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Vol. 45, No. 32 August 6-12, 2015 • queenstribune.com FAITH RESTORED A year after spearheading the sacking of embattled CEO Tom Galante for a spending scandal, Borough President Melinda Katz allocates $14 million for Queens Library improvements. By Domenick Rafter, Page 3. INSIDE: Queens Real Estate Marketplace Special Pull Out Section Page 2 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com NYSNA: Caring for ALL New Yorkers Flushing Hospital Medical Center Nurses Are Here For You! At Flushing and throughout our state, nurses are uniting to improve care for our patients. We’re working together to end healthcare inequality and to raise standards so that every New Yorker has access to quality care. Through our union, the New York State Nurses Association, we’re creating a better future for nurses and our patients: ¨ Safe RN Staffing. Having enough nurses at the bedside is key to safe patient care. In our union contracts and in the legislature, we’re working to ensure that every patient has access to the care of a nurse whenever they need it. ¨ Community Voices. We believe that our communities should have a voice in decisions that impact their access to care. Healthcare decisions should be based on community needs, not on the bottom line. That’s why we’re advocating to strengthen community voices in care. ¨ Quality Care for ALL. Every patient deserves equal access to quality care regardless of income, borough, or insurance coverage. We’re working with fellow healthcare unions, patients, community leaders, and elected allies to stop the devastating tide of hospital cuts and closures in underserved communities. www.nysna.org nynurses @nynurses www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 3 Queens DeaDline Katz Renews Faith, Funds In Library By Domenick RafteR Editor in Chief A little more than a year after Borough President Melinda Katz removed six members of the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees after they supported retaining CEO Tom Galante amid controversy that he misspent library funds, Katz appears to have regained some faith in the organization. The borough president announced this week an allocation of $14 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds for important expansions, renovations and technology across 12 library branches throughout the borough. “The millions of families who rely on the Queens Library services deserve nothing less than a world-class library system,” Katz said in a statement. “The Board of Trustees – which the Mayor and I reformed in 2014 thanks to prompt state legislation – continues to move the Library in the right direction consistent with its educational purpose. This capital allocation will help ensure the Queens Library branches remain up-to-date and better able to serve its educational purpose as a community hub of learning, literacy and culture.” According to Katz’s office, the $14 million includes: $3.8 million for the expansion of the Arverne branch $3.5 million for interior renovations at Baisley Park $96,000 for security cameras at Bay Terrace $500,000 for the upgrading of the HVAC system, and $65,000 for security cameras, both at Douglaston/ Little Neck $81,000 for security cameras at East Flushing $2.75 million for a second elevator at the Flushing branch $800,000 for to replace the Ozone Park branch’s roof $78,000 for security cameras at Rosedale $2.2 million for exterior façade and multi-purpose room renovations at St. Albans $81,000 for security cameras at South Ozone Park $95,000 for security cameras at Steinway, and $122,000 for security cameras at the recently-renovated Woodhaven branch. “Queens Library greatly appreciates the investment Borough President Katz is making in library infrastructure and technology,” Interim President and CEO Bridget QuinnCarey said in a statement. “Creating inviting, inspiring spaces and keeping our library buildings in a state of good repair protects the resources our community libraries offer, and ensures a welcoming and secure environment File Photo Borough President Melinda Katz allocated $14 million in capital funds for the Queens library. for millions of customers.” In the wake of scandal last year, in which Galante and other senior library staff were accused of using the organization’s funds for lavish dinners and renovations for Galante’s personal office, the library has been under a criminal probe by the FBI and an audit from City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office. The Board of Trustees refused to remove Galante as president in early 2014, and Katz successfully sought a change in state law to allow her to remove members appointed by the borough president. She did, removing six members who supported Galante, and named new members who voted to oust him. Stringer’s audit, in his words, “raised questions” about the involvement of Quinn-Carey, though he and other officials lauded her for forcing out several other top library officials earlier this year. After Promise Of Removal, Offenders Found By tess mcRae Editor A little more than a month ago, Councilman Ruben Wills (D-South Jamaica) stood in front of the Skyway Motel on South Conduit Avenue – now a men’s homeless shelter – and announced the removal of convicted and registered sex offenders. “As of today [July 7], the [Department of Homeless Services] announced that Skyway is not a compliant shelter and they will be removing the sexual offenders in an expedited basis out of the shelter,” Wills said at the time. However, the councilman recently discovered the placement of two new sex offenders in Skyway after a socalled commitment from DHS. “It’s been about 32 days now and up until this point, we hadn’t heard much, but we now know the shelter swapped four men out and four men in and two of those individuals are convicted sex offenders,” Will said during a press conference on Tuesday in front of the shelter. Controversy erupted over the discovery of sex offenders within the shelter because of it’s proximity to an Photo by tess McRae Councilman Ruben Wills held a press conference after he discovered two sex offenders had been newly-placed at the skyway shelter. elementary school. The two new offenders both committed sex acts with children – one age 10, the other age 6 – that they knew through some kind of pre-existing relationship with the victims’ families. Though Wills said he was frustrated by the new development, he aired on the side of caution, saying the shelter agency reported the two residents were in the pipeline prior to their commitment made in July. “I just got off the phone with the administration, and they guaranteed they are aggressively moving up the schedule to remove all sex offenders out of this shelter because this is, as you know, a non-compliant shelter,” Wills said. “They admitted that the swap was not intentional and that it was already in the system, I have no other choice but to believe that.” Not only, Wills said, is the noncompliance a hindrance on the community and taxpayers, but also on the shelter residents who are compliant. The elected official, whose district has one of the highest number of shelters in the borough, said a shelter not operating in compliance with the law puts the civil liberties of non-offender residents at risk. Wills said he anticipates the two offenders to be removed before the start of the school year, but added the NYPD beefed-up security during ar- rival and dismissal times in the past. “The precinct has just been great,” he said. “But I want to emphasize that no incidents have occurred involving our children, but their safety is certainly a priority.” The DHS, in a written statement issued to the Queens Tribune, said they provide their own security as well to ensure children and neighborhood and shelter residents are safe. “We are working aggressively to secure appropriate shelter placements for these residents. The facility continues to have increased security, including seven guards on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and security transports clients to and from the subway,” the agency’s statement read. Perhaps the most productive result of the discovery will come in the form of a complete review of the DHS screening process. Should DHS renege on their review, or should additional offenders be found after the relocation of the two currently in residence at Skyway, Wills said he will be there, continuing to fight for his constituents. Reach Editor Tess McRae at (718) 357-7400 ext. 123, tmcrae@queenspress.com or follow her on Twitter @tess_mcrae. Page 4 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com Residents Fret Over Planned Youth Facility By Jon Cronin Alarmed residents of Queens Village packed the Church of the Living God on Jamaica Avenue Friday night, regarding what may be the eminent occupation of Close to Home program hosting a juvenile detention center in their residential neighborhood at the corner of 207th Street and Jamaica Avenue. “The fact that all of you came out tonight is impressive,” said state Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), who organized the event. Comrie explained the Close to Home program was initiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to have juvenile criminals serve their time closer to their families rather than hundreds of miles upstate. “Good thought, but the practical implementation of it is problematic,” said Comrie. The theme of the evening’s meeting was organization. “We to need to come up with a clear plan of action,” said Comrie. First, Comrie believes, they should organize a meeting with the owner of the property and find out his shortand long-term needs are. He encouraged everyone to leave their phone numbers to stay informed. He believes that Boystown, NY, a youth-centered not-for-profit charity, was implementing the Close to Home program, has ended their contract recently and now the project is on hold. Community Board 13 member Richard Hellenbrecht said they should continue their efforts with lawyers Paul Thomas and Ali Najmi, a City Council candidate, who are both offering their services pro-bono. Najmi, who is running to replace Mark Weprin, believes the center, “demonstrates severe economic and safety issues.” Pastor Brian Gibbs, said he hopes the meeting “is a chance to engage ACS (Administration for Children’s Services,)” and that there is no effort to categorize this children and that they can hopefully secure funding that will aid in the improvement of their lives. Comrie agreed, “This could an opportunity to provide services in a way that the community wants.” Community Board 13 Chairman Bryan Block said he believes they should “Flood the governor with calls everyday. They will know this community exists.” Hellenbrecht added that ACS met with CB 13 in March and told them the area has many beds for those areas. He did some research and discovered information from the State Office of Mental Health in which community boards 12 and 13 have a much higher saturation of group homes than other local boards. Terryl Ebony DeMendonca, a candidate for the State Assembly, said that when she met with the ACS in March at the Community Board 13 meeting were incredibly disrespectful. “We’re coming regardless of if you like this or not…You don’t have a choice,” she quoted them as saying. She believes their comments were rude, adding, “They work for us, we don’t work for them.” Dosamantes Misses CFB Deadline By Lynn Edmonds Staff Writer District 23 candidate Celia Dosamantes had not disclosed her campaign contributions to the Campaign Finance Board as of Tuesday, making her just shy of three weeks late to file, and possibly ineligible to receive matching funds for money she raised prior to July 11. The Campaign Finance Board requires all candidates to file their contributions at given deadlines, as a means of ensuring public accountability. Candidates who collected contributions from at least 75 people within their district and met other require- ments can get up to $6 from the city for every $1 contributed to their campaign by New York City Residents. Dosamantes, a former aide to Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows), said she had not filed because she “found errors on some of the contributor’s forms and checks.” “I had a choice, I could file on time, and have incorrect, incomplete information, and that wouldn’t be fair to the people in my district, or, I could file late,” the candidate said. Dosamantes said she had personally tracked down each individual to correct the checks and forms that were inaccurate, and this had delayed her filing. Late filing for City Council races are penalized at $50 a day, though the campaign finance board can adjust the fine at their discretion. If the information is not filed by Aug. 10, the failure to file fee is set at $750. Matt Solars, a spokesman for the NYC Campaign Finance Board, said that in recent years the board had succeeded in reducing late filings by improving their online disclosure software and assigning liaisons to each campaign. In 2005 election cycle, for instance, 153 campaign finance statements were filed late. In the 2013 election cycle that number dropped to 88. The District 23 primary will be held on Sept. 10. GET THE SCOOP NYCB STEP CD ENROLL IN NYCB ELITE TO SCOOP UP THIS GREAT RATE: SCOOP 2 ON THE Link your NYCB Step-Up CD to a new or existing NYCB Elite Gold Checking account and maintain $100,000 or more in combined balances1. 