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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

VOL. 82, NO. 35 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 FREE

SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

COMMUNITY UNITYEVENT’S 20TH YEARTuesday, September 8th 5pm-8pm

Held by: Hunters Point Community DevelopmentCorp. at the John Andrews Playground, 49th Ave

Between Vernon Blvd and 5th StreetAll Are Welcome!

Editorial by Patricia Dorfman

Three cordial professionalscame to Sunnyside Friday to gatherfeedback and introduce the feasi-bility study for Mayor DeBlasio’sproposal to develop SunnysideYards. Chessy Brady, Cali Will-

WOODSIDE YOUTHEXPLORE WINFIELD

(continued on page 7)

by David Rosasco

During a week where theyouth of Woodside extended theirstreak of projects to 14 straightdays, there were many individualmoments where they could re-flect on the sheer enormity ofwhat they were accomplishing

across the entire community, butalso the realization that their skilland efficiency had improved tosuch an extent that they couldperform beautification work atwill in any combination.

FernancdoMacareno

(continued on page 3)

iams and Keith Dumanski met withlocal opponents who were dis-mayed that the city’s most ‘skilledto build’ are now tasked with fig-uring out to make feasible a gar-gantuan complex over a literalquagmire, which would result in a

crushing infrastructure debt forNew Yorkers.

Although they claim the study’sconclusion is undetermined, itseems doubtful City Hall will bepleased with a realistic answer.

DOG RUN AT GANTRYPLAZA STATE PARK AREA

PROVIDES A SAFE ANDWELCOMING PLACE FOR

PETS TO PLAYNew York State Office of Parks,

Recreation and Historic PreservationCommissioner Rose Harvey, joinedby local residents and community lead-ers, officially opened a new dog run atGantry Plaza State Park.

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BACKPACK & SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVEWith the start of the school

year around the corner, QueensBorough President Melinda Katzencourages members of the publicto donate backpacks and schoolsupplies to homeless children aspart of “Project: Back to School,”an annual initiative organized bythe Coalition for the Homeless.

“About 87,000 New York Cityschool kids live in homeless shel-ters or temporary housing, and nota single school district is sparedfrom this epidemic,” said BoroughPresident KATZ. “Every child de-serves a strong start to the schoolyear with proper supplies just liketheir fellow peer. We urge Queensresidents to donate generously to-ward this drive, and encourage allresidents to take advantage of vari-ous complimentary back-to-schoolgiveaways throughout the boroughin the coming weeks.”

Borough President Katz’s of-fice is accepting backpack andschool supply donations betweennow through September 18th in adrop-off box placed in the lobby of

Queens Borough Hall, located at120-55 Queens Boulevard. Dona-tions dropped off at Queens Bor-ough Hall are anonymous and arenot tax-deductible. All donateditems received will be distributedto schoolchildren living in home-less shelters to assist them withgetting ready for the school year.

“School kids living in homelessshelters must contend with unimag-inable levels of stress and hardship,and are at a tremendous disadvan-tage when trying to keep up withtheir housed peers in class,” saidDAVE GIFFEN, Executive Direc-tor of the Coalition for the Home-less, the nation’s oldest advocacyand direct service organization help-ing homeless men, women and chil-dren. “We are so pleased to have BPKatz and the caring people of Queensinvolved in this year’s Project: Backto School. With nearly 24,000 chil-dren sleeping in homeless shelterstonight, it is so important that we doall we can to help these young kidsachieve academically.”

Shelter life can put additional

pressure on school-aged childrenwho find themselves having to copewith insufficient space to completeassignments, long commutes toschool every morning and the con-stant stigma of being homeless.Something as simple as a backpackcan make all the difference. That’swhy items donated as part of“Project: Back to School” help en-sure that everyone can be equippedfor the start of school.

In addition to backpacks, theCoalition for the Homeless saysother supplies that are much neededby schoolchildren include No. 2pencils, composition books, pocketfolders, calculators, one-inch bind-ers and colored pencils.

Borough Hall is currently theonly location in the Borough ofQueens where “Project: Back toSchool” donations are collected thisyear. It is open Monday throughFriday during business hours andcan be easily reached by mass tran-sit by taking the E or F subwaylines to the Kew Gardens-UnionTurnpike station.

