De Blasio Dilemma on No Fatalities on ‘Boulevard of Death’ Last Year for ﬁ Rst Time Since 1990 Homeless Vets by BILL PARRY

• JAMAICA TIMES • ASTORIA TIMES • FOREST HILLS LEDGER • LAURELTON TIMES LARGEST AUDITED • QUEENS VILLAGE TIMES COMMUNITY • RIDGEWOOD LEDGER NEWSPAPER • HOWARD BEACH TIMES IN QUEENS • RICHMOND HILL TIMES Jan. 22–28, 2016 Your Neighborhood — Your News® FREE ALSO COVERING ELMHURST, JACKSON HEIGHTS, LONG ISLAND CITY, MASPETH, MIDDLE VILLAGE, REGO PARK, SUNNYSIDE Hollis faces Vision Zero works: de Blasio dilemma on No fatalities on ‘Boulevard of Death’ last year for ﬁ rst time since 1990 homeless vets BY BILL PARRY

BY SADEF ALI KULLY FINISHING TOUCHES For the first time in a quarter of a century there were no A few homeless veterans fatalities on the Boulevard of were scheduled to move this Death in 2015. Thursday into the much dis- No wonder Mayor Bill de puted affordable housing units Blasio came to Queens Bou- owned by Queens landlord levard Tuesday to announce Rita Stark in Hollis despite his Vision Zero initiative is pushback from community working so well that 2015 was members, according to the the safest year on city streets city’s Human Resources Ad- since record-keeping began ministration in 1910, with traffic fatalities While the city and state down 22 percent and 66 fewer administrations gather forces lives lost since 2013. to end homelessness, dozens The mayor pledged to go of Hollis community mem- even further in 2016 by unveil- bers are putting on the gloves ing $115 million in new capital to stop government agencies investment for plans to calm from bringing homeless vet- traffic as well as expand ef- erans into affordable housing forts to crack down on danger- units in their neighborhood. ous driving, make hazardous The community organiza- left-turns safer and expand tion People for the Neighbor- enforcement. hood has launched a legal and “We are serious about grassroots battle against the saving lives,” de Blasio said. city after months of protesting “Vision Zero is working. To- resulted in no action by city of- day there are children and ficials. grandparents who we might In December the city’s Hu- have lost, but who are instead man Resources Administra- coming home, safe and sound, tion said the six buildings at because of these efforts. This 202-02 to 202-24 Hollis Ave. progress is just the beginning, would be used as affordable and Vision Zero is going to housing units for 90 homeless move ahead with even more veterans. The properties are In Springfield Gardens, volunteers for Habitat for Humanity put down the floor of the attic in a intensity in the coming year.” owned by Stark and managed house that has been under renovation since last summer. A family, which has already put in 300 The mayor wants the state by the Bluestone Group, which hours of sweat equity on the project, is set to move in by early spring. Photo by Michael Shain to allow speed cameras to be has a history of reaching deals used 24 hours a day as opposed Continued on Page 58 Continued on Page 58 Petition against SBS goes online

BY GABRIEL ROM would install a dedicated bus want alternatives explored lane along Woodhaven and before they push for this. We The Woodhaven Residents’ Cross Bay Boulevards. need numbers on our side.” Block Association is taking “This is your opportunity The petition can be found their fight against Select Bus to put your money where your online at saveourstreets.nyc. Service online. The civic asso- mouth is,” WRBA spokesman “These changes are un- ciation has created a petition Alex Blenkinsopp said at the wanted, and they’re being for those opposed to the multi- group’s monthly meeting Sat- forced on us by City Hall and Alex Blenkinsopp, communications director for the Woodhaven Residents million dollar project that urday. “Sign the petition if you Continued on Page 58 Block Association, helped design the petition. Photo by Gabriel Rom A CNG Publication Vol. 4 No. 4 64 total pages Queens DA launches animal cruelty unit

BY GABRIEL ROM Cruelty Prosecutions Unit will work closely with the On the same day Queens Police Department’s newly District Attorney Richard formed Animal Cruelty In- Brown announced his of- vestigations Squad, which fice had created an Animal assumed the ASPCA’s law Cruelty Prosecution Unit, enforcement function in July a Jackson Heights man was 2014). charged with aggravated The DA identified the de- animal cruelty after alleg- fendant in the Chihuahua edly killing his girlfriend’s case as Carlos Hernandez, 3-year-old Chihuahua. 32, of 73rd Street in Jackson “A Queens resident is Heights. Hernandez is pres- The funeral of Jihad Jackson, a victim of gun violence, at the Praise Tabernacle Church at Sutphin Boulevard accused of pulling his girl- ently awaiting arraignment drew hundreds of mourners. Jackson left behind his parents, four brothers, four sisters and his grandpar- friend’s small dog out of her in Queens Criminal Court on ents. Photo by Nat Valentine hands during a verbal argu- a criminal complaint charg- ment and killing the helpless ing him with aggravated animal by violently throwing cruelty to animals, fourth-de- the dog to the floor,” Brown gree criminal mischief and said. “Such acts of aggression endangering the welfare of a A community mourns toward animals cannot—and child,Brown said. will not—be tolerated.” If convicted, he faces up Jamaica turns out to bury teen killed New Year’s Eve The mandate of the Ani- to four years in prison. mal Cruelty Prosecutions Brown said Hernandez Unit — the first of its kind was inside his girlfriend’s BY SADEF ALI KULLY to his Rosedale home from if it wasn’t for you loving me in a district attorney’s office Forest Hills residence around Washington, D.C., where he too,”he had written. in New York City —will be 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, and Hundreds of family, friends had been on a family trip. He Songs were sung and poems to investigate and prosecute engaged in a verbal dispute and community members stopped over at a friend’s house were read while his little niece animal cruelty crimes and to with her. It is alleged that gathered at Praise Tabernacle and hung out with some pals to in a floral print gray dress educate the public about how Hernandez grabbed the Chi- Church on Sutphin Boulevard celebrate the new year when a walked up and down the aisle, to prevent and detect abuse of huahua out of her hands and Saturday to attend funeral gun went off and shot him. letting out giggles to cheer up animals. slammed the dog against the services for 16-year old Ji- “I am 50-something and the mourners. The funeral end- In creating the unit, floor, causing the dog to bleed had Jackson, whose shooting I have lost a lot people in my ed with a prayer for the Jack- Brown also announced he has from its ears and collapse on on New Year’s Eve in South life,” Erica Ford, founder of son family. Jihad left behind appointed veteran Queens the floor where it died min- Jamaica left the community anti-violence community or- his parents, four brothers, four prosecutor Nicoletta Caferri utes later. An 11-year-old girl, shocked and angry. ganization LifeCamp, told the sisters and his grandparents. as its first chief. Caferri has who was the Chihuahua’s Somber, young faces of men congregation at the funeral. According to the criminal been with the Queens DA’s of- caregiver, was allegedly pres- and women stood shoulder “He is in a special place that complaint filed by the Queens fice since 1992. ent in the room and witnessed to shoulder in the back of the he will never have to leave— district attorney, three sus- Brown said the Animal the incident, Brown said. church with tear-filled eyes, this brother was loved.” pects were arrested and shocked by the tragic death of Ford along with hundreds charged with tampering with their friend who they knew as of community members or- evidence—Eduardo Placencia, J-Rock. ganized a rally Jan.7 to ad- 18; Natalie Placencia, 49, Edu- A half hour before mid- dress the gun violence, which ardo’s mother; and her boy- night on the last day of the has plagued minority neigh- friend, Dorian Carr, 48. year, 103rd Precinct police of- borhoods within southeast Police sources said there ficers found Jihad, who was Queens, where Jihad’s death was evidence from the Placen- from Rosedale, at the corner has become a stark example of cia home on Merrick Boulevard of 109th Avenue and Merrick senseless killings. indicating that after Jihad was Boulevard with a gunshot During the funeral, Jihad’s shot, he was moved outside, wound to the neck. He was un- grandmother Delores Jackson, where investigators found a responsive, according to police alongside his mother, Margue- bloody cloth in the bushes. officials, who said emergency rite Tolson-Jackson, read the Investigators have not yet responders pronounced Jihad last Mother’s Day card she re- found the gun involved in the dead at the scene. ceived from her grandson. “I shooting, according to Cappel- The first case prosecuted by Queens DA Richard Brown’s new animal Inspector John Cappelman love you so much, I would not man, and police said the inves- cruelty unit is against a Jackson Heights man accused of killing a said Jihad had traveled back be the young man that I am tigation was ongoing. Chihuahua like this one. 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BY GABRIEL ROM shift robot arena, dodging its opponent. Four teams of three Justin Pepe had a slice of huddled around, controllers in pepperoni pizza in one hand hand. and a pen in the other. Pepe, The goal was for each team 15, a member of the Syosset to use their robot to pick up Robotics team, was frantically and move debris into hard-to- sketching a redesign of his reach goals competitive robot in the caf- Suddenly, one of the ro- eteria of Francis Lewis High bot’s mechanical arms started School in Fresh Meadows, oth- slamming down on the little erwise known this past week- plastic blocks. end as “The Pit.” Alex Koldy, 15, captain of Justin was joined by more the Forest Hills Mighty Me- than 100 other students from chanics, stood behind his ro- over 20 high schools around bot’s operator and controller. the tri-state area competing “Put the lever down,” he at the two-day FIRST Tech barked. “Move it down, just a Challenge robotics qualifiers. little more!” The competition required “Robot 10791 has dropped teams to design, develop and in a block!” said the announc- build robots based on sound er. A group of parents cheered engineering principles—and wildly. then put the robots to the test Designs of robots are posted online and teams often collaborate to improve robots together. More photos on Alexander explained that in the annual match-up. Page 24. Photo by Michael Shain the program marries sheer fun The specific challenge, with complex problem solving. which changes yearly, was petition. ganization that helps organize straints. You need to plan “When you are solving prob- announced in September, forc- “Teamwork is paramount,” the tournament. and you need to work with a lems with friends, that’s when ing teams to develop a unique said Sam Alexander, High “This replicates pro engi- team.” you want to keep doing some- strategy, engineer their robot School program manager for neering,” Alexander added. In the Francis Lewis gym, thing,” he said. and then program it for com- NYC FIRST, a non-profit or- “You have cost and time con- Robot 10791 circled a make- Continued on Page 41

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TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 3 Deal reached on horse carriages Elected ofﬁ cials, union agree to move stables to Central Park for smaller number

