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Albany Talks Ethics, Gov. Eyes VetoBy DOMENICK RAFTER
The newly proposed ethics reforms for theState Senate and Assembly could have meanta huge penalty for a Queens Assemblymanwho received thousands of dollars in excesscontributions in violation of Elections law.
The bicameral ethics reform legislationpassed the Senate and Assembly Wednesday.Gov. David Paterson said he would veto thebill because it does not go far enough, thoughit would require a greater amount of disclo-sure of outside income, create a new inde-pendent legislative investigative body, andstrengthen campaign finance laws.
Among its features, the legislation seeksharsher punishment for members who re-ceive money beyond the legal limit they areallowed. Recently, Assemblyman Jose Peralta(D-Jackson Heights) found himself in hotwater when it was discovered he receivedcampaign donations of $19,900 beyond whatis legally allowed.
Under current law, a legislator in Peralta’sposition would simply pay back the money. Thenew law could require the legislator to refundthe money and to pay a fine of double the excessamount received – plus an additional $10,000.
Though representatives from either theSenate or Assembly would not offer Peralta’scase as a specific example, it would seem thatif the new legislation had applied to Peralta’scase, he could have had to additionally pay upto $49,800 in penalties.
Assembly and Senate officials who wereposed the question about exactly how the fineswould work refused to state specifically if thatwas the case, directing the Tribune back tothe text of the legislation, which reads: “anyperson who… unlawfully accepts a contribu-tion in excess of a contribution limitationestablished in this article, shall be required to
refund such excess amount and shall be subjectto a civil penalty equal to two times the excessamount plus a fine of up to $10,000.”
Both houses stated that the proposed re-forms do not reflect on the actions of anyindividual members.
In addition to the campaign financechanges, the legislation would create threebodies to address the influence of specialinterest money and lobbying, and to performinvestigations in state government. The first,the Joint Legislative Commission on EthicsStandards, would be responsible for ethicsdisclosure, training enforcement and educa-tion for legislators and staff. It would presentadvisory opinions and impose penalties forviolations, as well as perform random reviewsof financial disclosure statements of electedofficials as well as post them online.
The second body, the Legislative Office ofEthics Investigation, would consist of eightmembers and receive referrals from the JointLegislative Commission on Ethics Standardsand the Assembly and Senate standing com-mittees on ethics, as well as complaints aboutethics violations from the public.
The third body, New York State Commis-sion on Lobbying Ethics and Compliance,would be a six-member independent state com-mission focused on lobbying. Two of its mem-bers would be appointed by the governor, andthe remaining four by each of the legislativeleaders. Commission members would servefour-year terms, with a chair and vice-chairelected by the majority of the members.
“We have heard the public outcry,” saidSenate Democratic Conference ChairmanJohn Sampson (D-Brooklyn). “Today we aretaking action.”
“It’s about time, this is long overdue,”said Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard Beach).
“The Assembly and Senate have cometogether on comprehensive ethics reformsthat will reduce the influence of lobbyists onstate government and increase campaignfinance requirements to help restore publicconfidence in our democratic process,” As-semblyman Mike Miller (D-Glendale) said.“We hope the governor will join us in ourefforts to make state government more re-sponsible and transparent.”
The ethics reform package would alsotackle campaign-finance reform. It wouldrequire candidates with independent expen-ditures that cost more than $1,000 to dis-close who paid for the expenditure, increasethe penalty for the failure to report to the stateBOE from $500 to $1,000 and create a newpenalty of up to $10,000 for the failure to filethree or more campaign finance filings.
Paterson has criticized the proposal forbeing too lax, saying he would take away theLegislative Ethics Commission, replacing itwith one body to police all branches of govern-ment. Paterson also called for public financingof campaigns, and term limits, which are not
in the legislature’s package. However, thegovernor has not proposed a bill of his own.
Addabbo reminded the governor that hewas once in the state legislature and at thetime didn’t call for such draconian measures.
“The governor should remember wherehe came from,” Addabbo said. “He was partof that body that needed reform. Where washis thought process when he was a Senator?”
Miller noted that the ethics reform legisla-tion has the support of numerous good gov-ernment groups such as New York PublicInterest Research Group, the Citizens Unionand the League of Women Voters.
“Initial ly it won’t be enough,” saidAddabbo. “Reform will come, it won’t hap-pen overnight. It’s going to take a while.”
He said he expects support from bothsides of the aisle.
“I don’t know how an elected official cango back to their districts and say ‘I didn’tsupport these reforms,’” Addabbo said.
Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.
Helping Out:U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,Comptroller John Liu andU.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloneycame to LaGuardiaCommunity College's SmallBusiness Center to announcefederal legislation to offer taxbreaks to businesses thatcreate new positions and hirenew employees.
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By DOMENICK RAFTERNew York City OTB’s proposition to
add as many as 1,300 betting kioskscitywide, and about 260 throughoutQueens, in bars, restaurants, bowling alleysand other public places is sparking intensecontroversy among some local officials.
OTB Chairman Sandy “Meyer” Frucherproposed the plan at a state Assembly hear-ing Jan 8.
“Believe me, if I could come up withanother way of harvesting the revenues, Iwould do it,” Frucher said at the hearing.
OTB declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy inDecember and has been exploring ways toraise money to close its $95 million debt,which continues to rise. Under the bank-ruptcy, OTB needs permission from thestate legislature to restructure their busi-ness plan before they run out of money atthe end of March.
The plan to add betting kiosks is meet-ing resistance with some members of thestate legislature who would need to approvesuch a plan. Assemblywoman Marge Markey(D-Maspeth), a member of the Committeeon Racing and Wagering, came out instaunch opposition to such a plan.
“OTB wants to significantly expandgambling in the city as the price for keep-ing its operations solvent. I say the price istoo high,” Markey said. “It’s a 1,200-percent expansion of gambling outlets inthe city. It’s totally unacceptable. It isn’tthat we don’t want to save OTB, but this
Markey Slams OTB’sExpansion Solution
expansion of gambling opportunities withall the social problems it can bring may betoo high a price.”
Markey cited concerns about accessminors may have to gambling kiosks insome places that are frequented by chi l -dren and teenagers.
OTB responded by taking issue withMarkey’s claim that the betting kiosks wouldrepresent “a 1,200-percent increase in gam-bling outlets.” OTB said the number wasfalse, as they were planning on closing “60percent of their storefronts” and replacingthose with the 1,300 kiosks. OTB alsoresponded by saying the locations of thebetting kiosks will be a locales where agerestrictions and other gambling laws can befully enforced. In a statement, OTB warnedof dire consequences if the state legislaturedoesn’t act on their recommendations
“Within two months, NYC OTB will closeits doors, hundreds of New Yorkers will losetheir jobs and taxpayers will be saddled with$600 million in obligations unless the legis-lature takes ameliorative action swiftly anddecisively,” the statement read. ”NYC OTBhas proposed a plan that will transform thebusiness into an economic engine without asingle taxpayer dollar. We look forward tocontinuing a productive dialogue with As-semblywoman Markey and her colleagues inthe legislature.”
Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter [email protected] or (718) 357-7400 Ext. 125
By DOMENICK RAFTERAs Washington gets ready to grapple with
immigration reform legislation, New YorkState Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released areport showing how immigration has beenvital to New York City’s economy and growthin the past two decades.
DiNapoli’s report pointed to the broadrepresentation among immigrants, who as of2008 make up 36 percent of the city’s popu-lation – and half of Queens resident, in thecity’s workforce. In 2008, 43 percent of thecity’s workforce consists of immigrants.Immigrant representation in the city’sworkforce ranges from doctors, 46 percentof whom are immigrants, and nurses, 55percent of whom are foreign born, to cabdrivers and chauffeurs, nearly 9 out of 10 ofwhom are among the immigrant population.Even some white collar careers of accoun-tants, auditors and CEOs have larger thanaverage immigrant numbers.
DiNapoli’s report lists Queens as the bor-ough with the highest concentration of im-migrants; 47 percent of the borough’scounted population. Six of the 10 neighbor-hoods citywide with the largest immigrantpopulations, all with 50 percent or moreforeign born, are in Queens: Elmhurst/Co-rona (68 percent), Jackson Heights (64 per-cent), Sunnyside/Woodside (59 percent),Flushing/Whitestone (52 percent), ForestHills/Rego Park (51 percent) and Kew Gar-
Immigrant Role KeyTo City’s Economy
dens/Woodhaven (50 percent). The mostcommon country of origin for immigrants inthese neighborhoods are the DominicanRepubl ic, Ecuador, China, Korea andGuyana. More than half of the workforce inQueens is foreign born.
During the past 20 years, the householdincome of New York City’s immigrant popu-lation nearly doubled, from $23,000 in 1990to $45,000 in 2007. Home ownership amongimmigrants has also doubled in that timeframe, and as of 2008 represents 60 percentof all homeowners in the city.
Citywide, since 2000, the number ofimmigrant workers increased by 68 percentand wages paid to workers who are immi-grants increased by 39 percent. In that sametime frame, immigrant contribution to thegross city product increased by 61 percent.
“New York City remains a beacon ofhope and opportunity for immigrants fromevery nation,” DiNapoli said. “Immigrantsbuilt New York City and drive its economy– in fact, foreign-born workers accountedfor $215 bil l ion in economic activity in2008, almost a third of the gross city prod-uct. It’s clear how invaluable newcomersare to the City’s economic l ife. In NewYork City, the immigrant story is truly theAmerican story.”
Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter [email protected] or at (718)357-7400, Ext. 125.
By DOMENICK RAFTERMayor Mike Bloomberg came to the new
Frank Sinatra High School for the Arts inAstoria Wednesday to give his annual Stateof the City address which, though includedan impromptu cheer for the AFC champion-ship-bound New York Jets, outlined a seriesof plans and goals for the city's recovery fromthe biggest recession in decades.
The mayor promised to tackle city resi-dents' personal credit card and other debtthat is contributing to the slowdown of theeconomy. He proposed a plan, called "NYCSafe Start" in which five banks and five creditunions have volunteered to open bank ac-counts for people with extreme debt. Theaccounts won't require minimum balances,and they won't charge hidden fees.
"The City can't manage anyone's personalfinances, but we can make it easier for NewYorkers to manage their own - and we will.
Mayor Outlines Personal Finance AidWe'll start by helping more New Yorkers getout of debt with a new public-private loanpool that will offer them a fresh start if theycommit to sound financial practices," saidMayor Bloomberg .
The mayor also announced the city isseeking the approval of the state legislature tostrengthen local credit unions and seeks todeposit $25 million in credit unions that arefederally insured and regulated and pay thesame interest rates as commercial banks. Healso announced that the city will focus onopening credit unions that specifically servethe public housing residents.
The mayor cited Bishop Mitchell Taylor'swork to establish a credit union in the vicin-ity of Queensbridge, the largest public hous-ing development in the country as an exampleof the work that can be done.
The mayor also announced plans to com-bat foreclosures, which he admits citywide
have been low compared to other partsof the country, though SoutheastQueens has some of the highest fore-closure rates in the nation.
Bloomberg announced a plan hecalled "the most ambitious home fore-closure prevention effort of any cityin the nation" in which the city willset up a $10 million fund to help1,000 families restructure their mort-gages. The fund - half of which willcome from private sources, and halffrom the Battery Park City Authority- will provide those families with aone-time grant, which the Mayor saysthe city will recover when the homesare sold.
"This will make them eligible formore of the loan modifications thatare essential to stabilizing the housing
market and allow them to keep their homes.We're the first City in the country doing this,"the Mayor said.
By LORI GROSSMoved by the misfortunes of the Brigante
family, Mitchell Kersch selected them to bethe winners of the Major Homes free remod-eling contest, winning a free home improve-ment which will rid the Brigantes of an emptynursery that went unused.
Kersch said that the donation, perhapsthe Brigantes' only touch of good fortune forthe past several years, will come to symbolizea new beginning for their family.
Catherine Brigante's sister, Sioux Sciacca,wrote a handwritten letter explaining thefamily's circumstances as per a contest, whichshe learned about through the Tribune. Theletter explained her sister's anguish after hav-ing spent $11,000 on fertility treatments, andsubsequently having four miscarriages, andultimately a hysterectomy to rid her body of acancer found in her reproductive organs.
In an even worse twist of fate, just before thehysterectomy, Brigante had been prepping herbody to donate her kidney to her husband Joseph,who has polycystic kidney disease, and needs atransplant. Her taxed body is now incapable ofharvest for the sake of her husband, who is still inneed of one. Sciacca might again be the one to helpthe Brigantes, this time, with her own kidney.
Major Homes had sought to donate reno-vation services to a local needy family, similarin vein to Extreme Makeover or other realityhome improvement television shows.
This week, Major Homes knocked down
Down On Their Luck,But Help Has Arrived
two separation walls, which sectioned off thenursery that the Brigantes ended up nothaving need for. The company will also installoak flooring. The home will now have roomfor a dining area, or a place for the Brigantes'one son, who is 8 years old, to play in.
As another measure of good will, Kerschpurchased a video game for the Brigantes'son, and endowed him with a $50 gift certifi-cate for more. He also gave the family $200to take Sciacca out to dinner as thanks forsending in the winning letter.
Mrs. Brigante is taking her tribulations instrides. "We're alive and we're semi-well," shesaid. "We have a beautiful little boy, andfamily around me."
To learn more about Major Homes, go tomajorhomes.net.
Reach Repor te r Lor i Gros s a [email protected], or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.
Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter [email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.
The Brigante family, standing in whatwas a nursery.
Mayor Boomberg’s State of the City addressin Astoria included a shout out to the NewYork Jets.
STATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT QUEENSCOUNTY NYCTL 2008 -ATRUST AND THE BANK OFNEW YORK, SUMMONSAND NOTICE Index No.8308-09 AS COLLATERALAGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs, vs. The heirs-at-law,next of kin, distributees, ex-ecutors, administrators, as-signees, l ienors, creditors,successors - in - interest andgenerally all persons havingor cla iming under, by orthrough ANN LAWS A/K/AANNIE LAWS, by purchase,inheritance, l ien or other-wise of any right, title orinterest in and to the pre-mises described in the com-plaint herein, and all credi-tors thereof and the respec-tive husbands, or widowersof hers, if any, all of whosenames and addresses areunknown to plaintiff; JOANNEMCCLARY; I SA IAHMCCLARY; The heirs-at-law,next of kin, distributees, ex-ecutors, administrators, as-signees, l ienors, creditors,successors - in - interest andgenerally all persons havingor cla iming under, by orthrough SYLVIA KATZMAN,by purchase, inher i tance,lien or otherwise of any right,title or interest in and to thepremises described in thecomplaint herein, and al lcreditors thereof, and therespective husbands, or wid-owers of hers, if any, all ofwhose names and addressesare unknown to plaint i f f ;NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE
AUTHORITY TRANSIT AD-JUDICATION BUREAU; NEWYORK CITY DEPARTMENTOF SOCIAL SERVICES; NEWYORK CITY DEPARTMENTOF ENVIRONMENTAL PRO-TECTION; NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF TAXATIONAND F INANCE; UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA and“JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH“JOHN DOE #100” , thenames of the last 100 defen-dants being fictit ious, thetrue names of said defen-dants being unknown to plain-tiff, it being intended to des-ignate fee owners, tenantsor occupants of the lienedpremises and/or persons orparties having or claiming aninterest in or lien upon theliened premises, if the afore-said individual defendants areliving, and if any or all of saidind iv idua l defendants bedead, their heirs at law, nextof kin, distributees, execu-tors, administrators, trustees,committees, devisees, lega-tees , and the ass ignees ,lienors, creditors and succes-sors in interest of them, andgenerally all persons havingor c l a im ing under , by ,through, or against the saiddefendants named as a class,of any right, title or interestin or lien upon the premisesdescribed in the complaintherein, Defendants. TO THEABOVE NAMED DEFEN-DANTS: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED to answer theComplaint in the above-en-titled foreclosure action, andto serve a copy of your an-
swer on the plaintiffs attor-ney within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Sum-mons, exclusive of the day ofservice or within thirty (30)days after completion of ser-vice where service is madein any other manner than bypersonal service within theState. The United States ofAmerica, if designated as adefendant in this action, mayanswer or appear within sixty(60) days of service hereof.In case of your failure to ap-pear or answer, judgmentwill be taken against you bydefaul t for the re l ief de-manded in the Complaint.Queens County is designatedas the place of trial. The basisof venue is the location of thepremises. Dated: August 4,2009 TO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS: The forego-ing summons is served uponyou by publication, pursuantto an Order of HonorableBernice D. Siegal, a Justiceof the Supreme Court, datedDecember 21, 2009, andfiled with supporting papersin the Queens County Clerk’sOffice. This is an action toforeclose a tax lien coveringthe property known as 122-18 Benton Street, Queens,New York and being a parcelof land designated as Block12704 and Lot 0036. Therelief sought is the sale of thesubject property at publicauction in satisfaction of thetax lien. In case of your fail-ure to appear, judgment maybe taken against you in thesum of $11,322.66, together
with interest, costs, disburse-ments and attorneys fees ofthis action, and directing thepublic sale of the property.R icha rd M. Beer s , J r .PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Officeand Post Office Address 1400First Federal Plaza Roches-ter, New York 14614 Tel. No.(585) 238-2000________________________________________________________________________
PROBATE CITATION File No.2009-3608 SURROGATE’SCOURT – QUEENS COUNTYCITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK,By the Grace of God Freeand Independent TO: HildaRob inson , John HenryRob inson and VernonStaunton if living and if dead,to their heirs at law, next ofkin and distributees whosenames and places of resi-dence are unknown and ifthey died subsequent to thedecedent herein, to theirexecutors , administrators ,legatees, devisees, assigneesand successors in interestwhose name and places ofresidence are unknown andto all other heirs at law; nextof kin and distributees of EttaHebbons , the deceden therein, whose names andplaces of residence are un-known and cannot after dili-gent inquiry be ascertained.ATTORNEY GENERAL N.Y.STATE PUBLIC ADMINISTRA-TOR QUEENS COUNTY Apetition having been dulyfiled by Ruth Dumas who isdomiciled at 172-05 108thAvenue , J ama ica , N .Y .
11433. YOU ARE HEREBYCITED TO SHOW CAUSEbefore the Surrogate’s Court,Queens County, at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,New York, on 22nd day ofOctober, 2009 at 9:30 .M. ofthat day, why a decree shouldnot be made in the estate ofEtta. M. Hebbons, a/k/a EttaHebbons lately domiciled at172-05 108th Avenue, Ja-maica, N.Y. 11433 admittingto probate a Will dated De-cember 6, 2000 a copy ofwhich is attached, as the Willof Etta M. Hebbons deceased,relating to real and personalproperty, and directing that[x] Letters Testamentary is-sue to: Etta M Hebbons (Stateany further relief requested)HON. ROBERT L. NAHMANSur roga te A l i ce rmar ie E .Rice Chief Clerk SEP 09 2009(Seal) Thomas J. Adams, Esq.Attorney for Petitioner 718-847-4572 Telephone Num-ber 114-06 Jamaica Avenue,Richmond Hill, N.Y. 11418Address of Attorney [Note:This citation is served uponyou as required by law. Youare not required to appear. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed you do not object tothe rel ief requested. Youhave a right to have an attor-ney appear for you.]_______________________________________________________________________
Not i ce o f Fo rmat ion o fCOASTAL LIGHT LLC, a do-mestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filedwith the SSNY on 09/11/2009 . Of f i ce loca t ion :Queens County. SSNY has
been designated as agentupon whom process againstthe LLC may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of processto: The LLC, 29 Beach 220thStreet , Breezy Point , NY11697. Purpose: Any LawfulPurpose.________________________________________________________________________
Notice of formation of LECHAVEZ LLC, a limited liabil-ity company. Articles of Or-ganizat ion f i led with theSecy. Of State of the State ofNY (SSNY) on 10/02/2009.Office located in QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of pro-cess. SSNY shall mail copy ofany process served againstthe LLC to the LLC 150-13Hillside Ave., Jamaica, NY11432. Purpose: any lawfulpurpose._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Main Northern Holding LLCa domestic Limited LiabilityCompany (LLC) filed with theSec of State of NY on 10/1/09 . NY Of f i ce loca t ion :Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any processagainst the LLC served uponhim/her to The LLC, 135-22Northern Blvd., Flushing NY11354. General Purposes.
