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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: CAPITOL FIRE SPRINKLER OF NEW YORK, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/31/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 401 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York 11747. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.________________________NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COM-PANY. NAME: LJE HOLDING LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/11/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 56-48 Oceania Street, Oakland Gardens, New York 11364. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of formation of The Law Office of Edwards & Bentham, LLP. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on 11/12/03, exist date 1/1/14. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any pro-cess served against the LLP to: The Partnership,175-20 Wexford Terrace, Suite D1, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose.________________________Notice of Qualification of 37-25 81ST STREET, LLC Author-ity filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/13/13. Of-fice location: Queens Coun-ty. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/11/13. Princ. office of LLC: c/o A & E Real Estate Holdings, LLC, 1065 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Douglas F. Eisenberg at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.________________________REN & CHEN’S PROPERTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/13/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall

mail copy of process to De Sheng Chen 51-30 Codwise PL Elmhurst, NY 11373. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity. ________________________P.M.H. ACCOUNTING SER-VICES, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/14/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is des-ignated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Patricia M. Hans, 60-14 68th St., Maspeth, NY 11378. General Purpose.________________________Internations NYC LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 2/3/14. Office:Queens Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 95-60 Queens Blvd. #319 Rego Park, NY 11374. Purpose: any lawful activity________________________7601 QUEENS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/3/2014. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7601 113th St., Ste. 4D, For-est Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. ________________________Notice of Formation of PINC International LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 1/14/2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: 108-24 63rd Road, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________CORONA 103 PROPERTIES LLC Arts of Org filed with NY Secretary of state (SSNY) On 10/29/2013. Office: Queens County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon Whom Process May be served. SSNY shall mail Process to 9126 Corona Ave Elmhurst, NY 11373. Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________PIONEER ASIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/18/14. Office in Queens Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 91-06 Whitney Ave #2A Elmhurst, NY 11373. Pur-pose: Any lawful activity.________________________Notice of Formation of Gerlin Contracting and Develop-ment LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State on NY ( SSNY) on 2/7/14. Office Location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to

Gerlin Contracting and De-velopment to 134-44 Francis Lewis Blvd. Purpose: Any law-ful purpose or activities.________________________Notice of formation of Blu-erock Property Management LLC, a limited liability com-pany. Article of organization filed with the secretary of state of New York SSNY on 3/10/2014. Office located in Queens. SSNY has been des-ignated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 6768 Groton ST, Forest Hills NY 11375. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of formation of The Screening Group LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/18/2010 location: Queens County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to :108-41 Corona Avenue Flushing, NY 11368 Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________Notice of formation of Z & L ORIENTAL SKY, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/02/2013 Office loca-tion: Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC. SSNY shall mail process to 39-15 Main ST Suite 301, Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: any law-ful activities.________________________Notice of Formation of DGF ENGINEERING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 1/15/2014. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 4601 39th Ave Apt 608 Sunnyside, NY 11104. Purpose: any lawful purpose.________________________Notice of Formation of 4248 AMG LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 136-19 Franklin Ave., #6A, Flushing, NY 11355. Purpose: any lawful activity.________________________Notice of Formation of W 407 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/20/2014. Office location: Queens County. Princ. bus. addr.: 451 Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th

Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Term: until 12/31/2099. Purpose: all lawful purposes.________________________Name of LLC: Africa USA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 3/3/14. Office loc.: Queens Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act.________________________SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO. 14854/10 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, vs. JUAN C. GREGORY A/K/A JUAN CARLOS GREGORY, TERESA GREGORY, CRIMI-NAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DAVID RODRIGUEZ, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIO-LATIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJU-DICATION BUREAU, UNIT-ED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE IRS, GREGORY RAMOS, PEDRO BERA, JOHN DOE (Said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises.), Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 37-29 98TH STREET, Corona, NY 11368 BLOCK 1761 LOT 56 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your an-swer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Summons, ex-clusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Queens. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated

this 21st day of March, 2014, Gross, Polowy & Orlans, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s), 25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 25, Amherst, NY 14228 TO: DAVID RODRIGUEZ, Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publica-tion, pursuant to an order of HON. DAVID ELLIOT of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 27th day of February, 2014 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of Clerk of the County of Queens, in the City of Jamaica. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by Juan C. Gregory A/K/A Juan Carlos Gregory and Teresa Gregory dated the 18th day of September, 2001, to secure the sum of $332,920.00 and recorded at Liber 6060 of Mortgages at Page 2378 in the Office of County of Queens, on the 29th day of October, 2001; which mortgage was duly as-signed by assignment dated the 7th day of June, 2010, and sent for recording in the Office of the of the Clerk of Queens County. The prop-erty in question is described as follows: 37-29 98TH STREET, Corona, NY 11368 SEE FOLLOWING DESCRIP-TION Block 1761 and Lot 56 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, known and designated as and by the Lot No. 123 on a certain map entitled “Map of Property in the Town of Newtown, Queens County, Long Island, belonging to Daniel B. Taylor, surveyed June 1854, drawn November 1854, Van Alst and Messerole, C.E. and C.S.” and filed in the Queens County Clerk’s Office on Feb-ruary. 23, 1856 as Old Map No. 364, New Map No. 2468, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of 98th Street, formerly known as 41st Street and Evergreen Avenue, distant 375 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of 98th Street with the Northerly side of 38th Avenue, formerly known as Washington Place; RUNNING THENCE Easterly at right angles to the Easterly side of 98th Street, 100 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with the Easterly side of 98th Street, 25 feet; THENCE Westerly again at right angles to the Easterly side of 98th Street, 100 feet to the Easterly side of 98th Street; THENCE Southerly along the Easterly side of 98th Street, 25 feet to the point or place of BEGIN-

NING. Premises known as 37-29 98th Street, Corona, New York DATED: March 21, 2014 Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s) 25 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 25 Amherst, NY 14228. The law firm of Gross Polowy Orlans, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to col-lect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 223430________________________CENTRAL HEALTH CHOICE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2012. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to: Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.________________________Notice of formation of SUG-AR MAMAS PARTY CO LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State 02/13/2014. Office location Queens County. New York Secretary of State (SSNY) is the designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity________________________WORLDWIDE TECHNOL-OGY USA LLC, filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/25/2014. Office location Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process against the LLC, 13525 96th St., Ozone Park, NY 11417. Any Lawful purpose._______________________

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BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKAStaff Writer

The Queens Tribune has learned that at least three investment groups have submitted proposals and are be-ing considered for redeveloping Hol-liswood Hospital in Jamaica, which closed in August due to a significant loss in funding.

According to a source close to the situation, the six-acre property lo-cated at 87-37 Palermo St., formerly a psychiatric hospital, is being man-aged by the Long Island-based Liberty Management Group and has sparked the interest of Park Nursing Home in Far Rockaway, Advanced Care Staffing in Brooklyn and another unidentified investment group interested in trans-forming the hospital into an assisted living residential building.

According to multiple sources, at least two other investment groups, and possibly more, have also expressed in-terest in the property but have been shut out of the deal – despite offering Liberty Management more than $10 million – a figure which would have covered the debt the group has ac-quired upon purchasing the property last year.

Though Liberty Management, rep-resented by Massachusetts attorney Robert Eustis, is far from selecting the

EXCLUSIVE:Investment Groups Eye Holliswood Hospital

developer, the Holliswood Civic Board has been in contact with the management at Holliswood Hospital, advising the civic that several businesses have expressed interest.

According to an email ob-tained by the Tribune, members of Community Board 8 and the office of Queens Borough Presi-dent Melinda Katz will be in touch with the Holliswood Civic Board “to schedule a meeting with the hospital management to discuss the various proposals for the site.” However, no date been scheduled as of press time.

Katz said her offices are looking into the situation, but had no new informa-tion on the status of the hospital.

The first key player, Park Nurs-ing Home, provides nursing care for seniors. The second key player, Ad-vanced Care Staffing, is a healthcare provider and a medical training facil-ity for nurses and other staffers inter-ested in advancing their careers in the medical field.

Though little information regarding the third player has been made public, a number of sources, including Coun-cilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), have heard that the uniden-tified developer has expressed their interest in transforming the property

into a residential building, which will likely feature assisted living.

Liberty Management’s attorney Eustis has not responded to requests for comment as of press time.

While the future of Holliswood Hospital is still murky, Weprin said that he will “monitor the process very closely” to ensure that whatever in-vestment group purchases the proper-

BY JOE MARVILLIStaff Writer

Mayor Bill de Blasio has added Tom Finkelpearl’s name to the list of open commissioner positions he is filling.

On April 7, the Mayor announced the appointment of Finkelpearl as the City’s new Commission-er of the Dept. of Cul-tural Affairs. Finkelpearl is the executive director of the Queens Museum, the same location where de Blasio made his dec-laration.

“With Tom at the helm of DCLA, I’m confi-dent that New York City will not only continue to thrive as a global cultural hub, but also make the arts more accessible to New Yorkers in every neighborhood,” de Blasio said.

Finkelpearl joined the Queens Mu-seum as its executive director in 2002. Recently, he oversaw a major expan-sion of the space after the ice rink

moved to another location in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

“Our work is part of what distin-guishes New York City as a cultural epicenter and I look forward to work-ing to fortify the already diverse of-ferings of the City’s arts and cultural life,” Finkelpearl said.

While Finkelpearl acknowledged that the City’s cultural scene is great for its economy, he added that the social value of the City’s art has been under-explored, a situation he said he plans to fix.

“What happens on the community level with artists in all the neigh-borhoods of New York City, there’s something extremely valuable, mov-

ing, that’s good for communities. And I intend to try to understand how we can best express that value,” he said.

Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @Joey788.


A City Councilman has expressed his frustration with a New York City Hous-ing Authority policy called right sizing.

Right sizing is the process of making sure that NYCHA residents are living in an apartment that is not under-uti-lized or over-utilized. These rooms can be declared as such if there are either more or less bedrooms than the resi-dents of that apartment need. Coun-cilman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) railed against the policy, saying that it is unfair to force people who have lived in the same home for decades to move.

At the Pomonok Senior Center in Flushing, representatives from NYCHA met with seniors to talk about right siz-ing, a procedure that many seniors were notified about by a letter in the mail. Carolyn Jasper, senior director for the lease enforcement dept. of NYCHA, went over the letter with the dozens of seniors who packed the center.

“This under-occupied letter says ‘When you first moved into your apartment, you were given an apart-ment large enough to accommodate your family size. A review of our re-cords indicate that your family has gotten smaller and your apartment is too large. Now it is time to give an-other family who needs a larger apart-ment the chance to get one,’” she said. “‘Moving to the correct-sized apart-ment is not only a requirement of your lease, it is the right thing to do.’”

ty from Liberty Management will keep the community’s in-terest and needs in mind.

“We just want to make sure that whatever the prop-erty is used for, that it suits the neighborhood,” he said. “I believe that we need some facility that’s consistent with the services that have been there previously.”

Weprin noted that a nurs-ing home would be a good option for the site, whereas a drug treatment facility may be

met with opposition by residents who live near the hospital.

“I do not think that the community would be receptive to a drug treatment facility,” he said. “I think in this case, a nursing home would be a more ac-ceptable facility to put there.”

Reach Natalia Kozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or [email protected] or @nkozikowska.

Finkelpearl Named Cultural Affairs Commish

Jasper added that NYCHA would pay $350 towards any moving ex-penses for those who decide to give up their housing. NYCHA would also let the resident select any development in the City for their new home.

This portion of the presentation led to many murmurs and rumblings throughout the crowd.

Lancman was very upset at NY-CHA about the right sizing policy.

“It’s awful. People have lived in their apartments for decades. Out of all the challenges NYCHA has I would think kicking elderly people out would be pretty far down their agenda,” he said. “NYCHA’s enthusiasm for this cruel policy has waxed and waned over the years. After years of expecting NY-CHA to let this issue quietly die, we learn from residents that NYCHA has decided to turn up the heat.”

While NYCHA has said that fit-ting people to the correct-sized apartments will help decrease the waiting list for housing, Lancman ar-gued that the solution is not to hurt other residents.

“George Orwell would be proud of the phrase ‘correct-sized apartment.’ If this policy is even contained in NY-CHA’s lease and regulations, it is bur-ied so deep that they are not aware of it for decades,” he said. “People are not cogs in the machine that you can move around looking for the best fit.”


Councilman Protests NYCHA Policy

Three investment groups have submitted pro-posals and are being considered for the rede-velopment of Holliswood Hospital.

Tom Finkelpearl, the new Cultural affairs Commissioner



Earlier this week, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James sat down with the Queens Tribune staff, where she discussed a number of is-sues relevant to Queens residents and offered her feedback on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first 100 days in office.

James began the interview by de-scribing the way she perceives herself as the City’s Public Advocate, expand-ing on her role as a checks and bal-ances to de Blasio.

“I see myself as a thorn in the side of the Mayor,” she said. “Even though the Mayor and I are part of the same party, I have criticized Mayor de Blasio.”

The Public Advocate went on to highlight some issues she feels the Mayor has not addressed correctly or in a timely fashion, touching upon affordable housing, the City’s poor snowstorm response and the mishan-dling of school co-locations.

She also criticized de Blasio, a for-mer Public Advocate himself, for not allocating her office the proper funds that she believes she needs to operate most effectively. She noted that her $2.2 million budget is significantly less than former Public Advocates Mark Green, whose offices were allocated $8 million, and Betsy Gotbaum, whose offices were allocated $5-6 million.

“For a Citywide office, that’s unac-ceptable. The charter mandates that we be treated as a Citywide office and unfortunately, we’re not being treated the same,” she said. “Borough Presi-dents have a larger budget than we do and I believe this is a violation of the charter.”