BY TOM MOMBERG involved.” A ban is supposed to be put Official proponents of a ban in place preventing carriage on the horse carriage indus- rides on city streets with the try in the city, the industry’s exception of the drivers going advocates and workers union to and from Central Park and have reached a compromise to the current stables on Manhat- introduce new limits on one of tan’s Upper West Side begin- Manhattan’s most widely rec- ning June 1, the mayor’s office ognized historic activities. announced. Many of the carriage driv- By the time a park stable is ers and other industry work- refurbished in October 2018, ers live in the Queens neigh- at which point officials said borhoods of Jackson Heights there would be space allotted and Bayside . for 68 carriages and 75 horses, Mayor Bill de Blasio, City the number of licensed horses Council Speaker Melissa would be limited to 95 or few- Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan) er—about half of the current and the Teamsters Union rep- 180 licenses. resenting the carriage drivers Drivers of pedicabs, elec- and horse caretakers jointly tronically assisted rickshaws, announced a new deal Sunday said they are concerned they agreeing to allow the industry would be banned from oper- to continue to operate in Cen- A preliminary compromise reached between city elected officials and the union representing the city's ating in Central Park south tral Park only and to build per- horse carriage industry says it would ultimately relocate all horses to be stabled in Central Park. of 85th Street under the deal, manent stables there. Photo by Richard Drew/AP handing horse carriages a mo- Some preliminary details nopoly on some of the park’s of the agreement have been re- and Ydanis Rodríguez (D- “We are pleased that at the jobs of many in the horse major attractions. leased, but many facets of what Manhattan), who have been the end of an exhaustive pro- carriage industry,” Dromm Nonprofit advocacy group will ultimately be included avid supporters of a ban on cess, all sides in this negotia- and Rodríguez said in a joint New Yorkers for Parks has in a new City Council bill are the industry, said they were tion were able to come to an statement. “Working out the threatened to file a lawsuit still being worked out. happy with the compromise, amicable agreement that both logistics of this agreement will against the city if the plan goes City Councilmen Daniel although more details are still removes horses from the dan- be key in reaching an outcome through — whether the use of Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) supposed to be worked out. gers of city traffic and saves that is suitable to all parties Continued on Page 41 Report examines free tuition De Blasio laments loss at CUNY community schools of 421-a tax abatement BY BILL PARRY in exchange for a higher BY TOM MOMBERG education going forward. number of below-market-rate He said the IBO’s report The de Blasio adminis- apartments. According to a The Independent Budget reaffirmed for him that his tration’s ambitious Housing city analysis, ending the pro- Office has put together a re- proposal to expand CUNY’s New York plan, which has gram will result in the loss of port estimating the cost of im- existing program would im- already financed more than 18,000 newly built affordable plementing free tuition in the prove student outcomes, ask- 40,000 affordable apartments rental units over the next City University of New York’s ing for modest increased state enough for more than 100,000 four years. community colleges at the and city support to make the New Yorkers, may have hit “Last spring, we proposed behest of Brooklyn Borough system’s community colleges a wall with the expiration important 421-a reforms that President Eric Adams. tuition free. of the state’s 421-a tax abate- would spur the construction The IBO estimated the an- All CUNY community col- ment program last Friday. of sorely needed affordable nual cost of free tuition for leges would be affected by such Negotiations between the rental housing, eliminate tax CUNY’s current number of a change in tuition assistance, Real Estate Board of New breaks for luxury housing roughly 100,000 community including LaGuardia Com- York and the Building and and drastically reduce the college students would range The Independent Budget Office re- munity College in Long Island Construction Trades Council city’s subsidy,” Mayor Bill de from $138 million to $232 mil- leases estimates on the costs for City and Queensborough Com- of Greater New York failed to Blasio said. “The proposed lion, depending on whether making CUNY community colleges munity College in Bayside. bring about an extension of reforms were a win-win for the implementation of such tuition free upon the request of Many CUNY community the program because it would families in need of stable policies would be limited to the Brooklyn borough president, colleges already participate not be beneficial enough to homes and for taxpayers. It full-time programs of three hoping such policies would result in the university system’s Ac- labor and a “giveaway” to is deeply disappointing that years or less, or would extend in increased graduation rates. celerated Study in Associate developers, according to Gov. these reforms were not enact- to programs of unlimited du- Programs, which is limited in Andrew Cuomo. ed. We are facing an unprec- ration for both full-time and mentioned CUNY’s existing qualification to low-income, The 421-a program pro- edented crisis of affordable part-time students. tuition exemption program full-time students in certain vides vital tax abatements housing, and we must employ Adams made the request in his 2015 State of the Union approved majors who exhibit to residential developers by every tool at our disposal to after President Barack Obama adress as a model for higher Continued on Page 58 eliminating property taxes Continued on Page 58 4 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Major crime falls 6% Airport workers rally in Queens precincts 25 arrested in ﬁ ght for higher wages and union rights BY SADEF ALI KULLY The highest number of robberies, 383 incidents re- BY BILL PARRY Overall crime across the ported, were at the 103rd Pre- borough was down last year cinct, which covers neigh- Several hundred low-wage by an 6 percent and across borhoods in the downtown airport workers rallied with the city by 1.7 percent when Jamaica Business District, elected officials, religious and compared to 2014, according Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, community leaders at LaGuar- to 2015 data reported by po- Lakewood, and Jamaica. The dia Airport Monday demand- lice officials. fewest robbery incidents, 44, ing a $15 minimum wage and In Queens North, which were reported at the 112th union rights. Coordinated covers the 104th, 108th, 109th, Precinct. actions took place at 10 other 110th, 111th, 112th, 114th and The largest number of airports across the country in 115th precincts, there was felony assaults, 444 incidents, other cities, including Boston, an estimated 9 percent de- was reported at the 103rd Pre- Chicago and Philadelphia, crease in overall crime and cinct, while the lowest num- with all marking Martin Lu- in Queens South, which cov- ber of incidents, a total of 58, ther King Jr. Day. ers the 100th, 101st, 102nd, were reported at the 111th Speakers including City 103rd, 105th, 106th, 107th and and 112th precincts. Councilmen Jimmy Van Bram- 113th precincts, the crime The highest number of er (D-Sunnyside) and Donovan rate decreased by 3.2 percent, burglaries, 358 incidents, was Richards (D-Laurelton), both according to the latest NYPD reported at the 105th Precinct sons of 32BJ SEUI members, statistics. and the lowest number of bur- who offered their support. The highest number of glaries reported, 77 incidents, State Sen. Toby Ann Hundreds of low-wage airport workers rally to demand a $15 minimum murders, a total of nine, oc- occurred at the 100th Pre- Stavisky (D-Flushing) said, wage and union rights before 25 were arrested. Photo by Bill Parry curred in the 113th Precinct, cinct, which covers Arverne, “There’s a homeless shelter which covers neighborhoods Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, in my district where 48 per- in and around St. Albans, Broad Channel, Neponsit, cent of the adults have full- increased base pay for state his support. Hollis, Springfield Gardens, Rockaway Park and Rock- time jobs but they can’t afford workers to $15 an hour by 2021. “He called on the Port Au- South Ozone Park, South Ja- away Beach. rent or put food on their table. Yet for all the progress we’ve thority to get us to $10.10 per maica, Addisleigh Park and The highest number of We must raise the minimum made, we have not achieved hour and now he has to keep Locust Manor. The lowest grand larceny incidents re- wage.” important wage increases for going,” Figueroa said. “Now number of murders—zero— ported was 936 at the 109th Gov. Andrew Cuomo airport worker, preventing we call on the Port Authority was in the 111th Precinct, Precinct, which covers down- agreed, penning an op-ed piece thousands of hardworking to just do it. We believe they which covers neighborhoods town Flushing, East Flush- published Monday calling for people from taking home a fair have the legal right to do this in and around Bayside, ing, Queensboro Hill, College higher pay for the nearly 8,000 and honest day’s pay.” by executive action. Other Douglaston, Little Neck, Au- Point, Malba, Whitestone, airport workers at LaGuardia Before leading a march airports have done it in Phila- burndale, Hollis Hills and Beechhurst and Bay Terrace and Kennedy Airport. across the 94th Street Bridge, delphia, Miami and San Fran- Fresh Meadows. while the lowest number re- “In 2015, New York led the where he was arrested with cisco and now it is time to do it The precinct with the high- ported, 194 incidents, was fight for fair pay,” Cuomo 24 others by Port Authority here in New York City.” est number of reported rape at the 100th Precinct in the wrote. “We raised the hourly Police in front of Terminal B, The Port Authority of New incidents, a total of 37, was Rockaways. wage for thousands of fast-food 32BJ SEUI President Hector Jersey and New York had no the 105th Precinct which cov- The highest number of workers to $15 per hour and Figueroa thanked Cuomo for comment. ers Queens Village, Cambria grand larceny auto reports Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, filed were by the 106th Pre- Springfield Gardens, Belle- cinct. with 248 incidents, and rose, Glen Oaks, New Hyde the lowest number of 23 at the Park and Floral Park and 100th Precinct. the lowest number of rape The NYPD reported this Terrorist registry bill ﬂ oated incidents reported was a tie month that overall crime to- between the 111th and 112th tals for the seven major index BY SADEF ALI KULLY ping some hateful events be- aimed at cracking down on ter- precinctd, both reported six crimes across the city fell by fore they have had a chance to rorism recruitment; address- incidents. The 112th cov- 1.7 percent in 2015, the lowest In the wake of the terrorist happen, points to the need to ing cyber security threats; ers neighborhoods in Forest level on record. attacks in San Bernadino, Ca- provide our law enforcement providing greater punishment Hills and Rego Park. Continued on Page 7 lif., and Paris last year, state agencies and other partners for those who solicit or pro- Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-How- in the fight against terrorism vide support for terrorist acts; ard Beach) has co-sponsored with the tools they need to fighting back against terror the New York State Terrorist keep us safe,” said Addabbo, threats against police officers Registry Act as part of a bipar- who serves as the ranking and establishing a New York tisan effort to combat terror- Democratic member of the State Terrorist Registry. ism across the state. committee. S. 3464, which Addabbo is The state Senate Commit- Over the past year, in co-sponsoring, would create a tee on Veterans, Homeland Queens alone, there have been terrorist registry and watch Security and Military Affairs four suspects, including a ju- list for those individuals who approved a package of seven venile, arrested and charged have demonstrated through proposals, including the New with plotting terrorist attacks their past actions, includ- York state Terrorist Registry as well as one suspect who al- ing convictions in the United Act, designed to improve and legedly made several attempts States or elsewhere, that they coincide with current anti-ter- to join ISIS before federal in- might commit an act of terror- rorism security measures. vestigators caught up with ism. Those individuals would “The recent and horren- him, according to state and be required to register and be In the Queens North district, which covers nine precincts, including dous attacks in Paris and San federal authorities. subject to monitoring. the 103rd (pictured above), crime was down an estimated 9 percent Bernardino, combined with The seven proposals that According to a spokeswom- last year. Photo by Sadef Kully our fortunate success in stop- won Addabbo’s support are Continued on Page 7 TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 5 Ground breaking for Hallets Point mega-project Residents of Astoria Houses hope for revitalization of their long-neglected neighborhood

BY BILL PARRY struction of the Hallets Point mendously gratifying to see development. this project move forward and There was an air of excite- The Durst Organization we are eager to work with the ment at the Astoria waterfront partnered with Urban Up- Dursts and Lincoln to make last week as Mayor de Blasio bound to to help residents gain sure this project is the best it and city officials helped break access access to construction can be.” ground on the massive Hallets job opportunities.. A total of The complex will be the Point development. 35 have already been hired first outside Manhattan for The Durst Organization for site preparation work and the eco-friendly Durst Organi- and Lincoln Equities will another 100 have received job zation. Hallets Point will be off build the $1.5 billion complex training for the construction the grid, supplying almost all with 2,400 apartments, 480 phase of the project. of its own energy with three of which will be affordable, Residents of the Astoria co-generation plants that will as well as 68,000-square-feet Houses will have rental pref- generate electricity, hot water, of retail space, on seven-acre erence for 50 percent of all af- heating and cooling. parcel of land along the East fordable housing units. Clau- “21st century development River. Mayor Bill de Blasio (c.) helps break ground for the mammoth Hallets dia Coger, the president of the must be affordable, contextual “We’re thrilled to get shov- Point development that will unlock Astoria's waterfront. Astoria Houses Residents As- and sustainable. The Hallets els in the ground and bring a Photo by Bill Parry sociation, called the project an Point development helps bring long-awaited addition to this answer to their prayers. our city closer towards these community to fruition,” de fordable. The development said. “Currently, this stretch “Lincoln(Equities) began goals,” City Councilman Costa Blasio said Jan. 13. “This is will also feature a waterfront of Queens waterfront is isolat- working with, and listening Constantinides (D-Astoria) a project that delivers for the esplanade and park space plus ed and underused, and it suf- to, the community on day one said. “The 483 units will be nearby Astoria Houses and a reopened section of Astoria fers from a lack of transporta- of the project,” she said. “For available to working families strengthens this community Boulevard with improved bus tion and retail. This project decades there has been talk of who need it most. The on-site with a new school, open space services. will help breathe new life into revitalizing and reconnecting generation and Blackwater and a supermarket.” “I am very excited to wel- the community.” the community to the rest of reclamation system will make The 2.5-million-square- come the new state-of-the-art Astoria Houses NYCHA our neighborhood, but those the community greener and foot complex includes seven development into my district complex, residents are antici- efforts have always fallen more sustainable. This project residential buildings, two of at Hallets Point,” U.S. Rep. pating job opportunities be- short. As a 50-year resident changes the entire paradigm which will be 100 percent af- Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) fore, during and after the con- of the Astoria Houses it is tre- here.”

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6 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 TL TIMESLEDGER.COM CB 6 pushes upgrade for Rego Pk library LAST CALL SAVE UP TO

BY GABRIEL ROM SALE 70% After years of pushing city and elected officials for upgrades to the Rego Park branch of the Queens Li- The Sale NEW YORK Waits For! brary, community leaders in central Queens have grown impatient. DOORBUSTER DOORBUSTER DOORBUSTER The current Rego Park branch, at SWEATERS CALVIN KLEIN 91-41 63rd Drive, has approximately LAUREN COATS 7,500 square feet of space and served $ 67 $ 99 184,000 people last fiscal year, accord- 9 99 ing to Jonathan Chung, the Director 3 for $25 Up to $350 value of Government Affairs for Queens Li- brary. DOORBUSTER DOORBUSTER “The library is not much larger The current Rego Park branch, at 91-41 63rd DRESS SHIRT 99 than a fast-food restaurant and it’s OUTERWEAR BLAZERS serving tens of thousands of people in Drive, has approximately 7,500 square feet & TIE SETS $ 19 $ 99 this neighborhood,” said Peter Beadle, of space and serves nearly 200,000 people $ 99 Value up to $80 39 a community activist and member of a year. 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CA R SUITS 59 LL DOO Gulluscio, district manager of Com- South? North? West?” munity Board 6. “Something has to be done, it’s not 99 Gulluscio, who will testify Monday fair to kids and the population that HOTTEST SADDLE TAN DRESS SHOES $29 during a public hearing on Queens uses the library.” budget priorities, said he has been ad- BRAND NAME THE LARGEST SELECTION IN NEW YORK DRESS BOOTS SHOES SHOES $ 99 $1999 $2999 $3999 $ 99 get anyone in particular,” she said. “It 29 19 Terror bill Dress • Casual • Driving • Tuxedo has to be someone who has already Up to $75 value Driving • Boots • U.S. Polo • Clarks Up to $75 value Continued from Page 5 been convicted of the crime.” The major difference between the an for state Sen. 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Tremont Ave.-Portabella “It’s smart because it does not tar- do not pay a fee to register. 1671 Pitkin Ave.-Portabella Queens Center-Quails 1498 Parkchester Ave.-Portabella 5205 5th Ave.-Portabella Roosevelt Field Quails Bay Plaza Shopping Center-Portabella th 423 Knickerbocker Ave.-Portabella NEW JERSEY 13 South 4 Ave.-Mount Vernon 294 Utica Ave.-Portabella 1498 Metropolitan Ave.-Portabella 807 Broad St.-Portabella 1555 Flatbush Ave.-Portabella 2168 Bartow Ave.-Portbella Woodbridge Center-Quails 851 Flatbush Ave.-Portabella major crime categories: murder, rape, 5516 Bergenline Ave-Quails MANHATTAN 552 Nostrand Ave.- Fino Crime robbery, felony assault, burglary and Freehold Raceway Mall-Quails 243 W. 125th St.-Portabella 366 Fulton St.-Portabella Continued from Page 5 grand larceny. Livingston Mall-Quails 617 W. 181 St.-Portabella 5007 Church Ave.-Fino 120 W. 125th St.-Fino Over the past two years, there has QUEENS BRONX 1405 St. Nicholas Ave.-Fino been a 5.8 percent decrease in over- Reach Reporter Sadef Ali Kully by 163-18 Jamaica Ave.-Portabella 12-20 E. Fordham Rd.-Portabella Manhattan Mall-Portabella all crime and police officials said the e-mail at [email protected] or by All merchandise not in all stores. All savings off value prices. While quantities last. city has seen record lows in several phone at (718) 260–4546. Prices effective through January 31, 2016 TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 7 Queens Boulevard redesign called ‘road to ruin’ Bike lanes draw praise while Woodside community advocate warns of dangers ahead

BY BILL PARRY Vision Zero starting in 2014, tion of the bike lanes became become a fire marshal and one of the things we said in the DOT’s priority. current president of the Fire After a brief tour of the new my team was we were not go- “In their rush to create a Marshal’s Benevolent Associa- Queens Boulevard bike lane ing to allow any street in this commuter lane for cyclists, and tion. He also spent 10 years on in front of the Razi School in city to be called the Boulevard removing travel lanes along the Community Educational Woodside Tuesday, Mayor Bill of Death anymore,” de Blasio one of the busiest roadways Council as a representative of de Blasio offered praise for the said. “The notion that some- in the city for the first time, the borough president. city Department of Transpor- how that had been tolerated they’ve created a mess with Kregler emphasized that he tation. for years was absolutely unac- potholes, cracking asphalt and believes in the bike lanes, but Just six months into the ceptable to us and it had to be sinking and collapsing of the that their location was poorly first phase of its $100 million changed. It had to become a service utility cover, because conceived and this is affect- Queens Boulevard Recon- boulevard of life.” all that traffic is being forced ing the quality of life along the struction project its new bike But one 25-year resident of into one overused lane,” Kre- boulevard in Woodside. lanes were recognized as being Woodside has a different name gler said. “Since its implemen- “I offered my services to among the best in the country in mind. Community advocate tation, vehicles have slowed to the commissioner to walk with by a national cycling group. and safety consultant Bill Kre- a crawl during the morning two union engineers, not man- More importantly, DOT gler believes that if changes and evening rush hours, creat- agers, but they don’t want to do Commissioner Polly Trotten- are not made to the boule- ing bottlenecks, and motorists it,” Kregler said. “I may have berg produced a chart that vard’s redesign plan, it will peel off dangerously down our ruffled some feathers, but the showed there were no fatali- become known as the “Road to side streets, creating a safety fact is they didn’t have to take ties on Queens Boulevard in Ruin.” hazard for our children and se- away traffic lanes, they could 2015 when the phase one re- During a walking tour with niors. Woodside is getting the have put the bike lanes by the design began, and just two in DOT officials and community shaft here and it is becoming a sidewalk. It’s not too late to fix 2014 when the speed limit was leaders last week, Kregler dangerous situation.” this design because nothing lowered to 25 miles per hour. Woodside community advocate handed Trottenberg a 35-page Kregler said Trottenberg is permanent until they start The chart shows there were Bill Kregler believes the Queens detailed report, complete with did not seem to be pleased to pouring the concrete. Then 185 fatalities on Queens Boule- Boulevard redesign has put the 116 photographs, that he au- receive his report, although a it will be everyone’s problem vard between 1990 and 2015 thoroughfare on the road to ruin. thored. The report documents DOT spokesman confirmed it as they move further east for with a single-year high of 24 Photo courtesy of Bill Kregler the deterioration of the service was being reviewed. Kregler Phase 2 and 3 beginning next in 1993. road driving lanes that have is a former housing cop turned year.” “When we talked about been neglected as construc- firefighter who went on to Continued on Page 58

