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Up to half the teachers at nine schoolsin Queens could be replaced if thereforms touted by Mayor Bloomberg

in his State of the City last week are imple-mented, angering borough students, educa-tors and legislators who said the move wasan attack on institutions pouring their all intoworking with large immigrant populations.

Speaking from Morris High School in theBronx last Thursday, Bloomberg said heaims to bypass the union and replace teach-ers at 33 struggling schools citywide — amove the mayor said will land the city closeto $60 million in education aid that the statehad recently withheld because the city andthe teacher’s union could not reach a deal onnew teacher evaluations. The United Federa-tion of Teachers has retaliated, with PresidentMichael Mulgrew threatening legal action ifthe city tries to overhaul the schools beforenegotiating with the union.

The 33 schools, including the nine inQueens, are in a federal improvement pro-gram because of such issues as low gradua-tion rates and test scores, which mandatedthe city to implement one of four federallyrequired programs at each institution.

Last spring, the city announced it woulduse models that would not close the schoolsor replace teachers, but instead bring in edu-cational organizations that would work withthe schools’ communities to improve gradua-tion rates, test scores and morale.

Now, however, Bloomberg said he has the

legal authority to instead use the “turn-around” model — which the city had origi-nally wanted to implement last year, but towhich the union would not agree.

Additionally, the schools could berenamed.

“Under a school turnaround programalready authorized by federal and state law,and consistent with a provision of the existing

union contract, the city can form school-based committees to evaluate teachers onmerit and replace up to 50 percent of the fac-ulty,” Bloomberg said. “Under this process,the best teachers stay; the least effective go.”

The nine schools in Queens that couldbe impacted are: Newtown High School inElmhurst, Grover Cleveland High School inRidgewood, Queens Vocational and Techni-

cal High School in Long Island City, Flush-ing High School, August Martin HighSchool in Jamaica, Richmond Hill HighSchool, John Adams High School in OzonePark, William Cullen Bryant High Schoolin Long Island City and Long Island CityHigh School.

“We’re really upset about it, because ourteachers work really hard,” said VictoriaAlvarado, a senior at John Adams HighSchool. “They do the best that they can, butit’s one person teaching 34 students. I have a90 average, and I love our teachers.”

Alvarado’s sentiment was echoed by manythroughout the borough, including principalsat the impacted schools who would onlyspeak on the condition of anonymity.

“It sucks,” one principal said. “We’ve madeprogress. The mayor is being all, ‘I can’t getmy own way and I’m gonna stick it to peoplewho don’t deserve it.’To do this, to rename theschool when the school has had such a stronghold on the community, is ridiculous.”

Principals said it’s unfair to remove somany of a school’s teachers who havebecome skilled at working with populationsthat often need more help — such as immi-grants or individuals who have recently beenin detention facilities — and expect newteachers to land better results, especiallywhen the veteran instructors have alreadycultivated relationships with students.

“This is going to uproot some excellentteachers,” one principal said. “I have to getrid of how many teachers? It’s insane. We

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Mayor Bloomberg speaks about education reform at his State of the City last week. Many disputethat he’s living up to the slogan used as a backdrop. PHOTO BY EDWARD REED/NYC

In Queens, no love for mayor’s speechStudents, educators and pols slam Bloomberg plan to replace teachers

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SOUTH UEENS NEWSQPotential bidders get glimpse at carousel


Individuals interested in oper-ating the Forest Park carouselgot a glimpse into the merry-go-round from 1903 during a walk-through last week — as well asnews that the city would allowthem to run an amusement venuenear the structure.

City Parks Department off i-cials opened the doors to the For-est Park carousel last Thursdaymorning for those consideringrunning it and another one atFlushing Meadows Corona Park.In addition to manning thecarousels and snack bars on site,operators also have the option ofsetting up an entertainment areaon the hillside around the ForestPark merry-go-round, Parks offi-cials told the potential bidders.

“It’s a very iconic place, andit’s a shame it’s stopped running,”Central Amusement InternationalPresident Valerio Ferrari said ofthe Woodhaven carousel, whichhas been closed since 2008.

The structure holds some of thelast surviving creations of masterwood-carver Daniel Carl Muller,

including 49 sculpted horses, alion, a tiger, a deer and two chari-ots. There is also a carousel bandorgan.

Ferrari’s company owns ConeyIsland’s Luna Park and ScreamZone.

At the end of December, theParks Department issued itsfourth request for proposals forthe renovation, operation andmaintenance of the Forest Parkcarousel. While the Woodhavenmerry-go-round hasn’t spun forseveral years, the Flushing Mead-ows site is still in operation.

All proposals for the RFP mustbe submitted no later than Friday,Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. Evan George, ofthe Parks Department, said thecity will narrow down proposalsand hold interviews on Feb. 13.

Sal Napolitano, who has oper-ated carousels for the past 40years, including the one at Flush-ing Meadows Corona Park, mayonce again submit a bid. Despitehis experience with merry-go-rounds — he began his work withthem as a summer employee atthe Central Park Carousel in 1970— the city rejected Napolitano’s

offer to operate the two facilities.“It’s such a treasure,” Napoli-

tano said of the Forest Park site.He didn’t say whether he’s def-

initely submitting a bid, and notedthat he doesn’t appreciate that thecity would allow an operator toserve alcohol.

“I don’t like the idea of servingbeer and wine around children,”he said. “I also don’t like thatthey’re not requiring the operatorto restore the organ.”

Area residents who have longbeen advocating for the city tof ind an operator for the ForestPark site, as well as for it to belandmarked, said they feel cau-tiously optimistic about its future.

“It’s historic,” said WoodhavenResidents’ Block Association Pres-ident Ed Wendell, who joined lastweek’s tour. “It’s such a rarity, andit’s a real magical place inside.”

Allan Smith, of Woodhaven,said he has loved the carousel atForest Park since he went there asa boy in the 1930s.

“There were barn doors thatopened up to the carousel, andyou could get ice cream andsoda,” Smith said. “They did a

pony ride by the carousel for 30years.”

The carousel Smith rode as aboy is not the one currently atForest Park. The structure now inWoodhaven was originally operat-ed in Dracut, Mass. and didn’t

come to Queens until the 1970s.A different carousel, constructedby the same man who built themerry-go-round now at ForestPark, William Dentzel, operatedin Woodhaven until it burnt downon Dec. 11, 1966. Q

City Parks Department officials led a tour of the Forest Park carousel lastweek for individuals interested in running the beloved merry-go-round.

PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

City leads tour, hopes to find operator for the Forest Park merry-go-round

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A father and son died after beingaccidentally poisoned by carbonmonoxide in their Ozone Park homelast weekend, according to investigators.

Kuo-Kung Chen, 66, and AaronChen, 29, were found by their respec-tive daughter and sister, Marian Chen,on Saturday evening at their house near101st Avenue and 90th Street, policesaid. Chen had reportedly become con-cerned when her father did not come tomeet her on Friday night, as he said hewould.

A third person in the house, believedby police to be the landlord, was takento the hospital in serious condition,officials said.

Investigators believe a portable heaterto be responsible for the poisoning.

No criminality is suspected, andpolice said the investigation is ongoing.

Following the deaths, the FDNYreleased a statement urging residents tomake sure they own a working smokeand carbon monoxide detector.

“Carbon monoxide is often referredto as the silent killer for a good reason— it can take a life quickly, and with-out warning,” Fire Commissioner Sal-vatore Cassano said.

Another carbon monoxide incidentin the Bronx on Jan. 16 sent 12 patientsto the hospital, though there were nodeaths.

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Like many shops in the city, businessesalong Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park andRichmond Hill have been hurting financially— but not just because of a rough economy.

According to store owners and civic lead-ers, the city Department of Sanitation hasbeen doling out tickets at about $100 a popto businesses for violations that aren’t actual-ly the shops’ fault.

For example, Patni Madhu, who ownsKalish Pharmacy in Ozone Park, said thecity does not conduct enough trash pickups

in the neighborhood, leaving almost all ofthe nearby bins filled to capacity for dayson end, prompting passersby to toss theirgarbage on the sidewalk. While businessestry to pick up as much of this trash as theycan, they can’t always immediately do sobefore the city comes and hits them withfines, store owners said.

Madhu also noted that he and other own-ers participate in a city program for whichthe Department of Sanitation gives business-es green plastic bags for stray trash becauseshops are not allowed to use black bags forthe litter.

“But we haven’t gotten the green bags forthe last 10 days, so what are we supposed todo?” Madhu said on Monday. “They’re pick-ing up garbage two to three times a week atmaximum, and then they fine us for notpicking up the trash. I pay $20,000 a year intaxes. They’re not letting people do theirbusiness.”

A Sanitation spokeswoman said onWednesday that the department would deliv-er additional bags to Kalish and noted thatbusinesses must call when they’re runninglow on the liners.

Vishnu Mahadeo, president of the Rich-mond Hill Economic Development Council,also criticized the city, saying there are fartoo few garbage cans along Liberty Avenue.

“We have 900 businesses along the avenueand no garbage receptacles,” he said.

Mahadeo and members of his organiza-tion recently met with Councilman EricUlrich (R-Ozone Park), who said he would

work with the Department of Sanitation toreach some kind of compromise with thebusiness community.

“Many businessmen who left said theywere leaving because of the tickets,”Mahadeo said. “Those who are surviving aregetting tickets. We need to fix this problem.”

The DOS said that, along with fundingfrom Council members, it is “conducting anongoing campaign to enhance cleanlinessalong Liberty Avenue.”

“Maintaining a neighborhood clean is ateam effort,” the department said in an e-mailed statement. “A department truck mayempty the corner basket, leaving the areaspotless, but it only takes one inconsideratelitterbug to turn what had been a clean cornerinto an unsightly mess.”

A city official stressed that litter basketsare designed only for light refuse, such ascandy wrappers and fruit skins.

Mukesh Patel, who owns Ram Stationaryin Ozone Park, called Liberty Avenue “akiller.” Along with the trash problem, henoted that the city made Liberty Avenue aone-way eastbound street between CrossbayBoulevard and 93rd Street in 2010, whichwas meant to curb accidents, but has drasti-cally reduced the number of customers at themom-and-pop shops along the street.

“Business has gone down 70 percent,”Patel said. “With the trash, we try to do thebest thing that we can, but they make it hardfor us to do that. They’re not concernedabout us, but we are supposed to be con-cerned about them?” Q

Kalish Pharmacy owner Patni Madhu, who saidthe city does not collect trash frequentlyenough along Liberty Avenue, holds out a photoof garbage on his street. PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

On Liberty, a struggle to surviveShop owners say city is unfairly doling out tickets

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A young mother of three was brutallymurdered over the weekend, as at least one ofher children reportedly watched. The killer isbelieved to be her estranged husband, whohad allegedly attacked her before, accordingto the Daily News and the victim’s father.

On Sunday, Jan. 15 at approximately 12:40a.m. police responded to a call of an assaultinside a home at 101-41 117 St. in SouthRichmond Hill, according to the NYPD.

When officers arrived, they found DianeSharma, 32, with multiple stab wounds toher body. EMS responded and pronouncedthe victim dead at the scene, police said.

“He’s a brutal monster.” Sharma’s father,Mazuras Ali, 56, said of her killer.

Sharma’s 9-year-old daughter allegedlywatched in terror as her stepfather, plungeda knife into her mother’s neck and chest, thepaper said.

“He told [the child], if you scream, I’mgoing to hurt you,” Ali recounted.

The girl ran to the basement and called911 and then her grandmother, who noti-fied Ali. When he arrived at the house, hewas unable to gain entry because, he said,the area had been cordoned off with policetape.

A trail of blood from the house andalong the sidewalk allegedly led police tothe accused killer. Ali said the NYPD askedhim to identify the suspect at the scene andhe did, stating that it was his son-in-law.

“I was totally shocked,” Ali said. “I never

thought he could do something like this toher.”

Sharma had taken out an order of protec-tion against the alleged killer in Septemberafter he had assaulted her, Ali said.

“He choked her and tried to strangleher,” he said.

Sharma’s two young sons, ages 3 and 4,who were also inside the house when thecrime occurred, were not injured, Ali said.Sharma’s daughter was from a previousmarriage. Q

The mother of murder victim Diane Sharma, left, with Diane’s brother as they come out of a neighbor’s house. Sharma’s father, Mazuras Ali, cries while holding a family friend. PHOTOS BY RIYAD HASAN

Child, 9, watched as mom was fatally stabbed

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What FDNY bias?Dear Editor:

I agree with your Jan. 12 editorial“Reverse discrimination forced on FDNY.”

What I would like to see are those ques-tions on the entrance test that Judge Garaufisconsiders to be biased against black appli-cants to the FDNY.

Only with public knowledge and aware-ness of those questions will we, the public,the taxpayers, be able to judge for ourselvesthe merits of this situation.

David RivkinJamaica

Blame bad parentsDear Editor:

Now that there are outcries for classroomteachers to be graded depending on the abilityof their students to do well on “standardizedtests,” shouldn’t the parents of these studentsbe graded as well!? After all, they have (forbetter or worse) molded their children beforethey even entered a classroom! Further, theyhave their children for a much greater amountof time than does the classroom teacher.

Would we be remiss in saying that toomany of today’s parents appear to have relin-quished much of their parental responsibili-ties, and are angry that their children’s class-room teachers are not able to makerespectable learners out of their poorly pre-pared kids?

Irene ShlakmanHoward Beach

GOP immorality reduxDear Editor:

Pope Lenny I in his Jan. 12 encyclical“Who’s immoral?” (Letters) charged me withgreater arrogance than Barack Obama. Hedenounced me for acting as a god. In hisencyclical he said that I thought him to beimmoral. This makes no sense. He wrote, ‘Iam not a Republican ...” So why would I calla non-Republican immoral? This shouldmake his mother very happy!

Let’s review the intent of my Jan. 5 letter“Never vote GOP.” When I referred to theGrand Old Party as being morally wrong, Iused the American Heritage dictionary’s defin-

ition of morality, “the quality of right or wrongbeing in accord with standards of conduct.”

Since I am a strong believer in one of thefounding principals of our Republic separa-tion of church and state, at no time was myletter referring to religion. Pope Lenny I wastrying to deflect your attention away from myGOP charges.

Here are 10 examples of where I wasgoing with my opposition to the GOP, wherethe point is morally wrong.

1. Our Constitution calls for promoting thegeneral welfare. The only welfare Republi-cans promote is corporate welfare.

2. Democratic presidents created: SocialSecurity, Medicare and Medicaid. The GOPcalls them big government socialism.

3. Some in the GOP called Obama the foodstamp president, a code for class warfare.

4. The GOP ‘front runner’ candidate calledfor the auto industry and the city of Detroitto file for bankruptcy.

5. GOP leaders fought President Obama’scall to extend the payroll tax cut holiday, andunemployment benefits.

6. GOP senate minority leader MitchMcConnell said, ‘My top priority is to seethat Obama is a one-term president!” His toppriority should have been country first.

7. When a reporter asked GOP housespeaker John Boehner why he avoided com-promise, he stated it was a sign of weakness.

8. Our educational system, once first inthe world, now ranks below 15th! GOP gov-ernors have helped to bring this about by cut-ting funds and firing teachers.

9. At a GOP debate, a gay marine, whileasking candidates a question, was booed.

10. When President Obama signed hishealthcare reform into law over GOP objec-tions, it made some of the worst insuranceabuses a thing of the past. That’s morally right.

Hey, folks! I am no god — I’m just a loyalliberal democrat who cares for 50 millionpoverty-stricken citizens who are hurting andcrying out for help.

Anthony G. PillaForest Hills

GOP = all that’s wrongDear Editor:

“Mandate” may be one of the most inten-tionally, or unconsciously, abused direc-tives. There are mandates and then there aremandates.

