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INSIDE:
2014
The Year
In Review
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Vol. 44, No. 52 Dec. 25-31, 2014 • queenstribune.com
CITY IN
MOURNING
Pages 14-16
Queens communities come
together for vigils Monday
night after two NYPD officers
were killed over the weekend.
By Luis Gronda and Jackie
Strawbridge … Page 3.
Queensbridge March
Calls For
Legislative Action
New Bill Would
Limit Terms For
CB Members
Queens Magician
Competes On
‘Worst Cook’
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Queens Mourns Two Slain NYPD Officers
By Jackie StrawBridge
and LuiS gronda
Staff Writers
In a series of remembrances that
extended through this week, two
Queens communities gathered Monday evening to mourn Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, who were
murdered in their squad car in Brooklyn last weekend.
Liu and Ramos were gunned down
by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who then
took his own life. Prior to the assassination Saturday, Brinsley shot his girlfriend in Baltimore and then traveled
to Brooklyn, posting threats online.
The 104th Precinct held their vigil
for Officers Ramos and Liu outside the
stationhouse on Catalpa Avenue in
Ridgewood with more than 100 residents coming out to mourn.
Captain Chris Manson said the funeral and wake for Officer Ramos will
be held at Christ Tabernacle Church
in Glendale, which is within the 104th.
The wake is on Friday and the funeral
on Saturday.
Manson said there could be more
than 20,000 people at Ramos’ funeral
this weekend.
“It’s a show of support for the fam-
one of reason, calm and peace.
ily,” Manson said. “This
“The request I have of folks
is just part of the grievis that we advance with peace.
ing process for the police
That we not allow the murders
officers killed in the line
of two police officers to go in
of duty.”
vain. That a discussion about
Manson added that
social justice is not hijacked by
when an officer is killed
a lone gunman,” said Borough
while on duty, the NYPD
President Melinda Katz, who
never forgets their memwas present at both the Ridgeory.
wood and Jackson Heights
“These people are
vigils.
kept in NYPD’s gracQueens District Attorney
es for the rest of their
Richard Brown said in a statelives. We have functions
ment, “We must find a way
constantly where the
to channel our emotions into
children and wives are
brought in to different
Photo by Luis Gronda achieving positive change for
things and events that The makeshift memorial at Myrtle and Tompkins our City. We must come towe do,” Manson said.
avenues where Officers Ramos and liu were killed gether to heal each other, to recognize our common humanity
According to Man- last week.
and to build a City that is stronson, Ramos’ body has
been relocated to a funeral home in violence against anyone, be it an Eric ger and more united than ever.”
Since the shooting, Mayor Bill de
the Precinct and he has officers as- Garner, be it a Michael Brown, be it
signed to guarding the body 24/7 until against these two police officers, is re- Blasio called for a halt in protests and
debate over police tactics.
the wake and funeral.
ally wrong,” Dromm said.
Other gatherings were planned for
At Diversity Plaza in Jackson
Gathered in a circle before tables of
Heights, a vigil organized by Coun- candles and the neighborhood Christ- this week throughout Queens, includcilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson mas tree, members of the group took ing three on Tuesday: 109th Precinct
Heights) drew a crowd of about 50 turns voicing their opinions and emo- candlelight prayer at 911 Memorial
including Captain Brian Hennessy of tions following the murder of the of- Park in Flushing, the 112th Precinct
vigil in Forest Hills and an NAACP
the 115th Precinct.
ficers.
“We need to come out and say that
The message was overwhelmingly memorial service in St. Albans.
School Cultural Holiday Bill Becomes Law
By Joe MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Students are now able to observe
cultural holidays without any impact
on their attendance records.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Assemblyman Ron Kim’s (D-Flushing)
bill into law, allowing the Boards of
Education to close school on a day
where a large number of student absences are expected. The law is meant
to respect religious or cultural observances like the Lunar New Year or
Diwali, both of which force students
to choose between education and celebration with the families.
The Governor signed it into law on
Dec. 17. It goes into effect immediately, putting aside a potential conflict
for families on next year’s Lunar New
Year, which takes place on Feb. 19.
“He is very, very excited that the
governor was able to sign this bill into
legislation yesterday,” Yuh-line Niou,
a representative for Kim, said. “This is
officially his very first passed bill and
it’s a very exciting one.”
The bill had been floating in state
government for some time, as a version
was originally introduced by U.S. Rep.
Grace Meng (D-Flushing). The Congresswoman was thrilled to hear that
Kim’s version was signed into law.
“The enactment of this legislation
is a huge victory for those of us who
have long rallied for its passage, and
I cannot be happier to help celebrate
this historic occasion,” Meng said.
Local legislators gathered outside
of PS 20 in Flushing to announce the
bill’s passage. In Flushing, 57 percent
of the residents are Asian American,
many of whom observe the Lunar
New Year. In Queens overall, 23 percent are Asian.
“No longer will parents have to
decide between sending their child to
school and celebrating their cultural
heritage,” State Sen. Toby Stavisky (DFlushing) said.
Civic leaders from several cultures
were also on hand to praise the bill
and its signage.
“In the Asian American community, the most important day is the Lunar
New Year,” Lee-Tiu Shu, president of
Flushing Chinese Business Association, said. “We’ve waited for this for 20
years. Our dreams become true today.”
Dr. Uma Mysorekar, president
of Hindu Temple Society of North
America, spoke on behalf of the Indian community.
“This is a day of great joy for all of us and
we look forward to having our children at
home this coming Diwali,” she said.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @Joe Marvilli.
MTA Plans 2015 7 Train Closures
Staff Writer
Queens residents may have been surprised to see the 7 train voted the best in
the City by the Straphangers Campaign
this year, but a new round of train closures in 2015 should come as no shock.
According to the MTA, no trains
will run between Times Square and
Queensboro Plaza during four consecutive weekends, from Jan. 17 to
Feb. 9. Disruptions will extend to 74
St - Broadway in Jackson Heights for
the weekends of Feb. 27 and March 6.
The rest of March will see 7 train service halted between Times Square and
Hunters Point Ave.
The repairs are intended to address
Superstorm Sandy damage and replace
old equipment, as well as to ultimately
reduce crowding by installing new sig-
nals that will allow trains to run more
closely together, according to spokesperson Adam Lisberg.
Local BID heads expressed concern
for the effect of the 7 train disruptions on
business in the area, including Elizabeth
Lusskin of the Long Island City BID,
which will see most of the closures.
“Cultural, dining and entertainment venues depend on weekend activity, and our many businesses that
operate 6 and 7 days a week need to
get their employees to work even on
the weekends,” Lusskin said.
Lisberg said the MTA does recognize that the disruptions pose an inconvenience to businesses that rely on
the train and is working to minimize
impact. Ultimately, however, he urged
keeping the big picture in mind.
“The result will be a 7 line that
can serve more people more reliably
and we appreciate our customers’ patience,” he said in a statement.
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer
(D-Sunnyside) said his district has long
suffered from irregular 7 train service
due to disruptions both planned and
unplanned.
“Long Island City has dealt with
these service disruptions for far too
long. It is not just the weekend delays,
but the poor and inconsistent service,”
Van Bramer said.
7 train service has been suspended
for about a dozen weekends each year
for the past few years for system repairs.
For a full and detailed list of the
new service changes, visit web.mta.
info/nyct/service/7Line2015/MakingProgressin2015.htm.
Reach Jackie Strawbridge at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 128, jstrawbridge@
queenstribune.com or @JNStrawbridge.
Black Lives Matter: Queensbridge Marches And Prays
Staff Writer
Long Island City joined New
York’s continuing chants of “Black
Lives Matter” with a prayer march at
Queensbridge Houses last Thursday
night.
Protests have been rolling through
the five Boroughs in the wake of a
grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Staten
Island man Eric Garner in a fatal
chokehold. About 50 Queensbridge
residents and neighbors attended
Thursday’s protest, which was led by
Marion Jeffries, president of the Astoria – Long Island City NAACP.
Local officials including State Sen.
Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria), Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Sunnyside) and Councilman Jimmy Van
Bramer (D-Sunnyside) were also in
attendance, as well as Urban Upbound
CEO Bishop Mitchell Taylor and a
number of other clergy.
With the crowd gathered before
her on the steps of the Jacob Riis
Photos by Jackie strawbridge
About 50 residents joined in prayer at the 21st Street – Queensbridge station in Long Island City.
Settlement House,
Jeffries said the
purpose of the protest was not only to
march in solidarity
with Garner, Michael Brown and
other victims of
police violence, but
also to call for legislative action.
“Laws changing – that’s the
only thing that’s really going to make a
difference,” Jeffries State Sen. Michael Gianaris (left), Councilman
said. “Everybody Jimmy Van Bramer and Bishop Mitchell Taylor
all over the world (right) at the Queensbridge prayer march.
saw what happened
with Eric Garner and for them to not their communities and those lost.
Queensbridge resident Alyssha
indict this [officer], I mean, how crazy
is that? At least for them to have gone Thomas was one of several young
women to attend the march out of
to court, gone to trial.”
Expanding on Jeffries’ sentiments, concern for their brothers and male
Gianaris said he specifically wants to peers.
“[I’m here] to support the people,
see independent prosecutors handling
cases where police are accused of vio- the boys I hang out with, because of
lence against civilians, and has spon- how the boys are dying these days,”
Thomas said. “You have to show that
sored legislation to this purpose.
Protestors then walked together to love to your community, because it
the 21st Street – Queensbridge subway could happen to anybody that you
stop, many holding their arms in the hang out with.”
air and chanting, “Black Lives Matter”
and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot.”
At 21st Street, the group huddled queenstribune.com or @JNStrawin embrace and bowed in prayer for bridge.
Mojgan Lancman Sworn In As Judge
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
Queens has a new judge on the
bench of the Civil Court of the City of
New York.
Mojgan Cohanim Lancman, who
was an attorney with the Supreme
Court of Queens, was inducted on
Dec. 18, making her the first IranianAmerican judge elected in New York
State. The first-generation immigrant’s
ceremony packed the courtroom, with
family, friends and supporters gathering for the occasion.
Lancman, who is married to Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest),
has nearly 20 years of experience as a
court attorney, arbitrator, court referee and law clerk. In the latter position, she worked in both the New York
City Civil Court in Queens and the Supreme Court of Queens County. Her
candidacy for the position of Queens
County Civil Court judge gained the
support of the Queens County Democratic Party. She ran unopposed in the
General Election.
Among the speakers was the chairman of the QCDP, U.S. Rep. Joseph
Crowley (D-Jackson Heights). He
talked about Lancman’s immigrant experience as a unique factor that would
help her connect with immigrants who
may come before her in future cases.
As a Jewish family, Mojgan, her sib-
lings and her parents fled religious
of thousands of years was worth it,”
persecution in Iran after the Iranian
Cohanim said. “We as a family feel
Revolution of 1979.
fortunate to be living in a country
“We know the experience of
which has an open and civil sociMojgan and her family. It’s that
ety that allows someone like Mojexperience, someone who undergan, that is to say a woman who is
stands what it feels like to be a refuIranian and Jewish, to achieve her
gee, who understands that plight,
every aspiration.”
someone who can connect in a very
Once she received her robes,
special way to the immigrant comtook the oath of office and thanked
munity,” he said. “To me, that’s the
everyone, Lancman talked about
light that makes Mojgan so very,
her experiences as an immigrant
very special.”
and how they will impact her perBorough President Melinda Katz
formance as a judge of the civil
said that Lancman’s diverse backcourt going forward. Knowing the
ground and her achievements are
fear of a state unrestrained and
exemplary of Queens.
turned against its people, she said
Photo by JoE MARVILLI she will do her part to make sure
“You can have 130 languages spoken and everybody makes it work,” Newly inducted civil court judge Moj- that anyone who comes before
Katz said. “It’s really represented in gan Lancman speaks to her family and her is treated with fairness and rewomen like Mojgan Lancman, who supporters on Dec. 18.
spect.
come to this country, experience it,
“My pledge today to each of you
know what Queens is all about, know them, it was the only home they ever and to all the litigants who will appear
the experiences that all the folks who knew. But after the Iranian Revolution, before me is this: no matter what you
Lancman’s parents knew they had to look like, no matter what God you
come to her bench have seen.”