8 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Dr. King remembered Cleanup of Pomonok at multi-faith service Electeds help volunteers clean up grounds on MLK Day BY GABRIEL ROM Dr. King dedicated his life to combating. BY MADINA TOURE Jews, Christians and Mus- In between speakers, The lims marked the birthday of York College Gospel Choir, Elected officials joined vol- the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther sang spiritual songs joined unteers from Pomonok Houses King Jr. together at the Flush- by the entire congregation. and Queens College in Flush- ing Free Synagogue Sunday. Coach Ron Naclerio, a ing to clean up the grounds Imam Yusuf Ramadan of Queens legend who has led around the Pomonok Commu- Masjid Nurriddin, in Corona Cardozo High School’s bas- nity Center on Martin Luther was one of the event’s guests ketball program to 16 city King, Jr. Day. of honor. championships, spoke to the State Sen. Toby Stavisky “Shalom Aleichem, Sa- congregation about his fa- (D-Flushing), City Council- laam Alecheim,” he offered ther, who saved King’s life by man Rory Lancman (D-Hill- as a greeting, setting an in- operating on him after an as- crest) and state Assembly- terfaith tone that would car- sassination attempt in 1958. man Michael Simanowitz ry throughout the event. The two became friends and (D-Flushing) helped rake up Ramadan, who was invit- Naclerio spoke of his father, leaves at the housing com- ed by Rabbi Michael Weisser, ghost-faced and silent, the plex’s Pomonok Community said their friendship is con- day King was assassinated. Center Monday morning. The nected by their shared belief “I never city Department that “most people are good — will forget that Honoring of Sanitation not bad.” look,” he said. provided rakes, “We come together on A somber tools and trash the basis of what we have in Weisser, who Dr. King bags to the vol- common —and we work from drew on his unteers. Elected officials and volunteers from Queens College and the Pomonok there,” he said. “There is no past as a rabbi The MLK Day Residents Association cleaned up the grounds of the Pomonok Houses progress until we can see for a synagogue in Nebraska, of Service, a national event, on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. Photo by Madina Toure each other and know each closed the ceremony. honors the legacy of King. other as sons and daughters “I remember fire hos- Simanowitz stressed the im- Corbett echoed similar sen- East Elmhurst, said the clean- of Abraham.” es knocking people to the portance of getting people in- timents. up symbolized Dr. King’s mes- Ramadan told the congre- ground, I remember the volved in their communities. “The Pomonok MLK Com- sage and philosophy. gation that his first daughter phrase ‘segregation now, seg- “I want to commend Moni- munity Clean-Up is an early “I can’t think of a better has the name Moussa, Arabic regation tomorrow, segrega- ca and the Queens College stu- start for residents and our way to honor Martin Luther for Moses. tion forever.’” dents, the Pomonok Residents community neighbors to help King’s memory and his legacy Shouts of “Inshallah!” Weisser harkened back Association for really demon- and assist in the beautifica- than participating in a com- and “Mazal Tov!” filled the to the civil rights coalition strating in the best possible tion of our grounds,” she said. munity affair,” she said. sanctuary. between Jews and African- way what Dr. King’s legacy “This is just the beginning.” Lancman said MLK Day is Ramadan contrasted Americans. meant for our community here Stavisky, who came to the unique in that it is celebrated King’s message of peace with “I remember the spirit of in Queens,” he said, referring cleanup before heading off in a variety of ways, citing the the incendiary rhetoric of hope in the land, even with to Monica Corbett, president to the labor rally by airport airport workers’ rally and a Donald Trump, Ted Cruz the deaths of our heros,” he of the Pomonok Residents As- workers from LaGuardia and poetry slam at a church he at- and the nation’s polarized said.“I had a dream, but that sociation. John F. Kennedy airports in Continued on Page 41 political discourse. He tried dream has not happened.” to remind people that King, Weisser spoke of the deg- a critic of capitalism and ma- radation of American politics terialism, had a more radical and connected the struggles legacy than just his “I Have a of the 1960s to the Black Lives Dream” speech. Matter movement. “King shook things up. He “I’m feeling like the was more revolutionary than American experience has we might think,” he said. taken a giant step back,” he Ramadan focused on what said. “And I hope to live to see he said were the three evils the day when what we have of racism, militarism and had here is not out of the or- poverty — ills that he said dinary —but ordinary.”

Three days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dozens of residents gathered to hear 14 poets from the borough to celebrate the life and legacy of the civil rights activist on his birthday at the Bethany Baptist Church in downtown Jamaica. Archie Spigner, a longtime activist and politician in southeast Queens, spoke about the legacy of King, the Baptist minister, activist and leader best known for using nonvio- Flushing Free Synagogue President Edward Schauder (l.), Cardozo lent civil disobedience during the civil rights movement. Photo by Nat Valentine Men's Basketball Coach Ron Naclerio (c.) and Rabbi Michael Weisser (r.) attend a service at the Flushing Free Synagogue. Gabriel Rom TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 9 HOUSEHOUSE SERVING QUEENS SAME DAY TOP $ PAID AND THE ENTIRE SERVICE FOR JUDAICA POLICE CALLSCALLS TRI-STATE AREA AVAILABLE COLLECTIBLES ANTIQUESANTIQUES && ESTATEESTATE BUYERSBUYERS We Pay $CASH$ For Blotter Paintings, Clocks, Watches, Man steals car keys, cash in Glendale: Cops Estate Jewelry & Fine China, From Single Items GLENDALE —A man walked into a car dealership and strolled out with to Entire Estates! stolen cash and two sets of car keys, s Coin & Stamp Collections police said. s Costume Jewelry The suspect entered JS Motors dealership on Cypress Avenue and 79th s Antique Furniture s Lamps Avenue around noon on New Year’s s Bronzes s Paintings s Prints Eve. He then pulled a black and silver Chinese & Japanese MOVING or handgun and proceeded to take an em- s DOWNSIZING? ployee’s wallet containing $100 and the Artwork & Porcelain CALL keys, police said. US! Military s Sports Collectibles The suspect fled on foot and is still Collections at large police said. He was last seen Wanted s Comic Books s Old Toys s Records dressed in a red hoodie, black baseball Swords, Knives, s Cameras s Sterling Flatware Sets cap and sunglasses. Helmets, etc. HUMMELS & LLADROS Police released this image of a man suspect- ed in a New Year’s Eve robbery at a Glendale SEE OUR AD IN THE SUNDAY POST car dealership. Photo courtesy of the NYPD Top $ Paid for Antique Sterling! 516-974-6528516-974-6528 ASK FOR CHRISTOPHER Woman robbed at S. Ozone Pk. hotel: NYPD ANTIQUE & ESTATE BUYERS WILL TRAVEL We buy anything old. One piece or house full. SOUTH OZONE PARK — Hours af- old female customer who left her purse ENTIRE WILL TRAVEL.WILL TRAVEL. WE MAKE HOUSE HOUSE CALLS. CALLS. FREE ter a robbery, police arrested a suspect unattended and a male suspect took TRI-STATE! 173 N. WELLWOOD AVENUE, LINDENHURST, N.Y. Estimates! Saturday in connection with a robbery $2,000 and then fled the location, police of a woman at the Howard Johnson Inn said. at Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone After an investigation, police ob- Park, according to police officials. tained surveillance footage of the Police arrested 45-year-old Rich- incident and canvassed the area for ard Diaz from Briarwood, who was the suspect and found him inside of charged with grand larceny, burglary Burger King at 154-05 Rockaway Blvd, and harassment in Queens Criminal police said. Court, according to police officials. Police said the suspect was taken Around 9:31 a.m., police responded into custody without incident and C.O.D. to a 911 call of a robbery of a 32-year $1,990 was recovered. Cops use copter to nab traffic scofflaws: PD

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GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s intended zinger at rival Donald Trump as the embodiment of New York values puzzled many residents of the borough, where The Donald was born and bred before moving across the river to Gotham. The Texas senator defined New York values as being “socially liberal, pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage and (focused) on money and the media.” Queens has evolved into a more culturally diverse place since the “All in the Family” sitcom introduced Archie Bunker, the lovable conservative bigot to TV audiences in 1979 from a fictional address in Astoria. Archie might have agreed with Cruz at first, but the moral of the series was for the blue collar worker to face the truth behind his prejudices. Today 48 percent of Queens residents are foreign- born. These new New Yorkers speak 135 languages and come from 120 countries, making it next to im- possible to definite “socially liberal” in the borough. But not to Cruz’s surprise, registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 5-1 in Queens, which has only one GOP lawmaker on the books. Still it’s a bigger Republican margin than in any other borough except Staten Island. As for abortion, all the borough’s elected officials support free choice whatever their personal views. Back in 1999 the St. Pat’s Parade for All kicked off in Sunnyside as an inclusive alternative to the March 17 extravaganza down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan which has banned gay groups from marching under its banners. Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with OTHER VOICES both a Dem and GOP pedigree, marched in the parade, as has Bill de Blasio, in what has become a huge family event attracting thousands of onlookers. On the money and media front, we concede that A powerful advocate for animal rights territory to Trump’s Manhattan. We’re a middle-class borough filled with resilient newcomers whose man- tra is hard work to achieve the American dream. Congresswoman Grace Meng’s practices by testing product safe- I would like to thank Con- But even the head of Goldman Sachs, the invest- continued strong leadership is ty on innocent animals rather gresswoman Meng for her sup- ment banking empire where Cruz’s wife worked and evident through her support of ef- than seeking cheaper and faster port on this bill, as well as for the wangled a loan for $500,000 for his Senate campaign, forts to improve animal welfare. available alternatives that are Prevent Animal Cruelty and Tor- has a connection to Queens from its Lower Manhat- The Humane Cosmetics Act is cruelty-free. ture Act. The PACT Act would tan lair. Under Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein, who one of the Humane Society of the The United States is repre- make it a federal crime to com- grew up poor in East New York, the bank gave La- United States’ leading legislative sented as a progressive country, mit cruelty to animals in areas Guardia Community College in Long Island City $2 bills for 2016 and its future suc- yet 30 other countries—such as that the federal government can million—the biggest gift in its history—as part of a cess is dependent on co-sponsors Norway, Israel, India and the make any legal decisions. She long-term relationship. such as Congresswoman Meng. entire European Union—have deserves every bit of gratitude He told graduates at the June 2013 commencement This priority federal bill, if already phased out cruel animal from our community for her ad- that he understood their sacrifices. passed, would prohibit animal testing for cosmetics. It is time mirable efforts. “You built up muscles that others who’ve had an testing for all cosmetic products that we step up to the plate by sup- easier time don’t have. Those muscles will serve you that are manufactured or sold in porting humane initiatives and Christina Gdisis for the rest of your life.” the United States. Countless cos- collectively making conscious Middle Village These are Queens values. metic companies use outdated consumer decisions.

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12 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM READERS WRITE Convenient bus service comes at a cost

Let us all celebrate the tinue providing local bus ser- natural gas fueling stations, of daily riders. It is easy over average cost of riding a bus fourth anniversary of NICE vice. This resulted in creation facility modifications to ac- time to add service, providing in Nassau County has gone bus, which occurred Jan. 1. of the Metropolitan Suburban commodate CNG buses inside the financial support is avail- up at a lower rate than either Thousands of Queens resi- Bus Authority. Years later, the garages, new fare-collection able. the consumer price index or dents travel via Nassau Inter MSBA was followed by Long equipment, automatic vehicle- The riding public has a dif- inflation. The Metro Card in- County Express Bus to jobs, Island Bus and on Jan. 1, 2012, locator equipment, real-time ficult time understanding why troduced in 1996 affords a free schools and other destina- Nassau Inter County Express. communications systems to their route is subject to a re- transfer between NICE bus tions in Nassau County. In It is a four-way dance be- notify riders for anticipated duction in frequency or elimi- and the NYC Transit bus or addition, thousands of Nassau tween fares paid by riders arrival of the next bus, shel- nation of all service because it subway. Many employers offer County residents ride NICE (know as farebox revenues) ters, bus stop signs and other has become a financial drain transit checks, which pay even bus to jobs, schools and other along with funding provided support equipment necessary on the transit system. The more of the costs. destinations in Queens. Many by Nassau County, New York to run the system. Just like costs of labor for drivers, In the end, it all comes transfer to the subway at the State and the Federal govern- a homeowner, what is new to- along with fueling, washing, down to the availability of Flushing, Jamaica or Far ment to finance public bus day requires constant main- cleaning and maintenance of increased funding for addi- Rockaway stations. transportation operated by tenance, periodic upgrades equipment are major factors tional transportation service The viability of NICE ben- NICE. They operate a fleet of and eventual replacement. In in determining the price of to serve residents. Operat- efits everyone. To understand 308 buses out of the Rockville addition, significant changes service. You also have to add ing subsidies are required to the origins of how we got here, Center and Mitchell Field bus in technology may require the depreciation over time for the increase the level of service you must go back to the early garages. NICE also operates a replacement of outdated equip- life of the bus. The average and reduce the amount of time 1970s. Prior to NICE, bus ser- fleet of almost 122 Able Ride ment. cost of providing service on one waits for a bus on existing vice in Nassau County was op- paratransit vehicles. Farebox recovery rate anal- any bus route is $100 or more routes. The same goes for add- erated under the Long Island NICE attempts to schedule ysis is critical in determining per hour. ing more off-peak, evening and Bus and Metropolitan bus replacements on a 500,000- the frequency and continua- It has been 42 years since weekend service, as well as for Suburban Bus Authority. mile or 12-year cycle, which- tion of service on a route-by- Nassau County took control of those routes currently under In 1973, Nassau County pur- ever comes first. Bbuses oper- route basis. all bus routes from private op- discussion for elimination chased equipment, routes and ated by NICE under contract A rate of 50 percent is a erators. Over that time period, when there are insufficient some facilities from numerous to Nassau County are now on good transit industry stan- Nassau County, New York state revenues to maintain existing private bus operators, most of their fourth replacement cy- dard. There are bound to be and the federal governments service. whom were experiencing seri- cle, with most buses operated routes with a handful of rid- have invested over $700 mil- TANSTAFL—There ain’t ous financial difficulties. Nas- by NICE under 12 years old. ers and a very low farebox lion in capital improvements. no such thing as a free lunch, sau County followed up that This was not the case decades recovery rate. In these cases, Operating subsidy dollars eas- or in this case bus ride. same year by entering into a earlier. difficult decisions have to be ily top over $1.5 billion. lease and operating agreement Over time, there have made by management for pres- NICE services continue Larry Penner with the Metropolitan Trans- been other capital invest- ervation of the overall system to be one of the best bargains Great Neck portation Authority to con- ments, including compressed benefiting the other 98 percent around. Since the 1950s, the Playing politics with Flushing Meadows Corona Park