In the 2010 election the House of Represen-tatives was decimated with the influx of the

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EDITORIAL AGEPCuomo’s budget one giant leap for NY

With all the partisan handwringing that dominates so muchof what goes on in Washington, DC, it’s refreshing thatNew York finally has a governor who is leading the state in

a fiscally prudent way. Party labels do not matter when it comes to how Gov. Cuomo gov-

erns. His past reputation as a liberal Democrat doesn’t matter — justask the teachers and other unionized employees going berserk over his,as well as the mayor’s, insistence on increased accountability anddecreased benefits.

The governor is trying to remake New York State, formerly knownas the nation’s legislative laughingstock and a place where it’sextremely hard to do business, largely due to its massive tax burden,into a state that’s friendly to the entrepreneur and all the jobs he cre-ates. Wouldn’t it be nice to read one day that people are moving to NewYork from other states, rather than read more about everyone leavingfor more business-friendly places from North Carolina to Arizona?

Cuomo’s new budget plan, proposed on Monday, contains manyelements that are necessary to put the Empire State back on top. Tohighlight just a few, the governor would:

• cut actual spending by about $225 million, or 0.2 percent, for atotal outlay around $132 billion. Most “cuts” in government spendingyou hear about are just cuts in the planned rate of increase. Not this

time. This time it’s for real, for the second year in a row;• tie increased school aid to new teacher performance requirements

rather than just keep blindly spending more on education;• create a health benefits exchange program that would cut premi-

ums by 22 percent for small businesses, which are getting socked bymassive hikes and the pending loss of Blue Cross/Blue Shield;

• fund $15 billion worth of infrastructure projects, including replac-ing the decrepit Tappan Zee Bridge;

• create a sixth pension tier for public employees that will raise theretirement age to 65, hike workers’ contributions and offer a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan — saving the city about $30 billion andthe state and other local governments $83 billion over 30 years;

• impose a $199,000 cap on state reimbursement for the compen-sation of nonprofit groups’ executives;

• and, on a local note, start a toll discount program for residents ofthe Rockaways and Broad Channel who use the Cross Bay VeteransMemorial Bridge — the only intra-borough tolled crossing in the city.

Cuomo has crafted a fine plan; now the harder work begins as hetries to get the Legislature on board. Ironically, that will be easier to doin the Republican-majority Senate than in the Democratic-controlledAssembly. That reflects Cuomo’s centrism. So does the support hisplan deserves, not just from this page, but from the public at large.

We fully support therequest of a group ofRego Park residents to

lower the speed limit to 20 mph oncertain narrow residential streets,many with sharp curves, here inthe Chronicle’s own backyard. Wehope the city will too.

We’re sick of seeing people bar-rel down streets so narrow thatwhen cars are parked on both sidesopposing traffic has to inch by. Theworst offenders, as anyone wholives or works here can tell you, arethe drivers of ambulettes (full-sizevans) that routinely hit 50 mph onstreets like 62nd Drive, where it’sjust insane to go that fast.

Which brings us to the othernecessity from the city once this isapproved: enforcement. Please.

Slow ’em down

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clueless freshmen and gained aRepublican majority. The Democ-

ratic-majority Senate was sadly diluted andmany Republican governors were voted intooffice. They enjoy referring to the election as amandate. In a distorted way, they are right.

The vote was indeed precipitated by a man-date; a mandate unfulfilled. In 2008 BarackHussein Obama, despite an unfortunate choiceof middle name and, in the minds of some,color, was elected president by an overwhelm-ing majority with a mandate based primarilyon his stated dynamic goals during the presi-dential campaign. He had a mandate. What hedid not have was the killer instinct necessaryto deal with a ruthless, single-minded pack ofwolves admittedly determined to take back thepresidency regardless of the damage incurredupon their country. After two years witnessinghis naive attempt at diplomacy, the enthusiasmwore thin. Come 2010, the radical anti-govern-ment, anti-middle class, anti-Obama zealotsswept into office.

Well, now the no-show voters realize whatthat cost them. All across the country thewakeup call is deafening. Recalls are run-ning rampant and one hopes, although stilldisappointed with President Obama’s civi-lized approach, voters will opt for intelli-gence, honesty and integrity. And one hopesthe last few years have proven to our presi-dent that you cannot pet a mad dog.

Nicholas ZizelisBayside

Of, by and for the richDear Editor:

Re “Center’s future at Willets Point inDoubt” (Jan. 12, multiple editions), referringto a convention center as part of the MayorBloomberg’s alleged Willets Point “redevel-opment” proposal, the future of the center isnot in doubt because it was never going to bebuilt to begin with.

It was a stupid idea, as was and is the Wil-lets Point plan. It was put into the plan as a sopto Claire Shulman but with no intention ofever being built, whether therebe a convention center or notunder the equally foolish Cuomoplan for a mega center at Aque-duct. If Willets Point ever comesto fruition, the convention areawill be used for what it wasintended to begin with, taxpayer-subsidized luxury housing.

If there be an elected offi-cial, current or former, in ourmidst who champions the wel-fare of the poor, the middle class and smallbusiness owners over that of real estatemoguls, will she or he please step forwardand identify her or himself?

Bloomberg, Shulman and her successorHelen Marshall need not apply.

Benjamin M. HaberFlushing

Horn & HardartDear Editor:

Re “Self-serve chow: Horn & Hardart,” IHave Often Walked, Jan. 12:

In 1960 I walked through the door of theHorn & Hardart restaurant in your photo-graph. It was a crowded sit-down restaurantwith waitresses, not coin-operated windows.

If you could walk through the same doortoday, you’d find yourself in Hooters. Can’tyou tell from the picture?

The entrance changed when the Bagel

Nosh opened, to the side of the building, fac-ing the Long Island Expressway.

And the banquet hall, where my friend gotmarried, was across the street.

Your I Have Often Walked should havebeen much more carefully done.

Barbara FrancoBayside

Editor’s note: The writer is correct, and the corrections are attached to

this week’s column.

Chivalry shipwreckedDear Editor:

I was appalled at what went on the cruiseship Costa Concordia, that was grounded offthe coast of Tuscany. I could not understandwhy so many people sought to save their ownlives and didn’t try to help others. In a disas-ter at sea I always thought it was women andchildren first and the captain went down withthe ship, or at least was the last one to leave.That didn’t happen here.

I served in the U.S. Navy and if I did whatthis crew did I think I would have been court-martialed or, worse, shot on the spot.

According to the reports there were not alot of brave men on board, from the captainto the crew to the passengers. I guess chival-ry is dead, as well as compassion for thosewho were in most need of their help. Whenwe abandon mercy and compassion and seekto save ourselves first, we become less thanhuman beings.

Frederick R. Bedell Jr.Glen Oaks

War is still hellDear Editor:

Desecrating the dead, as U.S. Marinesallegedly did to Taliban killed in action,should be abhorred. Yet that overlooks therealities that have defined warfare since thebeginning of time.

Achilles dragged the body of Hector behindhis chariot to desecrate his name, to shame his

family and the city-state ofTroy. Acts of unspeakablerepugnancy by both sides werethe hallmark of the island-hop-ping of the Second World War.It was considered far better tobe killed than be captured bythe Japanese or the Viet Congduring that conflict.

Filmmakers have notedAmerican atrocities, as in themovie “Platoon” and in “Saving

Private Ryan,” when U.S. troops shot to deathsurrendering German soldiers. When we sendour kids to war they will respond to the traumathat is the battlefield.

To those seeking to hang the Marines andthose willing to apologize profusely for theirimmaturity: How can we — or our troops, fac-ing the evil we sent them to fight and die for— forget seeing dead U.S. personnel draggedthrough the streets of Fallujah, or the behead-ings of defenseless people? The cruelty of theTaliban extends beyond awful acts to our deadservice personnel to their own citizens, particularly to the women of Afghanistan.

LETTERSTO THE DITORE

CorrectionThe Jan. 12 editorial “Reverse discriminationforced on FDNY” misidentified the FireDepartment’s commissioner. He is SalvatoreCassano. We regret the error.


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Redistrict fairlyDear Editor:

“GOP wants new Senate seat” by SashaChavkin and Michael Keller (Jan. 12) is nosurprise for those of us who observe ourstate Legislature.

Democratic Assembly Speaker SheldonSilver and Senate Democrats, along withRepublican State Assembly MinorityLeader Brian Kolb, have nothing to fearfrom an independent reapportionment.Based upon the New York State Board ofElections registration figures as of Nov. 1,2011, New York continues to evolve intoan overwhelming Democratic bastion.

Consider that there are 5,660,246Democrats versus 2,824,680 Republicans,2,325,786 blank (unaffiliated) and 434,752Independence Party registered voters.Democrats outnumber Republicans by2,835,568. Only Republican State SenateMajority Leader Dean Skelos, with a slimone-vote margin, is nervous. There arejust not enough registered Republicans leftto gerrymander a majority of Senate seatsin his favor.

Real reform can only come to Albanywith honest competitive elections as sup-

ported by former New York City Mayor EdKoch and his New York Uprising movement.

Past Republican State Senate majorityleaders cut deals with past DemocraticAssembly speakers to preserve the statusquo. Remember when the city sent 6 GOPSenators to Albany? With the loses of SerfMaltese (2008) and Frank Padavan (2010)from Queens, only GOP Sens. Marty Gold-en (Brooklyn) and Andrew Lanza (StatenIsland) remain. City Democrats hold 22 ofthe other 24 Senate seats. This makes it evenmore challenging for Skelos.

In 1812, Massachusetts Gov. ElbridgeGerry signed a redistricting bill allowinghis party to rig the drawing of districtboundaries in its favor; hence “gerryman-dering.” Real reform would mean remov-ing the redistricting power from the politi-cians. Perhaps allow the League ofWomen Voters or some other impartialgroup to redraw the boundaries.

There is still time for political redemp-tion. If incumbent lawmakers don’t deliverbetween now and November, the way toobtain real change is to fire them. Perhapsit is time to give a new generation of elect-ed officials a chance.

Larry PennerGreat Neck, LI

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A Richmond Hill man was sentencedlast week to 10 years in prison for stab-bing his roommate’s friend in the heartfollowing a verbal misunderstanding,Queens District Attorney Richard Brownsaid.

Luis Zeledon, 27, who lived on 123rdStreet, pleaded guilty last November tofirst-degree manslaughter. He had beenheld in jail since his arrest in January2010.

According to the DA, Zeledon and hisgirlfriend had gone to bed after hangingout with Zeledon’s roommate, MarlonMontalvan, and Montalvan’s friend, AndyHerrera, 28, on Jan. 19, 2010 when Zele-don thought he heard his roommate saysomething disparaging about him.

After exiting the bedroom, Zeledonbegan verbally arguing with his room-mate in the kitchen and picked up twolarge knives by the sink and used one tocut Montalvan on the forearm, Brownsaid.

Herrera came to the aid of his friendand used the chair in which he had beensitting as a shield against Zeledon, Brownsaid.

While Herrera was trying to defend hisfriend, Zeledon stabbed the 28-year-old

one time in the chest, according to theDA.

Herrera dropped the chair and ran outof the apartment, collapsing in the build-ing’s vestibule.

He died soon after arriving at JamaicaHospital Medical Center, the DA said. Q

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Ozone Park resident Jacob Berelowitz isjust 27 years old, but he has alreadyreceived praise from the country’s highestoffice — the White House.

Berelowitz, the host of “Talk TherapyTelevision,” received the prestigious Life-time United States Presidential VolunteerCall to Service Award on Monday for con-tributing more than 4,000 hours to promot-ing awareness of mental health.

“I really want to get the conversationstarted about mental illness, what thesymptoms are and what treatment optionsare out there,” said Berelowitz, a Brooklynnative who now lives in Ozone Park andwho founded his show about two and halfyears ago. “I also wanted to push backagainst the stigma against mental illness.”

“Talk Therapy Television” airs every Fri-day at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. the fol-lowing Thursday on Channel 35 in Queens.

A licensed social worker who receivedhis master’s from New York University,Berelowitz began to seriously think aboutthe need for education about behavioralhealth while working at Holliswood Hospi-tal, a psychiatric facility in Jamaica.

“I was providing psychotherapy to indi-viduals and their families who’d come inafter a serious crisis, like a suicide attemptor a psychotic episode, and I discovered thatinstead of providing therapy, I spent a lot oftime educating people,” Berelowitz said.“Had people known more of the warningsigns, there might not have been somethinglike a suicide attempt. I remember a patienttelling me, ‘I knew something was wrong,and I had problems, but what good would itdo to sit on a couch and free associate?’”

Berelowitz said that’s a common miscon-ception of what therapy is — gone are thedays of Sigmund Freud, and instead thera-pists now focus on behavior and helpingindividuals implement longstandingchanges to better their lives.

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volunteer with him to produce the show,will sometimes film at the public accessstudios in Queens and Brooklyn, they oftentravel to guests’ off ices in places likeWashington DC, Atlanta and Virginia.

“I’m also doing quite a bit of work withthe federal government,” said Berelowitz.“‘Talk Therapy’ partnered with the federalgovernment to do something called theVoice Awards, which honors f ilms andtelevision shows that portray mental illnessin a good light.”

Every episode of “Talk Therapy” isavailable on the show’s website at talkthera-py.org. They are also available on YouTube.

“Mental illness is really common, andwe want more people to start talking aboutit,” Berelowitz said. Q

Jacob Berelowitz was given a prestigious awardfor volunteering more than 4,000 hours.

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An imam who planned to execute amassive terrorist attack at JFK Interna-tional Airport was sentenced to life inprison by a federal judge in Brooklyn lastweek.

Kareem Ibrahim, the leader of a ShiiteMuslim community in Trinidad and Toba-go, “abandoned the true tenets of his reli-gion and plotted to commit a terroristattack he hoped would rival Sept. 11,”U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a pre-pared statement.

Ibrahim and his co-conspirators hadplanned to explode fuel tanks and the fuelpipeline underneath the airport, the Feder-al Bureau of Investigation said.

U.S. District Court Judge Dora Irizarry,who sentenced Ibrahim, hailed the out-come as an example of how Americancourts and security work.

“This case shows the government at itsbest in terms of protecting the security ofthis country,” Irizarry said.

A federal jury convicted Ibrahim ofmultiple terrorism offenses after a four-week trial that ended last May.

The jury found that the imam had pro-vided operational support to the groupplanning to attack JFK.

During cross-examination, Ibrahim

admitted that he had advised plotters topresent their plot to revolutionary leadersin Iran and to use operatives ready toengage in suicide attacks.

Prosecutors said the plot originatedwith Russell Defreitas, a naturalized U.S.citizen from Guyana. Defreitas, a formercargo handler at JFK, used his knowledgeto help plot the attack, the FBI said. Hefurnished Ibrahim with video surveillanceand satellite imagery of the targetsbecause of his connections with militantleaders in Iran.

In a recorded conversation, Ibrahimtold Defreitas that attackers must be readyto “fight it out, kill who you could kill andgo back to Allah.”

Defreitas recruited Ibrahim to the JFKplot as well as Abdul Kadir, a formermember of Guyana’s parliament.

According to trial evidence, the con-spirators also attempted to enlist supportfrom al Qaeda leadership and otherprominent international terrorist organiza-tions, such as the Trinidadian militantgroup Jamaat al Muslimeen.

Defreitas and Kadir were convicted ofterrorism charges and sentenced to life inprison following a nine week trial thatwrapped up in 2010. Q

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Trinidadian imam sentenced to life

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City officials opened the doors last week to the carousel inForest Park that has been shuttered since 2008, giving thoseinterested in operating the site, and members of the public,

a peek into the merry-go-round that contains some of the lastremaining works of renowned wood-carver Daniel Carl Muller.

The city Parks Department led the tour of the 1903 structurelast Thursday for potential operators, who must reply by Jan. 27 tothe city’s fourth request for proposal since 2008.

