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Avonte Oquendo was remem- BY ALEX ROBINSON bered by his mother, Vanessa Fontaine, and a small circle of Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to friends on the first anniversary turn over a new leaf on how fund- of his disappearance Saturday. ing for the city’s parks is doled The gathering took place in Hunt- out. ers Point South Park near where The mayor came to Flush- the 14-year-old autistic boy was ing Tuesday morning to launch believed to have entered the wa- a new initiative that will provide ter of the East River after he van- $130 million in capital funding ished from the Riverview School to 35 parks and playgrounds he in Long Island City last Oct. 4. said were neglected during the His body was discovered on Bloomberg administration. the shore of College Point in Jan- “From children and parents uary. The cause of death has yet to athletes and students, every to be determined by the medical New Yorker deserves access to examiner’s office. clean and safe public parkland “I’m here to honor him today - no matter what neighborhood because he was an amazing kid,” they live in,” he told reporters Fontaine said. “And I just want standing in PS20’s playground. everyone to know that you know “Through targeted investments Continued on Page 50 and programming, we will en- gage New Yorkers by re-creating parks in communities that need open space improvements the most.” The Community Parks Ini- tiative identified parks in densely populated low-income areas that Demonstrators rally against domestic violence outside Flushing’s branch of the Queens Library. See story on Page had received less than $250,000 in capital funding over the last two 2. Photo by Nat Valentine decades.
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U.S. ofcommu- A number Two separate murder The Korean Ameri- mur- after A few weeks BY ALEX ROBINSON ALEX BY The organization provides immigrant community. in the Korean and Asian violence and sexual assault domestic of victims income low- helps anniversary, cently marked its 25th Queens.” to here back dollars federal these help to bring pleased I am and need, they resources groups like these have the that critical is “It said. violence,” Meng domestic of help victims doto they continue the great work organizations two these significantly helpwill Korean American Family Service Center Executive Director Grace Yoon speaks to the crowd. tocrowd. the Yoon Grace speaks Director Executive Family Center American Service Korean KAFSC, which re- “These critical funds ISSUE THIS IN 18-19 20 20 12 Classified ...... Sports ...... QGuide ...... 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Restaurant Queens dishes from participants in in participants from dishes Park’s lawn Monday to sample sample to Monday lawn Park’s 4 BT Queens hospitals prepare to battle Ebola COM . Medical execs staff up emergency facilities, upgrade isolation rooms and build special laboratory TIMESLEDGER BY BILL PARRY thus far, but more common Jamaica Hospital spokes- sense at our airports, ports man Michael Fink, who Elected officials at the and hospitals should be pointed out the hospital has city, state and federal levels taken to tighten up protec- ongoing exercises to train are urging calm in the face tions against the deadly vi- the staff so they all can rec- . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT of increased tension since rus’s spread in the United ognize the symptoms of the , O the Ebola virus reached States.” contagious disease. U.S. soil with the sole case Tougher screening EDGER The city Health and L in Dallas of a Liberian man procedures for the Ebola vi- Hospitals Corporation, IMES T who died Wednesday. May- rus at all U.S. airports will which oversees two hospi- or de Blasio said Monday be instituted within days, tals in Queens Elmhurst that he was “very confi- according to Dr. Thomas Hospital Center and Queens dent” in the city’s prepara- Frieden, the director of the Hospital Center --- has also tion for an outbreak of the Centers for Disease Con- been training their staffs virus. trol. He added that the CDC on CDC guidelines. As of “We are very blessed has quarantine stations at earlier this week 24 people in New York City to have major airports around the had been placed in isola- the strongest public health country which can detain tion at some of the 11 city apparatus in the country,” passengers who show signs hospitals, although none de Blasio said. “I feel very of Ebola while aboard in- had Ebola -- just other ill- bad for what happened in bound flights. nesses with similar early Texas, but I can safely say John F. Kennedy Inter- stage symptoms like ma- that we have a much more national Airport has one of A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated training session on Monday in Anniston, laria. aggressive and coherent the CDC’s quarantine sta- Early identification of Ala. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an introductory train- game plan.” tions. The U.S. government the signs is the key to fight- ing course for licensed clinicians. According to the CDC, the course is to ensure that clinicians in- U.S. Sen. Charles said it will start enhanced ing the spread of Ebola, Dr. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, screening of passengers ar- tending to provide medical care to patients with Ebola have sufficient knowledge of the disease. Ross Wilson, HHC’s chief AP Photo/Brynn Anderson “The federal government, riving from West Africa at medical officer, told the led by the Centers for Dis- Kennedy Saturday and then closest to JFK, is work- Health in case the spread of signs consistent with Ebola Wall Street Journal. “If a ease Control and Preven- four other U.S. airports. ing closely with the CDC Ebola reaches New York. will be properly screened, patient does not get iden- tion, has done good work Jamaica Hospital, the and the city Department of “A l l patients with isolated and treated,” said Continued on Page 48 City to restore open wetlands MTA should fi x stations surrounding Flushing Airport in boro faster: DiNapoli BY ALEX ROBINSON will also provide a habitat number of community lead- BY ALEX ROBINSON said. “Worn or damaged for wildlife life to thrive ers tried to convince the stairs and platform edges The city is set to re- and will filter toxins from EDC to build a soft recre- Queens is home to two pose risks for riders, while store 12 acres of wetlands water which drains into ation site there. It would of the city’s bottom five sub- broken tiles, lights and surrounding Flushing Air- Mill Creek and Flushing have included baseball way stations in dire need of peeling paint leave riders port as part of a plan to ex- Bay. fields, a driving range, an structural repairs, state with a low opinion of the tend 132nd Street in College The Flushing Airport education center and na- Comptroller Thomas Di- transit system.” Point. was once one of the city’s ture trails, all designed Napoli said last week. More than 85 percent The city Economic busiest airplane hubs be- with green infrastructure The Seneca Avenue of the Seneca Avenue sta- Development Corpora- fore it was closed in 1984, in mind, but the city did not station in Ridgewood on tion’s structural compo- tion released a public bid but has since sat idle and approve the plan. the M line ranked second to nents - such as stairs, col- last week to find a general vacant. A spokesman said EDC last and the 52 Street stop in umns and platform edges contractor to work on the Part of the site, which continues to explore possi- Woodside on the No. 7 line - required repair and more project, which will restore is not protected as wetlands, bilities for the site. was fifth from the bottom, The 52 Street stop on the 7 line than 79 percent of the 52 the open wetlands that are came close to being rede- James Cervino, a ma- according to a report re- is one of many stations that is Street’s parts needed fixes, home to many plant and veloped in 2004, but plans rine scientist who pushed leased by DiNapoli, which in dire need of structural re- the report said. animal species. pushed by the Bloomberg for the soft recreation site slammed the Metropolitan pairs, says state Comptroller Brooklyn and Queens’ The restoration work administration to build and the chairman of Com- Transportation Author- Thomas DiNapoli. stations make up a third is required by the state De- a 585,000−square−foot munity Board 7’s Environ- ity for being too sluggish of the stations with defects partment of Conservation wholesale distribution mental Committee, said in making structural and sit reports it is making and not a single Manhattan and will also form a stable center were scuttled amid that if the land is redevel- architectural fixes to the progress on repairing sta- station made it onto the list foundation for the roadway, significant community op- oped for industrial use, it city’s subway stations. tions, but the pace is too of 10 stations with the most the EDC said. position. will require a buffer zone “New York City Tran- slow and much more work structural problems. The restored wetlands A few years later, a Continued on Page 48 Continued on Page 48 needs to be done,” DiNapoli Continued on Page 48 TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10–16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 5 BT While Raicovich is cur- “I stare would the out Raicovich’s prede- cred- is Finkelpearl Finkelpearl “Tom Senate Democratic Michael Conigliaro, a Assemblywoman State Continued Page 50 on Continued Page 50 on because has it great deep com- the with relationships munities around the mu- seum.” child a Manhat- of resident a rently as tan, she has strong connec- Island tions to Queens. She lived Long in and visited her grandpar- ents in Astoria every Fri- She recalledday. sitting in trafficon the highwaynear Corona Meadows Flushing Park and the museum she wouldoversee. one day Unisphere the at window and try to figure what out that she said. was,” was Finkelpearl, cessor, de become to recruited Blasios’ commissioner of cultural affairs in back $69 a April after 12 years the at museum. overseeing with ited million expansion, which spurred a 50 percent in- institution’s the in crease attendance. brought an incredible juana. Leader Minority Deputy (D-Asto- Gianaris Michael StopCommon- will face ria) Anthony Aldorasi,Core’s a former principal. IS 141 Rego Park resident and real man- office firm law estate has theager, Republican parties’ Conservative and backing in his against bid state Sen. Addabbo Joseph (D-HowardJr. Beach). (D-Ridge- Nolan Catherine wood) will vie with a Lib- ertariancandidate her for western Queens district. JohnHer opponent, Kevin AP File Photo/Evan Vucci “There are many art- many are “There Avella Tony Sen. State and its ability to reach out to the neighborhoods sur- rounding it. socially a in working ists engaged want mode who connect to with people, and the Queens museum position unique this in is from the borough will face opponents. against up is (D-Bayside) the Green Party’s Paul Gilman, previously who hisdescribed main policy mari- legalizing as priority U.S. Israel Rep Steve Photo courtesy Timothy Greenfield-Sanders The other ref- would tweakwould the proposed lines ev- ery decade, begin- 2020. in ning erendums involve erendums involve Raicovich lauded the If referendum the Five state legislators Laura Raicovich has been selected as the Queens new Museum’s president. given the museum’s history thegiven museum’s and programs, the per- it’s fect place to intersect art- normal things the with ists people are confronting in their lives.” everyday com- Museum’s Queens programs munity-based legislators selected by ma- state minority and jority lead- Assembly and Senate ers to draw plans. up passes, a 10-member panel of non-legislators appointed by both chambers’ leaders distribu- digital allowing the satisfy to bills of tion requirement that legisla- days three them see tors before votes and authoriz- ing to $2 up billion in bonds for school technology and facilities. Laura Raicovich tapped to head leading art institution leading head to tapped Raicovich Laura BY ALEX ROBINSON The majority of of majority The The first of con- currently Albany The Queens Museum Museum Queens The When Raicovich, 41, She served as the direc- that believe really “I BY SARINA TRANGLE SARINA BY Few Queens electeds face challengers challengers face electeds Queens Few Museum hires new prez new hires Museum Queens’ state and federal legislators do not face a challenger this Election the redistricting but Day, process that culls candi- dates is on the ballot. three referen- voters asks dums signto off chang- of makeup the ing a group charged to data census using with propose state new and fed- districts. legislative eral lawmakersUltimately, and the governor have the final say. venes a task force of four lawmakers and two non- named Laura Raicovich as executive directorits new and last president week, replacing Tom Finkelpearl, adminis- is leavingwho to join May- Blasio’s de Bill or tration. 1, Jan. museum the joins she willbring a wealth of overseeing in knowledge organizations. arts tor of global initiatives at Creative Time, a nonprofit Dia public commissions that the of since world, the around art director 2012. Before that, she was deputy Art Foundation, which artists ambitious supports seeking to undertake vi- projects. sionary have artists the have capacity to wouldn’t that we really us help see the world is ways in this on otherwise imagined,” she “One taking interview. an in said in Museum of the reasons I’m super in- terested the at role extraordinary Queens Photo by Christina Santucci The comptroller called that information “The The Library’s board of The board also voted to The changes came percent 85 than More the not let must “We Continued Page 50 on cording sup- to Stringer. lacked anfor of the overhaul li- also as fiscal policies brary’s questionable these of many re- expenses documentation. porting provided been just has pattern flects disturbing a of expenditures,” Stringer the urge “I letter. the in said board to directthe library promulgate immediately to that policies responsible will ensure the prudent fis- practices.” cal suspend to trustees voted Galante with in pay Sep- after allega- months tember spending improper of tions spurred several investiga- nonprofit’s the into tions expenses. openbooks its to Stringer, launchedwho his of audit the library’s finances. after state a new gave law Borough President Melin- da Katz and Bill Mayor de Blasio the power to remove trustees before the end of de and Katz terms. their Blasio removed eight trust- ees,had stood who Gal- by open to refused and ante the nonprofit’s accounts to the comptroller an for au- dit. of the library’s funding coffers, public from comes Katz. to according to action recent board’s BY ALEX ROBINSON Galante also bought The nonprofit was also More than 60 meals meals 60 than More In fiscal year 2013, 2013, year fiscal In Stringer revealed Stringer revealed Under theUnder leadership All onboard Thomas Stringer audit fi nds fi audit Stringer odd library spending library odd to take paid leave in September. take paidto leave in September. Suspended Queens Library President Thomas Galante was forced on out-of-town travel, ac- minibar items when he was was he when items minibar charges, guest rooms and multiple room service said. $2,000, thecomptroller desk, cost which more than and a Mahogany Carleton ner and Mookie Wilson, fice signed by Bill Buck- Bill by signed fice ball of- the for president’s $1,962.95, an autographed Maroon 5 concert, worth worth concert, 5 Maroon billed for four tickets to a said. work meetings, Stringer library staff and booked as were bought for internal fancy cocktails.fancy and sipped fine wines and mignon and soft shell crab, Attendees feasted on filet on feasted Attendees age of $1,000, Stringer said. ment, which costment, which an aver- ees and senior manage- monthly dinners trust- for the library bought lavish to the board. nonprofit’s been conducting in a letter letter a in conducting been of an audit hisof an office audit has some preliminary findings findings preliminary some said last week. last said Comptroller Scott Stringer roon 5 concert tickets, City furniture and Ma- even luxurious meals, expensive thousandsof dollars on the Queens Library spent of its suspended president, Galante’s gravy train. 6 BT Community News Group COM . would like to thank TIMESLEDGER the Sponsors and Supporters . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT , O of our October 3rd EDGER L IMES T Pink Newspapers Their participation in this important edition helped to raise breast cancer awareness in New York BROOKLYN SPONSOR BRONX SPONSOR BROOKLYN SUPPORTERS QUEENS SUPPORTERS Thank you to all our advertisers who participated in this important issue TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10–16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 7 BT to the college of your dreams. o (regular price $420) receive: You t$"DBEFNJD"TTFTTNFOU t*OQFSTPOSFWJFXPGSFTVMUT t5XPIPVSUVUPSJOHTFTTJPOT 3FHJTUFSBU$&0GGFSDPN-POH*TMBOE PSDBMM Jump on this offer! 