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Volume 16, Issue No. 2 • Jan. 9-15, 2015
INSIDE:
Queens Real Estate
Marketplace
Special Pull Out
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PRESS Photo by Bruce Alder
ALL TOGETHER
The 113th Precinct hosted
police officers from across
the country, flown in by Jet
Blue for the funeral of NYPD
Officer Wenjian Liu over the
weekend.
By Jordan Gibbons … Page 4.
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DOT’s Borough
Commissioner Replaced
According to a DOT spokesperson, Dalila Hall, who has served as
Borough Commissioner since April
2013, has been reassigned. Jeff
Lynch, the DOT’s assistant commissioner for intergovernmental affairs
and community relations, will serve
as acting Borough Commissioner until further notice.
On Wednesday, sources told the
Tribune that some members of the
City Council’s Queens Delegation
had met with City DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to express
their disappointment with Hall’s performance.
Hall was appointed Queens Borough Commissioner in April 2013,
after having served as Deputy Borough Commissioner, beginning in
October 2011.
The DOT spokesperson confirmed
that meeting. The spokesperson
added that Hall would be reassigned
within the agency “to continue serving in a critical role.”
When asked about the situation
with Hall, one Queens Council member noted that it was important to
address issues regarding local transportation.
“As always, I am fully committed
to working with our City’s agencies
and advocating for our local transportation issues,” Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) said in a statement.
“If those issues are not recognized,
then a change becomes necessary.”
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On New Year’s Eve and New Years
Day, NYPD police officers saved the
lives of two people suspected of suffering from heroin overdoses in separate incidents in Queens.
Just before 5 p.m. on New Year’s
Eve, police responded to a 911 call
from a St. Albans apartment for a
51-year-old man lying on his back in
bed, losing consciousness and barely
breathing. A female friend of the
man told cops he had just snorted
heroin and then quickly became unresponsive.
Officer Brett Devine and Lt. David
Goldstein immediately administered
a single dose of naloxone nasal spray.
When Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene, the man
had regained consciousness and his
breathing was nearly at full strength.
He was speaking coherently and opted to walk down the stairs from the
second floor apartment and step into
the ambulance.
He was transported to Jamaica
Hospital Medical Center in stable
condition.
At 8:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, an
18-year-old woman was also saved in
a building in Pomonok. After NYPD
administered the nasal spray, she was
transported to Queens Hospital Center in stable condition as well.
Naloxone, which is administered
nasally, is an extremely effective
medication that can instantly counteract the effects of an overdose from
narcotics like heroin and some prescription drugs.
Hollis Library Re-opens
Councilman Mark Weprin (DOakland Gardens) joined Queens
Library interim president Bridget
Quinn-Carey, Marc Haken of Community Board 8 and residents of
Eastern Queens this week to mark
the re-opening of the Queens Library
Hollis branch.
The library has been closed since
mid-September for the installation
of a new roof. Weprin supplied
$730,000 in discretionary funds for
the renovations.
“The library provides a tremendous service to the residents of Eastern Queens and I know that it will
continue to do so,” Weprin said.
Rebuild Begins On Ozone
Park Apartment
Clean up is ongoing at the Ozone
Park building where a five-alarm fire
took place last month.
A vacate order placed on the property, located at 103-45 97th St., was
partially lifted late last month except
for the fourth floor and parts of the
third floor. This gave the green light
for repair and recovery to begin at
the badly damaged building.
According to a spokesman for
Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone
Park), Redmond Haskins, the property owner, is working with an architect and a project manager to file the
necessary paperwork with the DOB.
They have also replaced the windows
on the top floor to make the building
watertight. The spokesman said the
owner plans to submit that paperwork by the end of this week.
The blaze started in the cockloft
of the building and spread to the
roof. The fire broke out around 4:20
p.m. on Dec. 18 and became a fivealarm fire less than an hour later, just
after 5 p.m. Firefighters got the fire
under control at 6:42 p.m. according
to the FDNY.
Nobody was killed as a result
of the incident, but the hundreds
of people who live there have been
forced to relocate elsewhere while
the long rebuilding process begins.
Jan. 9-15, 2015 PRESS of Southeast Queens Page 3
Presstime
Jamaica Center Bid Finds new director
By JoRdan GiBBons
Growing up in Jamaica, Rhonda
Binda said she always felt that the
area had a lot of potential. After
working in the White House and the
Office of Global Intergovernmental
Affairs at the U.S. Dept. of State, she
has come back to work towards bettering her old neighborhood as the new
executive director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District.
She officially stepped into her role
on Dec. 1, but began working earlier
to help local businesses with Black
Friday and Small Business Saturday.
Binda said that this is an exciting
time to start working in Downtown
Jamaica, especially with the recent
announcements by StreetEasy, a real
estate website, projecting Jamaica to
be one of the top five hottest neighborhoods in the City among renters
and buyers in 2015 and Lonely Planet naming Queens the best travel destination in the U.S.
“These are things that I knew about
Queens, being a resident,” she said.
“But, I’ve always known that there’s
more we can do in terms of marketing
and telling that story louder.”
While working in intergovernmental affairs, Binda said she helped
forge sister-city relationships around
the U.S. and around the globe. She
was also the vice president of P3
Global Management, a public-private partnership management company, which helped to finance smart
city technology and infrastructure
improvements, such as LED lighting,
bike share and touch screens, to cities around the country.
She said some of these improvements are something that she is looking to bring to the Jamaica Center
corridor.
Another element in the area that
Binda said she would like to tap into
is the fashion industry. She said that
she would like to build events around
specific retailers to highlight the
best Jamaica has to offer in terms of
clothing, sneakers and tattoos.
In May, the BID is organizing
an event called Jamaica Revealed,
which will invite investors, developers and small business owners to take
another look at Jamaica as a
can be done and she plans to
destination, Binda said.
work with Riders Alliance
“We’ll hopefully bring
and the Dept. of Transporto bear the best of what
tation to improve the opI’ve seen,” she said.
tions for commuters.
Another goal for
“The transportation hasn’t
Binda is to make the
necessarily caught up to
connection with John
the growth,” she said. “We
F. Kennedy Interneed more express sernational Airport
vice so people can get
and Downtown Jaaround quicker.”
maica. The Hilton
With an increase
Garden Inn that is
in hotels and resiin the works across
dents, Binda said
for the AirTrain is
she thinks it will
Rhonda Binda
a start, but she said
create a higher conshe plans to work
sumer demand for
with the Queens Tourism Council to more businesses, especially in the
organize free airport tours for travel- food and beverage industry.
ers with long layovers to expose them
One way that she would said could
to rich history and people the com- help stimulate businesses to come to
munity is proud of.
Jamaica is by working with city agen“We should make that connection cies to provide tax credits for owners.
with a lot of these diverse enclaves… so
“It’d be great to have more dining
they can appreciate their world here in and nightlife,” she said. “It’s time to
the American way,” Binda said.
come back.”
Even though Jamaica is already
Reach Reporter Jordan Gibbons at
known as a transportation hub, Bin- (718)357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@
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2014: Lowest Crime Rate in City’s History
By Luis GRonda
The year 2014 was the safest New
York City has seen in its history.
Last year saw the fewest recorded
murders in City history, according
to Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police
Commissioner Bill Bratton, who
made the announcement outside of
1 Police Plaza on Monday.
According to police data, there
were 332 murders in NYC last year.
This is three murders fewer than
2013, and continues the downward
trend of that type of crime in the five
Boroughs.
Murder, robbery and burglary
rates are also the lowest in the past
decade, according to the statistics
compiled by the NYPD. Robbery was
down 13.6 percent in 2014 compared
to the previous year, the biggest decrease out of the crime categories
compiled in CompStat. Burglary was
down four percent from 2013 and
grand larceny auto decreased by 3.7
percent in 2014.
The overall crime index was down
4.6 percent from last year. Marijuana
arrests also dropped 10.5 percent
compared to 2013.
Police said the specific break-
down of those numbers by borough
were not available when asked by a
reporter.
The announcement was made just
as tensions between Mayor de Blasio
and the NYPD have spiked due to incidents involving police including the
murder of Detectives Rafael Ramos
and Wenjian Liu last month as well
as protests following the Eric Garner
verdict just a short time before those
officers were killed.
De Blasio said the reduction in
crime shows that its possible to reduce crime in a big city like New York
even as crime was already decreasing
before he took office.
“Now, again, this is not
just about numbers. The
numbers are so important, but every number indicates a human life or a
family, and every number
that we show that’s made
progress means a family or
an individual who didn’t
go through the pain of a
crime,” he said during the
press conference.
Commissioner Bratton
said that while 2014 was
successful in terms of reducing crime in New York
City, 2015 will be significant for the police depart-
ment because of new technology the
department will begin to use, including body cameras.
