Volume 67, No. 17 FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2021 50 Borough Hall celebrates Indo-Caribbean Heritage Month for the first time By Rachel Vick Queens Daily Eagle Borough President Donovan Richards hosted a virtual Indo-Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration Wednesday for the first time to honor the unsung heroes from the community. Special guests and honorees, including Hon. Karen Gopee, gathered to mark Indian Arrival Day and the contributions of Queens residents of Indo-Carribean descent. MAY 7, 2021 “We respect, appreciate and advocate for the indo carib community and their contributions to this great city,” Richards said. “These are individuals who are selfless who don’t look for accolades but GOV. ANDREW CUOMO SIGNED THE just do the right thing, but in doing the right thing HERO Act, sponsored by Sen. Michael represent the culture of our borough.” Gianaris, into law on Wednesday. “Too many Gopee, who was born in Trinidad, said she workers have already sacrificed their health for was grateful for the traditions and culture passed our community’s benefit,” Gianaris said. “The down by her family that made her who she is New York HERO Act will honor their efforts by today, and for the prevalence of Indo giving workers the tools they need to protect “In recognizing Indian Arrival Day you are themselves while on the job. I appreciate the choosing to honor your ancestors and all their efforts of so many advocates and organizers sacrifices and hard work,” Gopee said. “The true greatness of America and the borough we live in who made this success possible.” is the fact that we honor diversity and are able to ««« come together to accomplish great things, stand THE JIHYE LEE STRING QUARTET Borough President Donovan Richards hosted the first Indo­Caribbean Heritage Month up and help each other.” will give a live virtual performance from Celebration at Borough Hall on Wednesday. Eagle file photo by Christina Carrega CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Flushing Town Hall on May 21 to honor the victims of recent anti-Asian hate crimes. “Among the eight victims of the recent tragedy in Atlanta, six of them were Asian women, ST. ALBANS PARK SET TO HOST SUMMER SERIES including four Koreans — immigrants who courageously came to America for better lives. FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC They innocently got killed, and left their loved ones behind,” Lee said. “Motherland was the By Rachel Vick musical genres to St. Albans Park out of a custom Linda and Mitch Hart. word that came to my mind. After many Queens Daily Eagle 20-foot-long shipping container to connect “We want to take that crucial work of struggles and defeats, burdened lives are resting The New York Philharmonic kicks off a communities with art after a year of lockdown. partnership, in all its forms, even further. now. The souls are comforted in the loving arms month-long series of mini festivals across the city “Emerging from this difficult period, we have Bandwagon 2 allows us to center the voices of our to consider deeply what we have learned and what partners, and utilize the Philharmonic’s resources of their motherlands.” this weekend. NY Phil Bandwagon 2 is bringing free we want to change,” said Deborah Borda, to amplify the work of our collaborators,” Borda ««« performances across creative disciplines and president and CEO of tNew York Philharmonic CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE 11TH ANNUAL QUEENS WORLD Film Festival will honor the staff at Elmhurst Hospital, which became known as the epicenter of the epicenter, for their service during the pandemic Monday at 10:30 a.m. All 6,000 hospital staff members will receive a full all- access pass to the festival, which includes 196 independent films. “Queens World Film Festival is making sure creative expression and a passion for truth is alive and well in Queens,” said QWFF executive director Katha Cato. “This is a tough time on us and for our planet. Now is the time to hold up a mirror to show us who we are, and what we have done, and who we can be.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 ««« MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO SAID THAT neither he or Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter were consulted on the decision to change Columbus Day to honor both Italians and indigenous people, “ but the end result, a day to honor Italian American heritage and indigenous peoples, I think that’s a good way forward.” ««« A THIRD PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED in connection with the stray bullet killing of Woodside mother Gudelia Vallinas in March. Benaiah Reid, 19, was arrested in Florida last Month by the U.S. Marshals, CBS News reported. Reid faces charges including murder and criminal posession of a weapon. NY Phil Bandwagon is bringing back the free concert series this spring on a grander stage Rendering courtesy of Chad Owens St. Albans park set to host summer series from The New York Philharmonic Continued from page 1 Town Hall, Groundswell, and National Black said. “Fundamentally, it’s an opportunity to make Theatre. joy with our community.” Executive Producer Anthony Roth Costanzo Queens’ events will include James Lovell and questioned the impacts of partnership in the The Afri-Garifuna Music Ambassadors, who will identity of the Philharmonic, “thinking a lot about share their musical traditions for a performance how the words community and communication alongside musicians from the Orchestra, and have the same root.” Soprano Laquita Mitchell performing with a “In building Bandwagon 2 to delve deeper into Philharmonic string quartet. engagement and collaboration, we have Artist Julia Cocuzza designed the mural discovered new harmonies and found different decorating the side of the container — which approaches not only to making music, but to includes a foldout stage and LED video wall — listening,” Costanzo added. to incorporate the diverse identities of the partner Performances will not be announced ahead of organizations A Better Jamaica, Casita Maria time to adhere to safety guidelines for unticketed Last year’s outdoor concerts operated out of a pickup truck. Mary Altaffer/AP Center for Arts & Education, El Puente, Flushing events. Assemblymember Rozic endorses Garcia for mayor

By Rachel Vick history and I believe it’s past time we shatter a glass Queens Daily Eagle ceiling that is over 300 years old,“ she added. Assemblymember Nily Rozic endorsed Rozic, who represents Flushing, Queensboro Kathryn Garcia for mayor of New York City on Hill, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows, Oakland Gardens, Thursday after withdrawing her initial endorsement Bayside, and Douglaston, said that the former of Scott Stringer in response to sexual harrassment sanitation commissioner’s actions during the allegations. pandemic to support the thousands of workers and Against the backdrop of the Unisphere, Rozic coordinate food deliveries for homebound residents. celebrated Garcia’s “moxie and know-how,” and Garcia said she was “honored” to receive emphasized the importance of supporting other Rozic’s endorsements. women in tangible ways. “Her own candidacy for the New York State “Support women, but more importantly — vote Assembly shattered glass when she became the first for them,” Rozic said. “Our city faces an uphill woman elected to represent her district,” Garcia battle in our recovery from the pandemic and needs said. “Here in Queens, which has more languages experienced leadership that won’t let anything stand spoken and more diversity than any other county in in the way of getting the job done.” the country, I am proud to celebrate all of that and “Kathryn is focused on our recovery and ready what brings New Yorkers together is that specialness to lead on Day One, but she’s also ready to make and queens is the uber representative of that.” Cuomo signs law giving parolees the right to vote By Rachel Vick Queens Daily Eagle After years of advocacy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill restoring voting rights to formerly convicted individuals into law on Tuesday. The bill sponsored by Queens State Sen. Leroy Comrie and Manhattan Assemblymember Daniel Queens Assemblymember Nily Rozic endorsed Kathryn Garcia for mayor. Courtesy of Kathryn Garcia O’Donnell passed in the State Legislature on April 21, expanding on a 2018 executive order offering “conditional pardons” to give people on parole the right to vote immediately upon their release. Until now, parolees have had to wait until they received a pardon and register to vote on their Eagle file photo by David Brand own. “Felony disenfranchisement is a relic of Jim Crow America, so there is no need to wonder why it disproportionately impacts people of color,” Comrie said after the February Senate vote, referencing the policy’s roots in the segregation efforts following the Civil War. Today, Black and African American individuals make up the majority of New York’s prison population. Nearly 80% of people with criminal conviction records are Black or Latino, according to the Data Collaborative for Justice. “Over the past several years, New York has been a national leader in election and criminal justice reforms, and felony disenfranchisement is a vestige of Jim Crow era voting restrictions,” Cuomo said. “I strongly believe that restoring the right to vote to people who have paid their debt to society strengthens our democracy, promotes successful reentry into the community, and makes New York a safer and fairer place to live.”

