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by Liz RhoadesManaging Editor

The announcement over theweekend that Jeff Gottlieb,who is Jewish, has entered

the Democratic primary race for the6th Congressional District haddrawn outrage from the other Jewishcandidate, Assemblyman RoryLancman, over tactics by the countyDemocratic Party and another of hisopponents.

Lancman discussed what hecalled the “complete sham candida-cy” of Gottlieb on Monday, adding:“It’s an outrageous and cynical tac-tic. And I think it will backf irebadly.”

The Queens Democratic Party hasendorsed Assemblywoman GraceMeng of Flushing for the seat. Lanc-man, of Fresh Meadows, and CityCouncilwoman Elizabeth Crowley ofMiddle Village are also running,forcing a June 26 primary.

Lancman, along with other politi-cal watchers, say the party leader-ship’s intent is for Gottlieb to takeaway some of his support in theJewish community, leading to aMeng victory.

The City & State website report-ed that Queens Democrats first triedto involve Matthew Silverstein, astate committeeman, who is alsoJewish, to run for the seat, but heturned the offer down. “Gottlieb lis-tens to what they say,” Lancmansaid. “Just last week he was havingpetitions signed for Meng. He hasno money, no website and is not acredible candidate. It was done todeceive the Jewish voters.”

Gottlieb, 70, is a retired CardozoHigh School teacher who has heldnumerous appointed jobs with thecounty Democrats, having workedfor lawmakers Martin Povman,David Weprin, Joe Addabbo Jr.,Alan Hevesi and Brian McLaughlin.He is now employed at the Board ofElections, another appointed job.

On Tuesday, Lancman issued astatement condemning Meng for herpart in what he sees as a plot.“Today, the Meng campaign hasbeen caught red-handed in one ofthe most malicious schemes any ofus have ever seen: an outrageousploy to deceive Jewish voters with afraudulent candidate designed tomanipulate the electoral process inher favor,” he said. “Based ontoday’s revelations, Meng owes thevoters an apology for concoctingthis sham, and Meng should fire hermain campaign operative, MichaelNussbaum, for his role in perpetrat-ing this fraud.”

On the City & State website, itwas reported that Meng’s spokesman,Michael Tobman, conf irmed thatNussbaum had asked Silverstein tojoin the race, but indicated he was

not serious.Nussbaum heads Multi-Media

Public Relations, the political con-sulting firm which operates out ofthe offices of the Queens Tribune.

Sources told the Chronicle that

Silverstein informed Lancman whathad transpired during a private dis-cussion at a meeting of CommunityBoard 7 in Flushing Monday night.

Reached by phone, Gottlieb said

Angry reaction to Gottlieb candidacyCongressional opponent Lancman says ploy is to divide Jewish vote

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Diner owner Spiros Kaloudis, left, with Assemblyman Rory Lancman at theCornerstone Diner in Hillcrest on Monday. PHOTO BY LIZ RHOADES

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SOUTH UEENS NEWSQIn Ozone Park, factory takes a ride with vets

by Anna GustafsonSenior Editor

Winding through a maze ofwelders bent over metal frames andworkers painting bicycles every-thing from brilliant shades of redto what is known as “hell onwheels” khaki, two military menwounded in Iraq and Afghanistantoured the country’s only remain-ing bike factory in Ozone Park lastweek — which will now be donat-ing money to a group helping oth-ers like them.

Worksman Cycles announced lastThursday it is issuing a new series ofbicycles, and at least 10 percent ofthe revenue from each one sold willbe donated to the Wounded WarriorProject. The WWP is a nonprofitthat was founded not long after theIraq War began in 2003 and helpsreturning soldiers with everythingfrom finding employment to receiv-ing benefits and physical programs,such as the “Soldier Ride,” an annu-al four-day cycling event held inNew York and other cities across thecountry.

“Anything that can help the pro-ject is def initely a really good

thing,” said retired Cpl. TimothyStrobel, a 30-year-old from Bellport,LI, who was once told he may neverwalk again after being shot in theleg while serving in Iraq in 2007. “Iwas laid up with a hole in my legwhen I first joined Wounded War-riors. I was depressed, and theymade me feel like I’m not a statistic.They helped me get my benefits.They helped me get engaged.”

Strobel, who now not only walks,but rides bikes, joined retired ArmySgt. Stephen Siwulec, of Nesconset,LI; Wounded Warrior cofounder AlGiordano and Worksman Cyclesrepresentatives for last week’s tourof the manufacturer, during whichtime they got a glimpse of how thebicycles being made to supportWounded Warrior are constructed.

“We’re the last bike manufacturerin America, and over the last fewyears we’ve gotten more and moreand more of a positive response thatwe’re made in America,” said BruceWeinreb, director of custom pro-grams and special markets at Works-man Cycles. “We decided to reachout to other organizations that areiconic American, and it took us five

minutes to say, ‘Wounded WarriorProject.’”

The bicycles being made for thegroup, which include models formen and women and come in twomilitary-style colors — “haze grey”and “hell on wheels khaki” — rangein price from a little more than $400to the mid $600s. Currently, they’reavailable through the company’swebsite, worksmancycles.com, butWorksman President Wayne Sosinsaid the firm plans on soon rollingthem out to retailers in places acrossthe country.

“The Wounded Warrior bicyclewill be on display in key cities,”Sosin said.

Sosin noted that the companywill donate at least $50 from everypurchase to Wounded Warrior andhas no maximum limit to what itwill give.

Founded in 1898 by MorrisWorksman, the company first builtits bikes in a small shop where theWorld Trade Center would come tobe located. The company moved inthe 1970s to a former candle factory— marked by blue windows that

Worksman Cycles builds bikes to benefit Wounded Warrior Project


Worksman Cycles President Wayne Sosin, left, Army Sgt. Stephen Siwulec, Cpl.Timothy Strobel, Wounded Warrior Project cofounder Al Giordano and Bruce Wein-reb, of Worksman Cycles, pose with the bicycles that an Ozone Park factory ismaking to benefit Wounded Warrior. PHOTO BY ANNA GUSTAFSON


Making their way through thick blacksmoke that poured from a Lindenwood apart-ment building last Friday, Brooklyn firefight-ers faced almost no visibility as they searchedfor — and rescued — a woman who was hav-ing a heart attack as the blaze swept throughthe unit’s fourth floor.

The firefighters from Engine 225 and Lad-der 107 pulled Marie Loughlin, 64, to safety,

and she was transported to Jamaica HospitalMedical Center. A center spokeswoman saidbecause Loughlin had burns covering morethan 50 percent of her body, she was broughtto the hyperbaric chamber at New York Hospi-tal Cornell. She remains in critical condition.

“It feels great; this is why we do the job,”James Goelz, a firefighter from Ladder 107,said of the rescue. “It’s what this job is allabout.”

About 60 firefighters battled the flamesthat broke out because of “carelesssmoking” on the fourth floor of a six-floor apartment building on 88thStreet around 7:30 a.m., the FDNYsaid.

When the firefighters arrived at thescene, they discovered a large crowdcongregated in front of the building.Rushing to the third floor to determinethe building’s layout, the firefightersthen climbed to the fourth floor, wherethey said they encountered incrediblyintense heat and black smoke thatforced them to use a thermal imagingcamera to guide them.

Discovering Loughlin’s door wasleft ajar, Goelz said he managed tofind the woman when he felt her foot.

He and firefighter John Bunning, who hadcelebrated his 43rd birthday the day before,then carried her to the door of the apartment.

Another firefighter met them at the top ofthe stairs and helped to bring her outside.

After ensuring Loughlin’s safety, Goelzreturned to the apartment to search for othervictims.

Officials said four others from the apart-ment building were treated for smoke inhala-

tion, but they were not as seriously injured asLoughlin.

The FDNY said the fire began because ofimproperly discarded cigarettes in the building— which is something that a Bayside residentis fighting to keep from happening throughoutthe city.

Phil Konigsberg is asking the City Counciland the mayor’s off ice to ban smoking inmulti-family residences, condos and co-ops. Q

Firefighters rescue Lindenwood womanMore than 60 people battled blaze that erupted in apartment building

Firefighters from Engine 225 and Ladder 107 in Brooklyn gather at their firehouse after rescuing awoman in a Lindenwood apartment building. PHOTO COURTESY FDNY PHOTO UNIT

Firefighters respond to a blaze at a Lindenwood apartmentbuilding last Friday. PHOTO BY THEODORE PARISIENNE

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Community Board 9 rejected a call by somemembers to re-do an election this week after thewrong person was crowned chairwoman duringa mix-up last month.

At the board’s March 14 meeting in Wood-haven, CB 9 officials announced membersvoted 18-17 to elect Joan DeCamp as the newchairwoman. However, they recounted the votesthe following morning and discovered the votewas actually 18-17 in favor of the sitting chair-woman, Andrea Crawford.

Since then, DeCamp filed a formal objectionto Queens Borough President Helen Marshall’soffice, which referred the matter to the city law

department. The law department has said ballotswere not counted incorrectly and that the matterboiled down to a misstatement by a CB 9 staffmember who attributed the wrong name to thewrong ballot count.

“We went through our procedures at ourexecutive committee meeting, and we realizedwe have to tighten up our procedures,” Craw-ford said at Tuesday night’s meeting at VillaRusso Il Palazzo in Richmond Hill. “There willbe two counts done. People will be seated, and itwon’t be done at the end of the meeting wheneveryone’s tired.”

At Tuesday’s meeting, some board membersargued there should be another vote for chair-person, while others said the group should moveon. Ultimately, they voted 25-15 to not holdanother election, with f ive new membersabstaining.

The group would have needed two-thirds ofthe members present to vote for a new electionin order for it to be held.

“I feel a bit uncomfortable with the wholesituation,” said board member Nick Comaianni.“I feel very uncomfortable the election wasoverturned the next day behind closed doors.”

Sam Esposito, another board member, agreedwith Comaianni.

“These ballets went home unaccounted for,”Esposito said. “None of us got to see them.”

Crawford emphasized that the ballots havebeen available for any board member to review

at the CB 9 office.Board member Maria Thomson said she did

not agree with holding another election.“This is ridiculous,” Thomson said. “We have

new members on the board who weren’t herelast month. This is not correct. This is out oforder.”

DeCamp, who has been working with CB 9leaders to revamp the group’s election regula-tions, said another vote “would not be out oforder,” and that the borough president wouldaccept the results.

Alexander Blenkinsopp, who began servingon the board this month, said a vote on holdinganother election puts the new members in an“awkward position.”

“We don’t know what happened at the lastmeeting,” Blenkinsopp said.

Each of the five new members abstained dur-ing the vote.

Board member Sylvia Hack emphasized thatthe board should focus on moving on instead offocusing on past mistakes.

“We’ve always operated in a very congenialway,” Hack said. “You have the ballots; youknow what the count is. To try and undo a legalelection is truly unheard of.”

Still, board member Regina Santoro said lastmonth’s mix-up has other ramifications.

“I would’ve nominated Joan for vice-chair,but I couldn’t because I thought she was chair,”Santoro said.

In other meeting news, Councilman EricUlrich (R-Ozone Park) announced the city hasbegun construction on what will be PS 316, anew elementary school slated to open at 90thStreet and 101st Avenue in September 2014.

The school will house 416 seats.“It’ll help alleviate the overcrowding at near-

by schools,” Ulrich said. We’re very excitedthat’s underway.”

Meanwhile, CB 9 District Manager MaryAnn Carey reported she testified at the end ofMarch on the mayor’s proposed budget, whichshe said would decimate the budgets of commu-nity boards across the city.

“There is this unrelenting budget war themayor continues to wage on communityboards,” Carey said. Q

CB 9 votes down new electionSays it should move on after wrong person named victor

Councilman Eric Ulrich, center, speaks to Com-munity Board 9 on Tuesday night, as CB 9Chairwoman Andrea Crawford, right, and Dis-trict Manager Mary Ann Carey listen.

PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

Joan DeCamp listens at the CB 9 meeting asmembers debate whether or not to hold a new vote.

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EDITORIAL AGEPDirty tricks trump democracy

The Queens Democratic leadershipappears to be pulling out all the stopsto ensure that Flushing Assembly-

woman Grace Meng will be the party’snominee for the newly redrawn 6th Con-gressional District this fall.

But the latest maneuver is infuriating tomany of the rank and file and, above all, onelawmaker faithful to the party who’s been inoffice for nearly six years, AssemblymanRory Lancman of Fresh Meadows.

Here’s what’s happened so far in this intra-party battle of the blue staters:

Rep. Gary Ackerman of Baysideannounced that he will not seek re-election inNovember. The party quickly picked risingstar Meng as its nominee to succeed him. Butthen Lancman, as well as City Council-woman Elizabeth Crowley of Middle Village,announced plans to run a primary challengeagainst Meng for the nomination.

Then this week Jeff Gottlieb, a party func-

tionary who has never served in electiveoffice but has worked for seemingly half theDemocrats in Queens at one time or another,announced that he too will run in the prima-ry. That’s what made Lancman flip his lidand cry conspiracy.

The problem is that both Lancman andGottlieb are Jewish, and the assemblymansays — correctly — that his new opponent isnot really serious about winning the primary.He was put up to launching his run at theleadership’s behest just to divide the Jewishvote, making it easier for Meng to win.

There had already been concern thatCrowley, a first cousin of Rep. Joe Crowley,the party leader, entered the race to divide thewhite vote, also to benefit Meng. Others saythe congressman was not happy to see thecouncilwoman try to upset his plan for victo-ry. But cynics might think that’s anothercanard, and that she also did it to make peo-ple think she’s more independent of her

cousin than her critics say.The idea that Gottlieb is running as a

spoiler is bolstered by a report in City &State that says Matthew Silverstein, anactive Democrat from Bayside, was asked byparty insider Michael Nussbaum to run butsaid no, just before Gottlieb announced. Sil-verstein too is Jewish.

Republican Councilman Dan Halloran, thelikely GOP nominee, must be enjoying allthis. Halloran has no primary opponent. Ofcourse, his party has its own problems, likethe ongoing legal battle over who’s in chargeof it, and the probe into a party official whoallegedly sought money from a companylooking to do business with the city.

It’s a shame that ethnicity plays such a rolein city politics, but it does. It’s a disgrace,however, that a party can’t just let its choicefor office run on her own strengths, butinsists on manipulating the system in such amanner. Not to mention the voters.

The city has bigger issues, butthe mess created at one cor-ner in Rego Park reflects a

lack of common sense quite well.New stop signs went up on 63rd

Avenue at Wetherole Street lastweek. But there was no warning,no line in the street, just new signslargely hidden by cars until you’reright on top of them. During twoone-hour periods on Friday andMonday, cars blew by them at arate of one every two minutes.Cops who might have warned dri-vers were instead parked at theirusual spot, another stop sign, twoblocks away. Warning signs finallywent up days later.

How about avoiding chaos nexttime by erecting the warning signsat the same time as the stop signs?