“It will be the year of technology,
in which we literally will give to every
member of this department – technology that would’ve been unheard
of even a few years ago,” Bratton
said.
Both the mayor and police commissioner have been big proponents
of the broken windows theory of policing, which is reducing smaller type
of crimes in order to prevent bigger
crimes from occurring.
When asked if the recent events
call into question that type of policing, Bratton said that their view remains unwavered.
“Sorry, broken windows is here
to stay,” he said. “Stop, Question
and Frisk is here to stay. But it will
be done in appropriate amounts. So,
even the broken windows policing-we
are very selective in terms of looking
at areas where we can reduce the need
for that.”
De Blasio said that crime has reduced dramatically compared to the
80s and 90s in part due to the proactive approach police need to take in
enforcing that theory.
Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at
(718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@
queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.
113th Precinct Welcomes Out
Of Town Officers For Funeral
The 113th Precinct opened its
arms to fellow officers from out of
state for the second time this past
weekend.
To honor the service of NYPD
Officer Wenjian Liu, officers from
all over the country flew into John
F. Kennedy International Airport
for his funeral in Brooklyn over the
weekend.
Jet Blue offered officers free airfare,
the offer was also extended for Officer
Rafael Ramos’ funeral in December.
Ramos and Liu were sitting in their
police car on Dec. 20 on the corner of
Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues when
Baltimore native Ismaaiyl Brinsley
walked up behind the car and shot
and killed the two officers without any
warning. Minutes later, he took his
own life in a nearby subway station.
The Jamaica-based precinct,
which is the closest precinct to JFK,
offered rides to visiting officers as
well as providing hospitality with
whatever they needed.
Jet Blue flew in officers from all over the country to attend the funeral of Officer
Wenjian Liu this past weekend, with the 113th Precinct hosting the officers.
Photos by Bruce Adler
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The hallways at PS 151 became a
canvas on Tuesday afternoon.
As part of a “day of service” organized by the mentoring organization
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York
City, artist Don Rimx visited the
Woodside school to collaborate with
its students on a hallway mural.
The event was the first in a series for National Mentoring Month,
which will take place throughout the
City with the primary goal of recruiting volunteer mentors to work with
the hundreds of young people waiting
for a match through BBBS of NYC.
Joined by PS 151 Principal Dr. Samantha Maisonet, members of BBBS
and Councilman Costa Constantinides (D-Astoria), a group of PS
151 students took turns adding color
to Rimx’s colorful, curving design.
Maisonet said she was glad for the
opportunity to partner with BBBS of
NYC and Rimx. It offered her students an opportunity to meet a successful artist and accomplish something themselves, she noted.
“We’re trying to teach kids that
no matter what it is that you enjoy
doing, you can do it if you set your
mind to it,” Maisonet said.
She added that she hopes the
event will spark a long
from all the world are
term partnership with
connected.”
BBBS of NYC, which
He went on, “you see
the organization’s CEO
the elements like bricks,
Hector Batista said was
because it’s New York,
a goal of the day of serand then the wood bevice.
cause it’s more Latin
“I want to serve more
America, other counkids in the Borough. I
tries like that. You see
think it’s a borough that
bright colors combined
could use our services,”
with grays – kind of the
he explained.
weather here but trying
Batista said that only
to bring in a little bit
about 12 percent of the
of summer from other
more than 3,500 kids
countries.”
served by BBBS of NYC
“I saw kids passing by
come from Queens and
and they were applauding
he hopes to expand councilman costa constantinides (back, second from right) joined and some of them were
that number. PS 151 in PS 151 Principal Samantha Maisonet and artist don rimx (front) cheering,” Batista said.
particular was an ideal in a mural painting organized by BBBS of Nyc.
“I think that it makes
setting for the day of
them feel good that the
service, Batista noted, because its sented the diverse backgrounds of school is taking an interest to make the
students represent the demographic PS 151’s students and the school’s school look nice and special.”
of kids the organization serves: kids commitment to globalism.
National Mentoring Month will
from immigrant communities or in
PS 151 is the Global Communica- culminate in the Seventh Annual
single-parent homes, for example.
tion and Foreign Language magnet Tournament of Champions Pong on
For his part, Constantinides said, school. Its focus as stated by Mai- Jan. 23, according to BBBS of NYC.
“we need more organizations like Big sonet is on drawing connections The table tennis tournament will take
Brothers Big Sisters in Queens.”
between international communities place at Grand Central Terminal’s
“To have that mentorship to help and building a globally-minded com- Vanderbilt Hall and will benefit the
give children another leg up towards munity among the students.
organization’s mentoring programs.
their future would be a great partnerAccording to Rimx, bridges and
Reach Reporter Jackie Strawbridge at
ship,” Constantinides added.
paths comprised a main element (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
Rimx’s mural design itself repre- of his mural design, “so the people queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
Photo by Jackie Strawbridge
By Jackie StrawBridge
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Letters
We Are Charlie Hebdo
No To CB Limits
Those of us who work at newspapers in the United States, like
many who are not in this profession, sometimes take for granted
the protections of Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression guaranteed in the First Amendment. These rights are the
most important tool in any journalist’s repertoire. It is a promise
to readers that all views can and should be expressed without fear
of reprisal, no matter if we agree with the sentiment.
We are saddened to hear reports of Wednesday’s deadly attack on a French satirical publication called Charlie Hebdo.
This is not the first time the magazine has been attacked by
those who have taken offense after the staff has poked fun at
the Prophet Mohammad, as the Charlie Hebdo offices were
firebombed in 2011 after a similar issue.
Despite these frequent attacks, the staff of Charlie
Hebdo never backed down to appease those who opposed
its right to expression. We hope that even in light of the
vicious murder of 12 people – including editors, cartoonists and even police officers – that the magazine does not
change its ways, does not lose its voice and continues to
express views that some would find unpopular.
Wednesday’s attack was one orchestrated by extremists, terrorists who would deny people the right to express
themselves unless it agrees with their own views.
We stand by our brothers and sisters who we lost this week
in France, as we celebrate their determination to defy those who
would try to subdue the freedom of expression in all its forms. We
will honor the memory of those killed in the attack by continuing
to pursue the truth and by living up to the freedoms guaranteed
to us by the First Amendment.
Just like the staff of Charlie Hebdo, we will not back down.
We Are Charlie Hebdo.
To The Editor:
Councilmen daniel dromm and Ben
Kallos have proposed legislation to limit Community Board members to six two-year terms;
in other words, 12 years max service. While
I agree with them on several other issues, I
think this legislation, if passed, would be bad
for the communities and the City.
Community Boards are made up of volunteers, except for the district Managers and
small staffs, who are paid City employees. I
gladly volunteer my time and effort to review
BSA applications and other topics, and rarely
miss a meeting.
Councilman dromm says our communities are changing, and so should the makeup
of community boards to bring in new ideas,
new cultures, backgrounds and ideas. This is
already happening and doesn’t require a law.
Board membership changes every year due
to retirements, job changes, families moving
out of the area, and new appointees coming
to the board.
The core of each board is the long-serving
seasoned members, who are the target of this
legislation. If you get rid of these folks, you
weaken the board. To weaken the board is to
weaken the voice of the people.
Notify your Council members not to
weaken your voice, and tell them to vote NO
on this legislation or to have it withdrawn.
Tyler Cassell
Member of CB7
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The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Of Mario Cuomo
A Personal Perspective
BY MARCIA MOXAM
COMRIE
I have often quoted Gov.
Mario Cuomo’s line, “you
campaign in poetry and govern
in prose.”
And while the reality of public service requires that one adjusts one’s expectations based
on the reality of the economy
and the representatives with
whom one has to negotiate,
the original Governor Cuomo
never lost his eloquence. It
served him well for three terms
until he lost his campaign for
a fourth.
Mario Cuomo, unlike his
son, Andrew, our current
governor, had experiences his
children were not privileged to
have had. As the son of Italian
immigrants, he understood the
immigrant experience of seeing
his parents try to achieve the
American dream and of feeling
the sting of the put down from
other immigrant groups.
I recall him speaking out
against discrimination against
African-Americans during one
of the many painful experiences in our state. In doing so,
he expressed the hurt he felt as
a child when some Anglo immigrants and first generation
Americans wrote ethnic slurs
on his family’s garbage cans.
I remember there were those
who scoffed at the comparison
to what African-Americans
have been through.
I agree it pales in comparison, but to him, it was hurtful
and I never denigrated his
right to feel or express that.
The important thing is he was
trying to say no one deserves
to be mistreated. He was trying
to connect in a personal way.
He wanted to be a governor of
all the people.