While speakers from the Queens leave to protect their children. So they worship, no matter your station in life,
County Supreme Court, the Attorneys left everything behind, moved to Rego no matter if it’s a small claims case or
and Judges Chapter of Hadassah and Park and started over. Years later, ev- a million-dollar commercial landlordthe Iranian American Bar Association erything Lancman had done and has tenant dispute, I will treat you fairly
of New York praised Lancman’s work yet to do made it all worth it, accord- and honestly,” she said. “I will guard
ethic and told stories about her time ing to her sister, Ellie Cohanim.
your rights. I will listen to your claims
“Today, as we stand here prepar- and defenses. I will make sure you get
with them, her siblings went back to
her life-changing event of her child- ing for Mojgan to be sworn in as a your day in court.”
Civil Court judge, I can tell you that
hood.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357Lancman’s family had roots in Iran my parents know without an ounce of 7400, Ext. 125, jmarvilli@queenstrigoing back thousands of years. For doubt, that leaving behind their home bune.com, or @Joe Marvilli.
EDIT PAGE
In Our OpInIOn
Op-ED
A Call For Peace
The tragic shooting of two NYPD patrolmen in Brooklyn on Saturday was a chilling
reminder that tensions in New York City remain high at a time when race relations
between the police and the City’s African American community remain frayed.
As thousands of New Yorkers – and millions of others across the country – staged
peaceful protests of the decision to not indict a police officer involved in the death
of Eric Garner in Staten Island, we hope this violent assault is an aberration and not
a frightening indication of things to come.
The shootings on Saturday were carried out by an individual who traveled to
Brooklyn after reportedly attacking his former girlfriend in Baltimore and making
threats against police officers on social media in response to the Garner decision,
along with the similar decision in Ferguson, Mo.
Our elected officials have repeatedly called for peaceful discourse when it comes
to protesting these decisions, and to the credit to City leaders and the NYPD, these
peaceful protests have not been shut down and citizens have been able to show their
dissatisfaction with the NYPD and the grand jury decisions. After Saturday’s shooting, however, it may be time to admit that a more inclusive strategy is necessary to
bring about a measure of change so these incidents – both the death of Eric Garner
and the shooting of police officers – do not become commonplace.
In YOur OpInIOn
A Moment Of Reflection
A
To The Editor:
s we head toward a
new year, I wanted to
reflect for a moment
on a division that threatens to
hurt our city.
New Yorkers are reeling
from the horrific assassination
of two police officers, which
comes on the heels of weeks of
protests after the Staten Island
grand jury’s decision not to
indict in a police killing of an
unarmed civilian. Now is the
time to reaffirm our beliefs
about fairness and pay respect
to the lives so unfairly lost, and
then continue a thoughtful
conversation about police and
community relations.
Our city lost two dedicated
and honorable public servants
with the cold blooded assassination of Officers Rafael Ramos
and Wenjian Liu this weekend.
We have heard from many officers that they feel unsupported
by their elected officials and
many of their neighbors. This
is truly unfortunate, because
despite all the criticisms about
inequities in our justice system,
New Yorkers know that the
overwhelming majority of our
police officers serve with great
honor and respect for those
they protect.
The person responsible for
the assassination appears to
have been a mentally unstable
individual. Those peacefully
calling for reforms should not
be blamed for his actions.
Those protesters are expressing a legitimate frustration
about racial bias in our criminal
justice system. As policy makers,
it is our responsibility to root out
and eliminate the application of
All Lives Matter
Y
To The Editor:
esterday’s ultimate sacrifices by Police Officer
Wenjian Liu and Police
Officer Rafael Ramos were an
all-too poignant reminder of
the courage and professionalism
demanded of every member of
the NYPD when they put on their
uniform and go out to protect the
communities that they serve. We
join in the grief felt by their immediate families and that is shared
our laws that unfairly discriminate based on race, poverty, or
any factor other than the merits
and the truth.
At the same time, we need
to tone down the angry rhetoric
and name-calling on all sides of
these issues.
We mourn the recent tragic
loss of life because every New
Yorker’s life matters. And it is
my hope that we will continue
the honest dialogue that has
begun, free from violence and
demagoguery, in 2015.
Dan garodnick,
City Council District 4
by every one of their brothers and
sisters in blue.
The callous execution of these
two officers was an outrageous
attack on every value that we hold
dear. In this atmosphere of heated
rhetoric, we should all remember
two important principles: words
do matter and can have ominous
consequences and most significantly, the lives of all, do matter.
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Three Things that
Our Next Education
Commissioner Needs
By BoBson Wong
D
r. John King, who
recently announced
that he will be leaving
his post as New York State’s
Commissioner of Education
at the end of the year, leaves
behind an important legacy.
Most importantly, he should
be commended for supporting
the Common Core Standards.
As a high school math teacher,
I have found that my students
do better in lessons that meet
the standards. In a Common
Core lesson, students develop
a simple mathematical model
that connects abstract expression with concrete concepts
like area. They not only can
explain why the model works
but also apply it to solve more
complicated problems that they
could not have solved just by
using a rule. Unfortunately, the
State has done a poor job so far
of implementing the new standards. King’s successor should
focus on three goals to fulfill
the Common Core’s potential.
First, the next Commissioner needs to provide high-quality
resources to help educators
teach the Common Core successfully. While the material
published on EngageNY, the
State’s official Common Core
website, is easily accessible, it
contains vaguely worded problems and unrealistic expectations. The next Commissioner
should find seasoned classroom
teachers to revise the material
on EngageNY so that it reflects
the reality of what happens in
our classrooms every day. The
new Commissioner should
encourage teacher leaders to
facilitate professional development for other teachers.
Second, the next Commissioner must ensure that state
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assessments accurately reflect
the high expectations embedded in the Common Core. The
State has sent a mixed message
about the new standards. On
the one hand, we are urged
to have high expectations for
our students by encouraging
them to think critically. On the
other hand, state tests require
students to know little content.
In math, for example, students
need to get only 35% of the Algebra Regents exam correct in
order to pass the test. This low
bar hurts students by moving
them along into higher-level
courses when they have failed
to master lower-level material.
Current classroom teachers
should play an active role in
writing assessments that match
what our students can and
should know.
Finally, the next Education Commissioner has to
involve teachers not just in the
implementation but also in the
overall planning to make sure
that the State’s educational goals
are realistic. The New York State
United Teachers union recently
won a grant to recommend
changes to the State’s implementation of the Common
Core and the new assessments.
While this is a promising start,
the State is not required to make
any of the proposed changes.
The Commissioner needs to
listen to the proposed changes
from teachers since they are the
ones who have the experience of
working with our students.
Bobson Wong has taught
high school math in New York
City public schools for 10 years,
currently teaching at Bayside
High School. He is a recipient of the Math for America
Master Teacher Fellowship and
the New York Educator Voice
Fellowship.
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Community Board 7
Approves Hotel
Rezone
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
For Community Board 7’s last
meeting of 2014, the members debated and ultimately approved a small
rezoning so an 11-story mixed-use development could go up near Flushing
Town Hall.
At the Dec. 15 meeting, board members voted 24 to 9 in favor of changing
the zoning at 137-61 Northern Blvd.,
from a R6 district with a C2-2 overlay
to a C4-3 commercial district. This will
allow Century Development Group to
build a structure consisting of a hotel,
condos and community space.
R6 is a residential zoning code,
whereas a C4-3 area is for commercial
centers, such as downtown Flushing.
While the C2-2 overlay did allow for
some commercial development on the
property, the change was necessary for
the mixed-use building to go up on the
site that now houses a supermarket but
was best known as a Sears store.
Designed by architect Raymond
Chan, the building will have a 191room hotel running from floors 3 to
8, 43 condominiums on the upper
levels, two floors for retail and around
150 underground parking spots. The
apartments would be for one to three
people on average. Aloft is the hotel
partner for this project.
Besides the retail and economic
factor, the community will get something out of the development as well.
It will have 7,000 square feet of open
community space available for free.
The space would be for public community events, such as civic meetings,
club parties or similar ventures.
All of the entrances to the hotel and
residential portions of the building
would be located on Leavitt Street. The
only exception is the retail, which will
be focused on Northern Boulevard.
Although it is near the historic Flushing Town Hall, its executive director, Ellen Kodadek, sent out a statement of support for the development to the board.
The landmarked site plans to work with
Century Development Group in some
capacity, such as using the building’s extra parking, once it is built.
During the public participation,
two individuals spoke against the project’s approval. Former City Council
candidate Sunny Hahn warned against
overdevelopment in the area, especially close to such an historic site.
“Developers are allowed to do whatever they want. These developers have
no respect for the process,” she said.
“We have a duty to protect this extreme-
ly important part of our heritage.”
Another speaker, Vincent Amato,
criticized the building’s design as
“something out of ‘Miami Vice,’” adding that it would destroy the sense of
history in the neighborhood.
“This area of Flushing is an oasis.
There are very few places like it in the
City,” he said. “This is a feeding frenzy
of real estate development. It’s like
putting a 70-story hi-rise next to the
Eiffel Tower.”
During the members’ discussion,
first vice chairperson, Chuck Apelian,
said that the zoning change will not
drastically change what can be built on
the property and voted in approval.
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Neighbors Share
Simeone Park Wish
List
BY JAckIE StRAwBRIdgE
Staff Writer
Corona residents have until the
end of Thursday to weigh in on how
more than $1 million should be spent
at a neighborhood park.
The Parks Dept. is accepting online community input on how to upgrade Louis Simeone Park, located
at 102nd Street and Radcliff Avenue,
through Dec. 25. Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski
also met with a group of about 40
residents last Thursday to brainstorm
ideas in-person.
About $1.6 million in capital funds
comes through the Community Parks
Initiative, a program aimed at investing in under-resourced public parks
throughout the City.
Community Board 4 District Manager Christian Cassagnol called Thursday’s input session “very productive,”
adding that participants were mostly
“on the same page” regarding the need
for better lighting, a new entrance, exercise equipment and more foliage.
Overall, Lewandowski said, participants “recognized that this was a public green that had potential to be realized, and that through this funding
this would be a space that many more
people would be able to enjoy.”
Interested parties can access the
Louis Simeone Park online input form
at www.nycgovparks.org/reg/community-input-meetings.
According to Lewandowski, the design process will take about a year to
complete, with construction expected
to begin at least nine months after that.
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNT Y OF QUEENS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff, -against- MICHELLE
LLOYD - BEY AS HEIR AT
LAW AND NEXT OF KIN
OF CLIFFORD LLOYD BEY;
ABDUL LLOYD-BEY AS HEIR
AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN
CLIFFORD LLOYD-BEY, JR AS
HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF
KIN OF CLIFFORD LLOYD
BEY; CECIL LLOYD-BEY AS
HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF
KIN OF CLIFFORD LLOYD
BEY; RIDWANA LLOYDBEY AS HEIR AT LAW AND
NEXT OF KIN OF CLIFFORD
LLOYD BEY, if living, or if
either or all be dead, their
wives, husbands, heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees,
executors, administrators, assignees, lienors and generally
all persons having or claiming
under, by or through said RIDWANA LLOYD-BEY AS HEIR
OF CLIFFORD LLOYD BEY,
by purchase, inheritance, lien
or otherwise, of any right,
title or interest in and to the
premises described in the
complaint herein, and the
respective husbands, wives,
widow or widowers of them,
if any, all of whose names are
unknown to plaintiff; RADEDRA LLOYD-BEY AS HEIR AT
LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF
CLIFFORD LLOYD BEY; ROXANNE LLOYD -BEY A/K/A
ROXANNE LLOYD AS HEIR
YUSEEF LLOYD-BEY AS HEIR
CRIMINAL COURT OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW
YORK CITY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD;
NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
ADJUDICATION BUREAU;
NEW YORK CITY PARKING
VIOL ATIONS BUREAU;
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE; UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA - INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE; STATE
OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
“JOHN DOES” and “JANE
DOES”, said names being
fictitious, parties intended
being possible tenants or
occupants of premises, and
corporations, other entities
or persons who claim, or
may claim, a lien against the
premises, Defendants. TO
THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED to answer
the complaint in this action
and to serve a copy of your
answer, or, if the complaint
is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of
Appearance on the Plaintiff’s
attorney(s) within twenty
(20) days after the service
of this summons, exclusive
of the day of service, where
service is made by delivery
upon you personally within
the State, or within thirty
(30) days after completion of
service where service is made
in any other manner, and in
case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in
the complaint. NOTICE YOU
ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do
not respond to this summons
and complaint by serving a
copy of the answer on the
attorney for the mortgage
company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against
you and filing the answer
with the court, a default
judgment may be entered
and you can lose your home.