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and request the editions you wish to receive in your email. Friday, May 7-13, 2021 • BE LOCAL — A section of Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Heights Press, Brooklyn Home reporter, Brooklyn spectator, Greenpoint Gazette • 3 G uest Editorial Opinions Space tourism – 20 years in the making – is finally ready for launch By Wendy Whitman Cobb The Conversation For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito achieved that lifelong goal – but he wasn’t a typical astronaut. Tito, a wealthy businessman, paid $20 million for a seat on a Russian Soyuz space- craft to be the first tourist to visit the International Space Station. Only seven peo- ple have followed suit in the 20 years since, but that number is poised to double in the next 12 months alone. NASA has long been hesitant to play host to space tourists, so Russia – look- ing for sources of money post-Cold War in the 1990s and 2000s – has been the only option available for those looking for this kind of extreme adventure. However, it seems the rise of private space companies is going to make it easier for regular peo- ple to experience space. From my perspective as a space policy analyst, I see the beginning of an era in which more people can experience space. With companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin hoping to build a future for humanity in space, space tourism is a way to demonstrate both the safety and reliability of space travel to the general public. The development of space tourism Flights to space like Dennis Tito’s are expensive for a reason. A rocket must burn a lot of costly fuel to travel high and fast enough to enter Earth’s orbit. Another cheaper possibility is a suborbital launch, with the rocket going high enough to reach the edge of space and coming right back down. While passengers on a suborbital trip experience weightlessness and incredible views, these launch- es are more accessible. The difficulty and expense of either option has meant that, traditionally, only nation-states have been able to explore space. This began to change in the 1990s as a series of entrepreneurs entered the space arena. Three companies led by bil- lionaire CEOs have emerged as the major players: Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX. Though none have taken paying, private customers to space, all anticipate doing so in the very near future. British billionaire Richard Branson has built his brand on not just business but also his love of adventure. In pursuing space tourism, Branson has brought both of those to bear. He established Virgin Galactic after buying SpaceShipOne — a com- pany that won the Ansari X-Prize by building the first reusable spaceship. Since then, Virgin Galactic has sought to design, build and fly a larger SpaceShipTwo that can carry up to six passengers in a suborbital flight. The going has been harder than anticipated. While Branson predicted open- ing the business to tourists in 2009, Virgin Galactic has encountered some signifi- cant hurdles — including the death of a pilot in a crash in 2014. After the crash, en- gineers found significant problems with the design of the vehicle, which required modifications. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, respective leaders of SpaceX and Blue Origin, be- gan their own ventures in the early 2000s. Musk, fearing that a catastrophe of some sort could leave Earth uninhabitable, was frustrated at the lack of progress in making humanity a multiplanetary species. He founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of first developing reusable launch tech- nology to decrease the cost of getting to space. Since then, SpaceX has found suc- cess with its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX’s ultimate goal is hu- man settlement of Mars — sending paying customers to space is an intermediate step. Musk says he hopes to show that space travel can be done easily and that tour- ism might provide a revenue stream to support development of the larger, Mars-fo- cused Starship system. Bezos, inspired by the vision of physicist Gerard O’Neill, wants to expand hu- manity and industry not to Mars, but to space itself. Blue Origin, established in 2004, has proceeded slowly and quietly in also developing reusable rockets. Its New Shepard rocket, first successfully flown in 2015, will eventually offer tourists a suborbital trip to the edge of space, similar to Virgin Galactic’s. For Bezos, these launches represent an effort at making space travel routine, reliable and accessible to people as a first step to enabling further space exploration. Outlook for the future Now, SpaceX is the only option for someone looking to go into space and or- bit the Earth. It currently has two tourist launches planned. The first is scheduled for as early as September 2021, funded by billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman. The other trip, planned for 2022, is being organized by Axiom Space. These trips will be costly, at $55 million for the flight and a stay on the International Space Sta- tion. The high cost has led some to warn that space tourism — and private access to space more broadly — might reinforce inequality between rich and poor. Blue Origin’s and Virgin Galactic’s suborbital trips are far more reasonable in cost, with both priced between $200,000 and $250,000. Blue Origin appears to be the nearest to allowing paying customers on board, saying after a recent launch that crewed missions would be happening “soon.” Virgin Galactic continues to test SpaceShipTwo, but no specific timetable has been announced for tourist flights. Though these prices are high, it is worth considering that Dennis Tito’s $20 million ticket in 2001 could pay for 100 flights on Blue Origin soon. The expe- rience of viewing the Earth from space, though, may prove to be priceless for a whole new generation of space explorers. Wendy Whitman Cobb is professor of Strategy and Security Studies, U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.

4 • BQ Daily Eagle • Friday, May 7, 2021 New York’s Plastic Bag Ban Yields Few Fines for Grocers Six Months In By Reuven Blau THE CITY The state’s ban on single-use plastic shopping bags has been a mixed bag, with some groceries ignoring the new regulations and the state issuing few fines so far. Some supporters of the law, launched just over six months ago, maintain it will take time to gain a hold due to ongoing stresses over the pan- demic. But others are furious that some bodegas and at least one local grocery chain appears to be flout- ing the new regulations barring single-use plastic bags. “This is absurd,” said environmental activist Judith Weis, adding she’s repeatedly complained to state officials about the Gristedes grocery on the Upper West Side. The supermarket has continued to give shop- pers single-use plastic bags, a recent visit by THE CITY found. “I think the only thing that would work is a very, very hefty fine,” said Weis, adding she and neighbors are discussing launching “acts of the public” like a protest outside of the grocery on Columbus Avenue between 84th and 85th streets. John Catsimatidis, who owns Gristedes, de- clined to comment. Warnings, No Fines The state department in charge of enforcing the law has issued few fines since the measure went into effect in late October, data shows. All told, the state’s Department of Environ- mental Conservation, the authority overseeing the new regulation, had issued 64 written warnings to grocery stores as of April 14. The DEC vowed to take tougher action, in- cluding $250 to $500 penalty per violation, if the cautions go unheeded. The agency declined to share a list of the stores hit with warnings. “DEC continues to encourage New Yorkers to make the transition to reusable bags whenever Judith Weis stands outside of Upper West Side Gristedes where she’s observed the staff ignoring the plastic bag ban implemented last and wherever they shop, and encourages anyone fall. Photo by Hiram Alejandro Duran/THE CITY who witnesses violations of the plastic bag ban to fill out DEC’s complaint form on our website,” ‘Patchwork Adoption’ layed after bag manufacturer Poly-Pak Industries mous amount of waste, with approximately 50% said Erica Ringewald, a department spokesper- Environmental activists say more needs to be filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the new of them ending up as street litter. That represents son. done to gain complete compliance. rules. millions of bags on streets, in trees and clogging Francisco Marte, a spokesperson for the Bo- “It is an important step, but there’s been patch- There needs to be greater enforcement of the waterways, they point out. dega and Small Business Association, said mar- work adoption,” said Tok Oyewole, a policy and plastic bag ban across establishments. The struggle for compliance throughout the ket owners are concerned about losing business. communications organizer for the NYC Environ- After a Manhattan Supreme Court ruling city comes as new legislation to ban single-use “The customer is not willing to pay every time mental Justice Alliance. against that challenge, DEC began enforcing the plastic toiletry bottles at hotels has been passed by that they go,” he said. “In order to keep the cus- “As a whole, I think that there needs to be law on Oct. 19. both state legislative houses. tomers, we need to give them the bags.” greater enforcement of the plastic bag ban across “A concerted public relations campaign by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will have the final say Meanwhile, the state has collected about $3.4 establishments,” she added. the plastics industry sought to scare the pub- on the matter when the bill hits his desk in the million in tax revenue tied to the new regula- The plastic bag ban “took effect during a per- lic in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,” coming weeks. tions, according to the DEC. The tax, technically fect storm,” noted Eric Goldstein, a senior attor- Goldstein said, “and the law took effect at a mo- “The bill remains under review by Counsel’s a 5-cent fee, is only collected on paper carry-out ney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a ment when the attention of state officials was Office,” said Richard Azzopardi, Cuomo’s chief bags, not the banned plastic carry-out bags. major supporter of the new law. understandably focused on the public health cri- spokesperson. Marte wants some of that money to go to- The ban was set to go into effect on March sis.” THE CITY is an independent, nonprofit news wards helping small grocers hit hard during the 1, 2020 — the day the first coronavirus case in Goldstein and other environmental activists outlet dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that pandemic. the city was reported. But implementation was de- note that single-use plastic bags create an enor- serves the people of New York.