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The results are due next fall and the studyitself is costing taxpayers 2.24 million.

The mayor announced in February his“game changer,” an intention to build sky-scrapers with 20% affordable units. Thebuildings would be home to approximately110,000, a population greater than that ofAlbany - in the center of Western Queens,over the rail yards, the busiest train junctionin the United States. Our lives would changeforever in what Crains New York called a“major land grab.”

The team was from the NYCEDC/NewYork City Economic Development Corpora-tion, the powerful non-profit arm of the citywhose leadership is appointed by the Mayor.NYCEDC Chair is Michael Schlein, still CEOof Accion. Accion’s Chair is MayorBloomberg’s domestic partner, Diane Taylor.

The visitors said they seek input fromas many local groups as possible, havingalready met with Ravenswood Housesresidents and elected officials. TheQueens residents at last week’s meetingwere Mitch Waxman, Ira Greenberg, JohnO’Reilly, Manny Gomez, Becky Barker,and this author.

This Sunnyside Yards proposal is anembrace of Bloomberg’s and DanDoctoroff’s stated vision of growth forgrowth’s sake. But as Mitch Waxmanasked, “How is building over the Yardsin the mayor’s proposal in any waygood for Queens?”

The Queens attendees asked that beforeany claim is made for feasibility, that thelack of infrastructure already dogging West-ern Queens should be addressed first, in-cluding a new rail line, parks, sewers, a

YARDS MEETINGJOLTS

SUNNYSIDERS

hospital, and schools. The 200-acre massivesize of the Yards project dwarfs the previouscity projects such the uncompleted Hudsonand Atlantic Yards.

The East Side Access Project, of limitedscope in comparison, is the undergroundtunnel in progress under the Yards, pro-jected at $6.3 billion, to be completed in2013. The discovery of water undergroundhas pushed the completion projection to2023, with a price tag of $10.8 billion. TheYards was built over a former swamp, andeven with decking will require excavation toinstall support for towering buildings.

The Mayor announced the plan with zealin his “State of the City” speech in a surpriseto Queens’s residents, who would sufferthrough at least 25 years of noise, dust andvibration. The firms, which line the yardswould be displaced. We are alarmed aboutthis impractical, wildly expensive vision,with Queens, because of its proximity toManhattan, taking the beating.

Some rezoning, BID’s, which tax andreplace the autonomy of local business andgive it permanently to property owners, andthe recent embrace of the Yards project bythe Mayor, all contribute to a stacked deck infavor of non-resident real estate interests.

The plan is too ambitious. The result ofGovernor Rockefeller’s wish build a sta-dium over the Yards failed, and is calledthe Meadowlands. Robert Moses, knownfor his “take-no-prisoners” projects wasdefeated by the complexity of ownershipconflicts, elevation, soft bedrock, and com-munity outcry, and he built the LIE overBorden Avenue.

Leaders like to secure their reputationfor posterity, humorously called an “edi-fice” complex; But even studying feasi-bility for this proposal seems a waste of$2.24 million which the city could haveused elsewhere, like studying an area inneed of development. Or perhaps con-sider a giant park for all, which benefitsall income levels. And if affordable hous-ing is desired, Mr. Mayor, please don’t goabout it this way.

COMMUNITY BOARD 2MEETING

Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7PMSunnyside Community Services,

43-31 39th Street,Ground Floor, Sunnyside

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“This revitalized area of the parkprovides a welcoming place for pa-trons to bring their pets to safely runaround and enjoy the park.

This new amenity addresses aneed within the community andwill benefit all park patrons byoffering a maintained and aestheti-cally pleasing area for dogs,”Harvey said.

State Parks worked with localresidential developer, TF Corner-stone, to design the dog run andafter community review, construc-tion on the $750,000 project beganlast spring. The new dog run,funded through the Queens WestPublic Infrastructure Fund, re-places an unsightly area of the parkused by dog owners but that of-fered no amenities.

