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Vol. 16, Issue No. 35 • Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2015
Photo by Trone Dowd
ONE NIGHT
IN HELL
Ebony Holmes in her
apartment in South Jamaica
Houses, which was flooded
by sewage on Sunday.
SEWAGE FLOODS
SOUTH JAMAICA
HOUSES.
RESIDENTS LEFT
HELPLESS
BY TRONE DOWD
A South Jamaica Houses resident was forced
to stay in her sewage-flooded apartment Sunday
night and watch as her possessions were destroyed for more than 12 hours, with no offer of
assistance or temporary housing.
The tenant, 33-year-old Ebony Holmes, an
asbestos handler with Liuna Local 78, said the
flooding began in the bathroom around 5 p.m.
Sunday evening, due to repeated maintenance
negligence and lack of proper plumbing from
New York City Housing Authority and the
building’s superintendent.
“I noticed the water coming up in the tub,”
Holmes said. “It’s what I remember happening
last time. Before I even had a chance to call
them to tell them it was happening again, the
tub started to overflow. I just tried to grab some
towels, some sheets and whatever I could find
to try and stop it up by the bathroom to at least
give me time to unplug devices, put up cords,
shoes and whatever I could save that could be
damaged.”
(Continued on page 3)
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A fight broke out on a JetBlue airliner from Kingston, Jamaica shortly
after landing at John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday.
The fight broke out between two
female passengers, shortly before 9
a.m. on Flight 960. According to the
New York Post, the fight involved an
eyebrow trimmer and pepper spray,
the latter of which affected all passengers in the cabin, causing a great
commotion. The first assailant used
the eyebrow trimmer in the scuffle,
which caused the second suspect to
use the pepper spray.
A total of four people were reported
with injuries. Passengers affected by the
pepper spray were treated for breathing problems in Jet Blue terminal.
The two were arrested shortly after
the fight broke out and charged with
criminal possession of a weapon and
assault in the second degree.
-Trone Dowd
Lancman, Miller Call Out
Banks On Foreclosures
Council members Rory Lancman
(D-Fresh Meadows), I. Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans) & Dan Garodnick
are calling on banks to start offering
federally-mandated loan modifications and stop delaying foreclosure
conferences.
Banks in New York routinely
drag out the settlement conference
process and flout New York law by
appearing at settlement conferences
without the required authority to approve a loan modification that can
keep a family in their home.
At the height of the recession,
when homeowners throughout New
York and the country found themselves underwater on their mortgages, the state and federal government
came forward with several interventions to stop foreclosures. The federal Home Affordable Modification
Program, which requires most major
banks and mortgage servicers to provide eligible homeowners with loan
modifications, is one of these programs. HAMP modifications adjust
the monthly payments to an affordable amount and in some cases delay payments toward principal if the
home has substantially decreased in
value. But banks have rejected requests for modifications from four
million borrowers, or 72 percent of
those who have applied.
“Banks played a substantial role in
creating the foreclosure crisis” Lancman said, “They must act responsibly
to help homeowners and communities recover, and that starts with following New York State law by being
prepared to negotiate at settlement
conferences and with accepting their
federal responsibilities.”
Queens, which has the highest
foreclosure rate in the five boroughs, currently has 10,000 homes
in foreclosure, or one out of every
79 homes. Southeast Queens has the
lion’s share of these cases, with over
9,000 homes going into foreclosure
from April 2013 to May 2015.
Richards Brings
Participatory Budgeting
To Rockaways
Councilman Donovan Richards
(D-Laurelton) will begin Participatory Budgeting meetings in the Rockaways early next month.
Residents will propose and vote
on local infrastructure projects, such
as improvements to schools, parks,
libraries, and housing. PB promotes
inclusion and exposes the democratic process to future voters within our
district, as young as 12. For those
who would otherwise shun politics,
PB encourages civic engagement and
creates stakeholders that will influence their neighborhoods for the
next 10 to 20 years.
After last year’s campaign in Laurelton, Rosedale and Springfield
Gardens that had more than 2,000
voters participate, the process will
be returning to the Rockaways. Richards rotates which part of his district
he conducts participatory budgeting
each year.
In 2013-24, the last time the Rockaways held a vote, citizens choose
a $1.4 million worth of projects,
including a computer lab at PS/MS
43; park improvements to Bayswater
Park; renovations to the playground
at Redfem Houses Community Center and upgrades to the library, gym
and weight room at Far Rockaway
Educational Campus.
The process will start with informational meetings beginning
on Sept. 2 and continue until the end
of October. All informational meetings will begin at 7 p.m. at the following dates and locations:
•Sept. 2 – Bayswater Jewish Community Center located at 2355 Healy
Ave., Far Rockaway.
•Sept. 17 – PS 43 located at 160
Beach 29th St., Far Rockaway.
•Oct. 1 – Beach 40th Street Community Center located at 426 Beach
40th St., Far Rockaway.
•Oct. 15 – Ocean Bay Community Center located at 57-10 Beach
Channel Drive, Arverne.
•Oct. 29 – Rockaway YMCA
at Arverne located at 207 Beach
73rd St., Arverne.
-Domenick Rafter
Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2015 PRESS of Southeast Queens Page 3
Presstime
Raw Sewage Floods South Jamaica Houses
(continued from page 3)
She described the water flooding
her home as being full of “waste”
including “feces, cigarette butts, and
some sort of black stuff” she couldn’t
quite figure out the origins of.
“It’s sewage. The things in my
house,” she said pointing to soaked
furniture and carpeting, “it’s done. It
needs to be taken out and replaced
yet again.”
Although no official estimates
had been given as of press time, Holmes said she thinks it totals nearly
$10,000 due in damages for destroyed computers, water damaged
cable equipment and several articles
of clothing and shoes.
Holmes, who has lived at the
apartment for seven years, said after
trying to save as much as she could,
she reached out to NYCHA and the
building’s superintendent James
Sanders on Sunday evening. She was
given a ticket to note the issue. Building maintenance workers arrived two
hours after her call to snake the tub
and toilet despite Holmes telling the
NYCHA maintenance workers that
snaking the tub did not resolve the
problem in the past. As she predicted, the flooding began again just 20
minutes after the workers left. When
she called NYCHA back to report
the sewage waste flooding her apartment as she predicted, they told her
she simply had to wait for assistance
the following day, offering no emergency services or solutions to the
distraught resident.
“When the water is running like
that, it’s a helpless feeling.” she said.
“There’s nothing you can do.”
Holmes said that this was the
third time in the last two years that
her apartment has been flooded by
sewage, the first incident occurring
in February 2014.
“When it happened early last year,
the flooding started up five times in
total,” she said. “The workers snaked
it and left, and it started again. They
came back and cleaned up the water, snaked the plumbing and started
again. They came back to snake it
and it did it again. It was just a horrible feeling.”
Neighbors told Holmes that previous tenants of the apartment suffered the same issues she’s been facing over the last two years.
This time around, Holmes ended
up leaving her flooded apartment
the next day and staying with a nearby friend Celeste Chamble. It was
Chamble that recommended Holmes
report the issue to Councilman Ru-
ben Wills (D-Jamaiwith an internal review
ca). Holmes recalls
of the situation. The afthat once she told
fected family has been
Wills of the situarelocated to a tempotion Monday everary apartment, propning, things started
erty management has reto fall into place.
viewed transfer options
The
councilman
with the resident, and
reached out to NYNYCHA’s family serCHA and the buildvices is working with the
ing super to figure
resident and the Council
out what was being
Member’s office on subdone to help fix the
mitting a damage claim
situation.
for the family’s posses“From then it
sions.”
seemed like NYNYCHA told the
CHA started to get
Press
of
Southeast
on the ball,” Holmes
Queens on Thursday that
said. “They wanted
a high powered washer
to figure out what
truck was brought in to
was being done, getremedy the issue which
ting to the bottom
should act as a long term
of the problem and
solution to the problem.
doing
something
NYCHA also replaced
about it.”
Holmes’ toilet, brought
Holmes
said
in an outside contractor
that Wills has since
to sanitize the apartment
helped her get in
and community center,
touch with the Urand plan to replace the
ban Justice Center
flooring, and provide
to get legal support
painting repairs. They
in this situation.
have also said they plan
Wills released a
to place Holmes in temstatement regarding
porary housing until rethe flood Tuesday
pairs are done, but as of
morning.
press time they have not
“It was wholly
offered help to move her
Photo Courtesy NYC Council
unacceptable
for
belongings into the new
Floods in the hallway at South Jamaica Houses.
the tenants and
apartment, according to
families of the NYHolmes.
CHA South Jamaica Houses to have The South Jamaica Houses comNYCHA said they are also workendured putrid wastewater flowing munity center located on the first ing with the Community Center to
through their building for more than floor of the building was completely assess damages and make a claim.
twelve hours and not receive a timely flooded and had to be closed indefi- As of press time, NYCHA said the
and robust response by its mainte- nitely for repairs. The center, which community center is still reviewing
nance staff,” Wills said. “Had the features a multi purpose room, a the estimate of the damages.
constituent who came to my office game room, a computer lab, a readWills told the Press of Souththis morning not taken the initiative ing lab and a fitness room was often east Queens that he was happy to
to bring this issue to my attention, used the SQPA, an affiliate of the see NYCHA finally step in an althis problem may well have contin- Department of Youth and Commu- leviate the issue, but was nonetheued to go unnoticed. Our tenants nity Development, for the “Corner- less disappointed with how it was
deserve better than the lackluster stone” youth program. Luckily for handled.
efforts shown by those NYCHA has kids participating in the program,
“I’m pleased the Authority’s sedelegated to address longstanding the DYCD was able to make adjust- nior staff has since compensated for
maintenance issues, such as the one ments, relocating the program to this deficiency by swiftly arranging
that resulted in the sewage flood at Roy Wilkins Park on 177-01 Baisley for the relocation of my constituBlvd according to DYCD spokesper- ent, Ms. Holmes. Now, it must take
South Jamaica.”