The TimesLedger edito- of structures alien to an ur- ing at all in the statutes that she is talking out of both sides such work as our descen- rial in its January 14-21, 2016 ban park, which would never states this park is to be treated of her mouth. Anyone who sup- dants will thank us for, edition (“Parks, Not Profits), be permitted in Central, differently from that of other ports a 1.4-million-square-foot and let us think…. that a defending the integrity of of Prospect or Bronx parks, nor municipal parks. The claim shopping mall on park prop- time is to come when…. Flushing Meadows Corona should they be. Parks are the that it is different was political erty is no friend of parks. men (and women) will Park as well as all urban lifeblood of an urban society nonsense claimed by Manes, Frederick Law Olmstead, say parks in our municipal park and must never be treated as who wanted the park to be- who created Central and Pros- ‘See, this our fathers did for system, is right on the mark real estate to be sold or bar- come another Meadowlands, pect parks in this city and us.’” and should be applauded by all tered to the highest bidder. It and the little people who need important parks elsewhere, who cherish parkland. is tax dollars that should be and use the park be damned. wrote a letter to the City of Descendants will not say As to FMCP, at the hands of used to maintain public parks When City Councilwoman Boston concerning Franklin thanks to Ferreras-Copeland myopic city officials—elected, and while philanthropic con- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland re- Park in that city, which was or to any of the City Council appointed or otherwise—and tributions are welcome, they mains disappointed over the one of his creations. In that let- fools who are totally ignorant beginning with the discred- should never be on a quid quo rejection of music festivals in ter he quoted John Ruskin: about the necessity and pres- ited former Queens Borough pro basis. the park and claims she will ervation of urban parks. President Donald Manes (now FMCP is a legitimate mem- continue to work towards im- “Let it not be for the present departed), it has become the ber of our city’s municipal proving parks for everyday delight, nor for the Benjamin M. Haber dumping ground for all sorts park system and there is noth- visitors and district residents, present use alone; let it be Flushing

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Cappuccino: “A shot of polar opposite drinks look amused itself by training us Lenore espresso topped with a deep about as unsimilar as those to say “tall,” when we mean Skenazy layer of foamed milk” “Spot the difference!” puzzles “small”—tall being the littlest Some marketing And, but of course: Caffe you do while waiting for a cup of coffee you can get with- ■ Latte—“A shot of espresso in Greyhound Bus. out whittling yourself a mug exec earned Rhymes steamed milk lightly topped Which perhaps explains on the spot. And some market- with foam.” why the ad is driving me to ing exec earned her wings by her wings by with Crazy Got that? Okay, quick: drink something stronger convincing us that grande and convincing us that Which drink dumps a shot of than a latte macchiato. (Or venti are the two most sophisti- espresso into a cup of foamed was it a caffe latte?) What I cated words in the world, even grande and venti lease pay attention. barium? mean is: I’m drinking grain though these really mean, “I There will be a quiz. Ah, just yankin’ your alcohol mixed with Yoo-hoo. am a grand baboon,” and “Ex- are the two most Starbucks recently chain. That’s at Dunkin’ Do- You see, here’s a company that cuse me. My vent is open.” sophisticated Ptook out a two-page, nuts. As for the Starbucks already asks us to fork over all Other Starbucks words fold-out, super-slick ad in the chart, I didn’t even give you our cash previously reserved that you might not realize words in the world. New Yorker to educate us be- all the concoctions on the list for necessities like medicine have direct English transla- nighted, Folgers-swilling to prevent your head from ex- and HBO just to drink some tions are: plebes on “The Art of Espresso ploding like an overheated scorched caffeine in a pseudo- Caffee Espresso Frappu- lation: Tea with sugar. Duh. and Milk .” doppio ristretto machine. chatty place where everyone cino. Translation: Milkshake And someone who isn’t you Using a chart only slightly (Didn’t Ristretto start out by is actually on their phone, Vanilla Frappucino. Trans- got paid (and healthcare, too!) less complex than the Periodic making a boy out of wood? Or staring at their laptops, and lation: Vanilla Milkshake to shake it. Table of the Elements (for in- am I confused?) hogging the seat across from Caramel Flan Frappucino. Caffe Americano, by the stance, it did not list Barium Anyway, after all this, the them. Translation: Gloppy Milk- way, simply means coffee. or Neptunium), it showed a ad explained as if to a dim bulb: And now, for us not to shake Like the stuff you get at the sort of timeline of coffee con- “Latte Macchiato: Foamed sound like idiots there—“I’d Caramel Ribbon Crunch donut cart, for $1, without coctions, starting with: milk marked with espresso like a coffee regular, please”— Frappucino. Translation: having to learn a new lan- Doppio: “Two shots of makes it intensely bold.” Okay. we have to study gradations Crunchy Milkshake guage, or inquire as to how espresso. Straight.” While, “Flat White,” which between coffee drinks more Double Chocolaty Chip artisinally the cart guy plans Latte Macchiato: “Foamed is—as you’ll immediately re- subtle than the ones between Frappucino. Translation: to dissolve your sugar. whole milk marked with shots call—sweet ristretto espresso fl atworms and tapeworms. Shameless Milkshake And with the extra $4 you of espresso.” fi nished with blah blah blah is (Do not go look these up! Or Hazelnut Frappucino. save, you can buy several hand Flat White: “Sweet ris- “rich & velvety.” at least, do not click on “im- Translation: Milkshake for twisted, cane-sugar dipped in- tretto espresso shots fi nished Never mind that the pic- ages.”) High-Income Squirrels zuppare ciambellas. with whole steamed milk.” tures of these two ostensibly Starbucks has already Shaken Sweet Tea. Trans- You know, glazed donuts. The presidential campaign shifts into high gear

Theodore Roosevelt, who had beaten Woodrow Wilson by a cal philosophy that guides our 2000. That could be because William served from 1901 to 1908, was significant margin, but with nation. the issues for the most part opposed to Taft’s policies and the Republican vote being As we look at what all the stand out. There are stronger Lewis challenged him for the Re- split between two candidates, candidates are saying, we see views held by many voters n publican nomination in 1912. Wilson was able to win with a a wide difference between the this year than in the recent Woodrow Wilson was the plurality of the vote. Roosevelt candidates of the two major past. Democratic candidate that came in second and the incum- parties. There is also a wide There are some indications year. bent president came in third. difference on issues among that former New York City Roosevelt campaigned hard That split in the Republican the various Republican presi- Mayor Michael Bloomberg may s the Republican presi- as he always did. At that time Party led to a Democratic vic- dential candidates. be considering an independent dential primaries move there were not as many state tory in 1912. Wilson would go In the Republican Party presidential bid this year if the into high gear there primaries as there are now. on to serve two terms in office there are significant differ- Republican and Democratic Ahave been rumors that Although Roosevelt did well after winning a narrow vic- ences. It is going to be hard candidates for president turn some establishment Republi- in the primaries, the Repub- tory in 1916. to unite once the Republican out to be Donald Trump and cans may be considering run- lican national establishment It would seem that if the Re- presidential candidate has Hillary Clinton. ning their own candidate for maintained control of enough publican presidential vote is been chosen. That is especial- I would hope that will not president if Donald Trump delegates at the convention to split between two candidates, ly true if there is discord at the be the case. Let the two major gets the official Republican give the nomination to Wil- it increases the Democratic Republican national conven- parties with their candidates Party nomination. liam Howard Taft. When that chances of success in this tion. battle it out. Once the election Since the Republican Par- happened, Roosevelt and his year’s fall presidential general In the Democratic race for is over, let our country unite ty was first founded in 1854, supporters left the convention election. president, Bernie Sanders as we move forward in the 21st there has been only one situa- and held a convention of their When the election takes is proving to be a stronger century. tion like that, which occurred own and promptly nominated place it will have been one of candidate than originally In addition to the presiden- in 1912. In that year, William Roosevelt under the name of the hardest fought campaigns thought. Hillary Clinton is in tial race, there will be many Howard Taft was the incum- Bull Moose or Progressive in American history. What a tough race against Sanders. races for state and federal bent Republican president. Af- Party. will take place is an election There seems to be a lot more elective office. How well their ter being first elected in 1908, Had there been just one Re- not only between two or three interest in the presidential presidential candidates do he was running for a second publican candidate that year, candidates, but an election race this year than there was will strongly influence local term as president. However, they probably would have that will determine the politi- in previous campaigns since and state elections. 14 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM COLUMNS Publicity is fueling Trump’s push for ofﬁ ce

and other demagogues like and aired a one-hour documen- up in 2017 with such a hang- main GOP rival and a modern- Kfd Ted Cruz—the attention they tary with warmed-over stories over that they swear never to day Joe McCarthy, would say: 8ccfe need to advance. about the most covered man in go near the cable dial again. We want people to have as In fact, I believe that former media history. You can channel surf all many guns as they want and N CNN anchor Campbell Brown That’ll show him. you want on the Sunday morn- we want the government to Mayoral had a good idea recently when I’m just waiting for some ing talk shows, but I guaran- leave us alone. Except when Spin Cycle she implored her former col- cynical cable television mogul tee you won’t have a Trump- it comes to abortion. Or gay leagues to ignore Trump for at to introduce a 24-hour Trump free five-minute reprieve. He’s marriage. On those, we want least one week. I am certain if television network. Kind of catnip for the feline broadcast- the government to invade your ook up the definition of that happened, the air would like what’s happened to VH1 ers who need him. They are doctor’s office or your bed- codependent in the dic- start leaking out of his cam- with the Kardashians. preying on a mousy public room. tionary and it indicates paign balloon. But, of course, In every dark cloud, that keeps on thinking: Will I recently heard a great Lan unhealthy relation- that seems incredibly unlikely, though, there is a potential Trump crash and burn this Cruz put-down by one of his ship between two people that is so we need to understand the silver lining. As Mark Twain time or will he continue to former colleagues: “Why is dysfunctional, leads to abusive problem and how it is wreck- once said of himself, “Reports glide along like a large float in Cruz so immediately disliked behavior, and is just plain-old ing our country. of my death have been greatly the Thanksgiving Parade that by those who meet him? It bad for both parties. Sure, there are some pun- exaggerated.” And so, too, the makes him appear larger than saves time.” I can’t think of a bet- dits on MSNBC or writing for death of media—one of those life? Well, against Cruz at least, ter word to describe Donald the Daily Beast or the edito- self-destructive solipsistic I’ve been trying to puzzle time is on Donald Trump’s Trump’s budding romance rial pages of the New York memes we have heard for over this phenomenon re- side. I think. with the media. They really Times who detest The Donald more than a decade—has been cently and I think I’ve par- As is the media, it seems. need each other, they make and all he stands for. But they greatly exaggerated because it tially figured it out. Politics To those who make their each other act more boorishly still write about and broad- has found a savior. and policy is generally very living covering the news: don’t and no matter how much they cast him 24-7. This unhealthy For now. predictable stuff. The Dems fall for this circus trick. You profess to try, they just can’t relationship is having a per- But like many false mes- want more government, more may get a sugar high now, but quit each other. nicious effect on our political siahs, the short-term ratings programs to help the needy, the ultimate crash and burn I also realize that just by discourse. gains made by the media in more help for the middle class, will do long-lasting damage. writing this column I am fall- Chris Matthews, the MSN- 2016 will come at far too great more equal rights for women, ing into the same trap as the BC talk show host, loudly ad- a cost: a degeneration into the gays, transgenders and all un- Tom Allon, the president of rest of the media. But I believe monishes Trump on his show crass, boorish and sensation- derdog subgroups of our popu- City & State, NY, was a candi- that by looking at this honestly and puts down his supporters. alistic. Readers and viewers— lation. date for Mayor in 2013. He can and exploring its destructive He is so outraged! In fact, he is many of whom have already The Republicans, well, they be reached at tallon@cityand- nature, we can come up with so mad that one night recently fled tabloid newspapers and want the opposite of all the stateny.com. ways to stop giving Trump— he pre-empted his own show broadcast media—may wake above. As Ted Cruz, Trump’s How a Maspeth boy became ‘The Last Don’

By the late 1960s, the fu- The Last Don’s ambition was operation, and by 2000, with ture Don was running a truck Dominick “Sonny Black” Na- many other Mafia leaders in hijacking crew as an associ- politano, who allowed under- prison, Massino was consid- ate of the Bonanno family. He cover FBI agent Joe Pistone to ered the most powerful don fenced his stolen goods and infiltrate his crew under the in the nation. His time at the n ran numbers from a lunch name Donnie Brasco. Upon top would prove short lived. In The Greater Astoria Historical Society wagon which he used as a hearing about the unprece- 2004, The Last Don was indict- front for his illicit business. dented breach of mob security, ed for murder and racketeer- In conjunction with the torious five Mafia families to In 1975, Massino participated Massino said of the disgraced ing based on the testimony of Greater Astoria Historical So- turn state’s evidence and coin a mob murder with brother- capo: “I have to give him a other made mobsters, includ- ciety, the TimesLedger Newspa- operate with the government in-law Salvatore and future receipt for the Donnie Brasco ing underboss and brother- pers presents noteworthy events in prosecuting other Mafiosi. Gambino family head John situation.” in-law Salvatore Vitale. Fac- in the borough’s history The ex-mobster entered the Gotti. Two years after “mak- The mobster’s climb to the ing the death penalty if found Witness Protection Program ing his bones” by killing for top would not be without pit- guilty, Massino agreed to turn orn on Jan. 10, 1943 in after his 2013 release from the mob, the Maspeth native falls, however. In 1987, when against his former associates New York City, Joseph prison and his whereabouts became a made member of the some believe he was already and testify as a government Charles Massino is a are unknown. Bonanno family. Joe Massino the underboss, Massino and witness. Although initially Bformer member of the One of three boys raised was on his way to the top of a Bonanno family head Philip sentenced to life in prison, Italian Mafia who was the in Maspeth, Massino claimed criminal empire. Rastelli were sent to federal in 2013 he was resentenced to boss of the Bonanno crime he was a juvenile delinquent Following the 1979 murder prison on labor racketeering time served. family from 1991 to 2004. Dur- by age 12 and he was a high of acting family boss Carmine charges. Following Rastelli’s A Joe Massino quote: “There ing his 13 years running the school dropout at age 15. He Galante at a Brooklyn restau- death in 1991, Joe Massino are three sides to every story. crime syndicate, the powerful married Josephine Vitale in rant, Massino began jockey- was named boss of the Bonan- Mine, yours and the truth.” Massino was known as “The 1960, and soon began supporting for power with other Bo- no family while still incarcer- Last Don,” as he was the only ing his wife and three daugh- nanno capos. Ever cunning ated. For further information, New York mob leader at the ters through a life of crime, and ready to use violence to Under his leadership, the contact the Greater Astoria His- time not in prison. However, with brother-in-law Salvatore serve his ends, he eliminated Bonanno crime syndicate re- torical Society at 718-278-0700 he is perhaps best known as as one of his earliest associ- several key rivals in 1981. One gained the prestige it lost fol- or visit their website at www. the first boss of one of the no- ates. capo who allegedly fell before lowing the FBI undercover astorialic.org. TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 15 THINGS ARE Wills is implicated LOOKING UP in plea agreement …with an MCU Auto Loan RATES AS LOW AS% 1.45 APR*