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TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10–16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 9 BT “I like would the board In his monthly ad- “The bridge to a bright The Chamber and Reach reporter Bill to consider this,” he said at at said he this,” consider to the meeting. Precinct Police 111th dress, Jason Officer Commanding pe- Huerta said overall crime same about down the was area the in to 40 percent so far this year, compared 2013. in riod energy future involves uti- involves future energy today have we lizing the electricity gener- assets ation and looking towards new Ambrose, Port like projects incuba- with working while tors and thought leaders to assemble all the pieces to find and nurture the next thingbig to meet our ener- gy needs,” Kremer said. the Energy Committee an- an energy holding ticipate to winter the in conference connect businesses, policy- to stakeholders and makers theachieve shared goals of afford- to access increasing able, reliable energy sourc- es to fuel economic growth borough. the in Parry e-mail by bparry@ at cnglocal.com or by phone at 7198.260.4538. Photo courtesy Queens Chamber of Commerce Kremer also noted last last noted also Kremer According to Kremer, called on CB 11 to adopt adopt to 11 CB on advocate, anti-smoke an called measures pushing for smoke-free co-ops and con- dos. He made a similar re- smoke-freequest for hous- ing during a CB 7 meeting, Flushing, covers which Bay Terrace and other areas. of member a is Konigsberg at Committee Health the 7. CB cludes solar, wind projects, projects, wind solar, cludes nuclear and infrastructure upgrades to increase accessto natural gas on land or inout the sea.” winter, cold brutally year’s caused the by polar vortex, spot-market in resulted natural gas prices skyrock- 1,200 as much as by eting the is percent because of pipeline said, constraints. to re- One way he duce these weather-related gasspikes and pric- lower overall, es AmbrosePoint project, a proposed energy platform 20 miles off the coast that would tap into an existing enters that pipeline gas via Long Beach. York New the project would generate $500 million in economic and dramati-development cally increase natural gas supplies, while saving con- sumers at least $300 millionannually. Residents must return hourlong During the Kremer added that, ac- Kremer identified en- be- has York “New The Queens Chamber Energy of Commerce’s Committee gathers during its inaugural meeting. the residents that capital projects cost must more land as such $35,000, than con- major and acquisitions projects. struction ideas, their with forms the includingtitle a and a de- proposal, each of scription theby end of the month. Konigsberg, Phil meeting, to more than 50 percent of of percent 50 said. “The borough is home than more to manufactured energy the City.” York New within Finance City the to cording Department, “Queens has the most utility properties and receives the most tax assets, these from revenues exceeding $1 billion annu- ally.” suring a reliableenergy as as a criticalsupply issue such the to Queensfacing due devices, on dependence increased electronic smart and phones tablet elec- as well as computers are which vehicles, tric raising demand electric- for is failing York New ity but to create more supply. on energy come No! York’ matters,” Kremer said. envi- and “Communities ronmental groups no to say all This forms in- of power. BY BILL PARRY BY CB 11 “It is time to file re- file to time is “It proposal made 11 CB With winter approach- winter With The committee held Cham- Queens “The The meeting also “Queens carries the Queens commerce group to examine issues after the ‘13 vortex the after issues examine to group commerce Queens Continued from Page 2 Chamber looks at energy at looks Chamber quests,” a boardquests,” member said. forms resi- available for the in included be to dents ex- or capital City York New pense budget. reminded It ing, the Queens Chamber Chamber Queens the ing, of Commerce has formed to Committee Energy an inform and educate mem- bers are who responsible the in jobs of thousands for borough and region about energy-supply challenges Queens, promote facing demand meet to solutions and resources, local with accelerate regional eco- nomic growth. its inaugural meeting Oct. its headquarters1 at in the BuildingBulova in East Elmhurst. ber of Commerce, through its EnergyCommittee, is city’s the become to looking it when leader thought and policy energy to comes Di- Executive educations,” said. Friedman Jack rector businesses“All can benefit takingby new of advantage energy saving measures will not that programs and only our help environment, bot- their increase also but lines.” tom launched a speaker series focusing on current energy trends and relevant topics Former borough. the to state Assemblyman Ar- thur authored who Kremer, originalthe state’s power plant siting and law is now chairman of the York New Affordable Reliable Elec- tricity Alliance, was the featured speaker. bulk the of the for load metropolitan area, Kremer AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Since the middle of Au- Com- The York New The $1.9 million ef- Lenni Benson, direc- Continued Page 50 on A man holds up a sign dur- deportations against ing a protest in support of immigration reform. times as likely to be sent sent the for managing director be to Foundation.Robin “With- legalout representation, likely as these childrenare four times back to thedangerous coun- tries they fled.” gust, the number of these court removal proceedings from up 100 about went un- accompanied minor cases a month 30 to about per day, according to the City Coun- cil. munity Trust “is to proud leading the York New show government with nation and nonprofits working to- gether children for are who seeking a better said life,” Shawn Morehead, program coun- officer of the group. legal to fort will access provide minors with service the of Some sel. providers that will ensure process due minors for are The Legal The Aid Society, Charities Catholic Door, Community Services, The Make Project, Passage Safe the Road NY and Central Assis- Legal American tance. The of tor Safe Passage Project the at York New Law School, said that in August andJuly, some Sep- tember 800 days, about law- training free attended yers sessions. BY JUAN SOTO JUAN BY “In 2014, more than The City Council will The City Council “will According to the City City the to According In response, the New Most of them are fac- are them of Most In Queens alone, be- alone, Queens In Help is Help on the for way BREAKING NEWS City funds legal aid legal funds City for young migrants young for said Eric Weingartner, Weingartner, Eric said lence inlence Central America,” 2,500 children will flee vio- flee will children 2,500 contribute $360,000. contribute nonprofit decades, for will which has funded city’s city’s haswhich funded York Community Trust, nate $550,000, and the New tion in New York, willtion in York, New do- poverty-fighting organiza- poverty-fighting Foundation, the largest million, while the Robin fund the project with $1 dren.” tation to thousands of chil- of thousands to tation providing quality represen- the surge docket while also alleviating the overflow at at overflow the alleviating will towards go a long way “This innovative initiative initiative innovative “This erito (D-Manhattan) said. said. (D-Manhattan) erito Speaker Melissa Mark-Viv- manitarian crisis unfolds,” unfolds,” crisis manitarian not stand as by this hu- the minors. minors. the dite the legal hearings of hearings of legal the dite government tries to expe- “surge docket,” the federal began on Aug. 13. With the the Justice U.S. Department Council, the process new by accelerated process. accelerated facing removal under an services to these minors minors these to services will provide legal and other York Community Trust in Foundation and the New New the and Foundation in York City Council,York the Rob- ing deportation hearings. 1,552. in the same period reached reached period same the in united with their families families their with united tral America, who were re- were who tral America, violence or poverty in Cen- in poverty or violence most of them escaping gang the number of juveniles, juveniles, of number the agency. In New York City, City, In York New agency. Resettlement,a federal ing to the Office of Refugee Refugee of Office the to ing bers or sponsors, accord- sponsors, or bers settled with family mem- family settled with this 676 minors year, were tween Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 of gration court. gration facing deportation at immi- of unaccompanied minors hundreds, if not thousands, 10 BT Building boom in west not slowing down COM . BY BILL PARRY With the Hallets Point changes, bus re-routing, ex- link existing commercial project about to begin con- tension of East River Ferry centers with emerging Capacity crowds have struction on 1,921 apart- Service to Hallets Point and technology hubs and resi- TIMESLEDGER filled three public forums ments and the Astoria Cove to the future Cornell Tech- dential developments. That for residents of Community development plan await- nion campus on Roosevelt means ferry service as well Board 2 in the past week, ing approval from the City Island are all covered in as Select Bus Service or while more than a thousand Council with its additional the study. creating an above-ground people sought information 1,700 units, the Department NYC Transit is en- light rail. on the application process of City Planning Chair- couraged to run express The study’s recom- . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT for units of affordable hous- man Carl Weisbrod knew service on the Astoria sub- mendation to expand ferry , O ing at Hunters Point South. something would have to way line and the 10-5-page service to Hallets Penin- The buildings, still under be done with the transpor- EDGER draft recommends traffic sula would also add tran- L construction on Long Is- tation system in order to calming measures on 21st sit options to the growing IMES T land City’s waterfront, will move many thousands of Street, Vernon Boulevard corridor and utilize a new begin moving in residents new residents to the area in and Crescent Street. The resource - our water. Creat- in the spring and when the the coming years. Just days plan includes a bike net- ing a dedicated technology project is completed, Hunt- after approving the Astoria work and creating a more corridor transit route be- ers Point South will have Cove project, DCP released The nearly finished Hunters Point South housing complex is ex- pedestrian-friendly envi- tween western Queens and 5,000 units. online a preliminary report pected to be occupied in the spring. Photo by Bill Parry ronment throughout west- Central Brooklyn would be Meanwhile, CB2 ap- entitled “Western Queens ern Queens. a boon to our local economy proved a long-delayed $1 Transportation Study.” front,” a DCP spokesman ment from Steinway Street “The study puts to pa- and develop our assets on billion expansion plan “For more than a year, said. west to the East River and per what we have known the waterfront.” by Silvercup Studios that the Department of City In consultation with from Astoria Cove south to for a long time - we need to The DCP spokesman would add a thousand more Planning has been examin- various city and state agen- Newtown Creek. redefine the way we think said, “The potential im- apartments at the LIC wa- ing western Queens’ cur- cies like the city Depart- Special attention was about a street,” City Coun- provements being discussed terfront. Then the board rent and future transporta- ment of Transportation, paid to linking business cilman Costa Constan- are predicated on further voted to begin a feasibility tion needs as population in the MTA and the Roosevelt centers with the emerging tinides (D-Astoria) said. “A study and consensus-build- study to put a deck over the the area continues to grow Island Operating Corpora- technology sector plus a po- dedicated transit route be- ing among shareholders. In Sunnyside Rail Yard to pro- and new developments tions, among others, the tential additional crossing tween LaGuardia Airport, the coming months, DCP vide space for more afford- are envisioned, especially study explores linking over Newtown Creek into along 21st Street and into planers will continue this able housing development. along the East River water- existing and new develop- Brooklyn. 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Parker, Ronald Suzanne Kowald, Kenneth Harris, Bob Contributing Writers/Columnists: Cartoonist: Cole Robert Thomas, William Alvarado, Caroll Luo, Yinghao Maldonado, Ken Lopez, Maria Harris, Norm Kaplan, Ellis Photographers: Juan Soto Sarina Trangle, Kelsey Durham, Reporters: STAFF EDITORIAL I had just gotten off of off gotten just I had you to writing I am Dep- to Letter Open An Bill Parry, Alex Robinson, Robinson, Alex Parry, Bill Tip Sempliner Tip Nat Valentine, Nat PROUD MEMBER OF NEW YORK PRESS ASSOCIATION PRESS YORK NEW OF MEMBER PROUD and I was thrown from my from thrown Iwas and lurched and died scooter the Unfortunately, forward. lever move to the pressed me,I with was light the When Boulevard. 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Hettrick Phil Orenstein Queens Village Republican Club Signed, a taxpayer, will to-longgo a way current wardsolving that crises and issues affect all us. of Asa Republican,proud I and individual in believe work gov- limited freedom, hard ernment, free markets, great merit, a pursuit of the Ameri- to can dream and that choosing leaders who lead values these uphold will eranew freedom, of prosper- and security As I mentioned inity. originalmy I be- letter, theselieve are the val- ues that made America of great and are shared majority vast the by Americans. OLICY their search votes, poli- for ticians forgotten have (sup- pressed) the truth. Where does end? it P ETTERS L Rather than split- than Rather Contact the newsroom: Contact the newsroom: coveredthe liv- of joys Apple. Big the in ing the progressiveNow, anti-lawenforcement, all policies anti-business de Blasio of Mayor undo said,who “Iam not to a free-marketeer. heavy . . the in believe I government,” of hand threaten Already progress. that surg- shootings see we the throughout ing andcity Yorkers New fleeing sunnier for des- business- in tinations tax- income friendly, free states, the states Republican by run governors. According to the annual CNBC 13 of the top 14 study, best business states for and economic competi- tiveness areled Re- by publican governors. long over hairs ting little a elections, past less partisan rancor The headline “Some “Some headline The Letters should be typed or neatly handwritten, and those longer than 300 words may be edited for brevity and clarity. All letters must include the writer’s name and phone number for verifica- tion. Names may be withheld from publication if requested, but paper. week’s next the anonymously in sent letters will not be printed. Letters must be appear to noon Thursday by received All letters become the property of Queens Publishing Corp. and may be republished in any format. Something for nothing? for Something 718-260-4545 • [email protected] 718-260-4545 students not receiving free free receiving not students lunches” (Bayside Times, Sept. 19-25, is a sad 2014) people Some commentary. that fact the remember will In lunch.” free no is “there Under Democrat Rego Park Member CB 6 dangerous large city in hypo- the nation. Yet a con- critical politicians Republi- attack to tinue the of enemies as cans suffered poor and minorities. City New administrations, York long spell of crime and chaos peaked which Dinkins the during over to administration of 2200 murders in a year, millions causing Crime flee. to people was drastically re- duced and prosperity Repub- under restored administrations lican , thefor past 20 years making NYC the saf- est large city in Amer- ica. Under Republican pro- Giuliani’s Mayor active crime reduction Mayor and policies Bloomberg, built who the progress, that on city has been flourish- redis- people as ing Peter W. Beadle Peter W. During a recent trip to to trip recent a During RITE W those limits. many How lives is Friedrich willing other and he that so risk to critics of these cameras can the inconvenience of avoid and a $50 ticket? England I got to see behavior first- my hand thewidespread how placement of speed cameras affected that of other drivers, ensur- down slowed we that ing even fact, In directed. when therewhere were no signs of presence the indicating the a camera, I and other driv- follow to sure made ers posted speed limits. We need more cameras as they are the single best to way and behavior driver change make our streets safer. EADERS EADERS data, the four poorest cities inAmerica are Cin- Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, and cinnati allrun govern- big by Democraticment may- decades.ors for Their progressive policies attacking Republicans, and Conservatives turned have rich the these once and proud prosperous cities into slums of human mis- Detroit,ery and decay. city wealthiest the once been has America, in run a progressive by socialist monopoly for over 50 years. One of may- Democrat those ors, Coleman Young, was also a member of the Communist Party. Today as result a of decades of progres- sive policies, is Detroit and has suffered thelarg- bankruptcy public history, est U.S. in the poorest and most R Further, notwith- Further, show statistics DOT by drinking or road rage safer it. for rage road standing Friedrich’s Mr. or claim seri- that “[m]ost ous accidents are caused drinking by truth the is recklessness,” ac- incidents road-rage that justcount 3.5 for percent of collisions and alcohol is re- 11.2 for percent,sponsible the is speeding whereas, 1 killerNo. on our streets, killing die more Yorkers New and to driving drunk than cell use the phone at wheel combined. likely more that a pedestrian a by hit 30 at car going 40 is four mph struck times person a than whilemph, a pedestrian hit 20at has mph a 98 percent That’s surviving. of chance decreas- incentivea huge for obey ing speed limits and then people that doing everything possible ensure to I registered as a a as registered I asked LaRosa change on real issues name-calling ad and issues hominem attacks, let’s real on try to a civil have ex- change inform best to order in voters. Republican years 10 theago. I did not leave the Party, Democrat parents’ party my of generation, the party of Truman, JFK, Al Smith and other great leaders. Rather “the Party left Democrat Reagan Ronald as me,” The said. famously progressive left seized control the of party and turned into it a road to hell paved with good intentions. Since the progressives took over, the lives of minorities and the poor are much worse, just the people they claim to help. facts.for According to U.S. Census Bureau If are you speeding Let’s get beyond Let’s get beyond that speed cameras are a he acknowl- “cash cow,” edges that there are in fact a large number of people regularlywho exceed the speed limit more by than 10 ad- indirectly thereby mph, a has city the that mitting speeding problem. The city would make little money, and people would feel few cam- these by threatened eras, if more drivers were law. the with complying Friedrich fails to grasp this fact and instead attempts sympa- make readers to and speeders the with thize of “victims” as them view a nefarious government these However, scheme. drivers are breaking the andlaw placing us all in drive danger, our children in will particular. you time deserveyou the ticket. Next and will we slower all be the partisan bitter- partisan the ness that has led to the present impasse in the na- our of life political tion, has which turned politics, to off people spread lies prin- about and Republicans cipled led to the present disil- lusion and The apathy. outcome is that only 24 percent of NYC voters the in vote to out came perhaps , election last the turnout lowest in Queensa century. has one- corrupt a become over with party system of- elected Democrat 50 ficials and only one Re- than Rather publican. accusing the GOP of of a extremism, racism, takeover and women,” “war on “illegal an the White as House,” LaRosa declares, let’s a distrac- on. It’s move tion and got big- we’ve ger fish tofry. GOP says let’s get beyond the partisan divide partisan the beyond get let’s says GOP Friedrich a employs Speed enforcement In his rebuttal to to rebuttal his In Statistics show speed cameras cut traffi c deaths traffi speed cameras cut show Statistics twisted logic. By claiming By logic. twisted scheme. scheme. than a revenue-generating revenue-generating a than cameras are nothing more rect accusation that speed speed that accusation rect recycle the tired and incor- Cow,” choosing insteadCow,” to ading Cash New as Mayor’s “Speed Cameras Masquer- facts in his recent Op-ed, recent his in facts Friedrich ignores these by up to 40 percent. But Bob serious injuries and deaths deaths and injuries serious percent and the number of of crashes by as much as 27 27 as much as by crashes of helps reduce the number oppositionby falsely deterrent the that show of malice to destroy the schools because statistics continuing a campaign a continuing city near authorized been point was, instead of of instead was, point use of speed cameras has later proven false. My My false. proven later and serious injuries. The the were roles which deaths traffic eliminating ers were stricken from reach “Vision Zero” by bious claims that vot- to effort City’s York New way, as well as the du- the as well as way, are an essential tool in cratic process had their cameras save lives and outcome of our Demo- felt embittered by the the by embittered felt the hapless souls who would go on forever ifwould go on forever Court decision that that decision Court ing Supreme a complex litical dispute involv- Gore is an outdated po- is to move on. Bush vs. vs. Bush on. move to is cheated after 14 years, after 14 cheated minority, who still who minority, feel and the small vocal message to LaRosa dential elections. My since the 2000 presi- rancor has intensified intensified has rancor point that partisan partisan that point LaRosa proves my my