Danger ahead

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and summer program for the chil-dren of this community. CB 11 also

has the opportunity to use the school for ourmonthly public meetings.

Residents of Community District 11 shouldnot be singled out and denied the opportunity tosend their children to a free program paid for bytheir tax dollars. This is the only Beacon thisdistrict has ever had.

The closing of this Beacon will be devastat-ing to the working parents and their childrenwho depend on it for a safe, supervised after-school program. Families whose budgets pre-vent them from paying for other programs willbe left with nowhere to send their children.

The members of CB 11 hope that you rec-ognize the damage that will be done if thisBeacon program closes, and we urge you tokeep it open.

Jerry IanneceChairman

Ted TengYouth Committee Chairman

Community Board 11Little Neck

MTA budgetDear Editor:

There are a number of flaws to Gov. Cuomoand the state Legislature’s passage of our recentstate budget which have been overlooked.“$133B state budget OK’d” (April 5). Gov.Cuomo has adopted the age-old practice ofpushing current operating budget expenses intofuture years. There are $3 billion in pensionfund expenses deferred over the next 10 years.He has also increased the debt ceiling by $7billion for the Metropolitan TransportationAuthority as a method to fully fund its FiveYear Capital Program.

Increasing allowable long-term debt from $34to $41 billion means a greater percentage of theMTA’s future budget will go toward paying offinterest rather than funding badly needed basicstate of good repair, safety and security capitalprojects. Debt payments currently at $2 billionper year will grow to $3 billion annually by 2019.That will also leave less money available forfunding any system expansion projects, such asPhases 2 to 4 of the Second Avenue subway.

Only Washington, Albany, City Hall and per-haps California carry more long-term debt thanthe MTA. This is nothing to be proud of. It is adirect result of past governors and mayors — ona bipartisan basis, over decades — reducing hardcash contributions for their share of MTA opera-tions. They have forced the MTA to borrow moremoney for funding of its capital program.

Larry PennerGreat Neck, LI

Honor Flushing’s deadDear Editor:

(An open letter to Comptroller John Liu)As the co-chairman of the Olde Towne of

Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy, I am writ-ing to ask for your assistance with a very crucialissue facing the 19th-century cemetery.

As you are aware, the conservancy has beenadvocating for years that the four headstonesdestroyed by the City of New York in the 1930sbe replaced. We would also like to see recogni-tion in the form of a permanent monument to

honor all the others interred at this site, altogetherabout 1,000 souls, all well-documented.

Borough President Helen Marshall gave$100,000 to replace the headstones and honor theother deceased. But after various meetings withher and representatives from the Parks Depart-ment, Community Board 7 and the New YorkCity Design Commission, we have not made anyprogress toward achieving these goals, and Parksdismisses any ideas we have.

As we look at city history, the prevailing atti-tude has been that people of color did not count,even when it came to preserving and respectingtheir burial grounds. Resting places for AfricanAmericans in Manhattan, for example, continu-ously shifted northward over time. My peoplewere pushed from what is now Sarah RooseveltPark to Washington Square to Bryant Park toCentral Park Seneca Village. As the land wasdeveloped, graves were frequently uncoveredand desecrated, paved over or built over. Thiswas atrocious.

The dead must be treated with the dignity andrespect they deserve, and the Olde Towne ofFlushing Burial Ground must be identifiable asthe cemetery that it is.

We implore you to help us honor those whoare buried at this sacred site. Thank you for youranticipated response and assistance on the issue.

Mandingo Osceola TshakaCo-chairman

Old Towne of Flushing Burial Ground ConservancyBayside

Gov’t efficiency? Ha ha.Dear Editor:

It was recently reported that the General Ser-vices Administration spent $823,000 for a con-ference. I am not writing to criticize PresidentObama about this since wasteful spending hasoccurred under both Democratic and Republicanadministrations.

However, this incident points out that the fed-eral government will never be more efficient thanthe private sector in overseeing any sector of theeconomy (especially healthcare).

Lenny RodinForest Hills

Good times, bad timesDear Editor:

Ron Marzlock’s I Have Often Walked columnlast week, “The mysterious death near the RainyNighthouse,” was quite interesting. I was sad-dened by the death of the good Samaritan namedFrederick Pirone, who tried to help a young girlwho was being beaten. It is truly a tragedy thatthose involved were not charged.

As for the wine and cheese bar called theRainy Nighthouse, I knew it well. I lived at thetime at Alley Pond Apartments in Bayside,which was not far from the nightclub, and in themiddle ’70s my girlfriend at the time and Iwould go there from time to time. They had veryfunny and promising comics.

I remember one night the comic was goofingon the two of us during one of the shows. “Well,how about that?” he said. “We have in the audi-ence Fred and Ethel Mertz from the ‘I LoveLucy’TV show.” Of course the audience laughed.

Thanks for the memories, Ron, and for thehistory of a crime that should not have happened.

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Senior EditorPeninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway official-

ly closed Monday, leaving residents reeling andelected officials scrambling to reopen the 104-year-old institution that had employed morethan 1,000 people.

The closure of the 173-bed facility leavesone hospital in the Rockaways, St. John’sEpiscopal.

“This is a death sentence,” said Brett Scud-der, a community activist who runs an onlineradio program in the Rockaways. “There’s130,000 people here. St. John’s cannot, will not,sustain the people of the Rockaways.”

The end of Peninsula comes on the heels of arocky seven months for the institution, includ-ing the state recently shuttering its clinical labafter documenting a long list of “serious defi-ciencies” with it. The hospital has also beenrocked by financial problems, and Peninsula’sparent company, MediSys, ended its affiliationwith the site last August. At that point, the statehad targeted Peninsula for closure, but theBrooklyn-based Revival Home Health Carereached a deal to take over the facility.

Since the closure of the lab at the end of Feb-ruary, patients have been diverted from Peninsu-la, and civic leaders and elected officials saidSt. John’s is struggling under the weight of theadditional people flooding its facilities.

“St. John’s is packed,” Lew Simon, a Democ-ratic district leader in the Rockaways, said dur-ing a conference call led by state Sen. MalcolmSmith (D-Hollis) on Tuesday afternoon. “Peopleare waiting eight, nine hours in the emergencyroom.”

Smith, who began holding conference callsevery other day on Peninsula beginning onGood Friday, and Borough President HelenMarshall said they were attempting to soon setup a meeting with Gov. Cuomo about reopening

the hospital. To participate in a conference call,contact Smith’s office at (718) 454-0162.

The state senator and others legislators hadtried to stop the state Health Department fromrevoking Peninsula’s certificate of operation,saying that would make it far easier to findanother investor for the hospital. Elected offi-cials and board members attempted to save thehospital on Monday by bringing on the Chica-go-based People’s Choice Hospital as Peninsu-la’s main investor.

However, Joe Mure, a former Peninsula Hos-pital board member, said People’s Choice wouldnot commit to a specific amount it would investin the hospital on Monday, which the hospital’scourt-appointed trustee said had to happen thatday to keep the state from pulling the certificateof operation.

A Health Department spokesman said thestate is legally required to rescind a license onceit signs off on a hospital’s closure plan, which itdid on Monday. The spokesman said he did notknow if the department physically had the cer-tificate as of Wednesday afternoon.

But Mure said he had been informed thatthe certificate is not “usually pulled for a cou-ple of months.”

“Why is there this urgency to pull it?” Mureasked during Tuesday’s conference call.

There has been an outpouring of resistancefrom community members and legislatorsagainst the closure. State Assemblyman PhilGoldfeder (D-Ozone Park), Simon, doctorsand nurses rallied outside the Health Depart-ment’s Manhattan office last week in a finalattempt to deter them from going through withits plan.

“This hospital is important to ensure thatour families have access to quality, accessibleand affordable healthcare on the Rockawaypeninsula,” Goldfeder said. “We must notgive up.” Q

Peninsula closes itsdoors after 104 yearsElected officials, civic leaders wantstate to reopen Rockaway hospital

State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, left, Democratic District Leader Lew Simon, second from right,doctors and nurses protest the closure of Peninsula Hospital outside the state Health Department’sManhattan office last week. PHOTO COURTESY NYS ASSEMBLY

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Rodgers Stephensonbrazes a bicycle atWorksman Cycles, thecountr y’s last bikemanufacturer. Thefactory has been inOzone Park since1979, but has been inexistence since 1898.


Soldiers who once fought in Iraqand Afghanistan toured theWorksman Cycles factory in

Ozone Park last week, getting a glimpseof how workers are crafting the bikesbeing sold to benef it individualswounded while serving in the military.

Worksman Cycles, the last remain-ing bicycle manufacturer in the coun-try, announced last Thursday that it ismaking a new series of bicycles andwill donate at least 10 percent of revenuefrom each one sold to the Wounded

Warrior Project, a nonprofit foundedsoon after the start of the Iraq War in2003 to help returning soldiers witheverything from receiving benefits tomentoring.

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Bruce Weinreb, director of Worksman Cycles’ custom programs andspecial markets, shows off some of the bikes the company is sellingto benefit the Wounded Warrior nonprofit.

Wayne Sosin, left, president of Worksman Cycles, explains how hiscompany’s bikes are manufactured to retired Army Sgt. StephenSiwulec, center, who served in Afghanistan, and retired Cpl. TimothyStrobel, who served in Iraq.

Rajdai Ramhulas works on a tire rim.

Worksman Cycles employees concentrate on their work at theOzone Park factory.

The WorksmanCycles factory isa maze of boxesof various bikeparts, waiting tobe shipped toplaces acrossthe country.

Roberto Combe stands by his work station, which is splashedwith many of the bright colors he paints the bicycles.

Errol Barrett, who has been building bicycles for more than 40 years, brazes a bike frame at Worksman Cycles,which is housed in a building that once held a candle factory and is now solar powered. PHOTOS BY ANNA GUSTAFSON

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In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis rocked theinternational political scene, Americans flockedto the theater to see “To Kill a Mockingbird,”and the Beatles released their f irst single,“Love Me Do.”

And in South Queens, a group of businessmen who wanted to make an impact on theircommunity formed what is now one of theoldest service groups in the neighborhood —the Kiwanis Club of Howard Beach.

Since then, the group has grown rapidly,attracting members from all walks of life, andon Friday, April 20, at its annual dinner dance,it will mark five decades of doing everythingfrom raising money for diabetes research tosending children to summer camp.

“We’re celebrating 50 years of servicingthe Howard Beach community,” said BobLoCascio, the group’s president. “It’s one ofthe oldest, if not the oldest, communityorganizations in Howard Beach. We’re veryproud of it.”

The Kiwanis Club willhold its 50th annual dinnerdance at Russo’s on the Baybeginning at 7 p.m. For thefirst time ever, the event willbe open to the general public,and people can buy ticketsfor $125 a head.

The money raised duringthe event, which includesfood and entertainment by theRick Mango Band, will gotoward the various charitableorganizations and activitiesthe club supports. The groupwill also honor its past presi-dent, Steve Sirgiovanni, at thecelebration.

“For us in Howard Beach,we reach out to the local

people, and most of the money stays inHoward Beach,” LoCascio said of the group’sefforts that include giving out more than$1,000 in gift certificates for families in needduring Thanksgiving, supporting the Colum-bus Day Foundation and the InternationalSociety of SS Cosma and Damiano in HowardBeach, and sending youngsters to CampKiwanis during the summer.

The Howard Beach group, which meetsevery Thursday night at Lenny’s, is one ofmany Kiwanis organizations spread through-out Queens. Kiwanis International was found-ed in 1915 and has gone on to raise moneyfor children worldwide.

The Howard Beach group also supportsgroups of younger Kiwanians in the BuildersClub at St. Helen’s and the Key Club at Bay-side High School.

“To keep it going for 50 years, that’s themilestone,” LoCascio said. “You see a lot oforganizations that started, but couldn’t keepgrowing. We’re up to 50 members now, andwe want to continue to grow by having newmembers and different fundraisers. We wantto keep this organization strong.”

For more information about the April 20dinner, call club member Dino Bono at (718)848-3650 or (646) 401-2805. Those interestedcan also call LoCascio at (917) 805-3115.

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HB Kiwanis celebrates 50 yearsLooks back at five decades of serving the community

John Spagnuolo, second from right, manager at the new HowardBeach branch of TD Bank, is inducted into the Kiwanis Club ofHoward Beach by state Supreme Court Justice and club memberAugustus Agate, as club president Bob LoCascio, right, and pastpresident Steve Sirgiovanni look on. COURTESY PHOTO

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Making moneywith concerns

The Woodhaven Residents’ BlockAssociation got more than a penny fortheir thoughts last week.

The civic group raised more than $500during its first “311 Day,” during whichbusinesses and individuals pledged dona-tions for each complaint residents loggedwith the city about neighborhood prob-lems.

The donations will benefit the Wood-haven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambu-lance Corps, and the WRBA will presentthe group with a check at its next meetingon April 21 at 1 p.m. The meeting is heldat the ambulance corp’s headquarters at78-15 Jamaica Avenue.

“We’re always looking for new ways tohelp our members engage with and betterthe neighborhood,” WRBA President EdWendell said. “Our first 311 Day wasclearly a successful experiment. Not onlywill Woodhaven be much cleaner andsafer, but the ambulance corps will comeout ahead too.”

Residents logged complaints about awide variety of issues, including graffition homes, potholes and dangerous roadconditions.

To share a 311 request with theWRBA, email [email protected] call the group at (718) 296-3735. Q

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George Rosenshine and Sinai Kantor likelyhad very little in common.

Rosenshine was a businessman from aprosperous Manhattan family. Kantor, by mostavailable accounts, was a Russian Jewish emi-gre traveling to the United States with hisyoung wife in search of a better life.

Rosenshine was 46 and Kantor 34 whenthey died in the north Atlantic Ocean on thenight of April 14-15 in the sinking of theTitanic.

And both now rest in quiet corners of ceme-teries in Queens.

The ship went down on its maiden voyage100 years ago this week, a tale chronicled inbooks and movies, including the 1997 Oscarwinner for best picture, “Titanic.”

It was the largest, most luxurious ship everbuilt at the time, and was carrying some of theworld’s wealthiest and most prominent people.

It sank after striking an iceberg. It hadenough life boat capacity for just over half ofthe more than 2,200 passengers and crew onboard, leading to 1,503 deaths.

The wreck was discovered in 1985 by aninternational team led by American oceanog-rapher Bob Ballard.

Kantor, a second-class passenger, was one ofthe last of 333 bodies recovered by ships hiredby the White Star Line, which owned the Titan-ic.

He is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery inMaspeth, his grave nestled at the end of a rowon a sunny rise. His wife, 24 at the time, sur-vived.

Rosenshine, one of the first recovered andwhose death earned him an obituary in the NewYork Times, rests in his family plot at BaysideCemetery in Ozone Park.

Most accounts report that he sailed from theFrench port of Cherbourg on a first-class ticketunder the name of George Thorne, as he wastraveling with his mistress, who also survived.

