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Vol. 44, No. 3 Jan. 16-22, 2014
queenstribune.com
Remembering
Ira Cohen,
1947-2014
Tribune Photo by Walter Karling
ON THE
JOB
New Borough President
Melinda Katz was sworn in last
week, discussing her plans for
the future of Queens.
By Luis Gronda … Page 14
CB9 Manager
Complains of
Harassment
QJCC Reaffirms
Commitment
To Queens
Moving Image
Plans Second
IndieCade Event
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Queens DeaDline
Cuomo To Take Over JFK, LGA Projects
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that it is
time to quicken the pace to renovate
the City’s two major airports.
As part of his State of the State address
last week, Cuomo has pledged to take
over control of rebuilding John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports from the
Port Authority to speed up the process.
During his speech, he said LaGuardia is ranked as the worst airport in
America and many other airports
throughout the country have upgraded in recent years.
“We need to modernize JFK and
LaGuardia; we have talked about it for
too long. We will assume management
responsibility from the Port Authority
for construction at JFK and LaGuardia ing building
airports,” he said. “We
will do what we did with
the Tappan Zee Bridge;
we are going to step in
and stop talking about it.
Get the government to
work and we are going to
redevelop those airports
the way they should have
been redeveloped many,
many years ago and make
us proud of that gateway
once again.”
The Port Author- Gov. andrew Cuomo
ity of New York and pledged to take over
New Jersey had been in control of rebuilding
charge of several reno- JFK and laGuardia airvation projects at both ports from the Port
Queens airports, includ- authority.
the new central terminal
at LaGuardia, but the
pace of the projects have
not been fast enough for
the Governor.
Vipul Bansal, Chair
of the Economics and
Finance Department at
St. John’s University,
said it is a positive that
the Governor is taking
control of the projects
because the two airports
need to be renovated.
“This project, I think
is feasible, it’s critical
and it’s important,” he
said. “This will give the
economy a shot in the
arm.”
Bansal said it will have both shortand long-term benefits to Queens and
the City as a whole.
For the short term, it will bring
more construction jobs to the State. In
the long term, more people will begin
to use the two airports in the future
once the projects are done.
Bansal said many people are using other airports, like Newark, when
coming to New York because it is
more convenient for commuters who
do not have a car.
Federal funding and raising airport
fees are two ways the rebuilding projects at the airports could be funded,
according to Bansal.
Reach Luis Gronda at (718) 3577400, Ext. 127, [email protected], or @luisgronda.
Queens College’s Interim President Gets Started
By JoE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
With the new semester starting
soon, Queens College’s interim president, Evangelos Gizis is settling in to
his new role.
The former Queens College provost was selected to take over as president in fall of 2013, with his new role
being declared concurrently with the
announcement of previous president
Dr. James Muyskens’ departure. The
interim president sat down with the
Queens Tribune to talk about his job
and how he plans to keep school’s mo-
mentum going through the spring.
Gizis, who emigrated from Greece
to attend graduate school at Oregon
State University, found his way to
Queens College in 1986, taking the
position of vice president for college
affairs, planning and information
systems. During his time there, he
chaired the committee for the college’s
first five-year plan.
“What I liked at Queens College
was the diversity that existed, the motivated students and the very distinguished faculty,” he said.
While he left in 1996, Gizis returned in 2001 as the interim provost,
CB9 District Manager Complains
Of Harassment From Chairman
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
After being quiet for the last few
months, conflict could be brewing
within Community Board 9 once
again.
District Manager Mary Ann Carey
said the board’s chairman, Jim Coccovillo, has been verbally harassing
her and other office staff at CB9 and
filed a complaint against Coccovillo.
“We feel threatened, our jobs feel
threatened and it’s getting to the point
where it’s really a problem,” Carey
said.
Carey did not go into the specifics
of the harassment during her speech
or when the Tribune inquired about
it after the meeting, but she did say
the chairman recently failed her on
an evaluation of her job performance.
Carey added that she has filed a letter
of complaint to her union representative as well as the union representing
her office staff.
Coccovillo was not present at
Tuesday’s meeting due to a medical issue, according to board member Ivan
Mrakovcic, who ran the meeting in his
place.
Mrakovcic told Carey to keep
personal CB9 matters, like what she
announced during her report, out of
the public eye so as to not cause the
hoopla that surrounded the board late
last year.
When reached by telephone, Coccovillo said it is the first time he has
heard about any harassment complaint against him and no representatives from the union have reached out
to him regarding the matter. He added
that a conflict like this should be dealt
with privately.
“Why this is becoming community
business is beyond me,” he said. “She’s
not following, in my eyes, proper business etiquette. As far as I’m concerned,
I have a great rapport with the people
in the office.”
a position that became permanent in 2003. While he
retired in 2009, he is still involved with CUNY, working
part-time as a senior advisor
in the Central Office.
Gizis said his experience
and familiarity with Queens
College will help him hit the
ground running for the upcoming term.
“I’m familiar with most
of the things that happen
here, which is quite important when someone comes
for one semester. There is
no time for a learning curve.
People know me so they
know what to expect,” he
said. “The most important
thing is that we will not lose
momentum in the important
Photo by JoE MARVILLI
things that are happening.”
To prepare for his new evangelos Gizis has taken over as Queens
position, Gizis met with College’s interim president following
Muyskens so he could get up the departure of Dr. James Muyskens.
to speed on the current isQueens College will look to revise
sues, events and projects at the school.
Gizis, who worked with Muyskens some of its graduate programs, by
from 2002 to 2009, said the former working on a Master’s Degree in media
president was willing to offer advice and tinkering with its course selections
in sociology and education. The school
and lend a hand if needed.
“He told me that he’s available if is also preparing for its yearly evaluaI had any questions,” Gizis said. “We tion of its academic programs, to see
had an excellent relationship with where there can be improvements.
The CUNY Board of Trustees plans
President Muyskens.”
For the spring semester, Gizis said to appoint a new president for Queens
his main goals are to have successful College before this year’s fall semester.
student enrollment, to recruit faculty Until then, Gizis said he hopes to keep
members who are interested in both the college moving forward.
“What I hope to get is the satisfaction
research and the classroom and to gain
more alumni support, particularly for at the end that I leave the college in as
good shape or a little better shape than
scholarships.
“Our tuition is very low in com- it was when I started on Jan. 1,” he said.
parison to the tuition of other institu- “That will be the greatest satisfaction.”
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357tions. But still, there are some of our
students who have difficulty,” Gizis 7400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @Joey788.
said.
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A $30,000 grant was awarded to a
professor at LaGuardia Community
College to develop a program that will
motivate women to enter fields like
science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
Dr. Preethi Radhakrishnan, an assistant professor of biology at the college, was awarded the grant by the Elsevier Foundation to develop the City
University of New York’s first-of-itskind program.
According to a 2012 report from
the United States President’s Council,
Dr. Radhakrishnan said there is a deficit of more than one million workers
to meet the United States workforce
and demand in science.
“We have a lot of students who enroll into STEM majors, but very few of
them persist and graduate,” she said.
“The question lies, ‘what is happening
in the interim and why are they dropping out?’”
While 58 percent of LaGuardia’s
student population is female, in 2012,
less than five percent graduated with
a STEM degree, Dr. Radhakrishnan
said.
Dr. Radhakrishnan, who holds a
bachelor’s degree in Zoology and a
master’s in Biotechnology from the
University of Madras in India, said in
general, the STEM field is really important because it will provide a large
amount of the jobs during the next
couple of years.
“The project aims to provide those
women who have passion and drive
to succeed in science with the toolkit
By Trisha sakhuja
Staff Writer
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The infamous Astoria landlord who
scammed dozens of apartment seekers
on Craigslist last spring was sentenced
on Jan. 9 to four months in jail and
five years’ probation, according to the
Queens DA office.
Mario Lalicata, 54, a former Community Board 1 member, pleaded
guilty on Nov. 20, 2013, to fourthdegree grand larceny. His guilty plea
also included restitution to each of the
victims named in the indictment, totaling 14 people.
Lalicata is responsible for stealing
more than $11,950 in first month’s
rent and security deposits from prospective tenants over the course of six
months.
According to the criminal complaint, many of the prospective tenants learned of the rental of a basement apartment or room at Lalicata’s
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This month, the two-year program
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that will target women who show great
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within the STEM majors at LaGuardia. The program offers research internships, scholarships and childcare
assistance.
Dr. Radhakrishnan said the grant
will help eliminate many of the stereotypes women face when they enter
STEM fields.
“There are a lot of gender stereotypes that come with the territory,”
she said.
She said she hopes the project will
address a glaring gap between men
and women entering STEM fields.
Recruitment for the program starts
in March. There is no minority requirement to apply, but qualifying
women must show financial need and
a good GPA, Dr. Radhakrishnan said.
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2013, Lalicata took security deposits
ranging from $500 to $2,000 from the
tenants and, in two instances, also collected the first month’s rent. As the
tenants’ move-in dates approached,
Lalicata postponed their move-in
dates by making up various excuses.
After the tenants grew weary of
the excuses and asked for their money
back, Lalicata either promised to return the money or said that he had
used the money for repairs before he
eventually stopped taking or returning
their calls.
Another case that was scheduled
in courts for last week was of Erika
Menendez, who allegedly pushed Sunando Sen into the path of a No. 7
train in Queens on Dec. 27, has been
adjourned to Feb. 2, 2014, for conference.
Reach Trisha Sakhuja at (718) 3577400, Ext. 128, [email protected], or @Tsakhuja13.
Cuomo Cabinet Member
Discusses Gov’s 2014 Plan
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
After Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State Address in
Albany last week, one of his cabinet
members gave a similar address a little
closer to home.
Empire State Development CEO
Ken Adams appeared at the Forest
Hills Jewish Center on Friday to discuss the Governor’s plans for 2014.
With many of the people in attendance eating lunch, Adams presented
a condensed version of the address,
focusing more on plans for New York
City rather than goals in upstate NY.
First, he discussed the State’s finances. In the three years Cuomo has
been governor, he has turned what was
a $10 billion deficit into what will be
$2 billion surplus by 2016-17. He said
Cuomo accomplished that as a result
of fiscal reforms.
“The last three years, spending was
reduced to meet with the revenue, so
you don’t have the deficit anymore,”
Adams said.
Adams said Cuomo also wants to
provide tax relief for people who rent
their homes or apartments. Adams
said the Governor is proposing a refundable personal income tax credit
that accounts for the family’s size. He
added that low-income renters spend
more than 50 percent of their income
on their rent and this would ease the
burden for those owners.
Other highlights that Adams
touched on during his speech included
Cuomo’s plan to renovate all bridges
in New York City as many of them are
old and have needed retouching for
several years and extending the Metro-North line so that residents in the
City can have another direct route to
Penn Station in the future.
Rebecca Trontz, who has lived in
Forest Hills for nine years, said she
thought Adams’ presentation of the
Governor’s plan was very informative
and he discussed many of the most
important aspects, including Cuomo’s
plan for school in New York.
“He really wants to do things for
the school children, which is important because that’s our next generation,” she said. “It was very interesting, every subject he touched on.”
Queens Group Joins Rally
For Education In Albany
By JoE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Hundreds of protestors headed to
Albany on Tuesday to rally for education equality, including many from
the Queens branch of New York Communities for Change.
The “No More Excuses” rally was
planned by the Alliance for Quality
Education, a coalition that NYCC is
a part of. The purpose of the trek was
to fight for resources for public school
children, especially those in underserved communities.
The various groups of students,
teachers, parents and education advocates headed to Albany to demand
that Gov. Andrew Cuomo add $1.9
billion to his budget in new school aid,
which would reduce the opportunity
gap between wealthy and poor school
districts in the State. The rally was also
a call for the State government to support Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pre-K proposal, which would increase the City’s
income tax on the wealthy to support
expanded early education programs.
According to Ondrea Harris, more
than 1,500 parents and students from
throughout the State took part in the
rally. Harris is a mother of three and
a grandmother of four children who
are attending public school in Queens.
She lives in Baisley Park Houses in
Jamaica and is the head of the NYCC
Youth Division.
“NYCC youth division joins parent
leaders from NYCC and other groups
in the Alliance for quality education
on this trip in support of students,”
she said. “The rally was about securing additional funding for our schools
instead of giving tax breaks to banks
and corporations.”
While they were in the State capital, the parents and students met with
various elected officials to make their
case for increased education funding.