A Gristedes customer heads north on West 85th Street. Plastic bags are an issue in other parts of the country, too, as can be seen in this photo Photo by Hiram Alejandro Duran/THE CITY from Philadelphia. AP photo by Matt Rourke

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6 • QueensBay Ridge Daily Eagle Eagle• Thursd • Friday,ay, MayJuly 117, ,2021 2019 SSPORTS Cyclones suffer first loss in Asheville By John Torenli, Sports Editor Ritter, who hit .245 with four homers and 36 Daily Eagle RBIs in 68 games for the Baby Bums during their Luke Ritter’s solo home run in the top of the 2019 championship campaign in the now-defunct seventh inning proved to be the lone highlight for New York-Penn League, blasted his first of the Brooklyn Wednesday night as the Cyclones suf- season to help the Cyclones (1-1) avoid a shutout fered a 6-1 loss to the host Asheville Tourists in one night after cruising to an 8-2 win over Ashe- front of 1,200 fans at McCormick Field. ville (1-1). Mets prospect and Cyclones right-hander Jose Butto lost his control in the fourth inning Wednesday, resulting in Brooklyn’s first loss of the young season. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Cyclones

Cody Bohanek went 3-for-3 with a walk for Brooklyn put a pair of runners on with two Brooklyn, which will be in Asheville, N.C. for out later in the inning, but Scott Ota took a called its first six games before moving on to its next strike three to end the Cyclones’ best shot to climb High-A opponent, which will be waiting in Green- back into the game. ville, S.C. next Tuesday. Ramiro Rodriguez added an RBI single in the The Cyclones, who won’t return to open eighth for the Tourists, who lost starter Cole Mc- up MCU Park until May 18 vs. Hudson Val- Donald to injury in the second inning. Fortunately ley, were in a tight one Wednesday before for Asheville, Chandler Casey (1-0) came on and right-hander Jose Butto (0-1) lost his feel in the tossed four scoreless innings of three-hit ball to fourth inning. keep Brooklyn at bay. After surrendering an RBI triple to Scott Sch- Brooklyn reliever Bryce Montes de Oca made reiber in the bottom of the first, Butto, considered his professional debut after being sidelined since one of the team’s top 30 minor league prospects, 2018 due to injury and last year’s season cancella- got through the next two frames unscathed before tion due to COVID-19. things began to unravel. The 6-foot-7 righty worked around a walk in He began the fourth by walking back-to-back a scoreless inning before southpaw Andrew Ed- batters and issued three free passes in all during wards, who closed out Lowell in the deciding the fateful rally, which resulted in four runs for the game of the NY-Penn Championship Series two previously winless Tourists. summers ago, yielded a run on two hits in the Emmanuel Valdez’s two-run single off Brook- eighth. lyn reliever Josh Hejka capped the big inning as Right-hander Oscar Rojas was slated to make Come May 18, fans will be permitted back into MCU Park, where the Cyclones will host the Cyclones remained scoreless until Ritter’s his first start for Brooklyn on Thursday vs. Ashe- their home opener vs. Hudson Valley. Eagle photo by Gordon Walker blast in the seventh. ville’s Matt Ruppenthal.

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Friday, May 7, 2021 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 7 Our World In Pictures

INDIA — Check-up: An Indi- an health worker checked the body temperature of a wom- an during a door-to-door sur- vey being conducted as a pre- caution against COVID-19 in Hyderabad, on Thursday. Photo: Mahesh Kumar A./AP

IDAHO — Grief: Students embraced after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby on Thurs- day. Authorities said a shooting at the eastern Idaho middle school injured two students and a custodi- an, and a male student was taken into custody. Photo: John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via AP

BRITAIN — Fishermen fury: Fishing vessels at sea off the coast of Jersey, on Thursday. French fisher- men angry over the loss of access to waters off their coast gathered their boats in protest. The head of a VATICAN — Swearing-in: Vatican Swiss Guards stood at attention at group of Normandy fishermen said about 50 boats from French ports joined the protest Thursday morn- the St. Damaso courtyard on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremo- ing and gathered their fleet off the Jersey port of St. Helier. Photo: Oliver Pinel/AP ny, on Thursday. Photo: Andrew Medichini/AP 8 • BQ Daily Eagle • Friday, May 7, 2021 Friday, May 7, 2021 • Queens Daily Eagle • 9 Prosecutors defend nightly sleep checks on Ghislaine Maxwell By Larry Neumeister allowed to wear a mask that would shield her eyes Associated Press at night. Her lawyer told the 2nd Circuit that she Federal prosecutors say Ghislaine Maxwell puts socks or a towel over her eyes to try to sleep. is not under suicide watch, but it’s still necessary David Oscar Markus, an attorney who rep- to flashlight into her cell every 15 minutes as she resents Maxwell before the 2nd Circuit, said in an sleeps while she awaits a sex trafficking trial. email late Wednesday: “This is positively Orwel- They told a judge Wednesday that height- lian. Prosecutors have parroted a nameless MDC ened security for Maxwell was necessary because official, who has determined that a detainee, who of the nature of the charges she faces, the poten- has not been deemed a suicide risk, must be awo- tial stress she faces in a high-profile criminal case ken every 15 minutes for her own ‘well-being.’ and because of a need to ensure her safety in a cell What’s next? Bread and water diet to eliminate the where she is alone. risk of diabetes? Please!” Maxwell’s lawyers say the light flashing is a In their letter, prosecutors said Maxwell can- response to ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s August not be issued an eye mask because they are not 2019 suicide as he awaited trial on sex traffick- available for purchase in the jail commissary and ing charges. are thus considered contraband. Maxwell, 59, has been held without bail since The trial of Maxwell was postponed this week July on charges alleging she recruited teenage from July until early fall, though no date has yet girls from 1994 to 2004 for Epstein to sexually been set. abuse. She has pleaded not guilty. Maxwell’s lawyers have said a postponement Prosecutors based their letter on a consulta- of the trial was necessary after prosecutors in late tion with lawyers for the Metropolitan Detention March added sex trafficking charges to the case. Center in Brooklyn, where Maxwell is held, after They also cited what they described as onerous a judge requested an explanation for the flashing jail conditions that slow Maxwell’s ability to pre- In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell, far right, appears in Manhattan Federal of light at the ceiling of Maxwell’s cell every 15 pare for trial. court seated next to her attorney Bobbi C. Sternheim, second from left, along with her minutes while she sleeps. Maxwell was arrested in July on charges that sister Isabel Maxwell, far left, during her arraignment on a superceding indictment, Fri- Two judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of she recruited three teenage girls for Epstein to sex- day, April 23, 2021, in New York. Maxwell, a British socialite and one-time girlfriend of Appeals recommended the explanations be sought ually abuse from 1994 to 1997. A superseding in- Epstein, pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy and an additional sex trafficking after recently rejecting an appeal of three rulings dictment in March added a fourth teenage girl to charge that were added in a rewritten indictment released last month by a Manhattan rejecting bail for Maxwell. the allegations and extended the years of the al- federal court grand jury. The new indictment stretched the timespan of the charges from They also questioned why Maxwell was not leged conspiracy to 2004. three years to a decade. AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams Weinstein sues lawyer Jose Baez, seeks return of $1M in fees By Michael R. Sisak ting with Benjamin Brafman, the pugnacious New Associated Press York City defense lawyer who’d been with him Harvey Weinstein wants his money back. since his arrest in 2018. The convicted rapist is suing his one-time Baez first gained fame for representing An- lawyer Jose Baez for breach of contract and is thony, the Florida mom whose televised trial in seeking a refund on $1 million in legal fees he 2011 ended in an acquittal on charges accusing says he paid the high-profile attorney for a short her of killing her young daughter. Baez and Sul- stint on his legal team. livan successfully defended New England Patri- Weinstein alleges Baez was regularly preoc- ots tight end Aaron Hernandez against murder cupied with other matters, pawned off important charges in 2017. Hernandez, in prison for a 2015 work on other lawyers, was often unavailable to murder conviction, killed himself five days later. speak with him about his New York City rape case Sullivan left Weinstein’s case in May amid and later provided fraudulent billing records. backlash about his involvement. Baez, a Florida-based lawyer best known for Weinstein then asked Baez for an account- representing Casey Anthony, joined Weinstein’s ing of his work but Baez refused and threatened to defense in January 2019 and left six months lat- leave the case unless he was immediately paid $1 er, saying the former movie mogul had tarnished million to cover the remainder of the agreed upon their relationship by communicating only through fee, according to Weinstein’s lawsuit. other lawyers and by failing to abide by a fee A few weeks later, Baez wrote the judge pre- agreement. siding over the case that Weinstein made repre- Weinstein, in the lawsuit filed Tuesday, claims senting him “unreasonably difficult” and insisted he agreed to pay Baez and another lawyer $2 mil- on taking actions “with which I have fundamental lion in $200,000 monthly payments for their de- disagreements.” fense work on the landmark #MeToo case but In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, Harvey Weinstein, left, enters court with attorneys Ron In July 2019, Judge James Burke approved that Baez violated New York law by stating in his Sullivan, center, and Jose Baez, in New York. Weinstein is suing his one-time lawyer, Baez, Baez’s departure from the case. As he left the agreement that his retainer was non-refundable for breach of contract and is seeking a refund on $1 million in legal fees he says he paid courtroom, Baez said: “I feel like I won the lot- and non-negotiable. the high-profile attorney for a short stint on his legal team. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File tery. Just kidding.” Messages seeking comment were left for Weinstein continued to press the issue of le- Baez. state prison. Last month, his lawyers filed appeal from 2004 to 2013. gal fees with Baez, and last September his law- Weinstein, 69, was convicted in February paperwork demanding a new trial. Details of Weinstein’s lawsuit against Baez yer demanded a full accounting of Baez’s work on 2020 of raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and Weinstein also faces a likely extradition to were reported by Law 360. the case. forcibly performing oral sex on a production as- California, where he is charged with assaulting Weinstein hired Baez, Harvard Law professor Baez’s office responded with a spreadsheet sistant in 2006. He is serving a 23-year sentence in five women in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Ronald Sullivan and two other lawyers after split- tallying $1,028,227 in fees, the lawsuit said.