Speak to an attorney or go to
the court where your case is
pending for further information on how to answer the
summons and protect your
property. Sending a payment
to your mortgage company
will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST
RESPOND BY SERVING A
COPY OF THE ANSWER ON
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE
COMPANY) AND FILING
THE ANSWER WITH THE
COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY
PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE
ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS: The
foregoing summons is served
upon you by publication
pursuant to an Order of the
Honorable Darrell L. Gavrin
of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York, signed on
August 7, 2014, and filed with
supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County
of Queens, State of New York.
The object of this action is to
foreclose a mortgage upon
the premises described below, executed by CLIFFORD
LLOYD BEY (DECEASED) to
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
in the principal amount of
$375,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in Queens
County, State of New York,
on July 5, 2006, in Liber/
Reel NA at page CRFN:
2006000378887. Said premises being known as and by
1002 BAY 25TH STREET,
BAYSWATER, NY 11691.
Date: July 28, 2014 Batavia,
New York Meredith Larsen,
Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI &
ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys
for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26
Harvester Avenue Batavia,
NY 14020 585.815.0288
Help For Homeowners In
Foreclosure New York State
Law requires that we send
you this notice about the
foreclosure process. Please
read it carefully. Mortgage
foreclosure is a complex
process. Some people may
approach you about “saving” your home. You should
be extremely careful about
any such promises. The State
encourages you to become
informed about your options
in foreclosure. There are
government agencies, legal
aid entities and other nonprofit organizations that you
may contact for information
about foreclosure while you
are working with your lender
during this process. To locate
an entity near you, you may
call the toll-free helpline
maintained by the New York
State Banking Department at
1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-2265697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does
not guarantee the advice of
these agencies.
________________________
Notice is hereby given that
an Order entered by the
Civil Court, Queens County
on NOV 17 2014 bearing
Index Number NC-00100014/QU, a copy of which may
be examined at the Office of
the Clerk, located at 89-17
Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,
NY 11435, grants me the right
to: Assume the name of (First)
Monica (Middle) Ligia (Last)
Dipres My present name is
(First) Monica (Middle) Ligia
(Last) Dipres Rodriguez aka
Monica L Olmo aka Monica
Ligia Olmo aka Monica Ligia
Olmo Morales My present
address is 31-01 81st Street,
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
My place of birth is Rio Piedras, PR My date of birth is
March 29, 1977
________________________
Notice of formation of D. S.
SHACHTMAN & CO LLC.
Articles of Organization
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York SSNY on
05-01-2014. Office located
in Queens county. SSNY has
been designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
copy of any process served
against the LLC to: 32-16
42ND Street APT. #2 Astoria,
NY 11103 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
________________________
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Community Board Term Limits Proposed
Staff Writer
In an effort to diversify membership on community boards, Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson
Heights) introduced new legislation
last week that would set a term limit
on membership at six consecutive
two-year terms.
The City’s 59 community boards
– 14 in Queens – offer advisory decisions on topics from zoning to how
City funds are spent in their districts
to the granting of liquor licenses at local establishments. The boards offer
a space to hash out debates that will
then move up the ladder of City government, especially in the case of proposed new developments.
As the law stands, there are no caps
on community board terms served. The
new bill applies only to new appointees
in 2016 and afterwards, grandfathering
in all current board members.
Dromm said he became a proponent of term limits for board members
after considering their effect on the
City Council level.
“I saw the impact that term limits
had on communities and particularly communities that were underrepresented,” Dromm said. “We need
to have new blood and new people
sharing their ideas. Communities
change and so I think Community
Boards should change.”
So far, the bill has not found overwhelming support among Borough
Presidents, who are responsible for
appointing members to the community boards.
Borough President Melinda Katz’s
spokesperson Sharon Lee said that
Katz opposes the bill on the grounds
that “there’s simply no reason for it.”
The current system, which requires
members to reapply for their seats every two-year term, works on a practical level, she said.
For her part, Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito, who herself served
as a community board member in
Manhattan, told the Queens Tribune in
an October interview that she approves
of term limits for board members.
Other Queens council members
who sponsored the bill are Councilmen
Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) and
Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside).
Cardozo Coach Nets 700th Win
Even for a coach who has won PSAL his 33rd season as a head coach.
After graduating from Cardozo
championships and Coach of the Year
awards, this regular season victory was in 1975, Naclerio went to St. John’s
University. A multi-sport athlete, Naa major milestone.
“The two titles are why you coach, clerio was actually better at baseball
than basketball. In 1979,
other than helping kids,”
he was drafted by the
said Cardozo basket“Looking at 300,
Chicago White Sox. The
ball coach Ron Naclerio.
“Looking at 300, 400, 400, 500 wins, that’s baseball mindset was a
500 wins, that’s some- something that a lot lot different than his basthing that a lot of people of people do. Getting ketball mindset.
have to be a
do. Getting to 700, now
to 700, now you’re in ‘me’“You
player in the miyou’re in glorified air.”
nor leagues, not a ‘we’
With the Judges’ 73- glorified air.”
61 win on Monday night, –Cardozo Basketball player. It’s about moving
Naclerio became the sec- Coach Ron Naclerio up through the minors,
and not everyone makes
ond coach in PSAL histhe majors,” he said. “I’m
tory to win 700 games.
Charles Granby of Campus Magnet real lucky, as a coach, it’s all ‘we.’”
After an injury derailed his playwas the first.
“It’s an area that very, very few ing career, Naclerio joined Cardozo
as an assistant under his former
people get to,” Naclerio said.
Naclerio reached the 700 club in coach Al Matican, before becoming
the head coach in 1981.
“He has great passion,” said Tom
Konchalski, editor of High School
Basketball Illustrated and one of the
game’s top historians. “This is his 33rd
year. He has retained the competitiveness and passion he had when he
started out.”
It has been a good year for the
coach who led the Judges to the 2014
PSAL championship, 15 years after his
first title. Naclerio cried after winning
the title, after the stress of a decade
and a half filled with transfers, heartbreaking playoff losses and unfulfilled
expectations.
“I’ve been lucky. It’s a great school
to go to academically. Most people
know me in the City,” Naclerio said.
“The kids who played for you, if they
don’t say good things about you, it’s
the end. I’ve had good kids.”
– david russell
Three Upstate Locations Chosen For Casinos
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
enhanced gaming, the State is holding
us back from much-needed economic
development as we continue to recovNew York State has chosen three er from Superstorm Sandy,” he said in
areas upstate to open full gaming casi- a statement.
In a phone interview, Goldfeder
nos and one Queens Assembly member
says they have missed the chance to go said that the State missed an opportunity to go with an established partwith an established organization.
The state’s Gaming Facility Loca- ner for full table gaming like Resorts
tion Board has identified three areas World instead of taking a chance that
that will be home to new full-gaming a casino may be successful upstate.
As part of the refcasinos:
Montreign
erendum,
now that the
Resort and Casino in
“[The] decision on
three casinos are choSullivan County, Rivupstate casino gaming
sen, there is a seveners Casino & Resort
is another reminder of
Albany’s unwillingness
year grace period where
at Mohawk Harbor in
to make a winning bet
other full-table gaming
Schenectady and Lago
on Queens.”
casinos cannot be built,
Resort & Casino in Sen– Assemblyman
in order to allow time
eca County.
Phil Goldfeder
for those three casinos
The Casinos are part
to open and establish
of a referendum passed
themselves, making Relast year that would establish three casinos in different resorts World ineligible for full gaming
gions in upstate New York as a way to until 2021.
The three casinos will cost a total
jumpstart the worsening economy in
of $1.3 billion to build and are exthat area of the State.
But Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder pected to create more than 3,600 jobs
(D-Ozone Park) expressed disap- throughout the three counties, accordpointment for their decision, saying ing to Cuomo’s office.
Only upstate locations were under
that Resorts World Casino should
have been among the choices made for consideration for the new casinos and
no areas in Queens or the other four
enhanced gaming.
“[The] decision on upstate casino Boroughs were part of that list, acgaming is another reminder of Al- cording to the Board.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 357bany’s unwillingness to make a winning bet on Queens. By excluding 7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@queenstriNew York City from the race to offer bune.com, or @luisgronda.
Resorts World Casino was not selected by the State for full table
gaming. Instead, three new casinos will be built upstate.
Bus Carrying 14 Kids Crashes
Into Woodside Restaurant
A school bus carrying 14 kids, a
car and a yellow cab collided Friday evening in Woodside, resulting
in a crash into a local business and
several injuries, according to the
NYPD.
Around 5 p.m. a Lincoln Town
Car became wedged under the
bus, which was traveling east on
Roosevelt Avenue, police said.
The bus and Town Car mass subsequently struck a cab stopped at a
red light and two parked cars, then
landed nose-first in a commercial
building housing local restaurant
Pizza Boy II.
Among the injured transported
to Elmhurst Hospital were the drivers of all three vehicles, police said.
All children were taken to the hospital as well on a precautionary basis
and released.
According to police, an investigation into the crash is ongoing.
POLICE BLOTTER
106th Precinct
RobbeRy – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying and locating the following two
suspects wanted in connection with
a robbery.
At 4 a.m. on Dec. 10, two male suspects entered a laundromat located at
135-13 Lefferts Blvd. One of the males
forced a 19-year-old employee at gun
point to the rear of the location and
removed his driver’s license and $20
while the other suspect removed $196
from the register. The suspects then
fled northbound on Lefferts Boulevard
and got into a white sedan.
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.
buRglaRy – The NYPD is asking the public’s assistance identifying
and locating the following individual
wanted in connection to a burglary in
Ozone Park.
At 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 13, an unidentified male entered a residence
through an unlocked first-floor bedroom window and removed jewelry
and approximately $5,000 from the
top of the dresser. The suspect then
fled in an unknown direction.
113th Precinct
Homicide aRRest – On Dec.
18, police arrested a suspect connected
to a homicide that occurred in June.
According to police reports, officers responded to a 911 call of a male
shot at 156th Street and 111th Avenue,
where they observed a Black male,
identified as Euton Christian, 22, of
Valley Stream, with gunshot wounds
to the torso. EMS transported the victim to an area hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
Following an investigation, police
last week arrested Lamell Ford, 33,
of Jamaica, in regards to the incident
and charged him with second-degree
murder and two counts of seconddegree criminal possession of a loaded
weapon.
attempted Rape – The NYPD
is asking the public’s assistance in locating and identifying the following
individual wanted in connection to an
attempted rape within the confines of
the 113th Precinct.
At approximately 11 p.m. on July
12, the suspect was engaged in conversation with a 15-year-old female victim in the vicinity of 109th Road and
This individual is wanted in connection to an attempted rape
within the confines of the 113th
Precinct.
Farmers Boulevard when the suspect
began choking the victim until she
passed out. The suspect then attempted to rape her before fleeing to parts
unknown.
The suspect is described as a Black
male in his early 20s with a tattoo on
the right side of his neck and arm. He
was last seen wearing red Addidas
track pants and a red Addidas shirt.
QUEENS DA
cHild endangeRment –
Queens District Attorney Richard A.
Brown announced this week that a
Bayside father has been charged with
first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly
causing his four-month-old son to
sustain life-threatening injuries, including brain damage.
According to the charges, Dr. Reena Malhotra, a radiologist at Long
Island Jewish Medical Center, left her
four-month-old son, Nevin Janduher,
with her husband and the baby’s father, Jagsheer Singh, when she left
for work at approximately 8:30 p.m.
on Dec. 19. At the time, the infant
was in good health and behaving normally. When Dr. Malhotra returned
home at approximately 6:15 a.m. the
following day, she immediately went
to bed without checking in on the
baby.
The baby was taken first to Flushing Hospital Medical Center and then
transferred to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where an examination revealed that the baby suffered multiple
severe skull fractures, widespread
brain injury resulting from lack of
oxygen and retinal hemorrhages.
Singh was arraigned before Queens
Criminal Court Judge Stephanie Zaro
on charges of first-degree assault and
endangering the welfare of a child.