Since his passing, everyone
has spoken about his way with
words. They have invariably
bemoaned the fact that he
never ran for president despite
pressure to do so. The media at
the time dubbed him, “Hamlet
on the Hudson” for not making
up his mind to jump into the
1992 race. They assumed he
was having some “to run or
not to run,” soliloquy like the
Shakespearean character’s “to
be or not to be,” crisis. Some
even dared to suggest that the
governor might have chosen
not to run due to some imagined “mafia connection.”
The truth is, not everyone
wants to be president; and the
truth is not everyone should be
president. As a society, we are
seduced by eloquent speeches.
Every time some guy gives
a good speech, we want to
crown him president. There is
a shallowness about us when it
comes to that sort of thing and
it is understandable.
There was a time when the
American president was an
inspiring figure – think FdR
and JFK. And across the pond,
we had Churchill. And in the
1950s and ’60s, we had MLK,
who, had he not been Black,
would also have been encouraged to run for president.
Ronald Reagan was dubbed
“the great communicator,”
and when Barack Obama
addressed the democratic
National Convention in 2004,
he was immediately encouraged to run. The guy was only
running for a senate seat, but
he had a compelling personal
narrative and mesmerized
with it.
The truth is, Gov. Mario
Cuomo loved New York and
chose to stay here and serve his
state. For him, that was legacy
enough. His death has left a
void in our City and State. At
82 years of age, he still had a
lot more to give.
The death of the former
governor is a loss. We know
the current Governor Cuomo
is trying to be as good a governor or better than his father
was. We wish him well with
that because his success is
our gain. We know he’s hurting and we share his loss in a
non-personal way. We will miss
Mario Cuomo as a part of our
political history. We are honored to have “known” him.
He served us well, so good
night Governor Cuomo, “and
flights of angels sing thee to
thy rest!”
This is what it’s all about.
Self-serving politicians and cynical pundits think that
New York City police officers are more worried about
settling a contract than mourning our fallen brothers.
Real New Yorkers know better. You’ve stood with us.
You’ve grieved with us. You’ll work with us to protect
our city and hold accountable all those who have
stirred up hatred and violence against police officers.
Thank you for your support.
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York
125 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004 • 212-233-5531
Patrick J. Lynch, President
www.nycpba.org
New York Honors The Life Of Mario Cuomo
BY JORDAN GIBBONS
Former Governor Mario Cuomo
died of natural causes due to heart
failure on Jan. 1 in his Manhattan
home at the age of 82, hours after his
son Andrew Cuomo was inaugurated
for his second term as governor.
The Holliswood and South Jamaica native served as governor from
1983 to 1994 and was known for his
inspirational speeches and being a
bastion of progressive values.
District Attorney Richard Brown
said he would be forever grateful to
Cuomo for appointing him twice as a
Justice of the Appellate Division and
his current position as Queens’ DA.
“He was a great friend and advisor who greatly influenced my life
and the lives of a generation of young
lawyers,” Brown said in a statement.
“A son of Queens, he will be missed
by all for his wise counsel, heartfelt
compassion for the downtrodden,
fierce advocacy for justice and inspiring oratory.”
Cuomo became known as a defender of the downtrodden early in
his career as an attorney in Queens.
In the late 1960s, he represented
“The Corona Fighting 69,” a group
of 69 homeowners who were in danger of being displaced by the City’s
plan to build a new high school. The
group successfully averted the demolition of all but 22 of the 69 homes.
He also represented another
Queens residents group, the Kew
Gardens-Forest Hills Committee on
Urban Scale, who opposed Samuel J.
LeFrak’s housing proposal adjacent
to Willow Lake. The spotlight shined
even brighter on him in 1972 when
Mayor John Lindsay appointed him
to conduct an inquiry and mediate a
dispute over low-income public housing slated for the upper-middle class
neighborhood of Forest Hills.
Cuomo worked closely with former Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin
in Queens, years before they both
became prominent political figures
in New York. Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) said that
Cuomo used to blame his father for
getting him into politics.
“When other families went on vacation, we spent time running Mario
Cuomo’s campaign,” Weprin said.
“He never forgot his Queens roots.
He would use it as a weapon. He never embraced the trappings of being
in power. He was a humble man in a
very important position.”
During a time when liberal views
were disparaged, Cuomo strongly
opposed the policies of Ronald Reagan, particularly during his keynote
speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention, which Weprin
said was one of the most prideful
moments of his life since the speech
made a Queens native one of the
most important political figures in
the country.
His speech brought him to national attention and was considered
a frontrunner to get the Democratic
nomination for President in 1988
and 1992. He came close to filing
for candidacy in 1991, but since he
could not come to agreement with
Republicans in the New York State
Legislature on the budget, he declined running, because he said that
Borough and City officials remember former Governor Mario Cuomo, who died
of heart failure on Jan. 1.
he swore to put New Yorkers first.
Borough President Melinda Katz
credited Cuomo with devoting his
life to public service and offered condolences to his family on behalf of
the Borough.
“As governor, he used his considerable intelligence and leadership to
advance an agenda to help all New
Yorkers live better, more prosperous
lives,” she said in a statement. “Governor Cuomo was an inspiration to
me and to many borough residents
who entered public service in the
hope of following his example and
building on his legacy of achievement.”
While New York was experiencing
an era filled with crime in the 1980s
and early 1990s, Cuomo stood by
his opposition to the death penalty
despite the unpopular opinion. He
vetoed several bills that would have
re-established capital punishment in
the State.
Cuomo, a Roman Catholic, also
strongly believed that the State did
not have a right to ban abortion, even
though he was personally opposed to
it. In a speech at the University of
Notre Dame in 1984, he pronounced
that there can be different approaches to abortion besides absolute prohibition and unyielding adherence.
Cardinal John Joseph O’Connor,
former Archbishop of New York,
considered excommunicating him
after the speech.
Considering he knew his father the
best, Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided
the eulogy at the funeral, which covered his father’s background, his biggest speeches and even his basketball
prowess.
“At his core, he was a philosopher.
He was a poet. He was an advocate.
He was a crusader. Mario Cuomo
was the keynote speaker for our better angels,” he said.
He finished the eulogy by promising to follow in his father’s footsteps.
“We know what we have to do
and we will do it. We will make this
State a better State and we will do it
together,” he said. “On that, you have
my word as your son.”
(718)357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@
queenspress.com or @jgibbons2.
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Police Blotter
102nd Precinct
p.m. on Nov. 24 inside of a Capital
One Bank, located at 74-11 MetroHomicide arrest
politan Ave. in Middle Village. The
On Dec. 29, police arrested two suspect entered the location, passed
individuals in regards to a homicide a demand note and fled on foot with
that occurred on Christmas Day.
approximately $750.
According to an incident report,
The second incident occurred
police responded to a call of a person at 11:26 a.m. on Dec. 9, inside of a
shot in the vicinity of 126th Street Capital One Bank located at 70-01
and 89th Avenue at 2:34
Forest Ave. The suspect enp.m. on Dec. 25. Upon artered the location, passed a
rival, officers observed a
demand note and fled with
20-year-old male, identified
approximately $2,617.
as James Bryant of Jamaica,
The third incident ocunconscious and unresponcurred at 11:35 a.m. on
sive with a gunshot wound
Dec. 30 inside of an Astoria
to the neck and being tendBank, located at 75-25 Meted to by EMS. The victim
This individual is ropolitan Ave. The suspect
was transported to Jamaica
wanted in connec- again entered the location,
Hospital, where he was protion for three bank passed a demand note and
nounced dead.
robberies within fled on foot with approxiOn Dec. 29, police arthe confines of the mately $7,400.
rested Abu Quick, 23, of
Anyone with information
104th Precinct.
the Bronx, and Jamar Alexis asked to call the NYPD’s
ander, 25, of Kew Gardens,
Crime Stoppers at (800)
and charged both men with second- 577-TIPS, visit www.nypdcrimestopdegree murder and criminal posses- pers.com or text tips to 274637
sion of a weapon.
(CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All
calls are confidential.
104th Precinct
Bank robbery Pattern
The NYPD is asking the public’s
assistance identifying and locating
the following suspect wanted for three
bank robberies within the confines of
the 104th Precinct.
The first incident occurred at 3:10
107th Precinct
Homicide
At 2:34 a.m. on Jan. 2, police responded to a 911 call of a male shot
inside of 155-11 71st Ave. in Pomonok.
Upon arrival, police observed a 30year-old male victim with a gunshot
wound to his head. EMS also responded and pronounced the man dead at
the scene. There have been no arrests
and the investigation is ongoing.
109th Precinct
investigation
At 11 a.m. on Jan. 1, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside MacNeil Park.