A number of area residents who have long wanted to see thecarousel running again also attended the event. Civic leaders havebeen advocating for the carousel to be landmarked too. Q

Spinning in circles: Trying to find carousel operator

The Forest Park carousel contains 49 horses, a lion, a tiger, a deer, and two chariots, as well as an original band organ.PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

Parks Department officials meet with potential operators at theForest Park carousel last week.

The carousel at Forest Park wasfirst operated inMassachusetts atthe turn of the century and wasmoved to Woodhaven in the 1970s.

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Pieces of the carousel no longer being used are stored in what was oncethe cafe next to the merry-go-round.

Woodhaven residents Allan Smith, left, and Ed Wendellsaid they hope to soon see an operator for the carousel.

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There was standing room only at lastweek’s meeting of the 106th Precinct Com-munity Council in Ozone Park, as residentspacked the police station’s gathering room tovoice their complaints about such issues as arecent rash of burglaries, an abandonedhome and cars racing through stop signs.

Before addressing the complaints, Capt.Thomas Pascale, the precinct’s commandingofficer, advised the audience that police hadarrested a thief who had allegedly stolen aresident’s Apple iPhone. Pascale said theyhad tracked down the perpetrator based onthe iPhone’s GPS tracking software.

The captain urged the smart phone ownersto never turn off their devices, in case oftheft. Most have GPS tracking, he noted,which the police can use to locate the stolenequipment and arrest the perpetrator.

He also asked the audience members torecord the serial numbers of the electronicsthey purchase and list them with the police,who can then contact the owner if a device isstolen and recovered.

Several residents at the council meetingexpressed their own concerns to Pascale.

Belinda, a South Ozone Park resident whodid not want to give her last name, asked thepolice for help in stopping a rash of burglar-ies that has occurred in the last six monthsnear her home around 131st Street and Lin-den Boulevard. She said some of the nine

break-ins were made through windows andback doors.

Pascale responded by citing police inves-tigative procedure, adding that the NYPDuses modern technology such as DNA evi-dence to catch crooks, just like on televi-sion’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

In a familiar refrain from the brass, headded that homeowners and businesses’video surveillance cameras also aid police intheir investigations.

And he noted that police also check therecords of pawn shops in the area to see ifany of the burglars have sold their stolenloot.

“There’s a lot of work that goes into a bur-glary investigation; we take it very seriously,”Pascale told the audience.

To help the police, Pascale asked residentsto call 911 if they see a suspicious person orvehicle on their block.

Community Affairs Off icer BrendaBratcher added that residents can request afree crime prevention survey of their homeby Officer Harriet Smyer-Young. Bratchercan be reached at (718) 845-2228.

One resident, who did not give her name,said she recently noticed a man pretending tobe talking on the phone, when he was actual-ly watching from a distance which of herneighbors answered the door when the Jeho-vah’s Witnesses knocked on them.

“You could be on to something,” Pascalesaid.

The captain added that it was a situation inwhich she should call 911 so police couldinvestigate.

“When you see something, say some-thing,” said Lindenwood Alliance co-Presi-dent Christina Gold, who was at the meeting.

Joseph Napoleone, of Richmond Hill, saidthat a vacate order had been posted on anabandoned house near 108th Street and Lib-erty Avenue, but that the door was wideopen, people were going in and out, and theelectricity was still on.

Community Board 10 Chairwoman BettyBraton said the board is on the case.

“It is being worked on, and it will getclosed up,” she assured Napoleone.

South Ozone Park Civic Association West

President Anthony Gellineau said he is con-cerned about cars speeding through the four-way stop sign at the intersection of 123rdStreet and Sutter Avenue.

Lt. Christopher Charles, the precinct’s spe-cial operations unit commander, toldGellineau that he would have traffic officersmonitor the corner.

Noting that it is a busy intersection,Charles said the precinct also would requesta Department of Transportation traff icstudy at the corner to see if a traffic signalshould be installed.

Richmond Hill resident Jimmy Mahassjasked for the assignment of a school crossingguard at the intersection of 125th Street and


Capt. Thomas Pascale, standing left, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder speak with residents at the106th Community Council meeting last week. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON

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A decision by the United States SupremeCourt is causing controversy in Queens andthroughout the city over the definition of theseparation between church and state.

The court recently refused to hear anappeal by Bronx Household of Faith overthe Department of Education’s controver-sial decision to ban churches from rentingpublic schools for services. Starting Feb.12, schools may no longer be rented forsuch purposes.

The Supreme Court’s Dec. 5 decision

upheld a previous ruling by the 2nd CircuitCourt of Appeals which was in favor of theDOE. The Appeals Court wrote that the poli-cy “imposes no restraint on the free expres-sion of any point of view. The exclusionapplies only to the conduct of a certain typeof activity—the conduct of religious ser-vices—and not to the free expression of reli-gious views associated with it.”

Until 2001, religious groups could holdservices in schools after school hours as longas they reimbursed the school for mainte-nance costs. However, when the SupremeCourt ruled that a Connecticut church with a

similar arrangement was violating the FirstAmendment, the DOE put its ban in place.

The ban has largely impacted smallchurches who use spaces like schools to holdservices. Robert G. Hall, elder of the BronxHousehold of Faith, said that losing schoolspaces would hurt his church and others likeit in the long run.

“Our congregation is only around 100people. Most churches like ours, some ofwhich have vocational ministers, don’t havethe money to keep up a storefront, and mostjust don’t have that large attendance at ser-vices,” Hall said.

He also believes that the DOE’s argumentagainst groups like his is illogical: “TheDOE says that our services would impactchildren and confuse them about religion,but this is only based on a few parent com-plaints. To institute this policy under theguise of protecting children is disrespectfulto both children and the parents who shouldbe teaching their kids about these things.”

The DOE’s ruling has received strong sup-port from Mayor Bloomberg, but other cityofficials are not as happy about the decision.City Councilman Fernando Cabrera (D-Bronx) led a demonstration with religiousleaders at Bloomberg’s State of the Cityaddress in opposition to the court’s refusal tohear the appeal.

Reactions among Queens lawmakers overthe controversy were split. CouncilmanDanny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), whosits on the council’s Education Committee,supported the DOE, saying that the agencyhad a right to deny religious organizationsaccess to public schools.

“We have a separation of church and statein this country, and holding religious ser-vices in a government-owned building vio-lates that,” Dromm said.

However, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica), who co-sponsored a resolutionwith Cabrera supporting the religious orga-nizations, felt that allowing schools to berented for religious services would not havea negative impact on the community.

“These organizations are active in helpingour community, and the city is going to pun-ish them? It’s ridiculous that the DOE is act-ing so quick to enforce this regulation,” Willssaid.

He added that the DOE “hasn’t entirelydefined what ‘worship’ is, which is absolute-ly necessary for a rule like this.”

“The DOE is in a deficit; it makes nosense for them to ban any group from payingto use their space,” Wills added. Q

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Taking their cue from NBC’s reality show“America’s Got Talent,” members of theHoward Beach Senior Center showcasedtheir own version of the reality show onMonday afternoon: “Howard Beach SeniorsHave Talent.”

And talent do they have.More than 250 delighted and enthusiastic

audience members were treated to an after-noon of upbeat entertainment as some 20contestants sang, danced, told jokes andmore.

Jimmy Di Napoli kicked things off strum-ming his 1960s Gibson guitar and singing atune he penned about the senior center, fol-lowed by Gil Yablon putting the crowd institches with his candy routine

Master of Ceremonies Sandy Gussinintroduced Lindenwood resident and self-described “Roaring 20s Girl” Tessie Costa,92, who belted out two songs of the era —Cab Calloway’s “St. James Infirmary Blues”and “Minnie the Moocher.”

Tom Riviello’s rendition of Dean Martin’s“Innamorata” drew sustained applause fromthe audience. And the center’s tai chi classput on a performance that left the crowdspellbound.

Tony Uliano performed a harmonica soloof “Oh My Darling, Clementine,” Joe Mossaand Cathy Manizione treated the crowd to acha-cha demonstration while Ann Doodyoffered up her take on “I Feel Pretty.”

Christine Titone read her original poetry,followed by a duet of Jimmy Di Napoli andhis son Jimmy Di Napoli Jr., singing “MyWay.”

Di Napoli Jr. also performed a solo of“Brown-Eyed Girl,” as his two young niecesdelighted the audience by dancing to thetune.

Gil Yablon was back on stage againsinging “I Have But One Heart,” and “Isle ofCapri” a cappella in both English and Yid-dish.

Muriel Stemann took the crowd downmemory lane by recounting stories about herfamily.

Nancy Thompson, who celebrated her90th birthday, treated the audience to “YouBelong to Me,” followed by Abe Rosen andSarah Benitez cutting up the rug with a tangodemonstration.

Anita Lombardo wowed the seniors withher belly dancing performance.

But don’t be jealous, join in — she alsoteaches a belly dancing class at the center on

Friday afternoons.After the dancing, Carl Vecchio saing

“Return to Sorrento.”Max Stern, 98, who has lived in Howard

Beach since 1968 and has been coming tothe center for the past eight years, played hisbanjo and invited the audience to sing alongto “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.” Sternalso entertained with his jokes, followed bySylvia Shapiro, who read her original poetry.

Center Director Mark Frey sang “Let It BeMe,” accompanying himself on the guitar.

Di Napoli, who has been performing since1963 and has been with the T-Birds and theJimmy and the Misfits band, closed the showwith his original “Have You Ever?”

The consensus of the audience was that allthe performers were winners.

Ellie Greenberg, who has lived in Linden-wood for 45 years, remarked that, “they gotup there without any trepidation; they werejust unbelievable.”

Lorraine Cohen, a 35-year resident of Lin-denwood who attended the show with herfriends, said they all enjoyed it.

“Wonderful and truly remarkable,” saidHoward Beach resident Abe Rosen as hisdancing partner, Sarah Benitez, agreed,adding that every year the show gets betterand better.

In addition to talent shows, the centeroffers seniors a wide variety of activitiesincluding movies, a book club, computer andexercise classes and even a Wii Bowlingleague. Q

Sarah Benitez and Abe Rosen dance the tango during the Howard Beach Senior Center’s talentshow this week. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON

They’ve got talent at Howard Beach centerHundreds enjoy a program of song, dance and comedy acts

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Cathy Manizione and Joe Mossa dance the cha-cha at the Howard Beach Senior Center’s talent show. PHOTOS BY STEPHEN GEFFON

Tony Uliano performs a rendition of “Oh My Darling, Clementine”on the harmonica.

Max Stern, a 98-year-old who has lived in Howard Beachsince 1968, plays the banjo.

Jimmy DiNapoli Jr. strums the guitar as his two nieces, Bella andAlexa, dance.Senior Center Director Mark Frey sings “Let It Be Me.”

Members of the center’s tai chi class perform during the talentshow.

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to the late George Hayes and Anna (Hoff man) Hayes. She is survived by her siblings Anna Marie (Th omas) Culhane, Michael (Phyllis) Hayes, John (Carol) Hayes, James (Th eresa) Hayes, Lois

(George) DeAngelico and Catherine (Joseph) Ferrise and many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.She worked for many years at TWA in New York.

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by Michael GannonAssociate Editor

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-ForestHills), like others, is waiting to see howGov. Cuomo’s plan to build the nation’slargest convention center in Queens willunfold.

But speaking at a meeting of Communi-ty Board 5 on Jan. 11, Hevesi said he istroubled by the process Cuomo chose, lim-iting the development to Genting Americas,which operates the recently opened casinonearby at Aqueduct Race Track.

“The city doesn’t give out sole-bid con-tracts and the state doesn’t either, usually,”he said. “Why did we do it here? WhyGenting? Did the governor get a deal?”

He did not address the legality of themove. Cuomo’s office did not return calls.

Hevesi also questions whether or not thegovernor, a fellow Democrat, did his home-work before throwing the weight of hisoff ice behind a convention center as apanacea for the state’s economic ills.

“Convention centers nationally are notmaking the money that they did a few yearsago,” he said. “There’s been a drop-off.”

In his State of the State address on Jan.4, the governor said he wants to “build thebiggest convention center in the nation,period” at Aqueduct to replace the JavitsConvention Center in Manhattan.

He also wants to amend the state consti-tution to allow full casino gambling whichalready exists in neighboring states andtribal casinos throughout New York.

Genting, which operates the ResortsWorld Casino at Aqueduct, has proposedspending $4 billion for a four-million-square-foot convention center that wouldinclude 3,000 hotel rooms.

In response to a question from the audi-ence, Hevesi agreed that traffic also couldbecome an issue in the Kew Gardens-ForestHills area, with Queens Boulevard likely tofeel at least residual effects from increasedtraffic to and from a convention center or

an expanded casino.He also acknowledged a convention cen-

ter would force the question of whether ornot to restore train service — and if so towhat extent — along the old Long IslandRail Road Rockaway Beach line to the fore.

The assemblyman said it might be a pru-dent enterprise, but that it could cost $800million or more. He also cited efforts toturn the line into a greenway linking OzonePark and Rego Park and noted that someresidents along the rail line want it keptexactly as it is.

Fielding questions about redistricting,Hevesi said a proposal to create a new Sen-ate district is the Senate Republicans’ planto retain their majority in that house in thewake of the new law that counts prisonershoused upstate in the population figures forthe prisoners’ home areas.

The resulting population shifts meanlarger numbers for New York City andsmaller ones for upstate in terms of every-thing from representation to allocations ofstate spending [see “GOP wants new Sen-ate seat,” Jan. 12, at qchron.com]

Though the assemblyman is far from theonly one tying the effort to the prisonerrecalculation, Hevesi said the move makesperfect sense — from a GOP viewpoint.

“The prisoner recount hurt them upstateand helped us,” he said. Hevesi also said hesupports an independent redistricting com-mission.

“But I don’t know how this will playout,” he said, given the Legislature’s tastefor gerrymandering its districts for politicaladvantage.

He said Forest Hills, which he repre-sents, is a prime example of how communi-ties are divided by the practice.

“Forest Hills has four state senators, thissmall neighborhood,” he said, referring toJoe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), TobyAnn Stavisky (D-Flushing), MalcolmSmith (D-Hollis) and Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica). Q

Democratic Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, left, has some questions for Gov. Andrew Cuomo regardingthe process for selecting Genting Americas to build a massive convention center in Queens atAqueduct Race Track. FILE PHOTOS

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TWU contractat a impasse

Despite no progress to report, theMTA and the Transport Workers UnionLocal 100 plan to continue contracttalks after failing to reach an agreementbefore their contract expired on Jan. 15.

TWU spokesman Jim Gannon saidthat it was hard to reach an accord intime because Joseph Lhota was notconfirmed as the new MTA chairmanuntil Jan. 9.

Lhota’s five-year offer, which hasbeen rejected by the union, calls forpay to remain the same for the nextthree years, and to increase by 2 per-cent in the fourth and fifth years.

Among one of its most controver-sial demands, the MTA wants toestablish a new class of part-time busdrivers, according to Gannon.

“We want full-time employeesbecause we have full-time families,”he said.

The MTA said there was nothingnew with regard to the contract dis-cussions, but did say talks would con-tinue. A spokesman declined to com-ment further.

The TWU does not intend to strikeat any point, according to Gannon. InDecember 2005, transit workersstruck for three days. The walkoutleft millions of commuters strandedand was illegal under the state’s Tay-lor Law, which bans public employeestrikes.

— Will Sammon

Forum on Social Securityand Medicare on Jan. 24

The Howard Beach Senior Centerwill hold a seminar on changes toSocial Security and Medicare onTuesday, Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m. Theevent is sponsored by state Sen. JoeAddabbo Jr.

All residents age 60 and over arewelcome to attend.

The center is located at 156-45 84thStreet, and the entrance is on 85thStreet.

For more information, call (718)738-8100.

Relay for Life to hold firstmeeting of year on Jan. 26

The Howard Beach chapter of the2012 American Cancer SocietyRelay for Life will hold its f irstmeeting of the year on Thursday, Jan.26 at 7:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held at OurLady of Grace Convent, located at158-08 101st Street in Howard Beach.