1.30 % APY At Months 10 and 19: 2 27 MONTH NYCB STEP-UP CD $2,500 minimum to open and earn interest • Interest rate automatically increases. • Flexibility to withdraw all or part of the funds without penalty3. 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By Lynn Edmonds Staff Writer Auxiliary police officers in the 109th Precinct, which covers Flushing and Bay Terrace, said they did not have enough cars to get to their details, especially during the summer months when they are stationed at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and at the Fort Totten fireworks display. The fireworks on July 1 was especially tough, with around 60 auxiliaries on duty that day, and only one vehicle slated for the auxiliary force. “Do you know how many times we had to go back and forth to the precinct?” one officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “We had to borrow a friend’s van.” Auxiliary police are local volunteers who aim to increase uniformed presence on the street, both for the sake of preventing crime and improving community-police relations. They typically work events such as carnivals, church processions, or the scene of an accident. As such, both their mission to be accessible to the community and the specific duties that they carry out require them to be on foot rather than in a patrol car. But three officers at the 109th Precinct insisted that the single car they had slated for auxiliary use was not enough considering that they had File Photo Some auxiliary cops at the 109th Precinct think one auxiliary cop car is not enough. around 100 auxiliary officers, and that their precinct extended all the way from College Point to the Cross Island Parkway. “It’s very frustrating, very hard, because you do these details and you get on average 10, 15, 20 [officers] and you can’t get them there,” the auxiliary officer said. The officer and his associates said they had reached out to local officials funds for a vehicle. “I hear that right now these big guys like [Councilman] Peter Koo, [Councilman Paul] Vallone, they all just allocated like a million dollars in funds. Couldn’t a couple of them just split it or something?” He said they weren’t asking for much. “Give us the hand-me downs, give police precincts to have only one auxus the used cars.” The auxiliary officers said they iliary vehicle, for doing post checks, would approach electeds while on shift not patrols. “They are meant to walk, they are and mention the issue, but that they didn’t feel comfortable writing a letter, supposed to have specific stationary as some politicians had requested, due posts,” he said of auxiliary officers. “I don’t ever remember having to department protocol. Koo had nonetheless recently been more than one car, possibly a van,” Simade aware of the issue through more manowitz added. Only in certain years would a van formal channels. “Council Member Koo met with be added to the roster, if the departthe Deputy Inspector of the 109th ment had an old one to spare, he said. An officer who an[Precinct] on another swered the phone in the matter when the DI 107th Precinct, which mentioned they could “We’re treating that covers Fresh Meaduse an auxiliary van. request seriously, and ows and South FlushWe’re treating that exploring how we can ing, said they had one request seriously, and make it happen in the auxiliary car, while an exploring how we can future.” make it happen in the – Scott Siebert, officer who answered future,” Communicaspokesperson, the phone in the 105th tions Director Scott Councilman Peter Koo Precinct, which covers neighborhoods from Siebert said. Bellerose to Rosedale, Siebert also noted that Koo had recently won funding for said they had two vehicles. But the 109th Precinct officer said more police officers in the 109th Prethat he was sure the 107th Precinct cinct. Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz had a 15-passenger van, and at least (D-Kew Garden Hills), who’d been a two other auxiliary cars. And besides, he said, they have commanding auxiliary officer in the 107th Precinct before he became an fewer auxiliary officers. “We’ve been battling this for a long assemblyman, admitted that in the case of the Fort Totten fireworks, “if I time, and we’ll probably battle it for was the driver, I don’t know how hap- more to come,” the officer said. Reach Lynn Edmonds at (718) 357py I would be about having to make 7400 x127, ledmonds@queenstribune. the drive 20 times.” But he said that it was standard for com or @Ellinoamerikana Page 6 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com EDIT PAGE In Our OpInIOn In YOur OpInIOn A Better Queens Library Last year the Queens Library went through an ordeal when it was discovered then-CEO Tom Galante and other top officials misused funds. The revelation left Queens and the rest of the library system shaken and threatened the reputation of the Queens Library, one of the most highly-regarded library systems in the country, and the public’s confidence at a time when the public budgets were being squeezed and groups are fighting for pieces of a dwindling pie. While questions still remain over what interim CEO (and former COO) Bridget Quinn-Carey knew and what she was involved in during the spending scandal, it appears that the organization has made strides to improve its reputation. Today, a year after Borough President Melinda Katz lobbied the State Legislature to give her the authority to force change in the library’s leadership, she is signaling a renewed trust in the Queens Library by investing $14 million in much-needed capital funds into the organization. The end result will be a better library experience for its customers and a stronger organization. While we praised Katz’s swift attention to last year’s scandal, and her funding of the organization’s needed capital expenses, we implore her, and all of our public officials, to remain vigilant against spending abuses We expect the new leadership at the Queens Library to continue their work to restore and keep the public’s trust. Put LaGuardia Money Elsewhere H To The Editor: e re i n Nor t h e a s t Queens, airplane noise from LaGuardia Airport is overwhelming, from before 6 a.m. to well after midnight most days, with planes booming overhead every one to three minutes, one after another, after another. Don’t tell me I shouldn’t have bought a house near an airport – this was not a problem when I bought 18 years ago, and only started within the last few years. We do not need a modernized airport. We need to replace short-haul flights of less than 600 miles with high-speed rail. We do not need a modernized airport; we need subways and commuter railroads that work. Put our tax money where a huge majority of New Yorkers want it, Mr. Cuomo: subway and railroad maintenance and repair, and new subway and commuter railroad facilities and lines. Find a way to raise the multiple billions needed to do this by making Wall Street and the wealthy pay their fair share. Stop being a politician, and become a leader, if you’re capable of that. No money for LaGuardia Airport! David R. yale, Bayside Op-ED Congress Should Vote Down Bad Iran Nuclear Deal By AssemBlymAn michAel simAnowitz O ver the last number of weeks, there has been a great deal of debate over the pending lift of global sanctions on Iran. Pundits on both sides of the issue will earnestly make the case for their given position. Those who support the deal say that this will bring peace and stability to the region. They maintain that this is the only way to assure that Iran doesn’t achieve the capability to create a nuclear weapon. Those opposed say that Iran is not to be trusted and the lifting of sanctions will bring them dangerously close to achieving a nuclear weapon. I count myself among the skeptics. I fear that this deal will fail to fully dismantle Iran’s nuclear program. By the White House’s own admission, the deal doesn’t provide for “anytime, anywhere” inspections. These inspections are not intrusive enough to ensure that Iran does not cheat. So I ask, how can we be sure that a country that has routinely lied and cheated on previous inspections be trusted? It has never responded properly to the concerns of previous international inspectors. There is no sure way to keep Iran from achieving nuclearthreshold status. In fact, a former Deputy Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Olli Heinonen, said a provision that gives Iran up to 24 days to grant access to inspectors might enable it to escape detection. “It is clear that a facility of sizable scale cannot simply be erased in three weeks’ time without leaving traces. However, a 24-day adjudicated timeline reduces detection probabilities exactly where the system is weakest: detecting undeclared facilities and materials.” In return for its compliance, Iran will receive sanction relief to the tune of $150 billion. In addition, not only will the embargo on conventional weapons be lifted, but the embargo on selling Iran ballistic missiles and ballistic missile technology will be lifted. The result? As Iran continues to develop a nuclear weapon, it will be able to buy and develop ballistic missiles to deliver that weapon. Another important question is how much of that $150 billion will end up in the hands of terrorists. Iran’s financing of Shiite death squads in Iraq and Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan is well known. Iranian terrorist proxies, such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, are responsible for countless American deaths – not to mention the thousands of missiles aimed at civilians in Israel. This “historic deal” makes no demand Iran abandon its bad behavior. Congress now has less than 60 days to act. They must not go along with this bad deal. They must tell the President and the international community that any deal must include a truly verifiable end to Iran’s nuclear program and an end to its state sponsored terrorist surrogates. Michael Nussbaum Publisher Queens County’s Weekly Newspaper Group Domenick Rafter, Editor-in-Chief Founded in 1970 by Gary Ackerman Published Weekly Copyright © 2015 Tribco, LLC Shiek Mohamed, Production Manager Queens Tribune (718) 357-7400 E-mail Address: news@queenstribune.com 150-50 14th Road Whitestone, NY 11357 www.queenstribune.com Marcia Moxam Comrie Contributing Editor Ria MacPherson Comptroller Editor: Tess McRae Reporters: Lynn Edmonds, Yvette Brown Photographers: Bruce Adler, Walter Karling Interns: Ariel Hernandez, Carmine Carcieri, Franco Fino, Crystal Lau, Victoria Huang Contributors: Michael Stahl, Eric Jordan, Barbara Arnstein, Tammy Scileppi, David Russell, Vladimir Grjonko, Jon Cronin, Robert Elkin, Angelia Roggie Art Department: Xiang Chau, Lianne Procanyn, Travis Harrison Webmaster: Shiek Mohamed Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz represents the 27th Assembly District including Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Maureen Coppola Advertising Director Howard Swengler Major Accounts Manager Shanie Persaud Director Corporate Accounts/Events Account Executives Helene Sperber Donna Lawlor Shari Strongin Ron Shafran Ruth Ann Warren Accounting: Lisbet Espinal Legals: Caitlin Durney Electchester/Pomonok, College Point, Malba and portions of Forest Hills, Briarwood, Flushing and Whitestone. 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Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 4/6/2015 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, in Courtroom #25 on 08/14/2015 at 10:00AM, premises known as 111-63 147th Street, Jamaica, NY 11435 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 11964, LOT: 68. Approximate amount of judgment $319,989.10 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 15463/2009. Susan L. Borko, Esq., Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff, 53 Gibson Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 01046036-F00 1145098 ________________________ Notice of Formation of GEORGE ENGEL LIC, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/15. Office location: Queens County. 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The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is ALEX LAU, 136-19 FRANKLIN AVE, SUITE 6A, FLUSHING, NY 11365 Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. ________________________ Notice of formation of EZ 5727 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 6/22/2015. Office located in QUEENS. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 5727 263 St. Little Neck, NY, 11362. Purpose: any lawful purpose. ________________________ Notice of Qualification of SPG JFK II LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/15/15. Office location: Queens County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/09/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Seagis Property Group, LP, 100 Front St., Ste. 350, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. ________________________ Nurge Realty LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/15/15. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 56-10 Nurge Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378. General purpose. ________________________ NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF QUEENS MorEquit y, Inc., Plaintiff, against Lorna A. Gilbert a/k/a Lorna Gilbert; William A. Gilbert, III a/k/a William A. Gilbert a/k/a William Gilbert; et al, Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 3, 2013 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County Courthouse, Courtroom #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York on August 14, 2015 at 10:00AM, premises known as 115-45 198th Street, Saint Albans, NY 11412. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Queens, City and State of NY, Block 11039 Lot 21. Approximate amount of judgment $222,511.36 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 21469/2012. Wyatt N. Gibbons, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: July 7, 2015 1145446 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 08/06/2015 ________________________ DOLPHIN DATA CAPTURE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/08/2015. Office loc: Queens County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1805 215 St., Apt. 11E, Bayside, NY 11360. Reg Agent: Gregg Marwin, 1805 215 St., Apt. 11E, Bayside, NY 11360. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. ________________________ SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF QUEENS STATION L AND CORP., Plaintif f against JAMES STATON, Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Partition and Sale entered on March 13, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Queens County General Courthouse, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Court Room # 25, Jamaica, N.Y. on the 14th day of August, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Said premises known as 27-50 McIntosh Street, Queens, N.Y. (Block: 1659, Lots: 34). Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 13217-12. Stephen D. Hans, Esq., Referee. Howard M. Lefkowitz, Esq. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 32 Flag Hill Road Chappaqua, New York 10514 Tel: 914769-7668 ________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NE W YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No. 706486/2014 Date filed: 6/8/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Premises being foreclosed: 80-37 Cypress Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 ACTION TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN QUEENS COUNTY OneWest Bank N.A., Plaintiff, -againstMazimiliano Hurtado a/k/a Maximilliano Hurtado a/k/a Maximiliano F. Hurtado and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, except as herein stated, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, City of New York Environmental Control Board, Petro, Inc, Velocity Investments, LLC, CSGA, LLC, Midland Funding LLC doing business in New York as Midland Funding of Delaware LLC, New York. State Department of Taxation and Finance-Tax Compliance Division¬C.0.ATC, Internal Revenue Service-United States of America, Defendant(s), TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service Of the Summons exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLEC T A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Robert J. McDonald, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered May 20, 2015 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Queens County Clerk’s Office. The object of the action is to foreclose a mortgage recorded in Office of the Register of the County of Queens on Aug. 29, 2005 in CFRN#2005000482586 covering prem. k/a 80-37 Cypress Ave., Ridgewood, NY a/k/a Block 3731, Lot 115. 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: Carle Pace, New York June 4, 2015 Cynthia L. Malone, Esq. Stein, Weiner & Roth, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff One Old Country Road, Suite 113 Carle Place, New York 11514 (516)-742-1212 66350/INDY-FF WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ________________________ Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: JOMEIRA REALTY, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 04/06/2015 Office location: County of Queens. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against is may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o Schwartzman Garelik Walker & Troy, P.C. 355 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 ________________________ Holding 12, LLC, a foreign LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/23/15, using the fictitious name Court Square 12 Holding, LLC. Office location: Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 5101 Grand Ave., Maspeth, NY 11378. General Purposes. ________________________ Notice of Formation of 11-07 Welling Court LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/21/12. Office location: Queens County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 11-07 Welling Court, Long Island City, NY 11102. Purpose: any lawful activity. ________________________ Notice of formation of Abdon’s Vdip, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 6/3/15. Office located in Queens county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to BUSINESS FILINGS INCORPORATED 187 WOLF RD SUITE 101 ALBANY, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Page 8 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com qUEENS thiS wEEk Photos by jon cronin tom wilke, and his wife Barbara, of Glendale are among the borough’s largest beekeepers. wilke’s bees are kept in hives in Glendale, Ridgewood and this Long island City rooftop, under the queensboro Bridge. Meet Glendale’s Keeper Of The Honeybees By Jon Cronin When shaking the hand of a large burly man on a bar stool at a local Ridgewood brewery, no one expects him to say, “Oh, I’m one of the largest beekeepers in Queens.” He did and added, “Would you like to see my hives?” It was an interesting question that wouldn’t usually pull someone off a comfortable seat with a fresh pint in hand. He introduced himself as Tom Wilke, a Glendale resident, and urged, “It’s just out back,” behind the brewery. Indeed there were two colorful hives behind Finback’s warehouse style brewery. It was a warm summer night, not yet into the dog days and there was not a lot of activity around the hives. With only cell phones to light the activity of the bees, Wilke opened the hives and motioned to come over and smell the honey. Hesitance became the operative word. Walking back inside, Wilke noticed he had been stung and turned to his wife Barbara to ask for a credit card. The reason you get a card or something of the like, he explained, is because sometimes bees leave the sack attached to the needle and squeezing it then pulling would only inject more venom. He then quickly removed it with the scrape of a card. Wilke has owned and operated Wilke Apiary for the past four years, after being inspired by a farmer in upstate New York. He took a class and ordered his first two. “It’s relaxing,” he said. In addition to the hives behind Finback brewery, he has several other locations throughout Queens. There are two rooftops in Ridgewood and three in Long Island City. It is there, on the roof of a warehouse in Long Island City, that Wilke keeps his largest set of 11 hives, under the shadow of the Queensboro Bridge, with the cityscape as a backdrop. As protection he calms the bees with a tin smoker that burns burlap. He notes this week he may not harvest that much honey. He’s just stopping by to check on their health and may take a few frames, cut the caps off the honeycombs, put them in a large spinner out of which he could get 30 to 40 pounds of honey. Most people would be intimidated by the swarm they see around a hive, but it encourages Wilke. “It shows their healthy…The bees are orientating themselves. It’s like GPS,” he explained. He said the bees will fly up to three miles away and know their way back once orientation sets in. He explains that he buys Italian Carnolian honey bees that don’t swarm like other sub-species of bees. While picking his hive locations in the concrete jungle, Wilke said he’s been lucky. He shares the warehouse rooftop with a local restaurant that also uses the rooftop to grow vegetables and in throughout the spring the bees can pollenate. He still maintains his first location, in the Long Island City Community Garden which Barbara calls, “A little oasis.” They have two hives there and often enjoy coffee in the garden on cool Sunday mornings. For those who want to taste the end product, Wilke’s honey is on sale at the Ridgewood Market and in many local restaurants and breweries that enjoy buying local. ten chickens strolling on 69th Avenue between Dartmouth and Exeter streets, just steps from the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, late last month. Several pedestrians, and at least one cyclist, rode on, unfazed by the feathery frolickers. According to Frank Gulluscio, district manager of Community Board 6, there haven’t been any complaints or phone calls made about the lighthearted occurrence. Pet owners are permitted to have hens as pets throughout the five boroughs under New York Health Code as long as neighbors don’t file a complaint. Residents don’t have any legal obligations to register chickens as pets, so the amount of chickens New Yorkers are raising is unknown. However, city residents are not legally allowed to own roosters. Though a strange sight, a quick search of social media shows New Yorkers have spotted roaming chickens in recent years in neighborhoods such as Jamaica, Richmond Hill and Corona. Currently, Just Food has 834 registered members in its NYC-based City Chicken Meetup group. The New York Times reported the group had just 400 members in 2012. By those statistics, there is all the reason to believe that owning chickens in NYC is a growing phenomenon and it will likely become common for Queens residents to see a few loose chickens wandering the streets. Flushing BID Festival By Lynn Edmonds Staff Writer The Flushing Business Improvement District hosted their second annual festival on Saturday in Downtown Flushing, doubling the number of vendors from the previous year, for a busy event that gathered crowds despite the heat. Restaurants such as Hong Kong Taste, based in Elmhurst and Song’s Family Food, based in Flushing, sold a colorful array of dishes varying from dim sum to Kimbap. Bianca Ng, who chaired the program committee that organized the festival and sits on the board of directors, said Flushing needed to think big in terms of street festivals, like Brooklyn and Manhattan do. “Flushing is the business city,” she said, “We want to have some festivities to showcase the diversity of Flushing.” Carrie, from Long Island, said the festival created a bridge between Chinese business owners and visitors who were not familiar with their products or culture. “When people don’t know a lot about Chinese culture this is a good way to introduce it to them.” Ng also pointed out that the festival featured cuisines from various provinces in China as well as Hong Kong, Vietnam and Korea. One Korean vendor was Song’s Family Food, a family-owned business started 10 years ago. Eric Song, the grandson of the founder, manned the booth. He sold what is sometimes referred to as “Korean sushi” – Kimbap. Asked the difference between Kimbap and sushi, Song explained that Kimbap is usually filled with cooked meats rather than raw fish, and the rice is seasoned with salt and sesame oil instead of vinegar. Flushing-based Kung Fu Tea, which bills themselves as the fastest growing bubble tea business in North America, with over 50 franchises, was also selling their popular strawberry lemon tea. In addition to food, other vendors sold clothes or promoted businesses, clubs and associations. Diablo Team NYC offered a free lesson in Chinese yoyo for passersby. “It’s easy to learn, hard to master” a club member explained. For one attendee, Frank Zhang, the event only inspired him to think he could do it better. He pictured mixing it up with a southern Cajun Crawfish boil. He was looking for something “different,” he said. “Queens is not caught up to Taiwan and China.” Chickens Roam Free Around Forest Hills By FranCo Fino An abundance of chickens were spotted free-roaming in Forest Hills these past few weeks. According to an eyewitness account by a Queens Tribune staff member, there were about Photo by Domenick RafteR Chickens stroll along 69th Avenue in Forest hills Gardens last month. www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 9 CitiBike Finally Rolls Into Long Island City By yvette Brown Staff Writer well with the community every step of the way. Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) also Bike share has finally said he is looking forward come to Queens. to the CitiBike expansion The expansion in to the rest of Queens. Queens began on Wednes“Since its inception Citi day, when DOT CommisBike has provided New sioner Polly Trottenberg, Yorkers with a vital alternaMotivate CEO Jay Walder tive mode of transportation and other elected officials that is empowering tens and community leaders of thousands every single joined together for the day,” Van Bramer said in ribbon-cutting ceremony a written statement. “Now on Center Boulevard. This we in Queens will have that marks the first CitiBike Photo Courtesy Nys seNate opportunity. For years I installation in Queens which will double the size State Sen. Mike Gianaris and other officials kick off fought to have our borough incorporated into the naof the bike share network CitiBike in Long Island City Wednesday tion’s largest bike share from 6,000 to 12,000. The next wave of CitiBikes to be installed bringing CitiBike to Astoria and other network and today that becomes a rewill continue to expand into Harlem, parts of western Queens. LIC was ality. I look forward to continuing our Astoria, Prospect Heights, Boerum originally supposed to be part of the collaboration as we work to expand Hill, Cobble Hill, Red Hook and Gow- original wave of CitiBike stations, but this popular program into Astoria, anus by 2017. due to Hurricane Sandy, plans had to Sunnyside, Woodside and beyond!” The expansion is supported by an “I am proud to have gotten western be reconstructed and LIC CitiBike staincreased sponsorship from Citi of Queens included in the CitiBike ex- tions were delayed. pansion plans,” said state Sen. Michael With LIC being added to the first about $70.5 million which will extend Gianaris (D-Astoria). “I look forward phase of expanding CitiBike into through 2024, a $21 million increase to our other neighborhoods enjoying Queens, Gianaris said he believes the in the credit facility from the Goldthe benefits of CitiBike in the near fu- DOT will advise cyclists on the best man Sachs Urban Investment Group ture.” structured way to travel from western and an infusion of private capital from When CitiBike was first introduced to eastern Queens. So far, Gianaris’ Motivate investors. Motivate, a partner in helping with several years ago, Gianaris encouraged team has not received any complaints the opportunity to meet with the De- from members of the community. His the expansion of CitiBike, replaced the partment of Transportation to discuss team said the DOT communicated software that powers CitiBike and re- placed hardware at all existing stations and docking points which helped Motivate to deliver accurate information to customers through the CitiBike app and improve the ease and reliability of docking bikes. The bike offers a series of new features and comforts including higher-quality parts and upgraded seats to prevent water from pooling when it rains. That way the bikes will spend more time on the road and less time in repair shops. “Bike share will allow people to enjoy our neighborhood in a healthy, fun way and facilitate easier travel around western Queens, an area in dire need of better mass transit.” said Gianaris. “I am thrilled to see western Queens given the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Citi Bike and look forward to its further expansion into more of our neighborhoods.” The first 139 stations of CitiBike’s expansion will be installed by early fall. CitiBike’s annual membership is $149 a year, but $60 for any New York City Housing Authority resident. To celebrate the expansion of CitiBike, they’re offering a $25 discount to new members who sign up by Aug. 31. For more information about the stations and memberships, visit citibikenyc. com/expansion. Reach Yvette Brown at (718)3577400 ext.128, ybrown@queenstribune. com or @eveywrites Page 10 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com State Renews Law Easing Ticketing Rules By Franco Fino Though New York’s restricted ticketing law was renewed this Spring, the debate over whether or not rules regulating how tickets are resold are fair to consumers continues. Assemblywoman Margaret Markey (D-Maspeth) sponsored the extension of the law against restricted ticketing in April. Despite the continued discussions regarding the legislation, a spokesperson for Markey said it would be “highly unlikely” that there would be any future complications regarding renewing the law this upcoming year. “The bill speaks for itself,” said a Markey spokesman. “The existing system seems to be working.” New York previously had a strict law limiting the price for which tickets could be resold on the open market. With much pressure from a diverse statewide coalition in opposition to the restricted ticketing scheme, the law preventing scalping was replaced in 2007 with legislation allowing the reselling of event tickets on the open market, regulated by the Department of State. Then-Gov. David Paterson signed an extension of the law in 2010, after it expired. During that small window of time, New York had reverted to its previous anti-scalping law that saw the resale of tickets containing a maximum price of two dollars above face value. Under a restricted ticketing system, when an individual purchases a ticket to an event such as a New York Mets game, those tickets become directly linked to the buyer’s credit card. When the purchaser arrives to the event, he or she must present a credit card and photo identification to enter the event. Ultimately, the purchased tickets become non-transferable and become difficult for consumers to give away their tickets. “Restricted ticketing is unique in that it offends across the political spectrum, negatively impacts diverse constituencies, and would handicap a wide variety of nonprofits, community institutions and schools,” said Michael Tobman, a Brooklyn-based political consultant who helped organize New Yorkers For Fan Fairness, which opposes restricted ticketing. “As far as corporate grabs go, restricted ticketing instigates important opposition.” The market scheme restricting ticketing does not only present a level of difficulty for people who actually purchase tickets to attend events. As previously mentioned, there are issues for individuals seeking to buy tickets as gifts for a friend or family member as well as non profit organizations that donate tickets to large groups. It also affects people that desire to sell their tickets through secondary marketing companies. The practice of restricted ticketing also affects local restaurants and businesses that are in the vicinity of large event venues. “Limiting a ticket buyer’s ability to resell or gift a ticket if their plans change and they can no longer attend an event, will, ultimately, mean that fewer people will attend events,” said the New York State Restaurant Association in support of Markey’s extension of the bill. “This, in turn, will have a negative impact on restaurants because fewer people attending an event means fewer people patronizing the bars and restaurants. It will also impact any business which relies on attendance at local events.” As the NYSRA points out, the industry relies heavily upon individuals who use buses or taxis to attend events such as baseball games or concerts. “When tour operators sell transportation and entertainment packages, the event tickets they purchase must be transferable to their customers,” said the Bus Association of New York State in a released memo. “With restricted tickets, tour operators are unable to buy quantities of tickets in advance that can later be given or emailed to individual tour purchasers.” The legislation banning restricted ticketing remains one that has to be renewed every year. The current law will expire on May 14, 2016. Jamaica’s Best Pie Photo by Walter Karling Althea Viola proudly wears her 1st place ribbon and holding her champion blueberry pie, the winning dish at last month’s Jamaica Pie Festival. www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 11 POLICE BLOTTER murder with depraved indifference and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He ROBBERIES – The NYPD is seek- was arraigned, however, on charges of second-degree murder, ing the public’s assisfirst-degree manslaughtance in locating the ter, leaving the scene suspects wanted for of an incident without two robberies in Fresh reporting a death and Meadows and Springfourth-degree criminal field Gardens. possession of a weapon. On Friday, July 10 According to at 10:25 p.m., two susQueens District Atpects walked into the torney Richard Brown, RadioShack located at the incident allegedly 187-12 Horace Hardbegan when Jordan ing Expressway in drove up to Aranbayev Fresh Meadows. The as the victim was getfirst suspect, a black ting out of the car and man wearing a gray allegedly began an arshirt, black sweater, gument with him. Jorblack-and-white basedan later allegedly reball cap and black sneakers, displayed a Police are looking for versed and backed over silver firearm while the this man in connection Aranbayev, then fled second suspect, a black with two robberies; one the scene. Jordan faces 25 man wearing a light in Fresh Meadows and gray shirt and a black another in Springfield years to life in prison if convicted. hoodie, tied up two Gardens. employees with duct 113th Precinct tape and then removed approximately SMARTPHONE LEADS TO AR$400 and various electronics devices. The suspects then fled to parts un- REST – Two police officers of the 113th Precinct were quickly able to known. catch a suspect in a lie and make an There were no injuries reported. Then, at approximately 3:25 p.m., arrest thanks to their newly issued deon Tuesday, July 28, two males en- partment smartphone. On Monday, July 27 at 7:03 a.m., tered the Metro PCS store located at 219-25 North Conduit Ave. in Spring- Police Officers Jose Suriel and Angel field Gardens The men were wearimg Ramos, both assigned to patrol in unihoodies, produced silver firearms, and form, responded to a 911 call for a stotook the 30-year-old female clerk and len vehicle at 120-31 Nashville Blvd. a 47-year-old male customer to the in St. Albans. Upon arrival they were rear of the store where they tied them met by Gary Joseph, 31, who stated up. The suspects then removed money to police that several hours earlier, he from the cash register and numerous left his vehicle running with the keys inside and when he returned several cell phones before fleeing on foot. Police believe the same suspects minutes later, the car was missing. He added that he did not call police right committed both robberies. away because he thought that it was 112th Precinct possible that his friends were playMURDER ARREST – Police have ing a joke on him. The officers used arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run their department-issued smartphone to run the license plate of the vehicle murder of a jeweler in Forest Hills. On Sunday, July 19, at approxi- and discovered it had been involved in mately 11:17 p.m., police responded a vehicle accident earlier in the night to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck in at approximately 3:45 a.m., just a few blocks away at 198th Street and 122th front of 110-20 71st Ave. Upon arrival, officers discovered Avenue in St. Albans. Using that information, they were Aron Aranbayev, 40, of Forest Hills unconscious and unresponsive in the able to contact a witness who provided street with severe head trauma. EMS a description of a person leaving the also responded to the location and scene of the accident that matched Jotransported the male to Jamaica Hos- seph’s appearance. Joseph was transpital Medical Center where he suc- ported to the 113th Precinct station cumbed to his injuries on July 20. It house where he admitted to police that was determined the victim was struck he was driving the vehicle when, in an by a dark colored Dodge Magnum. attempt to avoid striking a cat in the Police then undertook a search for the road, struck three parked vehicles and left the scene of the accident. driver of the Magnum. Officer Suriel and Ramos credited On July 30, police arrested Charles Jordan, 46, an MTA train operator their smartphone for allowing them to whom police believe was driving the access information and quickly conMagnum. 