Holmes said that since the coun- son Dayana Perez. During the sum- action to ensure this problem is
cilman’s intervention, NYCHA mer months, the now flooded cen- resolved, and that the community
seemed to have a much clearer un- ter was used for local events for the center, Cornerstone program, and
derstanding of the issue, attributing youth and elderly in the community. apartments affected by the flood are
the floods to a faulty saw line pipe NYCHA said
restored to their previous condition,
When the Press of Southeast as the response by the property’s
running through her side of the
Queens reached out to NYCHA, the superintendent, James Sanders, was
building.
In addition to Holmes’ apart- agency stated they have since ad- totally abysmal.”
ment, the flooding also affected dressed the situation.
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Infrastructure Projects Underway In The rockaways
By Trone DowD
A new project funded by the New
York City Department of Transportation, the New York City Department of Design and Construction,
the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and
Resiliency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will rehabilitate storm-damaged infrastructure in
the Rockaways.
The project, titled Project
Groundbreaking, is meant to repair
and reconstruct areas destroyed by
Superstorm Sandy in October 2012.
This will include water main fixes,
roadway and sidewalk reconstruction and sewer repairs. The $100 million plan will bring repairs to several
locations in Far Rockaway including
Beach 127th Street to Beach 149th
and Beach 9th to Seagirt Avenue.
“We are pleased to kick off reconstruction work here in the Rockaways,
reversing damage caused by Hurricane Sandy and restoring neighborhood streets,” DOT Commissioner
Polly Trottenberg said. “This project
is the result of an inspiring collaborative effort amongst all levels of government and community leaders.”
The project will also feature efforts
to bring beauty back to select areas
in Queens by adding much needed
plant life and greenery to baffle walls
and long derelict
tween. He said thankhurricane impacted
fully since then, the
neighborhoods.
area has come a long
When
Sandy
way but there was room
made landfall in
for improvement.
2012, New York City
“They’ve done a
saw destruction on
good job fixing a maa scale unlike anyjority of the things to
thing seen in recent
make them function
years. Power outagain,” he continued.
ages were reported
“But I know for a fact
citywide and homes
people are still facing
were destroyed and
problems from Hurriflooded in coastal
cane Sandy.”
areas in particular.
Those involved with
According to Gov.
the project hope that
Andrew
Cuomo,
the efforts will help
the superstorm cost Some rockaway residents are still feeling the devastating affect of Hur- restore the popularity
New York alone al- ricane Sandy.
the area once held.
most $42 billion in
“This new construcdamages and killed 71 people in the streetscape experience, and support tion effort will result in “World Class
state.
the long-term recovery and resiliency Access Points” on the beaches in
“Hurricane Sandy highlighted the of Belle Harbor.”
Rockaway from Beach 127thh to
vulnerabilities in our coastal comA local MTA worker at the Beach 1499th Streets,” Hank Iori, President
munities and caused untold damage 116th Street subway stop, who want- of the Belle Harbor Civic Associato the City’s streets and infrastruc- ed to remain unnamed, remembered tion. “It will truly reflect what Rockture,” the mayor’s senior advisor what the Far Rockaway area was like away is, one of the greatest commufor Recovery, Resiliency, and Infra- after Sandy.
nities to live and work, throughout
structure William Goldstein said.
“All of this was flooded” he said the world.”
“Today, under the leadership of the pointing to the rail station. “There
Project Groundbreaking started conDepartment of Transportation and was mud and fires sprouting up ev- struction back in May and is expected
the Department of Design and Con- erywhere. It was a complete mess.”
to finish construction June 2016.
struction, we are breaking ground on
He said he vividly remembered
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come from another state only have
one of the two required shots, we
York is doing something special can help their eligibility of going to
for students starting their collegiate school and getting an education. We
careers this semester.
have these clinics to help alleviate
Starting this month, the school is that burden.”
giving free vaccines to new students.
The previously mentioned public
The inoculations are for a number of health law, which is enforced spediseases, including Measles, mumps, cifically by New York State, was put
rubella, hepatitis B, influenza, teta- into place in the mid 1900’s, requires
nus and HPV and will
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26. As long as students
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vaccines while taking
can provide a student
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Previously, students
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–Sharon Hawkins,
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Student wellness
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through their own
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who are starting this
doctors. With it now
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have had their vaccinations needed it allows students to get more done
to legally attend college.
while getting themselves situated for
“In order for you to go to school, the upcoming semester. Hawkins
public health law section 2165 says also said that the immunizations are
that you need to have two MMR’s, useful for students going into the altwo measles, two mumps and rubella lied sciences.
shots, or show immunity to these dis“Students studying occupational
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mandatory inoculations.
will require these vaccinations.”
Hawkins’ says that the vaccines have
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“Quite a few students have come
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care of their financial aid and schedules for the upcoming year,” Hawkins said.
The vaccines will be continuing
into the first week of September with
follow-up clinics scheduled through-
out the fall semester.
“There is a time frame by which
everything must be completed from
the day school starts,” Hawkins said.
“We have follow up clinics in case
it’s someone’s first vaccines and they
need the second vaccines which is
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Editorial
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Comptroller
Prioritize NYCHA Residents
This week, Mayor Bill de Blasio was at Queensbridge announcing an investment in fixing the roofs of that NYCHA
complex.
A day earlier, across Queens in South Jamaica, Ebony
Holmes was in her apartment in South Jamaica Houses when
sewage began backing up in her home. NYCHA made no effort
to relocate her and she was forced to spend the night in her
apartment, with the sewage.
At Queensbridge last week, de Blasio said the city needed
to treat NYCHA houses “like a home and treat people the right
way.”
We applaud his dedication to NYCHA residents, but why
wasn’t the agency there to help Holmes in her time of need?
Why was she forced to spend the night in her sewage-filled
apartment?
NYCHA may be putting much-needed new roofs on Queensbridge’s building, but they seriously dropped the ball in South
Jamaica. NYCHA residents need more than just new roofs,
and we except City Hall to follow through on the mayor’s words
and treat residents of our public housing the right way - like
human beings.
Letters
More Supermarkets
To The Editor:
The residents of Queens
are being tremendously underserved as far as supermarkets
are concerned. To further
exacerbate the problem, the impending closure of Waldbaum’s
and Pathmark stores will only
worsen this problem.
Why is it that Brooklyn was
able to secure a 90,000 square
foot Shoprite at the Gateway
Center? This is in addition to
a preexisting Shoprite location
at Avenue I and McDonald
Avenue.
I understand that many
of the shuttered A&P fami l y sto re s w i l l b e c o m e
Stop&Shop supermarkets.
However, this does not bode
well for consumers as they
will lose the advantage of
supermarket chains compet-
ing for their business.
As a matter of fact,
Stop&Shop is slated to take over
the Pathmark location at Farrington St. in Flushing. There
is a Waldbaum’s less than 2
miles away on 20th Ave., which
would be an ideal location for a
Shoprite supermarket.
Additionally, Shoprite
stores are not only known for
their fair prices and fresh food
but also good employment
policies. They could be the
perfect solution for many of
those losing their jobs due to
the A&P bankruptcy.
Please bring attention to this
issue. Queens residents deserve
comparable supermarket options, for both shopping and
employment, to those available
to our neighbors in Brooklyn.
Alicia Fernandez
Queens
Queens Library System
Is Katz’ Meow Now
A Personal Perspective
BY MARCIA MOXAM
COMRIE
Earlier this month Queens
Borough President Melinda
Katz announced that she
would be allocating $14
million in capital funding to
upgrade facilities and technology for about 13 branches
within the Queens Library
system.
It was quite an about face
from roughly the same time
last year when, angry about
reported fiscal abuse by management of the system, Katz,
with the support of Mayor Bill
de Blasio and state officials,
dismissed President and CEO
Thomas Galante and several
members of the board.
That situation led the
then-freshly-minted borough
president to withhold funding
from the busiest public library
system in the nation. She did
what she felt was necessary to
bring back fiscal responsibility and accountability to the
Queens Library system.
With a reconstituted board
under her watch and new
management of the system in
place, the borough president
obviously feels confident
enough to provide the funds
this year to upgrade one of
the most important assets in
our borough.
Of the many branches to
benefit from this largesse, several are in southern Queens.
Reportedly, the Baisley Park
branch will receive $3.5 for
interior renovations; Rosedale
branch will receive $78,000
for security cameras and the
St. Albans branch will have
$2.2 million for façade and
multi-purpose room renovations.
This infusion of capital
funding is a great sign of things
to come for once scandalized
system and the millions of
residents who depend on their
neighborhood branches. Our
libraries provide far more than
just book lending and research
material; they provide opportunities for job searches,
entertainment, English as a
second language (ELA) for
new immigrants; and so much
more. We, as tax payers, deserve to have a library system
that serves our needs under
trust-worthy management
and a vigilant board. This
great system had become one
lurid headline after another
due the ostentatious office
renovation and alleged illicit
perks the CEO was enjoying
on our dime.