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Queens This WeekBenefit For FH Vol’s MomMay Come
More than eight years after her son waskilled in the World Trade Center, DoriePearlman still smiles when asked to talk abouther son Richard.
Richard Alan Pearlman of Howard Beachwas only 18 years old and fresh out of BeachChannel High School when he was killed onSept. 11 while on duty at Ground Zero as partof the Forest Hills Volunteer AmbulanceCorps.
“My son had a heart of gold,” Pearlmansaid. “He lived and died for an ambulancecorps.”
It was five years before Pearlman foundout she may qualify for benefits under thePublic Safety Officers Benefit legislationpassed by Congress right after Sept. 11 toextend benefits to living family members ofpublic safety officers who died in the Sept. 11attacks. Pearlman said she had no idea thatshe could qualify and only found out afterother families and the government informedher about it. At first, Pearlman said she wasinterested in claiming benefits but other fami-lies convinced her to claim what the govern-ment allocated.
“The money won’t bring Richard back, soI decided at first not to claim,” Pearlman said.
Eventually other people who lost familymembers as well as her own family and friendsconvinced her to claim. However, by the timeshe did, the legislation had expired.
“We easily rectified it and got her anextension so she can claim,” said U.S. Rep.Anthony Weiner (D-Kew Gardens).
That wasn’t the extent of her hurdles. Herclaim was denied because of uncertainty as to
whether or not her son, as a volunteer EMT,qualified. The legislation had been aimed atNYPD and FDNY members who were lost,but Pearlman appealed with Weiner’s back-ing. Weiner joined Pearlman and two mem-bers of the Forest Hills Ambulance Corps,Aviv Citron, and Corps’ president Alan Wolfe,who testified earlier this week that Pearlmanwould qualify because on Sept. 11, the vol-unteers were working as part of the FDNY.
“The volunteers fall into the category ofpublic safety officers,” Weiner explained.“There are three factors here. One; wasRichard a public safety officer and quali-f ied to be one? Two, was the Forest Hil lsAmbulance Corps working as an agent ofthe city? And three; were both true at themoment of his death? We believe all of thatis true.”
Pearlman said she was “surprised” by thedenial, especially after the federal govern-ment recognized her son as a public safetyofficer in a citation signed by former Presi-dent George W. Bush and former AttorneyGeneral Alberto Gonzales. She said the gov-ernment honoring her son, while at the sametime denying her benefits meant for the samepeople the government was honoring, seemed“hypocritical.”
“I feel like they are giving me with onehand, while taking with the other,” she said.
Weiner said he got an agreement fromNew York Fire Commissioner SalvatoreCassano that he wi l l draft a letter recog-nizing the Forest Hil ls Ambulance Corpsas having been agents of the city on Sept.11, 2001, which Weiner bel ieves shouldput an end to the debate. However, hesaid, i f the repeal fai ls, he wi l l go direct lyto US Attorney General Eric Holder, who
would have the f inal say.Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter at
[email protected] or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125.
–Domenick Rafter
Local Scout Earns HighHonor
An Eagle Scout Court of Honor will beconvened this Saturday for Jamaica residentPeter Sammarco. Over several monthsSammarco, 17, and his fellow scouts of Troop55 spent an estimated 170 hours collectinggoods for unwed mothers contemplatingabortion, the Scout said.
Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose), As-semblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Mead-ows) and Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) may be present to com-mend the boy. Local officials are often in-vited to pay homage to new Eagle Scouts atCourts of Honor. Padavan, who is a regularat these events, honored John RaymondDunham and James Robert Stankes, ofTroop 49, during a Court of Honor cer-emony at Sacred Heart Church in Baysideearlier this month. The boys were presentedby Padavan with New York State SenateMedal of Outstanding Achievement and Cer-tificate of Merit
Sammarco's collection project was initi-ated to fulfill a requirement of the Scoutmovement to do a substantial service projectto earn Eagle status. The undertaking, alongwith earning 21 merit badges rewardingwoodsy prowess and leadership skills, havepostured him for Eagle approval from BoyScouts of America headquarters.
For six weeks spanning February to March
of last year, Sammarco posted fliers to solicitdonations for baby booties, onesies, highchairs, cribs, car seats, mattresses and dis-posable diapers. Sammarco's father, alsonamed Peter Sammarco, who is Troop 55'sCommittee Chairman, said he saw morediapers than ever before in his life. His sonand the group took inventory of and donatedfour minivans worth of goods to the Bridgeto Life program, which works with youngmothers to offer support to those choosing tocarry their baby to term.
"You can't be pro-life without helping themothers," said Catherine Donohoe, a localBridge To Life leader who worked with theScout. It's a sentiment Sammarco has provento share.
Donohoe gushed over Sammarco's char-acter, giving the Scouts some credit for hisfirm stance on the responsibility of a boy ina young relationship, and keeping a respect-ful distance from girls they are dating. "Youdon't hear that too often," said Donohoe.
This Friday, for the anniversary of Roe V.Wade, a Supreme Court decision grantingabortion right to many - a decision which isinfamous in Bridge to Life circles - Sammarcois traveling to Washington with CathedralPrep High School to protest outside theSupreme Court.
Sammarco said the Scouts taught him theleadership qualities that he has now, and"besides that, it's just a great experience forme - a fun activity I like to do." He has stuckwith the Scouts, starting as a Cub, since thefirst grade.
Reach Repor te r Lor i Gros s a [email protected], or (718) 357-7400, Ext. 124.
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By KAITLYN KILMETISTwo Queens men have been indicted on
hate crime charges stemming from their bru-tal attack and robbery of an openly gay manin College Point last October.
On Jan. 14, Queens DA Richard Brownannounced that Daniel Aleman and DanielRodriguez, both of College Point, were chargedin a 14-count indictment of assault and rob-bery as hate crimes. The two men each face upto 25 years in prison if they are convicted of thecharges, and were to be arraigned Jan. 25.
On Oct. 8, at 4:30 a.m., Aleman, 26,and Rodriguez, 21, allegedly confronted 49-year-old Jack Price with anti-gay slurs andthen proceeded to punch, stomp, kick androb him. The entire three-minute attack wascaught on tape by a security camera.
Price suffered a broken jaw, several bro-ken ribs, two collapsed lungs and a lacer-ated spleen. He remained in the hospital forapproximately three weeks after the attack.
The incident sparked a slew of publicofficials to speak out against hate crimes andalso encouraged a College Point ral ly thathundreds of community members at tended.
The DA said, if convicted, the punish-ment for any hate crimes will be harsh.
“Acts of violence motivated by hate or in-tolerance violate the fundamental principlesand spirit of equality and freedom on whichour country was founded,” Brown said.“When such crimes regrettably do occur –especially here in Queens County, the mostculturally diverse county in the nation – theywill be condemned in the strongest possibleterms and those responsible will be broughtto just ice to answer for their actions.”
Since Aleman and Rodriguez’s arrests,their family and friends have been vocalabout denying the at tack was motivated by
Hate Crime Charges Filed In Gay BashPrice’s sexual orientation.
At the rally, Daniel Rodriguez’s sisterChristina Rodriguez stood feet away fromJack Price’s family and decried the allega-t ions against her brother.
“This is not a hate crime at all,” Rodriguez said.Approximately 10 other protesters dem-
onstrated at the rally claiming the two menshould not be charged with a hate crime.
Rodriguez’s at torney, Ted Kasapis, saidhis client will plead not guilty to the charges.He added that he does not believe the DAhas any evidence to prove the attack was ahate crime since there were no witnesses
and Price said on NY1 that he does notremember the incident.
Aleman’s at torney, David Zucker, couldnot be reached for comment.
Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis [email protected], or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
By KAITLYN KILMETISAcross the nation, Americans spent
Mar t in Luther King Jr. Day volunteer ingto pay homage to the late Civi l Rightsleader on what has been deemed "a na-tional day of service."
Oppor tunit ies to help non profits andcharities sprouted up across the boroughfrom serve-a-thons to simple tasks at localsoup kitchens.
Helping Hands of Ridgewood, a foodpantry and soup kitchen, hosted volunteersin an event co-sponsored by the New YorkCity Coalit ion Against Hunger, which orga-nized volunteer oppor tunit ies across thecity. The facilit y has par ticipated in the na-tional day of service for the past three years.
Pastor Henry Fury, who runs HelpingHands at the United Presby terian Churchof Ridgewood, said he believes all the idealsMLK Day is meant to embody could beviewed at Helping Hands and the other vol-unteer locations across the borough.
"I think the whole idea of it in a micro-cosm was here," Fury said. "What hap-pened here was the whole spirit of whatthis is about - people who don't normallybecome involved in volunteerism becomeinvolved just because they want to do more
A Day Of Service In Queensthan they can normally."
Nine volunteers, triple thenumber who came out last year,helped out taking inventory ofsupplies, packaging food bagsfor distr ibut ion and sor t ing inthe pantry. Due to the unex-pected number of volunteers, thegroup finished the work that wasmeant to last them the whole dayin two hours
Fury said the wide range ofvolunteers also fell in line withthe call for equality King advo-cated throughout his life.
"We had young people, we hadmiddle aged people," he said. "Eth-nically, it was a cross section of people fromdifferent backgrounds."
Fury said none of the volunteers wereregulars and they all expressed they hadshowed up par t icularly to respond to theidea of providing service on Mar t in LutherKing Jr. Day.
"It indicates to me there's a lot of goodwill that people have but because of theirown personal obligations they can't give thetype of community service they would liketo give," Fury said.
For that reason, Fury cal led making theholiday a national day of service a "marvel-ous idea."
"To me, this was a tremendous oppor tu-nity for people who want to do more fortheir community to do it," he said.
For more information about HelpingHands R idgewood , v i s i thelpinghandsofridgewood.org.
Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis [email protected], or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
Volunteers help at Helping Hands of Ridgewood.
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This Is A Plan?The governor presented a budget this week that only
goes up a modest amount, driven by contractual obliga-tions to unions and debt holders. For the most part, everyother portion of the budget has been slashed with someentire agencies being eaten up by others or just elimi-nated entirely.
At the same time, he is asking New Yorkers to bear newtaxes while swallowing the expansion of gambling and thesale of alcohol - as well as dramatic loosening of the rulesthat govern both those so-called vices.
Cutting school funds, eliminating tourism programs andreducing aid to the City while allowing corporate liquorstores and electronic gaming in every bar and bowling alleyacross the borough doesn't seem to make sense - no matterhow tough these economic times may be.
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Evil ManTo The Editor:
Hiram Monserrate is my StateSenator, therefore I am one of hisconstituents.
He chose not to have a jury trial- perhaps he did not trust his con-stituents. Since he took office as aState Senator he lost much respectfrom many of his constituents be-cause of his jumping from party toparty - as if he deserves respect.
But did he care? Not a whit.And the girlfriend incident… what
a fiasco. Now he still shows no re-morse or shame. What an evil man.
Lee Michaels,Jackson Heights
Pre-PatakiTo The Editor
NY Gov. David Paterson pro-poses closing the State's $3 billionbudget gap by cutting funding foreducation, health care, seniors, etc.
There is another way to addressour State deficit that has not beenexplored, and that is restoring Staterevenues to 1990's levels by repeal-ing Governor George Pataki's taxcuts for the wealthiest taxpayers.
"Among his leading first-termaccomplishments were his $3 bil-lion, 25 percent income-tax cut anda substantial cut in the capital gainstax and inheritance tax," accordingto a report on Pataki by the CatoInstitute's "Fiscal Policy Report Cardon America's Governors: 2006."
It should be noted that Pataki'stax cuts provided a 25 percent ratereduction for the wealthiest tax pay-ers, but no tax cut for the pooresttaxpayers. Since 1995, this has re-sulted in an enormous give back ofhundreds of millions of dollars towealthy taxpayers, with a resulting
loss in State revenues. These cutsprovided "the greatest benefit to thoseNew Yorkers who need it the least."
Thanks to Pataki, New York isnow the most unequal state in thenation. New York relies heavily onlocal taxes, placing the biggest bur-den on communities with the great-est needs and least resources. Thishas led to ever-increasing propertytaxes, making New York's tax sys-tem one of the most regressive.
Wealthy New Yorker's benefitedthe most from these policies, were theculprits behind Wall Street's greatestexcesses, and helped cause our cur-rent economic meltdown. Is it nottime for these greedy ones to help bailout the rest of us New Yorkers?
Gov. Paterson, it's a no-brainer.New Yorkers will support you, ifyou do the right thing. You want toclose our $3 billion budget gap?Repeal Pataki's $3 billion tax cut.
Robert F. Salant,Franklin Square
A Good MixTo the Editor:
I had the pleasure of attendingthe Inauguration ceremony for ourCity Council Member Eric A. Ulrichon Sunday, Jan. 17.
The weather was poor but theturnout was large. The dais wasfilled with elected officials from ourUS Senator, House Member, NYSSenate, Assembly and several Mem-bers of the City Council. This rep-resentation showed at least to methat our elected representatives bothRepublican and Democrats hold Ericin high regard.
There were also members of theNY Conservative Party as well as theIndependence Party represented.
The Hon. Thomas V. Ognibenewas Master of Ceremonies and the
Keynote Speaker was the Hon.James S. Oddo, Minority Leader,NYC Council.
Bernard D. Solow,Ozone Park
No To CutsDear Editor,
As you know, I write often aboutour Woodhaven Business Improve-ment District on our Woodhaven'sJamaica Avenue and while we thinkof Jamaica Avenue, we must thinkof our Jamaica Avenue Bus, theQ56. Did you know that our Q56Bus is scheduled to be discontinuedas well as the Z Train on the J LineAgain? Well, I have made it knownto all of our elected officials and theMTA that this cannot happen andthat Woodhaven will fight as we didlast year these MTA proposals.Woodhaven needs the Q56 and theZ Line. In January of 2008, I sub-mitted written testimony to the MTA,it still holds true as we begin ourfight for the second time. As in mytestimony in 2008 I stated "WhatAre You Thinking?"
Now, we fight again, the fightagainst the MTA implementing theirdraconian proposals of eliminatingour Q56 Bus line and our Z Train onthe "J" Elevated Line. Also the elimi-nation of bus passes for our studentsand the mean spirited proposedtreatment of our disabled with theirplans to "drop them off" at the near-est bus stop. This fight has to befought hard and now. If you wouldlike to write to the MTA in regard tonot discontinuing our Q56 Busplease write to Douglas SussmanDirector, MTA Community Affairs,347 Madison Avenue New York,New York 10017.
Maria A. Thomson,Executive Director,
GWDC/WBID
Jamaica HighSchool
Has the Tribune editorial boardtaken a position on whether or notJamaica High School should bepreserved as a neighborhood schoolwhich serves all students?
Closing this legendary neigh-borhood high school (and turningit into charter schools) would havea disastrous impact upon local busi-nesses, property values, publicsafety, the prospects for improvingeconomic development in QueensCounty, and restoring genuine ex-cellence to public education. If theschool is closed, nobody will ever beheld accountable for the demise ofpublic education during the pastthirty-five years...The "dream coali-tion" which is fighting to save Ja-maica High School ought to beheard from and supported.
Mindy Ohringer,Queens
ImmigrationReform
To The Editor:On Dec. 15, 2009, Representa-
tive Luis V. Gutierrez of Illinoisintroduced a bill into Congress thatcould open the door for millions ofimmigrants currently living in thiscountry to become lawful perma-nent residents. I hope that it is takenseriously. The name of his bill, the"Comprehensive Immigration Re-form for America's Security andProsperity Act" (C.I.R. A.S.A.P.),reflects the growing impatience ofhis constituency and that of manyothers throughout this country, in-cluding here in Queens.
Unfortunately, his bill appears tocontain many provisions that wouldensure its demise. For example, thebill only touches upon the problemof security along our southern bor-der. Many politicians, both Demo-crats and Republicans, have beenon the record for years stating thatthey would vote against any bill thatdid not shut down this border be-fore creating a path to residency.
Accordingly, we need to beable to focus on the immigrantswho are here now; especial ly thechildren brought at a tender age,educated here, and who havegraduated from high school orcollege only to find they are with-out the abil ity to become produc-tive members of society.
However it is accomplished,whether in progressive steps orcomprehensively, it is about time.The Democratic Party has been incontrol of Congress since Novem-ber, 2006. They are supposed to bethe champions of minority issues.Yet, despite the support of Repub-lican President George W. Bushand independent Republicans, andnow the support of DemocraticPresident Barack Obama and a fili-buster-proof Senate, six (6) sessionsof Congress have elapsed without alaw. No wonder Mr. Gutierrez, aDemocrat in office since 1993, isfrustrated with his colleagues.
Richard La Salle,Jackson Heights
Pay For PlayTo The Editor:
The solution to "The State of theState: A Real Sad Story" (MichaelSchenkler, Jan. 14) starts with the24th State Assembly Dis t r ic t(Bayside, Douglaston, Fresh Mead-ows, Glen Oaks, Hollis, JamaicaEstates, Little Neck, Queens Vil-lage) Special Election on Feb. 9.
Voters didn't get an invitationfrom former NYC Council FinanceCommittee Chairperson DavidWeprin to attend his "CampaignKickoff" for this contest which tookplace at the Carlton Hotel on Madi-
son Avenue in Manhattan on Thurs-day, Jan. 21. Price of admission -$10,000 (Chair); $3,800 (Co-Host);$2 ,500 (Suppor t e r ) ; $1 ,000(Friend) or $500 (Guest). Weprinapparently has no interest in $25,$50 or $100 donations from ordi-nary constituents.
Just who can afford to pay$10,000, $3,800, $2,500, $1,000or $500? Only the usual "Pay forPlay" crowd looking to invest in afuture State Assemblymember todayfor future favors at taxpayers' ex-pense tomorrow were out in fullforce. Weprin's fund raisers forCouncilmember, Council Speaker(2005) or NYC Comptroller (2009)over the previous eight years werealways held in Manhattan at similarprices. These gala events were gearedfor municipal "Pay for Play" specialinterest crowds rather than ordinaryconstituents. At Weprin's admissionprice, the only district voters in at-tendance may have been the valet topark your car, coat check assistantor waiter serving hors d'oeuvres.
Weprin consistently forgets who heis suppose to represent and never seemsto remember his old neighborhood.
Weprin's addiction to raisingvast sums of money illustrates ex-actly what is wrong with Albanytoday. The district is overwhelm-ingly Democratic gerrymandered.It has been for decades to be the"Weprin" family seat. It has beenpassed down from the late AssemblySpeaker Saul Weprin to sons Markand now David. Weprin takes amajor pay cut ($79,000 Assemblymember base salary versus $112,000for a Councilmember). As NYCCouncil Finance Committee Chair-person, he had a $18,000 lulu andwas No. 1 in member item porkbarrel funded earmarks.
As one of 150 State Assemblymembers or 108 Democrats, hebecomes a small fish in a big pond.David's vote isn't critical to SpeakerSheldon Silver with his overwhelm-ing majority. Silver has no incen-tives to assign Weprin as chairper-son to any committees; award himany lulus or fund pork barrel mem-ber items.