Among the people they spoke to was
State Sen. James Sanders Jr. (D-Jamaica), who invited them up to his Albany
office.
“No school supplies, no books, no
resources. New York Community for
Change plans to get our children and
parents together to continue the fight,”
Harris said
Harris added that meeting with
Sanders, who represents her community, was the highlight of the trip.
“The best part was the Senator
hearing it from the youth’s mouths,”
she said.
The alliance and NYCC is planning
to return to Albany on March 12 for
another rally on education.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 3577400, Ext. 125, [email protected], or @Joey788.
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A Take On Christie’s Bridgegate
In Our OpInIOn
A Better Travel Experience
It is difficult to believe that New York City, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, offers such a distinctly negative experience to those flying in to
the two airports in Queens. LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports
are consistently ranked as some of the worst in the world for travel experiences, and
it is absolutely incredible that these conditions have been allowed to continue for
so long.
We are pleased that Gov. Cuomo – himself a hometown Queens native – has
decided to speed up renovation projects at the two Borough airports, and we hope
that the promises he made during his State of the State speech last week brings some
positive changes to the situation.
But while the airport projects show promise from the State, we still need to see
a commitment to keeping people in the Borough when they fly in to these airports.
Queens has any number of attractions, including a burgeoning arts and entertainment
community, cuisine and culture from all over the world and historic landmarks.
With a new Borough President who has vowed to be a vocal proponent for Queens,
and a new Mayor who has promised a focus on the outer boroughs, we hope that
the time to focus on Queens is now.
In YOur OpInIOn
The Hypocrisy of Denouncing Inequality
D
To The Editor:
uring every election
cycle our leaders conjure up conditions they
claim are ruining our republic
and can only be rectified with
more laws, regulations, fees and
taxes. According to the progressive establishment, the most
serious threat to our society
at the moment is “inequality.”
It is common knowledge that
humans are not equal in height
and weight, mental and physical attributes, skills and capabilities. In fact, it is reasonable
to assume that inequality is the
nature of man. To rail against
human nature is absurd yet no
one questions the premise.
It is blatant, arrogant hypocrisy by the elite to denounce
“inequality” while exempting
themselves from many of the
laws they inflict on the rest of us.
Does equality mean salaries of
pilots and doctors should be the
same as those of bus drivers and
bank tellers? Does equality mean
we should all drive the same
cars, wear the same clothes? The
term “inequality” is vague and
amorphous and their vision of
“equality” is never defined, yet
we acquiesce as regulations and
taxes are increased and more
An Inauspicious Beginning
T
To The Editor:
he people are best served
when government operates with checks and
balances.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s engineering the designation
of Melissa Mark-Viverito as
Speaker of the City Council
tarnishes his reputation as a
liberal and is an inauspicious
beginning of his Mayoralty
(“Mark-Viverito Named New
Speaker,” Jan. 9-15, 2014). Nor
does it say much for the City
Council members who went
along with this infraction
of democratic principles, but
given its history of mediocrity,
it comes as no surprise.
Benjamin M. Haber,
Flushing
of our wealth is re-distributed.
If after a half century of a “war
on poverty,” the scourge of
“inequality” still exists, common sense dictates we should
re-examine our priorities.
The success of government
welfare programs is measured by
how many people are added and
not by how many drop out and
become self-reliant. What was
once temporary “assistance” has
become an “entitlement”. The
inconvenient and undeniable
truth is that a claim for equality
of possessions and outcomes for
all can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.
The Constitution only guarantees equality of opportunity. We
ignore its tenets at our peril.
The French historian Alexis
de Tocqueville, who wrote
about his travels in the United
States in his book “Democracy
in America” in 1835, observed:
“Americans are so enamored of
equality that they would rather
be equal in slavery than unequal
in freedom.”
Ed Konecnik,
Flushing
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To The Editor:
ell, there it is, plain as
day. The difference
between a president
like Obama who tries to work
with Republicans while they
spit in his face. And a Republican presidential wannabe
who punishes the people that
don’t vote for him. Hey Chris
Christie, see that puff of smoke
in the distance? It’s your dreams
of the White House going up in
smoke! What a disgrace! First
responders delayed for hours
while trying to get to fires and
medical emergencies (Florence
Genova died after it took the
responding ambulance twice
as long to get to her home).
Citizens trying to get to work
or home. Families unable to
get their kids to school on time
(for days) and parents getting to
work late as a result. All for political retribution! And Christie
claims he is innocent.
One of two things is true.
Either Christie is lying and
he should be brought up on
charges or he is telling the
truth, and is an inept “leader”
that has no clue what his staff
Melinda Katz Is Good For LeFrak
I
To The Editor:
was fortunate to attend
this event last night with
some friends to welcome
Ms. Katz as our new Borough
President. When she was accepting her oath, I thought to
myself, “Now, the LeFrak City
vicinity has a chance!”
There are at least two pressing matters that we have in our
vicinity:
1) We need an afterschool
community center. We have
so many youths leaving in
the confines, but they have
nothing recreational to keep
them busy.
2) We want a state-of-the-art
police precinct erected where
they are doing construction
across the street from JC Penny.
We need it!
Personally, I have known
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is up to. “Man of the people,
straight shooter?” More like
criminal or clueless. Take your
pick. Christie goes on to say
that he’s not a bully. Really?
Christie took over as governor
in 2010. The prior governor was
Richard Codey. An $800,000
program to help women with
mental problems (Codey’s wife
helped launch the initiative)
was removed from the state’s
$30 billion budget. After the
program was restored by a Senate committee, Christie took it
out with a veto! Later Christie
removed the state trooper assigned to Codey, fired Codey’s
former chief of staff from a state
job in Trenton and Codey’s
cousin lost his job at the Port
Authority. All on the same day.
Coincidence? Or the acts of a
vindictive, spiteful bully?
Of course, FOX News and
Republicans commending him
for the way he handled himself
during his press conference.
Christie even joked that he was
one of the workers who put out
the traffic cones. Pathetic.
Robert LaRosa,
Whitestone
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Lisbet Espinal, Elizabeth Mance
her since 2003; when she asked
me to carry petitions for her
when she was running for office in Forest Hills. Plus, when
I had started an “after-school”
aid program from my home,
she gave me a contribution of
$100 to start!
I know that Melinda Katz
will be good for our historic
Borough of Queens.
Jim Galloway,
Elmhurst
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LLC. Article of Organization
filed with the Secretary of
State of NY(SSNY) on 0930-2013. Office location:
Queens County. SSNY has
been designated as agent
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 is C/O the
LLC 136-20 38th Avenue, Ste
11G, Flushing NY 11354.
Purpose of LLC: to engage
in any lawful act of activity.
Street address of Principal
business location is: 42-07
Kissena Boulevard, Flushing,
NY 11355.
________________________
Prudent Accounting Services, LLC Arts. of Org.
NY (SSNY) on 10/31/13.
Office in Queens Co. SSNY
desig. agent of LLC upon
mail process to c/o Amanda
Zhang, 14323 22nd Rd,
Whitestone, NY 11357.
Purpose: General.
________________________
62-22 FLUSHING AVE LLC, a
domestic LLC, filed with the
SSNY on 10/24/13. Office
location: Queens County.
SSNY is designated as agent
the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to
The LLC, 71-36 Edsall Ave.,
Glendale, NY 11385. General Purpose.
________________________
JIAHE REALTY, LLC, Arts.
of Org. filed with the SSNY
on 11/20/2013. Office loc:
the LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to: Xiao
Ya Wang, 14938 34th Ave.,
Flushing, NY 11354. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
ADVANCED XL ANALYTICS
LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with
the SSNY on 08/22/2013.
Office loc: Queens County.
SSNY has been designated
as agent upon whom process against the LLC may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process to: Michael Rosenblum, 3006 29th St. Apt. 5L,
Astoria, NY 11102. Purpose:
Any Lawful Purpose.
________________________
At an IAS Part17 of the
Supreme Court of the State
of New York, County of
Queens, held at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,
New York 11435 on the
27 day of November, 2013
Index No. 705414/13 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Justice Assigned: PRESENT:
HON. ORIN R. KITZES
J.S.C. SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF QUEENS In the
Matter of the Application of
KORALIA TOUMAZATOS,
as an Officer, Director and
Fifty Percent Shareholder,
Petitioner, For the Judicial
Dissolution of EVANA CORPORATION d/b/a Skyline
Diner, -against- ANNA NODAROS, as an Officer, Director
and Remaining Fifty Percent
Shareholder, Respondent.
Upon reading and filing the
annexed Petition of Koralia
Toumazatos, verified on the
19th day of November, 2013,
together with all of the exhibits annexed thereto, and
the affirmation of Petitioner’s
counsel, Lisa Dvoskin, Esq.,
dated November 19,2013,
and it appearing that Petitioner, Koralia Toumazatos
(“Petitioner”), is the owner of
one-half of the outstanding
and issued shares of EVANA
CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) d/b/a SKYLINE
DINER (the “Diner”); that
Petitioner is a director and
officer of the Corporation; that said Corporation
is a business corporation
organized and existing by
virtue of the Laws of the
State of New York, and that
said Corporation has its office and principal place of
business located at 271-27
Union Turnpike, New Hyde
Park, County of Queens,
New York; and it further
appearing that there is oppressive conduct toward
Petitioner (pursuant to BCL
§ 1104-a(a)(1)); and it further
appearing that the assets of
the Corporation and monies
received from the Corporation’s operation of the Diner
are being looted, wasted, or
diverted for non-corporate
purposes by Respondent
and those in control of the
Corporation (pursuant to
BCL § 1104-a(a)(2)); and it
further appearing that the
directors of the Corporation
(Petitioner and Respondent)
are so divided regarding the
management of the Corporation’s affairs that the votes
required for action by the
board cannot be obtained
(pursuant to BCL § 1104(a)
(1)); and it further appearing
that the shareholders are
so divided that the votes
required for the election of
directors cannot be obtained
that there is internal dissension and division between
the equal shareholders of
the Corporation regarding
the management of the
Corporation’s affairs and
the operation of the Diner;
and it further appearing that
the Corporation is acting
in a manner detrimental to
the Petitioner; and it further
appearing that the directors
are equally divided with
respect to the business of
the Corporation and the
operation of the Diner so
severe and irreconcilable
that the continued functioning of the Corporation and
the Diner under efficient
management is impossible
that it would be beneficial to
the interests of the shareholders that said Corporation be
dissolved and its property
placed in the custody of the
Court; and it also appearing
that it will be for the best
interests of the shareholders
that a receiver/custodian be
appointed to wind up the
Corporation’s affairs and to
conduct the business of the
Corporation and the diner in
his/her discretion, subject to
the order of the Court. NOW
THEREFOR, LET Respondent, Anna Nodaros, Evana
Corporation d/b/a Skyline
Diner, and all persons interested in the said Corporation
or their attorney SHOW
CAUSE at Part CMP, located
at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard,
Jamaica, New York 11435
on the 23rd day of January,
2014 at 2:15 p.m. in the afternoon or as soon thereafter
as counsel can be heard: 1.
Why judgment should not be
entered dissolving EVANA
CORPORATION d/b/a SKYLINE DINER, pursuant to the
rules and practice of the
Court, and further; 2. Why
a receiver should not be appointed pursuant to Business
Corporation Law (“BCL”) §
1113 and 1202 to wind up
the Corporation’s affairs; and
3. Why a custodian should
not be appointed to manage
the business of Evana and
the operation of the Diner;
and 4. Why an Order should
not be entered ordering the
immediate production to
Petitioner by Respondent
of the books and records
of the Corporation and the
operation of the Diner, including the day-to-day cash
sales of the Diner, and for
an accounting of same; and
5. Why an Order should not
be entered requiring Evana
Corporation to furnish the
Court with a schedule of
the corporate assets and liabilities, and the name and
address of each creditor and
claimant, including any with
whom the Corporation has
unfulfilled contracts; and 6.
