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Queens Today Volume 65, No. 148 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 50¢ Queens leaders drive state, city QUEENS veteran initiatives By Victoria Merlino Queens Daily Eagle A slate of state and city programs, pushed by a pair of Queens lawmakers, will benefit TODAY New Yorkers who have served in the U.S. military. Queens Assemblymembers Stacey November 13, 2019 Pheffer Amato and Nily Rozic advocated for the reforms, which were announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS Blasio on Monday, Veteran’s Day. scheduled to hear oral arguments on Cuomo signed a package of veter- Tuesday regarding the White House’s effort an-based laws that include awarding high to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood school diplomas to vets who joined the Arrivals (DACA), the 2012 policy that military before they finished high school, enabled undocumented immigrants who were waiving property taxes to those currently brought into the country as children to avoid serving in the military who are seriously deportation. injured, mandating a study on the home- less veteran population and making it easier for vets to take certain public service tests, LU AG ARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE such as the NYPD and FDNY tests. student Martín Batalla Vidal is lead plaintiff “As state and federal governments move in one of the three cases that have been Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato (right), a member of the Veterans’ Affairs to streamline Seeservices more so we on can page improve 16 consolidated for consideration today. He Committee, advocated for a package of measures to support veterans across the state. Continued on page 11 was joined by LaGuardia graduate Antonio Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the new laws Monday. Photo via New York State Assembly Alarcon, who is a co-plaintiff. A third co- plaintiff, Carolina Fung Feng, graduated from Hunter College. “CUNY STANDS IN SOLIDARITY He has a housing voucher. with DACA recipients across the nation in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the misguided effort to end DACA,” said Will any landlord take it? Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez in a By Jonathan Sperling statement. “The action would unjustly punish Queens Daily Eagle close to 700,000 DACA recipients nationwide, Derek Hines and his two children don’t including many thousands of college students know where they’ll be living next month, or and some of our nation’s truly outstanding even how they’ll be able to afford the rent on scholars.” a sufficiently sized place. The family of three has lived in an apart- ment in East Elmhurst for nearly 10 years, QUE E NS COLLEGE WILL EXPLORE but the landlord said he plans to increase the new approaches to leadership on such rent from $1,800 a month to $2,700 — a 50 issues as climate change, gun control, and percent hike. Hines can’t afford that. immigration through its annual Susheel Hines, 40, does have a Family Homeless- Kirpalani Innovation Exchange, a series of ness & Eviction Prevention Supplement, a presentations and workshops facilitated by program known as FHEPS, that is offered experienced practitioners today from 5:30 through the city’s Department of Social Ser- p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Student Union, fourth vices. But the FHEPS voucher only allows floor. Participants include Steven Barton, Hines and his children to rent an apartment director of Intergovernmental Relations that costs $1,557 per month or less. No easy for Senator Chuck Schumer, and Queens task in a city where two bedroom apartments College’s own Soribel Genao, associate average $3,300 per month. Hines said he has contacted about 150 professor for Educational Leadership. brokers and agents in the past year, and has run into the same obstacle over and over again: landlords at first seem interested in QUE E NS CENTER’S HGTV SANTA HQ renting to him, but they stop returning his Holiday Parade will take place Nov. 16 from calls and messages once they learn he has a 11 a.m. – 2p.m., kicking off the 2019 holiday FHEPS voucher. season. This event brings together friends and “I started looking at buildings. As soon as families for an afternoon of festive holiday they found out I had a voucher, they would fun including holiday entertainment, live say, ‘This landlord does not accept vouch- music and free face painting for kids. Derek Hines says he has struggled to find a new apartment for him and two children, ers,’” said Hines, who asked to be referred to despite having a FHEPS voucher and being a responsible tenant. Continued on page 2 Eagle photo by Jonathan Sperling Continued on page 7 Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Visit us Online @queenseagle facebook.com/queenseagle