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Friday, May 7-13, 2021 • Queens Daily Eagle • 11 Our World In INDONESIA — Sweet treats: A worker made a tof- Pictures fee-like tradition- al sweet cake called “dodol,” one of the special Muslim holi- day Ramadan delica- cies, at a home facto- ry in Cikarang, West Java, on Thursday. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim/AP

SOUTH AFRICA — Fresh produce: A woman carried bags of vegetables on her head, at the Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market, in Johannesburg on Thursday. Photo: Denis Farrell/AP 2nd department / new business Formations

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12 • SECOND DEPARTMENT/Queens/Daily Eagle • Friday, May 7, 2021 2nd department/ public legal notices PROBATE CITATION IS ATTACHED AS THE WILL OF JAMES PROBATE CITATION RUBIN, DECEASED, RELATING TO REAL FILE NO. 2020-1837 SURROGATE’S H. JACKOWSKI A/K/A JAMES HENRY FILE NO. 2020- 2953 SURROGATE’S AND PERSON PROPERTY, AND DI- COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITATION JACKOWSKI, DECEASED, RELATING COURT - QUEENS COUNTY CITA- RECTING THAT LETTERS TESTAMEN- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW TO REAL AND PERSON PROPERTY, TION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF TARY ISSUE TO: JADE SINGER. NO- YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND DIRECTING THAT LETTERS TES- NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND INDEPENDENT TO: QUEENS TAMENTARY ISSUE TO: JAMES CAPRU- FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO: OF- TICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR, SO. STATE ANY FURTHER RELIEF RE- FICE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRA- YOU AS REQUIRED BY LAW. AS A RE- A screen displaying messages about COVID-19 lights up a AND GERALDINE MILLER AND WIL- QUESTED: DISPENSE WITH FILING TOR QUEENS COUNTY, TO THE HEIRS SULT OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY LIAM MILLER, AND HE HEIRS AT LAW, AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBU- sparsely populated Times Square in New York on March OF BOND. NOTICE: THIS CITATION THE COURT TO COMBAT THE SPREAD NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEES OF IS SERVED UPON YOU AS REQUIRED TEES OF HYMAN RUBIN, DECEASED, IF 20, 2020. A new survey by The Actors Fund illustrates the JAMES H. JACKOWSKI, THE DECE- LIVING, BUT IF DEAD TO THEIR HEIRS OF COVID-19, PHYSICAL PRESENCE BY LAW. AS A RESULT OF THE MEA- depths of need created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the DENT HEREIN, IF LIVING, BUT IF DEAD AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, SURES ADOPTED BY THE COURT TO AT THE COURTHOUSE ON THE RE- arts community. AP file photo by John Minchillo TO THEIR HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF LEGATEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINIS- TURN DATE IS NOT POSSIBLE. THERE- KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, LEGATEES, EXEC- COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, TRATORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCES- UTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGN- PHYSICAL PRESENCE AT THE COURT- SORS IN INTEREST WHOSE NAMES FORE, IF YOU WISH TO CONTEST THE EES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST HOUSE ON THE RETURN DATE IS NOT ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT BE AS- RELIEF REQUESTED, YOU, OR AN AT- In the shadow of WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN AND POSSIBLE. THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH CERTAINED AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, TORNEY ON YOUR BEHALF, MUST CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AFTER TO CONTEST THE RELIEF REQUEST- NAVPRETT GILL, G.A.L. A PETITION CONTACT THE COURT PRIOR TO THIS DUE DILIGENCE, ROBERT HARPER, ED, YOU, OR AN ATTORNEY ON YOUR HAVING BEEN DULY FILED BY JADE DATE IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN COVID-19, a toll on G.A.L. A PETITION HAVING BEEN DULY BEHALF, MUST CONTACT THE COURT SINGER, WHO IS DOMICILED AT 11120 FILED BY JAMES CAPRUSO WHO IS PRIOR TO THIS DATE IN THE MANNER QUEENSLAND STREET, UNIT D40, LOS THE ATTACHED NOTICE. IF YOU DO DOMICILED AT 205 HUDSON STREET, SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED NO- ANGELES, CA 90034. YOU ARE HERE- NOT CONTACT THE COURT AS SET APT. 908, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030. YOU TICE. IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT THE BY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE BEFORE entertainment workers ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE THE SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS FORTH IN THE NOTICE IT WILL BE COURT AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE BEFORE THE SURROGATE’S COURT, COUNTY, AT 88-11 SUTPHIN BOULE- FOUND YOU CONSENT TO THE RELIEF IT WILL BE FOUND YOU CONSENT TO QUEENS COUNTY, AT 88-11 SUTPHIN VARD, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, ON THE REQUESTED. DATE: APRIL 15, 2021. By Mark Kennedy and how to pay for it, and of- BOULEVARD, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, THE RELIEF REQUESTED. DATE: APRIL 17TH DAY OF JUNE , 2021, AT 9:30 Associated Press 14, 2021. HON PETER J. KELLY, SUR- HON PETER J. KELLY, SURROGATE fered workshops to broaden her ON THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE , 2021, AT AM. OF THAT DAY, WHY A DECREE skill set and supplied wellness 9:30 AM. OF THAT DAY, WHY A DECREE ROGATE JAMES LIM BECKER, CHIEF SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN THE ES- JAMES LIM BECKER, CHIEF CLERK. AL- NEW YORK (AP) — Like SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN THE ES- CLERK. JOSHUA R. BERZAK, ESQ, AT- TATE OF HYMAN RUBIN, LATELY DO- ISON SCHRAG, LAW OFFICES OF RAY- so many, the pandemic upended counselling. TATE OF JAMES H. JACKOWSKI A/K/A TORNEY FOR PETITIONER. RUSSO MICILED AT 16625 POWELLS COVE MOND V.J. SCHRAG, 270 RIVERSIDE life for actor and dancer Rena “It just really helped me JAMES HENRY JACKOWSKI, LATELY LAW GROUP P.C., 100 QUENTIN ROO- BOULEVARD, APT 21G, WHITESTONE, DRIVE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10025 Riffel. The Los Angeles-based stay focused and continue to DOMICILED AT 80-41 242ND STREET, SEVELT BOUL;EVARD, SUITE 102, GAR- NY 11357, UNITED STATES, ADMIT- performer needed help with work on myself as an artist and BELLEROSE, NEW YORK, 11425, AD- TING TO PROBATE A WILL DATED FEB- (212) 704-0505 ASCHRAG@SCHRAG- DEN CITY, NEW YORK 11530. 516-683- rent, utilities and counselling being creative,” she said. “And MITTING TO PROBATE A WILL DATED 1717 [email protected] RUARY 28, 2020, A COPY OF WHICH IS LAW.COM MARCH 25, 2019, A COPY OF WHICH #187163 ATTACHED AS THE WILL OF HYMAN #187225 when jobs suddenly dried up. just really remain hopeful. I “Being an artist, we are al- think that was the key to it all: ready very fragile with our fi- Just know that things are going nances,” she said. ”It’s like an to get better.” ebb and flow. So when the pan- The survey, which has a demic happened and everything margin of error of plus/minus 2nd department / new business Formations shut down, for myself and for 1.2%, was conducted by Morey everyone else, there’s really no Consulting. The median house- NURIDE LLC VIRTUAL FULFILLMENT LIVE MOSQUE LLC HHY LLC hope. There’s no opportunity.” hold income among all respon- NURIDE LLC ARTICLES OF ORG. FILED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC LIVE MOSQUE LLC, ART. OF ORG. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HHY LLC. Riffel’s experience is dents was $34,186. NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) 2/23/2021. FORMATION OF VIRTUAL FULFILL- FILED SSNY 4/2/21. CTY: QUEENS. ARTS OF ORG FILED WITH SECY OF echoed in a new survey by The Benincasa credited the OFFICE IN QUEENS CO. SSNY DESIG. MENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC FILED SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM STATE OF NY (SSNY) ON 4/20/21. OF- Actors Fund that illustrates work done by the Fund in the AGENT OFLLC WHOM PROCESS MAY WITH THE SECY. OF STATE OF NY PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL FICE LOCATION: QUEENS COUNTY. the depths of need created by years before the pandemic for BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PRO- (SSNY) ON 3/31/2021. OFFICE LOC.: SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT UPON 3239 53RD PL, WOODSIDE, NY 11377. CESS TO 33-24 NORTHERN BLVD., 5TH QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED WHOM PROCESS MAY BE SERVED the COVID-19 pandemic in keeping the loss of health insur- PURP: ANY LAWFUL. FL., LONG ISLAND, NY 11101, WHICH AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PRO- AND SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS the arts community. Released ance coverages relatively lower IS ALSO THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS #187511 CESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. AGAINST LLC TO: 226-18 69TH AVE., Thursday, it reveals financial than anticipated. Only 10% of LOCATION. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL THE ADDRESS SSNY SHALL MAIL E AND R RETAIL LLC OAKLAND GARDENS, NY 11365. PUR- hardship, food insecurity and respondents reported that they PURPOSE. PROCESS TO SINGH & SINGH LAW, #186749 E AND R RETAIL LLC, ART. OF ORG. POSE: ANY LAWFUL ACT. lost housing. lost health insurance and have PLLC, 134-02 LIBERTY AVE., RICH- #187546 TECHFUND LLC MOND HILL, NY 11419. PURPOSE: FILED SSNY 3/19/21. CTY: QUEENS. The survey of 7,163 peo- not had it replaced. ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM BELLEHOME 84, LLC ple helped by the organization He said the marketplace TECHFUND LLC ARTICLES OFORG. #186968 FILED NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL BELLEHOME 84, LLC ARTICLES OF — including Riffel — found provided by the Affordable 2/23/2021. OFFICE IN QUEENS CO. 164-18 LLC 24038 68TH AVE, LITTLE NECK, NY ORG. FILED NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) that 76% of respondents lost Care Act was one reason the 4/13/21. OFFICE IN QUEENS CO. SSNY SSNY DESIG. AGENT OFLLC WHOM 164-18 LLC ARTICLES OF ORG. FILED 11362. PURP: ANY LAWFUL. income and 40% reported re- rate was low, as well as the PROCESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) 2/11/21. OF- #187512 DESIGN. AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO 33-24 FICE IN QUEENS CO. SSNY DESIGN. PROCESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY duced food security. Fund’s trained counselors who NORTHERN BLVD., 5TH FL., LONG IS- AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PRO- BOWMARK LLC SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO Some 28% fell behind in were able to find clients afford- LAND CITY, NY 11101, WHICH IS ALSO CESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL BOWMARK LLC, ART. OF ORG. FILED THE LLC 250-41 41ST DR LITTLE NECK, rent or mortgage and 20% were able health care. THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS LOCATION. MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO METAL SSNY 11/4/20. CTY: QUEENS. SSNY NY 11363. PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL forced to change housing. Ten New York Gov. Andrew PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. MASTERS RESTORATION AND MAIN- DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM ACTIVITY. #186750 percent of respondents had Cuomo said Wednesday that TENANCE GROUP INC. 164-18 71ST PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL #187746 AVE FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365. to sell a large asset, such as a Broadway theaters can re- NEWCO VENTURES 105-61 130TH ST., S. RICHMOND HILL, PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITY. BAWA HOLDING LLC house or a car. open Sept. 14. “Phantom of NORTH AMERICA, LLC #187308 NY 11419. PURP: ANY LAWFUL. BAWA HOLDING LLC, ARTS OF ORG. NEWCO VENTURES NORTH AMERICA, #187513 FILED WITH SEC. OF STATE OF NY “We see the pandemic as the Opera,” Broadway’s lon- LLC. AUTHORITY FILED SSNY 7/13/16. SELF CARE MARKET LLC (SSNY) 4/27/2021. CTY: QUEENS. SSNY having a long tail on its impact gest-running show, announced SELF CARE MARKET LLC ARTICLES OF 37TH CONGRESS LLC OFFICE: QUEENS CO. LLC FORMED DE DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM PRO- on performing artists and enter- Wednesday that it would re- ORG. FILED NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) 37TH CONGRESS LLC, ART. OF ORG. 2/24/16. EXISTS IN DE: 160 GREEN- CESS AGAINST MAY BE SERVED & tainment professionals, and es- sume performances Oct. 22, 12/23/20. OFFICE IN QUEENS CO. FILED SSNY 12/22/20. CTY: QUEENS. TREE DR., STE. 101, DOVER, DE 19904. SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO 53-42 MET- pecially people involved in live with tickets going on sale Fri- SSNY DESIGNATED AGENT UPON SSNY DESIGN. AGENT OF LLC UPON SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM WHOM PROCESS MAY BE SERVED. ROPOLITAN AVE., RIDGEWOOD, NY WHOM PROCESS AGAINST THE LLC PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL entertainment,” Joe Benincasa, day. More shows are expect- SSNY SHALL MAIL COPY OF PROCESS 11385. GENERAL PURPOSE MAY BE SERVED & MAIL TO: C/O CT 209-34 NORTHERN BLVD., BAYSIDE, #187748 CEO of The Actors Fund, said ed to circle return dates in the CORPORATION SYSTEM, 111 EIGHTH TO THE LLC 78 HOMESTEAD LN LIN- NY 11361. PURP: ANY LAWFUL. to The Associated Press. coming weeks. Actors’ Equity AVE., NY, NY 10011, ALSO THE REG- COLN PARK, NJ 07035. PURPOSE: ANY #187514 BLUE PATCH LLC A massive 79% of respon- Association, the national labor ISTERED AGENT UPON WHOM PRO- LAWFUL ACTIVITY. BLUE PATCH LLC, ARTS OF ORG. FILED #187309 dents reported that COVID-19 union representing more than CESS MAY BE SERVED. CERT OF FOR- LSDL HOLDINGS II LLC WITH SEC. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) MATION FILED: JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, MZCC74 LLC LSDL HOLDINGS II LLC, ART. OF ORG. 1/26/2021. CTY: QUEENS. SSNY DESIG. had a negative impact on their 51,000 actors and stage manag- DE SECY. OF STATE, 401 FEDERAL ST., MZCC74 LLC ARTICLES OF ORG. FILED FILED SSNY 3/12/21. CTY: QUEENS. AS AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS mental health, with increased ers in live theater, said the news DOVER, DE 19901. GENERAL PUR- NY SEC. OF STATE (SSNY) 1/26/21. OF- SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM AGAINST MAY BE SERVED & SHALL feelings of anxiety or depres- meant the theater community is POSE. FICE IN QUEENS CO. SSNY DESIGN. MAIL PROCESS TO MAHADAI DEOKI, #186856 PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL sion. “one step closer to the safe re- AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PRO- 169-14 HILLSIDE AVE., JAMAICA, NY CESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL 136-20 38TH AVE., FLUSHING, NY “For people working in the opening” of Broadway. BDJ ASSOCIATES LLC 11042. GENERAL PURPOSE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BDJ AS- MAIL COPY OF PROCESS TO SHUYU 11354. PURP: ANY LAWFUL. #187750 gig economy, not always know- But Benincasa warned that GUO 133-27 39TH AVE APT 8F FLUSH- #187515 SOCIATES LLC ARTS. OF ORG. FILED ing when they’re going to work for those in the arts communi- ING, NY 11354. PURPOSE: ANY LAW- WITH SECY. OF STATE OF NY (SSNY) 11101 FUL ACTIVITY. S&O EMPIRE LLC again — that stress — the impact ty, more bad numbers are like- ON 03/30/21. OFFICE LOCATION: #187310 S&O EMPIRE LLC, ART. OF ORG. FILED CF NUTRITIONAL is tremendous,” said Benincasa. ly to be generated in the coming QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED SUPPORT LLC AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PRO- SSNY 3/22/21. CTY: QUEENS. SSNY The Fund provides a na- months. The Fund is preparing EML & LAWSON NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED CESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM tional safety net for performing for a surge in requests for di- MANAGEMENT LLC LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: CF SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO C/O PROC. MAY BE SERVED & SHALL MAIL arts and entertainment profes- rect financial assistance around EML & LAWSON MANAGEMENT LLC. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT LLC. ARTI- LAW OFFICES OF ANTHONY S. CAN- ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH SSNY ON 105-07 63RD RD., FOREST HILLS, NY CLES OF ORGANIZATION FILED WITH sionals in the fields of film the- housing. NATELLA, 53 ORCHARD ST., MANHAS- 04/26/2021. OFF. LOC.: QUEENS CO. 11375. PURP: ANY LAWFUL. SECRETARY OF STATE OF NEW YORK ater, television, music, opera, “People will be slow to SET, NY 11030. PURPOSE: ANY LAW- SSNY DESIG. AS AGT. UPON WHOM #187516 FUL ACTIVITY. PROCESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY (SSNY) ON 11/23/2020. NY OFFICE LO- radio and dance. get back on their feet. They’ve #186857 SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO: THE LLC, CRF36A LLC CATION: QUEENS COUNTY. SSNY HAS Last year, it served more accumulated debt. They’ve 78-32 67 RD., MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY CRF36A LLC, AUTH. FILED SSNY BEEN DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF THE than 40,000 individuals, a 71% maxed out credit cards. They HONEYDEWONEELEVEN, LLC LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST HONEYDEWONEELEVEN, LLC, ARTS 11379. GENERAL PURPOSES. 3/11/21. CTY: QUEENS. LLC ORG. IN increase from 2019. It distribut- have rent and mortgages to #187508 IT MAY BE SERVED. THE POST OFFICE OF ORG. FILED WITH SEC. OF STATE OF MO 1/11/13. SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT ADDRESS TO WHICH THE SSNY SHALL ed more than $19 million in di- catch up on,” he said. NY (SSNY) 3/29/2021. CTY: QUEENS. ALISE TATTOOS LLC UPON WHOM PROC. MAY BE SERVED MAIL A COPY OF ANY PROCESS rect cash to about 15,000 indi- “My sense is that the fall, SSNY DESIG. AS AGENT UPON WHOM ALISE TATTOOS LLC, ART. OF ORG. & SHALL MAIL 7701 FORSYTH BLVD, AGAINST THE LLC SERVED UPON viduals. when the moratorium is lifted PROCESS AGAINST MAY BE SERVED & FILED SSNY 12/29/20. CTY: QUEENS. ST LOUIS, MO 63105, THE PRINC. OFF. 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Friday, May 7, 2021 • SECOND DEPARTMENT/Queens/Daily Eagle • 13 COVID treatment has improved, but many wish for an easy pill By Marilynn Marchione and “we really, really need a bunch Associated Press more,” National Institutes of Health If Priscila Medina had gotten Director Dr. Francis Collins said at a COVID-19 a year ago, she would recent seminar. have had no treatments proven safe Several companies, including and effective to try. But when the Pfizer, Roche and AstraZeneca, are 30-year-old nurse arrived at a Long testing antivirals in pill form. Farthest Island hospital last month, so short of along is molnupiravir, from Merck breath she could barely talk, doctors and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. It knew just what to do. doesn’t seem to help hospitalized pa- They quickly arranged for her tients but shows promise in less sick to get a novel drug that supplies vi- ones, and a large study should give rus-blocking antibodies, and “by the results this fall, the companies said. next day I was able to get up and If it pans out, it could be taken at move around,” she said. After two home when symptoms first appear, days, “I really started turning the cor- similar to how antiviral drugs for the ner. I was showering, eating, playing flu are used now. The NIH also is with my son.” seeking a home-use option in a study Treatments like these can help that is testing up to seven drugs al- newly diagnosed patients avoid hos- ready used for other diseases. pitalization, but they are grossly un- Even vaccines are being tried as derused because they require an IV. treatments. Some people with “long Other medicines for sicker patients COVID” said their lingering symp- can speed recovery, but only a few toms improved after vaccination. improve survival. While vaccines are helping to curb Options for outpatients the pandemic, easier and better treat- There’s one choice now: Antibody ments are needed, especially as virus drugs, which can cut the chances of variants spread. needing to be hospitalized by 70% if “We’re seeing more and more given within 10 days of the start of young people get into serious trouble symptoms. Eli Lilly and Regeneron ... serious disease requiring hospital- Pharmaceuticals are authorized to ization, and occasionally even tragic supply their treatments to patients at deaths,” the U.S. government’s top high risk of serious illness, and the infectious disease expert, Dr. Antho- U.S. government provides them for ny Fauci, recently told the National free, though there is sometimes a fee Press Club. for the IV. The biggest need is for a conve- Antibodies are made by the im- Priscila Medina stands with her husband, Jason Sanchez, and her son in Rego Park, Queens. If Medina had gotten nient medicine such as a pill “that can mune system to fight the virus, but it COVID-19 a year earlier, she would have had no treatments proven safe and effective to try. AP photo by Marshall Ritzel prevent people with symptoms from takes weeks after infection for them getting worse and needing hospital- to form. The drugs supply lab-made worse,” she said. “It was very scary. I ization,” he said. versions that can help right away. felt very short of breath. I could bare- Here’s a look at what’s on the hori- Combinations of antibodies are being ly speak.” zon and the options now. used now because some virus vari- Her hospital arranged for her to ants can evade single ones. get the antibody treatment at near- A pill on the way? Demand for these drugs has been by North Shore University Hospital, Developing drugs for respirato- shockingly low -- many patients which had a medical tent with IV ry diseases is tough, partly because don’t know about them, doctors and stations to treat many people at once, doses have to be high enough for the hospitals initially weren’t set up to and she recovered at home. medicine to reach deep into the lungs give them, and IVs are inconvenient, yet not so high that they’re toxic. though Regeneron has also tested Hospital-based treatment Research on treatments also was giving its treatment as shots. The severity of symptoms deter- slower because the U.S. government “This is really life-saving therapy. mines the options, and timing matters initially gave priority to vaccines. It We think it has tremendous opportu- — certain drugs can be life-saving at wasn’t until the end of April 2020 nity to be used more,” said Dr. Don- one point and harmful at another. that the first COVID-19 treatment ald Yealy, emergency medicine chief Remdesivir is used for patients showed benefit in a big govern- at the University of Pittsburgh Medi- who need extra oxygen but not ment-sponsored study. cal Center. breathing machines. In studies, it cut That drug — remdesivir, sold as “You don’t have to be really sick” the time to recovery by five days on Veklury by Gilead Sciences Inc. — to get it, and many patients hesitate average, from 15 days to 10. But it remains the only one approved for because they think they will recover hasn’t been shown to improve surviv- COVID-19 in the U.S., though some without it but suddenly get worse, he al, so a World Health Organization others, such as the one Medina re- said. guidelines panel opposes use of the ceived, are authorized for emergency It happened to Medina, a labor and pricey drug. use. delivery nurse at Long Island Jewish The only medicines that do boost Remdesivir also is the only an- Medical Center in New York. survival are dexamethasone and sim- tiviral COVID-19 medicine — it “When I thought I’d be getting ilar steroids for patients sick enough interferes with virus reproduction — better, things actually started getting to need extra oxygen and intensive Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and In- fectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House. AP file photo by Patrick Semanski

