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Vol. 44, No. 19 May 8-14, 2014 • queenstribune.com
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LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y
COMPANY. NAME: 1560
ASSOCIATES, LLC. Articles
of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
10/10/07. 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,
118-35 Queens Boulevard,
16th Floor, Forest Hills, New
York 11375. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of Withers Leistner, LLC. Art/Org.
filed with SSNY 1/24/14.
NY office location: Queens
County. SSNY designated as
agent for process. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to c/o
Koenig Iron Works, Inc., 8-14
37TH Ave., LIC, NY 11101.
Purpose: To engage in any
lawful act or activity.
________________________
DAKAN LAND SERVICES
LLC Articles of Org. filed
NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
10/8/13. Office in Queens
Co. SSNY design. Agent of
LLC upon whom process
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to the
Registered Agent Edward
Cardoso 87-46 Van Wyck
Expressway Kew Gardens,
NY 11418. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
________________________
Notice of Formation of EVK
INVESTOR GROUP LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
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 process to Edwin W. Weinberg,
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 29th Fl.,
NY, NY 10112. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
________________________
WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY 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.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Name: Hostile
T Productions, LLC. Articles
of Organization filed with
York on March 35, 2014.
The principal office of the
LLC is at 8812 151st Ave
Unit 3E, Howard Beach, NY
11414 in QUEENS county.
York is designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
York shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC to
the registered agent: LegalInc
Corporate Services Inc. 8857
Alexander Rd, Batavia, NY
14020. The purpose of this
LLCis to engage in lawful
activity.
________________________
Notice of formation of General Property Partners, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State of
New York [SSNY] on February 28, 2014. Office located
in Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process.
SSNY shall mail copy of any
process served against the
LLC 7119 67th ST, Glendale,
NY 11385. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
_______________________
Notice of formation of Forever Mrs. LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with the
York SSNY on February
19 2014. Office located in
been designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copy of any process served
against the LLC to 10023 195th Street Hollis NY
11423. Purpose: any lawful
purpose.
________________________
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 process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to Mohammed Nuruddin, 169-01 Hillside Ave.,
Jamaica, NY 11432. General
Purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of 158
WEST 9TH STREET, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with the SSNY on 3/17/14.
Office location: QUEENS
County. SSNY has been designated 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 JAMAICA NY 11434. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of
163-01 29TH AVENUE, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
Queens County. Princ. office of LLC: 38-40 Regatta Pl.,
Douglaston, NY 11363. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC at
the addr. of its princ. office.
Purpose: Real estate.
________________________
Notice of Formation of North
East Contracting LLC, Art.
of Org. filed Sec’y of State
(SSNY) 3/26/14. Office location: Queens County. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
mail copy of process to 43-26
41st St., 1F, Sunnyside, NY
activities.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: PACHI NY,
LLC. Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY)
on 03/20/14, office location
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
SSNY shall mail a copy of
the process to the LLC, 30-06
29th Street, Unit 2R, Astoria,
NY 11102. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
________________________
Fulton 101 LLC, Arts of Org
filed with SSNY on 03/26/14.
Off. Loc.: Queens County,
SSNY designated as agent
process to: The LLC, 34-25
150th Pl., #LG, Flushing, NY
11354. Purpose: to engage
in any lawful act.
________________________
INDEX NO.: 702599/2013
Date Filed: 4/8/2014 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
AND NOTICE MORTGAGED
PREMISES: 146-28 226
STREET A/K/A 146-24 226
STREET, SPRINGFIELD GARDENS SOUTH - BROOKVILLE
A/K/A ROSEDALE, NY 1413
A/K/A 11422 BL #: 13459
– 38 Plaintiff designates
QUEENS Count y as the
place of trial; venue is based
upon the county in which
the mortgaged premises
is situate. STATE OF NEW
YORK SUPREME COURT:
COUNT Y OF QUEENS
HARTFORD FUNDING
Plaintiff, -against- DAWN
ALEXANDER, JACQUELINE
VERACOECHEA, if living, and
if dead, the respective heirs at
law, next of kin, distributees,
executors, administrators,
trustees, devisees, legatees,
assignors, 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 otherwise of any right,
title or interest in and to the
premises described in the
complaint herein, and their
respective husbands, wives or
widows, if any, and each and
every person not specifically
named who may be entitled
to or claim to have any right,
title or interest in the property described in the verified
complaint; all of whom and
whose names and places of
residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be
ascertained by the Plaintiff,
NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS
BUREAU, NYC TRANSIT
ADJUDICATION BUREAU,
NYC ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL BOARD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TAXATION AND FINANCE,
HILLARY BARRETT, LEON
LOWE, BUSTER CAMPBELL,
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 Complaint
is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of
appearance on the attorneys
for the Plaintiff within 20 days
after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day
of service (or within 30 days
after 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. 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 PAYMENT TO
YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS
FORECLOSURE ACTION.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY
SERVING A COPY OF THE
ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
(MORTGAGE COMPANY)
AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. NOTICE
OF NATURE OF ACTION
AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE
OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose
a Mortgage to secure $
481,750.00 and interest,
recorded in the Office of
the Clerk of QUEENS on
December 4, 2009, at CRFN
NUMBER 2009000398728,
covering premises known
as 146-28 226 STREET
A/K/A 146-24 226 STREET,
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
SOUTH - BROOKVILLE
A/K/A ROSEDALE, NY 1413
A/K/A 11422 – BL #: 13459
- 38. The relief sought in the
within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the
premises described above
to satisfy the debt secured
by the Mortgage described
above. The Plaintiff also
seeks a deficiency judgment
against the Defendant and
for any debt secured by said
Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the
sale of said premises. TO the
Defendant JACQUELINE VERACOECHEA, the foregoing
Summons is served upon you
by publication pursuant to an
Order of the Hon. Robert L.
Nahman of the Supreme
Court of the State of New
York, and dated March 24,
2014. Dated: New Rochelle,
N.Y. April 1, 2014 McCABE,
WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C.
/s/____________________
By: Jonathan Pollack Esq.
Attorneys for Plaintiff 145
Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New
Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914636-8900 f. 914-636-8901
HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS
IN FORECLOSURE NEW
YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES
THAT WE SEND YOU THIS
NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE
READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF
LOSING YOUR HOME. IF
YOU FAIL TO RESPOND
TO THE SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU
MAY LOSE YOUR HOME.
PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD
IMMEDIATELY CONTACT
AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR
LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE
TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON
HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.
The State encourages you to
become informed about your
options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance
from an attorney or legal
aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit
organizations that you may
contact for information about
possible options, including
trying to work 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 Department of Financial
Services at 1-877-226-5697
or visit the Department’s
website at www.dfs.ny.gov.
FORECLOSURE RESCUE
SCAMS Be careful of people
who approach you with offers
to “save” your home. There
are individuals who watch for
notices of foreclosure actions
in order to unfairly profit from
a homeowner’s distress. You
should be extremely careful
about any such promises and
any suggestions that you pay
them a fee or sign over your
deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for
profit to enter into a contract
which fully describes the
services they will perform
and fees they will charge, and
which prohibits them from
taking any money from you
until they have completed all
such promised services.
________________________
RAPHAEL LILKER PODIATRIST PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with the SSNY
on 01/17/2014. Office loc:
mail process to: 172 Beach
144 St., Neponsit, NY 11694.
Purpose: To Practice The
Profession Of Podiatry.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF PROFFESIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
FERNANDO SUAREZ PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC Articles
of Organization were filed
with the Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
4/18/14 Office location:
Queens County, SSNY has
the PLLC upon whom process
against it may be served SSNY
shall mail a copy of Process
to the LLC, 144-31 Jamaica
Ave, NY 11435. Purpose for
any lawful Purpose.
________________________
Notice of Guardianship sale
of real property pursuant to
the Order of the Hon. Lee
A Mayersohn entered in the
Supreme Court, Queens
County, New York on April
23, 2014, a copy of which
may be examined at the
Office of the Clerk at 88-11
Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,
NY 11435, bearing Index
No. 16927/2012 of all that
certain plot, piece or parcel
of land with the buildings
and improvements erected
situate, lying and being
at 134-05 Dahlia Avenue,
Condominium Unit 5-3D,
Flushing, New York 11355,
Block 5125, Lot 1035 owned
by Florence Y.P. Tso, are to
be sold by the Co-Guardians
of Florence Y.P. Tso, Christopher P. Chow and Linda
Moon-Ying Chow on May 27,
2014 at 9:30 AM subject to a
contract of sale. A auction will
be held at which time others
may bid beside the contract
vendee. Premises will be
sold subject to the Courts
consent and provisions of
the Order before the Justice
presiding at an IAS Part 22G
of the Supreme Court held in
the County of Queens at the
Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin
Boulevard, Jamaica, New
York 11435.
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www.queenstribune.com • May 8-14, 2014 Tribune Page 3
Queens DeaDline
Wills Arrested On Corruption Charges
By TRIB STAFF
Another prominent Queens official
is facing criminal charges.
Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) was arrested early Wednesday following a detailed investigation
from State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
According to the indictment released Wednesday afternoon, Wills
has been charged with third-degree
grand larceny, first-degree scheme
to defraud, first-degree falsifying
business records and first-degree
offering a false instrument
for filing. If convicted of the
grand larceny charge, Wills
could face up to seven years
in prison.
The Attorney General’s office investigation alleges that
Wills and a member of his
family, Jelani Mills, defrauded approximately $30,000
in state funds from the City
Campaign Finance Board and the State
Office of Children and Family Services
that were illegally redirected to a nonprofit, New York 4 Life, which Wills
controlled.
Mills was charged with third-degree grand larceny and first-degree
falsifying business records.
“New Yorkers are repeatedly asked
Photo by Luis Gronda
above: Ruben Wills outside of the Queens Criminal
Courthouse after facing a judge. left: The mug shot of
Ruben Wills taken Wednesday morning.
to have faith in our leaders, and it appears that
faith has been shattered
once again,” Schneiderman said. “Every time my office arrests a corrupt public official, it sends
the message that elected office does
not come with a blank check or a license to break the law.”
Wills has reportedly been under investigation for some time, in connection to the arrest of former State Sen.
Shirley Huntley, who was charged
with fraud connected to a non-profit
in 2012. Wills served as Huntley’s
chief of staff for two years.
After facing a judge Wednesday
morning, Wills spoke to reporters
outside of the Queens County Criminal Courthouse. Standing with attorney Christopher Renfroe, Wills
defiantly stressed his innocence and
said he would hold a press conference
in the next two weeks to address the
charges.
“I’m telling you and my district that
I’m innocent. I have full support from
my district and the City Council. I am
not resigning on charges,” Wills said.
“This is America, people. We are presumed innocent until you are proven
guilty.”
During the press conference, Wills
indicated that he was being targeted
because of the color of his skin.
“I know because of where I come
from and the color I am, it doesn’t
usually work like that with you guys,
but I am presumed innocent and that’s
what we’re going with,” he said.
Wills declined to elaborate on the
comment.
Wills was stripped of his member
items and his chairmanship, according to sources within the City Council. The office of City Council Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito has been designating funds to be allocated to the
district.
Wednesday morning, Mark-Viverito sent a statement about Wills’ arrest.
“The City Council takes these troubling allegations from the New York
State Attorney General very seriously
and will be reviewing them thoroughly,” the statement read. “New Yorkers expect and deserve a government
that is ethical and responsible and that
is the standard we’re seeking to uphold.”
Rain Storm Causes Heavy Flooding In Lindenwood
By LuIS GRondA
Staff Writer
More than five inches of rain gave
some Lindenwood residents a flashback to Superstorm Sandy last week.
A passing rainstorm last Wednesday turned into a headache for many
on Thursday, as they were left cleaning
up the mess created by flooding.
Residents’ property could be seen
assembled outside of their homes as
they tried to salvage whatever they
could after the storm. A common
scene saw many households laying out
their family pictures in the sun to dry
and hopefully preserve their precious
memories.
The flood took many by surprise,
leaving homeowners unprepared and
a boatload of emergency responders from several City agencies to help
people recover.
Although the exact cause of the
flood is currently unknown, many
frustrated residents said overburdened sewers led to water flowing into
people’s basements.
Francis Medina, who has lived in
Lindenwood for 10 years, said two feet
of water came into her home, damaging all of the furniture in their basement, the stove, washing machine and
their boiler. They even
State Senator Joe Addhad a gas leak during the
abbo (D-Middle Village)
storm, which forced them
all expressed frustration
to shut off their gasoline.
about the situation, saying
Much of that property
that the City needs to do
belonged to her mother,
something to prevent fuMaria, she said.
ture flooding.
“This is not the first
“If we don’t start pretime, this is the third time
paring for higher tides
in 10 years that my propand more severe storms
erty has been damaged,”
today, then sadly we’re
she said. “And I haven’t
going to continue to regotten one cent to replace
peat the tragedy was we
it all.”
repeated last night,” GoldEmil Benedetti, who
feder said.
has been a resident of the
“Something went
Photo by Luis Gronda wrong here last night and
area for 23 years, said at
around 5:30 p.m. that a rainstorm flooded lindenwood last week, damaging the City has to figure out
night, all the sewers in the many residents’ homes.
what happened and how
street overflowed and the
to fix it,” Addabbo said.
Many residents said they were surwater had nowhere to go except into
Ulrich said the Dept. of Environprised at how much damage that storm mental Protection should replace the
people’s homes.
“All the sewers here got all blocked caused on their properties. Some even sewers in the area as soon as possible.
up. It was like a lake out here. It was said the flooding was worse than SuDEP did not respond to repeated
actually a lake on the four corners,” perstorm Sandy because of a lack of requests for comment on what occurred in Lindenwood last week. The
he said describing the scene outside of preparation for the flood waters.
“This is Sandy and Irene com- agency had workers handing out claim
his 79th Street home. “It was coming
bined,” said Gil Faria, who lives in forms to each homeowner, which aldown in my driveway like a river.”
lowed them to write down all the damBenedetti said his property suffered Lindenwood with his wife Karen.
The three elected officials repre- age that occurred on their property.
a lot of damage, including the refrigerReach Luis Gronda at (718) 357ator turning on its side and the boiler senting the area, Councilman Eric
breaking, which caused the hot water Ulrich (R-Ozone Park), Assemblyman 7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstriPhil Goldfeder (D-Ozone Park) and bune.com, or @luisgronda.
to go out.
Knockdown Center Liquor License KO’d By SLA
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
You might be able to attend events
at the Knockdown Center but you will
not be able to buy alcohol for the time
being.
The State Liquor Authority has denied the Knockdown Center’s application for a liquor license during a meeting at its headquarters on Tuesday.
The SLA said they denied the license application because of a lack of
public transportation in the area as
well as opposition from the community.
The controversial arts center has
faced much scrutiny since it first announced its intentions to open on
Flushing Avenue.
Many residents and members of
Community Board 5 have opposed
the center opening because of several negatives they say it would bring
to the neighborhood, including large
crowds, overburdening the local police
precinct and taking up more parking
in an area that residents say already
has little available parking.
The SLA was originally slated to
make a decision on the Center’s liquor
license last week but delayed it until
Tuesday.
Elected officials representing the
area were elated to hear the news of
the SLA’s decision this week.
“This is a vital step in preserving residents’ quality of life and maintaining the
needed level of neighborhood safety. I
will continue to fight to keep our homes
and streets a safe haven when it comes
to the Knockdown Center as well as any
other establishment threatening our
way of life. I look forward to an open dialogue regarding the future of this site,”
State Sen. Joe Addabbo (D-Howard
Beach) said in a statement.
Sri-Lankan recording artist M.I.A.
is slated to perform at the Maspethbased arts center this weekend.
There were originally two shows
scheduled for May 8 and 9, but one
of the concerts, the May 8 show, has
apparently been cancelled. There is
no longer a listing for the show on
ticketweb.com, which is selling entries to the event. The May 8 show
was also missing from Knockdown
Center’s website, knockdowncenter.
com.
Tyler Myers, one of the facility’s
owners, did not respond to multiple
phone calls asking for comment on
the SLA’s liquor license denial and the
upcoming M.I.A. show this weekend
as of press time.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.
CB7 Meets For Willets Point Update
By JoE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Members of Community Board 7
met with the Queens Development
Group for its quarterly meeting on the
progress of the Willets Point project.
The main focus of the meeting had
to do with the clean-up process for
the contaminated land that makes up
Willets Point. Polluted by petroleum,
paint, cleaning solvents and other
chemicals, the site’s toxicity has been
a long-standing problem for the area
over the decades.
The Community Board asked for
details regarding the clean-up plan,
such as whether the contaminants
could affect nearby groundwater. The
Queens Development Group assured
them it would not. CB7 added that
they want the group to have a plan in
place to prevent recontamination as
well.
“There isn’t a person alive or dead
who knows how this contamination is
running,” first vice chairperson Chuck
Apelian said. “It’s in everybody’s best
interest that a real diligent plan goes
in place.”
When board member Kim Ohanian asked where the Dept. of Environmental Protection in this effort,
it was revealed that the clean-up falls
under the State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Dean Vanderwarker, vice president
at Related Companies, said that the
decontamination plan will move forward once the company has control of
Willets Point.
“We’re in the middle of the notice
period,” he said. “The next steps will
be working with the State on an appropriate investigation plan and that
will commence once we have full control of the site.”
