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Nov. 6–12, 2015 Your Neighborhood — Your News® 75 cents THE NEWSPAPER OF FLUSHING, AUBURNDALE, KEW GARDENS HILLS & FRESH MEADOWS Bus services Grodenchik wins election to be changed Democratic candidate to continue Mark Weprin’s City Council term in NE Queens BY TOM MOMBERG

BY MADINA TOURE CELEBRATE THE LIGHT Democrat Barry Groden- chik will now represent east- A new pilot program to cre- ern Queens in the City Council ate limited-zone bus service, following a competitive race in as well as other short- and which he defeated Republican long-term improvements, are contender Joe Concannon. among the recommendations With about 99 percent of the unveiled as part of the North- poll stations reporting in the east Queens Bus Study funded 23rd Council District, Groden- by state Sen. Tony Avella (D- chik had 55 percent of the vote Bayside). with The $500,000, 130-pag- See related 5,898 estudy, money allocated in the coverage Page 6 bal- state executive budget, looks lots at service primarily in the cast. Concannon got 38.1 per- neighborhoods of Flushing, cent of the vote with 4,080— Whitestone, Bay Terrace, Bay- more than he did the last time side, College Point, Oakland he ran for the seat on the Inde- Gardens, Douglaston, Glen pendent Party line. And Work- Oaks, Fresh Meadows and ing Families Party candidate Little Neck. Rebecca Lynch got 6.9 percent The limited-zone bus with 742 votes. route—the first of its kind— The district runs from Bay- combines features of limited side Hills, Oakland Gardens and express service that could and parts of Queens Village, benefit the Q17, Q27, Q43 and east to the county line. Q46, according to the study. About 24,700 votes were cast The limited-zone bus route for the Council seat in the 2009 would function as a cross be- general election, and about tween local and limited ser- 20,000 in 2013 — both of which vice lines, stopping only a few were held at the same time as a blocks apart in some areas, city mayoral election. For this while traveling across non- week’s general election, the stop sections, according to vote count was 10,720. Avella. Grodenchik will be step- The Q12 and the Q88 are Moments before going on stage at the Queens Museum's Celebration of Deepavali, a children's group ping up in the next few weeks currently being studied to par- from the Hindu Temple Society of North America get some last-minute direction. The festival marks to replace Mark Weprin, who ticipate in the pilot program the victory of light over darkness. Photo by Michael Shain resigned in May when he was Continued on Page 58 Continued on Page 58 CB11 opposes high school proposal

BY TOM MOMBERG $114 million project. Other concerns about the The board’s Education proposal involve the site of the Community Board 11 voted Committee unanimously re- Bayside Jewish Center, which 31-1 against the School Con- jected the proposal the week is under contract to to be sold struction Authority’s proposal before, citing concerns that following environmental im- to build a new high school on 32nd Avenue is too narrow and pact studies and a City Coun- Community Board 11's chairwoman asks all those present at its November 32nd Avenue in Bayside Mon- has too much traffic to allow cil vote. meeting to stand if they are in opposition to the proposed high school day, going along with strong for the increase in students, Nearby residents are wor- community opposition to the buses and cars. Continued on Page 58 on 32nd Avenue. Photo by Tom Momberg A CNG Publication Vol. 24 No. 45 64 total pages Grocery store in limbo Whitestone mom, 55, missing since Sept. 5 Whitestone Waldbaum’s future unclear after bankruptcy fi ling BY MADINA TOURE antique shops. The woman’s accent and appearance were BY MADINA TOURE Despite using a variety of similar to Maria’s. investigative tools to find a But she turned out to be a State Sen. Tony Avella (D- Whitestone woman who dis- Polish woman (Maria has a Bayside) said the future of the appeared two months ago, the Bavarian accent). Peter Bra- Waldbaum’s store in Whites- lead investigator in the case bazon met the woman and tone is not yet known, despite said it still has not located confirmed she was not Ma- its sale being approved by the her. The NYPD and her fam- ria. U.S. Bankruptcy Court. ily have also come up empty- The firm also put out Na- In July, Great Atlantic & handed in the search. tional Crime Information Pacific Tea Company, which Maria Brabazon, 55, was Center alerts and enlisted owns Pathmark and Wald- last seen Sept. 5 at 2:54 p.m. the help of police in Nassau baum’s, said it agreed to sell when she was observed by County and the Massapequa- 120 stores for about $600 mil- a neighbor’s home surveil- Amityville area, also post- lion. The company secured lance camera walking on ing missing person fliers in financing of $100 million and 14th Avenue toward the inter- those areas. voluntarily filed for Chapter section with 152nd Street in Peter Brabazon said that 11 bankruptcy protection. Whitestone. Nov. 5 marks two months since An A&P spokesman de- The 109th Precinct Detec- Maria went missing. “We have clined to comment. tive Squad and the NYPD’s the video of her turning the Although the bankruptcy Missing Persons Unit corner and we have nothing court has approved the sale of launched an investigation further,” he said. the Waldbaum’s store at 153-01 for Brabazon in collaboration The morning that Braba- 10th Ave., it is unclear wheth- with Beau Dietl & Associates, zon disappeared, Beau Dietl er the facility will reopen as a private investigators firm discovered that she had re- a grocery store, according to in . ceived a parking summons The future of the Waldbaum's store in Whitestone is unknown. Avella, who said the store did Mark Pucci, executive on 202nd Street in the area of Google Earth not attract as much business vice president of Beau Di- 19th and 21st avenues for an as other supermarkets in his their money back,” Avella mark at 31-06 Farrington St. in etl, said it was using three expired inspection. district. said. Flushing were to be converted separate dog teams, a com- She then visited a gas sta- “I was always worried Avella is waiting to hear into Stop & Shop stores. bination of cadaver dogs and tion on Utopia Parkway to about the Waldbaum’s on 10th back from Robinson Brog Avella said that because regular search dogs as part of have her vehicle inspected, Avenue in Whitestone because Leinwand Greene Genovese he has met with union repre- the search. went to a BJ’s Warehouse in it’s probably the least active,” & Gluck but has been unable sentatives from Local 338 and Investigators were alert- Whitestone and checked out he said. to track down the lawyer for Local 1500, both of which have ed to a woman suspected at around 11:17 a.m., based on The property was trans- East 11th Holding. It is unclear members working at A&P and of being Maria at a store in surveillance footage. ferred to Feil Whitestone how much of the property each Waldbaum’s stores , he can now the Amityville-Massapequa Since then Beau Dietl LLC—which already owns company owns. confirm the approved sale of area, where Maria often fre- has conducted an extensive part of the property of the In early September, Avella the locations to the respective quented thrift stores and search of the public and park Whitestone Shopping Center— provided his constituents and buyers. He will be hosting a areas in the vicinity of the and East 11th Holding LLC, a other affected individuals with link to the union’s list of each Throgs Neck Bridge, includ- group of real estate entities, an opportunity to register on a affected supermarket’s status ing Little Bay Park, Clear Avella said. mailing list for updates on the on his Senate website. Bay Park Golf Course and Robinson Brog Leinwand status of stores affected by the He also confirmed the auc- open areas next to Fort Tot- Greene Genovese & Gluck, A&P bankruptcy. tion of the Waldbaum’s store ten. the law firm representing Feil He said preliminary infor- at 133-11 20th Ave. in College Brabazon has been de- Whitestone, declined to com- mation he cross-referenced Point to Wakefern Food Corp. scribed by police as 5-foot-5- ment. at the time showed that the and the Waldbaum’s store at inches, weighing 125 pounds, Bankruptcy documents Waldbaum’s at 35-09 Francis 258-17 Union Turnpike in Glen with blonde hair and blue show that one of the reasons Lewis Blvd. in Bayside and the Oaks to Key Food. eyes. She was last seen wear- Feil Whitestone may have Waldbaum’s at 196-35 Horace ing black leggings and a bought the store’s lease is be- Harding Expressway in Fresh Reach reporter Madina white shirt. cause Waldbaum’s owed them Meadows were slated to be- Toure by e-mail at mtoure@cn- State Sen. Tony Avella (D- $111,000. come Key Food stores. glocal.com or by phone at (718) Bayside) held a news confer- “It could be that they were He also discovered that the 260–4566. ence last month about Braba- just protecting their interests Waldbaum’s at 213-15 26th Ave. MARIA BRABAZON zon. He plans to follow up on in making sure that they get in Bay Terrace and the Path- the case. 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BY MADINA TOURE were lost during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and that the Queens College held a cer- number of women murdered emony last week for Domestic in the United States during Violence Awareness Month that same 12-year period was featuring survivors, students close to 12,000. and Queens legislators in soli- “Probably the majority darity with survivors. were murdered by someone The event, which took place they knew—and someone they in the Rosenthal Library Ro- knew well—and someone they tunda of the college at 65-30 trusted,” Rodriguez said. Kissena Blvd. in Kew Gardens Carmella Marrone, Women Hills, included participants & Work’s director, emphasized from Queens College’s Women the concept of “intimate ter- & Work program, a free, 15- rorism,” the use of physical week course that empowers abuse and other tactics to keep participants living at or below control over an individual in a the federal poverty level to re- relationship. build lives that have been shat- “Make no mistake: they tered by domestic violence. (women), too, are casualties of The program has helped more war,” Marrone said. than 3,000 women. Queens Borough President The participants sat in the pointed to sig- first two rows, carrying post- nificant steps, such as the pas- A group of women carrying slogans against domestic violence listen during the Queens College ceremony. ers with slogans such as “Pro- sage of the Domestic Violence Photo by Madina Toure tect women and children” and Intervention Act of 1994 and “Domestic violence is an epi- legislation she passed in the the day, it’s about power and sponsor of a package of bills provides trauma-informed demic in the USA.” City Council that extended the making your own trail for you that seek to increase domestic therapy to families that have Queens College President statute of limitations for sexu- and your children,” Katz said. violence reporting, provided experienced violence, $5,000 to Félix Matos Rodríguez noted al abuse of children to age 18. City Councilman Rory $5,000 to St. John’s University the Korean American Family that more than 6,500 lives “I know that at the end of Lancman (D-Hillcrest), a co- for Project Connect, which Continued on Page 58

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BY MADINA TOURE said in a statement. In September, Galante was Former Queens Library placed on indefinite leave as CEO Thomas Galante is seek- he was being investigated by ing more than $2 million in the FBI, federal prosecutors severance compensation to and the city Department of In- “set the record straight” after vestigation for allegedly mis- he was ousted from his posi- using funds. tion in December 2014. An audit by City Comptrol- He contends the library ler Scott Stringer uncovered fired him without a valid expensive furniture and lav- cause. ish meals, among other inap- Galante filed the lawsuit propriate purchases, in his against the Queens Borough expense accounts. Public Library and trustees As a sign of Galante’s com- Haeda Mihaltses and Judith petence, Rohback pointed out Bergtraum in Brooklyn fed- the board of directors would eral court Monday, his lawyer, unanimously renew Galante’s Tom Rohback, a partner at contract on a regular basis Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, and vote on and approve his said. compensation which was veri- According to the suit, the fied by outside consultants. library had the right to termi- The lawsuit accuses Bor- nate Galante’s employment, ough President Melinda Katz but it was contractually re- of orchestrating the passage of quired to pay him severance Former Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante is suing the Queens Library for more than $2 million. a bill introduced by state Sen. of more than $2 million unless Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) it was terminating him “for In a statement, Galante said winds changed overnight and ante’s accusations. and state Assemblyman Jef- cause.” the library has been “overrun my name was dragged through “After reviewing the com- frion Aubry (D-Corona) to The lawsuit maintains the with a political gang.” the mud,” he said. “I’m filing plaint brought by Mr. Galante, give her and the mayor the au- library falsely claimed to ter- “After giving 27 years of this lawsuit to set the record we believe his claims are with- thority to remove the trustees minate Galante for a legiti- my life to the Queens Library straight.” out merit and our actions to since she could not convince a mate reason to avoid paying and raising millions of dollars The Queens Library’s remove him were completely majority of the board to vote in the severance. to make it better, the political board of trustees denied Gal- justified,” the current board Continued on Page 52 MSG’s plan for music festival Day of the Dead fete in Flushing concerns BP Katz celebrated in Corona BY MADINA TOURE way to create the tradition re- BY BILL PARRY cutting off public access to our specting that diversity of how treasured parks like Flushing The third annual Mexican people do it,” she said. Madison Square Garden Meadows Corona Park, which Day of the Dead celebration at Day of the Dead, known as announced Monday that it is is enjoyed by thousands of Corona Plaza featured a mix- Día de los Muertos in Span- seeking to host a three-day families and residents every ture of food, music and danc- ish, is particularly popular in music festival at Flushing week in the summer months,” ing as participants mourned central and southern Mexico. Meadows Corona Park in June Katz said. “Doing so without a the dead and victims of police Observers of the holiday be- that would have a world-class public review process would brutality. lieve that heaven’s gates open lineup of talent and serve as a fly in the face of the very prin- At least 80 residents came at midnight Oct. 31 and that showcase for the culture and ciple behind our public parks, out to the event at the plaza the spirits of deceased chil- diversity of the city. which is space designated for on 103rd Street and Roosevelt dren can reunite with their The proposal comes one public access and equity.” Avenue. The Queens Mu- families for 24 hours. month after industry gi- MSG made a commitment seum, Corona residents and On Nov. 2, the spirits of ant AEG Live approached to minimizing the proposed Immigrant Movement Inter- the adults come down to en- the city Parks Department Signs point to a battle between festival’s impact on park oper- national organized the event. joy the festivities prepared about bringing a large-scale the borough president and MSG ations, as well as to assuring a Corona has a mixture for them. Coachella-style music festival over the proper use of Fushing positive and lasting impact on of people from Spanish- The stage at the event to the same park in the same Meadows Corona Park. the community. The sports and speaking countries in the featured an altar created in month. Photo by Michael Shain entertainment giant promised Caribbean, Central America collaboration with Shellyne Borough President Me- that all of the park’s soccer and South America, each of Rodriguez, a Harlem-based linda Katz quickly raised the something she said has never fields would remain entirely which celebrates the holiday multidisciplinary artist. caution flag about for-profit happened in Queens before. operational both leading up differently, Prerana Reddy, The altar had the faces of organizations shutting down “While public events of any to and during the festival, and the museum’s director of pub- some of the deceased such as major portions of the park to scale that enhance our bor- the schedule would not con- lic programs and community Mexican painter Frida Kahlo the public in order to accom- ough are encouraged, I take is- flict with Mets home games at engagement, said. and Osman Hernandez, a modate paid-admission events, sue when it is at the expense of Continued on Page 52 “We were trying to find a Continued on Page 52 4 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM Unions rally in favor Schools required to report of Cosmos stadium hours spent in gym classes BY TOM MOMBERG poration has not provided any clear answers to Elmont BY GABRIEL ROM than 400,000 students in New Around 200 supporters of homeowners or businesses York City public schools that the Cosmos soccer on the redevelopment of the The City Council has unan- don’t have access to a “full-time, team’s plans to build a new Belmont property,” Elmont imously passed legislation certified PE teacher,” “attend a stadium on the Queens-Nas- School Board President Mi- introduced by Councilwoman school without a physical fit- sau county border joined la- chael Jaime said at the Oct. Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glen- ness space” or “attend a school bor leaders at a rally to grab 30 rally at the site. “This dale) to further ensure that that does not have access to an the state’s attention on the property needs to be elevated city children receive state- outdoor school yard or nearby matter. to a world-renowned sporting mandated physical education. yard.” The $40-million proposal and entertainment complex “Comprehensive, quality New York state law re- for a new 25,000-seat stadium to spur economic rebirth in PE during the school day has quires that students in middle on what is currently state this region. A parking lot to been shown to improve chil- school and high school have a land also includes plans for local car dealers will no lon- dren’s health, focus and aca- certified physical education a hotel, public park, commu- ger be tolerated.” demic performance. This bill teacher. nity center and retail park at The Cosmos’ proposal is about fairness. By know- “The bill passed this week the site. has been met with both lo- ing which schools are falling Elizabeth Crowley and Daniel is a major step toward greater The Cosmos’ proposal is cal support and local opposi- short, we can provide resourc- Drommat a rally outside City Hall accountability and transpar- one of four bids submitted tion, which legislators have es to help them meet the state’s Tuesday. ency that will allow parents for a large parcel of vacant recognized, but they are still standards,” Crowley said. Courtesy of Elizabeth Crowley and advocates to determine asphalt south of the Belmont urging the economic develop- “Currently, the Department of which schools have appropri- Racetrack in Elmont, follow- ment agency to make a deci- Education does not report on gym class with test prep and ate physical education ser- ing the Empire State Develop- sion. whether schools comply with sadly I have heard worse sto- vices, and which are lacking,” ment Corporation’s request State Assemblywoman the minimum standards for ries from parents—their chil- Stringer said last week. for proposals on the site. Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont) physical education.” dren are without a PE teacher, “A l l young people deser ve Nearly three years later, and her brother, a Nassau The bill, which passed 45-0 class space or simply just the a robust physical education the team announced in July it County legislator, have been last week, will require the time for physical education,” taught by licensed profession- would start looking for other against the project, citing a DOE to report the number of Crowley said. als in a gymnasium or other sites in Long Island, Queens, greater need in the area for a minutes and frequency of PE The bill came after City large space suitable for physi- Brooklyn, Westchester Coun- grocery store or more afford- at all grade levels, as well as Comptroller Scott Stringer re- cal activity,” said Councilman ty or if the state able housing. the number of full-time and leased a report in May, based on Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson does not make a decision State Sen. Jack Martins, part-time certified instructors studies conducted by his office Heights), chairman of the soon. who has for the most part at each school. The DOE will and the Phys Ed 4 All Coalition, Education Committee and co- But the state still has not been in support of Cosmos’ then be required to submit which found that hundreds of sponsor of the legislation. “Our awarded the parcel to any plan under the presump- data to the City Council speak- thousands of public school stu- city has failed to meet the basic of the bidders. And because tion it would bring needed er, which must be posted on its dents are without quality PE, physical education needs of our the Cosmos have committed economic revitalization to website, allowing the public to and 60 percent of schools city- public school students, thereby to using union labor to con- Nassau County and east- view how much PE is given at wide only offer PE one to two violating state education law.” struct the new athletic facil- ern Queens, said the ESDC NYC public schools. times a week. Stringer’s report The first report will be re- ity, the unions are leading seems to be stalling. He has “As a public school par- said a third of schools had no leased by Aug. 31, 2016 and will the effort to demand the state been urging the state entity ent, I was frustrated when full-time certified gym teacher. reflect the conditions for this come back with an answer, or to make a decision so further my son’s school substituted He also said there were more school year. at least give an expected date planning and construction for when it might do so. can begin. The Empire State Devel- opment Corporation did not Reach reporter Tom respond to requests for com- Momberg by e-mail at ment. [email protected] or Zadroga cuts angers Maloney “The development cor- by phone at (718) 260–4573. BY BILL PARRY permanent and fully funded. We must continue providing 9/11 first responders and high-quality health care to the survivors once again made heroes and heroines of 9/11. the trip to Ground Zero Mon- And we must provide the full day to join U.S. Rep. Carolyn compensation we promised. Maloney (D-Astoria) and other We cannot tell those who have congressional leaders to rally already lost so much that the in support of a permanent and compensation they were prom- fully funded Zadroga Health ised will be cut by more than and Compensation Act exten- half.” sion. Maloney’s bill to fully fund Speaker after speaker and permanently extend the voiced their objection to new health and compensation pro- proposals by House Republi- U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney voic- gram has broad, bipartisan cans that would make 60 per- es her opposition to propos- report, with 241 House co- cent cuts to health care and als made by House Republicans sponsors, a clear majority. U.S. compensation and only tempo- that would slash health care Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D- rarily extend the World Trade for 9/11 first responders. NY) said the bill has 61 Senate Center Health program for Photo courtesy Maloney's office co-sponsors, a filibuster-proof Long Island and Queens labor groups are pushing the Empire State five years. majority. Development Corp. to accept the New York Cosmos' bid for vacant “The cancers suffered by who introduced the reautho- “These House committee space south of the Belmont Race Track for a new soccer stadium. 9/11 responders aren’t five- rization. “Five years of health proposals fall woefully short Courtesy of New York Cosmos year cancers,” said Maloney, care won’t do. It should be Continued on Page 52 TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 5 Alicia Hyndman wins race for Assembly seat