Upon arrival, officers identified an
unidentified male in his 30s, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS also
responded to the location and pronounced the male dead at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
110th Precinct
Fatal Fire
At 11:46 p.m. on Dec. 31, police
responded to a 911 call of a residential
fire inside of 96-02 57th Ave. in Corona.
Upon arrival, officers observed three
adult residents of the apartment, unconscious and unresponsive. The residents
have been identified as Louise JeanCharles, 59; Nadia Donnay, 37; and Napoleon Michel, 69. All three residents
were removed to local hospitals, where
they were pronounced dead.
112th Precinct
Forcible Touching
The NYPD is asking the public’s
assistance identifying a suspect want-
ed for forcible touching within the
confines of the 112th Precinct.
At 7:40 a.m. on Dec. 30, the victim, a 38-year-old female, was walking
on the southbound F line platform at
the Queens Boulevard and 75th Avenue station when the suspect grabbed
her from behind, touching her buttocks and private parts before pushing her to the ground. There were no
reported injuries.
The suspect is described as a male
Hispanic, 5-foot-9 with a stocky build,
last seen wearing a dark colored
jacket, a dark colored backpack and a
green or possibly camouflaged hat.
Anyone with information is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, visit www.
nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips
to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter
TIP577. All calls are confidential.
112th Precinct
Fatal Fire
At 3:39 a.m. on Jan. 5, police responded to a 911 call of a residential
fire inside a single-family private house,
located at 168-37 118th Road in Jamaica. EMS removed two aided residents
from the location to area hospitals.
An 89-year-old female was removed
to a local hospital, where she was listed
in stable condition, and a 64-year-old
male was taken to another hospital,
where he was pronounced dead. The
cause of the fire is under investigation.
Borough Beat
Food delivered To river Fund
By Luis Gronda
Assemblyman David Weprin (DFresh Meadows) delivered more
than 350 pounds of food to the River
Fund food pantry in Richmond Hill
on Monday.
The food was collected as part of
an ongoing holiday drive at Weprin’s
office. The drive was held for the last
six weeks before the holiday season
and many residents stopped by to donate food, according to the Assemblyman’s office.
Among the food donated to the
pantry were cereal, pasta, canned
meat, soup and much more.
“We are thankful for today’s donations, which will come in handy
to our seniors that are disabled and
homebound. We are also thankful for
the community for their support for
the River Fund,” said Shirley Rice,
the Fund’s Chief Operation Officer.
The River Fund is a food pantry that
serves food and other needed items to
residents at its Richmond Hill location
as well as its satellite locations in Rockaway and Coney Island.
Swami Durga Das, who heads the
non-profit organization, said they
will likely use the food for the River
Fund’s home delivery service.
Das said they deliver food to the
homes of about people disabilities
and who cannot make it when they
host their weekly food pantry drives
on Saturdays.
“The City, overall, has been doing
well, but there is still a large number
of people living in poverty and are
hungry,” Weprin said. “The River
Fund really does an extraordinary
job year after year in making sure
that the people and children with
needs are well served especially during the holiday season.”
Reach Reporter Luis Gronda at
(718) 357-7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@
queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.
a holiday food drive resulted in 350 pounds of donations for the river Fund
food pantry in richmond Hill.
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Adopt-A-Family
Hollis Library Reopens
The Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District last month held
its annual Adopt-a-Family program at the Jamaica Performing Arts
Center. The program provided clothes, toys, shoes and household
items to 110 families in need in the downtown Jamaica area during
the holiday season.
Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) joined Queens Library’s
interim president Bridget Quinn-Carey (right), Marc A. Haken of Community Board 8 (center) and residents of Eastern Queens to mark the
reopening of Hollis Library following the installation of a new roof. The
library, which had been closed since mid-September for the renovations, received $730,000 in funding from Weprin and the New York City
Council Delegation.
Adopt-a-Family program participants included (from left) Randall Duperval (volunteer), Kate Ofikuru (volunteer), Melvin Bennett (volunteer),
Jerome Roberson (Sutphin Blvd. BID board member), Tyasia Chestnut
(volunteer), Bernie Brown (sponsor – President of the Rosedale Little
League), Tearah Chestnut (volunteer), Joel Chestnut (volunteer), Simone Price (Executive Director, Sutphin Boulevard BID), Xandrea
Lancaster (volunteer), Sandhya Sheth (volunteer) and Karym Price
(volunteer).
A&E
Kupferberg Center Sets Lineup For 2015
BY JOE MARVILLI
With a new semester comes
new shows at Queens College.
The school’s Kupferberg
Center for the Arts is set for a
packed winter/spring season.
With performances at Colden
Auditorium and LeFrak Concert Hall, both students and
Queens residents will have the
chance to enjoy everything
Kupferberg has to offer.
One of the biggest guests
of the year for the Kupferberg
Center is Carol Burnett. The
legendary comedian will perform off-the-cuff, impromptu
banter with the audience for
an enjoyable, reflective and
funny evening. Tickets cost
between $39 and $85. The
show starts at 8 p.m. on May
8 at Colden Auditorium.
Other performances include the Dance Theatre of
Harlem, which will take the
stage at Colden Auditorium
on Jan. 18 at 4 p.m. This
troupe is made up of 18 racially-diverse dancers, known
worldwide for bringing a contemporary touch to classical
and neo-classical ballet repertoire. Tickets are $35.
The Atlantic Theatre Company will swing by Colden
Auditorium on Feb. 4 for
“Ivy + Bean, The Musical,” a
children’s performance. Bean
and Ivy knew they would
never like each other, but
when the two become a team,
there’s mischief and laughter
at every turn. Appropriate for
ages 7 to 11, the show starts
at 10:30 a.m.
On Feb. 18, two of South
Africa’s musical icons will
join forces to honor the 20th
anniversary of the start of
democracy and the end of
Apartheid in the nation. Hugh
Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela
will pay homage in “20 Years
of Freedom,” featuring South
Africa’s Freedom Songs. The
concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at
LeFrak Concert Hall. Tickets
range from $20 to $55.
For those of you who are
not fans of “Fifty Shades
of Grey” and have no intention of seeing the movie, you
should look into this comedic
performance on March 5 at
Colden Auditorium. “Spank!
The Fifty Shades Parody” will
cost between $25 and $45
and starts at 8 p.m.
On April 19 at 3 p.m., dog
lovers can head to Colden
Restaurant Review
A Culinary Melting Pot
Bistro Etc.
43b Main St.
Port Washington
(516) 472-7780
Cuisine: New American
Credit Card: Yes
Reservation: Yes
Hours: Tue-Sat
5 p.m.-Close
www.bistroetc.com
The contemporary atmosphere and eclectic cuisine
at Bistro Etc. place an emphasis on the etcetera in the
title of this intimate, upscale,
yet casual dining experience
just over the Queens border
in Port Washington.
The warm, dim lighting
provides a comfortable environment that has vintage
décor including old photos
of John F. Kennedy and
Jerry Lee Lewis adorned on
the wall.
But, the main attraction
of any restaurant is the
menu and Chef Karen Melanie ensures that diners are
treated to a variety of menu
choices that pull from cuisines across the globe.
Chef Karen refers to
her menu as New American, since it blends cooking
techniques and flavors from
France, Mexico, Argentina,
Asia and more.
The wine and bar menu follows that trend by offering cocktails, wine and a selection of
craft beer to pair with the concise starter and entrée options.
This evening, Chef Karen
served my dining partner
and I vastly different starters
that piqued our interest and
pleased our taste buds more
and more as each plate was
placed in front of us.
The Denver lamb ribs were
cured in mint and garlic and
perfectly cooked. The tender
meat slid off the bone and
matched perfectly with the
two dipping sauces on the
plate: honey lemon black pepper and jalapeno mint. Another great starter was the shrimp
tortilla, which featured ancho
chile rubbed shrimp with a
housemade corn tortilla, avocado crema and fresh tomato
salsa. The ancho chile rub was
subtle, but gave a nice pinch
of spice that blended with brilliantly with the creamy avocado and salsa.
The most impressive entree we were treated to this
evening was the wild striped
bass fillet, which was presented artfully on a tower
of wilted spinach, roasted
grape tomatoes and a crisp
risotto cake as the base.
The star of the dish was the
bass, rightfully so, as Chef
Karen merely topped it with
some fresh lemon to allow
the natural flavor of the fish
to accentuate the entrée.
Another great choice for
the main course is the skirt
steak, which was cooked to
a perfect medium rare and
topped with an Argentinean
chimicurri sauce that packed
a powerful punch that brought
the steak to life. On the side
was a warm potato salad
mixed with bacon, hard-boiled
egg and celery that paired brilliantly with the protein.
Just when we thought we
could not find any more room
in our stomachs, a warm
apple strudel with dried cranberries and a scoop of vanilla
gelato appeared in front of us
and our stomachs magically
grew to fit in the crispy, flaky
warm dessert that was the
perfect end to our trip into
Port Washington.
