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT TIMESLEDGER.COM 10 Kew Gardens Hills library rehab part of building spurt in system BY JOE ANUTA tal funding, we’ve had good is set to lose $30 million in success.” operating costs, according Lawmakers kicked off Borough President to Galante, in what has be- the expansion of the Kew Helen Marshall allocated $8 come a routine round of an- Garden Hills library last million for the Kew Gardens nual belt tightening on the Friday as part of a decade- Hills library expansion — a city level. 28, 2013 PR long capital spending boom pet project of the late activ- These cuts in operat- , A that has forged ahead de- ist Pat Dolan, whose face ing costs have translated spite budget cuts to operat- adorns a plaque inside the to a drop in service hours EEKLY W ing costs. building. City Councilman over the years. The $10 million project James Gennaro (D-Fresh So while the capital UEENS will completely transform Meadows) and state Sens. expenditure boom has re- Q the book lending institu- Toby Stavisky (D-Whit- sulted in 10 to 15 complete tion, at 72-33 Vleigh Place, estone) and Michael Si- library renovations, ac- by expanding its footprint manowitz (D-Electchester) cording to Galante, many by 3,000-square feet and also chipped in. libraries cannot afford building a new, stylish front Overall, Marshall has to stay open seven days a facade and entryway. The allocated $117 million to week. refurbished building will borough libraries since City Councilman Jim- feature twice the number taking office more than 12 my Van Bramer (D-Sunny- of computers, an expanded years ago, her office said. side), a former employee of meeting room, a state-of- Lawmakers and representatives from the Queens Public Library and city wield ceremonial shovels at But the borough, and the library, said the oper- the-art self-checkout sys- a ground breaking ceremony. Photo by Joe Anuta libraries in general, have ating budget needs to keep tem and round-the-clock been suffering from cuts to pace with the capital bud- check-in, a library spokes- street. the Queens Public Library the system’s coffers, Gal- their operating budgets. get. woman said. The library’s overhaul has secured $300 million in ante said. The boom repre- Queens Library is “We should not subject The refurbished space is part of a capital spending capital money from Mayor sents about five to six times primarily funded by the staff to fluctuations like is set to open in 2015. In the boom that began nearly a Michael Bloomberg, the the historical funding level, city, according to Galante, that,” he said. “There is no meantime, library patrons decade ago, according to borough president and the according to Galante. with a small percentage of point in having additional will have access to a tem- Thomas Galante, president borough’s City Council del- “This is more than funds coming from state or space unless you can staff porary lending location at of Queens Library. egation, some of which is we’ve had in the last 30 federal sources. 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