All progress on the Willets Point
development is in a holding pattern
as two separate cases of litigation have
been filed against the project. State
Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and
dozens of merchants still located on
Willets Point have filed lawsuits to halt
the construction. The project cannot
continue until the cases are resolved.
Once remediation of the contaminated land begins, Queens Development Group estimated that it will take
about two years to complete.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, jmarvilli@queenstribune.com, or @Joey788.
NYCHA Downsizes 91-Year-Old WWII Vet
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Elected officials gathered at Pomonok Houses to deliver a message on
the New York City Housing Authority’s downsizing policy: enough is
enough.
Councilman Rory Lancman (DHillcrest), Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz (D-Flushing) and State Sen.
Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) rallied
around Ralph Calinda, a 91-year-old
World War II veteran who NYCHA is
attempting to move out of his apartment. Despite having lived in Pomonok for more than 60 years, NYCHA
is downsizing Calinda out of his apartment and asking him to move to a
complex in another neighborhood.
Downsizing is part of NYCHA’s
rightsizing process to make sure
that residents are living in an apartment that is not under-utilized or
overcrowded. These rooms qualify as
under-utilized if there are more bedrooms than the residents of that apartment requires.
The only way to opt out of moving
elsewhere for a downsizing is if the
move itself puts the resident in a lifeor-death situation. Any other types of
inconveniences or hardships are not
acceptable excuses for NYCHA, according to Lancman.
“We’re here to demand that they
stop, that they treat their longtime
residents like valuable citizens and
families of the communities they live
in, rather than pieces of furniture
they can move around,” he said.
A few weeks ago, Lancman called
out NYCHA during a City Council
hearing, addressing his concerns to
the agency’s general manager, Cecil House. The councilman said that
NYCHA acknowledged that the system was flawed and seemed to put a
moratorium on involuntary downsizes until the policy was reviewed.
“Cecil House said, ‘We should not
be taking enforcement action or inconveniencing residents until we get
Photo by JoE MARVILLI
this policy appropriately in place.’
We thought that was good news, Councilman Rory Lancman (center),
that NYCHA was taking a time out,” State Sen. Toby Stavisky (left) and
Lancman stated, finding out about Assemblyman Michael SimanowCalinda’s case in the subsequent itz are protesting NYCHA’s forced
weeks.
downsizing of Ralph Calinda, a
Calinda was given three options WWII vet at Pomonok Houses.
for his move; Queensbridge, Ravenswood and Far Rockaway. The closest for NYCHA. Are they going to come
out of this three, Ravenswood, is still and pack up 50-plus years of Ralph
nine miles away from Pomonok. Si- Calinda’s life and move it to another
manowitz argued that by moving Cal- apartment?”
inda, you take away his entire support
Stavisky attended NYCHA’s meetsystem.
ing with the seniors of Pomonok a few
“We have a constituent who actual- weeks ago, where the agency laid out
ly asked for a downsize. They’ve been their downsizing policy. She labeled the
waiting three years. Where is the com- conversation as “double talk” from NYmon sense? Why are they threatening CHA.
seniors?” he asked. “I have a question
“To me, in every society, we respect
our senior citizens. We respect, especially, our veterans. This, to me, is elder abuse,” she added. “NYCHA is a
prime example of what not to do.”
Monica Corbett, president of the
Pomonok Residents Association, was
also upset that longtime seniors who
have become part of the community
are being forced to leave.
“Our seniors are the fabric of where
we live. We don’t want them to keep
moving. They invested so much into
Pomonok. It’s not fair,” she said. “We
don’t want to interrupt their lives. Let
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as possible,” the statement read. “The
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officials and advocates, to ensure that
this policy is sensitive and fair.”
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In Our OpInIOn
Sad State Of Affairs
It was another unfortunate day for Queens on Wednesday, as yet again an elected
official was taken away in handcuffs and placed in front of a judge facing fraud
charges.
Councilman Ruben Wills has not been a stranger to controversy over the last few
years. The investigation conducted by the State Attorney General’s office had been
ongoing for more than a year, connecting Wills to the fraud charges that put State
Sen. Shirley Huntley behind bars not too long ago. He has not had any control over
discretionary funds in his district for some time, a key factor in the Tribune’s decision
to not endorse him when he sought re-election last year.
Wills maintains that he is innocent until proven guilty, and under our judicial
system, he is absolutely right in this assertion. However, the court of public opinion
can be a much more unforgiving thing and many have already made up their minds
about him.
Unfortunately, the Councilman also found it necessary to play the race card while
speaking to reporters outside the courthouse on Wednesday, indicating that he believes his arrest was racially-motivated. While we will not pretend to know for sure
the motivations for the arrest, we can assume that the activities uncovered by the
Attorney General’s office may have something to do with it.
Wills may want to ask the large number of prominent African-American officials
both in Southeast Queens and throughout the City, who have represented their City
faithfully and without any question of illegality.
We hope for a speedy conclusion to these proceedings, if anything so the constituents of Wills’ Council district can have the kind of representation they deserve.
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An Animal Hero In Queens
U
To The Editor:
nfortunately, this year
my dog’s health has
begun to deteriorate.
And while I’ve visited a number
of pet clinics in search of treatment, my experience with Dr.
Ayman Hanna at Animal Empire Veterinary Clinic, located
on Grand Avenue in Maspeth,
has been unmatched.
I am writing this letter to
thank Dr. Hanna, also my
neighbor, for always going
above and beyond to ensure
that my dog, Nicky, gets the
best care. His compassion and
love for animals is evident, as
he always makes sure to make
Nicky comfortable – even if
it means getting on his hands
and knees to accommodate my
disabled pup.
Rather than simply diag-
nosing my dog, Dr. Hanna
has made it his goal to make
sure that I understand my
treatment options and her
disease. He has even done his
own research on my behalf,
delivering his findings to my
front door. This is the type
of commitment to animals
that truly separates a great
veterinary clinic from an
extraordinary one.
Though dealing with Nicky’s
illness has been difficult, as
a Maspeth resident, I am so
grateful to have access to such
an amazing place right in my
backyard, and even more grateful to call Dr. Hanna Nicky’s
very own superhero.
Jolanta Kozikowska,
Maspeth
Thanking His Councilman
To The Editor:
Open letter to Council Member Eric A. Ulrich
need to thank your staff for
helping me resolve a problem. On Tuesday last week
I called your office and spoke
with Arlene Brown. Told her
my problem and she asked me
to come in the next day.
I
I did and Greg Mitchell
was very helpful in doing what
needed to be done to help me
resolve my situation. Sal Simonetti was also gracious when I
returned.
Again, I need to thank those
involved.
Bernard Solow,
Ozone Park
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To The Editor:
believe homelessness is a
problem. During the cold
winters I have seen over
three homeless groups wandering around. I am glad to see
people giving them blankets
but sad to see the homeless still
shivering.
We can fix this problem by
forcing the homeless people
into shelters. If they refuse to
budge, the City can give them
a little condo or trailer to live
in. Adults can do little things,
too!
For example, about a week
ago, my parents and I bought
a cup of coffee for a group of
two homeless people. They
each got a cup. They were very
grateful.
People may think the homeless people are useless, but they
are people, too. They might
also think “What’s the point of
helping if I don’t get anything
in return?” The truth is you do
get something! You get a good
feeling in your heart.
Next time you see a homeless person sitting by the
street, stop to see if they need
anything.
Jessica,
Whitestone
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writer is a fifth grade student
at Holy Trinity School in Whitestone.)
Some Real Brave Musicians
W
To The Editor:
ell, looks like Real
Brave Music School
has once again provided our Fresh Meadows community with the most outstanding live music performance yet!
On May 4, the music school
named Real Brave delivered
their real Brave Little Musicians as professional would be’s
and with the music teachers as
backup on stage, added to the
glitz of showmanship!
Within the classrooms of
Real Brave Music School is the
real essence of what the formula of getting through to the
students is. The formula is that
the Maestro of Real Brave, Dan,
used great judgment in selecting the musicians who in turn
transcend their love of music
into a mentoring and motivating
experience for these Real Brave
little musicians. In turn, the
teachers are learning patience,
communication, nurturing and
becoming role models.
This is my seventh year
attending these performances
and each year the level of professionalism instilled in these
children are established in a
stress-free, non-competitive
arena. I was also raised in
music, my dad was a musician/
band leader and one thing I
remember him saying to me
was “Yes, the music industry
is competitive, but you are the
music you create.” I believe the
music teachers in Real Brave
get that message across to
their students in a fun learning way!
The performance level and
learning curve these children
are exposed to from music is
setting their grounded inner
self with creativity, expression,
and the freedom and strength
to be who they are, whether as
musicians, doctors or cooks,
these are forever skills for life
and coping with it!
Dee Rao Walker,
Fresh Meadows
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Community Leaders Upset With Water Rates
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Queens civic leaders are feeling
drowned by a proposed increase in the
City’s water rates.
On April 23, the City proposed a
3.35 percent increase in water rates,
the smallest annual hike in nine years.
While the number is lower, many civic leaders and elected officials are still
upset that after years of percentage increases in the double digits, the City is
asking for more.
Although there is a rate hike this
year, the Dept. of Environmental Protection stated that it is less than half
of the projected 7.8 percent increase
that was expected. The reduction was
achieved through cost-cutting measures and by redirecting part of the
excess rental payment that had been
adding to ratepayers’ bills.
Councilman Rory Lancman (DHillcrest) is at the forefront of the protests against the water hikes, saying
that it is unfair for the City to put forward yet another increase, after years
of double-digit percentile jumps.
“Middle class homeowners, co-op
and condo owners and small business
proprietors expect that New York’s
new, ‘progressive’ government will
make the City fairer and more affordable for us, too,” said Lancman. “But
the proposed rate increase only means
that we will continue to be gouged
through a dishonest and deliberately
opaque water rate system.”
Civic leaders also attacked the proposed hike.
“Based on the Water Board’s own
charts, the water and sewer rates, compounded over the last decade, are 2.5
times higher for this essential service,”
Queens Civic Congress president Rich
Hellenbrecht said. “Most homeowners
in Queens have seen huge increases in
home ownership costs including real
estate taxes and oil and insurance
costs, at a time when income has risen
only a percent or two a year.”
Since former mayor Michael
Bloomberg took office, the City’s water rate has cumulatively gone up by
165 percent.
“Many people are living paycheck
to paycheck and cannot bear any
further hits to their income,” Angela
Augugliaro, president of the Queens
Colony Civic Association, said. “Water is a necessity and shouldn’t be held
hostage for ransom.”
The DEP argued that it has put
several cost-saving measures in place
to keep the rate as low as possible.
Through 75 belt-tightening initiatives,
the DEP said it would save about $69.4
million per year. The widespread installation of automated meter reading
devices resulted in a 79 percent reduction in estimated bills since 2009.
To further help customers, the DEP
is proposing to freeze the minimum wa-
ter charge of 49 cents per day for those
who use less than 100 gallons per day.
A Home Water Assistance Program is
being created to identify low-income
homeowners who would be qualified to
receive an annual credit on their DEP
bill. The agency is also extending the
deadline for customers to file an appealing with the Water Board to 60 days.
“We are able to deliver the lowest
rate increase in nearly a decade,” DEP
Commissioner Emily Lloyd said.
The water board will vote on the
water hike on May 23. The Queens
hearing is on May 20 at 7 p.m., at the
Bayswater Jewish Center in Far Rockaway. If that location is too difficult to
get to, the hearing in Brooklyn is on
May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Visitor Center of Newtown Creek, less than a mile
away from Queens.
Safe Haven In Whitestone
PHOTO BY STEVEN J. FERRARI
On Friday, the Whitestone Volunteer Ambulance Corps partnered
with Baby Safe Haven to establish the headquarters at 12-15 150th
St. in Whitestone as a safe place for mothers to leave their babies if
they can no longer care for them. Pictured (from left) are Vincent
Zullo, president of the WVAC; Jason Fassler, WVAC director of publicity; Assemblyman Edward Braunstein and Timothy Jaccard, president/director of AMT Children of Hope Foundation and Baby Safe
Haven.
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Photo by Jackie Strawbridge
the historic Steinway Mansion in Astoria was purchased by a pair
of local investors, under the name of Steinway Mansion LLC, for
$2.6 million.
Historic Steinway
Mansion Sold For
$2.6M
BY Jackie STRaWBRidge
Staff Writer
After a long search for a buyer, the
historic Steinway Mansion in Astoria
has been sold for $2.6 million. It was
purchased by a pair of investors local
to Astoria, under the name Steinway
Mansion LLC.
Friends of Steinway Mansion, a
program of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, announced the sale
Monday on Twitter.
According to Bob Singleton, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, the vision of
Friends of Steinway Mansion “was to
draw together both private and public sources of various interest groups,
to purchase the mansion and make it
into a multi-purpose facility.”
“Of course, we are very disappointed that someone else bought the mansion,” he said. “However, we do stand
ready to work with them on making
the mansion accessible to the community. We remain hopeful for the
future of the mansion and the Friends
of Steinway Mansion have every plan
to continue.”
The mansion, located on 18-33 41st
Street, was built in the mid-1800s, and
purchased by the Steinway family in
1870. The family held on to the mansion until 1926. It was put on the market in 2010 and the initial asking price
was $5 million.
The mansion is landmarked at the
City, State and federal level, meaning
that alterations to the outside structure cannot be completed without permission from the government.
“Everyone can be quite secure in
knowing that the mansion will always
be there as the Steinway Mansion,”
said Lauren Cornea, an agent of Amorelli Realty, who brokered the sale.
Councilman Costa Constantinides
(D-Astoria) said he has been in touch
with the buyers, and noted that he
plans for them to work with a coalition
of elected officials, including Borough
President Melinda Katz and U.S. Rep.
Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights),
to ensure that the mansion remains a
link between the Astoria community
and its history.
“I’m looking forward to seeing a
positive resolution here,” Constantinides said. “[The buyers are] open
to working with us. They share our vision.”
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
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Comedy Club To
Bring Laughs To
Seniors
BY LuiS gRoNda
Staff Writer
Seniors at the Kew Gardens Community Center will be belly aching by
the time this show is over.
Center Attendees will get to see a
live comedy show on May 14, when
Gotham Comedy Club presents its
second comedy show at the senior
center.
Giulio Gallarotti, a comedian who
also stars in the MTV show “Totally
Clueless,” will perform at the senior
center as part of its Community Center
Laughter-Therapy presentation from
its Gotham Comedy Foundation. That
organization was designed to bring
“laughter therapy” to hospitals, nursing homes and senior centers.
This will be the second time the
Manhattan-based club will bring its
show to the Kew Gardens center, but
this year it will have a bit of a different twist.
In addition to Gallarotti’s performance, six of the seniors will take the
microphone and give their own comedy routine for the audience in attendance.
Rachel Epstein, the program director of the senior center, which is spon-
sored by Queens Community House,
said this allows the seniors themselves
a chance to show off their talent.
“We wanted to give our members a
chance to participate in the program,”
she said.
Members of the Senior Center have
been taking a comedy workshop class,
according to Epstein, to hone their comedic skills for the big performance.
Epstein said one of their challenges is
getting their name out there and letting
people know about the different services
they offer and events like the comedy
show help to spread the word. The average attendance at the senior center is 50
to 75 people, according to Epstein.
They are based out of the office
complex at 80-02 Kew Gardens Road,
which houses a Queens District Attorney office as well as the meeting place
for Community Board 6 meetings.
The free show will begin at 2 p.m.
on May 14. It will be at Suite 202 at the
80-02 Kew Gardens Road location.
For more information, call the Kew
Gardens Community Center at (718)
268-5960 or log onto gothamcomedyfoundation.org.
Debate Over
Backdoor Space
Continues In LIC
BY Jackie STRaWBRidge
Staff Writer
As Long Island City seeks to expand and develop, conflicts are arising
among residents over how the neighborhood can redefine itself.
One aspect of this conflict is playing out on Vernon Boulevard, where a
group of residents are petitioning for
restaurants’ right to use their outdoor
backyard space.
When considering applications
for liquor licenses, CB2 takes into account zoning, noise violations, potential noise problems and concerns from
neighboring residents. At the CB2
monthly meeting last week, Chairman
Joe Conley stated that the board prioritizes the concerns of residents who
live in close proximity to the establishments in question.
“We take each application and listen to the people affected by those applications,” Conley said.
The online petition, started in late
April by lifelong Long Island City resident Renee Katsaitis, calls for CB2 to
“ease up on liquor license and outdoor
space restrictions.”
Katsaitis grew up on 49th Avenue,
between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue. For her, commercial use
of backyard space is a function of the
neighborhood’s development.
“There’s nothing that you can do
to stop trends and change,” she said.
“I do welcome change. I like seeing
new places pop up and new places to
go. I think business owners have really
good ideas [for the neighborhood.]”
Katsaitis believes that restricting
the use of outdoor space is an impediment to local business. Jeff Blath is the
owner of Alobar, a restaurant on Vernon Boulevard. CB2 denied his bid for
outdoor seating last year, which Blath
has since stated was detrimental to
business throughout the summer.
Blath said that he began taking a
tally of customers who left during his
Saturday and Sunday brunch hours
when they heard that he did not have
outdoor seating available. He said that
the tally was averaging about 60 customers per weekend.