Why an Order should not be
entered prohibiting Respondent, and those in control
of the Corporation and the
operation of the Diner, from
diverting, transferring or
otherwise distributing funds
and assets of the Corporation
and the operation of the
Diner to themselves or otherwise; and 7. Why judgment
should not be entered upon
dissolution as prayed for in
the Petition and compelling
Respondent, Anna Nodaros,
to take such action and execute such documents as are
necessary to effectuate payment of the Corporation’s
liabilities and distribution of
its assets to the shareholders;
and 8. Why judgment should
not be entered compelling
to account to the Corporation for its funds Petitioner
believes, upon information
and belief, have been expended for Respondent’s
sole and personal benefit
as described in the Petition;
and 9. Why judgment should
not be entered compelling
to account to the Corporation for all sums Petitioner
believes, upon information
and belief, have been received and expended by
Respondent, since Respondent and those in control of
the Corporation and Diner
excluded Petitioner from the
business of the Corporation
and the operation of the
Diner as described in the Petition; and 10. For such other
and further relief as to this
Court may seem just, proper
and equitable. SUFFICIENT
CAUSE THEREFOR APPEARING, IT IS ORDERED
that a copy of this Order
be published in Queens
Tribune, a newspaper published in Queens County,
New York once a week for
each of the three weeks
immediately preceding the
time appointed for the hearing thereon, and ORDERED
that a copy of this Order to
Show Cause and the papers
upon which it was granted,
be made upon Respondent,
Anna Nodaros, by personal
service on or before the 20
day of December, 2013; and
ORDERED that a copy of this
Order to Show Cause and
the papers upon which it was
granted, be made upon the
State Tax Commission and
the New York State Attorney
General and Evana Corporation d/b/a Skyline Diner, and
all others entitled to notice
under BCL via personal
service on or before the 20
day of December, 2013, be
deemed good and sufficient
service. ENTER: HON. ORIN
R. KITZES J.S.C.
________________________
Notice of Formation of KPRH
IV REALTY, LLC Arts. of Org.
NY (SSNY) on 12/04/13.
Office location: Queens
County. Princ. office of
LLC: 20 Franklin Pl., Woodmere, NY 11598. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to c/o Abrams
Fensterman, Attn: Greg Stoller, Esq., 1111 Marcus Ave.,
Ste. 107, Lake Success, NY
11042. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
________________________
Notice of formation of TCW
INNOVATIONS LLC Arts.
of Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
10/28/2013. Office location, County of Queens.
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
process to: The LLC, 33-55
157th St. Flushing NY 11354.
Purpose: any lawful act.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF A LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, FRIZSU ENTERTAINMENT, LLC; Articles of
Organization filed with the
Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 11/13/2013;
Office Location: 105-50 Van
Wyck Expy. Jamaica, NY
11419, Queens Count y;
against it may be served;
SSNY shall mail copy of
process to105-50 Van Wyck
Expy, Jamaica, NY 11419;
Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
________________________
Notice of Formation of
Stephen Strober, D.D.S.,
PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed
with NY Dept. of State on
12/2/13. Office location:
Queens County. Sec. of
State designated agent of
PLLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: 70-31
108th St., Forest Hills, NY
11375. Purpose: practice
dentistry.
________________________
DIVING INDIAN FILMS LLC,
a foreign LLC, filed with the
shall mail process to: The
LLC, 2141 34thAve., Apt. 7D,
Long Island City, NY 11106.
General Purposes.
________________________
Notice of Qualification of 3706 81ST STREET, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 09/13/13.
Count y. LLC formed in
Delaware (DE) on 09/11/13.
Princ. office of LLC: c/o A &
E Real Estate Holdings, LLC,
1065 Ave. of the Americas,
NY, NY 10018. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon
mail process to Douglas F.
Eisenberg at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of
LLC: Corporation Service
Co., 2711 Centerville Rd.,
Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE
19808. Cert. of Form. filed
with Secy. of State, Div. of
Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
________________________
File No. 2011-1609/A CITATION SURROGATE’S
CO U R T, O N O N D AG A
COUNT Y THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, By the Grace of God
Free and Independent TO:
“JOHN DOE” and “MARY
ROE,” the aforesaid names
being fictitious and used
to designate the issue of
LAWRENCE BAKER a/ka
LARRY BAKER deceased, if
any there be, all of whose
names, places of residence
and post office addresses
are unknown and cannot,
after due diligence and
diligent inquiry therefor, be
ascertained A petition having
been duly filed by Katharine
Branton, who is domiciled
at 7322 Pusch Ridge Loop,
Austin, TX 78749, United
States. YOU ARE HEREBY
CITED TO SHOW CAUSE
before the Surrogate’s Court,
ONONDAGA County, at
401 Montgomery Street,
Syracuse, New York, on
February 5, 2014, at 8:30
o’clock in the fore noon of
that day, why the account
of Katharine Branton a copy
of which has been served
herewith, as Executor of the
estate of Catherine W. Speickhoff, should not be judicially settled. Dated, Attested
and Sealed, December 18,
2013 HON. S/MARY ELLEN
SOFINSKI Ava S. Raphael,
Surrogate Clerk Seal Nancy
L. Giardina Attorney Name
Kall and Reilly, LLP Firm 3522
James St., Syracuse, New
York 13206 Address (315)
437-3321 Telephone 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 that you do not
object to the relief requested.
You have a right to have an
attorney appear for you, and
you or your attorney may
request a copy of the full
account from the petitioner
or petitioner’s attorney.
You Can E-Mail Your Legal
Copy to:
[email protected]
QUEENS thiS wEEk
Forest Hills Region To Be Highlighted By Group
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
A small Forest Hills neighborhood
will be among the honorees at a celebration dinner later this month.
The Historic Districts Council, a
group that advocates for historic districts and buildings, selected the Forest Close neighborhood, a group of
about 38 neo-Tudor houses, as one of
six areas to celebrate in 2014.
The 2014 Six to Celebrate is an
annual list of buildings or districts
highlighted by the Council that merit
consideration for preservation or to be
renovated.
The six were chosen based on applications submitted by the community
and neighborhood groups. In addition
to Forest Close, the others chosen were
Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, Madison Square North and Park Avenue in
Manhattan, several historic cemeteries
in Staten Island and all of the public
libraries throughout the City.
Simeon Bancroft, the executive
director of the Council, said Forest
Close will benefit because it will allow the civic group associated with the
area, the Forest Close Association, to
explore ways of how to preserve the
neighborhood.
“The area is lovely and it merits
preservation,” he said.
Nothing is set in stone yet, Bancroft
said, but among the ideas discussed is
creating an architectural guideline and
handing it out to homeowners in case
they want to rebuild in the future.
Another possibility is applying to
be an official New York City landmark, but that may not happen, according to Bancroft. It depends on
what the neighborhood wants to do. A
historic district in Staten Island is on
its way to becoming a landmark after
making last year’s list and applying for
the designation.
The list’s most basic function is to
raise more awareness to Forest Close,
Bancroft said, including creating a
brochure of the area.
There will be a reception to honor this
year’s list on Jan. 29 at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. It will begin at 6 p.m. For tickets, visit hdc.org.
Fundraiser Ongoing For Ozone Park Shelter
By Luis Gronda
Staff Writer
A month-long fundraiser to help a
relatively new business get situated in
the neighborhood is underway.
PS 65 in Ozone Park has launched
an online campaign to give money to a
nearby animal shelter, called the Liberty Avenue Heavenly Angels Animal
Rescue, which houses animals from
high-kill shelters, puppy mills and
pets surrendered by its owners.
There are multiple reasons for helping out the shelter, according to Michelle
Stango, a 4th grade teacher at the school
among the organizers of the fundraiser.
First, they want to help the shelter
get the supplies they need. Stango said
the establishment has a wish list on
Amazon.com for various items they
would like to buy, including food for
the dogs and cats it takes care of.
It also teaches the school’s children
the “pillars of character,” as Stango
called it. The school has been designated a community learning school
and has fundraising projects to help
out various community institutions.
“We want to teach them that it feels
good to help others, even if you yourself don’t have,” she said.
Lori Carpino, the owner of the animal shelter, said a fundraiser like this
will absolutely help them as they are in
constant need of money and supplies.
According to Carpino, they take
care of about 100 animals daily and
their budget gets stretched thin on a
daily basis because of the costs associated with caring for the animals,
including food, grooming and any
medical conditions they need to take
care of.
“We never get ahead,” she said,
adding that they also pay rent for their
space. “The shelter is in a constant
state of trouble.”
PS 65 is running the fundraiser online and at the school itself. Go to www.
booster.com/ps65q to purchase a $15
T-shirt that will go towards the event.
Fifty-seven T-shirts have been sold
as of press time, according to the website, surpassing their goal of selling 50
shirts in one week since it started. It
will go on until the end of January.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
________________________
Notice is hereby given that
an Order entered by the Civil
Court, Queens County on
DEC 05 2013 bearing Index
Number NC-001131-13/
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) Yuk (Middle) Wo (Last)
Yeung My present name is
(First) Yuk (Middle) Wo (Last)
Yeung aka Samuel Yuk Wo
Yeung My present address
is 57-30 262nd Street, Little
Neck, NY 11362 My place
of birth is Hong Kong My
date of birth is December
04,1967
________________________
Nevrikos Taxi LLC Arts of Org.
filed NY Secy of State (SSNY)
12/4/13. Office:Queens Co.
SSNY design. agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
served and shall mail copy
to 3321 21st St. Astoria, NY
11106. Purpose: any lawful
activity
________________________
an Order entered by the
Civil Court, Queens County
on NOV 26 2013 bearing
Index Number NC-00095413/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) Giselle (Last)
Martinez My present name is
(First) Giselle (Last) Martinez
Hernandez (infant) My present address is 84-45 Jamaica
Avenue, Woodhaven, NY
11421 My place of birth is
Queens, NY My date of birth
is January 02, 2003
________________________
a license, number 1275685
for beer and wine has been
applied for by COFFEED
Corp. doing business as LIC
Landing by COFFEED to sell
beer and wine at retail in a
cafe under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 52-10
Center Blvd, Long Island City,
NY 11101 for on premises
consumption.
________________________
JM KOON CONSULTING,
LLC, a domestic LLC, filed
with the SSNY on 12/4/13.
County. SSNY is designated
as agent upon whom process
against the LLC may be
served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 176-09 69th
Ave., Fresh Meadow, NY
11365. General Purpose.
________________________
NOV 25 2013 bearing Index
(First)Liel (Last) Yagodaev My
present name is (First) Leehel
(Last) Yagodaev (infant) My
present address is 102-25
67th Drive, Apt 2T, Forest
Hills, NY 11375 My place of
birth is Queens, NY My date
of birth is July 28, 2008
________________________
Notice of formation of
Limited Liability Company.
Name: MetroMaids NYC
LLC Articles of Organization
were filed with NY Sec. Of
State (SSNY) 09/12/13. Office in Queens Co. SSNY
design. Agent of the LLC
upon whom process may
copy of process to the LLC,
4705 Center Blvd Apt 315
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
________________________
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) Betty (Middle)
Man-Ling Luan (Last) Erfe My
present name is (First) Betty
(Middle) Man-Ling (Last) Erfe
aka Betty Man-Ling Luan,
aka Betty Manling Luan My
present address is 87-17 86th
St., Woodhaven, NY 11421
My place of birth is Queens,
NY My date of birth is July
09, 1985
________________________
(First) Tenzin (Middle) Bhuti
(Last) Jhangowa My present
name is (First) Tenzin (Last)
Bhuti (infant) My present
address is 4826 47th Street,
Apt. #5D, Woodside, NY
11377-7259 My place of
birth is India My date of birth
is August 09, 2005
________________________
an order entered by the
Supreme Court Queens
County on the 23rd day of
December, 2013, bearing
Index No. 22939/13, a copy
of which may be examined
at the office of the clerk,
located at 88-11 Sutphin
Boulevard, Jamaica, New
York grants me the right to
assume the name of Ernest
Lattimore. My present address is 56 George Place,
Inwood, New York 11096.
My date of Birth is June 6,
1932. My present name is
Jessey Posey
________________________
DEC 16 2013 bearing Index
right to: Assume the name
of (First) Jessica (Last) Sak
My present name is (First)
Jessica (Middle) Yung (Last)
Choi aka Jessica Yung Sak
My present address is 2104
144th Street, Whitestone,
NY 11357-3432 My place
of birth is Queens, NY My
date of birth is October
07, 1983
________________________
Notice of formation of Silver
Needle Tea, LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company.
Articles of Organization filed
with Secretary of State of
NY (SSNY) on 12/04/2013.
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to: 25-59
46th Street, Astoria NY
11103. Purpose: Any lawful
activity.
________________________
Lam 8436 Realty LLC Arts
of Org filed with NY Sec of
State (SSNY) on 9/25/13. Office: Queens County. SSNY
upon whom process may
process to: 84-36 164th St,
Jamaica, NY 11432. General
Purposes.
