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Astoria man Tenants oppose any rent increases charged with Queens residents rally in Jamaica as stabilization board members hear testimony grafﬁ ti slurs BY NAEISHA ROSE Church at Parsons Boulevard day. tween having food or a home. to the Jamaica Performing Arts They were fighting to pre- “Every year they try to raise BY BILL PARRY More than a hundred ten- Center at 153rd Street a few serve their rent-stabilized apart- the rent on the apartment 3 per- ants, advocates and community blocks away in Jamaica, to have ments out of fear of becoming cent on us,” said Bohorquez, who Officers from the 114th Pre- organizers from all over Queens their voices heard during a rent homeless, or as Angelica Bo- lives with her elderly mother. cinct arrested an Astoria man marched from Presentation guidelines board meeting Mon- horquez’s sign read choose be- “Our rent is $1,500, but with our last Friday morning in connec- utilities that is more than $2,000. tion with a series of homophobic I want a better salary, but be- graffiti, often referring to for- cause I’m a woman I get paid less mer President Obama on build- MARCHING IN STYLE than a man,” said the 51-year-old ing, signs and garages across telephone assistant who makes the neighborhood starting in $18 an hour. December. The New York City Rent Yaacov Shemesh, 53, a resi- Guidelines Board meets every dent of Newtown Avenue near year to set rents on stabilized 23rd Street, was arrested and apartments throughout the city. charged with multiple counts in As part of the process of nego- each of 22 incidents, including tiations between landords and criminal mischief, aggravated tenants, the board holds hear- harassment, making graffiti and ings in the five boroughs to criminal mischief with the in- track New Yorkers’ reaction to tent to damage property, accord- the proposed rent increases. In ing to the Queens DA’s office. May the board decided on a hike “The man pictured is now ap- of between 1 percent and 3 per- prehended,” Deputy Inspector cent for a one-year lease and a 2 Peter Fortune, the command- percent to 4 percent increase on ing officer of the 114th Precinct, a two-year lease, effective Oct.1. posted on Twitter. “Great job by This followed two years of rent POs Kenefick & Lichte, keep up freezes. The board will vote on your hard work and dedication the increases June 27. to make Astoria safe.” The Pride Parade in Jackson Heights — the largest gathering of gay activists, their families and friends outside Members of the Guidelines T h e N Y P D ’s H at e C r i m e s T a s k Manhattan — turned 25 this year with a march that stretched out over nearly 20 blocks down 37th Avenue. See Board, which is made up of nine Force had been investigating the story on Page 4. Photo by Michael Shain mayoral appointees, listened to Continued on Page 12 Continued on Page 14 Koo arranges cleanup Elmhurst playground reopens of Old Towne grounds BY BILL PARRY city Parks Department. Playground, featuring an Borough President upgraded dog run, new BY GINA MARTINEZ An Elmhurst Park Melinda Katz joined swings, improved steel dedicated to those lost in City Councilman Dan- fencing, a new drinking A historical African-American and Native battle during World War iel Dromm (D-Jackson fountain, bike racks and American burial ground in Flushing was recently City Councilman Daniel Dromm (c.) I has reopened months Heights) and Parks offi- an interactive sprinkler. cleaned up after complaints of overgrown weeds celebrates the reopening on Veterans ahead of schedule after cials for a ribbon-cutting “Veterans Grove Play- and grass. Grove in Elmhurst months ahead of receiving a full $2.3 mil- ceremony at the newly ground is now a crown City Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing) host- lion makeover from the restored Veterans Grove jewel of Elmhurst, thanks schedule. Courtesy NYC Parks Continued on Page 12 Continued on Page 14

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& Courteous Prompt Service QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 11, 2017 3 Many board mem- board Many Northern Boulevard Another plaintiff, an an plaintiff, Another clearly was city “The by Martinez Gina Reach Reach reporter Mark een 210 injuries in the past past the in injuries 210 een Mile to the Greenway also also Greenway would connect Joe Michaels the to Mile passed. that skeptical were bers the changes to Douglas- ton Parkway would be an all at improvement and claimed the lane bike would access. business block only sec- this revising is DOT tion of the plan, will which be voted on in September. Park- Douglaston between andway 223rd Street has s public trust. This victory dis- victory public trustdoctrine and residents across York New said in This