Despite her many criticisms, James said that she would give de Blasio an overall letter grade of B + for his perfor-mance during his first 100 days in office. She touted the Mayor’s progress in initia-tives like universal pre-kindergarten, the advantage programs for the homeless and Stop and Frisk reform. But, while explain-ing why she docked de Blasio a few points, James playfully took a jab at the Mayor’s reputation for tardiness.

While discussing issues relevant to Queens, James shared her opinions

regarding embattled Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante, who has been under fire by media and elected officials alike for his $391,994 annual salary and $140,000 in office renovations.

“Mr. Galante should resign. I know it’s unlikely that he will walk away from $2 million [severance pay], but right now, it’s a distraction,” she said. “If he’s really concerned about the state of the library, then he should walk away. He should resign for the sake of the Borough.”

James also took the time to discuss her controversial lawsuit against the City, which seeks to block the 36 char-ter school co-locations approved by de Blasio and the Dept. of Education earlier this year.

“I’ve supported charter school co-locations while in the Council, but the difference there was that the stake-holders came to the table and worked out the sharing of space with libraries and cafeterias,” she said. “The differ-ence with these co-locations is that all the voices of the parents have not been heard, and my litigation basically says that they should be given more weight in the process.”

The Public Advocate similarly not-ed that many of the City’s approved co-location plans did not take class-room size and building capacity into account. She cited the Richmond Hill High School co-location proposal as

a prime example of such an instance.“The school has 22 trailers all

filled with children, mostly interna-tional children,” she said. “This is a big school that is being considered for a co-location and it’s unacceptable. They didn’t do a census and didn’t take into account the children who are being taught in trailers.”

James also spoke to another hot-button issue in the Borough and the City – workers’ rights and workers’ compensation. Citing two recent ral-lies, the Borough’s airport workers protest for better pay and the United Parcel Service drivers’ protest against the termination of 250 employees, James said she feels that middle-class Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

“Middle class families are fight-ing for survival,” she said. “We need to come down hard on the employers that are treating their workers unfairly and unjustly.”

She vowed that, in the case of UPS, which receives significant funding from the City and has refused to sit down with James, disciplinary mea-sures will be taken to ensure to that workers are treated fairly – even if it means cutting the cord on some of the City’s crucial funding.


Letitia James Talks Public Advocate Plans

Public Advocate Letitia James sat down with the Tribune staff to talk about her role.

Photo by Luis Gronda



In September of last year, Wendy Arellano, a Queens mother of two, had to make one of the most difficult decisions in her life.

“I had to send my kids to live with my mother in Long Island. They were spending too much time by them-selves,” she said. “I couldn’t be a good mother because I had to make money. I couldn’t do both. I had to do one or the other.”

Arellano, a cabin cleaner at La-Guardia Airport, is just one of 12,000 Queens airport workers who say they are struggling to make ends meet with their low hourly wages from the air-port subcontractors at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy Airports.

“It’s hard for me because I do miss them a lot, but I know they are do-ing fine and at least this way, they are not struggling with food. When they lived with me, it wasn’t fair to them because I couldn’t buy them what they needed,” she said. “We have families we have to take care of and $9 an hour is just not enough – especially for me, being a single mother.”

Tapping into the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement marches, on April 4, hundreds of airport passenger ser-vice workers, including Arellano, ral-lied from JFK Airport to LaGuardia

Airport, a 10-mile walk, to protest for higher wages and work benefits.

The rally, organized by the advocacy group 32BJ SEIU, comes just weeks af-ter the Martin Luther King Day civil disobedience mass-arrest of protestors on the 94th Street Bridge across from LaGuardia Air-port. In commemoration, workers at the protest held up signs reading “I am a man” and “I am a woman” in English and in Spanish.

“Every step that we took is a step towards our goal and it’s without a doubt that we will see change,” said speaker Shareeka Elliott, one of the 32 protestors taken into police custody at the Jan. 20 march. “Dr. King did more than I did, so to do this is not great sacrifice – just like it was no great sacrifice to get arrested here, just over this bridge.”

A number of elected officials from the Borough also took part in the rally to show their support and urge airport subcontractors to offer their employ-ees livable wages.

“I’m here to say that I’m with you 100 percent. You’re making history today,” said Assemblyman David We-prin (D-Fresh Meadows). “Dr. Martin

Airport Workers Rally For Better Pay

On April 4, hundreds of JFK and LaGuardia Airport workers joined together to protest for better pay and work benefits.

Luther King died fighting for workers [and] what you did today by walking 10 miles, something that the bosses at the airport would never have done, you stood up for your rights and for justice – for men and women to be treated fairly.”

“Dr. King said you should not have a full-time job and receive part-time salaries,” echoed Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), who chairs the City Council’s civil service and labor committee. “He said that more than 40 years ago, and we’re still fighting the same fight today. The difference is today, you have a group of City coun-

cilmen and the adminis-tration standing with you, understanding the value of working people.”

The LaGuardia and JFK airport workers have be-gun a countdown to April 28 – the expiration date for a 90-day deadline set forth by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for major carriers and their contractors to come up with a plan to offer employ-ees sustainable wages.

The workers have al-ready seen some progress in their efforts. Most re-cently, the Port Authority implemented a policy to

reform worker wages and benefits for the employees of some contractors.

Delta was the first to sign on to the plan, offering its JFK airport employ-ees a $1 raise as of March 1. American Airlines soon followed, but its workers have not yet received the $1 raise.

In contrast, JetBlue Airlines has re-fused the policy and United Airlines, the region’s most dominant carrier with 70 percent of the passenger traf-fic at Newark Airport, has remained silent on the proposals.

Reach Natalia Kozikowska at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or [email protected].

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By Comptroller SCott Stringer

Our City is getting a failing grade when it comes to Arts Education. My office just re-leased a first-of-its-kind report, “State of the Arts,” showing that, after years of crippling cuts in Queens and other communi-ties, 20 percent of our middle and high schools across New York City do not have a single, full-time certified arts teacher. I have a plan to help get us back on track, but we must first know how we got to where we are today.

Arts Education can — and should — play a hugely im-portant role in the lives of our children. A healthy exposure to the arts in school deepens students’ understanding of the world around them, and gives them the creative skills they’ll need to compete in the 21st century marketplace. This is

especially important in New York City, the cultural capital of the world.

Unfortunately, our public schools are failing to provide quality arts education to all our students. While state law requires that middle and high school students be taught by a certified arts teacher, more than 400 of our middle and high schools do not provide one.

We’ve created an interactive online map so you can check out the state of arts educa-tion in your neighborhood school.

The gaps in arts educa-tion fall disproportionately on students in lower income neighborhoods. More than 42 percent of schools that lack either full-time or part-time certified arts teachers are lo-cated in the South Bronx and Central Brooklyn.

Let’s take a closer look at

Queens: More than 25 percent of its public schools, 80 out of 318, don’t have a full-time certified arts teacher. Nearly 17 percent of all schools do not have an Arts and Cultural Part-nership, to enhance students’ le arning, and 12.6 percent lack dedicated arts rooms.

You’d think that with a $25 billion budget, our Dept. of Education could afford to provide arts education and comply with state law. But New York City’s financial support for arts education has been shrinking dramatically--with a 47 percent drop in spending on arts and cultural vendors, and an 84 percent cut in arts supplies and equipment in the last seven years.

These reductions are unac-ceptable. As the City’s chief fiscal watchdog, I firmly be-lieve that our economic future depends on the strength of our students’ skills and their

readiness for the competi-tive innovation economies of tomorrow. My report makes a series of recommendations designed to boost arts educa-tion and arm our students with those skills:

Create a separate budget line for arts education fund-ing, and make that spending a priority for schools in Queens and elsewhere that haven’t met city and state standards.

Work with the DOE to ensure that schools serving students in grades 7-12 comply with state laws that require arts education to be taught by certi-fied teachers.

Broaden DOE’s account-ability for Arts Education, by including information in every school’s profile about its arts teachers, partnerships with local arts and cultural organiza-tions, dedicated arts rooms and other features.

Expand schools’ outreach

to potential arts and cultural partners. Today, DOE hosts one “Cultural Fair” every year. Instead, the City should host annual fairs in all five boroughs.

Adopt a “no-net loss” of space policy, ensuring that schools do not lose arts rooms when district schools are co-located with other district or charter schools.

As a new administration takes the reins at City Hall, we have an opportunity to once again make arts education a critical part of a well-rounded curriculum. In a City bursting with culture, we must leverage our resources to ensure that schools in Queens and other communities provide every child with opportunities in visual art, music, theater, and dance.

To read a copy of my report, go to my office’s website at www.comptroller.nyc.gov.

Queens Schools Need More Arts Education Funding

New York State’s campaign financing needs a severe overhaul. This is not a radical concept, and it is a concept that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has led us to believe that he supports. So what need is there to selectively enforce a campaign reform measure on just one office, that of State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli?

While DiNapoli has been a proponent of campaign reform, and he stressed that his office should be included in the measure, it makes little sense to enact a “pilot program” for reform with just one office as a test run. If the state is willing to adopt a measure, it should be done state-wide.

A more broad reform measure that was originally proposed by the Governor ended up as a political casualty as Cuomo faced opposition from State Senate Republicans. It is just another example of a governmental body that has long been considered broken.

Many good government groups have expressed frustration with the pilot program, and with good reason. For too long, the State Legislature has been seen as a place for backroom deals and low on transparency. Gov. Cuomo had the opportunity to begin righting the ship with campaign finance reform this year. Instead, he agreed to continue the status quo and seemingly tried to punish only one office.

Of course, many elected officials who have gone without these reforms would op-pose it. It is Gov. Cuomo’s responsibility to force the issue and push these reforms through. It is time to stop letting the inmates run the asylum and introduce much-needed control into the state election system.

Full Campaign Reform NeededTo The Editor:World’s Fairs gener-ally end up costing the tax payers of

the host city tens of millions of dollars. Financially they are a bad investment. With due respect, if John Catsimatidis and other millionaires wish to underwrite a World’s Fair without taxpayer money, one would have no objection, pro-

vided it is understood its venue will not be Flushing Meadows Corona Park, or indeed in any other municipal park. Therein lies the rub. What non park land in New York City does Mr. Catsimatidis have in mind? (Why New York City Needs Another World’s Fair - Queens Tribune April 3-9. 2014).

Benjamin m. Haber,Flushing

World’s Fairs Too Costly

To The Editor: UPS fires 250 workers yet CEO Scott Davis makes $11.5 million.

They say these workers were terminated because they put children who need insulin at risk. Yet firing 250 employees and increasing the work load

Typical Situation? of the remaining employees makes sense to them somehow? This is the GOP template in a nutshell. Pay workers less, destroy their unions if possible and let the CEOs reap obscene profits.

robert larosa,Whitestone



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qUEENS thiS wEEkVallone Starts Student Ambassador ProgramBY JOE MARVILLIStaff Writer

When it comes to learning about leadership, a select few northeast Queens students are going to get the education of a lifetime.

On April 4, Councilman Paul Val-lone (D-Bayside) announced the Edu-cational Ambassador Program for high school students within the 19th Council District. Featuring students from four high schools, the program will act as a semi-internship, giving them a glimpse at the responsibilities of a City Council office.

Running from the beginning of Sep-tember to the end of June, the Ambas-sador Program will include multiple hands-on experiences in the day-to-day work of a councilman. Through-out the course of the program, the students will help draft legislation, put together charity drives, assist local se-nior centers and work on community projects with civic organizations.

According to Vallone, the students will get a chance to interact and work with people from the Comptroller’s office, the Queens Borough President’s office, the local police precinct, the District Attorney’s office and more.

To qualify for the program, a stu-dent must attend a high school within the district, be an incoming junior,

PHOTO BY JOE MARVILLICouncilman Paul Vallone speaks to the students taking part in his Educational Ambassador Program at his district office.

State Senator Joseph P. Add-abbo, Jr. participated in PS 254 the Rosa Parks School’s annual Read Aloud. this year, school officials chose “Of thee i Sing” by President Barack Obama which is comprised of short bi-ographies of influential and in-spirational American heroes.

Reading Aloud

be selected by a principal, guidance counselor or teacher from the school and have an interest in community service, politics or law.

“Each high school in our district will be sending us the best and bright-est to become the ambassadors for the rest of the City to see and emulate,” Vallone said. “Providing this opportu-nity that gives each student every pos-sibility of future success is the least we can do for our children.”

Vallone sat down with the first group of students, due to start next September, to explain what they would be doing over the course of their time in his office. At the end, he gave each of them a Big Apple pin, the same type of pin his father, Peter Vallone Sr., used to give out. The students will all come from the district’s four high schools: Bayside High School, Holy Cross High School, St. Agnes Aca-demic High School and World Jour-nalism Preparatory School.

“The power of this office is now yours,” he said. “You will set the stan-dards for the next juniors.”


CB9 Votes Down Illegal Basement ResolutionBY LuIS GRONdAStaff Writer

Community Board 9 voted against a resolution Tuesday night that would have opposed legalization of basement apartments in New York City.

During the past few meetings, board members have discussed draft-ing a letter to take a stance on the is-sue, which is one area that Mayor Bill de Blasio will focus on in the upcom-ing months.

During his campaign, de Blasio championed bringing more affordable housing to the City. The beginnings of that initiative has already started, with the $1.5 billion purchase of the vacant Domino sugar refinery in Williams-burg, Brooklyn. But he also wants to

bring basement apartments into the regulated housing system.

“There are thousands of unsanc-tioned housing units across the city in basements and above garages — but the city doesn’t recognize them. That deprives tenants of legal protections, and prevents landlords from making the kinds of upgrades that would en-sure the health and safety of families living in them,” it says on his cam-paign website.

