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VOL. 82, NO. 33 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 FREE

SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

TALLEST TOWEROUTSIDE MANHATTAN

29-37 41st Avenue inLong Island City will soonbe home to an 800-plusfoot tall luxury condobuilding, which is said tobe completed in 2019.

The building willhouse 800 units, and out-side of Manhattan, is ex-pected to be the tallesttower in NYC.

Queens Plaza Parkwill embody Queens his-tory, and circle aroundthe now landmarkedClock Tower.

A public open spacewill be built and main-tained by developersProperty Markets Groupand the Hakim Organiza-tion, which gained devel-opment rights in June for$56 million dollars.

(continued on page 5)

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SEE PAGE 2

WOODSIDE YOUTHADVANCE TOWARDS MASPETH

A KWALITY GOOD TIMEAT KAMP KIWANIS!

by Peter Ross

We have been fortunate thissummer not to have been too badlyscorched by the summer heat buteven so who could resist the shadeof the trees in the woods and thesplash of a pool or a lake in the lateafternoon. For 11 of our Sunnyside/Woodside youth this is just whatthey got and more as they headedoff to Kamp Kiwanis in Taberg,New York courtesy of theSunnyside Kiwanis Club.

by David Rosasco

The continuing work to removeall graffiti and restore each streetto pristine condition on the southside of Queens Boulevard repre-sents to students such as KevinZhang, entering 9th grade atStuyvesant High School, a clearmeasure of endurance and persis-tence in this or any mission, stating“along Laurel Hill Boulevard thereare so few people, and it’s hot, butI’ve got plenty of water, so let’s goas far as we can.”

Christopher Nielson& Family

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DE BLASIO SIGNS FIRST-IN-NATIONLEGISLATION FOR COOLING TOWERS

Stringent regulationincludes mandatory

registration, testing andinspection, and

significant penalties forfailure to comply

Mayor de Blasio, on Tuesday,signed into law Intro. 866, in rela-tion to regulation of cooling tow-ers. The legislation requires theregistration of all cooling towers,annual certification, quarterly in-spection, and reporting of increasedmicrobes to the Department ofHealth and Mental Hygiene. Thelegislation also mandates the dis-infection of cooling towers withlevels of microbes that pose poten-tial health risks. Violations of reg-istry, certification and inspectionrequirements are liable for civilpenalties up to $10,000. Failure todisinfect towers with increasedmicrobes are classified as misde-meanors, punishable up to $25,000.The legislation takes effect imme-diately, and building owners have30 days to register their coolingtowers. The de Blasio administra-tion, New York City Council, andGovernor Cuomo collaboratedclosely on the policy to ensureconsistency in regulation in NewYork City and across the state.

“The recent Legionnaires’ out-break has been an unprecedentedchallenge requiring an unprec-edented response,” said Mayor Billde Blasio. “But a powerful responseis just one piece of the equation.

New Yorkers need to be protectedfrom the disease through aggres-sive preventive action, and thisgroundbreaking legislation, devel-oped in partnership with the CityCouncil, is exactly that.”

“As we continue to ensure thateveryone who is suffering fromLegionnaires’ disease gets propertreatment, we must also look to thesource of the problem,” said Coun-cil Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.“Thanks to this law, cooling towersin New York will be tested on aregular basis, cleaned wheneverneeded, and properly maintained.I’d like to extend my gratitude toMayor de Blasio, Governor Cuomo,

and all my colleagues on the CityCouncil for their cooperation inbringing different levels of govern-ment together to address this issue.”

“This groundbreaking law iscritical because it has the poten-tial to reduce the number and se-verity of legionella outbreaks andultimately save lives,” said HealthCommissioner Dr. Mary T.Bassett. “Cooling towers are notthe only places where legionellabacteria live, but they represent asource of particular concern be-cause they are outdoors and canspread legionella-containing mistto the community.

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80TH ANNIVERSARYOF SOCIAL SECURITY

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, theBronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Cau-cus, released the following statement on the80th anniversary of the Social Security pro-gram being signed into law:

“No institution does more to protect thefinancial security and dignity of retired anddisabled Americans than Social Security.One of the most effective federal programsever created, Social Security provides mil-lions of seniors with a secure income through-out their golden years and provides vitalprotection for disabled American workersand their families.