The Chronicle was unable to locate theRosenshine plot in Bayside Cemetery, whichhas fallen into disrepair and legal troubles inrecent years. But Richard Hourahan the col-lection manager at the Queens Historical Soci-ety, said it would not have been unusual foreven socially prominent Manhattanites to beburied in Queens and the outer boroughs

“When they started running out of land inManhattan in the 1800s, many churches andcongregations, particularly wealthy ones,bought land here. That’s how Queens came tohave so many cemeteries,” he said.

Marisa Berman, executive director of thesociety, said she is not surprised that the storyof the Titanic has kept the public’s attentionfor 100 years.

“I think people are always attracted totragedies, particularly when there is some sortof conflict,” she said. Berman pointed to twoNew York disasters — the General Slocum

ship fire that killed more than 1,000 off theHellgate section of Queens in 1904, and theTriangle factory fire that killed 146 in Man-hattan in 1911, which more people seem toremember.

“The General Slocum was the worst disas-ter in New York City prior to 9/11,” she said. “But Triangle is what people latch on to.” Q

Titanic still thrills after a centuryTwo victims of 1912 shipwrecknow rest in Queens cemeteries

Sinai Kantor, a Russian emigre taveling with his wife, Miriam, was 34 when he died 100 years agoin the sinking of the Titanic. He now rests in Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, one of two Titanicvictims buried in Queens. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

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Americans consume more prescriptiondrugs than any other country in the world.With more prescription narcotics availablethan ever before, prescription drug addictionis the largest growing drug problem in thecountry — currently exploding among teens.

The Borough of Queens is no exception,and Far Rockaway ranks on the city’s top fivefor unintentional opioid poisoning deaths.

In a news series, The Queens Chroniclelooks into the drug epidemic and the initia-tives taken by legislators, law enforcementand nonprofits in the borough to combat it.

New Yorkers have since the 1980s seen sev-eral drug epidemics infesting youth and devas-tating communities. But while many peopleassociate drug addiction to crack, heroin andcocaine — and most recently the cheap andaccessible drug methamphetamine — mostare unaware that the biggest killer in town isprescribed by their own doctor. Prescription

pain medication has the same potential foraddiction, overdose and death as street drugs,and it is the largest growing drug problem inthe country.

The Substance Abuse and Mental HealthService Administration last year reported thatthe number of Americans aged 12 or olderwho used prescription-type pain relievers,tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives non-medically, was almost seven million. With anaverage of around 6,600 initiates per daycountrywide, the biggest increase is amongteens who find the narcotics in mom and dad’smedicine cabinets.

After an 80 percent increase in usage from2000 to 2006, prescription drugs have becomea more common narcotic than cocaine, heroin,hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants com-bined. The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention calls it an epidemic. While alcoholand tobacco dependency is decreasing, themisuse of prescription drugs is growing, and— although prescription drugs tend to be a

more popular way to get high among middle-to high-income white communities — it isgrowing across all ages, genders, social andethnic groups, and the tablets are beingcrushed and snorted, smoked, injected ormixed with other narcotic drugs.

In New York City, a report released in May2011 by the city Department of Health andMental Hygiene, found that the rate of pre-scription pain medication abuse by New York-ers aged 12 or older increased by 40 percentfrom 2002 to 2009. While deaths caused byheroin poisoning decreased by 24 percent in2009, it rose by almost the same percentagefor unintentional opioid analgesic overdosedeaths. In Queens, the hospitals reported thatan overdose of prescription pills took 28 livesin 2009. As prescriptions for hydrocone andoxycodone keep increasing — doctors inQueens in 2009 wrote close to 400,000 — andthe treatment centers report steep increases ofopioid addicts, especially among adolescents,experts fear the worst is yet to be seen.

Dr. Steven Kipnis is the medical director ofthe State Office of Alcoholism and SubstanceAbuse Services and oversees 12 addictioncenters and 15,000 medical addiction pro-grams in New York. One of them is Creed-moor Treatment Center in Queens Village, afacility with both in- and outpatient rehab pro-grams. Last year most of Creedmoor’s 400patients were admitted as opioids dependants,whether heroin or OxyContins.

“Patients are probably a bit younger nowthan 10 years ago. Alcohol has gone down, allother user addictions have gone up,” Kipnissaid. “Queens is not unique to other boroughsor the rest of the United States, kids are start-ing relatively young.”

He said that teens get their first medicationat home from the medicine cabinet, bottlingwithout their parents’ knowing. And whenthey get addicted and need more drugs thanare available, they start buying it from thestreet, oftentimes turning to heroin, which ischeaper and more accessible.

Research by the National Institute on DrugAbuse shows that among teens aged 12-17years-old, abuse of prescription drugs is sec-ond only to marijuana. The most commonlyabused prescription drugs among adolescentsare painkillers based on opioids like OxyCon-tin and Vicodin. Opioids count for three-fourths of prescription drugs addictions. Stim-ulants or uppers like Ritalin, are anothergroup and primarily prescribed for attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder. When taken inhigher doses, these drugs can produce euphor-ic effects. The last group is the benzodi-azepines, or depressants, also known as seda-tives and tranquilizers, like Valium andXanax. With a rapid impact on the brain and along duration of action, these drugs have highabuse and addiction potential. Mixed withalcohol, they can be deadly.

Many experts attribute the growth in pre-scription drug abuse in part to the recent avail-ability of OxyContin, an effective oxycodonepain reliever. However, when crushed andsnorted or mixed with water and injected, thedrug delivers all its power at once, producinga high similar to that experienced with heroin,

making heroin addicts actually favor OxyCon-tin. In 2010 the number of reported new non-medical users of OxyContin aged 12 or olderwas almost 600,000 people.

OxyContin, also known as Oxy, O.C., killerand hillbilly heroin, has taken hold bothbecause it can be strongly addictive andbecause it generates high dollars on the blackmarket, with a street value of as much as $80per 80-milligram dose. Other cheaper Oxy-codone formulations such as Roxies, Blues,

Berries, and “30s” are becoming popular.As for the stimulants, such as Ritalin,

Methylin and Concerta, their increased use forthe treatment of ADHD has paralleled anincrease in its abuse among teenagers, whocrush the tablets and snort the powder to gethigh. Several police agencies have reportedincidents of schoolchildren selling prescrip-tion drugs, particularly Ritalin, to classmates.

The National Drug Survey for 2010 showsthat among persons aged 12 or older who usedpain relievers non-medically, 55 percent got

the drug they most recently used from a friendor relative for free. Another 17.3 percentreported they got the drug from one doctor,4.4 percent got pain relievers from a drugdealer or other stranger, and 0.4 percentbought them on the Internet. Among thosewho reported getting the pain reliever for free,79.4 percent reported in a follow-up questionthat the friend or relative had obtained thedrugs from just one doctor.

So far most efforts made to combat theproblem deal with stopping prescription forg-eries such as State Attorney General EricSchneiderman’s Internet System for TrackingOverprescribing (I-STOP) bill, that if enactedwould create a real-time online databaseenabling doctors and pharmacists to report andtrack certain controlled substances, or the DrugEnforcement Administration efforts to crackdown on prescription forgery and meds saleson the black market (all of which next week’sarticle will shed light on). But if close to half ofall drug abusers get them from friends andfamily, other methods are also needed.

More recently, public and educational insti-tutions have been starting campaigns to raiseawareness about the widespread abuse.

“Education campaigns and take-back pro-grams are an important component to stop-ping prescription drug abuse especially withteens. I think these programs need to beimplemented in unison with programs to stopfraud,” said Sheila Brocavich, assistant clini-cal professor at St John’s University. Alongwith her students she is setting the Jamaicacampus up as a collection site for the NationalDrug Take Back, where students, families andbusinesses can drop off excessive and expireddrugs. The Staten Island campus of St. John’sUniversity will also participate to serve theneeds of the Staten Island community — thecity neighborhood with the record number ofhydrocone and or oxycodone prescriptionsand opioid overdose deaths.

The National Drug Take Back is scheduledfor Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Go to justice.gov/dea to find a collection loca-tion by ZIP code. Q

Prescription drug abuse infests cityPills as addictive and deadly as street drugs popular among teens

Prescription narcotics such as benzodiazepines are highly addictive and difficult to get off from.PHOTOS BY JANNE LOUISE ANDERSEN

A poster from a prescription drug treatmentcampaign by the Department of Health.

B&E Pharmacy owner Bruce Snipas showingopioid-based pain medicine, the prescriptiondrug favored by abusers.

For more on thisstory in video andgraphics visitqchron.com

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Phil Konigsberg, a Bay Terraceactivist, has been fighting for smoke-free causes for nearly 25 years andnow hopes to widen smoking bansthroughout the city to potentiallyinclude all multi-family residences,condos and co-ops citywide.

“I know several people who havedied, who were heavy smokers,”Konigsberg said. “If someone iswalking heavily above you, it’s notgoing to kill you. But if you are con-stantly getting smoke into yourapartment, it’s definitely a healthproblem.”

Konigsberg suffers from breath-ing issues and attests to how sec-ondhand smoke affects one’s qualityof life.

“[Secondhand smoke] goes underapartment doors, into hallways,common areas, air vents, electricalsockets,” Konigsberg notes, addingthat smoking indoors “is perfectlyOK if it’s an unattached residence,but when you live in an apartment,what you do affects other people.”

The smoke-free housing resolu-tion bill he is proposing would have

to be f iled by a council memberwith the council speaker’s office tobe introduced during a stated meet-ing and presented to an appropriatecommittee. Then it would have to bepresented to one or more publiccommittee hearings for testimonyand debate. The bill may be amend-ed, and then finally voted on by thecommittee.

If passed, it’s then sent to thefull council for further debate anda final vote. If it has the support ofat least 26 council members, it’ssent to Mayor Bloomberg, whowill also hold a public hearingwhere he will choose to veto thebill or sign it into law.

Konigsberg hopes to off iciallysubmit his resolution to City Coun-cil Speaker Christine Quinn soon. Itincludes information on the harmfuleffects of secondhand smoke tohumans inside buildings.

Yvette Jackson-Buckner, bor-ough manager for Queens Smoke-Free Par tnership, of the NYCCoalition for a Smoke-Free City, ischampioning for this cause as well.The coalition is working with com-munity groups, elected officials and

key leaders to raise awareness aboutthe harmful side effects of smokingin living areas.

“The U.S. surgeon general hasreported that there is no safe level ofsecondhand smoke and thousands ofQueens residents are exposed to iteach day in their homes,” Jackson-Buckner said.

“Queens is a rare borough in thatit has a high concentration of immi-grant communities. Unfortunately,many of these communities tend tohave higher smoking rates …” sheadded.

During the last f ive years,Konigsberg has also been fightingto make two co-ops in his neighbor-hood smoke-free, one where heresides, after it received numerouscomplaints from residents, whovoiced concerns with how the 50-year-old building isn’t equipped tohandle smoke that seeps throughunsealed spaces.

The QSFP has offered support toKonigsberg in helping his co-op gosmoke-free, and recently presentedto his board the benefits of choosingthis course of action. He knows thiswould be a controversial move, even

though research has shown the over-whelming support for this proposi-tion — 66 percent of New Yorkersare interested in living in residencesthat are entirely smoke-free.

To date, the boards for both co-ops have not agreed to pass the resi-dential smoke free-ban, but buildingshareholders have been asked totake measures to lessen smokingside effects caused to others.

“We request that [residents] getair-f ilters to do what they can tonot cause this problem for others,”Konigsberg said, adding that noair-f ilter product documentationcan prove the elimination of sec-ondhand smoke entirely.

“I don’t expect this to be healedovernight. This will probably berougher than the ban for restaurants,bars and parks. In my mind, therereally isn’t any difference,” Konigs-berg said, while remaining hopefulthat smoke-free living can become areality.

“If it’s passed, I’m confident thatMayor Bloomberg would sign it,” headded.

Konigsberg, who is first vice pres-ident of the Bay Terrace Community

Alliance and a member of Commu-nity Board 7, was also active in hav-ing the city change its policy aboutsmoking in parks. After the mayordropped his opposition to the plan,smoking was banned last year incity parks as well as at publicsquares and beaches.

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Activist wants apt. ban on smokingBay Terrace’s Phil Konigsberg pushes for new city legislation

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Colonoscopy is a test that allows doctorsto look at the inner lining of the large intes-tine. A flexible tube is used to help f indpolyps, tumors and inflammation. The testtakes about 30 minutes and patients can beput under anesthesia for the procedure.

Colon cancer is one of the most commonand deadly of cancers, but it is also 90 per-cent curable if found at an early stage.Health off icials recommend people beginscreenings at the age of 50 and every 10years after that or sooner if there are con-cerns.

Over the last three years, the city hasbeen tracking colonoscopy rates and led adrive to eliminate racial disparities. Overthe past decade the DOH reports the differ-ence in rates between whites, Asian, AfricanAmericans and Hispanics has been eliminat-ed. In 2003, the Asian test rate was 24 per-cent; African Americans were at 35 percentand Hispanics at 38 percent, compared towhites at 48 percent. Today, the rates arestatistically the same.

The DOH indicates, however, that theprogress has been slower among the Russ-ian-speaking community, whosecolonoscopy rate of 56 percent is 10 percentbelow the city average. Farley said attemptsare being made to reach out to this group.

Brooklyn Assemblyman Alec Brook-Kras-ny, who emigrated from the Soviet Union,said that such prevention programs did notexist in Russia and the immigrants areunaware of the procedure. “With the help ofthe Department of Health and the localhospitals, we can educate the Russian-speaking community in preventative screen-ings,” Brook-Krasny said.

Colorectal cancer is the second deadliestcancer, killing about 1,400 New Yorkersevery year. In the last five years, the city’sHealth and Hospital Corp. facilities —including Elmhurst Hospital and QueensHospital Center in Jamaica — performedmore than 105,000 colonoscopies

HHC President Alan Aviles noted thatsince 2003, his agency has aggressivelyurged patients over 50 to get a colonoscopyand has increased the number of tests byalmost 400 percent.

Staten Island and Manhattan led the bor-oughs in the largest percentage of residentswho have had the screening with 72 percent.Queens and Brooklyn followed with 66 per-cent, followed by the Bronx with 64 percent.

Dr. Sang Kim, associate program directorof gastroenterology at New York HospitalQueens in Flushing, leads the medical teamperforming colonoscopies. Kim has alsoseen an increase in the number of tests.

City reports morecolonoscopy tests Only gap shown is among theRussian-speaking community


Department of Health graph shows the rise in the number of city residents having colonoscopies.CHART COURTESY CITY

Delta Air Lines broke ground Tuesday on a$160 million renovation and expansion of itsfacilities at New York LaGuardia Airport.

The project, which includes a 630-foot con-nector bridge linking Terminals C and D, anew Delta Sky Club in Terminal C andexpanded security lanes in both terminals,comes as Delta creates a new domestic hub atLaGuardia by July 11. It represents the largestexpansion project at LaGuardia in more than40 years.