Under Katz’ leadership,
the ship seems to have steadied and once again on course
as the best library system in
our city. Last year when Katz
was in the throes of making the
changes, she was not the most
popular person in some quarters; but time will prove she
did what was in the library’s
best interest. It positioned
the system again as an entity
once more deserving of our tax
dollars and of respect.
“This capital allocation
will help ensure the Queens
Library branches remain
up-to-date and better able
to serve its purpose as a
community hub of learning,
literacy and culture,” Katz
said in announcing the allocation.
We couldn’t agree more.
It is encouraging to see
our leaders still committed
to the value of brick and
mortar libraries even as
they keep pace with technological upgrades. Queens
in particular, continues to
welcome large numbers of
new immigrants every year
and our libraries serve an
important role in their acclimation and their growth
as new Americans.
The borough president gets
it and her leadership on this
last year got her a lot of positive attention. This infusion of
cash is proof that she is now
confident in the system’s new
leadership. Change is hard,
but Katz made it work.
Kudos to her and to all of
us who use the libraries!
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New Terminals Aside:
Airport Advisory Panel Calls For Action on
other Issues At JFK, LGA
When the announcement was
made last month to the proposed
renovations at LaGuardia and John
F. Kennedy airports, some made
note of what was not mentioned.
Borough President Melinda Katz,
who serves on the Governor’s Airport Advisory Panel, and residents
of the communities around LaGuardia Airport had their own ideas, that
would improve living conditions and
traffic congestion.
The suggestions included a solution to aircraft noise, a solution
to parking, a cell phone lot waiting
area, employment opportunities and
consolidated car rentals.
Noise has been the most common
complaint from residents living near
the airports. Gov. Andrew Cuomo
directed the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey to undertake a
series of actions to alleviate the aircraft noise such as establishing an
aviation community roundtable, implementing a Federal Port 150 noise
study and installing additional monitors to track the noise.
“The Port Authority has already
commenced with the Part 150 Airport Noise Compatibility studies, as
well as installing additional monitors
to track the aircraft noise,” said Katz.
“Our recommendations also call for
creating a LaGuardia cell phone lot,
consolidating the ten nearby off-site
car rental locations and bringing
them onto airport property and creating more short-and long-term airport parking.”
Eastern Queens Alliance Chairperson Barbara Brown, who was also
selected to be apart of the Airport
Advisory Board had more information on the plans status thus far, both
the process of drafting by laws for
the committee and the noise studies
were in their beginning phases.
“If you’re growing capacity, then
you need to do something about how
much noise you’re subjecting to the
people who live around the airport.”
Brown said. “As of right now, the
study will take three years to determine who’s in an area overburden
by noise versus who’s not and who
might be entitled to litigation because of the noise pollution. All the
research tends to say that anything
above 55 decibels is not good, although the FAA is saying 65 is the
threshold. That in itself is an issue
because we know that noise impacts
health. It’s not just an annoyance.”
File Photo
By yvette Brown
Advocates say a number of problems dealing with JFK and LaGuardia airports,
including noise, need to be addressed before a the renovations at LaGuardia
and JFK announced last month commence.
Cell Phones And Cabs
The cell phone lot, which JFK already has, would be for individuals
who are waiting to pick up arriving
passengers. The panel recommended
that as part of modernizing the airport, the Port Authority should identify a location for an adequate and accessible cell phone lot waiting area.
In light of this suggestion for cell
phone lots, some cab drivers have begun to find a way around the wait by
having passengers pay $5 or $10 to
a dispatcher and then drive straight
to the terminal. This has been going
on for years and dozens of dispatchers have been caught in the sting operations that are being conducted to
stop the payoffs.
On Aug. 12, seven dispatchers
at LaGuardia Airport arrived at the
Central Air Terminal for what was
said to be a training session, but instead they were arrested and accused
of bribery.
Queens District Attorney Richard
Brown said in a written statement
that the bribes may have come about
in small amounts and that on a busy
day with so many cabbies passing
through the terminal, “giving a dishonest dispatcher the opportunity to
illegally make hundreds of dollars on
a daily basis.”
Parking
As far as the short and long-term
parking is concerned, Port Authority is
constructing a 1,100-space parking garage on the east end and a 3,100-space
parking garage that will be carried out
by the public-private partnership for
the construction of the western half
of the main airport. The Port Authority must conduct a thorough analysis
of how many parking spaces will be
needed. Suggestions also included
parking being located within easy access to the Airport People Mover or
within walking distance of the terminals. Parking garages should also be
incorporated into the overall architecture to ensure a unified design treatment of the entire airport complex.
“These measures are designed to
immediately help alleviate traffic and
congestion plaguing the neighborhoods in the vicinity,” Katz said explaining how the new parking garage
will help travelers and residents.
The project is expected to generate
an additional 8,000 direct jobs and
18,000 total jobs. The report explained
that not only will the project be significant for the borough of Queens in
providing jobs, but it will also increase
participation by minority and women
owned and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (DRockaway Park) and Councilman
Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park) had concerns regarding employee parking on
the premises of JFK. Many employees have had to park over a mile away
from the airport due to congestion and
have had to take mass transportation
to get to the airport. They’ve sent joint
letters to major airline companies at
JFK so that they would respond to the
reports of what these employees have
to do, this disrupts other residential
areas in the adjacent neighborhoods
surrounding the airport.
“Our middle class families work
hard and deserve to enjoy the community they invested in, without having to spend their days and nights circling the block looking for parking,”
said Goldfeder. “I urge the major airline companies and other occupants
of JFK to be good neighbors and put
the brakes on this practice.”
With JFK employing about 37,000
employees, the Airtrain has accommodated about 700,000 passengers
so far this year causing local residents
to be caught in the middle. These
elected officials have also announced
an upcoming meeting with the Transportation Security Administration
representatives in regards to finding
a solution to this longstanding issue.
TSA explained that they do receive a
$25 monthly federal subsidy to help
offset costs on the $60 monthly employee rate charged by the Port Authority-operated garages at JFK.
“We encourage all airport employees to park at on-airport lots and
have their fees significantly lower
than regular rates to help ease the
impact,” said a spokesperson from
the Port Authority.
In the letter, they addressed the
concerns that coincide with the construction to extend JFK’s east-west
runway which has caused increased
traffic and airplane noise for residents of the area.
“Given recent concerns over airplane noise, families in southern
Queens have shown considerable patience and understanding in dealing
with many nuisances posed by their
neighbors at JFK,” the letter stated. “It
is only fair that the airport take steps to
limit the problems our families face.”
The Panel also recommends that
the Port Authority ensure that airport development supports Gov.
Cuomo’s goal of 30 percent MWBE
participation, according to the report. The suggestions for the Port
Authority included ensuring that development reaches a broad spectrum
of businesses and job seekers that reflects the community and the region
of where the airport is located.
“As much as LaGuardia and JFK
International are tremendous economic assets to Queens and to the region,
with them has come the need to mitigate the direct, daily impacts of growth
upon the thousands of families immediately surrounding them,” said Katz.
“When convening this blue-ribbon
panel on which I have had the pleasure
to serve, the governor charged us with
ensuring that community needs are addressed.”
There have also been suggestions
from Goldfeder regarding transportation access for those who live in
Rockaway Beach.