SEP 24 2013 bearing Index
Notice of Formation of MRJ3
LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 12/26/13. Office location: Queens County. SSNY
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: c/o The LLC,
60-05 246 Place, Douglaston, NY 11362. Purpose: any
lawful activity.
________________________
JAN 10 2014 bearing Index
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LUX ET VERITAS LLC, a
domestic LLC, filed with the
shall mail process to Edward
Torres CPA, 7050 Austin
St., Ste. 101, Forest Hills,
NY 11375-4746. General
Purpose.
________________________
CSN11 LLC, Arts. of Org.
filed with the SSNY on
12/10/2013. Office loc:
shall mail process to: 39-46
65th Place, Woodside, NY
11377. Purpose: Any Lawful
Purpose.
________________________
Please take notice, that the
court appointed guardian
is offering for sale the real
property located at 59-32
155th Street, Flushing, NY
11355, block 6732, lot 114,
sale terms no contingencies,
“as is” condition, immediate
10% downpayment. Bid at
Queens County Supreme
Court, Part 22G, on February
4, 2014 at 9:30 a.m., Index
No. 7449/2013.
________________________
Notice of Qualification of
32-06 47TH STREET, LLC
Authority filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY)
on 09/13/13. Office location: Queens County. LLC
formed in Delaware (DE)
on 09/11/13. Princ. office
of LLC: c/o A & E Real Estate
Holdings, LLC, 1065 Ave. of
the Americas, NY, NY 10018.
against it may be served.
Douglas F. Eisenberg at the
princ. office of the LLC. DE
addr. of LLC: Corporation
Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form.
filed with Secy. of State, Div.
of Corps., John G. Townsend
Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover, DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activity.
________________________
RHIZOME MANAGEMENT
L.P.filed an App. for Authority with the Department of
State of NY on 3/27/2013.
Jurisdiction: DE, and the date
of its formation is 3/25/2013.
Office location in NYS:
Queens. The Secretary
of State of NY (“SSNY”) is
designated as agent upon
may be served. The address
to which the SSNY shall mail
a copy of such process is:
104-29 37th Road, Corona
NY 11368 The address in
its jurisdiction if required
or the office address: 615
So. DuPont Hwy, Dover
DE 19901. A copy of the
Articles of Organization may
be obtained from DE Sec’ty
of State, 401 Federal St. #4,
Dover DE 19901. The list of
names and addresses of all
general partners is available
from the Secretary of State.
The purpose of the LP is any
lawful act.
________________________
At IAS Part 4, Court Room
66 of the Supreme Court of
the State of New York for the
County of Queens, 88-11
New York, December 6,
2013 SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF QUEENS Index No.: 22216/13 Assigned
Justice: HON. MARGUERITE
A . GR AYS ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE SEEKING: a)
INJUNCTION UNDER BCL
§ 1115; b) RECEIVER UNDER
BCL §§ 1008(a), 1113, AND
1203; c) DISSOLUTION
UNDER BCL §1104-a; d)
JUDICIAL SUPERVISION
UNDER BCL §1008(a); e)
DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY UNDER BCL §1111(c),
AND f) BOOKS AND RECORDS UNDER BCL §§ 624
and 1104-a(c) Petitioner’s
Address: 10 West Broadway,
Apt. 7J, Long Beach, New
York Venus Basis: Situs of
Transaction and Respondents’ Principal Place of
Business In the Matter of the
Application of Patrick
Quadrozzi, Petitioner, for the
Judicial Dissolution of BAY
32ND PLACE DEVELOPM E N T CO R P. , B E AC H
CHANNEL DRIVE LAND
ENTERPRISES, INC., AMSTEL
RECYCLING AND CONCRETE CORP., QUALITY
ASSURANCE CONCRETE
CORP., QUALIT Y CONCRETE OF NEW YORK, INC.,
QUADROZZI ENTERPRISES
INC., GOWANUS INDUSTRIAL PARK, INC., MASPETH CONCRETE LOADING CORP., QUEENS CONCRETE DELIVERY & LEASING
CORP., and RED HOOK
CO N C R E T E LOA D I N G
CORP., pursuant to Business
Corporation Law § 1104-a,
and for the Judicial Supervision Pursuant to Business
Corporation Law § 1008(a)
of the Winding Up of the
Affairs of QUADROZZI
EQUIPMENT LEASING
CORP., ATLANTIC CONCRETE CORP., QUADROZZI
REALTY CORP., EDGEWATER CONCRETE LOADING
CORP., HARLEM CONCRETE LOADING CORP.,
MANHATTAN WEST CONCRETE LOADING CORP.,
MASPETH TRUCK DEPOT
CORP., and QUADROZZI
ACQUISITION CORPORATION, dissolved corporations, Respondents, and THE
E S TAT E O F J O H N
QUADROZZI, THERESA
(TESS) QUADROZZI, BOTH
INDIVIDUALLY AND AS
EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE
OF JOHN QUADROZZI,
JOHN QUADROZZI, JR.,
CATHERINE QUADROZZI,
THERESA QUADROZZI,
(JR.), REGINA QUADROZZI,
AND JULIANNA FORTNEY,
CROPSEY AVENUE LAND
ENTERPRISES, LLC, FAE
HOLDINGS 390783R, LLC,
CONCRETE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC,
SOUTH RED HOOK WORKS
CORP., QUADROZZI NUT R A X C O R P. , a n d
QUADROZZI STUDIOS,
INC.,Additional Respondents. ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE UPON review and
consideration of: (i) the
Verified Petition for Judicial
Dissolution, dated December 5, 2013 (the “Petition”),
and the accompanying exhibits; (ii) the Memorandum
of Law dated December,
2013; and (iii) upon all other
papers and proceedings
heretofore had and filed
herein, LET the Respondents
and the Additional Respondents show cause at Part
CMP, Room 25 of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York for the County of
Queens, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, New York,
to be held on the 30th day
of January, 2014 at 2:15, or
as soon thereafter as counsel
can be heard, (the “Hearing
Date”) why an Order should
not be made and entered, as
follows: (1) pursuant to New
York Business Corporation
Law (“BCL”) §1115, a temporary restraining order,
preliminary and permanent
injunction enjoining and restraining the Estate of John
Quadrozzi, Theresa (Tess)
Quadrozzi, both individually
and as Executrix of the Estate
of John Quadrozzi, John
Quadrozzi, Jr., Catherine
Quadrozzi, Theresa
Quadrozzi, (Jr.), Regina
Quadrozzi, and Julianna
Fortney (collectively, the
“Majority”) and BAY 32ND
PL ACE DE VELOPMENT
CORP., BEACH CHANNEL
DRIVE LAND ENTERPRISES,
INC., AMSTEL RECYCLING
AND CONCRETE CORP.,
QUALIT Y ASSUR ANCE
CONCRETE CORP., QUALITY CONCRETE OF NEW
YORK, INC., QUADROZZI
ENTERPRISES INC., GOWANUS INDUSTRIAL PARK,
INC., MASPETH CONCRETE
LOADING CORP., QUEENS
CONCRETE DELIVERY &
L E A S I N G CO R P. , R E D
HOOK CONCRETE LOADING CORP., (collectively, the
“Active Corporations”),
QUADROZZI EQUIPMENT
LEASING CORP., ATLANTIC
C O N C R E T E C O R P. ,
Q U A D R O Z Z I R E A LT Y
CORP. (including its wholly
owned subsidiary Cropsey
Avenue Land Services LLC,
and, to the extent it holds
any interest in 1705 Hart
Place, Brooklyn, New York
a/k/a 3068 Cropsey Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York [the
“Cropsey Property”], FAE
Holdings 390783R, LLC),
EDGEWATER CONCRETE
LOADING CORP., HARLEM
CORP., MANHATTAN WEST
CORP., MASPETH TRUCK
DEPOT
C O R P. ,
QUADROZZI ACQUISITION CORPORATION (collectively, the “Inactive Corporations,” and along with
the Active Corporations,
collectively, the “Corporations”), and CONCRETE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC, SOUTH RED
HOOK WORKS CORP.,
QUADROZZI NUTR AX
STUDIOS, INC., (collectively, the “Diversion Corporations”), together with all of
their respective employees,
agents, attorneys, servants,
and all persons acting on
their behalf, at their request,
or with their knowledge,
without the express written
consent of the Petitioner, the
Court, or a receiver appointed by the Court, from:
a) utilizing the funds of the
Corporations or the Diversion Corporations to pay
counsel fees for the Majority
or the Diversion Corporations incurred in the defense
of the instant Petition; b)
transacting any business or
exercising any corporate
powers and/or authority on
behalf of the Corporations
or the Diversion Corporations without the express
written consent of Petitioner,
the Court, or a receiver appointed by the Court; c)
collecting or receiving any
assets, debts, or property of
the Corporations or the Diversion Corporations and
from paying out or otherwise
transferring or delivering any
assets or property of the
Corporations or the Diversion Corporations; and/or d)
selling, transferring, leasing,
assigning, encumbering, dissipating, or otherwise diverting any assets of the Corporations or the Diversion
Corporations including but
not limited to the Cropsey
Property, unless the proceeds of the sale of the
Cropsey Property are deposited into the attorney escrow
account of the Petitioner’s
counsel; (2) pursuant to BCL
§ 1104-a, dissolving the Active Corporations; (3) pursuant to BCL § 1008(a), subjecting the Inactive Corporations
to this Court’s judicial supervision of the winding up of
their affairs; (4)
pursuant to BCL §§ 1008(a), 1113,
and 1203, appointing
___________ as a temporary/interim receiver to
manage the affairs of the
Corporations pendente lite
and pending the dissolution
of the Active Corporations
and the judicial supervision
of the Inactive Corpora¬tions;
(5) pursuant to BCL § 624
and 1104-a(c), directing the
Respondents and the Additional Respondents to immediately make available to
Petitioner: a) for inspection
and copying, all of the books
and records of the Corporations and the Diversion
Corporations for the last
three years, including all
minutes of shareholder meetings and current annual
balance sheets and profit and
loss statements and; b) for
inspection, all of the real
properties, buildings, and/or
equipment pertaining thereto, owned and/or leased by
the Corporations and the
Diversion Corporations; (6)
pursuant to BCL § 1111(c),
ordering the distribution of
property of all the Corporations, according to the respective rights of the shareholders; and (7) granting to
Petitioner such other and
further relief as this Court
deems just and proper. SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ORDERED
that, pursuant to New York
Business Corporation Law
§1115, pending hearing and
determination of the Verified
Petition for Judicial Dissolution, dated December 5,
2013, the Estate of John
Quadrozzi, Theresa (Tess)
Quadrozzi, both individually
and as Executrix of the Estate
of John Quadrozzi, John
Quadrozzi, Jr., Catherine
Quadrozzi, Theresa
Quadrozzi, (Jr.), Regina
Quadrozzi, and Julianna
Fortney (collectively, the
“Majority”) and BAY 32ND
PL ACE DE VELOPMENT
CORP., BEACH CHANNEL
DRIVE LAND ENTERPRISES,
INC., AMSTEL RECYCLING
AND CONCRETE CORP.,
QUALIT Y ASSUR ANCE
CONCRETE CORP., QUALITY CONCRETE OF NEW
YORK, INC., QUADROZZI
ENTERPRISES INC., GOWANUS INDUSTRIAL PARK,
INC., MASPETH CONCRETE
LOADING CORP., QUEENS
CONCRETE DELIVERY &
L E A S I N G CO R P. , R E D
HOOK CONCRETE LOADING CORP., (collectively, the
“Active Corporations”),
QUADROZZI EQUIPMENT
LEASING CORP., ATLANTIC
C O N C R E T E C O R P. ,
Q U A D R O Z Z I R E A LT Y
CORP. (including its wholly
owned subsidiary Cropsey
Avenue Land Services LLC,
and, to the extent it holds
any interest in 1705 Hart
Place, Brooklyn, New York
a/k/a 3068 Cropsey Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York [the
“Cropsey Property”], FAE
Holdings 390783R, LLC),
EDGEWATER CONCRETE
LOADING CORP., HARLEM
CORP., MANHATTAN WEST
CORP., MASPETH TRUCK
DEPOT
C O R P. ,
QUADROZZI ACQUISITION CORPORATION (collectively, the “Inactive Corporations,” and along with
the Active Corporations,
collectively, the “Corporations”), and CONCRETE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC, SOUTH RED
HOOK WORKS CORP.,
QUADROZZI NUTR AX
STUDIOS, INC., (collectively, the “Diversion Corporations”), together with all of
their respective employees,
agents, attorneys, servants,
and all persons acting on
their behalf, at their request,
or with their knowledge, are
immediately restrained and
enjoined, without the express written consent of the
Petitioner, the Court, or a
receiver appointed by the
Court, from: a) utilizing the
funds of the Corporations or
the Diversion Corporations
to pay counsel fees for the
Majority or the Diversion
Corporations incurred in the
defense of the instant Petition; b) selling, transferring, leasing, assigning, encumbering, dissipating, or
otherwise diverting any assets of the Corporations or
the Diversion Corporations,
other than in the ordinary
course of business, including
but not limited to the Cropsey
Property, unless the proceeds of the sale of the
Cropsey Property are deposited into the attorney escrow
account of the Petitioner’s
counsel; and it is further,
ORDERED that a copy of this
Order be published in the
Queens Tribune Press, a
newspaper with a general
circulation that includes
Queens county, once a week
on each of the three (3)
weeks immediately preceding the return date of this
Order to Show Cause, and
that a copy of this Order also
be served upon: a) the Department of Taxation and
Finance (Office of Counsel,
W. A. Harriman Campus
Building, Albany, NY 12227);
and b) the Office of the Attorney General (The Capitol,
Albany, NY 12224-0341) by
mail, at least twenty (20) days
before the return date of this
Order to Show Cause; and
it is further ORDERED that
personal service of a copy
of this Amended Order together with a copy of the
Order to Show Cause and
all papers which these Orders are based, shall be made
upon Respondents and the
Additional Respondents on
or before January 10, 2014.