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And she’s driven to continue pressing the Japanese government to acknowledge the crime that lay behind the euphemism “comfort woman” – forced prostitution and sexual slavery. It is estimated the Japanese Imperial Army forced around 200,000 women, primarily Korean and Chinese, into sex slavery for their soldiers during World War II. Lee herself was kidnapped from her family’s farm in Korea at age 15 and held at a Japanese military outpost in Taiwan. Her campaign brought her from Korea to Queensboro Community College, where she gave a speech introduced by Dongchan Kim, president of the Korean American Civic Empowerment group, and Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside). Lee did not speak out about the rape and abuse she experienced until 1991, when she was in her midsixties. “At first I didn’t know there were many other victims like me, I thought I was the only one,” Lee told the audience through a translator. “Later on I learned there were many victims like me who went through the same thing.” Since then, she has been a vocal activist, touring the world to raise awareness about comfort women and to campaign for an end to sexual violence. She said the support she got from the people she met in her travels encouraged her to continue speaking out. “Now I am not merely a victim any more. I came here as an activist,” Lee said. Lee especially addressed her speech to two women in the front row. Who, like her, were stooped and wrinkled. “My sisters,” she called them. They were Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and Queens residents, Ethel Katz and Hanne Liebmann. “My sisters please, fight with us; you know you are not that old. You are at the age when you can love someone,” she said, looking at them. Liebmann said she had called Lee her “sister” the last time they met, years ago. She felt Lee was deliberately evoking that shared moment. Katz and Liebmann held Lee’s gaze as she spoke to them. When she finished speaking, Liebmann stood up and reaching out a hand to still-seated Katz. Together, the two holocaust survivors presented Lee with a gift bag brimming over with tissue paper. Afterward, the three women stood in still- Photos by Lynn Edmonds A Holocaust survivors Ethel Katz and Hanne Liebmann join “sister” and former comfort woman yong soo Lee at Queensboro Community College last Thursday. ness and held hands for over a minute goals as an activist. “In order to solve sexual violence I while audience members and press will live 200 years if necessary so I can snapped photos. “Even though she is far removed tell the sisters in heaven I did it for you, from my world, if you wish, you still feel I resolved it while I was alive.” During her speech, Lee also espesort of a kinship,” Liebmann, who was born in Germany and put in a concen- cially addressed students and teachers. “I want you to learn and teach tration camp in France, said. Nonetheless, she said she could the correct history so that this kind of not fathom the abuse that Lee had tragedy will never happen again,” Lee said, telling them that “they are going suffered. “What she experienced is so hor- to be the ones who resolve the issue rendous; I can’t even get my head of sexual violence.” around it,” Liebmann said. “Can you imagine one man after another taking advantage of these children?” The two women are also both committed to sharing their testimony. Lee said she feared that as horrifying as her story is, it could be forgotten after her death, and official history of The Rising Sun would contain a glaring omission. “Most of the grandmas are very old” Lee said, referring to other comfort women. “Japan is waiting for them to die away.” But she said she could not rest in peace sora Kim sings to former comfort woman until she’d achieved her Lee. Ensuring the accurate re-telling of history, even after the last survivors have passed away, is one of the goals at the of the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center, which pairs 30 student interns with former comfort women in Korea and 20 with Holocaust survivors. Several of them made paintings which represented the ordeals the comfort women underwent. One pictured an emaciated young woman crouching and clinging to the skirt of another woman, while a swirl of flowers that partially concealed the crouching woman’s body trailed across the page as if blown by the wind. When Lee returned to her parents’ home after the war, she was so starved and changed that her mother called her a ‘ghost’ and drove her away. Only after a year’s time did she accept her as her daughter. The center also featured artwork by Steve Cavallo, who painted watercolors of several Korean comfort women, including Lee. “When I first started painting them they were statistics,” he said. But after meeting several former comfort women in Korea, he became more and more deeply invested in the project, which he worked on for over six years. His exhibit was one of many at The Holocaust Resource Center, which contains original documents, photographs, and audio tapes preserving the testimony of holocaust survivors. An interview the director of the center, Dan Leshem, conducted with Lee will be preserved in the archives and made available online. “We really need heroes of memory like Ms. Lee to help us learn from our past,” he said in his introduction. Speaking after Leshem, Vallone added that Lee’s story had touched him on a personal level. “Even though I’m a council member, I’m here as a father, I’m here as a son. I’m here for my children, to say thank you, for your courage,” Vallone said. The councilman has helped secure funding for the center. To conclude the presentations, singer Sora Kim belted out a Korean song, accompanied by translated lyrics on a PowerPoint slide. 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BIRCH WHO WAS BORN IN 1950 AND DIED ON AUGUST 24, 2010, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF QUEENS, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 118-29 205TH STREET, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE N A M E S A N D P L AC E S OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CIT Y OF NEW YORK; CHASE MANHATTAN BANK; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ AND ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Thomas D. Raffaele of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on June 9, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by JOY BIRCH AKA JOY V. BIRCH and TYRONE BIRCH to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR 1ST REPUBLIC MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC. ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, bearing date August 18, 2006 and recorded in CRFN: 2006000528917 of Mortgages in the County of Queens on September 20, 2006. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. by assignment of mortgage bearing date April 5, 2012 and recorded under CRFN 2012000151169 of Mortgages in the County of Queens on April 17, 2012. Said premises being known as and by 118-29 205TH STREET, SAINT ALBANS, NY 11412. Date: May 29, 2015 Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Hom- eowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other nonprofit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies. ________________________ Notice of Formation of DEAN REALTY ASSOCIATES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 07/31/14. Office located in Queens, County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 13833 225th Street, Laurelton, NY 11413. Purpose: any lawful purpose ________________________ Notice of formation of ASG Estate LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/1/15. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: The LLC, 108-47 51st Avenue, Corona, NY 11368, Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose. ________________________ SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NE W YORK COUNTY OF QUEENS SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS INDEX NO.: 12541/13 GDBT I TRUST 2011-1, Plaintiff, -against- SHANAZ CHOWDHURY if living, and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated are unknown to plaintiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INC., as Nominee for Lehman Brothers Bank FSB; CAPITAL ONE BANK; CACH, LLC; STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO; NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NYC ENVRIONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD; and JOHN DOE “1” through “10” the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiffs, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the Complaint, 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 the summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of the summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service of the summons is made by delivery upon you personally within the state, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case your failure to 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 proceedings against you and filing the answer with the court, default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to 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. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Darrell L. Gavrin a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on the 15th of May 2015 and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of QUEENS, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by SHANAZ CHOWDHURY to BNC MORTGAGE INC. Said premises being known as and by 111-60 145th STREET, JAMAICA, NY 11435. Premises lying and being in the County of Queens. BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of 145th Street, 128.00 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of 148th Street and the northerly side of Linden Boulevard; being a plot 100.00 feet by 14.00 feet by 100.00 feet by 14.00 feet. Dated: June 23, 2014 Tuckahoe, New York Jeffrey A. Kosterich, Esq. JEFFREY A. KOSTERICH, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 68 Main Street Tuckahoe, New York 10707 914-395-0055 ________________________ At an IAS Part 34 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, held in and for the Courthouse located at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica NY, on the 20 day of July, 2015. Index No.: 8646/15 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE PRESENT: HONOR ABLE ROBERT J. MCDONALD J.S.C. In the Matter of the Application of ANN FOLAN and MAUREEN RAMSBOTTOM, Shareholders in THE FOLAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC.; Petitioners, For the Dissolution of THE FOLAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC., and ANN FOLAN and MAUREEN RAMSBOTTOM, on behalf of THE FOLAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC. -against- ANNMARIE FOLAN and DEIRDRE FOLAN, Respondents. Upon the annexed Verified Petition of ANN FOLAN and MAUREEN RAMSBOTTOM (“Petitioners”), fifty percent (50%) shareholders of THE FOLAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC. (hereinafter, the “Folan Group”), a corporation incorporated and existing under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, verified on July 8, 2015, and upon the exhibits annexed hereto, LET, Ann-Marie Folan and Deirdre Folan, the remaining fifty percent (50%) shareholders of the Folan Group, the New York State Tax Commission, the New York State Attorney General and all other registered persons, or their attorneys, show cause at CMP, Room 25 at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, on the 16th day of September, 2015, at 2:15 in the p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be entered herein granting the following relief: A. Dissolving the Folan Group pursuant to New York Business Corporation Law (“NY BCL”) § 1104 et seq.; B. Adjusting the rights and interests of the shareholder of the Folan Group pursuant to NY BCL § 1104-a; C. Enjoining Ann-Marie and Deirdre Folan from future actions and activities of the Folan Group, pursuant the NY BCL § 1104; D. Compensatory damages as proven at trial, and actual damages in an amount no less than seventy thousand dollars ($70,000.00); E. An accounting of all commissions collected by Respondents since January 2014; F. Punitive damages for Respondents’ conversion and willful and intentional breach of oral contract, in an amount to be determined at trial; G. Petitioners’ costs and expenses incurred herein; and H. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. ORDERED, that a copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in Queens Tribune, a newspaper in general circulation in the County of Queens, once in each of the 3 weeks before the time appointed for the hearing thereon; and it is further ORDERED, that a copy of this Order to Show Cause and Verified Petition, and the papers upon which they are based, shall be served upon The Folan Group and the New York State Commission, in the manner, and within the time, prescribed in the NY BCL §1106(c)., and the New York State Attorney General, in the manner, and within the time, prescribed in the NY BCL, and upon Ann-Marie Folan and Deirdre Folan, shareholders of the Folan Group, by personal delivery at their residential addresses or actual places of business, all on or before August 5, 2015, which shall be deemed good and sufficient service. ENTER, HON. ROBERT J. McDONALD J.S.C. ________________________ You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to: legals@queenstribune.com RENTING • OWNING • DEVELOPING • INVESTMENT • FINANCE Real Estate MARKETPLACE VOL. 2 NO. 8 JULY 6-12, 2015 ARE RENTS REALLY FALLING? Prices Are Down In Queens Last Month, But… BY LYNN EDMONDS, Staff Writer But Queens renters shouldn’t get too excited. The data is not indicative of a true downward trend in rental prices in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Sunnyside, Jonathan Miller, the real estate expert whose company prepared the report for Eliman, said. The president of Miller Samuel Inc. said that while the rental market in Northwest Queens has been “volatile” over the past year, at times dropping or jumping in response to changes in inventory, the decrease seen in June is by no means part of a long-term trend. Every month the flood of new units that enter the market can sway rental prices; higher if they are luxury or large apartments, or lower if they are studios and one bedrooms. In some months, 50 percent of the rental stock has been new units, making it a real challenge to compare the true cost of rent from month to month. Miller said in the month of June about one-quarter of the properties were new, and they happened to be smaller ones. That pulled down the median rental price as compared to last year. Though rents in Northwest Queens are not falling, it remains true that the rent in Queens has stayed relatively stable, while Manhattan and Brooklyn continue to break record-highs almost every month. That makes Queens an attractive borough for renters and buyers. “Queens is the new Brooklyn” Miller said. “That’s really a reference to housing prices.” “People initially were going to Brooklyn because it was more affordable than Manhattan, then it became PHOTO BY DOMENICK RAFTER Despite rampant development, Northwest Queens saw a drop in rent prices in June, but it’s not what you think. a sort of destination. And now those people that went directly to Brooklyn are now going to Queens.” But Northwest Queens’ relative affordability is not likely to last for long. All the new units that flood the housing market each month and indicative of one thing – “explosive” development, Miller said. Once there’s no more land left to develop, rents have nowhere to go but up. Additionally, as developers snag properties, land prices have shot up, causing developers to start preferring to build condominiums over rentals. When land prices are high “the math doesn’t work” for developers to build rentals, Miller said. Instead, they turn to condos where they can pass on the high price of land to the consumer, and make back their investment. “When the rate of development for rental begins to cool and transition to condo, you have less rental product out there,” Miller said. That combined with a strong economy and tight credit would mean higher rents for northwest Queens. So despite some deceptively good news in June, Miller concluded that any drop in rents was just a “temporary transition period.” “I don’t see what’s in the future that’s going to make rental prices, as a general trend, be reduced,” he said. CHART COURTESY DOUGLAS ELLIMAN T he average rental price in Northwest Queens is more than 10 percent lower than it was a year ago, a June 2015 report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate said. Page 2 aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune/Press Real estate MaRketplace Real Estate Spotlight: Jamaica By MICHAEL STAHL O ver the past halfdecade or so, New Yorkers have been inundated with stories about which neighborhood in Queens will be “the next Williamsburg.” Property values have drastically increased in Long Island City over that time span, and with a number of new high-rise residential developments either under construction or in their planning phases there not to mention the area possesses a waterfront and skyline views - one can argue that we already have the answer to that question. Still, ink has dried on declarations that Astoria is in the running, and several published reports have anointed Ridgewood as such. But a buzz has been brimming among real estate brokers and speculators alike that an unlikely hot spot for investors is emerging a bit further east. “We are seeing buyers who are priced out of Brooklyn exploring different parts of Jamaica,” said Susanne Gutermuth, a broker with seven years of experience who works out of Douglas Elliman’s office on Northern Boulevard in Bayside, in an email. She added that investors are especially looking “for two-family houses where the owner can occupy one floor and rent out the other apartment.” Along with the area’s affordability, Gutermuth points to several prime selling points Jamaica offers, including its many parks, restaurants and the transportation hub at Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue, where the Long Island Railroad Jamaica transfer hub is located, along with the E, J, and Z train stops. A handful of buses and the JFK Airport AirTrain run there as well. All told, a commuter can easily travel to Midtown Manhattan from the area in under 40 minutes. Nelson Leon, a broker at Citi Habitats, concurs with the notion that Jamaica is undoubtedly an “upand-coming neighborhood” where hopeful tenants are virtually assured of a great deal. He wrote in an email that building owners in Jamaica “have been converting old buildings into desirable … residential rental units. Most apartments in Jamaica are huge compared to other areas where space has been shrinking.” He indicated that there are spacious one-bedroom apartments listed for less than $1,400 per month in rental costs and two-bedroom flats running less than $1,700, whereas most other parts of Queens will see comparable apartments go for three to five hundred dollars more. Leon also pointed out that, in an effort to attract renters, Jamaica building owners are offering sizable incentives, including no broker’s fee agreements and one month of free rent. LaToya Reina, another Douglas Elliman broker with strong ties to the local community, said that once the luxury rental building Moda opened its doors in 2012 just off Parsons Boulevard on 89th Avenue, the real estate world truly began to take Jamaica seriously. “We’ve never seen anything like that in the area,” she said. An eye-pleasing construct with a brick and stone façade, Moda contains 346 units – studios and one- and two-bedrooms – throughout its eight stories. It boasts LEED (continued on page 3) aug. 6-12, 2015 Page 3 Tribune/Press Real estate MaRketplace Jamaica (continued from page 2) certification and features a Manhattanlike list of amenities: 24-hour doorman and concierge service, two entertainment rooms, a fitness center, indoor parking and on-site laundry. A studio rental apartment is listed for nearly $1,700 a month, while a two-bedroom costs $2,350 a month in rent. Borough President Melinda Katz, along with Mayor de Blasio’s office announced a “Neighborhood Action Plan” for Jamaica this past April. Aimed at revitalizing the region and transforming it into a “thriving residential and commercial neighborhood,” the plan and its $153 million in public funding will begin its initial implementation over the course of the next three years. According to the plan’s outline, it will provide jobs and small business support in Jamaica, along with a stronger focus on developing cultural houses and events, increase transportation options, helping expand opportunities for affordable home ownership, among other benefits. Surely, these actions will only boost property values that are already on an upswing. According to a streeteasy.com report obtained by the Queens Tribune on Jamaica real estate trends, the median recorded sales price for all homes sold there so far in 2015 is more than 45 percent higher than it was last year, and that figure comes af- ter the same statistic more than doubled between 2013 and 2014. What’s more, the median recorded sales price in 2015 stands at $380,000, which is, rather astonishingly, more than $120,000 higher than the median asking price. Inventory is down more than 28 percent this year when compared to 2014 and, thus, the property sample size is rather small. But this discrepancy between sales and asking prices points to an amazingly heightened interest in local real estate investments. Gutermuth noted in her email that there have historically been a number of foreclosures in the area, which has kept real estate figures depressed. However, she predicts first-time home buyers will soon discover the area, helping to swell the already rising prices. She added: “With downtown Jamaica seeing a great upswing with new developments and hotels being built, it will have an impact on the surrounding area.” One prevailing problem in Jamaica is crime. The neighborhood frequently shows up on crime studies as one of the worst areas in the entire borough. Still, crime rates are arguably equal to or lower than those found in Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights in Brooklyn, two neighborhoods that have seen its fair share of development and rising real estate prices in recent years. Fortunately for Jamaica, efforts to minimize crime were also outlined in Katz’s Action Plan. “If you look at the trends starting in Western Queens on into Corona and even Queens Village,” Reina said, “you have to think Jamaica’s next.” LIC Plot Sold For $104M By yvette Brown Staff Writer Cushman & Wakefield announced the closing of $104 million land loan just north of One Court Square in Long Island City, and has retained on an exclusive basis to sell a development site at 41-05 29th St. The land loan site consists of nine parcels and contains about 780,000 square feet of development potential for residential office, retail and hotel use. “We found a great lender who also recognized the upside in the Long Island City submarket, and closed the loan within five weeks,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s Morris Betesh, who handled the transaction, in a written statement. “We are excited about the future potential for this site and the creative development we know our client will deliver.” The site, located on 29th Street is being sold for more than $6 million and is a two-story building on a 75-foot by 51foot lot. It features a development potential of about 27,000 square feet. The site is also situated within the mixed use zoning districts. There are no violations and no permits have been filed. “Its proximity to Queens Plaza and many of the neighborhoods biggest developments put this site at the center of much of the action happening in the neighborhood,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s David Chkheidze, who is exclusively marketing the site, in a written statement. “The favorable R10 zoning allows for 12.0 [Floor Area Ratio] that alone will garner tremendous activity on this site.” Reach Yvette Brown at (718)357-7400 ext. 128, ybrown@ queenstribune.com or @eveywrites Page 4 aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune/Press Real estate MaRketplace The Alexander In Rego Park: Ready For Move Ins By Crystal lau T he Alexander in Rego Park, a new luxury rental building located above Rego Center at 61-55 Junction Blvd., is now available for leasing and immediate occupancy. The new LEED-designed residential building offers 312 residences, ranging from studios to one and two-bedroom apartment layouts. Aside from the upscale finishes and open layout, the residencies also feature nine-foot-high ceilings, white oak flooring, Caesarstone quart countertops, Italian porcelain tiling within the kitchen and bathroom, and Whirlpool stainless steel appliances. The building’s concept emulates that of Sky View Park, the luxury condominium tower complex that sits atop of Sky View Center in Flushing, situated within the hearts of their respective neighborhoods, they each offer similar amenities to suit their occupants’ lifestyles. The Alexander allows residents access to all of their recreational and social amenities, including 24-hour concierge, a private state of the art fitness center complete with cardio and strength-training equipment, a game room, a public lounge with a kitchen and fireplace, both indoor and outdoor children’s playgrounds, and an outdoor landscaped terrace with seating, cabanas and a barbecue area. Rising 27 stories above Rego Center, residents are offered a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline across the water, ease of access to many retail shopping areas and eateries, and transit to Central Queens and beyond. The location of the building offers convenient traveling; resident can easily reach subway service to Manhattan via the M and R lines nearby at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station, and is in close proximity to the Long Island Expressway with connections to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and Manhattan. 