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In a clean sweep, Democrat Alicia Hyndman took home the votes Tuesday night against Republican contender Scherie Murray in an off-year election for the state Assembly seat formerly held by William Scarborough. When you’re ready It was the first time in the history of the district that two women had run to feel better, for the Assembly seat . The last time a woman candidate held a seat in the dis- trict was back in 1982, when Cynthia we’re right around Jenkins became the assemblywoman and the first African-American female the corner. elected to a public office in the bor- Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy from ough. The votes came in low and slow, Palmadessa & Brodsky according to the unofficial city Board of Elections results. With 99 percent Call us at (718) 461-0163 tallied, Hyndman won 3,820 votes and Murray had 279 votes. or visit QueensGastroDoc.com The unofficial number of votes re- ported at 99 percent was 4,170, includ- Democrat Alicia Hyndman defeated ing write-ins -- the lowest voter turnout Republican candidate Scherie Murray in the history of the district. in a landslide victory for the 29th State The lowest voter turnout for the Assembly District in an off-year election. 29th Assembly District up until now Photo by Nat Valentine was in 2014 when 17,226 votes were cast 241-02 Northern Blvd #1, Douglaston, NY 11362 for Scarborough, when he ran unop- Hyndman voted earlier in the morn- posed on the ballot. ing with her two daughters, 16-year old The 29th Assembly District 29 seat Nia and 5-year old Nyla Hyndman by —which covers Hollis, Jamaica, St. Al- her side. bans, Laurelton and Rosedale—opened Republican and Reform Party can- up in May when Scarborough resigned didate Scherie Murray, a member of after pleading guilty to state and feder- the Republican State Committee, was al corruption charges. endorsed by both parties. He had held the seat for She founded the Esemel 20 years. Group Inc., a television The total population production and advertis- of the 29th State Assem- ing company. Murray bly District is 124,000 has contended in debates people and an estimated against Hyndman that 80 percent of the popula- the district needed a posi- tion is of voting age, according to CU- tive change in leadership due to a cor- NY’s Center for Urban Research. rupt Democratic regime in southeast HEATING OIL Based on 2010 U.S. Census data, Queens. almost 50 percent of the citizen vot- There was no primary election be- SAVE NOW ing age group are African American. cause each candidate was unopposed While both Asians and whites are esti- in her own party. mated at 11 percent among the citizens Southeast Queens has a rich, di- of voting age, Hispanics are the third verse political history. In the middle of • Oil prices at largest at 9 percent in the district. the national civil rights movement and near 5-year lows* The victory party took place at a major push by the NAACP Jamaica Island Taste Bar & Grill at Merrick branch, the district became the fourth • Ultra Low Sulfur Boulevard in Rosedale with dozens city borough to elect a black assembly- of supporters, family and friends con- man, Justice Kenneth Brown, in 1964. Bioheat/Fuel gratulating Hyndman. He eventually left the Assembly seat • 24/7 service and Hyndman was a member and presi- to become the first African-American dent of District 29 Community Educa- judge in Queens County. support in any weather tion Council for almost a decade. She announced her campaign in June and Reach Reporter Sadef Ali Kully by was endorsed by major Democratic e-mailFor at [email protected] hyper-local or by Call for special offers! 877.358.2186 elected officials and district leaders, phone at (718) 260–4546. including drawing strong support Queens news on your Oil | Heating | Cooling | Duct Cleaning from former City Councilman Archie Spigner. computer, smartphone, Her platform mainly focused on or iPad, visit petro.com petro mobile connect on education, but she has spoken out on police community, criminal justice, *Oil prices as of August 2015. Additional terms and conditions may apply. TimesLedger.com. NYC Lic. No. 1314079. ©2015 Petro. P_15550 the foreclosure crisis, job security and development in Jamaica. 6 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES @ THE SAMUEL FIELD Y 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362 PROGRAM OFFERINGS Still INCLUDE: Time to Register! Lego Engineering Basketball Comic Storytelling Hip Hop Jewelry Making Mixed Media Arts Soccer Clinics Cooking Performing Arts Video Making Music and more! 10 week sessions Grades K-2, 3-6 Classes begin week of October 19

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BY BILL PARRY ers, disruption for depositors, potential taxpayer exposure BY BILL PARRY U.S. Rep. Joseph Crow- and the loss of good-paying ley (D-Jackson Heights) has jobs for hardworking people,” A Catholic nun who was grown so alarmed about the Crowley warned. raised on Crescent Street in new reality facing the taxi Meanwhile, Crowley Astoria and still lives in a con- industry in the city, specifi- kicked off a free workshop for vent on Ditmars Boulevard cally the declining value of more than 250 small business has spent the last 30 years on licensed taxicab medallions, owners at the Queens Cham- Rikers Island, and she’s look- that he fired off a letter to ber of Commerce in Flushing ing forward to more. Mayor last Monday. The event, called Sister Margaret McCabe, week urging action. Facebook’s Boost Your Busi- 75, is the chaplain of the Rob- The rise of Uber and ness seminar, helped connect ert N. Davoren Complex, one other companies providing small business with the so- of nine prisons on the island, competition for yellow cabs cial media giant. which houses more than 1,300 has caused scrutiny and du- Facebook small business male prisoners, most of them ress for multiple New York expert Ana Martinez shared adolescents. credit unions which have the latest practices and strat- “I walk the corridor every lent against these collateral egies for success, pointing day. I tour the jail and the assets for decades, Crowley out that more than 45 million clinics to make sure everyone warned. small businesses use Face- knows who I am,” McCabe “A New York City medal- book to connect with custom- said. “I see them in my office lion has long been consid- ers. Nearly eight in 10 people and counsel them one-on-one, ered a tangible collateral in the United States are con- and without being judgmental asset for lending purposes. nected to at least one small I try to draw out of them what In fact, such medallions not business on Facebook. put them in the situation that only held, but increased Indoor Extreme Sports put them here. I challenge their value over a period of founder Peter Fermoselle them to make their future bet- more than 50 years,” Crow- shared how Facebook has ter. I want to be a caring spirit ley wrote. “However, in the helped build a following for in their lives.” past two years, the value of his paint ball and laser-tag She looks after every in- these medallions has dimin- venue at 47-11 Van Dam St. in mate, not just the Catholics, ished substantially and—by Long Island City. and she cares about each Cor- extension—has devalued the “We use Facebook to let rection officer as well. earning power of their own- people know the exciting “These officers do double ers. The result has been an stuff that we have at Indoor shifts all the time,” McCabe increase in the number of Extreme Sports,” Fermoselle said. “I ask about them and delinquencies on medallion said. “We want to make our I care about them and their loans increasing at credit customers look like super- personal problems as well.” unions that largely lend stars. If we have a photo of She was honored last month against taxi medallions.” someone running around at a roll call/plaque ceremony Sister Margaret McCabe receives a plaque from DOC Commissioner Crowley urged the mayor playing archery tag looking celebrating her 30 years of ser- Joseph Ponte for her 30 years of service at Rikers. to find legal or financial solu- like Rambo, we are going to vice and dedication. Speeches tions to assist the yellow-cab use that. We are going to post were delivered by Department decided a long time ago that the ongoing reform movement industry and its lenders as and promote that and it gen- of Correction Commissioner I didn’t get them arrested, I undertaken by Ponte and man- they make the transition to erates a conversation on the Joseph Ponte and several can’t get them released and dated by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a world with more for-hire post. It generates a conversa- chiefs and wardens. I’m not their mother. I can’t she would say she feels safe transportation options, as tion and a buzz.” A number of Correction of- undo what’s gone on in their there. well as rapidly changing ficers shared heartfelt experi- lives when they were 16, 17, 18 “Not only does the staff market conditions. Reach reporter Bill Parry ences they had had with the years old, but I can be a caring look after me, but the inmates “Without swift action, by e-mail at bparry@cnglo- chaplain. spirit in their lives.” do as well,” she said. “Even if this situation is only going to cal.com or by phone at (718) “Sister Margaret is well- She is also touchable and they’re mopping the floor, they escalate and lead to a further 260–4538. loved by her entire staff at approachable. The nun re- go out of their way to make demise of taxi medallion lend- RDNC as she goes from office members a tall and slender sure I don’t slip.” to office, from area to area young man who used to cope The nun is in no hurry to each morning giving hugs to with his mother’s mental ill- end her time at Rikers Island, each staff member she passes ness by smoking marijuana either . in the corridor,” RNDC War- and stealing cars. “Catholic sisters don’t re- den Karen Collins said. “She “After I listened to his story tire while they’re well,” Mc- has been a matriarch to every- I asked him what else I could Cabe said. “I see myself still one for three decades, giving do,” McCabe recalled. “He told doing this for another five staff years of unconditional me a hug would do and it did. years, when I’m 80. Besides, I support and guidance.” Every time I saw him in the still have a lot of work to do. I McCabe was offered three corridor I would give him a think that if they would all be positions at the Department of hug and the officers allowed good Catholics and not come Correction in 1985. She chose it. The memory brings tears back, well, I would have quit RNDC because of her 13-year to my eyes. Some of these in- years ago.” background working with ad- mates are very good people, olescents, many of whom were they just didn’t start out with Reach reporter Bill Parry by troubled. a good moral compass.” e-mail at [email protected] U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley fires off a warning to Mayor de Blasio that “I come in quite handy While McCabe would not or by phone at (718) 260–4538. yellow cab drivers may face financial ruin as ride-share companies as someone who will listen talk about the high level of grow. 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Bringing the World Series to the world’s borough, despite its heartbreaking conclusion, is something that can give everyone in Queens a sense of pride and accomplishment—from the team’s stellar roster of young pitchers to the legions of fans who have sup- ported the Mets in good times and bad. But while the enthusiasm of that diverse fan base has played a big factor in the success of this year’s National League champs, the ability of those fans to share in their team’s biggest moment met an all-too- predictable roadblock: the inflated cost of World Se- ries tickets. The $17,553 per seat price that two people paid for their Game 3 seats on StubHub, according to a CNN report, may be an extreme example. However, it is undeniable that the 2015 World Series, especially for the games played at Citi Field, reached a new high in terms of ticket prices. Much of that price spike was a result of the ever- expanding secondary market, in which online ticket buyers can quickly send the cost of a seat into tech- stock territory. At ticket search engine TipIQ, for example, tickets for Series games at Citi Field were going for an average of $1,600. But even fans who got their tickets the old-fashioned way had to deal with sticker shock. The face value of tickets to Series OTHER VOICES games at Citi Field started at a hefty $125 and went sharply up from there. According to Chicago-based Team Marketing Report, the average price paid for a Mets ticket during the regular season was $25.30. To put that into context, for a family of four to get Thanks for an Amazin’ season to the stadium, pay for their seats and indulge in hot dogs, popcorn and soda, they’d likely have to spend Thanks to the New York almost as much as they did on last month’s rent. Mets for this Amazin’ season, Even Gov. Mario Cuomo tried, to truncated effect, which produced a well-de- to get in on the bonanza that soaring ticket prices served National League cham- produced. A plan to sell individual seats for Games pionship as a result of their 3 and 4 at $5,500 a pop as a fund-raiser was scrapped excellent play and the smart after it set off a firestorm of criticism from both the mid-season trades made by the media and the fans. team’s front office. The problem of high ticket prices has not escaped Although losing in the the attention of borough politicians, however. State World Series is hard, we can Sen. José Peralta (D-East Elmhurst), whose district take pride in the fact that the includes Citi Field, is the co-sponsor of a bill that Mets played with heart and de- would limit ticket resellers to a 20 percent profit on termination and represented resold tickets. Queens and all of New York In the folklore of New York City, it has always been City in an exceptional man- the Yankees who were the big-money behemoths, ner. The team also has a bright while the Mets have held on to an image as the kind future ahead of it with its out- of hardscrabble guys who have a natural appeal for standing young pitching staff. the hardworking, multi-cultural borough they call We’ll get ’em next year! home. It’s in everyone’s interest that something be done to keep these Queens heroes within reach of Melinda Katz their many fans. In the stands, ticket in hand, at Game 5 of the World Series. Photo by Rich Scarpitta Queens Borough President