The within action shall be
adjourned from January 14,
2014 to January 30, 2014.
/s/ Marguerite A. Grays,
JSC
Young Women’s Academy Wins A Grant
By Trisha sakhuja
Staff Writer
The Young Women’s Leadership
Academy in Astoria recently received two
service-learning grants, totaling $1,000.
On Jan. 12, the eighth graders at
the school were awarded two grants of
$500 each from the 9/12 Generation
Project, an organization dedicated
to offering educators unique ways to
teach the younger generation about
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“Middle school students weren’t
born in 2001, so many don’t have any
real understanding of the history of
September 11 or what happened on
9/12,” Lori Sullivan, project manager
of the 9/12 Generation Project, said.
The organization invited 14 of its
focus schools in NY and NJ to apply,
and from the 28 grant applications returned, three schools were chosen and
four grants were awarded.
The Day of Service grant is awarded
based on a rubric designed to focus on
a project description that meets the
community’s need, while using innovative ideas to meet that need. Overall, it has to show community involvement and service.
The girls at the Young Women’s
Academy chose two projects, one being the “Readers R US,” which focuses
on literacy with young children and
the elderly. The other project, titled
“Mailing the Words from the Heart,”
consists of mailing letters to deployed
military personnel.
Principal Laura Mitchell said she is
proud of her students.
“They took the initiative and have
done so much to help the local community,” she said.
The students were inspired to volunteer after watching the 9/12 Generation Project documentary film. The
45-minute film follows the New York
Says Thank You foundation as volunteers rebuild areas hit by disasters each
year on the week of Sept. 11.
Noreen Abouelnaga, 13, said sometimes people underestimate them because they are still young.
“But we understand there are problems outside of our school,” she said. “The
difference is – we’re now taking action.”
Through the years, the 9/12 Generation Project has evolved into more than
what it started as. It teaches students
ways to overcome tragedy through
hope and support. The Character Education curriculum the project provides
also teaches core values of compassion,
kindness, citizenship, volunteering, diversity and empowering survivors.
For more information about
the 9/12 Generation Project, visit
www.912generationproject.org.
Reach Trisha Sakhuja at (718) 3577400, Ext. 128, [email protected], or @Tsakhuja13
Simotas Protects Women’s End Of Life Choices
By Trisha sakhuja
Staff Writer
New legislation introduced last
week would protect the rights of women in New York, so they can make
their own end of life decisions.
Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas
(D-Astoria) said the announcement
comes on the heels of a case in Texas,
which involves a 33-year-old pregnant woman whose family is fighting
with the John Peter Smith Hospital to
honor her wish and take her off life
support.
Simotas’ bill, the Advanced Directive Equality Act, will ensure
that women’s decisions regarding
pregnancy may be included in their
advance directives and to guarantee
that their instructions will be followed.
The legislation would take New
York State’s rights away in permitting
that level of intervention to deny a
woman’s wish to die.
As of now, the State is silent in regards
to pregnancy provisions in advance directives, potentially leaving such decisions
up to the courts. However, in Texas, along
with more than 30 other states, statutes
exist prohibiting physicians from removing a terminally ill woman from life support if she is pregnant, regardless of her
wishes or those of her family.
“New York must stand up for the
rights of women to have their personal
and private decisions about their bodies respected and not simply cast aside
in the event of a tragic accident or debilitating illness,” Simotas said. “Forcing a woman in a persistent vegetative
state to remain alive and, possibly, in
pain as an incubator for a fetus offends
the very notion of personhood.”
Reach Trisha Sakhuja at (718) 3577400, Ext. 128, [email protected], or @Tsakhuja13
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QJCC Reaffirms Commitment To Borough
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
The Queens Jewish Community
Council held a legislative breakfast
over the weekend, pledging to continue its support of the Borough, with the
help of elected officials.
Taking place at the Young Israel of
Kew Gardens Hills, the breakfast was
an opportunity for the organization to
welcome new members of the City government and to touch base with some
long-time supporters. Besides discussing its own commitments to the neighborhoods that were listed on each table,
the QJCC had elected officials take part
in a Q&A with the audience.
The Community Council, led by
president Warren Hecht and executive director Cynthia Zalisky, has been
committed to serving the needs of
the people of Queens since 1968. It
provides social services, cultural programming and educational forums for
seniors, immigrants and low-income
residents of the Borough. As part of its
fight against hunger, the QJCC distributes more than 1,300 Kosher packages
per month through its food pantry
and 2,400 Kosher prepared food packages per month through Meals-onWheels. It also helps individuals apply
for medical insurance, Medicare, immigrant services and food stamps.
“Our highest value is what it means
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Queens
Jewish
Community
Council
president
Warren
Hecht addresses the audience
at the group’s legislative breakfast over the weekend.
to care for those most needy,” Roberta
Leiner, vice president of agency relations
at the UJA Federation of New York, said.
UJA is an affiliate of the QJCC. “The
diversity of Queens and the challenges
ahead of us really demands that there’s a
coordinated and a collaborative effort.”
The elected officials who attended
the breakfast praised the QJCC for its
community efforts and recommitted
themselves to helping Queens.
“I am committed to working in
this Borough and in this community
to make sure our audits are razor-focused on the issues that impact peo-
ple,” Comptroller Scott Stringer said.
Queens Borough President Melinda
Katz was equally committed to fighting
for Queens and continuing the office’s
strong relationship with the QJCC.
“There are different needs, different resources, different communities,
different traditions and I am proud
of that,” she said. “My relationship
with the Queens Jewish Community
Council goes back two decades. As I
continue in that office, it will be open
to every single one of you.”
Two of the Borough’s new councilmen also promised to keep their doors
open for the QJCC.
“It’s so important to have an organization like the Queens Jewish Community Council to be a voice for the
Jewish community here in Queens,”
Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh
Meadows) said. Lancman is a former
board member of the QJCC.
“We’ll show the strength of not
only the Jewish community but of
Queens,” Councilman Paul Vallone
(D-Whitestone) added.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) spent her time at the podium
discussing what she had done during
the past year to better serve the people
of Queens. She expressed her opposition to the interim six-month deal that
President Barack Obama’s administration struck with the Iranian government. The agreement would have
Iran curtail its nuclear enrichment in
exchange for eased sanctions.
“I have not been a supporter of this
deal. I think that it will lead to further
enrichment by Iran and potentially destroy a powerful sanctions regime that
has taken years to build,” she said.
Several councilmembers took part
in a Q&A session with written questions being submitted by the audience.
Two of the biggest topics were the state
of member items in the City Council
and how to prevent anti-Semitism.
On the former, both Councilman
Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and
Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said
they do not think member items should
be eliminated. Rather, they said they
want the system to have further protections against abuse and for the distribution to be equal for all council districts.
On anti-Semitism, Dromm said the
topic was important to him, due to the
hate crimes struck against the LBGT
community as well. While he did work
on the education committee to push
the Dept. of Education towards a curriculum that teaches equality and respect for all, the only class available at
the moment is optional.
“We need a comprehensive tolerance curriculum in our New York City
public schools,” he said.
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midnight on Jan. 11, plain-clothed
members of the Transit Bureau’s Citywide Vandals Task Force were on patrol in the vicinity of Jamaica Avenue
and the 111th Street subway station
when they observed two individuals seated on a subway bench in close
proximity to fresh graffiti vandalism
on a J train car.
As the officers approached, Det.
Christopher Diaz observed a knap
sack with spray paint cans next to a
19-year-old suspect, who attempted to
close the bag to hide its contents. Diaz
also observed another suspect with a
green latex glove and gray spray paint
can sticking out of his left jacket pocket. Upon further investigation, it was
revealed that the first suspect painted
the word “FEAL” on a subway car
while the second acted as a lookout.
Police arrested Tommy Martinez,
19, of Brooklyn, and Jeremy Cautin,
21, of Jamaica, and charged them with
third-degree criminal mischief, making graffiti, 15 counts of possession of
graffiti instrument and third-degree
criminal trespass.
105th Precinct
Homicide – At 4:30 a.m. on Jan.
10, police responded to a call of a male
shot on 108th Avenue, between 226th
and 227th Streets. Upon arrival, police observed the victim, identified as
Jeffery Ragland, 50, of Jamaica, with
a gunshot wound to the chest. EMS
responded and transported
the victim to Long Island
Jewish Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead. The
investigation is ongoing.
108th Precinct
RobbeRy – The NYPD is asking
the public’s assistance identifying and
locating two suspects wanted in connection with a robbery.
At 9 p.m. on Dec. 19, two male suspects entered a T-Mobile retail store,
located at 46-01 Queens Blvd., Woodside, which was closed for business, displayed firearms and ordered employees
to the rear of the store, where they were
zip-tied. The suspects then removed
cash and electronics and fled the location. No injuries were reported.
Anyone with information regarding this incident should call Crime
Stoppers, at (800) 577 TIPS (8477),
visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or
text tips to CRIMES (274637), then
enter TIP577.
109th Precinct
GRand LaRceny – The NYPD
is asking the public’s assistance identifying and locating the following
suspects wanted in connection with a
grand larceny within the confines of
the 109th Precinct.
At 2:31 p.m. on Jan. 9, a male and
female suspect entered H.Y. Jewelry,
150-29 Northern Blvd., Flushing, and
removed jewelry without permission
or authority.
Anyone with information regarding this incident should call Crime
Stoppers, at (800) 577 TIPS (8477),
visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or
text tips to CRIMES (274637), then
enter TIP577.
107th Precinct
bURGLaRy - On Jan. 3,
police arrested five individuals who had been wanted
in connection to a burglary
inside of JK Deli, at the
corner of 71st Avenue and
Kissena Boulevard in Kew
Gardens Hills. Subsequent
to the arrest, officers recovered more than $12,000
in cash removed from an These two individuals are wanted in connecATM, 3,518 Lotto scratch- tion to a grand larceny within the confines
off tickets, 162 packs of of the 109th Precinct.
cigarettes and 49 boxes of
cigars.
In regards to the above incident,
police arrested Robert Martin, 27,
of Woodhaven; Jose Rosario, 25, of
Woodhaven; Christopher Aulet, 21, of
Brooklyn; and a 15-year-old suspect,
Call Crimestoppers at
and charged them with third-degree
1-800-577-tiPS (8477)
burglary and possession of burglar’s
tools. A fifth suspect, Sean Martin,
or text tips to CRiMES
19, of Woodhaven, was charged with
(274637) then enter
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Borough Readies For
Catholic Schools Week
BY JOE MARVILLI
Staff Writer
As January marches on and New
Year’s Day gets more distant in the
rearview mirror, Queens’ communities are gearing up for Catholic Schools
Week.