CB9 members were mixed on the issue: some are on board with the plan, because it would bring more afford-able housing to neighborhoods like the ones that encompass CB9; others expressed concern for several reasons, including increasing population den-sity as well as improper ventilation in those homes and leave open more op-portunity to house fires.

“This would be a slippery slope,” Sherman Kane said, reading from the resolution. “It’s difficult enough to en-force the current building codes.”

Richard David, a CB9 member, has repeatedly asked the board to bring in someone with knowledge of basement apartments so the board could see both sides of the coin before deciding to oppose or support the measure.

Although the presentation before the board never occurred, they wrote a resolution opposing it, with the ca-veat that a feasibility study should take place to determine if legalizing base-ment apartments would be beneficial to the community and the City over-all.

David, while complimenting much of the resolution the board created, asked why a study would be included after the fact.

“Why would you say you want to do a feasibility study when you already have an opinion on the issue,” he said. “It just sounds very contradictory.”

The board ultimately voted 20 to 20 with four abstentions on the resolu-tion. It failed because the abstentions count as a “no” vote, according to Mary Ann Carey, CB9 District Man-ager.

Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, [email protected], or @luisgronda.

Community Board 11 Tackles Various IssuesBY JOE MARVILLIStaff Writer

Community Board 11 came togeth-er for the first time with its new execu-tive board this week, using its April meeting to go over a variety of topics.

Taking place on April 7 in MS 158’s cafeteria, the meeting was marked with resolutions and disagreements; announcements and adversity, as a mix of controversial and celebratory topics were taken on.

One of the biggest arguments cen-tered on Henry Euler’s request for a resolution stating the board’s dis-agreement with Mayor Bill de Blasio over affordable housing. The Mayor had mentioned that he is considering converting illegal basement apartment so they are up to code and can be sold as affordable housing.

Euler and the majority of board members said that while they do sup-port affordable housing, allowing these conversions would undo all of the effort the community boards put into rezoning their neighborhoods to preserve their characteristics.

Chris Petallides argued that the conversions could alleviate the grow-ing homeless problem in the City. An-drew Rothman countered that there should be more affordable housing for those in poverty, but they should be built, not illegally converted.

In other news, board member Alim Gafar was named by Chancellor Car-men Fariña to a School Leaders School Space group. The assembly has been put together to look at overcrowding in schools throughout the City. While the role is strictly advisory, Gafar said he was encouraged by the selection of members in the group.

Paul DiBenedetto mentioned that tickets are now available for the Bayside Historical Society’s 50th an-niversary gala, taking place at 7 p.m. on May 3. Tickets are $75 or $85 and must be reserved by April 18. Those interested can call (718) 352-1548 for more information.




SUMMONS Index No. 1190/2013 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS EX-TRACO BANKS, N.A. Plaintiff vs ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN IN-TEREST OF THE LATE ELFIE MOWATT, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCES-SORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBU-TEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, VALERIE ELAINE MOWATT, CITY OF NEW YORK ENVI-RONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, TRANSIT ADJUDI-CATION BUREAU, CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE IN-TERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, And JOHN DOE, Defendants This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOS-ING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this fore-closure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated:

March 26, 2014 The forego-ing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. J. Rob-ert J. McDonald , Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 28th day of February, 2014, Queens, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Block: 13106 Lot: 29 ALL that certain plot, piece, or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of 225th Street (formerly Cortland Boulevard) distant 301.53 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of 225th Street and the southerly side of Merrick Boulevard, as said street and boulevard are shown upon a certain map entitled, “Laurelton, Borough of Queens, City of New York, Property of Laurelton Land Co., 50 Church Street, New York City, William H. Reynolds, President, Francis P. Murphy C.S.” and filed as map #987 on 7/12/1910; RUNNING THENCE easterly at right angles to the easterly side of 225th Street, 100 feet; THENCE southerly parallel with the easterly side of 225th Street, 25 feet; THENCE westerly again at right angles to the easterly side of 225th Street, 100 feet to the easterly side of 225th Street; THENCE northerly along the said east-erly side of 225th Street, 25 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. These premises are also known as 134-31 225th Street, Laurelton NY, 11413. Victoria E. Munian, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 700 Crossroads Building 2 State Street Rochester, New York 14614________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 22497/2011 SUP-PLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST I, Plaintiff, -against FATIMA CORCINO A/K/A FATIMA L. CORCINO, if she be living and if she be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by

purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, HERNAN MEDINA A/K/A HERNAN A. MEDINA, BENJAMIN BEECH-WOOD LLC, BOARD OF MANAGERS OF HARBOUR POINTE AT ARVERNE BY THE SEA HOMEOWNERS ASSO-CIATION II, INC., CITY OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVA-TION & DEVELOPMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CROSSBAY IMAGING, NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLA-TIONS BUREAU, NEW YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD AND NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU , NEW YORK STATE DEPART-MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and STEVE DESLANDES, Defen-dants. To the above named de-fendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this supplemen-tal summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Premies lying and beig in the Borough Of Queens. BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of beach breeze place, 191.44 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Beach Breeze Place with the northerly side of Aquatic Drive; being a plot 93.17 feet by 93.17 feet by 22.92 feet. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTOR-

NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental sum-mons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Bernice D. Siegel, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Queens County, dated the 19th day of July, 2013 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a mort-gage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a First Mortgage to secure $268,750.00 and in-terest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on February 7, 2005 in CRFN 2005000075832, which mortgage was as-signed to CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment of mortgage dated June 1, 2006 which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on June 19, 2006 in CRFN 2006000346295; and a Second Mortgage to secure $179,750.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on June 19, 2006 in CRFN 2006000346291; which mortgages were con-solidated by Consolidation, Extension and Modifica-tion Agreement recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on June 19, 2006 in CRFN 2006000346292, consoli-dating the First Mortgage and the Second Mortgage to form a single lien in the amount of $448,500.00 (the “Consolidated Mortgage”), which mortgage was fur-ther assigned to U.S. Bank National Association Not In Its Individual Capacity, But Solely As Legal Title Trustee For LVS Title Trust I, by as-signment of mortgage dated May 4, 2012, which was recorded in the Office of the City Register of Queens County on June 5, 2012 in CRFN 2012000219691, covering premises known as 248 BEACH BREEZE PLACE , ARVERNE , COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK (Block 16089, Lot 16 ). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendants, HERNAN MEDINA A/K/A HERNAN A. MEDINA AND FATIMA CORCINO A/K/A FATIMA L. CORCINO, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged

in bankruptcy. Block 16089, Lot 16 Dated: Rego Park, New York _______________, 2014 SWEENEY, GALLO, REICH & BOLZ, LLP. By: Rosema-rie A. Klie, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff, 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-9000________________________SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS In-dex No. 16769/2013 Date Summons Filed: Sept.5, 2013 Plaintiff designates the Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is CPLR §503 Plaintiff resides at 47-31 Union Street, 1st Fl, Flushing, NY 11355 SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ZHONG GAO, Plaintiff, -against- HUIFANG CHEN, Defendant. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE To the above named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State of New York, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated: September 05, 2013 Flushing, New York NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the mar-riage between the parties, on the grounds: DRL §170 subd. (2) abandonment. A copy of the Notice of Automatic Orders (D.R.L.236) and the group health insurance plan under D.R.L§ 255 is attached. The automatic orders shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action. The relief sought is a judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff dissolv-ing the marriage between the parties in this action. Automatic Orders and DRL § 255 The automatic orders shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified or amended by fur-ther order of the court upon motion of either of the parties or upon written agreement between the parties duly executed and acknowledged. The automatic orders are as follows: (1) Neither party shall sell, transfer, encumber, conceal, assign, remove or in any way dispose of, without the consent of the other party in writing, or by order of the court, any property (includ-ing, but not limited to, real estate, personal property, cash accounts, stocks, mutual

funds, bank accounts, cars and boats) individually or jointly held by the parties, except in the usual course of business, for customary and usual household expenses or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this action. (2) Neither party shall transfer, encumber, assign, remove, withdraw or in any way dispose of any tax de-ferred funds, stocks or other assets held in any individual retirement accounts, 401K accounts, profit sharing plans, Keogh accounts, or any other pension or retirement ac-count, and the parties shall further refrain from applying for or requesting the pay-ment of retirement benefits or annuity payments of any kind, without the consent of the other party in writing, or upon further order of the court; except that any party who is already in pay status may continue to receive such payments thereun-der. (3) Neither party shall incur unreasonable debts hereafter, including, but not limited to further borrowing against any credit line secured by the family residence, further encumbrancing any assets, or unreasonably using credit cards or cash advances against credit cards, except in the usual course of business or for customary or usual household expenses, or for reasonable attorney’s fees in connection with this ac-tion. (4) Neither party shall cause the other party or the children of the marriage to be removed from any existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage, and each party shall maintain the existing medical, hospital and dental insurance coverage in full force and effect. (5) Nei-ther party shall change the beneficiaries of any existing life insurance policies, and each party shall maintain the existing life insurance, automobile insurance, hom-eowners and renters insur-ance policies in full force and effect. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to DRL § 255. Prerequisites for judgments under articles nine, ten and eleven of this chapter; health care coverage, that once the judgment is signed, a party thereto may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other party’s health insur-ance plan, depending on the terms of the plan. Provided, however, service upon the defendant, simultaneous with the service of the summons, of a notice indicating that once the judgment is signed, a party thereto may or may not be eligible to be covered under the other party’s health insurance plan, depending on the terms of the plan, shall be deemed sufficient notice to a defaulting defendant.


PHOTO BY JOE MARVILLI


Nearly a century ago, the Arme-nian Genocide took place, causing the deaths of between one million and one-and-a-half million Armenians. Now, 99 years later, two of the survi-vors shared their stories.

At the New York Armenian Home for the Aged in Flushing, two women who have reached the milestone of be-ing 100 years old talked about the strug-gles they went through as children.

The Armenian Genocide was the Ottoman Empire’s systematic exter-mination of its minority Armenian subjects in 1915. Taking place in what is now present-day Turkey, the massa-cre started when Ottoman authorities arrested about 250 Armenian commu-nity leaders and intellectuals in Con-stantinople. From there, they forced Armenians from across their territory to leave their homes and march for hundreds of miles, without food or water, to the desert of Syria.

One of those Armenians who was forced to march, but survived, is Azniv Guiragossian. Born in 1914 in Urfa, the genocide left her as an orphan. According to her testimony, Guira-gossian was kidnapped when she was one year old and lived with a Turkish family until she was reunited with her family at the age of 4.

Armenian Genocide Survivors Tell Their StoriesHer father was ac-

cused of a crime and sentenced to hang by the Young Turks. While a Turkish friend saved him from that death sentence, he died within 40 days of that incident from a heart attack.

She wound up march-ing with her mother in the Syrian Desert. During that time, she witnessed her mother give birth to a child who died, and then saw her mother die two months later. After the march, Guiragossian was placed in an Arme-nian orphanage. She was married at the age of 16 to a choral director and teacher. They moved to New York in the 1950s.

Guiragossian said that while she does get sad thinking about those traumatic moments in her early life, she acknowledged that she had the willpower and wit to survive.

“I think and then I cry. I was a little girl but I am strong. I was very smart,” she said. “Sometimes, I go to bed thinking about my life. I open my eyes and it’s daytime.”

Another survivor is Perouze Ka-lousdian, who was born in 1909 in

Harput. Kalousdian reported that when the genocide happened when she was 6 years old, she saw the Turks take males over the age of 15, includ-ing her uncle, and threw them over a bridge into the Euphrates River.

“They came and took us out of our homes and took our homes for them-selves. I was crying and asked my mother what happened to our home,” Kalousdian said. “The Turks have done us much harm. We were living like animals. I hate them.”

Kalousdian and her mother served

as maids for one of the Turk-ish leaders. Eventually, they fled to Syria where they stayed for three years before heading to the United States, where they reunited with her father, who had successfully escaped the genocide.

In tribute to those who were killed in the massacre, thou-sands of Armenian-Americans and their friends will make their way to Times Square for the 99th Anniversary Com-memoration of the Armenian Genocide. The service will take place on April 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The theme of the cer-emony is “Turkey is Guilty of Genocide: Denying the Unde-niable is a Crime.”

Turkey has been criticized for denying that the Ottoman govern-ment committed genocide, arguing that the deaths were not as numerous and only happened as a side effect of World War I. As of 2013, 21 countries, and 43 U.S. states, have recognized those historic events as genocide.

In recognition of Genocide Aware-ness Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day will also commemorated, as will other genocides that have occurred.


Perouze Kalousdian (left) and Azniv Guiragossian are both survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. They reside in the New York Armenian Home for the Aged.


By Luis GrondaStaff Writer

Despite protests from elected of-ficials, Queens Library head Thomas Galante will continue to serve the or-ganization.

The Queens Library Board of Trustees had a split, 9-9 vote during their meeting Thursday night. The tie meant that the body did not reach the majority vote needed, throwing out the option of forcing Galante to take a leave of absence.

The board was voting on a resolu-tion that would have taken Galante out of his Queens Library job while investigations of the system were on-going, including an audit by Comp-

Galante Avoids Indefinite Leave Of Absencetroller Scott Stringer. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz had previously called for Galante to take an indefinite leave of absence.

According to the resolution, Gal-ante would have been placed on leave from his duty with pay and the board would have revisited the situation three months after the date of that meeting, which was April 3.

“…at this time, his continued critical role in the Library’s capital program is not in the best interests of the Queens Borough Public Library, since this investigation impacts upon his ability to effectively represent and lead the Library,” the resolution read.

But the tied vote allows the em-

battled Queens Library head to keep his job.