A concurrent $1.2 billion expansion atKennedy Airport is aimed at creating the air-line’s international hub.

“All together, with our expansion projectsat JFK and LaGuardia, Delta is investing near-ly $1.4 billion in our New York airport facili-ties,” said Delta Chief Executive Off icerRichard Anderson in a statement issued by theairline Wednesday morning. “No other airlineis approaching that level of commitment toNew York in the next 12 months.”

The new bridge will allow Delta customersto walk between terminals behind security,providing easy access to departure and arrivalgates and facilitating convenient connectingflights. Delta has operated out of both termi-nals since March 25, when it began expandedservice at LaGuardia.

Delta’s renovations at LaGuardia will support700 new jobs along with additional jobs forconstruction.

Numerous city, state and federal officialswere present.

New York Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy called theproject “a great partnership” between city andstate officials and Delta.

“Today’s groundbreaking demonstrates howby partnering with businesses we can createhundreds of good jobs for New Yorkers,” Duffysaid. “This announcement gives travelers moreoptions for flying across our state and providesa significant boost to our local economy. “

Mayor Bloomberg said he was pleased withwhat the project means for the city in terms ofeconomic growth.

“When our administration joined withDelta to support its application to the U.S.Department of Transportation for permissionto expand service here at LaGuardia Airport,

we were excited at the prospect of better airservice and 700 new permanent jobs for NewYorkers, as well as more than 100 new con-struction jobs,” Bloomberg said. “Workingwith the governor’s team and with the leader-ship of Queens’ own Congressman Joe Crow-ley, today we see the fruits of our labor.

Bloomberg said Delta already is hiring tofill out its growing LaGuardia operations. Hesaid that, coupled with the airline’s Terminal 4expansion project at JFK, is a great sign ofconfidence in New York City’s future.

Crowley (D-Queens and the Bronx) calledthe project a significant milestone that will havea positive impact far beyond the airport.

“[It] will bring many benefits to Queens andNew York, including the creation of thousandsof new jobs, increased economic activity in andaround LaGuardia, improved air service andreduced noise pollution,” Crowley said.

Patrick Foye, executive director of the PortAuthority of New York and New Jersey, saidDelta is helping the region by laying thegroundwork for future economic growth.

Last month the airline added service fromLaGuardia to new business markets, includingDallas/Ft. Worth; Miami; Washington-Dulles;Syracuse; Buffalo; Rochester, NY; Richmond,Va.; Norfolk, Va.; Manchester, NH; Burling-ton, Vt.; Greensboro, NC, and Louisville, Ky.

The second phase of the expansion startsJuly 11, with service to Denver; Houston;Cleveland; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Milwau-kee, Charlotte, NC; Wilmington, NC;Roanoke, Va.; Charlottesville, Va.; and MyrtleBeach, SC. Q

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All was as it should be for opening dayof the baseball season at Citi Field onThursday.

The weather was sunny, Johan Santanapitched five shutout innings in his first game inmore than a year, and David Wright drove inthe only run of the game as the Mets won, 1-0.

And it all happened against the AtlantaBraves.

The team also held a pregame ceremonyhonoring Hall of Famer Gary Carter, the MetsAll-Star and 1986 World Series hero who diedat age 57 in February.

And outside the ballpark, fans of all agescame with team colors, and hopes for a pen-nant once the weather turns cooler once againin October.

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Let’s Go Mets! — Opening Day 2012

Former Flushing resident Clarissa Santos, right, and AlessandraAllen of the Bronx, bring eight-week old Gabriela Pena to her first-ever opening day. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL GANNON

Pablo and Chris Burhay of Fresh Meadowsengage in the time-honored tradition of afather and son game of catch.

Frank and Tina Servidio of Astoria, who haveattended Opening Day for more than 20 years,pose by the Big Apple.

It’s four different caps and four different jer-seys for Maggie, Grace, James and RickBodian of Astoria.

Carol Collins and Mary Lynn Green, who show up every year, onceagain have the hottest tickets in town. “We go to spring trainingevery year too,” said Collins. Katie Hay of Valley Stream

and Sara Gouter of New Jerseyarrive for opening day in style.

Tailgate parties aren’t just for football anymore. And the cuisineisn’t limited to burgers and hot dogs.

Josh Schnipper and LauraBevilaqua of Howard Beachattend, sporting both tradi-tional and modern home-whitejerseys.

Astoria natives Mary Ann DiLuzio, left, and Jane Galaga make their annual trip to opening dayfestivities. Galaga, at right, was one of the many fans paying tribute to Mets legend Gary Carter,who passed away from cancer back in February.

Check out morepictures of theMets’ openingday at Citi Fieldat qchron.com.

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Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Day ofRemembrance, will be held this year onThursday, April 19, but programs in Queenswill run over a longer period of time.

The 49th observance honors the six millionJews who lost their lives in the Holocaust dur-ing World War II. At many of the programs,survivors give testimony about the nightmarethey lived through during the Nazi regime.With fewer of them still alive, the stories areeven more poignant.

Here are some of the offerings in Queens:Kati Marton, former TV correspondent and

author, will speak on Raoul Wallenberg onMonday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the CentralQueens Y, 67-09 108 St. in Forest Hills. Costis $3 for members and $6 for nonmembers.

Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat whodefied the Nazis to help up to 100,000 Jewsavoid the death camps. In 1945, he disap-peared into the Soviet prison system and hisfate remains unresolved.

On Wednesday, April 18, at 1 p.m. theKupferberg Holocaust Center and Archives atQueensborough Community College, 222-0556 Ave. Bayside, will present the film, “TheLife of Primo Levi,” an Italian chemist whosurvived Auschwitz. Tickets are $5 at the door.

The Rockwood Park Jewish Center, 156-45

84 St., Howard Beach, will hold its commem-oration on April 18 at 7 p.m. There will be anNYPD honor guard escorting Holocaust sur-vivors. Werner Friedlander, a survivor, willspeak.

On April 18 at 7:45 p.m. Columbia law Pro-fessor Menachem Rosensaft will discuss “Jew-ish Perspective on World War II War CrimesTrials” at the Young Israel of Hillcrest, 169-07Jewel Ave. It is also sponsored by the UtopiaJewish Center, Ohr Moshe Torah Institute ofFlushing and the Torah Center of Hillcrest.

Also on April 18, Temple Torah of Little Neckat 54-27 Little Neck Parkway will offer a talk byHolocaust survivor Ethel Katz. The programbegins at 7 p.m. and is cosponsored by LittleNeck Jewish Center and Marathon Jewish Center.

The Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06Queens Blvd., will hold a commemorativeprogram at 7:30 p.m. on April 18.

“The Whitestone Jewish Center, 12-45Clintonville St., will commemorate YomHashoah on April 19 at 6:45 p.m.

Barbara Wind, director of the HolocaustCouncil of Metro West, will speak at a ceremo-ny sponsored by the Brandeis Association at theQueens County Civil Court Jury Room, 89-17Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica on April 19 at 6 p.m.

A joint remembrance will be held at IsraelCenter of Conservative Judaism, 167-11 73

Several events set for Yom Hashoah Queens groups and synagogues commemorate the Holocaust

continued on page 38Tlhis iconic photo shows Jews being led away during the Warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943 duringNazi occupation in Poland. It is a dramatic expression of Jewish resistence to Nazism. FILE PHOTO

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Joseph Carl Jr., left, of Howard Beach,receives several medals earned by his father,Joseph Carl Sr., in World War II fromCongressman Bob Turner, right, on April 3 ina ceremony held in Turner’s Middle Villageoffice.

Carl, joined here by his son Steven, whohas continued the family’s traditio of service,sought Turner’s help after having troublereceiving the medals his father had earned.

Medals presented included the GoodConduct Medal, Asian-Pacific CampaignMedal, Honorable Service Lapel Button,World War II Victory Medal, PhilippineLiberation Ribbon, Marksman QualificationBadge, Army of Occupation Medal with JapanClasp, and the Meritorious UnitCommendation. Turner is a veteran and amember of the House Committee onVeterans’ Affairs.

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For more information about the event, contact (718) 843-9863.For questions about donating, contact the New York Blood Center at (800) 933-2566.

A delicious way to help the communityThe Rotary Club of Southwest Queens and Our Lady of Grace Church will host a

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school hall adjacent to the Our Lady of Grace Church at 101st Street and 159th Avenuein Howard Beach. The cost is $15 per adult, $10 per child under 12 years old and $35 perfamily. There will be a chocolate fountain, chocolate pancakes, chocolate muffins, choco-late cake, chocolate cookies and more.

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The St. Virgilius-St. Camillus BroadChannel Athletic Club Shamrocks girls swimteam won the division championship at theend of March at Eisenhower Park in EastMeadow, Long Island, elating athletes andcoaches alike.

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Siena reportsGillibrand lead

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“With a two-to-one favorability rating,and a majority prepared to re-elect her,[Gillibrand] continues to look strongseven months from her first re-electionattempt,” said Siena pollster Steve Green-berg.

According to the poll, Gillibrand isleading Turner, Nassau ComptrollerGeorge Maragos and attorney WendyLong by about 40 points.

Despite the lead, Turner’s camp saidthey are encouraged by the poll’s reportthat Republican voters believe by a two-to-one margin that Turner is the strongestcandidate to challenge Gillibrand inNovember’s election.

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D’Andrea has for months been collectingcoupons for Kiwanis, which is giving them toa U.S Army program that uses the coupons topurchase food and supplies for soldiers serv-ing in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

A member of Girl Scout Troop 4215 inMaspeth, D’Andrea has also been collectingfood items for military men an women.

The Kiwanis club is still collecting the

coupons, which may be dropped off at theQueens Chronicle office at 62-33Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park by the end ofthe school year.

Coupons may be from newspapers, maga-zines or the Internet, and will be accepted upto six months after the expiration date.

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Two bills introduced by state AssemblymanAndrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) are designedto help superintendents and principals keeptabs on school employees with child abuseallegations in their records.

Under bill A.9600, school superintendentsin New York State would be required to reportall allegations of child abuse by schoolemployees or volunteers when those individu-als are in the process of transferring to newschool districts.

Bill A.9598 would require the immediatetermination of any school employee or volun-teer convicted of of child abuse.

In a statement issued by his office on Tues-day, Hevesi said he crafted both bills follow-ing a spate of child abuse cases in New YorkCity schools that have been made public thisschool year.

Fifteen employees of the city’s Departmentof Education have been arrested on sexual orother abuse charges this school year.

“These bills are a simple matter of doingwhat is right for our children to ensure theirsafety and welfare in school settings,” Hevesisaid. “Principals should feel assured that theyhave the best possible information when mak-ing hiring decisions, and likewise superinten-dents should be responsible for facilitating thetransfer of all essential information duringschool employee transfers.”

Hevesi said A.9600 is meant to ensure thatboth superintendents and hiring schoolsremain accountable for the safety of students,by validating the integrity of newly hiredschool employees and volunteers.

Additionally, bill A.9598 will tighten upprovisions in state education law which allowconvicted child abusers to remain in schoolsettings until a superintendent deems themunfit for their positions.

He said for schools to maintain their rep-utability, parents should feel assured of theintegrity of the staff that interacts with theirchildren. “These bills are about accountabili-ty,” Hevesi said. Q

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Finding free parking in the borough is likestriking gold and when empty cabs occupy thosespaces it is bound to irk community members.

Roe Daraio, president of Citizens of Maspethand Elmhurst Together, alleges that a livery cabcompany, Sensational Services Inc., does justthat on 48th Avenue and 70th Street in Wood-side.

“It’s a big problem in the community,” shesaid. “Those are 200 parking spaces being usedup.”

She said it’s not only a burden for residentswho live near the block, but also businesses thatneed employee parking.

For months, Daraio has fought this problem.Zoning laws forbid dealerships from using thecity streets as their lot, she said.

“Zoning specifically states that all businessesmust operate 100 percent in their premises …not on the city street,” she said.

The civic leader asked the 108th Precinct tolook into the issue. During the past eightmonths 12 summonses were issued, whichincluded inadequate insurance coverage, lack ofcommission-required decal and invalid driver’slicenses, she said.

Daraio brought the issue to the Taxi and Lim-ousine Commission, which grants permits forlivery cabs. She was told that it wasn’t in thecommission’s control to do anything about it.

“TLC said it’s not their problem, DOT is notlooking at it as their problem. So whose prob-lem is it?” she asked.”

However, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer(D-Sunnyside) has stepped in.

“It’s plain to us that they can’t find parkingon their block or even close to where they livebecause we have hundreds of livery cabs takingup all the spaces,” he said. “You got a privatebusiness using the street as their own privateparking lot and not paying for that privilege.That’s unfair to local residents who live in theneighborhood.”

Van Bramer is working on a bill that wouldgive the TLC the authority to write summonsesto TLC regulated dealerships, which use citystreets to conduct business.

The owner of Sensational Services Inc., Tom,who asked that his last name be withheld, saidhe hasn’t received any complaints.

He said his company takes up at most 10 or12 spots and that the rest belong to other dealer-ships.

“There are five or six other shops that havevehicles in those spaces,” he said. “I feel we’rebeing unjustly painted as the bad guys.”

“[I am] willing to work with the communityto find a solution,” he said. Q

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August Martin High School students andtheir parents are accusing the city of forcingtheir principal to resign last week, in anattempt to limit dissent before an upcomingvote on whether or not to close the Jamaicainstitution at the end of the month, while edu-cation officials say the new principal has anextensive background in working with strug-gling students and will help the school toimprove.

Anthony Cromer ended his tenure as prin-cipal at August Martin last Thursday, the cityDepartment of Education said. The newleader, Gillian Smith, the founding principalof The Facing History School in Manhattan,began the same day, according to the city.

“They wanted him to resign,” said Jose Fer-ruzola, the Parent Teacher Association presi-dent at August Martin. “They put him in aspot where he could resign or be let go.”

Ferruzola said the principal had a strongconnection with the parents and communityand argued that the city wanted to axe thatconnection prior to the public hearing the citywill hold April 16 on Mayor Bloomberg’s pro-posal to shutter August Martin.

The mayor proposes closing 26 schools inthe city, including eight in Queens, andreopening them with up to 50 percent of theteachers replaced and a new name. The cityPanel for Educational Policy will vote on themeasure at its April 26 meeting.

Under federal guidelines for the programBloomberg wants to implement — known asthe “turnaround” model — Cromer wouldhave to be replaced if the city approves theplan to close the school. Principals at the 26schools would be booted, unless they had beenat the helm for less than two years.

Still, parents and students said the cityshould have waited until the end of the year toreplace Cromer to limit the disruption in theteenagers’ lives.

Instead, parents argued the city cut Cromerloose because he has many allies in the com-munity and was a vocal opponent of closingthe school.

“He has the power with the parents andcommunity, and they don’t like that,” Ferruzo-la said.

The PTA president said last Thursday thatCromer met with Schools Chancellor DennisWalcott on Monday, and the city “called himyesterday and told him he had to leave today.”