If you like the status quo of finan-cial mismanagement, runaway bor-rowing, deficit spending, late bud-gets, pork barrel member item spend-ing, excessive special interest payfor play lobbying and legislativechaos in Albany, David Weprin iscertainly the "right man" for the job.His past NYC Council legislativerecord, loyalty to Democratic club-house candidates and pay for playfund raising affiliations providesample qualifications to preserve allof the above. If you want real changeand reform in Albany, it would bewise to look elsewhere.
Larry Penner,Great Neck
SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 15325/09 BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP Plaintiff, vs. S.K. ANWARA/K/A SK ANWAR,Defendant(s). MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 106-61 RUSCOESTREET , JAMAICA, NY11433 SBL #: BLOCK: 10335LOT: 62 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: Youare hereby summoned toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the Com-plaint is not served with thisSummons, to serve a noticeo f appearance , on thePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the serviceof this Summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons isnot personally delivered toyou within the State of NewYork). In case of your failureto appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken againstyou by default for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.The Attorney for Plaintiff hasan office for business in theCounty of Erie. Trial to beheld in the County of Queens.The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location ofthe Mortgaged Premises .Dated this 23rd day of De-cember , 2009 , S teven J .Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 TO: S.K. ANWARA/K/A SK ANWAR,Defendant(s) In this Action.The foregoing Summons isserved upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order ofHON. MARGUERITE A .GRAYS of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York,dated the 8th day of Decem-ber, 2009 and filed with theComplaint in the Office ofthe Queens County Clerk, inthe City of Jamaica. The ob-ject of this action is to fore-close a mortgage upon thepremises described below,executed by S.K. ANWAR A/K/A SK ANWAR dated the1st day of March, 2007, tosecure the sum o f$460,000.00, and recordeda t In s t rument No .2007000134447 in the Of-fice of the Clerk of the Countyof QUEENS, on the 13th dayof March, 2007;Said mort-gage is to be assigned by anAssignment to be recordedin the Office of the Clerk ofQUEENS County. The prop-erty in question is describedas follows: 106-61 RUSCOESTREET , JAMAICA, NY11433 SEE FOLLOWING DE-SCRIPTION Block 10335 andLot 62 ALL that certain plot,piece or parcel of land, withthe buildings and improve-ments thereon erected, situ-ate, lying and being in theFourth Ward, Borough andCounty of Queens, City andState of New York, boundedand described as follows: BE-GINNING at a point on theNortheasterly side of RuscoeStreet, distant 243.69 feetSoutheasterly from the cor-ner formed by the intersec-tion of the Northeasterly side
of Ruscoe Street with theSoutherly side of 106th Road,as said street and road arelaid out on a certain mapentitled “Hillside Gardens,Jamaica, 4th Ward, Boroughof Queens, New York City”,Erlandson & Crowell, C.E. &C.S., March 1919, and filedin the Queens County Clerk’sOffice on August 19, 1919,as Map No. 3740 and fromsaid point of beginning; RUN-NING THENCE Southeasterlyalong said side of RuscoeStreet , 16.64 feet to theNortherly side of 107th Av-enue, as shown on said map;THENCE Easterly along saidside of 101h Avenue, 68.40feet; THENCE Northerly atright angles to 101h Avenue,78.66 feet; THENCE South-westerly at right angles toRuscoe Street, 102.90 feetto the point or place of BE-GINNING. TOGETHER witha right of way, upon and overthe strip of land 4 feet 6inches wide to a depth of80fee t Nor theas t f rom theNortheasterly side of RuscoeStreet, adjoining lot of landhereby mortgaged to theNorthwest. SUBJECT to a simi-lar right of way upon andover the Northwest 4 feet 6inches to a depth as afore-said of the lot of land mort-gage. Said 2 strips of landshall constitute and be a pri-vate right of way and drive-way 9 feet wide to a depth of80 feet from said side ofRuscoe Street for ingress andegress to and from the lot ofland hereby mortgaged andthe lot of land and joining onthe Northwest and RuscoeStreet for the uses and ben-efit in common of said re-spective premises and of allowner s and occupan t sthereof. Premises known as106-61 Ruscoe Street, Ja-maica, New York HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OF IN-FORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agenciesand non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-formation about possible op-t ions, including try ing towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)or v is i t the department’s
webs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home. There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such servicesfor profit to enter into a con-tract which fully describesthe services they will per-fo rm and fees they w i l lcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you until they have com-pleted all such promised ser-vices. § 1303 NOTICE NO-TICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving a copy of the answeron the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed thisfo rec losu re p roceed ingagainst you and filing theanswer with the court, a de-fault judgment may be en-tered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court where yourcase is pending for furtherinformation on how to an-swer the summons and pro-tect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisfo rec losure ac t ion . YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT. DATED: De-cember 23, 2009 Steven J.Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________________
SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 9930/09 USBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCES-SOR-IN-INTEREST TO BANKOF AMERICA, NATIONALASSOCIAT ION, ASTRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO LASALLE BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAS TRUSTEE FOR MORGANSTANLEY MORTGAGELOAN TRUST2006- 11 Plain-tiff, vs. CARLOS H. LEMA,Defendant(s). MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 109-16 34TH AV-ENUE, CORONA, NY 11368SBL #: BLOCK 1753-LOT 8TO THE ABOVE NAMED DE-FENDANT: You are herebysummoned to answer theComplaint in this action, andto serve a copy of your an-swer, or, if the Complaint isnot served with this Sum-mons, to serve a notice of
appearance, on the Plaintiff(s)attorney(s) within twenty daysafter the service of this Sum-mons, exclusive of the day ofservice (or within 30 daysafter the service is completeif this Summons is not per-sonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York). Incase of your failure to appearor answer, judgment will betaken against you by defaultfor the relief demanded inthe Complaint. The Attorneyfor Plaintiff has an office forbusiness in the County ofErie. Trial to be held in theCounty of Queens. The basisof the venue des ignatedabove is the location of theMortgaged Premises. Datedthis 7th day of January, 2010,S teven J . Baum, P .C . ,Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s),220 Northpointe Parkway,Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: CARLOS H. LEMA,Defendant(s) In this Action.The foregoing Summons isserved upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order ofHON. BERNICE D. SIEGAL ofthe Supreme Court of theState of New York, dated the20th day of December, 2009and filed with the Complaintin the Office of the QueensCounty Clerk, in the City ofJamaica. The object of thisaction is to foreclose a mort-gage upon the premises de-scribed below, executed byCARLOS H. LEMA dated the17th day of February, 2006, to secure the sum o f$466,000.00, and recordeda t In s t rument No .2006000139527 in the Of-fice of the Clerk of the Countyof Queens, on the 13th dayof March, 2006; which mort-gage was duly assigned byassignment dated the 12thday of September, 2009, andrecorded on the 23rd day ofSeptember, 2008, in the Of-fice of the Clerk of QueensCounty at Instrument No.2008000375611; The prop-erty in question is describedas follows: 109-16 34TH AV-ENUE, CORONA, NY 11368SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIP-TION Block 1753 and Lot 8ALL that certain plot, pieceor parcel of land, with thebuildings and improvementsthereon erected, situate, ly-ing and being in the Boroughand County of Queens, Cityand S ta te o f New York ,known and designated on acertain map entitled “MapNo.4 of Lots of Louona Park,P roper ty o f Edmund L .Baylies, Corona2nd Ward,Borough of Queens, City ofNew York, surveyed April1903 by George W. Huviland,Jr. C.S.”, and fi led in theQueens County Clerk’s Of-fice on February 26, 1904 asand by the lot number 1193,block 28, which said lot isbounded and described asfol lows: BEGINNING at apoint on the Southerly sideof34th Avenue , fo rmer lyHayes Avenue , d i s t an t123.50 feet Easterly from thecorner formed by the inter-section of the Southerly sideof34th Avenue with the East-erly side of l09th Street, for-merly Lent Street; RUNNINGTHENCE Southerly parallelwith 109th 116.76 feet to lotno . 1191 on sa id map ;THENCE Easterly on a line
along lot no. 1191, 20 feet;THENCE Northerly parallelwith l09th Street, 111.88 feetto the Southerly side of 34thAvenue; THENCE Westerlyalong the Southerly side of34th Avenue, 20.58 feet tothe point or place of BEGIN-NING. Premises known as109-16 34th Avenue, Co-rona, New York ALL that cer-tain plot, piece or parcel ofland, with the buildings andimprovement s the reonerected, situate, lying andbeing in the Borough andCounty of Queens, City andState of New York, knownand designated on a certainmap entitled “Map No.4 ofLots of Louona Park, Prop-erty of Edmund L. Baylies,Corona2nd Ward, Boroughof Queens, City of New York,su rveyed Apr i l 1903 byGeorge W. Huv i land , J r .C .S . ” , and f i l ed in theQueens County Clerk’s Of-fice on February 26, 1904 asand by the lot number 1193,block 28, which said lot isbounded and described asfol lows: BEGINNING at apoint on the Southerly sideof34th Avenue , fo rmer lyHayes Avenue , d i s t an t123.50 feet Easterly from thecorner formed by the inter-section of the Southerly sideof 34th Avenue with the East-erly side of l09th Street, for-merly Lent Street; RUNNINGTHENCE Southerly parallelwith 109th 116.76 feet to lotno . 1191 on sa id map ;THENCE Easterly on a linealong lot no. 1191, 20 feet;THENCE Northerly parallelwith l09th Street, 111.88 feetto the Southerly side of 34thAvenue; THENCE Westerlyalong the Southerly side of34th Avenue, 20.58 feet tothe point or place of BEGIN-NING. Premises known as109-16 34th Avenue, Co-rona, New York HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OF IN-FORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agenciesand non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-format ion about poss ib leoptions, including trying towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)
or v is i t the department’swebs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home. There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such servicesfor profit to enter into a con-tract which fully describesthe services they will per-fo rm and fees they w i l lcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you until they have com-pleted all such promised ser-vices. § 1303 NOTICE NO-TICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving a copy of the answeron the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed thisfo rec losu re p roceed ingagainst you and filing theanswer with the court, a de-fault judgment may be en-tered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court where yourcase is pending for furtherinformation on how to an-swer the summons and pro-tect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisfo rec losure ac t ion . YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT. DATED: Janu-ary 7, 2010 Steven J. Baum,P .C . , A t to rney ( s ) Fo rPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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The Governor The Legislature & Reform
Henry Stern
By HENRY J. STERNIn his State of the
State message, GovernorPaterson made one pro-posal which, if adopted,would change the veryheart of New York statepolitics. For the first time,a governor called for termlimits for elected officials:two four-year terms forthe governor, comptroller and at-torney general; and six two-year-terms for State Senators andAssemblymembers. That comesout to eight years for executivesand 12 years for legislators.
Term limits have less chancein the Legislature than the prover-bial snowball in hell. What politi-cian with the chance to be re-elected for the rest of his life willvote to make himself ineligible toserve after 12 years? The gover-nor knows that, but he is position-ing himself squarely on the side ofthe angels in what is likely to be arecurring controversy. Term limitswould require amendment of theState Constitution, which wouldhave to be preceded by approvalby two successive elected legisla-tures. Unlike the practice in someother states, there is no way forindividuals in New York State toplace constitutional amendmentson the ballot.
But even if passing term lim-its is a legislative pipe dream, it isstill a discussion that voters shouldengage in seriously, even if theirrepresentat ives won’t. The newpossibilities of grassroots organiz-
ing through social net-working websites hasgiven the public an un-precedented tool to insistthat their legislators bemore responsive to theirwishes. A Facebook pagetitled Citizens For TermLimits In Albany has beencreated to stimulate pub-lic discussion.
There are a number of soundreasons to support term limits,dealing with the fairness of elec-tions. Here, for example, are someadvantages incumbents enjoy:
1) Gerrymandering. Sit t ingmembers of the legislature drawpolitical districts to suit their owninterests. The districts come in oddshapes and sizes, with peninsulasdrawn to include an incumbent’shome, and sometimes to excludea potential rival’s home.
2) Mailings. Members havethe right to send periodic reportsto their constituents at publicexpense. Over the years, thesemailings build up name recognitionfor the incumbent, which give himor her an advantage in an electoralcontest with a challenger.
3) Political clubs. The orga-nized party machinery in any dis-trict generally supports the incum-bent. S/he has made contributionsto the party over the years, and isfriendly with many of the activemembers.
4) Constituent service. Leg-islators have staffs and district of-fices, paid for by the state. Thepassage of time increases the num-
ber of people who will be servedby these offices, and those peopleare more likely to vote for the in-cumbent who has helped them.
5) Lobbyists. It is the prac-tice of many lobbyists to makeregular contributions to politicians,primarily those of the majorityparty. They comprise the bulk ofthe donors at fund raisers held inAlbany. Having taken money overthe years from these special inter-ests, some legislators believe itwould be unethical to bite the handthat has been feeding them.
6) Media. Newspapers, tele-vision and radio stations report onthe act ivities of incumbents. Achal lenger, unless he is alreadywell-known, has a relatively brieftime to attract public attention ina political campaign.
7) Leadership protection. One reason Speaker Sheldon Sil-ver remained in power is that heprotected his members, a functionhe performed well. For example,on the controversial issue of con-gestion pricing, he did not al lowthe bill to come to the floor, so hismembers did not have to cast in-dividual votes on the proposal. This protected them from thewrath of the editorial boards whowere for the plan, while many oftheir constituents were against it.
For all those reasons, incum-bents have an enormous advantageand are generally re-elected, unlessthey have done something outra-geous. Even then, they often win.
The problem result ing fromthe numerous advantages of incum-
NYS Legislature Incumbents Reject Term Limitsbency is that people who seek aparticular elected office for a life-time, and will depend on its in-come, both direct and indirect, tosupport their families, will makedecisions on the basis of what willpreserve, protect and defend theircareers, which are their and theirfamilies’ livelihood. They lose theability to make judgments on themerits of legislation, even if theywere able to discern the merits, anability which often eludes them. Their support for a measure is theproperty of their leaders, and isbargained for and bought (orrented), usually not directly but aspart of larger arrangements.
The result is that decisions arenot made by citizen-legislators,who know they will return to theirown profession, but by profes-sional representatives, dedicated topromoting and extending their owncareers, and willing to make deci-sions which will help them to pur-sue that goal.
Another problem is that, aftermany years, people go stale in of-fice, offer fewer bills, and becomemore withdrawn from the public. Some lose their energy or facul-ties as they grow older; that hap-pens naturally to the human ani-mal.
Not 4 Publication.com by Dom Nunziato
By MICHAEL SCHENKLER
EXPELLING HIRAM?Hiram Monserratte.Chaos.He has that effect on things.No, this is not in defense of
the Jackson Heights politico whostood Albany on its ear over thesummer when he defected to theGOP and then negotiated a dealto return to the Dems.
It certainly is not in supportof the man who manhandled hisgirlfriend – be it on the way to thehospital or in h is apartment oranywhere.
No, Hiram Monserratte is nei-ther a role model for anyone norone to be applauded or rewarded.
He is a State Senator – electedby the people.
And seriously, he is far from
the first member of the legislatureto be convicted of a misdemeanorand his moral standards may notbe so out of whack with many ofhis colleagues.
Hiram’s colleague KevinParker underwent anger manage-ment training after he punched aNYC traffic agent in the face andhe faces felony assault charges forhis alleged physical abuse of a pho-tojournalist.
John Sabini, who Hiram re-placed, pleaded guilty to drivingwhile ability impaired.
Queens’ Ada Smith, before be-ing removed by the people, abusedmany, most memorable was a fe-male staffer with a hot cup of cof-fee to the face.
But Senators Parker, Sabini,Smith nor any of the others weresubjected to a special committeeto consider removal from office.
Then again, they didn’t breakwith their par ty when casting aleadership vote.
So is the move against Hirampolitics or morality?
Are they get t ing ready tothrow all the rotten apples out orjust the ones that don’t fol lowparty orders?
It stinks; he stinks; they stink.Albany!
THE GUV & REFORMI sat the other night with a
member of the esteemed StateSenate. I asked him how theGovernor’s State of the State wasreceived by his colleagues.
“Didn’t he recommend termlimits for State Legislators,” Igoaded.
“Yeah,” he responded, “healso recommended legalizing Ulti-mate Fighting.”
The Governor proposed somefar-reaching reforms in his State ofthe State address. As described inHenry Stern’s column below, termlimits is a dream that will not hap-pen. It is merely one of theGovernor’s many proposals thatare dead on arrival. Unlike the City,there is no Constitutional provi-sion for initiative and referendumwhereby the people can place anitem on the ballot by petition.
Any introduction of reformmust be approved by the very leg-islature it is meant to reform. Fur-thermore, if it is a change in theConstitution like term limits, it re-quires the approval of two succes-
sive legislatures. Therefore, realreform is not going to happen.
The Governor’s high soundingreforms consist of solid proposalswhich could bring about substantivechange in Albany, and based on ourdiscussions with him prior to hiselection as Lieutenant Governor,they consist of changes he believesin. However in this instance, sorryMr. Governor, they sound to us likethe rhetoric of a desperate candi-date looking for an issue whichmay have traction with the voters.
In this case, the proposals areempty campaign promises from aGovernor who has failed to get thelegislature to follow him on anysignificant proposals since takingoffice.
The Governor cont inues totry, to no avail, to reingratiate him-self with the voters.
It is no secret, the Governoris toast. He remains a candidate atthe behest of a small portion ofleadership of his minority commu-nity grasping to the hope thatlightening will strike.
It doesn’t; it won’t.Andrew Cuomo has the light-
ning bottled this t ime and wil l,upon announcing his candidacy,
leave candidate Paterson in thedust and will final ly get to try tofill his daddy’s big shoes.
BACK TO REFORMOn the other hand, the Legis-
lature – both houses – proposedsome not-so-far-reaching ethicsreform. Good government groupsare split on whether to support thelot-less-than per fect proposals.
While the proposal would im-prove ethics oversight, the threepanels it sets up are not indepen-dent of the legislature – as a matterof fact they appoint a majority ofmembers. Additionally, the new dis-closure procedures while shiningnew light on the legislature and lob-byists would continue to make law-yers who are legislators immunefrom the purification of sunshine.Both Assembly Speaker SheldonSilver and Senate Majority LeaderJohn Sampson are highly paid law-yers at big-time firms, and areshielded in the new law.
The legislature’s ethics pro-posal: An improvement? Yes!
The legislature’s ethics pro-posal: A disappointment? Yes!
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Band Of Locals Keep Eye On HistoryBy JOSEPH OROVIC
Joel Holub drank coffee from a pint
glass outside the historic Lewis Latimer
House in Flushing.
“There’s something about the empti-
ness that’s unset-
tling,” he said, look-
ing at the former
dwellings of Lewis
Latimer, which now
serves as Holub’s
home. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s
haunted – but that would be nice.”
The 46-year-old Holub is one of five
caretakers occupying some of Queens’
members of the Historic House Trust, a
smattering of volunteers whose job es-
sentially entails living in a hallowed mu-
seum and treating it like home – to a point.
“It’s nice to have somebody there,”
said Meredith Sorin, Property Manager
for HHT.
Historic House Trust is a non-profit
organization that partners with the New
York City Parks Dept.
to preserve and main-
tain historically signifi-
cant sites throughout
the city that are often
visited by school groups
to help localize the history lessons taught
in public schools.
The caretakers occupy a non-historic
portion of the homes rent-free, instead
paying with their presence, time and arbi-
trary duties.
“There isn’t a set list of what to do,”
Sorin said. “The needs of every house are
different.”
For retired carpenter
Peter Fiscina, that includes
opening the Kingsland
Homestead’s gates for vol-
unteers, cutting the grass
and keeping the property
clean.
The 62-year-old got
the job and zero rent the
way most caretakers do –
he knew someone.