Bail was set at $200,000 and Singh is
scheduled to return to court on Jan. 5.
If convicted, Singh faces up to 25 years
in prison.
2014
Year IN Review
New Administration, New Developments
Showcase Changing Face of Queens
COmPiLed By STeveN J. FeRRARi • Editor-in-Chief
ueens officials seemed
to be in near-constant
conflict in 2014. Contentious elections and debates over plans for future
developments happened regularly over the last 12 months.
With new administrations in
the Borough and the City in
place, Mayor Bill de Blasio
and Borough President Melinda Katz spent the first year
of their administrations setting
the tone for their first terms.
Q
Library Board Clashes
With Officials
Perhaps the most contentious issue in 2014, the Queens Library’s
President and CEO, Thomas Galante, came under fire from City officials to start the year, when reports
surfaced about Galante’s nearly$400,000 annual salary, along with
the news that the library board approved an extravagant smoking
deck outside his office.
Also called into question was a
so-called “golden parachute” severance package in Galante’s contract,
giving him $2 million if he was let go
from his position.
Calls for an audit of the Library’s
expenditures were refused by the
library’s Board of Trustees, as the
administration argued that the private funding brought in through the
Library Foundation were not open
to City audit. As the board debated
what to do with its embattled leader,
Borough President Melinda Katz,
who joined in on the calls for more
transparency within the library, began to act. Over the summer, Katz
and Mayor Bill de Blasio removed
eight members of the Board of Trustees, specifically the eight who voted
to oppose cooperation with an audit from Comptroller Scott Stringer,
and began to fill the board with new
members.
In September, with new board
members in place, the board voted
to put Galante on a paid leave while
an internal investigation took place,
placing Bridget Quinn Carey in as
interim president and CEO. That investigation culminated in a meeting
earlier this month, where the board
voted to cut all ties with Galante,
while refusing him his severance
package.
While the library went through
a number of public relations headaches in 2014, the institution continued to expand its educational
programming and announced in the
fall that it was boosting its workforce
by adding 50 unionized positions.
Quinn Carey also announced in December that many library
branches would offer
expanded hours in
2015.
City Clashes
Over Cove
While a number
of developments are
planned for Queens
over the next few
years, no proposal
seemed to create
a buzz as much as
the planned Astoria
Cove development in
Former Queens Library President and CEO Western Queens.
Seen as a trial
Thomas Galante.
ImAGE COurTEsy OF sTudIO V ArChITECTurE
A rendering of the
development planned
for Astoria Cove,
which the City approved in November
(above).
balloon for Mayor Bill de
Blasio’s push for more
affordable housing in
the City, the proposed
1,700-unit
residential
development had both
vocal support and opposition from different Protestors gather outside the emergency
sides for the majority of homeless shelter at the Pam Am hotel on
its negotiations. While Queens Boulevard.
developers heralded the
project as a transformative project the shelters, local residents took to
for Western Queens, many oppo- protest over the summer, in demonnents argued that the development strations that took an ugly turn. As
would not offer enough affordable officials ostensibly gathered to prohousing and offered concerns that test the lack of notice, others orgathere had not been agreements to nized to vocalize a certain amount
of contempt for those in need of the
hire union workers.
While the Mayor touted the proj- shelter.
As residents continued to express
ect, many Queens officials did not
share his vision. Borough President outrage over the shelters, DHS atMelinda Katz recommended against tempted to quell any problems, notit, as did Councilman Costa Con- ing that they would give a week’s
stantinides (D-Astoria) and Commu- notice when possible in establishing
a new shelter.
nity Board 1.
A third possible shelter site, this
As the debate continued and a
City Council vote approached, ne- one on Cooper Avenue in Glendale,
gotiations between local officials had officials arguing that the site was
and 2030 Astoria Developers, with not suitable for a shelter because
Alma Realty as a lead investor, in- of potential environmental hazards
tensified. Before the vote took place, combined with a lack of infrastruca deal was reached to increase the ture for 125 shelter residents.
amount of affordable housing available from 20 to 27 percent, along
with a guarantee that union labor
would be employed at Astoria cove.
The City Council approved the
project in November.
Residents Protest
New Shelters
Two emergency shelters that
opened in Western Queens garnered significant protest in 2014,
while other proposals throughout
the Borough faced their own challenges.
With the City’s homeless population continuing to grow, the Dept.
of Homeless Services opened two
emergency shelters in Queens –
one at the Westway Motel on Astoria
Boulevard and another at the PanAm Hotel on Queens Boulevard. As
City Council officials argued that
they were not properly notified of
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maica offices in September 1982,
few would probably imagine that 30
years later, the building would sit
about half-empty, with many floors
used simply for storage.
In the spring, a report surfaced
explaining that six of the building’s
11 floors were empty, and the building housed about half of the 3,000person capacity expected 30 years
ago.
In October, officials in Jamaica,
led by U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks
(D-Jamaica), met to discuss plans
to more efficiently utilize the empty
space at the Joseph P. Addabbo
Federal Building, which saw a number of jobs eliminated through staff
attrition, layoffs and transfers over
the years.
Officials noted that space would
be offered to other Federal agencies
before offering space to State and
City departments. A last step would
be to lease out space to private entities, but with the sensitive information housed in the building, officials
agreed that private partnerships
could prove problematic.
Contentious Elections
While there were very few contested local elections in 2014, two
Democratic primaries for State Senate seats became as hotly contested
as many national General Elections.
One race featured an incumbent
who joined the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, while
the incumbent in the other awaits
trial for his participation in a scheme
to get himself on the Mayoral ticket
as a Republican in 2013.
State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) has never been one to toe the
party line, but still, many were surprised to learn that he was joining
the IDC earlier this year. His decision to defect from caucusing with Democrats set off
a firestorm of potential opponents, before the Queens
Democratic Party settled
on former City Councilman,
City Comptroller and Mayoral hopeful John Liu.
Liu hoped to galvanize
State Senate District 11
Democrats under the idea
that Avella had betrayed
them by joining the IDC.
Avella, on the other hand,
touted all the things he had
done for the district and focused on his years of service to his constituents. In
the end, Liu conceded the
close September primary and Avella
went on to win another term in November.
Another closely-watched State
Senate race in Queens saw embattled Senator Malcolm Smith,
who is awaiting trial on charges that
he attempted to bribe his way onto
the Mayoral ticket in 2013, attempt
to defend his seat against former
Councilman Leroy Comrie, who had
been serving as Deputy Borough
President since leaving office.
Comrie won a decisive victory in
September and was unopposed in
the November General Election. The
State Senator-elect will take office in
January.
Smith had his court case pushed
back until after the New Year when
State Sen.-elect Leroy Comrie thanked his supporters as he entered
his victory party the night of the Primary election in September.
Assemblyman
Phillip
Goldfeder (above) is
advocating for the reactivation of the LIRR
Rockaway Beach line in
Central Queens. However, a plan to create the
Queensway, a pedestrian/bike path (left), in its
place is also popular.
attorneys argued that a series of
documents in Yiddish needed to be
translated before the trial could begin. Another defendant in the trial,
former Councilman Dan Halloran,
decided to continue with his case
and was found guilty in his role in
the political corruption scheme. Halloran is scheduled to be sentenced
in January, although the former
councilman has said he plans to appeal the decision.
Parks Or Public
Transit Debated
As transit advocates continue
to push for more options to get
around the Borough, a vacant 3.5mile stretch of land that runs north
to south in Central Queens has become a staging ground for a debate
over the needs for transportation or
more public parkland.
The deactivated Long Island Rail
Road Rockaway Beach line has
several proposals for its use on the
table, with Central Queens officials
pushing for the QueensWay, a Borough take on Manhattan’s Highline.
Southern Queens officials, on the
other hand, are pushing to reactivate the line to provide better public transportation options in an area
where they are scarce.
Results of a survey released in
November showed that residents
were split on the idea, with many
who live along the line concerned
with potential noise and a loss in
property value.
Reactivating the LIRR line would cost
$700 million, while the QueensWay
would cost $120 million.
QueensWay supporters announced earlier this month
that the City’s Regional Economic Development Council
had given the idea a second
grant, roughly $443,000, to
help defer costs of the design phase
for the QueensWay, although no
decision has yet been made on the
eventual fate of the rail line.
Astoria’s New Arts
District
With a number of high-profile
television shows and movies filming in Queens, along with a growing
art and music scene, Astoria has
quickly established itself as a force
in entertainment.
That stature was cemented in the
spring, when the new Kaufman Arts
District was announced.
Coming on the heels of the expansion of Kaufman Astoria Studios,
the new arts district was created to
advance and promote the area as
a world-class cultural destination
and a home for creative industries.
The new district runs from Steinway
Street to 31st Street, between 34th
and 37th Avenues. Within the newly created arts district is Kaufman
Studios, along with the Museum of
the Moving Image and the Queens
Council on the Arts offices.
A news arts district was created
in Astoria, encompassing Kaufman Astoria Studios.
Holiday Greetings From The Queens Tribune
PIX
Some highlights from the Queens Tribune’s annual holiday party, held on Dec. 16 at
Douglaston Manor. Photos by Bruce Adler.
LEISURE
Magician To Appear On ‘Worst Cooks’ Show
By JoE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Michael “Six” Muldoon may
dazzle audiences with his magic
tricks, but his cooking leaves
something to be desired.
“In magic, a lot of sleight of
hand revolves around a dozen
or so essential moves,” he said.
“I think cooking is a lot of the
same, and once you have a
grip on the essentials that are
needed, then you can begin to
explore with your food. I think I
was exploring way too soon!”
The Ridgewood magician
will get some training when
he appears on the latest season
of “Worst Cooks in America.”
Hosted by chefs Tyler Florence
and Anne Burrell, the show
puts its contestants through an
eight-week culinary boot camp,
with a final challenge to cook a
restaurant-quality three-course
meal for food critics.
Muldoon was nominated
by his brother Kevin, who has
a bet going with his brother. If
Muldoon manages to cook a
decent meal, Kevin will learn
a magic trick or two.
The magician said that
while it was difficult to drop
out of his life to attend the
culinary boot camp of the
show, he enjoyed the overall
experience.
“It was amazing! I learned
so much and met some incredible people,” he said. “It is a
very busy schedule, so I was
up early and in bed late, with
a lot of interviews, tutorials
from the chefs and sporadic
down time.”
While cooking may be
tricky for Muldoon, he certainly knows how to pull off
a magic trick. He has been
practicing magic for 15 years
and doing so professionally
for about eight years. He built
connections with other local
magicians, mainly at the Rogue
Magic and Funshop on Queens
Boulevard. The people he has
met, including Devonte Rosero,
Xavier Spade and James Gavin,
Michael Muldoon will
appear on “worst Cooks
in america.”
assisted him with his career.
“Xavier was challenging
me to explore magic more indepth than just a hobby or a
way to make money,” Muldoon
said. “That is around the time
I started creating magic tricks,
and for many years, that is
where my passion was, in the
creating end. Now, it’s a mix
High-End Spanish Cuisine
If you’re looking to get a
taste of Spanish cuisine with a
high-end dining experience,
then Marbella’s Restaurant in
Bayside is the place for you.
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and try
some of their delicious food
at their location at 220-33
Northern Blvd.
My sister and I ate four of
their dishes, two appetizers
and two dinner entrees.
We started with mushrooms topped with cheese as
well as mussels doused in a
white wine cream sauce. Both
starters were delicious, but I
enjoyed the mussels a little bit
more mainly due to the sauce
that came with it.
There was an abundance
of sauce available to pour on
the mussels to add even more
flavor. I even took part of the
mushrooms right next to it
and dipped that in the sauce
as well. The portions for the
appetizers were enough to
warm us up while waiting
for the main dishes, but not
enough to fill our stomachs,
which is a good thing. Sometimes restaurants serve a little
too much as an appetizer,
leaving less room for the
main meal.
REStaURant REvIEw
Marbella Restaurant
220-33 northern Blvd,
Bayside
718-423-0100
Credit Card: Yes
Hours: Monday through
thursday from 11a.m. to
11:30 p.m., and Friday and
Saturday from 11a.m. to
Midnight.
Marbella-restaurant.com
A short time after we finished the starters, the main
courses were brought to our
table. We had the Paella a
la Valenciana, which is rice
mixed with various seafood
including mussels, clams and
shrimp, chicken and sausage.