National Catholic Schools Week is
an annual celebration of Catholic education that takes place during
the last week of January,
which goes from Jan. 26
to Feb. 1 this year. Having started 40 years ago
in 1974, the event is a
time for Masses, open
houses and other activities for students, parents
and teachers in schools.
The 2014 theme for Catholic Schools Week is “Communities of Faith, Knowledge and
Service.” According to the National
Catholic Educational Association, the
theme incorporates several concepts
that are important to Catholic education. It said that its schools are communities, both within their own individual walls, but also in terms of their
diocese.
“Faith, knowledge and service are
three measures by which any Catholic
school can and should be judged,” the
association said.
The theme was also designed to be
used for at least three years, a switch
from the usual change of a new selection each time. Given the emphasis on
community and service, the National
Catholic Educational Association is
asking institutions to mark Catholic
Schools Week by pledging 40 hours
of service to their neighborhoods.
Besides the overall
theme, each day of Catholic Schools Week has its
own individual celebration. Sunday will focus
on the Parish, Monday
will look at the community, Tuesday will be all
about the students, Wednesday will center on the nation,
Thursday will emphasize vocations
and Friday will be a time to celebrate
the faculty, staff and volunteers.
To learn more about how Queens
is celebrating Catholic Schools Week,
pick up next week’s edition of The
Queens Tribune, which hits stands on
Jan. 23.
Melinda Katz
Inaugurated
Queens’
Hundreds of people were in attendance for the reception following the ceremony.
Voice
Sworn In
BY LUIS GRONDA
Staff Writer
Mayor Bill de Blasio administered the oath of office to new Borough
President Melinda Katz as U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley held the Old Testament.
Photos by Steven J. Ferrari
Voters chose Melinda Katz to act
as the new voice for Queens on Nov.
5. Last week, Katz officially took over
in that role.
The Forest Hills native was sworn
in as the 19th Queens Borough President at a ceremony held at Queens
College’s LeFrak Concert Hall on Jan.
9.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking before administering the oath to Katz,
said he has worked with Melinda
during all of her political career and
he has seen her stand up for Queens
many times in the past.
“She’s going to work hard everyday, she’s going to make this Borough proud and I can tell you, it’ll be
my honor to work with her,” he said.
“And when you need a strong voice
going down to City Hall and standing
up for Queens, I guarantee you that
Melinda will be that voice.”
Katz emphatically discussed her
plans as BP in a filled-to-capacity LeFrak Concert Hall.
According to Katz, her late father, David Katz, always said “you
shouldn’t have to go over a bridge
or under a tunnel to get everything
you need” and she plans to heed that
statement as Borough President.
“You should be able to get anything you need right here in this Borough, and we will make it happen
together,” she said.
She pledged to reinstate an education “war room” at Queens Borough Hall that aims to get more leasing to build more schools in Queens
and give young people a chance to
get an education no matter where
they live.
“We will guide and we will take
note of the Dept. of Education and
the School Construction Authority
and figure out how to get leasing,
how to build schools, how to make
our school system fair,” Katz said.
She also spoke of bringing jobs to
Queens. Katz said that while we can
boost the Borough’s arts and culture,
ence. “[She has] tremendous experience for such a young woman.”
Stringer, who most recently
served as Manhattan Borough President, also had complementary words
for Katz during his remarks at the
ceremony.
“She’s going to be an excellent
Borough President, an office I know a
little bit about,” Stringer said. “She’s
going to understand how to build affordable housing, how to create and
build neighborhoods.”
City Council Speaker Melissa
Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan/Bronx)
also congratulated Katz on becoming
Queens BP.
“It’s a real pleasure to see her
come and arrive at this moment,” she
said, adding that the Borough will be
well represented with her at the helm
as BP.
Katz replaces Helen Marshall, who
held the position from 2001 to 2013
and is the third consecutive woman
to be elected the chief executive of
the Borough.
Rabbi Gerald Skolnik of the Forest Hills Jewish Center delivered
the invocation at the ceremony and
the Rev. Floyd Flake provided the
benediction. A performance by the
choir at the Frank Sinatra School
of the Arts preceded the Inauguration.
New Council Speaker Melissa
Mark-Viverito and U.S. Sen.
Charles Schumer were two of the
dignitaries on hand for the inauguration.
Melinda Katz addresses the
crowd at the LeFrak Concert Hall
after being sworn in.
if you cannot find employment in
Queens, you may decide to live and
work somewhere else.
“Whether it’s the high-tech industry and small businesses that we want
to start in Long Island City, whether
it’s creating retail in Jamaica, whether it’s making sure in the Rockaways
we get economic development and
permanent ferry to make sure you can
get in and out of the Rockaways,” she
said, which drew a loud cheer from
the audience in attendance.
Katz also pledged to create a storm
relief task force at Borough Hall, to
help areas like the Rockaways and
Howard Beach that are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy more than
one year later.
“You can come to Borough Hall
and trade stories and figure out how
we can make things happen faster,
better, more efficiently and get people the money that they’re owed in
this Borough,” she said.
A host of dignitaries attended
Katz’s inauguration, including de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, U.S. Sen.
Charles Schumer (D-New
York) and every member
of the City Council and
the State Assembly in
the Queens delegation.
Assemblyman
Jeffrion
Aubry (D-Corona) served
as the master of ceremonies.
Congressman
Joe
Crowley
(D-Jackson
Heights), a staunch supporter of Katz’s campaign
for BP, made a little quip
during his speech.
“We’re here today, on
this very stage, for another woman, of grace, I
don’t want to say power
because, you know,
I’m the county leader,” The choir from Frank Sinatra High School
he said, drawing much sang “This is Our Moment,” during the inaulaughter from the audi- guration ceremonies.
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Legislative Breakfast
During her inauguration, Melinda Katz introduced her Deputy Borough President to
the standing-room-only crowd. Photo by Walter Karling.
Standing Taller
Officials gathered at the Queens Jewish Community Council’s legislative breakfast on
Sunday. Pictured (back row, from left) are Councilwoman Karen Kozlowitz, Councilman Peter Koo, QJCC President Warren Hecht and executive director Cynthia Zalinsky, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assmblyman Ed Braunstein and Councilmen Rory
Lancman and Mark Weprin; (front row) State Sen. Toby Stavisky, Assemblywoman
Nily Rozic, Councilman Paul Vallone; Borough President Melinda Katz, Assmeblymen Ron Kim and David Weprin and Councilman Daniel Dromm. Photo by Steven
J. Ferrari.
Three Kings Day
During the inauguration of new Borough President Melinda Katz, Mayor Bill de Blasio and master of ceremonies, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry, debated which of the
two was tallest. Photo by Steven J. Ferrari.
Client Excellence
Officials gather with the Three Kings who presented gifts to the baby Jesus during a
Three Kings Day celebration hosted by Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras and U.S. Rep.
Joseph Crowley. Pictured (back row, from left) are District Leader George Dixon,
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Ferreras, Crowley and Assemblyman Francisco Moya.
First Born
Elmhurst Hospital Center celebrated the new year
with the first baby born in 2014. Metok Dolma,
pictured, gave birth to baby girl Tenzin at 12:00:01
a.m. Both the baby and the parents, including father Choegyal Dorjee, are doing well.
Queens Hospital Center was the recipient of the Client Excellence Award from T-System Inc., which provides emergency documentation for 1,900 hospitals nationwide.
Pictured (from left) are Julius Wool, QHC executive director; Livia Santiago-Rosado,
MD, FACEP, associate director, QHC Dept. of Emergency Medicine; Dave Holson,
MD MPH, QHC director of emergency medicine; Erin Fulton, vice president and
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Remembering
BY STEVEN J. FERRARI
Longtime Queens Tribune photographer Ira Cohen died unexpectedly last
week in his home in Kew Gardens Hills.
Born in the Bronx on April 17, 1947, Ira was a veteran of the Vietnam War,
a Staff Sergeant (retired) in the U.S. Army. He worked as a conductor for the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and served as police auxiliary for the
NYPD.
Of all the various jobs Ira had throughout his life, he was undoubtedly best
known as the photographer for the Queens Tribune. If something was happening in Queens, Ira would be there, camera in hand to capture the moment on
film.
He was one of the most beloved characters in Queens, who was always
willing to go out of his way to help in any situation. Ira was a friend to anyone
and everyone who met him.
Ira is survived by two daughters, Rachel and Denise, and a brother, Barry.
As a well-known and well-loved figure in Queens, a number of people have
sent in comments expressing their sadness about Ira’s death. Here is just a
small selection of those comments from those who knew him and worked with
him over the last 15 years:
Ira was well known around Queens
for the quality of his photographic work
and for his fun and engaging manner.
He brought a unique perspective to
news events that allowed him to craft
the many compelling photographs of
his that graced the front page of the
Tribune. He was also just an all-around
nice guy. He will be sorely missed by
all who knew him personally and by all
of the Tribune readers who enjoyed his
fantastic photography week after week.
- Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz
There was so much more to Ira than
just taking pictures. He was a great human being with a huge heart. He was
a down to earth, colorful and super
friendly guy who wouldn’t hesitate to
give you the shirt off his back. He was
also a veteran who bravely served our
country. His passing will no doubt create a void in Queens photojournalism.
But he leaves behind an outstanding
legacy of work.
- U.S. Rep. Grace Meng
Through his work, Ira chronicled
life in Queens and throughout the City
of New York for many years and he will
be sorely missed. As someone who
personally had the pleasure of working with him throughout my career, I
express my deepest sympathies to his
family, friends and all those who mourn
his loss.
- U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley
Ira was a gentleman who never
seemed to take himself or anything
else too seriously. He always brought
a smile to my face whenever I saw him
and he never seemed to miss an event.
A true loss for all the people of Queens,
and especially all who knew and respected him.
- Barry Grodenchik
I met Ira on the campaign trail and
he was always quick to acknowledge
me. He was one of the nicest people I
met during my journey.
- Tony Arcabascio
If I gave him the who, what and
where or I dreamed up an illustrative
image and described it to him, Ira Cohen was off on a quest and he would
bring me back dozens of photos to
choose from. And if I rifled through
them all and still didn’t see the right
shot, it would only take the assurance
that it was for the front page and he
would be gone, back on the road, and
then back in the newsroom just when
I needed him. He was driven by the
excitement of the front page as much
as I was. We shared a news junkie
gene.
His love of capturing a moment and
chronicling his world through his photos was relentless, and fun, and it made
him a photojournalist I was proud to
work with. But his hug whenever we
would cross paths since those days
made him my respected friend and I
will miss him.
Tamara Hartman
Queens Tribune Editor, 1999-2003
Ira will always be this odd enigma
to those who knew him best. It’s really
hard to wrap your head around who he
was – it never really made sense. You
didn’t know how a person could be all
that he was and get away with it, to
bounce from one day to the next without
a care for what others thought of him.
Yet he was loved by so many, known by
name and face by every elected official
in Queens and throughout the city, by
every arts group, by every peer, by every one of us who had the good fortune
to know him.
It is frustrating now to know that
he is gone, that the last time I saw him
in December would be the last. I’ve
reached out to dozens of former coworkers and they all express the same
loss that I feel. Ira was indescribable; a
good man, a veteran, a friend. It’s difficult to picture a Queens press event
without him there. A big piece of the
paper’s heart is missing, and that is
something that will be hard, if not impossible, to replace.
- Brian M. Rafferty
Queens Tribune Editor, 2003-2011
I met Ira in 2002 when I was a reporter at the Queens Tribune; he was
then, and until his passing this week,
not just the paper’s photographer but
a ubiquitous presence at news events
all over Queens and in other parts of
the city. His battered red pickup (with
the cab cap) was everywhere. His runand-gun approach to photography was
the product of at least two factors I can
think of: he took shrapnel in Vietnam
and the concept of not lingering long
after a shot probably always stayed
with him; and being tasked with covering every news event from Astoria to
Auburndale, he didn’t have a lot of time
to linger either.
He had a heart of gold and I don’t
know how anyone who’d met him just
once could not feel sore and miss him
right now. RIP Ira.
- Shams Tarek, former reporter
Ira Cohen was one of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Whether it was running around
Queens to get photos for all our stories
or bringing in a cake for someone’s
birthday, he was extremely generous
and thoughtful in his actions. Ira was a
fantastic photographer and a fantastic
person and he will be sorely missed.