Before moving in
nearly three years ago, his
niece and her husband oc-
cupied the cozy living space.
Before moving out, she rec-
ommended Fiscina as her
replacement and that was
pretty much it.
Still, free rent aside, both Holub
and Fiscina hesitantly endorsed their
living arrangements.
For Fiscina, the fire-free living
quarters suffer from one major detri-
ment: his cooking is sub par.
The self-style gourmand said he
loves to cook –- especially fish. He
stared down a rinky-dink electric stove
from across the room with malevo-
lence.
“Look at the size of it. You can
forget about baking,” he said.
The free-spirited Holub listed
both practical and intangible draw-
backs to the gig. For example: a steamy
shower sets off the fire alarm.
“There’s nothing like the strobes
going off and you run out soaking
wet trying to input the security code.
It feels like I’m in the last scene of
“Alien” and the spaceship is about to blow
up,” he said.
Despite the Latimer House’s historic
designation, its distance from the sacred
leaves Holub unnerved.
Most moldings and plaster are repro-
ductions, and aside from the floor, he
questioned how much of the house is
actually in its original state.
“It’s almost like living in an absence of
history,” he said. “I’ve taken my space and
nested myself and padded myself so it
doesn’t feel so empty.”
There is, also, of course, the various
gangs of miscreants to deal with. For
Fiscina, it’s the drunken day laborers re-
lieving themselves on the property dur-
ing the summer. Holub tackles rampant
piles of dog droppings every morning,
with the occasional bottle of urine.
Still, both agreed you can’t argue
with free rent. And caretakers are allowed
to go on vacation, as long as they find a
substitute, Sorin said.
The upshot – both men can focus on
a new or consistent personal passion. For
Holub, that means reconnecting with his
passions and continuing to make art.
Fiscina has a new appreciation for an
old school subject.
“It’s quite interesting. I was never big
on American history until I moved in,” he
said.
Reach Reporter Joseph Orovic at
[email protected], or (718) 357-
7400, Ext. 127.
Jay Holub sits in his living quarters inside the Lewis
Latimer House.
Peter Fiscina stands in the kitchen he has learned
to adapt to using.
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Not ice o f fo rmat ion o fGoodhome LLC, a limited li-ability company. Articles ofOrganization filed with theSecretary of State of the Stateof New York (SSNY) on 8/13/2009. Office located in NewYork. SSNY has been desig-nated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of anyprocess served against theLLC to THE LLC 2377 24THStreet, Astoria, NY 11105.Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT QUEENSCOUNTY SUMMONS ANDNOTICE Index No. 5927-09NYCTL 2008-A TRUST ANDTHE BANK OF NEW YORKMELLON, AS COLLATERALAGENT AND CUSTODIAN,Plaintiffs, vs. GEORGE FOX;NEW YORK CITY TRANSITAUTHORITY TRANSIT AD-JUDICATION BUREAU; LVNYFUNDING LLC A/P/O SEARS;LVNV FUNDING LLC; CACVOF COLORADO, LLC ;C IT IBANK (SOUTH DA-KOTA), NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION; ENERBAN7K USA;NEW YORK CITY ENVIRON-MENTAL CONTROL BOARDand NEW YORK CITY PARK-ING VIOLATIONS BUREAUDefendants. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: YOUARE HEREBY SUMMONED toanswer the Complaint in theabove-entit led foreclosureaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer on the plaintiffs’attorney within thirty (30)days after the service of this
Summons, exclusive of theday of service or within thirty(30) days after completion ofserv ice where serv ice i smade in any other mannerthan by personal serv icewithin the State. The UnitedStates of America, if desig-nated as a defendant in thisaction, may answer or ap-pear within sixty (60) days ofservice hereof. In case ofyour failure to appear or an-swer, judgment will be takenagainst you by default for therelief demanded in the Com-plaint. Queens County is des-ignated as the place of trial.The basis of venue is thelocat ion of the premises.Dated: September 16, 2009TO THE ABOVE NAMED DE-FENDANTS: The foregoingsummons is served upon youby publication, pursuant toan Order o f Honorab leBernice D. Seigal,, a Justiceof the Supreme Court, datedDecember 11, 2009, andfiled with supporting papersin the Queens County Clerk’sOffice. This is an action toforeclose a tax lien coveringthe property known as 76-47173rd Street, of Flushing,New York and being a parcelof land approximately desig-nated as Block 7010 and Lot54. The relief sought is thesale of the subject propertyat public auction in satisfac-tion of the tax lien debt. Incase of your failure to ap-pear, judgment may be takenagainst you in the sum of$21,842.92, together within te res t , cos t s , d i sburse -
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AJPW, LLC a domestic Lim-ited Liability Company (LLC)filed with the Sec of State ofNY on 11/18/09. NY Officelocation: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agentupon whom process againstthe LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of anyprocess aga ins t the LLCserved upon him/her to TheLLC , 603 Seneca Ave . ,Ridgewood, NY 11385. Gen-eral Purposes.________________________________________________________________________
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NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: JMS2 LLC. Ar-ticles of Organization werefiled with the Secretary ofState of New York (SSNY) on11/16/09. Office location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agent ofthe LLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofprocess to the LLC, 94-0440th Drive, East Elmhurst,New York 11369. Purpose:For any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of JELBGRAND CONCOURSE, LLC.Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.Of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/24/09 . Of f i ce loca t ion :Queens County. Princ. Of-fice of LLC: 42-09 235th St.,Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNYdesignated as agent of LLCupon whom process againstit may be served. SSNY shallmail process to the LLC at theaddr. Of its princ. Office.Purpose: Any lawful activity.________________________________________________________________________Not i ce o f Fo rmat ion o fNORTHERN QUEENS MAN-AGEMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with Secy. of State of NY
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Queens CLOSEUP
Adult ESL ClassesThe Office of Continuing Education and
Workforce Development at QueensboroughCommunity College is launching both aWorkforce Academy and a Chinese Institutefor immigrant communities in Queens be-ginning in the spring of 2010.
The Workforce Academy at QCC offersup to 40 cer t ificate and professional pro-grams. This spring, at the CUNY Center forHigher Education in Flushing, QCC willoffer a Medical Office Bil ler Cer tificate andtwo new programs—a Home Health AideCertificate program and Spanish GED – al lof which will complement current Continu-ing Education classes in Literacy, Por t ofEntry English as a Second Language, and aHospitality Based ESL Workforce Develop-ment Initiative.
“These three allied health care programssupport entry into hundreds of employmentopportunit ies in Queens,” says Denise Ward,Assistant Dean of Continuing Education andWorkforce Development at Queensborough.Additional courses offered at the WorkforceAcademy will include a Spanish GED andESL Test Preparatory program for thoseseeking to obtain their high school diplo-mas through a New York State approvedSpanish GED exam.
The Ch ine se I n s t i t u t e a t t heQueensborough campus will be designed foradults from all backgrounds who are inter-ested in exploring the language and cultureof China. Also, the Chinese Academy, anongoing program for children K-12, con-tinues this spring with classes in MandarinChinese, Chinese Writing, Chinese Conver-
sation and cultural classes.“For the first time, community colleges
are recognized as playing a vital role in theeconomic recovery of our country,” saysEduar do J. Mar t í , Ph.D., Pre sident ofQueensborough Community College. “I amproud that we are providing a direct path tonew careers and celebrating our culturallyrich borough through these new Continu-ing Education programs.”
An open house for the Workforce Acad-emy and the Chinese Institute will be heldThursday, Jan. 21, 6:30-8:30p.m., at 39-07Prince St., Flushing, and Tuesday Jan. 26,6-8 p.m. at Queensborough CommunityCollege, 222-05 56th Ave. For more infor-mation, please contact the Office of Con-tinuing Education and Workforce Develop-ment at (718) 631-6343 or qcc.cuny.edu.
QC Choral SocietyAuditions
Queens College Choral Society invitesnew members to sing Mozart’s Requiem andBrahms’ Nanie; The Queens College ChoralSociety is seeking new members for its spring2010 concer t season. Audit ions wil l takeplace on Jan. 27, Feb. 3 and Feb. 17. Forfur ther information or to schedule an audi-tion, contact QCCS music director JamesJohn (718) 997-3818 or [email protected] r more i n fo rma t i on , v i s i t :qcchoralsociety.org
Sing For QueensBecome a member of the Oratorio So-
ciety of Queens, which will be rehearsing
Mozar t’s Requiem and Americana for it sAnnual Spring Concer t on Sunday, May16.
Rehearsals are every Monday night, 7:45pm, in the studio of the North Presby terianChurch, 25-33 154th St., Flushing. Anyoneinterested in singing should call (718) 279-3006 or visit www.queensoratorio.org.
Tu B’ShevatThe Jewish Center of Oak Hills will be
celebrating the joyous Jewish Arbor Dayholiday of Tu B’Shevat at a special Seder onSunday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. There will be areading of the Tu B’Shevat Haggadah andseasonal fruit and nuts will be served. Thepublic is invited, at no charge, to join themembership, and to enjoy this holiday whichhas taken on even more meaning as we areall increasingly aware of environmental con-cerns.
The Center is located at 50-35 CloverdaleBoulevard in Oakland Gardens. To reserve atable space, or for more information call(718) 631-0100. The building is handicap-accessible and has an elevator to all floors.
Arts CelebrationThe Bayside Historical Society is hold-
ing a Celebration of the Ar ts, its ninth an-nual mixed-media ar t exh ibit ion and con-cer t.
Works from 40 Queens artists wil l be ondisplay through Jan. 31, with prizes awardedto first- , second- and third-place winners.The event features guest judges MarieMarsina, Pre sident of the Nat ional Ar t
League and Faustino Quintanilla, Directorof the Queensborough Community CollegeArt Gallery. Ribbons for honorable mentionwill also be awarded.
Limited parking is available; additionalparking can be found at Little Bay Park, justoutside the For t Tot ten gate.
Bayside Historical Society is locatedwithin Fort Tot ten Park, in Bayside, and iseasily accessible by the Q13 or Q16 bus toFor t Tot ten and by car via Cross Island Park-way Nor th to exit 32 at Bel l Blvd. For moreinformation, visit baysidehistorical.org.
Orchestral ConcertsYouth Orchestra, CYCNY wil l present
its 12th Annual Winter Concer t, which isadmission free and open to the public onSaturday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Marie CurieMiddle School Auditorium, located at 46-35 Oceania St. in Bayside. Admission is freeand open to the public. No ticket is re-quired.
They wil l also have a Christmas Con-cer t at Si lvercrest Center for Nursing andRehabi l i tat ion, on Sunday, Jan. 24 at10 :30 a .m. a t 144 -45 87 th Ave . i nBriarwood. That concer t is for pat ients,staff and their families. 60 young musi-cians wil l perform orchestral works in con-cer t, under the baton of Music Directorand Conductor, Dr. Jeffrey Liang. Theconcert w i l l feature Tracy Chang, the prin-cipal f lut ist of Youth Orchestra, CYCNY,to be the flute soloist in Massenet‘s Medi-tat ion from “Thais.” For more informationca l l ( 718 ) 834 -8904 o r v i s i tYouthOrchestra.com.
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Idling Trains Lead To Political ActionBy DOMENICK RAFTER
Complaints from Middle Village residentsabout freight train engines idling on tracksduring late night and early morning hourshave local elected officials considering legis-lation to deal with the problem.
Residents living near an often used freightrail line near the intersection of 69th Placeand Juniper Boulevard South in Middle Vil-lage have complained that diesel enginesfrom freight trains idle on the tracks duringcoupling near their homes for hours at atime, during all times of the day, polluting theneighborhood with noise and fumes. It hasespecially become a problem late at night,and early in the morning.
Middle Village resident Anthony Pedalino,who lives on 69th Lane near Juniper Boule-vard South, said the idling train engines havebeen a problem for mote than a year, but haverecently become a real issue.
“There are times the train is actually parkedthere with as many eight locomotives and justturning their engines,” Pedalino said.
On the morning of Jan. 8, Pedalino saidtrain engines were idling on the tracks formore than two and a half hours and the noiseand fumes were keeping him and his neigh-bors awake. Pedalino said the noise and smellwere a problem during the spring and sum-mer months.
“You’ve got to be here and smell it,”Pedalino said. “You can’t keep your win-dows open in the spring and summer whenyou want to because of the noise and fumes.”
The couplings near the residents’ homesstarted around mid 2008 when a deal wasstruck between local officials and New York& Atlantic Railroad, which owns the trainsthat run on the line, to remove coupling of thetrains from the area where they were previ-
ously taking place, about a quarter of a miledown the track near Lutheran Cemetery andChrist the King High School. The new loca-tion is at the beginning of the crossover loop,where the single track heading south out ofMaspeth opens to two tracks.
Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach)visited a constituent’s home next to thetracks at 5 a.m. to see and hear the problemfor himself.
“It was wild,” Addabbo said, describingthe noises and fumes that began 5 and 6 a.m.“First you hear this thumping noise, and itgrows louder and louder, and at five minutesto 5, the engine stops and idles. The noise isincredible. I don’t know how they expectthese people to sleep.”
Addabbo is teaming up with Assembly-man Mike Miller (D-Glendale) to introducelegislation to deal with the issue.
“It really is not fair to these people,” Millersaid,
Miller said the legislation would take intoaccount some language in a similar billintroduced in 2009 by Assemblyman FredThiele (I-Sag Harbor), after similar issuesoccurred in Suffolk County. Miller said thelegislation would seek to limit the amount oftime a train engine can idle, create a specificlength of space between an idling engineand residences, and would seek to changethe timeframe so that idling could not occurnear residents during late night and earlymorning hours.
Addabbo said there is a chance statelegislation may be unconstitutional. NewYork & Atlantic Railroad argued they areonly regulated by the federal government.Addabbo said he would draft the legisla-tion anyway
“This probably won’t make the railroad
industry happy, but we can’t have the rail-roads use the federal government to hidethemselves. This won’t stop me from intro-ducing the bill.”
Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-ForestHills) said the state would pursue legislationeven if the state does not have Constitu-tional authority.
“If the courts don’t think we have author-ity, let them settle it,” Hevesi said at January’smeeting of Community Board 5.
Addabbo said he was sure there weresome local regulations being violated already.
“There are almost certainly some locallaws that are being infringed upon,” Addabbosaid. “The DEP and New York State DECshould look into it.”
The rail line runs from Sunnyside Yardsin Sunnyside all the way through residentialareas of Woodside, Maspeth, Middle Village,Glendale and Ridgewood and across Brook-lyn to Bay Ridge as part of the Long IslandRail Road’s freight-only Bay Ridge Branch
Reach Reporter Domenick Rafter [email protected] or (718) 357-7400 Ext. 125.
By KAITLYN KILMETISSome 30 percent of patients treated at
Elmhurst Hospital are pedestrians injured intraffic accidents; this week the hospital istaking proactive measures to attempt tochange that statistic.
On Friday, Jan. 22, Elmhurst Hospitalwill hold its Second Annual Summit on Waysto Reduce Pedestrian Injuries in New YorkCity. The event, held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.in the hospital’s auditorium, will consist of avariety of lectures, panel discussions, openforums and a Q&A session, as well as abreakfast and lunch.
The lectures topics range from “PedestrianInjury and Trauma Basics” to “Safe Streets forSeniors.” In total, there are 18 lectures planned,which will be given by physicians and admin-istrators from a number of New York Cityhospitals, community activists and transporta-tion and traffic safety experts.
The one-day symposium will examine waysto prevent pedestrian injuries and increasesafety of the roads and also discuss how
pedestrian injuries impact public health.According to Elmhurst Hospital, “the pur-
pose of this summit is to convene those whoare involved in pedestrian safety, highlightindividual prevention programs and theirimpact, and promote broader awareness ofthe problem, while coming to a consensus onthe optimal pathways for change.”
The event is a part of a public awarenesscampaign organized by the hospital’s De-partment for Neurosurgery and Departmentof Emergency Medicine.
Elmhurst Hospital spokeswoman AtiyaButler said the program is an attempt toeducate the public since the hospital has seenan exorbitant number of blunt trauma casescaused by pedestrian accidents.
The event is free of charge, open to thepublic and does not require reservations. Formore information, contact Butler at (718)334-1259 or [email protected].
Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis [email protected], or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
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105th PrecinctMISSING MAN: The
NYPD is seeking the public’sassistance in locating a miss-ing man. Chester Scales, 35,a resident of Creedmoor Psy-chiatric Hospital in Bellerose,was last seen Saturday, Jan.9, at approximately 5:45 p.m.in the emergency room ofLong Island Jewish MedicalCenter where he was beingtreated for a preexisting medi-cal condition.
Scales is described as be-ing African American, 6-foot-2, 185 lbs. He was lastseen wearing a black and brown jacket, bluejeans and white sneakers. He suffers fromschizophrenia and is a diabetic. Anyone withinformation in regards to the whereabouts ofthis missing person is asked to call the NewYork City Police Department’s Crime Stop-pers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. Citizens canalso submit their tips by logging onto theCr ime S toppe r s web s i t e a twww.nypdcrimestoppers.com or textingtheir tips to 274637 (crimes) then enteringTIP577.
111th PrecinctPEDESTRIAN HIT: On Tuesday, Jan.
12, at approximately 9:33 a.m. police re-sponded to call for a pedestrian struck at theintersection Springfield Blvd and UnionTurnpike in Hollis Hills. Upon arrival policediscovered that an Asian woman, between 35and 50 years old, was struck by a two-doorred Honda Civic, driven by a 52-year-oldwhite man.
The Honda had been traveling south-bound on Springfield Boulevard and pro-ceeded to make a left turn onto Union Turn-pike when it struck the woman while she wasin the crosswalk. She was transported toNorth Shore Hospital in critical condition.There was no criminality suspected and theinvestigation was ongoing.
114th PrecinctMAN KILLED: On Monday, Jan. 18, at
approximately 8:16 p.m., at the corner of21st Street and Broadway in Astoria, policeresponded to a call of a pedestrian struck.Upon arrival it was determined that a 32-year-old Hispanic man, identified as AbundioMendez-Perez of 26-80 Heath Ave., wascrossing Broadway east-bound when he was struckby a Honda Odyssey thatwas traveling southboundon 21 Street.
The operator of the Od-yssey remained on thescene. The pedestrian wastransported to Mount SinaiQueens where he was pro-nounced dead. There wasno criminality suspected,and the investigation wasongoing.
115th PrecinctGROPING CREEP:
The NYPD is seeking thepublic’s assistance in iden-tifying a suspect wanted inconnection with a sexualassault. On Jan. 15, 2009,at approximately 3:15p.m., inside of the Junc-tion Boulevard subway sta-tion in Corona, a 12-year-old white girl was walking up the stairs to getto the subway station when the suspect
reached out and placed hishand on her buttocks. Thesuspect then boarded thesouthbound 7 train.
The suspect is describedas a 35-year-old Hispanicmale, approximately 5-foot-11, black hair and brown eyes.He was wear ing a greyhooded sweatshirt with YAN-KEES logo and a grey andblue ski cap. Anyone with in-formation is asked to call theNew York C i t y Po l i ceDepartment’s Crime StoppersHotline at (800) 577-TIPS.Citizens can also submit their
tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or textingtheir tips to 274637 (crimes) then enteringTIP577.
BoroughwideROBBERY SPREE: The NYPD is seek-
ing the public’s assistance in identifying thefollowing suspects wanted in connection withfour commercial robberies that have occurredacross the borough.
On Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009, at approxi-mately 10:30 p.m., inside of 86-19 SutterAvenue in Ozone Park, an unidentified blackman wearing a red cloth over his face enteredthe Sutter Avenue Mini Mart armed with afirearm and demanded cash from the regis-ter. The suspect fled the location with anundetermined amount of cash. No injurieswere reported.