-Jordan Gibbons
Auditorium for a
live show by Cesar Millan. The
well-known dog
trainer will share
his philosophies
and methods. Attendance costs
between $35 and
$69.
The spring season will end with
the 74th Annual
Spring Concert by
the Queens ColThe Dance Theatre of Harlem will perform
lege Choral Sociat Colden Auditorium on Jan. 18.
ety. The concert
will take place at
Colden Auditorium on May You can also call the box office at (718) 793-8080.
16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.
Reach Reporter Joe Marvilli
To see the complete Kupferberg schedule, to buy tick- at (718) 357-7400, Ext. 125,
ets or to get directions, visit [email protected],
or @Joe Marvilli.
http://kupferbergcenter.org.
Red Storm Struggle
In Big East Play
After a blistering 11-1 start
in non-conference play, the
Red Storm have gone winless in three games against
Big East opponents, although
they find different ways to get
it done.
They’ve lost one on the
road, one at Carnesecca Arena and one at Madison Square
Garden. They’ve lost two
games by double-digits and
one by four points. D’Angelo
Harrison and Sir’Dominic
Pointer have fouled out of
two games. Ballyhooed guard
Rysheed Jordan has more
turnovers than assists in the
two conference games he
played in.
After losses to Seton Hall
and Butler, the Johnnies took
on No. 8 Villanova at MSG.
“This is the biggest game
of my career right here,” said
senior guard Phil Greene
IV, the day before the game.
“We’re already 0-2, we don’t
want to start off 0-3 and dig
ourselves into a hole.”
Greene would score 14
points to go along with Harrison’s 25, but the Red Storm
gave up 56 second-half points
to the Wildcats and lost 90-72.
“There are no easy games in
this conference, so unless you
play at a high level for 40 min-
utes, you are not going to be in
position to win,” Steve Lavin
said after Tuesday’s loss.
St. John’s led 54-52 in the
second half before the wheels
fell off.
“They just went on a run
and that’s just Villanova basketball,” Harrison said.
Rysheed Jordan finished
the game with two points
on 0-for-6 shooting, no assists and three turnovers.
He missed the Butler game
because of a death in the
family, although his absence
has also been attributed to
disciplinary action. Despite
being a non-factor, Jordan
played 26 minutes because of
the lack of depth on the Red
Storm. Lavin, who has been
using a six-man rotation, may
go to Myles Stewart off the
bench, who has impressed
the coach.
Lavin admitted that he
didn’t “want to mess with the
recipe or the formula” that
led to the 11-1 start, but losing three straight will lead to
some changes.
“You don’t want to be so
far in the rearview mirror that
when those games come our
way, those games aren’t even
meaningful,” Lavin said.
–David Russell
Queens today
SaTURday 1/10
pearance are Wally Backman and Mookie Wilson.
Tickets for the event at $35.
NEW KID’s MusICAL
‘PLEAsE MR. PANDA’
Head to the Barnes and Noble in Bay Terrace at 11 a.m.
for a special storytime event.
Children will listen to
a reading of “Please Mr.
Panda,” written by Steve
Antony. In the process, they
will learn about manners
from the picture book. The
store is located at 23-80 Bell
Blvd. Call (718) 224-1083 to
learn more.
The Secret Theatre is
pleased to announce a
brand new, hilarious,
original children’s musical: “Katz ‘N’ Dogz!” Very
loosely based on “Romeo
and Juliet”/“West Side
Story,” it follows a female
dog, Joolz Muttleycrew, and
a tomcat, Romeow Katuletz,
whose two friends Bones and
Tab try to stop them from
becoming friends. Packed
with jokes, songs and audience participation; the show
starts at noon. Tickets are $15
for general admission, $10 for
kids. For more information,
call the Secret Theatre box
office at (718) 392 0722.
SUnday 1/11
DRoP-IN WoRKshoP
ThE WATERshED
RELIEf MAP
NYC H2O Director Matt Malina will host a slide show
telling the colorful story
of a major Queens Museum treasure, “The Watershed Relief Map.” Built
in 1939 for display at the
World’s Fair, it was restored
by the Dept. of Environmental Protection in 2008. This
event will take place in the
Watershed exhibition on
the Museum’s first floor at 1
p.m. and is free with regular
museum admission.
The Queens Museum invites
children 5-12 and their
adult companions to explore different works on
view through a variety of
fun hands-on art making activities. Children
with special needs welcome,
adaptations available. No
fee or advance registration
required. Just show up and
stay for as long as you like.
Call (718) 592-9700 for more
information.
E-WAsTE RECYCLING
EVENT
Join the Queens Botanical
Garden for the 12th Annual “After the Holidays” E-waste Event in
partnership with the Lower
East Side Ecology Center and
sponsored by TekServe. It is
the perfect way to responsibly dispose of all of your
unwanted or broken gadgets.
The event runs from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Go to the parking
garden entrance on Crommelin Street. Call (718) 8863800 to learn more.
BAuER houR
BAsEBALL CoNVENTIoN
Queens Baseball Convention at McFadden’s Citifield.
Attend the second annual
winter baseball convention
next door to Citifield.
Among the Mets legends
scheduled to make an ap-
Bauer Hour is an experimental talk show, variety show, parlor show,
all or none of the above.
Performer and choreographer Eleanor Bauer invites
guests to join her at MoMA
PS1 from 5 to 6 p.m. and
create a space and time
for whatever seems most
important now and not later.
Each performance of Bauer
Hour is unique, according
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
SUnday 1/11
GINGERBREAD LANE GIVEAWAY
Take a piece of the New York Hall
of Science’s GingerBread Lane home
with you. Houses will be given away
on a first-come, first-served basis
until every piece of GingerBread
Lane is gone. Limit of one house per
person, while supplies last.
The line opens at noon and the giveaway starts at 1 p.m. Free with NYSCI
admission.
to the current time, place,
guests and interests. For more
information, visit http://momaps1.org/calendar.
1876 CENTENNIAL
ExhIBITIoN
At Astoria’s Q.E.D at 4:30
p.m., the Greater Astoria
Historical Society and
the Nineteenth Century
Society present a lecture
on the 1876 Centennial
Exhibition, which was held
in Philadelphia. Join us to
learn about the celebration
of America’s 100th birthday,
the inventions that debuted
at the exhibition and the
lasting impact the event had
on our nation. Tickets are
$7. For more information,
visit www.qedastoria.com.
the personal and poignant
narratives of several of the
residents of the notorious
Pruitt-Igoe public housing
complex in St. Louis. The
film begins at 2 p.m. and
finishes at around 3:30 p.m.
monday 1/12
AuThoR TALK
ThREE KINGs DAY
CELEBRATIoN
Council Member Julissa
Ferreras and Congressman
Joseph Crowley invite you to
celebrate Three Kings Day,
starting at 2 p.m. at IS 61
Leonardo Da Vinci, 98-50
50th Ave. in Corona. Join
for an afternoon of musical performances, gift
giving and holiday cheer.
CLoThEs sWAP
The Ridgewood YMCA is
hosting a clothes swap
beginning at 10 a.m. Come
swap old clothes with
your fellow residents.
Entry for the event is $5.
The YMCA is located at 69-02
64th St.
fILM PREsENTATIoN
Reviewing Renewal
Film Presentation: “The
Pruitt-Igoe Myth at the
Queens Museum.” “The
Pruitt-Igoe Myth” explores
the social, economic and
legislative issues that led to
the decline of conventional
public housing in America,
and the city centers in which
they resided, while tracing
cold and ruthless Sicilian
Mafia hitman on assignment sneaks into a house
and discovers Rita, an
innocent young blind
girl. The library is located at
193-20 Horace Harding Expy.
fILM sCREENING AND
DIsCussIoN
Head to the Flushing Library
for a film screening and conversation. Queens resident
Robertson Tirado wrote,
directed and produced “The
Lost Interview of Carlina
La Salle.” The 18-minute
fictional docudrama
explores the life of a
prominent German-born
actress who comes to
New York in the early
20th century to act in the
“talkies.” Tirado will discuss
the making of the film and
his inspiration as a filmmaker. The event starts at 6:30
p.m. at 41-17 Main St.
‘sALVo’
The Fresh Meadows Library
will hold a film screening
and discussion, starting at 2
p.m. In the award-winning
“Salvo,” in Italian with
English subtitles, directed
by Fabio Grassadonia and
Antonio Piazza, a solitary,
Slim down and get healthy
for the new year! In his new
book, health coach David
Zulberg will appear at
the Central Queens Y in
Forest Hills to discuss
timeless health principles pioneered by ancient
physicians such as Maimonides and Hippocrates—basic
wisdom that can help all
of us engage in a healthier
lifestyle today. The suggested
donation for this event is $5
for members and $8 for nonmembers.