queenseagle.com World’s Fair site receives a major upgrade By Victoria Merlino Queens Daily Eagle The Parks Department is continuing to rehab the old 1964 World’s Fair structures QUEENS at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, breaking ground on the reconstruction of the New York State Pavilion Observation Towers last week. “The work we are breaking ground on to- day will go a long way toward restoring the iconic New York State Pavilion to its former TODAY glory,” Queens Borough President Melinda Katz said in a statement. “This work will en- November 13, 2019 able future generations to continue to enjoy the Pavilion’s distinctive Space Age architec- ture and be reminded about the important role THE DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS OF the 1964-65 World’s Fair played in Queens history.” Red Riding Hood, running from Nov. 23 The structures in the World’s Fair area, through Dec. 15 at TADA! Youth Theater, most notably the Unisphere, have become is a humorous take on the Red Riding Hood Queens landmarks. The $24 million project, story told from the wolf’s point of view. It was funded by Katz, Mayor Bill de Blasio and originally produced as a TV special in 1965 Councilmember Franciso Moya, will see the featuring Liza Minnelli, Cyril Richard, and towers’ bases waterproofed, electrical up- Vic Damone. grades, structural preservation measures and stair replacement. Other World’s Fair structure will see up- OSR CA SEGARRA, A 16-YEAR-OLD grades as well, notably the “Fountain of the from Corona, will star as Percival the Wolf. Fairs” around the Unisphere’s base, which “Percival is a member of the wolf pack. We will become an elaborate kids’ water park experience wolf pack peer pressure, and we when construction on it is finished. are more like animals. Lone T. Wolf feels This is not the first time Katz has taken misunderstood, and he is trying to break away an interest in preserving the World’s Fair from the pack and be something better,” he structures. In 2015, Katz recruited painters to said. assist in repainting the State Pavilion’s Tent of Tomorrow, and 30 bridge painters volun- The Parks Department and elected officials ceremoniously break ground on the latest teered 8,000 hours to finish the job. New York State Pavilion construction last week. Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks THR E PA KS DEPARTMENT IS INVI- ting residents to give input on the new improvements slated for Court Square Park, which will receive $4 million in funding for upgrades. The Parks Department will host a Jamaica man gets 15 years community meeting to discuss the changes on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Court Square Library, at 25-01 Jackson Ave. in prison for pimping out teen KE E P YOURSELF INFORMED ABOUT By Jonathan Sperling strangers for money and collecting all of the for his actions,” Ryan said in a statement. everything Queens by subscribing to our daily Queens Daily Eagle proceeds. Prosecutors say the girl’s ordeal began in newsletter. Visit queenseagle.com/subscribe A Jamaica man who pleaded guilty to Justice Gia Morris handed down the sen- November 2017, when Miller met her in a ho- to have the news soar straight into your inbox forcing a 17-year-old girl into prostitution tence. tel room and informed her he was a pimp and every weekday at 8:30 a.m. was handed a 5- to 15-year prison sentence, “The defendant coerced this teenage girl that she would be made to work for him. He Acting Queens District Attorney John Ryan into prostitution — forcing her to have sex took the girl’s cellphone, MetroCard and ID announced Tuesday. with various men for cash. This teenager’s card. Shavon “SB” Miller, 26, pleaded guilty to ordeal was horrifying and demonstrates that Over the course of the next few days, Miller charges of sex trafficking in October. Pros- prostitution is not a victimless crime. The de- forced the girl to have sex with multiple men ecutors say he took the girl’s cellphone and fendant in pleading guilty has admitted to his and give any money made to Miller. On Nov. MetroCard before forcing her to have sex with crime and is going to prison for a long time 30, Miller finally allowed the girl to leave. Get 'The Best of the Nest' What's on the docket delivered to your inbox every week: for the Queens legal community QueensEagle.com/Subscribe P ROBATE & ADMINISTRATION QUE E NS COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR TH E FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF ESTATES: A PRIMER ASSOI C AT ON JUDICIARY NIGHT W OMEN FACE DURING Friday, Nov. 15 • 3-Credit CLE: 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 PUBLISHERS: ATRND AF E A DIVORCE Surrogate Court Judge Peter Kelly, Chief The QCWBA will host its annual Judicia- Michael Nussbaum J.D. Hasty Thursday, Nov.
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