At the CB2 meeting on Thursday
last week, resident David Haase argued that restaurant noise and restaurants’ late hours of operation would be
an intrusion on his life. Haase lives on
Vernon Boulevard and his backyard
shares airspace with a restaurant.
“When someone drops a fork in
a restaurant, they drop a fork in my
house,” he said.
This feeling of acoustic violation
was reiterated by a number of other
Vernon Boulevard residents throughout the meeting.
Residents on both sides of the argument expressed an interest in “creative
compromise.” For Katsaitis, compromise might mean having restaurants shut down their outdoor spaces
around 10 p.m. and not permitting
smoking or music outdoors.
For Haase, compromise would instead involve moving outdoor eating
options to different areas of the community.
“We have so much waterfront,” he
said. “That’s where the outdoor space
should be.”
Haase added that there are already
street-side open cafes in the area and
considers these a viable option.
Anna Finn, a resident of Vernon
Boulevard, has recently started a rival petition to Katsaitis’ at the beginning of this month, titled “Not in My
Backyard – A Quality of Life Issue.”
So far, the petition has about 50 signatures.
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At IAS Part 22G of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York held in and for the
County of Queens at the Supreme Court Building, 88-11
N.Y. 11435 on the 17 day of
April 2014. Index No. 234532012 ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE FOR APPROVAL
OF CONTRACT TO SELL A
COOPERATIVE APARTMENT
PRESENT: HON. MAYERSOHN Justice In the Matter
of the Application of Lisa T.
Mevorach as Guardian for the
person and property needs of
HELENE FRANK, an Incapacitated Person to sell certain real
property belonging to the said
Incapacitated Person Upon
the annexed Petition of Lisa
T. Mevorach, duly verified on
the 11th day of April, 2014,
and upon the annexed copy
of the contract for the sale of
real property, and upon all
other previous papers and
proceedings in this matter,
and due deliberation having
been taken, it is in the discretion of the Court: ORDERED,
that HELENE FRANK, the
Incapacitated Person; JOHN
HUNT, administrator of Atria
Forest Hills; CHARLES TAIBI,
Esq., as court examiner; The
Hanover Insurance Group,
the surety on the bond; John
Hunt, administrator of Atria
Senior Living; distrubutees
GARY FRANK, a nephew, and
JAY ROSENBLATT, a nephew,
show cause at IAS Part 22G
of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York, held in and
for the County of Queens, at
the Supreme Court, 88-11
N.Y. 11435 on the 27 day of
May 2014 at 9:30 a.m. or as
soon thereafter as counsel
can be heard, why an Order
should not be made: 1. Granting the relief prayed for in the
Petition; 2. Approving the
contract included herein as an
exhibit, authorizing the Guardian to convey the cooperative
unit at 70-31 108th Street,
Apt. 8G, Forest Hills, New
York 11375 owned by HELENE FRANK to RAYMOND
TSANG AND SHARON
LI-TSANG for $620,000 in accordance with the applicable
statues and rules of this Court.
3. Approving the contract with
JUDY MOSES for the brokers
to be paid a 4% commission
upon successful completion
of the sale of the property.
4. Directing the Guardian
to obtain a realty bond in
an amount the Court deems
appropriate. 5. Directing the
Guardian, upon delivery of
the cancelled stock certificate
and lease and receipt of the
consideration, to report back
to this Court, under oath, for
further instruction as to the
disposition of the proceeds.
6. Appointing an appraiser,
in the discretion of the Court,
who, after taking an oath, shall
go upon the premises and
make an appraisal thereof
and report back to this Court
under oath; 7. Directing a
hearing to be held before
this Court; 9. Confirming the
contract of sale detailed in
the Petition; 10. Granting an
award of attorneys’ fees to
the Petitioner (or his or her
counsel) for legal services
rendered in connection with
this proceeding; 11. Granting
such other, further or different
relief, both cumulative and in
the alternative, as the Court
may deem just and proper,
and it is further: ORDERED,
that YASSER BASILY of 3220
91st Street #308, E. Elmhurst,
N.Y. 11369 telephone (917)
669-7668 is hereby appointed
to go upon the premises, to
make an appraisal thereof, and
report the same under oath in
writing to this Court and orally
at the hearing noticed above;
and it is further. ORDERED,
that service of a copy of this
Order and the papers on
which it is based made by
mail to HELENE FRANK not
less than thirteen (13) days
before the return date of this
Order, and that service of
a copy of this Order and a
Notice of Proceeding be sent
by fax or U.S. Priority Mail
with Delivery Confirmation
to the Appraiser appointed
herein within three business
days of the date of this Order,
and via U.S. Priority Mail with
Delivery Confirmation to the
Surety, the Court Examiner
and the other interested parties not less than thirteen
(13) days before the return
date of this Order, and it is
further ORDERED, that the
Guardian shall comply with
the provisions of §1722(5) of
the Real Property Actions and
Proceedings Law (advertising
once per week for a period of
4 consecutive weeks, except
that NO “FOR SALE” sign
need be posted. ENTER: LEE
A. MAYERSOHN, JSC HON.
LEE A. MAYERSOHN
________________________
ACCARDI COMPANIES NY,
LLC, a domestic LLC, currently known as ACCARDI
COMPANIES, LLC, filed with
the SSNY on 3/24/14. Office
location: Queens County.
SSNY is designated as agent
the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
The LLC, 76-15 Myrtle Ave.,
Glendale, NY 11385. General
Purpose.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: S. PROPERTIES
LLC. Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY)
on 02/17/06, with an existence date of 04/01/06. The
latest date of dissolution is
the LLC upon whom process
process to the LLC, 19-10
Hazen Street, East Elmhurst,
New York 11370. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of A Step
Ahead Occupational Therapy,
PLLC. Articles of Organization
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York SSNY on
3/14/14. Office located in
been designated for service of
process. SSNY shall mail copy
of any process served against
the LLC to: 22-11 New Haven
Avenue, Apt. 4G, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
________________________
Notice of Formation of
Mickey 79 LLC. Arts. of Org.
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 4/22/14. Office
SSNY designated as agent
SSNY shall mail process to:
c/o The LLC, 217-79 Hempstead Ave., Queens Village,
NY 11429. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
________________________
19-27 DITMARS LLC, Arts.
of Org. filed with the SSNY
on03/27/2014. Office loc:
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: C/O Jerry
Chrisafis, Esq., 21-83 Steinway
St, Astoria, NY 11105. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
Notice of formation, KHOSNA LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with SSNY on
04/04/2014. Under Section
203. Office loction: Queens
County. SSNY designated for
service of process. SSNY shall
mail copies of any process
served against the LLC to c/o:
KHOSNA LLC, 216-26 121st
ave. Cambria Heights NY,
purpose or activity.
________________________
Notice is hereby given that
a license, number 1277814,
has been applied for by Trakia
Restaurant Inc, to sell liquor,
wine and beer at retail in a
restaurant under the Alcohol
Beverage Control Law at
38-14 30th Avenue, Astoria,
NY 11103 for on-premises
consumption.
________________________
SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF NE W YORK
COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
AND NOTICE Index No.
21701/2013 Date Filed:
4/25/2014 Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff, against
Karen Berrel a/k/a Karen P.
Berrel; if she be living or if
she be dead, her spouse, heirs
devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom
and whose names and places
of residence are unknown to
Plaintiff; City of New York
Environmental Control Board;
City of New York Parking
Violations Bureau; City of
New York Transit Adjudication
Bureau, and “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, described in
the complaint, Defendants.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 103-11
126th Street, South Richmond
Hill, NY 11419 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 a notice of appearance on
the attorneys for the Plaintiff
within thirty (30) days after
the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service.
The United States of America,
if designated as a defendant
in this action, may appear
within sixty (60) days of service
hereof. 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 OF
NATURE OF ACTION AND
RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT
of the above captioned action
is to foreclose a Consolidation
and/or Modified Mortgage
(hereinafter “the Mortgage”)
to secure $375,984.22 and
interest, and loan modification
agreement covering premises known as 103-11 126th
Street, South Richmond Hill,
NY 11419. The relief sought
in the within action is a final
judgment directing the sale of
the premises described above
to satisfy the debt secured
by the Mortgage described
above. Plaintiff designates
QUEENS Count y as the
place of trial. Venue is based
upon the County in which
the mortgaged premises is
situated. 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 ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
(MORTGAGE COMPANY)
AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. Dated:
March 19, 2014 Frank M.
Cassara, Esq. Shapiro, DiCaro
& Barak, LLC Attorneys for
Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing
Boulevard, Rochester, NY
14624 (585) 247-9000 Our
File No. 13-028462 Premises
known as 103-11 126th Street,
South Richmond Hill, NY
11419. All that certain property situate, lying and being
in Richmond Hill, Borough
and County of Queens, City
and State of New York. Block
9563 Lot 38
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ALJA 14 NYC GROUP LLC, a
domestic LLC, filed with the
SSNY on 3/19/14. Office
SSNY is designated as agent
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to The LLC,
76-16 267th St., New Hyde
Park, NY 11040. General
Purpose.
________________________
ASTORIA MEDICAL OF
NEW YORK LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 4/23/14. Office in
Queens Co. SSNY design.
Agent of PLLC upon whom
process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corporate Creations
Network Inc. 15 N Mill St.
Nyack, NY 10960. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
________________________
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T HOTEL MANAGEMENT
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 4/3/13. Office location:
Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: c/o F & T Group,
136-20 38th Avenue, 12th
Fl., Flushing, NY 11354, Attn:
Earle Tockman. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
________________________
ROULIS LLC, a domestic
LLC, filed with the SSNY on
Queens County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to The LLC,
23-15 24thAve., Astoria, NY
11102. General Purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of Mitigation Support Services, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed
with the Secretary of State of
New York under Section 301
SSNY on 2/27/2014 office
located in Queens County.
SSNY has been designated
for services of process. SSNY
shall mail copy of any process
served against the LLC to
123-25 82nd Avenue Apt
5S Kew Gardens, New York
11415. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: NAME: YANG168
REALTY LLC. Articles of
Organization were filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 03/28/14.
Office location: Queens
County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
mail a copy of process to the
LLC, c/o Yang168 Realty LLC,
9-31 121 St, College Point,
New York 11356. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
Jackson Heights Community Gathers After Fire
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
On Monday, the Alliance of South
Asian American Labor (ASAAL) and
the Jackson Heights Bangladesh Business Association (JBBA) held a conversation with victims who lost their
businesses in last week’s fire in Jackson Heights.
The fire, which overtook the
Brunson Building on 37th Avenue
and 75th Street, broke out just before
6 p.m. last Monday and injured nine
people, including one who was in serious condition due to smoke inhalation.
The FDNY declared that the fire
was accidental.
Present at the meeting were several community and business leaders
from the Jackson Heights area, as well
as representatives from the offices of
U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson
Heights), Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), State Sen.
Jose Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) and
Public Advocate Letitia James.
Zakaria Masud, president of JBBA,
was one of the meeting’s organizers.
He said he hoped to gain as much attention as possible from City and State
officials.
“We are the voters. We are tax paying citizens,” Masud said, “And we
need help desperately.”
PS 117 Graduation Saved By Chamber
By LuiS gronda
Staff Writer
The students of PS 117 will have
graduation memories after all.
The kids at the Briarwood-based elementary school will have their graduation ceremony this year, after a group,
led by the Queens Chamber of Commerce, put together funding to pay for
the school’s graduation in June.
The graduation was in doubt after
$30,000 was discovered missing from
the school’s Parent Teacher Association fund. How that money went missing is still under investigation.
The Chamber of Commerce, along
with a Facebook group called The Briarwood Latchkey Generation, raised
about $7,000 for the ceremony.
The money will help pay for caps,
gowns, the yearbook and other costs
associated with the graduation.
Jack Friedman, the executive director of the Chamber, said he put
out a call to its members to drum up
some funds so that the kids can have a
graduation that every parent and child
would want when they graduate.
“This is proof to the pudding that
our businesses respond when called
upon,” he said.
Donations came from six of its
members, including Melrose Credit
Union, New York Community Bank
and TD Bank.
The Briarwood Latchkey Generation Facebook group also contributed
to making the school’s reality once
again. The group is made up of several
Briarwood residents who graduated
from PS 117.
Nick Tomizawa, an area resident
who founded the Facebook group in
2009, said the funding shows the power social media has on resolving an issue like PS 117’s graduation. The group
raised about $1,000 for the ceremony.
“I’m very happy for the graduating
class,” Tomizawa said. “It was a relatively small amount of money to make
a lot of people very happy.”
Nicole Lopez, who has a son in the
fifth grade, was also ecstatic about the
graduation, saying that she can now
tell her son that they will indeed have
a ceremony.
Kazi Islam, who is the president of
a travel agency, was in the Brunson
Building at the time of the fire.
“I left everything,” he said. “I
couldn’t wait. I had to run.”
He said he lost years of documents
and information vital to his business.
Deanna Foote, deputy director
of community relations for Peralta,
spoke about the resources available to
victims of the fire. She said that interested parties should contact Peralta’s
office for help navigating small business services and coordinating efforts
with other government agencies.
Syed Rahman owns Mannan Supermarket and has been doing business
in the area for 19 years. He expressed
frustration with slow-moving and antagonistic government agencies. Anthony Lemma, who was representing
Weprin at the meeting, responded
with his optimism about the de Blasio
administration.
“I think things are going to get a lot
better for the small guy,” he said
Councilman Daniel Dromm (DJackson Heights) will hold a meeting
on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Jewish
Center of Jackson Heights, to connect
those affected by the fire with small
business services.
Artists Take Over Long Island City
By Jackie StrawBridge
Staff Writer
Queens’ largest arts festival kicked
off on Wednesday, bringing more than
250 artists into 54 venues across Long
Island City.
The Long Island City Arts Open,
now entering its fourth year, will
transform the neighborhood into a
grab-bag of exhibitions, performances,
pop-up galleries and cultural activities
for five days.
Richard Mazda, Artistic Director
at the Secret Theater in Long Island
City, founded the Arts Open in 2011
with artist Karen Dimit. Mazda said
that they conceived the idea for “a
multidisciplinary festival that covers
not only painters, but [also] sculptors,
videographers, the whole of the arts.”
It grew rapidly from there.
“One month later, we managed to
raise about $30,000 from local businesses,” Mazda said.
For Mazda, the Long Island City
Arts Open has a multitude of functions. Primarily, he said, it aims to
both celebrate and raise the profile of
the diverse cluster of artists working
in Western Queens.
Another purpose of the Arts Open,
Mazda said, is to connect that community of artists to one another.
“Many artists are in their studios –
they don’t necessarily need the rest of
the community. So the festival
has many events where artists
can actually meet one another,
and feel part of a real, genuine
community,” Mazda said.
The events are roughly organized by district, with Vernon Boulevard featured on
Wednesday, Court Square on
Thursday and Queens Plaza
on Friday. Some events that
the Arts Open highlighted
in a statement released last
month include an exhibition
by Luba Lukova, a Bulgarian
image-maker whose work is
currently on view at MoMA,
and BATSU!, a live Japanese
game show performance.
Over the weekend, the Arts
Photo by Junenoire Mitchell, 2013.
Open will hold Open Studios,
during which more than 160 Art will be stretched across indoor and
Long Island City artists will outdoor venues in Long Island City
open up their workspaces to during the LIC Arts Open.
the public.
Sharon Florin, who will be exhibit- Florin added. “The buildings, once
ing at the Arts Open, has had a studio primarily brick, are often being rein Long Island City for more than 30 placed by big glassy boxes. It has become increasingly unaffordable for
years.
“I have been painting the neighbor- many artists.”
The approximately 30-block Court
hood since I’ve been here, and I try to
capture what is here today that might Square area of Long Island City was
rezoned in 2001 to encourage office,
be gone tomorrow,” she said.
“The transformations, especially in retail and residential development.
Mazda hopes the Arts Open will
the last 12 years or so, have been dramatic since the zoning was changed,” address these local concerns.
“It’s one of the reasons I wanted to
focus on the area,” he said. “The artists
have created a movement, an ambience
that you associate with this neighborhood. The possibility of the real estate
boom is some of those artists might be
moved out from higher rent.”
“We need to communicate their
worth to the landlords, the residents,
the rest of New York,” he said.
The Arts Open already represents
grassroots initiative and local commitment to the arts.
“I rely on amazing support from local businesses,” Mazda explained. “If I
didn’t have their support, it would be
difficult to mount as big a festival as
we do. We put on an incredibly professional festival with very little money.”
However, Mazda sees this model as
temporary. “I believe that will change,
and those [large governmental arts]
institutions will eventually be supporting us,” he said.
He hopes that ultimately, the reach
of the festival will be international,
and with it, an image of a vibrant, expressive Western Queens.
The Long Island City Arts Open
runs through Sunday. For a full list of
festival events, visit www.licartsopen.
org.
POLICE BLOTTER
102nd Precinct
Burglary – The NYPD is asking
the public’s assistance locating the following suspect wanted in connection
with a burglary that occurred within
the confines of the 102nd Precicnt.
At 1:20 p.m. on April 22, the suspect
entered an apartment building located
at 87-17 102nd St., and attempted to
break into an apartment through the
front door. The suspect then fled the
location without any property.