The dog run features a beachpebble surface, multi-user drink-ing fountain, sustainable hardwoodseating, stainless steel mesh fencemounted on concrete curb, and aperimeter landscape buffer. Dogwaste bags are provided on site.

“The addition of Gantry PlazaState Park’s new versatile dog runprovides Long Island City’s grow-ing population of dog owners with

LET THE DOGS OUT

increased access to open space in apark that has become one of NewYork City’s top destinations,” saidNew York City Council MajorityLeader Jimmy Van Bramer. “AsLong Island City continues to growit is important that we continue toprovide families with the qualityamenities they can enjoy for yearsto come in a great neighborhoodthat cherishes the companionshipof its furry little friends.”

The dog run is open to thepublic twenty-four hours a day.

Gantry Plaza State Park is a 12-acre park in Long Island City thatboasts spectacular views of themidtown Manhattan skyline, in-cluding the Empire State Buildingand the United Nations.

Under Governor Cuomo’s lead-ership, New York State is making ahistoric commitment to improvingand expanding access to outdoorrecreation. The Governor’s NYParks 2020 program is a multi-yearcommitment to leverage $900 mil-lion in private and public fundingfor State Parks from 2011 to 2020.The Governor’s 2015-16 Execu-tive Budget allocates $110 milliontoward this initiative.

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ALL ACES AT QUEENSTOURISM KIOSKDURING U.S. OPEN

Photo Credit: Dominick Totino Photography

Whether they root for RafaelNadal, Serena Williams, or NovakDjokovic, U.S. Open tennis fans willlearn a lot about Queens from August31 through September 13. For thefourth year in a row, the USTA hasdonated a kiosk to serve as an infor-mation and referral center during the

entire championships at the Billie JeanKing National Tennis Center in Flush-ing Meadows Corona Park. TheQueens Chamber of Commerce andthe Queens Tourism Council will staffthe booth with volunteers to promotethe borough’s restaurants, hotels, andcultural/recreational options.

(From left) CM Julissa Ferreras’ Chief of Staff Jorge D. Fanjul; USTA ChiefAdministrative Officer and General Counsel Andrea Hirsch; Queens ChamberManager of Communications and Inter-Governmental Relations Gregory Rose;USTA Executive Director and COO Gordon Smith; Assemblywoman MargaretMarkey; USTA Chairman of the Board, CEO and President Katrina M. Adams;BP Melinda Katz; Queens Economic Development Corporation Executive DirectorSeth Bornstein; USTA National Tennis Center COO Daniel Zausner; and QueensTourism Director Rob MacKay.

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LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICEFile No.: 2015-1834 CITATIONSURROGATE’S COURT,QUEENS COUNTY THEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK, By the Grace ofGod Free and IndependentTO: The heirs at law, next of kin,and distributees of Piroska Kostil,deceased, if living, and if any ofthem be dead, to their heirs at law,next of kin, distributees, legatees,executors, administrators,assignees and successors ininterest whose names are unknownand cannot be ascertained afterdue diligencePublic Administrator of QueensCountySend Greeting:A petition having been duly filedby Jacob Perles, as Administratorof the Estate of MichaelTanenbaum, d/b/a Resort NursingHome, who is domiciled at 430Beach 68th Street, Arverne, NewYork 11692.YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court , QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York11435, on October 1, 2015, at 9:30in the forenoon of that day, why adecree should not be made in theestate of Piroska Kostil, latelydomiciled at 87-21 87th Street,Woodhaven, New York 11421, inthe County of Queens, New York,granting Letters of LimitedAdministration upon the estate ofthe decedent to the Public