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For Advertising Information On "The Best Of Queens 2015" Edition Call The Tribune At (718) 357-7400 ext. 131 Page 24 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com LEISURE Artists Selected For Jamaica Flux 2016 The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning announced the names of 19 artists and artist collectives commissioned to create site-specific artwork for the Jamaica Flux: “Workspaces & Windows 2016.” The program is a large public art project organized and presented by JCAL, a community-based arts organization in Downtown Jamaica. “Workspaces & Windows 2016” is the fourth iteration of Jamaica Flux. The program successfully mounted pieces in Jamaica in 2004, 2007 and 2010. The group of artists, ranging from all walks of life, include: Hannes Bend, Adam Brent, Aurora De Armedi, Ayana Evans, Nicholas Fraser, Samantha Holmes, Anna Lise Jensen, Sue Jeong Ka, Kakyoung Lee, Rejin Lys, Shervone Neckles, Jeffrey Allen Price, Dominique Sindayiganza, Stand Squirewell, Thiago Szmrecsanyi, Ed Woodham and Ellie Ironss and Dan Phiffer; John H. Locke and Joaquin Reyes; and Lily & Honglei. Artists were selected by a panel which included Jamaica Center Business Improvement District Executive Director Rhonda Binda, founder of “A Better Jamaica” Greg Mays, Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District Executive Director Simone Price and others. critical issues in the community. The locations of the finished multidisciplinary and interactive works are not yet available, but those who are interested can receive updates at jcal.org. The project offers artists resources to help them produce experimental art in public realms, engages community members on ways to combat negative public perceptions of Southeast Queens through art, and crates a forum for discussion on meaningful community involvement. It also aims to increase the public’s access to contemporary art and makes it an important and integral part of daily life in Southeast Queens. For more than 40 years, JCAL File photo has presented and supported the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning announced the 19 artists who work of emerging artists, women will participate in Jamaica Flux 2016. artists and artists of color in Jamaica. JCAL has been a cultural Not confined by gallery walls, Ja- Flux aims to challenge traditional as- resource in the community and to all maica Flux is a contemporary public sumptions about where art should be artists in New York City. Serving more art project in which visual and perfor- displayed and explores the relationship than 25,000 people annually, a central mance art are displayed at a variety of between art, commerce, urban renewal part of JCAL’s mission is to encourage participation in the arts and contribute locations along Jamaica Avenue. The and community. This year, Jamaica Flux is expanding to the cultural enrichment of Queens. locations – banks, stores, restaurants, To follow along with the artists’ jourstreet corners, phone booths, parks and its focus to emphasize public engageother public spaces – are as diverse as ment and contemporary art as a vehicle neys and receive real-time updates, like the art. JCAL’s presentation of Jamaica to examine and discuss solutions to Jamaica Flux 2016 on Facebook. www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 25 Free Movie Screenings Major Homes Pays It Forward Once Again At Queens Theatre Queens Theatre has partnered with Lincoln Center Education to present free outdoor screenings of some of the most very impactful Lincoln Center performances in the past three years. These screenings have taken place every Tuesday of August during the evening at 8 p.m. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the Festival Lawn right behind Queens Theatre. The performances are projected on a 26-foot screen connected to a 300W speaker to accommodate a crowd of up to a thousand people and reflect Lincoln Center’s eclectic programming as well as the diverse population that is present in the Borough of Queens. These screenings will be held on Queens Theatre’s main stage if severe weather persists. The series started on Aug. 4 with the screening of the awardwinning musical Sweeney Todd by the New York Philharmonic starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel and conducted by New York Philharmonic’s music director, Alan Gilbert. The Villalobos Brothers, who are considered one of today’s leading world music and contemporary Mexican ensembles, will have a screening of their 2014 Lincoln Center concert on Aug. 11. Their performance will be followed by a Gala performance of superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the New York Phil Harmonic on Aug. 18. The screening series will end on Aug, 25, with the 2012 Richard Tucker Opera Gala featuring opera’s leading voices Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Olga Borodina, and Marcello Giordani as well as many more celebrating some of the most iconic pieces of the repertoire. These screenings represent a unique opportunity for the Queens community to come together and be exposed to many artists with a sundry of performing arts forms they may not be familiar with. They will also be a great occasion for Queens Theatre to attract new audiences for its year-round programming. Major Homes is once again offering a was derailed, until Major Homes came in and unique service for those stuck in a bad situ- did the work free of charge. In another case, Major Homes gave a new ation. For the last decade, Major Homes’ owner kitchen to a family whose three children have Mitch Kersch and his son, Jason, have dedicat- Cystic Fibrosis, a recessive genetic disorder ed some of their time to free renovations and that critically affects the lungs. Mitch added that being able to improve construction projects for families who have the lives of others, using his four-generation been impacted by harsh circumstances. Mitch said that giving back and helping renovation company to do so, is a reward in others has always been a big part of his life. and of itself. “The feeling of being able to help out is His generosity went to the “next level” though amazing. People that know me, after he saw the movie “Pay It know that I would much rather Forward,” a 2000 film starring “I always like to give than to receive,” he said. Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and The program for free serHaley Joel Osment. give back to the vices is offered year-round and “I decided to start this becommunity.” is available to those in Queens cause I always loved giving to —Mitch Kersch, and Nassau counties. Major others and helping people in owner, Homes specializes in winneed,” Mitch told the Queens dows, roofing, siding, doors, Tribune last year. “I always Major Homes awnings, kitchens, bathrooms, like to give back to the combasements, dormers and exmunity.” To find people who qualify for this work, tensions. Mitch said more people should keep an Mitch asks people to send in letters, which he then goes through with Jason to deter- eye out for others in need. “People need to understand it is not about mine those that are legitimate. 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The free lecture is from 1.15 to 2.45 p.m. at the Queens Library in Bay Terrace, 18-46 Bell Blvd. and entertainment. This one-clown show will make guests think they are watching a 3-ring circus! Shows at 2 and 4 p.m., Forest Park Carousel, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive in Woodhaven. BIOBUS AT THE NY HALL OF SCIENCE The world’s only state-ofthe-art microscope facility is housed on a solar-powered 1974 transit bus. Visitors get to zoom in on the tiniest animals to find their microscopic hearts and use a hand held microscope to magnify your own eye and watch it pulsate in response to light. Admission is free with NYSCI admission. The event takes place on the 8th and 9th from noon to 4 p.m. and the 10th through the 14th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit nysci.org or call (718)699-0005. SATURDAY 8/8 DIRTY GIRL MUD RUN The Dirty Girl Mud Run is a 3.1 mile obstacle course run for women, and women ONLY! If you’re an uber cross fitter looking to make your weekend more challenging, Dirty Girl Mud Run has a place for you. If this is your first time running an organized obstacle run or 5k, YOU WILL GET TO THE FINISH LINE! Over 900,000 women of all ages, shapes, sizes and athletic backgrounds have completed this obstacle course since it’s debut in 2011 in this race against breast cancer. Flushing Meadows Corona Park, starting at 9 a.m. For more information visit godirtygirl.com. Registration is $75. ZABO CIRCUS SHOW Other than clowning around, Zabo’s skills include juggling, unicycling, and prop balancing. His show brings non-stop excitement CHINESE THEATRE WORKS - HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY Opera and puppet spectacle spanning 2,000 years of Chinese history presents the lives of four legendary Chinese women warriors - Hua Mulan (made famous in ancient ballads and opera, and more recently by Disney), Hongxian (Tang Dynasty), She Saihua (Song Dynasty), and Qiu Jin (early 20th century).2 p.m. Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd. $8. SCHOOL SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY State Sen. Jose Peralta will be holding his annual Back to School supplies giveaway on 98th Place, right off 57th Avenue in Corona, behind St. Paul the Apostle Church from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. More than 2,100 backpacks will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last. There is a limit of one backpack per student who is present at the event. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK SATURDAY 8/8 DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S. With cash & and prizes at stake for the US Dragon Boat Open Championships, the festival takes place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, in Flushing Meadow Park. The opening day parade at noon on Saturday, Aug. 8 will be followed by the New York City Championship Races. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship will be held on Sunday, August 9th with the teams vigorously competing for their share of the cash and prizes.Racing starts at 9 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 5 p.m. each day, rain or shine. Additionally, the festival will include presentations on traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional dragon dance, musical performances, and a food court. Free admission, rain or shine. For more information visit hkdbfny.org. GROWING UP ASTORIA 7TH ANNUAL REUNION PARTY Join all of Astoria in a party you won’t forget with drink specials and giveaways all day and night. The event takes place from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. at 3119 Newtown Ave. The Coors Light girls will be there at 6 p.m. For more information visit katchastoria.com or call (718)777-2230. SUNDAY 8/9 THEATER BY THE BAY Theatre By The Bay presents a One Act Play Festival featuring original plays by local playwrights at 1 p.m. at Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St, Bayside. Tickets $10. Complimentary Refreshments. THE TEE-TONES MOTOWN CONCERT Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy Motown and doo-wop music from the 50’s, 60’s, and the 70’s at Little Bay Park, Totten avenue and Cross Island Parkway, Bayside. This free event is from 5 to 6 p.m. QUEENS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Enjoy an evening of classic music by the Queens Symphony Orchestra at the George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park. Free. 6:30 p.m. MONDAY 8/10 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC IN CUNNINGHAM PARK In this film, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. The film starts at 8 p.m. The movies will be screened near the bocce courts. Enter the park through the lot on Union Turnpike at 196th Place and bring lawn chairs. Cunningham Park, Oakland Gardens. WEDNESDAY 8/12 SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Shakespeare’s farce about courtship, jealousy and friendship, features one of the most beloved comedic characters of all time, Sir John Falstaff, banished to Windsor and running out of money, devises what he thinks is a fool-proof plan: seduces the wives of the two richest men in town. Unfortunately for him, the women immediately see through his scheme…and proceed to turn the tables on him. Meanwhile, mayhem ensues as three local suitors vie to marry the local heiress. The free event starts at 7.30 p.m. for choice seats and a children’s pre-show arrive at 7 p.m. The show will be held at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. For more information visit vomuseum.org. THURSDAY 8/13 LIGHT ON SOUND Join us for the opening of “Light on Sound,” This interactive poetry installation by artists Maya Pindyck and Jessica Houston brings together Flushing’s multicultural community and the legacy of Lewis Latimer, poet and inventor of the carbon filament for the incandescent light bulb. The Poetry Celebration is a one-night open mic event featuring Flushing residents who contributed to the installation, including guests and poets with hearing impairments or difficulty hearing. CART and ASL interpreters will be provided; Lewis H. Latimer House is wheelchair accessible. The event will be held at the Latimer House, 34-41 137th St., Flushing, from 6 to 9 p.m. This event is free. Registration is requested at hhtinfo@gmail.com. www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 27 Page 28 