On Thursday Dec. 10, 2009, at approxi-mately 12:55 a.m., inside of 241-15 HillsideAvenue in Bellerose, two unidentified blackmen with their faces covered, entered JaiHind Auto Care Center armed with a firearmand removed an undetermined amount ofcash from the register. The suspects fled thelocation. No injuries were reported.
On Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at approxi-mately 3:50 a.m., inside of 69-58 Main St. inKew Gardens Hills, unidentified black menwith their faces covered entered the 7-Elevenarmed with a firearm and demanded cashfrom the register. The suspects removed anundetermined amount of cash and fled thelocation. No injuries were reported.
On Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at approxi-mately 12:03 a.m., inside of 119-20 Metro-politan Ave. in Kew Gardens, two unidenti-fied black men entered Alba’s Grocery Store
armed with a firearm de-manded cash from the reg-ister. The suspects removedan undetermined amountof cash from the registerand fled the location. Noinjuries were reported.
Both suspects are de-scribed as black men wear-ing dark hoodies and ei-ther red cloth or blackfacemasks .In each incidentthe suspects are observedfleeing the scene in a latemodel silver or gray DodgeCharger.
Anyone with informa-tion is asked to call theNew York City Pol iceDepartment’s Crime Stop-pers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. Citizens can alsosubmit their tips by log-ging onto the Crime Stop-pe r s web s i t e a twww.nypdcrimestoppers.com
or texting their tips to 274637 (crimes) thenentering TIP577.
Chester Scales is missing.
Police are looking for thisSubway groper.
LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICELEGAL NOTICE
Svs Luna 35-64 LLC. Arts. ofOrg. filed with Secy. of Stateof NY (SSNY) on 10/1/09.Ofc location Queens Cty.SSNY designated agent ofLLC upon whom processagainst it may be served.SSNY shall mail process toSalvatore Coscia, 35-64 76thS t , J ackson He igh t s , NY11372. Purpose any lawfulpurpose.________________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of KLREMPLOYMENT AGENCY LLC,a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 09/17/2009. Off ice location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agentupon whom process againstthe LLC may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of processto: Kar lene Davis , 21942141st Ave, Springfield Gar-dens, NY 11413. Purpose:Any Lawful Purpose.________________________________________________________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO. : 8622/09DEUTSCHE BANK NA-TIONAL TRUST COMPANY,AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGANSTANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC.TRUST 2006-HE3 Plaintiff, vs.LAKSHMI COOMASARU,DR. MARK PRUZANSKY,Defendant(s). MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 102-26 62NDROAD, FOREST HILLS, NY11375 SBL #: BLOCK 2122LOT 22 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: Youare hereby summoned toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the Com-plaint is not served with thisSummons, to serve a noticeo f appearance , on thePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the serviceof this Summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons isnot personally delivered toyou within the State of NewYork). In case of your failureto appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken againstyou by default for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.The Attorney for Plaintiff hasan office for business in theCounty of Erie. Trial to beheld in the County of Queens.The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location ofthe Mortgaged Premises .Dated this 7th day of January,2010, Steven J. Baum, P.C.,Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s),220 Northpointe Parkway,Suite G, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: LAKSHMICOOMASARU, Defendant(s)In this Action. The foregoingSummons is served upon youby publication, pursuant toan order of HON. JOSEPH G.GOLIA of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York,dated the 23rd day of De-cember 2009 and filed withthe Complaint in the Officeof the Queens County Clerk,in the City of Jamaica. Theobject of this action is toforeclose a mortgage uponthe premises described be-low, executed by LAKSHMICOOMASARU dated the17th day of November, 2005,
to secure the sum o f$511,200.00, and recordeda t In s t rument No .2005000709228 in the Of-fice of the Clerk of the Countyof QUEENS, on the 27th dayof December, 2005; whichmortgage was duly assignedby assignment dated the 24thday of March, 2009, and sentfor recording in the Office ofthe Queens County Clerk.The property in question isdescribed as follows: 102-2662ND ROAD, FOREST HILLS,NY 11375 SEE FOLLOWINGDESCRIPTION ALL that cer-tain plot, piece or parcel ofland with the buildings andimprovement s the reonerected situate, lying andbeing in the Second Ward,Borough of Queens, City ofNew York . County o fQueens. and State of NewYork, known and designatedon a certain map entitled.“Annadale Park belonging toFrederick Morgenthaler, situ-ate in the Second Ward ofthe Borough of Queens”.Homer L. Bartlett, C.E. andC.S., May 20th 1908 andfiled in the Office of the Clerkof the County of Queens onAugust 20th, 1910, as and byLot number 338 and moreparticularly bounded and de-scribed as follows: BEGIN-NING at a point on the south-erly side of 62nd (TredwellStreet, Titan Street) Road dis-tant 339.92 feet Westerlyfrom the corner formed bythe intersection of the saidsoutherly side of 62nd Roadand the Westerly s ide ofYe l lows tone Bou leva rd(105th Street. Rehan Place);THENCE Southerly at rightangles to the Southerly sideof 62nd Road and part of thedistance through a party wall95 feet; THENCE Westerlyparallel with the southerlyside of 62nd Road 19.83 feet;THENCE Northerly again atright angles to the southerlyside of 62nd Road and part ofthe distance through a partywall 95 feet to the southerlys ide o f 62nd Road; andTHENCE Easterly along thesoutherly side of 62nd Road19.83 feet to the point orplace of BEGINNING. HELPFOR HOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OF IN-FORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agenciesand non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-
format ion about poss ib leoptions, including trying towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)or v is i t the department’swebs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home. There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such servicesfor profit to enter into a con-tract which fully describesthe services they will per-fo rm and fees they w i l lcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you until they have com-pleted all such promised ser-vices. § 1303 NOTICE NO-TICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving a copy of the answeron the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed thisfo rec losu re p roceed ingagainst you and filing theanswer with the court, a de-fault judgment may be en-tered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court where yourcase is pending for furtherinformation on how to an-swer the summons and pro-tect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisfo rec losure ac t ion . YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT. DATED: Janu-ary 7, 2010 Steven J. Baum,P .C . , A t to rney ( s ) Fo rPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICEOF OBJECT OF ACTIONSTATE OF NEW YORK SU-PREME COURT: COUNTYOF QUEENS ACTION TOFORECLOSE A MORTGAGEINDEX NO.: 16153/09 U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THEREGISTERED HOLDERS OFMASTR ASSET BACKED SE-CURIT IES TRUST2007 -WMC 1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2007-WMC1 Plaintiff,v s . LAMIN BREWER,Defendant(s). MORTGAGEDPREMISES: 137-11 168THSTREET , JAMAICA, NY11434 SBL #: BLOCK 12574LOT 34 TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: You
are hereby summoned toanswer the Complaint in thisaction, and to serve a copy ofyour answer, or, if the Com-plaint is not served with thisSummons, to serve a noticeo f appearance , on thePlaintiff(s) attorney(s) withintwenty days after the serviceof this Summons, exclusiveof the day of service (or within30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons isnot personally delivered toyou within the State of NewYork). In case of your failureto appear or answer, judg-ment will be taken againstyou by default for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.The Attorney for Plaintiff hasan office for business in theCounty of Erie. Trial to beheld in the County of Queens.The basis of the venue desig-nated above is the location ofthe Mortgaged Premises .Dated this 23rd day of De-cember , 2009 , S teven J .Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 TO: LAMINBREWER, Defendant(s) In thisAction. The foregoing Sum-mons is served upon you bypublication, pursuant to anorder o f HON. LEE A .MAYERSOHN of the Su -preme Court of the State ofNew York, dated the 18thday of December, 2009 andfiled with the Complaint inthe Office of the QueensCounty Clerk, in the City ofJamaica. The object of thisaction is to foreclose a mort-gage upon the premises de-scribed below, executed byLAMIN BREWER dated the31st day of October, 2006, to secure the sumof$368 ,000 .00 , and re -corded at Instrument No.2006000643786 in the Of-fice of the Clerk of the Countyof Queens, on the 20th dayof November, 2006; whichmortgage was duly assignedby assignment dated the 10thday of June, 2009, and sentfor recording in the Office ofthe Clerk of Queens County;The property in question isdescribed as follows: 137-11168TH STREET, JAMAICA,NY 11434 SEE FOLLOWINGDESCRIPTION ALL that cer-tain plot, piece or parcel ofland1 with the buildings andimprovement s the reonerected, situate, lying andbeing in the Fourth Ward,Borough and County o fQueens, City and State ofNew York, bounded and de-scribed as follows: BEGIN-NING at a point on the East-erly side of 168th Place, 50feet wide formerly known asPemberton Street, distant79.32 feet Southerly fromthe corner formed by theintersection of the Southerlyside of 137th Avenue, 80feet wide with the Easterlyside of 168th Place; RUN-NING THENCE Easterly atright angles to the Easterlyside of 168th Place, 100.025feet ; RUNNING THENCESoutherly parallel with theEasterly side of 168th Place.39 .66 fee t ; RUNNINGTHENCE Westerly at rightangles to the Easterly side of168th Place, 100.025 feet tothe Easterly side of 168thPlace; RUNNING THENCE
Northerly along the Easterlyside of 168th Place, 39.66feet to the point or place ofBEGINNING. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS IN FORE-CLOSURE NEW YORKSTATE LAW REQUIRES THATWE SEND YOU THIS NOTICEABOUT THE FORECLOSUREPROCESS. PLEASE READ ITCAREFULLY . SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT YOU AREIN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME. IF YOU FAILTO RESPOND TO THE SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINT INTHIS FORECLOSURE AC-T ION, YOU MAY LOSEYOUR HOME. PLEASE READTHE SUMMONS AND COM-PLAINT CAREFULLY. YOUSHOULD IMMEDIATELYCONTACT AN ATTORNEYOR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AIDOFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICEON HOW TO PROTECTYOURSELF. SOURCES OF IN-FORMATION AND ASSIS-TANCE The state encouragesyou to become informedabout your options in fore-closure. In addition to seek-ing assistance from an attor-ney or legal aid office, thereare government agenciesand non-profit organizationsthat you may contact for in-formation about possible op-t ions, including try ing towork with your lender dur-ing this process. To locate anentity near you, you may callthe toll-free helpline main-tained by the New York StateBanking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697)or v is i t the department’swebs i te a tWWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US.FORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of peoplewho approach you with of-fers to “save” your home. There are individuals whowatch for notices of foreclo-sure actions in order to un-f a i r l y p ro f i t f rom ahomeowner’s distress. Youshould be extremely carefulabout any such promises andany suggestions that you paythem a fee or sign over yourdeed. State law requires any-one offering such servicesfor profit to enter into a con-tract which fully describesthe services they will per-fo rm and fees they w i l lcharge, and which prohibitsthem from taking any moneyfrom you until they have com-pleted all such promised ser-vices. § 1303 NOTICE NO-TICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME Ifyou do not respond to thissummons and complaint byserving a copy of the answeron the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed thisfo rec losu re p roceed ingagainst you and filing theanswer with the court, a de-fault judgment may be en-tered and you can lose yourhome. Speak to an attorneyor go to the court where yourcase is pending for furtherinformation on how to an-swer the summons and pro-tect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgage
company will not stop thisfo rec losure ac t ion . YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERV-ING A COPY OF THE AN-SWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORT-GAGE COMPANY) AND FIL-ING THE ANSWER WITHTHE COURT. DATED: De-cember 23, 2009, Steven J.Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) ForPlaintiff(s), 220 NorthpointeParkway, Suite G, Amherst,NY 14228 The law firm ofSteven J. Baum, P.C. and theattorneys whom it employsare debt collectors who areattempting to collect a debt.Any information obtained bythem will be used for thatpurpose.________________________________________________________________________Notice of Formation of EU-REKA MIGRATION LLC, adomestic LLC. Arts. of Org.filed with the SSNY on 11/09/2009. Off ice location:Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated as agentupon whom process againstthe LLC may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of processto: 4630 Center Blvd Apt 709,LIC, NY 11109. Purpose: AnyLawful Purpose.91-03 37 AVENUE, LLC adomestic Limited Liabi l i tyCompany (LLC) filed with theSec of State of NY on 12/7/09 . NY Of f i ce loca t ion :Queens County. SSNY isdesignated as agent uponwhom process against the LLCmay be served. SSNY shallmail a copy of any processagainst the LLC served uponh im/her to Demet r iosKazalas, 90-16 37th Ave., Jack-son Heights, NY 11372. Gen-eral Purposes.________________________________________________________________________Notice of formation of CE-LESTIAL COMFORTER, LLC,Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy.Of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/8/09 . Of f i ce loca ted in :Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated for serviceof process. SSNY shall mailcopy of any process to: theLLC, 145-60 South Road, Ja-maica, NY 11435. Purpose:Any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________________Notice of formation of P.S. IOwn You, LLC a limited li-ability company. Articles ofOrganization filed with theSecretary of State of the Stateof New York (SSNY) on 8/11/09. Office located in QueensCounty. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of pro-cess. SSNY shall mail copy ofany process served againstthe LLC to THE LLC 6412Wetherole Street, Apt. 1D,Rego Park 11374. Purpose:any lawful purpose.________________________________________________________________________76TH STREET ENTERPRISESLLC Articles of Org. filed NYSec. of State (SSNY) 11/23/09. Office in Queens Co.SSNY design. Agent of LLCupon whom process may beserved. SSNY shall mail copyof process to c/o MelvynKreines & Associates PC, 500Old Country Rd., GardenCity, NY 11530 . Purpose :Any lawful purpose.
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By BRIAN M. RAFFERTYGov. David Paterson proposed a bud-
get this week that includes some cuts, butalso new revenue streams, including ex-panded sales of alcohol, an increasedreliance on gambling and a $1.28 pergallon tax on sugary drinks.
With New York State facing a $7.4 bil-lion budget gap, Paterson has proposed abudget that is less than 1 percent greaterthan the previous year's, well below therate of inflation, without dipping into theState $1.2 billion rainy day fund.
"Nearly every activity financed byState government, ranging from aid topublic schools to agency operations tocapital commitments will face reductionsin services from the state," the Governorsaid. Meanwhile, more than $1 billionwill be raised in new taxes and fees,including another dollar tax for ciga-rettes, the sale of licenses to supermar-kets to be able to sell wine, and a tax onsweetened soft drinks, which is expectedto bring in a whopping $465 million ofthe $1 billion in new revenue.
Some Of The ChangesAmong many changes proposed, the
state will reduce or eliminate its I Love NYmarketing program, reduce high-techfunding, limit payments on certain medi-cal expenses, reduce reimbursements tonursing homes, extend surcharges as-sessed to physicians in hospitals to thoseperforming procedures in ambulatory carecenters and offices, eliminate three out offive statewide poison control centers andclose some highway rest areas.
"New York State's most vulnerable andleast fortunate citizens will suffer," Assem-bly Speaker Shelly Silver said. "Cuts suchas those proposed in summer youth em-ployment, domestic violence programs,childcare services and homelessness pre-vention will save the state very little butcause many New Yorkers harm."
New RevenueThe soda tax, which is about 1 cent per
ounce, would cost an extra 12 cents for acan of soda, and an extra 67 cents for atwo-liter bottle of soda. The tax on ciga-rettes will go from $2.75 to $3.75 - for atotal of $5.25 in New York City. There willbe new taxes on natural gas producers,and the implementation of drilling in themassive Marcellus Shale natural gas poolbelow a large swath of central and West-ern New York.
Liquor licenses, which until now havebeen limited to one per vendor, will now beable to be sold to the highest bidder, al-lowing a group or chain of liquor stores tosell alcohol - as well as allowing everybodega and convenience store - as wellas supermarkets - to sell wine.
Quick Draw games, which have lim-ited hours set by legislation, will insteadbe managed by the Division of the Lot-tery, and could extend to 24 hours a day,expanding into bowling alleys, bars thatdo most of their business from the sale ofalcohol and other establishments.
Unfair To NYC?City critics did not take long to chal-
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New Taxes, Plenty Of Cuts
Dominate Paterson's Budget Planlenge the Governor'splan.
"Not only is NewYork City willing to doits fair share to helpAlbany get out of itsfinancial mess, butwe're eager to do so,"said Mayor MikeBloomberg.
Though he said atfirst glance the major-ity of the budget seemsto be fair in the waythey effect the City, theel imination of twoyears of New YorkCity's revenue sharingpayment - more than$650 million, which is94 percent of the state-wide cut and more than15 times the cut for en-tire rest of the state to-gether - "appears nei-ther proportional norfair to New York City."
City Comptroller John Liu criticizedthe Governor's plan to reduce school aid.
"Some of the initiatives proposed to-day impose a disproportionate burdenupon New York City," Liu said. "Theproposed reduction in school aid willaffect funding for our City's students at atime when we are still waiting to receiveour just due as a result of the Campaignfor Fiscal Equity lawsuit, adding insult toinjury. In addition, the elimination ofmore than $300 million from the Aid andIncentives for Municipalities funding willleave an immediate hole in our City'sbudget."
Liu suggested that Paterson dip intothe rainy day fund rather than unfairlyburden New York City. "It's time to recog-nize that it is now pouring rain, and theuse of these rainy day funds can andmust be managed more tightly."
Effects On Education"While we agree with the Governor
that all sectors of our state need to be partof the solution, his budget proposal cutsschool aid by $1.4 billion and leaves thestate $4.2 billion below what we origi-nally pledged under our CFE commit-ment," Assembly Speaker Shelly Silversaid. "Four years after the Court of Ap-peals found that New York was short-changing the education of our highest-needs children, the Governor's proposedcuts go too far."
Billy Easton, executive director of theAlliance for Quality Education, saidPaterson's budget is "a colossal reversalof New York State's commitment to pro-viding every child with a real opportunityto learn."
"The Governor's proposal in essencepries open our school house doors andextracts every dollar from children's edu-cation that Albany can put its hands on,"he said. "His proposal to extend the fullimplementation of the Campaign for Fis-cal Equity funding to 10 years, from whatwas originally a four-year commitment,will mean that only a small fraction oftoday's school children will see the full
benefit of New York's promise to delivera quality education to every child."
"This budget proposes the largest cutto our children's schools in the history ofthe state," he added, "and yet again asksour children to bear the unbearable bur-den of balancing the state budget."
Geri Palast, executive director of theCampaign for Fiscal Equity, added, "Thismeans six more years of insufficientresources which will fall most heavily onthe neediest schools and students. Thiscut translates into the loss of teachers,programs, materials and facilities thatwill rob another generation of childrenof the opportunity to learn and achievecollege and career readiness that willshape both their economic futures andour own."
Paterson's plan to tie the tuition costsfor SUNY and CUNY schools to inflationrates, and take it out of the hands of theLegislature "would lead to a stratifica-tion of SUNY and CUNY that could putcollege - or at least certain colleges andcertain majors - out of reach of manyNew Yorkers, especially if there isn't anironclad, enforceable way to increasefinancial aid along with tuition, said NewYork Public Interest Research GroupProgram Coordinator Fran Clark.
Renegotiating ContractsPaterson wants to work with the State's
Civic Service unions to make substantivechanges to existing contracts. The ap-proximately 94 percent of state employ-ees who are unionized are expected toget a 4 percent pay increase in April 2010.Paterson's plan would, with an agree-ment from the unions, delay that raiseindefinitely and also seek to defer some ofthe coming year's salary payments untilthe time when employees retire.
Public Employee Federation Presi-dent Kenneth Brynien, whose union rep-resents 59,000 state employees, saidhe is willing to discuss issues that do notinvolve the contract, but he "cannot andwill not go to my members and ask themto reopen the contract we negotiatedwith the state in good faith when many of
my members are sitting alongside morecostly private contractors doing the samework."