Visit relayforlife.org/howardbeach-ny or email [email protected] for more information.

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Before Gov. Cuomo proposed to buildthe country’s largest convention center inSouth Ozone Park earlier this month, aQuinnipiac University survey said 65 per-cent of city voters supported Las Vegas-style casinos in New York.

The poll, released late last month,reported a 4 percent increase from thesame question it posed in September, whenit asked if voters supported or opposed thecreation of casinos here in the state, simi-lar to those in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.In addition, the survey found that 65 per-cent of voters said such casinos, like theone Genting Americas would like to buildat Aqueduct Race Track, would be goodfor the economy.

“Our communities could certainly usethose monies for our local economy, edu-cation, senior centers and other local pro-grams,” said state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr.(D-Howard Beach) on Tuesday. “We bene-fit by the thousands of jobs.”

Addabbo also said that he does not putmuch credence in polls and prefers toreceive input directly from constituentsand community boards. Though he was notsurprised by the survey’s results, he said

they were premature, as did others.“When people have a lack of informa-

tion, their first instinct is to not approvesomething,” said Community Board 10Chairwoman Betty Braton. She also saidshe needs further details to assess the prosand cons of Cuomo’s proposal.

Quinnipiac’s poll also revealed that 55percent of city voters thought that the cre-ation of these casinos would lead to anincrease in gambling addiction.

“We take any concerns seriously, weprovide training to our employees andremain committed to working with thestate to ensure that those who play beyondtheir limits have access to the informationand assistance they need,” said StefanFriedman, a spokesman for Genting Amer-icas, which operates the Resorts WorldCasino New York City racino next to theproposed convention site.

The center would be entirely funded byGenting, not taxpayer dollars, according tothe company and Addabbo.

The survey also found that the city issplit on the issue of hydrofracking. Forty-four percent of New Yorkers favor the nat-ural gas drilling procedure, while 45 per-cent oppose it because of environmentalconcerns. Q

New Yorkers wantcasinos, says poll

City voters say to go ‘all-in’ in survey

‘Strip search’apology

The Department of Homeland Secu-rity has apologized for some actionstaken by security screeners at KennedyAirport last November when threeelderly women alleged they were sub-jected to humiliating strip searches atsecurity checkpoints because they werewearing medical devices.

But state Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), who pressed for a federalinvestigation back in December, isn’toverly impressed.

“I don’t consider this closed, andI’m not satisfied,” Gianaris said in aphone interview Wednesday. “It’s apositive step that they admitted some-thing went wrong that was obvious tothe rest of us.”

In a letter to Gianaris, DHS AssistantSecretary Betsy Markey said a trans-portation safety officer did violate pro-cedure by asking to examine a colosto-my bag one of the women was wearing,and apologized for that action.

“However, again, at no point wasthe passenger asked to remove anyarticles of clothing during screening,”she wrote.

“The explanation they throw out doesnot explain how three women who hadnever met reported similar problems atthe same location, and what motivationthey may have had to make this up,”Gianaris said. “You can’t fix a problemuntil you admit you have one.” Q


And the winner is ... districts that are notgerrymandered.

The 2012 New York Redistricting Projectunveiled this week the winning Congression-al and state Senate maps drawn by studentswho wanted to voice what they hope happensat the legislative level — specifically, thatpolitical lines will be untangled so incum-bents will not be unfairly favored and groupswith similar interests could stay together.

Students throughout the state submittedmaps they created as part of the project’s ini-tiative to get the public more involved, andaware, of the redistricting process — whichhappens once every 10 years and determines

which neighborhoods will fall within whichAssembly, Senate and Congressional dis-tricts. While Gov. Cuomo and some legisla-tors say they support an independent redis-tricting commission, a team of politicians isonce again creating the maps — which areexpected to be unveiled in the upcomingweeks and will have to be approved by theLegislature and the governor.

When the maps are drawn solely by legis-lators with no input from the public, “youend up with these gerrymandered districtsthat thwart political competition,” saidCostas Panagopoulos, director of the NewYork Redistricting Project and a FordhamUniversity political science professor. “It’simportant to remind people that even though

this is a slightly complicatedprocess, it’s not so impossible forordinary people to think about.”

So, while there is no indepen-dent redistricting commission,Panagopoulos said he hopes legis-lators will heed input from thepublic, including the project’swinning maps.

A team of students from theUniversity of Buffalo Law Schoolcreated the winning Congression-al map, and the project picked aBritish student’s state Senate map.

“When we looked at Queens,and all of New York City, we real-ly had to untangle the spaghetti,”said Andrew Dean, a law studentat the University of Buffalo.

Dean said he and his colleagues workedto ensure many Asian voters would not besplit up in Queens, and they created thecity’s second Hispanic-majority district inthe Bronx.

“We really focused on keeping togethercommunities of interest, compliance withthe Voting Rights Act, maintaining politicalcompetitiveness, and contiguity,” Deansaid. “We tried to draw communities wherepeople had a geographical and culturalsense of identity.”

To create the maps, students used a com-puter program called District Builder,which was made by Michael McDonald, aprofessor at George Mason University, andMicah Altman, a professor at Harvard. Theprogram allows students — and any mem-ber of the public — access data on demo-graphics for free. To build a map, visit theproject’s web site at redistrictny.org.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria),who has been a proponent of the project,said it shows that members of the generalpublic can, contrary to what he said“defenders of the status quo” argue, submit“excellent proposals within a pretty shorttime frame.”

Gianaris has sponsored a bill, supportedby a number of his Queens colleagues, thatwould permanently create an independentredistricting commission.

“I’d like to see fairness in this process,”Gianaris said. “We have a process that’scontrolled by the majorities, and they wantto damage the minorities.” Q

Students said they untangled the city’s current Congressionaldistricts, left, to create a new political map, right.

COURTESY DRAWING

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Recently, a woman and her boyfriend went into an unassuming gold buying and cash loan shop on Queens Boulevard. She had a $35 offer on her ring from another area shop, but was looking to get a better deal. In what may be viewed as poor business acumen, she told her new prospective buyer what her previous offer was. Still, after examining her piece, he offered her $1,600. He did so, as he says, “...because that’s what it was worth.”

The plight of the worker who’s hard-up for cash in today’s economy is something that Arthur Elias and Edward Goldberg can relate to first-hand, having been laid off from their jobs in jewelry manufacturing. They understand that people get into situations where they just need a little cash fast to make the bills and Ice Jewelry Buying Service hopes to help out in the most honest way they can.

“For this, I like to think we’re doing the community a service,” Elias said. “We’re in the business of helping people who are in a tough spot. They can come to our store and know that we can educate them on what they have and we’ll give them what their items are worth. When that woman told me her previous offer, it made me wonder how many times this happens — how many people who really need that money get taken advantage of?”

Elias opened his Rego Park shop with Goldberg less than a year ago, and already they’re seeing a lot of repeat customers and referrals. This is a sign to them that they’re doing something right — the pawn business typically deals in one-time transactions but Elias is determined to break that mold, building a reputation on trust.

“Everyone around here is buying gold these days; you can go into the barber shop down the road and sell your jewelry. The problem with all these places is they treat everything

like it’s a one-shot deal and we don’t do that,” Elias said.

In addition to buying gold, silver, diamonds, watches and coins, Ice Jewelry Buying also offers instant cash loans for jewelry and eBay selling services.

Their cash loans program is straightforward and simple. “It’s a perfect solution for someone who has a bill due and a check on the way,” Goldberg said. “But we make sure they have a game plan to buy their jewelry back before the end of the term. Sometimes these are people’s heirlooms we’re talking about and we respect that.”

For those who are less Internet-savvy or just don’t have the time, Ice Jewelry Buying offers a convenient eBay sales service. If what a customer has isn’t an item that Ice Jewelry Buying would purchase, like a handbag or antique furniture, they can help find a buyer on their eBay store. Elias consults with the

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For anyone who has ever dealt with the hassle of sel l ing and shipping an item on eBay — all the

forms involved in setting up a user and paypal account, the 10-15 percent fee that Ice Jewelry Buying charges to do all the work is really a bargain deal.

“At the end of the day, I just want people to feel comfortable doing business with us. People have this conception of gold buying stores as these slimy places with slimy people, and they’re typically right. But we want to be different. I don’t think it’s cool to see someone buy a ring for $200 and put it in their counter for $800. We don’t do that.”

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State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-HowardBeach) did not come out against the turn-around process, but he too advocatedagainst completely renaming schools.

“I believe that since these schools, andtheir names, have played an integral rolein the character and history of our com-munities, any new name should take intoconsideration and incorporate the school’scurrent name,” said Addabbo, whose dis-trict includes Grover Cleveland, Rich-mond Hill and John Adams.

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Astoria), a Bryant High School graduatewho said many of her constituents who arestudents attend her alma mater, as well asLong Island City High School, called themayor’s plan “not a prudent thing to do.”

“A lot of the teachers at Bryant areBryant alumni, and they returned toBryant to teach because they love theschool,” Simotas said.

The assemblywoman advocatedagainst using one model for all 33schools, saying each facility has differentneeds.

“You have to look school by school,”Simotas said. “For example, Bryant hasso many immigrant students, and it’s notfair to compare our school to anotherschool without that demographic.”

The union has vowed to f ightBloomberg’s plan, and sent a letter to the33 schools last Friday, arguing the citycannot legally implement the turnaround

model without the union’s consent.“Our UFT lawyers have carefully

examined the laws and regulations themayor is invoking, and we do not seeany grounds for the view that the DOEhas the legal authority to take such uni-lateral action,” Mulgrew wrote in the let-ter.

“For 10 years now, the policies ofMayor Bloomberg and of ChancellorsJoel Klein, Cathie Black and DennisWalcott have failed the public schoolsand students of New York City, with aparticularly heavy toll falling on thosewith the greatest needs,” Mulgrew’s let-ter continued. “Your schools have beenon the front lines of these failures. Overthe last two years, you were told that …you would receive additional funds,resources and supports to help youimprove. Those promises have provenhollow, as the mayor and the Departmentof Education have done next to nothingto fix your schools.”

The teachers who are let go from the33 schools would be placed in the city’sabsent teacher reserve pool — whichprincipals said would end up potentiallycosting the city hundreds of millions ofdollars because it would have to pay forthose teachers, as well as the new teach-ers who would replace them.

“The mayor has an obsession withgoing after teachers,” said James Eterno,a teacher at Jamaica High School, whichthe city is in the process of phasing out.“His plan isn’t cost effective. It’s dumbon so many levels.” Q

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by Michael GannonAssociate Editor

The Friends of LaGuardia Airport turnedup the heat on the city and Federal AviationAdministration during a conference call onJan. 12, saying they have internal docu-ments proving that the city exerted politicalpressure on the Port Authority to allow agarbage transfer facility to be built within2,200 feet of the end of a runway atLaGuardia Airport.

Attorney Randy Mastro said that pres-sure led the Port Authority, a tenant of thecity, to relent to city plans to construct thetransfer station at 120-15 31 Ave. in Col-lege Point. The station is just across a chan-nel from the end of Runway 13/31.

“And when the Port Authority droppedits objections, the [Federal Aviation Admin-istration] did too,” Mastro said.

An email from the Chronicle requestingcopies of the documents, sent to Mastro’soffice at his invitation, was not answered.

Critics say the 3,500 tons of trash perday brought to the site will attract birdsand rats seeking to eat garbage, thusincreasing the chance for birds strikingplanes.

Mastro and others said barges taking thegarbage out of the station will come within500 feet of a runway where there has beenin increase in bird activity and bird strikesin recent years.

Simultaneous bird strikes in January2009 destroyed both engines of a US Air-ways flight on takeoff at LaGuardia resulting

in the “Miracle on the Hudson” river land-ing. All 155 people on board survived.

During the conference call, the formerhead of the National Transportation SafetyBoard, a former FAA attorney and expertsin air traff ic control and aviation birdstrikes, said construction should be haltedand the transfer station moved.

Barry Yurtis, an air traffic control expert,

said the PA had plenty of objections back in2003, when it planned to install a low-visibil-ity instrument landing system at the runway.

The system was intended to avoid delaysand rescheduling associated with low visi-bility in that area.

The system would have required a safetyzone of 2,500 feet, which would place thetrash station inside the zone. Without the

system, the safety zone shrinks to 1,700 feet.“The Port Authority itself was initially

and correctly opposed to building thisgarbage facility but then inexplicablyreversed course and dropped its opposi-tion,” said Ken Paskar of Friends ofLaGuardia Airport.

Russell DeFusco, who investigated bird-aircraft strikes while serving in the U.S.Air Force, said the FAA violated its ownregulations by allowing a specif icallybanned structure.

“There is absolutely no doubt that thefacility will attract hazardous birds andshould have been denied its constructionpermit without any reservation,” he said.“Simply put, a known hazard should neverbe constructed then mitigated when it couldhave been avoided altogether by choosingan appropriate alternate site.

“I fear a terrible precedence has beenset,” DeFusco said.

Jim Hall, chairman of the NationalTransportation Safety Board for sevenyears and a consultant for the opposition,said bird strikes are a threat to people in theair and on the ground.

But he also said the FAA is now toutinga study saying there would be fewer birdsin the area than if no trash station is built.

“In that case I expect to see themapproved at every airport in the country,”Hall said. “It’s positively Orwellian.”

Mayor Bloomberg’s off ice did notrespond to multiple phone calls seekingcomment. Q

Friends of LaGuardia Airport is in federal court seeking to stop construction of this trash transferstation in College Point, located 2,200 feet from the end of Runway 13/31 at the airport. They sayfederal officials violated their own guidelines in granting approval. PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI

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Two weeks after Calvin Ogletree, 25, theolder brother of Dallas Cowboys player KevinOgletree, was shot and critically wounded, heremains in critical condition and no arrests havebeen made. The investigation is ongoing,according to the NYPD.

On Friday, Jan. 6, at about 3 p.m. policeresponded to a call of shots fired outside Ogle-tree’s business, Calli Exotic Car Rental at 200-02 Linden Blvd. in St. Albans, and found himwith a bullet wound to the head.

Ogletree was taken to Jamaica HospitalMedical Center in critical condition, accordingto the police. A spokesman for the hospital saidhe was not registered as a patient there andcould not comment on his condition. Patientscan stay at a hospital, but just choose not to reg-ister. Ogletree was targeted by gunmen on bicy-cles, according to published reports. The motivefor the crime remains a mystery to the family.

Vivian McMillan, the president of the com-munity council for the 113th Precinct, wherethe incident occurred, said Friday that policehave a person of interest in connection with thecrime, but have not apprehended him yet.

“I was really shocked to hear about it,” saidMcMillan, who lives about eight blocks awayfrom where the shooting took place. “Myprayers go out to him and his family. We have

got to get these guns off the streets. For a youngman to be sitting in the hospital like that is justuncalled for.”

The famed football wide receiver reportedlywas at his wounded brother’s bedside in thedays after the shooting occurred. Rich Dalrym-ple, a spokesman for the Dallas Cowboys, saidthe team does not wish to comment on thecrime. The phone line at Ogletree’s business hasbeen disconnected.

Crime victims advocate Shawn Williams ofLeFrak City said she saw a man whom she laterrecognized from news reports as Ogletree’suncle, Mark Ross, outside the hospital talkingon his cell phone about the incident on Satur-day, Jan. 7 at around 5 p.m.

Williams said that “it looked like he had theweight of the world on his shoulders.” She saidshe gave him her business card and asked himto call her if he needed any help regarding thecrime. “This violence can happen to anyoneand everyone, and it can happen at any time,”Williams said. “It’s really sad.”