Avella a state-state,” absolute ment. “In public a city where an govern- be land sim- is in short supply, trust. handingply parkland over our would grace and a betrayalthe of that our public away sets a precedent decades come for give to cannot ment parkland or becomplicit in pre- heist of public a developer’s to land.” action City called group this advocacy said it York, of New Club brought other parksvent public and places from being treated as the “dumping grounds.” bypass to cutting procedural corners attempting in state Legislature,” City Club President Michael Gruen said. objected “We to the im- plication that the ends jus- success- We means. tify the fully hope here. We fought it fight to have not will we that again,it do not intend we but the when and if by stand to again.” arises issue gmartinez@cnglo- at e-mail cal.com by or phone at (718) 260–4566. seven years. mhal- seven at e-mail by Hallum [email protected] or by 260–4564.phone at (718) Phase one of the plan “It has come atten- to my “Today’s decision was a Avella, theAvella, lead plaintiff The megamall project project megamall The “At a time a Queens when “At The Queens Development Development Queens The was a narrow by approved Thevote. section which tion that the area around around area the that tion the Joe Michaels Mile has deteriorated,”Michaels Schenk- speaking of said, abil- “The death. man’s ity to walk and drive safely beshould paramount for neighbor- any in anyone hood. since But this area is the one in I grew which up, stillit a special holds place to hurts it and heart, my in injuries these that know and accidents contin- have ued to occur.” alive. He urged the commu- by nity board to used support plans routes the make to bicyclists safer. resounding victory the for were always intended to be be to the celebrated case, the intended in decision. He said the 30 acres always were used as parkland, the not for of a megamall.development was added to the Bloomberg adminstration’s initial $3 billion plan redevelopment and the affordable housing component was pushed back to 2025 afterthe City Coun- cil hadgreenlighted what turned to be out the first draft. needs investment private court’s the ever, than more decision disregards the City Council, the local community board and other stake- already have who holders theapproved Willets West plan. are We in the process of evaluating our next steps,” the group spokesman said. Wilpon family — owners of of owners — the includes which Group, family Wilpon the Mets — said was it unhap- ruling. court’s the with py The group said the decision will furtherdelay a project that would have reversed 100 years of pollution, create good-paying of thousands jobs and turn vacant lots intoa vibrant community. lter thelter ability city’s to Jason Michaels, son “Our priorities remain A spokeswoman City for of famous Bayside heartof famous Bayside andpatient runner for Mile Michaels Joe whom is named, did not attend in person delivered but writ- ten statement read an- by other attendee. He argued that his father ran many for causes and would himself the about safetywonder of he were crossroads these promised,” she said in a a in said she the same: Jump-starting the affordable housing, schools, open retail and libraries, space thiscommunity was promised,” statement. “This ruling does not a kman far back said. as “As I can cars remember, sped through the With corridor. the huge downhill heading east, navigating the street as a pedestrian or a cyclist is like playing Frog- a sick ger game try you where to being — unfortu- hit avoid case, father’s my in nately, killed.” Hall said the also mayor wants forwardto move to re- thejuvenate blighted site. must meet the city’s critical critical she said in a statement. “Wil- city’s lets the Point redevelopment meet must needs and ever-growing de- long promised was as mand, ago.” move aheadmove with a dynamic mixed-use project on Wil- lets East. determine We’ll with forward path best the coming the in stakeholders weeks.” “I lived in eastern Flush- Peter Schenkman called “We look forward look “We to work- Peter, son, Schenkman’s Regardless of what is is what of Regardless ing years a few for after col- get andlege regularlywould to of dangers the navigate corridor the Northern Boulevard / Pond Alley a for Mile Michaels Joe to Schen- ridequick or skate,” protecting people like his a separated,for protected his space along this route be- like tween cars and bikes. He of Department the said people is plan Transportation’s to step first important an protecting father. ing together with the current current the with together ing com- the and administration munity on identifying what’s bor- the of interest best the in ough, and on an aggressive time line to clean the up area and its nearby waterways,” was