The city DOE did not respond to a requestfor comment on Ferruzola’s accusations, butofficials did say they believe the new principalwill help August Martin, which has struggledwith graduation rates and test scores, toimprove.

“Our students deserve great principals, andMs. Smith brings a wealth of experience ineducation,” said DOE spokesman FrankThomas. “This is an opportunity for the faculty

and students in the August Martin community.”They also stressed that Smith has a long

background of working with underprivilegedyouth.

A graduate of the city’s public school sys-tem, Smith went on to become a paraprofes-sional, teacher and assistant principal at Satel-lite Academy High School in Manhattan.

But students said they were distraught the

August Martin HS principal resignsParents say exit was forced; citysays new leader will help school


The principal at August Martin High School in Jamaica resigned last week, upsetting parents andstudents who called him dynamic and well-liked. FILE PHOTO

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by Denis DeckChronicle Contributor

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

customer to find a target price and let the internet auctioneers handle the rest.

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.”

Ice Jewelry Buying Services is located at 98-30 Queens Blvd. in Rego Park. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 11am to 7:00pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday private appoinments are available. Call for more information (718) 830-0030. Q

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Last year at this time an accomplishment ofgreat magnitude began, the painting andrepair of our Jamaica Avenue elevated J line.Now here we are a year later and the paintingis nearly completed and the stanchions andpillars are being prepared for replacement.Isn’t it great to look up and see this cleanstructure. This was always an accomplishmentthat the Greater Woodhaven DevelopmentCorporation envisioned and now it is a reality.

This brings us to one more plan, rezoningour Woodhaven that the GWDC began andhas the support of the Woodhaven ResidentsBlock Association, our elected officials —state Sen. Joseph Addabbo, AssemblymanMike Miller, Councilmembers ElizabethCrowley and Eric Ulrich — CommunityBoard 9 and the Woodhaven BusinessImprovement District. The hearings were heldon this rezoning plan for Woodhaven — andwas unanimously approved by CommunityBoard 9. This rezoning is the most importantchange that will affect Woodhaven for the next50 years. It will protect our larger Victorianhomes and the smaller homes in Woodhavenfrom being demolished and the building ofsmall apartment buildings in their place. Thiswould destroy the character and the “smalltown” atmosphere of our Woodhaven. I attend-ed and testified in favor of this plan and I willkeep you aware of the progress on this.

Applications are available until June 1 forthe Empire State Fellows Program, a full-timeleadership program beginning in September,with a salary not to exceed $72,765 per yearplus benefits. For more information go tonewnyleaders.com.

Also, the NYPD’s Internship Program isavailable to high schools, college and gradu-ate students. This program will provide acade-mic credit and afford candidates practicalexperience in the justice field. For more infor-mation visit the Community Affairs websiteor call (212) 343-3676.

Now we look forward to the social event ofthe year, the GWDC’s “Everlasting Spring”33rd Anniversary Dinner Dance on Friday,June 1 at the Cordon Bleu Caterers, 96-01Jamaica Ave. — with our own chef. In linewith this, the ladies are encouraged to wearwarm spring colors.

Our honorees are: Woman of the Year 2012,Debbie Hoffer, project director of CatholicCharities Older Adults-Woodhaven Senior Citi-zen Center; Man of the Year 2012, Dr. RobertCastelli, a longtime Woodhaven podiatrist andfoot specialist; Businessowner of the Year 2012,Michael “Mike” Brennan, owner of Mike’s Puband Businessman of the Year 2012, Jame’“Jimmy” Illescas, owner of the new TropicalRestaurant. This year our special recognitionaward goes to St. Luke’s Nursery School.

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He noted it’s typical not to have symp-toms with colorectal cancer and pointed toa case at NYHQ. It involved a Koreanman in his 50s who attended an outreachhealth program that recommended colono-scopies. “He decided to have the test andwe found he had a Stage 1 rectal carcino-ma,” Kim said. “We removed it and itcured him. Had he waited a year, he wouldhave needed radiation, chemotherapy anda colostomy bag.”

Had the man not had the testing, itmore than likely would have eventuallycost him his life, the doctor added.

“It is a wonderful feeling for us whenthis kind of outcome happens,” Kimadded.

To reduce the risk of colon cancer, theDOH recommends not to smoke, maintaina healthy weight, exercise regularly, eat adiet rich in fiber, fruits and vegetables andget checked through screening.

Kim noted that family history alsoplays a role, so people with a genetic ten-dency should have a colonoscopy at anearlier age, even at 40.

For more information on where to gofor a screening, call 311. Q

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Police are searching for two men afterseparate incidents of assault committedagainst women.

At 5:45 a.m. April 8, Sunnyside residentMike Novak heard a woman yelling forhelp.He ran outside and the suspect, a His-panic man in his late 20s, took off north-bound along 46th Street , according tospokesman for councilman Jimmy VanBramer (D-Sunnyside).

“One sexual assault against any womanin this city is one too many,” Van Bramersaid. “Sunnyside is one of the safest com-munities in New York City and we all mustbe vigilant as a community.”

The woman sustained minor injuries.In the 108th Precinct where the incident

occurred, misdemeanor sex crimes are up 85percent so far this year when compared tothe same four-month period last year. How-ever, misdemeanor assaults decreased 11.6percent in the same time frame.

“The recent uptick in sex-related attacksin our neighborhood is intolerable,” saidstate Sen. Michael Gianaris (D- Astoria).

Van Bramer and other elected off icialshanded out fliers on Tuesday in the neigh-borhood detailing the perpetrator’s appear-ance.

Nearby, in Jackson Heights, a man iswanted for four reported gropings.

A spokesman for Van Bramer said as ofnow the two suspects are not linked.

The four separate incidents occurredbetween March 22 and April 2 between 5:15p.m. and 4:20 a.m. Each time a Hispanicman would approach the woman, grab herlower region and then flee by foot or bike,according to a NYPD spokesman.

The man is described as between the ageof 17 and 25 and between 5 feet 5 inchesand 5 feet 8 inches tall. A sketch was com-posed based on descriptions of him. No sus-pects are in custody.

“Keeping Jackson Heights residents safeis a top priority,” said Assemblymember

Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights). “Therecent attacks of crude conduct cannot con-tinue.”

Misdemeanor sex crimes in the 115Precinct are up 100 percent from 9 incidentsto 18 since last year during the same timeperiod.

The off ices of Public Advocate Bill deBlasio, state Sen. Jose Peralta (D-JacksonHeights) and Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras(D-East Elmhurst) handed out bilingualpamphlets giving tips on how to keep safeand detailing resources to contact.

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The release of the Environmental Scorecardof the City Council shows that all five bor-oughs are heading in the right direction to sus-tain the environment in New York City.

Out of the 50 City Council members fromeach district in the five boroughs, and fromboth political parties that voted, 22 had a per-fect score on the scale from one to 100 forvoting in support of the 11 bills covering vari-ous environmental issues that the city facesnow, and in the future.

With an average score of 90 given by TheNew York League of Conservation Voters, thecouncil has climbed 22 points from the previ-ous Environmental Scorecard that was cov-ered in 2008 and 2009.

The NYLCV is a nonpartisan policy-mak-ing and political action organization whosemain goal is to keep the environment at the topof priorities for elected officials and voters.

The NYLCV’s president, Marcia Bystryn,said that this is one of the most pro-environ-ment council’s that has ever served New York.

“Our Environmental Scorecard reflects thestrong environmental learnings of our individ-ual council members,” Bystryn said.

Topics voted on included sustainable food,waste reduction, solar energy, clean air, indoorair, lighting efficiency, clean waterways, ille-gal dumping and safe streets.

They also voted on “green infrastructure,”which will increase the planting of stormwater-tolerant native vegetation in order to regulatestormwater retention and filtration, and “greenbuildings” which require particular codes oncommercial and residential building construction.

Of these topics, 22 council members scored100 percent, while 15 scored 91 percent, andthe remaining 13 council members’ scoresdeclined from there.

Queens’ council members that were giventhe score of 100 were Peter Vallone (D-Asto-

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From there, council members that received a91 were Dan Halloran (R-Bayside), Peter Koo(D-Flushing), Julissa Ferrerras (D-Corona),Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) and LeroyComrie Jr. (D-St. Albans).

Council members Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica)and James Sanders Jr. (D-Laurelton) scored a 73.

Bart Haggerty, the chief of staff for CityCouncilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), saidthat their off ice is particularly proud ofUlrich’s 100-point voting status.

“We were the principal sponsors for the‘green building’ initiative,” Haggerty said. “It’scommon sense to update the laws of majorconstruction.”

Ambition of this sort is what also inspiredCity Councilwoman Jessica Lappin (D-Man-hattan) to introduce legislation for public recy-cling and textile recycling.

Michelle Feldman, Lappin’s press secretarysaid, “She is working on creating legislationthat heightens the importance of waste reduc-tion. We want to make recycling more accessi-ble to the people of New York.”

Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker,is credited by the NYLCV for leading thecouncil into passing 29 of the 111 recommen-dations, primarily for creating green buildingslegislation that has been proposed over thelast two years.

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Treating 15 million gallons of toxic water by 2030 is among legislation voted on in the City CouncilEnvironmental Scorecard. One such place that is expected to see this work over the next few yearsis here, in Jamaica Bay. PHOTO BY STEVE FISHER

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The Howard Beach Civic Association will holds its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April24 at 7:30 p.m.

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principal has been replaced, and many ofthem called Cromer a dynamic leader whowas well-liked.

“I felt really sad and bad, and I want toprotest it,” said Deborah Oyebamiji, asenior and member of the student govern-ment. “I’m not happy about it. I don’t wantthe new principal to sign my diploma. I’veknown PrincipalCromer for four years,and and we had agood friendship. Allthe students likedhim.”

Dmytro Fed-kowskyj, Queens Bor-ough President HelenMarshall’s appointee to the PEP, who hasbeen a vocal opponent of closing theschools, said he has written to Walcott foran explanation about Cromer, but has yet toreceive a response.

“Borough President Marshall is extreme-ly disappointed, but I’m not surprised bythis action,” Fedkowskyj said. “It’s a shamethat the DOE operates in this manner. Theschool community and members of the PEPdeserve an explanation now. This decisioncreated a lot of confusion because the edu-cational impact statement that was releasedwith the closure proposal made no mentionof removing the principal before June 30.This decision lacked transparency, and only

the CIA operates in this manner.”Oyebamiji said she believes many stu-

dents will be less inclined to work hard inCromer’s absence.

“Now that the principal is gone, I don’tthink everyone is going to want to do whatthey’re supposed to do,” Oyebamiji said.“Seniors might say, ‘Oh I don’t know you,’about the new principal, and might not do

what they’re sup-posed to. Thisschool is closing,and now we have anew principal?Everything justchanged.”

Like Oyebamiji,Ferruzola said he is

worried about the impact Cromer’s absencewill have on the teenagers.

“A lot of the students looked up to him,and he was a mentor to them,” Ferruzolasaid. “Without him, I’m afraid they’regoing to drop out.”

Lipy Begum, a senior, said she beganattending August Martin not long aftermoving from Bangladesh, and credited herformer principal with helping her graduateon time.

“I’m a student from a foreign country,but I made it because of Cromer,” shesaid. “He did everything for me. I wanthim signing my diploma, not the newprincipal.” Q

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“Only the CIA operatesin this manner.”

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he would have no comment until after hehas garnered the 900 valid signaturesnecessary to get on the ballot. The dead-line is Monday, April 16. He has sinceput up a website with his biography, butleft out his position at the electionsboard. A spokesman said he will be tak-ing a leave of absence from the job tomount his campaign.

On Tuesday, he issued the followingstatement: ÒPeople are tired of elected offi-cials who forget that representing the peo-ple is an honor and responsibility. Roryapparently believes he has become biggerthan those he seeks to represent. Why doeshe proclaim he should be the only Jewishcandidate to seek this office? I will showthat my record, my philosophy and my val-ues better represent not only the Jewish vot-ers of this district, but a majority of the vot-ers who reside in the 6th Congressional.”

Michael Reich, executive secretary tothe Queens Democratic Party, said he prob-ably hasn’t spoken to Gottlieb in about ayear. But he lashed into Lancman for hisallegations.

“Shame on Rory Lancman,” Reich said.“He has no proof whatsoever to say that,”adding uncategorically that party leadershad not held conversations with Gottlieb.

“Whatever Jeff is doing he is doing onhis own,” he said.

Meng’s campaign said it had no com-ment since “this has nothing to do withus.” It did not respond to inquiries laterregarding Lancman’s charges. Crowley’scampaign did not respond at all for com-ments on the latest developments.

Gottlieb lives in Flushing and is presi-dent of the Queens Jewish Historical Soci-ety. In 2001 he attempted to run for theCity Council in a race eventually won byJim Gennaro. Prior to the primary, he wasadvised by the county Democrats to with-draw to give Barry Grodenchik a betterchance of winning. He withdrew and Gro-denchik lost.

In 2002, Gottlieb wanted to challengethen-incumbent Assemblywoman NettieMayersohn of Flushing, but was advised

against it by the party and did not proceed. Several well-placed political sources,

who asked not to be identified, said theywere unhappy with Gottlieb’s most recentdecision to run and believe the party madethe overtures to him.

Marc Haken, a community activist fromFresh Meadows and lifelong Democrat,who at one time did volunteer work forLancman, thinks the Democrats are run-ning scared. “They are afraid Rory will winso they did this,” Haken said. “I don’t thinkGottlieb will draw votes away from Rorybecause he’s firmly established in Queens.”

Mulling over Gottlieb’s entrance into therace, Lancman said his take on it is that theparty was shocked by the support he’sreceived from unions, the Working FamiliesParty and former Mayor Ed Koch, and“they hatched this scheme. This time theycrossed the line and it’s a new low,” Lanc-man said. “They are trying to exploit reli-gious and ethnic differences.”

He added that the voters won’t be fooledand that in phone calls he has received sinceGottlieb’s announcement, “people are veryangry.”

The winner of the Democratic primarywill face Republican Councilman Dan Hal-loran of Whitestone.

At a press conference on Monday, Lanc-man also outlined his agenda for helpingsmall businesses if he’s elected to Congressby helping them access credit and reform-ing the corporate tax code.

His plan would focus on changing thecode so that small businesses are compet-ing on the same playing field as large cor-porations. Lancman supports the presi-dent’s plan to cut the 35 percent tax rate to28 percent for all businesses and closeloopholes, which will help small businessescompete.

He spoke at the Cornerstone Diner inHillcrest, a business that was opened 14months ago by Spiros Kaloudis. “We’vebeen struggling,” Kaloudis said. “We wouldlove to expand but we are not eligible forsmall business loans and it’s hard to makeends meet.”

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A Maspeth group will pay tribute in a cer-emony on Sunday to certain U.S. servicemenwho never came home.