After the meeting, Queens Library released a statement announcing that the Board of Trustees has adopted sev-eral reforms to its policies, including an audit committee, which will add oversight to the library’s finances, and a review of Galante’s contract. They said that an evaluation will be made of his deal and compare it to other similarly-sized not-for-profit organi-zations.

“In the last six weeks, the Board of Trustees has moved very swiftly to implement a series of significant changes in policies and governance that strengthen the institution,” the library said in its statement.

The reforms are similar to that of a bill, aptly named the Queens Library Reform Bill, that was announced ear-lier that day by State Sen. Michael Gia-naris (D-Astoria) and Katz.

The Borough President’s office also released a statement expressing their disappointment in the decision.

“I remain committed to ensuring that transparency and meaningful in-ternal controls are put in place at the Queens Library so that the public’s trust in it can be restored. Unfortunately, the Board of Trustees missed an opportu-nity to restore faith in the institution by its vote last night,” Katz said.


By JoE MarViLLiStaff Writer

The State’s controversial plan to upload student data to an online cloud storage system has hit a dead end.

The State Education Dept. con-firmed last week that it killed its plan to store student data in a digital cloud created by InBloom, a non-profit funded by the Gates Founda-tion. The data would have been iden-tifiable, including information like

State Kills InBloom Student Data Storagethe students’ names and addresses.

The State Legislature passed a bill last week as part of the budget that would prohibit the Education Dept. from giving student information to or-ganizations that gather and store data for use in a data dashboard or portal.

The Education Dept.’s commis-sioner, Dr. John King, will also appoint a “privacy officer” to write a parent bill of rights, after much of the outcry and complaints about InBloom came from parents.

The Presidents’ Council of District 26 heavily discussed the topic at its legislative breakfast. The parents and the council at that meeting had three levels of concern about InBloom. They felt the aggregation of data would be a high-profile target for breeches and identity theft. Parents said that sensi-tive data should be better protected to avoid violating the privacy of stu-dents and parents. Finally, the knowl-edge that third-party vendors could have access to and profit from their

children’s data without their consent made them upset.

“Parent opinion on InBloom has been overwhelmingly and vocifer-ously negative,” D26 president Kim D’Angelo said. “A data-sharing plan that will take all of our children’s per-sonally identifiable information, store it on the cloud, and make it available to third-party vendors? No thanks.”


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Drug Arrest – On March 20, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy Interna-tional Airport stopped Yudishtir Ma-haraj, who was arriving on a flight from Port of Spain, Trinidad.

During the course of the inspec-tion, CBP officers discovered three large packages of frozen meat within his luggage. When probed, the pack-ages produced a white powder that tested positive for cocaine.

Maharaj was arrested for the im-portation of a controlled substance and was turned over to Homeland Se-curity Investigations. The total weight of the cocaine seized was 7.35 lbs.

Maharaj now faces federal nar-cotics smuggling charges and will be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s of-fice in the U.S. Eastern District Court of New York.

BurglAry – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following suspect wanted in connec-tion with a burglary.

On March 27, the suspect entered a residence in the vicinity of 80th Street and 90th Avenue through a rear storm cellar door and removed two laptops, headphones and a necklace before fleeing.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS, visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls are confidential.

City employee ArresteD – At 5:40 a.m. on April 5, police ar-rested Felix Deleon, 34, an off-duty NYPD officer, and charged him with DWI and operator leaves the scene of an accident.

roBBery – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying the suspect wanted for a robbery within the confines of the 109th Precinct.

At 1:30 p.m. on April 5, the suspect followed the victim, a 71-year-old fe-male, into her apartment building in Flushing and then got into the elevator with her. When the victim was enter-ing her apartment, the suspect pushed her in and removed her pocketbook, containing an unknown amount of money. The suspect then fled the scene. The victim was removed to a local hospital with a fractured bone in her leg.

The suspect is described as a white male, possibly Hispanic, 30-40 years old, last seen wearing a yellow con-struction helmet, white surgical mask, dark jacket and carrying a tool bag.


BAnk roBBery – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance with the whereabouts and identity of the fol-lowing individuals wanted in connec-tion to a robbery.

At approximately 3 p.m. on April 4, two unknown males entered the TD Bank, located at 63-54 108th St., For-est Hills. The suspects approached the teller and demanded money. One of the suspects jumped over the counter and removed money from the drawer. Both suspects then fled the location to parts unknown with approximately $1,700.

The first suspect is described as a Black male, 25-30 years old, 5-foot-11, with a dark complexion, a beard and a slim build. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and sun-glasses.

The second suspect is described as a Black male, 24-25 years old, 6-foot-1 with a slim build.


Collision investigAtion – At 10:37 p.m. on April 4, police responded to a 911 call of a car in the water at 19th Avenue and 37th Street.

Upon arrival, responding officers discovered an automobile submerged in Steinway Creek and a male, later identified as the driver of the car, stat-ing that there were four people in the car. FDNY divers arrived on the scene and extricated two men and two wom-en from the vehicle.

The passengers in the vehicle were removed to local hospitals, where they were pronounced dead. The passen-gers were identified as Darius Fletcher, 21, of East Elmhurst; Jada Butts, 19, of East Elmhurst; Crystal Gravely, 19, of East Elmhurst; and Jaleel Furtado, 20, of East Elmhurst.

The driver of the automobile was removed to a local hospital for evalua-tion and was listed in stable condition, according to a police report.

A preliminary investigation deter-mined that the vehicle, a 2009 Honda Accord, was traveling westbound on 19th Avenue when it hit the curb and rolled over into the bay. The investi-gation is ongoing, conducted by the NYPD Highway Collision Investiga-tion Squad.

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File No.: 2012-1421/C CI-TATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT To: Regina Strauss, Regina Good, Margaret Schiller, Peter Laizik, TEM Manage-ment Corp., Attorney General of the State of New York The unknown distributees, legatees, devisees, heirs at law and assignees of INGE-BORG FALKEN, deceased, or their estates, if any there be, whose names, places of residence and post office ad-dresses are unknown to the petitioner and cannot with due diligence be ascertained. Being the persons interested as creditors, legatees, distribu-tees or otherwise in the Estate of INGEBORG FALKEN, deceased, who at the time of death was a resident of 81-45 Lefferts Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY , in the County of Queens, State of New York. SEND GREETING: Upon the petition of LOIS M. ROSEN-BLATT, Public Administrator of Queens County, who maintains her office at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York 11435, as Administrator of the Estate of INGEBORG FALKEN, deceased, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before the Surrogate at the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Queens, to be held at the Queens General Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, City and State of New York, on the 15th day of May, 2014 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon, why the Account of Proceedings of the Public Administra-tor of Queens County, as Administrator of the Estate of said deceased, a copy of which is attached, should not be judicially settled, and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow a reasonable amount of compensation to GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., for legal services rendered to petitioner herein in the amount of $48,253.42 and that the Court fix the fair and reasonable additional fee for any services to be rendered by GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ., hereafter in connec-tion with proceedings on kinship, claims etc., prior to entry of a final Decree on this accounting in the amount of5.5% of assets or income collected after the date of the within accounting; and why the Surrogate should not fix and allow an amount equal to one percent on said Schedules of the total assets on Schedules A, A1, and A2 plus any additional monies received subsequent to the date of this account, as the fair and reasonable amount payable to the Office of the Public Administrator for the

expenses of said office pur-suant to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and why the claim from TEM Management Corp. in the amount of $25,000.00 should not be rejected; and why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the Commissioner of Finance of the City of New York should said alleged distributees de-fault herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship, Dated, At-tested and Sealed 21st day of March, 2014 HON. PETER J. KELLY Surrogate, Queens County Margaret M. Grib-bon Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court GERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25 Queens Boulevard 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested unless you file for-mal legal, verified objections. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Accounting Citation________________________SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No.: 3575-13Date of Filing: February 26, 2014 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF QUEENS JP-MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -against- USHA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, dis-tributees, executors, admin-istrators, assignees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said USHA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff DEPRIKA DEV (IN-FANT) AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV; PRIYA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, execu-tors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all per-sons having or claiming under, by or through said; PRIYA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises

described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff RISHA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, if living, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, execu-tors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally all per-sons having or claiming under, by or through said; RISHA DEV AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, by purchase, inheri-tance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff USHA DEV AS GUARDIAN OF DEPRIKA DEV (INFANT) AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, if liv-ing, or if either or all be dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, as-signees, lienors and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said; USHA DEV AS GUARDIAN OF DEPRIKA DEV (INFANT) AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF AVINASH DEV, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and the respective husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiff NEW YORK CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BU-REAU; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ADJUDICATION BUREAU; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - IN-TERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK CITY ENVI-RONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; MOHAMMED B. QUAIZAR; WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FA; “JOHN DOES” AND “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being pos-sible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the com-plaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this sum-mons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of this summons is made by delivery upon you personally within this state, or within thirty

(30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTOR-NEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DE-FENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Timo-thy J. Dufficy of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on December 18, 2013, and filed with sup-porting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by AVINASH DEV to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, F.A. in the principal amount of $225,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens County, State of New York, on July 16, 2003, as CRFN #: 2003000233482. Thereafter said mortgage was acquired by the Plaintiff by merger agreement dated Oc-tober 2, 2008. Said premises being known as and by 94-02 216TH STREET, QUEENS VILLAGE, NY 11428. Dated: December 10, 2013 Batavia, New York Tanisha Bramwell, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Fore-closure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it care-fully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home.

You should be extremely care-ful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for informa-tion about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the De-partment’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.________________________87-13 HOMELAWN REALTY LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/26/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro-cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mohammed Nu-ruddin, 169-01 Hillside Ave., Jamaica, NY 11432. General Purpose.________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on JAN 22 2014 bearing Index Number NC-001166-13/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Hamza (Last) Giron My present name is (First) William (Middle) Eduardo Lozano (Last) Giron aka Wil-liam Eduardo Giron aka William E Giron My present address is 211-18 93rd Ave, Queens Village, NY 11428 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is March 10, 1989________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on FEB 03 2014 bearing Index Number NC-001237-13/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Summer (Middle) Dongge (Last) Lee My present name is (First) Summer (Last) Li (infant) My present address is 52-48 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362 My place of birth is Manhattan, NY My date of birth is June 06, 2011________________________Notice of Formation of 158 WEST 9TH STREET, LLC, a do-mestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/17/14. Office location: QUEENS County. SSNY has been des-ignated as agent upon whom

process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 167-41 147TH AVENUE JA-MAICA NY 11434. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on MAR 04 2014 bearing Index Number NC-000030-14/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Cristian (Middle) Andres (Last) Tenezaca My present name is (First) Cris-tian (Middle) Andres (Last) Tenezaca-Guallpa (infant) My present address is 43-23 40th ST Apt 5L, Sunnyside, NY 11104 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is January 06, 1997; Assume the name of (First) Oscar (Middle) Gabriel (Last) Tenezaca My present name is (First) Oscar (Middle) Ga-briel (Last) Tenezaca-Guallpa aka Oscar Gabriel Tenezaca (infant) My present address is 43-23 40th ST Apt 5L, Sun-nyside, NY 11104 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is September 27, 2001; Assume the name of (First) Adrian (Middle) Alexis (Last) Tenezaca My present name is (First) Adrian (Middle) Alexis (Last) Tenezaca-Guallpa (infant) My present address is 43-23 40th ST Apt 5L, Sun-nyside, NY 11104 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is September 19, 2007________________________Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County on MAR 11 2014 bearing Index Number NC-001205-13/QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Samiu (Last) Wadud My present name is (First) Mohammed (Middle) Samiuebne (Last) Wadud My present address is 132-30 83 St, Ozone Park, NY 11417 My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY My date of birth is September 09, 1985________________________

Notice of Formation of EVK INVESTOR GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/27/14. Office location: Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 31-21 31 St., Astoria, NY 11106. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro-cess to Edwin W. Weinberg, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 29th Fl., NY, NY 10112. Purpose: Any


and Stop and Frisk, he has been critized for his charter school policies and the City’s response to this winter’s snowstorms.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first 100

days have been a mixed bag, with victories and missteps, praise and criticism along the way.

When he was sworn in on Jan. 1, the Mayor outlined a liberal agenda for his term, with many goals that he hoped would address economic and social inequalities throughout the five boroughs. Although he has fought for and gotten some major policy changes, his office was also beset by several stumbles in the process of running the City.

A significant portion of de Bla-sio’s first 100 days was dedicated to getting universal pre-kindergarten for New York City. The Mayor had planned to pay for the expense of this expansion by taxing the City’s richest members. This item caused some tension between him and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the State would need to approve such a tax for City residents. While universal Pre-K was included in the State budget, it will be funded by other means, giv-ing de Blasio a partial victory.

Several other items of his agen-da went through during his first few

months as well. The number of work-ers eligible for paid sick leave was expanded significantly. De Blasio also withdrew the City’s challenge to federal oversight of Stop and Frisk, the controversial tactic that has been labeled as discriminatory towards minorities. So far, new Police Com-missioner Bill Bratton and the NYPD have continued to keep crime at a low rate under the new administration.

Although de Blasio’s pick of Carmen Fariña was welcomed by parents and teachers, his educa-tional policy has been uneven at best. While Hizzoner did veto nine charter school co-locations, he did allow another 36 co-locations to slip through. Public Advocate Leti-tia James responded with a lawsuit against the City to block those co-locations.

De Blasio was also criticized for his handling of the never-ending snowstorms that hit the City continu-ously in January and February. He admitted that the City failed to plow several neighborhoods effectively during one of the storms and took flak for keeping schools open while telling people to stay indoors at the

same time. The next few months

will see the Mayor roll out his affordable hous-ing policy, his Vision Zero plan to reduce pe-destrian deaths and the continuing Superstorm Sandy recovery.