TUESday 1/13
MITCh KAhN
Singer and pianist Mitch
Kahn celebrates the
legacies of Jerome Kern,
Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Johnny Mercer and
others at this free concert.
The performance starts at
2:30 p.m. at the East Flushing Library, located at 196-36
Northern Blvd. If you have
any questions, call (718)
357-6643.
Profile
Construction Slated For Armstrong Annex
By JACkiE STRAWBRiDGE
An expanded Louis Armstrong
House Museum is ready for its downbeat.
A curving, glassy annex to the Corona museum is expected to break
ground this spring or summer, director Michael Cogswell said. The
project has support from Community Board 3 and local officials, and
the Board of Standards and Appeals
granted variances permitting its
construction last year. Construction
plans were filed on Dec. 26 with the
Dept. of Buildings.
About $20 million in funds have
already been raised for the project,
according to Cogswell.
“It’s a game changer for the museum,” Cogswell said of the planned twostory, 14,500 square-foot building. “It’s
going to allow us to present a full array
of programs and services that we just
can’t do in the little historic house.”
Located at 34-56 107th Street in
Corona, the landmarked Louis Armstrong House Museum preserves
Satchmo’s home that he
Sen. Jose Peralta (D-East
settled in with his wife LuElmhurst), who called the
cille. Visitors can tour the
planned center “a maghouse as it was while the
nificent addition to the
couple lived there, while a
Borough’s increasingly vicollection of memorabilia
brant cultural scene.”
and archival material are
“The center will be
also on view.
a glittering jewel in the
However, due to space
Queens crown, another
and climate constraints,
compelling attraction to
many of the legendary
what is already recogtrumpeter’s artifacts renized as the country’s
side four miles away at Construction plans have been filed for a new annex to the best tourist destination,”
Queens College. Many of Louis Armstrong House Museum.
he added.
Armstrong’s manuscripts,
Assemblyman
Franrecorded tapes and a goldcisco Moya (D-Jackson
the annex, other important features
plated trumpet are among the items include a Jazz Club for live music Heights) said, “expanding the Louis
that museum visitors have been un- performances and rehearsals and an Armstrong House Museum will enable to see on-site.
courage tourism in Corona and inspire
energy efficient roofing system.
With the introduction of the anThe annex will also help the mu- our young people to learn about a culnex, these artifacts will return to seum address its growing visitorship, tural icon who chose to make his home
107th Street.
which Cogswell said expands 12 to in Queens. Louis Armstrong was a
“They’re coming back to Corona,” 15 percent each year.
beloved Queens luminary, an artistic
Cogswell said. “The entire second
“Not a week goes by that we don’t trailblazer and an important part of
floor of [the annex] will be a re- have visitors from Brazil and Europe African-American cultural history.”
search archives.”
Reach Reporter Jackie Strawbridge at
and Japan and you name it,” he added.
According to Caples Jefferson
This project has broad support (718) 357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
Architects, the firm that designed from local officials, including State queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
People
Muath Almuhaysin and Abdulhamid Altheyab, both of Springfield
Gardens, received degrees during
spring 2014 commencement ceremonies at Arizona State University in
Tempe, Ariz.
Fayoni Olusesi of Jamaica, a member of the Pomfret School class of
2017, participated in a course entitled “Saving Private Ryan: World
War II, History, and Hollywood.”
The program was part of Project:
Pomfret. In place of structured class
time and homework, students were
instead tackling one of 27 innovative
exercises in learning that saw plenty
of overlap between academic disciplines.
Assemblyman Edward Braunstein
and the Law Offices of Ann-Margaret Carrozza are sponsoring the 19th
annual Valentines for Vets gift drive.
The drive will collect cards, candy,
toiletries, and new clothing items
such as pajamas, robes, slippers and
socks for the hospitalized and disabled veterans at the St. Albans VA
Community Living Center and the
New York State Veterans Home at
St. Albans.
Deadline for donations is Feb.
11. Donations can be dropped off at
Braunstein’s office, 213-33 39th Ave.,
Suite 238, Bayside; the Law Offices
of Ann-Margaret Carrozza at 21338 40th Ave.; Whitestone Volunteer
Ambulance Service at 12-15 150th
Street; or the Community Board 11
office at 46-21 Little Neck Parkway.
For information, call (718) 3573588 or (718) 224-4746.
mission, history, tradition and core
values, physical fitness, and received
instruction and practice in basic
combat skills.
Hunter is the daughter of Deborah
Hunter of Cambria Heights and is a
2014 graduate of William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City.
Municipal Credit Union is accepting applications for the 2015 Scholarship Program. This year, MCU
will award $66,000 in scholarship
grants to college-bound graduating
high school seniors: eight memorial
scholarships worth $5,000 each and
13 grants of $2,000 respectively.
Applications are available at
MCU’s Queens branches at 90-15
Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst and 13466 Springfield Blvd. in Springfield
Gardens, on MCU’s website, www.
nymcu.org, and also at any MCU
branch. The deadline for completed
applications to be submitted is Jan.
31. MCU will hold a special awards
reception in the spring to recognize
the eight $5,000 scholarship winners.
Army Pfc. Danielle Hunter has
graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training,
the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received
instruction and practice in basic
combat skills.
Hunter is the daughter of Deborah Hunter of Cambria Heights and
is a 2014 graduate of William Cullen
Bryant High School in Long Island
City.
Army Pvt. Gabrielle R. Hunter has graduated from basic combat
training at Fort Jackson, Columbia,
S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army
Jonathan Ghansiam of Hollis was
named to the Dean’s List for the
fall 2014 semester at Hudson Valley
Community College in Troy.
Local students have been named
to the Dean’s List and President’s
List for the fall 2014 semester at
SUNY Potsdam. They include:
Jamaica: Ahniel Gowie, Dean’s List,
Lisa-Marie Joseph, President’s List.
Queens Village: Michelle Trumpet,
Dean’s List.
The Oratorio Society of Queens,
under the artistic direction of maestro David Close, will hold auditions
on Jan. 12 and 19 at 7 p.m. at FSG
Hall at Temple Beth Sholom. OSQ
rehearses every Monday from 7:4510 p.m. Audition listening are prerehearsal on the dates listed above.
Reservations are required. If you
pass the audition, you will go directly
into rehearsals.
For additional information, call
(718) 279-3006 or visit www.queensoratorio.org.
Dorian Weekes of Rego Park, a
member of the Pomfret School’s class
of 2015, participated in a course entitled “99 Problems But a Story Ain’t
One of Them,” in which the students
studied the impact of Hip-Hop music
on American culture, culminating
with each participant writing and
performing his or her own highly
personal Hip-Hop narrative.
The program was part of Project:
Pomfret. In place of structured class
time and homework, students were
instead tackling one of twenty-seven
innovative exercises in learning that
saw plenty of overlap between academic disciplines.
Faith
Celebrating Three Kings Day
BY JORDAN GIBBONS
Epiphany is a Christian feast day
that celebrates the revelation of the
son of God as a human being in Jesus Christ. It is also known as Three
Kings Day.
In Western Christianity, the feast
commemorates principally the visit
of the Magi to the Christ child and
Jesus’ physical manifestation to the
Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the
Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the son of God.
In some Western Christian denominations, especially in the past
and also in the present day Church
of England, the feast of the Epiphany also initiates a liturgical season of
Epiphanytide.
The traditional date for the feast is
Jan. 6, however, since 1970, the celebration is held in some countries on
the Sunday after Jan. 1.
In the Church of England, the eve of
the feast used to be celebrated as Twelfth
Night. The Monday after Epiphany is
known as Plough Monday.
The observance of the holiday had
its origins in the Eastern Christian
Churches and was a general celebration of the manifestation of the In-
carnation of Jesus Christ. It included
the commemoration of his birth, the
visit of the Magi to all of Jesus’ childhood events, up to and including his
baptism in the Jordan by John the
Baptist and even the miracle at the
wedding at Cana in Galilee.
The earliest reference to Epiphany
as a Christian feast was in 361 A.D.
by Ammianus Marcellinus.
Until 1955, when Pope Pius XII
abolished all but three liturgical octaves, the Latin Church celebrated
Epiphany as an eight-day feast, known
as the Octave of Epiphany, beginning
on Jan. 6 and ending on Jan. 13.
Prior to 1976, Anglican churches
also observed an eight-day feast,
beginning on Jan. 6. Today, The
Epiphany of our Lord, classified as a
Principal Feast, is observed in some
Anglican provinces on Jan. 6 exclusively, but in the Church of England,
the celebration is on Jan. 6 or transferred to the Sunday falling between
Jan. 2 and Jan. 8.