“I applaud Gov. Cuomo’s ambition for bringing new facilities and
world-class amenities to JFK and
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Best Queens
of
health & Beauty
Hair Salon
Benny’s Barber Shop/
Jeannie (hairdresser)
85-06 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Maureen Bermingham Woodhaven
Doctor
St. Albans Veterans
Hospital
179-00 Linden Blvd.,
St. Albans
Mark Koppelman - Oakland
Gardens
Day Spa/Nail Salon
CoCo Nail
87-24 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Maria Thomson - Woodhaven
Veterinarian
Bellerose Animal Hospital
242-01 Jamaica Ave.,
Bellerose
Eileen Eder - Floral Park
Animal Clinic Of
Woodhaven - Dr. Fish
76-23 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Gym
Cross Island YMCA
238-10 Hillside Ave.,
Bellrose
Vivian Barbagallo - Bellerose
Manor
seRVICes
Auto Repair
Bobb Howard Service
Station
561 Lakeville Rd., New
Hyde Park
Eileen Caplin Wysel - New
Hyde Park
Phyllis Waller - Little Neck
Frank Hatch - Flushing
Rebecca Tuccillo - Bellerose
Maryel Balletta - Bellrose
Janine Coakley - Fresh
Meadows
Terry Allen - St. Albans
Caroline Meinstein - Fresh
Meadows
Patricia Levy - Douglaston
Jamie Waller - Fresh
Meadows
Matt Ollen - Floral Park
Fred Fleisher - Glen Oaks
Suzanne Forsythe Whitestone
Michael Klayman - Great
Neck
2015
Lee’s Toyota Service
Center
139-65 Queens Blvd.,
Jamaica
Larry Lutzak - Bellerose
Park
Kirsten Jensen - Flushing
Dmiitry Belenky - Rego Park
Claire Bazinet - Flushing
John Murphy - Flushing
Robert Mancz Service
Station
222-33 Braddock Ave.,
Queens Village
Manor
Forest Park
H. Monning - Woodhaven
Cleaning Company
Spirare Cleaners
84-20A Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Contractor
Re-New Construction
Jamaica
Bernie Solow - Ozone Park
Electrician
Russo Electric
91-05 87th St., Woodhaven
Landscape
New York
John PIsicchio - Glendale
Maya Elua - Brooklyn
An-Tai (Andy) Jao - Oakland
Gardens
Lynne Mayers - Thomas Jamaica
Fred Fleisher - Glen Oaks
Maur
eNteRtaINMeNt
Local Band
Oratorio Society of
Queens
Lynn Hanousek - Astoria
Victoria Moss - Ridgewood
Claire Bazinet - Flushing
Pam Keating - Flushing
Lynne Mayers-Thomas Jamaica
Charlene DeGregoria Arverne
Larry Lutzak - Bellerose
Elena Madonia - Flushing
Joan Azizollahoff - Flushing
An-Tai (Andy) Jao - Oakland
Gardens
Theodora Efthimiades Flushing
Jane Donnelly - West
Hempstead
Ellen Quinn - Little Neck
Laura O’Gorman - Floral Park
Barbara Raisner - Fresh
Meadows
Park
Flushing Meadows Corona
Entertainment
Company
VIP Records
170-21 Jamaica Ave.,
Jamaica
-anonymous
Athletic Facility
Cross Island YMCA
238-10 Hillside Ave.,
Bellerose
Manor
FOOD & DINING
Bagels
Hot Bagels
79-14 164th St, Jamaica
William Bermudez - Corona
Bakery
Tulip Bakery
138 Tulip Ave, Floral Park
Manor
Breakfast
IHOP
9801 Liberty Ave, Ozone
Park
Bernie Solow - Ozone Park
Pop’s Restaurant
8522 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Hot Bagels
79-14 164th St., Jamaica
William Bermudez - Corona
Burgers
Wendy’s
Various locations
Walter Kerut - Glendale
McDonald’s
Various Locations
Manor
Five Guys
Various Locations
Suzanne Forsythe Whitestone
New Pop’s Diner
85-22 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Deli
Manor Delicatessen
94-12 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Hetman’s Deli
94-12 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Desserts
Schmidt’s Confectionary
94-15 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Diner
Atlantic Diner
111-16 Atlantic Ave,
South Richmond Hill
Ice Cream
Eddie’s Sweet Shop
105-29 Metropolitan Ave.,
Forest Hills
Walter Kerut- Glendale
Carole Paluszek, Middle
Village
Anonymous
William Bermudez- Corona
Pizza
Grimaldi’s
Aldo’s
13701 Cross Bay Blvd,
Ozone Park
Bernie Solow- Ozone Park
Margarita’s
16304 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica
Terry Allen- St. Albans
Luigi’s
10402 Atlantic Ave,
Richmond Hill
Lydia Wood- Fresh
Meadows
Sal’s Pizzeria
85-07 Jamaica Ave,
Woodhaven
H. Monning- Woodhaven
Banquet Hall
Terrace On The Park
52-11 111th St, Flushing
Richard Harrow- Bayside
Woodhaven Manor
Caterers
96-01 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
Candy Store
Bob Howard’s General
Store and Auto Repair
581 Lakeville Rd, New
Hyde Park, NY 11040
Eileen Caplin Wysel- New
Hyde Park
Phyllis Waller- Little Neck
Madeline Craig- Floral Park
Rebecca Tuccillo- Bellerose
Maryel Balletta- Bellrose
Janine Coakley- Fresh
Meadows
Eileen Eder- Floral Park
Terry Allen- St. Albans
Caroline Meinstein- Fresh
Meadows
Lydia Wood- Fresh
Meadows
Patricia Levy- Douglaston
Jamie Waller- Fresh
Meadows
Michael Rossman- Bayside
Matt Ollen- Floral Park
Fred Fleisher- Glen Oaks
Suzanne Forsythe - Whitestone
Michael Klayman - Great
Neck
Laura Friedenthal - Flushing
Schmidt’s Confectionery
94-15 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven
ETHNIC FOOD
Italian
Anthony’s
222-02 Union Turnpike,
Bellerose
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Borrow A Book
At King Park
Photos by Walter Karling
On Aug. 19, the Queens Library and Greater Jamaica Development Corporation jointly sponsored a Borrow A Book In The Park cart to promote
reading among the citizenry, old and young. Books on all topics are on
loan for free for a relaxing read in the park or to take home.
Frederick Lewis, left to right, and his mom Kesha of Jamaica join
GJDC CEO and President Hope Knight, eleven-year-old Juan Torres,
Queens Library interim CEO and President Bridge Quinn-Carey and
Christian Paiz of Jamaica.
Queens Library card applicant Lorenzo Romeo gets signed up with the
help of Queens Library volunteer Alana Mutum.
Borough Beat
Queensbridge Houses will Get new roofs
By yvette Brown
The 26 buildings at Queensbridge
Houses, the nation’s largest housing
development will get new long-awaited roofs by July 2017.
On Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio
and New York City Housing Authority Chair Shola Olatoye announced
the beginning of the rooftop replacement construction at the Long Island
City complex. This is a core commitment of NextGeneration NYCHA
to preserve and maintain NYCHA’s
housing stock.
“You need a roof over your head in
life and you need a roof that doesn’t
leak, nothing’s more fundamental,”
said de Blasio. “It’s one of the things
that is our obligation to make sure
people have.”
NYCHA’s plan is to replace the
roofs on all 26 of the residential
buildings at Queensbridge North and
South. The buildings, home to more
than 2,000 people, will also receive
repairs on the exterior brickwork as
well as replacements of the window
sills and removing parapet walls to facilitate new roof railing installation.
The construction represents an $87
million investment including $60 million in funding from the city and $27
million in federal funding.
“What we start here at Queensbridge is going to reach all across the
city, this effort we’re starting today
will ultimately replace roofs at 66 NYCHA buildings across this city,” said
de Blasio. “People have had to suffer
through leaky roofs and so many oth-
Photo Courtesy NYC Mayor’s Office
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
Monday that the 26 buildings at
Queensbridge Houses will get new
roofs.
er problems [with] the buildings that
have been crumbling for years, because these buildings were rejected,
they weren’t invested in.”
The leaky roofs have caused water
to enter the buildings, contributing
to the mold, leaks and physical damage to the building’s structure. The
repairs will decrease the amount of
leaks in the buildings and move NYCHA towards completing the infrastructure repairs that are committed
to residents. The City invested $300
million over the next three years to
fund for the roof repairs and NYCHA
is adding another $80 million in federal public housing capital funds this
year.
Replacing the roofs at the Queensbridge Houses will preserve the
physical structures by protecting
them from incoming moisture and
save money on repairing the moisture damage. It will also get rid of the
mold and anything causing the mold
in the NYCHA buildings which will
protect residents and improve their
quality of life as well as reduce the
operating expenses by making the
buildings more efficient.
De Blasio blamed the state and
federal government for letting the
problem fester, saying they “didn’t
do all they could’ve and should’ve for
the people of our housing authority
and people suffered for it.”
He also said that NYCHA has $17
billion in capital needs across all of
our buildings, a lot of which stems
from the non-contribution from the
state and federal government as well,
but his NextGen plan lays out a plan
to secure the financial stability and
physical stability of the NYCHA
buildings. He said that his plan will
allow them to catch up and turn the
tables around to make the homes
good again.
Not only, will the Queensbridge
Houses receive repairs on their roofs,
but last month the administration announced its partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development which led to a $10 million
investment in free high-speed broadband service in five public housing
developments citywide including
Queensbridge.
As part of his plan, de Blasio’s
administration is ensuring that the
sheds that are left up for months at
a time for no reason are also being
taken down.
“I had never known before that
sheds are just left up for years on end
and we said that has to end. We have
now taken down eight miles of these
sheds in developments all over the
city,” said de Blasio. “We committed
$210 million to developments that
needed to address safety challenges and
that included here at Queensbridge [as
a result there has been] a 19 percent
drop in crime in the last year.”
Queensbridge is also one of the
15 NYCHA developments that the
mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety targets, which is a comprehensive initiative to help reduce
crime and strengthen neighborhoods.
These 15 developments account for
20 percent of all violent crime in the
City’s public housing. Major crime
has declined by 18.5 percent as of
Aug.16 compared to the same period
last year.
“This is what we need to do to
sustain our housing authority for the
long term, that’s what Tammy has
been working for and so many other resident leaders,” said de Blasio.
“One of your fellow resident leaders,
April Simpson said something powerful that really breaks it down for all of
us, she said, ‘I love my community,
I’ve been here all of my life, I’ve seen
all of the changes. This is home to
us, not just the projects, this is home
for people and we have to treat it like
a home and take care of people the
right way.”
Reach Yvette Brown at (718)3577400 ext.128, ybrown@queenstribune.
com or @eveywrites.
Casino Bus takes out Corner of rego Park Building
By Jon Cronin
A Resort World Casino Tour Bus
crashed into the side of a building
on Woodhaven Blvd removing about
one third of its façade exposing the
interior apartments.
The accident occurred around
2:30 p.m. just before rush hour.
Northbound traffic was diverted to
side streets as spectators gathered
on neighboring lawns. Police cars,
fire trucks, and ambulances blocked
Woodhaven Boulevard and 63rd Avenue running east and west. The bus
was not removed from the building
until the police and firefighters concluded their on-site investigation into
the crash well into the evening.