proves LaRosa divisiveness, Robert Robert divisiveness, my letter on political political on letter my 14 TL TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM takeoff patterns from the new ofthe concern of their told and month last Park totors Cunningham came awareness. raise to ings ofmeet- kinds other all and have been attending civic representatives Their tion. offull aviation fuel pollu- less and quieter skies our beenQueens Quiet Skies has pressuring called agroup years two than For more fic in Queens. traf- airplane to makecaused by the problems to protest Parkningham Cun- in ered of peoplegath- O beach cleanups. cleanups. beach November for until month ofevery Saturday first the on Bay. meets group The ofJamaica stewardship the rites as well as take part in ditional Hindu religious tra- from stemming waste tive thata grassroots pledges green initia- launched to Project Prithvi, reduce communities. Indian and Indo-Caribbean borough’s ofthe members includes and 2011 October in founded was Hindus, Coalition of Progressive A Sadhana: restored. and Bay ofJamaica shores the from pulled icons religious ofHindu ofsome adisplay is “Sacred Waters,” exhibit, museum The mentalism. environ- and faith that combines is a unique exhibit E NE Queens residents take up cause against plane noise Hindu relics from Jamaica Bay featured in exhibit Many Queens legisla- Jamaica Bay is in close close in Bay is Jamaica In April, the group seum of Art seum of Art Queens Mu- Nov. 2at the xtended until crowd alarge ago of weeks acouple afternoon Sunday n apleasant not yet been decided if one if decided not yet been FAA, but the it and has ity officials, the Port Author- prised of up com- set being tables residents, airline . of life people’s health and quality affects and cars and lawns ground and covers houses, tion fuel as it avia- the able smell to ing settles to thehard. learning which makes People told of be- closer flying planes have which airports area metropolitan to the ground and compares the idols to anew idolsto the compares the museum’s second floor, on ahallway in located it, exhib- The cleanups. these of course the during shore the from pulled broken, some and whole some idols, water (soothing). and between (destruction) fire balance anatural seek dus Hin- Many fire. sacrificial –a agni into made offerings mon form com- Another Earth. the to of puja items these return to is tice involves prac- ofthis intention The deities. patron to (idols) such as saris and murthis items, and offood offering of rites that involves the aset apuja, is called edge, water’sof worship at the The Civic Harris Scene Bob New Voices New There are now round- are There The exhibit features exhibitfeatures The GiXj_X[ :Xcm`e n Gi\d N noise, of airplane complain came to schools various from dents Stu- noise. ting more thus emit- proxim- The act community ribbean do-Ca- In- sive mas- Queen’s South to ity . crash through the walls. walls. the through crash up with water, which could fill it might because hazard a and adam as Reservoir old Ridgewood the classify to Parks of Department city fighting have been legislators and a associations civic Society, proposalNew York Audubon City the Civic Congress, Queens of the implemented. be finally lutions should involved officials that so- of people outpouring large The lems. notnew prob- are these that should past the out pointed in has convince column This whole area. problems over the our all roundtable address can roundtable. have own its onewill each orif airports ofthe all roundtable address will ment in stewardship of the involve- for continued need the as well exhibit as of the significance onthe experts and members community of panel amuseum erated founders co- oneofthe ofViswanath, Sadhana, 14, Sunita hibit, onSept. mod- onaloop. playing efforts, about cleanup documentary of excerpt an bayat and the found ofdebris adiorama is there addition, In Hindus. that deity’s significance to next to Aplaque dumping. its to each prior like looked statuette idol ofwhat the asense visitors explains idol, giving store-bought On another front, the one that seems It A week into the ex- COLUMNS has created, Parks now Parks created, has nature what preserve to ing tected wetlands. pro- as preserved reservoir ofthe parts wants Alliance Park-Ridgewood Reservoir Highland The become. has it area natural the and an impact have and million about $6 cost would this All ondown. the cut be should trees 500 wildlife about and berms the into and so roads should cut be somehow with water fill the compartments might that decided officials some ago Afew years trees. and ofwildlife types all with turned into a wilderness ments. three separate compart- It has about 1990. city until reservoirtual the serving ac- an was reservoir The instead of leaving them in home, back rice and of fruit clay andofferings taking includes using murthis of worship adopt. will This of houses local hope they that worship “eco-friendly” leased some guidelinesment,” shesaid. for environ- the respect to meant pujasa lot are ofour environment, the protect to and aluminum pans. materials, such as saris other and broken murthis of sight at the dismay their shesaid. jarring,” very left at Jamaica Bay…it offerings ofHindu amount was bay. ofthe cleanup earlier Prithvi during striking an for Project inspiration the described Kilawan Aminta initiative. clean-up their launch to members Sadhana inspired (service) ofseva concept Hindu the that bay. noted Viswanath With pressure build- pressure With Happily, the area has The group has re- has group The “Part of Hinduism is described Kilawan “We vast saw the Sadhana co-founder Sounds reasonable! Manhattan. in Park Square Washington to Reservoir Queens to the Ridgewood Plan from Protection Landscape and Bowne for aTree asked and past Parkabout such activities inthe in flag ared raised He has old trees. large damage and soil the compact ment will equip- heavy using project construction acapital that W. complained has Glaeser sociation arborist Carsten nity wants. things which the commu- save money onewhich would and tion to be solu- agood be to seems used for This dam. a “low hazard” as reservoir the classify to Conservation ronmental ofEnvi- Department state says it wants to petition the that thrive at the North is a “there apple coconuts, and hugeance of cantaloupe, pine- colonybay.” preponder- the to Due of any of the wildlife in the diet natural ofthe not part of which are fruit, are ings rats offer- “some ofthe noted, impact on wildlife, Markis nothing.” leave nothing, -take trace “However,he said. leave no enjoy bay,” and come the bay. the utilize that faiths date worshipers of various communities to accommo- local with works Markis ity as acting site manager, capac- his In conditions. of Gateway, establishment at the yard averitable junk- from forts, progress to the explained ation Area, improvingGateway National Recre- interpretive specialist at onsticks and saris. clean-up bamboo recycle to pledged bay. also the has group The ef- Good and Bad News: Bad and Good Civic As- Park Kissena When asked about the the about asked When “We want people to an Markis, Charles not pay any taxes here? not pay taxes any porate overseas and thus giant corporations reincor- policy. we letting are Why fiscal bad is subsidies tries paying indus- giant farm or breaks tax companies oil the do, butthey giving new industries in the ways encourage to right have the workerscome receive. which low-in- breaks tax we don’t same the receive and which decades goback grants receivefederal they or pay none.Sometimes taxes in little pay very tions corpora- multibillion-dollar because cheated are lies Yet, we middle-class fami- provide needed services. provide government of levels our services for the thankful us are and ple, taxes pay our when they do exhibit. rentlyclip plays of Hendrick’s A then. as since filmdramatically cur- part ofment the govern- federal of the stewardship the and ness ever, that through aware- he said. underground parking lot,” an like looked “It research. discovered in course of his photographs early scribed bay, about the project de- ona working mentarian the panel. community,” Markis told tionship we want with the that isn’t really the rela- people…but ticketing and Service. Parks nership with the National this beach as of part a part- “adopted” year, Sadhana this Earlier predation. bay through ofthe wildlife natural the adversely affect fruit, by the lured coons, These rats, as well as rac- said. he Bridge,” Channel Yes, the governments governments the Yes, We, peo- average the Hendrick noted, how- noted, Hendrick adocu- Hendrick, Dan out going be “We could , the bay has improved improved bay has , the TL 15 TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM . I leave it to others it leave I to I am not sure that the When the current Carn- Andrew think I (Please see No blog, my For furtherFor informa- even be even convicted felons. decide the ethical response, as the occasion warrants. when raised were questions Carnegie on his set out phil- anthropic career. I do know wonderful the of two that branches — the he endowed other that I know person- ally is Richmond Hill — are important to thousands of people in our borough. Li- areproblems resolved, I Public Queens a be the to hope continue will brary beacon of wisdom and hope to all Queens residents. egie would be pleased. TimesLedg- at Barred, Holds er.com) during that time, the public public the time, that during could the enter studio and see thewhich equipment talk “talkies” and made for required operations the projec- and filming both tion on the screen. One of Hollywood’s outstanding Ruth Miss artists, makeup any answered gladly Webb, questions makeup about asked by visitors to the studio. was MGM send- the around studio the ing with two purposesworld in mind: to educate the about movie-making process and screen new also discover to personalities Pic- MGM for tures and Hal Roach “Our comedies. Gang” tion, the call Greater Asto- ria Historical Society at 718- 278-0700 website our visit or at www.astorialic.org Look at it this way: way: this it at Look ques- the raises This Metro-Goldwyn-May- tics or their business eth- twoof brothers has been a benefactorculture of in business may You City. York New their not agree with their or poli- tics was what theics, but New State Theaterhas York The money. been renovated properly be- Koch of cause into plaza four-block-long new Metropolitan the of front in goes Museum of Art is thanks to money Koch money. Koch If means it “good less works,” politics,for although with to seems that wealth, their “taint- little. matter take to how of a tion as a gooded” for money cause. have fundsShould be turned to down because the proposed want giver is you not anyone would friend? Perhaps they may only would this plan be be plan this buildings had been built in year. last the in Flushing would Johnson further said “not only mansion the to beneficial owners, there for is a real demand apart- such for would beauti- it ments, but fy Flushing. These man- old wouldsions be improved in appearance. done The work upon them would give lo- cal And employment. the renters of these homes new would increase our popula- tion.” elaborateer’s traveling Loew’s visited studio movie Flush- in Theater Prospect ing educational on its world Boroughexhibition tour. Har- U. George President vey officially welcomed the studio to combined Queens. The wheels on studio the both for facilities the recording and projection of sound motion pictures. The visit was brief, studio’s but John Jacob Astor, Jay business were These fam- Koch the of Some Walter Johnson of the about Carnegie,about I learned thatwas he “robber a a term baron,” coined it Atlan- the in 1870 in seems Here are some tic Monthly. barons you robber other recognize:might Rock- Cooke, James B. Cooke, D. James Field, Marshall John Fisk, Henry Clay Frick, Jay J. like Mellon, Andrew Gould, Morgan, P. Leland Stanford, efeller, Vanderbilt. Cornelius Perhaps, consid- were who titans rise their in ruthless ered riches. to them of many Carnegie, became philanthropists so not would legacy their that be one of evil. Guilt com- plexes? ily membersare listed as One barons today. robber era in Queens. current At speed limits, one could eas- ily drive from in a job the Bronx and lunch for home were home return, if your in central Queens. When, in addition, the Bronx-Whites- completed Bridge was tone connect- required the with Quin- ing highways, all parts of of an within be would Queens firm drive hour’s of Manhattan. estate real lan, Terry and Johnson that proposed Flushing in mansions some of owners convert part of their partial- apart- into houses empty ly ments. He was aware of “as owners houses 200 as such many many distance walking within According subway.” the of Johnson, to had come to his office hop- for property their sell to ing apartment house But sites. unlikely. sale a the lack of mortgage money such made In fact, apartment no new matory matory grounds by 28 po- licemen six and detec- tives. Secrecy attended ser- the vices Contact the newsroom: Contact the newsroom: It is one of seven seven of one is It One of the greatest mu- He wrote “The about much knew I Before In a speech, Public 718-260-4545 • [email protected] 718-260-4545 a great place and continues be. to under- libraries Queens written by Andrew Carn- egie, a poor boyfrom Scot- land made a fortune who in the steel business. In retire- ment, Carnegie endowed half libraries, of thousands country, this in them of York New in 67 including City. hallssic in was the world built with his and money it bears his name, although he had to be persuaded to done. that have Gospel and of Wealth” said that “the man dies who rich Carn- His disgraced.” dies day this to Foundation egie is a remarkable and vibrant institution. because Jersey law New did not permit fu- a public neral an for executed felon, had Hauptmann Mrs. and agreed a public not to hold funeral in order to get her of the body out husband’s pointed state. She hoped to return his ashes to his Ger- native many. Halleran J. Works Commissioner John the of opening the that out would Bridge Triborough open homebuilding a new service, of about a crowd 2,000, mostly and women children, had gathered. They off were kept the cre- source for source for I me when was grow- ing I up. found out that later the from age of 6 (I few a have years on n n In that column, I won- On April 6, 1936, 6, April On I Sit and I Sit Kowald Look Out Kenneth the Elmhurst branch of the the of branch Elmhurst the library was a wonderful re- him), AntoninScalia, an his with lived child, only parents in the up a home hill from the library and from corner the around NewtownHigh School. Romance taught father His Col- Brooklyn at Languages elementarylege. Antonin’s school was PS 13. dered whether the future Supreme Court justice and I might passed have each was It library. the in other unanimous verdict: Guilty, Guilty, verdict: unanimous on- Hauptmann’s despite going claim of innocence. and appeals, were There a new stays of execution by Har- JerseyNew governor, Hoffman.old in But the end, Hauptmann, still refusing the elec- to confess,to went tric chair Trenton at State Prison on April 2, 1936. were remains Hauptmann’s cremated at the Fresh Pond By Maspeth. in Crematory memorial the of time the gin Jan. 2, 1935, and ended it 13,on Feb. 1935, a jury when men andof eight four wom- a reach to hours 11 took en n Oct. 24, 1934 Bru- Haupt- Richard no mann, a Bronx carpen- As I’ve written before, written before, As I’ve QPL is one of the The trial was set to be- won’t get involved in the the in involved get won’t the of problems current Queens Public Robber barons can make fi philanthropists ne fi make can barons Robber Lindbergh baby kidnaper cremated in Maspeth in 1936 in Maspeth in cremated kidnaper baby Lindbergh for Queens. mean an even better system system better even an mean current investigations will will investigations current whatever results from the so for manyso for years and that I hope it will continue to be be to continue will it hope I of the treasures of Queens. of the treasures of Queens. population. has It been one serves the most diverse diverse most the serves the Certainly country. it largest library systems in first. first. seem to be disconnected at at disconnected be to seem which may thoughts, thoughts, great many many great gave rise to a a to rise gave volving it gations in- gations the investi- the Library, but but Library, O I rested. garage when he was ar- was he when garage was found in Hauptmann’s $14,000 of the ransom cash cash ransom the of $14,000 road 12, on May 1932. Later the Hopewell-Princeton Hopewell-Princeton the was found in woods near in 1932. The body child’s som, which wassom, which a fortune bergh paid a $50,000 ran- N.J. on March 1, 1932. Lind- bergh’s home in Hopewell, Hopewell, in home bergh’s was kidnapped from Lind- the Atlantic. The child first man to fly across solo Lindbergh, the Lindbergh, of Charles A. old infant son the 20-month- the of murdering N.J., on chargesN.J., in Flemington, Flemington, in arraignment arraignment guilty at his his at guilty ter, pleaded not not pleaded ter, 16 BT Jazz musicians serenade Jamaica AirTrain commuters COM . Every Thursday until Nov. 20 artists to perform in station mezzanine as part of new program BY JUAN SOTO names appear in the wall “gives us a chance to share TIMESLEDGER and on the kiosk located some of this rich history Every Thursday until in the first floor of the sta- with folks traveling to and Nov. 20 jazz will make a de- tion. from New York City.” lightful sound in the mezza- “This is about bring- The music series is nine of Jamaica’s AirTrain ing back to life all those also organized by the Sut- station. After all, jazz is to names in the wall,” Mays phin Boulevard Business . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT Jamaica and Queens as El- said. Improvement District, the , O vis is to Memphis. The series was inaugu- Port Authority and the Ja- Jazz musicians will rated Oct. 2 by one of the lo- EDGER maica Arts Council. L perform at the busy station cal bands, The Eric Lemon “Bringing to life the IMES T as part of the AirTrain Jazz Trio. rich history of jazz in Festival, a music program “This is an spectacular Queens just made sense,” organized by the nonprofit idea,” said Freddy Dugard, said Simone Price, execu- A Better Jamaica and oth- leader of the local Freddy tive director of the Sutphin ers. Dugard’s Hit Squad, “This Boulevard BID. “The music is basical- keeps jazz music alive, it “It is a nice program,” ly for the people traveling keeps alive all the great said Mays. and passing by the station,” masters.” The performances will said Greg Mays, president Dugard grew up in The Eric Lemon Trio performs at the Jamaica AirTrain Station as part of a jazz series program. be live every Thursday be- of A Better Jamaica. “It’s Cambria Heights, one of the Photo by Nat Valentine tween 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., a cultural greeting, some- so-called Jamaica funks some of the busiest times at thing like the calypso neighborhoods. “Music is phonist Yaz and bassist eryone to enjoy the perfor- music series, among others, the AirTrain Station. Each bands greeting you at air- the best relief from a day of Dave Pelligrino. mances. are the Bills Jacobs Ensem- band will play two sets, ports in the Caribbean.” work,” he said. “Jazz is the American “One should take 10 or ble and the Bayo Fayemi with a break in between. Count Basie, Ella Freddy Dugard’s Hit music,” the Queens drum- 15 minutes, have a drink or Group. “There is nothing bet- Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Squad will be performing mer said. “But jazz is uni- a soda, and listen to some “Both Jamaica and the ter than listening to jazz Louis Armstrong, among with Dugard on drums, versal, all cultures enjoy music.” rest of Queens are steeped music from the neighbor- others, had strong ties to Yayoi Ikawa on keyboards it.” Other locals bands in jazz history,” Mays said. hood,” Mays said. Jamaica and Queens. Their along with Japanese saxo- Dugard invites ev- that will be featured in the The AirTrain Jazz Festival “We chose Calvary because of its excellent care. 