-Joe Marvilli

Public Advocate Letitia James

While Public Advo-cate Letitia James said that her job is to keep the Mayor on his toes, she noted that her first 100 days have shown that she is also dedicat-ed to helping the City’s working class.

Throughout the last four months, James and her office have been all over the five boroughs, protesting unfair work practices, announcing legislation

and vocalizing her opinion on sev-eral key issues affecting the City.

One of the biggest issues to come up recently in Queens is the firing of 250 UPS workers who walked off the job in February in protest of the termination of another former employee, Jairo Reyes. James has warned UPS that if it does not come to the bargaining table to resolve this issue, she will push the City to look into revoking some of UPS’ tax breaks and privileges.

One victory for James and a portion of the City’s workforce was the expansion of the paid-sick-time law, which the City Council pushed through earlier this year. Businesses with up to five or more employees will be required to provide up to five paid sick days per year to employ-ees.

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with de Blasio on many subjects, like universal Pre-K, James came out strongly against the 36 co-locat-ed charter schools from the end of the Bloomberg era that the current administration let through. She has recently filed a lawsuit to block those co-locations.

“Every CEC in the City of New York attended our meeting. I sat there for three hours and heard from every CEC in the City and they all told me the horror stories of co-locations,” she said. “As a result of that, we decided to file a lawsuit.”

James has also gotten involved with the controversy surrounding Queens Library Director Thomas Galante’s salary and his use of taxpayer money to build a private smoking deck for his office. James

April 10 marks the end of the first 100 days in office for the City-wide officials elected last year. Mayor Bill de Bla-sio, Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer have been involved in a number of issues through-out the City.

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Photo by LuIs GRondAPublic Advocate Letitia James spent the start of her term supporting workers’ rights.

While Mayor Bill de Blasio has won victories on universal Pre-K

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would give herself for her first 100 days, James answered with a B +. Some of the positives she men-tioned were keeping Long Island College Hospital open and intro-ducing more legislation than any other Public Advocate to date. Still, she said the office could do better with more funding.

“There’s a lot of issues and we just don’t have the staff to deal with all the issues. It’s really frustrat-ing,” she said. “The Mayor should restore the budget of the Public Advocate.”

-Joe Marvilli

Comptroller Scott Stringer In his first 100 days in office,

Comptroller Scott Stringer said he has hit the ground running, setting the precedent for the role of the of-fice for years to come.

Earlier this year, Stringer made history when he announced that he has appointed Carra Wallace as the City Comptroller’s first-ever chief diversity officer of the City of New York.

In her new role, Wallace will focus on increasing the number

The FirsT 100 Days of contracts and sub-contracts awarded to minority and women-owned businesses. She will also be responsible for implementing and monitoring a new letter-grad-ing system for all City agencies in an effort to determine whether goals for MWBE contracting are being met.

“To expand opportunities for mi-nority- and women-owned enterprises, I was proud to appoint the City’s first-ever chief diversity offi-cer overseeing City agencies,” Stringer said.

In addition to his historic hire, Stringer has been keeping busy, auditing City-funded agencies, most notably the Queens Library sys-tem. The nonprofit and its CEO, Thomas Galante, have been in hot water after media reports alleged that taxpayer money was used to fund Galan-te’s $391,594 salary and his $140,000 in lavish office renova-

tions, which included a private out-door smoking area.

In light of the scandal, Stringer, who gave the library notice of the audit last month, said he will be making sure New Yorkers are get-ting the best bang for their buck by auditing all three of the City’s library systems, which operate in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

“I think there have been some serious issues raised and some allegations that I think need to be addressed. We’re going to look at the financials, we’re going to

look at performance and we will evaluate all the systems,” he told the Tribune in an earlier interview. “Eighty-six percent of their revenue comes from City money, so I ex-pect them to cooperate with the City audit by the City Comptroller.”

Stringer has also launched an audit of the New York City Hous-ing Authority, following a series of reports that claimed the agency’s administrators were sitting on mil-lions of government dollars while repair request continue to pile up.

While the Comptroller said he is proud of the progress he has made internally, he noted that in his first three months, he has also been dedicated to connecting with his con-stituents.

“Over the last 100 days, I’ve been to every corner of the City, talking with New Yorkers about issues that affect their families and neighbor-hoods,” he said. “While these are only a few high-lights of my first 100 days, I look forward to continu-ing this work to find new and innovative ways to sharpen the tools of the Comptroller’s office so that New Yorkers get the best bang for their hard-earned money.”

-Natalia Kozikowska

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Candidate Scott Stringer has launched an audit of all three library branches and the New York City Housing Authority.


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One program that helps seniors avoid sharp rent increases is get-ting a major boost in this year’s State budget.

The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program has gotten an increase in its income cap for the first time since 2009.

The new threshold for seniors to be eli-gible for the program will be $50,000 or less beginning on July 1 of this year, when the new State budget that was adopted last month goes into ef-fect. This is $21,000 higher than the previous cap, which was $29,000 or less.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who an-nounced the hike to the program at a press conference Tuesday morning, said the change is expected to allow about 10,000 more seniors to be eli-gible for the program.

“Since I’ve been doing this job, I’ve had so many people that walked away and said ‘I can’t believe it, why can’t I get it’ and people are so close to that $29,000,” Stavisky said.

The City Council must also vote to allow the increase of the program.

Koslowitz said she expects the full body to pass it.

“I can’t imagine that anybody would deny this to happen,” she said.

Susan Rabinowicz, the director of the Young Israel of Forest Hills Se-nior League, where the press confer-ence was held, said this will greatly benefit thousands of seniors who

were previously un-able to get their rent stabilized.

Stavisky said extra funding available in this year’s State bud-get is the main reason that money was allo-cated for the program. The new cap will last

until 2016, when a new budget will be created.

Seniors who are eligible for the SCRIE program can have their rent frozen at a specific rate, provided they meet all of the requirements. To be eligible for SCRIE currently, you must be at least 62-years-old and have a yearly income below $29,000.

It can also depend on the type of housing where seniors live. If they live in a Mitchell-Lama or redevelop-ment company development under the private financing housing law or a federally-assisted co-op, they can also be eligible for SCRIE.

SCRIE was first established in

1970 to protect seniors from rent increases in rent-controlled apart-ments. Six years later, it was ex-panded to residents that live in some rental or co-op apartments, or Mitch-ell-Lama as it is referred to today.

With the SCRIE program well es-tablished, people also called for it to expand even further, this time to disabled tenants who are not senior citizens.

In 2005, the City Council adopted the Disability Rent Increase Exemp-

More Seniors Will Be Eligible For SCRIE Program

tion, or DRIE. This measure protects low-income and disabled from rent increases. Although SCRIE and DRIE are similar, they do have dif-ferent rules and regulations for who is eligible for each program.

For more information on the SC-RIE program and to ask about ap-plying for the program, please call Stavisky’s office at (718) 445-0004.


state sen. Toby stavisky (left) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz held a press conference in Forest Hills to announce a sCriE income cap increase to $50,000 or less.


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A Whitestone senior center that was on the edge of closing has been saved with funding from the State Budget.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bay-side) held a press conference at the Greater Whitestone Taxpayers Civic Association Senior Center to announce that $100,000 in funding has been secured to keep the center open. The center was on the brink of closing due to a lack of funding. Now, with this finance added in the 2014-15 State Budget, the venue has enough breathing room for an-other two to three years.

The center’s financial woes be-gan with the economic crisis of 2008, which led to cutbacks on funding. In 2010, the situation became dire when the executive branch of the State eliminated discretionary funds for the State Legislature. The estab-lishment had all but run out of mon-ey, with plans to close in June.

“I had made this a priority. It’s the only senior center in Whitestone. I would let the senior center close over my dead body,” Avella said. “I’m just happy that I’ve been able to save this center from closing because it means so much to them.”

The state senator added that the funds will go towards operating costs for the 28-year-old facility. Since the senior center is placed in the Whites-tone Armory, it has to pay rent. The funding will go towards that payment as well as trips for the seniors and other costs.

Joan Ubertini, Director of the Se-nior Center, said that the venue offers more than just activities or trips at a discount rate for its seniors. It also of-fers them a sense of community.

“More importantly, we have se-niors coming here three days a week, where they can have social interac-tion with their peers, which is so very important to seniors,” she said.

Ubertini estimated that a total of 200 seniors pass through the cen-ter’s doors every week.

While the State budget funding usually takes some time to come through, Avella said he plans to ask that the funds be expedited for the senior center, given how little money remains.

“If it wasn’t for this place they could come to, they might be sitting at home, which is not good for them. I’m thrilled to do this for them,” Avella said.


State Funding Saves Whitestone Senior Center

United Adult Ministries, the par-ent company of Flushing House, has announced the three winners of the Rose Kryzak Senior Leader-ship Awards. The individuals will be honored during the annual fund-raising gala on May 8 at Flushing Town Hall.

This year’s honorees include: State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-

Flushing), a seven-term state sen-ator who has sponsored several pieces of legislation that would benefit New York’s senior popula-tion.

Steven Goodman, the recent-ly-retired long-time head of the Samuel Field YM & YWHA. Under his leadership, the Y focused a number of programs on the needs

of older adults, their families and children.

Alan Weinberg, LCSW, has served as a social work manager at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. He is now a care manager of social work at Fidelis Care At Home, based in Rego Park.

The awards were named af-ter the late Rose Kryzak, a public advocate who fought for the rights of older adults and a resident of Flushing House for 13 years.

Those interested in attending the gala should RSVP by April 28 to Robert Salant, director of com-munity relations at Flushing House. For information, call (347) 532-3025 or email [email protected].

Senior Leadership Award Winners Selected

Steven Goodman State Sen. Toby Stavisky

Alan Weinberg


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April may be known for its show-ers, but more so, it is known as the start of the wedding season.

There is so much to do when it comes to wedding planning – the outfits, a ven-ue, the DJ, the limo, flowers and decora-tions, the menu and the guest list. Above all, many brides go through the process of trying to keep both sides of the family happy.

If you take a proactive approach, the stress level stays low and the couple can happily walk down the aisle to celebrate a lifetime of love and happiness.

Where do most couples start their journey before tying the knot?

Finding an accommodating ven-ue with an elegant décor is a good place to start.

That is when Claudia Hubbard, manager and owner at Douglaston Manor of Douglaston, and Daniella Silone, sales manager at Vivaldi’s of Bayside, lend a helping hand.

Both Hubbard and Silone said their job is to keep the bride happy during the entire wedding planning process.

The key to staying happy is to understand that you cannot please everyone, Hubbard said.

The first step to wedding plan-ning is the perfect venue, which should be booked a year in advance, she added.

Hubbard said if a couple is on a tight budget, they advise them to choose a wedding date outside of prime wedding time, citing the months of January through March.

Douglaston Manor also offers the ability to pay for the venue in monthly installments, Hubbard added.

While choosing a venue that fits a couple’s needs, Hubbard said they must keep the views it provides in mind.

She said Douglaston Manor of-fers a completely renovated Euro-pean mansion overlooking a lush,

green golf course. “We are not a typi-

cal catering venue,” she said. “We also have an inside chapel for in-clement weather.”

Silone said when brides come to Vival-di’s, their stress levels

remain low because they help the bride step-by-step towards her big day.

“We hold their hand during the entire process and offer customized packages to meet every couple’s needs,” Silone said.

After picking the right venue, the most delicious part of wedding planning arrives.

Hubbard said they sit down with the bride and groom to carefully pick the items on their menu.

“We can customize their menu and have it fit their budget,” she said.

The wedding is more than just a venue and the food, Silone said.

It is also about how the bride looks and feels the day of, she added.

Silone said because of websites like Pinterest.com and Etsy.com, she sees brides come to the venue with their own visions.

“You want to make these visions come true for the brides,” Silone said.

From the flowers, to the deco-ration pieces and to the gift bags, Silone said brides know what they want beforehand.

Vivaldi’s Ristorante & Ballroom is located at 201-10 Cross Island Parkway Service Road, Bayside. For information on their wedding ser-vices, call (718) 352-2300.

Douglaston Manor, at 63-20 Commonwealth Blvd., Douglaston, can be reached at (718) 224-8787.

-Trisha Sakhuja

A Bride’s Guide To This Year’s Wedding Season

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BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKANowadays, it seems like everyone

has Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest accounts. While they are great tools for keeping in touch with friends and keeping up to date with all the latest news, it turns out social media can also come in handy while planning your wedding.

Perhaps one of the most popular social media platforms that brides-to-be use to plan their weddings is Pinterest. Pinterest is a visual dis-covery tool that helps users collect ideas for their different projects and interests by putting them all in one place. Its unique properties make Pinterest cyber ‘boards’ perfect for women who want to experiment with different themes and browse through the Pinterest boards of other brides for inspiration.

Brides no longer have to visit dozens of bridal stores or even leave their house to discover what they would like to see at their dream wedding. When using Pinterest’s search bar, users can type in key phrases such as “wedding dress” or “wedding bouquets.” Often times, these search terms will yield tens of thousands of results for users to browse through, making it easier to find styles that suit every bride’s taste.

“I used Pinterest for ideas,” said

Using Social Media To Plan Your WeddingForest Hills resident Jillia Weinberger, who married in April of last year. “Noth-ing really inspired me [to use it]. I was just was look-ing for easy help. They [so-cial media tools] were help-ful for what I needed them for. I think social media is just good to help you man-age different things and get ideas from other people.”

For those budget-con-scious brides and grooms, Pinterest can also be a great tool to search for do-it-your-self projects. Whether you are looking for a bridesmaid gift that does not burn a hole in your wallet, or you are looking to get creative with your wedding bou-quet and table centerpieces, Pinter-est has got you covered.