City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St.Albans) said Friday that he had spoken withstaff at the hospital about Ogletree’s conditionon Monday, but he had not been able to contactthe family yet. “They said he was in criticalcondition, and they weren’t sure how long hewould be able to hold on,” Comrie said, “butthey are working on him.” Q

Brother of Dallas Cowboyshot in head in St.AlbansBusinessman wounded near his store

103rd Avenue.He said that recently a 10-year-old girl

was recently hit by a car there, and thatshe remains in a coma.

Charles agreed that the corner doesneed a crossing guard.

Shifting to another major communityissue, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) spoke about the proposedconvention center at Aqueduct.

“The proposal to build the largest con-vention center in the nation at Aqueductis an ambitious plan that must be under-taken responsibly and appropriately, withreal community involvement and partici-

pation,” said Goldfeder.He added out that the new plan

would provide jobs and increase thepossibility of a transportation upgradefor Ozone Park and the surroundingcommunities.

Goldfeder said the convention centerrepresents a “real opportunity” for thecommunity to finally get investments inlocal roads, highways and mass transit.The assemblyman has proposed reopen-ing the Long Island Rail Road’s oldRockaway Beach line, which some wantto turn into a greenway and others wantleft alone.

The next meeting of the 106th councilwill be held on Wednesday, March 14 at 8p.m. at the precinct station house, at 103-53 101 St. in Ozone Park. Q

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HolidayPhotoContest!

The Queens Chronicle’s Fourth Annual Holiday PhotoContest proved one thing for sure — a lack of snow may begreat for drivers, pedestrians and those who work outdoors,but it makes photographing December magic a bit morechallenging! Still, we had some inspired entries we’re gladto share with you here. Keep an eye out in late spring forour announcement of our Fourth Annual Summer in theBorough Contest; and a few months later we’ll see if snowwill provide a pretty backdrop for take five of our holidaycompetition. Don’t you shutterbugs miss out on either one!

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THE WINNER — ALL SMILES: Even without wintry precipitation coming down, Charlene Stubbs of Maspeth found a snow-like whitebackdrop for this charming shot of her holiday-happy daughter, Carly Stubb-Delgado, in front of a neighbor’s decorated home. Nowthey’ll get to see an entertaining show like “My Sinatra,” or maybe a circus, courtesy of the Chronicle. Congratulations!

IN DARKNESS, LIGHT: Frank Deak achieved a dreamy, surreal effectwith his artistic black-and-white photo of a highly decorated houseon 90th Street in Elmhurst, to our enjoyment.

GIFT OF GRATITUDE: Helina Cheung of Bayside has been prayingfor the return of U.S. forces from overseas and could think of nobetter gift for them and their families than President Obama’sannouncement of the pullout from Iraq. Her message will getworldwide reach once these shots are posted on qchron.com.

SKYROCKETS AT NIGHT: Steve Fisher of Middle Village, a past winner of our contests,found that indeed that banner does yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home ofthe brave, even as fireworks opened the nation’s 236th year.

NO PULLING: Santa went casual with jeans to walk two ofhis reserve sleigh pullers off Austin Street in Forest Hills, inthis shot sent anonymously from [email protected]. Theymay not fly, but we bet they move fast when they want to!

ON THE NICE LIST: The visit with Santa is always a highlight ofChristmas, as Ethan Daniel Abreu of Ozone Park found out. Hismother, Christy Mastoras, took the shot — as well as another one oftheir dog, Zeus, meeting the man in the big red suit.

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State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) doesn’t think finesgiven by the Department of Sanitation for putting outgarbage too early are legal and that residents should con-test them.

During a press conference in his Bayside office Friday,Avella charged the DOS with illegally issuing fines regardingits policy of when to place garbage onthe curb the day before the scheduledcollection. The DOS policy, as spelledout in its “A Summary of SanitationRules and Regulations” is that residentialunits may place receptacles for collectionon the sidewalk no earlier than 5 p.m. theday before the scheduled pickup and noearlier than 4 p.m. from Oct. 1 to April 1.

But Avella believes that the policyviolates the City Administrative Proce-dure Act, which requires that any pro-posed rule be published and the publicbe given time to comment. Once a ruleis adopted, it must then be published inthe Compilation of City Rules and inthe City Record.

To become an official rule also requires a public hearingand a vote by the City Council.

“You can’t give a ticket for a policy, just a regulation,”Avella said. “The city never got that regulation approved.Someone dropped the ball.”

The senator and his staff have researched the topic andsay the policy may go back decades. He knows for sure it’sbeen in effect since the Koch administration as Avellaworked for the Mayor’s Office at that time. Koch was firstelected in 1977.

“I believe this policy is not only unenforceable, butshould be void because it was not properly establishedunder the city’s rule-making procedures,” Avella said.

He was alerted to the situation by several constituentswho contacted his office complaining about hefty finesissued by the DOS for leaving garbage outside homes ear-lier than allowed. “People are getting $100 fines that cango up to $300,” Avella said. “One disabled homeowner is

worried she’ll get a ticket becauseher caregiver leaves at 2 p.m. andputs out the garbage then.”

The legislator believes the DOSignored all the CAPA requirementsin establishing and implementing thisde facto rule, resulting in “an unin-formed public and the issuance ofsignif icant f ines against manyalleged violators.”

He has seen an uptick in com-plaints over the last month andblames it on the Bloomberg adminis-tration for pressuring city agenciesto come up with revenue-generatinginitiatives. “It’s just another way for

the city to collect more money,” Avella said.He wants the DOS to stop enforcement of the policy and

take steps to make it a formal rule. He also wants excep-tions to be made for the disabled and elderly homeownersand to create separate times for commercial and residentialgarbage cans to be placed on the curb.

His final request may be even harder to implement.Avella is asking the DOS to immediately refund all finespaid to the city by anyone who received a summons sincethe policy was originally enforced.

Kathy Dawkins, spokeswoman for the DOS, said in

2006 after hearing concerns from residents and membersof the City Council, including then-Councilman Avella, theagency agreed to change the long-standing time to put outgarbage from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. and no earlier than 4 p.m.from October to April.

“It was also agreed that the department would amend itsDigest of Codes to reflect this change, which has been ben-eficial to the public by preventing waste from being storedat curbside,” Dawkins said.

She did not address the legality of the policy, and Avellasaid Friday he had just recently written to the DOS abouthis concerns and is waiting for a response. Q

State Sen. Tony Avella holds a Department of Sanitation rulesbook that includes information regarding when to put garbage outhe says has not been approved by the city. PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES

Avella says trash fines may be illegalQuestions legality of Sanitation policy on when garbage goes out

“The city never got that regulation approved. Someone dropped the ball.”

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A new state law, yet to be implemented, isbeing hailed by area drugstore owners becausethey say it levels the playing field with themand mail order prescription services.

The bill prevents insurers or employers frommaking patients use mail-order plans for pre-scription drugs, except for plans negotiated byunions or in city contracts.

The legislation was signed in mid-Decemberby Gov. Cuomo and was supposed to go intoeffect in 30 days, or around Jan. 11. But the gov-ernor stipulated when signing it that the Legisla-ture must amend the bill to require retail pharma-cies to accept the same reimbursement rates formedicine as mail-order businesses.

The original bill required drugstores toaccept comparable reimbursements.

The legislation was sponsored by Assembly-man Carl Heastie (D-the Bronx), whose officesaid last Thursday that the amendment had beenvoted out of committee earlier in the week andwould probably be voted on later this week. Thelaw will not go into effect until the amendment isapproved, which could be up to another month.

Despite the delay, area pharmacists are hailingthe legislation. The intent of the law is to give con-sumers a choice on where they purchase their pre-scriptions. All druggists interviewed believe theirbusiness will increase and that the changes willbenefit consumers in the long run.

Large mail-order pharmacy operations such asMedco are able to order in bulk quantities, some-times lowering the cost to consumers. That willnot be the case for local pharmacists. But theysaid there are many pluses for the consumers.

Bill Cline of Jewel Pharmacy, formerlyEcho Drugs, in Flushing said the legislation willhelp his business and will be good for cus-tomers as well. “We deal with the same peopleand can give them answers to their questionsface to face,” Cline said. “We hope to see moreold customers.”

He indicated that it’s not unusual for mail-order customers to come to his store in a panicbecause they’ve run out of a prescription andtheir mail order has not arrived. “With the postoffice making cuts, that could be a factor withdelivering drugs on time,” Cline added.

Frank Pantina of Crossbay Chemist in HowardBeach and Ozone Park noted that his pharmaciescan refill orders online and is pleased with thestate’s action. “It will help business tremendous-ly,” Pantina said. “We will make a little less, but itbrings in more people coming to get their pre-scriptions who may buy other things in the store,and it’s a chance to get more customers.”

Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing), a phar-macist who owns five drugstores, is delightedwith the action. “It gives customers a choice,”Koo said. “The money will also stay in the stateand hopefully will prevent layoffs at drugstores.It’s a win-win for all.”

Joseph LaSala of AJ’s Pharmacy in MiddleVillage believes that the legislation will increasethe number of consumers who go to mom-and-pop stores. “Everything should be equal and theco-pays will be the same,” LaSala said. Headded that the benefits of using a neighborhood

drugstore are personal service and no delays infilling prescriptions.

Mike Somma, who owns Artis Drugs inMiddle Village, says eventually consumerswil l pay one way or the other for thechange. “It won’t be an enormous amount,maybe 5 percent,” Somma said. “But it’sgreat to have choices.”

He believes eventually his store will getmore business out of the legislation, acknowl-edging, nevertheless, that mail-order companiesorder drugs in bulk so that they can keep theprices down.

As a service to his customers, Somma offersfree delivery, which he says is expensive, andadded that a lot of his time is spent hand-holdingconcerned customers. “The legislation is espe-cially good for the elderly,” he said.

Somma, who fills over 300 prescriptions aday, still hasn’t gotten details on reimbursementrates. Heastie’s office said drugstores will benotified of those by the state once the amend-ment is approved.

Melissa Mackey, a spokeswoman for Medco,which is the largest mail-order drug dispenser inthe country, said her firm is guided by the require-ments of the laws and regulations applicable to themail-order business — and that includes the mea-sure signed into law by the governor.

“The new law affects insurance contractsissued, renewed, modified, altered or amendedon or after the effective date,” Mackey said, not-ing that the bill was signed based on an agree-ment between Cuomo and the Legislature toamend the law.

The National Community Pharmacists Asso-ciation praised the passage, noting that therequirement to use mail-order pharmacies hascaused more than $5 billion to leave the stateevery year.

The group’s CEO, B. Douglas Hoey, does notbelieve that the law will result in higher costs.“Community pharmacies dispense lower-cost,generic drugs about 20 percent more often thanmost mail-order facilities, which often profitfrom brand-name manufacturer rebates andother hidden incentives,” Hoey said. “And insome instances, health plans that incent orrequire use of mail-order pharmacies end uppaying more for their prescription drugs ...” Q

Area pharmacistshail mail-order lawCuomo signs bill banning postalmandate in prescription drug plans

Pharmacist Joseph LaSala, at his Middle Villagestore, touts mom-and-pop drugstores for offeringpersonal ser vice and no delays in fillingprescriptions. PHOTO BY PAT GATT

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by Laura Garrett, RDFor many people controlling weight starts with getting

control of impulse eating. Often, in order to changebehaviors, people must first acknowl-

edge the patterns of behavior thatlead them to eat impulsively.

It starts with a list. Oneof the biggest culprits isgoing to the grocery storewithout a list. Supermarkets

set up their aisles forimpulse buying andquick hunger fixes.Breaking the behav-ior chain that leadsto bad decisionsoften starts withchanging routines.

For example:

• Eat a piece of fruit before shopping.• Create a shopping list template — keep copies in the

car and add additional items as needed.• Stick to the shopping list.• Use coupons only for items on the list.

Learn how to lunch. Workday lunches can be anotheropportunity for impulse eating to take hold. If you’re oneof those workers who waits until 11:30 a.m. (after hungerhas already set in) to decide where to go out for lunch orwhat to order in, you may find yourself often resorting tohigh-fat, high-calorie options like fast food. Here aresome suggestions to make better choices:

• Have fruit at 10 a.m. • Pack a brown-bag lunch the night before. This will

also save money.• Pack or purchase lunches on sliced bread. Rolls can

have twice the calories of sliced bread.• Salads are great, but measure the salad dressing or

use vinegar.

Make mealtime meaningful. Sometimes, simplethings can make a difference at mealtime.

For instance:• Choose carbohydrates that are low

on the glycemic scale, such as fruits,veggies and whole grains.

• Take a supplement containing a whitebean extract before eating a carb-rich meal.

• Count to 10 before grabbing something to eat.• Make the slogan “The kitchen closes at 9 p.m.”

a mind-set.

Today is a good day to begin. Making positive behav-ior changes to avoid impulse eating is an essential factorin health and weight management.

Start today by becoming aware of those behaviors thatlead you astray from your weight management goals.

For more information about health and wellness, visitlivesowell.com.

Laura Garrett is a registered dietician and a certifieddiabetes educator.

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Did you know that child-hood ear infections can impacthearing and speech develop-ment? When a child has a mid-dle-ear infection, fluid accumu-lates in the middle ear, which isthe space behind the eardrum.

This fluid can remain forseveral weeks and may causetemporary reduction or loss of hearing, which canhave a negative impact on speech and languageskills development.

According to a recent study in The Pediatric Infec-tious Disease Journal, nearly one in five childrenwith a cold or other common respiratory virus devel-ops a middle-ear infection during the first week ofinfection. A majority of middle-ear infections occur inchildren under three years of age, which is a criticaltime for language learning and speech development.

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As the calendar turns to a new year, thefocus of men and women often shifts aswell. After the hectic holiday season hascome and gone, many people re-dedicatethemselves to their personal health andwell-being. That renewed dedication mightbe thanks to all those big holiday meals orit might just be a result of the new calendaryear being symbolic of a fresh start.

Regardless of the reasons behind thisrenewed vigor, the opportunities to makethe next 12 months a healthier 12 monthsabound. While losing weight might themost popular resolution, there are a hostof other health-related resolutions indi-viduals can make to improve their livesover the year.

Resolve to reduce stress. Stress is amajor part of most adults’ lives, and that’sespecially so after the hectic holiday seasonwhen men and women are pulled in somany different directions. Work is a com-mon cause of stress, but family and person-al finances, especially nowadays, are bigsources of stress as well. This year, resolveto reduce stress in all aspects of life. At theoffice, analyze ways in which you can man-age time more effectively, including how tobest prioritize work projects so you don’talways feel as if you’re up against a wall.

Outside the office, recognize the impor-tance of maintaining a personal life and itsrelation to reducing stress. Spending timewith friends and family can relax you and

provide a welcome respite from the stressof the office.

Resolve to eat better. Losing weightand adopting a healthier diet are not neces-sarily the same thing. While a healthier dietmight help you lose weight, the goal ofadopting a healthier diet is to improve over-all health. A healthy diet can strengthen thebody’s immune system, making it easier tofight colds and the flu and other ailments.

A healthy diet can also help in the battleagainst any preexisting conditions. Forexample, replacing salt with healthier andflavorful herbs can help reduce high bloodpressure, and many people cannot eventaste the difference once they start eating.

Resolve to exercise more. Much likechanging a diet, exercising more is oftenseen as a means to weight loss. While that’sa positive side effect of daily exercise, thegoal should not be to lose weight. Instead,the goal of daily exercise is to get healthier.According to the American College ofSports Medicine, exercise helps lower therisk of heart disease and hypertension by40 percent while lowering the risk ofdepression by 30 percent.

In addition, men and women with a fam-ily history of diabetes should know thatregular exercise lowers their risk of type 2diabetes by nearly 60 percent. So whileexercise is a great means to losing weight,it’s even better at helping reduce the risk

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routine, start slowly and gradually workyour way up to more vigorous exercise reg-imens. Going full speed from the outset is adangerous way to increase the risk ofinjury, which could actually restrict yourability to exercise for some time.