We also had the Pollo a La
Madrid, which is boneless
chicken dipped in an egg batter
and sautéed with lemon and
wine sauce.
The chicken was cooked
to perfection with a smooth
cut with every bite. The sauce
added flavor to the poultry but
not enough to overpower the
taste of the chicken, which is
a positive. It served as a nice
complement to the chicken.
My favorite part was without a doubt the paella. This
typical Spanish dish is a potpourri of food gathered on
one plate. You get delicious
yellow rice along with meats
and seafood that make the
paella such a recommended
dish when dining at a Spanish restaurant. Shrimp is
perhaps my favorite seafood
so that was without a doubt
my favorite part of the dish. I
wish there was more shrimp
on the plate but part of the
allure of paella is that you get
a small taste of many types of
food alongside the shrimp.
They also served a side of
yellow rice in case you want
to throw even more rice on
your plate.
Our stomachs were too
full for dessert, but I can say
for sure that the appetizer and
main courses are top notch at
Marbella. Combine that with
a nice and courteous staff
and you are in for a pleasant
time if you dine at Marbella.
I definitely recommend stopping by sometime.
- Luis Gronda
of creating, performing and
giving back.”
Giving back has become
a large part of Muldoon’s life,
through his association with
Magicians Without Borders.
Since 2002, this nonprofit has
traveled to more than 30 countries, using magic to entertain,
educate and empower. They
are also educating and training
children in other countries to
become magicians. Scholarship
funds help many of these children finish high school and go to
college or vocational schools.
“As they study magic, they
develop self-confidence, selfesteem, discipline, focus and
a sense of personal power,”
Muldoon said. “Through the
study of magic, dreams have
been awakened in these children and we are helping them
do the hard work to make these
dreams come true.”
The magician added that he
hopes he improves his cooking
abilities enough so he can cook
alongside Peter and Maricela,
two graduates of the Magicians
Without Borders program that
went to culinary school.
He also said he hopes the
show helps others realize that
it is okay to not be good at
something.
“It’s important to accept
what we don’t know, challenge ourselves to learn and
not worry what others may
think. If you can do all of that
while having fun, that is the
recipe for success,” he said.
“The world is endless and we
shouldn’t let anything stop us
from exploring and trying.”
“Worst Cooks in America”
premieres on the Food Network on Jan. 4 at 9 p.m. ET.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 125, jmarvilli@
queenstribune.com, or @Joe
Marvilli.
Baseball Con
Returns To Queens
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
The Queens Baseball Convention returns next month
and fans will get to meet two
New York Mets legends.
The second annual QBC
will be held once again on Jan.
10 at McFadden’s Citi Field
and some of its main attractions this year are former Mets
outfielder and first base coach
Mookie Wilson and former
Mets infielder and current
manager of the team’s top
minor league affiliate, the Las
Vegas 51’s, Wally Backman.
Wilson spent the majority
of his 11-year playing career
with the Mets and was part of
the 1986 World Series championship team. Wilson is most
known for hitting the ground
ball that famously slipped underneath Bill Buckner’s glove
during game six of that World
Series.
Backman was also a part of
that 1986 team, platooning at
second base and being one of
the table setters for the heart of
the batting order. Backman has
become a source of controversy
amongst Mets fans, with many
calling for Backman to replace
manager Terry Collins.
Shannon Prior, QBC organizer, said getting Wilson and
Backman is a big coup for the
convention and further establishes the event as a legitimate
event for baseball fans.
He said that last year was
about getting the convention
established and taken seriously
and this year is about building
off of last year’s success.
“When you do it a second
time, people who went last
year can tell others about their
experience,” Prior said. “There’s
also pictures on our website that
show what happened last year.”
Wilson and Backman are
both scheduled to take part in
a panel discussion as well as an
autograph session afterwards.
Other notables scheduled
to make an appearance include ESPN Mets reporter
Adam Rubin, who will moderate the Backman panel and
Josh Lewin, one of the team’s
television play-by-play announcers. Lewin will host
the Mazzy Awards, which are
various awards handed out at
the convention, including Mets
executive of the year.
Tickets are still on sale, but
more than halfway are sold,
Prior said. You can buy the
tickets online at queensbaseballconvention.com. Tickets
for the convention cost $35.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718)
357-7400, Ext. 127, lgronda@
queenstribune.com, or @luisgronda.
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Queens today
FRIDay 12/26
KwAnzAA BEGIns
A nIGHt of wHo Knows
wHAt
From 8 to 9:30 p.m. at
Q.E.D. Astoria, enjoy a
variety show hosted by
Jeremy Wein as part of the
monthly series “Undefined:
A Night of Who Knows
What.” Come see some of
the best stand-up comics, sketch and improv
groups, musicians and
other awesome weirdness come together right
before your eyes every
month. No two shows are
ever the same, you never
know who will show up.
‘fRozEn’
The Mitchell-Linden
Library will present a
free screening of “Frozen,” starting at 4 p.m. The
Disney film tells the story
of a fearless princess who
sets off on an epic journey
alongside a rugged iceman,
his loyal pet reindeer and a
naive snowman to find her
estranged sister, whose icy
powers have inadvertently
trapped the kingdom in
eternal winter. The library is
located at 31-32 Union St.
saTURDay 12/27
opEn HousE
Enjoy tours of the decorated
Adriance Farmhouse at the
Queens Farm Museum’s
annual Holiday Open
House. Kids
will enjoy
craft activities and all
visitors are
invited to
warm up with a cup of
freshly mulled cider. The
open house runs from noon
to 4 p.m. on Dec. 27 and 28.
tHE HAIYun CHoIR
This concert at Flushing
Library in celebration of
Christmas and New Year’s
will feature traditional
Christmas carols and
Chinese folk songs with
vocal solos and duets
and instrumental music.
It takes place in the lower
level auditorium, starting
at 1:30 p.m. The library is
located at 41-17 Main St.,
Flushing.
sUNDay 12/28
LIttLE CoCoA
Warm up indoors at the Hall
of Science as you explore
a variety of spices and
invent your own flavored
hot cocoa mix. This workshop is recommended for
children ages 18 months and
older and will be held in
the museum’s Maker Space.
Advance registration is recommended. The workshop,
which runs from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m., costs $8 per
family, plus museum admission. Call (718) 699-0005 to
learn more.
BIG CItY foLK sunDAY
soCIAL
Enjoy some live music
this Sunday at LIC Bar
from 5 to 7 p.m. Raphael
Shapiro kicks the night
off, followed by Don Paris
Schlotman and Jo Kroger.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
saTURDay 12/27
REMAKE tHE HoLIDAYs
Bend, twist, light, sculpt and
animate a new version of the
holiday season with workshops,
demos, artist installations and
more at the New York Hall of
Science.
ReMake the Holidays is
a response to increased
consumption and waste during
the holiday season and an
attempt to give people pause, inspiration and options to do things dif ferently,
while having fun.
This year’s event will focus on a dif ferent recyclable material each day, from Dec.
27 to Dec. 30. Activities are free with NYSCI admission, unless otherwise noted.
Visit nysci.org for the complete listing.
pagne starts flowing at 11
p.m. Tickets $25-$100 buy
you drink specials, party
favors, food and more. For
more information, call (718)
204-8313.
moNDay 12/29
tHE puLsE of KwAnzAA
Musician, poet and storyteller Atiba KwabenaWilson brings forth the
beauty and joyousness
of Kwanzaa in an uplifting
program of music, dance
and celebration. To the beat
of drums, you will learn the
significance of Nguzo Saba,
the seven life-affirming
principles of Kwanzaa, and
how they can guide you
throughout the year. The
event starts at 4 p.m. at
Pomonok Library, which is
located at 158-21 Jewel Ave.
HootEnAnnY
Join the monthly hootenanny held at Queens
Tavern in Ridgewood!
Come on down to the
Ridgewood watering hole
for drinks, music and much
more. The bar is located at
6869 Fresh Pond Road. The
party begins at 9 p.m.
nEw YEAR’s ConCERt
to take home. Attendees
will decorate fruits
with fragrant spices
and beautiful ribbons.
Enjoy a cup of cocoa after
the workshop. Come savor
some old-fashioned hospitality. There is a suggested
donation of $5. The event
runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum is located at
149-19 38th Ave., Flushing.
Call (718) 359-6227 to learn
more.
WEDNEsDay 12/31
nEw YEAR’s EvE
BALLRooM DAnCInG
tIffAnY CAnDLE LIGHts
The Queens Museum
invites children 5-12 and
their adult companions to
explore different works on
view each week through
a variety of fun hands-on
art making activities. This
time around, they will
create their own candle
holders and design the
outside with tissue collages inspired by the
Museum’s Tiffany Collections. Children with
special needs welcome,
adaptations available. No
fee or advance registration
required. The workshop runs
from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Ballroom dancing at the Forest Hills Library. Jing Chen
studied ballroom dance
at the school founded by
internationally acclaimed
dancers Mr. and Mrs. Lu
Ming Da. Mr. Chen is a
skilled instructor who will
give lessons in ballroom
basics for beginners and
offer training for more
advanced students. The
session runs for one hour
from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30
p.m.
TUEsDay 12/30
CoCoA & poMAnDERs
Join the Voelker Orth Museum in making pomanders
Countdown to 2015 on
the 3rd floor Central
Park level with performances by Noel, top
‘80s tribute band White
Wedding and Vincent
Pastore of The Sopranos.
Tickets are $40 and include
party favors, photo booth
pictures and a champagne
toast. Ring in the New Year
at Bar 360 underneath the
biggest TV in Queens. The
party at Resorts World Casino begins at 9 p.m.
wu-tAnG CLAn
Spend New Year’s Eve
celebrating the Wu-Tang
Clan at a Dec. 31 edition
of Wu Wednesdays. There
will be a DJ spinning all Wu
Tang all night. There will be
a drink special and Wu Tang
Kung Fu movies playing on
the big screen. The celebration begins at 9 p.m.
THURsDay 1/1
nEw YEAR’s DAY
EnDLEss CHAMpAGnE
Astoria’s Pop Bar is ringing in the New Year in
style with endless champagne!
Dress to impress and
bring your friends to
watch the ball drop
live on the projector. Doors open
at 9 p.m., complimentary cham-
Got EvEnts?
send all information to
[email protected]
or mail to: 150-50 14th Rd.,
Whitestone, Ny 11357
Queens today
SENIORS....................
Senior FitneSS
Mondays and Wednesdays
@ 10 a.m. CityParks Senior
Fitness Tennis, Astoria
Park, 21st Street and Hoyt
Avenue South.
Mondays and Wednesdays
Fitness Tennis, Flushing
Meadows Corona Park.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Fitness Tennis, Cunningham Park.
aFitness Yoga, Roy Wilkins
Park.
Tuesdays and Thursdays @
10 a.m. CityParks Senior
Fitness Yoga, Cunningham
Park.
@ 10 a.m. CityParks
Senior Fitness Tennis, Roy
Wilkins Park.
Dance Party
Tuesdays @ Noon Howard
Beach Senior Center, 15555 Crossbay Blvd., Howard
Beach. 718-738-8100.
Staywell
Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m.
East Elmhurst Library,
95-06 Astoria Blvd. 718424-2619.
art claSSeS
Thursdays @ 9:30 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. Howard Beach
Senior Center, 155-55
CrossBay Blvd., Howard
Beach. 718-738-8100.
coPing with aging
Fridays @ 1 p.m. Kew Gardens Community Center,
80-02 Kew Gardens Road,
Suite 202, Kew Gardens.
Senior theater
Dec. 26 @ 11 a.m. Queens
Village Library, 94-11
217th St. 718-776-6800.
cOmputERS............
Queens Library offers
a number of classes for
individuals. For information or to register, visit
jobmap.queenslibrary.org
or call 718-990-8625.
comPuterS For BeginnerS
Dec. 30 @ 11 a.m.
Rosedale Library, 144-20
243rd St. 718-528-8490.
tEENS & KIDS......
laPtoPS For homework
Weekdays @ 3 p.m.
Laurelton Library, 134-26
225th St. 718-528-2822.
homework Zone
Weekdays @ 3:30 p.m. For
ages 12 and under. Central
Library, 89-11 Merrick
Blvd. 718-990-0778.
homework helP
Weekdays @ 3:30 p.m.