The Governor has proposed closingtwo prisons, a mental health ward, a Chil-dren and Family Services office and merg-ing of several smaller agencies to reduceredundancies and costs.
"We will seek to preserve the vitalservices our members provide to thestate's troubled youths and ensure thattroubled and sometimes dangerousyouths are not recklessly cast into ourcommunities without adequate support,"Brynien said.
Environmental ChangePaterson proposed cutting the Envi-
ronmental Protection Fund by nearly onethird, from $212 million to $143 million -one of the largest cuts to any major pro-gram in the state budget.
"That disproportionate cut would comeon top of approximately a half-billion dol-lars that have been redirected from theEPF to other state programs in recentyears," said New York League of Conser-vation Voters President Marcia Bystryn."The disproportionate cuts being pro-posed to environmental programsthreaten to derail hard-fought progressand further diminish New York's fadedstatus as an environmental leader."
Cuomo Weighs InConsidered by many to be the likely
Democratic challenger to Paterson forthe Governor's seat this year, AttorneyGeneral Andrew Cuomo did not take theopportunity to bash the Governor, but hedid issue a challenge.
"The Governor's Executive Budget pro-poses a number of hard but necessaryactions. It also proposes a number oflong-overdue reforms in areas rangingfrom government consolidation to man-date relief," Cuomo said.
"In the past, the good intentions tocontrol spending and reform governmentthat were included in proposed budgetshave given way to more spending thanthe State can afford and rejection ofneeded reforms in the enacted budget.The real test of this year's budget processwill be the ability to rally the public andthe legislature to take the tough actionsthat are necessary for the long-term inter-ests of the State."
Speaker Silver echoed Cuomo's state-ment.
"Although we disagree with these cuts,we remain steadfast in our commitmentto work with the Governor, with the Sen-ate, and with leaders and citizens through-out our state to meet New York's fiscalobligations head-on and in a timely fash-ion," Silver said.
"In the weeks to come, the Assemblywill hold public hearings on the execu-tive budget proposal to assist us in iden-tifying and making the responsible spend-ing cuts that will put our state on soundfinancial footing and protect the programsand services our working families de-pend on."
Reach Editor Brian M. Rafferty [email protected] or (718)357-7400, Ext. 122.
Gov. David Paterson, who was in Queens on Monday topitch Census participation, released a budget on Tuesdaythat has been met solidly with criticism from special in-terests, unions and City officials.
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Not i ce o f fo rmat ion o fROOM12 RECORDS LLC, alimited liability company. Ar-ticles of Organization filedwith the Secretary of State ofthe State of New York (SSNY)on 8/12/2009. Office locatedin Queens County. SSNY hasbeen designated for serviceof process. SSNY shall mailcopy of any process served
against the LLC to: ROOM12RECORDS LLC, 34-21 77st#400, Jackson Heights, NY11372. Purpose: any lawfulpurpose._______________________________________________________________________Notice of formation of ST.VICTORS, LLC, a limited li-ability company. Articles ofOrganization filed with theSecretary of State of the Stateof New York (SSNY) on De-cember 29, 2009 Office lo-cated in Queens. SSNY hasbeen designated for serviceof process. SSNY Shall mailcopy of any process servedagainst the LLC to the LLCbusiness address located at220-21 99th Avenue QueensVillage, NY. 11429. The pur-pose: shall be for any lawfulpurpose._______________________________________________________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATIONOF L IMITED L IAB IL ITLYCOMPANY. NAME: BROOK-LYN PLAZA LLC. Articles ofOrganization were filed withthe Secretary of State of NewYork (SSNY) on 12/17/09.The latest date of dissolutionis 12/31/2059. Office loca-tion: Queens County. SSNYhas been designated as agentof the LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served.SSNY shall mail a copy ofprocess to the LLC, c/o MajidKahen, 105-02 MetropolitanAvenue, Forest Hills, NewYork 11375. Purpose: For anylawful purpose._______________________________________________________________________
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SEQUENCE NO. 1 At an IASPart 23 of the Supreme Courtof the State of New York,County of Queens, at theCourthouse located at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,New York on the 18 day ofDec, 2009 PRESENT: HON.ROGER N. ROSENGARTENSUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF QUEENS INDEXNO. 32038/09 ORDER TOSHOW CAUSE MIN CHEN,Pe t i t ione r , - aga ins t -HAMILTON CAPITAL HOLD-INGS CORP., RespondentUpon reading and filing theannexed Affirmation of Pe-ter Mammis, Esq., dated No-vember 17, 2009, the Affida-
vit of the Petit ioner, MinChen, dated November 17,2009, the Affidavit of IeminMoe, dated November 17,2009, and upon all of thepapers and proceedings here-tofore had herein, LET, theRespondent or any interestedparty, or his/her respectiveattorney, show cause beforethis Court at an IAS Part 73 atthe Courthouse, located at88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Ja-maica, New York 11435,Room 23, on Feb.17, 2010,9:30 a.m./p.m. in the fore/after noon of said day, or assoon thereafter as counselcan be heard, why an Ordershould not be made and en-tered pursuant to Real Prop-erty Actions and Proceedings§ 1921 canceling and dis-charging the mortgages heldby the Respondent with re-spect to condominium units206 and 208 both located at33-70 Prince Street, Flush-ing, New York 11354, direct-ing the register or clerk ofQueens County to mark thesame in his records as can-celed and discharged, order-ing and directing that thedebt or other obligation se-cured by the mortgage becanceled, and granting suchother and further relief, asthis Court may deem just andproper. SUFFICIENT CAUSEAPPEARING THEREFORE, itis, ORDERED, that service ofthis Order to Show Causeand supporting papers shallbe and upon Queens CityRegister and upon Secretaryof State sufficient if copiesthereof sent on or beforeJan. 13, 2010 to the Respon-dent by personal service bedeemed good and sufficientservice. ENTER J.S.C. Plain-tiff is further directed to filean Order of service by publi-cation upon respondent andpossible successor within 30days of the date of this Or-der. J.S.C.________________________________________________________________________
SUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU IndexNo. MA 2009201286 DateF i l ed : 05/14/2009 SUM-MONS WITH NOTICE Plain-t i f f (s) designates NassauCounty as the place of trial.The basis of the venue is:Plaintiff’s residence at 287Conklin Street Farmingdale,NY 11735 BRENDA AILEENPENA, Plaintiff, -against- JOSEALBERTO SANTANA, Defen-dan t . ACT ION FOR DI -VORCE To the above namedDefendant: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED to answer thecomplaint in this action andto serve a copy of your an-swer, or, if the complaint isnot served with this sum-mons, to serve a notice ofappearance on the Plaintiff’sAttorneys within 20 days af-ter the service of this sum-mons, exclusive of the day ofservice (or within 30 daysafter the service is completeif this summons is not per-sonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York); andin case of your failure to ap-pear or answer, judgmentwill be taken against you bydefaul t for the re l ief de-manded in the notice set forthbelow. DATED: Garden City,New York March 19, 2009
MARIE F . McCORMACK,ESQ. THE LAW OFFICE OFMARIE F . McCORMACK,P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 500Old Country Road, Suite 302Garden C i t y , New York11530 (516) 741 -2948Defendant’s address: 86-0635th Avenue, Apt. #3-B, Jack-son Heights, NY 11372. NO-TICE: THE NATURE OF THISACTION IS: To dissolve themarriage between the par-ties on the following grounds:Pursuant to DRL § 170(1) AND§ 170(2); the cruel and inhu-man treatment and abandon-ment of the Plaintiff by theDefendan t . THE REL IEFSOUGHT IS: a judgment ofabsolute divorce in favor ofthe Plaintiff dissolving for-ever the marriage betweenthe parties in this action. Thenature of any ancillary oradditional relief demandedis as follows: 1. That the Courtshall declare the marital prop-erty of the parties and enteran appropriate order; 2. Thatthe Court shall determine theequitable distribution of themarital estate and enter anappropriate order; 3. Thatthe Court shall declare theseparate property of the Plain-tiff and enter an appropriateorder; 4. That the court shalldetermine the amount andduration of spousal mainte-nance to be paid to the Plain-tiff by the Defendant andenter an appropriate order;5. That the Court shall grantsuch other and further reliefas it shall deem to be just andproper under the circum-stances. SUPREME COURTOF THE STATE OF NEWYORK COUNTY OF NASSAUIndex No.: 09-201286 NO-TICE OF AUTOMATIC RE-STRAINING ORDERSBRENDA AILEEN PENA, Plain-tiff, -against- JOSE ALBERTOSANTANA, De fendan t .PLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatpursuant to Domestic Rela-tions Law §236(B)(2)(b) youare hereby served with thefollowing automatic restrain-ing orders, simultaneous withthe service of the summons.These automatic orders arebinding upon the plaintiffupon the commencement ofthe action by the filing of thesummons or summons andcomplaint. They are bindingupon the defendant uponserv ice of the Summons.These automatic orders shallremain in full force and ef-fect during the pendency ofthe action, unless terminated,modified or amended by fur-ther order of the court, uponmotion of either of the par-ties, or upon written agree-ment between the parties
duly executed and acknowl-edged. The automatic ordersare as follows: (1) Neitherparty shall sell, transfer, en-cumber, conceal, assign, re-move or in any way disposeof, without the consent ofthe other party in writing, orby order of the court, anyproperty (including, but notlimited to, real estate, per-sona l p roper ty , cash ac -counts, stocks, mutual funds,bank accounts, cars and boats)individually or jointly held bythe parties, except in theusual course of business, forcustomary and usual house-hold expenses or for reason-able attorney’s fees in con-nection with this action. (2)Neither party shall transfer,encumber, assign, remove,withdraw or in any way dis-pose of any tax deferredfunds, stocks or other assetsheld in any individual retire-ment accounts , 401K ac-counts, profit sharing plans,Keough accounts , or anyother pension or retirementaccount, and the parties shallfurther refrain from applyingfor or requesting the pay-ment of retirement benefitsor annuity payments of anykind, without the consent ofthe other party in writing, orupon further order of thecourt. (3) Neither party shallincur unreasonable debtshereafter, including, but notlimited to further borrowingagainst any credit line se-cured by the family resi -dence , fu r the rencumbrancing any assets,or unreasonably using creditca rds o r cash advancesagainst credit cards, exceptin the usual course of busi-ness or for customary or usualhousehold expenses, or forreasonable attorney’s fees inconnection with this action.(4) Neither party shall causethe other party or the chil-dren of the marriage to beremoved from any existingmedical, hospital and dentalinsurance coverage , andeach party shall maintain theexisting medical hospital anddental insurance coverage infull force and effect. (5) Nei-ther party shall change thebeneficiaries of any existinglife insurance policies, andeach party shall maintain theexisting life insurance, auto-mob i l e i n su rance ,homeowners and renters in-surance policies in full forceand ef fect . PLEASE TAKEFURTHER NOTICE THAT AVIOLATION OF ANY OFTHESE AUTOMATIC OR-DERS MAYBE PUNISHED ASA CONTEMPT OF COURTAND THAT SUCH PUNISH-
MENT MAY CONSIST OF AFINE OR IMPRISONMENT,OR BOTH, ACCORDING TOLAW. Dated: October 18,2009 Garden City, New YorkYours , e tc . , MARIE F .McCORMACK, ESQ. THELAW OFFICES OF MARIE F.McCORMACK, P.C. Attor-ney for Plaintiff 500 Old Coun-try Road, Ste. 302 GardenCity, NY 11530 (516) 741-2948 STATE OF NEW YORK}}SS: COUNTY OF NASSAU}JERIN ROSAS, being dulysworn, deposes and says: thatdeponent is not a party to theact ion ent i t led : BRENDAAILEEN PENA v . JOSEALBERTO SANTANA, DocketNo.: 0432/07 and is over 18yea r s o f age re s ides inNassau, New York That onthe January 9, 2010, depo-nent served the within: NO-TICE OF AUTOMATIC OR-DERS by regular mail andmailing the same in a sealedenvelope, with postage pre-paid theron, in a post officeor official depository of theU.S. Postal Service within theState of New York, addressedto the individual at the ad-dresses as indicated below:EDWIN CRUZ 86-06 35thAvenue Apt .3 -B J acksonHeights, NY 11372 JERINROSAS SWORN TO BEFOREME THIS January 9, 2010 MF McCormack NOTARY PUB-LIC MARIE F. McCORMACKNotary Public, State of NewYork No. 4963674 Qualifiedin Nassau County Commis-sion Expires March 12, 2010________________________________________________________________________
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CONNOLLY’S CORNER71-15 Grand Ave., Maspeth(718) 565-7383connollyscorner.comCUISINE: Ir ish-AmericanHOURS: Lunch and Dinner, 7 DaysCREDIT CARDS: YesPARKING: Lot under construction
This is not your average Irish bar. It is,indeed, so much more.
Sure, you can get your slow-pouredGuinness, there’s darts a-plenty and satel-lite broadcasts of every imaginable foot-ball game (that’s soccer to the Americans)from across the globe.
But as I said, this place is so much morethan a bar.
Arriving this past Saturday night, wepassed through the front port ion of thebar to enter the separate dining room,where we were greeted by gen-eral manager Mary Cawley. Shedirected the four of us to acomfor table booth, and intro-duced Samantha, our charm-ing and knowledgeable serverfor the evening.
Now, I must admit, I’ve been tothis place a handful of times, mostlyfor lunch. It’s a neighborhood jointof mine, and one that my familyand I love to show off to visitors tothis often sleepy dining region.
On Saturday night, we went full out, asou r f r i end Sa rah was v i s i t i ng f romWilliamsburg (Virginia, not that other bor-ough). We star ted with a few shared appe-tizers. From the menu we ordered the Gar-lic Mushrooms, which are deep fried andserved with a garlic mayo; Fried Calamari,which is a massive port ion for sharing,crisp and light, served with spicy marinaraand chipotle sauces; and a special for thenight – NY Jets Buffalo-style Shrimp.
The shrimp showed off the chef’s abil-ity to cook with whimsy, taking an iconicpiece of bar food and elevating it to a newheight. Served hanging over the edge of amar tini glass, the exterior texture and fla-vor was spot-on Buffalo wing, but theshrimp was cooked tender with a snap andserved with a bleu cheese-based dippingsauce. It’s great to see a classic reinventedand presented so well.
Moving on to our main dishes, we dis-covered more of the chef’s blend of classic
Great Food On The Cornerconcepts mixed with strokes of creativebrilliance. Sarah, wisely knowing that theappetizers would be quite filling, opted forthe Left Coast Salad, a blend of greens,Granny Smith apples, raisins, candied pe-cans, sun-dr ied cranberr ies and goatchee se s e r ved w i t h a roa s t sha l l o tvinaigret te.
Emma, my 10-year-old, stepped up toan adult version of pasta w ith the Pennewith Chicken, Sausage and Mozzarella,served with enormous chunks of garlicbread. She marveled at how much freshmozzarella was in the dish, which was servedwith layers of cheese like a good lasagna.
My wife Christine was enticed by theBailey’s Salmon, which is a classic pan-seared fillet served with a Roasted Garlicand Bailey’s Irish Cream sauce, accom-panied by fresh sautéed veggies and acho ice o f pota toes – she went w i th
mashed. The sauce was as richand decadent as the fish waslight and delicate. The combi-nation served to enhance with-out overpowering, and workedwith grace and f lavor.
For me, I cha l lenged therestaurant’s claim that they servethe best ribs in Queens, order-ing the Connolly’s Corner Sig-nature BBQ Ribs, served with agenerous side of twice-cookedfries. The ribs are fall-off-the-bone
tender, smoky, and slathered with a tangysauce that sticks to your fingers and leavesyou licking your lips.
The best in Queens? Maybe. I’ve been toa lot of rib joints, and these can run rightalongside the borough’s other top dogs.
Closing with desser t, we were thri l ledwith the choices. From the Connolly’s Cor-ner House Dessert, vani l la bean ice creamsandwiched between pieces of puff pastryand drizzled with raspberry sauce and crèmeanglaise, to the Ultimate Brownie, theBailey’s Cheesecake and the Warm SodaBread Pudding topped with a caramel sauce,each was fresh-made and as wonderful totaste as they were to see plated.
With a slew of weekday and weekendspecials, the Irish Sunday brunch, the partyroom and the enclosed outdoor piazza,Connolly’s Corner answers every wish forfood, fun and a great time for all who en-ter. See you there.
—Brian M. Rafferty
Food Mag Adds Flavor Beyond PageBy KAITLYN KILMETIS
This fall, the inaugural issue of EdibleQueens hit the stands. Now, only meremonths later, what star ted as a print publi-cation has morphed into a multifacetedmovement complete w ith a newslet ter, Website, blog and local events.
This Sunday, community members willgather to mingle and sample local fare atAn Edible Winter Warm Up. The event willbe a chance to pick up the magazine’s lat-est issue, donate food to local charity HourChildren, enjoy an eclectic selection of livejazz, meet local culinar y celebrit ie s andhear a panel of exper ts discuss the Queensfood scene.
Editor-in-Chief Leah McLaughlin said theWinter Warm Up, and the magazine aswhole, serve a larger purpose than just fo-cusing on the food – to expose boroughfood enthusiasts to their local resources.
“It’s real ly about get t ing people to try
the foods that are in their community,”she said.
McLaughlin’s original vision was merelyto celebrate great food, but it has since trans-formed to appreciating chefs and restaurantsacross Queens and promoting local business.
“It’s about gett ing people out of theirapar tments and, instead of taking the traininto Manhattan for the good food, stayingin their own neighborhood,” she said.
For this reason, the Winter Warm Up willbe centered around sampling cuisine from13 individual vendors and restaurants fromaround Queens, inc luding Manducat i ’sRust ica, JJ’s Asian Fusion, Pestos w ith Pa-nache and Bareburger.
“It’s really about tasting all we have tooffer as a borough,” McLaughlin said.
An Edible Winter Warm Up will be heldJan. 24, from noon to 3 p.m. at L Haus, 11-02 49th Ave, Long Island City. L Haus, aLong Island City condo complex, joined
forces with Edible Queens to host the eventand will also give free tours of the facility.
There will be a book signing from noonto 2 p.m. with Tamara Reynolds and ZoraO’Neill, Astoria-based authors who recentlypenned “Forking Fantast ic! Put the Par tyback in Dinner Par ty.”
Star t ing at 2 p.m. there w i l l be a spe-cial panel to discuss where the local foodscene is heading in coming years. Mod-erator Joe DiStefano, food writer andEdible Queens “World’s Fare” blogger, w i l lbe joined by James Beard Award-winningfood wr i te r Josh Ozer sky , New YorkTimes food writer and “Eat ing in Transla-t ion” blogger Dave Cook and Top Chefconsultant Lee Anne Wong.
On Wednesday, the free event was listedas full, which means up to 250 people areexpected in attendance. Although tickets are
no longer available to the Winter Warm Up,McLaughlin said she plans on holding eventlike this four t imes each year.
She also added that borough residentsshould expect to see more Edible Queensissues in their area. Since the fall issue, themagazine’s circulation number and numberof distribution locations have both doubled.
“I think it’s awesome people are so inter-ested and are gravitating towards this stuff,”McLaughlin said. “And I’m real ly psychedit’s al l about Queens.”
Edible Queens is available at locationsacross the borough. For more informationabout where you can find an issue or to keepup to date on upcoming events , v i s i tediblecommunities.com/queens/.
Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis [email protected], or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
By KAITLYN KILMETISEnvision yourself viewing a dance per-
formance with your vision obstructed by anopaque eye covering. Rather than relyingon your sense of sight, the dance will beobserved through sound, touch, vibration,air currents, movement, temperature andspatial relationships.
It's unorthodox, edgy and experimental,and it wi l l be performed in Long Island Citythis Saturday. At 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 23,Unseen Dance will be presented to a blind-folded audience at the Green Space Studio.
