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Grace Meng (D-Flush- victims of the crash made it ing), along with business a tragedy that hit home for leaders and advocacy groups many borough residents. have launched the Health Nail Just six days after the dev- Salon Network to address il- astating Amtrak derailment legal working conditions, an that took the life of Laura exploitable workforce and un- Finamore and seven others, realistic pricing. including Justin Zemser of The heads of the Korean Far Rockaway, more than 200 American Nail Association of of her family members and New York, the Korean Ameri- friends gathered Monday for can Association of Greater her funeral at St. Anastasia New York, Asian Americans Roman Catholic Church in for Equality and the New York Douglaston. Asian Women’s Center led pri- The large number of people vate meetings to determine who had come to show their short-term and long-term solu- respect and share their memo- tions since many Asian wom- ries of the Douglaston native en work in these salons. underscored how many lives The network is calling on she touched in her lifetime. local, state and federal govern- “The truth is this is such ments to dig deeper and work an incredible shock to all of with nail salon businesses to us. It is certainly something I determine the root cause of the couldn’t have given a second practices that takes advantage of thought to merely six days of vulnerable immigrants. ago,” said Laura Finamore’s “For every turn, confron- brother, Peter Finamore, who tation or setback, there are delivered the eulogy. opportunities to learn and to The engineer of the train, become better at what you do,” Brandon Bostian, lives in For- Kim said. “Those who will re- est Hills. main and protect the status Finamore, 47, was the man- quo by finger-pointing or pick- aging director of the Cushman ing fights will not be able to Wakefield real estate firm, use this chance to become bet- where she worked for seven ter businesses.” years. She was a resident of Meng said as the daughter Manhattan, but she grew up of Asian immigrants, she fits in northeast Queens and was a the profile of both a nail salon graduate of Benjamin Cardozo worker and a owner, but ac- High School. She was also an Continued on Page 58 alumna of George Washing- ton University in Washington, DC. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Finamore’s wake was held over the weekend at Fairchild Whitestone fears homes .....2 TV chef and restaurant owner Lidia Bastianich opens the Queens Impact Awards Dinner, held by the Sons Funeral Home. By special Macy’s fireworks off LIC .....4 TimesLedger Newspapers at Douglaston Manor, with the story of how her family landed in the bor- request from her family, Rev. ough after World War II. See coverage on Pages 24, 25. Rapper shot in Briarwood ...6 Frank Tummino delivered the Photo by Michael Shain sermon for the mass at St An- David Weprin to stay put ...18 Continued on Page 58 A CNG Publication Vol. 81 No. 21 68 total pages Whitestone rallies Bowne playground Residents, civics oppose developer over home site to undergo revamp BY MADINA TOURE upgrading ADA access to the existing comfort station. The Bowne Playground A new corner entrance located adjacent to PS 20 will be added. The entrance in Flushing is undergoing west of the comfort station a renovation to update the will be moved eastward to park’s facilities for children create a more direct route and adults alike. from one side of the play area The park consists of a seat- to the other. ing area to the north, a multi- The project will also in- purpose asphalt field used clude the addition of game during recess by the school tables and adult fitness to the in the center, a comfort sta- north, reducing the multi- tion to the south surrounded purpose courts, a perfor- by 2- to 5-year-old play zones mance space and moving the and 5- to 12-year-old play- play area to one side of the ground, a handball court and comfort station. The hand- a school garden. ball court and the garden will remain in the park. Whitestone residents and support groups rally to make sure the owners of a controversial lot at 151th Street The park is surrounded by 12-foot or 16-foot high fencing, Most of the trees are in and 6th Road do not build additional homes. Photo by Sadef Kully which the city Parks Depart- good condition, Parks said, BY SADEF ALI KULLY a civic association. “This is The architect for the site, ment plans to replace with with the exception of one a residential community and Joseph Sultana, stood in the a 4-foot high iron-wrought tree and a stump. The agency Dozens of Whitestone resi- we are the ones that will have crowd and yelled back that the fence. There are also out- plans to keep a large oak tree dents rallied against overde- to deal with the traffic and rumors were not true. dated concrete pavement and and a weeping beech next to velopment in their neighbor- noise.” “They are starting their benches in the sitting area. the comfort station. hood Sunday, following the City Councilman Paul Val- own rumors. We are building Community Board 7 voted Green space will be added sale of a trash-ridden water- lone (D-Bayside), state Sen. 52 homes, 100 percent,” Sulta- to approve the project for 1.28 around the park’s perimeter. front property to a major New Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and na said. “Nothing more or less acres, which will cost $3.43 Parks is currently working York developer. state Assemblyman Edward than the original plan.” million, at its monthly board with the city Department of Edgestone Group, a real Braunstein (D-Bayside) said Sultana mentioned that meeting at Union Plaza Care Environmental Protection to estate and development firm, that residents did not have Edgestone tried to expand the Center at 33-23 Union St. in collect stormwater from the recently bought the 18-acre much to worry about, because plan to include more homes, Flushing Monday night. site. waterfront property located on they were ready to give their based on the original approval “You can see that active The permeable surface 151-45 6th Road. The city has support if the developers for 114 homes, but when his of- recreation is high on the area of the park has been permitted the firm to build changed their minds. fice started receiving an out- list and then after that was “over-doubled” to facilitate only 52 single-family homes on “We have been here before, pouring of complaints, that improving the passive rec- the collection of stormwater the property, including park stopped a high school.
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