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Patrick and opportunistic lawsuits opportunistic and politically-motivated prosecution politically-motivated under threat of arbitrary discipline, arbitrary of threat under I do hereby pledge and declare to uphold pledge and declare I do hereby and the United States, the Constitution of York, the State of New the Constitution of my and that I will faithfully discharge City police officer to York duties as a New So help me God. ability. the best of my Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Patrolmen’s 125 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004 • 212-233-5531 NY 10004 New York, 125 Broad Street, 11th Floor, (subject to oversight by Internal Affairs, CCRB, the Inspector General, five district attorneys and a federal monitor) a federal five district attorneys and CCRB, the Inspector General, (subject to oversight by Internal Affairs, Overworked. Understaffed. Overworked. Unappreciated. Underpaid. ever-expanding Raise your right hand and repeatRaise your right hand and after us: A New York City Police Officer’s Oath of Office City Police Officer’s A New York : 18 BT Art brings concrete barrier to life along street safety path COM . Some 20 volunteers help Greek artist Eirini Linardaki with 150-foot project in Jackson Heights BY JUAN SOTO artists, getting neglected position in blue, yellow and TIMESLEDGER public spaces is like getting red, homage to Piet Mon- A passerby simply a new canvas.” drian” acts as an illustra- admired the barrier as it The idea behind the tion of the game, a colorful was being painted and said DOT’s program is to trans- abstraction. “thank you.” form concrete barriers It resembles the tradi- Andrea Duarte pointed from traffic safety mea- tional kids’ pick-up sticks, a . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT out “just for that, it’s nice to sures into “extraordinary game of physical and metal , O be here.” canvases for art.” skills. The aim is to pick up Duarte, a college stu- Linardaki said that EDGER the most blue, yellow and L dent at Baruch, was one of her work is inspired by red sticks that are random- IMES T the 18 volunteers painting Mondrian, a Dutch painter ly distributed. a mural along a pedestrian who was part of the so- The art lovers who walkway at the intersection called De Stijl movement, gave life to the mural were of 69th Street and 37th Av- or neoplasticism. part of New York Cares, the enue in Jackson Heights. “The idea is to see how largest nonprofit volunteer She and the others randomness is used in the organization. were helping Greek artist process of making art,” ex- As part of its Barrier Eirini Linardaki paint her plained Linardaki, as the Beautification, DOT has “Composition in blue, yel- volunteers were given form painted over 23 barriers low and red, homage to Piet to her art piece. “The col- spanning more than six Mondrian” in a 150-feet ors and the patterns create miles throughout the five concrete barrier as part rhythm.” boroughs. of the city’s Department of Armed with seven gal- Volunteers paint the barrier at 69th Street and 39th Avenue in Jackson Heights. Photo by Juan Soto “This program caught Transportation’s Barrier lons of paint, gloves and my eye because I am a cre- Beautification program. paintbrushes, the group projects in, among others put into place by DOT in program track, the others ative person,” said Duarte, “We try to grab peo- finished the task in a day. places, Paris. “We want art 2008, and so far, about 100 are Arterventions, Com- who is studying entrepre- ple’s attention by doing this “It draws people’s at- to be accessible for every- urban art projects have munity Commissions and neurship at Baruch College kind of work in public spac- tention,” said the artist, one,” she said. been created. In addition to Site to Site. in Manhattan. “I just love es,” said Linardaki. “For who worked on similar The art program was the Barrier Beautification Linaraki said “Com- being here.” ORDER NOW!! 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The ban is not responsible for ees penalt ma be imposed for withdrawals before maturit . t pographical errors. ffer ma be withdrawn at the discretion of the ban at an time. 1 Photo by Christina Santucci Cash fled Cash after the Several neighbors re- Before she died, Young Cash was convicted of He was set to be sen- Reach reporter Alex loaded hand guns in his fired. were shots his in police ultimately but to shooting, in guns himself turned hand at a Manhattan precinct two with morning next the loaded possession, said. the DA The retired had who cop, Precinct 32nd the in worked in Harlem,had been a per officer court federal diem theat time of his arrest. they as murder acted with the shock at news Young’s of had seen never the couple fight and Cash seemed like a caring husband. as a taxworked enforce- investi- agent who ment illegal sales cigarette gated thefor state Department of Taxation and Finance. after second-degree murder a three-week jury trial and could face 25 years to life in prison, said. the DA Oct. 21. tenced arob- at e-mail by Robinson [email protected] or by phone at 718-260-4566. 718-260-4545 [email protected] Contact the newsroom: Contact the newsroom: BY ALEX ROBINSON On the night of Young’s On the night of Young’s One of the attorneys “The defendant had had defendant “The Clarence Cash, 52, shot A retired cop has been guilty of killing wife killing of guilty Retired Qns cop found found Qns cop Retired death. death. ment building, was wherefound wife Clarence shot Cash’s to Crime scene tape hangs from the fence around a Briarwood apart- and then noise as a loud the they had heard arguing murder, neighborsmurder, said tion. appealing Cash’s convic- say theysay are planning on to comment other than to representing Cash declined declined Cash representing one.” by robbing them of a loved loved a of them robbing by shattered his own family human life and irreparably played a totalplayed disregard for “Yet by his actions, he dis- he actions, his by “Yet of firearms,” Brown said. well the destructive power law enforcementlaw and knew spent his life working in torney Richard Brown. ing to Queens District At- District Queens to ing in December 2011, accord- 2011, December in gaged in a heated argument and torso after the two en- Young, 13 times in the head head the in times 13 Young, his 42-year-old wife, Tracy announced last week. last announced borough’s top prosecutorborough’s Briarwood apartment, the the apartment, Briarwood ing his wife inside their their inside wife his ing found guilty of murder- BRIEFS 20 BT ASIA BANK, N. A. Police dogs need home City legislators want COM . to protect police dogs from housing discrimination. City Councilmen Rory TIMESLEDGER Lancman (D-Hillcrest) and Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) said that officers assigned “COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCING” to the K-9 unit are required to live with their police dogs, but some landlords . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 Owner-occupied and investment properties CT consider the dogs as pets in- , O Repayment terms to 25 years stead of working animals. The lawmakers intro- EDGER Other Secured Business Loan Products Also Available L duced a bill calling for a IMES Councilman Paul Vallone introduces legislation to prevent housing T CALL US TODAY FOR YOUR CREDIT SOLUTION!!! stop to this kind of housing and public accommoda- discrimination against police dogs. tions discrimination at the request of Officer Matthew Lancman said this leg- dogs. LOAN CENTER Wicelinski, whose co-op islation would recognize “These dogs and their board denied his request to “the critically important officers spend their lives 135-11 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 live with his canine. role that the K-9 unit and keeping us safe, the least The bill “will keep our its counterparts in state we can do is make sure Tel: 718-961-9898 community safer by keep- and federal government they are treated with the Fax: 718-762-0741 ing police officers and their play in keeping our city same dignity other service K-9 partners living in the safe from terror and drug- animals receive,” said Val- e-mail: [email protected] city in which they serve, trafficking.” lone. www.asiabank-na.com rather than forcing them to The bills intends to move to the more affordable amend the city’s Human —Juan Soto -EMBER &$)# s %QUAL (OUSING ,ENDER suburbs,” said Wicelinski. Rights Law to protect the Auburndale station to be fi xed The LIRR Auburndale an eroded staircase and being affected by weather station is getting a make- sidewalks badly in need of conditions and normal over. cleaning,” he said. wear an tear.” State Sen. Tony Avella As a response, LIRR The damaged concrete (D-Bayside) said because President Patrick Nowa- was removed, said Avella. Wishing all Italian Americans a very of pigeon issues, the Met- kowski promised in a letter The legislator thank ropolitan Transportation to the lawmaker to inspect the LIRR “for their swift Happy Columbus Day! Authority will spray-wash the eroded stairs of the action in addressing these the sidewalks and install structure. issues.” Buona Fortuna! netting. “While there is no evi- “I observed large dence os structural issues... —Juan Soto number of pigeons nest- the cosmetic concrete coat- ing underneath the tracks, ing showed evidence of 112th Precinct plans town hall on Forest Hills concerts Capt. 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The Commissioner Tom Fin- nificant.” cutting ceremony celebrat- gallery has displayed the kelpearl said, “I worked Just prior to the rib- ing the SculptureCenter’s works of more than 700 in Long Island City for 12 bon-cutting ceremony, Van 14-month, $4.5 million artists after moving to the years. Back in the ‘80s Bramer unveiled a new . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT expansion in Long Island dead end, underdeveloped the entire Jackson Avenue sign on the corner co-nam- , O City. The popular cultural street after being in Man- area was rough and a little ing Purves as “Sculpture institution, which opened hattan’s Upper East Side for EDGER dangerous at night. It is so Street” recognizing the L in 2001 in a former trolley 70 years. much better now.” SculptureCenter’s role in IMES T car repair factory at 44-19 Queens Borough Pres- Feniosky Pena-Mora, the area’s rebirth. Purves St., now has a mod- ident Melinda Katz gave the commissioner of De- “Everytime people ern entrance lobby with credit to her predecessor, sign and Construction, look at that new sign they’ll several amenities. Helen Marshall, for invest- agreed saying, “This area want to know what’s going “It’s been a hugely ing over $2 million in the was difficult and rough, but on here,” BP Katz said. “It successful decade and this project. City Councilman that’s part of our history.” will show the rest of the city project is part of the Sculp- Jimmy Van Bramer (D- He pointed out that the old that Long Island City has tureCenter’s growth,” Di- Sunnyside) hailed invest- The SculptureCenter is surrounded by new luxury high-rise resi- trolley repair shop with a taken the lead in many cul- rector Mary Ceruti said. ment in the arts saying, dential towers. Photo by Bill Parry modern entrance lobby cre- tural events. 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P_14472 Additional terms and conditions may apply. Some services may not be available in all areas. NYC Lic. No. 1314079. ©2014 Petro. JOIN NEW YORK’S STRONGEST! JOIN NEW Call the 718-260-4545 The story unfolds in Thomas’ novel debut “I tried to preserve my The 39-year mar- old try- certainly “I’m Reach reporter Bill newsroom: newsroom: and evolving. People canand People evolving. learn fromtheir experienc- es, they learn need we each other to exist, arewe not richly that find I ourselves. evocative.” thatsuch a way columnist John Podhoretz called theit first great of novel Queens. “That’s a huge facecompliment, let’s but beenit, there too haven’t many books that feature said. Thomas Queens,” “Novels are about always Manhattan and Brooklyn, I seebut Queens as a well- secret,kept a great and or- ganic backdrop fiction.” for in personal deeply also is Al- to father his lost he that zheimer’s. the in humanity father’s he said.character,” Thom- as has since teach- given up ing at Manhattan’s Xavier can dedi- he so School High cate more time to his future projects. “That took job 80 hours he said. a week,” de- is twins of father ried more produce termined to quicklynovels because he as is very aware that Alzheim- is hereditary.er’s productive as be to ing I can because there may be see time a I don’t when Thomas clearly,” things as family my with said. “So I get tospend now proj- time next my more on work and ect, take I promise won’t it me a decade. I should be to turnable one every out years.” two Parry by e-mail at bparry@ cnglocal.com or by phone at 718-260-4538. Big Mike, a central The story the of Leary “It presents the very Photo courtesy Beowulf Sheehan MATTHEW THOMAS THOMAS MATTHEW 2012 the for co-founder of and Move the the respected non-profit on Woodside a longtime member and chairman of Community 2. Board figure in Are “We Not Our- man. of type that is selves” “Big Mike is a local fixer and a sage that helps inte- grate the neighborhood,” Thomas said. “People will character that recognize force gravitational a as changing a organizes that neighborhood becoming the lives.” center of people’s namedFamily, as a tip of the hat to Shakespeare’s King several Ed, Lear, follows Ei- from leen and their son Connell move they as to neighborhoods Queens the of pursuit in Bronxville is Eileen dream. American the daughter of Big Mike, the unofficial patriarch of andWoodside, falls in love journey The with a scientist and profes- Leary. Ed sor, gradu- Ed’s with awry goes al deterioration to Al- due zheimer’s. reality of these characters not being their at best, not being allowed to be said. Thomas themselves,” learning always “They’re BY BILL PARRY BY Woodside power bro- Thomas’ family set- family Thomas’ “I’m thrilled,” Thomas Thomas thrilled,” “I’m The book has since Matthew Thomas’ Thomas’ Matthew A first time novelist Acclaimed novel stars novel Acclaimed Woodside and Jax Hgts Jax and Woodside Martin M. Trainor in Way Avenue was co-namedAvenue outside, 58th and Roosevelt bar area. In fact, the street nightly in the restaurant’s restaurant’s the in nightly Trainor would convene kers the likes of Martin said. to dinner at Donovan’s,” he he Donovan’s,” at dinner to outfit. family My often went wearing that powder blue blue powder that wearing was uncomfortable always ment at St. Sebastian’s. I I Sebastian’s. St. at ment classes in the rectory base- side for Irish for side step dancing the BQE. “I went to Wood- to went “I BQE. the always drawn back across across back drawn always he said. Thomas But was of the professional class,” “the bedroom community community bedroom “the what was considered to be be to considered was what ment to raisement a family in son Heights co-op apart- before moving to a Jack- a to moving before immigrants in the 1950s 1950s the in immigrants tled in Woodside as Irish Irish as Woodside in tled a project like that.” cade you just hope to finish to hope just you cade along the way. Afteralong the a de- way. ing hundreds out of pages hand on legal pads, throw- reviews. I wrote in it long- have to be surprised at the the at surprised be to have said in an interview. “You “You interview. an in said Rudin. Hollywood producer Scott movie rights were sold to to sold were rights movie guages and last week the the week last and guages been translated into 14 lan- 14 into translated been and Chad Harbach. likes of Jonathan Franzen Franzen Jonathan of likes comparisons to the literary a national and book tour, views from coast-to-coast, coast-to-coast, from views list with reviews and inter- diately the hit bestsellers million advance and imme- mon and Schuster a $1 for ing, was published Si- by book, years 10 in the mak- Irish family in Woodside. icle of a multi-generational Ourselves”, an epic chron- epic an Ourselves”, 19 release Are of “We Not world on fire with the Aug. Aug. the with fire on world has set the book publishing raised in Jackson Heights Heights Jackson in raised 28 BT COM . 9lj`e\jj TIMESLEDGER Indian street food finds home indoors . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT =i\j_D\X[fnjËe\n;_ilmËjBXk`J_XZb=XZkfipj\im\jlgjXmfipXe[jn\\k T Kati roll lovers no longer from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday have to schlep to Manhattan for through Wednesday and from 11 the savory snacks. a.m. to 4 a.m. Thursday through Bijoy Dutta, a Floral Park Saturday. engineer who spent a year flip- The elder Dutta handles the ping kati after emigrating from flatbreads, which are purchased West Bengal, India, and his fam- from nearby stores and warmed ily friend Alice Joseph teamed up without oil, while Joseph cooks to open a Fresh Meadows kati roll the fillings fresh each day, Rana shop last month. Dutta said. Dhruv’s Kati Shack Factory, Some of the other cooking located at 180-10 Union Turnpike, tips Rana Dutta said he covertly serves the Indian street food picked up while studying a kati fare pioneered in the early 1930s roll stand feet away from his by wrapping flat bread around grandmother’s house. seasoned meat, vegetables and “If I gave them $1,000, cheese fillings. they still wouldn’t give me the Dutta’s son, Rana Dutta, de- recipe for it, not even one iota. scribed the business as a venture And I appreciate that because to ease his father into retirement, it’s a tradition,” Rana Dutta but acknowledged he had inher- said. “My dad surprised me by ited this fondness for kati rolls. saying, ‘I know you’ve always “If you go now, it’s very popu- wanted to do this.’... and then he lar because it’s cheap, it’s tasty… made it better by naming it af- it’s the equivalent of picking up a Fne\ijIXdX;lkkXXe[8c`Z\Afj\g_gi\gXi\]ff[`ek_\b`kZ_\ef]k_\`ie\ncpfg\e\[i\jkXliXekBXk`J_XZb% ter my son, his first grandson.” G_fkfYp:_i`jGXc\idf hot dog,” Rana Dutta said of kati Rana Dhruv said his 4-year-old rolls’ prominence in India and Rana Dutta said keema rolls, chili cheese kati roll. and doused in tamarind infused Dhruv was elated to see his name their growing base in the United cubed chicken cooked with masa- “It almost tastes like a break- water with mint and coriander. outside the beige and blue shop. States “Kati rolls are like a cult. la and other spices, are a popular fast burrito,” Rana Dutta said. For dessert, Dhruv’s offers “He kept saying, ‘Dad, look, People still go into the city until 1, item that most find palatable. He Diners can start with masa- gulab jamun, a ball of milk solids, my name,’” Rana Dutta said. 2 a.m. to get it.” also praised the aloo masala roll, la fries, badaam chaat, seasoned similar to cottage cheese, fried At Dhruv’s, vegetable rolls with its seasoned mashed pota- peanuts with red onions, cilantro and dipped in honey. Reach reporter Sarina Tran- go for $5.25 and their meat coun- toes, its lamb counterpart and an and lime, and puchka, puffed po- Dhruv’s caters to the nearby gle at 718-260-4546 or by e-mail at terparts range from $4 to $7.25. off-menu item in the works — the tato pastries made to be cracked St. John’s students with their noc- stran gle@c ngloc al.com. 9LJ@E Firefighters arrived at at arrived Firefighters A total of 12 units re- reported “Bystanders John and Andrew were There were no smoke too often“All our the scene twominutes and 39 seconds later. con- sponded and brought the under fire hands” “all trol at 7:54 with 60 firefight- ers on the scene. that units arriving the to inside” children were there commis- fire the house, the saidsioner in a statement. second the in discovered floor of the house and were Hospital Queens to taken they where were Center, pronounced dead, officials said. detectors on the first or second floor of the St. Al- bans the home, FDNY said. detectors Smoke in house the of basement the Commis- activate. to failed Fire “Our members respond said to fires Nigro. ourwhere children are vic- Daniel tims,” sioner Two young brothers killed in St. Albans fi re fi Albans St. in killed brothers young Two The FDNY received the the received FDNY The According to the New New the to According John Kavanaugh, 11, The fire on out broke The FDNY said said FDNY The A St. Albans fire that BY TIMESLEDGERBY STAFF flames. found the engulfed home in firefighters arrived, they they arrived, firefighters call at 7:09 p.m. and when when and p.m. 7:09 at call alone. alone. 