Green Space Execut ive Director ValerieGreen said the show, performed by the No-See-Ums and put on by choreographer DanaSalisbury, is one of 10 per formances in theTake Root series, which is meant to serve asan oppor tunit y for ar t ist s to share anevening of work with viewers.
"It's a perspective that's a unique idea onusing the senses to experience dance," shesaid. "I thought it was an interesting com-pliment to the season."
Green said the venue is open to differentaesthetics and sharing and pre-senting them with the public. Sheadded that Unseen Dance is themost experimental performance ofthe season.
Patrons seem to be intriguedby the idea of observing dance insuch a new and different way.
"They seem to notice and say,'Oh, that's interesting, because it'ssomething a lit tle bit unknown,"Green said. "I like to give art ists aplace to take a risk, experimentand explore something new."
Choreog raphe r DanaSalisbury, who also star ted DarkDining, a bl indfolded cul inaryexperience, said the per formanceattempts to channel senses that areoften trounced by vision.
"The Unseen dancers are abouttrying to tap into the resources wehave but barely use," she said."We're such a visually-dominatedculture. We forget how many othersenses we have at our disposal."
Salisbury said, without vision,all the other senses are heightenedand viewers often report a greaterawareness for the body and thethree-dimensionality of the world.
Dance For The SensesGraces Queens Stage
Since viewers can't see, they are morevulnerable, which allows them to more opento things they wouldn't normally appreciate,she said.
Salisbury said the viewer's init ial re-sponses vary between being uneasy or veryexcited about being challenged. Eventually,most viewers become comfor table and theexperience opens their minds and evokes"an enormous amount of imagination."
"My experience is that very few peopleremain uncomfor table," she said. "Mostly,my experience is that people are ecstatic af-terward because their minds are racing."
Tickets for Unseen Dance are $15 andcan be purchased at the door.
For more in fo rmat ion abou t DanaSa l i sbur y and t he No-See -Ums, v i s i tdanasalisbur y.com. For more informat ionabout the venue and the Take Root series,visit greenspacestudio.org or cal l (718)956-3037.
Reach Reporter Kaitlyn Kilmetis [email protected], or (718)357-7400, Ext. 128.
Enjoy the dance without seeing the dancers.
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QUEENS LIBRARIESMany b ranches o f theQueensborough Library of-fer toddler and pre-schoolprograms. Contact your localbranch for dates.STORY TIMESaturdays, January 23, 30 atthe Elmhurst library at 10:30.SNOWPEOPLESundays, January 23, 30 atAl ley Pond Environmenta lCenter. 229-4000.STORYTIME & CRAFTSaturday, January 23 at theEast Flushing library. Regis-ter .SCRAPBOOKINGSaturday, January 23 at theOzone Park library. Register.STORY TIMESaturday, January 23 at thePomonok library at 11.PICTURE BOOK TIMESaturday , January 23 a t11:30 at the Queens Villagelibrary.SATURDAY SCIENCE LABSaturday , January 23 a tnoon at the Central library.BOY SCOUTSSaturdays 1-3 at St. Paul’sChurch. 271-4309.TEEN TUTORINGSaturdays, January 23, 30,February 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10at the Bayside library.STORY TIMESaturdays, January 23, 30,February 6, 13, 20, 27 at 4at the Ozone Park library.CHESS CLUBSaturdays, January 23, 30 atthe Flushing library at 2.MATH HELPSaturdays, January 23, 30 at10 at the Flushing library.ANIMAL CARESaturday, January 23 at Al-l ey Pond Env i ronmenta lCenter. 229-4000.KNIT & CROCHETMondays at the Douglaston/Little Neck library at 4.DUNGEONS & DRAGONSMondays, January 25 at theBaisley Park library at 4.MOVIE MAKINGMonday, January 25 learnthe movie making process atthe Woodhaven library. Reg-ister.EVERY DAY = HOLIDAYMonday-Friday, January 25-29 games, fun activities tocelebrate the silliest holidaysat the Corona library at 4.CRAFT KIDSMonday, January 25 at theFlushing library at 3.SEASONAL CRAFTSMonday, January 25 at theFresh Meadows l ibrary at3:30.STORY TIMESTuesdays at 10:30 and Thurs-days at 7 weekly story timesat 7 at Barnes & Noble, 176-60 Union Turnpike, FreshMeadows.AFTERSCHOOL STORYTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 2, 9, 16, 23 at theLefferts library at 3:30.BOOK TALKTuesday, January 26 bookdiscussion at 4 at the QueensVillage library.WILDLIFE THEATERTuesday, January 26 Wild-l i f e Thea te r pe r fo rmsRainforest Connections at 4at the Sunnyside library.TEEN TUTORINGTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 2, 9, 16, 23 at the
Bayside library at 3:30.CHESSWednesdays at the QueensVillage library at 3:30.GAME TIMEWednesday, January 27 atthe Queensboro Hill libraryat 4.STORIES & CRAFTSWednesday, January 27 fortoddlers at 10:30 at the BayTerrace library.PRESCHOOL CRAFTSThursday, January 28 at theCorona library at 1:30.PICTURE BOOKThursday, January 28 at theFlushing library at 1:30.KNIT & CROCHETThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 11 , 25 a t theBellerose library at 4.AUBURNDALE CHESSFridays at the Auburndalelibrary at 3:30.GAME DAY!Fridays, January 29, Febru-ary 5, 19, 26 at the QueensVillage library at 3:30.STORY SHARERSFriday, January 29 at theCentral library at 4.GAME PLAYERSFridays, January 29, Febru-ary 5, 19, 26 at the Hillcrestlibrary at 4.BOARD & CARD GAMESFriday, January 29 at theSeaside library at 3:30.YOUTH LOUNGEFridays, January 29, Febru-ary 5, 12, 19, 26 at 4 at theLIC library.BOARD GAMESFriday, January 29 at 4 atthe Rego Park library.TWEEN CLUBFriday, January 29 at theMaspeth library at 3:30.CONNECT 4Friday, January 29 competeagainst kids your age at 4 atthe Elmhurst library.YOUNG CHEFSSaturday, January 30 at Al-l ey Pond Env i ronmenta lCenter. 229-4000.PIPE CLEANER SNOWMANSaturday, January 30 at theMiddle Village library. Reg-ister.LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, January 30 cel-ebrate the Year of the Tigers ta r t i ng a t 1 :30 a t theElmhurst library.SCIENCE FAIR CLINICSunday, January 31 at 1 atthe Central library.
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SACRED HEARTRegistration Sunday-Tues-day, January 31-February 2.631-4804.FRENCH SCHOOLMonday, February 1 infor-mational session about theFrench dual language pro-gram at PS151. 728-2676.OPEN HOUSE K-8Tuesday, February 9 at 9.Renaissance Charter Schoolin J ackson He igh t s . 803 -0060.SPIRITUAL SUPPORTFridays, February 19, March19 support group for par-ents seeking spir i tual sup-port with a biblical look atparenting in St. Albans. 454-4044.
KILLING KOMPANYFriday, January 29 Murderby the B igges t Lose r a tRiccardo’s in Astoria. 721-7777. The Killing Companyper forms mys te ry d innershows. 1 -888-SHOOT-EMfor informationMUSIC MANSaturdays, March 6, 13, 20at 8 and Sundays, March 7,14, 21 at 3 at the Bay Ter-r ace Jew i sh Cen te r i nBayside. $18, $16 childrenunder 12 and seniors. 428-6262 9-5 M-Th.
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ED APPRECIATION WEEKThrough January 24 Educa-tor Appreciat ion Week atBa rnes & Nob le , 176 -60Union Turnpike, Fresh Mead-ows.PERSONAL GROWTHStarting Thursday, January28 and again on Thursday,February 11 a pe r sona lgrowth/relat ionship groupprogram meets for 8 weeksat the Samuel Field Y. 225-6750, ext. 243.SEPARATION/DIV.Star ting Tuesday, February9 a separation/divorce sup-port group meets for 10 ses-sions at the Samuel Field Y.225-6750, ext. 243.FREE FLAGSThe Lipsky-Blum Post #764of the Jewish War Veteransoffers free flags to all fami-lies of deceased veterans foruse a t cemete r ie s . 463 -4742.AUXILIARY OFF.The 105th Precinct Commu-nity Council invites all inter-ested in becoming an Auxil-iary Police Officer to contact776-9268.FH VACThe Forest Hil ls VolunteerAmbulance Corps needs vol-unteers. They wil l sponsoryou for a NYS EMT course atno cost to you once youqualif y. 793-2055. Monetarydonations also needed POBox 750617, Fores t H i l l s11375.COMMUNITY SINGERSMondays through May theCommun i t y S inge r s o fQueens, Inc. rehearses atMessiah Lutheran Church,42 -15 1657 î : th S t ree t ,Flushing. New members wel-come. 658-1021.P
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FIND COLLEGE $$$$$Saturday, January 23 Find-ing Funds for College at theWhitestone library. Register.SCRAPBOOKINGSaturday, January 23 at theOzone Park library. Register.CHESSSaturdays, January 23, 30at 2 at the Flushing library.TEEN TUTORINGSaturdays, January 23, 30,February 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10at the Bayside library.DUNGEONS & DRAGONSMonday, January 25 at theBaisley Park library. Register.COLLEGE CLUBMonday, January 25 ACTvs. SAT at 4 at the Centrallibrary.KNIT & CROCHETMonday , January 25beginner’s class at 4 at theSt. Albans library. Bring yourown yarn and craft needles.BOOK CLIQUEMonday, January 25 at 4:30at the Queens Village library.LEARN CHINESEStarting Monday, January25 learn Mandarin Chineseat the Woodhaven l ibrary.Register .TEEN GAMINGTuesday, January 26 at theFresh Meadows library at 3.WII PARTYTuesday, January 26 at theAuburndale library at 3:30.TEEN TUTORINGTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 2, 9, 16, 23 at theBayside library at 3:30.MANGA & ANIMETuesday, January 26 at 4 atthe Central library.CHESS CLUBTuesday, January 26 at 3:30at the Maspeth library.BOOK TALKTuesday, January 26 booksby Ellen Hopkins will be dis-cussed at 4 at the Seasidelibrary.CATSTuesday, January 26 Coun-cil of Advisory Teens at 5 atthe Flushing library.CHESSWednesdays at 3:30 at theQueens Village library.GAME DAYWednesdays, January 27,February 3 a t 4 a t theHoward Beach library.TEEN GAMINGWednesday, January 27 atthe Fresh Meadows libraryat 3.GAMES FOR TEENSWednesday, January 27 atthe Central library at 4.GAME DAYWednesdays, January 27,February 10, 17, 24 at 3 atthe St. Albans library.TEEN ZINEThursday, January 28 at theCentral library at 4.TEEN ADVISORYThursday, January 28 at 4at the Hollis library.B’NAI B’RITH YOUTHThursdays for high schools tuden t s a t Temp le Be thSholom, 172 nd S t reet andNorthern Blvd., Flushing at7:30.CROCHETINGThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 4 at the Baisley Parklibrary at 4.ETIQUETTEThursday, January 28 charmand et iquet te a t the Eas t
Elmhurst library. Register.KNIT & CROCHETThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 11, 25 at the Belleroselibrary at 4.GREEN TEENSThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 25 at the Flushing li-brary at 4.LEARN CHINESEStarting Thursday, January28 intermediate MandarinChinese will be taught at theWoodhaven l ibrar y. Regis -ter .BOARD & CARD GAMESFriday, January 29 at theSeaside library at 3:30.CHESS CLUB
Fr idays a t 3 :30 a t theAuburndale library.BOY SCOUTSFridays t roop meets a tSaint Barnabas. 843-7028.GAME DAYFriday, January 29 at theBay Terrace library at 2:30.WOMEN IN SCIENCEFriday, January 29 AfricanPlant Explorer Fatimah Jack-son video and more at 4 atthe St. Albans library.LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, January 30 cel-ebrate the Year of the Ti-ger starting at 1:30 at theElmhurst library.
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SENIOR GAME DAYMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 1, 8, 22 at the QueensVillage library at 1.CARING FOR ANOTHERTuesdays 10:30-11:30 Newgroup starting for any adultwho cares for another adult.Lea rn to manage s t re s s .
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SINGLES 45+Wednesdays, January 27,February 3, 10 the SinglesCenter of the Samuel FieldY in F lu sh ing ho lds aWednesday N igh t Rap .7:30, $7. 225-6750, ext .243.
HAITIAN AUTHORSaturday, January 23 CarlRoc and Jean-Elie Barjon readtheir poetry at 3 at the Cen-tral library.SHORT STORIESMonday, January 25 con-temporary short stories willbe discussed at 1:30 at theForest Hills library.POMONOKMonday, January 25 “DayAf te r N igh t ” w i l l be d i s -cussed at 2 at the Pomonoklibrary.FOREST HILLSMonday, January 25 “ThePoisonwood Bible” wil l bediscussed at 3 at the ForestHills library.MYSTERY BOOKMonday, January 25 “Knit-ting Bones” will be discussedat 4 at the Central library.HOWARD BEACHMonday, January 25 “LaceReader” will be discussed at6:30 at the Howard Beachlibrary.FINANCIAL HEALTHMonday, January 25 Howto Make A Budget and StickWith It at 6:30 at the LIC li-brary.AUBURNDALEWednesday , January 27“Best Friends Forever” willbe discussed at 2:30 at theAuburndale library.WALK THRU HISTORYThursday, January 28 theNY Historical Society takesa look behind their perma-nent collection at 6 at theBriarwood library.FRESH MEADOWSThursday, January 28 “TheGirl with the Wagon Tattoo”will be discussed at 2:30 atthe Fresh Meadows library.RETIRE EARLY?Saturday, January 30 at 11at the Astoria library.PHILOSOPHY BOOKSaturday, January 30 “Sick-ness Unto Death” will be dis-cussed at 2 at the Forest Hillslibrary.
Clearv iew Senior centerin Bayside. 631-1886.BAYSIDE CENTERTuesdays line dancing 9:30and Thursdays 10:00. Fri-days ballroom instructionat 10:15, ballroom and so-cial dancing 1-3. BaysideCenter for classes in movie,ping pong, bridge instruc-tion, healthy lifestyle, cardgames, Wii bowling, paint-ing, ESL, computer, exer-cise, dance, wellness work-shops, etc. Lunch at 11:30.225-1144.ALZHEIMERS SUPPORTEvery other WednesdayAlzheimer Support Groupmeets at the Elmhurst Se-nior Center. 478-7171, ext.27CLEARVIEWThursday , January 28QHP Medicare AdvantagePlan at 10:15. Friday, Janu-ary 29 movie “Taking ofPelham 1, 2, 3” at 12:45.Selfhelp Clearview SeniorCenter , 208-11 26th Av-enue, Bayside. 224-7888 toregister .MEMORY LOSSFridays couples with onepar tne r exper ienc ingmemory loss are invited to“Hear t 2 Hear t ” f rom11:30-1:30 at the SamuelField Y. 225-6750, ext. 236to register.AARP CHORUSFridays rehearsals at 12:30at the Reform Church ofNewtown. 23-1330 for in-formation.STARSFridays, January 29, Feb-ruary 5 , 12 , 19 , 26 a t10:30 at the Queens Vil -lage library. Senior TheatreAc t ing Reper to ry i s re -hearsing for their next sea-son.FREE LUNCHSaturdays , January 30 ,February 27, March 27,April 24 at the Church ofthe Resurrect ion in KewGardens. 847-2649 reser-vations.
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NEW BEGINNINGSFridays at 7 worship, ser-v ice, fe l lowship. Pract ica llook at what the bible saysabout New Beg inn ings .Thursdays Co f fee HourBible Study at 1:30. ShalomBaptist Church, Parker Tow-e r s , bu i ld ing 3 , 104 -60Queens Blvd., suite B-2, For-est Hills. 646-752-1427.HILLCREST JEWISHFr iday , January 22 h ighschoo l sen io r s Kabba la tShabbat and a Chinese Fri-day Night Dinner. No par-ents . $10. Cal l 490-6841.Saturday , January 23singles and young marriedcouples in mid/late 20s-early40s , bowl ing and desser tparty from 7-10. February 6Men’s Club’s Military Bridgeat 7:45. 969-7030. HillcrestJewish Center. 380-4145.REGO PARK JCSaturday , January 23Parashat and Haftarat club at12:30. Sunday, January 24Women in Judaism: “Friend-ship Brunch and Lecture” at11:30. $10. Saturday, Janu-ary 30 Tu B’Shevat Celebra-tion at 12:30. $18. Reserva-tions by the 28th. SaturdayShabba t Se rv i ces a t 9 .Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 Yid-dish Vinkel. Rego Park Jew-ish Center , 97-30 QueensBlvd. 459-1000.HOLOCAUSTWednesday, January 27 In-ternat ional Holocaust Re-membrance Day at 7 at theJewish Center of Kew Gar-dens Hills, 71-25 Main street.REFORM TEMPLEFriday, January 29 festive TuB’Shevat Shabbat service at7:30. Reform Temple of For-est Hills, 71-11 112th Streetat 10. $12 includes bagelbuffet. 261-2900.MEDITATIONSunday, January 31 AurielaMcCarthy, author of “ThePower of the Possible” willappear a t the Re fo rmTemple of Forest Hills at 10to demonstrate how medita-t ion workshops can he lppeople find peace throughthe healing power of forgive-ness. 261-2900 to register.
MEETINGS
WELL OF HOPENon -p ro f i t o rgan iza t ionmeets to raise funds to buildwater wells. 212-848-8071.JEWISH VETSSunday, January 24 the Jew-ish War Veterans, Post 250,meet at 9:30 at the Rego ParkJewish Center. 297-7711.JEWISH VETSSundays, January 24, Feb-ruary 28, March 28 JewishWar Veterans of the USALipsky/Blum Post meet atGarden Jewish Center. 463-4742.VFW POST 4787Mondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 8, 22 Whitestone VFWPost 4787 meets at 19-12149th Street. Ladies Auxiliarymeets the 2nd Monday. 746-0540.COUNCIL 27 MEETINGMonday , January 25 a tPS215 at 7:30.114TH PRECINCT
Tuesday, Januar y 26 the114th Precinct Communit yCouncil meets at Riccardo’sat 7.SOUTHEAST CAMERATuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 9, 16, 23 SoutheastQueens Camera Club at RoyWilkins Park in Jamaica. 516-328-3776.FRESH MEADOW CAMERATuesdays the Fresh Mead-ows Camera Club meets .917-612-3463.ADVANCED WRITERSTuesdays at 6:30 at the Ter-race Diner at Bay TerraceShopping Center and alsothe l a st Tuesday o f t hemonth in the Communit yRoom in Panera Bread atBay Terrace Shopping.PLAY READINGWednesdays, January 27,February 17, 24 and Thurs-days, January 28, February25 at 2 at the Hillcrest li-brary. Play Reading Club foradults.WOODHAVEN CULT.Wednesday, January 27 theWoodhaven Cul tura l andHi sto r i ca l Soc ie t y, I nc .meets at Emanuel UnitedChurch of Christ , 91st Av-enue and Woodhaven Blvd.a t 1 . “Evergreens” i s thetopic,. 845-3385.FH VACWednesdays, January 27,February 24 , March 24 ,April 28 Forest Hills Volun-tee r Ambu lance Corpmeets. 793-2055.LI STAMP CLUBThursday, January 28 LongIsland Stamp Club meets atthe Forest Hi l ls l ibrary at5:30.RH SOUTH CIVICThursday, January 28 theRichmond Hill South CivicAssociation meets at 7:30 atthe Un i ted Method i s tChurch, 112-14 107 th av -enue. Guest speaker andChinese auction.BEREAVEMENTThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 25, March 25, April29 St. Adalbert’s BethanyGenera l be reavementgroup meets in E lmhurst .429-2005.CIVIL AIR PATROLFridays 6-10 at Vaughn Col-lege of Aeronautics, 86-0123rd Avenue, East Elmhurst.AcademyWOMAN’S GROUPFridays the Woman’s Groupof Jamaica Estates meets atnoon. Call 461-3193 for in-formation.SAVE KITTYSaturday , January 30group discusses saving kit-tens from the street at 9:30at the Steinway library.BELLA ITALIA MIASaturday, January 30 BellaItal ia Mia meets from 12-5:30 with Tony DeNonnocelebrating the Manteo Si-cilian Marionette Traditionin NY. $5 members, $7 oth-ers. Christ the King HS, 68-02 Metropol i tan Avenue,Middle Village in the CNLPaolucci International Build-ing. 426-1240.E. ELMHURST FRIENDSSaturday , January 30Friends of the East ElmhurstLibrary meet at 1:30 at thelibrary.