Poppenhusen Library, 12123 14th Ave. 718-359-1102.
FBla
Weekdays @ 4 p.m.
225th St. 718-528-2822.
gameS galore
Fridays @ 3 p.m. Board
and console games for ages
8 and up. Queensboro Hill
Library, 60-05 Main St.
718-359-8332.
Picture Book time
Dec. 27 @ 10:30 a.m. For
children 5 and younger.
Ridgewood Library, 20-12
Madison St. 718-821-4770.
Dec. 31 @ 11:30 a.m. For
children 5 and younger.
Richmond Hill Library,
118-14 Hillside Ave. 718849-7150.
SaturDay Science
laB
Dec. 27 @ 11:15 a.m. Central Library, 89-11 Merrick
Blvd. 718-990-0778.
toDDler time
Dec. 29 @ 11:30 a.m. For
ages 2-5. South Jamaica
Library, 108-41 Guy R.
Brewer Blvd. 718-739-4088.
origami
Dec. 29 @ 4:30 p.m.
225th St. 718-528-2822.
cheSS cluB
Dec. 29 @ 6 p.m. Teens
play with kids in grades
3-8. Bayside Library, 21420 Northern Blvd. 718-2291834.
animal care cluB
Dec. 30 @ 10 a.m. For
ages 8-12 $21. Alley Pond
Environmental Center,
228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. 718-229-4000.
Registration required at
alleypond.com.
winter wilDliFe
Dec. 30 @ 10 a.m. For
ages 3-7. $21 Alley Pond
Environmental Center,
228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston. 718-229-4000.
Registration required at
alleypond.com.
Book BuDDieS
Dec. 30 @ 3 p.m. Ridgewood Library, 20-12 Madison St. 718-821-4770.
Juggling cluB
Dec. 30 @ 4 p.m. Laurelton Library, 134-26 225th
St. 718-528-2822.
aFternoon craFt
time
Dec. 30 @ 4 p.m. For
Grades 3-8. South Ozone
Park Library, 128-16 Rockaway Blvd. 718-528-1660.
SPortS cluB
Dec. 30 @ 4:30 p.m.
225th St. 718-528-2822.
reaDing For SucceSS
St. 718-528-2822.
BooSt craFt hour
Dec. 31 @ 4 p.m. For
children in grades 1-6.
Rochdale Village Library,
169-09 137th Ave. 718-7234440.
comicS cluB
St. 718-528-2822.
tgiF gameS
Jan. 2 @ 3 p.m. Hillcrest
Library, 187-05 Union
Tpke. 718-454-2786.
teen haPPy hour
Jan. 2 @ 4 p.m. Flushing
Library, 41-17 Main St.
718-661-1200.
lanyarD cluB
Jan. 2 @ 4:30 p.m. Richmond Hill Library, 118-14
Hillside Ave. 718-849-7150.
ENtERtAINmENt..
Bingo
Tuesdays @ 6 p.m. Rego
Park Jewish Center, 97-30
Queens Blvd., Rego Park.
718-459-1000.
cheSS cluB
Dec. 26 @ 3:30 p.m.
Auburndale Library, 25-55
Francis Lewis Blvd. 718352-2027.
Dec. 29 @ 5:30 p.m.
Queens Village Library,
94-11 217th St. 718-7766800.
ScraBBle cluB
Dec. 26 @ Noon. Whitestone Library, 151-10 14th
Road. 718-767-8010.
Dec. 30 @ 2 p.m. Fresh
Meadows Library, 193-20
Horace Harding Expy. 718454-7272.
Dec. 30 @ 3:30 p.m. East
Flushing Library, 196-36
Northern Blvd. 718-3576643.
holiDay Party
Dec. 28 @ 2:30 p.m.
Hosted by Latin American Cultural Center
of Queens. El Paraiso
Tropical, 102-11 42nd Ave.,
Corona. 718-261-7664 or
[email protected].
holiDay/BirthDay
Party
Dec. 29 @ 1 p.m. Kew Gardens Community Center,
80-02 Kew Gardens Road,
Suite 202, Kew Gardens.
movie matinee
Dec. 30 @ 1 p.m. “New
Year’s Eve” Kew Gardens
Community Center, 80-02
Kew Gardens Road, Suite
202, Kew Gardens.
movie
Jan. 2 @ 3 p.m. “Guardians of the Galaxy” Glen
Oaks Library, 256-04
Union Tpke. 718-8318636.
hart & Soul
Jan. 4 @ 3 p.m. Sunday
Concerts @ Central. Central Library, 89-11 Merrick
Blvd. 718-990-0778.
JaZZ clinic
Jan. 7 @ 6 p.m. Charles
Mingus and his Bluesy
Roots. Flushing Town
Hall, 137-35 Northern
Blvd., Flushing. 718-4637700, Ext. 222.
monthly JaZZ Jam
Jan. 7 @ 7 p.m. $10, free
for performers, members
and students. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35
Northern Blvd., Flushing.
718-463-7700, Ext. 222.
talking BaSeBall
Jan. 10 @ 9 a.m. With
NY Met legend Mookie
Wilson. $25/$15 Martin
Luther School, 60-02
Maspeth Ave., Maspeth.
718-894-4000
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31-72 CRESCENT ST., LLC, a
domestic LLC, filed with the
SSNY on 10/21/14. Office
SSNY is designated as agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
The LLC, 31-72 Crescent St.,
Astoria, NY 11106. General
Purposes.
________________________
FOAD FARIDZADEH, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of
State (SSNY) 7/24/14. Office
in Queens Co. SSNY design.
Agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to
the Registered Agent: United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc. 7014 13th Ave Ste. 202
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
________________________
37-15 54TH AVENUE LLC,
a domestic LLC, currently
known as 37-15 12TH STREET
LLC, filed with the SSNY on
8/19/14. Office location:
Queens County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to The LLC,
37-15 12th St., Long Island
City, NY 11101. General
Purposes.
________________________
40 SPMM LLC, Arts. of
Org. filed with the SSNY
on 06/19/2014. Office loc:
Queens County. SSNY has
been designated as agent
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: 37-20
Broadway, 2nd Fl, Astoria, NY
11103. Purpose: Any Lawful
Purpose.
________________________
SGS REALTY HOLDINGS
LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with
the SSNY on 10/22/2014.
Office loc: Queens County.
as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giuseppe Cangialosi
and Cinza Cangialosi, 151-46
19th Ave, Whitestone, NY
11357. Purpose: Any Lawful
Purpose.
________________________
East Sunrise Realty LLC. Arts
of Org filed with Secy. of State
Office in Queens Co. SSNY
desig. agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served & shall mail process
to 33-38 Farrington St. Ste 3C,
Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose:
General.
________________________
NINI’S PROPERTIES LLC.
Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC).
filed with Secretary of State
of New York (SSNY) on
10/29/14. NY office location:
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The
post office address to which
the SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process against the LLC
served upon him/her is Yi
Mei Ni, 137-14 88th Street,
Ozone Park, NY 11417. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
________________________
SEA SALT SWEETS, LLC, a
in Queens County. SSNY is
designated as agent of LLC
it may be served & shall
mail process to C/O United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite
202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.
Purpose: General.
________________________
F&P MAINTENANCE LLC, a
SSNY is designated as agent
shall mail process to The LLC,
65-51 Fresh Meadow Ln.,
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365.
General Purposes.
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places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained;
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
OF QUEENS COUNTY A petition having been duly filed
by WINIFRED JACOBS and
JEANETTE JACOBS, who are
domiciled at 215-51 113th
Drive, Queens Village, NY
11429 YOU ARE HEREBY
CITED TO SHOW CAUSE
before the Surrogate’s Court,
Queens County, at 88-11
Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, New
York, on January 22, 2015 at
9:30 o’clock in the forenoon
of that day, why a decree
should not be made in the estate of DOLORES PREUSCH
KILGORE a/k/a DOLORES
MARIE KILGORE a/k/a DOLORES M. KILGORE a/k/a
DOLORES KILGORE lately
domiciled at 216-51 113th
Drive, Queens Village, NY
11429 admitting to probate
a Will dated August 15, 2004,
a copy of which is attached,
as the Will of DOLORES
PREUSCH KILGORE a/k/a
DOLORES MARIE KILGORE a/k/a DOLORES M.
KILGORE, deceased, relating
to real and personal property,
and directing that Letters of
Administration c.t.a. issue
to WINIFRED JACOBS and
JEANETTE JACOBS Dated,
Attested and Sealed NOV 25
2014 HON. PETER J. KELLY
Surrogate MARGARET M.
GRIBBON Chief Clerk MADELYNN R. MASON Attorney
for Petitioner (516) 742-0009
Telephone Number 377 Oak
Street, Suite 210, Garden
City, New York 11530 Address of Attorney [NOTE: This
citation is served upon you as
required by law. You are not
required to appear. If you fail
to appear it will be assumed
you do not object to the relief
requested. You have a right
to have an attorney appear
for you.]
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
of ETV TECH LLC. Articles of
Organization filed with the
Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
On October 29, 2014 Office
in NY Queens County. SSNY
designated as Agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail
process to 202-07 34th Ave
Bayside NY 11361 Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of formation of KJ
ENTERPRISE NY, LLC. Articles
of organization filed with the
Secretary of State of N.Y.
location: Nassau County.
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to the LLC, 3444 82nd st APT 4B, Jackson
Heights NY 11372. Purpose:
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ANDREW
WITKOWSKI LLC. Articles of
organization were filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 09/23/2014.
Office location: Queens
County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
it maybe be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of process
to Andrew Witkowski LLC,
64-13 68th Ave, Ridgewood,
NY 11385. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
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Notice is hereby given that a
license, number 1267721 for
class change to full liquor license has been applied for by
COFFEED CORPORATION
doing business as COFFEED
to sell beer, wine and liquor at
retail in a café under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
at 37-18 Northern Blvd, Long
Island City, NY 11101 for on
premises consumption.
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At an IAS Term, Part 19 of the
Supreme Court of the State
of New York, held in and
for the County of Queens,
at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard,
Jamaica, New York, on the
26th day of November 2014.
INDEX NO. 16159-14 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
A MORTGAGE SHOULD
NOT BE DISCHARGED
OF RECORD SEQUENCE
NO. 1 HON. ROBERT L.
NAHMAN, Justice In the
Matter of the Application
of ALICIA AGUILERA, Petitioner, -against- REGISTER OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
QUEENS COUNTY AND
SECURITY PACIFIC REALTY
CORP., Respondents. Upon
the annexed petition of Alicia
Aguilera, dated the 28th day
of August 2014, and the affirmation of Beverly Scotman,
Esq., affirmed on October 24,
2014, an official search of the
Register of the City of New
York, County of Queens, City
and State of New York, dated
the 30th day of August 2013,
and all other exhibits attached
hereto, LET the Register of
the City of New York, and
all other persons interested
show cause at the CMP of this
Court to be held in and for
the County of Queens in the
Courthouse, located at 88-11
Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica in the
Borough of Queens, City and
State of New York, on the
8th day of January 2015, at
2:15pm o’clock in the forenoon of that day or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be
heard, WHY an order should
not be made herein discharging of record a certain
mortgage in the amount of
Ten Thousand ($10,000.00)
Dollars dated 23rd day of July
1990 between Dorothy Williams, mortgagor, and Radcliff
Resources, Inc., mortgagee,
which said mortgage was
recorded in the Register’s Office of the County of Queens,
on August 13, 1990 in Reel
3043 of mortgages, Page
1829-1830 of the mortgages
and assigned on 25th day of
July 1990 to Security Pacific
Realty Corp., and recorded
on August 13, 1990 in Reel
3043 of mortgages, Page
1831-1832, which mortgage
has not been further assigned,
and said mortgage now an encumbrance on said premises
designated as Lot 56 in Block
12912, on the Land Map
of the County of Queens,
and commonly known and
referred to as 130-16 234
Place, Rosedale, NY 11422.
LET service of this order, together with the petition upon
which the same is based, be
made on or before the 8th
day of December, 2014,
upon the Register of the City
of New York, and personally
delivering to said Register
a copy of said Petition and
Order to Show Cause and
upon Security Pacific Realty
Corp., by publication of said
Order to Show Cause in
the Queens Tribune commencing during the week of
December 8, 2014, and let
said service upon all of the
foregoing be deemed good
and sufficient service thereof.