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The Auburndale Improve- The board subsequently voted schools are perceived by many cided siting of an elementary ty center. Whatever goes there ment Association’s boundar- against it almost unanimous- as inferior and/or unsafe. school on the Keil property has to be presented to and ap- ies overlap with the Northwest ly. It was democracy in action. The Department of Education in Bayside underscores this proved by the local residents. Bayside Civic Association in There are many reasons should be concentrating on perception. Instead of meet- We urge local residents to the area where the proposed why a high school on the Bay- ensuring that all high schools ing with local residents, civic continue to express their con- new high school is located, on side Jewish Center site is the are excellent and safe schools groups and others and discuss- cerns against the project by the site of the Bayside Jewish wrong choice. 32nd Avenue rather than putting the bur- ing what type of school would contacting Councilman Paul Center. We support the civic is already a busy street, what den on our three local public be built in terms of programs Vallone, sending in written and the surrounding commu- with all of the other schools high schools. and appearance, and how po- comments to the SCA by Nov. nity near the site in opposing in the immediate area and the But perhaps the most im- tential problems would be ad- 20, and attending and testify- the construction of this pro- vehicular and bus traffic. The portant reason why this is dressed, the SCA just decided ing at the City Council hear- posed high school. site itself is too small to support not the correct place for a new to go ahead with the project ing regarding this project At its monthly November a high school of over 700 stu- high school is because the lo- with little public input. This whenever it is conducted. It is meeting, Community Board 11 dents. And parking for teachers cal residents just do not want a time, there was a little more important, as was mentioned heard overwhelmingly from and other staff members is a building of this potential mag- effort to contact the commu- by several civic leaders at the the residents near the site that very pressing problem. nitude in their neighborhood. nity around the Bayside Jew- community board meeting, to they strongly oppose this new And then there is the ques- They fear the impact that such ish Center site. However, that follow through on objections building. Sen. Avella spoke el- tion of enrollment figures. Stu- a school would have on their effort is still insufficient. to this project. oquently against this project. dents from outside the commu- community and on their qual- What should go at this pro- Congresswoman Grace Meng nity choose and are accepted ity of life as well as the prop- posed site? A lot of good alter- Terri Pouymari, President and Assemblyman Ed Braun- to attend our local three over- erty values of their homes. natives were suggested at the Henry Euler, First Vice stein have sent in a joint letter crowded public high schools The SCA has long been re- community board meeting. President to the School Construction Au- (Bayside, Cardozo, Francis garded as an agency that does This community needs a se- Auburndale Improvement thority opposing the project. Lewis) because their own high as it pleases. The recently de- nior center and/or a communi- Association, Inc.

New York needs new ferries ALL EYES ON JAMAICA “Ferry not due till ’17” (Oct. cluding Long Island City, East funding. New York state also 30) is disappointing news for a 34th Street, Greenpoint, Wil- provides operating assistance lot of New Yorkers. The ferry liamsburg, Brooklyn Bridge for transportation systems. program is funded out of May- Park, Wall Street and Gover- All of these proposed ferry or Bill de Blasio’s ongoing $55 nors Island. Over the next four services will require similar million program to support the years under Mayor de Blasio’s subsidies. Mayor de Blasio’s creation of new ferry services proposal, ferry service could proposal for a fare structure around the five boroughs. And expand to serve Soundview of $2.75 per ride to match that while many Staten Island resi- in the Bronx; Astoria, Long of NYC Transit buses and sub- dents feel they are the forgot- Island City and Rockaway in ways will require a significant ten borough when it comes to Queens; East 90th Street, East operating subsidy. transportation improvements 62nd Street, East 23rd Street Thousands of NYC resi- and options, some Rockaway and Grand Street in Manhat- dents elect to pay $6.50 for residents feel they are the tan; and Fulton Street Land- express bus service. It might forgotten Queens community ing, Atlantic Avenue Pier 6, make more sense for new ferry when it comes to the same. Brooklyn Army Terminal and services to charge a fare at Our waterways continue Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. Rock- some price between $6.50 and to be an underutilized natu- away residents would benefit $2.75. Riders could purchase ral asset which can offer sig- from proposed new service weekly or monthly passes for nificant transportation alter- which could connect with stops discounted fares. These could Cutting the ribbon at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for the open- natives. New ferry services at 34th Street and Wall Street. be supplemented by using ing of a state-of-the-art Ophthalmology Center, the latest addition can be implemented far more Numerous past private TransitCheks. to TJH’s specialty physician group, is (l-r) state Sen. Joe Adabbo, quickly than construction of ferry operators have come and Who would not want to en- City Council member Rory Lancman, Assemblyman , new subways, commuter rail gone. They could not survive joy the fresh air and breeze Dr. Cono Grasso, chairman of the Opthalmology Dept., Bruce Flanz, lines or highways. based upon farebox revenue that only waterborne trans- CEO of Jamaica Hospital, Melissa Morales and Pauline Mars, also of Several thousand riders on alone without some sort of gov- portation can provide? a daily basis utilize the East ernment subsidy. New York Jamaica Hospital. The center is expected to treat up to 25,000 pa- River ferry connecting vari- City can apply for state and fed- Larry Penner tients a year. Photo by Nat Valentine ous waterfront locations in- eral capital grants to assist in Great Neck

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good ol’ milk-drinking, Won- of mine (they’re all turning!) The soy-milk folks are get- Lenore der-loving, candy gobblers now “cheats” by eating chia ting into butter. The pescatar- Skenazy like me behind. Folks who still pudding! How is it ians are trying pork. The Nu- ■ eat hot dogs, if you can believe Cheats on what? Gently traSweet crowd is swearing that, despite WNYC reporting sautéed pine needles? Liver cheating to eat by Stevia. And I wasn’t going Rhymes for 36 hours straight last week: smoothies? How is it cheating to mention kale, but it is the with Crazy “The World Health Organiza- to eat something so healthy something so elephant in the kitchen. tion says processed meat is that it still grosses at least a “It’s an aspirational veg- bad for you. Bad, bad, bad, portion of the population out? healthy that it still etable,” explains Nancy Mc- bad, bad, bad! Donate now, be- “Marcy!” I typed at her. grosses at least Dermott, an independent re- “Where’s the milk?” I asked fore you drop dead.” “You were the one who intro- searcher and advisor to Park my best friend from high Simply by standing in duced me to the food that is a portion of the Slope Parents. “It’s also very school, Gigi, as I peered into place, I’d become abnormal, totally worth cheating with: pretty. I saw a nice kale tattoo her fridge. like a gal still wild about Earth Hostess Fruit Pies. What hap- population out? on Facebook the other day. But “It’s right there!” Shoes. Or Pet Rocks. Or Jeb. pened?” eating it, preparing it, is dif- “Where?” Everyone else today is eat- She typed back (where ficult. I hate having to cut out “There!” ing or juicing something they would we be, friend-wise, with- convinced her to eat them for the stalks, and then rolling the But, as Gertrude Stein never thought they’d even con- out Facebook?): “Chia pudding good luck and she gave them leaves and cutting them. And would have said—if she need- sider food. A guy I know (who is made with chia seeds, al- an open-minded nibble. Now as for bruising it, I think you’d ed something to pour in her was briefly a pro football play- mond milk, cacao (or, for those Sue’s a beet-nik, and I worry have to sleep with it under the coffee and was still alive— er!) just mentioned he is into who still speak English, co- that the vegetable is a gateway mattress to make it tender “There’s no ‘there’ there, only hemp hearts. coa), maple syrup, and vanilla to hemp hearts! enough to eat.” almond milk.” Hemp has a heart? It’s legal extract. As the seeds soak, they And others are opening up By the time we are sleeping Gigi shrugged. to eat? He says he mixes the become tapioca-like. Makes a to celery root. All those an- with our kale, all bets are off. “That’s what we drink.” hearts into cheesy eggs, which yummy pudding. Hostess Fruit cient grains are taking over, It’s driving me to drink. And therein lies a tale. sounds somewhere between Pies?! I forgot about those.” too. Not for nothing do they But not kombucha with al- There was no cow milk in Gi- revolting and felonious. Forgot? call it Faro. mond milk. gi’s fridge, no white bread in But hemp is just one of those I know, I know—people’s The problem is not that peo- her bread box, and no peanut things that people say, “I’m tastes change, and change is ple’s tastes are shifting. They Lenore Skenazy is host of butter in her cabinets—only into now.” Like Kombucha— good. My friend Sue is eating always do. It is that they seem the reality show “World’s Worst almond butter. Without even the stuff in bottles that looks beets now. She used to spit to be lurching. Mom” on the Discovery Life realizing it, Gigi had become like pond water. And chia! If them out back when beets “I got all into trying to go Channel. She is also a public what we used to call a health chia can go from pet to food, were on everyone’s shelf— vegan, then I got into paleo— speaker and author and found- nut, but is now apparently a what hope is there for puppies? sometimes for years—in a huge shift, I know,” I read a er of the book and blog Free- health mainstreamer, leaving Another high-school friend can. Then recently someone mom confess online. Range Kids. Denying representation to District 23 residents

resignation of a New York ment advantage over the Re- partisan election for a lengthy voters, line up union support Bob City councilman. The Special publicans, the Queens County primary and general election and select a party loyalist as “non-partisan” Election as Democratic organization process, giving it more time their candidate. The strategy Friedrich outlined in the City Charter knew that it needed more than and the advantage needed to succeeded for the party, but ■ was designed to bypass a time- 60 days to galvanize its base of retain its power and win the deprived the community of On Point consuming primary process hardcore party voters and pro- election. representation for more than and to expeditiously fill the mote their selected candidate For more than a month half a year. vacant seat, so communities to maximize their chances of after Weprin publicly an- Being treated like pawns I’m delighted to be resum- are not left without civic rep- winning. nounced his resignation and in a game of chess where pow- ing my On Point column for resentation and an advocate in A little-known clause in already began working for the erful career politicians ma- the TimesLedger papers. I had their city government for long the Election Law would al- governor, he was repeatedly nipulate the board pieces to taken a hiatus in order to run periods of time. A “non-parti- low them to do just that. If asked by the press and civic retain power is just the type of for the san” election is one in which an incumbent’s “official” res- leaders when he was going to scheme that creates cynicism seat left vacant by the sud- candidates do not run under a ignation takes place within a “officially” resign. His answer among voters. These maneu- den departure of Councilman Democrat or Republican ban- certain period of time prior to was always that the “vetting vers routinely occur behind Mark Weprin in May of this ner and every registered voter a scheduled primary and gen- process” for his new position the scenes and all too often year. I placed second in the is eligible to vote. The winner eral election cycle, then the with Gov. Cuomo’s office was not exposed to the public as is Democratic primary, losing by of this shortened election cycle speedy non-partisan election taking longer than expected. being done here. By the time 300 votes out of approximately immediately becomes the next is bypassed in favor of the pri- By a surprising coincidence this column is published, the 7,000 cast. council member. mary and general election. in timing, Mark Weprin’s “of- 23rd Council District will Unfortunately for those of Unfortunately, the City This could only be accom- ficial” resignation was sub- have voted for its new Coun- us who live in the 23rd Coun- Charter’s process to quickly plished by engineering a deal mitted almost to the day that cil member. That person will cil District, we have now been fill the vacant City Council to have Councilman Mark We- permitted the cancellation of either be Democrat Barry without representation for seat for the benefit of the com- prin “officially” postpone sub- the non-partisan election— Grodenchik or Republican Jo- almost six months. It didn’t munity was preempted by mitting his resignation until reverting to a delayed normal seph Concannon. Both men have to be this way. The City the powerful Queens County the designated target date. By election cycle. This maneuver are good, but the process that Charter calls for an expedi- Democratic organization in doing so, the party organiza- now gave the Queens County got us here is not. tious Special Election to take a clever and strategic ploy to tion could manipulate the sys- Democratic Organization the place within 60 days of the retain power. With an enroll- tem to bypass the speedy non- time it needed to galvanize its 14 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Christ the King High School 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, New York 11379 (718) 366-7400 THE Christ the King Students Welcomes New Board Members LOWEST Christ the King High School’s Board of Trustees Chairman, Serphin R. Maltese, welcomed the school’s COST newest Board Members, William Steinmann, Daniel O’Connor, Daniel Austin, Sr., Clara Sarrocco, Maureen Health Engesser and Ronald Valinotti. Serf Maltese, Chairman of the Board of Trustees said, “I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome PLAN Christ the King’s newest Board Mem- bers and to thank them for their ser- Pictured left to right: William Steinmann vice to our school. I look forward (CK ’67); Daniel O’Connor (CK ’92); Dan- iel Austin, Sr; Serf Maltese, CK Board of ONLINE? to working with each of them in our Trustees Chairman; Clara Sarrocco; and continued efforts to keep Christ the Maureen Engesser. King High School at the forefront of (Not pictured, Ronald Valinotti (CK ’93)) academic excellence while maintain- ing an atmosphere where each child can attain their fullest potential.”