care. If used earlier, when patients are Lessons learned only mildly ill, they can do harm. Doctors now know that some “Early on, you want the immune things don’t work, including the system to fight the virus,” so treat- malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. ment is aimed at helping that happen, That can be as important as know- Fauci explained. As illness goes on, ing what to try, said the Cleveland the immune system may become Clinic’s Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj, who overactive and people can die from helps develop treatment guidelines that. A host of drugs that blunt in- for the Infectious Diseases Society flammation and other immune re- of America. sponses are being tried for this later “We still have misinformation stage of illness. about COVID-19 therapies” that is The NIH says full doses of blood misleading patients and doctors alike, thinners such as heparin may help he said. people who are moderately ill avoid Dr. Rajesh Gandhi, a Massachu- breathing machines or other organ setts General Hospital physician support. Nearly all hospitalized also helping with guidelines, said COVID-19 patients get low doses “tremendous scientific progress” now to prevent blood clots. Research has been made in one year. Doctors suggests that higher doses can help no longer need to take “a kitch- people who are not yet critically ill, en sink approach,” or trying many but could harm those who are very things in the hope that one will help, Priscila Medina poses for a portrait in her home in Queens last month. AP photo by Marshall Ritzel sick. he said.

14 • Queens Daily Eagle • Friday, May 7, 2021 The future is so bright that Queens looks back at World’s Fairs, classic art, 1980s activism, and the Virtual Jazz Jam Roaring Twenties. There’s also plenty of time for Wednesday at 7 p.m. skin-painting, a sightseeing cruise, sheep-shear- On the first Wednesday of every month, musi- ing, and live music. cians hone skills and jam with peers during this Flushing Town Hall program. The house band Infinite Synapse is led by saxophonist Carol Sudhalter, and this May 6 to 9 month’s theme is songs by and for mothers or Queens College live-streams the annual Student about motherhood, especially Jewish mothers. Choreography Showcase, which presents a va- Don’t play? Listen! riety of dance techniques from contemporary to West African and traditional Irish dance. Making Movie Magic: Great Gatsby Wednesday at 7 p.m. Our World’s Fair History Director Baz Lurhman used research from the Friday at noon Greater Astoria Historical Society to create a vi- Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park do- sion for his 2015 film “The Great Gatsby.” This cent Linda Fisher offers her popular virtual tour virtual walking tour through NYC in the 1920s is of the 1939/40 and 1964/65 World’s Fairs as related to the film. part of the Municipal Art Society’s annual Jane’s Walk event. Flamenco + Latin American Rhythms Thursday through Saturday Movement Scores Thalía Spanish Theatre, which is open with lim- Friday through May 30 ited capacity, presents five versions of a vibrant Artist Katy Martin paints on her skin, which she musical round trip between Spain and Latino then photographs and prints on cotton rag pa- Explore a retrospective on the AIDS crisis-inspired artwork by Gregg Bordowitz. America. Schedule: May 13 at 8 pm; May 14 at per. She also makes large-scale paintings with her 8 pm; May 15 at 3 pm and 8 pm; and May 16 at body, by dipping her torso into liquid paint and Farm animals get haircuts, along with artisan temptation, and the lure of the big city on a huge 4 pm. rubbing it down the side of the canvas. This ex- wool spinning and weaving demonstrations that screen. Thalía, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. hibition, which features Martin’s recent photo- showcase the fiber process from sheep to fab- Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., graphs and paintings, has an opening reception ric. Plus, Mama Juke performs New Orleans-in- Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District. 28 Days Later + The Polio Crusade on May 8 at 4 pm. fluenced sounds, and the Con Edison Ecology Thursday at 7 p.m. The Garage Art Center, 26-01 Corporal Kenne- booth presents the Adopt-A-Worm composting World’s Fair History Walks on Mother’s Day Watch Danny Boyle’s groundbreaking zombie dy St., Bayside. program. Sunday at 1 p.m. film after an introduction by infectious disease Queens County Farm Museum 73-50 Little Neck Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park do- epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers about how quick- Free First Friday Parkway, Glen Oaks. cent Linda Fisher leads a free guided walk to ly viruses can spread and the importance of inter- Friday 11 a.m .to 6 p.m. more than a dozen remaining World’s Fair sites. ventions like vaccines. The Noguchi Museum is free and open to the Learn How To Bird Watch Meet at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Co- New York Hall of Science Parking Lot, 47-01 public. Reservations are required to maintain so- Saturday at 10 a.m. rona Park. 111th St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. cial distancing due to the COVID pandemic. Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park do- Noguchi, 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC. cent Jacqueline Colson and the NYC Parks Ur- Mamma Mia Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well ban Park Rangers lead a birding hike around Sunday at 7 p.m. May 13 through Oct. 11 The Underground Spiritual Game Willow Lake. Meet in Mauro Playground, 73- For Mother’s Day, take a chance on Phyllida Queens-raised Bordowitz transformed his art in Friday at 7 p.m. 02 Park Drive East, Flushing Meadows Coro- Lloyd’s smash movie adaptation of the hit Broad- response to the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s. This group explores music from Ethiopia, West na Park. way musical, starring Meryl Streep. Working with New York’s ACT UP and sever- Africa, Argentina, and the Middle East. Watch Register via email here: allianceforfmcp@gmail. New York Hall of Science Parking Lot, 47-01 al video collectives that he co-founded, he orga- them perform virtually from The Plaxall Gallery com. 111th St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. nized and documented protests against govern- in Long Island City as part of Culture Lab LIC. ment inaction, advocating for health education Godzilla + King Kong Sunnyside Woodside Walk and harm reduction. Bordowitz created remark- Beacon Virtual Panel Saturday at 7 p.m. Sunday at 1 p.m. able video portraits of himself and others living Friday at 5:30 p.m. Hang out with the original monsters decades be- Amparo Abel-Bey leads a virtual walk of these with the disease. This exhibition surveys 30 years The Lewis Latimer House Museum moderates fore they went head-to-head. two Queens neighborhoods via Instagram stories. of his practice alongside the coalitions of activ- a discussion with artist Shervone Neckles, who New York Hall of Science Parking Lot, 47-01 ists, artists, writers, thinkers, and friends. created the Beacon installation on the museum’s 111th St., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island property, and Beam Center. They’ll discuss the Sunday at 4 p.m. City. design and making of the sculpture in connection Free Book Fair + Paper Making Watch this 2001 Steven Spielberg production to Lewis Latimer’s historical legacy. Saturday at 11 a.m. of Stanley Kubrick’s unrealized science-fiction The annual Traditions Festival includes a free dream project on a big screen. Sightseeing Cruise book fair this year to celebrate National Chil- Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Saturday at 12:30 p.m. dren’s Book Week. Plus, artist Rejin Leys and her Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District. Skyline Cruises kicks off its season of 3.5-hour Pulp Mobile teach paper making. water tours of Manhattan, the Statue of Liber- King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Ja- Game Play: Brindlewood Bay ty, New York Bay, etc. One World’s Fair Marina, maica Monday at 6:30 p.m. Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Museum of the Moving Image Education Game See It Big: Sunrise Artist-in-Residence Sharang Biswas leads an on- Sheep Shearing Saturday at 1 p.m. line game play experience during which partici- Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watch this 1927 classic about love, marriage, pants solve murder cases.