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 17 Christ the King High School 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, New York 11379 Drive honors survivor (718) 366-7400 BY GABRIEL ROM Christ the King Students Join in Psychology The mother of a Middle Village na- Research at Museum of Natural History tive who fought cancer twice is orga- Christ the King High School’s Psychology class recently visited the Museum nizing a blood drive in honor of her of Natural History, where they took part in a research class on human origin and daughter. brain development. They examined skulls of different species to determine and Carly Rose Nieves was diagnosed compare their personality and functions compared to that of humans. with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at Pictured (from left): Roenny Bueno, Arianna Arce, Melissa Rebecca, and the age of 7 and re-diagnosed five years Carmela Faruggio. later. She beat the disease both times. Nieves’ mother, Lisa Horner, started the Carly Rose Foundation to raise cancer awareness and give back to other cancer-fighters in need of blood transfusions. The foundation has partnered with the New York Blood Center to host a blood and bone marrow drive at Christ the King High School, located at 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nieves, who has fully recovered from her The foundation will provide enter- bouts with cancer, graduated Christ the tainment for children and raffles for King High School with a 4.0 GPA. those who donate blood. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. Photo I.D. will be required to participate. Reach reporter Gabriel Rom by e- For more information or to make mail at [email protected] or by phone an appointment, contact donate@car- at (718) 260–4564. About Christ the King Regional High School Christ the King Regional High School is a private, co-educational Catholic High School with a 4-year college preparatory curriculum. Located in Middle lyrose.com. Village, Queens, Christ the King Regional High School draws students from all areas. The school 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. 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; Brenda Evans, Trustee; Dolores St. Louis, Trustee; Peter J. Mannarino, Principal; Michael W. Michel, President; Arthur Spanarkel, Financial Advisor; and Veronica Cokley, Executive Assistant. More information is available http://www.ctkny.org/. Find Christ the King on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CKCampus. More trafﬁ c lights on way BY BILL PARRY cross this roadway every day to get to school.” Queens DOT Commissioner Nicole The residential street is a conduit Garcia announced Friday that more for three schools, PS 122, St. John’s traffic lights will be installed on 21st Preparatory and the Kid Krazy day- Avenue in Astoria this spring. The care center. Several senior residences added safety improvements are part are also in the area. of a redesign of a dangerous two-mile “For too long 21st Avenue was the stretch of roadway that often resem- scene of accident after accident,” state bles a speedway between Hoyt Avenue Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas South and Queens Plaza. (D-Astoria) said. “Today, we can look “These new signals , coupled with forward to a safer community where last year’s reduction of the speed limit students, young families and elderly to 25 miles per hour, will enhance safe- residents can safely walk, drive or bike ty for all in the neighborhood,” Garcia to school, to work or to shop. These said. traffic lights are proof that each of us The new traffic lights will be in- have a hand and voice in making our stalled in late April at the intersec- community better.” tions of 21st, 24th and Crescent streets. Other improvements along the cor- Following the 2009 death of 65-year-old ridor include enhanced lighting and im- Astoria resident Konstantinos Stayro- proved land markings. The Department poulos, in a car crash at the corner of of Transportation also installed Lead- Odds of a child becoming a professional athlete: 1 in 16,000 21st Avenue and 23rd Street, a coali- ing Pedestrian Intervals at ten intersection of elected officials and community tions, giving those trying to cross the Odds of a child being diagnosed with autism: 1 in 68 members held rallies to ask for better 60-foot roadway an extra ten seconds. calming measures. “These traffic safety improvements “Following our long advocacy will ensure that each member of our campaign for traffic safety on this community faces less risk of death thoroughfare, these traffic lights will or serious injury just by walking our make 21st Avenue safer for pedestri- streets,” state Sen. 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BY SADEF ALI KULLY and good jobs; cultivating a competitive and innovative market in for-hire The city released a traffic study service; ensuring accessible for-hire Tuesday which does not hold Uber or transportation options; safe and effi- other app-based car services respon- cient NYC streets; and maintaining a sible for traffic congestion across the regulatory structure with integrity.” city. The mayor said at a news confer- The $2 million traffic study began ence Tuesday he asked for the study to Sign last summer when Mayor Bill di Bla- resolve important issues and it ended sio announced a cap on Uber drivers, up reversing some misconceptions citing the Uber’s robust growth. The about the app-based car services. mayor contended the rise in the num- “The congestion situation is differ- Me up. ber of cars on the road was caused by ent than some of what we knew it to be, Uber, making traffic conditions worst and we have to address the congestion in the central business district in Man- issue unto itself, and that’s something hattan. we’ll be talking about in the coming Uber is a mobile app which allows weeks,” he said. passengers to order and pay for a car In Queens, there are currently an Visit us at Queens Center service with a smartphone. Passengers estimated 8,000 Uber driver-partners are picked up from their GPS-tracked who call Queens home out of 26,000 and green acres mall! location and at the end of the ride they in total, according to the $50 billion are charged through the app. technology company. And Uber said The study said “vehicles of all types it plans to add an additional 4,000 jobs play a role in congestion in the [cen- this year alone. tral business district]. The number of Uber said it made almost 600,000 trips by all vehicle types in the CBD trips through Queens on a monthly ba- remained flat between 2014 and 2015 sis but did not respond to specific ques- as increases in transit ridership offset tions on the breakdown of those trips increases in trip demand driven by or the start and end points in Queens growth. Increases in e-dispatch trips last year. are largely substituting for yellow Across the city, there are an esti- taxi trips in the CBD. Because these mated 13,000 yellow taxis, an estimat- e-dispatch trips are substitutions and ed 6,000 green cabs and an estimated not new trips, they are not increasing 25,500 livery and commuter vans, [vehicle miles traveled].” according to the city’s Taxi and Lim- The study made recommenda- ousine Commission’s latest numbers. tions for the city to “level the playing The different categories were not bro- field among yellow, green, black and ken down by borough. e-dispatch services, with differences in regulations or standard driven by Reach Reporter Sadef Ali Kully by MKT 15.71v2 clear policy goals: a quality passenger e-mail at [email protected] or by experience; new income opportunities phone at (718) 260–4546. TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 21 Addabbo, Miller target massage parlors

BY GABRIEL ROM a lease agreement; prevent a The latest illegal massage massage parlor from obstruct- parlor to shut down is Dream Following the closure of ing the view of their lobby Spa, located at 65-18 Myrtle several illegal massage par- area; and impose a duty on Ave. in Glendale. The closure lors in Glendale and Middle landlords to terminate a ten- is one of many over the past Village, state Assemblyman ancy at a massage therapist lo- three months due to increased Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven) cation found guilty of promot- police enforcement and state Sen. Joseph P. Add- ing prostitution within 60 days “We only have so much en- abbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) of notification to the landlord forcement powers the Police have introduced a package by a city or state agency. Department can do, but I need of legislation meant to deter “We don’t want to arrest help. I need legislative help. I and regulate these unlicensed these women,” Miller said last need the laws to be changed,” businesses. week at a Woodhaven Resi- Wachter said at a 104th Pre- The expansive legislation dents Block Association meet- cinct community meeting last comes after a substantial in- ing, referring to the many month. crease in the number of illicit undocumented workers who One of the bills would also massage parlors operating are employed at the parlors. grant the city Department of in Central Queens and a con- “Many of them are slaves.” Consumer Affairs the author- certed effort from police at the “I have introduced this ity to enforce the imposition of 104th precinct to shut them package of bills in an attempt fines relating to the practice of down. to shut these illegal parlors massage therapy. In December, police an- down,” Miller added in a writ- “While identifying these fa- nounced a new tactic which in- ten statement. “These bills cilities is the first step toward volved stationing a uniformed would increase regulation on shutting them down, enforce- police officer outside of sus- unlicensed massage parlors ment has been the downfall pected locations. by allowing the Department of due to current regulations that The bills would do the fol- Consumer Affairs the authori- tie the hands of law enforce- lowing: expand the definition ty to enforce the law and it also ment officials behind their of “massage therapist” and re- expands the definition of mas- backs,” Addabbo said. “This quire licensees to be on prem- sage therapist to require these package of bills will help rem- ises at all times; impose a duty illegal parlors to be licensed edy that and show those who on the landlords to verify the as opposed to just opening up operate these illegal facilities license of a massage therapist another massage parlor wher- that they will not get away Dream Spa at 65-18 Myrtle Ave was closed in November after police sus- tenant prior to entering into ever possible.” with breaking the law.” pected the spa was offering illegal services. Google Earth Do you know a hero of Queens? Nominate a person who has made a difference in the great borough of Queens

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ducation is much more networking coupled with E than teaching and learn- building individual college ing. It is a conglomerate and career pathways tailored of real-world experiences, to students’ future goals. college preparedness and We would be honored the utmost dedication to pro- to assist you in composing viding an enriching, stable an educational plan that and personal academic cli- suits the needs of your son. mate for your child. Furthermore, we offer ﬁ nan- Holy Cross High School is cial aid, scholarships and a an all-boys, private Catholic tuition discount to siblings institution located in Flush- attending school together. We ing, New York. We strive look for ward to working with to maintain an academic you and wish you the very insti tution of excellence best! founded upon spiritual edu- Please contact Admissions cation and values such as Director Robert Bo tero at (718) faith, integrity, honesty, and 886-7250 ext. 558. a distinguished dedication to lessening the suffering of others through a multitude of school-wide community service initiatives. Accompanied by a 60-year- additional on-campus service of comradery, enhancing en viron ment, we whole- old role of delivering a superb learning programs hosted problem-solving and strategic heartedly make it a top Catholic education to students, throughout the school year. planning abilities, along with priority to prepare your Holy Cross High School offers Belonging to such meaningful cultivating an inquisitive son for the world in which an outstanding commitment activities allows for organic, nature guided by charity, he will enter as an adult. not only to its academics, but psychological development of mindfulness and respect for Preparedness is one of our also to its athletics, over 40 students into Holy Cross Men all life. many missions set forth to aid extracurricular clubs, and – encompassing the growth In today’s competitive in the formation of student

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 35 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS GUIDE SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Jk%=iXeZ`jf]8jj`j`JZ_ffc A Caring Community of Faith, Knowledge, and Service =X`k_ J\im`Z\ St. Francis of Assisi School first As a Mission Banner School, SFA opened its doors on February 13, 1951. students are eagerly involved in numer- Within a short time, a strong founda- ous service projects. This school year, in tion for Catholic Identity and educa- honor of CSW and our CARE Program, tional achievement in the vibrant our students are partnering with the and diverse neighborhood of Asto- Wounded Warriors Project to honor, as- ria was established. Today, 65 years sist, and empower veterans returning later, SFA continues to celebrate the home from combat. In addition, SFA spirit of its founders as it seeks to de- students will be reflecting on the essen- velop its mission. tial Church teaching-themes shared by Pope Francis at the World Meeting of Befnc\[^\ Families held this school year. Since the beginning of the 2015- 2016 school year, SFA has fully em- J=8#8:Xiè^:fddle`kp braced the CSW theme by enriching Today, the graduates of St. Fran- our school community and has been cis of Assisi School receive the rich firmly committed to growing a school Gospel values, extensive knowledge, of excellence. SFA is focused on de- and essential skills that enable them signing our instruction so that our to become productive and influential students are engaged in cognitively Catholic citizens of our global world. challenged tasks and involved in In Affair of the Heart by Patricia gaining mastery of required skills. Jordan, we learned that “one winter At SFA, our goal is to teach so that morning in 1208, St. Francis of Assisi Backpack safety about our curriculum supports our stu- heard the words of the Gospel not only dents’ strengths. Success For All is with his ears, but with his heart, and our aim. In addition, SFA is develop- it changed his life forever.” It is our ing a Technology Plan that will keep hope that for our students, an SFA more than back pain us evolving in a modern Wifi envi- Catholic education will make their ronment as competent and responsi- lives and the lives of those they touch ble users of innovative technology. in every community greater. hen it comes to backpack safety, To avoid these secondary hazards most people tend to think about from backpacks, consider these tips: W injuries caused by a heavy Don’t overload a backpack. Carry backpack or one worn improperly. only what is necessary. If too many However, there are other dangers as- books are the issue, parents should sociated with backpacks, and caution talk to the school administrators and should be used. teachers to reach a happy medium re- Backpacks come in all shapes and garding textbook usage. sizes and can be a handy tool for students or adults. When worn correctly, with weight evenly distributed across Be aware of the weight. To the back and shoulders, backpacks can be safer and more effective than help avoid slips and falls, using a purse or briefcase. But many people wear overly-loaded backpacks hold on to stair rails and slung over one shoulder, which can do not run with a heavy pose problems with posture and lead to back issues. backpack. In addition to the physical strain backpacks can cause, they can be a dan- Be considerate to others. When ger in other ways. Many people fail to on the subway or in the classroom, recognize how much space a backpack safely store the backpack under the can take up. Entering the tight quar- seat. Be sure straps, or the pack itself, ters of a school bus or commuting on are not extending into the aisle. a train or bus means a bulky backpack Avoid rolling backpacks. Rolling can knock into other people. If that backpacks may seem like a better op- backpack is full of heavy, cumbersome tion, but they can be diffi cult to roll. books — or even a laptop computer — Some schools ban these styles because an inadvertent bump by the pack can of tripping hazards. cause injuries. Also, backpacks taken Recognize how much space the off and placed in bus aisles can be a backpack takes up when worn. tripping hazard. Be conscious of others when turning Students can also be injured if a around or entering a confi ned space. heavy pack falls on them. Children Be aware of the weight. To help tucking backpacks into lockers or avoid slips and falls, hold on to stair classroom cubbies may fi nd that they rails and do not run with a heavy back- slide out and hit another classmate. pack. Backpacks change the way individ- Choose a lightweight backpack. uals walk. Because the person is car- Canvas backpacks are generally rying around extra weight, she may lighter in weight than leather back- lose balance or trip and fall, especially packs. Do not add extra weight unnec- when going down steps. essarily. 36 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM SACRED HEART SCHOOL

At Sacred Heart School our days are very busy! During any school day you will most likely ﬁnd some of the following:

Free Universal Pre-K for all children U Students arriving early to school U Prayer and the pledge of Allegiance in every classroom Teachers at work preparing their lessons SMART boards in use in the classrooms U Students using our new iPads GradeGr Levels attending 9 a.m. Mass U Students attending art, library, music, physical education classes Spanish lessons throughout the building U School pictures The graduating class taking graduation pictures U Parents and children enjoying our Fall Festival Teachers helping the children develop important learning skills U Students solving Math problems Science lab activities U Lunch in the cafeteria U Teachers helping students with their daily activities CreatC ive and academic writing U Books being borrowed from our library with more than 12,000 books Student artwork on display throughout the building Students at work in the computer lab U Lunchtime recess outside in good weather Students receiving help in the remediation and resource room classes Students staying after school to participate in after-school activities including: writing club, ooil painting, intramurals, Math 9, earth science, computer club, book club, extended day program,m, glee club, history club U Our students participating in the parish scouting program, CYO sports, altar services, and children’s choir U Student work on display outside each classroom Classrooms involved in a “buddy” activity with another classroom Students preparing for a “big” test U Students enjoying the work of other students Ó£Èä£ÊÎnÌ ÊÛiÕi]Ê >ÞÃ`iÊÓ£ÈÓ£Èä£ÊÎnÌ ÊÛiÕi]Ê >ÞÃ`iÊ 9Ê££ÎÈ£ÊUÊ9Ê££ÎÈ£ÊUÊ718–631–4804718–631–480404 SACRED HEART SCHOOL ¬TH¬!VENUE ¬"AYSIDE¬s¬ ¬

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Accreditation and Membership: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP Dennis J. Farrell, Principal

TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 37 Where to send your child to school is OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED one of the most important decisions SACRAMENT you will ever make. We invite you to visit Our Lady of the Blessed 34-45 202nd Street, Bayside, NY 11361 Sacrament School to help you decide. /i°ÊÇ£n®ÊÓÓ{{Î{ÊUÊ>ÝÊÇ£n®ÊÓÓxnÓä Mrs. Joan Kane, Principal Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament We aspire to develop many School has been partnering with the areas of your child’s God given parents of the Bayside area to educate talents. Our comprehensive Music Nursery Half Day and Full Day Programs their children since 1951. The Program offers instruction in all mission of the school is to establish a grades, Nursery through grade Free Universal Pre-K Program learning environment where students 8, including Recorder Karate Kindergarten through Grade 8 are inspired to embrace Catholic in grades 3-6, Liturgical Music values, be life-long learners, be active Ensemble and Christmas and Comprehensive Technology Program members of the Church community Spring Concerts. We also offer the featuring iPads & Chromebooks and to obtain the necessary skills for Music Together Preschool Program, future leadership. String Orchestra, School Band Art, Music, Physical Education, and Our academic program provides and Show Choir. The Art Program Foreign Language classes a quality Catholic education through encourages individual expression the implementation of Diocesan through a variety of mediums, Interactive Whiteboards and SmartBoards and New York State Standards in an explores art history and develops in all homerooms environment that challenges and skills and techniques culminating encourages students to work to their in an annual showcase. CYO Sports, Girl Scouts full potential. Many students receive We believe a strong relationship Before-School Program starting at 7:15 AM scholarships to the local Catholic High between home and school is essential. Schools. Currently alumni of Our This is accomplished through our After-School Program until 6:00 PM Lady of the Blessed Sacrament are active Home School Association attending Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, and open communication between Stanford, Vanderbilt University and U parents and teachers which is Penn to name a few. enhanced through technology. We offer: s.URSERYTHROUGH'RADE s&REE5NIVERSAL0RE +FOR YEAROLDS s7ARM CARING ANDSAFEENVIRONMENT s%XTENDEDDAYPROGRAMSINTHEMORNING and afternoon s-USIC0ROGRAMINCLUDINGASTRING orchestra and choirs s-USIC4OGETHER0RESCHOOL0ROGRAM s!RT0ROGRAM s#OMPREHENSIVE4ECHNOLOGY0ROGRAM featuring iPads and Chromebooks Join us in Celebrating s&OREIGN,ANGUAGE)NSTRUCTION s0HYSICAL%DUCATION0ROGRAM Catholic Schools Week s$EDICATEDFACULTYWITHADVANCEDDEGREES and certiﬁ cation s!LLCLASSROOMSEQUIPPEDWITH)NTERACTIVE OPEN HOUSE Whiteboards and SmartBoards Sunday, January 31 s#OMPUTER2OOMWITH)NTERNETACCESS 11:00 AM–1:00 PM and iPads Monday, February 1 s3CHOOL#OUNSELOR s0EER3UPPORT'ROUPS 9:00–9:30 AM s3TUDENT#OUNCIL (Nursery Program) s3TRONG0ARISH)NVOLVEMENT#LUBS Tuesday, February 2 s9EARBOOK 9:00–10:00 AM s%DUCATIONALAND#ULTURAL4RIPS (N–Grade 8) s3CHOLARSHIP/PPORTUNITIES s!CTIVE(OME3CHOOL!SSOCIATIONAND 0ARENTAL)NVOLVEMENT NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION s4EEN#LUBAND#HORAL'ROUPS Sunday, January 31 - 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM s!CTIVE#9/3PORTSINCLUDINGBASKETBALL Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, February 1, 2, 4 - 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM baseball, softball, swimming, track, Wednesday, February 3 - 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM soccer, intramural volleyball Friday, February 5 - 7:30 - 11:00 AM We welcome the opportunity to share our school spirit with you. 0LEASECALLTHEOFlCEAT FORATOUROFOURFACILITYAND “Accredited by the Middle States Association see for yourself all we have to offer. Hope to see you soon. of Colleges and Schools” 34-45 202 Street, Bayside, NY 11361 Ç£nÓÓ{{Î{ÊUÊFax 718-229-5820

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Dancing in the aisle of the historic English Lutheran Church of The Redeemer in St. Albans, Recipients of this years's Community Service Awards presented on the weekend before a troupe of young performers ring in MLK Day festivities. Photo by Nat Valentine Martin Luther King Day, (l-r in front row) Wiilliam Campbell, Crystal Campbell, Yvonne Bandison, George Holmes and Faye Johnson. Photo by Nat Valentine

City Council member I. Daneek Miller closes out the big- At the United Negro College Fund's MLK Day breakfast, Sto. Nino, the oldest religious relic in the Philippines dating gest MLK Day event in Queens at Jamaica Performing Arts the Rev. Henry T. Simmons, the pastor of the St. Albans back to Ferdinand Magellan and the arrival of Christianity Center. The celebration included a half dozen performances Congregational Church, with his wife, is honored as the key- to the islands, marks a widely celebrated Saints Day among and a speech by Yusef Salaam, one the Central Park Five. note speaker. Photo by Nat Valentine Filipinos overseas and, it turns out, in Queens. Twitter Photo by Nat Valentine

At York College, Alicia Hyndman (r) is sworn in to her new Assembly seat by Judge Laura Police Commissioner William Bratton shows Councilman Eric Ulrich his collection of police Blackburn. She won the seat, representing much of southeast Queens, in a special election memorabilia during a visit to Bratton's office at 1 Police Plaza. Instagram last fall. Photo by Nat Valentine 40 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22-28, 2016 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM understand all the details, we will Carriage horses have more to say,” McKeon said in a QUEENS BUSINESS STYLE statement. Continued from Page 4 Another animal rights group, The use of the Central Park stables is based Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Car- on a rental agreement or a concession riages, claims the deal, which calls for Jamaica Center — the group contests that park space renovating an existing stable on the should not be used for a private busi- 85th Street Transverse through Cen- ness, especially if it is running a mo- tral Park to house all licensed horses, nopoly on tourism. is in the financial interest of all parties BID Community The mayor pledged in his 2013 involved in the deal, as vested drivers campaign for office to work with City would get a payout from selling their Council to ban the industry, picking former stables, and not in the interest up financial support from a handful of of the horses. animal rights groups. “De Blasio does not give a hoot Conversation “Everything will be contained in about the Animal Rights activists who Central Park,” de Blasio said during a put him in office. Remember this man Monday news conference. “And it will never had a good record on animal is- JAMAICA, QUEENS NY— The Jamaica Center Business Im- obviously lead to many fewer horses sues when he was in the Council. But provement District (BID), will be hosting it’s 1st series of “Com- being used in this industry. So, it’s a lot he does care about donor dollars and munity Conversation” event in honor of #NYCPeaceWeek in of progress. It’s real progress. Look, it’s the ‘animal rights’ group that put up a Downtown Jamaica. not everything I wanted, I think I’ve lot of money for his election,” the Coali- been quite clear about that, but that’s tion said in a statement. WHAT: why we have a democratic process.” Proponents of the former plan to “The “Community Conversation” series launched by One of de Blasio’s strongest support- ban the industry claimed the horses the Jamaica Center BID works with local organizations, elected ers was New Yorkers for Clean, Livable were not well cared for, and do not be- ofﬁcials, and community residents exploring important issues and Safe Streets, which was trying to long in the congested central borough, in the community and how to create a more secure and vibrant sway council members to support the breathing in car fumes. Industry ad- Downtown Jamaica. previous ban. vocates have long said the regulations NYCLASS Spokesman Michael over the industry insure the safety WHO: McKeon said it was too early to tell and health of all the horses, that a ban The Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, whether the deal would be strong would eliminate jobs and that horse Erica Ford, CEO and founder of Peace Is A Lifestyle Life Camp, enough to provide the animal protec- carriages are a historic staple and a and creator of #NYCPeaceWeek, Carol Maraj, founder of the tions it was seeking. part of the city experience for many Carol Maraj Foundation For the Prevention of Violence Against “When we see the bill in print and visitors.” Women, and Council Member Donovan Richards, Jr. exploring methods to create a more peaceful community. sure to a motor in an attempt to jerry- rig the robot so it could better pick up WHY: Jamaica has been coined by the Wall Street Journal Robots the blocks and move them. and Street Easy, among others, as NYC’s Hottest Neighborhood. Continued from Page 3 Pastor raised his hands in triumph. Downtown Jamaica experienced an entire year without gun vio- “It works!” lence until last month. Community leaders, youth partners and Back in the Pit, there was a flurry The Mighty Mechanics grew out of of activity. a small program with only four people residents will explore the impact that violence has upon us and Robotics teams were repairing their in 2006, to 120 in 2015, said Iffat Mai, how we can create conditions of peace. machines, testing out new designs, ar- director of the Forest Hills Robotics guing about what had gone wrong or League. WHEN: Thursday, January 21st, - 3pm - 5pm - rain or shine. cheering about what had gone right. A “At PS 144, there was no robotics voice came over the PA system. program,” she said, “so we just decided WHERE: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning - 161-04 Ja- “Ladies and gentlemen, I found my- to start one, and by word of mouth it self a joke: Is it hot in here or did your spread.” maica Avenue internal fan just system combust?” Alex, who has spent six years in The novice comedian was met with robotics, says his biggest dream is to Jamaica Center BID’s mission is to promote Jamaica Center light-hearted boos. work in the aerospace industry. as a thriving business hub and destination to shop, work, live, At the table for the Forest Hills Derek said his favorite part of the and visit. The Wall Street Journal has named Jamaica Queens Mighty Mechanics, Derek Pastor, 15, event is the collaborative process. as NYC’s Hottest Neighborhood in 2015. Jamaica Center BID is from Middle Village could barely con- “No one is trying to hide design tain his excitement. secrets,” he said. “We all just want to inviting the press and media to cover this event. “We have come up with this genius have fun and help each other.” measure,” he said. “I just love this stuff. I can’t get CONTACT: Jamaica Center BID The team had connected a tape mea- enough of it.” Valerie Stevens 718-526-2422 Ext 2506 year. 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44 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 BT TIMESLEDGER.COM Russell Daniels (l) and Jacklyn TimesLedger, January 22–28, 2016 Collier play versions of them- selves in a new web series, “This Is My Roommate.” Photo courtesy Brayden Hade

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said. “We find joy in a lot of each other. things.” Daniels strikes up a con- Life in It is the kind of joy they versation and asks if Collier hope to share with others with has been to this particular the launch of their web series, establishment before. He then “This Is My Roommate,” Feb. 1. tells her she has the wrapper The pilot, currently avail- from a feminine hygiene prod- able at www.thisismyroom- uct stuck to her shoe. She does mate.com, introduces the pair not, but the mood is shattered ASTORIA as they begin their search for and Collier berates Daniels for a third member to join their not being a gentleman. Astoria household, which may Clearly these two know have the dankest residential each other — very well — and Actors Jacklyn Collier, Russell Daniels create bathroom in all of Greater really like one another. New York City. “Our relationship seemed new web series ‘This Is My Roommate’ “We are tapping into the like something interesting honest things we experience to explore,” Collier said. “We as New Yorkers,” Daniels said. are two friends, who are more BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN tors had been accepted into Quickly, however, the duo And as young 30-something than friends, but not really the University of Houston’s realized this would be one of city dwellers there is plenty to more than friends.” Jacklyn Collier and Russell graduate theater program, but those fast friendships that ri- dig into. Their friendship is not easy Daniels met the day they be- had communicated only by e- vals those decades-long ones. In the first scene the two to define to others. came roommates. mail before that face-to-face “We really support each are seated at a neighborhood They are not romantically The two Astoria-based ac- meeting five years ago. other and have fun,” Daniels bar and appear not to know Continued on Page 50 TIMESLEDGER.COM TL TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 45 Come & Enjoy a Delicious Homemade Italian Lunch with us!

Where: Rockaway Theatre Co., The Post PRODUCTIONS Theatre, Building T4, Fort Tilden, Rockaway Cost: $10/general admission “Astoria Stories” — To celebrate APAC’s Contact: (718) 374-6400 15th anniversary, it will present a festival of Website: www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org short plays and musicals focused on various LUNCH SPECIALS $ 95 places in Astoria. When: Feb. 19 through Feb. 27 AUDITIONS Monday–Friday, 12 Noon–3pm 7 Where: Astoria Performing Arts Center, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” — The 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria Pasta Dishes Salad* + Andrean Players will hold auditions for all 1 Cost: $10 /2 Hero Sandwich** ages, all characters for this May production. t PENNE MELANZANA t LASAGNA Contact: (718) 706-5750 Bring a headshot, resumé and sheet music t PENNE t PENNE FLORIO SALAD SANDWICHES Website: www.apacny.org CAMPAGNOLA — 16 bars ballad, 16 bars up tempo — and be t PENNE FORTUNATI tCAESAR tMEATBALL PENNE PAPALINA “A Chorus Line” — This production marks prepared to dance at audition. t PENNE CARUSO tGARDEN tEGGPLANT t the 40th anniversary since “A Chorus Line” When: Feb. 3 - Feb. 5 (pick one date), from 7 t PENNE FLORENTINE *Add Grilled tPEPPER & EGG t PENNE GAMBERONI debuted on Broadway, the show is the pm - 9 pm t PENNE FANTASIA Chicken + $3 tSAUSAGE Where: Andrean Hall, 35-60 158th St., t PENNE VODKA *Add Grilled ultimate backstage musical about the need t PENNE DELIZIOSA tSAUSAGE & Flushing t PENNE & CHICKEN Shrimp + $4 PEPPER to perform. PENNE SCARPIELLO SCAMPI When: Jan. 28 through Feb. 14 Website: www.andreanplayers.com t No substitutions ** Parmigiana t BAKED ZITI t BAKED RAVIOLI or takeout on Request Where: The Secret Theatre, 44-02 23rd St., Long Island City Cost: $18 MEETINGS 10% OFF Contact: (718) 392-0722 Website: www.secrettheatre.com North Shore Playwrights Circle Meeting — DINNER Formerly known as the Playwrights Circle of ITALIAN RESTAURANT Good Food At A Price You Can Afford Valid only for 5 or less people “Shrek The Musical Jr.” — Rockway Great Neck, this open group features discussion, Open 7 Days Noon to 11pm 718-225-4700 per table, Not Good on Holidays. Theatre’s Young People’s Theatre Workshop workshopping and writing exercises for www.AuntBellasRestaurant.com presents a musical version of the hit playwrights in Queens and Nassau counties. 46-19 Marathon Pkwy., Little Neck t/PUUPCFDPNCJOFEXJUIBOZ 2 blocks South of Northern Boulevard PUIFSPGGFS animated ﬁ lm about Shrek the ogre, his When: Every other Wednesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm sidekick Donkey and Princess Fiona. Where: Atria, 96 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck When: Jan. 29 - Feb. 14 Contact: Muriel, (718) 225-7382