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welcomes Cathy Hui Liu Luk ‘In Jackson Heights’ and Smitha Lukose-Khan BY BILL PARRY The grand master of American doc- umentary filmmaking sat on a metal Cathy Hui Liu Luk folding chair in the cafeteria at PS 69 in Jackson Heights and reflected on what made him choose this particular neighborhood as the subject of his 41st Cathy Hui Liu Luk recently joined movie. Flushing Bank as Vice President, Frederick Wiseman, 85, the son of a Branch Manager at the Forest Hills Russian immigrant, wanted to explore Branch. Prior to joining Flushing one of the most diverse communities on the planet, where 167 different lan- Bank, Cathy had more than fifteen guages are spoken within a mile of years of experience working as a Roosevelt Avenue. Vice President, Senior Premier Re- “I am completely fascinated by the lationship Manager at HSBC and as immigrant experience and I knew there was enough material here for a a Financial Consultant for AXA Advi- film,” Wiseman said. “I was interested sors, LLC. Her extensive financial services experience includes in the new immigrants because, after developing, managing and expanding Premier client relationships all, we are a nation of immigrants. I at service levels that exceeded goals and expectations. During had been to Jackson Heights only twice Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman her career, Cathy has distinguished herself as an active member in my life, visiting a friend in 2007 and explores the diversity among the people in again in 2014. The diversity is un- Jackson Heights. Photo by John Ewing in Sales Excellence & Leadership clubs and through her efforts matched. It reminded me of what the has consistently received recognition awards such as “Premier Lower East Side must have been like at because they provide substantial help Relationship Manager of the Year.” the turn of the last century.” to the immigrants,” Wiseman said. “I Cathy Hui Liu Luk has an MBA degree in Finance from the Wiseman screened his film, “In found them to be skilled community Jackson Heights,” at PS 69 10 days be- leaders trying to help people in these University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Science in Business fore its theatrical premiere at the Film new surroundings. The issues that are Administration from the University of Economics and Business Forum in Manhattan Wednesday . He presented in those scenes are faced by at Beijing, China. She is fully licensed with Series 7, 65, 63 wanted the community to see how he immigrants everywhere in the West.” License and Life & Health Insurance License (New York State). saw their world during nine weeks of Wiseman and his crew recorded shooting in the summer of 2014. many meetings between activists from Cathy moved to New York fifteen years ago from China with her “He really captured the essence of Queens Neighborhoods United and husband and daughter. what Jackson Heights is now,” Queens small business owners discussing their World Film Festival co-founder Don opposition to the 82nd Street Partner- Smitha Lukose-Khan Cato said. “He lets the people tell the ship. The Jackson Heights Business story with no narration. He allows the Improvement District’s impending people to explain and that is the beauty expansion into Corona is portrayed as behind this film and it’s what makes extreme gentrification, an end to the Flushing Bank welcomes Smitha this particular filmmaker incompa- mom-and-pop stores and vendors along Lukose-Khan as Branch Manager of rable. At 85 years old, the man is a pow- Roosevelt Avenue. the Astoria Branch. Smitha has 17 erhouse.” “We appreciated him coming to our years of banking experience and is For 12 hours a day, Wiseman would meetings and providing such a plat- hold a boom mike near his subject, form,” community organizer Tania passionate about delivering an ex- from City Councilman Daniel Dromm Mattos said. “It was almost like he ceptional experience to her custom- and his staff to an LGBT group discuss- wasn’t even there and he offered no ers and ensuring that her team brings ing whether they should stay in Jack- judgments.” value to the communities that they son Heights after their usual meeting Wiseman did not present the other place was lost in the Bruson Building side of the story but he did attempt to serve. For the past four and a half fire. His camera follows Colombian reach Seth Taylor, the BID’s executive years, she was a Financial Center Manager at Bank of America soccer fans as they watch their nation- director in 2014. serving the Queens and Brooklyn markets. Smitha was responsi- al team play at the World Cup and then “I tried to get a hold of Seth Tay- ble for managing vastly complex centers with high transaction vol- celebrate a victory on Northern Boule- lor on several occasions but he didn’t umes and a diverse clientele. She is a transformational leader who vard as police move in. seemed interested,” Wiseman said There is a 98-year-old woman in with a shrug. “Besides, I had plenty of coaches her teams to successfully deliver financial solutions to a senior center admitting that she other material to work with.” customers and to build strong alliances with business partners. wouldn’t mind having a boyfriend. The veteran director had 140 hours Smitha began her banking career at Astoria Federal Bank in There is a disturbing scene inside a of content that took him 11 months 1998 and grew through the leadership ranks within the company. Halal butcher as an assortment of live to edit into the 190-minute film. His fowl nervously await their slaughter. fly-on-the-wall style holds up with- In 2006, she relocated to Florida and became a Branch Man- There is a hysterical scene inside out voice-overs or talking head inter- ager at SunTrust Bank in Orlando, which achieved top accolades a class full of want-to-be cabdrivers, views. in Community Market development. She is an active member in from all over the planet. Several scenes “I try to cut it in a way that makes it the community, volunteering with Financial Literacy programs for are shot at Make the Road New York, all self-explanatory,” Wiseman said. including a Mexican woman giving a children and young adults. 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BY SADEF ALI KULLY walked down Beach 73 Street Around 4 p.m., Sanders to the boardwalk with Sand- then walked to the beach with Dozens of Rockaway resi- ers, who recalled the mo- the community. dents marched to the beach ments before the storm began “This was when the winds last week to mark the third an- to intensify. “This was when really started to pick up. By 6 niversary of Hurricane Sandy. it started getting worse,” he p.m. we lost power and that’s It was part of a memorial event said. when everything got real,” he at the Rockaway YMCA com- “The dramatic thing was said. “Everything was down memorating lost loved ones when I saw the boardwalk—it for the count.” and neighbors as well as sur- was gone,” Sanders said to the Federal Emergency Man- vivors. crowd. agement Agency director of The events included all-day He asked who had lost the Sandy Recovery office in workshops with representa- neighbors or loved ones and Forest Hills, John Covell said tive from the U.S. Department a few raised their arms, then the repairs of the boardwalk of Housing and Urban Devel- he asked how many had spent cost an estimated $480 million opment on disaster financial thousands to rebuild and all of in federal and state grants. relief and the state’s Empire them raised their hands. “The boardwalk sustained State Development Corpora- “The Rockaways are more significant storm damage— tion on opportunities for busi- together than ever—Sandy this new boardwalk is much, nesses owned by minorities really brought us together,” much more resilient,” he said. and women. Community Board 14 District The memorial ended back The workshops and memo- Manager Jonathan Gaska on the boardwalk with a rial event were sponsored by said. prayer led by Sanders. The Rockaway resident state Sen. Gaska said the Rockaway prayer spoke to the commu- James Sanders (D-Rockaway), community has always been a nity, reflecting the obstacles Borough President Melinda community that rallies during they had overcome, those who Katz, state Sen. Joseph Add- difficult times. had come together in a time of abbo (D-Howard Beach) and “When the Rockaways get need and peace for those who City Councilman Donovan together, we score victory. We had lost their lives during State Sen. James Sanders (2nd from r) walks along Beach 73 St. with Richards (D-Laurelton). should not forget and encour- Hurricane Sandy. Rockaway residents during a memorial march to mark the devastation After 2 p.m., residents age everyone,” he said. of Hurricane Sandy. Photo by Sadef Kully

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Victoria Castellano on how she can improve. She is also socially aware and well-respected and loved by her November 2015 peers.” St. Agnes Academic Faculty and staff call upon Victoria to help at High School almost every event: open house, orientation, and College Point, New York information night among many others. She also helps at other schools, such as St. Luke’s Septem- Teachers and Administrators at St. Agnes ber recruitment and St. Johns High School’s Fair. all sing the praises of Victoria Castellano, this Lisa Mendolia, Guidance Counselor, states month’s Student of Distinction. What are the that what sets Victoria apart from her peers qualities that have caused such resounding ac- is her heart. “Victoria is dedicated to helping claim? Lauded as an exemplary student, Victoria wherever she can,” she explains. “Over the is intelligent, hardworking, inquisitive, thoughtful, years, Victoria has become not only someone organized, responsible, and respectful. we can depend on, but someone whom we can Assistant Principal Kimberly Daly states, “At fully trust to represent our school in the best way St. Agnes Academic High School, we pride our- possible. Victoria is morally discerning, caring selves on graduating young women of integrity about others, and above all, she is a woman of and truth. Victoria Castellano, a future graduate, integrity.” is a fi ne example to which we hope our students Integrity is a key aspect of Victoria’s commit- can aspire. Victoria sets an excellent example ment to the Church. She is a member of Domini- for her peers.” can Youth Preachers, a youth ministry club that She is a constant presence on the school promotes Catholicism within school and in the honor roll and a member of various departmen- community. tal honor societies. Victoria was inducted into the Among other extracurricular activities Victoria National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Soci- engages in are UNICEF, Cooking Club, VERITAS ety, Science Honor Society, and English Honor Victoria Castellano (the school newspaper) and Drama Club. She Society and has earned the Perfect Attendance Award. She is also a proud member of Rho also participates in Interact, a club that raises money for charitable organizations. All proceeds Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society, selected to be in AP Studio Art this year. and Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics When asked about Victoria’s marked charac- raised from Interact Club’s 3-day bake sale are Honor Society. teristics and talents, Ms. Daly was quick to reply, given to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children. Victoria has been a participant in SUNY Al- “While she is an excellent student all around, As track and cross country team manager, bany Science Research Program since Freshman Victoria’s true gift is public speaking. Whether Victoria is relied upon to organize team mem- year. Through the program, participants commit it is giving her opinion in class, speaking to her bers, help motivate the team, and keep track to research a topic three days each week. Stu- peers about her experiences with Dominican of timing during races. Assistant Principal Daly dents have a mentor through SUNY Albany and, Youth Preachers, or presenting her fi ndings at says, “This year, she serves as my cross country in their senior year, students are are eligible to the Science Research Symposium, her demeanor team manager and has been a mature, respon- earn up to 12 college credits. and presentation is prepared, poised, and sible, and supportive teammate on whom I rely Victoria has consistently taken the school’s impressive.” tremendously.” most rigorous curriculum. In her junior year, she John Vincent Castaldo, Social Studies Teach- Although she is held in high esteem, Victoria challenged herself by taking AP U.S. History and er, taught Victoria in both AP U.S. Government remains modest and is a quiet leader. Assistant AP English Literature. Through these classes, she and Politics and Molloy College Introduction to Principal Daly believes “Victoria is someone who developed her writing skills and analytical abili- American Jurisprudence. Mr. Castaldo states “It is too humble to realize the infl uence she has ties, preparing her for the demands that come is evident that she cares deeply about the quality over her teammates and classmates. I can’t wait with acceptance into AP Government in her of her work by frequently asking questions and to see what the future holds for Victoria.” senior year. She is also a talented artist who was submitting drafts of assignments, seeking advice And neither can we!

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BY BILL PARRY dance broke into work groups to pinpoint ideas and locations Some 80 members of the As- where they wanted to see safe- toria community joined City ty improvements made. Some Councilman Costa Constan- of the ideas included adding tinides (D-Astoria) and state traffic lights, crosswalks, four- Assemblywoman Aravella way stop signs, speed bumps, Simotas (D-Astoria) to discuss speed cameras and protected traffic safety improvements bike lanes. Eight DOT engi- on the streets surrounding As- neers were on hand and joined toria Park last week. in the discussions. Following the hit-and-run Simotas’ proposal to turn death of 21-year-old Betty Jean Shore Boulevard into a car- DiBiasio at the northeast cor- free street, which was sup- ner of the park June 27, Con- ported by Constantinides, was stantinides petitioned the city discussed at length through- Department of Transportation out the public meeting. More for safety improvements in than 1,200 people have signed the Old Astoria neighborhood, a change.org petition opposing where five people have died the closure of the popular, and and more than a hundred have scenic, half-mile stretch of riv- been injured since 2009. erfront roadway. Councilman Costa Constantinides listens as Astoria residents discuss traffic safety ideas with a DOT engi- “Since long before the re- “The meeting was about all neer. Photo courtesy Constantinides' office cent car crash the streets sur- the streets not just Shore Bou- rounding Astoria Park have levard, but yes, I heard plenty in the common goal of making prehensive traffic safety plan connecting the Greenpoint been unsafe for pedestrians,” of strong feelings on both sides the park safer with enhanced for Astoria Park that will best Avenue Bridge bike lanes, Constantinides said. “It was of that issue,” Simotas said. “I access for everyone.” serve the needs of all Astori- which were installed earlier clear that the community heard a lot of thoughtful ideas Simotas said the DOT en- ans,” Simotas said. The DOT this year, to the newly finished needed to work together to- about making the streets safer gineers will put their heads will bring its proposal to Com- bike path on Queens Boule- wards productive solutions. for our children, our seniors, together and formulate solu- munity Board 1 within a few vard. Officials said work has Seeing everyone exchange and the working class people tions. months, according to an agen- also begun on the Honeywell their ideas in a collaborative that enjoy the park, The notion “I look forward to working cy spokesman. Avenue Bridge bike path that way was very rewarding.” that nothing needs to change is with residents, my colleagues Elsewhere in western will connect Long Island City Using maps, those in atten- not rational. We’re all united and the DOT towards a com- Queens, DOT workers are with Sunnyside.

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 23 VETERANS DAY 2015 When the ‘war to end wars’ fi nally ended 97 years ago, Queens-and the rest of the world—celebrated the end of World War I

the armistice. diggers are getting $10 a day After the news of victory, but cannot keep up,” The Star Draft Board No.171 finished reported. They also reported a processing its final draftees, shortage of coffins. Through- shut up shop and put a sign on out the United States the pan- the door that read: “We have demic took 675,000 lives in 1918 gone to the kaiser’s funeral.” and 1919. Thousands donned Many neighborhoods held masks covering their noses their own parades. and mouths to lessen their One of the biggest parades chances of contracting the dis- was in Ridgewood, where at ease. least 10,000 citizens marched, American Telephone & and included a hearse driven Telegraph took out newspaper by Peter Geis, an undertaker ads pleading with the public at Myrtle Avenue and Weir- to make only the most urgent field Street. He carried a cof- calls because the flu pandemic fin with a scornful message had nearly depleted their staff about the Kaiser. of operators. Bands played at numerous President Wilson’s use of locations as well as soloists the “war to end wars” phrase on cornets and other instru- was not totally original as the ments, including “an Italian English author H.G Wells had playing the accordian,” news previously used a variation reports said. of it before Wilson adopted it In Whitestone, the Odd when he asked Congress to Fellows club hung out a huge approve a declaration of war banner praising U.S. troops. against the Central Powers. In College Point, Kleinert Rub- President Wilson had ber Co. shut down and there strived to keep his country followed parades of police out of the war, but joined the reserves, Girl Pioneers and struggle after German subma- Young Men’s Catholic Lay- rines went all out in sinking men. U.S. ships, some just off the In Long Island City, the East Coast. Wright Martin Aircraft plant It had cost the United States Among those outside the train car where the armistice ending World War I was signed Nov. 11,1918 in France suspended production and em- just over 53,000 lives on the was Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied general (2nd from r). AP ployees organized a parade. battlefield While Queens rejoiced Congress passed legislation BY PHILIP NEWMAN Under the terms of the United States was the low re- that the war had ended, there in 1938 making Nov. 11 a legal armistice, Germany surren- gard of anything German by remained a plague that raged federal holiday, Armistice The tumult began at 6 a.m., dered to the Allies—which much of the public to the ex- across the borough, most of Day. In 1954 President Dwight with blasts from factory whis- comprised Great Britain, tent that some went to court— America and much of the world Eisenhower signed legisla- tles and the pealing of church France, the United States, several dozen in Queens in hard—Spanish influenza. tion changing the name of the bells that stirred thousands Russia and Italy. The mem- mid-summer 1918—to change “Fifteen hundred bodies holiday from Armistice Day to of Queens citizens from their bers of what were known as their Teutonic names. Orga- are being held at Calvary cem- Veterans Day. beds and marked the end of the Central Powers—which nizations and some German etery to await burial. Grave- what President Woodrow Wil- included Germany, Austria- Lutheran congregations re- son called “the war to end all moved the word German from wars.” their names. The Way it Was Officials said a premature In any case, it was a day of outbreak of celebrating four One of the biggest rejoicing in nearly all neigh- These things either did not exist, or were not available to the days prior to the official an- borhoods of Queens public, at the time of World War I: nouncement of the end of what parades was in “All over Queens, it was joy was long known as the World Ridgewood, where unrestrained,” proclaimed the • Light emitting diodes (LED) • Automatic bank tellers War had no noticeable effect Daily Star Newspaper, which • Pacemakers • cell phones on the merriment on the “11th at least 10,000 had offices in Long Island Month, 11th Day and 11th Hour City. • Nuclear power • Television of 1918” when the guns fell si- citizens marched. “At the Steinway Theater • Microwave ovens • Jet planes lent, ending four years of fight- cheering broke out every time • Heart transplants • Computers ing in Europe. Old Glory or pictures of the na- • Birth control pills • Aerosol containers Throughout Queens, the Hungary, the Ottoman Empire tion’s leaders flashed onto the • Cordless tools • Electric razors noise of celebration could be and Bulgaria—had, with the screen,” the Star reported. “A • Communication satellites • Ballpoint pens heard from automobile horns, exception of Germany, already likeness of the kaiser brought whistles, fire engine sirens, capitulated. howls of derision.” • Robots • Helicopters church bells and even pans The kaiser (emperor) of Schools and most public • Polio vaccine • Power steering. and skillets from countless Germany, Wilhelm Hohenzo- offices closed at the news, al- • Open heart surgery kitchens, acknowledging the llern, fled to Holland where he though Justice Callaghan and In 1919 the life expectancy in the United States was 53 for men signing of the armistice in a was interned. He died there in District Attorney O’Leary held railroad car in Compiegne, 1941. court as usual, taking time out and 56 for women. France. An issue in much of the to read the announcement of 24 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM VETERANS DAY 2015 A veteran of the Manhattan Project Army physicist worked on switches to set off atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