Music Makers: Caili O’Doherty Tuesday at 7 p.m. Pianist, composer, arranger, and educator Cai- li O’Doherty, who has a Masters of Music in Per- formance from Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, returns to her alma mater to offer a virtual concert.

Center of Attention: Monument to the Plow Tuesday at 8 p.m. Matthew Capezzuto from The Noguchi Mu- seum leads an interactive virtual learning pro- gram for adults centered on Noguchi’s un- realized 1933 earthwork “Monument to the Plow.”

New American Voices: Ghost Story Wednesday at 8 p.m. Experience an early performance of “Ghost Sto- ry” by Lia Romeo via Queens Theatre. In this new play, Lydia meets a cute guy and brings him back to her apartment, but things keep getting in the way -- like the fact that her apartment might Learn how to bird watch in Flushing Mead- Check out Katy Martin’s art, created using her body as her brush. have an angry ghost. ows Corona Park. Photos courtesy of QEDC Friday, May 7, 2021 • Queens Daily Eagle • 15 Borough Hall celebrates Indo-Carribean Heritage Month for the first time Continued from page 1 The other honorees expressed deep gratitude to Richards and Deputy Borough President “I wanted to help because the Richmond Hill community Rhonda Binda for acknowledging the comm- needed me more than ever ... Although the Indo-Caribbean unity’s contributions for the first time. Bihari Lall, a small business owner who community has been here for decades we have been donated food and Personal protective equipment neglected and there has been no representation over the to neighbors in need; Annie Mohan, who served on the board of directors of the Campaign years. I hope this event can be an annual one where we can Against Hunger; Zohora Yar and Ralph Tamesh, President of the Indo-Caribbean Federation. represent ... The community. They deserve it.” “I wanted to help because the Richmond Hill — RALPH TAMESH, President of the Indo­Caribbean Federation community needed me more than ever,” Tamesh said.

“Although the Indo-Caribbean community has years. I hope this event can be an annual one Criminal Court Judge Karen Gopee, left, where we can represent.. The community. They was among the night’s honorees. been here for decades we have been neglected Photo via New York Courts via New York Photo and there has been no representation over the deserve it.” Why local news matters

By Alfonso Quiroz Local news outlets hold out elected officials Special to the Eagle OPINION accountable, and more than ever we need a A sign of New York City’s recovery post- society that cherishes accountability. Without pandemic is evident on street corners throughout Sadly, prior to the pandemic, local news local coverage, we suffer from an information our borough. The news boxes are once again coverage across our country already was suffering: vacuum: our citizenry is less informed, so less likely populated by the latest editions of newspapers more than 2,000 U.S. newspapers had closed in the to vote, to engage civically. that cover Queens, and I could not be happier. last decade and a half, according to one survey. I am writing this not as a candidate for council Newspapers have always been a part of my That’s a fourth of our country’s newspapers. but as a longtime Queens resident. Each week I look life since my childhood. I grew up in a small The pandemic accelerated that loss. And the forward to picking up hard copies of the Queens community on the far south side of Chicago, and cost to us, as a populace, is immeasurable. papers (and continue to read the digital editions, too, the local newspaper, the Pullman flyer, was the According to Poynter, more than 60 local like the Queens Eagle!). I read them cover to cover, necessary read to discover all that was newsrooms alone closed last year. As news outlets and while I pivoted to reading online over this last happening in my neighborhood. I got to know have closed, and journalists lost jobs, those year, I felt I was missing out. We were missing out my community, and neighbors became friends. remaining have had to try to cover more with less on all the news going on around us. The paper helped me at a very young age to time, and so we’ve lost coverage so valuable to our Local news helps us to understand our discover the value of civic engagement. communities. communities, and the world around us. What happens globally affects us locally. As we look ahead, we need to invest in our local news outlets in Queens. They provide most of the original reporting about the health of our NY City bar to host neighborhoods, and they connect with traditionally underserved communities of color. As we reopen and as we recover, I encourage CLE on mindfulness readers to invest in the news outlets in Queens. Yes, this means advertising as well as sharing coverage Photo courtesy of Quiroz courtesy Photo with neighbors, so they understand the value of Loving will focus on combating bias tby Alfonso Quiroz is a resident of Jackson Heights By Rachel Vick community news. And yes, it means following importance of welcoming yourself to uplift and former editor of The Pullman Flyer. Queens Daily Eagle coverage both through a paper in your hands as well The New York City Bar Association is others, honoring your purpose to give your best, being silent to listen to what is important, I am fortunate to live in a city — and borough as news on your screen. And, it means keeping hosting a CLE as part of their ongoing Mindful dedicated journalists employed. Mondays series focused on well-being and sharing your story to find common ground, — where neighborhood news is integral to our Far too many towns across our country now mindfulness Monday at 11 a.m. walking in balance to achieve harmony, lives. I always admired the intrepid reporters who exist in a news desert. We cannot let the pandemic The CLE will be hosted by Deputy leading change to reduce implicit bias and cover the Community Boards, where I once Commissioner and Chief Diversity and developing the tools to co-create a better work served. These are the same journalists who force even more to shut down, or we all suffer the report on our local nonprofits, the diverse consequences. Inclusion Officer Cecilia B. Loving, who will environment. ______share her perspective on how to create a more Members can attend for free by registering immigrant communities, and the small businesses inclusive world “by being the solution.” on the NYCBA website. struggling to survive. And this season, they continue Alfonso Quiroz is a resident of Jackson to devote time to covering our elections. Heights and former editor of The Pullman Flyer.

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