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46 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 TL TIMESLEDGER.COM Seoul food served in Murray Hill Mapo II grills up Korean BBQ along with other Southeast Asian homestyle cuisine options

BY SUZANNE PARKER IF YOU GO It was around 6:30 p.m. on a DINING OUT bone-chilling Wednesday. We Mapo II were already in an evil mood 149-20 41st Ave. from cruising the congested Flushing streets of Murray Hill for 20 (718) 886-2737 minutes in search of a parking space. Price Range: BBQ intended for With that accomplished, sharing: $15.99—54.99; Other we trekked to our targeted Ko- dishes: $12.99—16.99 rean restaurant to be told that Cuisine: Korean BBQ and home- there was at least a 20-minute style fare wait for a table, and nowhere Setting: Small, Brutalist décor. inside said restaurant to wait. We left our name, and set Service: Professional, ﬂ uent off to sullenly wander the English. neighborhood until it was time Hours: Seven days lunch and to claim a table. dinner It was during that involun- Reservations: No Alcohol: Beer, sake and soju tary stroll that we happened Korean BBQ pork belly is grilled up with onions, bean sprouts and kimchee at Mapo II in Murray Hill. upon another dining estab- Photo by Suzanne Parker Parking: Street (good luck) lishment with something irre- Dress: Casual sistible visible inside — empty visitors are encouraged, by a metal stools. Creature com- the window. We took the hint Children: Welcome tables. coffee can of felt tip markers, forts are not a high priority. and ordered the pork belly. Music: No We succumbed to our over- to contribute to the graffiti al- Korean BBQ is the obvious Our server cut up a thick Takeout: No whelming desire for a little ready on display. spécialité de la maison here, slab of pork belly, and grilled it Credit cards: Yes warmth and a place to sit. The tabletops are set on especially with such not too on a dome griddle along with on- Noise level: Acceptable The place we chose was painted oil cans which house subtle cues as the pictures of ions, bean sprouts and kimchee. done up in Brutalist style, with the works of the inset gas the smiling pig and cow, and The succulent slices of pork Handicap accessible: No WIFI: No concrete walls, upon which burners. The seating is on low pork belly platter dominating Continued on Page 50

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Cassandra Cotta, Humanistics Story Hour — Literacy INC. presents a show of paintings When: Feb. 13 - May 8 a spooky circus among the When: Wednesday, Jan. 27, Dance Co., Kathleen Kelley hosts these reading workshops in various themes and styles Where: Voelker Orth Museum, trees. Wear a costume, try Dance, Megan Christine for families with children of — from calligraphy to colorful 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing your luck with midway games Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, at 6 pm Dance Collective and Titilayo all ages. Listen to stories and landscapes. Cost: $2/suggested donations and wander through side show Where: Queens College Music Building, Room 246, Majoyeogbe. participate in a craft activity. When: Feb. 1 - March 12 Continued on Page 50 chills. When: Sunday, Jan. 24, at When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing Contact: (718) 997-3818 7 pm JEWELS from 2 pm - 4 pm Where: Green Space, 37-24 CROSSWORD PUZZLE CACHE COOT MEAN Website: www. 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Color-full device? 17 18 19 minute story — or just come mesmerizing moves that traces Where: Colden Auditorium, 10. Actor Lugosi 20 21 22 and listen to a few — about a the development of Salsa. rumor that, true or not, shook Kupferberg Center for the When: Feb. 5 through Feb. 21, 14. All there 23 24 25 26 things up. Arts, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 When: Monday, Jan. 25, at Flushing 15. Give actors a 27 28 29 30 31 32 pm, Sundays at 4 pm 7:30 pm Cost: $39-$79 second signal Where: Thalia Hispanic 33 34 35 36 Where: Flushing Town Hall, Contact: (718) 793-8080 Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint 16. Scottish port 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing Website: kupferbergcenter. 37 38 39 Ave., Sunnyside Cost: $10 org 17. Farm equipment Cost: $40/general, $37/ 40 41 Contact: (718) 463-7700 seniors and students 18. Separated Website: www. 42 43 44 45 46 47 DANCE Contact: (718) 729-3880 19. Transmit fl ushingtownhall.org 48 49 50 51 52 Website: www.thaliatheatre. 20. Great pet for org Take Root— The monthly series Grace Kelly 53 54 55 56 57 provides choreographers the MUSIC 58 59 60 chance to present a paired Japanese Classical Dance 23. Do a 5K, say Queens College Choral evening of work. In January, at Resobox — Workshops 24. Army member? 61 62 63 Society Auditions — The Mersiha Mesihovic, CircuitDebris teach the 400-year-old nichibu 25. Belfry sound 64 65 66 QC Choral Society is seeking and Underground DanceWorks dance popularized in kabuki. All 27. "Poly" add-on 29. Wanes 58. Disturb follower 7. Suffix with poet 36. Wash out 32. Animal house 59. Wealth 8. Catch a ride to 37. Corsage flower 33. Deodorant type 60. Grimm villain the beach? 38. Perfumes 36. "Charlotte's 61. It's on the house? 9. Prot. religion 39. Part of 37 down Web" girl 62. "Sunflowers" 10. Deck officer 40. 2001 in old 37. Great pet for setting 11. Mr. Scrooge Rome Angela Merkel 63. "Cold one" 12. Fred Mertz to 43. Lang. course 40. Religious ritual 64. 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A sort of sporting de- tente between the United States and China born in the early 1970s volleyed into Flushing Meadows Corona Park last weekend during the Queens Museum’s Ping Pong Mao Tournament. In the midst of the current exhibition by artist Zhang Hongtu, “Long Live Chairman Mao,” the museum opt- ed to hold a table tennis tournament utilizing an object from the show as the field. Hongtu, who left Chi- na in 1982 and currently lives in Queens, created Artist Zhang Hongtu’s “Ping-Pong Mao” table was used in a pingpong tournament at the Queens Museum. Referee Tahl Leibovitz (l-r), runner-up Hiten Samtani, winner the piece, “Ping-Pong Charles Lin and artist Zhang Hongtu pose for a group pho- Mao,” by taking a stan- out of the cutaway area the champion and earned of Fame. tograph after the tournament. Photo by Merle Exit dard pingpong table and resembling the late Chi- a $100 prize. Ping-Pong diplomacy cutting the silhouette nese leader. Both finalists re- dates from April 1971 public of China. in 10 cities around the of Mao Zedong into the The 16 contestants, ceived a copy of Tahl when the American table No group of Ameri- country. playing surfaces on both both men and women, Leibovitz’s book, “Ping- tennis team went to Na- cans had been invited to Just before the final sides of the net. played a round-robin Pong for Fighters.” Lei- goya, Japan, for the world China since the commu- games at the museum, At last weekend’s tournament leading to bovitz, who served as championship. While nist takeover in 1949. Tahl played a demo tournament, players not the final three-game bat- referee for the event, is there, they received a The following year, against Zhang, which only had to face a string tle between Charles Lin a Queens resident and surprise invitation from the Chinese table tennis appeared as the second of opponents, but they and Hiten Samtani. recent inductee into the their Chinese colleagues team arrived in Detroit Ping-Pong diplomacy. also had to keep the ball Lin, 29, was crowned USA Table Tennis Hall to visit the People’s Re- for a series of matches

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Benjamin Cardozo has suffered through many slow starts this season, but Satur- day night against Friendship Charter was nothing of the sort. The Judges boys’ basketball team stormed out of the gates, never looking back from a big first quarter as they racked up a 70-52 win over the Wash- ington, D.C. school at the Big Apple Basketball Invitational at Baruch College. “We should have played like this a long time ago,” Mon- mouth-bound guard Rashond Salnave said. It shouldn’t take big games for us to realize how we have to come out and play, because there just might be St. John's star Rachel Daly was the taken sixth in the NWSL Draft. that one day we just can’t de- Photo courtesy of Houston Dash/ Brad Smith cide to turn it on.” Salnave scored a game- high 25 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out five Red Storm’s Daly assists. Aaron Walker just missed a triple double with 12 points, 10 defensive rebounds and eight assists. Tahiyr Vines heads to the pros dropped in 11 of his 14 points in the first half, connected on three treys and grabbed BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI official site. “I think we got six boards in his best perfor- Aaron Walker drives towards the basket during the 13th Annual Big Apple a player that has experience mance of the season. Basketball Invitational game between Cardozo and Friendship Charter. Rachel Daly followed up playing in the college system “My teammates were look- Photo by Robert Cole her record-breaking career here and scored a ton of goals, ing for me and I just took ad- at St. John’s with a historic and she’s got international vantage of the opportunities rare times this happened,” things we ask him to do all first as a professional. experience as well, which they gave me,” Vines said. Vines said. “It felt good because season,” Salnave said She became the first Eng- is an added dimension that Cardozo connected on four we were all playing together, Amari White chipped in 10 lish player ever selected in we’re excited about.” three-points in the first quar- giving it to the open man and points for Dozo. Tareq Coburn the National Women’s Soccer Daly feels a bond with ter and ended the frame on a looking for each other.” helped hold Friendship Acad- League college draft when Waldrum building already, 13-2 run. A three-point play Friendship Charter got emy star point guard Alani she was picked No. 6 overall and was flattered by his by Salnave put his team up 26- as close as 44-35 on a three- Moore to just 14 points. by the Houston Dash. The praise and the faith he 13 with 26 seconds left in the pointer by Alani Moore early The victory kept the Judges Harrogate, England native showed in her. first. in the fourth quarter, but Car- (16-0) undefeated going into set St. John’s career records “It’s huge for me,” Daly told The Judges, who shot 55.6 dozo quickly responded. Vines two league games this week with 50 goals and 111 points the team’s official website. “I percent from the field and found Amiri White for a layup before a meeting with borough in just three seasons, and she spoke to Randy a few times. made six treys in the first half, and Walker followed with a rival Christ the King 7:30 p.m. led the nation with 23 goals in He’s spoken highly of me and built off it going into halftime, fast-break slam. Friday night at Cardozo. The 2013. I’ve heard a lot of great things as their hot shooting contin- The Judges went up by 20 Royals beat them in Middle Daly was the second part about him. Just the mutual ued. Tareq Coburn connected points on a left-corner three- Village and in the state Fed- of a three-person draft class connection we have for the on a three and Aaron Walker pointer from Vines off a feed eration semifinals two years for the Dash, which plays love of soccer was huge. To had a transition dunk to cap a from Salnave with 2:20 to play ago. from April to September. be picked by him is obviously 7-1 spurt that put Cardozo up in the game. Walker’s poise “This is definitely big,” “With Rachel, we were a fantastic for me.” 38-20 at the break. A comfort- allowed the Cardozo to fend Vines said. “That gives us mo- little surprised that she was Daly was a NSCAA All- able lead at the half was re- off Friendship Charter’s ad- mentum and confidence for available,” Dash coach Ran- America and a MAC Her- freshing. vances. the next two games.” dy Waldrum told the team’s Continued on Page 56 “This was really one of the “Aaron did a lot of the little TIMESLEDGER.COM BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER, MONTH XX–XX, 2015 53 Alkins visits NY, looks ahead to college

BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI has been discussed, but not fi- points and grabbed five re- nalized. bounds in a loss to South Kent Rawle Alkins is entering One thing he did say was (CT) with St. John’s coach the final stages of his recruit- certain was that spending a Chris Mullin and Louisville ment. year away at school hasn’t head man Rick Pitino watch- The former Christ the changed the way he feels about ing at Baruch. King star, who currently plays being far from home for his He did not return to Christ the for Word of God Academy in college career. Distance will King, because he was not eligible North Carolina, was back in not be a factor in his decision. to play his ﬁ fth high-school season New York City for two games “I know the life that I want in the CHSAA after playing varsity at the Big Apple Basketball to choose I’m going to be away games in Florida before returning Invitational at Baruch College from home regardless,” Alkins home. over Martin Luther King Day said. “College, I am going to playing varsity games as weekend. travel everywhere. I’m not go- an eighth grader in Florida. After an 86-78 loss to Gen- ing to be home even if I go to a Alkins helped Christ the esis Prep on Saturday night, local school.” King produce an unprecedent- Alkins announced he received The 6-foot-4 Alkins, who ed era of winning. He is the his PSAT scores and will begin was playing in the five bor- only player in school history scheduling official visits to oughs for the second time this to win three CHSAA Intersec- his numerous college suitors. year, rebounded from a slow tional titles and also two state Alkins, the No. 9 ranked senior start and foul trouble against Federation Class AA crowns. in the country by Rivals, has Genesis. He scored 19 of his Last season, Alkins became narrowed his choices down 24 points in the second half the first boys’ player at CK to to North Carolina, St. John’s, and grabbed 10 rebounds. His record a triple double. North Carolina State, Arizona, best sequence came midway There is a part of him that Kansas, Kentucky, UNLV, Lou- through the fourth quarter sometimes misses playing isville and Indiana. when he buried a three from with Christ the King in the “From there it is picking a the right side and converted a CHSAA in packed gyms. Word school,” Alkins said. beautiful spin move for a layup of God has an enrollment of He said he will have to miss to pull his team within 72-66 230 students and sometimes some of Word of God’s games with 4:17 to play. But that late just seven students in a class, to visit the schools and that best effort still wasn’t enough compared to an enrollment of no destinations or dates have to give his team a win. 900 at Christ the King. been set yet. Alkins said he “I would have liked to “I miss the people, some of texted every school on his list have won the game, but un- my friends,” Alkins said. and they want him on their fortunately it didn’t happen,” Back in New York City, he Homecoming: Canarsie native Rawle Alkins, playing for Word of God campuses as soon as possible. Alkins said. enjoyed the simple things dur- (N.C.), drives to the hoop at the Big Apple Basketball Invitational at He did say a trip to St. John’s On Monday he scored 11 Continued on Page 56 Baruch College. Photo by Robert Cole Beating SIA gives Lewis something to build on

senior Dominique Williams Joseph play like the impact player she Staszewski is capable of being. Williams dropped in 21 points and out ■ battled the Tigers forwards on Block the boards. She defended well and was consistently aggres- Shots sive on offense. “Dominique should be a star,” Tsai said. “I keep on saying.” If Francis Lewis is looking Along with her, point guard for a turning point to its season, Taliyah Brisco is coming into it may have found it in a win her own. The senior, who has over Staten Island Academy. sometimes been in the back- The Patriots, without star ground behind Robyn Francis Sierra Green (ankle), beat the and Chi La Bady in previous Tigers and Wagner College years, is the team’s most con- commit Corinn Baggs 54-51 at sistent player. She scored 14 the Rose Classic Super Jam points, grabbed five rebounds girls’ basketball event at Naza- and dished out five assists. reth on Monday. Brisco shook off some poor de- “We all had to step up,” se- Francis Lewis forward Dominique Williams drives through the Staten Island Academy defense for a layup. cisions early to get the Lewis nior forward Dominique Wil- Photo by Jason Speakman offense going by spreading the liams said. ball around. It was Lewis’ second big more impressive on so many Shore we knew we could be scorer, would miss the game “She kind of settled down win since it hit a low with levels. better.” after twisting her ankle. everything,” Tsai said. a lopsided loss to defending “I think today we decided The victory came after Lewis overcame her ab- Once Williams fouled out of PSAL Class AA city cham- to play together,” Lewis coach Lewis fell to a very good St. sence by playing the team ball the game, sophomore Sabrina pions South Shore Jan. 8. It Steve Tsai said. “That’s what Frances (Md.) team at the Su- Tsai has been asking for all Vitale (11 points) hit two free cruised past Truman 77-53, we have been preaching. Af- per Jam on Friday and learned season. It got contributions throws to put Lewis ahead for but beating SIA was much ter we got blown out by South that Green, the team’s leading from its young players and saw Continued on Page 56 54 TIMESLEDGER, MONTH XX–XX, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM SPORTS