of nuclear fission using the man-made element plutonium, resulting in the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki after Hi- roshima. After serving for a short time in the Army and with just a basic understanding of physics, Bederson was sent to work in Oak Ridge and later to Los Alamos, where he helped design switches on several conventional chemical explo- sives surrounding a plutonic spherical core that had to be synced up to a single detona- tor. When it came time to teach B-29 Air Force pilots how to arm the bomb and how to pre- vent it from going off prema- turely, Bederson said he was discharged. The U.S. Armed Forces will not let a private instruct officers, so they had him do so as a civilian and he was rehired as a physicist un- der contract. Bederson, a Bronx native, said he was amazed at the work that went into the Man- hattan Project. Even though each unit was shrouded in se- crecy, it took thousands and thousands of individuals to Queensborough Community College President Diane Call (l.), Dr. Benjamin Bederson (c.) and QCC Fund Chairman Mark Kupferberg host the college's pull it off. Presidential Lecture Series on the Manhattan Project. Photo by Tom Momberg “It’s important to note that in 1944 and 1945, when Los BY TOM MOMBERG perception are in recent his- important. It’s really relevant manufacturing uranium and Alamos was in its heyday, al- tory as opposed to the first and to what’s going on today.” plutonium. most without exception, every Benjamin Bederson, 93, second World Wars. There were three principal In Oak Ridge, Tenn., chem- single person in the United an Army veteran and expe- Bederson shared stories units of the Manhattan Proj- ists worked on the first and States approved of what was riential atomic physicist on from his days working on the ect, which was in the early more primitive uranium atom- happening,” Bederson said. the Manhattan Project, is one top secret project, both on stages when the United States ic bomb, which was ultimately “When the bomb was dropped, veteran many might not usu- the uranium bomb that was entered the war after the deployed by a B-29 bomber on there was almost univer- ally think about on Veterans dropped on the Japanese city bombing of Pearl Harbor on Hiroshima. sal approval that it was the Day. of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, Dec. 7, 1941 by the Japanese. In Los Alamos, N.M., physi- right thing to do. And it had But as the United States and on the plutonium bomb In Hanford, Wash., scien- cists were developing the more to do with the fact that there takes a day to pay tribute to that was dropped three days tists and researchers were advanced compression model was a unified opinion. Every its veterans, it is important to later on Nagasaki, forcing the American believed in the war also recognize the impact ma- Japanese surrender and end- and that helped to create the jor events in past wars have ing World War II. Veterans Day Events Manhattan Project... today is had on them and how they put Speaking to a room full of very different. Today we are the country in the position it is students and faculty, Beder- Sun., Nov. 8—The Queens Veterans Day Parade Committee is dealing with a country that is today. son noted that when he was a divided just about equally. We As part of its Presidential student 70 years ago he looked holding its annual Veterans Day Parade. It will start from the cannot say that today, which I Lecture Series, Queensbor- back one generation to World intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and 80th Street in Middle think is very sad.” ough Community College host- War I as ancient history. Village at noon and run up Metropolitan to Christ the King High After the war, Bederson fin- ed a lecture by Bederson, who “I didn’t believe it had any School. The grand marshal will be New York Guard Commander ished his doctorate in atomic, stressed how significant of an direct impact on me, but of Stephen Bucaria. The parade is being held in memory of Private molecular and optical physics impact his unit in World War course my life and everybody First Class Le Ron Wilson, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. at New York University before II has on Americans today. else’s life were very impor- he went on to become a expe- As Veterans Day ap- tantly affected by World War riential physicists and later proached, Bederson left some I,” Bederson said. Thurs., Nov. 11—Queens elected offi cials hold a resource fair returned to NYU to teach. De- food for thought—about how Now three generations af- for borough veterans from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at PS/IS 49 in Middle cades later, he began talking much influence World War ter Bederson’s days studying Village. The event is designed to help Queens veterans access about his Army and civilian II and its consequences have in college before he was draft- benefi ts and services from government agencies at the federal, career on the Manhattan Proj- ect, teaching a college course had on the United States and ed into the Army, he recog- state and city level. The school is located at 63-60 80th St. the world today, as well as how nized “the impact on us today he crafted titled “Physics in different war and its public from World War II is equally Society.” TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 25 Glendale yeshiva hit with zoning violation   BY GABRIEL ROM

     The United Talmudical Seminary in Glendale has been slapped with a         violation from the city Department of Buildings for housing students on the yeshiva’s premises in violation of the school’s zoning regulations. Issued on Oct. 16, the violation is for !"   #    !"#              $" %  an illegal conversion, and states that & %'   ' --./( the “school [is] altered to have dormi- & ( )*%' tories outside of zoning regulation.”    /($01.2 The issuing of the violation follows  ( '   ) 3456. complaints from Community Board 5     % &$ following months of anxiety within the  ( $ '   * 5(7($ community about the yeshiva’s adher- The United Talmudical Seminary in Glendale ## +  " (72(  " ' ( $ ence to city zoning regulations. is affiliated with the Satmar Hasidic sect of '  (# $ '  5(7( “Once we were quite sure that stu- Judaism partially based in Williamsburg,   ,     dents were sleeping at the yeshiva, we Brooklyn. Photo by Michael Shain  '  & filed a complaint and we asked that the   previous certificate of occupancy al- ber of students and specifics of the lowances be audited,” said Gary Gior- sleeping arrangements were not clear ..7+ ! %8  dano, district manager of Community until recently, with representatives of    Board 5. The complaint was filed in the yeshiva presenting hard numbers 8' $012- mid-September. and pictures from the seminary as 55544544 The violation came two days after they began pursuing a variance. ) 345465 Community Board 5 recommended “The question really is whether it is     (  .  ' 4 '% & 4(732($ that the city’s Board of Standards and permissible for dormitories and sleep-    32(7232( Appeals deny an application from the ing quarters to exist in a manufactur-      yeshiva for a zoning variance to ex- ing zone at a school,” Giordano added. 4(7( pand its building. The yeshiva is applying for a vari- The board’s recommendation will ance to construct more sleeping facili- be sent to the borough president’s of- ties on the property, which would ulti-   fice before a recommendation is made mately house more than 700 students. to the Board of Standards and Appeals, The BSA has yet to announce when pub- -/  )  & which has the final decision. lic hearings on the variance will begin. +  &$01 “I would imagine that this won’t “One of the reasons we’re opposed :' ;"' 2- ) 3--4444. help the yeshiva’s cause much with the to that is because having the yeshiva :&    ( $  BSA,” Giordano said. expand would be very out of charac- 4(7($(7232(       (   While it was known that students ter within the community,” Giordano      4(7( were sleeping at the yeshiva, the num- said. 

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BY MADINA TOURE TimesLedger that the family is not        selling the bowling alley and is merely Tthe family business that owns renovating and fixing up the bowling -.: &8  Whitestone Lanes, a bowling alley in center. “They’re not selling it,” he said. Flushing, is allegedly planning to sell “They’re doing a renovation. There ; /($01.2. the property for $60 million to make was a misunderstanding.” ) 3454246    (& "  way for a mixed-use development, but “At this point in time, they’re done %(   (# "    4(732($ a manager said it is merely renovating with running the business and they’re  # #       #  ! & 32(7( the property. looking to capitalize on the current #   % '  4(7( Mar Mar Realty, which includes development situation in the Flushing     some of the family members who run area,” Preuss said.      5(7( the lanes, wants to sell the site at 30- The $60 million selling price is 05 Whitestone Expressway, according based on a price of $155 per buildable to Stephen Preuss, executive director square foot, he explained. in the Capital Markets Group of Cush- He also said Cushman & Wakefield man & Wakefield, which is marketing is currently in talks and in the process the property. with the Department of City Planning Whitestone Lanes declined to of changing the site’s zoning for its cur- comment. But Tommy, a manager at rent industrial zoning to a commercial             Whitestone Lanes, previously told the and residential zoning. 26 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 27 Security upgrades set for Woodside Houses

BY GABRIEL ROM exterior lighting and gunfire- this 22-acre housing complex detection technology, as well will go a long way toward State Assemblywoman as other enhancements at NY- achieving this,” Peralta said at Margaret Markey (D-Mas- CHA developments. The $42 the rally. “This crime-fighting peth) has announced a grant million comes from a $100 mil- tool allows residents to be bet- of $1 million that will be used lion fund that the state prom- ter protected.” for security upgrades at the ised to New York City earlier “Our NYPD and Housing Woodside Houses. this year as part of the state Officers work hard to keep us Markey made the an- budget. safe around the clock,” Mar- nouncement at a rally last Cuomo said in a release that key added. These security im- week where she was joined by NYPD data through this year provements will give residents state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East shows an increase in shoot- a better sense of security and Elmhurst), members of Com- ings and robberies at NYCHA help our brave police officers munity Board 1 and Woodside developments citywide. How- better do their work.” residents. ever, according to police data, There is no word yet on “Safety and security are the crime in the Woodside hous- when the work will be com- most important basic needs for ing project is down slightly pleted. every family and resident of from 2014. More than 400,000 New our city,” Markey said. “This “The brave officers of the Yorkers live in public-housing $1 million grant will help en- NYPD have done great work apartments, most of which sure that security cameras in lowering crime to historic were built between 1942 and are installed in every elevator, levels in New York City,” 1969. hallway, lobby and stairwell of Cuomo said. “But many public A list of all the develop- this 20-building community.” housing residents are worried ments which will receive ad- The allocations are part of by the violence they’ve seen ditional funding can be found the $42 million in New York where they live. We have heard Sen. José Peralta listens as Assemblywoman Margaret Markey announc- here: https://www.governor. state funding for the New that concern and will be fund- es a $1 million grant to Ann Cotton-Morris, president of Woodside Houses ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/ York City Housing Authority ing critical safety and security residents’ association. Courtesy of Margaret Markey files/atoms/files/NYCHASe- crime-fighting enhancements upgrades at NYCHA develop- curityProjects.pdf recently announced by Gov. ments in the five boroughs. ing to a report of gang-related Area 5. . The alloca- Every New Yorker deserves a gunshots in Upper Manhattan, “Residents in public hous- Reach reporter Gabriel Rom tions include grants through- safe place to call home.” was assigned to the depart- ing have a right to feel safe and by e-mail at grom@cnglocal. out the five boroughs to pay for Randolph Holder, a NYPD ment’s Housing Bureau and secure in their homes, and a com or by phone at (718) 260– security cameras, interior and officer killed Oct. 20 respond- worked out of Public Service security camera upgrade at 4564.

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28 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Arrests made in Ridgewood   narcotics ring: US Attorney 

BY TOM MOMBERG at all, helping fuel the growing crisis of prescription pill abuse,” Manhattan A Connecticut husband-and-wife U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a pharmacy team have been charged in statement. “Whether it is the corrupt federal court with allegedly illegally doctor writing unwarranted prescrip- Elects Three New Trustees distributing more than 500,000 oxy- tions, the greedy pharmacist selling codone pills over the last three years pills based on fake or no prescriptions out of their Ridgewood and Brooklyn or the street-level drug dealer peddling “We are honored to welcome Kenneth Daly, Neil Weingarten and Robert McCa- pharmacies, according to the Manhat- painkillers directly to the addicted, we rthy to our Board of Trustees. These outstanding professionals bring our institu- tan U.S. attorney. must confront this escalating epidemic Marcin Jakacki, 35, also known as at every level. Our actions today show tion in-depth financial acumen and expertise that will significantly enhance our Martin, and his wife Lilian Jakacki, that we and our law enforcement part- leadership team.” — Peter M. Boger, Chairman, 49, who also used the surname Wieck- ners are committed to doing just that.” President, and Chief Executive Officer of Ridgewood Savings Bank owski, along with their alleged accom- The husband-and-wife pair are plice Robert Cybulski, 30, of MW&W facing additional charges of money Global Enterprises Inc., allegedly sold laundering of the proceeds from their Kenneth D. Daly those pills, which had a street value alleged illegal operation, according to between $10 million and $15 million, the U.S. Attorney. to buyers who did not have a valid pre- Cybulski is facing a charge of con- Kenneth D. Daly is currently the President of Na- scription, according to a report filed by spiracy and possession with intent to tional Grid, New York. Mr. Daly began his career at the U.S. attorney. distribute illegal narcotics and faces The trio was arrested Oct. 28 as a a maximum sentence of 20 years in National Grid, formerly Keyspan and Brooklyn Union result of collaborative civil and crimi- prison, according to the Manhattan Gas, in 1988. His 27 years of experience at National nal investigations seeking millions of prosecutor. dollars in damages for violations of Marcin Jakacki faces up to 20 years Grid are primarily in the financial division; he previ- the Controlled Substances Act and the in prison for each one of his alleged ously served as Chief Financial Officer of Global Gas False Claims Act, the report said. charges. Distribution as well as Global Financial Controller. “As alleged, they flooded the city Three additional felony charges with over half a million illegally divert- are pending against Lilian Jakacki for Mr. Daly also teaches finance, human resources, and ed oxycodone pills based on obviously conspiracy to misbranded prescrip- management as an Adjunct Professor of Manage- fake prescriptions or no prescription Continued on Page 52 ment at St. Francis College. Do you know a Student of Distinction? Neil Weingarten Neil Weingarten is an insurance sales management TimesLedger Newspapers and Community Newspaper Group professional with over 20 years of general insurance invite your school to participate in our feature highlighting agency management experience and more than 15 young people who are excellent students as well as years as a group insurance brokerage sales man- role models for their younger peers. ager. Mr. Weingarten is currently the Vice President of Broker Operations at Conference Associates, Inc., Nomination requirements are: in Patchogue New York. He is also a Director of the A) That the student excel in academics in addition to Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce. participation in extra-curricular school activities.

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 29 The marathon runs through Queens Photos by Michael Shain

BY MADINA TOURE

New York City Marathon runners were cheered on by specta- tors from Queens and other places as they passed through Long Island City Sunday morning. The marathon starts on Staten Island near the Verrazano- Narrows Bridge and goes through Brooklyn. It then crosses the Pulaski Bridge and winds its way through the streets of Long Island City to the Queensboro Bridge before it goes through the Central Park and finishes at 67th Avenue on West Drive in Man- hattan. The Queens Tourism Council set up a cheering station at 21st Street and 44th Drive in Long Island City. Astoria couple Kati Sweetman, 28, and John Bruno, 28, have both run the marathon before, describing it as both an exciting and difficult experience. Sweetman said they were supporting a friend who was run- ning the marathon this year. “It’s just really exciting to watch it,” Sweetman said. Long Island City resident Tran Dinh, 33, ran the marathon a few times, including the Chicago Marathon one year. He said that he came out to support a friend. “It’s exciting to be on the side when you’re soaking up the Members of the Italian social club on Vernon Boulevard, founded in 1904 for the new Neopolitan immigrants, environment, but it’s nice to cheer when you run,” Dinh said. came out to watch. Long Island resident Joanne Messina, 59, said it was her first time coming out to the marathon. Her boyfriend used to work in Long Island City and wanted to come back to the area. “I’m really enjoying it,” Messina said. “It’s worth getting out of bed.” Joe Vidals, 14, of Astoria, has been coming to the marathon for the past five years with his father because they are athletic and enjoy watching the event. “We’re really energized people,” Vidals said. “We do a lot of sports and we just think it’s incredible that they can run from Long Island City to Manhattan. We also like to support the dif- ferent cultures of people.”