Epiphany is celebrated with a wide
array of customs around the world.
In some cultures, the greenery and
nativity scenes put up for Christmas
are taken down at Epiphany. In other
cultures, these scenes remain up until Candlemas on Feb. 2. In countries
historically shaped by Western Christianity, these customs often involve gift giving,
“king cakes” and a celebratory close to the Christmas
season. In traditionally Orthodox nations, these celebrations typically center around
water, baptismal rites and
house blessings.
In Louisiana, Epiphany is
the beginning of the Carnival
season, during which time it
is customary to bake “king
cakes.” They are round in “Adoration of the Magi,” by El Greco, 1568.
shape, filled with cinnamon,
glazed white and coated in traditional carnival color sanding sugar.
Whoever recovers the cross is said to
In Colonial Virginia, Epiphany be blessed for a full year. The celebrawas an occasion of great merriment tion then moves to the Sponge Docks
and was considered especially appro- where food and music are part of the
priate as a date for balls and dancing, festivities. Tarpon Springs has given
as well as for weddings.
itself the nickname Epiphany City.
Tarpon Springs, Fla. is known for
In Manitou Springs, Colo., Epiphelaborate religious ceremonies related any is marked by the Great Fruitcake
to the Greek Orthodox Church, the Toss. Fruitcakes are thrown by parmost notable being the Epiphany cel- ticipants dressed as kings, fools, etc.
ebration. The Metropolitan of Atlan- and competitions are held for the farta usually presides over the blessings. thest throw, the most creative projecThe blessings conclude with the cer- tile device and more.
emonial throwing of a wooden cross
into the city’s Spring Bayou and boys (718)357-7400, Ext. 123, jgibbons@
ages 16 to 18 diving in to retrieve it. queenspress.com or @jgibbons2.
Notebook
Hillcrest High School
Junior Takes Over As School Newspaper Editor
Junior Zainab Tahir is in the
Academy of Media, Arts & Music at
Hillcrest High School. This is one of
nine Small Learning Communities
into which Hillcrest High School
has been divided in order to make
education there more intimate, while
retaining the positive aspects of a
larger school.
As editor of the school newspaper, she edits articles written by other student journalists, and requires
that she has writing abilities, knows
grammar and works to help her staff
manage their time. She works with
Mr. Panepinto, the school paper’s
advisor and director of the Academy
of Media, Arts & Music.
Tahir is president
of the Media, Arts
& Music junior class
and also vice-president of the SLC’s
Student Council. She
participates in major
decisions of her SLC
and represents the Junior class of her SLC
within Hillcrest High
School.
She is also on the
Executive Board of
the Muslim Student
Hillcrest Junior Zainab Tahir
Association
within
the high school, where they discuss
Islam and what it means to be a Muslim, as well as interact with non-Muslims in order to give them a better
understanding of their religion. They
work to give people a better understanding of the Muslim faith and correct any misunderstandings created
by the media.
Another activity she is involved
in is the Model UN. Working with
Model UN teacher Mr. Shult, the
class prepares students to attend the
annual Model UN sessions in Manhattan. Each group of students acts
as if they were a specific United Nations member country. Tahir’s team
won the Best Delegate Honorable
Mention Library Conference Award
at the 2014 event. Tahir attended the
Mondel New York City Council Project at Guttmann Community College
in the fall.
She is also a member of the GirlUp club, which raises awareness
about issues that women deal with
around the world, and helps raise
money for various charities. GirlUp
is a campaign of the United Nations
Foundation and is designed to bring
about global change through youth
in the United States. It is currently
raising money to buy bikes for girls
in Ethiopia so they can get to and
from school safely.
Tahir does Peer Tutoring with
students in English, science and
math who are referred to her by
teachers who know her, assists various teachers with grading tests and
organizing their materials and filing papers.
Tahir is on the Principal’s Honor
Roll, has taken College Now English
and is currently taking Medical Anthropology, and would like to study
medicine to become a general practitioner to work with Doctors Without
Borders.
- Bob Harris
What’s Up
JAN 10
Meet And Greet
JAN 13
Networking
Spend a Saturday afternoon with
The Queens Chamber of Coma rock radio legend at the Queens Li- merce is hosting its first networkbrary Central branch
ing event of the new year
at 2 p.m. Meet Ken
at Thomasina’s Catering
Dashow, who worked
Hall in St. Albans from
at WNEW-FM for 17
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admisyears and then joined
sion is free and is open
Q104.3, where his afto members and nonternoon show is rated
members. Space is limited.
number one in the
Register at www.queenCity. He also hosts
schamber.org/events/
a popular Sunday
Queens-Chamber-of-Commorning show, Breakmerce-Business-Card-Exfast with the Beatles.
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The event is free. The
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branch is located at
89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. For JAN 14
more information, visit www.queenJob Fair
slibrary.org.
A free job fair that is open to the
public is being held at the Southern
Breast Cancer Screening
Queens Park Association GymnaThe American-Italian Cancer sium. Come prepared with multiple
Foundation mobile, No-Cost Breast resumes and wear professional atCancer Screening Program, which tire. There will be opportunities for
provides mammograms and clinical full-time, part-time and apprentice
breast exams to uninsured and medi- positions. Candidates of all ages,
cally underserved City women is experience levels and industries are
scheduled to conduct screenings in a welcome. The fair is located at 177variety of areas in Southeast Queens 01 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica. For more
over the next few weeks. There will be information, contact Margaret Densone at the Elohim Christian Church, en at (718) 776-3700, A. Felton at
located at 87-47 111th St., Richmond (212) 669-4127 or Timothy Tapia at
Hill. To schedule an appointment, (212) 669-4102.
call (877) 628-9090.
Men’s Night
The Rev. Phil Craig is hosting a
Men’s Night with his church, Greater
Springfield Community Church and
the National Action Network. Men
from the community will be coming
together to praise, pray, talk politics
and watch football. Men of all ages
are encouraged to attend. you can
dress however you would like and
you do not have to be a member of
the church. The event starts at 3:30
p.m. at Greater Springfield Community Church and will go until the
end of the New England Patriots and
Baltimore Ravens game. The church
is located at 177-06 129th Ave., Jamaica. Please RSVP at [email protected].
For more information, call Scott
Wright at (718) 551-2309.
JAN 12
Discretionary Funding
Councilman I. Daneek Miller’s office is hosting a discretionary funding training workshop at the Robert
Ross Johnson Family Life Center
from 6 to 9 p.m. A second meeting
will be held on Jan. 24 at the same
location from 11 to 2 p.m. The center
is located at 172-17 Linden Blvd., St.
Albans.
JAN 16
Breast Cancer Screening
The American-Italian Cancer
Foundation mobile, No-Cost Breast
Cancer Screening Program, will
also be offering free mammograms
and clinical breast exams at Haitian
Americans United Progress, located
at 221-05 Linden Blvd., Cambria
Heights. To schedule an appointment, call (877) 628-9090.
JAN 17
Winter Ball
The Friendship Center is having
its Friendship Winter Ball from 11
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dress to impress.
There will be a live DJ and food and
refreshments will be provided. Tickets cost $5. The center is located at
92-33 170th St., Jamaica. For more
information, call (718) 657-6500,
Ext. 1561.
ONGOiNG
Exercise Classes
Every Tuesday and Friday at
Theodora G. Jackson Adult Center
offer exercise classes. Seniors are invited to get in shape, stay in shape
and be in shape with “The Tommy
Experience” starting at 10:15 a.m.
The center is located at 92-47 165th
St., Jamaica. For more information,
call the program office at (718) 6576500, Ext. 1581.
Flea Market
Go down to the Rockaway Blvd.
Senior Center to discover “Rockaway’s Closet Treasures” at a flea
market with Rockaway’s Treasure
Finders. The flea market is every
first and third week of the month on
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10
a.m. to noon. The center is located
123-10 143rd St., Jamaica. For more
information, call (718) 657-6752.
Soup Kitchen
Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral
of New york opens their doors for a
soup kitchen and food pantry twice a
week all year long. On Mondays from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the church hands
out food, including fresh vegetables,
canned goods and frozen meat. On
Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
there is a sit-down dinner with hot
food and a clothing station. Greater
Allen is located at 110-31 Merrick
Blvd., Jamaica. For more information, call (718) 206-4600.
Cultural Capsules
The Jamaica Center for Arts and
Learning invites everyone to view its
upcoming exhibition, Cultural Capsules, which runs through Jan. 15.
Cultural Capsules is an international
exhibition featuring artworks that
tell the human stories of urban societies, which is often shadowed by the
glittering electronic lights of modern
cities. JCAL is located at 161-04 Jamaica Ave.