ENTER, J.S.C. FILED NOV
28 2014 COUNTY CLERK
QUEENS COUNTY
________________________
Notice of Formation, The
Middle Way F8 LLC. Articles
of Org. filed with Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
11/18/2014. Office location:
Queens County. SSNY designated for service of process.
SSNY shall mail copies of
any process served against
the LLC to The LLC, 33-19
Prince Street, Flushing, NY
11354. Purpose: any lawful
purpose or activity.
________________________
Black Stag Group, LLC filed
Articles of Organization with
the SSNY on 2/26/14. Office
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to Black Stag Group,
460 Park Avenue South,
12th Floor, New York, NY
purpose.
________________________
ALL MANHATTAN 21 LLC,
Arts. of Org. filed with the
loc: Queens County. SSNY
has been designated as agent
shall mail process to: The LLC,
86-72 77th St., #2, Woodhaven, NY 11421. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
PROBATE CITATION File
No. 2013-2329 SURROGATE’S COURT – QUEENS
COUNTY CITATION THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, By the Grace
of God Free and Independent TO WILLIAM FELLMANN, GLADYS CUTRONE,
ROY FELLMANN, WILLIAM
GALBRAITH and ALBERT
NIEDZWIESKI, if living and
if dead, to his heirs at law,
next of kin and distributes
whose names and places
of residence are unknown
and if he died subsequent
to the Decedent herein, to
his executors, administrators,
legatees, devisees, assignees
and successors in interest
whose names and places
and to all other heirs at law,
next of kin and distributes of
DOLORES PREUSCH KILGORE a/k/a DOLORES MARIE
M. KILGORE a/k/a DOLORES KILGORE, the Decedent
herein, whose names and
You Can E-Mail
Your Legal Copy to:
[email protected]
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK –
COUNTY OF QUEENS INDEX #702509/14 FILED:
12/04/2014 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates
Queens County as the place
of trial. Venue is based upon
the County in which the
mortgage premise is situated.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
UNDER SECURITIZATION
SERVICING AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 1,
2006 STRUCTURED ASSET
SECURITIES CORPOR ATION MORTGAGE-PASS
THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-W1, Plaintiff(s),
against CHERYL SANG, if
living, and if any be dead,
their respective heirs-at-law,
next of kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and
successors in interest, and
generally all persons having
or claiming under, by or
through said defendants who
may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien, or
otherwise, any right, title or
interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein; CHRISTIAN
CRUZ A/K/A CRISTIAN
CRUZ, if living, and if any be
dead, their respective heirsat-law, next of kin, distributes,
executors, administrators,
trustees, devisees, legatees,
assignees, lienors, creditors
and successors in interest,
and generally all persons
having or claiming under, by
or through said defendants
who may be deceased, by
purchase, inheritance, lien,
or otherwise, any right, title
or interest in and to premises
described in the complaint
herein, NEW YORK CITY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD, CAPITAL
ONE BANK (USA), N.A.,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC
REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC. AS NOMINEE FOR
WILMINGTON FINANCE
INC, NEW YORK STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE,
“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, Defendant(s). TO
THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 ATTORNEYS FOR THE
MORTGAGE COMPANY
WHO FILED THIS FORECLO-
SURE 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 YOU CASE
IS PENDING FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON HOW
TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTEC T
YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR
MORTGAGE COMPANY
WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU
MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY
FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND
FILING THE ANSWER WITH
THE COURT. YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the complaint in this
action and to serve a copy of
your answer, or, if the complaint is not serviced with this
summons, to serve a notice
of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days
after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of
service (or within 30 days
after the service is complete
if this summons is not personally delivered to you within
the State of New York); The
United States of America, if
designated as a Defendant in
this action, may appear
within (60) days of service
thereof 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 captioned action
is to foreclose on a mortgage
dated April 26, 2006, executed by CHERYL SANG AND
CHRISTIAN CRUZ A/K/A
CRISTIAN CRUZ to WILMINGTON FINANCE, INC., to
securethesumof$492,080.00
and recorded in Document
2006000277482, in the Office of the CLERK of the
County of QUEENS on May
18, 2006, which mortgage
was assigned to U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE UNDER SECURITIZATION SERVICING
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF
AUGUST 1, 2006 STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES
CORPOR ATION MORTGAGE-PASS THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006W1, by assignment of mortgage which is dated February
12, 2014, covering premises
known as 110-15 107th
Street, Ozone Park, NY
11417, (Block 11482 and Lot
29). The relief sought in the
within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the
premises described above to
satisfy the debt described
above. To the above named
Defendants: The foregoing
summons is served upon you
by publication pursuant to an
order of the Hon. Howard G.
Lane, Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State of New
York, and filed along with the
supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the
County of Queens on November 21, 2014. This is an
action to foreclose on a
mortgage. ALL that certain
plot, piece or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in
Borough and Count y of
Queens, City and State of
New York. Block 11482 and
Lot 29 said premises known
as 110-15 107th Street,
Ozone Park, NY 11417. YOU
ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
By reason of the default in
the payment of the monthly
installment of principal and
interest, among other things,
as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of
the aforementioned note and
mortgage, or their agents
have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and
declare the entire mortgage
indebtedness immediately
due and payable. The following amounts are now due and
owing on said mortgage, no
part of any of which has been
paid although duly demanded: The entire unpaid principal balance of $492,069.09
to be immediately due and
payable under the mortgage
herein foreclosed, plus interest at the rate calculated in
accordance with the provisions of the note from August
1, 2007, together with unpaid
late charges in the amount of
$369.06 that have accrued
prior to this action as of
January 10, 2014. UNLESS
YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY
PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER
YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF
THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY
PORTION THEREOF, IS
DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR
JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU
AND A COPY OF SUCH
VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO
YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT
COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN
REQUEST, WITHIN SAID
THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD,
THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU
WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE
RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
FROM THE UNITED STATES
BANKRUPTC Y COURT,
YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS
OWED TO PL AINTIFF/
CREDITOR AND THIS NO-
TICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR
COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE
New York State requires that
we send you this notice about
the foreclosure process.
Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
You are in danger of losing
your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and
complaint in this foreclosure
action, you may lose your
home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or
your local legal aid office to
obtain advice on how to
protect yourself. SOURCES
OF INFORMATION AND
ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options
in foreclosure. In addition to
seeking assistance from an
attorney or legal aid, there
are government agencies,
and non-profit organizations
that you may contact for information about possible
options, including trying to
work with your lender during
this process. To locate an
entity near you, you may call
the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state
Banking Department at
1-877-Bank-NYS or visit the
Department’s website at
www.banking.state.ny.us
FORECLOSURE RESCUE
SCAMS Be careful of people
who approach you with offers
to “save” your home. There
are individuals who watch for
notices of foreclosure actions
in order to unfairly profit from
a homeowner’s distress. You
should be extremely careful
about any such promises and
any suggestions that you pay
them a fee or sign over your
deed. State law requires
anyone offering such services
for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the
services they will perform and
fees they will charge, and
which prohibits them from
taking any money from you
until they have completed all
such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE
IN DANGER OF LOSING
YOUR HOME If you do not
respond to this summons and
complaint by serving the
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 may
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 AN ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. Leopold
& Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 301,
Armonk, NY 10504
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QUEENS
INDEX
NO.:22866/2012- SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff Designates QUEENS
County as the place of trial
based upon the location of
the premises herein described having tax map Block
10933, Lot 62 Saint Albans,
NY, County of QUEENS
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS
INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR
NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2005-3,
Plaintiff, -against- MILDRED
MAYFIELD, if living, and if
either be dead, any and all
persons unknown to plaintiff,
claiming, or who may claim to
have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the
real property described in
this action; such unknown
persons being herein generally described and intended
to be included in the following designation, namely:
the wife, widow, husband,
widower, heirs-at-law, next
of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees,
legatees, creditors, trustees,
committees, lienors, and
assignees of such deceased,
any and all persons deriving
interest in or lien upon, or
title to said real property
by, through, or under them
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, ERIC
BELL AMY, THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA – INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE, and
“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, Defendant(s).
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
the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service
(or within 30 days after the
service is complete if this
summons is not personally
delivered to you within the
State of New York); and in
case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be
for the relief demanded
in the complaint. NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF
LOSING YOUR HOME If
you do not respond to this
Summons and Complaint
by serving a copy of the
answer on the attorney for
the mortgage company who
filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing
the answer with the court,
a default judgment may be
entered against you 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 To the
above named defendants:
The foregoing summons is
served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of
the Hon. Leonard Livote, a
Justice of the Supreme Court,
State of New York, dated
October 27, 2014 and filed
with the QUEENS County
Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This
is an action to foreclosure a
mortgage held by Plaintiff on
the premises known as Block
10933, Lot 62, St. Albans,
NY, County of QUEENS, as
described in the complaint
on file and commonly known
as 109-21 196th Street, Saint
Albans, NY 11412. Dated:
Syosset, New York October
14, 2014 Peter T. Roach, P.C.
Attorney for Plaintiff 125 Michael Drive, Suite 105, Syosset, NY 11791 516-938-3100
P#1121489 12/4, 12/11,
12/18, 12/25/2014
________________________
Notice of formation of W 36
Troutman LLC. Articles of Org.
State of New York (SSNY) on
11/25/2014. Office located
in Queens county. SSNY has
been designated for service
of process. SSNY shall mail
against the LLC to: Ridgewood Realty Group LLC, 451
Seneca Ave., Ridgewood, NY
activity or purpose.
________________________
You Can E-Mail
Your Legal Copy to:
[email protected]
QUEENS FOCUS
During a recent ceremony at the
Scholastic Auditorium in Lower Manhattan, Central Queens Academy
Charter School in Elmhurst was honored as a Rising Star by the New York
Blackboard Awards Program. CQA is
one of the first charters in New York
City to offer an admissions preference
to ELL students.
Eunice-Rose Soljour of Queens
Village participated as a phoneathon
caller during the fall 2014 semester at
SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.
Feast Of Our Lady Of
Guadalupe
The Rev. Carlos Velasquez, from Catholic Church of St. Sebastian
in Woodside, celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with
students, staff and faculty of Holy Cross High School in Flushing
on Dec. 12.
Candace Burton, a Flushing native
and senior sport management major
in the School of Health Sciences and
Human Performance at Ithaca College, is the recipient of the Phi Kappa
Phi John Harcourt Presidential Scholar Award.
The New York Army National
Guard has announced the recent reen-
listment of members in recognition of
their continuing commitment to serve
community, state and nation.
Sergeant First Class Francisco Colomer of Jackson Heights has reenlisted to continue service with the 133rd
Quartermaster Support Company.
Sergeant Melba Rosendo of Corona has reenlisted to continue service
with the Company A, 101st Signal Battalion.
Specialist Herbert Tudor of
Queens Village has reenlisted to continue service with the 133rd Quartermaster Support Company.
Private First Class Jean Joseph of
Cambria Heights has reenlisted to
continue service with the Company A,
101st Signal Battalion.
Specialist Shaquan Joiner of
Cambria Heights has reenlisted to
continue service with the Company
G (Forward Support Company Field
Artillery), 427th Brigade Support
Battalion.