Administrator of Queens County,and if they are permitted torenounce, to Lori Fensterman, asnominee, upon duly qualifyingFurther relief sought: That processissue to all necessary parties toshow cause why Letters shouldnot be issued as requested; andthat the authority of therepresentative under the foregoingLetters be limited to the right toproceed with an AdministrativeFair Hearing for purposes ofcontesting a Medicaid denial topay for decedent’s stay atPetitioner’s facility; to obtain allnecessary documentation in orderto go forth with said Fair Hearing;and to fi le any and alladministrative or judicial appealsin the event of an adversedetermination resulting from saidFair Hearing.Dated, Attested and Sealed,August 5, 2015HON. PETER J. KELLY,Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon,Chief ClerkNancy Levitin, Esq.Attorney NameAbram, Fensterman, Fensterman,Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf,LLP Firm (516) 328-2300Tel. No.1111 Marcus Avenue, Suite 107,Lake Success, New York 11042AddressNote: This Citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot required to appear. If you failto appear, it will be assumed you

do not object to the reliefrequested. You have a right tohave an attorney appear for you,and you and your attorney mayrequest a copy of the full accountfrom the petitioner or petitioner’sattorney.] 8/21/15, 8/28/15, 9/4/15, 9/11/15

File No.: 2014-422/C CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORKBY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENTTo: John Gould III,Attorney General of the State ofNew YorkThe unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of EVELYN GOULD,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of EVELYN GOULD,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 72-10 34thAvenue, Jackson Heights, NY11372, in the County of Queens,State of New York.SEND GREETING:Upon the petition of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,

as Temporary Administrator of theEstate of EVELYN GOULD,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6 th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the 29th

day of October, 2015 at 9:30o’clock in the forenoon, why theAccount of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as TemporaryAdministrator of the Estate of saiddeceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $2,177.51and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies received

subsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe Letters of Administrationissued to the Public Administratoron July 14, 2014 should not berevoked; and why Letters ofAdministration C.T.A. should notbe issued; and why the Last Willand Testament dated May 4, 1966should not be admitted to probateas an ancient document; and whythe net residuary estate should notbe paid as per the Last Will andTestament to John Gould III.Dated, Attested and Sealed 26th

day of August, 2015 HON.PETER J. KELLY Surrogate,Queens County Margaret M.Gribbon, Clerk of the Surrogate’sCourt GERARD J. SWEENEY,ESQ., (718) 459-9000, 95-25Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor,Rego Park, New York 11374This citation is served upon youas required by law. You are notobliged to appear in person. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed that you do not objectto the relief requested unless youfile formal legal, verifiedobjections. You have a right tohave an attorney-at-law appearfor you.Accounting Citation 9/4/15, 9/11/15, 9/18/15, 9/24/15

GREAT BARGAINSSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

26TH 10AM–3PMAll Saints’ Episcopal Church, 43-12 46th St, Between

Queens Blvd and 43rd Ave (718) 784-803

ARE YOU AN ARTIST INTERESTEDIN A CREATIVE CAREER?Queens Council on the Arts is

excited to be recruiting new stu-dents into the High School to ArtSchool (HS2AS) fall session,which will run October throughJanuary on Thursday and Satur-days. Interviews will take placeSaturday, September 19th from9am-2pm at QCA, 37-11 35thAve, (Entrance on 37th St)Astoria, NY 11101.

If you are serious about apply-ing to art schools, we offer exten-sive preparation through rigorousarts instruction and regular collegepreparation workshops. In addi-tion to refining their portfolios,you will learn essay-writing tech-niques, receive college applicationassistance, and acquire financialaid planning skills necessary togain acceptance and scholarships

to competitive art schools.This FREE program fills up

quick! Submit your applicationHERE. Applicants are requiredto bring five drawings to the in-terview to be reviewed by ourteachers. Participants are thenchosen based on merit and need,as this is a scholarship-based pro-gram, and we hope to reach stu-dents who would otherwise notreceive services.

“I have found myself learn-ing a lot not only about art but theidea of it. I’ve learned that theidea behind art can be just asimportant as the art piece itself.This has opened my eyes and ledme to look at art pieces in a dif-ferent light. The program not onlyhelps me become a better artistbut let’s me explore art intellec-

tually, through a lot of writingand thinking.” - Sobel Uribe,Cooper Union class of 2019

Having served high school stu-dents of all backgrounds in thegreater NYC area for over a de-cade, HS2AS has helped over 800students reach their goal of beingaccepted into the best art programsand colleges throughout the coun-try. HS2AS students have beenaccepted to The Cooper Union,Pratt, Parsons, New York Univer-sity, Fashion Institute of Technol-ogy, CUNY-Hunter College,SUNY-Purchase, RISD, and more.