Tribune Aug. 6-12, 2015 • www.queenstribune.com QUEENS FOCUS Throwback Thursdays Shore Road, Astoria Courtesy Greater astoria HistoriCal soCiety, VinCent seyfried ColleCtion This image, provided by the Greater Astoria Historical Society shows Shore Road in Astoria Park near the present-day Hell Gate Bridge. Shore Road in along the Hell Gate in Astoria Park once was the road to large estates that lined the East River in Western Queens. If you have historical photos or postcards you would like to share with the Queens Tribune, send them to us by mail at Queens Tribune c/o Throwback Thursday, 150-50 14th Rd., Whitestone, NY 11357. Or you can email them to editor @queenstribune.com or Tweet us @QueensTrib with the hashtag #TBT LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Variance (§72-21) to enlarge a community facility (Sephardic Congregation), contrary to floor lot coverage rear yard, height and setback (24-00). R4-1 zoning district. Address: 141-41 72nd Avenue, 72nd Avenue Queens. BSA Calendar Number: 6014-BZ Applicant: Law Office of Jay Goldstein, PLLC, for Sephardic Congregation of Kew Gardens Hills, owners. This application has been calendared for Public Hearing *Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 10:00 A.M. session, in Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street, Borough of Manhattan. ________________________ IK 2012 LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to 102-10 Metropolitan Ave Ste 200, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Purpose: General. ________________________ Gp Home Solution, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/15. Office in Queens Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to Gyorgy Palyusik, 6461 Ellwell Cres, Rego Park, NY 11374-5030. Purpose: General. ________________________ Notice of formation of Decorum L’affair Rental & Event Planning, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/18/2015. Office located in Queens County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 15th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity or purpose. ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County JUL 23 2015 bearing Index Number NC-000440-15/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Dikshat (Last) Kumar My present name is (First) Dikshat (Last) . My present address is 104-18 111 Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11419 My place of birth is India My date of birth is February 28, 1987 ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County JUL 27 2015 bearing Index Number NC-000478-15/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Melissa (Middle) Casalino (Last) Quiroz My present name is (First) Melissa (Last) Casalino aka Melissa Quiroz My present address is 213-01 75th Ave, Apt 1B, Oakland Gardens, NY 11364 My place of birth is Bronx, NY My date of birth is October 09, 1973 ________________________ Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Queens County JUL 06 2015 bearing Index Number NC-000404-15/ QU, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435, grants me the right to: Assume the name of (First) Kelly (Middle) Jenipher (Last) Linares Mendoza My present name is (First) Kelly (Middle) Jenipher Linares (Last) Mendoza My present address is 103-19 120th Street, South Richmond Hill, NY 114192009 My place of birth is Queens, NY My date of birth is October 22, 1995 ________________________ You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to: legals@queenstribune.com Flushing House Director Of Operations Honored David Barr, Flushing House Director of Operations, will receive the “Employee of Distinction” Award from LeadingAge New York. LeadingAge Executive Vice President Dan Heim will present the award and a $100 check to Barr, during a ceremony at Flushing House on Aug. 13 at 1 p.m. LeadingAge will also invite local New York State Assembly and Senate members, who will present a legislative resolution in recognition of Barr’s extraordinary dedication to serving older adults. Nominations were sought for LeadingAge New York’s 15th annual “Employee of Distinction” Awards to recognize the extraordinary dedication of front-line staff from member facilities. Members of the David Barr New York State Legislature, state regulatory agencies, advocacy agencies, plus other groups, served on the awards committee to review the nominations. LeadingAge New York represents not-for-profit, missiondriven and public continuing care providers, including nursing homes, senior housing, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living corporations and community service providers. Examples of his dedication to quality include two recent projects. One was expansion and renovation of the kitchen and dining room at Flushing House. Another example found him coordinating an innovative solution to end the basement flooding from Superstorm Sandy. Because of his technical expertise, Barr realized that the foundation floor needed to be excavated in order to install an emergency overflow ejector pump. Since his solution was implemented, residents and staff have not been inconvenienced by flooding, plus Flushing House has saved hundreds of thousands in damages. This super example may be of great value to other facilities with similar problems. Contact Barr at dbarr@uam.org to obtain a report on the Superstorm Sandy Flood Remediation Project. Barr started at Flushing House in 2003. He has served as Food Service Manager and a member of their Marketing Department. He was promoted a few years ago to become the Director of Operations at Flushing House. As such, he is responsible for supervising a staff of several management and union employees. Barr interfaces daily with many outside contractors, such as plumbers, electricians, carpenters, elevator mechanics, and a variety of building service and product providers. He makes sure day-to-day operations run smoothly. Queens Native Named Head Of Historical Districts Council The Historic DistrictsCouncil -- advocate for all of New York City’s historic neighborhoods – has named Daniel J. Allen as board president. “Mr. Allen has been a valued member of the HDC board for several years. His knowledge and experience as both a professional and community preservationist make him an ideal candidate and we are very happy to welcome him into this new position.” said Simeon Bankoff, HDC’s Executive Director. As Board President, Allen is responsible for maintaining and promoting HDC’s mission of preserving the history of New York City’s built environment and advocating for its residents. Allen is the 10th Board President, succeeding Leo J. Blackman, who served as HDC’s Board President from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Blackman also served as President from 2008 through 2011 and continues to serve on HDC’s Board of Directors. Allen has been on the board since 2007. “I’m thrilled to be taking on this role in this truly vital organization”, said Allen. Prior to becoming Board President, he served as Vice President on the board from 2010-2013 and has been co-chair of HDC’s Public Review Committee since 2009. The committee is responsible for reviewing all public proposals affecting historic properties in New York City and formulating a position on them; HDC is the only organization in New York City which does this comprehensive review. In 2014, the Historic Districts Council reviewed over 400 proposals and testified before the Landmarks Preservation Commission on over 175 projects. A long-time resident of Queens, Mr. Allen currently teaches in the Historic Preservation program at Columbia University and is a principal at CTA ARCHITECTS, a New York architecture firm specializing in new design, restoration, rehabilitation, interior design, affordable housing and historic preservation. In addition, he is a registered architect in the state of New York, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and serves on the board of the New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP). Mr. Allen is also a member of the Association for Preservation Technology International and the Society of Architectural Historians. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Cooper Union and a Masters of Science in Historic Preservation from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. www.queenstribune.com • Aug. 6-12, 2015 Tribune Page 29 Go to LouisArmstrongHouse.org for our schedule of free summer events! Saturday, August 15th Cynthia Sayer & Her Sparks Fly Quartet 2:00 pm Advance Tickets: $18 at LouisArmstrongHouse.org Includes red beans ’n rice & sweet tea! 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The program, which was offered to children from grades four through 12, took place in all five boroughs and was funded by the Department of Education. The junior high portion of the event was held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. while the group also had an option of relaxing in the recreational centers from 1 to 5 p.m. High school players held their workouts from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. While baseball, softball, track and field, cricket, soccer, volleyball, stunt cheerleading and wrestling are featured in the Big Apple Games, football is the most until mid-August, with anticipated sport and Long Island City beginthat forced the marning on Aug. 16, but quee summer camp chemistry and commuto open three sessions nication is at a premium, per week for five weeks especially during the offat two separate locaseason. tions – Jamaica High Not only will playSchool and Bayside ers interact with one High School – for the another but they also Queens football stars. can pick up tips from This event has become coaches through fundaa training-camp like mental, individual and atmosphere that gives team drills. these youngsters a The event did run chance to make drastic into a minor setback at leaps in their on-field the end of July due to approach, off-the field uncharacteristic weather Photo courtesy of big aPPle games communication and conditions and heat isThe Big Apple Games continued its annual training. ability to relate to their sues, as they had to canteammates. cel three sessions during “I have been attending the games to improve their strength, condi- the week of July 26. [at Bayside High School] with my tioning and football skills and they The PSAL football season begins players and we have about 20 to 25 love it. They are working hard and on Sept. 5 with a number of intrigukids that attended every day,” Long are clearly eager to learn.” ing match-ups while track and field, Island City head coach Joe HoughMost high school squads don’t soccer, volleyball and wrestling beton said. “These athletes are looking begin their official practice schedule gin their season shortly thereafter. Queens kids: Mamadou Diarra and Hamidou Diallo By Carmine CarCieri Photo courtesy of t wit ter From Queens to Woodstock Academy to the New York Jayhawks, four-star recruit Mamadou Diarra (Class of 2016) and five-star recruit Hamidou Diallo (Class of 2017) have grown up as teammates and friends on the basketball court, competing against the top talent in the nation. That journey could extend to the college ranks where Diallo can join the recently committed Diarra at Connecticut to play under the tutelage of former pro Kevin Ollie. The Queens natives have been a major factor on the recruiting trail after successful outings with the Jayhawks this spring and impressive performances in high school games during the winter. Diarra committed to the Huskies in May despite offers from multiple other schools including Boston University, Canisius, Drexel, Duquesne, Hofstra, Kansas State, Manhattan, Minnesota, Rider, St. Bonaventure, Temple and VCU. The 6-foot, 8-inch tall center is ranked 98th in ESPN’s top 100 rankings for the class of 2016 and is the sixth best prospect in the state of New York. Diarra is a true power forward with great explosion in the paint, including a dominant ability to play above the rim and the talent to rebound on both ends of the floor. The undersized big man also plays with a ton of energy and urgency while running the floor with ease and showing a solid touch around the basket. Five-star shooting guard, Diallo, is ranked 30th on ESPN’s top 60 for the class of 2017 and his stock is quickly rising. The 6’4” 175 pound long, athletic, attacking guard holds offers from UConn, Duquesne, Indiana, Iowa State, Louisville, Minnesota, St. John’s, North Carolina State, Providence, Seton Hall, St. Bonaventure, Temple, St. Peters, USC and Wake Forest. Diallo, who will play in the up- Hamidou Diallo coming Under Armour E24X game in New York during the first week of August, can score in a variety of ways and from all three levels on the court while also showing the ability to get out in transition. His quickness and athleticism could make him a perfect fit at Louisville, St. John’s or Indiana, but his chemistry on the fast break with Di- Mamadou Diarra arra could have a huge impact on his final decision. 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