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.
105th Precinct
City EmployEE arrEstEd
– On April 23, police arrested Faride
Francklin, 43, an off-duty NYPD sergeant, and charged him with thirddegree assault, fourth-degree criminal
mischief and harassment.
106th Precinct
City EmployEE arrEstEd
– On April 28, police arrested Yong
Wu, 34, an off-duty NYPD officer, and
charged him with promoting sexual
performance, child younger than 17
and possession of sexual performance
by a child.
City EmployEE arrEstEd –
On April 24, police arrested Jay Poggi,
57, an on-duty NYPD detective, and
charged him with driving while intoxicated.
107th Precinct
Fatal Collision – At 3:51
a.m. on May 1, on the Long Island Expressway at the Clearview Expressway
entrance ramp, police responded to a
911 call of a vehicle accident within
the confines of the 107th Precinct.
Upon arrival, police observed the
victim, identified as Aaron Jung Hay
Wu, 22, of Bayside, unconscious and
unresponsive with severe head trauma. EMS responded and pronounced
the victim dead at the scene.
Upon preliminary investigation,
police determined that the victim was
operating a Nissan Altima, traveling
eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, and struck a wall as he attempted
to exit the ramp and merge onto the
Clearview Expressway at exit 27. There
were no additional vehicles involved.
The investigation is ongoing.
112th Precinct
Fatal Collision – At 8:28
p.m. on May 3, police responded to a
report of a vehicle collision at Queens
Boulevard and 71st Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers discovered
an unidentified female in her 60s unconscious and unresponsive with head
trauma. EMS responded to the scene
and transferred the woman to Jamaica
Hospital, where she was pronounced
dead.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a tan 2000 Chevrolet Malibu was traveling north on the Queens
Boulevard service road approaching
71st Avenue when it struck the pedestrian as she crossed Queens Boulevard
in a marked crosswalk against the traffic light.
The operator of the vehicle remained on the scene. There were no
arrests made and the investigation is
ongoing.
113th Precinct
attEmptEd aBduCtion arrEst - On May 1, police arrested
two individuals in regards to two attempted abductions that occurred on
April 30, the first in the vicinity of
111th Avenue and 208th Street, within
the confines of the 105th Precinct, and
the second around 113th Avenue and
196th Street, within the confines of the
113th Precinct.
Police arrested Joshua Wright, 17,
of Jamaica, and Andrew Ghulam, 16,
also of Jamaica and charged both with
two counts of attempted unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare
of a child, harassment and criminal
possession of a weapon.
114th Precinct
roBBEry – The NYPD is asking
the public’s assistance identifying the
following suspect wanted for a robbery within the confines of the 114th
Precinct.
At 3:30 p.m. on April 24, the victim,
a 14-year-old male, was walking in the
direction of 30th Road and 14th Street
when the suspects approached him
and removed his Samsung cell phone.
There were no reported injuries.
The suspects are described as Black
males in their mid- to late-teens.
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.
Got info?
Call Crimestoppers at
1-800-577-tiPS (8477)
or text tips to CRiMES
(274637)
then enter TIPS577
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Nonprofit Lends Seniors A Helping Hand
BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA
Staff Writer
Since 1972, the nonprofit Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults
has been enhancing the quality of
life for seniors in the community by
offering a number useful services at
a low cost or for free.
“Forty-one years
ago, there were not
the number of programs that are available to seniors now,”
said Beverly Collier,
executive director at
JSPOA. “There was
definitely an absence
of places where people could go for social services, a
place where people can go for socialization and a place where people
can just get a break.”
JSPOA currently operates three
centers – Friendship Adult Day
Care, Rockaway Boulevard Senior
Center and Theodora G. Jackson
Adult Center, all of which are in Jamaica and offer different types of
services.
The Friendship Center, located
at 92-33 170th St., focuses on exclusively servicing a population of
mentally and physically frail older
adults who have become socially
isolated and partially dependant on
others for their daily living. Visitors
include people with Alzheimer’s dis-
ease, dementia and developmentally disabled seniors.
The Rockaway Boulevard Center,
located at 123-10 143rd St., proudly
bears the motto “This is the place.” It
offers a variety of fun activities for seniors, ranging from computer classes
to ceramic classes to exercise programs and even dance classes.
The Theodora G.
Jackson Adult Center,
located at 92-47 165th
St., similarly offers an
abundance of exciting
activities for adults 60
and older, but places
a heavier focus on
fostering the physical,
spiritual and economic
well-being of seniors.
In addition to those three centers,
the nonprofit runs an employment
program for seniors that are 55 or
older.
“It’s a part-time training program
that does place people in an employment. They can be in the program for
48 months,” Collier said. “We give
them training and hopefully place
them in competitive employment.”
Another key program JSPOA offers for men and women over the
age of 35 is a crime victim workshop
that is funded by State of New York.
“If it’s a person who has been
a victim of crime, we help them in
terms of supportive services by offering them counseling and accom-
panying them to court if it is that
type of a situation,” she said.
“A trend we’ve noticed is that a
lot of seniors are the victims of
scams nowadays.”
Like many nonprofits in the
City and the country, JSPOA
has been encountering significant budget cuts, making it difficult to sustain all the valuable
programs it offers.
“All nonprofits are experiencing some struggles right now.
And I think that comes after many
years of the previous [Bloomberg]
Administration not giving as much
to these types of services,” Collier
explained. “There have been quite
a few cutbacks over the years, and
our City agencies experienced cutbacks also.”
“I think that all populations
that are in need of services Every year, Ann Williams, 101 years old,
are unfortunately competing coordinates the Jackson Center’s Anwith each other for a small pot nual Spring Fashion. She is pictured
of dollars, so it is a shame that here making a grand entrance with her
children have to compete with escort, Clifton Rutherford, 80 years old.
seniors for needed services that
will help every body’s quality of life,” of dinner and the show, “Smell the
Power.” Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
she added.
As a means to raise funds for and the show will begin at 8 p.m.
For more information about
the JSPOA centers, the nonprofit,
in conjunction with the Black Spec- JSPOA’s services or the fundraising
trum Theatre, will host a Theater/ event, call (718) 657-6692.
Reach
Natalia
Kozikowska
Dinner Night on May 17.
Tickets to the Theater/Dinner at (718)357-7400 Ext. 123 or
Night at Black Spectrum Theatre nkozikowska@queenspress.com or
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Flushing House Offers Two-Week Trial
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Looking for a retirement home
is an important step in any senior
citizen’s life. But determining where
to spend your golden years can be
difficult with just a quick tour and a
couple of brochures. That is where
Flushing House and its two-week
trial comes in.
Flushing House, a not-for-profit independent living retirement
community, is offering seniors the
chance to live there for two weeks,
to see if it is the right location for
them. By letting them live in the
home and giving them all the benefits offered to residents, seniors get
a better idea of whether or not they
want to stay.
The deal was conceived several
years ago as a way to introduce
Flushing House and its members
to interested parties in a more invested manner than just the usual
tours.
“The idea is to give senior citizens, older adults, who are interested in Flushing House as a potential place for them to live, an
opportunity to live here for a couple
of weeks. To get their feet wet, so
to speak,” Robert Salant, director
of community relations, said. “After
their two week stay, there’s no obligation for them to make a decision
in a furnished studio is
an incredible bargain,”
Salant said.
Flushing
House
is the largest notfor-profit
independent
living
retirement community in
the State, with more
than 300 apartments
in a 12-story building.
Within its walls, seniors enjoy a comfortable, furnished apartment,
continental
breakfast, lunch and
dinner, 24-hour security, a comprehensive
activities
program
Flushing House is giving seniors a chance to with state-of-the-art
try out its services in a two-week trial stay.
computer
learning,
fitness centers, an
right away. We’d love them to move arts and crafts room, concerts,
in. We have a number of studios movies, game nights, weekly trips
and more. Catholic, Jewish and
available.”
Seniors can try out the rooms Protestant religious services are
for $30 per night, equaling a grand held weekly in its interfaith chapel.
total of $390 for two weeks. For Flushing Hospital Medical Center
those who would rather try out a also operates a satellite geriatric
new place with a relative or friend clinic on the premises.
At the moment, there are 280
nearby, a room can be rented for a
residents in the building who take
couple for $50 per night.
“Sometimes, they will come for advantage of its services, with
their two-week stay with their daugh- a maximum capacity of 300. The
ter or a friend, so they won’t have to two-week trials have been sucbe alone for that period of time. Fifty cessful at drawing new residents,
dollars a night for a couple to stay with more than 50 percent of those
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who take the trial deciding to stay.
“We do have a good batting average. The average is that those
who take a two-week stay, about
65 percent of them convert or
roll over into a permanent movein, either immediately or after
a while,” Salant said. “I think it
speaks well for us as a retirement
community.”
Salant added that Flushing
House’s status as a not-for-profit
helps it stand out from the competition.
“We’re not-for-profit. We’re taxexempt. We’re registered as a charity. We’re not public. We have no
shareholders. We’re not assistedliving. We’re independent living,”
he said. “Therefore, our costs are
lower. The cost of our studio is
$2,500 a month, where assisted living is $4,000-$5,000 a month. The
money we collect from our rent and
activities go right back into Flushing
House. We’re great value for the
dollar.”
All applicants must be pre-qualified. Call (347) 532-3000 or call its
toll-free number, (888) 987-6205,
to set up your pre-qualification interview and reserve your two-week
stay. Flushing House is located at
38-20 Bowne St., Flushing.
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Cara Mia Restaurant, Queens Village $50 gift certificate
Associated Market Place, Sunnyside $30 gift certificate
Edison Place, Glendale $25 gift certificate
Associated Market Place, Astoria $25 gift certificate
Edible Arrangements, Glen Oaks $25 gift certificate
Trattoria Neo, Whitestone $25 gift certificate
Honorable Mentions
Nozifa Zaman, 10, Helali Mallik, Wdsd.
Sofia Diaz, 8, Diana Botero, Elmhst.
Fatemah Alloo, 5½, Malika, Elmhst.
Pollena Sangana, 11, Rohani, S. Richmond H.
Marc Ramos, 12, Alma, Hwrd Bch.
Anthony Sanroli, 12, Julia, Hwrd Bch.
Kumayl Alloo, 11, Malika, Elmhst.
Forid Ahmed, 10, Farida Begum, Wdsd.
Aidan Alvarado, 10, Andrea, Wdsd.
Diego Alvarenga, 10, Edda Sanchez, Wdsd.
Hanna Cardona, 9, Lina, Wdsd.
Rickey Dong, 9, Guowei Zhang, Wdsd.
Nia Washington, 10, Monica Carroll, Qns.
Harpreet Singh, 10, Gurminder Kaur, Rchmnd. H.
Oren Blackwood, 10, Ramon, Rosedale
Hasan Jeremiah, 10, Fana, Rosedale
Avah Wheeler, Maria Edwards, Far Rkwy.
Kaylin Jones, 11, Kareeta, Qns.
Shaneeka Bailey, 10, Joy, Sprngfld. Gdns.
Shania Evans, 10, Donna Hunter, Sprngfld. Gdns
Christian Adison, 11, Andrea, Jamaica
Sariah Grant, 11, Charlene, Qns.
Imani Campbell, 11, Shushan Kerr, Qns.
Yemis Babalaa, 11, Helen, Qns.
Alicia Taitt, 11, Ebony Lewis, Qns.
Ache Okdio, 10½, Muriel, Rosedale
Mikaela Sinclair, 10, Sherine Johnson, Qns.
Tiara Gustiantri,9, Josephine Julian, Elmhst.
Molly English, 9, Yvonne, Maspeth
Marsha Rahman, 10, Rashida Begum, Maspeth
Tanisha Rene, 9, Sholeli Hossain, Wdsd.
Gabriella Gallardo, 9, Blanca Ovalles, Wdsd.
Alison Rodriguez, 10, Nubia Ayala, Wdsd.
Mia Palli, 9, Dianna, Wdsd.
Jessie Lin, 11, Fei Zhuang, Wdsd.
Julian Lin, 10, Bl Zhu Zhang, Wdsd.
Ken Li, 9, Yang Yun Zheng, Maspeth
Garofalo, 9, Leeana Hua, Maspeth
Afra Hossain, 10, Roushan Jahan, Wdsd.
Thomas Ronconi, 10, Cecilia, Wdsd.
Julianne Esmenda, 8, Queens
Cesar Torales, 10, Casimira Martinez, Wdsd.
Winson Tung, 10, Yan Shu Lan, Wdsd.
Marco Vallerugo, 9, Jennifer, Maspeth
Frank LaBella, 9, Daniela, Wdsd.
Laura Xia, 9,Opbelie Xia, Mspth.
Continued on page 22
MOTHER
of the Year
WINNER: Age 9 to 12
Isabel Hernandez, 12
Mom: Frances, Richmond Hill
Look up the word mother in
the dictionary. “A woman in relation to a child to whom she had
given birth.” My mother is more
than those thirteen words. She is
loving, compassionate, forgiving. I
could go on, but I have a word limit and you can’t feel the fiery burst
inside me when I think about her.
She brought me into this world.
Something that no one else can
do. She has been there for me all
my 12 years of living, giving unconditional care to my family and
me. I still don’t understand how
one person can give so much love
to another. I guess I would know if
I had my own child.
I read a poem, “The Lanyard,”
by Billy Collins shown to me by
my teacher Mrs. Rizzo. It is about
a boy who made a lanyard for his
mother in the hope that it would
make up for all the things that
she ever did for him. The poem
shows how much mothers do for
their kids. I wrote this to show my
mother how much she means to
me. This is my “lanyard.”
She’s always there for me when
I need help getting back on our
carousel-like lives. Sometimes I
get dizzy and fall, but my mother
is there.
I believe in love at first sight
because I have loved my mother
since I opened my eyes. I love you
mom. You really are mother of the
year.
FRANCES RECEIVES:
Garden World, Flushing $50 gift certificate
Just Peachie Boutique, Whitestone $25 gift certificate
Silver Bell Bakery, Middle Village $25 gift certificate
New York Black Belt, Bayside one week Kick Boxing Class
El Patron, Flushing $40 gift certificate
Mediterranean Grill, Whitestone $15 gift certificate
Greek Family Kitchen, Hollis Hills $20 gift certificate
Nevada Diner, Elmhurst $30 gift certificate
Edible Arrangements, Glen Oaks $25 gift certificate
Iavarone Bros., Maspeth $25 gift certificate
Honorable Mentions
Naiar Islam, 9, Nasrin Mannan, Wdsd.
Keeley Hurd, 9, Linda, Maspeth
Manvir Dulky, 11, Paramjit Kaur, Floral Pk.
Roman Panchmia, 9, Gloria, Wdsd.
Isabella Deblois, 9, Alexandra Caro, Wdsd.
Roxana Kopec, 9, Ewa, Maspeth
Bansri Patel, 9, Kinnair, Wdsd.
Yanisha Lormil, 11½, Marie Davily, Jam.
Mahika Mazmudet, 8, Suparna, Bellerose
Cheyanne Isaacs, 6, Amanda Blanchard, Kew Gdns.
Julianna Salce, 12, Cecilia Estevez, Hwrd Bch.
Jimmie Cassamar, 10, Davely Thelusma, Jam.
Jameel Gayle, 11, Marlene, Jam.
Aiden Rogers, 11, Nicole Vasiu, Mdl. Vlg.
Himesha Mapalogome, 12, Hiruni Presansani, Blrs.
Rachel Segarra, 12, LoriAnn, S. Ozone Pk.
Alika-Joy Kumasi, 9, Dusida, Rdgwd.
Celina Huyah, 9, Phuong Nguyen, Mspth.
Brandan Naraisuer, 11, Wanda DeLopaz, Qns.
Derek Ramcharan, 11, Loretha, Wdhvn.
Samantha Espinal, 11, Jackie, Ozone Pk.
Jameela Hoyle, 11, Jennifer James, Bklyn.
Brandon Denalver, 7, Avra, Qns. Vlg.
Karah-Mercy Kumasi, 7, Dusida, Rdgwd.
Audrey Binder, 8, Elis, Wdsd.
Zaid Patanker, 8, Minaz, Elmhst.
Julia Mousikasawan, 7, Liana Lewy, Elmhst.
Jordan Conway, 10, Eshana, St. Albans
Cashmere Thomas, 9, Joh-Shawa, St. Albans
Malik Person, 8, Gerri Whitworth, Qns.
Lucio Salazar, 7, Germania Luna, Qns. Vlg.
Brandy Guangaltai, 7, Maribel Castillo, St. Albans
Brianna Trotman, 8, Sabrina Morales, S. Ozone Pk.
Lozjana Gega, 13, Ermanela, Hwrd Bch.
Lauren Peconio, 14, Grace, Hwrd Bch.
Stuart Friedenthal, 48, Jackie, Flushing
Ronald Izzo, 53, Constance, Lynbrook
Julia Hirt, 13, Francine, Whtstn.
Leena Giakoumas, 18, Eleni, Whtstn.
Sherrell Jordan, 41, Patricia Suber, Fl.
Cheryl Rizzo, 30, Lisa Josephson, Hwrd Bch.
Jasmine Boothe, 16, Sherry Hazel, Hollis
Nelson Collado, 13, Elizabeth Garcia, Bklyn.