Neighborhood Grant
Applications
Through
its
Neighborhood
Grants, Citizens Committee for New
york City awards micro-grants of up
to $3,000 to resident-led groups to
work on community and school improvement projects throughout the
City. The organization prioritizes
groups based in low-income neighborhoods and Title I public schools.
It supports projects that address issues that communities identify as
important to them - anything from
community gardens to tenant organizing. Applications are open up to
Jan. 26. Visit www.citizensnyc.org to
apply. Email [email protected]
or call (212) 822-9563 if you have
any questions.
Participatory Budgeting
Now that Councilman I. Daneek
Miller’s Neighborhood Assemblies
are complete, his office is in need
of facilitators and budget delegates,
so contact the office to get involved.
District 27 has $1 million to spend
and your input is needed. Budget
delegates are the worker bees who
will be tasked with turning project
ideas into full-fledged community infrastructure improvement proposals
that will be voted on in the spring.
For more information, contact Jessica Douglas at (718) 776-3700 or
[email protected].
Food Pantry
Greater Springfield Community
Church distributes food every Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m., while supplies
last, at the church located at 177-06
129th Ave., Jamaica. For more information, call (718) 527-0100.
Free Tutoring
First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica offers help on Saturdays preparing for the SAT, the Math, English, History or Living Environment
Regents or 9th and 10th grade Math
and English exams. Tutoring is offered 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Homework
help is also being offered. For more
information contact Dr. Cicely Rodway at (646) 334-2677 or email [email protected]. First Presbyterian is located at 89-60 164th St.,
Jamaica.
Beautiful Music, Beautiful
Writing
In the first half hour of this weekly
one-hour session, children in grades
1-8 will practice their penmanship
and cursive writing while listening to
jazz and classical music. In the second
half hour, we will learn simple phrases
in Spanish, French and Japanese. The
class is held every Friday from 4 to
5 p.m. at the Queens Library Rochdale Village branch located at 169-09
137th Ave., Rochdale Village.
Sewing Lab
Come down to the Queens Library Central branch every Friday,
except holidays, to explore a variety
of sewing techniques in a creative
space while visiting, inspiring and
helping one another. Several sewing
machines are provided. Adults and
teens at all levels of experience are
welcome. The lab is from 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. The Central branch is
located at 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica.
Homework Zone
Children up to age 12 can get homework help with a teen tutor Monday
through Friday at the Queens Library
Central branch from 3 to 6 p.m. The
Central branch is located at 89-11
Merrick Blvd., Jamaica.
Panda-monium Running Wild
Q
CONFIDENTIAL
Musicians OF QuEEns
Jeneen Terrana
QConf is edited by:
A Queens Congress member
has brought light to the obviously important issue of bringing pandas to New York City.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, making an appearance
on John Catsimatidis’ radio
show, said that Mayor Bill de
Blasio does not support her
initiative to bring two pandas
to the Central Park Zoo or the
Bronx Zoo.
Maloney said she went over
to China last summer to scout
the pot-bellied creatures in her
pursuit of bringing them to
New York.
Her argument is that other
major zoos around the country
are home to pandas but that is
not the case for New York.
She went on to say that de
Blasio does not support her
initiative despite support from
other officials, including Gov.
Andrew Cuomo.
“The Mayor was not interested. He doesn’t like horses
and I guess he doesn’t like
pandas,” she said, taking a shot
at de Blasio’s plan to ban horse
carriages.
De Blasio’s office has reportedly responded by saying there
are more pressing issues going
on in the City right now than
pandas.
While the Pandas are low on
the priority list for the Mayor,
for Maloney, the issue is black
and white: There should be
pandas in NYC.
New Technology, No Problem
Who said senior citizens
aren’t any good with new
technologies?
Flushing resident Adele
Lerner celebrated her 108th
birthday last week, but could
not make it to her local synagogue for her birthday blessing.
Thankfully, Lerner has kept
up with technology while it has
progressed from radio, to television and now the Internet.
Lerner used her computer
to livestream the blessing
while she relaxed safely in the
confines of her own home. But,
this is not the only skill she has
picked up in the latter half of
her life.
She began painting at the
age of 60, graduated from
college at 83 and in her 90s,
she studied to become a Bat
Mitvah and learned how to use
a computer. She even created
her own video blog and uses a
web cam to communicate with
her family.
We here at QConf want to
wish her a happy birthday and
commend her on her efforts to
continue to learn as the world
rapidly advances around her.
Mazel tov, Adele.
Maybe Next Year, Mike
Mets fans who hoped that
Mike Piazza would be headed
to Cooperstown were disappointed this week, as the catcher
failed to get the 75 percent of the
vote needed for induction.
Piazza, who played for the
Mets from 1998-2005, was
instrumental in getting the
Amazin's to the World Series in
2000, came very close this year,
managing close to 70 percent of
the vote.
This year's Hall of Fame
class, announced on Tuesday,
includes Randy Johnson,
Pedro Martinez (who played
for the Mets from 2005-2008),
John Smoltz and Craig Biggio.
Steven J. Ferrari
Contributors: Bruce
Adler, Jordan Gibbons,
Vladimir Grjonko, Luis
Gronda, Walter Karling,
Joe Marvilli, Marcia
Moxam Comrie, Michael
Nussbaum, Michael
Schenkler, Jackie
Strawbridge.
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Barely Making
The Grade?
Queens singles, take note:
it could be worse.
A new mobile app called
The Grade has released a map
grading each Borough on its
date-ability. Queens scored a
B- overall, which may sound
bleak to all those Borough residents on the hunt for Prince
or Princess Charming, but is
nevertheless better than the
C+, C and F that Brooklyn,
Staten Island and the Bronx
scored, respectively.
“A user’s grade ranges from
‘A+’ to ‘F’ and is determined
by an algorithm that analyzes
three factors: a user’s profile,
responsiveness, and message
quality (spelling and grammar
mistakes, use of slang/offensive words, etc.),” The Grade
wrote in a statement, “Each
factor receives an individual
grade and is then combined
to form a user’s overall grade,
stamped on the user’s profile
for all to see.”
So, Yelp, but for human beings.
Within Queens, women in
the dating scene scored higher
than men (B compared to C-),
despite apparently using “inappropriate language or slang”
2.5 percent more often.
Manhattan scored an A –
but of course, if you’re paying
$17 for a cocktail, you better
enjoy your date.
Since elementary school,
Jeneen Terrana knew she
wanted to become a singer.
“I remember telling my
mom when I was in 7th grade
that I wanted to be a singer,”
she said. “In high school, I
started auditioning for things
and getting in! I was in the
select choir, the musicals,
and a few bands. Then, I
auditioned for University at
Buffalo and got into their
music program.”
Terrana’s experiences
at the University of Buffalo,
studying classical voice
for five years, would prove
invaluable for the musical
path that lay ahead. After
earning her BA, the musician moved to Queens and
started releasing work as a
singer/songwriter. Her first
album, “Just Me,” came out
in 2002.
“As the title suggests, I
was the only one working
on the album so it got a little
maddening but it was also a
lot of fun,” she said. “I felt like
every time I went to record,
something amazing and
unexpected would happen
(usually by accident) and it
made for some very unique
moments in the songs.”
As the only person recording her album, Terrana had to
program the drums and bass,
play the guitar and keys and
do all the vocals from a small
room in her apartment. The
process took eight months
to complete.
Terrana followed that
release with “My Creation”
in 2007 and “See The Light”
in 2011. For the latter album,
she actually traveled to
Lawrence, Kan. and worked
on her demos with producer
Mike West.
“In one week, he trans-
formed them (with the help
of some great musicians)
to what you hear on the album,” Terrana said. “I had to
completely trust him and his
ideas so it was a little scary,
but I was so thrilled at how it
turned out. He added beautiful instrumentation and really
brought the songs to life.”
For her upcoming album,
“Fallin’,” Terrana found another collaborative partner
in Nick Howard. They spent
a few months in his Queens
studio, assembling the vocal
performances and then built
the tracks around them along
with some rough sketches.
“I wanted something that
was still me, but with a fresh,
fun approach,” she said. “The
songs started as a throwback to the 80’s but evolved
into something current yet
familiar.”
Terrana will hold a prerelease full-band show on
Jan. 25 at The Living Room
in Brooklyn. Joining her are
several other local musicians,
such as Brian & Silbin, Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party,
and Xavier Cardriche.
You should also keep an
eye out for new episodes of
JT’s Artist Oven, a cooking
show on YouTube hosted by
Terrana and featuring local
Queens artists. For more, visit
www.jeneenterrana.com.
- Joe Marvilli
For more information on this artist, including
an audio clip, check out the TribCast, our
new podcast, posted Fridays exclusively on
queenstribune.com.
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