It was Democrats who created SocialSecurity, and it is Democrats who are work-ing hard today to protect it. I will continuemy efforts to preserve and improve SocialSecurity, and will continue to be a strongadvocate for Queens and Bronx seniors.”

Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, Social Security was createdat a time when the American economy had crumbled and was struggling to recover.Pensions were almost non-existent, and a majority of seniors were unable to supportthemselves after retirement. Today, more than 50 million Americans, including over 93,000in New York’s 14th Congressional District, rely on Social Security’s guaranteed benefitsfor retirement security or to make ends meet, put food on the table and stay in their homes.

TWO-THIRDS OF RETIREESDEPEND ON FOR A MAJORITYOF THEIR INCOME

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Demo-crat Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) issued a reporthailing the Social Security program - as moreessential than ever in providing retirement se-curity to millions of Americans.

With volatile economic conditions, stag-nant wages, and the near extinction of tradi-tional pensions, the earned benefits providedby Social Security account for the majority ofthe income of two-thirds of all retirees.

“The traditional forms of retirement secu-rity— including employer-sponsored plans andpersonal savings—are being eroded by largeshifts in the economy,” Maloney said. “Wherethe labor market once was defined by lifelongmanufacturing jobs with retirement pensions,it is now shifting toward mobile and short-termcareers, with retirement plans based on volatilestock holdings.

“As traditional paths to retirement securitycontinue to disappear, Social Security will be

an even more crucial source of certainty to retirees in the future.”Today, Social Security serves 60 million Americans—or one-fifth of the population. About

70 percent are retirees who paid into the program over the course of their working lives. About30 percent are either the surviving spouses and children of deceased beneficiaries or those unableto work due to disability and injury.

According to the JEC report, Social Security provides economic security for Americans atall income levels and particularly for women:-Half of all American families near retirement have less than $12,000 in formal retirementsavings.-Almost two-thirds of all retirees – approximately 18 million seniors – depend on their earnedSocial Security payments for a majority of their income. This includes almost 30 percent ofseniors who count on these payments for 90 percent or more of their income.-Without Social Security, an additional one-third of all seniors – 14.7 million people – wouldlive in poverty.-Social Security keeps 35.1 percent of elderly women out of poverty, compared to 30.5 percentof elderly men. Because women generally live longer than men, their lifetime earnings aregenerally lower than men’s and older women are less likely than men to have worked at jobs thatprovided defined benefit pension plans.

The fundamental structure of Social Security has proven immensely durable over thedecades, according to the report, withstanding substantial demographic and economic shifts,thanks to the active stewardship of policymakers.

Overall participation in retirement savings programs among workers ages 35 to 64—whether a defined benefit pension, a 401(k)-style defined contribution account or an individualretirement account—has declined since the onset of the Great Recession in 2007. Nearly 60percent of families in the bottom half of the income distribution now lack any formal investmentin their retirement whatsoever.Although retirees are becoming a larger portion of the total American population, the cost of Social Securityis projected to grow only slightly and at a rate expected to stabilize. Payments to retirees will soon begin toexceed revenues from current workers, but the resulting gap between payments to retirees and revenues fromworkers is projected to stop growing in 2037 and remain stable for the next half century.

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CITI BIKE LICEXPANSION PARTY

Grab a friend, bring the kids, it’s a party, and YOU are invited! Joinus in celebrating 12 new Citi Bike stations in Long Island City, Queens!

WHO: Citi Bike, Hunters Park Point Conservancy, andCouncilmember Jimmy Van BramerWHERE: Hunters Point Park South near the new CitiBike station at Center Ave & BordenWHEN: Saturday August 29, 2-5PM (fingers crossedfor a sunny day!)HOW: Come by Citi Bike! We’ll offer Valet service atthe station at Center & Borden (meaning, riders areguaranteed a place to dock)WHAT: All kinds of fun! FREE street safety classesfrom Bike New York - reserve a seat in the 2pm, 3pm,or 4pm session! Discounted Citi Bike membershipsfrom Citi Bike Ambassadors (Save $25 – if you can’twait you can sign up now!).