Raymond Encarnacion, 13, Lissette Levakis, Hwrd Bch.
Danny Cruz, 13, Mercedes Rodriguez, Hwrd Bch.
Gino Lorrondo, 60, Luz Palacios, F.H.
Ethan Ramoat, Meena Khuball, Qns.
Zaid Patankar, 7, Queens
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MOTHER
of the Year
WINNER: Age 13 AND UP
Thomas Lee, 31
Mom: Bang Ha Lam, So. Richmond Hill
My mother’s story echoes the
American immigrant experience.
She was prevented from finishing
her university studies in Saigon due
to the Vietnam War. By the end of
the war, she had lost her home, had
faced years of harassment from the
invading army, and her family was
split up around the world. When
she immigrated to NY, she faced a
new world with a foreign culture, an
unfamiliar language, and poverty.
Then came a series of low-paying,
uninsured jobs, and an adulterous
and abusive husband.
My mother is special, but not because of her harrowing experienc-
es. She is special because of her
character and grit in the face of this
adversity. Despite two-hour work
commutes, we always had dinner in
the evening, and she never stopped
trying to improve her skills by taking evening and weekend classes.
She believed that by working hard,
we could improve our situation little
by little and find solutions to our
problems. She always held me to
the highest standards and encouraged me to take advantage of the
opportunities she was denied. I’m
lucky to have such a strong woman
for my mother.
BANG HA RECEIVES:
King Yum, Flushing gift certificate, dinner for two
Massage Envy Spa, Bayside gift certificate for one hour massage
Arya Kabob Restaurant, Flushing $25 gift certificate
DePhillips Sports, Flushing $25 gift certificate
Garry Service Station, Glendale gift certificate for one oil change
Stop N Shop, Maspeth $25 gift certificate
Shops at Atlas Park, Glendale $25 gift certificate
O’Neills Restaurant, Maspeth $50 gift certificate
Il Triangolo, Corona $25 gift certificate
Associated Market Place, Astoria $25 gift certificate
Honorable Mentions
Lyric Mouchette, 7, Andrena Swindell, Bysd.
Amanda Singh, 11, Pamela, Rchmnd. Hill
Ariyana Maharal, 8, Queens.
Vikrant Sahotta, 12, Kamai Kaur, Qns.
Rebanta Singh, 12, Queens
Mikayla Sturm, Arlene, Oakland Gdns.
Justin Ranjitsingh, 12, Jamaica
Aliya Masihuddin, 12, Binu, Bellerose
Shelby Saimon, 12, Lalamma, Belelrose
Ayesha Hamid, 12, Shalimar, Qns.
Jenny Mullady, 12, Natasha, Qns. Vlg.
Nicole Ferris, 12, Queens
Shizza Atlaf, 13, Queens
Evarette Davis, 10, Ann Marie Posyvale, Rchmnd. H.
Jaspreet Sandhu, 10, Palwinder Kaur, Qns.
Sukhraj Singh, 10, Charanjit Kaur, Qns.
SAbriya Khan, 10, Sabrina, Queens
Harshdeep Kaur, 11, Sotwinder, Richmond H.
Mandy Bhagwandeen, 11, Shiroon, Richmond H.
Bryan Bhagwansingh, 10, Carol, Richmond H.
Karizma Lowery, 89, Queens
Mark Jackson, Queens
Ashley Marquez, 11, Norma Villanueva, Ozone Pk.
Keeley Hurd, Queens
Bianca McKinney, Queens
Sujay Sundar, 9, Jayalakshmi, Bayside
Juilian Reyes, 12, Adela, Howard Beach
Kaitlyn Brooks, 13, Cristina, S. Rchmnd Hill
Temi Ayeni, Atinuke, Queens
Karamveer Toor, 10, Pardeep Kaur, Richmond H.
Kyarah Rodriguez, 13, Queens
Aditi Pardeshi, 12, Queens
Harsahib Singh, Queens
Kavita Heeralall-Madray, Queens
Simranjeet, 12, Jasmeet, Glen Oaks
Amar Sargodiya, Queens
Prabhjot Kang, 12, Kulwinder Kaur, Qns.
Malik Habib, 12, Dianne, Qns.
Angelica Haly, Queens
Hans Tristan Curz Lim, Theresa Lim, Qns.
Amissia ‘Jade Wright, Glen Oaks
Sahan Leelaratne, 12, Queens
Hernoor Ranu, 12, Queens
Jack Whelan, 12, Bellerose
Rachel Duze, 12, Rachel, Qns. Vlg.
Makayla Rodriguez, 12, Faith, Qns.
Sarah Johnson, Floral Pk.
Ulaan Hyder, Queens
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OPEN 7 DAYS
6AM-MIDNITE
Happy Mother’s Day
Come Celebrate With Us!
Sunday, May 11th
12 noon - 10 pm
Complete Dinner Includes:
Choice of Appetizer, Cup of Soup or Salad, Relish tray, Entrée,
Vegetable & Potato, Pasta or Rice, Challah Bread & Rolls, Coffee or Tea
or Soda and Dessert
Appetizer
Spinach Pie .....................included
Fruit Salad Cocktail .........included
Mozzarella Sticks ................5.95 extra
Baked Stuffed Clams ..........6.95 extra
Soups
Chicken Consommé with Rice, Noodles or Matzo Balls,
Manhattan Clam Chowder, Cream of Turkey
ROAST MARYLAND TURKEY fruit and nut stuffing, sweet potato and cranberry sauce ..........................24.95
ROAST PRIME RIB OF BEEF Au Jus with potato and vegetable...............................................................26.95
MADRID STYLE PORK TENDERLOIN sauteed, spicy red beans and rice, peppers ....................................23.95
MIXED GRILL NEVADA baby lamb chop, pork chop, free range grilled chicken with roast vegetable ....... 31.95
BROILED FILET MIGNON with mushroom caps, potato and vegetable ...................................................33.95
BROILED STUFFED FILET OF SOLE with seafood stuffing, rice and vegetable ...............................33.95
SEAFOOD FRA DIAVLO lobster tail, shrimp, scallops, calamari, mussels and clams over linguini ...........29.95
SHRIMP & CRAB CASINO in an aromatic garlic butter with rice ...............................................................26.95
CHICKEN & SHRIMP FRANCAISE with artichokes, lemon sauce, pasta or rice ..................................23.95
CHURRASCO GAUCHITO sirloin with fresh herbs and chimi churri sauce, rice, mix beans & tostones ......25.95
PERNIL ASADO tender roast baby pork served with salad, Spanish rice, beans and fried plantains ...21.95
Vegetables: Sweet Corn • Sweet Peas •
Broccoli Spears • Creamed Spinach • Glazed
Belgian Baby Carrots • Green Beans
Potatoes: Baked • Mashed
Potato • French Fries • Sweet Potato Fries
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Honorable Mentions
Dylan Guglielmetti, Queens
Carlos Sandoval, 10, Maribel, Queens
Anjali Dilchand, Queens
Hina Zahid, New Hyde Pk.
Harshul Singh, 12, Archana, Bellerose
Aaron George, New Hyde Pk.
Naiar Islam, 9, Queens
Pallavi Singh, 9, Saroja, S. Rchmnd. Hill
Nicole Aung, 10, May SHein, Bayside
Lukas Tarrao, 10, Monica, Bayside
Rabul Kapur, 11, Parkai, Floral Pk.
Simrat Parmar, 10, Harvinder, Floral Pk.
Harsabib Singh, 9, Bhupinder Kaur, Qns.
Kavita Madray, 9, Karmina, Richmond H.
Mellisa Rohit, 9, Jamaica
Akasha Turner, 9, Roberlyn Tinnin, Qns.
Shazia Barnett, 9, Queens
Jaiahna Gadsden, 9, Queens
Akiara Phillips, 9, Queens
Nayshawn Adams, 9, Queens
Jayden Johnson, 9, Queens
Sy’rai Pierre, 9, Queens
Jayden Jefferson, 9, Queens
Keith Foster, 9, Queens
Ashley Straker, 9, Queens
Gabrielle Dacosta, 9, Queens
Khianna Deseide, 9, Queens
Guillaumme Hollant, 12, Queens
Roshni Patel, 11, Nimisha, Floral Pk.
Hailey Bellafiore, 11, Amy, Woodhaven
Bryanna Caqrdenas, Queens
Angelina Mustafa, 11, Irma, Floral Park
Tia Vernon, 11, Sita Benisnew, Richmond H.
Nicah Phillips, 9, Collette, Queens
Kirgey Paran, 12, Queens
Dylan Hoosein, 12, Queens
Ariyana Maharaj, 8, Nikky, Richmond H.
Sahana Sundar, 5, Jayalakshmi, Bayside
Rowan Ramsammy, 8, Queens
Othea Borsha, Queens
Julian Belio, 8, Queens
Salma Hoxha, Queens
Jaden Carcamo, Queens
Alison Caccanza No, 8, Margarita, Wdhvn.
Aliya Santram, 10, Rafena, Richmond Hill
Athina Belgrave, 9, Pamala, Queens
Shayna Jamison, Queens
Kailani Bonne, 9, Racheal, Queens
Lozjana Gega, Queens
Jadora Ducran, 9, Queens
Navneet Sohal, 13, Ramandip Kaur, Glen Oaks
Thomas Lee, 31, Bang Ha Lam, S. Richmond Hill
William Aiello, 58, Concettina, Howard Beach
Karen Hubela, 49, Elizabeth Thomas, Bayside
Lauren Peconio, Grace, Queens
Giovanni Tavarez, 12, Queens
Ashika Bhatt, 10, Minal, Queens
Emma Melnikov, 11, Nana, F.H.
Valerie Lulgjuraj, 13, Liza, Hwrd. Bch.
Sukveer Kawr, Queens
Henshann, Kaur, 8, Sandeep, Queens
Sadat, 8, Sajeda Sila,Wdhvn.
Sukveer Kaur, 13, Kuljit, Floral Pk.
Victoria Schirten, 13, Ioniac, Hwrd. Bch.
Khushi Talati, 13, Bellerose
Abigail Ramscroop, 13, Ranie, S. Ozone Pk.
Georgina Larranondo Palacios, Luz, Queens
Danibel Rodriguez, 13, Maria Martinez, Ozone Pk.
Kimberly Perez, 13, Maribel, Wdhvn.
Samantha Louraro, 15, Jennifer Osff, Hwrd. Bch.
Nicole Villegas, 13, Angela, Wdhvn.
Meagan Ramsawak, 17, Pamela, Queens
Paavan Dasrat, 10, Queens
Temi Oni, 12, Helen, Jamaica
Remi-Simone Turner, April, Queens
Namal Fiaz, 9, Shabana, Queens
Alicia Santiago, 12, Queens
Diego Loja, 12, Queens
Sofia Escobar, 12, Queens
Johnathan Overton, Queens
Ryla Pasaoa, 12, Queens
Jasmine Fleming, 12, Queens
Xavier Naraine, 12, Queens
Ashley Hurtado, 12, Queens
Max Quintong, 8, Shantay Hernandez, Queens
Maximus Quintana, 8, Queens
Alondra Garcia, 8, Queens
Essence Greenfield, 11, Qns.
Angelica Aboderin, 11, Queens
Girisha Mehmi, Queens Vlg.
Nathaniel Pyram, 11, Marie, Queens
Jakari Knoell, Chantay Richardson, Fl.
Claire Shin, 10, Queens.
Adriana, 8, Queens
Uwakmfon I. Aka, Queens
Aditya Gosain, 7, Neelam, Qns. Vlg.
Jessica Castro, 8, Ana Mejia, Hollis
Jonathan Niranjan, 7, Subrina, Queens
Rhea Kapoor, 7, Sabina, Holliswood
Orange Pierre, 8, Arielle, Queens
Maria Sueed, Queens
Dana Pon, 6, Delphia Lee, Rego Pk.
Fatima Salazar, 7, Zoer, Queens
Evelyn Espinoza, 8, Queens
Queen McCormick, 8, Beverly Bathard, Hollis
Nikita Volochento, 10, Queens
Daniela Zavlun, 11, Irina Kimyagar, Qns.
Nataniela Zavlun, 11, Irina Kimyagar, Qns.
Sydney Bonn, 10, Jennifer Bottoms, Cambria Hts.
Stephanie Chouhan, 10, Cristina Mihailescu, Qns.
Carl Smith, 10, Queens
Shakerah Jairam, 12, Queens
Bruce Santos, 12, Queens
Milagros Torres, 12, Queens
Nathalie Costillo, 12, Queens
Kiana Powell, 12, Queens
LaRayah Jackson, 11, Kevina, Sprngfld. Gdns.
Aliyah Taylor, 8, Desiree, St. Albans
Shyasia Arnold, 9, Shaevon, St. Albans
Dante Rodney, 9, St. Albans
Darius Adell, 10, Aisha, St. Albans
Maurice Cambridge, 11, Remona, Queens
Zarieya Pugh, 10, Shomika, Jamaica
Marie Floras, 12, Manette Orguston, Queens
Anyah Napier, 10, Cynthia Delaney, Jamaica
Isaiah Western, 10, Nicole, Queens
Chinelle Nelson, 10, Ophelia Barcia, Queens
Annalisha Hakim, 10, Nadia, Jamaica
Thalia Austin, 10, Stacie, Queens
Brianna Davey, 10, Queens
Kathleen Stephens, 10, Telcia, Queens
Dajamar Nicholson, 11, Queens
Julianne Esmenda, Maria, Woodside
Rachel Laikram, 9, Peggy, S. Richmond Hill
Joseph Tibaldi, 12, Betty Jane, Queens Village
Artwork submitted by Julia Hirt
Big Apple Circus Returns
To Queens May 18
“The dogs feel that performing in
the Big Apple Circus is all about having fun,” said Jenny Vidbel, an animal
trainer and performer who mainly
uses mutts rescued from shelters in
her act, plus horses and other animals.
“They’re just so happy to be out of the
pound. They want to learn every trick
I have to teach them and they learn
them very quickly. No pressure is ever
put on them.”
Vidbel grew up traveling and eventually performing with her grandparents’ circus, which she and her sister
later ran.
“Elephants were my babysitters,” she
said. “They treated my sister and me like
family and wrapped their trunks around
us protectively to keep us safe.”
In the act she performs at the Big
Apple Circus, returning to Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows, she has
Liberty horses, well-trained horses
that run freely around the ring without
harnesses or bridles, a miniature horse
and a very large Gypsy Vanner horse.
When her animals aren’t touring, they
live at her big farm in upstate New York.
Recently, she toured for two years with
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey
Circus.
”The first time I performed by myself
was at age 11, with a pony,” she said.
The performances in the new show,
“Luminocity,” are centered around activities in Manhattan’s Times Square,
so in Vidbel’s act a dog rides on the
miniature horse when it’s costumed to
look like a New York City taxi. The acts
include Ty Tojo, an incredible teenage
juggler from Japan (the holder of several records in the Guinness Book of
World Records); the amazing Dosov
Troupe from Russia, that works with a
teeterboard; and the Russian Acro-Duo;
Duo Guerrero (Werner Guerrero and
Aura Cardinali), fantastic high-wire
performers from Portugal who are
both descended from circus families;
the Canadian acrobat Daniel Cyr; and
Pierre Ginet from France, whose clever
act is full of surprises.
The Big Apple Circus will be at Cunningham Park, located at 196-22 Union
Tpke. in Fresh Meadows, just west of
Francis Lewis Boulevard, from May 18
to June 15. The show is two hours long
with a 15-minute intermission and
takes place in an air-conditioned tent.
For tickets, go to www.bigapplecircus.
org or call (888) 541-3750.
For more information, call the ticket
information line at (800) 922-3772.