“These are guys who we know werekilled, but whose bodies were never recov-ered,” said Diego Lodico of Maspeth. Lodicois the founder of Bella Italia Mia, an educa-tional Italian culture organization, and anonprofit offshoot with the aim of memori-alizing the country’s missing sons.

“My wife’s brother was killed over Ger-many in a bombing mission in World WarII,” Lodico said. ”The plane was destroyed.”

Lodico is a veteran, having served as anArmy medic toward the end of the KoreanWar.

Sunday’s ceremony, scheduled for 2 p.m.at All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village,where Lodico was successful in securingspace for a monument in 2010 after a meet-ing with Daniel Austin, president of thecemetery.

“I went there to speak to him for about 15minutes,” Lodico said. “It turned into 45.”

The memorial has been in place sinceDecember, and now Lodico is looking forfamilies of those, who, like his brother-in-law, have earned a plaque on the monument.

“You need the next of kin, and I triedreaching out to the military,” Lodico said.“But they told me they can’t give me thatinformation. So I’m hoping with some pub-licity families will approach us.” Sunday’sceremony will feature a color guard and abugler from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn.Lodico said he always has been moved tohelp the nation’s veterans.

“You see these ads on TV where they askfor $19 contributions for veterans,” he saiddisapprovingly. “Not that I don’t think veter-ans should be taken care of. I think the gov-ernment should do it.”

Gene Burch, past commander of Ameri-can Legion Post 1424 in Forest Hills, said heand fellow members will be there in theirpersonal and post capacities.

“We have the Tomb of the Unknown Sol-dier, but there’s really nothing for the“MIAs,” Burch said. “I think it’s wonderfulthat they’re doing this.”

The ceremony will take place during theregular monthly meeting of Bella Italia Mia,which takes is held at Christ the KingRegional High School.

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Ceremony to honorunrecovered troops once kept the sunlight from melting the wax

— in Ozone Park, and it makes industrial-strength tricycles and bicycles that are usedaround the world, from Queens pizza shops toa Mercedes plant in Alabama and the U.S.Army in the Middle East.

The company said in addition to helpingout an iconic American group, the partner-ship helps to fuel a factory that employsabout 60 people, especially in light of howthe city recently rejected Worksman’s bid toprovide thousands of bicycles for its bikeshare program last year. Sosin said Works-man could have added another 50 workersto the staff had the city tapped it for the pro-gram.

Not all is dire, however, and New YorkUniversity recently began using WorksmanCycles for its bike share program, which hasabout 1,000 members, and similar programsin Tulsa, Okla. and Princeton use the OzonePark manufacturer as well.

And, Sosin said, it seems as though moregroups are seeking out American-madeproducts, which makes him optimistic theywill not go the way of its competitors —abroad.

“When bike companies were closing theirU.S. operations and partnering with peopleoverseas, we didn’t,” Sosin said. “We have60 people working here, and they don’tdeserve to be given up on.

“The story of a bike being made in

America shouldn’t be an amazing story, butit is,” he continued. “We’re very proud ofwhat we’ve done.”

Giordano, of the Wounded Warrior Pro-ject, said the partnership is an important onefor the group’s 20,000-plus members.

“We don’t take a penny in governmentfunding; it’s all from the American publicand mom and pop companies,” Giordanosaid.

Donations from Worksman will help thenonprofit fund a number of programs — allof them free, including counseling and helpfinding employment.

“Without Wounded Warrior, I’d probablybe 400 pounds on my couch, or I don’tknow if I’d even be here,” said Siwulec, whowas riding in a vehicle in Afghanistan in2004 when a bomb exploded in the road. “Ithurt my hip, my back, I had traumatic braininjury and I still have a heart condition.”

Siwulec, now a federal police off icerwith the Department of Veterans Affairs andstudying criminal justice at Empire StateCollege, and Strobel said the nonprofit alsoprovides a network of colleagues whounderstand what each other has gonethrough.

“You go from having an instant family tothe civilian world, where it’s more dog-eat-dog,” said Strobel, who is now studying tobe a nurse practitioner at Stony Brook Uni-versity on Long Island. “Wounded Warriorbrings back camaraderie.” Q

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Ave., Flushing on April 19 at 7 p.m. Alsoparticipating are Flushing-Fresh MeadowsJewish Center, Hillside Jewish Center andHollis Hills Jewish Center.

The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112 St., will hold a special shabbatmemorial service on April 20 at 8 p.m.Cantor Cary Schwartz will present a pro-gram on music of the Holocaust.

The Briarwood Jewish Center, 139-06 86Ave., will host a Yom Hashoah program at10:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 22. The programwill include a showing of the documentary

“It was Nothing ... It was Everything,”which recounts the destruction of Greece’sJewish Community during World War II;and a talk by Greek Holocaust survivorLena Cassuto Goren.

Leo Zisman, a Holocaust survivor andauthor, will speak at Young Israel of NewHyde Park, 264-15 77 Ave., on April 22 at7:25 p.m. Also taking part are Bell ParkJewish Center, Queens Jewish CommunityCouncil and Northeast Queens JewishCommunity Council.

The Howard Beach Judea Center, 162-0590 St., will hold its annual Yom Hashoahmemorial service on Sunday, April 29 at 7p.m.Those who plan to attend should RSVPby calling (718) 845-9443. Q

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The iceberg hit by the Titanic 100 years ago this Saturday didn't only fracture the great ship’s hull and spell doom for two-thirds of those aboard, it also fractured the comfort of the Edwardian Era, which then was shattered completely just two years later by the start of the First World War.

Named for the king who succeeded Queen Victoria on the British throne, the Edwardian period is marked in the public imagination today as a time of leisure for the wealthy and rapid technological innovation. Both notions are accurate, but they leave out the plight of the poor, who mostly worked un-godly hours in conditions that would be illegal today, and had yet to benefit from most of the era’s inventions.

The Titanic, with its opulent first-class staterooms above and infamous third-class steerage accommodations below, re-flected the divide perfectly. And when the ship was mortally wounded at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, class played a major role in who survived and who didn’t. More than 1,500 people died as the Titanic broke apart and sank two hours later, but as per the values of the day, 97 percent of women in first class lived, while 87 percent of men in third class did not.

But two weeks from now they will all be remembered, rich and poor, famous and unknown, in a unique event to be held in the heart of Queens — one that also will pay homage to the romantic Edwardian Era itself.

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qbboorrooEXHIBITS

An exhibit titled “Interwoven Worlds: ExploringDomestic and Nomadic Life in Turkey,” organizedby Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, willbe on view at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 NorthernBlvd. through April 30. Exhibit hours are Wednesdayto Friday, noon to 5 p.m.

In honor of its major exhibition Civic Action: AVision for Long Island City, the Noguchi Museum at9-01 33 Rd., Long Island City, offers free admissionfor all visitors until the exhibition closes on April 22.For a schedule, call (718) 204-7088.

Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria,will present “Street Digital,” an exhibition of JODI’srecent works in installation, software and video, nowthrough May 20. Museum admission: $12 for adults;$9 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $6for children ages 3-18. Open Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Monday.

Ralph Weiss Photographs are on view through April22 at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave.,Flushing. Gallery hours: Wednesday, Saturday andSunday from 1-4 p.m.

Continuing through April 24 the second of a two-part exhibition on the evolution of art will be onview at the Queens College Art Center, Benjamin S.Rosenthal Library, Level Six, 65-30 Kissena Blvd.,Flushing. Gallery hours are: Monday through Thurs-day, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free andopen to the public.

Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flush-ing, will exhibit the photography of documentaryphotographer Audrey Gottlieb now through May19. “Vignettes from the Queens Project” is a photocollection that celebrates the diversity of theQueens community.

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.

AUDITIONSThe AARP Queens Chorus performs at Queensnursing homes and rehab/senior centers. If interest-ed in joining call (718) 523-1330 for audition dates.

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.

THEATREOneHear t Productions, a nonprofit theatercompany, presents a single evening’s performanceof “Birmingham Reunion,” a full-length play deal-ing with the present-day impact of slavery on race

relations on Friday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. at theLaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Little Theater, 31-10Thomson Ave., Long Island City. Tickets are $20 at door,$15 in advance. Call the box office at (718) 482-5151.

The Gingerbread Players will cap their 2011-12season with a six-performance run of “Annie,” theclassic musical at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 85Greenway South, Forest Hills on Saturday, April 21,at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 22, at 2:30p.m.; Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April28, at 2:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 29, at 2:30p.m. For reservations, call (718) 268-7772, or visitgingerbreadplayers.org.

“For Rent,” by acclaimed Turkish playwright, OzenYula, will be presented by the Kupferberg Centerand the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center atLaGuardia Community College, 31-10 ThomsonAve., in Long Island City now through April 18 —Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; and April 12and 18 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $5-$10. Call (718)482-5151.

MUSICA free springtime concert of joy, with vocalistsNatalia Salemmo, Jessica Bauch, pianist Mark Wil-son, guitarist Jeffrey Starace and violinist JenniferJohnson will be held on Saturday, April 14 at 1 p.m.at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14 Road, Col-lege Point. Historical tours will be conducted from11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tours are conducted every half hour.

Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway” will be pre-sented on Saturday, April 14 at 8 p.m. at ColdenAuditorium at Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd.,Flushing. Tickets: $26-$28. Call (718) 793-8080.

Zeynep Ucbasaran will give a recital on Sunday,April 15 at 2 p.m. at the Lefrak Concert Hall at

Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.Turkish-born Ucbasaran was a prizewinner in the1996 and 2000 Los Angeles Liszt Competitions.Tickets: $34-$36. Call (718) 793-8080.

Grammy-award winner and folk music legendJanis Ian will be at the Queens Theatre in the Parkfor two special concert performances on Saturday,April 21 at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale on theQueens Theatre website for $44 and $60. The the-ater is located in Flushing Meadows Park.

The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill pre-sents a spring concert on Sunday, April 22 at St.John’s Lutheran Church, 86-20 114 St. at 3 p.m.The program is Faure’s “Requiem” and RalphVaughn William’s “Five Mystical Songs” with pro-fessional soloists and chamber orchestra. Recep-tion follows in church’s Bowers Hall. Admission$15 — seniors and students $12. Tickets availableat the door or in advance.

LECTUREBreathe life into your old paintings, a demonstra-tion by Ann Bragg, will be held on Friday, April 13at 8 p.m. at the National Art League, 44-21 Dou-glaston Pkwy., Douglaston.

The Bayside Jewish Center Sisterhood, 203-0532 Ave., Bayside presents Milton Pincus on Mon-day, Apr i l 16 at 3 p.m. who wi l l d iscussJewish/Arab relations in a modern world.

MEETINGSThe Flushing AARP Chapter No. 1405 holds itsmeetings at the Bowne Street Community Church,143-11 Roosevelt Ave. on Mondays at 1 p.m. Thespeaker on April 16 will be Bob Hogan, managerof the Quinn-Fogarty Funeral Home on living wills.

The Queens County Bird Club will meet onWednesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. at Alley Pond Environ-mental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.Seth Ausubel will give a presentation on reptiles andamphibians of the New York/New Jersey region.

Queens Best Toastmakers Club meets the first,third and fifth Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m.to noon at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, ConferenceRoom, 79-01 Broadway.

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. Join the agency on Sundaysat 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12162 St., Jamaica. The next session will be on April15. (No meeting on April 8).

FOR KIDSFlushing Meadows Soap Box Derby has begunregistering participants for this year’s Soap Boxderby event. Registration can be obtained onlineat aasbd.org or GNB Auto Repair, 85-05 AstoriaBlvd., Jackson Heights on Fridays between 6 and 8p.m. Applicants must be between the ages of 8and 17 years. A copy of a birth certificate mustaccompany the application or another documentaffirming proof of age. Kits may be obtained fromthe All-American or through sponsorship from theFlushing Meadow Organization.

Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave.,Sunnyside, announces its bilingual theatre move-ment and dance for children workshop, incorpo-rating Flamenco and Mexican folkloric movementand dance. Classes are Saturdays from April 14 toJune 23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The workshop con-cludes with a performance of a piece created andperformed by the children at Thalia Spanish The-atre. The free is $150 total; there is a discount forfamilies who enroll several children. The agegroup is from 5-12 years old. For information andreservations contact Soledad Lopez or KathrynGiaimo at (718) 729-3880, or visit the website atthaliatheatre.org.

CLASSESA parenting workshop with child psychologistAnthony Wolf will be held on Wednesday, April 18at 7 p.m. at the Central Queens Y, 67-09 108 St.,Forest Hills. Fee: $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

A defensive driving course for insurance and pointreduction will be given at the American MartyrsChurch, 79-43 Bell Blvd. in Bayside on Saturday,April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For informationand registration call (631) 360-9720. The cost is $45.

A points/insurance reduction defensive drivingcourse will be held in the VFW Hall, 102-17 160Ave., Howard Beach on Saturday, April 21 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $35. Call Keith at (917) 599-6674 or visit progressive-training-ltd.com to register.

Mindfulness Meditation one-hour class with RabbiMichael Weisser at Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Free. Formore information, call (718) 961-0030 or [email protected].

To submit a theater, music, art or entertainment item to What’s Happening, email [email protected]

The Gingerbread Players will cap their 2011-12 season with a six-performance run of “Annie” from April 21through April 29 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Forest Hills. PHOTO COURTESY GINGERBREAD PLAYERS

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One such choreog-rapher is also theevent’s organizer:Valerie Green, founderof Green Space, aLong Island City stu-dio rental location forneighborhood dancersand the venue forGreen Space Blooms.

Growing theQueens-based dancescene is a cause Greenhas worked on since 1998, and GreenSpace Blooms is the only dance specificfestival in the borough, she said.

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“We want neighbors to feel they canstay in Queens and see professional gradeperformances,” said Green, also the owner

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Ella Fitzgerald praised heras “the best young singerin America.” Reviewershave said that her live per-formances are “over-whelming to the spirit andsoul” and “drenched withsuch passion, the audiencefeels they’ve been sweptup in a hurricane.” Fans offolk singer Janis Ian will getto experience that passionnext Saturday as she willperform at Queens Theatrein the Park in FlushingMeadows Park.

“I’ve been performingsince I was 15 and lived inthe New York area somany years, I ’ve neverplayed Queens,” thesinger said in a telephoneinterview.

Ian, 61, said “it’s great” tobe performing here for thefirst time and that she is nota stranger to the area. “Mybest friend, Jane, used to live in Flushing, soI’m reasonably familiar with it because wewould meet under the clock all the time,”she said.

Born in New York City, her talent formusic was evident at a young age. Shestarted playing piano at the age of 2,but switched to the guitar at 10, sayingthat she hated scales and studying. “Ifigured out that while you couldn’tcarry a piano, you could carry a guitar,and that was it,” she noted in her web-site biography.

Among her influences, she lists PeteSeeger and Woody Guthrie, but also thegenres of rock, pop and jazz.

She wrote her first song when shewas 12 and had her first hit single at 14,“Society’s Child.” The song was aboutan interracial romance between a blackboy and a white girl.