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BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI “She has a short memory,” That is what allowed the Stanners coach Scott Lagas Stanners to get off to such Archbishop Molloy played said. “She misses three or four, a fast start in the first half at a pace and with a poise that she is not going to hesitate to and take a 37-28 lead into the made for a beautifully effi- shoot five or six, which is what break. The team’s unselfish- cient and unselfish first 2½ we want from her.” ness was epitomized by what quarters. But that all changed The Kangaroos, who trailed led to a transition jumper from when Boys & Girls sped things by as many as 15 points in the Gibson early in the third quar- up by pressing, and the Stan- third quarter, pulled as close ter. The play saw her and Mas- ners had to scramble to hold as five twice in the final 1:15 of tellone pass the ball between on over the final 12:00 to re- the game, only to be fended off. each other twice on the way up cord its third-straight win. A put-back while falling away the floor. The Molloy girls’ basketball from the hoop for Johnson put Despite the frantic finish, team made enough big plays Molloy back up 65-58 with 58.3 Molloy picked up another win down the stretch, including a ticks left on the clock. Kath- by spreading the ball and play- late trey from Jenna Mastel- ryn Gibson added 18 points ing together. lone and a put-back from Em- for Molloy. Kalima Daniels “A fter the [ Lough lin] game ily Johnson to get a 67-61 win dropped in 19 points to lead we came to a realization that over the Kangaroos at the Rose four Boys & Girls players in we were playing as individu- Classics Super Jam at Naza- double-figures. als,” Mastellone said. “In or- reth Monday afternoon. The Stanners have righted der for us to be more success- “We knew if we didn’t pick their ship after league losses ful we needed to come together up the pace, we could eas- to Christ the King and Bishop and play as a team.” ily lose the game,” Mastel- Loughlin by beating Mary Lou- Mary Louis bounces back with lone said “We started playing is, New Mission (Mass.) and a pair of wins: The Hilltoppers with more momentum, which Boys & Girls. Lagas said he had avoided a further letdown af- helped us scoring-wise. We got a long team meeting with the ter dropping a league contest open looks and our shots start- group after falling to Loughlin to Molloy by winning both ed falling.” to talk about the need for more of its games at the Rose Clas- Mastellone scored 12 of her patience on offense, playing sic Super Jam. TMLA topped game-high 22 points in the more as a team and curbing Grand Street Sunday behind fourth quarter, including the any fears they had. 28 points from Danielle Patter- first seven points of the frame. “A fter ou r litt le pow-wow, son and 17 points by Jasmine She thanked her teammates we had a few really good prac- Brunson. The pair also com- for getting her the ball in bet- tices and started moving the bined for 27 points to helped ter position to shoot, knowing ball,” Lagas said. “The ball Mary Louis beat Tampa Cath- Archbishop Molloy's Jenna Mastellone, seen here against Christ the Molloy needed to get some- movement, I think, is what has olic 48-37 Monday. King, scored 22 points to help beat Boys & Girls at the Rose Classic Super thing going offensively. made us so successful.” Jam. Photo by William Thomas

has made the trip down a few there into the mix. She can an All-Conference selection Alkins times to watch him play and Daly do that, but she is technically last summer. That versatility check in. He joked that there clean enough to come back and is something she believes will Continued from Page 54 are times when there is noth- Continued from Page 53 get the ball and distribute.” also help her at the next level. ing his short stay, like a night ing to do down there and he mann trophy semifinalist in The Red Storm made the “With me being able to play in his family’s Brooklyn is bored. His mother sees the 2015, after scoring 19 goals— NCAA tournament twice dur- multiple positions, I think that home, pizza and a chat with time away as something that third-most in the nation and ing Daly’s tenure and enjoyed helps [Waldrum], with picking local reporters. His mother, will ease his college transi- tops in the Big East. Waldrum unprecedented success. In me,” Daly said. “ Derline Zephir, said that tion. is excited to put her skill set to 2015, she helped St. John’s set a She is eager to get started whenever he is back it is like “It’s a start of being re- use. program record for wins with with a team that features U.S. a homecoming. sponsible,” Zephir said. “As “Technically, Rachel fits 15 and the team won its first- Women’s soccer star Carli “Everyone is screaming much as it is hard not having better the style we want to ever Big East regular season Lloyd. out his name, jumping on him around, it’s showing him play. Even though she is a title. “I can’t wait,” Daly said. him, hugging him, kissing how to focus.” little bit shorter, she has that Daly played defense when “It’s been a couple of months him,” she said. Alkins’ attention, when he same toughness,” he said. “A she was away from Queens, since I finished college. I just While Alkins has adjust- is not on the court, can now lot of the goals she scored, if playing internationally and can’t wait to get playing and ed to life in North Carolina, fully focus on finding his next you have seen her play, she is with the L.A. Blues of the pro- be amongst a team again and where there’s more isolation destination. The final phase getting her body thrown in am W-League, where she was meet everyone.” than he is used to, he is still of his recruitment is a go. a city kid at heart. His family

ing for a turning point, this Lewis could certainly be it. The team found the way it needs Continued from Page 54 to play and the effort level it good at 53-51 with 5.2 seconds needs to compete if it is going remaining. It was the high- to make a run at a city title. light of the night for the Pa- “This helped us confi- triots’ young players. dence-wise,” Williams said. The game could easily “I’m not saying we don’t need turn into just one good night [Green], but we can do stuff in the course of the season, also. Other people can score but if Francis Lewis is look- on the team.” 56 TIMESLEDGER, MONTH XX–XX, 2015 BT FT TL TIMESLEDGER.COM SPORTS

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TIMESLEDGER.COM BT TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 57 tional effort to end homeless- James Barnwell from Mt. Ol- anywhere else in America, we ness for veterans.” Neustadt ivet Baptist Church, Rev. Phil owe it to our family, friends Shelter said Wednesday several home- Craig from Greater Spring- Vision Zero and neighbors to do every- Continued from Page 1 less vets would move into the field Community Church and Continued from Page 1 thing we can to make these with nonprofit and city agen- Hollis properties this week. Community Board 12 Chair- to just during school hours. streets safer. Vision Zero cies behind closed doors. Even though the city and woman Adrienne Adams. He also wants speed cameras has clearly saved lives, and I The city and state have ar- state have taken the lead in According to court records, installed further away from look forward to continuing to gued that growing number of curbing homelessness, People Adams’ affidavit said “the Fair schools. work with the city on ways to homeless New Yorkers — an for the Neighborhood began by Share Criteria were developed “We’re going to push to further reduce the amount of estimated 60,000 in the shel- taking the city to court and ob- as a way to provide communi- pass state legislation that injuries and fatalities in our ter system, according to the taining a temporary restrain- ties with a transparent deci- will lift restrictions to allow communities.” Coalition for the Homeless ing order granted in Queens Su- sion-making process that facil- cameras to operate overnight Meanwhile, Transporta- — have become a major con- preme Court. The restraining itates adequate planning and and on other streets,” de Bla- tion Alternatives gave Vision cern. In Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order was dismissed last week, takes communities’ needs into sio said. Zero mixed reviews as the State of the State address last however, due to the wrong en- account. Community Board 12 The mayor held his press safe streets advocacy group week, he unveiled a $20 billion tity named on the petition, ac- has been denied the benefits of event at the Razi School on unveiled its annual report proposal to be spent over five cording to court records. this law and practice.” Queens Boulevard, the notori- card Wednesday at City Hall. years to reduce the number of Anthony Rivers, spokes- The community’s main ous roadway that has been re- It said while the mayor’s ini- homeless New Yorkers. Cuomo man for People for the Neigh- argument against the hous- designed for safety. The first tiative is working, the city said the state will add 100,000 borhood, said they have filed ing solution for the homeless phase of its reconstruction is won’t meet its goal of zero permanent affordable housing for a permanent injunction veterans has been the over- taking place along a 1.3-mile traffic deaths by 2024. units, 6,000 new supportive with the correct entity against saturation of homeless shel- stretch from Roosevelt Av- Transportation Alterna- housing beds and 1,000 emer- the property this time. “We ters across southeast Queens. enue to 73rd Street. tives’ researchers found that gency shelter beds over that are engaged now because we In the borough, there are an U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley if traffic deaths and serious span. will be stuck in a situation if estimated 22 shelters and (D-Jackson Heights) spoke injuries continue to fall at L a st ye a r H R A D eput y C om - we do not fight,” he said. over 50 percent of those shel- of losing a personal friend the current rate, New York missioner David Neustadt told The group also received ters are located in southeast of his on Queens Boulevard. City will not reach true Vi- Timesledger in an email about supporting affidavits from Queens neighborhoods. Yet Woodside resident Marion sion Zero until 2055 and an the Hollis property that “we city Public Advocate Letitia the city has argued that the Kurshuk, 78, was struck and estimated 1,800 more people are working on making this James, state Sens. Leroy Com- units at the Hollis properties killed by a motorcycle while will die in traffic. permanent affordable housing rie (D-Hollis) and James Sand- are affordable housing and not trying to cross at 58th Street “Each day our city comes for veterans as part of the na- ers (D-South Ozone Park), Rev. homeless shelters. just days before Christmas closer to the moment when 2013. no family will have to suffer “Tragically, we have lost the loss of a loved one,” City and Councilman Eric Ulrich resurfacing, roadway and pe- too many members of our Councilman Jimmy Van Bus (R-Ozone Park), all spoke out destrian safety improvements, community to the danger- Bramer (D-Sunnyside) said. against the plan, which has bus lanes and transit signal ous conditions on our roads,” “While we are making prog- Continued from Page 1 garnered intense and sus- priority and the installation Crowley said. “And in a city ress towards that goal, there by city agencies that have re- tained criticism since it was of median bus stops along the that does more walking than is more work to be done.” peatedly failed our commu- first announced in 2014. 1.3-mile corridor. It will begin nity,” the petition reads. “The Ulrich was an early sup- in the spring of 2017. only way to stop it is by telling porter, but what he described DOT hopes the full roll-out DOT and MTA that we will as poor communication from of SBS, which will extend past President John H. Banks, III not tolerate their Select Bus the DOT has turned him into the Rockaway Boulevard-Lib- said. Service plan that would ruin a skeptic. erty Avenue intersection deep Affordable Meanwhile, de Blasio, who Woodhaven and Cross Bay “Partial implementation into the Rockaway peninsula, Continued from Page 4 admitted to being “a little ob- boulevards. Send that message of SBS has been a disaster,” will be shaped by the commu- sessed with affordable hous- by signing this petition.” Ulrich said. “We need to come nity response to the short-term confront it.” ing” during the Hallets Point “We cannot give up the up with a better plan. It’s us project. The long-term project, It is still possible that the ground breaking last week, fight,” he added. vs. $100 million. Who is going which does not have a comple- Real Estate Board of New vowed his administration Elected officials at the to win?” tion date, will include new and York and the Building and would push hard for action in meeting, including state As- The chronology of the proj- extended bus medians and ad- Construction Trades Coun- Albany in the coming days. semblyman Michael Miller (D- ect is divided into two phas- ditional medians at already cil of New York may reach an “In the short-term, in Woodhaven), state Sen. Joseph es—short-term and long-term. existing bus stops along Wood- agreement in the future. The 2016, we’re quite confident in Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) Phase 1 will include street haven Boulevard. program had expired in June, our ability to continue to pro- but after further negotiations duce housing at essentially an extension was reached the same clip,” de Blasio said CUNY and even the White receiving usual college ser- nine days later. Monday. “But, going forward, House has touted for increas- vices, who often take longer to “We remain ready to en- we do have to address this is- College ing graduation rates by nearly complete their degrees or drop gage with all stakeholders in sue. Albany has a chance to Continued from Page 4 50 percent. out before graduating. the weeks and months ahead make real reform to take a An analysis conducted by The IBO announced in its to achieve our goals of creat- program that was unfair to high achievement and have the nonprofit nonpartisan report that it was unable to ing needed affordable hous- taxpayers, that wasn’t pro- applied for other forms of fi- educational and social policy assume similar conclusions ing and middle-class jobs for ducing enough affordable nancial aid. research organization MDRC about an increase in gradua- New Yorkers,” Gary La Bar- housing, and fix it. That’s ASAP can waive tuition found that an additional invest- tion rates if a tuition waiver bera, president of the Build- certainly what we’re going to and help eligible students pay ment of just over $16,000 in each were expanded for all CUNY ing and Construction Trades fight for.” for books and transportation ASAP student over three years, community college students, Council of New York, said. During an appearance at costs. It also provides a full actually lowered the cost for who currently have an aver- The Real Estate Board of a Martin Luther King Day range of student help inter- each degree earned by about 11 age three-year graduation rate New York said introducing a event Monday, Cuomo said ventions—a program which percent compared to students of about 22 percent. prevailing wage for construc- that he and de Blasio would tion workers would result in “have to find a way” to stim- greater government spending ulate creation of affordable still conducting “very careful justing to some of the changes to cover wages and benefits. housing. Queens Blvd analysis” and tweaking the and one of the things we say in “Without a program like “Right now, we have no timing of lights to help traffic this project—it’s still in its op- 421-a, one can’t build multi- affordable housing program Continued from Page 8 flow better. erational phase, so we’re still family rental housing with that’s operating in the City of Kregler is not alone as many “Certainly, Queens Boule- working with the community a significant below-market, New York, and that is a major residents spoke out against the vard has seen a big change,” board and elected officials.” or affordable, component on concern for the mayor and project at a recent Community Trottenberg said Tuesday. “I a scale necessary to address myself,” Cuomo said. Board 2 meeting. The DOT is think a lot of people are still ad- the City’s needs,” RBNY 58 TIMESLEDGER, JAN. 22–28, 2016 TL TIMESLEDGER.COM

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