-Barbara Arnstein
OPEN 24 HOURS
HAPPy mOtHER’S DAy
FROm OuR WINNINg StAFF
Sunday, May 11th
Dinner Served 12 noon - 10 pm
Dinner Includes:
Choice of Appetizer or Cup of Soup or Juice, Celery and Olives, House Salad
with Choice of Dressing, Entree, Vegetable, Potato, Challah Bread & Rolls,
Any Pastry and Beverage, Dried Fruit and Nuts
Beer
Budweiser ...................... 5.00
Heineken........................ 5.00
Amstel ............................ 5.00
Wines by the glass
Classic Red ..................... 4.95
Classic White .................. 4.95
Blush .............................. 4.95
Appetizers
(Extra on Dinner)
(Extra on Dinner)
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail ..........9.95 Chicken Fingers......................5.95
Filet of Marinated Herring .....6.95 Mozzarella Sticks ...................5.95
Baked Stuffed Clams ...............7.50 Buffalo Wings .........................5.95
Potato Skins (6 Pieces) ..........5.95
STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES with Rice • FRUIT SALAD Cocktail Supreme
Assorted JUICES• HALF GRAPEFRUIT Maraschino
Soups
CREAM of TURKEY — MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER
CHICKEN CONSOMME with Rice, Noodles or Matzoh Balls
Entrees
ROAST MARYLAND TURKEY with Apple Raisin Dressing .......................25.95
VIRGINIA HAM STEAK Served with Wild Berry Ragu .............................24.95
ROAST LEG of LAMB with Mint Jelly .....................................................26.95
ROAST PRIME RIB of BEEF Au Jus ......................................................27.95
CHICKEN PARMIGIANA with Spaghetti ................................................23.95
ROAST CHICKEN with Apple Raisin Dressing ........................................23.95
BROILED VEAL CHOP .........................................................................32.95
BROILED HEAVY NY CUT SIRLOIN STEAK with Mushroom Caps ...........33.95
BROILED FILET MIGNON with Mushroom Caps ....................................34.95
BROILED FILET of SOLE ALMONDINE Topped with Roasted Almonds ........30.95
BROILED STUFFED FILET of SOLE with Crabmeat Stuffing ...................34.95
BROILED SEAFOOD COMBINATION: Shrimp, Scallops, Filet of Sole,
Halibut and Baked Clams .....................................................................38.95
BROILED LOBSTER TAILS with Drawn Butter ......................................45.95
BEEF & REEF: FILET MIGNON & TENDER ROCK LOBSTER
Served with salad, potato and veg ................................................................ 46.95
VEGETABLES: Green Beans Almondine • Sweet Peas • Glazed Baby Belgian Carrots • Broccoli Spears • Creamed Spinach • Corn on the Cob
POTATOES: Baked • Fresh Garlic Mashed • French Fried • Candied Yams
Beverages
Desserts
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Bar Association Annual Gala
PIX
Heritage Celebration Honors
Gathered together at the Queens County Bar Association annual gala at Terrace on
the Park include (seated, from left) Carol Sigmund, President-elect of the New York
County Lawyers Association; William Ferris, president-elect of the Suffolk County
Bar Association; and Thomas Hall, president of the Richmond County Bar Association; (standing) Glenn Lau Kee, president-elect of the New York State Bar Association; Joseph Carola III, new president of the QCBA; William Condon, Justice of
the Suffolk County Supreme Court; and out-going QCBA president Joseph DeFelice.
Photo by Walter Karling.
Citizenship Hotline Visit
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic hosted the annual Asian American Pacific Islander
Heritage Month Celebration on May 2. Pictured (from left) are Councilman Paul
Vallone, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, honorees Sarah BJ Sung and Deepak Kumar, Rozic,
honorees Amy and Hsi Pei Liao and Peter Tu, Councilman Mark Weprin and State
Sen. Toby Stavisky. Photo by Joe Marvilli.
Visiting With Veterans
Councilman Eric Ulrich recently visited the Jewish War Veterans of the USA Post No.
250. Pictured are Past Commander Sy Weber, Ulrich and Post Commander Bennett
Gordon.
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz greeted volunteers answering the phones
in the call center for the Citizenship Now immigration assistance hotline at CUNY’s
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in Manhattan on May 2.
Another Senior Center Saved
Crossing The Finish Line
State Sen. Tony Avella stands with seniors at the North Flushing Senior Center during
an event announcing that the center received a $100,000 check that Avella procured
during state budget negotiations. Photo by Joe Marvilli.
New York Blasters Victorious
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder dashed across the finish line with hundreds of runners,
placing 23rd overall at the 36th Annual Sweet’N Low Rockaway Rotary 36th Ocean
Run/Walk 5k.
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The New York Blasters celebrated their victory in the New York T20 Big Bash Cricket
Tournament, which was held on May 2-4 in Queens.
LEISURE
Review: Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Queens-native Audra McDonald
has won five Tony Awards for her work
on Broadway. She’s been recognized for
her extraordinary singing as well as
her skillful acting. Now in a limitedrun performance as Billie Holiday in
“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,”
she is once again thrilling audiences
and generating Tony buzz.
Playwright Lanie Robertson wrote
a 90-minute play about Billie Holiday
giving one of her last performances at
Emerson’s Bar & Grill in Philadelphia.
That night, accompanied only by a
piano player, obviously high, she sang
10-12 songs in front of the seven people
in the audience. She even brought her
dog Pepi onstage with her.
The Circle in the Square audience
numbers several hundred with some
folks sitting at round tables in front of
the stage and the rest in regular theater
seating. Audra McDonald is accompanied by a three-piece band.
Barbara Cook Ends
Kupferberg Season
By JOE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
The 2013-2014 season of Kupferberg
Presents will wrap up this weekend
with a Broadway legend.
Barbara Cook will present an evening
of tunes and tales at Colden Auditorium
on May 10 at 8 p.m. Her concert is the
last one for this season of Kupferberg
Presents, which is ending along with
Queens College’s school year.
Cook, a Grammy- and Tony-award
winner, became famous through her
roles in “She Loves Me,” “Candide”
and “The Music Man.” On Saturday
night, she will perform some of those
Broadway hits, along with a repertoire
of jazz, swing and songs from the Great
American Songbook.
Kupferberg chose the 2011 Kennedy
Center Honoree to close out the season
because she perfectly fits the program’s
mission, according to Jeffrey Rosenstock, the executive director of the
Kupferberg Center for the Arts.
“She embodies the mission of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts to bring worldclass art and entertainment to the heart of
Queens. Barbara Cook is one of the theatre
world’s defining artists,” Rosenstock said.
“You would expect to see an artist like her
at the Met or Carnegie Hall.”
The concert will run for about 90
minutes. Tickets are $45, $55 or $69 and
are available at http://kupferbergpresents.org or by calling (718) 793-8080.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400,
Ext. 125, jmarvilli@queenstribune.com,
or @Joey788.
Finback Brewery To
Open On Saturday
By LuiS grOnda
Staff Writer
Bottoms up!
After months of building and perfectly crafting its headquarters, Finback Brewery will open its doors on
May 10.
The brewery’s co-founders, Basil
Lee and Kevin Stafford, will host the
grand opening this weekend, beginning at 2 p.m.
Although there will not be anything extra special for the brewery’s
grand opening, Lee said they will offer
special-priced beer for visitors on its
first day.
The brewery was originally scheduled to open last November, but delays
during construction held back the
opening until this weekend, Lee said.
During the brewery’s normal hours,
Lee said they will offer visitors a guided
tour of the brewery, as well as the ability
to taste test the ale that it sells.
“We’re super excited to open up to
the community,” he said. “We’re looking
forward to people coming and trying
our beer.”
The brewery also ships its beer to
several bars in Queens and the rest of
the City. You can get the Finback beer at
watering holes such as Forest Hills Station House and Austin’s Ale House.
Lee said they are still in the midst
of hiring people to work at the brewery
and people who are interested in working there should visit their web site,
finbackbrewery.com.
For its grand opening on Saturday,
the brewery will be open from 2 p.m.
until 8 p.m.
It will be open three days a week,
Friday through Sunday, with different
hours for each day. Friday from 4 p.m.
until 8 p.m.; Saturday from noon until
6 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. until
5 p.m. Lee said they will probably add
more hours and days in the future.
Finback Brewery is located at 78-01
77th Ave. in Glendale.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstribune.
com, or @luisgronda.
Last year, Dee Dee Bridgewater gave she wrote for her mother. Holiday’s
a fine performance as Holiday in the song “Strange Fruit” was written as a
off-Broadway show “Lady Day.” How- reaction to the trip down south and
ever, the show felt contrived
the lynchings.
when Holiday “recreated”
McDonald is so good that
certain traumatic events in
she becomes Lady Day before
her life.
our eyes. With a blues/jazz
In Emerson’s version,
sound and the unmistakable
Holiday gives some of her
influence of Louis Armstrong,
background, including some
she charms the audience.
of her disappointments and
The sad events that intragedies. She makes referspired Lanie Robertson was
Audra
ences to the people who influone of the last concerts that
McDonald
enced her life and her career
the real Holiday ever gave. Yet
while their photographs flash on the her memory and her music continue
screen behind her.
to entertain audiences’ years after her
The flow of the story never inter- death at age 44 in 1959. In the show,
rupts the flow of the music.
Holiday refers to the audience as her
The bulk of the performance is “friends.” Fortunately for us, Queenscomposed of a dozen or so songs, born Audra McDonald is has come
including a couple written by Holiday. home to her friends.
She sings “God Bless The Child” which
-Elyse Trevers
Flea And Food
Expands To Astoria
By JackiE STrawBridgE
Staff Writer
Long Island City Flea and Food
has expanded to Astoria. For eight
consecutive Sundays this summer,
Astoria Flea and Food will bring international and local cuisine, as well
Photo by Jackie Strawbridge
as antiques, crafts, art and fashion
to the outdoor backlot of Kaufman Astoria Flea and Food’s crowded
grand opening.
Astoria Studios.
Long Island City Flea and Food,
which occupies a parking lot on 46th Studios, on 36th Street between 34th
Avenue and 5th Street, was estab- Avenue and 35th Avenue.
The festival offers a cross-section
lished in 2013, and began its 2014
of the diverse cuisines available in
season last month.
The smaller Astoria Flea and Food Queens. During the grand opening,
showcases “the best of the Flea,” ac- customers enjoyed lobster rolls,
cording to a statement released last kimchi, Japanese pancakes, kale and
month by Kaufman Arts District. The beet juices, Himalayan snacks and old
market takes advantage of the exist- fashioned donuts, among many other
ing cultural landscape in the area, options. About halfway down the
which houses not only the historic block, vendors switch from food to
film and television studio, but also flea, where home decorations, jewelry,
the Museum of the Moving Image, the crafts and art are on display.
Helen, who declined to give a last
Frank Sinatra School of Arts and the
name, has been an Astoria resident for
Queens Council on the Arts.
Amy Holmes moved to Woodside 40 years and visited Long Island City
about nine months ago and was a Flea and Food when it first opened
last year. She felt the food available
first-timer at Flea and Food.
“It’s nice to see the food selection at the Astoria counterpart compared
is really great, and I was really glad to well to the original festival, but said,
see a lot of local restaurants,” she said. “I would like to have seen other vari“It’s not just like the food you see at eties of [flea market] vendors.
Nevertheless, she said she “absolutestreet fairs that are all over the City. It
feels like it’s from Queens, and from ly” plans to come back to Astoria Flea
and Food in the coming weekends.
the neighborhood specifically.”
Astoria Flea and Food is open from
For lunch, Holmes picked up a
falafel pita from King of Shawarma, a 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will run for the
vendor she recognized from a corner next seven consecutive Sundays.
of Astoria that she used to frequent.
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Queens today
saTURDay 5/10
HistoRiCAl tAlK
The Greater Astoria Historical Society will host
“Anarchy in Astoria:
the Making of the Marx
Brothers’ First Two Movies,” as part of Marxfest,
a citywide Marx Brothers
festival. The discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. For information, visit www.marxfest.
com/astoria.html.
spRinG ExHiBition
Queens Council on the Arts
will celebrate the accomplishments of young artists
in the High School to Art
School portfolio development program from
2-4 p.m. at the QCA, 37-11
35th Ave., Astoria. Student
portfolio artwork will be
exhibited at QCA, highlighting the many techniques
and concepts central to the
HS2AS program.
Bush, Christian James and
Forever. For information,
call Hayden Horsham at
(718)523-3069.
momix
“Momix” is coming to the
Queens Theatre, with shows
at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on May
10 and at 3 p.m. on May
11. “Momix” transports
audiences from their
everyday lives to a fantasy world through its
trademark use of magical lighting and imagery. Artistic director Moses
Pendleton combines athletic
dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes, inventive
props and pure talent to
create an entertaining multimedia experience. Tickets
range between $25 and $46.
For more information, call
(718) 760-0064.
nyC’s RisinG stARs
ARtist REsidEnCy
BootCAmp
Head to the second floor
theater in the Queens Museum for some refreshments
as artists affiliated with
the Queens Museum and
their guests share their
experiences working
abroad and answer your
questions about the residency process in general.
Hosted by Nung-Hsin Hu,
coordinator of the Queens
Museum Studio Program
and José Rodríguez, manager of the New New Yorkers
Program, the event runs
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call
(718) 592-9700.
motHER’s dAy ConCERt
Margaret Community
Corporation will present
a free Mother’s Day concert with special guest State
Sen. James Sanders from 5-7
p.m. at Springfield Gardens
High School, 143-10 Springfield Blvd., Springfield
Gardens. Performers include
Martha Wash, Jeff Redd,
Charisa Dowe Rouse, Latrese
The Queensborough Performing Arts Center will
highlight up-and-coming
talent at its “NYC Rising
Stars” concert. Directed and
hosted by Broadway choral
director/arranger Chapman
Roberts, the show will
feature young talent
hand-picked from New
York’s most prestigious
performing arts schools,
including Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, American Musical & Dramatic
Academy, Mannes School of
Music, NYU Tisch School
of the Arts and many more.
Tickets are $35. For information, call (718) 631-6311.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
saTURDay 5/10
BARBARA CooK
Broadway legend Barbara Cook is set to
take the stage at Queens College’s Colden
Auditorium at the Kupferberg Center for the
Arts.
Starting at 8 p.m., this concert will give
attendees a chance to see Cook perform
songs from throughout her legendary career.
Tickets range between $45 and $69.
Call (718) 793-8080 for more information.
spRinGtimE ConCERt
The Youth Orchestra,
CYCNY will perform at
a springtime concert at
the Poppenhusen Institute.
These musicians, who have
played at Lincoln Center,
will play classical and contemporary songs, starting
at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 for
the general audience and
$10 for seniors, students and
members. Poppenhusen is
located at 114-04 14th Road,
College Point.
At the Flushing Library,
the Rob Crowe Situation
will perform in the lower
level auditorium from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. This acoustic
sextet mixes poetry into
their songs to produce an
eclectic mix of folk, jazz,
Latin and rock performed
on violins, congas and
guitars. The concert is free.
Flushing Library is located
at 41-17 Main St.
sUNDay 5/11
At 2 p.m., the Museum of
the Moving Image will
hold a special screening
of the movie-musical
Hello, Dolly! to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of
Louis Armstrong knocking
the Beatles off of Billboard’s
#1 slot with his song of the
same name. A short presentation of rare footage of
Armstrong performances
will precede the screening.
Tickets are $12 and include
admission to both the Museum of the Moving Image
and the Louis Armstrong
House Museum. For more
information, call (718) 7776800.
MoMA PS1 will be holding its seasonal Night at
the Museum, with special
programming and extended
viewing hours of the current
exhibitions. Live performances and musical guests
in the VW Dome will play
into the night. Tickets are
$10 in advance, $12 day-of.
For more information, visit
http://momaps1.org/calendar/view/507.
tHE GoldEn vAnity
This weekend, the Long
Island City Youth Choir
will perform The Golden
Vanity, a children’s opera
that tells the story of a
sea battle with pirates,
a courageous cabin
at 208 Totten Ave. Sample
the very best the neighborhood has to offer, with food
from Bourbon Street, Brian
Dempsey’s, C.J. Sullivan’s,
Marbella, Papazzio, Trattoria
35 and Vivaldi. Tickets are
$35. To purchase them, go
to www.baysideba.com.
WEDNEsDay 5/14
liC ARts opEn
HEllo, dolly!
niGHt At tHE musEum
RoB CRowE situAtion
boy and a treacherous
captain. Tickets are $15
for general admission and
$10 for children age 14 or
younger. For more information, call (718) 392-0722.
moNDay 5/12
BownE HousE lECtuRE
Join the Bowne House
Historical Society in the
Flushing Library meeting
room on the third floor at
6:30 p.m. for a lecture. Dr.
Janna Weiss, PhD, will
talk about cross-cultural
influences on medicinal
and culinary traditions
in Eastern and Western
societies. The talk is free
and open to the public.
Flushing Library is located
at 41-17 Main St.
TUEsDay 5/13
tAstE of BAysidE
The Bayside Business
Association is holding
the 11th annual Taste
of Bayside at the Castle
in Fort Totten Park, located
Wednesday kicks off the
fourth annual LIC Arts
Open, the biggest art
festival in Queens. More
than 250 artists in 54 venues across Long Island City
will display their work for a
total of over 80 exhibitions
and events. The venues
range from factories and
warehouses to a glass tower
on the LIC waterfront. For
a full list of festival events,
visit licartsopen.org/exhibitions-events.
THURsDay 5/15
dEvil sCiEnCE
tHEAtER 3K
Cult Films plus Alcohol
plus Comedians equals
Devil Science Theater
3000! Finally, a time when
people are encouraged to
talk at a theater and heckle
at a comedy club. Each
Thursday at 10:30, the
Laughing Devil Comedy
Club in Long Island City
hosts “Devil Science Theater
3000”, a late night cult film
screening. Cost is $6. For
information, visit www.
laughingdevil.com.
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QUEENS FOCUS
ing, tactics, military courtesy, military
justice, physical fitness, first aid, and
Army history, core values and traditions.
Ortiz is the son of Ivette Ortiz of
Woodhaven and is a 2003 graduate of
Newtown High School in Elmhurst.
Amir Shayegan
Metropolitan Hospitality, the
world-class event and hospitality
company for Citi Field, home of Major
League Baseball’s New York Mets, has
appointed Amir Shayegan as Event
Director.
In his new position, Shayegan is
responsible for managing all aspects
of the planning, coordination and execution of Metropolitan Hospitality
events at Citi Field.
Air Force Airman Sekou G. Berete
graduated from basic military training
at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland,
San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force
core values, physical fitness, and basic
warfare principles and skills.
Berete is the son of Fatima Kaba
of Corona and is a 2012 graduate of
Newtown High School in Elmhurst.