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After-school enrichment programs with school classroom setting can help alleviate into busy back-to-school schedules should • Promotes creativity through engaging an emphasis on STEAM-based fundamen- some of those fears. Whether a child excels at be a priority for parents looking for project- lesson plans. tals allow children to collaborate with their athletics, academics, is a musician, or an art- based programs designed to improve social Construction toys have become the ul- ist, finding the right enrichment program interaction, in-classroom engagement and timate afterschool teaching tool, illustrat- peers, teaching teamwork and organization does not have to be a daunting task. Many academic performance. ing the principles and methods of engineer- while improving fine motor skills. parents are familiar with STEM terminol- When signing up for an afterschool pro- ing with age and skill-appropriate lessons You can learn more about the programs ogy and with the inclusion of arts in the gram, look for one that: ranging from kindergarten through middle and new afterschool programs by searching mix, STEM has evolved into STEAM. With • Emphasizes cognitive development, school. With the addition of gears, motors for a location by state or zip code. science-, technology-, engineering-, arts- and while building self-esteem in a fun environ- and robotics, children grasp technology — BPT Get ready. Get set. Get ahead. www.mathnasium.com Astoria Bayside Forest Hills FREE TRIAL! With ad, expires 11/30/14. 718-726-MATH 718-747-MATH 718-544-MATH 34 EDUCATION TL Christ the King High School 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, New York 11379 (718) 366-7400 COM Pick toys that help prep . Christ the King High School Hosts Open House Christ the King High School hosted its an- TIMESLEDGER your preschooler nual Open House on Sunday, October 5, 2014. (Left) Senior CK invited perspective student and their families Dominik Developmental games that utilize building and memorization to visit their facilities and view firsthand the ex- Makocki periences that the High School has to offer. discusses provide children with classroom skills Approximately 3,000 people visited Christ his advanced . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 research project CT the King and took tours of the school. Teachers on lithium Parents with pre- creating problem solving O’Brien. “Reading experts , O and current and former students were on hand to batteries with schoolers are learning situations and helping to know that combining learn- offer tours and answer questions. visitors. EDGER that it’s never too early to spark creativity. ing and fun is a better way L “Christ the King High School’s Open House get children excited about Building blocks have to build skills than simply IMES provided perspective students and their families T school long been known to help memorizing what letters an opportunity to tour our school and view per- While school prep is young children develop mo- look like.” sonally the first class programs and facilities our (Right) Visitors normally focused around tor skills and spatial aware- The same principles school has to offer,” said Principal Peter Man- tour the narino. “The tremendous turnout of visitors is a Forensics Lab kindergarten and elemen- ness. apply to math and other with Science testament of the hard work and efforts put in by tary school students, in- Developmental psy- subjects, where construc- and Forensics creasingly preparations are chologist and child play ex- tion toys can help kids get the faculty and administration to make Christ the teacher, Teresa King a pillar of academic excellence.” SanGiovanni. occurring at much younger pert Dr. Maureen O’Brien familiar with basic digits ages. Enhancing learning- is just one of the experts in a more hands-on way. About Christ the King Regional High School based skills in preschool- advocating this kind of play From giving kids their Christ the King Regional High School is a private, co-educational Catholic High School with a 4-year college preparatory ers can be invaluable to for preschoolers. first taste of classroom sub- curriculum. Located in Middle Village, Queens, Christ the King Regional High School draws students from all areas. The school their development and play “Studies have shown jects to helping them with is accredited by The Board of Regents of the State of New York and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Christ the King’s current enrollment is approximately 900 students. The faculty numbers 45. is an essential role in early that when children are ac- motor skills and social- classroom experiences. tively involved in putting izing, developmental toys Christ the King High School is governed by its Board of Trustees: Serphin R. Maltese, Chairman; Thomas V. Ognibene, Vice Chairman; Robert A. Normandia, Vice Chairman; Bernard G. Helldorfer, Counsel/Trustee; Anthony Como, Esq., Treasurer; Developmental toys, letters together — com- like building blocks are a Brenda Evans, Trustee; Dolores St. Louis, Trustee; Peter J. Mannarino, Principal; Michael W. Michel, President; Arthur like blocks and play con- pared to simply point- good way to help get kids Spanarkel, Financial Advisor; and Veronica Cokley, Executive Assistant. struction tools, for exam- ing and naming — their excited at the idea of going More information is available http://www.ctkny.org/. ple, have been very popular memory and recognition to school. Find Christ the King on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CKCampus. with children of all ages, skills are improved” said — BPT Math Help | Math Enrichment | Test Prep | Homework Help Register now for Mathnasium’s Annual TriMathlon. FREE Event! Get ready. Get set. (Oct. 18-19) Get ahead. FREE TRIAL Now enrolling. With ad, expires 11/30/2014. Astoria Bayside Forest Hills 43-32 Ditmars Blvd 43-17 Bell Blvd 108-14 72nd Ave Astoria, NY 11105 Bayside, NY 11361 Forest Hills, NY 11375 718-726-MATH 718-747-MATH 718-544-MATH Parking Available Offering First Steps Program for 4-6 year olds! www.mathnasium.com TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 35 TL visit register E S www.qcc.cuny.edu/OpenHouse For more information and to U N E Saturday, November 8, 2014 8, November Saturday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. O P H O 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11364 222-05 56th Avenue, Go further. Your future starts here. starts future Your 36 EDUCATION TL COM . Learn how to resolve student-teacher conflicts Conflict and disagreements with a teacher, keep in mind that Watts. TIMESLEDGER are a part of life. As an adult you the teacher’s job is to teach the The reality is that teachers understand this and you employ children in the classroom during aren’t perfect and neither are skills that help you mitigate con- the school day. Schedule an ap- parents, said Ferello. As such, flicts and avoid future disagree- pointment to make certain that the outcome may not always be ments. Your children, however, the teacher has time to speak with what either party had hoped for. may not have developed these you. Showing up at school and de- “Teachers are faced with ques- . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 CT skills yet. That means they will manding to see a teacher may not tions and concerns from a num- , O rely on you for help in dealing always work in your favor,” said ber of parents and children on any EDGER with these situations. Your help Hammond-Watts. given day,” said Ferello. “Given L is especially important when “Try not to make assump- the number of students they teach IMES T the disagreement involves your tions about what is going on be- and the demands placed on them, child’s teacher. Approaching this fore you have an opportunity to it’s not hard to imagine that even situation in the proper way is meet with the teacher,” said Fer- teachers can get frustrated. Giv- important. It provides a good ex- ello. “The goal for the meeting is en that parents naturally want to ample for your children and sets to gather information about what stand up for their children and see them up for a successful learning her parents and the school work sor in the College of Arts & Sci- may be going on, as well as make the best in and for them, it stands experience the rest of the school together for his/her educational ences and College of Education at it clear that you want to partner to reason that parent/teacher year. and emotional benefit.” Argosy University, Tampa. with the teacher in helping your conversations can sometimes go “When parents are active in When a child approaches a The next step is for the parent child to feel that the focus is on in the wrong direction.” their child’s education, the child is parent with an issue or comment to reach out to the teacher direct- their education and helping them “If that happens, it’s impor- likely to perform better academi- related to school and/or the teach- ly. Request a conference or time succeed in the classroom,” said tant to acknowledge that you cally in school,” said Dr. Deborah er, parents should be willing to to discuss the matter with your Ferello. “Even in some of the most got off on the wrong foot,” said Hammond-Watts, an adjunct pro- listen and to not jump to conclu- child’s teacher directly (without difficult situations, a compro- Hammond-Watts. “To change the fessor in the College of Education sions. “Whether you believe what your child present) to gain some mise can probably be reached if relationship or the conversation, at Argosy University, Chicago. your child is telling you or not, understanding as to what the both the teacher and parent keep someone needs to address the “A good working relationship it is important that your child teacher perceives the concern or in mind that they are working for ‘bad start’ and be willing to start between school and home sends knows you are willing to listen,” issue to be. the benefit of the child in the edu- over. Either the parent or teacher the message to a child that his/ said Dr. Dominick Ferello, profes- “When requesting to talk cational setting,” said Hammond- can do this.” — BPT OPEN HOUSE 0DUPCFS tBNQN 8FYGPSE5FSSBDFt+BNBJDB&TUBUFTttXXXUNMBPSH 5"$)4$PEF'PSBCVEEZTIBEPXEBZFNBJMCVEEZ!UNMBPSH # ! "!! ! TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 37 TL Holy Cross understand Holy knows We boys. they how nk, what motivates them, what concerns them, and what they need EACHING BOYS. EACHING thi to succeed in academics and in life. 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Hamlin’s hard work paid off and she went on to Visit our website at www.cathedralhs.org compete in the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools recently made history when she became the first Ameri- can luger to win a medal when she earned bronze at the 2014 Olympic Winter ERIN HAMLIN Games in Sochi, Russia. In addition, her momentous feat was recognized by : Now that you’ve ors? the United States Olympic made history and “Since I can take my Committee at its 2014 “Best achieved Olympic courses online it allows me OPEN HOUSE of Us” Awards Show where Qsuccess, what other to balance my school work she earned the title of Best life goals are you looking to and my rigorous training Female Olympian of the reach? schedule. I feel that learn- ,."#0 ')/-)# /#! )),1."*'//',+/!# Winter Games. “After I retire from ing helps me look forward #40,.2'/'01/ 0 competing, I want to help to what is next and earn- : What was it like to corporations plan more ing my degree will prepare compete at the 2014 environmentally friendly me to achieve success off Olympic Winter events. Being a part of the track, as well,” Hamlin Games in Sochi and many sporting events over said. &#* .(/,$0.1#)# "#./&'-(+,3)#"%#$ '0& Q make history by becoming the years has shown me 2'.01#/#.2'!#0,,0&#./ - //',+$,.)# .+'+% the first U.S. singles luger that there is room for im- : What advice do you '++,2 0',+ +"!.# 0'2'05 .##* #""#"'+,1. to win an Olympic medal? provement from a sustain- have to share with /!&,,)/!1)01.#0,&+/.#-'/ $,1+" 0',+ “Each time I’ve com- ability standpoint. 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(“Standards”) are intended to improve student by achievement having set a “common” of stan- dards nationwide. 40 BT Smart Schools Bond Act pushed by assemblymen BY BILL PARRY order to expose the inad- COM . equacy of the classroom State Assembly- trailers. During the 2012- men Francisco Moya (D- 2013 school year over 7,100 TIMESLEDGER Jackson Heights) and Mi- student attended class in chael DenDekker (D-East more that 350 trailers that Elmhurst) joined forces to are distributed throughout call on voters to approve the the city. Of the nearly 120 Smart Schools Bond Act in schools utilizing trailers, November. The bill would half of them are in Queens, . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT help pay for the replace- including PS 19Q, which is , O ment of classroom trailers operating at 126 percent ca- with permanent classroom pacity. Teachers report that EDGER L space, the construction of the heating systems are in- IMES T new facilities for pre-kin- adequate, causing illness PS 19Q students and concerned parents join Francisco Assemblyman Francisco Moya goes back to school at PS 19Q in dergarten and the purchase in some students, and that Moya in support of the Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014. Corona. Photo courtesy Francisco Moya of new educational technol- some trailers leak during Photo courtesy Francisco Moya ogy equipment. rainstorms, have mold and and Senate joined in a bi- facilities, install high-tech “Kids belong in class- rodents. Additionally, some After the class, Moya had to run back and forth partisan manner to include security features and pur- rooms, not trailers,” Moya trailers are as old as 20 and joined DenDekker with a into the building to go to the Smart Schools Bond Act chase educational technol- said. The classroom trail- have begun to fall apart, ac- group of concerned par- the bathroom, which dur- in the final budget. It would ogy equipment. ers used throughout the cording to Moya. ents. “An old, rusting ing the winter meant she only be enacted if approved “Our children deserve city pose a health and safe- “There is no reason trailer is an unacceptable was always cold and wet by voters on Election Day. the best education and ty risk for our students. If why any students in a city environment to learn in, and gave her a cough and If passed, the measure learning environment pos- we are truly focused on the as prosperous and mod- and no student should have respiratory problems.” would authorize the state sible for us to provide that futures of our students, we ern as New York should be to call that a classroom,” PS 19Q first-grader comptroller to issue and for them,” DenDekker said. must provide them with going to class in rusting, DenDekker said. Julio Zhumi Jr. attended sell bonds up to $2 billion. “By voting in favor of the the learning environments thin-walled trailers,” he Berta Asistimbay, a class in a trailer last year The revenue received from Smart Schools Bond Act, that expand the mind, not said. “New York is a world- mother of two students at and said, “I had to wear two the sale of those bonds New Yorkers can help us do chill the bones.” class city and our students PS 19Q said, “My daughter pants to school because it would replace classroom just that.” Moya went “back to deserve a world-class edu- was in them last year and was so cold in there.” trailers with permanent school” at PS 19Q in Co- cation, not classrooms fit she told me that when the During the 2014 legisla- classroom space, construct Follow us on Twitter: rona, attending a class in for the junkyard.” bathrooms didn’t work, she tive session, the Assembly or modernize educational twitter.com/timesledger 41 TimesLedger, October 10-16, 2014 TL T IMES L EDGER , O CT . 10-16, 2014 2014 . 10-16, Sudoku 42 Arts & Entertainment 42 Crossword Puzzle 46 TIMESLEDGER Guide to Dining 47 . COM pret with a short story. The show munity. Having a relationship with A movable gallery titled “Now You Know” touches Liz Nieves and Chris Haber and upon a person’s ability to use hearing about this function, I knew their imagination in what they SingleCut was the place to do it.” believe is happening in a photo. SingleCuts has booked seven In addition to an opening bands and five singer-songwrit- COMES TO QUEENS party held at the gastropub Front ers throughout the opening day, Toward Enemy at 40-11 30th Ave. said Steiner. and an after party at speakeasy Another gallery site will be Third annual Astoria businesses throughout the north- IF YOU GO Mars 34-21 34th Ave. on the first Mackenzi Farquer’s store, Lock- west corner of Queens. night, this year’s event lineup wood, just off Broadway, which Art Festival invades “We don’t have any tradi- 3rd Annual Astoria Art Festival will include an evening of live stocks chic housewares, modern tional studios and galleries in music and local vendors at Sin- furniture and clothing. Astoria, so curated art will be on Friday, Oct. 10 through Sunday, gleCut Beersmiths Saturday, and “I’m super excited to partner neighborhood businesses display in bars, restaurants and Oct. 19 several open-house events, with the Astoria Arts Festival be- stores, as a true reflection of the Cost: $10 for Art Walk on Adam Steiner of SingleCut cause I believe deeply in what these during the next 10 days neighborhood’s community spir- Saturday, Oct. 18 Beersmiths wears many hats and amazing ladies are doing. This year it,” said Lizabeth Nieves, festival Website: www.astoriaartfestival. even has his own band, Green Lockwood will play host to their founder and participating photog- com Gallows, which performs there. Art Walk,” said Farquer. “Guests BY TAMMY SCILEPPI rapher. “There hasn’t been a dedi- “We have a great passion for will get 15 percent off Lockwood cated, yearly showcase for visual tions and mixed-media creations, the arts here at SingleCut,” said goodies, an amazing goodie bag, Art meets food European- artists until now.” which were selected from an open Steiner. “Nearly our entire staff is and a drink before they head out on style in Queens when the popular The event kicks off Friday call, resulting in 150 submissions artistic in one way or another. We a boozy art adventure.” Astoria Art Festival returns to and runs through Oct. 19 show- — whittled down to 50. also have a huge passion for com- Continued on Page 46 the borough for the third year. casing the works of well-known Nieves, who lives in Queens, But rather than being dis- and emerging artists. said she is working with writer Pictured top, Ashley Mendolia’s photo series, titled “Look/Back,” will be on played in one or two galleries, art- Featured works will include Alia Akkam on a series of narra- display at Olde Prague Tavern as part of the Astoria Art Festival. works will hang in more than 30 photography, paintings, illustra- tive portraits that she will inter- Photo courtesy Ashley Mendolia 42 Playground in Cunningham GrowNYC Greenmarket — Cost: $55 - $125 Cost: Free Park, Redfern Playground, Farm-fresh vegetables and Contact: (718) 793-8080 Contact: (718) 471-4818 TL Idlewood Park, Cunningham seasonal produce available Website: www. Website: www.nycgovparks.org THE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT Park, The Painter’s Playground, every Saturday. kupferbergcenter.org Russell Sage Playground, When: Saturdays, 8 am - 4 pm, For the most up-to-date listing of events happening through Nov. 22 KIDS & FAMILY MacDonald Park, Juniper ALK COM Where: Socrates Sculpture T . in Queens, check TimesLedger’s website at Valley Park, Travers Park, 5th Annual Halloween Fest www.timesledger.com/sections/calendar Queensbridge Park, Hoover- Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Manton Playground, Sherry Island City Prospect Cemetery and — Celebrate the season with the Chapel of the Sisters pumpkin picking, a family Arch in Sunnyside Park Dog Run Contact: (718) 956-1819 TIMESLEDGER — A combination lecture and costume contest, crafts, music Cost: Free Cost: Free Website: www. EVENTS walking tour looks at the two and trick or treating. Website: www.nycgovparks.org Website: www.nycgovparks.org socratessculpturepark.org New York City landmarks and When: Saturday, Oct. 11, from Open House NY Weekend — noon - 4 pm Wheelchair Football League recent renovations of both. The annual event allows access Open House New York: MUSIC When: Saturday, Oct. 11, at 2:30 Where: Brookville Park Kingsland Homestead — The — Wheelchair athletes come out . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 to the city’s unique, historical pm Playground, Rosedale CT for a weekly pickup game every and award-winning designed 12th annual Open House New Chicken Head Rocks — The Where: King Manor Museum, Cost: Free , O Sunday in Bulova Park. structures. Sites in Queens will York celebrates the city’s Bayside Historical Society 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica Contact: (718) 393-370 focus on Astoria, Long Island architecture and design history. When: Sundays, from 8 am - EDGER sponsors this free outdoor Cost: Free, but reservations Website: www.nycgovparks.org L noon, through Nov. 30 City and Sunnyside Tour Kingsland Homestead and concert. are required and limited to 20 IMES view the current exhibition. Where: Bulova Park, 76-01 25th T When: Saturday, Oct. 11 and When: Saturday, Oct. 11, at 6 pm participants. Fall Festival — Come out for Ave., East Elmhurst Sunday, Oct. 12 When: Saturday, Oct. 11, from Where: Crocheron Park, 35th Contact: (718) 206-0545, ext. 13 a day of fall-themed activities Cost: Free Where: For a list of Queens 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Avenue and Cross Island Website: www.kingmanor.org including a pumpkin patch, locations, check the www.ohny. Where: Kingsland Homeland, Contact: (347) 512-7186 Parkway infl atables, games and crafts. org website. 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing Website: Cost: Free When: Saturday, Oct. 11, from Cost: Many events require a $5 Cost: Free wheelchairsportsfederation.org Contact: (718) 352-1548 FILM noon - 3 pm reservation Contact: (718) 939-0647 Website: www. Where: Joseph P. Addabbo Contact: (212) 991-6470 Website: www. Farmer’s Market Fridays baysidehistorical.org “Makers: Women in Comedy” Memorial Park, Ozone Park Website: www.ohny.org queenshistoricalsociety.org — Fresh, local and seasonal — This six-part PBS series looks Cost: Free products available every Shahkar Bineshpajooh — The at the impact women have had Website: www.nycgovparks.org It’s My Park Day — Come out It’s My Park Day — Come out Friday. Iranian poet, songwriter and on various industries during to various borough parks to to various borough parks to When: Fridays, 8:30 am - 4 pm, singer, who taught himself the last 50 years. This episode Rockaway Fall Festival — The help remove trash, plant bulbs help remove trash, plant bulbs through Nov. 21 to play the guitar, piano and examines women in the world eighth annual event features and clean up the spaces. and clean up the spaces. Where: Queens Botanic Garden, drums, performs. of comedy. a pumpkin patch, pony and When: Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 When: Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 Main Street and Dahlia Avenue, When: Saturday, Oct. 18, at 9 When: Wednesday, Oct. 15, at hayrides and entertainment. am - 1 pm am - 3 pm Flushing pm 6 pm When: Sunday, Oct. 12, from Where: Weeping Beech Park Where: Brookville Park Contact: (718) 886-3800 Where: Kuperferberg Center Where: Sorrentino Recreation noon - 3 pm in Flushing, Park House in Field House, Detective Keith Website: www. for the Arts, Colden Auditorium, Center, 1848 Carnaga Ave., Where: Beach 32 Street Springfi eld Park and Sunnyside L. Williams Park, Redwood queensbotanical.org 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Bayswater Continued on Page 44 Answers in Sports 43 Chinese comfort food orbits downtown Flushing TL T Dumpling Galaxy offers traditional and unique fi llings in steamed, fried and even dessert varieties IMES L EDGER BY SUZANNE PARKER thing over 100. Dumpling Galaxy is IF YOU GO , O CT Who doesn’t love dump- the new venture of Helen Dumpling Galaxy 2014 . 10-16, lings? They’re a universal Yu, the owner of Tianjin 42-35 Main St., Flushing comfort food common to Dumpling, a dumpling dive (718) 461-0808, pretty much every culture. in Flushing’s subterranean Ravioli, perogi, kreplach, Golden Mall much beloved (718) 463-0808 www.dumplinggalaxy.com manti, mandu — the list is by hardcore foodies. For a TIMESLEDGER practically endless. while, Tianjin has been of- Price Range: Dumplings But one constant fering “design-your-own” $4.95—7.95 for six Cuisine: Traditional Northern in most cuisines is con- dumplings. Choose a com- . Chinese and every possible COM strained variations of bination of fillings — just kind of Chinese dumpling. fillings. Well maybe ravi- like pizza toppings — and Setting: Bright, cheery, oli has gone rogue in re- they will wrap it in dough Chinese modern. cent years, but in most and cook them up. Accord- Service: Friendly, traditional kitchens there ing to Ms. Yu, her custom- accommodating is a very proscribed list of ers came up with some Hours: 8:30 am -10:30 pm sanctioned flavors, all else real winners, and she kept Seven days being regarded as heresy. notes. She combined her Reservations: no Chinese menus, even own creativity with ideas Alcohol: no the most expansive, focus of her customers, and came Parking: Street or pay garage on half a dozen dumpling up with what must be the in building offerings, if you’re lucky. most prodigious collection Dress: Casual Not so at, as the name im- of filled dough in dump- Children: Good for children plies, Dumpling Galaxy. lingdom. Music: No Here they have more Unlike its grungy pre- Takeout: Yes dumpling categories than decessor, Dumpling Dynas- Credit cards: Yes the average place has fill- ty occupies cheery new digs Noise level: Acceptable ings. The actual number of At Flushing’s Dumpling Galaxy restaurant, menu choices include steamed shumai, or open-topped in the Arcadia Mall on the Handicap accessible: Yes dumpling varieties is some- dumplings, with shrimp. Photo by Suzanne Parker Continued on Page 45 Halloween Treats Halloween at Aunt Bella’s Playland HERE’S A TREAT FOR YOU: $595 SPECIAL CHILDREN’S MENU Kids under 12 will have their choice of: Baked Ziti, Ravioli or Pasta (whole wheat or semolina) with meatballs, meat sauce or broccoli, garlic and oil; oor Chicken Fingers with French Fries Join us weekdays from Oct. 9th through Oct. 31st as we give a free bag of individually wrapped Saturday, October 25, 2014 candies to any child under 12 — Eat-in only Noon – 5 PM 41st Ave by the Bayside LIRR 10% OFF FOR MORE INFORMATION: ITALIAN RESTAURANT Good Food At A Price You Can Afford DINNER www.Baysidevillage.net Open 7 Days Noon to 11pm Valid only for up to 5 people per table, www.AuntBellasRestaurant.com 718-225-4700 Not Good on Holidays. Rides Pumpkins Treats 46-19 Marathon Pkwy., Little Neck May not be combined with any other offer. 2 blocks South of Northern Boulevard 44 TL Kew Gardens celebrates its more creative side Artists and businesses come together for neighborhood’s Community Art Day festival COM . BY TAMMY SCILEPPI like Austin’s Ale House, Another artisan, Odradeks, Comic Den, Joanne Nichols, showcased TIMESLEDGER Kew Gardens Commu- Homestead Gourmet and her jewelry at the fair. She nity Arts Day took over the Potter’s Wheel, the local had moved to Kew Gardens neighborhood last Sunday pottery studio, offered spe- a couple of years ago. with an afternoon of cre- cial items and discounts “In just the past two ativity, connections and throughout the day. years, I am so much more . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 CT collaboration. “It was a beautiful fall a part of this community , O Organized by Carol day, and a great experience than I ever was in Long Lacks and business owner enjoying all the local art- Island City,” she said. “I EDGER L Grace Anker, with help ists,” said painter Susan wanted to participate, obvi- IMES from area artists, the event Sendek. “I find it inspiring ously to sell my jewelry, but T showcased artworks in that there is a wide array of also to mix with other local nearly every genre, includ- artist talent hidden inside artists — some I knew and ing pottery, knitted and the apartments and homes some I just met. There are crocheted items and paint- in Kew Gardens.” many challenges that face ing. Sendek said she had a small, independent artist “The event was a lot not expected to sell so many and the art fair gave us a of fun and helped people of her paintings during the chance to touch base.” appreciate how lovely the event. For Lacks, a quote neighborhood is. It also “It is very complimen- from Pablo Picasso writ- brought together the tal- A couple of young artists take advantage of the Art Zone at last weekend’s Kew Gardens Community tary and exciting for me,” ten on a sign and hung in a ented, creative artists in Arts Day festival. Photo courtesy Carol Lacks she said. “I thank Carol store window seems to sum Queens,” said Anker, whose Lacks and all members of it all up. Empty Bowls fund-raiser expand the scope of this forward to making a differ- The day was truly all the art coordination team “Art washes from the helps artists and art stu- successful event. The Kew ence for our neighbors in about art. for preparing for such a soul the dust of everyday dents. “We hope to further Gardens community look need.” Local businesses wonderful event.” life.” just-harvested produce. Appalachian Spring” and “Cave Where: Green Space Studio, focuses on the Latin American Contact: (718) 592-9700 When: Oct. 26, from 2 pm - 4 pm of the Heart.” 37-24th St., Long Island City graphic designers work Website: www.queensmuseum. Arts Where: Queens Botanical When: Saturday, Oct. 11, at 2 pm Cost: $10 between 1983 -2014. org Continued from Page 42 Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing and 8 pm and Sunday, Oct. 12, Contact: (718) 956-3037 When: Through Oct. 29 Cost: $20 per session/non- at 3 pm Website: www. Where: Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh and Beach Channel Drive in members, $15 per session/ Where: Queens Theatre, 14 greenspacestudio.org Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Hall, St. COMEDY Bayswater Park members, $75 for four United Nations Ave., South, John’s University, 8000 Utopia Cost: Free sessions/non-members, $55 for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Japanese Classical Dance at Parkway, Jamaica Estates Open Mic at Rapture Lounge Contact: (718) 318-4000 four sessions/members Cost: $25 - $42 Resobox — Workshops teach Cost: Free — All musicians, poets, writers, Website: www.nycgovparks.org Contact: (718) 886-3800 Contact: (718) 760-0064 the 400-year-old nichibu dance Contact: (718) 990-7476 singers-songwriters, comedians Website: www. Website: www.queenstheatre. popularized in kabuki. All Website: www.stjohns.edu and performance artists are Fall Harvest Festival — Enjoy queensbotanical.org org experience levels are welcome welcome. Sign-up at 8 pm. live performances, crafts, When: Mondays, 8:30 pm to and all materials are provided. Andy Warhol’s Photo- games, face painting and more. 10 pm Noguchi Open Studio: Drop-In Shawn T. Bible/stbdance and When: Mondays, 5:30 pm Aesthetic and Beyond — The When: Saturday, Oct. 18, from Where: Rapture Lounge, 34-27 Program for Families — On Bianca Johnson & Dancers recent donations from the Andy noon - 3 pm workshop for children 8 to 11; 28th Ave., Astoria the fi rst Sunday of every — Take Root at Green Space Warhol Foundation to Queens Where: Victory Field in Forest 6:30 pm workshop for all ages Cost: No cover, $10 minimum month, families can explore the provides choreographers 12 and up College will highlight the Park, Woohaven galleries and then spend time Contact: (718) 626-8044 Cost: Free with the chance to produce a Where: Resobox, 41-26 27th St., artist’s use of photo silkscreen, Website: www.rapturelounge. in the education room making full-length or paired evening Long Island City Polaroid photographs, silver Contact: (718) 235-4100 art. Educators will be on hand com of work. Cost: $25/adults, $20/students gelatin prints and black and Website: www.nycgovparks.org to discuss gallery connections, When: Friday, Oct. 17, and Contact: (718) 784-3680 white shots. introduce materials and assist Astoria Comedy All Stars — Ben Fall Harvest Festival at King Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8 pm Website: www.resobox.com When: Through Nov. 1 Rosenfeld hosts fi ve different in art making. No registration is Where: Green Space Studio, Where: Godwin-Ternbach Manor — Celebrate the harvest required. comics each week. Comics range 37-24th St., Long Island City Museum at Queens College, with an historic cooking When: First Sunday of each Free Line Dance Lessons from underground NYC acts to Cost: $15 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena demonstration, apple cider month, 11 am to 1 pm — Free line dance lessons nationally touring headliners. The Contact: (718) 956-3037 Blvd., Flushing pressing, butter churning and Where: Noguchi Museum, 9-01 given by professional dance show is absolutely free, no cover Website: www. Cost: Free autumn-themed crafts. 33rd Road, Long Island City instructor, Bernardo, every charge and no drink minimum. When: Saturday, Oct. 18, from Cost: $10 per family/includes greenspacestudio.org Monday. Contact: (718) 997-4747 When: Tuesdays, 8 pm noon - 4 pm museum admission and When: Mondays, 1 pm Website: www.qcpages. Where: On the Rox Lounge, Where: King Manor Museum, materials Fertile Ground at Green Where: Pomonok Senior Center, qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach 43-03 Broadway, Astoria 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica Contact: (718) 204-7088 Space — This monthly series 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Contact: Ben Rosenfeld ben@ Cost: Free Website: www.noguchi.org showcases emerging and Contact: Jennifer Buljan (718) Richard Dupont: Object bigbencomedy.com Contact: (718) 206-0545 ext. 13 established artists. In Oct. the 591-3377 Ritual — Dupont works include Website: bigbencomedy.com/ Website: www.kingmanor.org program includes Emergency experiments with digital blog/archives/astoria_comedy_ DANCE Escape Window, Elena Light, scanning and 3D printings using all_stars Children’s Garden Fall Eric Bliss Choreography, GALLERIES & EXHIBITS his body as the subject. Sessions — Young gardeners, Martha Graham Dance Co. Kipuka Theater, Katherine When: Through Nov. 16 ages 5 to 12, can explore the — The iconic contemporary Maxwell and Annie Woller Another Point of View - A Where: Queens Museum at VISIT US AT Queens Botanical Garden’s herb dance troupe’s performance Movement. Retrospective of Felipe Bulova Corp. Center, 75-20 and bee gardens and cook with will include “Suite From When: Sunday, Oct. 19, at 7 pm Taborda — This exhibition Astoria Blvd., Jackson Heights TIMESLEDGER.COM From the pan-fried sent what in our mind was 45 Dumpling category we chose pork and the “not dumplings” cat- TL Continued from Page 43 chive. Rather than the fa- egory. The beautifully pre- miliar pot sticker style of in- sented ribs were fried, yet lobby level of a spanking dividual dumplings, these miraculously un-greasy, T new building on the corner pups came bound together they were redolent of cumin IMES L of Main Street and Frank- in a unifying thin crepe. as well as tons of garlic and EDGER lin Avenue. The light, airy The idea is to pluck them red pepper. The plate was space is handsomely done apart, getting a crunchy bo- strewn with something that ELEGANT AND TRADITIONAL ITALIAN CUISINE , O CT up in red and gold Chinese nus of crepe along with the looked like finely chopped 2014 . 10-16, modern style. It also doesn’t dumpling. nuts. A taste told us it was confine itself to dumplings. Our shrimp shumai chopped garlic, punctuated Ms. Yu, who is from Tiajin, were delicately flavored with scattered red pepper. describes her offerings as and elegant. There’s some- If you’re a garlic lover, this “authentic Northern style thing so visually enticing is your dish. TIMESLEDGER Chinese cuisine and hand- about the filling peeking Our final dumplings made dumplings.” out of their open ruffled were of the dessert persua- Most of the categories, tops. sion. Pumpkin dough filled . COM including signature dump- Something we all with black sesame was a lings filled with seafood, could use, a money bag, is little too un-desserty for PRIVATE lamb, beef and vegetable an aptly named dumpling this Westerner. We pre- PARTIES are served boiled with a here. Shrimp and celery ferred the Eight Treasure and divided saucer of black vin- are drawn into a sack shape and Pear sweet dumplings CATERING egar and soy sauce for dip- in a thin dumpling wrap- which tasted like dough available ping. Pan-fried dumplings per which is then wrapped filled with very crumbly for all is its own category featur- in a smaller thicker dough halvah. occasions ing a range of fillings, some wrapper and tied. The of which overlap with the whole package is then deep www.JimmysBayside.com boiled ones. The steamed fried. The result is some- The Bottom Line category includes shumai, thing that looks like a mon- Helen Yu is so passion- open topped, and xiaolong- ey bag, and tastes like an ate about dumplings that Jimmy’s Trattoria Ristorante bao, soup dumplings. The old-fashioned egg roll. The she aspires to hold a dump- final category is dessert surface of the outer dough ling festival in the future, 45-73 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 s (718) 229-5319 dumplings. wrapping becomes bubbly. inclusive of all varieties— Mon.