It was a controversial piece that wasbanned on numerous radio stations andwas the cause of a radio station inAtlanta being burned down. In the sum-mer of 1967, the song reached 14 onthe Billboard Hot 100. The single sold600,000 copies and in 2001, Ian wasinducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

She had her biggest hit in 1975 withthe song “At Seventeen.” Best described

as an “anthem for disaffected teenagers,”it brought her five Grammy nominations.She took home the Award for BestFemale Pop Vocal Performance.

Ian said what appeals to her aboutfolk music is the ability to link witheveryone. “There’s a connection to peo-ple that I don’t think you get withpop,” she said. “It’s not l imited. Itcrosses genre, it crosses race, culture,age, nationality.”

The audience can expect to hearsome of her classics and new songs thatshe has written. She will also performguitar solos.

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The setting will be an Edwardian hightea, given by the Richmond Hill HistoricalSociety and sponsored by the Friends ofMaple Grove Cemetery, in honor of theTitanic’s centenary. It will be held at thecemetery’s Celebration Hall.

Attendees will not only get to enjoy anostalgic afternoon in their best Edwardianfinery, they’ll also get to look at muchmemorabilia related to the tragedy, includ-ing books, actual props from the 1997Oscar-winning film “Titanic,” auto-graphed photos of the movie’s stars andan authorized reproduction of the fictionalHeart of the Ocean, the great jewel thatalso played such a major role in director

James Cameron’s masterpiece.One unusual item that will be shown is

an ushabti, a statuette believed to holdmagical powers in ancient Egypt (King Tutwas buried with 365 of them, one forevery day of the year). An ushabti muchlike the one that will be displayed was car-ried during the Titanic’s only voyage bypossibly its most famous survivor, the“unsinkable” Molly Brown.

A world-renowned musician, CeciliaBrauer of the Metropolitan OperaOrchestra, will perform the movie’s themeduring the tea, as well as a hymn believedto be the last or second to last tune per-formed by the Titanic’s band as it famous-ly played on while the ship foundered.She will play them on the glass armonica,a rare, historical instrument invented byBenjamin Franklin.

There will also be a couple of itemsmaking the admittedly tenuous linkbetween the Titanic and Queens: an entryfrom a Richmond Hill woman’s diary inwhich she speaks of hearing about thetragedy, and photos of a wealthy areafamily whose lithography company lostvaluable items that were in the ship’s hold.

[Two people who died aboard the

Titanic are buried in Queens; see separatestory in most editions, or at qchron.com.]

The one actual artifact from the disasterthat will be on display is a piece of coalretrieved from the sea floor after the ship’scarcass was discovered in 1985.

None of what will be enjoyed dur-ing the event is to make light of what

happened on that long ago Night toRemember, however. Carl Ballenas, presi-dent of the Friends of Maple Grove, saysthe event is designed more to honor theancient Egyptian proverb carved on thewall of Celebration Hall.

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CLASSESSpring youth programs at the Poppenhusen Insti-tute, 114-04 14 Rd., College Point, include: DramaClass (for ages 8-13) on Saturdays from 11 a.m.-1p.m. It is free; Art Class (for ages 12 and up) on Sat-urdays from 10-11 a.m. for beginners and from 11a.m.-2 p.m. for intermediate and advanced. Fee is$20 for supplies, adults $40; and Guitar (for ages 11-17) on Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. for beginners andfrom 11-noon for intermediate. Special one-timeintroductory price - $120 for 12 one-hour sessions.Pre-registration and payment are required. Startingdate is Saturday, April 7. Programs run through June30. Recital to be held in June for all youth programs.Call (718) 358-0067.

The American Small Craft Association (TASCA) isoffering a $300, seven-week, on the water, basic sail-ing course at the Boathouse at Flushing MeadowsPark, from Saturday, April 21 to June 11. For moreinformation and registration call (347) 438-1863 orvisit sailtasca.org.

The YWCA of Queens, 42-07 Parsons Blvd., Flushing,has expanded its GED preparation program toinclude free adult classes. Tracks vary in lengthfrom 10 to 20 weeks depending upon entrance testresults. Contact the YW and sign up for the nextplacement examination. Call Stacy McKelvey at(718) 353-4553 for more information or to reserveyour placement exam seat.

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.

Ongoing drawing class every Wednesday 1-4 p.m. atthe National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy,Douglaston. Instructor, Marc Jasloff. Call (516) 223-7659. Fee: $25 per class.

Italian Charities of America at 83-20 Queens Blvd.,Elmhurst, offers Italian classes for adults and chil-dren. Adult classes are on Tuesdays, Wednesdaysand Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Children’s classes are onSaturdays from 10 a.m.-noon. The course is for 14weeks. Price: adult — $80, children — $75 for firstchild, $50 for second and third child. Call (718)478-3100.

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.

A one-hour auto clinic for women is held the thirdsaturday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at Great BearAuto Repair Shop, 164-16 Sanford Ave., Flushing.Call to reserve at (718) 762-6212.’

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

Senior Yoga is coming to Bayside Jewish Center,203-05 32 Ave., conducted by Flo Meyers. There willbe a series of 10 weekly sessions at $5 per session.Bring your own mat or beach towel.

The Jackson Heights Art Club offers art classes,all mediums. Daytime and evening adult classesare offered Monday-Friday; daytime children’sclasses are offered during the weekend. Classesare held at St. Mark’s Church, 82nd Street and34th Avenue. Cost: $75 for adults, for four ses-sions, $75 for children for eight sessions. Mem-bership available. For information, call Geraldine at(718) 446-4709.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIESSt. Josephat’s R.C. Church of Bayside will hold anEaster dance on Sunday, April 15 from 2-6 p.m. inthe Parish Hall, 35th Avenue and 210th Street. Livemusic. Ticket admission is $35. Call Helen at (718)746-5138 for more information.

The 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 EVENTSChildren’s Carnival at the Queens County FarmMuseum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park onSaturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15 and Saturdayand Sunday, April 21 and 22 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Admission: $10. Enjoy carnival rides, midway gamesand prizes, hayrides and children’s entertainment.

Storyteller Barbara Aliprantis creates dramatic talesof immigrant hopes and traditions, drawing on herGreek heritage during a tea and talk on Sunday,April 15 at 3 p.m. at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38 Ave., Flushing. Admission is $10 and $8 formembers.

The Queens Alliance Baseball League and theQueens Kiwanis Baseball League have combined toprovide recreational baseball, as well as tourna-ments in the RBI, Pony, Federation and Greater N.Y.Sandlot. Any teams or players looking to play base-ball in a local competitive league can call (718)366-7717 or (718) 821-4487 for more information.

TOURSTake a tour of Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50Main St., Flushing on Thursday, April 19 at 1 p.m.Free with garden admission.

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

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.

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ship, and so for the brief time thatwe’re ‘saying their names,’ we’re hon-oring them,” said Ballenas, a historyteacher who has always been fascinat-ed by the Titanic and owns most of theitems that will be displayed. “It’s acommemoration, not a celebration.We’re remembering what happened toall those people.”

Helen Day, the RHHS vice president,who organized the event, agreed.

“We thought it would be nice tohighlight the fact that it’s the 100thanniversary of the Titanic, although it’s ahorrible tragedy,” Day said. “It certainlywas a horrific incident of the day, and toeveryone who heard about it, whetherthey were connected to it or not, it wasa great tragedy.”

As Richmond Hill resident Ella Flan-ders wrote in her diary on April 15,1912: “Terrible news in the papers, thenew White Star liner, The Titanic, thelargest ship in the world, struck an ice-berg off Newfoundland and badlyinjured in the night. Wireless newsindefinite. Ships going to rescue, fear itmight sink.”

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RE-NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.RE-NEW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.Est. 1938

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Carpentry Specialists

Cell: 917-731-8365Offi ce: 718-849-6400

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PROVENZANOPLUMBING Inc.

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Nick “The Tile Man” • Tile Repair • New Installation • Plumbing & ElectricWe Re-Grout andRe-Caulk To Look

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Insured

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718-807-5902516-424-9997

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89¢sq. ft.

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GARY RYAN HOME SPECIALIST, INC.Are you thinking about renovating or remodeling

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FREE ESTIMATES WE SERVICE YOUR COMMUNITY718-641-4164 • 516-244-3799

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LOW PRICES • FREE ESTIMATES24 Hours A Day • 7 Days A WeekCall Leon 718-296-6525

All Work Guaranteed • Se Habla Español*Reg. price quoted Lic. # 0859173

15% OFF*On All RoofsWith This Ad

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C.J.M. Contracting Inc.CHRIS MULLINS

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Call 718-276-85585% OFF

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PAINTING & TILES ARE USHANDYMAN

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NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL!FREE ESTIMATESLicensed/Insured

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Sewer and Drain Service Inc.718-977-4500 • 516-285-2845

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Money Saving Preventive Maintenance Contracts Residential/Commercial Accounts Welcome! All Work Guaranteed!

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Clear Stoppages in Sinks, Tubs,Also Install Hot Water Heaters

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Interior • ExteriorLic. #1270074

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All Work Proudly Guaranteedwww.webercarpentry.com

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Boiler & Oil Tanks RemovedLawn Maintenance

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• Sidewalks• Driveways• Foundations• Excavations• Blacktop

• Stoops/Patios• Retaining Walls• Basement Floors• Handicap Ramps• Garbage Removal

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NEW HEIGHTSCONSTRUCTION LLC

• Siding • Windows • Roofi ng • Fences• Kitchens • Baths • Basements • Decks• Doors • Awnings • Patio Enclosures• Brick Pointing • Concrete Stucco

1-800-525-5102 • 718-767-0044WWW.NEWHEIGHTSCONSTRUCTIONNY.COM

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Siding

CARDICONSTRUCTION CORP.• Bathrooms • Kitchens • Basements• Windows/Anderson/Pella/Skylights

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★ 20 Years Excellent Record with Consumer Affairs

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WE SERVICE: • Washers • Dryers• Refrigerators • Stoves/Ovens • Combo Units

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FREE ESTIMATES!ALL WORK GUARANTEED!

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Owner Operated Commercial/Residential

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Also Licensed in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties

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• Specializing in Finding Leaks• Clean Out Leaders & Gutters

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W&U Construction Inc.• Kitchens• Bathrooms• Carpentry• Painting

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FREE ESTIMATESExperienced - Licensed - Reliable

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RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC GARAGE DOOR OPENERS

CASSEL & FREYMUTH, INC.

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CASSEL & FREYMUTH, INC.718-739-8006 Fully Licensed

& InsuredServing Queens

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Sales & Service For All Major BrandsWholesale & Retail

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FREEESTIMATE

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CONSTRUCTION LLCSCLAFMORESCLAFMORE

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Lic. #1314744FULLY INSURED

Family Owned & Operated for 30 Years718-896-9200 or 718-845-9200

FREE ESTIMATES VIOLATIONS REMOVED

J.P. MUSSO ROOFING & SIDING Commercial and Residential

No Job Too Big or Too SmallFree Estimates 718-600-5186 Licensed & Insured

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• Siding• Roofing/Rips• Gutters• Slate, Etc.

• Painting• Plastering• Taping, Etc.• Sheetrock

• Kitchens & Bathrooms

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Over 15 Yearsof Experience

INSUREDStump Grinding - Prunings - Removals

Firewood - Pool ClearingsSNOW

REMOVALFIREWOODDELIVERY

All Phases of Tree WorkEric ClydeOwner/Operator

Tree Service

FREE ESTIMATES [email protected]

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OVER 20 YEARS IN BUSINESSACTION SHEETMETALFabrication & Installation of Duct Workfor Air Conditioning/Heating/Ventilation

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GRB Construction

Licensed & Insured Nassau #H0430700000 - NYC #1125624

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Free Estimates 516-352-056630

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EXPERTS IN:• Bathrooms • Kitchens• Basements • Fencing• Roofi ng • Vinyl Siding • Windows• Concrete/Brick Work

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Experts in All Phases of Home Remodeling

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All Warranties Include Free Yearly Inspection and MaintenanceFULLY INSURED, FREE ESTIMATES

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Since 1970

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Call 718-848-3800Se Habla Español Lic. #1242941

Insurance Estimates Welcome

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JAMAICA REDEMPTION CENTER LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/6/12. 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, c/o Mitchell Mund, Esq., 100-15 Queens Blvd., Ste. #1, Forest Hills, NY 11375. General Purposes.

BBIC LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/19/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Diamond District Corneal, 60 Old Court House Rd., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. General Purposes.

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Notice of Formation of Linda L Huang DDS MD, PLLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/10/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6820 Selfridge St., #5D, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful activities.

11-01 43rd Avenue Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/16/1999. Office in Queens County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 11-01 43rd Ave., L.I.C., NY 11101. Duration Date: 6/30/2050. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

AVERY 133-12 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/28/12. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 64-65 210th St., Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act.

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on 3/20/12, bearing Index Number NC-000128-12/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, in Record Room 357, grants me the right to assume the name of Eiatzaz Arshad. My present name is Eiatzaz Arshad Butt AKA Eiatzaz A. Butt, AKA Eiatzaz Butt. My present address is 96-08 25th Avenue, East Elmhurst, NY 11369-1546. My place of birth is Pakistan. My date of birth is March 11, 1988.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FERAZZOLI CREATIVE DESIGNS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/13/12. 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 Joseph & Terracciano, LLP, 2 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 200, Syosset, New York 11791. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE is hereby given that a license number 1260060 for restaurant wine has been applied for by DOUGH JOE LLC (Assumed name: Hinomaru Ramen) to sell wine & beer at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 33-18 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria, NY 11105 for on-premises consumption.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: NYC REGIONAL CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/19/212. 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, 131-08 40 RD., 4F, Flushing, NY 11355. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of ImaginAerial LLC. Arts. of Org. fi led with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/22/12. Offi ce location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 189 2nd Ave., Apt. 3S, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: DTN DANCE GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/07/12. 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, 212-14 39th Avenue, Bayside, New York 11361. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

AMERICAN UNITED COMPANY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/21/2012. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 8658 Pinto St., Hollis, NY 11423. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

SBG REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/17/12. 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, c/o Susan Batz, 85-15 Main St., Apt. 8P, Briarwood, NY 11435. General Purposes.