For more information onour program visit

queenscouncilarts.org/high-school-to-art-

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The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Councilwith the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s wonderful attractions.

It’s In WesternQueens!

The week’s big news is the re-opening of the Queens

International Night Market inJamaica. Other items include asilent disco, a photo exhibit onRockaway, outdoor dance, and

Open through Oct. 31, October Waves: 2013,9:30am

An exhibition of photographs taken at sunset during the October2013 hurricane season at Rockaway Beach. $15. New York Hall ofScience, 47-01 111th St., Corona.

Sept. 4, Suite Summer Festival, through Sept. 6These site-specific performances invite the audience to rove

around the park and participate in an immersive dance experience.(Friday, 6 pm to 7 pm; Saturday, 5 pm to 6 pm; Sunday, 3 pm to 4pm and 5 pm to 6 pm.) Free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 VernonBlvd., LIC.

Sept. 4, Free First Fridays, 10am to 8pmWine-and-beer cash bar, public tours in English and Japanese at

2 pm, and Center of Attention, an extended conversation about a singlework of art—Noguchi’s Infant is the topic on this night. NoguchiMuseum, 9-01 33rd Road, LIC.

Sept. 5, Paint Party: Workshop for AutisticChildren, 10:30am to noon

Hands-on science experiments and sensory-rich art projects spe-cially designed for children (ages 3–5) with autism spectrum disorder.Free. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona.

Sept. 5, Back to School Festival, noon to 3pmBeat the stress of returning to school with an afternoon of activities

including games, rides, craft projects, and giveaways. Free. AlleyPond Park, 76th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Bayside.

Sept. 6, Omar’s Summer Send-Off, 2pm to 6pmA party hosted by magician Omar Olusion with live deejay music,

dance contests, games, and magic shows. Free. Fantasy Forest Amuse-ment Park, Flushing Meadows Carousel.

Sept. 9, Jeanine Durning: To Being (Premiere) +inging (Reprise), through Sept. 26, Wednesday

through Saturday at 8pmPart spoken word performance, part reverie, part dance, part oral

biography, part meditation and psychotherapy, inging is a choreogra-phy of the mind. $18. The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Ave., LIC.

some end-of-summer staples, such as the FreshPond Road Festival. Here’s the rundown.

Zak Pan, entering the 9th gradeat Francis Lewis High School wasone of the first to observe “thiswall we painted here on 72 Streetand 45 Avenue is unlike any other,it looks too good as if I can’t be-lieve I and Kevin, my companion,could have done it.”

With the areas of this zip codenot yet reached by the youth rap-idly disappearing, their efforts alsobegan to look ahead to mainte-nance of work they had alreadycompleted, removing random andscattered graffiti as well as per-forming cleanups and tree carefrom Tuesday, August 25 to Mon-day, August 31, with the mainproject during the period being the

return to the Woodside-Maspethborder on Saturday, August 30,affording them more opportunitiesto visit a location that has a sort ofhometown, suburban feel yet isfully within the Woodside com-munity. Names like Tyler Avenueand Maurice Avenue, where theirgraffiti remediation and repaintingwork concentrated, will forever beetched in their memory as so muchtime was spent this summer at-tempting to reach this extremesouthern area.

As it became clear that only afew streets or parts of such wereremaining, the youth desired tofocus on modifying or improvingon prior works, and on Friday,

August 29 and Sunday, August 30,such opportunities arose with thetouch-up painting of the Great Wallof Woodside on 63 Street andWoodside Avenue and a more ex-tensive scraping and repainting ofboth walls on 72 Street and 45Avenue, proving that even thesetedious tasks could produce a re-sult better than the original, allbased on their rising skill levels.

Fernando Macareno, future stu-dent of Queensboro CommunityCollege, remarked on having joinedin the mission that the youth believeis the very one raising the confi-dence of all the residents on Wednes-day, August 26 “I really needed toshow everyone out there that theyoung people, minority, Hispanicresidents that we are the agents ofchange everyone was looking for tomake our home better, and the evi-dence is everywhere in Woodside.”

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