Resolve to quit smoking. To nonsmok-ers, keep up the good work. For smokers,perhaps some statistics are enough to getyou on the path toward quitting smoking:

• More than 150,000 Americans wereprojected to succumb to lung cancer in2011, according to the National CancerInstitute.

• The Canadian Cancer Society estimatedthat 20,000 Canadians would lose theirlives to lung cancer in 2011.

• More than 6 percent of all deaths in theUnited Kingdom in 2011 were relatedto lung cancer, according to Cancer Research UK.

If those statistics aren’t enough to getmen and women serious about quittingsmoking, consider the negative effect sec-ondhand smoke has on your loved ones.The American Cancer Society notes thatroughly 3,000 nonsmoking adults experi-ence lung cancer caused by secondhandsmoke in the U.S. each year. When makinga resolution this year, smokers’ top priorityshould be to quit smoking.

When making resolutions at the start ofa new year, men and women often focus onhealthy resolutions. But healthy resolutionsgo beyond losing a few extra pounds, andmany involve dedication throughout theyear to improve overall health this year andfor years to come.

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In one instance, just two daysbefore Christmas, a middle-agedwoman was horrified to realize shehad broken one of her front teethwhile biting into her food. Afraidthat she would be toothless, in pain,and that she might not be able to getan appointment with a dentist on theholiday weekend, she franticallycalled Dr. Walter Salbolboro at For-est Park Dental. Amazingly, she was

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by Dr. Norman GoldsteinPatients often ask “How does a nice

Jewish boy from Brooklyn become aninternational expert on tattoos, their his-tory and removal?”

Like many New Yorkers, I had seen anoccasional tattoo while growing up andwondered about the origin of the art, butnot until performing medical service inthe military did I see tattoos through aprofessional eye. When servicemencame into the Dermatology Clinic forexaminations, I’d ask them about theirtattoos. Mother, God and Country domi-nated the imagery for GI’s at that time.Their tattoos were a subject of conversa-tion rather than the reason for an officevisit. Then, when patients from tropicalstations began presenting a variety ofuncomfortable reactions in their tattoos— which various treatments did not help— I began searching to find the causeand cure for the 27 soldiers, sailors andmarines who were affected.

This study took three years of research.Simply stated, commercial yellow pigment,when mixed with red, triggers allergic reac-tions in some tattoos exposed to sunlight.One solution for the servicemen’s trouble-some tattoos was to use a physical sunblock. The late, great comedian HennyYoungman might have joked: If your tattooitches in the sunshine when your shirt’s off— don’t take your shirt off! But wearing ashirt at the beach defeats the purpose ofshowing off tattoos, just like using the thick

white sun barrier, that life guards apply totheir noses, would if you covered tattooswith it.

The optimal solution would be anabsorbent lotion to protect skin, with orwithout tattoos, from damage due tosolar radiation exposure. During the fol-lowing two years I formulated the origi-nal sunscreen PreSun to fill this need.

Through years of group practice, anincreasing percentage of tattooed womenvisited the office. One wore a bandanathat prompted my interest in tattooremoval. The tattoo she hid was large anddeep. It covered her forehead completely.Excision, grafting, acids, cautery, salts,cryotherapy and dermabrasion wereremoval techniques available then. Ofthese, deep dermabrasion was the prefer-able option. The procedure healed verywell enabling her to fulfill career goalswithout a bandana. Progressive photos ofthe surgery are among 12,000 tattooimages in my library. With the array oflasers available today, past removal tech-niques are rarely used, as are most primi-tive tattooing methods.

“Modern” tattooing began in the1880s with the advent of the electric tat-too needle which sped up the processfor full body tattoos. Tattooed ladiesjoined tattooed men as circus oddities.One of the few tattooed women in highsociety was born in Brooklyn andbecame the mother of Sir WinstonChurchill. Moving back through history,

Capt. Cook’s final voyage to the Sand-wich Islands in 1769 was documented inhis Journal noting that both sexes “marktheir bodies.”

The tattoo implement in use was ahumerus bone of an albatross laced to astick. In the year 325, Eskimo womenhad facial tattoos made by pulling black-ened sinew between their layers of skin.Contemporaneously, Emperor Constan-tine established Christianity as the reli-gion of the Roman Empire, and forbadefacial tattooing.

The “painted men” of Iberia were tat-tooed, and called Picts by Roman Legion-naires. For a thousand years beforeChrist, the Aztecs, Chinese and Japanesewere tattooing. In archaic Greece, menwere tattooed as a sign of nobility orbravery. Later Grecian tattoos were limit-ed to slaves and criminals. There is noevidence of tattoos among Hebrews evenbefore the Mosaic Law prohibited it.Libyan males from the same period werefound with tattooed symbols of sun wor-ship. Egyptian mummies from 2000 BCshowed tattoos on women but not men. Itis postulated that the earliest tattoos dateto the Ice Age.

Throughout the world and over10,000 years, the form of body decora-tion called tattoo has been termed “per-manent.” It is our generation of scien-tists who have removed the term “per-manently” from the history defining tat-toos. Laser technology developed by

Leon Goldman, M.D. in the 1960s con-tinues to advance rapidly. Lasers haveadapted for tattoo removal. Those ableto tolerate tattooing should manage thesensation of laser treatment well. TheQ-switched Alexandrite and Nd:YAG,chosen for tattoo removals in the Der-matology Department of the MountSinai Medical Center, are consideredthe gold standard of today.

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• Start early. The Dietary Guide-lines recommend people get at least48 grams of whole grain in their dailydiets. Get a jump on the day’s nutritionby incorporating whole grain into yourmorning routine. When choosing cere-al make sure whole grain is listed asthe first ingredient. One easy choice iscereal with the white check, which hasmore whole grain than any other sin-gle ingredient.

• Make simple swaps. Choosewhole grain versions of foods youlove. Great options include wholewheat pasta and whole wheat bread orwhole grain crackers. Also, try differ-ent types of whole grain. Use brownrice instead of white rice as a sidedish at dinner or popcorn, which is awhole grain, for a snack.

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Queens is known for its diversity, but arecent incident is bringing back questionsabout discrimination in the borough.

Ray Laizer Lengend of Queens Village wasarrested in connection with firebomb attackson four buildings in Jamaica, two of whichwere mosques. According to a statementissued by the Queens District Attorney’sOffice, Lengend allegedly said that he wantedto “take out as many Muslims and Arabs aspossible.”

Imam Maan Al-Sahlani, wholeads the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center at89-89 Van Wyck Expy., said that the attack onhis center was a shock.

“We’ve been in the community for 20years, and we’ve never had any problems withanyone in the community. People in the neigh-borhood have been very supportive, especiallynow,” Al-Sahlani said.

He also said that, while Lengend’s com-ments were disturbing, they did not hint at anyunderlying discrimination in the neighbor-hood.

“He was clearly very sick,” Al-Sahlani said.While it is believed that Lengend, who is

currently being held at Bellevue Hospital forpsychiatric evaluation, carried out his attackfor personal reasons, his violent languageagainst Muslims comes after a year when anumber of public figures made controversialstatements towards the Islamic community.

In June, Rose Marie Poveromo of the Unit-ed Community Civic Association made con-troversial statements at a town hall meeting in

Astoria that some Islamic leaders interpretedas discriminatory. Poveromo later apologizedfor the offending remarks. State Sen. MichaelGianaris (D-Astoria), who was present at themeeting, also issued an apology after comingunder fire for not speaking out against Povero-mo’s statements.

In August, Bob Turner, who was runningfor Anthony Weiner’s seat in Congress, ran aseries of attack ads that focused on his oppo-nent’s support of Park51, or the “Ground ZeroMosque.” A spokesman for now-CongressmanTurner’s campaign said that the ads ranbecause “the congressman did not think that itwas an appropriate site for the mosque and hewasn’t afraid to publicly say so.” However, thespokesman declined to say whether or notTurner felt his ads promoted discrimination ofany kind.

Most recently, NYPD surveillance of reli-gious groups was brought up during the pressconference reporting Lengend’s arrest. PoliceCommissioner Ray Kelly, who spoke at thatpress conference, declined to answer any ques-tions about NYPD surveillance programs.

Cyrus McGoldrick of the New York chapterof the Center for American-Islamic Relationshas been critical of the surveillance programsand other parts of the NYPD’s counterterror-ism program, saying that they encourage dis-crimination. He also criticized the Mayor’sOffice for defending what he calls “the war-rantless and comprehensive religious profilingof the NYPD.”

According to some Muslim advocacygroups, Islamophobia is on the rise inQueens and nationwide, and there are a

number of reasons why.“Islamophobia is caused more by ignorance

than anything else,” said Imam Shamsi Ali ofthe Jamaica Muslim Center. “People whodon’t know a lot about Islam or Muslims, andthat ignorance can turn into fear, which canturn into violence or hate.”

McGoldrick agreed, saying that discrimina-tion is a “uniquely dangerous problem” that“not only threatens our employment and rela-tionships, but also the safety of our families.”

However, he added that ignorance isn’t aproblem for Muslims exclusively.

“The problem with all intolerance is igno-rance. Studies show that people with negativeviews on Muslims also have negative views onJews, African-Americans, Latinos and immi-grants,” McGoldrick said.

“A Time Magazine study showed that of theslight majority of Americans who had a nega-tive view of Islam in August 2010, almost allof them admitted to not personally knowing aMuslim,” he said. “It’s this ignorance that isbeing manipulated by war-mongering politi-cians and the media into fear and hatred of theunknown ‘other.’”

He said that some politicians, includingRepublican presidential candidates Newt Gin-grich and Rick Santorum, have been “com-plicit in growing Islamophobia either throughtheir actions or lack of action.” Goldrick alsonoted that some politicians have been workingto discourage discrimination in their commu-nities.

Both Al-Sahlani and Ali have praised theNYPD’s treatment of the case, and Ali saidthat having a good, trusting relationship with

the NYPD was essential. However,McGoldrick had a harsher assessment of theNYPD, saying that Kelly and others have notlistened to Muslim leaders’ issues aboutunwarranted surveillance and ethnic profiling.

In light of incidents like the New Year’s Dayattack, Ali said that the most important thingthat the Muslim community can do is continueto be active.

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F ractals — irregular shapes that can be broken down into parts closely resembling the whole — are everywhere in nature: Clouds, mountain

ranges, coastlines and broccoli are just a few examples.This mathematical phenomenon can now also be found

at the Crossing Art gallery, on the ground floor of the Queens Crossing mall in Flushing, where artistic render-ings of fractals are on display until Feb. 14.

The exhibition, called “Fractal Unity,” opened last Sat-urday. It highlights fractal-like properties in the works of three New York-based multimedia artists — Hyungsub Shin, Hong Seon Jang and Buhm Hong — all of whom are originally from Korea and also happen to be good friends.

The gallery conceived the concept for the exhibition and approached the artists after noticing the recurrence of fractals in their work.

“The thing that struck us as we got to know each of the artists was not just this sense of growth by division, this kind of brachial growth, but also the mathematical nature of fractals,” said Patrick Regan, the gallery’s director.

Math and nature inspire a new art show in Flushinga new art show in Flushing

A cotton mop by artist Hyungsub Shin, part of the show "Fractal Unity" at Crossing Art gallery.A cotton mop by artist Hyungsub Shin, part of the show "Fractal Unity" at Crossing Art gallery.

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The exhibit, “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World,” hasbeen extended through March 4 at the Museum ofMoving Image at 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. The work ofthe internationally renowned puppeteer, filmmakerand television pioneer is explored in this Smithson-ian traveling exhibition which features more than120 artifacts, including drawings, storyboards, props,video material and 15 iconic original puppets ofsuch characters as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Bert andErnie. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-5p.m., Friday to 8 p.m. and weekends to 7 p.m.Admission is $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and stu-dents, $6 for children 3-18.

Enchanted Earth 2.0 Photo Exhibit by Barbara E.Leven now through Jan. 31 at the Queens BotanicalGarden, Visitor & Administration Building Gallery,43-50 Main St., Flushing.

Joseph LoGuirato’s sketched collection of historicstructures around the city will run through June 30at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Rd., Col-lege Point. Call for hours: (718) 358-0067.

Dorsky Gallery, 11-03 45 Ave., Long Island City,announces that “Video<>Object,” will remain onview through March 18. It explores the relationshipsbetween video-art and narcissism. Gallery hours areThursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closedTuesday and Wednesday), and by appointment. Forfurther information contact David Dorsky at (718)937-6317 or via email: [email protected].

“Long Island City Works,” a photo exhibit by stu-dents, will run now through Feb. 29 at the LaGuardiaCommunity College Gallery of Photographic Arts, inthe college’s B-building, 3rd floor at 30-20 Thomp-son Ave., Long Island City. Viewing hours are Mon-day through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and onSaturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Duality,” an exhibit of stoneware and bronze, con-tinues at Queensborough Community College’sart gallery in Bayside through Feb. 3. Hours areTuesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesdayand Thursday, 10 a.m.-7p.m. and Saturday andSunday, noon-5 p.m.

THEATRE“Advance Man,” episode one of The Honeycomb Tril-ogy, now through Jan. 29 at The Secret Theatre, 44-0223 St., Long Island City. Tickets are $18 general admis-sion, $15 students and seniors. Call (718) 392-0722.

“Jackson Heights 3 AM” will be presented at QueensTheatre in the Park in Flushing Meadows Park Jan. 27-Feb. 5, Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. andSundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20. Call (718) 760-0064.

“Tango 5 Senses” will be presented on Jan. 27through March 18 at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside. Hours are Fridays andSaturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. Ticketsare $30, students and seniors $27, Fridays only $25.Call (718) 729-3880 or visit thaliatheatre.org.

AUDITIONSThe Oratorio Society of Queens is holding audi-tions Monday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at the FSG Hall atTemple Beth Sholom, 172nd Street and NorthernBoulevard in Flushing. OSQ rehearses every Monday

evening from 7:45 to 10 p.m. To reserve for audi-tions, call (718) 279-3006.

The Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra has openingsin oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and bass sections.Auditions will be held during the regular rehearsals ofthe orchestra on Wednesday from 7:30-10 p.m. at theForest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. Inter-ested players should contact the conductor, FranklinVerbsky at (718) 374-1627 or (516) 785-2532.

FILMMuseum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave. inAstoria, presents a retrospective of David Cronen-berg’s films, including all his features, plus somerarely screened short films and a conversation withthe director, Jan. 21-Feb. 12. Call for details. (718)777-6800. Costs $12 for adults.

MUSICMusica Reginae Productions presents Tomorrow’sArtists Today featuring two young pianists, ShulinGuo and Tim Zhang, who will perform the worksof Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Brahms and more on Sun-day, Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. at The Church-in-the-Gar-dens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. Tickets are $20adults/ $15 seniors/ $10 students/ kids under 12are free when accompanied by an adult. For tick-ets call (718) 894-2178.

Congregation Machane Chodosh, 67-29 108 St., For-est Hills, will feature a concert by Yoel Sharabi onSaturday, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $25 for non-members and $28 at the door. Call (718) 793-5656.

FLEA MARKETSSt. Pancras, 68-20 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, will holdan indoor flea market on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 22 from 12:30-4 p.m.

St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church indoor flea market at150-75 Goethals Ave., Jamaica on Sunday, Jan. 22 from9 a.m.-4 p.m. Future dates are Feb. 12 and March 11.

The Kissena Jewish Community Council is offering aweekly flea market at the Kissena Jewish Community

Council, 43-43 Bowne St. in Flushing, every Sundayfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MEETINGSThe Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 will hold itsnext meeting at the Bowne Street Community Church,143-11 Roosevelt Ave. on Monday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m.

You Gotta Believe, a community-based older childadoption agency, is looking for families who wouldbe willing to provide love and nurturing to a child inthe foster care system. To learn more join the agencyevery Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’sServices, 89-12 162 St., Jamaica.