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NOTICE is hereby given that a license number 1261849 for an On Premises Liquor License has been applied for by the HUFF N PUFF INC. under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law for premises located at 25-83 Steinway Street, Astoria, New York 11103, Country of Queens, for on-premises consumption.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: HL 78, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/01/12. 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, 136-40 39th Avenue, Suite 402, Flushing, New York 11354. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: VESNA D 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 C/O UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 302, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of limited liability company. Name: JR ACCOUNTING, TAXES & SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/2012. 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, 229-22 LINDED BLVD., CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, NY 11411. The general purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Meladi Beauty Salon LLC. Arts of Org filed with NY Sec of State (SSNY) on 2/10/12. Office: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 146-01 Holly Ave., Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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CITATION FILE NO. 2012-604SURROGATE’S COURT, QUEENS COUNTY

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKBy the Grace of God Free and Independent

To: The distributees, heirs-at-law, and next of kin of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR. a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, deceased, if any be living and if any be dead, their respective distributees, heirs-at-law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest, all of whose names, whereabouts and addresses are unknown and cannot be ascertained with due diligence, being any person interested in the estate of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR. a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, deceased, as distributees or otherwise, and Public Administrator of Queens Country, NYS Attorney General.A petition having been duly filed by ADAM V. LICHTENSTEIN and WINIFRED M. GRANT, who are domiciled at 6768 Baron Road, McLean, Viriginia 22101 and 2447 Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York 11783YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on May 10, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR., a/k/a HENRY C. STUMP, lately domiciled at 71-04 72nd Place, Glendale, New York 11385, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated March 8, 2011, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of HENRY CHARLES STUMP, JR., deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: [x] Letters Testamentary issue to: ADAM V. LICHTENSTEIN and WINIFRED M. GRANTDated, Attested and Sealed: March 23, 2012HON. PETER J. KELLY, Surrogate, MARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief Clerk, KURT P. WIDMAIER, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER, RUSSO, KARL, WIDMAIER & CORDANO, PLLC, (631) 265-7200, 400 Townline Road, Hauppauge, New York 11788Note: 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.

PROBATE CITATION FILE NO. 2012/123SURROGATE’S COURT - QUEENS COUNTY

SUPPLEMENTAL CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKBy the Grace of God Free and Independent

To: THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEES OF CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, a/k/a CLARETTA KING, 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 DILIGENCEA petition having been duly filed by JANICE THOMPSON, who is domiciled at 5 ARCADIA DRIVE, DIX HILLS, NEW YORK 11746YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, at 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, New York, on May 17, 2012, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING a/k/a CLARETTA KING, lately domiciled at 137-30 228th Street, Laurelton, New York 11413, admitting to probate a Will dated December 15, 2008, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of CLARETTA FREEMAN KING, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that [xx] Letters Testamentary issue to: Janice ThompsonDated, Attested and Sealed: March 29, 2012HON. PETER J. KELLY, SurrogateMARGARET M. GRIBBON, Chief ClerkWARREN & WARREN, LLP BY Dawn P. Warren, Esq., Attorney For Petitioner, 516-223-5223, 11 WEST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, SUITE 2, FREEPORT, NEW YORK 11520Note: 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.

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEYCHANCERY DIVISION/FAMILY PART

COUNTY: HUDSONDOCKET NO: FM-09-2577-11

TO: RAUL AGUDELO, Defendant:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED in a Civil Action in the Superior Court of New Jersey, wherein Amparo Betancur is the plaintiff and you are the defendant; and you are required on or before 35 days from publication, to serve upon ALUM & FERRER, ESQS., the attorneys for the plaintiff, at 501 70th Street, Guttenberg, New Jersey 07093, an answer to the complaint and you shall promptly file the answer with the proof of service, in duplicate, with the Clerk of Superior Court, 595 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306 If you fail to do so, an appropriate judgment will be rendered against you in favor of the plaintiff.If you cannot afford to pay an attorney, call a Legal Services Office. An individual not eligible for free legal assistance may obtain a referral to an attorney by calling a county lawyer referral service. These numbers may be listed in the yellow pages of your phone book or may be obtained by calling the New Jersey State Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service toll-free 800-792-8315 (within New Jersey) or (609) 394-1101 (from out of state). The phone numbers for the county in which this action is pending are: Lawyer Referral Service 201-798-2727, Legal Services Office 201-798-6373.This civil action was instituted to obtain a divorce.CARLOS A. FERRER, Attorney for Plaintiff

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Howard Beach/Rockwood Park, Sat4/14, 12-3, 163-06 89 St; Sat 4/14,12-2, 89-07 165 Ave; Sat 4/14, 12-2:30, 164-49 88 St. Richmond Hill,Sat 4/14, 2-4, 104-58 91 Ave;Howard Beach/Lindenwood, Sat4/14, 12-2, 84-29 155 Ave, apt5D.Old Howard Beach, Sun 4/15, 2-4 97-05 160 Ave. Connexion I RE,718-845-1136

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Ozone Park, storefront, totallyrenov, 600 sq ft, $1,000/mo.Lease terms neg. Owner Toni-Anne, 917-418-1320

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SAT 4/14, 1-3pm 156-28 92 St.

1 Family Low Ranch, 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, 40x100 Lot, Totally Renovated! New Electric, A/C, Heating with Hot Water Base

Boards, Full Fin Bsmnt.A Must See! Asking $579K

OWNER 718-938-2127

HOWARD BEACHROCKWOOD PARKSat 4/14, 1-3pm, 156-23 87 St.

All Brick Hi-Ranch,4 BRs, All New 2½

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OSE, Rear Deck, Asking $619K. A Must See!

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HOWARD BEACH/ ROCKWOOD PARKSUN, 4/15, 1-4pm158-48 79th St.

Diamond Cond Brick/Frame Raised Ranch, Featuring spacious LR, FDR, totally

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SAT 4/14, 12-2PM155-07 89TH ST.1 BR Co-op, Updated

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Main fl: 3 BRs, 1½ Baths, Large EIK, Large Rooms.

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HOWARD BEACH CO-OPS• Studio, Move-in Cond ...........$65K• Hi-Rise 1 BR Co-op ...............$89K• 1 BR w/Terrace ...................$104K• Beautiful Sunny 1 BR Garden Co-op in

Courtyard, W/D, H/W Flrs, Dogs OK .$112K• JR4, Hi-Rise ........................$119K• Hi-Rise, 1st Fl, 1 BR Mint ......$149K• Garden 2 BR, Dogs OK .........$150K• One-of-a-Kind 1 BR w/Terrace,

Custom Throughout..............$159K• 2 BR, 2 Bath Hi-Rise ...........$165K• Brand New 2 Brs w/Terr, New

Ceramic Tiled Bath, Granite Kit w/Wood Cabinets ................$172K

• 2 BR Garden w/Dining Rm, New Kit/Bath, Washer/Dryer .........$225K

HOWARD BEACH CONDOS• 2 BR, 2 Bath.................... $199K• GreenTree 3 BR, 2 Baths,

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Breezy Point is located at the far westpoint of the Rockaway Peninsula and waslargely inaccessible before the constructionof the first Cross Bay Bridge in 1925 andthe Marine Parkway Bridge in 1937.

Summer bungalows rented for $20 a sea-son, largely to Irish immigrants. By theearly 1940s it was upgraded to the play-ground of the “chic” Brooklyn Irish.Because of the increase in summer popula-tion, a temporary post office was open fromMay to September at 3 Beach 209 St., in aleased converted bungalow.

The post office was under the jurisdic-tion of the Brooklyn post off ice. AfterWorld War II it was put under the legalauthority of the Far Rockaway postmaster.

In 1960, 800 acres were sold to theAtlantic Improvement State Corporation for$17 million. Area residents got together andpurchased half the land for $11 million andcreated the Breezy Point Cooperative.

On Sept. 13 of that year, HurricaneDonna hit, with 97 mph winds at RockawayPoint, seriously damaging or affecting 300

homes. This hurricane is still referred to as“the Big One,” when the ocean and the bayactually met over the submerged land.Though it was sinking, the post office wasopen the next day.

The one-man station was run by DaveSherry for many years. The final clerk torun it was Todd Weinstein.

In 1990, the Breezy Point lease ran outand the building was converted into a learn-ing center. Residents of the area now musttravel to Fort Tilden on Beach 169th Streetfor their postal needs. Despite not having itsown post office, the area is still regarded bymany as the Irish Riviera. Q

I HAVE OFTEN WALKEDThe Breezy Point post office survives

The Breezy Point post office, still up and run-ning, and with a line at the door, the dayafter Hurricane Donna hit on Sept. 13, 1960.

SPORTS EATBMLB limits press accessby Lloyd CarrollChronicle Contributor

The 2012 season has brought an importantchange, and not one for the better, as sportswrit-ers are no longer allowed to talk with ballplay-ers in a team’s clubhouse following battingpractice. Apparently this stipulation was agreedupon between Major League Baseball and itsplayers association in their new contract.

Less access makes it more difficult for anindependent press to gather information for thepublic. It also makes it a lot harder to establishinformal relationships with players. In life, mostthings are dependent on relationships.

Scott Hairston, the thoughtful Mets outfield-er, defended the new policy by saying that itgave players more time to study film, do exer-cises, and other things to get ready for a game.

What Scott neglected to say, though, was thatthe media was always required to leave a club-house one hour before a game and that no oneforced players to make themselves available toreporters even during the post-BP period.

Michael Weiner, the executive director of theMajor League Baseball Players Association, is avery intelligent man and someone I greatlyadmire. He certainly realizes that the attentionthat the sporting press lavishes on his membersis a very big reason for the high compensationthat they receive. Without it baseball playerswould be in the same economic class as their

lacrosse counterparts. Unfortunately too many players fail to make

that connection and view the press as meddle-some intruders. With the exception of ChipperJones and Jamie Moyer, none of them werearound during the 1994 lockout. If they were,they would understand that cutting off access tomedia benefits management, not labor. Weinerknows this too but he understandably has to fol-low the wishes of his constituency.

Blame has to fall as well on the once mightyBaseball Writers Association of America. TheBBWAA never understood the notion of safetyin numbers. The organization limits member-ship to sportswriters from the daily newspapersand has failed to keep up with the times.

Both MLB and the players union havenoticed the number of dailies that have foldedand how the survivors have cut back onreporters. That’s why their access has steadilydeclined over time.

I have spoken with a few BBWAA reportersabout allowing reporters from weeklies to joinas “associate members.” Associates would notget to vote for the Hall of Fame or year-endawards but would have an advocacy group torepresent them. The BBWAA would get moredues revenue. A win for all. According to mysources, however, influential members of theold guard will never allow their arcane bylawsto be amended. Q

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161-14A Crossbay Blvd.Howard Beach (Brother’s Shopping Ctr.)

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HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKDetached Hi-Ranch, 4 BRs, 2.5

Baths, 1 Car Garage, Great Block, Walk to schools. Asking $619K

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Open 7 Days!

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDEMint corner colonial, Huge master BR, Updated kitchen, All new baths, Large

living room w/skylight, Hardwood floors, Full-finished basement.

Asking Only $549K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKMint Tudor, Large LR w/Fireplace, Formal Dining Room, Updated EIK, 3 Large BRs, 2

New Baths, 9' Ceiling on 1st Fl, Radiant Heat in Kit & Bath, Sliding door to deck off kit, Basement framed & plumbed, 1 Car gar, Pvt Dvwy, New Roof, Asking $679K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKOne of a kind custom colonial, 72x100 Totally redone in 2008,4 BRs, 3 Baths, Radiant Heat,

Security Cameras, Alarm, IGS, Unique Cabinetry, Huge Rooms, $1,199,000

REDUCED!

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKMove-in Condition Hi-Ranch

40x100, New Kitchen, Updated Baths, New Carpeting, 5 BRs, 2 Baths, Asking only $659K

REDUCED!

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDE2 Family Brick/Vinyl, 41x100, 6 over 6. Basement Sheetrocked with High Hats.

High Ceilings. Asking $649K

OUR EXCLUSIVE!

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDELg Cape on 42x100, Updated

Windows, H/W Fls on 1st Fl, Updated EIK w/9' Ceilings and Access to

Bkyd, Det 2 Car Gar w/Pvt Dvwy, Full Fin Top Fl & Bsmnt, Pavers in Bkyd.

Asking. $649K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKCape on 50x100 lot, 4 BRs, 2

Full Baths, Full Basement. Large Backyard, Private Driveway.

Asking $569K

Happy Valentine's Day!

REDUCED $619K

OPEN HOUSESAT, 4/14, 12-3pm, 163-06 89 St.

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDELegal 2 Family, 3 BRs, 2 Baths

over Studio Apt. 2 Car Pvt Dvwy, Updated Kitchen & Baths. $619K

OUR EXCLUSIVE!

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RICHMOND HILLMove-in Condition, 1 Family, 3 BRs,

Full Basement, Great Location, New Windows & Kitchen. $365K

HOWARD BEACH/OLD SIDELarge quaint colonial on 40x100, 4

BRs, 2.5 baths, LR w/Enclosed Porch, Fireplace, EIK, Fin Bsmnt, Pvt Dvwy

for 4 cars. $549K

OPEN HOUSESAT, 4/14, 2-4pm, 104-58 91st Ave.

HOWARD BEACH CO-OPS• 1 BR ............................... $100K• 2 BR 2 Baths, New Kit with

Granite & S/S Appliances, New Master Bath, H/W Fls .....$179K

• 2 BR, 2 Baths, Terrace,Move-in Condition! ........$189K

• Beautiful 2 BR, 2 Bath,Terrace .......................... $215K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARK1 Family Colonial, 3/4 BRs, Full Fin

Bsmnt, Pvt Dvwy, Garage, Walk to Cross Bay Blvd. Asking only $549K

PEMBROKEMint AAA, 2 BRs, 1 Bath Co-op with Terrace, All New Kit, Bath,

Carpets, 3 New ACs. Owner Motivated, Asking $172K

OPEN HOUSESAT, 4/14, 12-2pm, 84-29 155 Ave., #5D

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKMint Corner Colonial on 100x40,

Totally Redone w/New Kit, Granite Countertops & Stainless Steel

Appliances, All Tiled Floors, 3 BRs, 2.5 Baths. $645K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKBeautiful Large Hi-Ranch (50x25)

on 100x45 Lot, 3 BRs, 2 Full Baths, Lg Maricured Lawn, Pvt Dvwy &

Oversized Garage. $669K

REDUCED $669K

OPEN HOUSESAT, 4/14, 12-2pm, 89-07 165 Ave.

HOWARD BEACH/LINDENWOODAll Brick, 2 Family 6 over 6 plus store,

Balcony. Asking $569K

HOWARD BEACH/ROCKWOOD PARKAll Brick, Huge Custom Split

Colonial 37x35 on 56x100 Lot, 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths, New Oak Fls,

2 Fireplaces, Paved Circular Dvwy, 2 Car Gar, IGP. $1.199M

OPEN HOUSESUN, 4/15, 2-4pm, 97-05 160th Ave.

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HOWARD BEACH - High Rise Co-op, Perfect for Doctor's Office, Attorney or Dance Studio. 1st Floor, 21x40. Asking $2500/mo.

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HOWARD BEACH3.5 Rooms, 1 BR Hi-Rise Co-op, Window in Kitchen,

Must Sell! Price Lowered! $85K

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2 Baths, HUGE Terrace. Asking $229K

OPEN HOUSESAT 4/14 12-2pm, 79-03 151 Ave.

HOWARD BEACH3.5 Rms 1 BR Hi Rise Co-op, Great Buy! Maintenance Only $506. PARKING AVAILABLE!

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