LEGAL NOTICE
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NOTICE OF SALE SU¬PREME
CO U R T CO U N T Y O F
QUEENS MorEquity, Inc.,
Plaintiff, against Lorna A. Gilbert a/k/a Lorna Gil¬bert; William A. Gilbert, III a/k/a William A. Gilbert a/k/a William
Gilbert; et al, Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of
Foreclosure and Sale duly
dated October 3, 2013 I,
the undersigned Referee will
sell at pub¬lic auction at the
Queens County Courthouse,
Court¬room #25, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New
York on January 30, 2015 at
10:00AM, premises known
as 115-45 198th Street, Saint
Albans, NY 11412 All that
certain plot piece or parcel
of land, with the buildings
and improvements erected,
situate, lying and being in
the Borough and County of
Queens, City and State of
New York, Block 11039 Lot
21. Approximate amount of
judgment $222,511.36 plus
interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to
pro¬visions of filed Judgment
Index# 21469/2012. Wyatt
N. Gibbons, Esq., Referee
Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC
Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff
175 Mile Crossing Boulevard,
Rochester, NY 14624 (877)
759-1835 Dated: December
10, 2014 1123053 1/1, 1/8,
1/15, 01/22/2015
________________________
Notice is hereby given that
an Order entered by the Civil
Court, Queens County on
OCT 20 2014 bearing Index
Number NC-000881-14/
QU, a copy of which may
be examined at the Office
of the Clerk, located at 89-17
Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,
NY 11435, grants me the
right to: Assume the name
of (First) Nazia (Last) Syeed
My present name is (First)
Nazia (Last) None aka Nazia
Syeed My present address is
137-14 Booth Memorial Ave,
2nd Fl, Flushing, NY 11355
My place of birth is Pakistan
My date of birth is November
27, 1995
________________________
Action for divorce: BYUNG
SOON KIM V. YOUNG
CHUL KIM You are hereby
summoned to answer the
complaint in this action and to
serve a copy of your answer,
or to serve a notice of appearance on plaintiff’s attorney
within thirty (30) days after
the publication and in case
of your failure to answerer
appear, judgment will be
for the relief demanded in the
notice set forth below in the
complaint. The object of this
action is to obtain a judgement of divorce dissolving the
marriage between the parties
on the grounds that are in accordance with Sub (2) of the
Sec 170 of the Domestic Relations law. Hong Kyung Choi,
Esq. Attorney for plaintiff
141-25 Northern Blvd. #A30,
Flushing, NY 11354
________________________
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT: QUEENS COUNTY.
NYCTL 2012-A TRUST AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON, AS COLLATERAL
AGENT AND CUSTODIAN
FOR NYCTL 2012-A TRUST,
Pltf. vs. LYDIA R. CARRAWAY,
if she be living, if she be
dead, her respective heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributes,
executors, administrators,
trustees, devisees, legatees,
assignees, lienors, creditors,
and successors in interest,
and generally all persons
having or claiming under, by
or through Lydia R. Carraway,
if she be dead, whether by
purchase, inheritance, lien
or otherwise, including any
right, title or interest in and
to the real property described
in the complaint herein, all
of whose names and places
to the plaintiffs, et al, Defts.
Index #4119/2013. Pursuant
to judgment of foreclosure
and sale dated Oct. 25, 2014,
I will sell at public auction
in Courtroom #25 of the
Queens County Supreme
Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd.,
Jamaica, NY On Jan. 9, 2015
at 10:00 a.m. prem. k/a Block
9591, Lot 40. Sold subject to
terms and conditions of filed
judgment and terms of sale
and the right of the United
States of America to redeem
within 120 days from the date
of sale as provided by law.
WILLIAM L. SENA, Referee.
LEVY & LEVY, Attys. For Pltf.,
12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY.
#85197
________________________
SUPREME COURT - QUEENS
COUNT Y IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF ROCHELLE NOVOTNY
AND BRIAN DE MASTERS,
CO-GUARDIANS OF THE
PROPERTY OF JAMES JOSEPH DE MASTERS A/K/A
DEMASTERS, AN INCAPACITATED PERSON, AND
MARGARET A. DE MASTERS
A/K/A DEMASTERS, AN INCAPCITATED PERSON, TO
SELL CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO SAID
INCAPACITATED PERSONS.
PURSUANT TO ORDERS
OF THIS COURT DATED
11/13/2014, BY HON. LEE
A. MAYERSOHN, A JUSTICE
OF THIS COURT, APPLICATIONS TO SELL PREMISES
79-21 CALAMUS AVENUE,
ELMHURST, NEW YORK,
BEING A PLOT 19.50 X 87.5
FEET WILL BE MADE ON THE
20TH DAY OF JANUARY,
2015 AT 9:30 A.M. AT I.A.
PART 22G OF THE SUPREME
COURT AT 88-11 SUTPHIN
BOULEVARD, JAMAICA,
N.Y. 11435. SAID PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY UNDER
CONTRACT, SUBJECT TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE
COURT, FOR THE PRICE
OF $750,000.00. CONTACT
THERESA E. CROWLEY, ESQ.
OF DOUGLASTON, NEW
YORK, ATTORNEY FOR
CO-GUARDIANS, AT ROSSI
& CROWLEY, LLP 42-24
235TH STREET, DOUGLASTON, N.Y. 11363 (718)
428-9180.
________________________
3125 LLC, Arts. of Org.
filed with the SSNY on
11/26/2014. Office loc:
been designated as agent
shall mail process to: Vito Vaccaro, 31-25 Newtown Ave.,
Astoria , NY 11102. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of STUDIO DICICCO LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
County. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
40-06 Warren St., Elmhurst,
NY 11373. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
________________________
Mountainview Propert y
Holding LLC Arts of Org
served & shall mail process
to 58-14 Hewlett St, Little
Neck, NY 11362. Purpose:
General.
________________________
Notice of formation of 50-22
49TH STREET REALTY LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with the
Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on 10/29/2014. Office location, County of Queens.
process to: The LLC, 50-22
49th St., Flushing, NY 11377.
Purpose: any lawful act.
________________________
Notice of Formation of 45-49
NEWEL STREET LLC Arts. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
County. Princ. office of LLC:
52-54 65th Pl., Maspeth, NY
11370. SSNY designated as
served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Hubert
Nowakowski at the princ.
office of the LLC. Purpose:
________________________
Notice of formation of KAMELY LLC. Arts of Org filed
with Secy of State of NY
SSNY designated as agent
upon whom process may be
served and shall mail copy
of process against LLC to:
132-15 41st. Ave., Ste. 2D
any lawful act.
________________________
73-25 57th Ave Realty LLC
Arts of Org filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/12/14. Office in Queens
Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC
it may be served & shall mail
process to Qiang Fa Chen, 5811 Lawrence St, Flushing, NY
11355. Purpose: General.
________________________
FH Group LLC. Arts of Org
served & shall mail process to
Yang Ze Lin, 33-54 156th St,
General.
________________________
TONG DDS PLLC, Arts of
Org filed with Secretary
of State of NY (SSNY) on
12/3/14. Office Loc: Queens
County. SSNY designated as
served. SSNY shall mail a
copy of process to: The PLLC
3231 43rd St., Astoria, NY
11103. Purpose: to engage
in Dentistry.
________________________
D & A Universal LLC Arts
of Org filed with NY Sec of
State (SSNY) on 10/10/14.
Office: Queens Count y.
SSNY designated as agent of
LLC upon whom process may
process to: 61-14 212th St,
Bayside, NY 11364. General
Purposes.
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No NY Statesmen in Mind?
The lineup for the Library
of Congress Gershwin Prize
honoring Billy Joel, set to air
on PBS on Jan. 2, has been
announced, with a surprising
lack of New York representation.
While we applaud the decision to feature Tony Bennett
covering "New York State of
Mind," the members of Congress presenting the award
have a decided lack of New
York representation.
Congressmen and women
from California (Nancy Pelosi
and Kevin McCarthy), Michigan (Candice Miller) and
Mississippi (Gregg Harper)
will be on hand, but not one
representative from Joel's
home district in Long Island,
or even anyone from the State
he sang about for decades.
The presentation will include Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor, who is from
the Bronx, but the noted Yankees fan could clash with Joel's
Mets fandom...
Perhaps no officials from
New York were available for the
Nov. 19 concert. Perhaps they
were all out on the Downeaster
Alexa...
The Gershwin Prize for
Popular Song ceremony airs 9
a.m. Jan. 2 on PBS.
Mets Announce Post-Game Shows
The Mets have announced
the first two acts for their
postgame concert series and
they appear to be targeting the
classic rock crowd with their
choices.
The team announced Monday that the Steve Miller Band
and Heart are two of the acts
that will play Citi Field after
games next season.
Steve Miller Band will play
after the Mets’ June 27 matchup against the Cincinnati Reds,
while Heart will perform after
their July 25 game against the
Los Angeles Dodgers.
Steve Miller Band is known
for their hit songs “Living in
the USA” and “Space Cowboy”
and had several Billboard top-
ping albums including “Fly Like
An Eagle.”
Heart is a hard rock band
most known for their hit song
“Barracuda” which is a staple on
classic rock stations and featured
in the "Guitar Hero" video game.
They have sold about $22 million records worldwide.
It appears that Q104.3 is
booking the acts for the post
game concerts. Maybe if you
listen to that station a lot, you’ll
hear those bands but we’re not
sure the younger generation
listens to them anymore.
They still have one more
date that will be part of the
series so let’s hope they get a
band that’s at least a little more
relevant today.
Christmas Winners
Last week, Christmas came early for some fortunate students in
Queens, as The Mets welcomed about 150 City students to Citi
Field for the annual kids’ holiday party.
Pitchers Jenrry Mejia and Jeurys Familia dressed up as Santa
Claus and an elf to give out presents to the lucky children and
serve them lunch.
Five of the six schools invited were from Queens, including three
from Corona: PS 19, PS 89 and PS 143, one from Flushing: PS 330,
and one from Jamaica: PS 140.
CONFIDENTIAL
Musicians OF QuEEns
Natalie Mishell
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A Pig In
The City
A friendly, 400-pound pig
recently raised eyebrows on
a stroll through its neighborhood in St. Albans, according
to published reports. Even
more surprising, it turns out
the pig belongs to a cop from
the 113th Precinct and his
wife.
The precinct seems to be
turning a blind eye to the pig,
named Romeo, visiting him
often in his pen – a bed of
blankets in the basement of
his owners’ home – despite the
fact that pet pigs are illegal in
the City.
He may be getting special
treatment from his cop buddies, but it’s hard to hold that
against the adorable and curious hog.
We here at QConf only hope
Romeo’s basement pigpen
is not any more spacious or
comfortable than our own City
apartments.
It should not surprise
anyone that Natalie Mishell
is originally from Southern
California. If you listen to any
of her songs, you can hear
sun-soaked guitar strings and
vocal melodies that sound like
they were recorded on a beach.
With a voice that can float like
a gentle breeze or emote with
the strength of a strong gust
of wind, Mishell puts passion
and playfulness into her blend
of folk music.
The one-time Astoria musician can trace her musical
style and interests back to
the West Coast. Her parents
introduced her to the major
folk singer-songwriters and
classic rock bands of the
1960s and 70s. Mishell specifically named Bob Dylan as her
inspiration for starting to write
her own music.
The songwriter moved to
New York, looking for a change
from Los Angeles.
“I want to explore and expand my horizons. New York
seemed like a good place to
begin a new chapter in my life,”
she said. “I have been given a
lot of opportunity in the area
and have had the pleasure of
playing with many talented artists, which in turn has helped
my career a lot.”
Mishell plays with a bevy of
musicians who have come and
gone over the last five years.
When she first moved to the
City, Mishell met drummer
Rich Pagano, who produced
her debut, “In My Shoes.”
This meeting was the genesis
for Mishell’s network of musicians. For the last year and a
half, she has been working
with the same lineup.
For that first record, Mishell
had to become familiar with the
studio and its workings.
“The hardest thing though
was not being familiar with
the recording process and all
the technicalities that come
with it,” she said. “I was used
to picking up a guitar and
singing.”
While “In My Shoes” has
a polished sound with many
layers and textures, Mishell
went a little rougher for
her follow-up, “Goodnight
Stranger.” Produced by JP
Bowersock, the entire album
was tracked in one 12-hour
session, recorded live due to a
limited budget, with overdubs
added at a later date.
“‘Goodnight Stranger ’
sounds more like a live rock
record,” she said. “I love them
both for different reasons but
they are two completely different sounds.”
Although that LP may have
a live vibe, the actual concert
experience is very different
from the studio experience
for Mishell. She said that
the studio gives her an opportunity to try ideas that she
would not be able to replicate
in a live setting. On the other
hand, when she is onstage,
Mishell is all about making a
connection.
“Playing live is all about
performing and connecting
with the audience from me.
It's about sharing yourself,
telling stories and relating to
people’s experiences through
music,” she said. “Recording
is about exploring and being
creative, it's about coming up
with ideas and sounds that
might not come across in a
live setting.”
You can catch Mishell in
concert on Jan. 30 at the Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2. The
show starts at 6:30 p.m., with
no cover fee. For more, visit
http://nataliemishell.com.
- Joe Marvilli
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an audio clip, check out the TribCast, our
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