CLASSESA class on how to look at modern art will runseven Tuesdays from 12:15-1:15 p.m. from Jan. 24to March 6 at the Central Queens YM&YWHA, 67-09108 St., Forest Hills. The cost is $45.50 members,$56 nonmembers. Call (718) 268-5011, ext. 151.

Tai Chi classes sponsored by the Arthritis Foundationof NYC will run six more weeks, through Feb. 24, forpeople with arthritis or limited mobility, Fridays from9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35Northern Blvd. Cost is $25. Register at (718) 463- 7700x222 or flushingtownhall.org.

Dance with instructions at the Italian Charities ofAmerica, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, every Mon-day and Friday, 7:15 to 8 p.m., followed by a dancesocial. Music by Sal Escott. Admission $10.

The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes, allmediums. Daytime and evening adult classes areoffered Monday-Friday; daytime children’s classesare offered during the weekend. Classes are held atSt. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and 34th Avenue.Cost for adults are $75 for four sessions, $65 for chil-dren for eight sessions. Membership available. Forinformation, call Rob at (718) 454-0813.

The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30 St., Astoria,offers classes in Greek folk dance for adults and

teens every Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The feeis $20 monthly or $150 for the whole year. Bouzoukilessons are also available every Saturday from12:30-2 p.m. Registration is open to beginners aswell as advanced players of all ages. Students arerecommended to bring their own instruments toclass. The fee is $40 to enroll and $60 monthly. Formore information, call (718) 726-7329.

Italian Charities of America at 83-20 Queens Blvd.,Elmhurst, offers Italian classes for adults and chil-dren beginning this month. Adult classes are onTuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Chil-dren’s classes are on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-noon.The course is for 14 weeks. Price: adult — $80, chil-dren — $75 for first child, $50 for second and thirdchild. Call (718) 478-3100.

Yoga with Lorain at the Forest Hills Jewish Center,106-06 Queens Blvd. Drop in and start anytime. Sixweek series $60 members/ $80 nonmembers. Sin-gle class $15 members/ $20 nonmembers. Classesare held on Wednesdays, one at 6 p.m. and one at8 p.m. The first class will be complimentary. Call(718) 263-7000 ext. 200.

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The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. inthe auditorium of Flushing Hospital, enter at 45thAvenue and Burling Street on the first, third and fifthWednesday of the month. For information, visitflushingcameraclub.org.

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Upcoming free defensive driving class on Saturday,Feb. 4 for Melrose Credit Union members, $20 non-members at Melrose Credit Union, 139-30 QueensBlvd., Briarwood, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To pre-regis-ter, call Donnece at (718) 523-1300.

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That night everyweek, residents fromaround Queens cometo the Proper for a night of live jazz withsome of the best performers in the city.

The night is curated by the CreativeJazz Organization, which has beenputting on shows in Queens for over 35years. The CJO’s jazz night was original-ly held in Carmichael’s Diner on Guy R.Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica. The CJOrelocated to the Proper afterCarmichael’s closed.

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including Harold Ousley and Max Roach.The current crop of musicians who playat the Proper is notable as well; trum-peter James “Ajax” Baynard, a regularon Wednesday nights, played trumpet inthe Crown Heights Affair, a popular funkband in the 1970s.

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Did you hear the one about the nunand the Franciscan brother who fell in loveand had a comedian?

Though it sound likes a punchline, thoseare actually the extreme circumstancesthrough which actor, writer and stand-upveteran John Fugelsang happened tocome into this world.

Fugelsang’s unusual background, infact, forms the basis of his one-man show,“Guilt: A Love Story,” which he brings toQueens Theatre for one performance onlyon Saturday, Jan. 28,at 8 p.m.

Fugelsang, speak-ing over the phonewhile waiting for aflight out of Min-nesota on his way toNew York, Chicagoand the other loca-tions that constantlybeckon in his life-on-the-road existence, ex-plained that through the show he tells theremarkable relationship that existedbetween his parents.

“My dad carried a torch for my mom for10 long years and then got her,” he said.

Described by Queens Theatre as a“comedy-drama-suspense-romance,” theshow, according to Fugelsang, is a “reboot”of his stand-up memoir “All the WrongReasons,” for which he received a DramaLeague nomination for Distinguished Per-formance during its off-Broadway run.

While focusing on the admittedlytwisted journey his parents took as theybroke their religious vows and eventuallymarried, the show touches on a widerange of issues, among them “celebrity

white supremacists, homeland securitydisasters and unexpected miracles,”according to Queens Theatre.

Born on Long Island in 1969, Fugelsangsaid he “grew up at Shea Stadium,” and“spent some of the best times of my lifeon the 7 train,” accompanying his grand-father, a big baseball fan, to many a game.

He has a lot of friends and family mem-bers in Astoria, which he called “a magicplace between Long Island and the city.”

He is also quite familiar with theQueens Theatre, having performed a playreading there last month.

“This is a terrificfacility,” he said. “Iwant all my friendsto know about thistheater. I am sohonored to take thispiece there.”

His Queens The-atre performancemarks the kick-off anational tour, though

he said he looks for-ward to spending more time at home. Thecomedian splits his time between Green-wich Village and California.

Adding to his desire to be close to homeis the impending arrival of his first child ina couple of months.

A multi-talented performer, Fugelsangconsiders himself “an actor who does a lotof other things for stage time. I like writ-ing. With stand-up, you get to work allyour skills.”

He took his first improv class at theage of 9.

“Improvisation does what therapypromises,” he observed. “I’ll never beable to afford the therapy I need.”

Unusual upbringinga comedian’s fodder

‘Guilt: A Love Story’When: Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m.Where: Queens Theatre, Flushing

Meadows Corona ParkTickets: $40

(718) 760-0064queenstheatre.org

Comedian John Fugelsang is appearing at Queens Theatre on Jan. 28.PHOTO COURTESY QUEENS THEATRE

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One of the most captivatingpieces in the show — and thework that inspired the exhibition,according to Assistant DirectorMaria Boobis — is Hong’s “Hideand Seek,” a duo of mobile-like,kinetic sculptures made out of cop-per pipes that the artist said repre-sents a map of his mind. Whimsicalfigures cut from a two-way mirrorhang from the sculpture, and, asthe work’s title suggests, seem likethe product of a childhood reverie.

“I always focus on the space,”explained Hong at the exhibit’spress preview on Jan. 12. “Mymain question is how my imagina-tion and memories involve spacein the process of perception.”

Like a fractal, any portion of“Hide and Seek” is analogous tothe whole. A motor spins the tan-gles of metal while a projectorcasts the likeness of the sculptureson the surrounding walls, givingthe work an added dimension.

Hong also contributed a videoinstallation to the exhibition, inaddition to a series of drawingstitled “Something Forgotten,” thatdepict chimerical figures similar tothose hanging from the pipes in“Hide and Seek” — one resemblesa sea horse and another a bird.Using white pen and silver pigmenton black paper, Hong formed theimages with countless, distinguish-able individual dots, the effect ofwhich is reminiscent of constella-tions in the night sky.

“I try to figure out the shape ofmy memories,” Hong said of thedrawings.

Regan and Boobis, who curatemost of Crossing Art’s exhibitionsthemselves, stress that the processesthat went into creating each of theworks in “Fractal Unity” are crucialto understanding and appreciatingthe finished pieces. The work thatperhaps draws most attention to the

artist’s method is Jang’s “Land-scape,” a site-specific installationthat consists of orange glue drizzledover clear fishing lines affixed to twowalls, giving the impression that thedrippings are suspended in the air.

“Every single one of theseworks speaks of a sense of meticu-lousness,” Regan said. “For twodays, [Jang] was here dripping glue… It’s very meditative, almost likehe’s performing a ritual.”

In his artist’s statement, Jangexplains his affinity for workingwith found objects and productsused in everyday life.

“In giving these everyday mate-rials new meanings and aestheticpossibilities, I strive to actively prac-tice the concepts of the Easternphilosophies of the circulatory lifesystem and the continuous flow ofconnections,” he writes. Two of theartist’s older and less abstractworks, titled “Forest” and “BlackForest #2,” are also on view atCrossing Art. They consist of piecesof tape affixed to a black back-ground — the layers of tape formthe images of trees in a wood.

Like Jang, Shin also makes useof everyday objects in his art. His

works capture an amazing proper-ty inherent to fractals — thoughoddly shaped, fractals producerepetitive similarities, pointing to akind of order even amidst chaos. InShin’s “Uprooted” series, whichfeatures cotton mops whose headshave been tied to resemble treetops with progressively smallerbranches, the artist mimics a natu-rally-occurring fractal.

Shin also created one of the

more conspicuous — and at firstglance, incongruous — objects inthe exhibition: a four-foot longreplica of a head of Indian cornmade with real kernels.

“It doesn’t seem to fit in withthe ‘fractalness, ’ but you’redealing with math, with the ker-nel as a unit of information,”explains Regan. “The kernelcannot change, but the sum ofinformation can.” Q

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Different parts of “Hide and Seek” by Buhm Hong — on view at CrossingArt — resemble the whole, a quality unique to geometric shapes knownas fractals. PHOTO COURTESY BRATTLEBORO MUSEUM AND ART CENTER

‘Fractal Unity’When: Through Feb. 14.

Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Where: Crossing Art,

Queens Crossing mall, 136-17 39 Ave., Flushing

Tickets: Free(212) 359-4333crossingart.com

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIESThe Wednesday Night Singles Group of the SFYAdult Center, 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck,invites you to social evenings with special guestspeakers on the second and fourth Wednesdays ofeach month from 7-9 p.m. Fee: $7 Adult Centermembers, $9 nonmembers.

SPECIAL EVENTSA homebuyer fair will be held on Saturday, Jan.28 from 12:30-5 p.m. at PS 69, 77-02 37 Ave.,Jackson Heights, where you will have an opportu-nity to meet with local lenders, developers andindustry professionals.

A scrapbooking and card making session will be heldat the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queensat 147-54 Ash Ave., Flushing, on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 1p.m. Cost is $20 per person. Your choice of 4-12 scrap-book pages (Christmas themed) or 10 cards withenvelopes (Valentine or UU themed... all occasion).Use of all tools, stamps and materials. RSVP [email protected] or call (717) 723-0973.

Meet Art Shamsky, 1969 World Series Outfielder,at a luncheon on Sunday, Jan. 22 at noon at theForest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for children. Reserveby calling (718) 263-7000.

SUPPORT GROUPSProblem with cocaine or other mind-altering sub-stances? For local Cocaine Anonymous meetingscall: 1-(212) COCAINE.

Drug problem? Call Narcotics Anonymous Helplineat (718) 962-6244 or visit westernqueensna.com.Meetings are held seven days a week.

Co-dependents Anonymous (women only) meetsevery Friday at 10 a.m. at Resurrection AscensionPastoral Center, 85-18 61st Road, Rego Park.

The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundationfor Religion and Mental Health announces a freeWomen’s Support Group on alternate Thursdaymornings at 10 a.m. at the Kissena Jewish Center,43-43 Bowne St., Flushing. If you are experiencinganxiety, fear or stress and are searching for a venuethat can provide understanding, compassion andrespect, call to register at (718) 461-6393.

Nar-Anon is a self-help support group for anyoneaffected by a loved one’s use/abuse of drugs. Thegroup meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in thebasement lounge at the Church in the Gardens, 50Ascan Ave., Forest Hills. For information, call 1(800)984-0066, or go to nar-anon.org.

Schizophrenics Anonymous meets on Sundays at10 a.m. at L.I. Consultation Center, 97-29 64thRoad, Rego Park.

SENIOR ACTIVITIESThe Woodhaven Senior Center, 87-04 88 Ave.,announces free exercise classes at the center. StayWell on Monday includes stress reduction; yoga onThursday includes meditation time. The center isopen five days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70 Ave.,is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thecenter offers a variety of activities and exercise class-es including Wii sports, billiards, bingo, computerclasses and monthly bus trips. For information, callKaren at (718) 456-2000.

The Rockaway Boulevard Senior Center, 123-10 143St., South Ozone Park, offers service programs Mon-day-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. lunch is at noon with a sug-gested donation of $1.50. Exercise programs include:tai chi stretch, dance groups, choral group, ceramic,camera class, computer classes, trips, birthday partiesand more. For more information, call (718) 657-6752.

United Hindu Senior Center, 118-09 Sutter Ave.,South Ozone Park, offers free vegetarian lunch, healthpromotion, nutrition education, cards and games,mammograms and blood pressure screenings. In addi-tion, we provide transportation for many seniors viabus. For more information, call (718) 323-8900.

A leisure group meets every Wednesday at 11 a.m.at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turn-pike, Flushing, for area seniors.

The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniorsaged 60 and older to become members. The centeroffers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, billiards, cre-ative writing, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, paint-ing and sketching classes, bingo, ballroom and linedancing, Wii bowling and computer classes. The cen-ter also takes many trips, including a monthly excur-sion to Atlantic City. It is located at 156-45 84th St.,use the 85th St. entrance, open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Lunch is served at noon. For more information, call(718) 738-8100, or visit their new website athowardbeachseniorcenter.org.

The Samuel Field YWHA, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy.,Little Neck, is seeking individuals who would like tovolunteer their time to teach a class in the olderadult services or computer department. Applicantsshould have some experience either teaching orworking in their field of interest, but those with aspecific hobby they would like to share are welcometo apply. To volunteer, call (718) 225-6750, ext. 233.

Activities at the Clearview Senior Center, 208-1126th Ave., Bayside, are held Monday-Friday. Formore information, call (718) 224-7888.

The Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, 68-52Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, offers a full Mondaythrough Friday schedule from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Activities include hot lunches served daily toseniors 60 and over at noon, monthly theme par-ties, health nutrition and education classes, bloodpressure screening, chair yoga and group dancingto live music twice a week.

VOLUNTEERSThe Louis Armstrong House, the longtime home ofthe great musician Louis Armstrong, is a nationalhistoric landmark located on 107 St. in Corona. It isnow open to the public as a historic house museumand needs volunteers to assist in the Welcome Cen-ter. For information, contact Deslyn Dyer at (718)478-8274 or on the web: satchmo.net.

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After those experiences, he came torealize that “playing Atari games withfriends wasn’t so interesting,” and thathe “felt more at home with grown-ups” than with youngsters his own age.He went on to attend New York Uni-versity’s School of Film and Television.

As a comedian with a political bent,he said he has been “banned from theclubs that pay.” But he’s had greatsuccess appearing in big theaters andopera houses around the country.

A live recording he’s on, “StephanieMiller’s Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour Vol.1,” has been burning up the comedyalbum charts, including Billboard,Amazon and iTunes.

“It’s not the same as having the No.1 pop album, but it’s very satisfying,”he said. “It’s great to know there’s anaudience out there for this.”

Some of the best audiences he everperformed for, he noted, were in Cen-tral America, where he went to enter-tain American troops who were therefighting in the drug wars.

But regardless of where he performs,Fugelsang always feels at home onstage.

“I get stage fright in the world, noton stage,” he explained. “If you’vedone the work, stage fright is not aproblem.”

He attributes his social anxiety to his“irregular upbringing.”

“I have second-hand religious guilt.My parents were married to Jesus. Iwasn’t supposed to be here. Theypromised God I wouldn’t happen.”