Though not as popular as Pinter-est, brides are also using Instagram to gather ideas for their fairytale wedding. Hundreds of thousands of wedding dress vendors, flower ven-dors, cake vendors and even wed-ding venues are using Instagram to showcase their product, making it simple for brides and grooms to figure out what types of things they would like to see at their wedding.

Instagram, like Pinterest, has a convenient search tool, making it

easy for brides to type in key phras-es. While many of the users are sim-ply searching for ideas, Instagram can be used as a way to shop online, connecting vendors to clients all around the globe. It is not uncom-mon that, while searching for ideas, a bride stumbles upon the wedding dress of her dreams and reaches out to the vendor.

Much like Pinterest, more and more people are using Facebook to plan their weddings. According to TheKnot.com, a popular wed-ding planning website, 49 percent of brides who have social media accounts use Facebook to keep in touch with and browse through ven-

dors. One in three brides/grooms similarly use Facebook to set up events like bachelor(ette) parties, bridal showers and engagement parties.

Adhering to the ‘social wedding’ trend, more and more brides are also using the Facebook app Wed-dingbook. With this app, which can also be downloaded for free in Apple’s app store or the Google’s Play Store, members can create and manage their wedding details, in-vite friends to join their wedding profile, designate friends in the wedding party to facilitate commu-nication and even create wedding playlists and registries. All the wed-ding-related information, including status updates, are then packaged into a custom wedding profile that friends can follow, sharing in the excitement about the big day.

It comes as no surprise that in this digital era, ‘social weddings’ are becoming increasingly popular. Whether you are looking for inspi-ration, staying connected to your friends in the wedding party or making purchases for the big day, social media platforms are great, free tools for brides and grooms to utilize for the big day.


Brides-to-be are using social media more and more often to help plan their big day, through apps like Pininterest, Instagram and Facebook.

Photo by Jared Smith

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The average cloth-ing size of women in the U.S. is 14, and according to The Knot.com’s 2012 Real Weddings Study, the average bride spends approximate $1,211 on her wedding dress, which amounts to a $2.1 billion wedding dress market.

With such a lucrative business opportunity, it is no wonder that designers have started paying closer attention to the plus-sized bride. Today’s plus-size gowns are not merely rep-licas of their smaller-sized siblings but rather dresses designed specifically for the curvier client with close attention to her specific needs.

“There has been a shift in the overall fashion industry to include more plus-size options for the cur-vier body – with many retailers and designers providing better op-tions for the plus-size client, bridal gowns was a natural progression in this trend. Additionally, televi-sion has played a major role in the bridal industry with shows such as ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ and ‘Amsale Girls’,” said Natalie Reed, academic department director for the fashion

programs at The Art Institute of In-dianapolis.

Andrea Marcinkus, program co-ordinator for the fashion programs at The Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg, shared, “Any design-er’s biggest challenge is to make the bride look great on her special day; a well-designed dress should hide any flaws - this means brides of all shapes and sizes need to be guided on what looks best for her frame. That said, for off-the-shelf designs, designers need to be especially conscious that plus-sized garments are graded dif-ferently – plus sized women have a different bust-waist-hip ratio. ”

Numerous retailers now offer plus-size bridal gowns, including one of the largest bridal gown retailers, David’s Brid-als and the bridal Mecca Kleinfelds. But there are also smaller retailers who offer a larger selection for the curvier bride. Ali-cia Zeller, whose family owns Unique Boutique and Bridal, is seeking a Bachelor of Science de-gree in fashion and retail management at The Art Institute of Indianapolis.

She explained “We decided to carry a special line of bridal gowns two years ago after hearing the horror stories from so many brides who had difficulty try-ing on gowns. It now represents 15-20 percent of our business.”

Marcinkus, Reed and Zeller all agree that there are a few tips to keep in mind when shopping for the dress:

Set a budget. Wedding gowns are expensive – know what your ab-solute ceiling is before you even be-gin the search and don’t try on any gowns above your budget.

Know your body shape. If you’re bottom-heavy, try an A-line gown.

Apple-shapes look best in empire waists or ballgowns while top-heavy brides with hour glass figures tend to look their best in a trumpet sil-houette.

Size is just a number. Bridal gowns are notorious for being made much smaller than daily wear. If the number will affect how you feel about the gown, ask the consultant not to mention the size.

Be flexible. While you may al-ready have a silhouette in mind or on hand, trust your consultant and try on gowns that you may not have considered when you saw them on the rack or online – they may actu-ally work.

Choose the right fabrics. Keep in mind that thicker fabrics tend to work better on curves as they smooth things out. If you’re fuller busted, avoid heavy beadery in the bodice as it will draw attention to that area. Remember that you can always add cap sleeves to a strap-less gown to help streamline the look.

No matter a bride’s shape and size, the one piece of advice all experts agree on is confidence. If the bride has confidence and feels beautiful in her gown, she radiates that feeling.

-BrandPoint

Wedding Gown Tips For Plus-Sized Brides

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What are the hot trends of the season in bridal registry? For many bridal couples, it is mixing some-thing old with something new to create updated dinnerware designs. The table looks refreshed and re-newed while allowing couples to en-joy treasured family heirlooms.

“After years of leaning toward ca-sual dinnerware, we’re seeing a re-surgence in interest for traditional bridal china, crystal and flatware,” said Replacements, Ltd. Product Marketing Manager Keith Winkler. “Not only are bridal couples buying current patterns, we’re seeing them reinvent ‘something old, something new’ by embracing vintage china and crystal passed down through their families. In our retail store, we’re showing couples how to spice up grandma’s refined pattern, say from the 1920s, by mixing it with contemporary patterns to create unlimited design options.”

Replacements’ Visual Merchan-diser John Griffith has dubbed this creative push, “pattern blending.” Griffith suggests bridal couples be-gin with cherished, inherited chi-na, then build their tablescape by blending additional patterns and pieces, complementary shapes and sizes, solid colors and designs, re-flecting their own esthetic and life-style. It is a great way to go from

the china you like to place settings you love.

“You can choose many differ-ent directions by blending current patterns with vintage dinnerware, from dressing up cherished older patterns for elegant formal enter-taining to creating something fun and funky for a casual evening with friends,” said Griffith. “Some of the more popular trends for us have been pairing pressed glass plates in coordinating or complementary colors and using porcelain or ce-ramic plates with metallic finishes.”

Griffith said you can add a whole new dimension to a vintage place setting by switching out a salad plate; pairing a contemporary lun-cheon plate with an heirloom cup and saucer the couple already owns is great for creating brunch or a buf-fet setting. He also suggests blend-ing crystal drinkware, which could be as easy as mixing colors or com-mon characteristics such as bowl or stem shapes.

“Here’s another fun example. I created my own flatware place set-tings by combining pieces with the monogram ‘G’ as the common char-acteristic,” he said. “You could also mix patterns with floral designs on the handles or other shared simi-larities. Choose the design element you love and run with it.”

Bridal registries are also trend-ing back. In a new spin on tradition, Griffith said grooms are getting more involved in choosing registry selections. One of the hot items on their wish lists - barware. With the growing popularity of wine and the return to home entertaining, Grif-fith said couples are looking for the proper elements, such as stems and bowls, to complement various wine

varietals. And they are not limit-ing their barware to crystal; casual stemware, glassware and acrylics account for large percentage in the overall barware increase.

Alternative metal serveware is also trending on today’s registries. Griffith defines these serving pieces as the perfect marriage of form and function.

“Not only do these pieces come in fun designs - once heated, the alloy retains warmth to keep food warm longer or cooler if you chill these pieces. Alternative metal serveware is very durable and easy to clean and, with just a little care will maintain its shine for years,” he said.

Griffith leads design seminars on creating trendy tables at the compa-ny’s retail store. Many of his insights appear on Replacements’ YouTube channel and Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Replacements.

One challenge bridal couples of-ten encounter with heirloom pieces lies in the fact the name of the pat-tern may have been lost or forgotten through the years. Griffith suggests taking advantage of Replacements’ free pattern identification service. Additional information is available on the company’s website, www.re-placements.com.

-BrandPoint

Registry Trends Inspire New Traditions

Refresh cherished vintage pat-terns by blending fun, modern pieces.

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Spring is in the air and summer is right around the corner. With schools due to close up shop for the summer, children throughout the Borough will be looking for some-thing to do.

When it comes to summer fun, Mill Basin Day Camp should be near the top of the list for any kid’s va-cation. With tons of activities avail-able from June 30 to Aug. 22, this venue is ideal for children who want to stay in shape, form friendships, learn leadership skills and keep their minds sharp.

Mill Basin Day Camp is located at 5945 Strickland Ave., Brooklyn, and has been open since 1998. Although it is not in Queens, owner Jack Gros-bard said that many of the camp’s children come from the Borough.

“We have a very large number of campers that attend from many parts of Queens,” he said. “We offer door to door transportation to How-ard Beach, Belle Harbor, Rockaway, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, just to name a few.”

Once the kids arrive, they can en-joy a bevy of activities over either a four-week or eight-week period, with options for attending camp

With Summer Comes Camps For Queens Kidsthree, four or five days a week. Mill Basin has an outdoor pool, basket-ball courts, a multimedia center, an arts and crafts studio, a karaoke stu-dio, a baking center, a dance studio, a 6,000-square-foot turf field and a drama stage theater, to name a few.

“Mill Basin Day Camp is dedicated to providing an exciting and fulfill-ing camp experience for both chil-dren and their parents by providing fun, recreational, social and educa-tional activities,” Grosbard said.

He added that since the focus for children has switched from the body to the brain, the obesity rate among kids has skyrocketed. He lamented the loss of the community and the neighborhood, saying that many children are also ill-prepared to deal with the challenges of adult life.

“So, how do we prepare our chil-dren with the skills and more im-portantly, the competencies they will need to tackle changes in our world? We could start with a posi-tive camp experience,” he said. “A quality camp experience provides our children with the opportunity to learn powerful lessons in com-munity, character-building, skill de-velopment and healthy living — a meaningful, engaged and participa-tory environment.”

Part of that learning and engag-

ing environment comes from the camp’s counselors. All head coun-selors are certified in CPR and First Aid from the American Red Cross.

While the camp would like all of the children to take part in all their activities, no one is forced to do any-thing they are uncomfortable do-ing. All of the activities promote fun and safety and are non-competitive. Good sportsmanship is encouraged all around.

“We often think if it looks like fun it must be unimportant, but ‘fun’ is a

young person’s ‘work’ — to learn, to grow, to be productive, creative and happy,” Grosbard said.

Mill Basin has open houses near-ly every Saturday until the end of June, starting at 11 a.m. Registration is now open for the camp, which ac-cepts boys and girls between 3 and 14 years old. For more information or to register, call (718) 251-6200 or visit www.millbasindaycamp.com.


Mill Basin Day Camp will offer a ton of activities for kids over the sum-mer, including a jungle gym, arts and crafts and an outdoor pool.



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On Saturday, April 5, more than 120 members of DRUM South Asian Organizing Center, immigrant organizations and community members rallied in Jackson Heights as part of the National Day of Action to demand that President Obama end deporta-tions and grant Administrative Relief.

Councilman Rory Lancman, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley and Councilman Donovan Richards joined together with UPS workers who were recently fired from their positions on the steps of City Hall.

Standing Up For Workers

The American Heart Association recently held its seventh annual Queens Go Red For Women Dinner. Pictured are honoree Gail Grimmett (left) with event chair Rita Mercieca.

A Community Calls For Action

Hosting A Hiring Event

Deputy Borough President Leory Comrie stands with David Aguado, director of op-erations for America Works of New York. The organization recently partnered with the office of the Borough President to host a hiring event for low-income Queens residents receiving public assistance.

Successful Night To Go Red

James Riviezzo (left) of Long Island City and his partner, Jenna Marzorati of Man-hattan, took part in the first-ever stair climb at 4 World Trade Center on April 3. The event raised more than $173,000 to date to support the research of young cancer researchers. Riviezzo was the top individual fundraiser.

Climbing For A Cure

Queens Park Clean-Ups

Nearly 100 children from the Dwarf-Giraffe Athletic League took part in a volunteer clean-up project at the ballfields at Harvey Park as part of the ninth annual Pitch in for Parks day with the City Parks Dept. The children at Harvey Park were part of a group of 750 volunteers cleaning up parks throughout Queens.

Members of the Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club have kicked off the annual Spring Tree Giveaway. Since its inception in 2012, the group has given away more than 500 trees. For information, email [email protected].

Spring Tree Giveaway


The Queens Tribune and its advertisers are pleased to once again present our “Mother of the Year” contest. Our Mother’s Day issue will feature winning entries plus thoughts from the children of Queens. This is our small way of paying tribute to the moms out there who help make Queens a better place to live.

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LEISURE

Long before Queens-born Idina Menzel became a household name, she made her Broadway debut in the hit musical “Rent.” After that, she wowed audiences with her Tony-winning per-formance as the green-faced Elphaba in “Wicked.” More recently, she played Rachel’s mother on “Glee” and Queen Elsa in the movie “Frozen,” singing the Academy Award-winning song, “Let It Go.”

Finally, Menzel has returned to Broadway in “If/Then,” a musical about a woman at the crossroads of her life. After 10 years of marriage living in Phoenix, Elizabeth (Menzel) gets a divorce and moves to New York City. She must choose between two lives: one as Beth, a career-oriented urban planner with no time for a relation-ship or family, or Liz, a teacher, wife and mother.

In both lives, she has an outgoing friend named Kate (the delightfully effervescent LaChanze), who believes in fate, and Lucas (Anthony Rapp), a former boyfriend/college classmate.