Resort World Casino spokesperson Nell O’Connor released the statement, “Our thoughts and prayers are
with those impacted by today’s bus
accident. We are cooperating fully
with the authorities in the instrike the Toyota. The bus then
vestigation.”
struck a building. Six individuals
Helicopters, online, print,
in the bus were taken to area hosand televised media and onpitals with non- life threatening inlookers continued gathered
juries. The operator of the Toyota,
on lawns with iPads and
Hussain Mustafa, was given a sumsmartphones stood adjacent
mons for improper turn.”
to the accident as police taped
It seems the fault may be with
off an ever expanding area
the driver of the Toyota, but some
east down 63rd Avenue and
noted the buses, which run Free
warned pedestrians to be caubetween Manhattan, Brooklyn,
tious and respectful of neighElmhurst, and Flushing to Resort
bor’s properties.
World Casino New York City
Photo by Jon Cronin
At approximately 4 p.m.
in South Ozone Park have been
A resorts world tour bus and an SUv collided
the 112th precinct tweeted,
a concern. Community Board
on woodhaven Boulevard in rego Park before
“Please avoid N/B Wood9 Member Joel Kuszai tweeted
careening into a building Monday, sending six
haven Blvd at 63 Avenue due
hours after the crash, “On Saturpeople to the hospital.
to a collision requiring an inday I saw multiple Resorts World
vestigation.”
busses driving on Woodhaven bus
bound on Woodhaven in the right
A NYPD spokesperson stated in an lane (designated bus lane). At the in- lanes far in excess of speed limit. Pasemail to the Queens Tribune, “A 2006 tersection of 63rd Avenue the Toyota senger cars racing them.”
Toyota was traveling north on Wood- attempted to make a right turn onto
Reach Reporter Jon Cronin at (718)
haven Blvd. in the second from right 63rd Avenue. The Toyota crossed into 357-7400 x125, jcronin@queenstrilane. The bus was also traveling north- the path of the bus causing the bus to bune.com or @JonathanSCronin
A&E
new supermarket Gets a Party room
Green Apple Supermarket, which
opened at 92-25 Guy Brewer Blvd. in
late August, is set to open their community party room and food court on
Sept. 15. The party room will be located beneath the food court attached
to the 28,000 square foot. The party
room will hold up to 120 guests for a
buffet style event.
“The use of the room will be free
of charge but must be catered by our
food court.” said Ricky Chung, the
manager of the food court and party
room at the Supermarket.
The space will double as additional
seating to the food court unless reserved for a party. Chung hopes that
the space can be used for all types of
events for the people of the Jamaica
community.
“There are many city employees
in this neighborhood, the college is
close by we hope that this space can
double as retirement parties, baby
showers, graduation parties or even
just after work events for the people
of this area”.
Party throwers who hope to reserve
a spot for the space which will begin
as weekend only have a variety of food
choices for their event.
“Our food court and catering has
so many choices for people, they have
everything they need.” said Chung.
The food court will house American
breakfast style food, bubble tea, Mexican, Chinese, Halal, Jamaica, sushi,
The supermarket is open Monday
through saturday from 7 a.m. to 10
p.m.
pizza and a fried food station.
“Our prices will be very affordable. If they want to throw a casual
event with finger foods we can charge
about $8 a person, if they would like a
fancier meal we have options that are
maybe $15 a person. There are a lot of
options for people.” said Chung.
The space will be rented out for
three to four hours at a time and will
offer non-alcoholic beverages for an
additional charge.
“We will not have a liquor license
here but people are welcome to provide their own alcoholic beverages for
their events.” said Chung
Green Apple Supermarket sells
thousands of products and will be
open Monday through Saturday from
By Marissa Collado
By Marissa Collado
Green apple supermarket in Jamaica will also have a community party room.
7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays
from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The owners of
the supermarket plan to open another
location in Long Island City.
According to DNAInfo, the super-
market was built as part of a development plan which will build market
rate housing adjacent to the supermarket and house several hundred
apartments.
King Manor To host
Fall harvest Festival
By CarMine CarCieri
The third annual Kew Gardens
Outdoor Art Fair will take place on
Sunday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m., at Cinemas Park, which is located on Austin Street and Lefferts
Boulevard.
The event will feature a full day
of art experiences that celebrate the
artistic talents and rich diversity of
Queens with 20 plus professionals exhibiting and selling their showcase of
impressive, original, fine work.
The artists expected to attend include pottery sensation Jessikah Ann
Pottery, clearwater handcrafts specialist Kim Strauss, handmade designer
Alessia Nencioni and jewelry creator
Evelyn Iglesias-Luna, amongst others.
The art portion of the Kew Gardens Outdoor Fair will be the centerpiece of the day as all attendees
can participate in sidewalk chalk
drawings, a fence exhibit and have a
chance participate in demonstrations.
There will also be a unique Art Zone
for all with local businesses like Potter’s Wheel expected to attend.
This is a perfect chance for children to develop their skills, learn from
professionals and attempt to find a
new source of entertainment.
All artist vendors looking to showcase their work or continue to keep
attendees engaged in the topic can
register for a table at the fair by Sept.
1. All artists must be 18 years or older
and will have to pay a $30 fee for a
5-foot by 6-foot space. Tables and cars
are not supplied and all spaces are
randomly assigned.
To receive an application or to
learn more information about the engaging community day, email [email protected] or visit kewgardensarts.com.
Photo Courtesy King Manor
Kew Gardens Plans
outdoor art Fair
King Manor in Jamaica will host their annual Fall Festival on oct. 17.
By arMand eCheverray
King Manor Museum, located
inside King Park on 153rd Street
and Jamaica Ave, will simulate a
bygone era of antiquated tools and
ways of living that don’t exist in the
world we live in today.
Their annual Fall Festival takes
place Oct. 17, 2015 from Noon to 4
p.m., where children will have a firsthand experience of how the early
settlers of the United States lived. A
myriad of activities will be performed
such as churning butter by hand, creating apple cider and fall inspired
crafts, watching open hearth cooking and tasting historic meals that
were prevalent during that era.
The Fall Festival program is supported, partly in funds, by the New
York City Department of Cultural
Affairs as well as by Council Members James F. Gennaro and Leroy
G. Comrie, and the New York State
Council on the Arts with support
of Governor Andrew Cuomo and
the New York State Legislature.
QUEENS TODAY
FRIDAY 8/28
LIVE MUSIC – DIALLO
HOUSE TRIO
Diallo House became
an immediate hire by
songwriters like Brian
Jackson, Masauko
Chimpembere, Matt
Russell, Countess Zapak,
Knox Chandler and one
of hip-hop’s beloved women
talents, Ladybug Mecca
of Digable Planets. Diallo
and longtime friends Stacy
Dillard and Ismail Lawai
produced House’s debut album “Night at the Eclipse.”
The group continues to
perform collectively, headlining as Brooklyn Circle.
Together they’ll perform at
the Queens Kickshaw (40-17
Broadway in Astoria) from 9
to 11:30 p.m.
SATURDAY 8/29
Sculpture Park (32-01
Vernon Blvd, in Long
Island City), ages 5-13,
and their families. Workshops take place every Saturday through September 26;
they are free and offered in
the park’s education area on
a drop-in basis. Participants
work with a different artist
each Saturday, exploring innovative art mediums and a
variety of subject matter.
MAGIC WATER RIDES
WITH FREE STYLE ARTS
ASSOCIATION
from noon to 3 p.m.
A public-participatory
event! Join artists John
Cloud Kaiser and Greg
VandeHey as they lead participants in building their
own boats and waterrunners out of bundles
of sticks, feathers, and a
variety of other materials. Then race your creation
down water-slide tracks built
by the artists.
Please note: If arriving in
a group of 10 or more,
please contact us the week
prior to your visit by calling (718)956-1819.
SOCRATES SCULPTURE
PARK GREENMARKET
Located inside Socrates
Sculpture Park, 32-01
Vernon Blvd in Long Island
City, this market is at the
center of a favorite destination for neighboring
communities. Alongside
the Park’s workshops, yoga
classes, sculpture exhibitions and stunning views,
the Socrates Sculpture Park
Greenmarket is a great place
to spend a Saturday morning. Free cooking demonstrations are held weekly
featuring seasonal items
from the market and
family friendly activities
take place throughout the
season.
EBT/Food Stamps, Debit/
Credit, and WIC & Senior
FMNP Checks accepted
EBT/Debit/Credit accepted 8
a.m. to 3 p.m. Health Bucks
are here! EBT users -- for
every $5 spent in EBT July
through November, customers receive a $2 Health Buck
coupon to purchase additional fruits and vegetables.
Compost Collection with
BIG!Compost: 8 a.m. to 2
p.m.