- Joe Marvilli, reporter
My time at the Trib was always
punctuated by “Wei! Wei!” echoing
throughout the office. He’d bring a cake
for your birthday… His unique brand of
generosity was boundless. His values
so far from the norm he must have
been from another planet. I’ll always
treasure the grimy, soiled MTA uniform
he gave me as a gift.
It was a blessing to know such
a man. And I guess someone like Ira
Cohen can’t be around forever. But a
young journalist should treasure anyone who breaks open the doors to our
field’s mentality.
RIP Ira. Shing jing bing my friend.
- Joe Orovic, former reporter
I keep waiting for the familiar
“Wei!” to echo through the office each
morning as he makes his entrance, but
I know that’s not going to happen. He
was one of the most delightful people
I’ve ever met and worked with. He
touched so many lives, including my
own, and he will be sorely missed. Rest
in peace Ira.
- Luis Gronda, reporter
I knew I could always count on him
to help me bring visuals to my stories.
He always made sure to find me at
crowded events and recount everything
he took pictures of. Listening to stories
about the colorful life he’s lived and the
time he served our country will be the
moments I will always cherish. I know
his presence and exuberance will truly
be missed.
- Trisha Sakhuja, reporter
The Tribune has lost a true friend.
I have known Ira for almost 20 years.
I will miss our almost daily conversations at my desk and hearing about all
the functions he attended. Ira, you are
truly missed.
- Barbara Townsend, artist
Ira was at all the events, he knew
everyone and everyone knew him. It
was always a pleasure to see Ira, who
treated us all with respect. He will be
missed. Rest in peace, Ira!
- Warren Schreiber
God Bless Ira and his family. Queens
won’t be the same.
- Anthony Weiner
This breaks my heart to hear the
news. He was always good to me,
shared many photo shoots and occasions, a great friend. There wasn’t a
day that I always thought of him. May
he rest in peace. He will be missed
much greatly.
- Tania Betancourt, former artist
I have known Ira for many years; he
was a familiar face at many press conferences and media events. He always
took the time to ask how you were or to
talk about his recent events. It won’t be
the same with him gone. I looked forward to running into him at pressers.
He was a tenacious photographer who
seemed to always get his shot.
- Ara Chekmayan
Very sad to hear this. He was a professional and a gentleman.
- Steve Behar
The man was everywhere, always...
and he was a fascinating guy. Queens
has lost an institution.
- Jonathan Silverman
I worked with Ira during many US
Opens over the past 30 years. He was
a kind patient person. I am very sad to
hear of his passing and send prayers
and gentle thoughts his way.
- Frances Crane
Services are scheduled for
10:00 a.m. Friday, Jan.
17 at Sinai Chapels, 16205 Horace Harding Expy.,
Fresh Meadows, with burial to follow at Calverton
National Cemetery, 210
Princeton Blvd., Calverton.
LEISURE
IndieCade Game Festival Returns To Astoria
By Trisha sakhuja
Staff Writer
A three-day festival celebrating independent video games is returning to
the Museum of Moving in Astoria for
its second year.
The East coast edition of the nation’s
video game festival, IndieCade East,
will run from Feb. 14-16.
“We are excited to build on the success of last year’s IndieCade East, and
to welcome game makers and players to
the Museum to celebrate the art, technology and business of independent
game design and production,” said Carl
Goodman, executive director of the
Museum of the Moving Image.
Stephanie Barish, founder and CEO
of IndieCade, which supports independent game development globally
through a series of international events,
said last year’s collaboration with the
Museum was a success, so they decided
to return for year two.
“With game creators from the region
and beyond hosting screenings, giving
talks and presenting their games for
gameplay, IndieCade East will provide
a window to powerful creative visions
from around the world,” Barish said.
“All weekend we’ll spotlight work that
Bayside Little League
Registration Open
By jOE MarViLLi
Staff Writer
Although Queens is deep
in the midst of winter, baseball season will be around
the corner before you know
it. The Bayside Little League
has opened registration for
its spring season, giving children a chance to take part in
America’s favorite pastime.
The league’s registration The Bayside Little League features male
is open through Jan. 25 on and female children between the ages of
Saturday mornings from 5 and 17. Registration for the spring sea11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and son is open until Jan. 25.
Monday evenings from 7
Many teams in the league have
p.m. to 8 p.m. It is open for
children between the ages of 5 and 17, proven to be great ballplayers, as they
have won the Little League District 26
both male and female.
The spring season starts in the Championships and gone on to play in
second week of April, with a kick-off State Championships in the past. Last
parade down Bell Boulevard on April year, the 11-year-olds and 10-year-olds
12, and ends in June. Afterwards, the won district championships.
Some of these top athletes have gone
summer program begins in July and
on to bigger and better things. Outruns through August.
All players are given a uniform to fielder Mike Baxter of the L.A. Dodgers,
keep. Every eligible child winds up on formerly of the New York Mets, is an
a team for the spring season. No one is alumnus of the program.
The league costs $105 for ages 5, 6
turned away.
The children are not the only ones and 7, $135 for 8 to 14-year-olds and
to get involved. Every parent is required $175 for those between the ages of 15
to volunteer two hours of their time to and 17. Make a check payable to Bayside
Little League. The program does not
the league during the season.
“It’s extremely important for a pro- accept cash. All applications must be
gram to succeed to have the parental typed and printed.
The league’s clubhouse is located
involvement just so they’re involved
with their children’s activities,” Bob at 25-32 168th St., Flushing. For more
information, call (718) 445-0110.
Reid, the league’s president, said.
Reid said he hopes the children who
The Little League first came together
in 1950, when three fathers decided to play in the league get a fun experience,
offer an organized program for children learn a little more about the game of
who liked baseball. Two years later, they baseball and form some lasting bonds.
“Hopefully, some new friendships
were approved for a Little League charter, marking the official opening of the will develop that will last a lifetime,”
he said.
Bayside Little League in April of 1952.
Reach Joe Marvilli at (718) 357-7400,
While the league started as just four
teams, there were 56 teams last year, Ext. 125, [email protected],
or @Joey788.
with a total of 725 kids.
provokes thought and conversation, and
that pushes the boundaries of interactive
entertainment and how we see games.”
The weekend will feature more
than 30 talks, workshops and panels
headlined by a group of game makers, academics, artists and journalists.
Seminars and workshops for budding
creators, an eSports tournament, Night
Games East, party-style gameplay, Show
and Tell Showcase and opportunities to
experience new games will all be available for visiting patrons.
One of the workshops, led by the
New York-based Code Liberation
Foundation, will encourage female participation in game development, plus an
inside look at the creation of a new indie
gaming conference in Japan.
The Show and Tell Showcase will
consist of emerging game developers
with the opportunity to present their
latest creations to an audience of game
makers and avid gamers.
This year’s keynote speakers include
New York-based game maker and New
York University professor Bennett
Foddy, developer of the Flash-based
physics simulation game “QWOP” and
Auriea Harvey, co-founder of the Belgian company Tale of Tales, creator of
the gothic story game “The Path.” Both
games are featured in the exhibition
“Indie Essentials: 25 Must-Play Video
Games,” along with 24 other independent game titles from the last decade,
Photo by Lauren Naefe / Museum of
the Moving Image
At IndieCade East last year, attendees played Kaho Abe’s “Hit
Me!,” a two-player, hyper-interactive, physical game that tests
speed, agility and the ability to
take good snapshots.
which will be on view at the Museum
through March 2.
Festival passes are on sale now with
an early-bird special. Regular tickets
are $100 and $80 for students, seniors
and Museum members. Beginning Feb.
1, festival passes will be $125 for the
public and $100 for students, seniors
and Museum members.
For more information or to purchase
tickets, visit www.movingimage.us/
films/2014/02/14/detail/indiecadeeast-2014 or call (718) 777-6800.
Reach Trisha Sakhuja at (718) 3577400, Ext. 128, tsakhuja@queenstribune.
com, or @Tsakhuja13.
Baseball Convention
Occurs This Weekend
By Luis GrOnda
Staff Writer
Thousands of baseball fanatics will
flock to McFadden’s this weekend for
a convention centered on America’s
pastime.
The first-ever Queens Baseball
convention will take place this Saturday at McFadden’s Citi Field, the bar
and restaurant located adjacent to the
home of the New York Mets.
Starting at noon and ongoing for
most of the day, the QBC will feature
a number of events and panels for the
Queens baseball fan.
The highlight of the convention is
a question and answer session with
two Mets legends: Ron Darling and
Ed Kranepool. The two will take on
all inquiries from fans for about one
hour and then sign autographs after
that finishes for an additional hour.
The Darling Q & A will begin at
1 p.m. and the autographs at 2 p.m.
The Kranepool Q & A session starts
at 3 p.m. and he will sign autographs
at 4 p.m.
Other events at the convention
include “The New Media” panel discussion, a presentation on the most
unusual victories in Mets history and
a panel on Fantasy Baseball for the
upcoming season.
The New Media panel brings
together writers from various Mets
blogs to discuss baseball in Queens.
It includes Matt Cerrone from MetsBlog, Greg Prince and Jason Fry from
Faith and Fear in Flushing and Ed
Ryan from MetsFever.com.
Mark Simon from ESPN New
York will host the presentation on
all the unusual victories throughout
the Mets’ 52-year-history.
Fantasy Baseball experts and
Queens natives, Larry Melnick and
Scott Engel, will host a Q & A to get
fans prepared for the upcoming fake
baseball season.
You can buy tickets for the convention at queensbaseballconvention.com. Tickets cost $35 for adults
and $10 for children ages 12 and
under.
Dining & Entertainment
QUEENS TODAY
THURSDAY 1/16
MAC WELLMAN W/ STEVE
MELLOR – MUAZZEZ
Watch Steve Mellor in an
act that is intentionally
staged in the simplest of
terms, employing a chair,
an actor and a microphone.
He performs a collection
of short stories written by Mac Wellman,
entitled “A Chronicle Of
The Madness Of Small
Worlds.” All of the stories
in the book take place on
various asteroids or planetoids. This particular offbeat
tale is written in Wellman’s
trademark playful/experimental style. The result is
an intimate, unforgettable
encounter with the words
of one of our country’s leading playwrights performed
by one of our great actors.
The show will take place at
8 p.m. at the Chocolate Factory Theatre, located at 5-49
49th Ave., LIC. To purchase a
ticket or for more information, visit www.chocolatefactorytheater.org/redesign/
event/mac-wellman-w-stevemellor-muazzez.
FRIDAY 1/17
THE DIVAS OF JAZZ
Jazz vocalist Gabriele
Tranchina and pianist/
husband Joe Tranchina
will provide a musical
tribute to 12 dynamic
female jazz vocalists,
including Billie Holiday, Ella
Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae
and Nancy Wilson, at the
Whitestone Library. The
concert will run from 3 to
4 p.m. Whitestone Library
is located at 151-10 14th Rd.
Its phone number is (718)
767-8010.
THE SECRET THEATRE &
QUEENS SECRET IMPROV
CLUB PRESENT A
FULLISH DECK
Join the fun on Friday
nights at The Queen’s
Secret Improv Club. The
roster of house-formed and
veteran indie improv teams
from all over the subway
map get on stage to show
you a good time. Six improv
comedy sets will feature two
shows every hour between
7:30-10:30. Tickets are just
$7 for the whole night, one
show or all six! Current
teams are: Butter High,
Monster Monster, Perfect
Stranglers, Petting Zoo
(musical improv), Sister Sex
Wolf, Funkle Todd, Mercury,
and Goose. The Secret Theatre is located at, 44-02 23rd
St., LIC. For more information, visit www.web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/9861448.
SATURDAY 1/18
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
THURSDAY 1/16
ROBOTICS WORKSHOP
The Queens Library’s branch at
Poppenhusen Institute will hold a robotics
workshop for kids between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Led by Yvonne Shortt, this hands-on
class, using a laptop and robot parts, will
inspire creativity and teach kids important
engineering concepts.
Registration is required and can be done by phone or in person. Poppenhusen
Library’s phone number is (718) 359-1102. It is located at 121-23 14th Ave.,
College Point.
the day of the event at the
NYSCI admissions area. For
more information, call (718)
699-0005.
ASTRONOMY ADVENTURE
AT LONG LAST LOVE
Singer Jean McClelland and her husband,
pianist Bill McClelland
will perform music of
the Great American Song
Book at Flushing Library’s
lower level auditorium,
Starting at 1:30 p.m., the
concert will feature classics
from George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving
Berlin, Stephen Sondheim,
Jerome Kern and Richard
Rodgers. Admission is free.