EDUCATION/GAMES/CRAFTS
FREE YOGA CLASSSaturday, January 23 freeyoga, meditation and relax-ation classes in S. RichmondHill at the Yogashakti YogaCenter, 114-41 Lefferts Blvdfrom 9-5. 529-2153.DEFENSIVE DRIVINGSaturday, January 23 a tCorpus Christi in Woodside.278-8114. $45. 9-3:30.FRESH MEADOW POETSSaturday, January 23 at 10at the Forest Hil ls l ibrary.Poets meet to discuss andcritique their poems.CAREER POTENTIALSaturday, January 23 dis-cover your career potentialat 2 at the Central library.POTTERY CLASSSaturday, January 23 at thePomonok library.EMAILMonday, January 25 at theFresh Meadows l ibrary at10:30. Limited space.COMPUTER CLASSMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 1, 8, 15, 22 at theLefferts library at 10:30.MANDARIN CHINESEStarting Monday, January25 learn Mandarin Chineseat the Woodhaven l ibrary.Register .JOB INFORMATIONMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 1, 8, 22 research in-formation to prepare for jobinterview. Register MiddleVillage library.POLISH YOUR RESUMEMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 22 at the Central li-brary. Register.BALLROOM DANCINGMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 1, 8, 22 at 6:30 at theForest Hills library.JOB INFORMATIONMondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 22 at 7 at the Centrallibrary.BOATING SKILLSTuesday, January 26 Flotilla11-3 of the US Coast GuardAuxiliary, will present an 8-lesson Boat ing Sk i l l s andSeamanship Course over 7weeks in Howard Beach .843-3802.DRAWING CLASSTuesdays at 1. All medias,all levels. 969-1128.BEGIN COMPUTERTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 2, 9, 23 at the ForestHills library. Register.INTERMEDIATE COMP.Tuesday, January 26 at theForest Hills library at 10:30.ADULT SCRABBLETuesday, January 26 at theFresh Meadows library at 1.INTRO EMAILTuesday, January 26 at theQueens V i l l age andMcGoldrick libraries. Regis-ter .COMPUTER CLASSTuesday, January 26 at theAstoria library at 11.CENSUS JOBTuesday, January 26 proc-tored Census job test at theAstoria library. Register.BECOME A US CITIZENTuesday, January 26 at theFlushing library at 6:30.MICROSOFT WORDTuesday, January 26 at theMcGoldrick l ibrary. Regis -ter .BASIC COMPUTERTuesday, January 26 at the
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St. Albans library. Register.COMPUTER TIPSTuesday, January 26 at theMaspeth library at 1.WATERCOLOR CLASSWednesdays at 9:30 at NAL.Tradit ional and contempo-rary, all levels. 969-1128.JOB ASSISTANCEWednesday, January 27 atthe Flushing library at 10:30.CHESS CLUBThursdays at 5:30 at the EastF lush ing l ib ra ry , 196 -36Northern Blvd.INTERMEDIATE COMP.Thursday, January 28 at theForest Hills library at 10:30.BEGIN COMPUTERThursday, January 28 at theEast Elmhurst at 10 and 11.SCRABBLE/CHESSThursdays a t 4 a t theWindsor Park library, 79-50Bell Blvd., Bayside.BEGIN COMPUTERSThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 4, 11, 25 at the ForestHills library. Register.KNIT/CROCHETThursday, January 28 at theCentral library at 3.COMPUTER CLASSThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 4, 25 at the MiddleVillage library. Register.KNIT & CROCHETThursdays, January 28, Feb-ruary 25 at the Bellerose li-brary at 4.INTERMEDIATE CHINESEStarting Thursday, January28 learn Intermediate Man-da r in Ch inese a t theWoodhaven l ibrar y. Regis -ter .BEGINNERS COMPUTERFridays, January 29, Febru-ary 5, 12, 19 at the BaisleyPark library. Register.CHESS & CHECKERSFridays at 4 at the LefrakCit y library.KNIT & CROCHETFriday, January 29 at theFresh Meadows l ibrary at10:30.COMPUTERSFriday, January 29 at theAstoria and Auburndale l i -braries. Register.GAME DAYFridays at the Bay Terracelibrary, 18-36 Bell Blvd. forall ages from 2:30-4:30.POETRY DISCUSSIONSaturday, January 30 at theCentral library at 11. Threepoems by Emily Dickinsonwill be discussed.POTTERY CLASSSaturday, January 30 at theSouth Ozone Park l ibrary.Register .DEFENSIVE DRIVINGSaturday, January 30 at theKnights of Columbus in Val-ley Stream. $40. 341-0452and at Holy Family in Flush-ing. $45. 631-360-9720.TAX PREPARATIONSaturdays , January 30through April 11 free in-come tax preparation at 11at the Langston Hughes li -brary.PUBLIC SPEAKINGSaturdays, January 30, Feb-ruary 6, 20 learn to commu-nicate effectively at ElmhurstHospital. 457-8390.MEDITATIONSunday, January 31 AurielaMcCarthy, author of “ThePower of the Possible” willappea r a t the Re fo rm
Temple of Forest Hills at 10to demonstrate how medita-t ion workshops can he lppeople f ind peace throughthe healing power of forgive-ness. 261-2900 to register.JEWELRY MAKINGWednesdays in February atthe Cent ra l Queens YM-YWHA in Forest Hills. 268-5011, ext. 621.
GUIDED TOURSaturdays and Wednesdaysguided tour of the landmarkPoppenhusen Institute. 358-0067 reservations.TAEKWONDOSaturday, January 23 An-nual Night of Taekwondo atDae Dong Manor, 150-24Northern B lvd . , 2 nd f loor ,Flushing at 7.CHASING GHOSTSSaturday, January 23 at 2at the Central library.PEGGY LEE TRIBUTESaturday, January 23 at 2at the Flushing library.SONGS OF THE 30SSaturday, January 23 at 2at the North Hills library.ROCKIN’ SIDE OF BLUESSaturday, January 23 EddieLee Isaacs performs at 2 atthe Peninsula library.BENNETT & HORNESaturday, January 23 trib-u te to Tony Bennet t andLena Horne at 2:30 at theForest Hills library.SYMPHONY 101Saturday, January 23 per-formance workshop for theentire family at noon at theCentral library at 12 and atthe Jackson Heights libraryat 3:30.GATES OF EQUALITYSaturday, January 23 l i feof Dr. King in dramatic pre-sentation at 3:30 at the EastElmhurst library.BINGOTuesdays at 7:15 at Ameri-can Martyrs Church, churchbasement , 216 -01 Un ionTurnp ike , Bays ide . 464 -4582 . Tuesdays a t 7 :15(doors open 6) at the RegoPark Jewish Center, 97-30Queens Blvd. 459-1000.$3admis s ion inc ludes 12games.BIRTHDAY CONCERTSaturday, January 30 at theLangston Hughes library at2 .SISTER SLEDGESaturday, January 30 Sis-t e r S ledge and Haro ldMelvin’s Blue Notes will ap-pea r a t QueensboroughCommuni t y Col lege at 8 .631-6311.GATES OF EQUALITYSaturday, January 30 at 2 atthe Steinway library. The lifeof Dr. King is told in dra-matic presentation throughspeeches, press conferencesand fictional narrative.LUNAR NEW YEARSaturday, January 30 cel-ebrate the Year of the Tigerat the Elmhurst library start-ing at 1:30.SMOOTH JAZZSaturday, January 30 at theEast Elmhurst library at 2:30.LISA YVESSaturday, January 30 a t2:30 at the Fresh Meadowslibrary and Sunday, January31 at 2 at the Kew GardensHills library.JAZZ & BLUESSaturday, January 30 EddieLee Isaacs mixes jazz withthe blues at the St. Albanslibrary at 2:30.PEGGY LEE TRIBUTESaturday, January 30 at theOzone Park library at 3.BAYSIDE STAMP SHOWSunday, January 31 RamadaHotel on Northern Blvd. from10-4:30.
FLEA MARKETS
TREASURE SALESaturday, January 23 9:30-3:30 and Sunday, January24 11:30-3:30 at Church ofthe Resu r rec t ion , 85 -09118th Street, Richmond Hill.
HEALTH
RECOVERY, INC.Mondays, January 25, Feb-ruary 1 and Thursdays, Janu-ary 28, February 4 anxiet y,fear , obsess ions , temper ,stress, depression – findinga way to cope is here at theForest Hills library at 5:30.FEMALE CANCERMonday, January 25 “LookGood, Feel Better” programfor women undergoing che-mothe rapy and rad ia t iontherapy in Flushing. 1-800-ACS-2345. Also meets the 4th
Monday at Queens Hospitalin Jamaica.MS SELF-HELPTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 9, 23 Multiple Sclero-sis Self-help group to sharea common l i fe experiencefor support, education andmutua l a id 1 -2 :30 a t theHoward Beach library.ALZHEIMERSTuesdays, January 26, Feb-ruary 9, 23 Caregiver Sup-port Group in Forest Hills.592-5757, ext. 237.YOGA DANCETuesdays 4:30-5:30 at theCard iac Heal th Center inFresh Meadows. 670-1948.$10 class.CAREGIVERS SUPPORTEver y Tuesday We ste rnQueens Caregiver Networkin Sunnyside. 784-6173, ext.431.HATHA YOGAWednesday, January 27 forbeginners at the Flushing li-brary. Register.BRAIN INJURYWednesdays, January 27,February 24, March 24 e:Traumatic Brain Injury Sup-port Group at Peninsula Hos-pital. 734-2432.OAFridays 6:30-8:30 at UnityCenter of F lushing, 42-11155th Street. Beginners meet-ing except the last Friday ofeach month, which is a writ-ing meeting.LUPUSFriday, January 29 learnabout lupus a t 1 a t theBaisley Park library.CO-DEPENDENTS ANON.Fridays 10-11:45 at Resur-rection Ascension PastoralCente r , 85 -18 61 st Road ,Rego Park. Women only.MAMMOGRAMSSaturday, January 30 no-cos t mammograms in J a -maica. Register 723-6287.P
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On Sunday, Dec. 28, the Temple TikvahTraveling Mitzvah Choir under the directionof Cantor Guy Bonne performed at the GlenCove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation.The Choir is made up of children fromTemple Tikvah’s Religious School.
This was the Choir’s first of many uplift-ing and entertaining engagements at localQueens and Nassau locations. Temple Tikvah,A Center for Reform Judaism in New HydePark, was formed by the recent consolidationof Temple Emanuel of New Hyde Park andTemple Israel of Jamaica.
Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, The Adju-tant General for the State of New York,announces the promotion of members of theNew York Army National Guard in recogni-tion of their capabilities for additional re-sponsibility and leadership.
Aman Kapoor from Richmond Hill andserving with 4th Finance Detachment is pro-moted to the rank of Private; KristenPerkins from Ozone Park and serving with442d Military Police Co is promoted to therank of Staff Sergeant; Patricia Schuettfrom Woodhaven ) and serving with 222dChemical Company is promoted to the rankof Sergeant; Noel Polanco from RichmondHill and serving with Detachment 1, 1156thEngineer Company Vertical is promoted to
the rank of Specialist; and Army NationalGuard promotions are based on overall per-formance, attitude, leadership ability, anddevelopment potential.
These promotions additionally recognizethe best qualified Soldiers and attract andretain the highest caliber Citizen Soldiers fora career in the New York Army NationalGuard. For more information about the NewYork Army Na t i ona l Gua rd , v i s i twww.dmna .ny . s t a t e . u s o r
www1800goguard.com.Army Reserve Pvt. Kendrick J. Arias ,
brother of Bianca Arias of Richmond Hill,has graduated from One Station Unit Train-ing (OSUT) a t For t Leonard Wood,Waynesville, Mo. The course of instructionincluded basic combat training and advancedindividual training (AIT).
The basic trainee received instruction indrill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading,tactics, military courtesy, military justice,physical fitness, first aid, and Army historyand traditions.
During AIT, Pvt. Arias completed theCombat Engineer Course to perform basic
Army Reserve Pvt. Kendrick J. Arias
combat construction and rigging operations;operate light and heavy engineer wheeledand armor tracked vehicles while participat-ing in combat mobility, counter mobility,and survivability operations; assist in assem-bly and maintenance of military standardfloat and fixed bridges; prepare, install, andprime firing systems for demolition and ex-plosives; arm, disarm, and install anti-per-sonnel and anti-tank mines, locate mines byvisual means or with mine detector; andrecognize and neutralize land mines, firingdevices and booby traps.
Pvt . Ar ias i s a 2009 graduate ofShenendehowa High School in Clifton Park.
Castagnata Party:
Assemblyman Lancman stands with members of the St. Mel's Italian AmericanAssociation at their Castagnata Party Sunday, Jan. 10, at Father O'Malley Hall.
VigilantesOn Dec. 16, when a group of
partying policemen flashed theirbadges to get into a club that wasset to close, rather than beinggreeted with a bevy of beers and aflock of fun-lovers, they fell victimto a mob of angry vigilantes.
Outside of Tropix Bar andLounge in Rego Park, a group ofmen, supposedly angry at the copsfor using their position for specialprivileges, fought back, literally.
To the men who assaulted theseofficers, shame on you – y’know:two wrongs . . .
But to the police force, we mustadmit for us common folk it isawfully frustrating to see the menin blue crossing the line.
Best Cabbie Ever?
No Froggin’ Way!
Mr. Comptroller
Queens Fly-ByFormer Tennessee Congress-
manHarold Ford is getting atten-tion as he prepares to ponder apotential primary play against ap-pointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.Ford’s recent media tour to “reachout to the common New York vot-ers” may instead have his would-be campaign reaching out for alifeline.
When asked if he has visitedthe outer boroughs, Ford said hehas – by helicopter, on a private airtour with NYC Police Commis-sioner Ray Kelly.
U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner,who expressed concern aboutFord’s more conservative stanceson issues like healthcare and taxes,didn’t miss the opportunity toteach Ford a thing or two aboutNew York wit.
“If he thinks that it’s an appeal-ing argument to position yourselfas being somebody who will standup to Harry Reid and ChuckSchumer, well I don’t think we
Tacky Tacopina?State Sen. Hiram Monserrate picked a real winner as an attorney. Joe
Tacopina, of Tacopina Seigel & Turano, P.C. has spent the better partof his career garnering all sorts of headlines, ranging from his hotnessto his sleaziness. But QConf found a favorite: “1-800-Save-My-Ass.”
The 2007 GQ profile of Tacopina showed the young attorney in hisfledgling celeb days, toeing the sands of Aruba for a case while peoplewalking by stopped to shake his hand.
“Every few years, we get one of these guys. You know, the lawyerwho lands all the juicy cases, who wears bespoke suits and drives fancycars, who seems to have a television earpiece permanently implantedon the left side of his head, who makes more appearances in the NewYork Post than in court, and who eventually crashes and burns,” thearticle said.
Hopefully The People v. Monserrate isn’t the first sign of thatdecline.
From a six-page profile in the March 2007, GQ magazine
Diana was inspired in the idle of lastyear to go into modeling when she won alocal Miss India pageant.
“I applied, and as luck would have it,I won,” she said.
A native of Mumbai, Diana moved tothe U.S. in 2005 to pursue a Master’sDegree at the University of SouthernCalifornia.
“I came here to work,” she said. “Iworked out there for a year, and I decidedto continue my physical therapy work inNew York because, well, who doesn’t wanto come to New York?”
After recently venturing into model-ing, Diana has been able to take on a fewoffers that came her way, including somefashion ramp shows, working on a docu-mentary that played at a Sikh film festi-val as well as other assignments.
When not hard at work or in front ofthe lens, Diana can be found at the movietheater at Parsons and Archer in Ja-maica or hanging out in nice weather inthe north end of Bayside.
Having done research inbiokinesiology and sports therapy, Dianahas also learned Braille, sign languageand is working on her Spanish. Maybethere’s a cricket or football (soccer)league in Queens that can use a multilin-gual therapist. She’d be into it.
“I love sports, it doesn’t matter whatkind,” she said.
Diana PintoHome: WoodhavenAge: 28Height: 5’ 7"Weight: 120Stats: 34-25-34
Models Of
Queens
Life imitates art imitating lifeimitating a small green frog cross-ing a crowded highway.
In the heyday of Seinfeld, therewas an episode that featuredGeorge Costanza making a trip tohis boyhood Queens neighbor-hood, only to find the originalFrogger game in his local pizzeriastill there – with his initials stillshowing the top score.
Comedy ensued as Georgetried in vain to buy the machine tokeep the memory alive. But thesecret truth behind that episodeis that one of the show's writershad set a record on a Frogger
game in Queens.Where this gets more convo-
luted is when Pat Laffaye of Conn.,stepped in. The Frogger worldrecord holder decided to make ithis mission to beat Costanza’sfictional 860,630 points.
After numerous attemps and afive-hour marathon game, Laffayedid it, topping out at 896,980.
Jason Alexander, who playedCostanza, did not seem impressed,when he told the AP: “Mazel Tov,you beat a fictional character witha fictional score.” “Give your par-ents back whatever they paid foryour college.”
Sounds like somebody mighthave some grievances to air at nextyear’s Festivus.
need another Joe Lieberman,”Weiner told Politico.com, “Maybewhen his helicopter lands inQueens next I can ask him.”
Ouch!
ConsiderMukul Asaduzzamanthe city’s kindest and most com-passionate cabbie. Asaduzzamanspent Christmas Eve trying to trackdown Felicia Lettieri, who left awhopping $21,000 cash in his cab.
Asaduzzaman, a Bangladeshipre-med student living in Queens,made two trips from the city toPatchogue to return the money tothe 72-year-old grandmother wholeft the cash in the back of his cab
when exiting at Penn Station. Af-ter returning the money, the 28-year old cab driver refused to ac-cept any reward.
“When I was 5 years old, mymother told me, ‘Be honest, workhard and you will raise your sta-tion,’ “ Asaduzzaman told the AP.
In a city of gruff and obnox-ious, Mukul Asaduzzaman youare truly a treasure. We at QConfapplaud your inspirational actions.
Was it his election or our selecton of him as Person of the Year thatcaused the once humble John Liu to let it go to his head?
Published reports have the newly inaugurated Liu insist his stafferscall him “Mr. Comptroller,” and rise when he enters the room.
Liu’s spokeswoman Sharon Lee said staffers are allowed to call theComptroller “John” after the first formal greeting each day and sit down.
This is the same guy who once called QConf to point out that bothhis first and last name are slang for toilet and he comes from . . . you gotit, Flushing.
Harold Ford
Edited by: Michael Schenkler. Contributors: Sasha Austrie, Lori Gross, KaitlinKilmetis, Marcia Moxom Comrie, Mike Nussbaum, Joe Orovic, Brian Rafferty,Domenick Rafter. Reach us by email at [email protected]
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