Patriot roots on the French runners with a bull horn Runner stops in front of his familly at the halfway and a full-sized Tricolore along 48th Avenue. mark in the race to get his picture snapped.

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war criminals in America to justice. After elected DA in New York City, serving for Klaus Barbie and “Women–for America, uncovering the presence of Nazis here, eight years. She was then elected Comp- for the World” on nuclear disarmament. she created a special unit to bring them to troller of New York City, again the only The program also will include a candle- Presented by the Resnick Family justice and secured passage of the law (the woman to serve in that capacity. lighting ceremony with six Holocaust Sur- and Sinai Chapels, Fresh Meadows, “Holtzman Amendment”) that facili- Called back to the federal government vivors, escorted by student fellows from Queens, NY. tated the removal from the U.S. of those in 1998, Ms. Holtzman was appointed by the Center for Ethnic, Racial & Religious who engaged or assisted in acts of Nazi President Clinton to a federal panel that Understanding, each of whom makes a Elizabeth Holtzman has had a dis- persecution. oversaw the declassification of more than commitment to combat anti-Semitism tinguished 20-plus year career in public Elizabeth Holtzman also was a leader eight million pages of U.S. government and hatred after introducing a survivor. service. In 1973 she won a Brooklyn in the women’s movement, co-founding secret Nazi war crimes files. In May 2013, In addition there will be a multicultural Congressional seat in a major political the bipartisan Congresswoman’s Caucus, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ap- invocation and audiovisual and musical upset, becoming the youngest woman ever and authoring legislation protecting the pointed her to a federal panel responsible interludes. elected to Congress, a record she held for privacy of rape victims. She also chaired for reviewing the problem of sexual assault Organized by Queens 42 years. Ms. Holtzman served for eight the Immigration and Refugees Subcom- in the military and developing recom- College’s Center for Jewish years in the House of Representatives, mittee, where she helped deal with the mendations for reform. She now chairs a Studies and the Center for where she won national attention for her plight of the Vietnamese boat people, and successor federal panel. Ethnic, Racial & Religious role on the House Judiciary Commit- authored the Refugee Act with Senator Ted Elizabeth Holtzman has written three Understanding, the Queens tee’s impeachment proceedings against Kennedy. books and numerous op-ed pieces, and has Jewish Community Council, President Richard Nixon during Water- Subsequently, Ms. Holtzman was appeared on TV and in films, including Kupferberg Holocaust Research Center gate. She also won international acclaim elected District Attorney of Kings County two Academy Award-winning documen- and Archives at Queensborough for her pioneering work in bringing Nazi (Brooklyn) in 1981, the only woman ever taries, “Hotel Terminus” on Gestapo Chief Community College, and others.

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rom the moment young men and women fi rst walk into the offi ce for their fi rst day as a working pro- F fessional until the day they offi cially retire, the notion of planning for retirement is never far from their minds. But when the day to hang up the briefcase and donate all those business suits arrives, some re- tirees wonder what to do next. Some retirees know ex- actly how they will spend their days when they no lon- ger have to work, while others who decide to play it by ear may fi nd themselves battling boredom. For those among the latter group, it’s important to understand that many retirees fi nd themselves bored once they no longer have to focus on a career. Jobs keep men and women busy and provide a sense of pur- pose in their lives, so it’s understandable that retirees feel bored once those jobs are no longer a part of their lives. But just because you no longer have an offi ce to go to every day does not mean life cannot be as fulfi ll- ing or even more fulfi lling than it was when you were still working. You just need to fi nd something to avoid succumbing to retirement boredom. Work part-time. Though it might seem odd to start working right after you retire, a part-time job can pro- vide the type of structure you have grown accustomed to without all of the responsibility that comes with a full-time career. Part-time jobs can range from consul- tancy work that makes use of your professional expe- rience to something entirely different like landscape maintenance at a nearby golf course that gets you out of the house and enjoying the warmer seasons. Which- ever you choose, make sure it’s something you fi nd fun and interesting. Embrace a new hobby. Working professionals of- ten say they wish they had time to pursue a hobby. Now that you are retired, you have all the time in the world to do just that. Whether it’s perfecting your golf game, writing that novel, learning to cook like a gourmet chef, or whatever else you might have always wanted to do, retirement is a great time to do it. Continued on page 38

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which trigger positive feel- ings in the body. In addition, regular exercise has been shown to reduce stress, boost MENOPAUSE DIET TIPS self-esteem, and improve sleep. Working out at a gym What to avoid to alleviate symptoms also is a great way to meet fellow retirees in your com- eight gain, hot fl ashes, munity, and the energy you lack of energy, and have after exercising may mood swings are some W give you the boost you need of the more widely known to pursue other hobbies. symptoms of menopause, Volunteer. If a part- which is the time when a time job is not up your alley, woman’s menstrual cycle per- then consider volunteering manently ceases due to the in your community. Volun- natural depletion of ovarian teers are always in demand, follicles and oocytes. and volunteering with a lo- Elevated follicle stimulat- Embracing a new hobby is one ing hormone and low estro- way for recently retired men and cal charity can provide a gen levels are consistent with women to avoid growing bored sense of purpose and provide menopause and can cause any during retirement. opportunities to meet like- number of symptoms. Hor- minded fellow retirees, all mone replacement therapy is while helping to quell your one option, but women may RETIREMENT boredom. Retirees who love fi nd that changing their di- Continued from page 38 to travel can combine their ets is enough to make them passion for volunteering Get in shape. If retire- feel better and may even help with their love of travel by Certain foods can have a positive or negative impact on menopausal ment boredom has started them reduce their risk for cer- signing up to work with an symptoms. to negatively affect your tain diseases and better man- international relief organi- age some of the negative side and fi rm tofu. foods they cook. mood, one great way to con- zation that travels abroad to effects of menopause. Weight gain: It’s possi- Mood swings: Improve quer your boredom and im- help the less fortunate. Osteoporosis: Increasing ble to gain some weight dur- mental well-being by increas- prove your mood at the same Upon retiring, many re- one’s intake of foods rich in ing menopause. ing intake of foods rich in B time is to start exercising. tirees initially fi nd them- calcium and vitamin D can Data from the Interna- vitamins and omega-3 fatty ac- Exercise is a natural mood selves coping with boredom. help strengthen bones. Cal- tional Women should cut ids. Consuming whole grains, enhancer. When the body But there are many ways to cium-rich foods include low- back on fatty foods and trim lentils, fl axseed, and oily fi sh exercises, it releases chemi- avoid the restlessness of re- fat yogurt, sardines, broccoli, any visible fats from the can help. cals knowns as endorphins, tirement.

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BY BILL PARRY

An Astoria contractor was found to have cheated three immigrant work- The Food Pantries ers out of $735,000 in prevailing wages and benefits by City Comptroller Scott Need Our Help! Stringer. Astoria General Contracting Corp. has been debarred from doing work with the city and state for five years related to its underpayment of three Latino workers who repaired and in- stalled metal rolling doors or gates, grills and fences at various public schools around the city. Astoria General, located at 35-34 31st St., must pay more than $1.1 mil- lion in wages and benefits plus interest and civil penalties. “My office has zero tolerance for unscrupulous contractors who attempt to cheat workers out of their rightfully Comptroller Scott Stringer bars an Astoria owed prevailing wages and benefits,” business from contracts with the city and Stringer said. “Paying workers a fair state for cheating its own workers. Help Brighten the Holiday for a wage is not a choice, it’s the law. Three Photo by Michael Shain men are going to get the wages they Family in Need This Thanksgiving deserve and another contractor has firm had falsified certified payroll learned the hard way that we take our records by completely omitting two of Donate 5 Non-Perishable Food Items, enforcement of the prevailing wage the employees and reporting payment very seriously.” of prevailing wages and benefits to the and Receive 5% off a Dental Procedure The case of the three workers was third. Stringer’s office found that As- originally referred to Stringer’s Bu- toria General paid its three employees Donate 10 Non-Perishable Food Items, reau of Labor Law by the city Depart- salaries ranging from $800 to $1,500 ment of Education. The prevailing per week or in a gross check. and Receive 10% off a Dental Procedure wage order was issued in September To date, Stringer’s office has col- following an 11-day trial at the city lected $226,000 on behalf of the work- Office of Administrative Trials and ers by withholding money from Asto- FREE SEALANTS Hearings. ria General’s contracts with the city. At the trial, surveillance video Owner Dimitrios Koutsoukos could To Help Protect Your and security and visitor logs were re- not be reached for comment. Child’s Teeth viewed and it was determined that the Continued on Page 52 (New patients only)

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BY MERLE EXIT IF YOU GO It will be something famil- “A Funny Thing Happened iar and something peculiar — on the Way to the Forum” you might even say something for everyone —when Theatre When: Nov. 8 - Nov. 22 by the Bay presents “A Funny Where: Bay Terrace Garden Thing Happened on the Way to Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St. the Forum” with its new artis- Bayside tic director, Ovi Vargas, run- Cost: $22/adults, $20/seniors ning the show. and children The Stephen Sondheim, Contact: (718) 428-6363 Burt Shevelove and Larry Website: www. Gelbart classic Broadway mu- theatrebythebayny.com sical is inspired by the farces of ancient Roman playwright Plautus and includes plenty Strassberg,” Vargas said. “I of door slamming, puns and am also a graduate of the Bos- cases of mistaken identity. ton Conservatory of Music.” Although Vargas wanted Vargas also studied dance to stage a little-known 1930s with the Jeoffrey Ballet and musical about boxing titled the New York Conservatory of “Seeing Stars,” the theater’s Dance. board convinced him not to Theatre by the Bay's new artistic director, Ovi Vargas (r.), works with actors during a rehearsal of the upcom- Eventually he made his way take such a large risk for his over to H.B. Studios, where he ing production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Photo courtesy Theatre by the Bay first show. began to study directing with “The board ultimately de- Herbert Bergoff. Finally, in cided that it was too early for audiences at Theatre By The Vargas may be a new face “I studied with some of 1995, Vargas made the switch something original,” Vargas Bay have come to expect. This in Bay Terrace, but he has a the greatest acting teachers to directing full-time. said. “I decided to pick a known also included changing the long acting and directing re- including Uta Hagen, Bobby “I spent a lot of quality title but stage it in a way that dimensions of the stage and sumé that includes Broadway, Lewis, Stella Adler, Sandy time with the Westside Reper- was different than what the bringing in fresh faces.” off-Broadway and television. Meisner and the master, Lee Continued on Page 48

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TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 47 member of the company and put in a good word for me,” Vargas Forum said. “They wanted to grow and THE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT Continued from Page 43 expand beyond the boundaries of community theater and were For the most up-to-date listing of events happening tory and the Third Eye Reperto- happy to hear my vision for the in Queens, check TimesLedger’s website at ry in Manhattan, which afforded theater as well as what I could www.timesledger.com/sections/calendar me great freedom to experiment bring to the table.” and hone my craft,” Vargas said. Some of what Vargas plans to “That’s where I found my fear- bring includes actors and design- VENTS Where: Sunnyside less voice as a director. This ers he has worked with in other E Greenmarket, Torsney Playground, 43rd Street and led to numerous successful off- productions around the city. It’s My Park Day — Spend Broadway productions, regional Although he knows this first Skillman Avenue the day volunteering to Cost: Free theater and a ton of summer outing will be considered a safe clean up lawns, paint stock.” bet, Vargas wants to ensure audi- Contact: info@ benches and plant bulbs and queensbotanical.org Vargas has directed com- ence members that he definitely new shrubs at various parks munity theater productions in has an eye on the future. Website: www.nycgovparks. around the borough. org Queens before. He has worked in “I theorized that once audi- When: Saturday, Nov. 7, Douglaston and Forest Hills, but ences here saw that we were a from 9 am - 2 pm (varies by this will be his first time running OVI VARGAS bold and innovative new group Nocturnal Wildlife— Join location) the Urban Rangers as they the whole shebang. then they would be willing to Where: Ehrenreich-Austin After Theatre by the Bay Ar- started to look for a replacement trust us, and more specifically lead an expedition of the Playground in Forest Hills, city’s wildlife that only tistic Director and co-founder in time for its annual fall produc- me, in bringing in more modern and Kissena Corridor Park in comes out at night. Larry Bloom decided to step down tion. and original musicals as well as Flushing (meet at Main Street When: Saturday, Nov. 7, at after 11 years, the group’s board “A friend of mine knew a non-musicals,” he said. and 56th Avenue) 6 pm Cost: Free Where: Kissena Park, Rose Website: www.nycgovparks. and Oak avenues, Flushing board trustees Catherine Lee, owner of Manducatis Rustica in org Cost: Free Council senior director of F&T Group; Long Island City. Contact: (718) 352-1769 Juvenal Reis, president, Reis Stu- This year, QCA also inducted Pumpkin Smash 2015— Continued from Page 42 Website: www.nycgovparks. dios; Hal Rosenbluth, president of a new junior board of trustees Bring your Halloween org Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc.; comprised of a variety of young pumpkins to be smashed and Katz presided over the swear- Armando Soto, senior develop- professionals from diverse occu- turned into composting for ing-in of the full board. ment associate Yenni Capital, pational fields and backgrounds city green spaces. Pumpkins Juan “Rick” Rosa, executive Inc.; Frank “Turtle” Raffaele, who will be mentored by the se- can also be dropped off at vice president and managing di- founder and CEO, Coffeed; Board nior board to become ambassa- the Queens Botanical Garden VISIT US AT rector of Douglas Elliman Real Treasurer Maria Odysseos, vice dors for the organization, develop on Friday mornings through Estate in Long Island City, was president and branch manager diverse leadership pipelines, and Nov. 20. TIMESLEDGER.COM inducted as a first-year trustee of Investors Bank; and Board who bring new skills and perspec- When: Saturday, Nov. 7, from and was joined with the recurring President Gianna Cerbone Teoli, tives to the boardroom table. 10 am - 2pm

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50 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Police searching for two men Civic rejects city plan in Rosedale shootings: NYPD to expand bike paths BY GABRIEL ROM Holden said. BY MADINA TOURE The DOT plan also pro- Members of the Juniper poses extending bike lanes Police were looking for two Park Civic Association an- along 69th Street to Maurice men wanted in connection nounced their opposition to Avenue as well as from 80th with the shooting of two teen- the city Department of Trans- Street to 57th Avenue. agers, one of whom died, in portation’s proposed plan for According to the DOT, the Rosedale during the Hallow- an expansion of bike paths in bicycle routes were requested een weekend. the Middle Village area at the by the Ridgewood Property At about 8:53 p.m. Satur- group’s monthly meeting late Owners & Civic Association day, police responded to calls last week. in 2011. The DOT, Depart- of two men shot at 240-15 144th “I understand the need for ment of City Planning and Ave., according to the police. bike lanes in some neighbor- CB5 then conducted a bicycle Upon arrival, they discov- A 19-year-old was shot dead on 240th Street near 144th Avenue and an hoods, but in ours it’s just not network forum to gather in- ered Peyton Manwaring, 19, 18-year-old was seriously wounded over Halloween weekend, police say. needed,” Juniper Park Presi- put from the community in of Rosedale, with a gunshot Google Earth dent Robert Holden said. 2013 and initial routes were wound to the torso. He was Most controversially, the installed the following year. pronounced dead at Jamaica The borough was the scene condition, police said. DOT proposed to either con- More are expected in 2015. Hospital, police said. of two other crimes during Early last Friday morning, struct a two-way, nine-foot “The DOB is doing this An 18-year-old man was Halloween weekend. a 56-year-old man who police protected bike lane between in the hope that people will also found at the scene with At about 12:30 a.m. Satur- believe was intoxicated was im- the curb and the parking lane get out of cars and take their gunshot wounds to his leg and day, a 27-year-old man was get- paled on a fence at his home at along Juniper Boulevard bikes,” Holden added. “But torso but remained in critical ting into his 2015 Range Rover 133 Beach 120th St. in Belle Har- North or to add standard bike unless we get viable trans- condition, they said. in front of 35-80 81st St. in bor after trying to gain access lanes by narrowing the flush portation options we aren’t Police described the sus- Jackson Heights when a man to his locked sixth-floor apart- median. It is the former op- getting out of our cars.” pects as two men wearing in another vehicle wearing ment from the rooftop and was tion that especially worries The plan was also met black hooded sweatshirts and a mask pulled up next to him pronounced dead at the scene, Holden and the civic. negatively by other JPCA were observed via surveil- and shot him four times in the according to the police. “For anyone to suggest members who voiced con- lance video following Man- torso and once in the arm, of- The investigations were narrowing a street like Ju- cern over traffic tie-ups and waring immediately before ficials said. ongoing, according to a police niper Boulevard indicates to cyclists who disobey traffic the shooting. The victim was in stable spokesman. me that they just don’t get it,” laws at the Oct. 29 meeting.