FREE BOAT ART
WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
Saturday Sculpture
Workshops are offered
to kids at the Socrates
QBG FARM TOUR
Join Queens Botanical
Garden Farm staff from 2
to 3 p.m. for a guided
tour of our ¾ acre farm
where we grow produce, and
compost food scraps to help
rebuild our soils. Free with
garden admission, registration required: qbgfarmtour.
eventbrite.com. The Queens
Botanical Garden is located
at 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
THE GREAT MIGUELINO
AT FOREST PARK
CAROUSEL
Miguelino’s tricks will
leave some guests in
awe while making other
guests laugh. Volunteers
from the audience will be
chosen to help him with
his spectacular magic
tricks. They don’t call him
“The Great Miguelino”
for nothing. Performances
at 2 and 4 p.m. Forest Park
Carousel, near Seuffert
Bandshell, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive,
Woodhaven.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
SATURDAY 8/29
DRUM CIRCLE
Celebrate the Harvest Moon with
a drum circle in Flushing Town Hall’s
garden with master drummers from
Puerto Rico. Begin with workshops led
by the Grammy-nominated director of
LP21, Juan Gutiérrez, then jam with
the entire group. All are welcome from
beginner to professional, just bring your
enthusiasm and participate!
Drum circle starts at 7 p.m. at 137-35 Northern Blvd. Call to reserve your drum.
Tickets are $20, $18 for members.
For more information visiting flushingtownhall.org.
THE WANDERERS AT
ATLAS PARK
The Wanderers in concert at the Shops in Atlas
Park. Show starts at 7
p.m. They will be performing hits from the 1950’s.
The Shops At Atlas Park is
located in Glendale at Cooper Avenue and 80th Street.
invite children ages 5-12
and their adult companions to take part in a
shared learning experience that take visitors
into our galleries and
art studios. Located at the
Queens Museum, Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park.
TUESDAY 9/1
MOVIES ACROSS FROM
GOLDEN POND:
BIG HERO 6
SUNDAY 8/30
BIKE NEW YORK
Bike New York’s Bike Path
Cruise Rides are a partnership between Bike New York
and Five Boro Bicycle Club
(5BBC) to give novice adult
cyclists more opportunities to sharpen their skills.
Join experienced 5BBC
ride leaders for short,
easy, mostly flat group
rides. You can bring your
own bike, or borrow one of
Bike New York’s. Meet other
novice cyclists, and explore
new scenic areas of New
York City. All rides start and
finish at one of Bike New
York’s Community Education Centers. Ride starts
behind the Aquatic Center
at 10 a.m. Free event. For
more information call (212)
870-2080.
ruthless British rulers. Rain
date is Tuesday evening.
This event is sponsored by
the Indian Business Association, Inc. Movie starts at
7.30 p.m. in Cunningham
Park, at the 196th Street and
Union Turnpike entrance.
LITTLE ANTHONY AND
THE IMPERIALS
Come watch Little Anthony and the Imperials
Live at Resorts World
Casino New York City.
Enjoy the American rhythm
and blues/soul/doo-Wop vocals. $10 to $50 for Adults
only. 9 p.m. to midnight.
MONDAY 8/31
Postponed due to rain on
August 11th; Big Hero 6 will
be shown September 1st.
Enjoy this screening of Big
Hero 6, about the special
bond that develops between robot Baymax and
prodigy Hiro Hamada,
who team up with a group
of friends to form a band
of high-tech heroes. Movie
starts at 8 p.m., please bring
a blanket or low chair. Crocheron Park, between 35th
Avenue and Cross Island
Parkway.
WEDNESDAY 9/2
MONTHLY JAZZ JAM
DROP-IN FAMILY ART
WORKSHOP
The Queens Museum offers
weekly Drop-in Family Art
Workshops on Sundays
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. that
are free with museum
admission. No advance registration is necessary. These
educational workshops
MOVIES UNDER THE
STARS: LAGAAN
In this film the people
of a small village in
Victorian India stake
their future on a game
of cricket against their
Whether you’re a student,
jazz musician, or music
educator, come join the
Queens Jazz OverGround,
a program of Convergence Arts, Inc., as they
lead the house band in
this monthly jam session.
Held on the first Wednesday of every month from 7
to 10 p.m., Jazz Jams are
a fun way to hone your
skills, and jam each month
with your peers. Don’t
play? Come listen! Free for
members, students and jamming musicians, $10 for the
public. Flushing Town Hall,
137-35 Northern Blvd.
Profile
Queens Student reaches for the Stars
After concluding her paid internship at the NASA Goddard Institute
for Space Studies in Manhattan,
Flushing’s own Francesca Lingo is
ready to take on the world.
Lingo, a sophomore physics major
at City College, was the undergrad
participant in the eight-week Summer 2015 NASA New York City Research Initiative Internship Program
alongside faculty, graduate students
and lead scientists of NASA-funded
research projects at universities
within a 50-mile radius of New York
City.
During the internship, Lingo,
along with a high schooler and high
school teacher, and a NASA mentor,
worked on the NASA presentation
on “Earth’s Past as a Window on
Exoplanet Habitability”.
“I investigated the Neoproterozoic Era specifically the Sturtian ice
age when scientists believe multicellular life came to rise,” Lingo said.
“The idea was to understand the conditions Earth placed on life because
based on our climate models the
Earth had an extremely harsh environment.”
The team dealt with exoplanet, a
planet that orbits a star other than
Photo Courtesy City College
By Ariel HernAndez
Francesca lingo of Flushing took
part in the nASA new york City research initiative internship Program
this summer.
the sun, and its habitat space.
“What we studied is particularly
important for astrobiologists,” Lingo
told the Queens Tribune. “After the
ice age that happened practically 715
million years ago, we see in fossil records that organisms became multicellular.”
By using a global climate model,
they were able to adjust it to fit the
Neoproterozoic Era.
People
Fayoni Olusesi of Jamaica, a
member of the Pomfret School class
of 2017, has earned high honor roll
distinction at Pomfret School for the
2015 spring term. A student earns
high honors with a grade point average of at least 3.5 and no grade below
a B-.
loren Collado of Jamaica, a member of the Union College Class of
2017, majoring in Neuroscience,
made the Dean’s List for the Spring
2015 semester. Students with at least
a 3.5 grade point average were honored with the academic achievement.
Buffalo State is pleased to congratulate the following students who
completed their baccalaureate degrees in spring 2015.
Breana Banks of Jamaica earned
a B.S. in fashion and textile technology; Simone dawson of Springfield
Gardens earned a B.S. in business
administration; racquel Hazlewood
of Queens Village earned a B.S. in
electrical engineering technology;
elizabeth Johnson of Jamaica earned
a B.A. in biology; Solomon Johnson
of Cambria Heights earned a B.A.
in political science; Mickayla Mc
Gee of Jamaica earned a B.S. in fashion and textile technology; Felesha
Miller of Cambria Heights earned a
B.A. in sociology; yasmine Payton of
Saint Albans earned a B.A. in public
communication; Serenity Smith of
Laurelton earned a B.A. in political
science and Tracey Tong of Jamaica
earned a B.S. in fashion and textile
technology.
The following area students recently attended freshman orientation
at the University at Albany and are
planning to attend.
Alisya Arnoux-Beecher, Kirstin
Borrel, Christien Braithwaite, Olivia Brow, natalee Campbell, Marlon
dalton, rendy desamours, Mekhi elliott, Simone Gilbert, nicholas Harmon, Benta-Sow nkromah, Mark Anthony Quinn and reciana rajkumar
of Jamaica
The fall semester begins Aug. 26.
“I had to read through lots of science papers for answers,” Lingo said.
“There is no Google search for science, science can’t specifically be
Googled.”
Overall, Lingo’s internship experience with NASA was a surprising
one.
“I had so much fun,” Lingo said.
“A lot of internships lead you to believe that you’re just going to be filing papers but instead in creating a
research paper, PowerPoint and poster board, I technically conducted my
first research project.”
In order to get into the program,
Lingo had to go through OSSI,
NASA’s stop-shop initiative, where
she chose which opportunity and
NASA campus she wanted to be in.
“When I was filling out the application and the question ‘what drives
you’ came up, I immediately told myself, ‘I could easily write 500 words,
this is no big deal, I belong here.’”
After her NASA experience, Lingo is ready to take on anything.
“I not only feel like I’m going to
dive straight into this semester, but
I’m ready for the rest of whole college
experience overall,” Lingo said. “After this experience, I’m determined
to finish my four years, obtain my
masters and even take on my PhD.”
Airports
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LaGuardia airports; however,
the state needs to ensure that we
have the transportation access
to match these aggressive plans,”
said Goldfeder. “The best and
most cost-effective way to improve
transportation for millions of local
families and visitors from all over
the world is to reactivate the Rockaway Beach Rail Line. Reactivating
this line could link these two vital
hubs and create a true north-south
corridor in the borough. The Governor’s announcement has given
us a real chance to transform the
transit landscape in Queens and
throughout the city. I urge the Governor not to pass up on this oncein-a-generation opportunity and
support the full reactivation of the
Rockaway Beach Rail Line.”
Among the many changes being
implemented to LaGuardia Airport,
it was also announced that the Port
Authority would review the existing
perimeter rule – which bans flights
to destinations over 1,500 miles away
But obtaining her college degrees
are just a few of Lingo’s dreams.
Lingo wants to work on other
projects within the astrobiology community, experience studying abroad
and attend other universities to meet
‘cool’ scientists.
“Why can’t I work with them? I
can absolutely work with them; I just
have to make that initiative,” Lingo
said.
Lingo’s overall goal is to stay part
of NASA and possibly attend a major university like Penn State or the
University of Arizona.
“If there’s a planetarium, I’m going.”
“I’m surprised I made it to NASA,”
Lingo said. “It’s crazy because I’m
constantly wondering doesn’t everybody watch science channels and
read geographic magazines?”