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: NYUS GROUP A, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/10/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 39-15 Main Street, Suite 301, Flushing, NY 11354. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FTJW, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/16/11. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2051. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 53-18 72nd Place, Maspeth, New York 11378. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of KATHRYN M. QUIGLEY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/14/11. Office in Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 217 West 19th St., Apt. 9, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Consulting.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF UNION

IN THE GENERAL COURTOF JUSTICE

DISTRICT COURT DIVISIONFILE NO.:11 CVD 3094

CHRISTINE ANN FUSCO, Plaintiff,vs. VINCENT MATTHEW FUSCO,

Defendant.TO: VINCENT MATTHEW FUSCO, Defendant, 90-38 214th Street, Queens Village, NY 11428TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce.You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 21st day of February, 2012, said date being forty (40) days from the first publication of this notice, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.This 9th day of January, 2012.Stephen M. Bennett,Attorney for PlaintiffCALDWELL HELDER HELMS & ROBISON, P.A., P.O. Drawer 99, Monroe, North Carolina 28111-0099, Telephone: (704) 289-4577

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO LAW, that the NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday February 1, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., at 66 John Street, 11th floor, on a petition from Barosa Inc., to continue to maintain and operate an enclosed sidewalk café at 62-29 Woodhaven Blvd. in the Borough of Queens, for a term of two years.REQUEST FOR COPIES OF THE PROPOSED REVOCABLE CONSENT AGREEMENT MAY BE ADDRESSED TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, ATTN: FOIL OFFICER, 42 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10004.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: FEDERAL RECYCLING L.L.C. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/18/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF BUNCOMBE

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISIONFILE NO: 11 CVD 04781PAULINE C. PORRETTO,

Plaintiff,vs. EUGENIO G. HERNANDEZ,

Defendant.NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS

BY PUBLICATIONTO: EUGENIO G. HERNANDEZ, DefendantTAKE NOTICE that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: Absolute Divorce.You are required to make defense to such pleadings no later than the 5th day of 2012 said date being forty (40) days from the first publication of this notice; and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.THIS the 29th day of December, 2011.Carol B. Andres, Attorney for Plaintiff NC Bar No: 17323, 120 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-258-1580

SUPREME COURTQUEENS COUNTY

MATTER OF DOROTHY WALKERAN INCAPACITATED PERSON

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THIS COURT DATED DECEMBER 6, 2011 BY HONORABLE LAWRENCE CULLEN, A JUSTICE OF THIS COURT AN APPLICATION TO SELL PREMISES, 119-22 SMITH STREET, JAMAICA, N.Y. BEING A PLOT 60 x 105 WILL BE MADE ON THE 24 DAY OF JANUARY AT 9:30 A.M. AT I.A.S. PART 25G OF THE SUPREME COURT AT 88-11 SUTPHIN BLVD., JAMAICA, N.Y. 11435 SAID PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR SALE AS IS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE COURT, FOR THE PRICE OF $301,000.00, CONTACT CHRISTINE MOONEY, ESQ., AT 265 SUNRISE HIGHWAY, SUITE 1119, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. 11570 AND (516) 816 6169.

To Advertise Call 718-205-8000 LEGAL NOTICES

PROBATE CITATION File No. 2011-619SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY

CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO: To the Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of Martha McDaniels a/k/a Marti McDaniels, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, and toCarl Baden, Karol Buchanen, Nicole Kaler and the Public Administrator of Queens CountyA petition having been duly filed by Regina Mercedes Walker, Executor, who is domiciled at 203 Dupont Ave., Hopatcong, NJ 07843 (Mailing address: PO Box 563, Hopatcong, NJ 07843.YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on the 2nd day of February, 2012, at 9:30 A.M. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Martha McDaniels, lately domiciled at 39-35 51st St., #3B, Woodside, NY 11377, admitting to probate a Will dated July 19, 2007, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Martha McDaniels, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Regina Mercedes Walker.Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 30, 2011Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate; Margaret M. Gribbon, Chief Clerk;Erica Bell, ESQ., Attorney for Petitioner, 212-967-571011 Park Place, Suite 606, New York, NY 10007NOTE This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

File No.: 2010-4680/A CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENTTo: Gyula Andor Fendt, Attorney General of the State of New York,The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of JULIUS LISKA, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of JULIUS LISKA, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 82-45 Grenfell Street, Kew Gardens, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of JULIUS LISKA, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 1 day of March, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $8,101.65 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 3rd day of January, 2012, HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County; Margaret M. Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court; GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374. This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

File No.: 2011-185/B CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENTTo: Bradford Benjamin, Robert Benjamin, Taffy Benjamin, Miriam Price, Barbara Gordon, Judith Buchalter, Patricia Freeman, Michael Brooks, Audrey Guttin, Richard Brooks, Marjorie Brooks, Attorney General of the State of New York, the unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of ADRIENNE BROOKS, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of ADRIENNE BROOKS, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 119-19 Graham Court, Flushing, in the County of Queens, State of New York.SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of ADRIENNE BROOKS, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 23rd day of February, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $26,905.59 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 5.5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim from Bradford Benjamin in the amount of $9,295.00 should not be rejected; and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, Attested and Sealed 23rd day of December, 2011, HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens County; Margaret M. Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court; GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374. This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF QUEENSIndex No. 20595/11

Date of filing: September 1, 2011SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE

Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate.TD BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO COMMERCE BANK, N.A, Plaintiff(s), -against- KONSTANTINOS EVIRPIOTIS, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows of her, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, and “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10”, the last 10 names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the verified complaint, Defendant(s).

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.If the United States of America is named as a Defendant in this action, it only, shall have Sixty (60) days to answer the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHTTHE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $245,000.00 and interest, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on August 7, 2006, in CRFN: 2006000444976, covering premises known as 106-08 27th Avenue, in Flushing, New York (Block 1665, and Lot 4).The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.TO the defendant, Konstantinos Evirpiotis, the Foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. James A. Rios of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed on December 14, 2011, with the complaint in the County of Queens, State of New York.NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU D0 NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE, ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION.YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.Dated: Mineola, New York, December 23, 2011Cohn & Roth, By: William M. Roth, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, (516) 747-3030

HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURENew York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises.The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process.To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 877BANKNYS (877_226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.usThe State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

CITATION File No. 2010-4927SURROGATE’S COURT, Queens COUNTY

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO: Heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of EDWARD BASTA, deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors In interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence, Public Administrator of the Queens CountyA petition having been duly filed by Monica Honich, who is domiciled at 151-14 11th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on February 9, 2012 , at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Edward Basta, aka Edward W. Basta lately domiciled at 151-36 11th Avenue, Whitestone, New York 11357, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated August 18, 2010 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Edward Basta deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Monica HonichDated, Attested and Sealed, December 7, 2011Hon. Peter J. Kelly, Surrogate; Margaret Gribbon, Chief Clerk; Carol M. Adams, Attorney, Ronald Fatoullah & Associates, 60 Cuttermill Road, Suite 507, Great Neck, New York 11021, (516) 466-4422NOTE This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

CITATIONFile No.: 2009-3873/D

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKBY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT

To: Barbara Prunchak, Robert Prunchak, Barry S. Seidel, NYC Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services, Attorney General of the State of New York,

The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of ANNA KRUK, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained.Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distributees or otherwise in the Estate of ANNA KRUK, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 101-55 97 Street, Ozone Park, in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING:Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSENBLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of ANNA KRUK, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 8th day of March, 2012 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administrator of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $9,918.45 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connection with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of 6% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the expenses of said office pursuant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim from Barry S. Seidel for services as Guardian ad Litem should not be paid in an amount to be determined by the court; and why the claim from NYC Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services in the amount of $310,298.21 should not be paid to the extent of the net residuary estate,Dated, Attested and Sealed10th day of January, 2012HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, Queens CountyMargaret M. Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’s CourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file formal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.Accounting Citation

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK-COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX# 11772/2011 FILED: 5/13/2011 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgage premise is situated. DUETSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR5, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AR5 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATES MARCH 1, 2005, Plaintiff, against MAURICIO ZAPATA, CARMEN M. RODRIGUEZ, if she be living and if she be dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint herein, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, INC., UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, HERITAGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, EQUITABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL, LLC, WORKERS COMPENSATION BOARD OF NEW YORK STATE, CAPITAL ONE BANK, NYS DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NYC TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the Complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of the summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service hereof. In case of failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens on 10/1/2004 in CRFN: 2004000615862 covering premises known as 89-15 86th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. To the above named defendants: the foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. David Elliot, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, filed 5/13/2011 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York. Block: 8968 Lot: 50 said premises known as 89-15 86th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THERE IS DUE AND OWING TO PLAINTIFF THE SUM OF $267,862.72 WITH INTEREST THEREON AT 2.652% PER ANNUM FROM 7/1/2010, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE INTEREST, LATE CHARGES, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, ESCROW ADVANCES, ETC. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD. THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR IF DEFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOUSE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during the process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877 Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The Law Offices Of Jordan S. Katz, P.C., Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 395 N. Service Rd., Suite 401, Melville, NY 11747 (631)454-8059 Our file #: JSK 15102.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 83-05 3RD AVE LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/30/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 23-15 24th Ave., Astoria, NY 11102. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

AJF PROPERTIES LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/09/2010. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 51-46 65 St., Woodside, NY 11377. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

GILDAN MEDIA, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/13/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 66-31 Wetherole St., Rego Park, NY 11374. General Purposes.

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1260038 for on premises beer and wine consumption has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at OGMA PIZZA INC. under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 8340 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432 for on-premises consumption.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: GID INDUSTRIES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/29/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Trevor Desmond, 5828A 47th Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: ROTANA LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/16/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Rowshan A. Taufique, 148-52 87th Road, Jamaica, NY 11435. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICEThe Gohar Family LLC filed Articles of Organization to be an LLC on September 23, 2011. On October 20, 2011, the Articles were amended to change the name to Seven Starr Realty I LLC. The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. The address of the LLC is 175 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375 in Queens County. The purpose of the LLC is real estate investment and management.

Notice of Formation of THE WARRIORS PEST MANAGEMENT L.L.C., a domestic or foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State on AUGUST 30, 2011. NY Office location: Queens County. Secretary of State is designated as agent upon who process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC service upon him/her to C/O 215-14 46th Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PURVIS FUNDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/11. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Criterion Group LLC, 35-11 36th Street, Astoria, New York 11106. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of 25 HAMPTON LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/13/11. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 108-18 Queens Blvd., Ste. 907, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 12/31/2099. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: 75 Street LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/14/2011. Office location is Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 90-10 75 Street, Woodhaven, NY 11424. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

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From now until Jan. 26, rock ’n’ roll fanswill have the opportunity to bid on iconicpieces of 1960s and ’70s New York City his-tory that are being auctioned online by RRAuction, a New Hampshire-based company.

Some 700 pieces of music ephemera areup for grabs, including a rare cardboardposter promoting the 1964 Forest Hills MusicFestival, where Joan Baez introduced BobDylan. The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, HarryBelafonte, Johnny Mathis and others are list-ed as performers at the summer fest.

Two iconic items from Forest Hills’ own,the Ramones, will also be up for auction: oneof Joey Ramone’s guitars and a stage-wornleather jacket owned by Marky Ramone.

Bobby Livingston, a spokesman for RRAuction, predicted the guitar could sell foranywhere between $70,000 and $80,000. Thejacket, which inspired generations of punks, isa great nostalgic piece, he said.

“It’s so reminiscent. It just takes you rightto the Ramones, and it was used in that greatperiod from ’78 to ’83.”

Livingston believes the jacket will sell forsomewhere between $20,000 and $25,000.

Among the other items up for grabs areartifacts linked to Jimi Hendrix, the Sex Pis-tols, Janis Joplin and others. For more, visitrrauction.com.

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A 1964 poster touting appearances by theBeatles, Joan Baez and other icons at theForest Hills Tennis Stadium is one of 700items up for grabs in a rock auction thatbegins today. IMAGES COURTESY RR AUCTION

A leather jacket worn by Marky Ramone andan electric guitar belonging to Joey Ramoneare also for sale.

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by Ron MarzlockChronicle Contributor

On March 12, 1968 Cary Grant, whowas going through a nasty divorce, ran intosome bad luck. While he was being drivento Kennedy Airport to return to Los Ange-les for court proceedings, a tire assemblybroke off a truck and hit his limousine.

The film icon suffered a broken noseand broken ribs and was taken to St. John’sHospital in Elmhurst. The trial went onwithout him, and on March 20 he wasordered to pay $4,500 a month to hisfourth wife, Dyan Cannon. On March 21the divorce was made final.

During his stay at St. John’s, Grantfound out from Sister Thomas FrancisCushing, the executive director, that thehospital was in great financial difficulty.Because of the great care he had received,Grant offered to pose for a photo with any-body in the hospital for $5 and donate themoney. He posed with 451 people.

In 2009, St. John’s was in financial dif-ficulty again. Without a benefactor thehospital closed and was sold at auction onOct. 16, 2009 to Guttman Realty for $13.5million. It is unclear what will become ofthe 275,000-square-foot building. If onlyGrant, who died in 1986, had been there tohelp, who knows what might have been.

CorrectionsThe Jan. 12 I Have Often Walked col-

umn contained some errors. The firm thatdeveloped Fresh Meadows was misidenti-fied. It was New York Life Insurance. TheHorn and Hardart restaurant’s location,business model and successors were incor-rect. It was at 61-09 190 St., was not anautomat but used servers, became a bagelshop and diner and is now Hooters. TheH&H at 61-40 188 St. was a retail storeand is now Qdoba. We regret the errors.Q

I HAVE OFTEN WALKEDCary Grant’s grant to St. John’s Hospital

Joined by Sister Thomas Francis Cushing andstaffers, Cary Grant leaves St. John’s Hospital.

by Lloyd CarrollChronicle Contributor

It’s funny how perceptions can rapidlychange in the NFL. On Dec. 18 the conven-tional wisdom was that Giants head coachTom Coughlin was certain to be dismissed atthe end of the season after the team’s loss tothe Washington Redskins at MetLife Stadium.

At the time the Jets seemed New York’s bet-ter bet to make it to the Super Bowl. When theGiants handily beat the Jets on Christmas Eve,the two teams’ fortunes reversed. The Jetswould go on to lose their final game to theMiami Dolphins and begin an off-season offinger-pointing. Offensive coordinator BrianSchottenheimer submitted his resignation(read: was fired) while anonymous sourcescriticized QB Mark Sanchez’s work ethic.

The Giants went one to defeat the DallasCowboys on New Year’s Day to become NFCEast champs. To punctuate that the accom-plishment was not a fluke, Big Blue beat theAtlanta Falcons (who are owned by Flushingnative Arthur Blank) at home, and moreimpressively, the defending Super Bowl title-holders, the Green Bay Packers, on the frozentundra of storied Lambeau Field in the firsttwo rounds of the playoffs. The Giants travelto San Francisco to meet the 49ers on Sundayto determine which NFC team will go to theSuper Bowl in Indianapolis on Feb. 6.

The upset of the Packers last Sunday madea lot of folks happy besides the Giants andtheir fans. The 49ers now get to play at home,saving their players a trip to freezing Wiscon-

sin and allowing the team’s owners to reap theenormous revenues of a home playoff game.You better believe that sportscasters Joe Buckand Troy Aikman, as well as the entire FoxSports team would rather spend next Sundayin temperate and exciting San Francisco thanin frigid and sleepy Green Bay.

I spent last week in the Phoenix area, andas luck would have it, the Islanders and theNets played there while I was in the Valleyof the Sun.

I witnessed one of sports’ greatest rarities— the Nets winning a game, and on the roadno less. The stars lined up just right as theNets, a team never known for good outsideshooting, hit an incredible 15 three-pointshots, while point guard Deron Williams had acareer game with 35 points and 14 assists. TheNets were lucky that the Phoenix Suns werewithout their star point guard, Steve Nash, andplaying their third game in as many nights.

The Islanders were not as fortunate as theylost to the Coyotes 5-1. The team’s only goalcame on a power play. As their head coachJack Capuano has frequently stated, they haveto find a way to score when their opponentshave five players on the ice.

Forest Hills native Ian Eagle showed whyhe is arguably the hardest-working sportscast-er. Last Friday he was in Phoenix working theNets game; on Saturday afternoon he was inTucson for the Arizona-Oregon game that wasbroadcast on CBS; right after that he flew on ared-eye to Philadelphia to take a limo to Balti-more to call an NFL playoff game on radio. Q

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