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 51 that contained food such shut down, which includ- mation, as they do not der his real name and Dead as bread and fruits. ed a drawing of Kalief always know what their Bail in order to obtain a Silvia Juliana Man- Browder, 22, on a poster rights are in the United Continued from Page 40 German visa again, he Continued from Page 4 tilla Ortiz, one of the who committed suicide States. the wrong county in obtained an additional 26-year-old man shot museum’s community in June after having “I think it’s very good which to jump bail,” DA passport in the name of in the head as he lay on organizers, has been spent three years at Rik- for this community,” Richard Brown said. Amit Chopra, according the ground in Salinas, working with the Immi- ers without a trial or con- Hernandez said. “In Queens County, to Brown. Calif., and deaths that grant Movement Interna- viction. Brooklyn resident we prosecute 87 percent Chopra also had have sparked the Black tional. The theme of this Erika Hernandez, Rachel Torres, 24, who of the misdemeanor travel agent cards on Lives Matter movement year’s event was anti- 40, of Sunnyside, who is Mexican, said she ap- bail jumping prosecu- him, indicating that he such as Trayvon Mar- black racism within the used to live in Jackson preciated the emphasis tions and 47 percent of was back in the travel tin, a black Florida teen immigrant community Heights, said the event on social justice issues the felony bail jump- business, the DA said. who was killed by a man and police brutality. is a good way to unite and having her cultural ing prosecutions in An online search of claiming self-defense, “We have been work- neighbors in the area tradition highlighted. the city,” he said. “It is the Michigan travel and Ramarley Graham, a ing for months to make and provides a fun activ- “I think it’s great one of the reasons why agency he represented Bronx teen shot in front this happen,” she said. ity for children. there’s organizations Queens has the lowest revealed complaints of his 6-year-old brother The event also fea- She also noted that that come out and bring failure-to-appear rates similar to the ones for and grandmother. tured a table highlight- such events serve as out something that’s part in New York City.” which he was arrested There was also a small ing a campaign asking a platform where im- of our culture to a public Court records said in Queens. table in front of the stage for Rikers Island to be migrants can get infor- space,” Torres said. Chopra was arrested in The investigation be- Michigan last month hind the larceny charg- under the alias Amit es was conducted by the Center Health Program fully compensate 9/11 re- districts. More than Chopra and had two detectives at the 102nd Zadroga authorization expired at sponders and survivors 72,000 responders and passports in that name. Precinct and the ex- the end of September, but unless Congress extends survivors receive medi- Chopra said that while tradition was handled Continued from Page 5 it is still funded through the program and fully cal monitoring under the living in India he had by the Queens District next year. In the mean- funds it. program. been denied a visa to Attorney Extradition and were introduced time, the program is in According to the Cen- “The Zadroga Act travel to Germany un- Unit. without even consult- the process of shutting ters for Disease Control must be permanent and ing the first responders, down, creating anxiety 4,166 first responders fully funded so that these their families or advo- for those in treatment have a 9/11-related can- brave men and women ment events. There’s no cates who have worked for cancers and other ail- cer. More than 85 NYPD never again have to beg one as committed to, or on this issue for years,” ments they are suffering members and 131 FDNY Congress for the care MSG more capable of, creat- Gillibrand said. “This from inhaling toxic air personnel have report- and compensation they Continued from Page 4 ing a world-class festi- was an irresponsible at Ground Zero following edly died from their 9/11 need and deserve,” Malo- Citi Field. val than we are.” move that will cause un- the Sept. 11 attacks. illnesses, but it is not ney said. Following the festi- The company sub- necessary consternation The Victim Compen- just a New York problem, val, MSG said it would mitted an application for thousands of first re- sation Fund, also autho- lawmakers say. Reach reporter Bill make significant in- with the Parks Depart- sponders and their fami- rized for five years by the Enrollees in the WTC Parry by e-mail at bpar- vestments in the park’s ment, which will review lies who are already suf- 2010 Zadroga Act, will Health Program live in [email protected] or by restoration. To further the proposal and pro- fering.” shut down Oct. 3, 2016 all 50 states, in 429 of phone at (718) 260–4538. sweeten the proposal, vide feedback to MSG The World Trade and will not be able to the 435 congressional the corporation prom- in the coming months. ised to donate tickets In the meantime, MSG to Queens residents to will finalize its plan 20 years in prison, ex- Greenwich, Conn. with Administration, which both the festival and and work with the city Pill bust cept for conspiracy to their laundered money, audited the stores in summer events at Ra- and stakeholders on all misbranded medication, according to the report. 2013. dio City Music Hall and facets of the festival. Continued from Page 29 for which the maximum The couple alleg- The Jakackis are Madison Square Gar- Katz warned that tion drugs, for allegedly penalty is five years in edly sold the drugs from each facing charges of den. if the applications defrauding Medicare out prison, the report said. their pharmacy, Chopin conspiracy to distribute “Madison Square were granted to both of more than $750,000, Fraudulent pre- Chemists, the U.S. Attor- narcotics, conspiracy Garden has been at companies, it would and for purchasing pre- scriptions on record at ney said. to commit money laun- the center of New York be displace several scription medications the stores were made As the criminal case dering and money laun- life for more than 135 standing homegrown from the black market at out to luxury product mounted against the dering. The husband- years,” MSG Presi- events enjoyed by tens deep discount prices and brands like “Coach” and Brooklyn pharmacy, and-wife pair are facing dent and CEO David of thousands of Queens reselling them from her “Chanel,” the U.S. Attor- Lilian Jakacki started additional charges of O’Connor said. “We live residents, including the pharmacies, according ney said. to operate primarily money laundering of the here, we work here and annual World’s Fair An- to the U.S. Attorney. The husband and wife from the second store in proceeds from their al- we have a strong con- niversary Festival and Each of her five pend- team also managed to Ridgewood, 66-19 Fresh leged illegal operation, nection with genera- the Louis Armstrong ing charges carry a purchase luxury cars Pond Road, according to according to the U.S. At- tions of New York fans Festival as well as Mets maximum sentence of and a $2 million home in the Drug Enforcement torney. who have attended our games. sports and entertain-

Katz wanted him placed woman for Katz, touted in a statement. Galante on leave in April. They the library’s accomplish- Eric Sumberg, a In addition, since refused. In September— ments since his depar- spokesman for Stringer, Stringer announcing in August Continued from Page 4 with her new board in ture, such as breaking backed the audit’s find- that his office held $3.7 favor of placing Galante having replaced those ground on new libraries ings. “Our audit and Continued from Page 40 million in unclaimed on leave. trustees—they removed and six-day library ser- investigation revealed Since January 2014, prevailing wages and The suit also cites ex- him but not for cause.” vice. stomach-turning layers Stringer’s office has benefits to workers, 21 tensive Daily News cov- The lawyer also criti- “In the past year of waste and abuse that assessed nearly $10 mil- individuals have sub- erage of his performance cized Stringer’s audit, since his termination, have no place in a pub- lion in unpaid wages mitted proof of claim at the library and claims noting that the extrava- the reformed board of licly funded institution,” and interest and over $1 forms of which 13 Mihaltses and Bergtraum gant dinners were attend- trustees has worked very Sumberg said in a state- million in penalty mon- have been paid nearly disclosed confidential ed by board members hard to repair the repu- ment. ey against private con- $158,000 in unpaid wag- information to the press after meetings as well as tational harm caused by tractors that violated es plus interest. and other third parties. representatives from the the former CEO’s actions Reach reporter Ma- New York’s Labor Law. Stringer’s office “They didn’t identify offices of the former bor- and to restore faith in dina Toure by e-mail at The bureau has also continues to search for what the cause was, what ough president and the the management of the [email protected] debarred over 25 con- workers who have failed he did wrong,” Rohback comptroller. world-class Queens Li- or by phone at (718) 260– tractors for egregious to claim their prevail- said. “Instead, Melinda Sharon Lee, a spokes- brary system,” Lee said 4566. conduct. ing wage awards. 52 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Sports Queens falls short Lewis, Bayside, Aviation defeated in semifi nal matches

Springfield Gardens' Christopher Clarke (r.) caught two touchdown passes, including the game-winner against Beach Channel. Photo by Steven Schnibbe

Francis Lewis' Samantha Margolis scores her first of two goals against Bronx Science. Photo by Steven Schnibbe

Late score captures BY JACLYN MARR man goal of an assist from Blue Demons won 4-1 in pen- AND JOSEPH STASZEWSKI Greenfield. alty kicks in the PSAL Class Rahaman scored again on A boys soccer playoffs on Ran- Francis Lewis was less another assist from Green- dall’s Island on Tuesday. Eagles playoff berth than a minute away from field, to make it 2-1 heading “It’s tough to bring it down a trip to the championship into the half. The Lewis de- to PKs and lose that way, but BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI nel in PSAL Bowl conference game, but that proved to be fense, led by Sarafina Smith, that game could have gone on football last Saturday. just enough time for its hopes made things tough for Bronx all day. I thought both teams The play Springfield Gar- “We knew that coming to be dashed. Science after that. were defensively as tight as dens used to initially grab into this game if we win, we Bronx Science’s Maya April Cabral and Nancy could be,” Bayside coach Joe the lead eventually earned it are in the playoffs,” Clarke Greenfield was left wide up on Hernandez pushed the Lewis Corrado said. much, much more. said. “That was the goal, to a corner kick and scored from offense forward and Samantha Bayside (10-3-3), which fell The Eagles scored just be- be in the playoffs. I just came the left side to send the game Margolis notched a goal off an 1-0 to Susan Wagner in last fore halftime down the left out and realized I had to into overtime. She later tallied assist from Lada to tie the score year’s final four, bested top- side on a deep pass from Al- make a play.” the winner in the extra session at 2-2 early in the second half. seed MLK 2-1 in the quarterfi- lassaine Coulibaly to Chris- For Springfield Gardens to hand seventh-seeded Lewis Margolis scored again in the nals on Oct. 29. Christopher Li topher Clarke. They went (5-4), responding with big a 4-3 defeat in a PSAL Class AA 68th minute to put Lewis up 3-2, and Louis Mendez each scored back to the same play, just to plays was a trend all after- girls’ soccer semifinal game on but they could not hold the lead. first-half goals and Julian Ro- the other side of the field, to noon. Beach Channel (4-5) Randall’s Island Tuesday. The A chance to play for a title must driguez made 12 saves. win the game late and earn a tied the score at 6-6 when No. 3 Wolverines beat Lewis wait for another year. “Beating MLK is great, but playoff berth, with one game quarterback Joshua Timmer 3-1 in last year’s final four and “I’m very proud of my girls they wanted to go all the way,” remaining in the regular completed a 6-yard touch- ended the Patriots 12-game and I think we did the best the coach said. football season. down run by diving for the py- winning streak. we could have,” Sotiriou said Beacon goalie Carter Dut- “It worked,” said Spring- lon. The game wasn’t knotted “This game was suspense “Next year, we are going to ton Kneaves kept them from field Gardens coach Charles for long, though, as a game- all the way through,” first- keep doing what we’re doing doing so. He stopped two of Yarborough with a smile. changing sequence ensued. year Lewis coach Eleni Sotiri- and tweak the little things. Bayside’s shots in the shoot- “We wanted to take a shot.” On kickoff, Justin Mer- ou said. “The girls pushed Our final goal is the finals.” out, including a diving save on After Beach Channel ral- cure bounced off a pile of po- through. After our first goal, Commodores fall to Bea- the first attempt by Emmanuel lied to tie the score, Couliba- tential tacklers at midfield, the other team came back and con in penalty kicks: Bayside Karavangelas. Corrado felt ly’s 51-yard strike to an open broke out to the left and re- scored twice. We came back couldn’t build off of its upset of that had no effect on the way Clarke down the right side turned the ball 60 yards for in the second half even stron- city power Martin Luther King his kids shot after that against on the next play, gave Spring- a score. Coulibaly caught the ger. We knew we needed more Jr., again having to endure a Beacon (15-1-1). field Gardens the lead for 2-point conversion pass from goals to advance.” tough semifinal defeat. “It’s a matter of inches good with just under a minute Corwyn Ellis and Springfield Lewis (14-2-0) took a 1-0 lead The Commodores and No. 5 some times,” Corrado said. remaining. The Eagles held Gardens led 14-6 with 1:40 to on a goal from Jacklyn Lada, Beacon were scoreless through “The goalie came up with two on for a thrilling 20-16 vic- play in the third quarter. but Bronx Science (14-3-0) ral- 100 minutes of soccer in regu- good saves.” tory over host Beach Chan- Continued on Page 56 lied thanks to a Meleni Raha- lation and overtime before the Continued on Page 56 TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6-12, 2015 53 SPORTS