At every possible juncture, the show presents two options, showing the audi-ence the road not taken. However, the delineation is quite clear as to which path Beth is on and which is Liz’s.

Rapp, who co-starred with Menzel in “Rent,” is a confidant and sometimes-

lover of Elizabeth. Underutilized, he plays an activist showing the counterbalance to Beth’s work for the city government. Jen Collela plays Kate’s lover and Jason Tam is Lucas’ boyfriend. Elizabeth’s choices have an effect on them as well.

“If/Then” generated great excitement as the first new musical by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winners Tomas Kitts and Brian Yorkey since “Next To Normal.” The music is good and many of the lyr-ics are quite clever. However, the theat-

Queens Native Travels Roads Not Taken In New Musical

rical gimmick gets old fast. How many songs does one show need about choice, chance and love? After a while, the audience glazes over, even with some predictably-tearful events. Instead of two-and-a-half hours, this show could have easily been 90 minutes.

Instead of “If/Then,” perhaps the show would have been better named “What If?” It’s just the title of one of the many songs dealing with choices, decisions and chance.

“Once every day, your life starts again.”

“If/Then” is definitely a New York play. Not only is it set in the City, but it also has some sly insider jokes. One character tells another to never let her move to Brooklyn, and the PA voice on the subway is totally unintelligible. Beth goes to a Yankee game; Liz watches the Mets.

It’s great to have Queens’ girl Idina Menzel back on Broadway. One can only wish it was a better vehicle. Only a voice like hers can make it worth-while to sit in the cramped seats of The Richard Rogers Theatre for so long. “Wicked” fans come to hear Menzel’s glorious high notes and they are not disappointed. When she belts out her high notes- there are no “ifs” about it -it’s thrilling.

-Elyse Trevers


A Bayside director is ready for his full-length premiere.

Rick McDonald, with the help of his family, has put together a low-budget horror film that hopes to give audiences an original scare and maybe even find its way into a few festivals.

Titled “Lucifer’s Angels,” this film focuses on three different stories com-bined into one. A group of friends go on their first camping trip together in the Catskill Mountains. A ghost hunter from New York City and his fiancé travel to the same mountains hoping to research and record any paranormal phenomenon. All of them unknowingly enter into a world of evil. Meanwhile, a father and son who live in the woods are forced to make life or death decisions.

McDonald said the idea for the movie first came together in 2008. He was on a camping trip with his family and they made a short home movie while they were in the woods. From there, he was inspired to write a full-length feature.

The film was partially shot in Queens, as well as in upstate New York

and Strasburg, Pa. While pre-production and filming came with their own difficulties, McDonald said that he did all of the post-production himself.

“I work full time. I would get home at 7 p.m., go on my com-puter and work until 3 or 4 in the morning. I learned a lot. I did the editing and special ef-fects myself,” he said.

The film cost be-tween $5,000 and $8,000 to make. Mc-Donald paid for most of it, with his uncle, Brian McDonald, contributing a good amount of money and the rest of his family chipping in where they could.

“Since there was practically no bud-get, we had to be super, super creative,” McDonald said.

He said he hopes that creativity comes across to audiences looking for something different than the typical Hollywood movie.

“I hope they see an extra-fresh hor-

BY LuIs GROndAStaff Writer

A famous African-American musician who lived in Queens will no longer have an unmarked grave after this weekend.

Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens will honor George Wash-ington Johnson this Saturday with a plaque at his gravesite, finally acknowledging the musician with a tombstone at his burial site.

Johnson was a pioneer in the mu-sic industry during his prime, from 1891 until the early 1900s. He was the first African-American recording star of the phonograph. Music lovers would pay 20 cents to hear a two-minute recording of the whistling that he became known for.

His most popular song, “The Laughing Song,” was recently select-ed by the Library of Congress as one of 25 recordings to be preserved for posterity and placed in the National Registry of Recording Sounds.

Carl Ballenas, who heads the Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery organization, said they are honoring him now because this year marks the 100th anniversary of Johnson’s death. He passed away in Queens on Janu-ary 23, 1914. His exact date of birth is unknown but it is believed to be in October of 1846.

Ballenas said it was a shock to many that his grave was unmarked, even though he was such an accom-plished musician.

“The cemetery wanted to honor him so that the public knew what his contributions were to the music world,” he said.

The students from the honor so-ciety of the Immaculate Conception School wrote the text that will go on Johnson’s grave.

The Grammy Foundation’s Mus-icCares program footed the bill for the plaque and the ceremony, paying a total of $3,000.

The event will take place on April 12 at 2 p.m. at the cemetery. It will feature some special guests, including Tim Brooks, who wrote a biography about Johnson’s life.

Maple Grove Cemetery is located at 127-15 Kew Gardens Road in Kew Gardens. For more information on the ceremony, contact Maple Grove at (347) 878-6614.


Famous Musician Will Get Plaque At Maple Grove

Bayside Director Set For Film Premiere

ror film, not the cheesy Hollywood stuff,” McDonald said. “I think it’s gritty. It’s an original story. It’s fresh.”

There will be a private screening of “Lucifer’s Angels” on April 13 at MovieWorld Cinemas in Douglaston. McDonald said he wants to try to get the film into festivals like Tribeca and plans to have it distributed early next year.


The Queens-born Idina Menzel is appearing on Broadway in “If/Then,” a musical about a woman who moves to New York and faces two different paths.

Bayside director Rick McDonald has recently completed his feature-length horror film, “Lu-cifer’s Angels.” The movie is three storylines tied into one, all of them centered around strange, terrifying occurrences in the Catskill Mountains.

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BLACK VIOLINSATURDAY 4/12THE MARK WADE TRIO

Bassist and composer Mark Wade leads his dynamic trio in an evening of original jazz compositions at Flushing

Town Hall. The trio, featuring Tim Harrison on piano and Scott Neumann on drums, will

debut a lineup of music that is melody-driven and ex-plores a combination of jazz styles and forms. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for members and students. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd.

THE NAZIS: A WARNING FROM HISTORYThe fi nal segment of this three-part fi lm presen-tation on how the Nazi Party came to power in Germany will start at noon. Taking place at the Harriet and Kenneth Kupfer-berg Holocaust Center, the fi lms will look at an account of mass killings in occupied territories after the invasion of the Soviet Union and will explore why Germany kept fi ghting when military defeat was inevitable. The center is located on the cam-pus of Queensborough Com-munity College. Call (718) 281-5770 for information.

READ TO A CHILD WITH RIIS SETTLEMENT!Looking for a way to give back to the Long Island City community? Join the Jacob Riis Settlement House to read to a child, starting at 4 p.m. The Riis Settlement is a community-based non-profi t organiza-tion that offers services to youth, adult and senior community members in western Queens and it’s looking for local volunteers. Join them to share the love of reading with a child at the Riis Academy - P.S. 166 Campus, located at 33-09 35th Ave. Light refreshments will be provided. To RSVP, contact Vinitha Shetty or Leslie Warren at (718) 784-7447 Ext. 133 or [email protected].

QCA PRESENTS THE ART OF GHOST DUMPLINGS Find out what happens when the Chinese Hungry Ghost festival and a Rock-away Beach block party falls under the same full moon! Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, QCA’s Executive Direc-tor and children’s book author/illustrator shows artwork from her new-est children’s book, The Hungry Ghost, whose original manuscript and illustrations were lost in Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The QCA is located at 37-11 35th Ave. The event starts at 6 p.m. Admission is $75 and all Proceeds will support scholarships for QCA’s High School to Art School Portfo-lio Development Program.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENINGJoin the Queens Museum for afternoon screenings of two documentaries exploring the work of the Los Angeles Poverty Department. “The Real Deal,” airing at 2 p.m., chronicles the evolution and impact of LAPD since the founding in 1985. “Agentes y Activos,” airing at 3:30 p.m., provides an in-depth look at the production and reception of one of their seminal works. Call (718) 592-9700 for information.

THE NEW YORK TENORSThe New York Tenors will make their way to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center for a concert at 8 p.m. Taking inspiration from The Three Tenors, The New York Tenors are a trio of New York’s pre-mier voices. Andy Cooney, Daniel Rodriguez and Michael Amante have joined together to honor New York with their singing. Rodri-guez is well-known as the City police offi cer whose voice comforted the nation in the days following 9-11. Tickets are $40. Call the box offi ce at (718) 631-6311 for information or tickets.

CHILDREN’S CARNIVALJoin the Queens County Farm Museum in its apple orchard for a car-nival this weekend. Rides, midway games and prizes, hayrides and children’s entertainment make this a fun-family event. The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and repeats on April 13. It costs $11 per person for all ages to enter the grounds. Carnival rides are included with admission. The farm is located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy.

WORLD’S FAIR TOUR Join Forgotten NY’s Kevin Walsh and Rich Melnick of the Greater Astoria Histori-cal Society in exploring the remnants of two World’s Fairs, 1939-40 and 1964-65, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, including where Pope Paul VI preached, the remains of a swimming amphitheater and a time capsule not to be opened until 6964. Meet at the boardwalk leading to FMCP south of the 7 train station at Willets Point at noon. The tour will last three hours. Cost is $15 for members, $20 for the gen-eral public.

JAMES ELKINSJames Elkins, author of Artists with PhDs, will join BFAM-FAPHD.com in a dialog about or a conversa-tion about his work and our collective power. Taking place at the Queens Museum, the talk runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

THE MONSTER WHO ATE MY PEASEQueens Theatre will present this new musical, based on the multi-award win-ning book written by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matthew Faulkner. It tells the story of a young boy who doesn’t want to eat his peas. When a crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, the boy is ready to make a deal with the monster. If the monster eats his peas, the boy will give the monster any of his possessions. First, it’s the boy’s soccer ball. But, when the monster raises the stakes, will the boy refuse the monster and make the diffi cult decision to face his own fears? Tickets are $14. The show will run at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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GREEN GARDEN – GREEN PLANTS DAY Come get into the nitty-gritty and greener environ-ment at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. Celebrate Earth Day with some urban gardening from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Admission is $3 for members, $4 for the general public. Students and small children are free.

EASTER CONCERT The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown will present a joint Easter Concert of religious music by the church’s Chancel Choir and Har-monious Chorus at 7:30 p.m. in the 1895 Sanctu-ary, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For information, visit www.fpcn.org.

AMERICANA MUSICAward-winning roots musi-cian D.B. Rielly and his band will perform a wide-ranging collection of Americana music, spanning several genres, in-cluding roots, Zydeco, blues and alt-country, from 9 p.m. to midnight at Rest-au-Rant, 30-01 35th Ave., Long Island City.

American hip-hop duo, Kev Marcus (violin) and Wil B (viola), are classically trained string instrumentalists who meld highbrow and pop culture into a single genre-busting act.

The two musicians will play songs from their second album, “Classically Trained,” at Flushing Town Hall at 2:15 p.m.

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EDUCATION..............BELLY DANCEThursday, April 10 Corona library. Register.ART DECO JEWELRYThursday, April 10 Hollis library. Register.BORROW E-BOOKSThursday, April 10 Central library. Register.BEGIN CROCHETThursdays through April 24 McGoldrick library at 11:30.HSE/TASC PREPWednesdays through April 30 Baisley Park library at 10.CHES CLUBThursdays through April 24 East Flushing library at 4:30.HSE/TASC PREPThursdays through May 1 Baisley Park library at 10.ORIGAMI FUNThursdays LIC library at 3.LEARN CHINESEThursdays North Forest Park library at 6.

ENTERTAINMENT..MOVIE MATINEESFridays through April 25 Rosedale library at 2:30.GAME DAYFridays 4:30 Woodhaven library.GAME PLAYERS CLUBFridays 2 Hillcrest library.KIDS CARNIVALWeekends April 12, 13 11-6. $11. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park. 347-FARM.HIS GIRL FRIDAYThursday, April 10 film at the Central library at 2.NIGHTCLUB SONGSThursday, April 10 Wood-haven library at 2:30.MOVIE MATINEESThursdays through April 24 Rosedale library at 2:30.BINGOThursdays McGoldrick library at 1.SPRING FLEA MARKETSunday, April 13 St. Stanis-laus, 61-17 Grand Avenue, Maspeth 9-3 in the gym.HIS GIRL FRIDAYThursday, April 10 film at the Central library at 2.NIGHTCLUB SONGSThursday, April 10 Wood-haven library at 2:30.COMpUTERs............BEGIN COMPUTERSTuesdays through April 29 Corona library. Register.BEGIN COMPUTERSTuesdays through April 29

Woodside library at 5:45. Central library. Register.BEGIN COMPUTERSThursdays through April 24 11 Rosedale library

TEENs & KIDs......TEEN HW HELPWeekdays Central library at 3.HW/COMPUTER HELPContact your local library.KIDS’ MOVIEFridays, April 4, 11 Baisley Park library at 3:30.PROJECT ARTApril 11 Corona library. Register.GRAFFITTI WORK-SHOPApril 11 East Elmhurst library at 4.FUN FRIDAYSFridays through April 25 Central library at 4. Ages 6-12.TEENS GOT TALENTFridays through April 25 Rosedale library at 3:30.MOVIE MATINEESFridays through April 25 Rosedale library at 2:30 and Laurelton library at 3:30.TEEN HAPPY HOURFridays through April 25 Flushing library at 4.DISCOVERY SCIENCEFridays through April 25 Corona library at 6. Grades 2+.YOUTH ADVISORYFridays Laurelton library at 5.CRAFTSFridays Ozone Park library at 3, Briarwood and East Flushing at 4, Pomonok and Flushing library at 4:30.STORYTIMEFridays Hollis library at 11:15.BOARD/VIDEO GAMESFridays Rochdale Village at 4. Grades 1-6. Windsor Park at 4. Ages 5-12.GAME DAYFridays 5:30 McGoldrick library and South Ozone Park library at 4.CHESS CLUBFridays Auburndale library at 3:30 and Laurelton library at 3.WII GAMESFridays Poppenhusen library and Hollis library at 4.CHESS CLUBSaturdays Flushing library at 2.MATH HELPSaturdays through April 26 Flushing library at 10. Grades 4-8.FAMILY MOVIESApril 28 South Ozone Park library at 5.MUSIC & TODDLERSMondays, April 14 Wood-haven library at 11:15.FAMILY STORYTIMEMondays Auburndale library at 3:30. Pre-K to 2.GAME DAYMondays McGoldrick library at 5:30.