Arts and Crafts from Recycle A Bicycle, Free exerciseclasses from LIC YMCA , Specials at LIC Landing during

the event, Facepainting by Shelly for our younger fans.Take the BYO Pledge and get a free water bottle from GreeNYC

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The law signed today will identify the location of cooling towersthroughout the city and improve our ability to rapidly investigatepotential sources of outbreaks. I want to thank the Mayor, the Speaker,and the entire City Council for all their efforts on this law.”

“The Department of Buildings cooling tower tracking system willallow the agency to assist public health officials in investigating casesof legionella,” said Buildings Commissioner Rick Chandler. “Thislegislation, which came about through a successful collaborative effortbetween the Mayor and the City Council, creates a strong system ofaccountability that will help ensure building owners are properlymaintaining their cooling equipment.”

LINCOLN CENTERWELCOMED AT THE

BROADWAY LIBRARY

New York City Council Ma-jority Leader Jimmy Van Bramerwelcomed the Lincoln Center Lo-cal 2015 summer series to theBroadway Library branch inAstoria. The weekly performancesspan the borough’s neighborhoodQueens Library branches and fea-ture free world-class concerts en-compassing a wide range of eclec-tic musical styles, traditions andcultures. Since taking office, Coun-cil Member Van Bramer has sup-

ported Lincoln Center for the Per-forming Arts’ partnership with theQueens Library which brings freeinternational music, dance, andtheater to neighborhoods through-out Queens during the summer.This performance series presentshour-long programs which show-case world-class artists in a varietyof disciplines - classical and cul-tural music, jazz, Broadway andopera, modern and world dance,theater and spoken word.

A KWALITYGOOD TIME AT

KAMP KIWANIS!At the camp, which attracts a

cadre of international counselorsand offers a wide variety of activi-ties from arts and crafts to sportingcompetitions to swimming andboating, there is something forevery child to happily pass theirdays or try something new. Cama-raderie and team building is highlyencouraged as those from eachcabin work with each other andeven collaborate and compete ver-sus other cabins during the weekwhile they enjoy campfires andperform skits and other theatricalproductions. Best of all these ex-periences are made possible at nocost year after year due tofundraising by the local Kiwanisclubs to allow for scholarships forthe boys and girls to attend. To thatend the Sunnyside Kiwanis Clubwould like extend a very specialthank you once again to Sidetrack’sRestaurant and its managers MaryFlannery and Bernard Reilly forholding their annual golf outing,the entire proceeds of which wasdonated to the Sunnyside Kiwanis

CM Van Bramer is joined by members of Zikrayat, which performed a setevoking the atmosphere of mid-20th century Cairo and included a mix of bellydance numbers from the “Golden Age” of Egyptian cinema, introspective andecstatic classical tarab music, and upbeat, popular shaabi songs.

Club to make it possible for theyoungsters to have an opportunitythat for many, if not most, wouldnot be possible otherwise. Theyhave been a solid source of supportfor this project year after year andthe list of camp alumni continuesto grow because of their effortsand collaboration with theSunnyside Kiwanis Club.

The Sunnyside Kiwanis Clubwould also thank to the commu-nity for its support of the Club’sefforts to benefit our local youth,in projects such as the BenjaminShaw Essay Contest, KampKiwanis, and the Sunnyside com-munity Key Club, those for ourelder folks, such as the Valentine’sDay Luncheon at SCS, and thosefor the community in general (who

doesn’t love the Sunnyside FlagDay Parade!). Interested in learn-ing more about Kiwanis Interna-tional and the community eventsthe Kiwanis Club of Sunnysidemake possible each year? Stop bythe Club’s biweekly meetings heldat 6:30 PM at Sidetracks Restau-rant (45-08 Queens Boulevard) thesecond and fourth Thursday of eachmonth or [email protected] additional information. Be partof making Sunnyside a better com-munity for all!

Photo Front: Sunnyside KiwanisClub President Carol Masiellostands in with several of thecamp counselors before theirreturn trip to Taberg, NY

The summer 2015 contingent fromSunnyside and Queens West areon board the bus and ready fortheir journey to Kamp Kiwanis.