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 55 Beach Channel football rises St. Edmund wins after facing the lows of Sandy fi nal vs. McClancy

wasn’t really sure if I wanted displaced during Sandy, bat- Joseph to do it any more,” Dolphins tled through losing seasons. Staszewski coach Victor Nazario said. The Dolphins rallied twice ■ “Material things can be re- again Springfield Gardens placed, but just the attitude when past teams would have Block and general culture immedi- packed it in. They used an 11- ately after the hurricane was play, 99-yard drive to tie the Shots not what I wanted it to be.” score at 14-14 late in the fourth His team’s field was re- quarter. paired and gradually its spirit “We’ve been tough,” junior BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI has come back, too. Beach quarterback Joshua Timmer Channel, which has 35 kids on said. “We lose and they don’t Homes, stores and board- its roster, moved down a divi- just give up. Last year, the year walks aren’t the only things sion and is enjoying success before that, they would just being rebuilt in Beach Chan- again. After dropping their give up in the second quarter. nel. first two games in the Bowl This team, they are strong.” Monsignor McClancy's Nikole Saa breaks away from the St. Edmund's The Dolphins football pro- conference, the Dolphins (4- Timmer has been part of defense. Photo by Steven Schnibbe gram hit rock bottom after 5) won two straight and cur- a solid leadership group that superstorm Sandy rocked the rently just need a win over has kept it that way along BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI nal, considering the injuries neighborhood’s shores three league power James Madison with senior Omar Brown and it battled all season. It played years ago. The winds and rain to secure a first playoff berth Cashane White. They met Monsignor McClancy without leading goal scorer damaged much more than the since 2012. with their teammates in the girls’ soccer squad won the Victoria Ramirez (down with field and locker rooms, they “It’s refreshing,” Nazario preseason to tell them that program’s first title with a knee injury) for most of the also swept away the team’s said. “This time last year we what happened in the past was just a single goal last season. year and saw a number of its heart and soul. Beach Chan- were just counting the days, unacceptable. Those first two This year, it saw its hopes for younger players step up to nel was left with just six counting the practices.” wins over John Adams and a repeat dashed by the same earn them the right to defend kids attending off-site prac- His team made its road to Petrides hammered the mes- margin. the team’s crown. tices. It forfeited its final two the postseason more difficult sage home for good and began A 55th-minute goal by St. “For her to go down, it hit games, which became part of by falling to Springfield Gar- to bring the pride back. Edmund sophomore Jose- us for awhile, but then we got a 22-game losing streak in the dens 20-14 at home last Satur- It just brought the whole phine Romano was enough to back on our feet and I think PSAL’s City Conference. day, but adversity is nothing team up, brought the commu- give the Eagles a 1-0 victory that is what made coach re- “Two or three years ago I new to this group. Many were nity back,” Brown said. “We over McClancy in the CHSAA ally proud of us,” said Mc- just never stopped after.” Brooklyn/Queens Class A Clancy’s Nikole Saa. In order to keep going past final at Aviator Sports and McClancy (9–4–5) con- this week, the Dolphins will Events Center Monday night. trolled play and had the ma- need to go on the road and beat Romano split two defend- jority of the shots on goal for a Madison team that is 8-1. ers while running onto a much of the first half, but Beach Channel’s silver lining pass. Once she was free, she couldn’t put away its scoring is that three of its wins came saw the keeper charging her opportunities. St. Edmund away from home. It will need way. Romano shot early and (9–5–4) kept the majority of its one more for the program’s re- on target into the lower right team in the defensive third to building to take the next step. corner from 15 yards out to keep Saa and Alex Ulic from “Just play like champions,” tally the game’s only goal. having their way. Brown said. “If you want to It was the best chance St. The two nearly tied the go into the playoffs, this last Edmund had to score and it score in the 71st minute. Ulic game you have to play like it is didn’t miss it. sent a cross to Saa in front of a championship game.” “We had a lot of chances an open net by the far post. Even if they don’t become and we couldn’t convert,” Saa stuck her foot out, but champions at season’s end ac- Crusader coach Robert May was unable to get a touch. cording to the record books, said. “They had one shot on “These guys stepped up these players are already win- goal and that was it. This hap- and they got us to here, which Beach Channel quarterback Joshua Timmers, one of the team's ners for re-establishing a cul- pens. I see it all the time.” is pretty remarkable,” May leaders, scrambles for extra yards against Springfield Gardens. ture at Beach Channel that May was pleased with his said. “I’ve very pleased with Photo by Steven Schnibbe Sandy nearly destroyed. team just making it to the fi- them.”

Tuesday. Aviation’s goal came by Anthony Herbert, stepped in with an 11-play, 99-yard drive Semifi nals on an Elmir Macki penalty front of a header by Malik Duba Eagles to tie the score at 14-14 with kick in the 62nd minute. Martinez and punched a shot 1:08 to go in the game. Tim- Continued from Page 53 “Three or four shots that by star Briail Wilson George Continued from Page 53 mer capped it with a 16-yard Late Grand Street goal could have been a goal he over the crossbar. “It felt amazing and unre- scoring run and a 2-point con- stops Aviation in semifi- saved those,” Aviation coach The Wolves scored the win- al at the same time,” Mercure version pass to Christopher nals: Aviation’s reign as city Mario Cotumaccio said of Luc- ner in the 76th minute when said. Gallagher. It only took one champions ended two wins ero’s effort. “The one that went Lucero fully extended himself The Eagles’ good fortune play again for Springfield shy of being extended for an- in cost us and cost us badly.” to make a leaping save, but continued. Ellis recovered Gardens to respond and earn other year. Grand Street led 1-0 in the couldn’t fully control the ball. the onside kick. While Beach itself a much-desired spot in Despite a superb effort ninth minute on a goal from It fell right to Grand Street’s Channel managed to end the the postseason. from goalie Andy Lucero to Akeil Harper. The game could Ossama Diaby, who scored to drive with a goal-line stop “It’s been open all season,” keep his team in the game, the have gotten away from Aviation the lower right corner. on fourth down at the 1-yard Yarborough said of the game- No. 3-seeded Flyers scored just after the break had it not been “We just showed up flat line, the 12-play drive drained winning play. “We know if it once in a 2-1 loss to No. 7 Grand for Lucero’s heroics in net. He today,” Cotumaccio said. “We valuable time off the clock. is through correctly, Chris is Street in the semifinals on made a leaping save on a shot didn’t come to win.” Beach Channel responded going to catch it.” 56 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6-12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM SJU’s Agustus determined to stand out

BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI me,” she said. “You are playing have to decide who you want to with great players who don’t guard her.” Jordan Agustus plans on just shadow on into darkness. Agustus has a lot of respect rewriting her reputation. You want to be able to shine.” for the faith the coaches have The super-talented St. John’s Agustus, the No. 15-ranked put in her. She understands women’s basketball freshman wing in her class by ESPN, she needs to improve defen- and Bronx native was labeled will have that opportunity to sively, but has shown she is as lazy and not a consistently do that at St. John’s. She will willing to put in the work. She hard worker during her high see minutes right away and wants to put to rest the idea school career at Mary Louis be asked to be a versatile part that she takes possessions off. and then St. Mary’s in Manhas- of the lineup, taking some of You can’t do that if you want to set. She is determined not to let the scoring burden from Ali- to play as a professional, like that define her time with the yyah Handford and Danaejah she does down the road. Red Storm. Grant. “I want to stand out,” Agus- “It bothered me a lot, but I The three-time Newsday tus said. “I don’t want to be feel like I brought that to my- All-Long Island selection blending in with everybody Freshman Jordan Agustus is looking to put a new focus on hard work this self,” Agustus said. “I want to had the ability to be a mis- else.” year at St. John's. Photo courtesy of St. John's Athletic Communications start on a new page in college. match problem. Agustus has I want to come out strong and the strength to score inside make a name for myself rather against a smaller defender and then being lazy.” the ball handling and shooting The 6-foot-1 small forward is skills to bring taller forwards off to a good start in St. John’s out to the perimeter. She av- coach Joe Tartamella’s eyes. eraged 15.3 points and 9.1 re- He’s been pleased with her en- bounds per game as a junior at ergy, effort, maturity and re- St. Mary’s. sults since the summer. A lot of “She can pass. She has it has to do with the guidance great vision. She can rebound and leadership from his team the ball,” Tartamella said. veterans. He can see Agustus “When she gets the ball inside, does not want to disappoint she is a beast and she is tough them either and is trying to to stop. Her handle off the ball play up to their standard. at the top of the key is going to “They all bring it out of be a mismatch problem. You

TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6-12, 2015 57 way I can.” and vowed with persistence lutions, including new ideas As both Grodenchik and to bring the needs of eastern like limited-zone bus service Grodenchik Concannon had predicted, the Queens to City Hall. His pri- Bus study in Northeast Queens.” Continued from Page 1 winner would be determined orities are education, parks, Continued from Page 1 The MTA analyzed 39 bus appointed by Gov. Andrew by the campaign that was able transportation and constitu- gram for the limited-zone bus routes operating in north- Cuomo to be his legislative li- to get the greatest number of ent services. Grodenchik pre- route, Avella said. east Queens, an area cover- aison between his office, the voters out to the polls. That viously worked in adminis- Avella said the MTA has ing 31 square miles bound by state Assembly and the City ended up being, by a pretty sig- trative positions under both met with Community Boards Flushing Bay and Van Wyck Council. Grodenchik will nificant margin, Grodenchik. Borough President Melinda 7, 8, 11 and 13 and that the Expressway to the west, Hill- serve out the remainder of We- Because she filed petitions Katz and former Borough civic associations in the area side Avenue to the south, the prin’s four-year term, which to run on both the Democratic President Claire Shulman. were notified as well. He also Nassau County line to the ends in 2017. and Working Families Party Concannon launched his said he had sent out a survey east and the East River to the Between Weprin and his lines, Lynch, a former mayoral bid for the City Council seat to his constituents seeking north. brother, now state Assembly- aide to Bill de Blasio, was still shortly after Weprin resigned specific suggestions for im- The MTA will be looking man David Weprin (D-Fresh on the general election ballot and aggressively campaigned proving bus service in the at scheduling additional trips Meadows), they controlled the after losing in the six-way pri- on the premise that the City area, which is served by only on the Q12, Q13, Q28 and Q58 City Council seat for 14 years. mary. But she did not secure Council and de Blasio’s admin- one subway, the No. 7, which bus lines and create 24-hour Grodenchik, whom Mark We- enough votes to throw the elec- istration have been running runs to downtown Flushing. service on the Q20A line in prin had endorsed, said he tion in the GOP’s favor. the city in the wrong direction “This is a good step for- conjunction with the rollout would continue to use his pre- Historically, turnout for — criticizing policy changes ward, but there are other of the Q44 Select Bus Service decessor’s Oakland Gardens Council District 23 elections such as the NYPD’s use of things that we still need to route. office, but was unsure when has been much higher, but this force tactics and the creation press the MTA for for bus ser- The agency also plans he would reopen it. was an off-year election. of a bail fund for non-violent vice,” he said. “So this is not to analyze the feasibility of “I’m incredibly humbled by The Democratic primary offenders. the end of the line. It’s the be- overnight service on the Q13, the level of support I received turnout for the seat in 2009 Concannon, an Air Force ginning of a story to get more Q30 and Q88 and changing throughout this campaign was just under 8,500. The pri- veteran, retired NYPD captain bus service for northeast the travel path of the Q65 in and am so grateful to have the mary this past September and digital security entrepre- Queens and those neighbor- Flushing to provide more re- confidence of Queens voters to brought out slightly over 7,000 neur, also ran against Mark hoods by Queens-Nassau.” liable all-day service on Par- serve as their Council mem- voters, who chose Grodenchik Weprin in 2013 for the same Kevin Ortiz, an MTA sons Boulevard alongside the ber,” he said. “I’m ready to get over five other candidates.. Council seat. He obtained spokesman, said it is too part-time Q26. to work to be a strong voice Grodenchik, a former state just under 3,200 votes, which early to discuss a timeline for In the long term, the MTA for this community and stand assemblyman who represent- against Weprin’s 16,800 votes when the recommendations will explore alternatives to ready to help eastern Queens ed Flushing, has promised to was a greater marginal loss will be implemented. expand north-south service families and seniors in any work with his constituents than in this election. “While this study con- throughout northeast Queens firms that bus service in and implement additional Se- northeast Queens generally lect Bus Service along major exceeds the performance of transit routes such as Hill- ing the end of a 45-day public Board member Steve Be- buses throughout Queens side Avenue, Northern Boule- review period that concludes har, of Bayside, said the SCA and citywide, some areas vard and Union Turnpike. CB 11 Nov. 20. has been imposing sites on the were identified for potential The MTA will also look Continued from Page 1 Up until now Councilman district rather than consult- improvements,” Ortiz said into the creation of a Down- ried there would be no parking Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) has ing the community, which has in a statement. “As the re- town Flushing Bus Terminal available for faculty and staff tried to encourage the com- made suggestions. port says, we’ll look at some where new developments are for the proposed 739-seat high munity to work with the SCA “We need more schools. immediate, and possible underway. school at 203-05 32nd Ave. Bay- to choose programming or a Our schools are packed to the mid-range and long-term so- siders are aware that the SCA specialty school they would rafters,” Behar said. “Howev- and city Department of Educa- like to see installed in that er, the problem here is process. tion do not usually make such high school, saying the pro- We as an education committee accommodations. They also posed project is pretty much for the five years I have been victims to be released from fear the potential scale of a inevitable. He himself has on the board, have come up their account without penal- building necessary to house been met with much unrest with various options and plac- Violence ties in instances of domestic so many students on a roughly from his constituents about es to put schools … we’ve made Continued from Page 3 violence. 1.2-acre parcel of land could the proposal. these suggestions, because we “Something so basic, call for a building three, four “Unfortunately, the real- know the community.” Service Center and $10,000 something that you wouldn’t or more stories high. ity is that the city has entered State Sen. Tony Avella (D- to the Shalom Task Force to think twice about, it’s still an Other residents are con- into a private contract with Bayside) introduced legisla- support outreach and servic- issue right here in the state of cerned that, according to city the Bayside Jewish Center tion in Albany early this sum- es for victims. New York,” Rozic said. numbers, less than 40 percent and, as confirmed by the SCA, mer to have school authorities He noted that 25 women Fatima Anwar of Queens of the northeast Queens school City Hall has never voted consult communities prior to were murdered in Queens in College Students for Change, district’s current enrollment against a property acquisition school site selection. He said 2014 due to domestic violence. a Women & Work intern, said is from locally zoned students. for a school,” Vallone said in a the bill would come up again In addition, he said that do- students are not exempt from They contend that the DOE’s statement. during the next legislative ses- mestic violence affects about domestic violence. Office of School Enrollment’s But as a result of CB 11’s sion. a quarter of families living in “If I am not part of the so- process for considering capaci- disapproval of the project, Val- “This is not only a disgrace- the city’s homeless shelters. lution, then I am a part of the ty must be reformed and think lone said he would now stand ful proposal, it’s an entirely “From 2009 to 2014, do- problem,” Anwar said. a new specialty school should in opposition to the proposal at disgraceful process,” Avella mestic violence incidents A domestic violence sur- be built at a more central loca- that specific site, “despite the said at the board meeting. increased 33 percent in New vivor who asked to be iden- tion in the borough. community board’s repeated Vallone proposed similar York City,” Lancman said. tified as “Hope” shared her All those reservations and requests for a specialized high legislation on the city level “Despite all the great work experience. then some were addressed school in the district for nearly months later. that we’re doing at the city She received counseling thoroughly by about 160 spec- a decade.” and the state (levels) and in and support from the Women tators at the meeting, includ- CB 11 members have ac- Reach reporter Tom the private advocacy commu- & Work program, encourag- ing some 30 speakers—only knowledged the need for more MombergFor more by hyper-local e-mail at nity, the problem is only get- ing victims to speak up about a handful of whom spoke in school seats in the school dis- [email protected] news on or by ting worse.” their experiences. favor of the proposal. Some trict it represents—District phone at (718) 260–4573. State Assemblywoman “I was treated unfairly board members commented 26, which has six existing your computer, Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Mead- by the people I thought were that it was the greatest public high schools that average 140 smartphone, or ows) has two bills in the state going to love me, but thank- turnout they had ever seen at percent enrollment over their Assembly that would require fully my story does not end one of their meetings. capacities—but has stressed it iPad, visit telephone companies that on a sad note because I have The Council is expected to is only the specific site that is TimesLedger.com. offer shared family plans learned that change is pos- vote on the proposal follow- inappropriate. to allow domestic violence sible,” she said. 58 TIMESLEDGER, NOV. 6–12, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM

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