YOUNG MENTuesdays through April 29 Empowerment Group at 4 at the Laurelton library.WII GAMINGTuesdays, April 15 Astoria library at 4:30.DRAMA CLUBTuesdays Central library. Register.TEEN MEDIATIONTuesdays Central library at 4.GARDEN PROJECTTuesdays 4-6 Whitestone library. Call for details.ARTS & CRAFTSTuesdays through April 29 Corona library at 5. K-2.TUESDAY CRAFTSTuesdays through April 29 South Ozone Park library at 4:30. Ages 8-14.FRENCHWednesdays, April 16 for those 9 months-3 years at the Ridgewood library at 2.TEAM SCIENCEApril 6, 23 Corona library at 6. Grades 2+.CHESS CLUBWednesdays through April 16 Pomonok library at 5. Over 10.CRAFTIVITIESWednesdays East Flushing library. Register.DRAWING CLUBWednesdays LIC library at 4.GAME DAYWednesdays McGoldrick library at 5:30.READING FOR FUNWednesdays Laurelton library at 3:30.READ-ALOUDWednesdays South Jamaica library at 4. Grades K-3.YOUNG GIRLSThursdays through April 24 Empowerment Group at the Laurelton library at 4. Ages 14-19.POETRY WORKSHOPThursday, April 10 Lefrak City library at 4:30.TEEN HOURThursday, April 10 Wood-haven library at 4:30.EARTH HOURThursday, April 10 Broadway library at 4:30.SNOW WHITEThursday, April 10 Hillcrest library at 5. Ages 3-5.FAMILY STORYTIMEThursdays, April 10, 17 Bay Terrace library at 11:30.COME, SIT, READThursdays, April 10, 17, 24 LIC library at 3. Ages 5-12.SEWING LABThursdays, April 10, 17, 24 Central library. Register.EASY READERThursdays, April 10, 17, 24 Central library at 4. Ages 5-7.DECORATIONS CLUBThursdays, April 10, 17, 24 Poppenhusen library at 4. Grades 3-6.CIRCLE OF FRIENDSThursdays through April 24 Glen Oaks library at 11:30. Preschoolers.

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The Bayside Village Business Im-provement District will host its annu-al arts and crafts festival from noon to 5 p.m. on April 26 near the LIRR sta-tion. The BID is looking for artist and creatives selling a wide range of goods. For information, call (718) 423-2434 or visit www.baysidevillagebid.com/artsandcraftsvendors.

Chin Lin Huang of Flushing was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass.

Elder law and estate planning at-torney Michelle A. McSweeney, 38, of Flushing, has joined Genser Dubow Genser & Cona (GDGC) in Melville as an associate attorney.

Gregory Palermo of Bayside Hills, a student at SUNY Geneseo, was re-cently inducted into the college’s chapter of Phi Betta Kappa.

Eun Hye Park of Bayside was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Caldwell College in Caldwell, N.J.

Lauren Blachorsky of Flushing was named the recipient of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Blachorsky is a neuroscience major at Queens Col-lege.

Nicholas Morici, a student at Archbishop Molloy High School in Flushing, has been accepted to Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., for the fall 2014 semester.

Candace Burton of Flushing has been inducted into the Ithaca College chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.

Claudia Korzeniecki of Whitestone will be one of 50 students at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., who will conduct research with faculty through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program. Korzeniecki will be working with Professor and Chair of Chemistry Louis Liotta on a project titled “Various Synthesis Projects.”

Army National Guard Pvt. Chris-topher A. Dunn has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jack-son, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills

Dun is the son of Maria Dunn of Queens Village.

Bernadette McCallion of Oakland Gardens was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Marist College in Poughkeepsie.

Rowena Wu of Kew Gardens Hills was recently inducted into the Ameri-

can Marketing Association Alpha Mu Alpha international honorary market-ing fraternity at Ithaca College.

Tonika Forrester of Queens Vil-lage, a member of the women’s track and field team at Binghamton Univer-sity, was named to the fall 2013 Ath-letic Director’s Honor Roll.

The American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile no-cost screen-ing program will visit the following areas in April:

Joseph Addabbo Family Health Center, 6200 Beach Channel Drive, Arverne, April 11.

Ecuadorian International Center, 37-47 76th St., Jackson Heights, April 12.

Corona Spanish SDA Church, 40-34 102nd St., Corona, April 20.

To schedule an appointment, call (877) 628-9090.

Queens Borough President Melin-da Katz recently named Carl Seldin Koerner as her first appointee to the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees.

As one of 19 members on the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees, Koerner will be responsible for help-ing to oversee all aspects of the library system’s strategy and operations in order to maximize efficiency and util-ity for all New Yorkers. Koerner takes the Board position previously held by Lillian Gavin.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng has invited high school students in Queens to par-

ticipate in the first annual Congressio-nal Science, Technology, Engineering and Math contest, titled, “The House STEM App Challenge.”

Students who wish to enter the contest or obtain additional informa-tion should log onto Meng’s website at http://meng.house.gov/services/stem-competition. Students taking part in the competition are required to provide a YouTube video demo ex-plaining their app. All entries must be original in concept, design and execu-tion.

The deadline to enter is April 30.

The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens and Sunday to Re-member will host a spring celebration from 2:30-5 p.m. April 27 at El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42nd Ave., Corona. Program is free but donations are wel-come. To reserve a seat, call (718) 261-7664 or email [email protected].

Vincent Smith School in Port Washington will hold an April admis-sions open house from noon to 3 p.m. April 26. Learn how students with learning disabilities such as ADD, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, expres-sive and receptive language issues in grades 4-12 succeed.

For information, call (516) 365-4900 or visit www.vincentsmith-school.org.

Army Reserve Pvt. Lobsang Rabten has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training,

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Samantha Dunn of Rockaway Park was named to the Dan’s List for the fall 2013 semester at Elmira College.

Queens Borough President Melin-da Katz recently announced she has appointed Ann Kittredge to a position on the Community Education Council (CEC) for Community School District 28. The district covers all or part of the neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens.

Assemblyman Michael DenDekker announced that the New York Con-ference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applica-tions for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded at its annual Legislative Conference Day on June 9.

Area students may request an ap-plication from DenDekker’s office by calling (718) 457-0384 or visit the of-fice at 75-35 31st Ave., Suite 206-B, East Elmhurst. Applications are due by May 2.

Army Reserve Pvt. Courtney D. Chapman has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Co-lumbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic com-bat skills.

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Fidelis Care President and CEO Rev. Patrick J. Frawley cuts the rib-bon to officially open Fidelis Care’s Ridgewood Community Office. Pictured (from left) are Abdo Almasmary, outreach specialist; Max Luna, health insurance program specialist; Lori Vavrinec, di-rector, marketing; Mark Sclafani, vice president, marketing; Da-vid Thomas, executive vice president and chief operating officer; the Rev. Patrick J. Frawley, president and CEO; Assemblyman Mike Miller, Humberto Trimino, manager, marketing; Yevgeniy Kupin, supervisor, marketing; and Pablo Rendon, supervisor, market-ing.

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for the open position. He definitely has “swag”

to be a late night com-edy show host, don’t you think? Walcott and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg shared many funny, charismatic mo-ments behind the po-dium, regardless of who they upset through the

years. Watch out CBS, Walcott is on his way to fame!

Regina Fierro

Earlier this month, As-semblyman William Scarbor-ough made his first appearance on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. But the embattled Queens pol was not on the show as a guest – instead, he appeared as a punch line. In the segment, entitled “Innocent Until…Who Are We Kidding?,” Stewart made fun of Scarborough’s recent legal troubles, poking fun of the Assemblyman’s not-so-great defense while being bombarded by reporters the

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Although Regina Fierro has been singing in school and at church for as long as she can remember, it was only a few years ago, at the age of 12, that she fell in love with opera and classi-cal music.

Fierro was drawn to the structure of operas and their arias, intrigued by how much attention was given to the placement of every note.

“I saw that the compositions as a whole were written with so much thought. Each note was purposefully placed into the song and contributed to the meaning of the whole piece,” she said.

The Fresh Meadows teen, a Loyola School junior, has since dedicated many hours to training and improving her voice and her understanding of opera. This past February, Fierro participated in the “High School Opera Singers Inten-sive” program at the Metropolitan Opera Guild studio at Lincoln Center.

The singer got involved with that program through a subscription to the Metropolitan Opera Guild. The guild of-fers many discussions, interviews and

master classes, including the intensive program that Fierro auditioned to join. Over the course of its four days, Fierro learned about the college application process, vocal technique, acting, dic-tion and how to begin her career in the field.

“I was just so impressed by how talented, insightful and humble the teachers and students I met were and how professional yet welcoming the environment was,” she said.

As part of the Intensive, Fierro toured the Metropolitan Opera House and meet Benjamin Bliss, who is cur-rently in the Young Artists' Program at the Met. Fierro said she instantly felt comfortable around Bliss and enjoyed the chance to talk to him for a half hour. The tour itself was one of her highlights of the program.

“It's amazing how huge the whole house is when you go behind the stage,” she said. “Every set piece, prop and costume is made and stored on the premises and the singers prepare and practice on the many floors beneath the stage itself.”

Here at QConf, we like to see hometown folk make good on a national stage. Last week, it was announced that Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) was the sole East Coast final-ist selected by EMILY's List to take part in the organization's Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star awards. One of the youngest mem-bers of the New York State Assembly, Rozic is facing off against competition from Getting National Attention

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day FBI raided his home and offices. “Well, I mean, they only gave me a very small sample of what they thought represented this. And based on that small sample, I think it’s very refut-able,” Scarborough said in the news clip. “Because, there is so much that I have done,” Stewart sar-castically said after he played the clip. “That they didn’t mention the actual scale of my crimes and all of it, really, irrefutable. Did you know I have a lair?”

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Now that David Letterman from the late-night comedy show, The Late Show With David Letterman, said he wants to retire by 2015, so guess who is up for his seat next? Queens’ very own Dennis Walcott, former schools chancellor! While speaking on TV last week, Walcott said since he is unemployed, he jokingly nominated himself

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While she learned plenty at the intensive, it was just part of Fierro’s continuous training, as she has been working for some time with Inessa Banayan to properly use her voice to the best of her abilities.

“Ms. Banayan was the first music teacher of mine who taught me the proper methods and technique needed to do so properly,” she said. “I am so grateful for how much she has affected my musical habits.”

Fierro is looking into colleges with strong vocal programs so she can keep improving.

Although she has not settled on a school yet, she said she was impressed by New York University. She hopes to have a complete classical training and perform in a range of genres going forward.

“Although I would love to have a career singing in a myriad of different styles, I believe that singing operatic roles requires the epitome of concentra-tion, technique and effort and is a feat that I really want to accomplish in my lifetime,” she said.

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prominent women across the country, including the mayors of Dayton, Ohio and Compton, Calif., and state representatives from Nevada, Georgia, Colo-rado and Michigan. The women's organization backed Rozic's 2012 campaign for State Assembly. Voting is open on the EMILY's List website, action.emilyslist.org/page/s/gabrielle-giffords-rising-star-finalists. Good luck, Assembly-woman Rozic!

The labor dispute at the UPS facility in Maspeth - a story this publication broke last month, has gained national attention over the last week. One of the out-spoken defenders of the UPS workers has been Public Advocate Letitia James, and she discussed the issue in-depth during a meeting at our office on Monday, detailed elsewhere

Meet-up At Our Officein this issue. As the new Public Advocate

was leaving, a UPS delivery man walked in with a package and spent some time speak-ing with James. They discussed how UPS workers were faring before heading on their separate ways.

James parting message to the driver? "We're gonna win."

2014 Metropolitan Transportation Authority

7 Line WorkUpcoming 2014 Planned Service ChangesIn 2014, we are continuing work to advance three major capital improvement projects: a new Communications-Based Train Control signal system, track replacement and infrastructure work, and Sandy Recovery and Resiliency work designed to reconstruct, replace, and rehabilitate components inside the Steinway Tubes connecting Queens and Manhattan.

Stay informedWe understand the inconvenience this may cause you, and we will do everything possible to help you get to your destination safely and easily. For updated information, visit mta.info to use TripPlanner+ , The Weekender, and to sign up for free e-mail/text alerts. You can also look for posters in stations, or call 511.

Service Change Schedule2 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon each weekend

Use EFG(Q) trains, r free shuttle buses and/or NY Waterway’s East River Ferry for alternate service.

Apr 12 – 14

May 3 – 5May 17 – 19

May 31 – Jun 2Jun 7 – 8**Service resumes earlyAM Sunday, June 8, for the Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Jun 21 – 23Jun 28 – 30Jul 19 – 21

No 7 trains between Times Sq-42 St and Queensboro Plaza

No 7 trains between Times Sq-42 St and

74 St-Broadway

No 7 trains betweenTimes Sq-42 St and Queensboro Plaza

and Reduced 7 service between

Queensboro Plaza and 74 St-Broadway

Remainder of 2014 service change schedule will be released later in the year. While not expected, dates are subject to change.

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