“No, it’s just me,” Lingo joked.
When Lingo was in high school,
she thought she’d be going to a huge
university to study Oceanography,
however after being recruited into
City College’s D3 Volleyball team,
she reevaluated what she wanted to
do and realized that astrobiology
is really what she was destined to
study.
“Thanks to NASA, I am ready to
take on the world.”
- to determine whether it remains in
the best interest of regional air travelers. Delta Air Lines, LaGuardia’s
largest carrier, has pushed for the
rule to be lifted. Along with Delta
Air Lines, Assemblyman Edward
Braunstein (D-Bayside) and his
other assembly and state colleagues
sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo and the
Port Authority to express their opposition to any consideration of lifting the perimeter rule at LaGuardia
Airport.
The letter stated that allowing
flights longer than 1,500 miles will
result in heavier planes departing
from LaGuardia Airport, due to the
extra fuel needed for those flights,
meaning they will be louder during
takeoff.
“Our research indicates that heavier planes take longer to reach higher
altitudes, and therefore are closer to
the ground for a longer time during
departure,” the letter stated. “This
may result in an increase in airplane
noise for the neighborhoods under
these flight paths.”
Reach Yvette Brown at (718)3577400 ext.128, [email protected] or @eveywrites
Faith
God is Calling on you To Be a doer
By rev. Phil CraiG
devastating effect of storms that may
come your way...But to all you doers,
Jesus said you will be built, prepared and girded with a promise that
storms will not destroy you. Therefore, I speak against every stagnated,
and lazy spirit you may have possessed over time and speak a spirit
of energy and power into your daily
life. The Word of God is designed for
you to get excited and full of energy
as if you just drank a Red Bull before
exercise.
Don’t go to sleep on your visions
and dreams but be revived that God
is willing to do big things in your
life. Therefore pay no mind to doubters, naysayers, and haters that try to
distract you from accomplishing the
very things they said you wont be
able to accomplish. God is saying
you have a promise over you that will
give you the victory each and every
time.
Greater springfield Community
Church
sermon Topic: “Doer’s Receive the
Just Reward”
Galatians 6:7-10
In this scripture, the author reminds the reader of the words of Jesus when he says we will all endure
storms in our life. But there is a way
these storms can become a minimal
threat by understanding this simple
but profound direction. Jesus says
when you are only a hearer of the
Word and not a doer, you will do
nothing more than build your house
on sand and when storms come your
way your house will be destroyed.
However, on the contrary, if you
become a doer in addition to just a
hearer, you will have built your house
on a solid rock and will withstand every storm you encounter. God blesses
rev. Phil Craig
the doer, He loves to see His children
active in expanding their talents and
gifts He placed inside of you. Faith
without works is dead, therefore, although you may have faith doesn’t
mean you will be exempt from the
Doers incorporate God’s promise
and God’s promise gives you access
to the best support system you will
ever encounter.
Doers can do anything with the
help of Christ. That’s why doers
don’t fail, but will keep the faith that
they will prosper and succeed in everything they set their mind to.
Therefore, if you been recently
shaken by a storm, you need to ask
yourself, “Am I a doer, or just a hearer?”
Doing is to perform an action, so
let’s get it!
Keep’n The Faith
Then it’s time to share...The PRESS
wants to hear about special programs
in your faith community. Send your
thoughts, stories, prayers and photos to:
The PRESS at 150-50 14th Rd.,
Whitestone, NY 11357.
All stories will be considered. Photos
cannot be returned.
Notebook
York College
york College awarded $3 Million in Grants
college offer tutoring, counseling, academic assistance, financial aid serYork College was recently award- vice and graduate school assistance.
ed two grants of $3,293,120 million The program works towards higher
total for their student support servic- graduation and retention rates of
es by the U.S. Department of Educa- students for the college. In order to
tion. The grants will go towards the qualify for Trio, which has been runcolleges Trio and York Enrichment ning for over 20 years, students must
Services and will be dispersed over a come from low-income families and
five year period.
be a first generation undergraduate
The grant program run by the DOE student. For YES, which has been
had over two thousand
running for over 10
applicants this year
a student must
“We at York College years,
from all across Amerbe disabled. Students
are delighted with
ica, Puerto Rico and
in the programs may
the Pacific Islands. Of
receive
note-taking
the outcome of this
the applicants, over
assistance,
extended
grant application.”
one thousand schools
time for testing, and
–dr. Marcia Keisz, temporary short term
were awarded varypresident, accommodations.
ing amounts of grant
money.
“We are very elated
york College
The news was delivto have been awarded
ered to the college by
this money,” said TheRep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica). resa Curry, the program director for
“These grants will assist low-income both Trio and YES at York College.
students, first-generation college stu- “We offer viable and important serdents, and students with disabilities, vices to the students of York.”
providing them with the resources
The programs receive no money
they need to succeed,” said Meeks.
from the college and are entirely
The Trio and YES programs at the funded by grant money.
File Photo
By Marissa Collado
york College was awarded more than $3 million in grants.
“Had we not gotten this grant
money this program would have shut
down and people would have been
unemployed.” said Curry.
In order to run Trio and YES must
maintain a graduation rate of 27 percent and 22 percent respectively. For
the 2013-2014 graduation year the
program’s graduation rate was well
above the quota at 56 percent. Currently there are 380 students in the
Trio and YES programs. “If you look
at our numbers we have exceeded the
DOE’s goal, the program is working
and necessary for these students.”
said Curry.
“We at York College are delighted
with the outcome of this grant application,” said Dr. Marcia Keisz president
of York College. “Our student support
services will use these funds to the tremendous benefit of our students.”
Our Lives
The emmett Till Atrocity: 60 years Later
by Trone DowD
Today marks the 60th anniversary
of the ruthless and senseless murder
of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
Born in Chicago in 1941, since his
death Till has been described numerous times as a happy, good hearted
kid with solid values and work ethic,
despite the tumultuous time period
he was born in. He often helped
his working class mother, who was
an academically sound woman, the
first in her almost all white school
to get on honor roll. He was loved
by friends and was seemingly on the
right track.
That was until a fateful visit to Mississippi with his uncle Moses Wright
and cousin Wheeler Parker. After
begging his mother to go, young Emmett was given the reluctant okay to
go visit his far off relatives with his
family.
While it is uncertain for sure what
exactly happened, it is known that
young Emmett interacted with Carolyn Bryant, wife of a grocery store
owner, in some capacity. Whether it
was light flirting, a hand touch or a
whistle, the action cost 14-year-old
Till his life in violent fashion.
The young boy was kidnapped
from his uncle’s home by gunpoint
four days after his grocery store visit
by store owner Roy Bryant and his
half brother John William Milam.
The two brutally and viciously beat
him until he was unrecognizable
over the course of the night, driving
around with him in the trunk of the
pickup. He was then taken to Tallahatchie River and shot execution
style and unceremoniously dumped
in the water. When police discovered his body, he was only identified
by the ring on his finger. His body
was sent back to his mother for funeral arrangements. She chose to
hold an open casket funeral to show
the world just how cold the murder
was.
The world took notice. Jesse Jackson called Till’s mother’s decision to
told an open casket funeral the “largest single civil rights demonstration
in American history,” and rightfully
so. The effect that Till’s body had on
the more than 100,000 people who
saw it sparked a movement unlike
anything this country had seen up
until that point. That spark only intensified when murderers Bryant and
Milam were acquitted of all charges
before an all white, all male jury in
Mississippi. Even when Bryant and
Milam admitted to the murder just
months after the trial, there was no
justice doled out to the two.
There is so much wrong with this
now infamous tale of a time much
rougher and more terrifying for
Black America. But let’s not let our
distance from the incident desensitize us from what is easily one of
the greatest tragedies in our country’s history and biggest failures of
our justice system. More than half
a century later, Emmett Till is still a
symbol, unfortunately one of many,
for something we still fight for today.
He was murdered not because of his
alleged “crime” as determined by his
murderer, but simply because he was
a black youth.
While we more than likely don’t
teach our young men to whistle at
women in the street or flirt openly,
what 14-year-old doesn’t? These actions can almost be regulated to and
made synonymous with typical harmless teenage behavior. Not many adult
men can look back at their teenage
years and say they never flirted with
the pretty girl down the block or in
math class at some point or another.
At the end of the day, Till’s “crime”
was completely harmless and did not
need to end the way it did, whether
you’re looking at it from his murderer’s perspective or from a sensible
perspective.
The parallels to what we face today are astonishing.
Let’s take a look at Michael
Brown. Was the young man a shining example of Black excellence in
his final hours? Of course not. But
he was a kid. A kid who made a
poor decision, but a kid nonetheless.
Childhood is meant for mistakes,
missteps and learning experiences.
How else are we supposed to grow as
people? There’s a huge gap between
black life experiences and mistakes
of the average non-black child. A
mistake for any other child results in
an arrest and something to take note
of moving forward, allowing him to
make that choice as to where his life
should go from there. The choice to
turn one’s life around should be a basic freedom allowed to every child in
this country.
Michael Brown was never allowed
to make that choice. Nor Trayvon
Martin, or Emmett Till, a 14-yearold who probably knew very little
of his “transgression” before his life
was taken away from him, never got
to make that decision either.