Queens Jazz Orchestra will perform its annual concert, 7:30 p.m. May
16 at Flushing Town Hall. The event
will feature a pre-show discussion with
Jimmy Heath, the orchestra’s conductor and music director. Cost is $32 for
members, $40 for non-members and
$20 for students.
Flushing Town Hall is located at
137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.
Flushing Town Hall and Terraza 7
Café will present an LGBTQ-themed
concert performance at Flushing Town
Hall, sponsored in part by Councilman Daniel Dromm, on June 21, to
celebrate Pride Month and the immigrant LGBTQ communities based in
Jackson Heights and Queens.
Performers will be selected via
this open call. All LGBTQ musicians,
dancers, and performing artists based
in Queens may submit applications.
Latino and other immigrant and minority artists who self-identify as LGBTQ are particularly encouraged to
apply.
Applications must be submitted via
email and should include: a statement
of interest, no more than 200 words;
biographical details, no more than 300
words; and three work samples.
Submit all applications over email
by May 16, 2014 to Flushing Town
Hall’s Deputy Director Sami Abu
Essay Winner
Assemblyman Mike Miller recently awarded several students at
the Sacred Heart School in Glendale with citations for being chosen for an essay contest held by Miller’s office.
Shumays at sshumays@flushingtownhall.org with the subject line: LGBTQ
OPEN CALL 2014.
Queens College has been selected
as one of the most environmentally
responsible colleges in the U.S. and
Canada in The Princeton Review’s just
released Guide to 332 Green Colleges:
2014 Edition. The college was recognized for such initiatives as water conservation, alternative transportation,
and reduction in waste and carbon
emissions, as well as for its commitment to achieving LEED Silver cer-
Community Board 5 will hold its
next regular meeting, 7:30 p.m. May
14 in the cafeteria of Christ the King
High School, 68-02 Metropolitan Ave.,
Middle Village. The agenda includes a
presentation by Dept. of Transportation representatives to discuss safety
upgrades at the Myrtle Avenue/Wyckoff Avenue/Palmetto Street intersection.
There is also scheduled updates on
the Knockdown Center. For information, call (718) 366-1834.
Local students were named to the
President’s List for the fall 2013 semester at SUNY Farmingdale. They
include:
Corona: Amanda Ingram, Ernest
Nnabuogor.
Maspeth: Aryenth Mejia.
Ridgewood: Justin Arvelo.
Woodside: Janet Rojsirilawan,
Christopher Santana.
Army Reserve Pfc. Karlos A. Ortiz has graduated from basic infantry
training at Fort Benning, Columbus,
Ga. During the nine weeks of training,
the soldier received training in drill
and ceremonies, weapons, map read-
tification on 100 percent of all new
construction, the creation of a formal
sustainability committee, and providing students with research and degree
opportunities in environmental science and sustainability.
Elizabeth McDonagh of Middle
Village was named to the Dean’s List
at Fairfield University in Connecticut
Immigrant Advancement Matters, One Flushing and St. George’s
Church will co-host its inaugural
open house and immigration resource
fair from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May
17 at St. George’s Church, 135-32 38th
Ave., Flushing. For information, email
info@iamnonprofit.org. .
Cub Scout Pack 390 and the 108th
Precinct’s Crime Prevention Unit
will conduct its annual bicycle rodeo
and operation security etching of bicycles, 5 p.m. May 16 at St. Teresa’s RC
Church, 50-20 45th St., Woodside.
The event is open to all children in
the neighborhood who have a bicycle
and wish to have it registered with the
NYPD. The event will also include registration for boys ages 6-10 years old
for Cub Scout Pack 390 and summer
camp.
Soap Box Racers
Cub Scout Pack 390 from Woodside celebrated a recent warmweather weekend racing their Cub mobiles at the 2014 Pathfinder
Soap Box Derby. Pictured are scout leaders Maria Jeffcoat, Catherina Cheung and Marvin Jeffcoat; and Cub Scouts Cillian Connelly, Joseph O’Sullivan, Patrick McKnight, Andrew Minchala, Jayden
Rosario, Patrick Chraznowski, Kazuki Russo, Jack McKnicht, Xavier Caba, Alex Ovanessian, Michael O’Sullivan, Isamu Russo and
Manny Jeffcoat.
Our Lady of Fatima Church,
located at 25-02 80th St., Jackson
Heights, will host a defensive driving
course for insurance and point reduction sponsored by the National Safety
Council from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
June 7. Cost is $45. For information,
call (631) 360-9720.
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HOUSES BOUGHT
ALL CASH
ANY CONDITION
house wanted
ESTATE SPECIALIST
718-217-2000
business for sale
BUSY FLOWER SHOP
FOR SALE
$35,000 (Queens)
Recently renovated. Fully stocked.
Excellent location on busy street
in very nice neighborhood.
Negotiable
Call 212-810-6518
central fla
Elegant Owner Built Home
4BR, 3 Baths, 2 Car Garage
5120 sq ft. on 2 acres
Asking $295K Negotiable
For Sale By Owner
863-635-6056 or 780-458-9726
commercial prop.
FOR COMMERCIAL
INDUSTRIAL USE
RENTAL PROPERTY
BROADWAY
SCHENECTADY, NY
3 Buildings & Parking Lot.
Asking $300,000
Call 518-864-5659
office for rent
ROSEDALE
OFFICE FOR RENT
Brand new construction 2000sf
+ Basement on busy location
Ready to move in
For more information call
house for sale
BAYSIDE
3 Bedroom 2 bath SD
Colonial. Hdwd Floors,
Full fin bsmnt. Beautiful Eat
in Kitchen. Call Today!!
TMT Realty 718-229-5200
GLEN CLOVE Open House
Sun 2-4pm 2 Edwards Ln. 5Br,
4FBa, ½ ac, 3 car gar, htd IGP
$699. Appt 516-637-2851
516-503-2494
7030 Elk County, PA/ Out of State
$399,876 2 homes on 24 acres.
Quiet location, convenient to all
amenities. Great hunting & fishing.
Low taxes. Full info at
elkcountryretreatsale.com
or call 717-756-1821
HOWARD BEACH
Open158-47
House78th
4/26 12-2pm
St.
ONE OF A KIND
Unique Marble & Stucco Colonial
5BR, 3 Full Bth, Fin Bsmt. w/Fireplace
Beautiful Back Yard w/Pool-Pool House
$898K
HAL KNOPF REALTY
516-426-0703
L.I. condo 4 sale
HAMPTON BAYS
1 br. Condo/pool & tenis.
New kit. & bth, wd flrs., AC,
laundry rm. BBQ, Parking,
Near town, Shopping ,
Restaurants & movie theater.
Close to beaches.
Summer vacation or yr rd. living
$239K
Deluca Hamptons Realty
631-903-2989
DeLucaHamptons.com
office building
917-806-4343
real estate help
Attention Landlords!
Avoid headaches Hire Me
I am am a Real Estate professional
I can handle all aspects of
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Find Tenants • Filing • Vacancies
Screen prospective tenants • lease
apartments & set up closing dates,
at no cost to you!
Call Jason: 347-972-4626
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
Real Estate
houses sold
houses sold
houses sold
$40/hr
body work
Health Services
PLUS 30 MINUTES
FREE FOOT RUB
718-224-0648
200-12 44 AVE BAYSIDE
body work
FOREST HILLS
BODY WORK
NICE ASIAN GIRLS
7 Days 10am - 12am
718-520-6688
109-09 72nd Road 2nd Fl.
Bet. Queens Blvd. & Austin St.
CHINESE GUY
MASSAGE
massage therapy
917-251-9689
347-348-6584
WAXING TREATMENT
FULL DETOX
CALL ANYTIME
GRAND OPENING
BODYWORK
By Nice Asian Girls
massage therapy
Grand Opening
MASSAGE
ACUPUNCTURE
Applehealingspa.com
41-28 71st St. Woodside
massage therapy
11am-11pm • 1 hr. $40
body work
WINTER
PROMOTION
Main Fl. Flushing 11354
Free Parking
Ins. Accepted
Health Services
$35
We treat many health issues
NYS Licensed
Call
6am-8pm
718-321-2235
143-25 41 Ave Flushing NY 11355
clinical study
347-986-9860
143-29 Roosevelt Ave.,
GRAND OPENING
BODY WORK
347-644-6652
body work
162nd St. &
Northern Blvd.
clinical study
body work
EUROPEAN
BODY
WORK
347-336-3745
clinical study
$35
90 Minutes
60 min. Body Work
30 min. Free Foot Massage
7 Days 10:00am - 10:00pm
718-888-1070
164-03 Northern Blvd. Fl. 1
Flushing, NY 11358
BEST BODY RUB
BY BEAUTIFUL
ASIAN GIRLS
$50/HR
917-588-8059
$35
90 Minutes
60 min. Body Work
30 min. Free Foot Massage
7 Days 10:00am - 9:30pm
718-357-8889
192-04 Northern Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11358
massage therapy
HOT SPA
Pretty Asian Massage
Clean and Relaxed
Environment
Free Sauna •Table Shower
acupuncture
acupuncture
Western Medicine Meets Eastern Medicine
Ronglan (Rhoda) Zheng, MD, PhD
Yali Li, MD, PhD
MD Acupuncture Physical Therapy
We treat tendon/spine/joint related problems such as the following but not limited to
•Rotator Cuff Syndrome,Tennis Elbow
•Neck and Back Pain, Sciatica
•Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
•Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
•Trigger Finger, Plantar Fasciitis
•Infertility, Allergies, Menopause Syndrome
Most Insurance Accepted
(718) 961-9618 (Tue, Thurs & Sat)
39-07 Prince Street, 4J, Flushing, NY 11354
elder care consult
elder care consult
ELDER CARE SERVICES, INC.
MEDICAID PROFESSIONALS
• Over 18 years experience filing Medicaid
Home Care and Nursing Home applications
• Apply for pooled income trusts
• Protect your home, assets and income
• Advocate for additional Home Care hours
• Nursing Home placement of your choice
• Full service including challenge denials,
JACK LIPPMANN recertification representation & much more
FREE Consultation
www.eldercareservicesny.com
108-18 Queens Blvd. Suite 801, Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375
(718) 575-5700
energy medicine
energy medicine
Open 7 Days a week from
10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Call 718-961-2229
140-14 Cherry Ave. Flushing NY 11355
medical care
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Dermatology
Rapid, Effective Treatment,
Confidential. HIV test.
Dr. D. Park, MD, Specialist
40-44 82 St., Elmhurst, Queens
(1 blck frm Roosevelt Ave. #7 Train)
Accept Major Insrnce, Credit Cards
718-429-3800
VISIT US AT: QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
Health
Services
bathrooms
Home Services
bathrooms
construction
construction
study
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE
PULMONARY DISEASE
also known as
COPD?
Tel. 718-740-2532
Cell 917-862-1632
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) includes chronic bronchitis and
emphysema. If you have COPD you may
be interested in volunteering for our
COPD CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY
Qualified participants must:
• Have COPD
• Be 40 years of age or older
• Be a current or former smoker
Those who qualify receive study-related
exams, evaluations and study drug or
placebo at no cost. Medical insurance
is not required and compensation for
time and travel may be provided.
For more information call
Free est.
718-658-7264
•Kitchens •Bathrooms
•Custom Closets •Windows
•Doors •General Contracting
Lic #858480
Approved by NY Rising & EPA
for Sandy Repairs
•Quality Workmanship
contracting
COST RITE
CONTRACTING
FreeEstimates • Licensed&Insured
hairdresser
ALL TYPES OF
HAIRSTYLING
718-762-2830
• Kitchens
• Tile Work
• Painting
• Doors
Ken LIC# 1210212
electrician
Home
Services
electrician
electrician
awnings
CLASSICAL CUSTOM
AWNINGS
home improve
LIC#1069538
WHO’S SLEEPING
WITHYOUTONIGHT!
Remove Bed Bugs,
REMOVE HEAD LICE
Lice & Mites!
Nontoxic Kleen Green Stops
pests dead, Safe for children
and pets. Fast Shipping!
www.KleenGreen.com
800-807-9350
(718) 279-3334
Your Friendly
Specializing in all phases of Domestic Service
(one time, weekly or monthly service)
MY
HOUSE
HOME IMPROVEMENT Inc.
home improve
347-538-2318
handyman
HANDYMAN JOE
cleaning
Old Fashioned Irish Cleaning”
Mention code FALL & get 10% off
FREE Estimate
Master Electrician
MURPHY’S
MAIDS
cleaning
bed bugs
Lic & Insured #1282515
We install:
Fans, Light Fixtures,
Switches, Outlets,
Modern Decorative Lighting
FREE Estimates/
Trouble Shooting
No Job Too Small
25 Years Experience
Call for
CLASSICAL-IRON.COM
718-974-6983
No Job too Big or Too Small
AFFORDABLE
ELECTRIC
718-528-2401
We do it all!All household needs!
THE ELECTRICAL
SERVICE & REPAIR CO.
917-698-1749
home improve
FREE ESTIMATES
SINCE 1980
NO JOB TOO BIG OR
TOO SMALL!
LOW
PRICES !
Call Adrian
• Bathrooms
• Sheetrock
• Wood Floors
• Carpentry
• Windows
718-945-6612
917-676-0021
133-18 41st Road
Flushing
All Kinds of Woodwork
Lic # 1001349
GARY GRAY
212-777-6977
Extensions, Kitchen/Bsmnt
Bathroom, Tiles, Painting
Sheetrock, Carpentry, Cement
AHMED
CONSTRUCTION CO.
Brickwork, Sidewalks, Waterproofing,
Roofing, Painting, Silicone Coating,
Steam Cleaning, Pointing, Sheetrock
Do you have
ALUMINUM • LEXAN
RETRACTABLE
construction
Painting Specialist, Tile Work,
Bathrooms & all types
of Installation
Free Estimates
Reasonable Rates
718-907-0618 • 917-865-5033
Lic. & Insured
HANDYMAN
Painting, Wallpapering, Tiling,
Clogged Tubs, Carpentry, Roofing.
No Job is too small for us!
We also alter clothes in your home
Call William (718-793-3531)
home improve
Mr. G’s Home
Improvements
Bathrooms • Carpentry • Kitchens Painting • Decks • Windows
Doors • Tiles • Wallpaper
• Free Estimates
No Job Too Small • Lic. 1035048
718-762-1442
home improve
Gutters - Clean, Repair
New Install
Siding, Roofing
BRIAN CONNELLY
Free Estimate
Fully Lic & Ins.
718-415-2668
roofing
OLD H.P.
WATERPROOFING &
ROOFING
• Steam Cleaning • Brick Pointing
• Cement & Brickwork • Stucco
• Windows • Shingling
• Flat Roofs
• Gutters & Leaders
• Painting • Scaffold Work
Free Estimates
All Work Guaranteed
Fully Insured/Lic. #883368
(718) 969-6752
Home Services
contracting
contracting
contracting
contracting
contracting
floors
J&S FLOOR SERVICE
•Scraping •Polyurethane
•Staining
•Bleaching White Floors
•Waxing •Stripping
•Repairs & Installation
We also do Painting,
Wallpaper Removal,
Tiling & Dry Wall
Reasonable Prices • Free Estimates
917-459-2421
718-464-4535
24/7
WOOD FLOORS
Sanding & Refinishing
89¢sq.ft.
718-926-4621
DECK RESTORATIONS
K&B
chimney cleaning
VISIT US AT:
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
chimney cleaning
Improvement Ltd.
Chimney Cleaning • Repairs
Caps • Relining
Licensed & Insured
NYC# 2005308
718-819-0200
Chimney
Cleaning
$39.99
furniture repair
furniture repair
Includes
FREE Carbon
Monoxide Test Of
Your Home
Your Friendly, Reliable, Professional Neighborhood Carpet Cleaners
- Quick -Drying Formula
10% OFF
- Deep Cleaning Stain Removal
Any Carpet or
- Stain-guard Protective Coating
Cleaning
- Sofa/Sectional/Upholstery Cleaning Upholstery
We Appreciate Our Customers
And More ...
Must present this ad
at time of service.
Not to be combined with
any other offers
construction
MIKE'S LANDSCAPING & CONSTRUCTION
upholstery clean
STAY FRESH CARPET &
UPHOLSTERY CLEANING
Proudly Serving Nassau & Queens
www.kbchimneyny.com
landscaping
carpet cleaning
Call Today (718) 316-2300
Stayfreshcarpets.com|Email us @ stayfreshcarpets@gmail.com
gutters
gutters
REPAIRS
windows
stone & tile work
stone & tile work
telephone serv.
telephone serv.
One call we do it all - big or small.
25 years of experience, thousands of
satisfied customers, licensed.
Driveways
Clean ups
Brick work
Design
Patios
Planting
Side walks
Lawns
Fences
Rock Garden
Repairs
Waterfalls
Power washing
Tree Service
Call at (516) 270-0443
landscaping
landscaping
repairs
All Leaks on Pipes,
Faucets, Toilets,
Shower Bodies,
Radiator Valves.
Clear Stoppages in
Sinks, Tubs, Also Install
Hot Water Heaters
Free Estimates
Cheap Rates
Licensed & Insured
Ask for Bob
718-968-5987
Windows
Falling Down?
Glass Fogged or cracked?