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File No.: 2015-1834 CITATIONSURROGATE’S COURT,QUEENS COUNTY THEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK, By the Grace ofGod Free and IndependentTO: The heirs at law, next of kin,and distributees of Piroska Kostil,deceased, if living, and if any ofthem be dead, to their heirs at law,next of kin, distributees, legatees,executors, administrators,assignees and successors ininterest whose names are unknownand cannot be ascertained afterdue diligencePublic Administrator of QueensCountySend Greeting:A petition having been duly filedby Jacob Perles, as Administratorof the Estate of MichaelTanenbaum, d/b/a Resort Nursing

Home, who is domiciled at 430Beach 68th Street, Arverne, NewYork 11692.YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TOSHOW CAUSE before theSurrogate’s Court , QueensCounty, at 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, New York11435, on October 1, 2015, at 9:30in the forenoon of that day, why adecree should not be made in theestate of Piroska Kostil, latelydomiciled at 87-21 87th Street,Woodhaven, New York 11421, inthe County of Queens, New York,granting Letters of LimitedAdministration upon the estate ofthe decedent to the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,and if they are permitted torenounce, to Lori Fensterman, asnominee, upon duly qualifyingFurther relief sought: That process

issue to all necessary parties toshow cause why Letters shouldnot be issued as requested; andthat the authority of therepresentative under the foregoingLetters be limited to the right toproceed with an AdministrativeFair Hearing for purposes ofcontesting a Medicaid denial topay for decedent’s stay atPetitioner’s facility; to obtain allnecessary documentation in orderto go forth with said Fair Hearing;and to fi le any and alladministrative or judicial appealsin the event of an adversedetermination resulting from saidFair Hearing.Dated, Attested and Sealed,August 5, 2015HON. PETER J. KELLY,Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon,Chief Clerk

Nancy Levitin, Esq.Attorney NameAbram, Fensterman, Fensterman,Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf,LLP Firm (516) 328-2300Tel. No.1111 Marcus Avenue, Suite 107,Lake Success, New York 11042AddressNote: This Citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot required to appear. If you failto appear, it will be assumed youdo not object to the reliefrequested. You have a right tohave an attorney appear for you,and you and your attorney mayrequest a copy of the full accountfrom the petitioner or petitioner’sattorney.] 8/21/15, 8/28/15, 9/4/15, 9/11/15

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Inspiring, bloomingTaiwanese orchids are a

main draw this week.Ditto for the LIC Block

Party and Flushing Night

Aug. 22, Third Annual LIC Block Party,Noon to 5 pm

Artist-led activities, live performances, an artist market showcas-ing affordable and functional art and objects, and food from localrestaurants. Plus, Eli Keszler, an artist, composer, and percussionistwho works within the intersections of architecture, performance,installation, notation, and composition, performs intermittently. Free.SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves St., LIC.

Aug. 22, The Legendary Finbar Furey, 7:30pmOne of Ireland’s most beloved entertainers with opening acts

Honor Molloy, Maeve Price, and Ben Keenan. $32. New York IrishCenter, 10-40 Jackson Ave., LIC.

Aug. 22, Unlocked and Reimagined, 11am - 1pmAll are invited to organize and/or participate in weekly activities

at an abandoned 17th century historical site. Free. Leverich FamilyBurial Ground, 71st Street and 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights.

Aug. 22, Retrospective on FilmmakerAlex Ross Perry, through Aug. 25.

Impolex, Aug. 22 at 4:30 pm; The Color Wheel, Aug. 23 at 3 pm;Listen Up Philip, Aug. 23 at 5:30 pm; and special preview screeningof Queens of Earth ($25), Aug. 25 at 7:30 pm. $12/$9 for seniorcitizens and students/$6 for children 6-12, Museum of the MovingImage, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District.

Aug. 23, Long Island City Tour, 2:30pmThis three-hour, small-group walking tour goes through LIC’s

thriving arts and culinary scene. Meet interesting local artists, makers,and entrepreneurs, and enjoy additional stops for light bites and tosample local microbrews, as well as a grand finale at a rooftop loungewith incredible cityscape views and a glass of prosecco. $65, advancebooking required via www.bqetours.com.

Aug. 24, The Incredibles, 8:30pmOutdoor screening of an animated film about married superheroes

Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl. Free. Astoria Park Great Lawn, ShoreBoulevard between Hell Gate Bridge and Astoria Pool.

Aug. 25, Jacob Teichroew, 7pmTeichroew is a saxophonist, woodwind player, composer,

bandleader, and music educator. Free. Gantry Plaza State Park,vicinity of 48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, LIC.