Black lives are cut short for simply
growing up black. It made, and still
makes no sense that a child’s learning experience should culminate in
the loss of his life. Our kids are be-
ing lined up for the slaughter, futures
robbed and mothers left weeping and
made examples of.
Sixty years later, let us not forget
how long our children have been
made victims of for nothing. Instead,
let us remember the robbery of Emmett Till’s life and the thousands
who were undoubtedly killed before
and after him, and let that fuel us to-
wards pushing for what we’ve needed
for too long now: change.
Because no mother should still
have to fear for their child’s life every time he steps out of the house.
Not 60 years ago. Not today. And not
ever.
Reach Trone Dowd at (718) 3577400 x123, [email protected]
or @theloniusly on social media.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT – COUNT Y OF QUEENS HSBC
BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE
FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET
SECURITIES CORPOR ATION, MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007PA1, Plaintiff against ANTHONY ALFRED A/K/A ANTHONY R.T. ALFRED A/K/A
ANTHONY R. ALFRED, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a
Judgment of Foreclosure and
Sale entered on November
3, 2014. 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 18th day of September,
2015 at 10:00 a.m. Said premises known as 112-05 178th
Place, St. Albans, N.Y. 114334121. (Block: 10302, Lot: 26).
Approximate amount of lien
$446,876.22 plus interest and
costs. Premises will be sold
subject to provisions of filed
judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 19510-13. Joseph
DeFelice, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145
Huguenot Street – Suite 210
New Rochelle, New York
10801 (914) 636-8900
________________________
S U P P L E M E N TA L S U M MONS INDEX NO.
701926/2014 SUPREME
COURT OF THE STATE OF
NE W YORK COUNT Y
OF QUEENS Plaintiff designates Queens County as
the place of trial situs of the
real property NATIONSTAR
MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A
CHAMPION MORTGAGE
COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.
ANN LOWE, if living, and if
she/he be dead, any and all
persons unknown to plaintiff,
claiming, or who may claim
to have an interest in, or
general 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; SECRETARY OF
HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT; PALISADES
COLLECTION LLC; NEW
YORK CITY DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE - PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; NEW
YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD;
THE BROOKLYN UNION
GAS COMPANY; ARROW
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC;
LR CREDIT 10, LLC, C/O
L-CREDIT, LLC; PEOPLE OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through
“JOHN DOE #12,” the last
twelve names being fictitious
and unknown to plaintiff, 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 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 within
20 days after service of this
summons, exclusive of the
day of service (or within 30
days after service is complete
if this summons is not personally delivered to you within
the State of New York) in
the event the United States
of America is made a party
defendant, the time to answer
for the said United States
of America shall not expire
until (60) days after service
of the Summons; 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 OF
NATURE OF ACTION AND
RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption
action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $545,185.00
and interest, recorded in the
Office of the City Register
of the City of New York
on July 16, 2008 in CRFN
20080000281639, covering
premises known as 194-56
115th Drive, Saint Albans,
NY 11412. The relief sought
in the within action is a final
judgment directing the sale of
the premises described above
to satisfy the debt secured
by the Mortgage described
above. 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:
February 2, 2015 RAS Boriskin, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff
By: Thomas Zegarelli, Esquire
900 Merchants Concourse,
Suite LL-13, Westbury, NY
11590 (516) 280-7675 1436177
SportS
Press of southeast Queens
City Tennis Players Serve At BNP Paribas Aces Tourney
By CArmiNe CArCieri
Over 100 young tennis players
from across New York City competed head-to-head in the BNP Paribas
Aces Tournament on Thursday, Aug.
20 at Corona Park in Flushing Meadows for the chance to become the
‘CityParks Tennis Champion.’
Queens was successful in the
Boys 14-year old division with Justin
Butran taking home the title while
Shane Tamonia finished as the runner-up. The other divisions, boys 12’s,
boys 17’s, girls 12’s, girls 14’s and girl
17’s, were dominated by Brooklyn
and Staten Island youngsters.
Ryan Sham (Brooklyn) won on
the boy’s 12-year old level with Soren
Rudena (Brooklyn) finishing as the
runner-up. Ari Coutolous (Brooklyn) and Alex Spinelli (Brooklyn)
finished first and second in the boys
17-year old division. Juliana Hornek
(Brooklyn) and Sasha Ryder (Staten
Island) were the top two competitors for girls 12-year olds while Batool Mulla (Staten Island) and Alex
Leon (Brooklyn) took home the girls
14-year old division. Alexia Adragna
(Staten Island) and Zora Hall (Manhattan) rounded out the winners in
the girl’s 17’s.
First and second place were rewarded with trophies following the
event.
BNP sponsored the summer tournament, which was held on the practice courts on Meridian Road next to
the Passerelle Building, before the US
Open kicks off at the Billy Jean King
Center on August 31. BNP is the largest tennis sponsor in the world and
has teamed up with the City Parks
PHOTO COURTESY BNP PARIABAS
A player on the court during the
BNP Paribas Aces Tennis Tournament last week.
Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, to give kids the
chance to learn the game that Roger
Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams have made so popular.
These youngsters, between the
ages of 10 to 16, have been involved
in the City Parks Foundation throughout the summer, participating in free
intermediate tennis lessons at more
than 350 local parks citywide. The
lessons were provided at 36 parks
throughout all five boroughs and gave
the competitors physical fitness, an
opportunity to build confidence and
a relaxed, fun atmosphere to enjoy
their favorite game of tennis.
For more information on the BNP
Paribas Aces Tournament and future
City Park Foundation sporting event
opportunities, including tennis in
Central Park with professional John
Isner, visit CityParksFoundation.org.
US Open 2015:
By KeiTh SCholder
When the US Open begins next
week, the International Tennis World
will once again descend upon Flushing Meadows. With it, comes the
clear signal that summer is ending,
but it will bring the best two weeks of
the year, right to our backyard.
Much like our borough, the party
is international in flavor. Playing at
the open are former No. 1 Players,
still ranked in the top ten and playing
at high levels, like Switzerland’s Roger Federer, Spain’s Rafael Nadal, and
Serbian Novak Djokovic, the world’s
current number one ranked player. On
the Women’s side, American Serena
Williams goes for a rare Grand Slam
title in a calendar year, last done in
1988 by German Hall of Famer Steffi
Graf. Challengers include Russian
great Maria Sharapova, & Denmark’s
Caroline Wozniacki.
When the stars of the court arrive, they will see an improved venue.
Changes are ongoing at the Billie
Jean King National Tennis Center.
Arthur Ashe Stadium Court is in finishing stages of construction on its
retractable roof. They have completed stage one, the foundation, which
eerily similar to the bird cage like
stadium in Beijing, China built for
the 2008 Olympic Summer Games.
The second stage of construction
will start after this year’s tournament
has concluded. That will include a
glass retractable roof to cover the
stadium so games may be completed
on time.
From 2009 to 2013, the Men’s
Final were scheduled on Sunday
at 4:00 PM, but had to be rescheduled for a Monday afternoon Final
instead, due to rain. In 2011, Hurricane Irene disrupted play. Other new
courts are also being built.
The US Open used to be played
in Forest Hills, at the West Side
Tennis Stadium. In 1977, that all
changed. William “Slew” Hester
,the USTA President, was a visionary, and saw on a trip to LaGuardia
Airport a needed change to grow the
tournament. By the summer of 1978,
the USTA Tennis Center, and Louis
Armstrong Stadium was built. In the
37 years since, the tournament has
grown by leaps and bounds. “How
do I know?” you ask; because I used
to work there, part time, in the summers, making extra money for college.
It was a great three week job. The
qualifiers come in the week before,
to try and make the field. The hours
are long and tireless, but it is oh so
worth the long nights. Nights that
have ended near four in the morning,
Photo Courtesy Keith Scholder
A Personal Perspective on Queens’ Biggest Sports event
more than a few times. Night matches are where the craziness begins,
especially when those matches start
after 10 p.m.
This year, I look forward to taking my six year old daughter to her
first US Open. The best part of the
tournament is the first week. And
the best day by far is Labor Day,
when the round of sixteen matches
commence. All the outer courts are
in use, and you can get a great view
of many top ranked players, in much
more competitive matches that usually take place inside the Stadiums.
They even have General Admission
tickets, for less money, to see the
matches outside the main stadium.
My daughter is just learning to
play, and they have many attractions
for kids too. The Arthur Ashe Kids
day the Saturday before the tourna-
ment is always a highlight. Top players, musicians, and dignitaries usually participate. In 2013, First Lady
Michelle Obama participated.
Be prepared to bring lots of
money too. Like anything else, this
International Sports Event is not
cheap. Food can be expensive. And
of course merchandise is sold everywhere. Leaving without a souvenir is
quite tricky. So many nice items to
get yourself, or loved ones. Parking
is limited, so be forewarned. Taking
public transportation is your best
bet. The 7 train subway coming from
Manhattan and LIRR both stop at
Willets Point. Now that you have a
bit of a background, and history of
this great event, here’s the best part.
It’s right here in our borough, the
most diverse borough in all the nation. I am proud to have grown up in
Forest Hills, and Bayside.
My entire life has been about being involved in this great borough since
the day I was born. I do not live in
Queens anymore, but I still have family and roots that will always be there.
To know that people from all over
the world will travel here, and spend
numerous days, and possibly weeks,
makes this an event not to be missed.
Be proud that an entire community of
sports fans rally to be here for the last
two unofficial weeks of summer.
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