among the speakers. done, Queens Borough Presi- Melindadent Katz wants to focus on the future of the She hassite. emphasised the need for affordable housing and has suggested soccer a or hockey stadium to attract more visitors and boost the economy. Al- Transportation of bers an organization ternatives, pushing more bicycle for roads. friendly few monthsfew and called the mega-mall plan development that grab” land “desperate a doesn’t benefit the neighborhood and only profits the developers. The state Court of Appeals decided that any development in Willets West, currently home of auto shops and unpaved streets, needed consent from state legislators before moving forward. A prominent member of In 5-1 a decision, the court that dispute no is “There His on to opinion went parkland Alienating Willets is Point cur- The last section of the plan Joe connect will and passed Green- the to Mile Michaels rid- a path by alongway the edge of Alley Pond Park. killed was community bicycling the Queens in ing his on Northern bike 2016. August in Boulevard His death triggered the Vision have to urge sudden Zero improvements visit two on and Douglaston,Bayside people many where the between connect wheels Flushing’s Brooklyn-Queens of Green- loss The way. 78, Schenkman, Michael became the rallying cry of fa- in meeting the at many of thevor improvements. A number of those were mem- a 1961 allowing law the construction of Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows Park. decided that the developers state from consent needed legislators before moving parkland,” forward. city on the Willets development West is proposed to be constructedentirely Judge Rowan Wilson said. “The public trust doctrine is and ancient firmly estab- lished in our precedent. “Only the state Legisla-say, ture has the topower alien- ate parkland other lands (or for trust) public the in held those than other purposes they been which have for designated.” conferred” “plainly be must through the “direct and spe- cific approval of the state leg- ruled. he islature,” shops, auto to home rently scrap and roads unpaved yards. Current development plans include a contractual not does that clause escape hous- affordable has guarantee It ing component of the — a key group. to according plan, original civic the East Elmhurst Corona Alliance been protesting the for last

BY GINA MARTINEZ GINA BY BY MARK HALLUM MARK BY The plan to take a lane Community Board 11’s 11’s Board Community The lawsuit focused on Queens Development Development Queens The future of Willets West In a victory state for Sen.

CB11 partially approves bike-friendly upgrades bike-friendly approves partially CB11 Court of Appeals denies Willets Point mega-mall Point Willets denies Appeals of Court parking did not go to a vote. tween traffic and curbside standard lanes bike be- The next to install step passed with a narrow vote. vote. narrow a with passed limit from 40 to 30 mph mph while reducing the speed ate a protectedate path bike Northern Boulevard to cre- and businesses. businesses. and from the north of side they could have on parking parking on have could they Arguments centered around the for provements impact lease to the New York Mets.lease to the York New and those against such im- ows Coronaows Park and under accommodate bicyclists belonging to Flushing Mead- Flushing to belonging to roadways Queens east technically still parkland of overhauls tofavor north- east of Citi Field, which is is which Field, Citi of east tleground between those in be builton the parking lot Monday meeting was a bat- The megamall was slated to worth $1 billion. about the proper use the of land. transfer of Queens parkland parkland Queens of transfer ness owners, challenged the nearby residents and busi- of Willets United and Point Civic Congress,Civic members Club of New York, Queens York, of New Club Avella, alongAvella, with the City Court in February 2014 by by 2014 February in Court filed in Manhattan Supreme um once stood. 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Simotas months,” 260–4566. at(718) phone or by cal.com e-mail at gmartinez@cnglo- as volunteers.” well as crews mowing and and tended by horticultural by a“mobile crew, tained main- regularly is ground al spokeswoman said the buri- better.”deserve ground, burial neglected and especially this long- parks,Our public spaces, respecting these grounds. about who care community trol effectively outrages the out ofcon- are overgrowth and weeds the until Waiting city. the by upkeep regular deserve grounds butsis, the in cleanups on an annual ba- participate and fund “I said. year,” he after year ment, Depart- Parks bylooked the over- routinely is Ground Burial ofFlushing Towne Department. 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