Need Caulking
or rescreening?
Window & Door
Repairs & Replacements.
CALL DEN-MAR:
718-457-8068
den-marcontracting.com
License # 0672990
Home Services
painting
painting
painting
painting
rubbish removal
tree services
plumbing
heating
PAINTERS & TILES R US
HANDYMAN
I Will Beat Any Estimate
Interior & Exterior - Over 20 Years of Experience
BASEMENTS • KITCHENS • BATHROOMS
•
•
•
•
•
•
Painting/Skincoating
Bathrooms
Custom Tile Installation
Sheetrock & Taping
Flooring
Carpentry/Doors
•
•
•
•
•
•
Wallpaper Removal
Tile Repair
Water Damage Repairs
Wood Floors
Plasterwork & Moldings
Custom Decks
LOW
PRICES
Call Anthony 347-226-0202
20% OFF Fully Insured • Free Estimates
with this ad
ALL WORK GUARANTEED!
LOCAL
PAINTER/
HANDYMAN
painting
No job too big or too small.
Free Estimate.
Senior Citizen Discount.
Work area cleaned daily.
Polite, professional service.
718-352-2181
RUBBISH
HOUSEHOLD REMOVAL
Basements, Backyards,
Garages, Etc.
Interior Demolition
SNOW REMOVAL
REMOVAL
SNOW
Contract Now & SAVE!
Free Estimates
7 days a week
YOUR BEST BUY
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
ON TOP CONSTRUCTION
& ROOFING
roofing
roofing
Lic.# 1301530
Insured Bonded
• Roofing
• Shingles
• Rubber Roofs
• Skylights
718-717-6997
SERVICE
A1TREE
WE SHOW UP
• Pruning
• Toppings
• Removals
24 Hour Emergency Service
Fully Insured |Senior Citizen Discount
TOM
718-430-7142
917-364-9059
Family Owned
25 Years Exp.
We Start / We Finish
• Soffits
• Rip-Outs
• Waterproofing
• Carpentry
948 Jamaica Ave. Brooklyn NY 11208
Licensed & Insured. Don DeSena lic.# 757
718-845-6640
917-697-0974
All plumbing and heating repairs and
services. A.O. Smith water heaters.
Weil McLane boilers. Bathrooms.
Kitchens. Boiler inspections. Backflow
inspections. Faucets. Shower bodies.
Water saving toilets. Violations removed.
Commercial and Residential plumbing.
• Masonry
• Sheetrock
• Painting
• Power Washing
15% Senior Discount - FREE ESTIMATES
All Work Guaranteed - Owner Operated Every Job
CELL:
DE SENA
PLUMBING
INC.
347-962-1194
$20 OFF
with this coupon
P&H Time Corp.
Water, Sewer, Gas, Boiler & Radiator
Installation & Repair. Commercial & Residential
LONG ISLAND BEST
TREE SERVICE
SPECIALIZING IN:
Land Clearing
Cutback
Stump Grinding
Elevation
Trimming
Taping
Tree Removal
Pruning
Storm Damage
REASONABLE RATES • FREE ESTIMATES
NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL
516-903-0730 • 516-505-2216
Lic/Ins
Res/Com
longislandtreeservices.com
Shomer Shabbos
646-715-8626
pest control
PLACE
ACE PEST CONTROL
YOUR AD
We’re available till Midnight
718-357-7400
Ext. 151
Over 35 years service
to the community
Residential/Commercial
Call for all your
pest problems
718-225-8585
Lic. & Ins.
General Services
Home Services
JP MUSSO
roofing
roofing
ROOFING AND SIDING
• Roofing
• Re-Roofing
• Siding
• Rips
• Gutters
• Slate etc.
• Painting
• Plastering
• Taping
• Sheet Rock
• Tile Work
• Kitchen
• Bathroom
NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL
Lic. & Insured
718-600-5186
attorney
computer services
auto repair
auto repair
labels
merchandise 4 sale
WANTED: USED CARS!!
HIGHEST CASH PAID!!
WE VISIT YOU!!
ANY YEAR CONDITION & MILEAGE
OR DONATE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
- PLUS CASH!
CALL JOHNNY: 516-297-2277
ANY CONDITION
tub reglazing
tub reglazing
E-Z LABELS
• Addressing Invitations directly on
Envelopes or Professional Labels
• Choice of elegant fonts
• Services customized to your req.
• Computerized lists
Lowest Prices Guaranteed
347-844-6727
Info@e-zlabels.com
music instructor
MUSIC CENTER OF
KEW GARDEN HILLS
General Services
attorney
LEGAL
PROBLEM?
I KNOW HOW
TO WIN
FOR YOU!
Traffic Violations, Criminal
Law, All Business-Contract &
License Problems, Collections,
Employment Problems,
Landlord/Tenant
Joseph B. Maira, Esq.
MAIRALAWOFFICE.COM
Call cell ANYTIME
718-938-3728
self help
COMPUTER
HELP
Piano, Organ, Keyboard
& Accordian Lessons
Instructor w/30 years Exp.
birth injury
legal
bus tours
bus tours
computer services
718-268-6955
MAP
Hagstrom 5 Boros Atlas
FINAL
EDITION
$24.95
800-327-7992
pet sitter
PET SITTER AVAILABLE
Local dog groomer with 27 years
experience will pamper your pet in my
home or yours: Fenced in yard,
Daily walks available, Unlimited Hugs
and kisses, References available,
Boarding charges $25 & up per day.
Lisa- 917-478-5493
office furniture
office furniture
funeral services
funeral services
Software/Hardware
Problem Fixing,
DSL/Cable Connection
Internet Troubleshooting,
Data Recovery, Tutoring,
Upgrades,
Performance Tuning,
Networks
Home or Office
Michael
718-261-8314
self help
General Services
dating service
dating service
psychic
Back by Popular Demand
tutoring
tutoring
tutoring
tutoring
wanted to buy
wanted to buy
KING DAVID
CHRISTMAN
Powerful Kits Guaranteed to
Fix Love, Luck, Jinx & Court
& Fast Blessing.
DON’T GIVE UP!
WRITE ME TODAY!
P.O. Box 395, NY, NY 10116
772-971-2769
blessingsbykingdavid@gmail.com
FAST DIVORCE
divorce
divorce
ANNULMENT
PROXY MARRIAGE
THE PROCESS IS
QUICK, EASY, LEGAL & AFFORDABLE
WWW.DIVORCEFAST.COM
978-443-8387
WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Visit us online or Call Now!
SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR 50 YEARS
DJ’S SHORT NOTICE
DJs/Parties
DJs/Parties
Energetic DJ’s. Professional Sound Systems. Light and
Smoke Show. $295.00 Wedding Specialist.
Karaoke Available. Waitresses, Waiters & Bartenders.
Guitar Sing-a-Long, Children’s Pop Show, Clowns,
Characters. Reasonably Priced
PROFESSIONAL VIDEO TAPING
AVAILABLE
516-785-1976
5 HOUR BLOCK PARTY PACKAGE, MOON BOUNCE,
CLOWN, COTTON CANDY, 5 HOUR DJ
psychic
psychic
PSYCHIC THERESA
30 years exp. 100% Accurate
Has psychic ability that is
unmatched by any psychic.
Amazes even the most
skeptical critics.
Specializing in all matters of life.
210-257-9228
♥ PSYCHIC ABIGAIL
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in all matters of life
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PSYCHIC MARTHA
You don’t change the Past
but find out what to avoid
in the future.
Specialize in Love, Marriage
Career & Finance
CALL NOW
817-724-4998
30 Years Exp.
PROFESSOR OUMAR
Spiritual Healer & Clairvoyant
Marriage, Loved Ones, Family Problems,
Good Luck, Exams, Job Interview,
Infertility & Impotency, Depression, Court
& Immigration, Cleansing, Breaking Bad
Luck, Black Magic & Jealousy, Divorce
QUICK RESULTS GUARANTEED
Your Pain Is My Responsibility
Call 646-239-4298 or 212-316-0567
SERIGNE
reader/coach
Spiritual Reader & Coach
Experienced Teachers
Reasonable Rates,
Elementary Thru College,
All Subjects & Exams
www.spiritualrestore.com
HIGH GRADE
TUTORING SERVICE
FAST RESULTS!
917-679-1518
personals
RETIRED WIDOWED
62 Y.O. MAN (5’ 6”)
WOULD LIKE TO MEET
55-68 Y.O. WIDOWED
WOMAN (5’ 2”-5’ 5”)
FOR COMPANIONSHIP
(Non Smoker)
CHIHUAHUA
MIX
missing dog
missing dog
FOUND: Yellowstone Blvd.
Mid April • Elderly
718-296-7541
Home Tutoring
Helps bring back loved ones.
Reunite lovers, issues, court cases,
success in business, remove bad
luck, black magic & witchcraft.
Stop enemy & offer protection!
CALL JULIUS
Home: 718-468-8677
Cell: 917-224-6118
(Before 10pm)
Full Figured Woman
to Share my
Life & Home
and Have Hot Times
34 7- 80 7- 96 12
WJM, 62
5’11”, 300 LBS
Looking to meet a
sweet woman.
Please give me a call
718-217-9788
Call
718-740-5460
Ph.D.
PROVIDES OUTSTANDING
TUTORING
in Math, English, S.A.T.,
Regents. All levels.
Dr. Liss 718-767-0233
wanted to buy
CASH FOR RECORDS
Blues, Rock, 50-80’s
Collector travels.
Also wanted, CDs, Coins &
Hi-end Stereo Equipment
HIGHEST CASH PAID
203-377-3449
Old Clocks & Watches Wanted
By Collector, Regardless of
Condition - Highest Prices Paid
917-748-7225
ABE BUYS
ANTIQUES
Silver, Chandeliers,
Paintings, Rugs,
All furniture till 1950.
Estates & all contents
from homes!
Looking for antiques,
Iron Garden furniture.
718-332-9709
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
WE BUY
ANYTHING OLD
Costume jewelry, fountain pens,
old watches, working or not;
military & World’s Fair items,
cigarette lighters,
anything gold. Call Mike
718-204-1402
CASH FOR STEREOS
Receivers, Amplifiers, Tuners,
Tubes, CB/Ham Radios,
Guitars. Any Condition
718-698-2428
QUEENS TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER
Adult Services
clubs
clubs
clubs
adult
International
Escorts
adult
Grand Opening
1st Time in NY
NOBODY BEATS OUR RATES
718-530-0039
516-620-0070
BODY WORK
Pretty Spanish Ladies
718-343-0726
By Appt. Only
Bayside Area
NINA
A Beautiful
Curvy Brazilian Girl
Incalls Only
Not An Agency
347-553-6331
Hot Asian Goddess
347-348-9590
jy
Flushing Area
w/Ad
Body Massage
GRAND OPENING
Friendly Sexy Asian Girl
7 Days 11am-10:30pm
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VISIT US ONLINE:
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
917-587-5718
Man to Man
BODY WORK
By Pretty American Girl
Flushing Area
718-445-3595
FUNGIRLS ELITE
CUT E GIRLS
IN/OUT
718-644-7300
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NEW GIRL IN TOWN
SEXY
646-377-4606
BEAUTIFUL
ASIAN GIRLS
BEST BODY WORK
HOT SHOWER
7 Days •10:30am-10pm
718-628-1688
6214 Myrtle Ave, Glendale
js
YOUNG ASIAN BODYWORK
Energetic Excellent Body Rub
Back: $35 1hr Foot: $25 1hr
Relief from Pain • Stress
Fatigue & Insomnia
1) 36-18 Union St. Flushing 347-978-3778
2) 43-46 162nd St. Flushing 646-937-1909
3) 255-08 Northern Blvd. 347-628-2838
4) 66-47 GrandAve Maspeth 718-205-8818
Open 24 hrs • Walk ins welcomed
2 SWEET
& SEXY
SPANISH
GIRLS
718-393-0321
QLILI
Massage
j
646-251-8828
Young Chinese Students
199-12 32nd Ave. Bayside 11358
Easy Parking
NEW FACE
347-852-8000
PRETTY
ASIAN GIRL
Near Queens Blvd.
CLASSIFIED DEADLINE:
Monday Before 5 P.M.
646-575-6800
PLACE YOUR AD HERE
718-357-7400 Ext. 151
6’ Tall 185 lbs
28 Year Old Latin
Well Built
By Appt. Only
HOT SPRING
FLING
$10 OFF
JASON
adult
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Smith Looking Ahead
Q
CONFIDENTIAL
Musicians OF QuEEns
Nick Moran
QConf is edited by:
Steven J. Ferrari
State Sen. Malcolm Smith (far right) with recent winners of the
Senator's Jump and Ball Basketball tournament.
Looks like embattled State
Sen. Malcolm Smith has already
set aside the dates for his 10th
Annual Jump and Ball Basketball
Tournament this August. Only
problem? Mr. Smith will likely
still be on trial in August, if not
behind bars.
While we here at QConf can’t
help but wonder where Smith
finds the time to organize all
the events.
Shouldn’t he be focused on
his campaign against Leroy
Comrie…or better yet, his corruption trial, set for June?
Metta Seeks Queens Peace
Everything’s better in,
Queens, right?
Maybe even post-divorce
legal battles with basketball
stars.
According to the New York
Post, former New York Knick
Metta World Peace is seeking
to bring the legal battle with
his ex-girlfriend Jennifer
Palma, over tuition for their
son’s private school tuition,
to Queens Family Court from
Manhattan.
World Peace argues that
the case should be moved because his ex lives in Woodside,
and they have conducted all
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Astoria's Hot
Assemblywoman
previous proceedings in the
Borough.
We suggest the ex-couple
check out our annual Blue Book:
The Offical Guide to Queens for
ideas on where to get a postcourt battle drink or two.
Cricket Kick Off
Is there anything she can't do? Queens Borough President Melinda
Katz bowled off at the opening ceremonies of the New York T20 Big
Bash Cricket Tournament at Idlewild Field in Springfield Gardens
on May 2. The three-day tournament featured 10 teams competing
for $20,000 in prizes.
Assemblywoman Aravella
Simotas (D-Astoria) has a
quality about her that someone
out there seems to really like.
The first Greek-American
woman elected to office in
New York ranked third on a
list of the "20 Hottest Female
Democrat Politicians" on
lifestyle website rantlifestyle.
com.
Simotas was in good company, beating out some wellknown women, including
Hilary Clinton (No. 17), U.S.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (No.
9) and First Lady Michelle
Obama (No. 8).
The two women above Simotas on the list were U.S. Rep.
Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
(No. 2) and Michigan politician Carey Torrice (No. 1).
While we do not in any way
condone the inherent sexism
of such a list (where is the list
of sexiest male politicians?),
our outrage is somewhat tempered by seeing one of our own
elected officials near the top of
the list.
The words that Nick Moran
sings are always honest.
They may be dressed up in
stories or metaphors, but
the sentiment is always
truthful.
“I write about things that
happen to me. Some of my
songs are more playful and
figurative, but they always
stem from an actual experience I’ve had. I try and write
with honesty,” he said. “Some
songs may be simple and
straightforward; others may
require a bit more unraveling. Regardless, every song
is honest and truthful, and a
lot of thought goes into every
song, and every single lyric
I write.”
As soon as you put on one
of his numbers, Moran’s music takes you on refreshing
journey of rock and roll and
the Blues. With funky guitar
parts, a toe-tapping rhythm
and emotional, soulful vocals, Moran writes songs that
are as welcoming as a warm
Spring day.
Like many others, Moran
started writing his own pieces
in college, though he only
pursued his craft as a career
when he moved into the City,
settling at first in Sunnyside
and then Astoria. Moran said
the latter neighborhood’s
numerous talents are an inspiration to him as well.
“I’ve always been a singer,
but after I moved here, I taught
myself guitar/piano, started
playing shows, and never
looked back,” he said.
Moran called his creative
process “strange,” as he
comes up with melodies at
first before he has words to
fill the space. So instead,
he sings random words or
vowel sounds until he falls
on one that makes the most
amount of sense.
“The word usually starts
to form a sentence, and that
sentence starts to form a
concept and then I’m on my
way,” Moran said.
That songwriting method
helped to form Moran’s debut
album, “Who We Are,” which
came out in March 2013. The
seven-song record captures
the spirit of the music that
Moran feels inspired by, such
as James Brown, Same Cooke
and Jackie Wilson.
“Ultimately, I wanted a big
bold sound while staying true
to every song’s original sentiment,” he said. “Growing up,
I listened to all sorts of whatever, and I’d be lying if I said I
didn’t go through a Green Day
phase, but I honestly feel that
the old soul, funky, Motown
sound is what I loved, and
still love the most.”
This year, Moran competed
in the Battle of the Boroughs
at the Greene Space. While
he did not advance past
the first round, he said he
enjoyed performing there
and was thankful to get the
opportunity.
“Although my run was a
bit shorter than I would have
liked, the experience as a
whole was very enjoyable,”
Moran said. “And I thank
WNYC, the Greene Space
and WQXR for all the work
they put into making it such
a great event.”
This summer, Moran is
going to be hard at work on
his next album. To keep up
with the latest news from the
musician, visit his website,
https://heynickmoran.bandpage.com, and his Facebook
page, www.facebook.com/
heynickmoran.
“Who We Are” is available
on Amazon and iTunes.
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