Aug. 26, Italian Nights 2015, 7pmMarty Hroncich presents passionate songs and music from the

Istria Region. Free. Athens Square Park, 30th Street and 30thAvenue, Astoria.

Out, which will feature a little bit ofeverything (food, music, art,

spontaneous creativity).Here’s the Rundown..

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GREAT BARGAINSSATURDAY, August 22nd AND

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The following letters are the opinions of its authorand not necessarily those of the Woodside Herald.

Letters To The Editor

Letter/ Op Ed Writers areentitled to their own opinions,

but not their own facts. As withany letter, writers speak only

for themselves or their organi-zations: publication should notbe taken as an endorsement ofthat view by Woodside Herald.

The aim is to stimulatediscussion, not end it.

TRUMP’S NEW MOTTO HE MADE UPSHOULD BE OUR NATION’S CRY!

Dear Editor,When Presidential hopeful

Donald J. Trump itemized his im-migration agenda to Meet The Presshost Chuck Todd he told the mod-erator WE EITHER HAVE ACOUNTRY OR WE DON’THAVE A COUNTRY! This wasto rebuke all the naysayers claim-ing to deport 11 million illegalimmigrants is impossible! Thereality has always been that a vio-lent war is the only solution inpreserving a democracy or repub-

lic. History suggests if the UnitedStates remained confortable intheir policy of isolation whenHitler was at his zenith then wewould be speaking German todaygiving the Nazi salute! We had tojoin the campaign and experiencethe wrath of war a true oxymoronfor the sake of peace and self-preservation. If we risk violentcivil riots and war with Méxicothen so be it! Government wel-fare should cease immediately fornon-citizens and should be in the

mercy of bleeding hearts and theChurches who always did a betterjob ministering food and comfortto the needy far better than theGovernment. I am sure there aremany possible compassionate so-lutions to sending back the tres-passers and welcoming them backto our homeland when they gothrough the proper channels.

Richard C. Burriesci,Woodside

The youth of this communityhave prepared themselves to com-plete this large, remaining sectionof Woodside through months andeven years of prior experience inthe civic work that has spanned theentire community, and, during thepast 4-day period from Thursday,August 13 to Sunday, August 16,they both worked to maintain areasthey completed while pressing eversouthward to streets that remain infront of them.

Operations on Thursday, Au-gust 13 brought some maintenancework along the south side ofQueens Boulevard, with Jeysonand Evelyn Gonzalez, brother andsister, which removed graffitialong the road that had only re-cently been accomplished, fol-lowed by Navid Kashem, entering9th grade at Stuyvesant HighSchool, and Alyssa Nepomuceno,entering 9th grade at TownsendHarris High School, conductingtree care, weeding and cleaningalong Woodside Avenue on Fri-day, August 14, all in advance ofthe main work to follow.

Saturday, August 15 built on

the work along the southern borderwith Maspeth from weeks prior,with missionaries from the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsand students from the various localschools, as well the entire Nielsonfamily who were visiting fromUtah, led by Christopher Nielson,a former missionary who wantedto relive the work he was deeplyinvolved in during his mission andshare it with his parents and sib-lings, which pushed the team southalong 58 Street to Laurel Hill Bou-levard then east into more crossstreets, with Chris expressing“what better way to spend a Satur-day morning than to be doing this,removing the graffiti, with my fam-ily, with the youth of Woodside.”

From there, the Sunday teamcompleted the work to connect thedots and restore everything in theirpath moving along the south sideof Laurel Hill Boulevard eastwardto 50 Avenue, then moving alongthis road until 64 Street, mergingprior work and realizing thecompletion of a large section ofthis area, all of it in relation to whatpreceded it, none of it as a result ofwaiting and hoping others woulddo what they themselves could.

Operations ended where theybegan years prior at 61 Street andRoosevelt Avenue, where TommyLehnert led the effort to clean up yetagain under the elevated railroad,which reminded the team of howmuch work needed to be done tostabilize the public environment.

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WOODSIDEYOUTHMOVES

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Saturday Intermission

Saturday TeamJeyson& Evelyn

Navid &Alyssa

KlaudioMitri Tommy

Lehnert

Zak Pan,Kevin Zhang,Kevin Qiu

Ashleen, Hanna, Elisa,Chris and Evelyn