–Fri. 3:30pm–11pm s Sat. 4pm–midnight s Sun. 1pm–10pm We plunged in with an The filling tastes like the not just Chinese. If you WE ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS order of lamb with green neighborhood Chinese food love dumplings, rocket over squash dumplings, proba- of our youth — an unex- to the Galaxy. bly the top of the pops from pected bite of nostalgia. the old joint. They were as While there was no Suzanne Parker is the juicy and delicious as we way we could do justice to TimesLedger’s restaurant remembered them. We fol- a Chinese menu that could critic and author of “Eat- lowed those with some duck rival a Greek diner’s, we ing Like Queens: A Guide to meat and mushroom dump- just had to sample a dish Ethnic Dining in America’s lings, which were a little that wasn’t dumplings. We Melting Pot, Queens, N.Y.” earthier than the lamb, but chose, almost at random, She can be reached by e-mail in the same vein. garlic spare ribs to repre- at [email protected]. comedy “Lend Me A Tenor.” Auditions will be held Sunday, Oct. 19, from 1 pm - 3:30 pm and Monday, Oct. 20, from 7 pm - PRODUCTIONS thriller, a mix of murder and 9:30 pm. For more information, madness, set in a tony Kips Bay e-mail fi rststringplayers@ townhouse. gmail.com “A Midsummer Night’s When: Oct. 18 through Oct. 26, Dream” — Titan Theatre Co. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, returns with its hit adaptation Sundays at 3 pm, Opening Night MEETINGS of Shakespeare’s comedy, in includes a dessert buffet and which each actor’s role that meet and greet with the cast. night is decided at curtain time. Where: Colonial Church of North Shore Playwrights When: Through Oct. 12, Friday Bayside, 54-02 217th St., Circle Meeting — Formerly and Saturday at 7:30 pm, Bayside. known as the Playwrights Sunday at 4 pm Cost: $18/general admission, Circle of Great Neck, this open Where: Queens Theatre, 14 $16/seniors and students group features discussion, United Nations Ave. South, Contact: (347) 358-8102 workshopping and writing Flushing Meadows Corona Park Website: www.theatretime.org exercises for playwrights in Cost: $18 Queens and Nassau counties. Contact: (718) 760-0064 Website: www. AUDITIONS When: Every other Wednesday, titantheatrecompany.com 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm “Lend Me a Tenor” — First Where: Atria, 96 Cutter Mill “Night Watch” — Theatre String Players will hold Road, Great Neck Time presents Lucille Fletcher’s auditions for the Ken Ludwig Contact: Muriel, (718) 225-7382 DCA # 1098304 #1098306 Design by: © PrintorDesign.com 46 Rego Park artist Mario Saviñon will show his work, including TL paintings “The Fool (on the hill)” (l.), and “Dr. Monarchy,” at A movable gallery Front Toward Enemy as part of COM . the Astoria Art Festival. COMES TO QUEENS Photos courtesy Mario Saviñon TIMESLEDGER has become a major arts Continued from Page 41 ly and under the radar. This Prague Tavern, 28-48 31st St. destination,” said Queens festival is a social event New this year will be Tourism Council Director A featured artist, Den- that brings the entire com- the festival’s first curated Rob MacKay. “The neigh- nis Borowsky, said what he munity together. It’s never art walk Oct. 18. Sponsored borhood is teeming with . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 CT likes most about the festival stuffy, and it’s exciting to by We Heart Astoria, the creativity and diversity, and , O is its approachability. meet everyone locally.” event will include a tour both characteristics will be “Every artist in the Film photography of five of the 35 participat- on display during this event. EDGER L neighborhood can utilize enthusiast and Queens na- ing venues — Lockwood, While promoting and munity of artists. And, it’s I can’t wait for it to begin.” IMES all it has to offer without the tive, Ashley Mendolia, said Queens Kickshaw, Pachan- helping local businesses, also a great way to make For more information T unreachable feeling other she is inspired by time and ga Patterson, Sweet Afton the collaborative festival new friends and network. and a full schedule, check galleries, submissions, and the passing of it, and how and William Hallet. Tick- will shine a spotlight on a “This festival is a shin- www.astoriaartfestival. festivals seem to conjure,” a photograph can encapsu- ets are limited and cost growing and dynamic com- ing example of how Astoria com. said Borowsky. “For years, late a moment, a sentiment, $10, which will include Astoria has served as a cul- a feeling. happy-hour priced drinks, tural hub, where so many Her work will be on a gift bag and a few other MS. SCARLET'S FRIENDS CROSSWORD PUZZLE SP I RO ASOB MAP artists worked independent- display Oct. 10 - 19 at Olde suprises. EATEN GCLEF USA WHI TECOLLAR STD ASSA I L CATERTO TimesLedger Newspapers PDAS ASEA AMP ANTES NERD LAST BELT GOV T OLD I E Oct. 10-16, 2014 ETU I NEA EGAD WEEK'S TOMBS ENGR DALE ANSWERS OB I T STEED SSN Queens culture magazine By Ed Canty CARE SHAM ARSENAL ARAB I A FLA GREENBERETS A Ford in Your Future UTZ AORT A MIDST to debut at Astoria festival ROY NOSY EASYA Across 1234 56789 10 11 12 13 1. "Pipe down!" BY TAMMY SCILEPPI 14 15 16 5. Cancel 10. -- the line (obeyed) 17 18 19 On Friday at mid- 14. Boat in "Jaws" night, the Astoria Art Fes- 15. "___ fault is it?" 20 21 22 tival will host the launch 16. Device for rotating one's tires? 23 24 of “Idlewild” magazine, a 17. Bothers unique print Queens cul- 18. Like Cheerios 25 26 27 28 29 ture guide. The magazine 19. Beginning to care? 20. 30 31 32 33 34 35 will make its debut at the The 19th President 23. Command After Party, which will 36 37 38 39 24. "Heads up!" e.g. be hosted by local “speak- 25. Has a cow 40 41 42 easy” Mars (34-21 34th 28. Bay Ave.). 30. Face saver? 43 44 45 Enjoy happy hour 31. Ex-viewer of Medusa? 46 47 48 49 50 drink specials and music 33. Friendly beginner? by DJ and artist, Dennis 36. Shakespeare's hangout? 51 52 53 54 55 56 40. Borowsky. Big load of bricks 41. 57 58 59 “Idlewild will be a Descartes and others 42. Cast leader? 60 61 62 glimpse into Queens cul- 43. Roger of "Cheers" ture and showcase the 44. Newspaper section 63 64 65 community and artists 46. 1960's radical Hoffman that dwell here,” said edi- 49. Bewitching town? 7. Chopper blade 35. 11 components? tor Lizabeth Nieves, who 51. Classic '50s car 8. Computer addict? 37. 57. Chick chaser? Canned meat rival of Spam is the festival’s creator. 9. Bow to pressure? 38. 58. Circumvent "___ fi fo fum" Nieves said that she Lizabeth Nieves shot the cover of the new “Idlewild” maga- 10. "Chili today, hot ___" 39. 59. Blue Bonnet, e.g. 1940s Los Alamos development and Nur Asik, her part- zine. Photo courtesy Lisabeth Nieves 11. Certain daisy 60. Brand, in a way 43. Commuters ner and creative director, 12. Bush, senior? 61. Deserve 44. Almost hails 13. Thomas Jefferson, religiously started Idlewild because on it,” said Asik. “What this round and three con- 62. Big money-maker? 45. The "p" in m.p.g. 21. "... ___ he drove out of sight" of their shared interests a week it was while we tributing sales and mar- 63. Tut's cousins? 46. Pull ___ one 22. Any port in a storm in magazines, Queens were trying to find a keting people, who met 64. Composer Camille Saint-___ 47. ___ well 25. Actors and culture. name! We shared laughs, almost weekly at Mars to 65. Diminish 48. 26. A chorus line Go to pieces? 49. “I am a writer and stories, ideas, concerns... discuss ideas and plans. Down 27. Financial aid Animal catcher photographer and she all great moments. I love Nieves said the first 1. Coating of frost 28. Atlantic swimmers 50. Bring to the mix is a graphic designer, so that in the end you have issue focuses on the old 2. A language of Pakistan 29. "... sail ___ Ship of State" 52. Does some tailoring it seemed like an ideal a strong vision; when you school owners of busi- 3. "Great ___!" 31. Dad's lads 53. Bit of eye makeup? match,” said Nieves. have a strong team, then nesses in Astoria that 4. Discuss 32. A crowd in Torino? 54. Hip bones ”Idlewild has been you are unstoppable.” helped build the commu- 5. 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Ebola discussions behind the “This is not a new “This report does not re- BT DiNapoli Airport scenes. thing for us,” said Dr. Sora- flect the improvements be- Continued from Page 4 Continued from Page 4 “The response to the na Segal-Maurer, the direc- Continued from Page 4 ing made under the MTA’s tified early on, you have training has been very tor of the hospital’s Divi- new component approach, around it to ensure the COM . what happened in Dallas,” positive,”Wilson said. “ sion of Infectious Diseases. The report, which used which began in the current wetlands are not contami- he said referring to the We’re getting it right with “We have equipment laid 2012 data compiled by NYC capital program and focus- nated. case of Thomas Eric Dun- pretty much every step,” out in an easily accessible Transit, said only 51 of the es on improving deteriorat- “A buffer in the devel- TIMESLEDGER can, who died. “The first If HHC determines setting and we have doctors city’s 468 stations were com- ed components system-wide opment is very critical,” thing is that you get more that a patient tests positive and nurses on alert. When pletely free of any defects. rather than rehabilitating he said. “If you put in an people in the community for the Ebola virus, that it comes to any of these pub- DiNapoli said the MTA has entire stations.” industrial footprint, you’re in contact with Ebola. The patient would immediately lic health threats, what you renovated 241 stations over The MTA said it has al- probably going to contami- second thing is that you be transported to Bellvue want is uniformity. You the last 30 years, but has ready fixed defects in more nate the wetlands.” can increase the risk to Hospital, which has up- want everyone marching in not had the resources to than 150 stations and plans The 132nd Street exten- . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT health-care workers.” graded its isolation rooms step with the same protocol keep them maintained. to continue this work. sion, which the wetlands , O At all 11 city hospi- and is in the process of and make sure you screen A spokesman for the DiNapoli’s office ac- mitigation work is being tals, the HHC is conducting MTA said the majority of lumped with, will enlarge EDGER building a separate labora- everyone.” knowledged that the MTA L test-patient drills where an tory dedicated exclusively At North Shore-LIJ, the stations on DiNapoli’s has made repairs at cer- the road from 20th to 23rd IMES T employees acts as a patient to Ebola cases, should any emergency medical physi- list have either already tain stations since 2012, but Avenue. The 132nd Street who recently traveled to present themselves. Wilson cian Dr. Jason D’Amore been addressed, are under pointed out that the subway plan is part of an overall West Africa and returns believes it is unlikely any said that after Sept. 11, construction or in the plan- system is not static and that project to alleviate traffic with symptoms. The fake of the city hospitals will emergency rooms across ning process. conditions have also con- in the area that includes patients enter the emer- get an Ebola case and he the country have been bet- He added that any un- tinued to deteriorate dur- the long delayed Linden gency room complaining finds it extremely unlikely ter prepared for public safe conditions on platform ing that time. Place extension. of fever, headaches and that there will be an un- health crises. edges, as well as in any Linden Place is sched- abdominal pain. A nurse controlled breakout in the “We’ve had increased other part of the subway Reach reporter Alex uled to be reconstructed asks the patient a series of United States because the awareness and increased system, are repaired imme- Robinson by e-mail at arob- by the end of the fall after questions and if the patient health-care system is bet- surveillance and are ready diately. [email protected] or by years of setbacks. answers yes, emergency ter prepared than in West at almost all times for mass “All 468 stations in the phone at 718-260-4566. Construction on the protocols are implemented. Africa where the mortality casualty incidents, attacks MTA New York City Tran- 132nd Street part of the Health-care workers would rate is at 50 percent to 70 that might require a sig- sit subway system are safe project will begin in spring immediately don protective percent. nificant amount of decon- for our 5.8 million daily Call the 2015 and is anticipated to be equipment as the patient is At New York Hospital tamination, the increased customers, and the MTA newsroom: complete in 2018, the EDC put into isolation. Queens in Flushing, the risk of biological agents,” has spent billions of dollars said. 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Rossi – 41-02 Bell Blvd. 2nd Floor, 2nd Floor, Rossi – 41-02 Bell Blvd. S. 4@33:/>B=> at the student excel in academics in addition at the student excel photo are included with the nomination. are photo Please send nominations and information to: If you have any questions, you may contact me at: may contact you any questions, have If you 1) Middle School 2)High School 3) College participation and why they would be worthy of this recognition. be worthy of this recognition. they would and why A) Th A nominating letter from your school’s guidance guidance school’s your from B) A nominating letter Please make sure that the student’s bio and a recent bio and a recent C) Please make that the student’s sure counselor and instructors describing the student’s abilities and instructorscounselor describing the student’s excellent students as well as role models for their younger peers. their younger models for as role as well students excellent EVS\g]c`SUWabS`]\ZW\SO\R^O Do you know a Student of Distinction? of a Student know you Do school to participate in our feature highlighting young people who are people who are young highlighting school to participate in our feature $ $?cSS\a0]cZSdO`RAcWbS 4]`Sab6WZZa TIMESLEDGER Avenue , where de Blasio The people who gath- in August, the law requires said, “That’s Avonte saying made his announcement ered around her under the the city Department of Edu- “Go get ‘em, Mom.” and which has gotten less pavilion of the East River cation to evaluate the need After prayers, poetry than $60,000 in capital im- Ferry, barely sheltered for alarms on outside doors readings and a moment of provements over the last from a driving rainstorm, at all schools and install silence the small crowd twenty years. were all united during the them where it has deemed released 24 white and blue . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT “This is a place where exhaustive four-month them necessary by next balloons, the most allowed , O Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the launch of his new initiative, many children come for search for Avonte. Every- spring. by a city ordinance. The which seeks to evenly distribute funding to the city’s parks. recreation,” de Blasio said one clutched pinwheels EDGER Cornegy told the balloons were blown direct- L Photo by Chris Palermo of Bowne Playground. “It’s with ribbons bearing his gathering that it is a more ly over the river where the IMES T used constantly and needs those inequities.” City Council and borough name. Pinwheels are a sym- urgent need and the city fog was lifting as the storm lots of support.” Park advocates have presidents. More than $36 bol of child safety, accord- should “not wait until May passed. The funds will go to- criticized the Bloomberg million will come from ing to an organizer. 2015, but do it immediately,” “It was sad to be here, ward improvements that administration for neglect- the city Department of En- The family’s lawyer, he said. but it was hopeful because include fixing cracked as- ing parks in poor neigh- vironmental Protection David Perecman, referred Perecman lamented Avonte’s family held on, phalt, replacing concrete borhoods and focusing on which will go to building to the storm, saying, ““I that the city has not given a they didn’t crack,” opera with green space and in- large parks such as Central green infrastructure to think it’s Avonte’s spirit nod of recognition by hold- singer Wandelle Saavedra stalling new benches. Park. help alleviate the city’s an- that brought the clouds ing someone accountable. said. “The whole time we The mayor said these “This was a constant tiquated sewer system. over us, just like last Oct. 4 “To date nobody has searched it was magical open spaces in low-income battle I engaged in with the The other parks and was a dark day. The rain is been disciplined or repri- how many people from neighborhoods have suf- last administration that playgrounds in the bor- the tears of the angels.” manded for anything that all walks of life were com- fered the brunt of the city’s had a completely different ough which are slated to The volunteers who happened, for the whole pelled to help us. I’ll always lopsided parks funding and vision,” said City Council be renovated through the joined the search last win- confluence of mistakes remember that.” have languished as a re- Speaker Melissa Mark-Vi- additional funding are As- ter seemed undaunted by that brought about Avonte’s The bus driver from sult. verito (D-Manhattan), who toria Heights Playground, the storm. loss,” he said. Bayside, Steven Divers “It’s another example used to chair the Parks Corona Mac Park, Grass- Steve Divers, an MTA When it was time for added, “My son is autistic of the inequalities that have Committee and represented mere Playground, Rock- bus driver from Bayside Fontaine to speak, she grew so the outpouring from the plagued this city over time. low-income neighborhoods away Community Park and said, “We searched during angrier and through tears people that helped us really Some parks did very well. such as East Harlem and Van Alst Playground. the worst winter this city’s she said, “Because they touched my heart. I’ll be Other parks didn’t have the Mott Haven in the Bronx. had in many a year. A little didn’t do their jobs I don’t down here every year re- resources they needed and Roughly $110 million Reach reporter Alex rain isn’t going to affect us have my son, my baby -- be- membering Avonte.” didn’t have the support they of the funds will come from Robinson by e-mail at arob- deserved,” he said. “We’re the mayoral capital budget [email protected] or by here today to take a major and the other $20 million phone at 718-260-4566. candidate for the GOP and Pfizer who has considered step towards addressing has been allocated by the Nov. 4 Conservative/Libertarian taking his campaign to the Continued from Page 5 lines. realty T.V. industry, will Wilson, describes himself Allen Steinhardt, a contend with U.S. Rep. Car- as a neophyte disgruntled Rockaway Park resident olyn Maloney (D-Astoria). museum, Finkelpearl hired “My dream for the mu- with Albany and the in- and construction contrac- Di Iorio is running on the Raicovich community organizers to seum is that we produce cumbent on his website. tor, created a party called GOP, Conservative and In- build a closer connection programs that are so com- And Flushing business- Allen 4 Congress to chal- dependence party tickets. Continued from Page 5 between the institution and pelling and that make peo- man Philip Gim has staked lenge U.S. Rep. Gregory U.S. Reps. Nydia Ve- amount of energy to the mu- the community that sur- ple so excited that they sit out the GOP line in his bid Meeks (D-Far Rockaway). lazquez (D-Brooklyn) and seum. The expansion of the rounds it, something Rai- up and say ‘gosh, I have to to oust state Assemblyman U.S. Rep. Joseph Crow- Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brook- physical space is extraor- covich wants to take a step get to the Queens Museum Ron Kim (D-Flushing). ley (D-Jackson Heights) fac- lyn), whose districts dip dinary.” Raicovich said. further. this weekend.’ The Queens All but one of Queens’ es the Conservative Party’s into western Queens, have “It really has changed the “This is not only a Museum is a place with ex- congressional representa- Elizabeth Perri, a frequent opponents as well. character of the space in a national model but an in- traordinary potential and tives have challengers. candidate for office from U.S. Rep. Grace Meng positive way and allows it ternational model on how I’m delighted to be bring- U.S. Rep. Steve Israel the Bronx. (D-Flushing) is running to do so much more than it museums can be more con- ing it into its next phase of (D-Melville) is up against Nick Di Iorio, a former unopposed. could previously.” nected to the communities evolution.” Grant Lally, a lawyer and financial contractor for During his time at the around them,” she said. ministrative leave distract one conducting business or Boom (D-Sunnyside) is no fan of the need for development, Audit us from the urgent need to traveling on behalf of the the plan that is being float- but it has to be in concert establish adequate manage- library,” Stringer said. Continued from Page 5 Continued from Page 10 ed to put a deck over the with the existing neighbor- ment and controls for the li- Stringer has yet to public engagement process Sunnyside Rail Yard. hoods. What we really need place CEO and President brary, particularly over the release his office’s formal to work with community “I have serious con- in western Queens is more Thomas Galante on ad- expenses incurred by any- audit. residents and stakeholders cerns about this plan being greenspace, parks and to further refine the rec- re-floated again,” he said. schools.” ommendations and issue “They’ve wanted to do it for bono alone will not meet state’s role in addressing a final report and action a convention center, a sta- Reach reporter Bill Kids the legal needs for this vul- the influx of migrant kids plan.” dium and housing and each Parry by e-mail at bparry@ Continued from Page 9 nerable population,” testi- from Central America. Meanwhile, Council- time it comes up my constit- cnglocal.com or by phone at fied Benson during an As- man Jimmy Van Bramer uents fight it. I understand 718-260-4538. “But relying on pro sembly hearing about the TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 51 BT Photo by Robert Cole In the second half half second the In Continued Page 53 on half as they drove to the quarter as Nelson the scored to St. from 21 yards away. Francis Prep did an have drove opportunity to get back in they the Cross. before just as game the Holy of half line 23-yard Prep fumbled the ball on the final of the play half and the Knights recovered. The Knights had little The rushing attack trouble scoring and found the end zone on their first two drives of the game to to a 14-0jump out lead. Ju- running Edwin nior back Villegas had a 2-yard scor- ing run and Daeon Pierce found the end zone from 1 yard out. second the in continued The Holy CrossThe Holy defense “Coach Timothy Smith Paul Yodice throws passPaul Yodice during the CHSAA game between Holy Cross and Prep at Bayside St. Francis Field. School High my book.” was on par with the offense Terriers the held they as to only one score the when game was already of out reach is the best coach defensive “He said. Pugh around,” tirelesslyworks on our de- fense.” The first win the of sea- The Knights this won Cross,Holy which hadn’t guys “These this needed Cross Holy soon as our I saw “As BY STEPHEN ZITOLO STEPHEN BY Knights score 35 points before St. Francis makes a touchdown makes Francis St. before 35 points score Knights Cross runs past rival Prep rival past runs Cross Sports son for Holy Cross Holy son for wasn’t one. ordinary an of theyear’s version Battle of the Boulevard in decisive fashion, 35-8, rival over St. Francis Prep in CHSFL footballa rainy on and windy afternoon last Sat- Athleticurday Bayside at Complex. struggled through a chal- lenging start to the sched- ule, seemed tohave the Ter- first riers’ number from start game’s the to finish. The Knights (1-4, scored 1-2) Francis St. before points 35 points 0-3)(1-4, eight scored quarter. fourth the in had a win yet, so this was Cross Holy coach Tom big,” Pugh said. “To go against your biggest rival where anything can happen, it’s like a Army vs. Navy game. I was of the proud kids to- day.” victory and they came out playing like it. Junior run- Nelson Jeremiah ning back had the biggest of the play shoot- game. St. Francis Prep had came CrossHoly pinned down line 5-yard own Nelson their inside before ing of the out backfield and to run a hole found a 97-yard through. The touchdown score the put Knights up quarter. third the 28-0 in the with engaged fullback alllinebacker, was I saw “It’s said. Nelson daylight,” not just me that scores, it’s CrossHoly that scores. The O-line gets a touchdown in Photo by Caroll Alvarado (file) “When I was on cam- do to has that of Some Continued Page 53 on again was enough to have him verbally committed to head coach Joe Mihalich and the Hempstead school Wright-Foreman week. last thepicked Pride Kent over Fairfield, St. Peter’s State, was it Manhattan. and like felt “I pus, I just comfortable,” felt said. he the right place to be. I just felt at home.” with relationship his with Claxton. has known He him since the eighth grade him for he played when at Christ the King basketball The summer. that camp two began to talk then even and developed a bond, one Queens’ guard to another. Wright-Foreman,who Construc- to transferred tion from Christ the King The senior’s comfort “He told me it was was it me told “He The Construction Construction The If Justin Wright-Fore- Justin If BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI snares Wright-Foman snares Hofstra coach Claxton coach Hofstra Cardozo in January. Justine Wright-Foreman (13) of Construction during a game against against game a Construction during of (13) Wright-Foreman Justine achieve that of successachieve level belief he can Hofstra help level with Claxtonlevel and the it’s just exciting.” port. When win you games, students show a lot of sup- a lot students show Wright-Foreman said. “The a great environment,” had his number retired. tournament in 2000 and has has and 2000 in tournament led the school to the NCAA basketball assistant coach basketball assistant coach Claxton. The Hofstra men’s King guard Craig “Speedy” than former Christ the the Christ former than the Pride was none other guard’s lead recruiter from person to ask. ask. to person Hofstra, he had the perfect what it was like to win at at win to like was it what man was curious about 52 BT Terriers’ catcher Lucil picks Division 1 URI COM . BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI money. in late August. Rhode Is- said. “I went to one of their Licul is the first Divi- land recently renovated its games once and it is kind of Kelly Licul had re- sion-I softball player from athletic facilities, but the like they are her children.” TIMESLEDGER signed herself to the fact St. Francis Prep since Ni- choice was about more than Licul has given St. that she wasn’t going to cole Nelson went to Provi- sports for Licul. Rhode Francis Prep plenty to play Division I softball dence in 1995, according to Island, unlike the other smile about during her ca- until Rhode Island came Terriers coach Ann Marie schools she was interested reer, especially last season. along. In her mind, a dif- Rich. in, offers her desired field She batted .426 and scored ferent route was originally of study, physical therapy 17 runs. She hit a home run . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 CT just fine, but playing for the and sports management, in a semifinal victory over , O Rams was too good to pass She’s come into as both majors and minors. Fontbonne to help SFP win EDGER up for the St. Francis Prep Rhode Island also had a its first CHSAA Brooklyn/ L catcher. her own to take special pre-physical thera- Queens title since 2008. Be- IMES T “I really wanted to go py program. hind the plate, she kept run- to a D-II school so I could total control of “I know that I could ners from stealing bases focus more on my academ- see myself there with or and helped develop young ics,” Licul said. “Once I saw the game. without softball,” she said. pitchers. URI, I really couldn’t see Ann Marie Rich The All-Queens First “They relied upon her myself anywhere else.” Terriers coach Team selection by the a lot for the calls,” Rich The senior verbally TimesLedger also built said. “She’s come into her committed to Rhode Island a good relationship with own to take total control of and coach Erin Layton last Layton. A few of her former the game.” week on a partial athletic “This is really big for Sudden Impact travel ball Licul can just focus on and academic scholarship. her,” Rich said. “Her and teammates play at Rhode that game now with her col- Licul chose the Rams over her parents worked re- Island and told her about lege decision behind her. Georgian Court Univer- ally hard to get her to this the coach’s nurturing na- “I don’t have to be so sity, Dowling. St. John’s point.” ture. Licul saw it firsthand stressed with the whole col- Fisher and Binghamton. Licul fell in love with during a game. lege thing,” Licul said. It’s She worked hard enough the campus, the program “She cares so much St. Francis Prep catcher Kelly Licul gets a hit during a recent game. just a blessing and I can’t to score high on her ACT and all the school had to about her players and she Licul verbally committed to play softball at URI next season. really wait to be doing it.” to ensure extra scholarship offer on an unofficial visit treats them so well,” she Photo by Steven Schnibbe Persico’s milestone shows track record of consistency Joseph “There are moments I “It difficult to win at “I feel supported,” she look back and I am really, this level every year,” Per- said. “The program’s done Staszewski really proud,” Persico said. sico said. well. I feel we are making “I didn’t have children of She has done it, how- a difference.” Block Shots my own. I feel that by giv- ever, and it has allowed The current St. John’s ing berth to the program I her to keep doing the job team is 13-7 and 2-3 in have the most wonderful, she loves. Persico, the Big conference play and hop- largest group of children East Player of the Year in ing to make the Big East anyone can ever have.” 1987 at Syracuse, joked tournament by finishing BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI The current group that it is more of a voca- in the top four during the had to wait a little lon- tion than a job now with regular season. The Red Joanne Persico got ger than they would have all the hours its takes to Storm has been playing an extra reminder of what liked to get her to the mile- run a Division-I program recently without its start- she has built during her stone. The Red Storm lost in 2014. It is getting the ing setter, but Persico has more than two decades at two straight matches after chance to shape players’ confidence in this squad. St. John’s. she hit 399. One was a five- lives and the people at St. They have bought into Sure, the St. John’s set heartbreaker to Seton John’s that make it easy to what she preaches, which women’s volleyball coach Hall. come back. got to celebrate her 400th “I got stuck,” the Persico had never has a proven track record career win last weekend, coach said. coached before taking the of success for 21 years. but that wasn’t the thing Persico, who has won job at St. John’s. She cred- “They believe in the that made her really re- three Big East regular sea- its learning from legend- product, so 399 will turn flect. A day later the pro- son titles and one confer- ary men’s basketball coach into to 400 and now 400 gram hosted its alumni ence tournament crown, Lou Carnesecca, men’s will hopefully turn into game. There Perisco was finally hit the mark with soccer coach Dave Masur 401 and 402 this weekend,” reunited with former play- a home victory over and baseball coach Ed Persico said. “In this pro- St. John’s volleyball coach Joanne Persico during ers from her 21 years at Providence Saturday. Her Blankmeyer and praised fession you are only as the win of her 400th game over the weekend. that helm, including ones record stands at 400-263 her two athletic directors, good as our last win, so I Photo courtesy of St. John’s Athletic Communications from her team in 1994, the heading into this weekend. Jack Kaiser and Chris Mo- hope 401 comes quickly.” school’s first as an NCAA She got to 200 wins back in few days more to get the tament to the program’s nasch, for their efforts to program. 2004 and it took her just a next 200 in 2014. It is a tes- consistency. help the program. TIMESLEDGER, OCT. 10-16, 2014 TIMESLEDGER.COM 53 BT Free Shipping Over $50 Over Shipping Free www.shoevillage.com 45-22 162nd St. Flushing, NY 11358 | (718) 762-1990 (718) | Flushing, St. NY 11358 162nd 45-22 “I feel like I made tookIt sometime and made I like feel “I plenty of points to finally the at Adidas Super 64 tour- finally to nament in Las inVegas late July. points of plenty he get the attention he felt deservedfrom colleges, but Wright-Foreman could not be with happier he where landed and he landed who with. the rightdecision to go to Hofstra,” Wright-Foreman ALL ALL TYPED FORMS FORMS MUST BE BE MUST Photo by Robert Cole Wright-Foreman 2015 the rest of the season left.” proved that to people last last persaid. “That’s he what people Con- to does.” lead that proved helped He season and the over sum- mer. struction to the school’s borough Queens PSAL first points 21 averaging title, during the regular season re- five and 14- points 25 and on postseason five in bounds points 48 in Wright-Foreman games. poured from the fieldfor-16 the for team travel Rens York New , 2014 th “I don’t think it mat- it think don’t “I ing,” Nelson said. “But we can’t have dwell on it. We Chaminade and week next emerging as a threatthe for CAAtitle, thanks to key Construction transfers. believes Semper Cory coach the Pride a great provide Wright-Fore-system for man to display his talents guard shooting a as both one is There point. the at or no change won’t that thing posi- or school what matter tionhe is playing. ters the he is on be- level cause he can the just put Sem- basket,” the in ball Daeon Pierce runs the ball during the CHSAA game between Holy Cross and Prep at Bayside St. Francis High School Field. 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Stephan back Robert Einersen and and Einersen Robert back between senior quarter- senior between down on an 18-yard hookup hookup 18-yard an on down Prep would get a latetouch- Akini Primus. St. Francis 18-yard touchdown pass to program in the process of an toss Yodice Paul back Continued from Page 51 Cross senior saw quarter- Foreman said. the school already,” Wright- already,” school the tionship with somebody in in somebody with tionship able becauseable I had rela- a sion becausesion comfort-felt I choice easier. choice Claxton made his college said his relationship with with relationship his said late in his sophomore year, Continued from Page 51 54 Williams carries ball BT Flushing rolls past Jefferson COM . past Xaverian, 13-8 after slow start in fi rst quarter TIMESLEDGER BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI Springfield Gardens (1-4). Evander Childs 42, BY STEPHEN ZITOLO Christ the King is still Info Tech 14: Nicholas Suda unbeaten in CHSFL play. completed 5 of 10 passes for The momentum shift- The Royals football 135 yards and a touchdown ed Flushing’s way on two . 10-16, 2014 . 10-16, 2014 CT team picked up its second to Jean Claude Previlon for plays early in the second , O league win of the year by Info Tech (1-4). Previlon quarter. EDGER beating Xaverian 13-8 last made four catches for 128 Thomas Jefferson L Saturday afternoon at yards and had an intercep- held a six-point lead after IMES T Franklin K. Lane. Jamen tion on defense. Suda also one period an appeared Williams carried the ball ran for 64 yards and a score to add to it, but a 68-yard 12 times for 75 yard and and Eduardo Martinez re- touchdown reception was a touchdown and had a covered a fumble. called back on a penalty. 6-yard catch. Kareem Davis On the next play, the Or- returned a punt 43 yard for East Harlem Pride 6, ange Wave fumbled the a score. Bryant 0: Raheem Williams ball and Flushing recov- David Naves was 5 of rushed for 80 yards on 13 ered. From that point on 10 passing for 78 yards and carries for Bryant (2-3). the Red Devils scored 56 Ahmad Fernandez ran 10 Justin Delacruz picked up unanswered points to top- times for 67 yards. Angel three interceptions and Ca- ple vising Jefferson, 56-6, Ortiz chipped on eight reem Ibrahim made eight in PSAL City Conference tackles. The Royals’ two tackles. football last Friday. losses this season came “We didn’t panic at the hands of Fieldston Franklin K. Lane 26, when they got that early and Rye in non-conference John Adams 8: Gustaviour score,” Flushing head games. Christ the King (3-2, Brown went 8 for 21 passing coach Jim DeSantis said. 2-0) will try to stay perfect for 82 yards and ran for a “These guys don’t quit on when it takes on Nazareth 10-yard touchdown for John each other. They always at Tilden high school Sat- Adams (2-4). continue to fight.” urday at 3 p.m. Flushing (3-2) showed that fight in all three phas- Bayside 12, Springfield es of the game to turn in Gardens 6: Marcus Wat- one of its best performanc- son carried the ball seven es of the year, according times for 77 yards and a to DeSantis. The Flushing touchdown and Nicolas Gi- OTHER SCORES defense and special teams raldo added a score on the combined to force five ground for Bayside (5-1). George Washington turnovers, two of which Shariff Abukari completed 44, Far Rockaway 0 were returned for scores. 4 of 8 passes for 57 yards The first defensive and a touchdown. Elijah Kipp NYC College score came from senior Rimpel made five tackles, Prep 42, Long Island City Keron Hermitt. He re- including a sack and Bran- 22 turned a fumble 46 yards don Cohen added an inter- for a touchdown in the ception. Allassane Couliba- second quarter and Se- ly ran for the only score for nior D’Andre Sapp also re- Flushing’s Keron Hermitt makes a catch over a Thomas Jefferson defender. turned an interception 60 Photo by Williams Thomas yards for the score in the third. was strong as well. Sapp including a 44-0 victory Offensively the Red scored rushing touch- over Beach Channel, they Devils showed great bal- We didn’t panic downs of 6 and 40 yards. have a lot of season in ance. Senior quarterback The reason for all this front of them. Flushing Terrence Chavis threw for when they got success seems to be the faces quality opponents four touchdowns, includ- that early score. hard work put in practice. in New Utrecht, Kennedy ing a quick slant that was It was all the Red Devils and South Shore during lateraled between three re- They always players could talk about the next three weeks. ceivers for a 29-yard touch- post game. “Coach always says down that was credited to continue to fi ght. “This week in prac- the highs are never too senior running back Dem- Jim DeSantis tice we focused on our high and the lows are etrie Narcisse. He received Flushing head coach teamwork and unity,” never too low,” Sapp said. the final pitch for the score Sapp said. “That helped us “That means we basically against Jefferson (2-3). a lot throughout the game have to play balanced and “We worked hard in today.” never get too cocky. We practice this week,” Nar- become easier on game Even though the Red just have to play Flushing cisse said. “When we work day for us.” Devils have won in huge football.” hard in practice, things The running game fashion the last two weeks, 60 BT COM . TIMESLEDGER . 10–16, 2014 . 10–16, 2014 CT , O EDGER L IMES T