Flushing Library is located
at 41-17 Main St.
WILDCARD WEEKEND
The New York Hall of Science will hold a workshop
in the Maker Space from
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees will get the chance to
make a brush bot, which
is a robot that uses vibrations to skitter, spin
and dance around. The
class will repeat on Jan. 19
at the same time. It is recommended for children who
are 5 years old and above.
The workshop costs $5
per adult/child pair, $3 for
NYSCI members. Register on
The Alley Pond Environmental Center will present a night of stargazing
for adults and children
ages 9 and up. See the moon
up close and learn about
and view the Orion Nebular,
the Pleiades Star Cluster and
Deep Space Phenomenon
from professor/astronomer
Mark Freilich. The event
will run from 7 to 9 p.m.
and costs $16 per person.
Pre-registration is required
and can be completed by
calling (718) 229-4000.
APAC is located at 228-06
Northern Blvd.
ISRAELI PERFORMANCE
Congregation Machene
Chodosh in Forest Hills
will host a singing and
dancing performance
by Avi Peretz at 7:30 p.m.
Peretz is a well-known
Israeli performer and he
will bring his act to Queens.
Tickets for the event are $22
for members, $25 for nonmembers, $10 for students
and $28 the day of the
show. For more information,
please call the congregation at (718) 793-5656. It is
located at 67-29 108th St. in
Forest Hills.
SO GET THIS... A STORYTELLING SHOW
The Laughing Devil Comedy Club puts on a storytelling show where the
comedians have one job:
to tell you one hilariously
true story. The funniest
comedians NYC has to
offer gather to make you
laugh, cringe and laugh
some more in a unique
format. The comedy club
is located at 47-38 Vernon Blvd., LIC. The show
starts at 8 p.m. For more
information, visit www.
laughingdevil.com/tickets.
cfm?ShowID=1391.
SUNDAY 1/19
LITTLE MAKERS
Mix everyday household
ingredients at the New
York Hall of Science to
make polymers like silly
putty and oobleck. There
is an $8 materials fee per
family, with paid general admission. The cost is $5 per
family for NYSCI members.
This program is supported
in part by funding from the
Liu Foundation and the Lily
Auchincloss Foundation. For
more information, call (718)
699-0005.
TUESDAY 1/21
NAOMI ZEITLIN
Hillcrest Library will
present Naomi Zeitlin
for a concert of pop
standards, from 2 p.m. to
3 p.m. Hear
pop standards that
were covered
by Judy Garland, Barbara
Streisand,
Liza Minnelli, Bette
Midler and
Ella Fitzgerald, as well as songs sung by
more modern, international
artists such as Linda Eder,
Pat Benatar, Linda Ronstadt,
Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan,
La India and Olga Tañon.
Hillcrest Library is located
at 187-05 Union Tpke.
WEDNESDAY 1/22
INTERVIEW WORKSHOP
Philo4Thought will host
a workshop focusing on
improving your interview skills. They will teach
you common interview
practices to follow as well as
“bloopers” you should stay
away from. It will be held
at the Grill Mediterranean
Restaurant at 107-02 70th
Rd. in Forest Hills. It will
begin at 5 p.m.
U2 TRIBUTE
A U2 Tribute band will
play Resorts World Casino in South Ozone Park.
They will play classics such
as “The Fly,” “One,” and
“Even Better Than The Real
Thing.” The show will start
at 8 p.m.
NETWORKING NIGHT AT
DUTCH KILLS CENTRAAL
Meet others in the community while networking
at Dutch Kills Centraal,
located at 38-40 29th St.,
LIC, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. Many businesses and
community neighbors will
attend to enjoy refreshments, craft beer and full
bar at this newly opened
gastopub. Admission is
$10 for members and $15
for nonmembers. Ticket
includes one complimentary
drink and hors d’oeuvres.
A cash bar will be available to purchase additional
drinks. All attendees will
receive a $5 gift certificate
to use for lunch at the restaurant, and several business
cards will be selected in a
(free) raffle to receive $25
gift certificates. Partnership Perks cardholders get
10 percent off anytime. To
purchase tickets, contact
Indra Smith at ismith@
licpartnership.org or (718)
786-5300 x21.
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6AM-MIDNITE
Happy New Year!
2014
Announcing Our
Maine Lobster Fest
Served 12 noon-10pm 7 days a week
$19.95
1¼ lb. Maine Lobster
Corn on the cob, baked potato, choice of soup or salad
(Manhattan or New England Clam Chowder)
or Enjoy our
Full Course Dinners
$19.95
Served 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. Mon-Fri, except holidays
Includes: Cup of Soup, Entree, Potato and Vegetable
or Pasta, Dessert & Coffee, Tea or Soda
BROILED BLUEFISH SCAMPI Broiled Bluefish in a garlic scampi sauce, served
with rice and vegetable
CALAMARI FRA DIAVOLO calamari and mussels served over linguine
two broiled pork chops with applesauce
TWO BROILED PORK CHOPS with applesauce
CHICKEN CORDON BLEU with penne pasta in light mushroom cream sauce
BROILED ROUMANIAN STEAK TIPS with rice
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tWo weeks in advance
to “Queens today”
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FLEA MARKETS
THRIFT SHOP
T h u r s d ays 1 0 - 1 a t A l l
Saints church, 214-35 40 th
Avenue, Bayside. Saturdays 12-4 at the Queens
Baptist church, 93-23 217th
Street, Queens Village.
465-2504.
COMPUTERS
BEGIN COMPUTERS
Fridays, January 17, 24,
31 Auburndale library. register.
BEGIN COMPUTERS
Friday, January 17 Middle
Village library. register.
INTER. WORD
Saturday, January 18 central library. register.
INTER. EXCEL
Saturday, January 18 central library. register.
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Sunday, January 19 central library. register.
OPEN LAB
Mondays 1-5 at the central
library.
BEGIN WORD
Tuesday, January 21 Flushing library. register.
TECHNOLOGIST IS IN
Tuesdays, January 21, 28
personal instruction on
devices. Pomonok library.
register.
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Queens Village librar y.
register.
BEGINNERS
Tuesdays Laurelton and
ro s e d a l e l i b r a r y. re g ister
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Wednesday, Januar y 22
Po m o n o k l i b ra r y. re g ister.
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Windsor Park and central
library. register.
BEGIN COMPUTERS
Thursdays, Januar y 23,
30 ozone Park librar y.
register.
MASTER EXCEL
Thursday, January 23 central library. register.
TEENS & KIDS
TALKS
ENVIRONMENT
QUEENS LIBRARIES
check local libraries for
toddler, pre-school, youth
and teen programs.
TEENS TUTORED
Weekdays at the central
library. register.
HW HELP
contact Laurelton, McGoldrick, Bayside and Auburndale libraries.
THEATER PERFORM.
Friday, January 17 east
elmhurst library at 4. Ages
7-14.
GAME DAY
Friday, January 17 Woodhaven library at 4:30.
CRAFTS
Fridays ozone Park library
at 3, Briarwood and east
Flushing at 4, Pomonok
library at 4:30.
STORYTIME
Fridays Hollis library at
11:15.
BOARD/VIDEO GAMES
Fridays rochdale Village at
4. Grades 1-6.
BOARD GAME
Fridays Windsor Park at 4.
Ages 5-12.
GAME DAY
Fridays 5:30 McGoldrick
library.
MATH HELP
Saturdays, January 18, 25
Flushing library at 10.
GAME DAY
Tu e s d ays , J a n u a r y 2 1 ,
28 McGoldrick library at
5:30.
GARDEN PROJECT
Tuesday, January 21 Whitestone library at 4.
YOUNG MEN
Laurelton library. Ages 1419. 3:30.
DRAMA CLUB
central librar y. Grades
7-12. register.
PLAYGROUP
Steinway library at 11.
FASHION MAVENS
Thursdays, January 23, 30
central library.4:30. Ages
13-18.
ZUMBA FITNESS
T h u r s d a y, J a n u a r y 2 3
Windsor Park library. register.
ARTS & CRAFTS
4:30 at the Auburndale
library.
DRAMA POSSE
Hillcrest library at 4:30.
CREATIVE WRITING
Auburndale library at 5.
Ages 8-12.
TEENS & ORIGAMI
Queens Village library at
3:30.
NEW YEAR CRAFT
Thursday, January 23 Lunar new Year craf t for
those 7-11 at the McGoldrick library. register.
SALARY NEGOTIATIONS
Friday, January 17 central
library. register.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Saturday, January 18 Jackson Heights library at 3.
credit, saving and budgeting, getting out of debt,
preventing fraud.
QUEENS VILLAGE
“Life of Pi’ discussed at
the Queens Village library
at 2.
FRESH MEADOWS
“Beautiful ruins” discussed
at 2:30 at the Windsor
Park library while the Fresh
Meadows library is being
renovated.
FOOD WASTE DROPOFF
Saturdays 1-3 at the Broadway and Lic library.
COMPOSTING
Tuesdays Woodside library
5:15-6:30.
JH SCRAPS
Tuesday 6-8pm and Saturdays 10-2 35 th Avenue
between 69th Street and the
BQe. Bring coffee, tea, fruit,
veggie scraps.
SENIORS
STAY WELL
Mondays at the central
library at 10 and Wednesdays at 10:15 at the east
elmhurst library. Learn how
special exercise and relaxation techniques make a
difference in your life.
CAREGIVERS
Tuesdays caregivers Support group at 3:30-4:30
Selfhelp clearview Senior
center, 208-11 26 th Avenue, Bayside. 631-1886.
EDUCATION
BARRIERS TO JOBS
31 overcoming Barrier to
employment at the central
library. register.
KNIT & CROCHET
Fridays Fresh Meadows
library at 11.
CHESS CLUB
Fridays at 3:30 at the Auburndale library and 4 at
the Woodside library.
ADULT CHESS
Mondays and Thursdays
Queens Village library at
5:30.
JOB SKILLS
Tuesday, January 22 central library. register.
CHESS
Tuesdays rosedale library
at 4.
SMALL BUSINESS
Tuesdays Small Business
Workshop at the central
library. register.
MOCK INTERVIEWS
Wednesdays, January 22,
29 central library. register.
MOCK INTERVIEWS
central library. register.
HOLA!
learn Spanish at the central
library. register.
LEARN CHINESE
Thursdays north Forest
Park library at 6.
ENTERTAINMENT
DIVAS OF JAZZ
Friday, January 17 Whitestone library at 3.
GAME DAY
Fridays 4:30 Woodhaven
library.
GAME PLAYERS CLUB
Fridays 2 Hillcrest library.
ML KING TRIBUTE
Saturday, January 18 central library at 1.
LOVE SONGS
Saturday, January 18 Flushing library at 1:30.
LOVE MAKES WORLD…
S a t u r d a y, J a n u a r y 1 8
Love Makes the World Go
‘round at the Broadway
library at 3.
WESTERN MUSIC
Saturday, January 18 talk
on Western classical Music
Flushing library at 2:30.
STAMP SHOW
Sunday, January 19 Bayside Stamp Show at the
Adria Hotel, northern
Blvd 10-4:30. Free admission and parking. 6457659.
DIVAS OF OUR TIME
Tuesday, January 21 Hillcrest library at 2 and McGoldrick library at 4:30.
SCRABBLE
Tuesdays Fresh Meadows
library at 2 and east Flushing library at 3:30.
CHESS
Tuesdays 4 rosedale library.
MUSICAL JOURNEY
We d n e s d ay, J a n u a r y
22 Glen oaks library at
2:30.
WHITE HOUSE DOWN
movie at the central library
at 6.
SUNSET BLVD.
Thursday, January 23 movie at noon at the central
library.
MUSIC TRIBUTE
Thursday, January 23 tribute to Bobby darin, neil
diamond and Paul Anka at
the Hollis library at 2:30.
ROMANIAN DAY
Thursday, January 23 celebrate romanian Unification day with food and
music at the Sunnyside
library at 4.
OPEN MIC
Thursday, January 23 east
elmhurst library at 6.
ONGOING & WEEKLY MEETINGS
GARDENING CLUB
Saturdays in the Steinway
library courtyard at 4.
ORATORIO SOCIETY
Mondays temple Beth Sholom in Flushing. 279-3006.
Auditions required.
COMMUNITY SINGERS
Mondays community Singers at Messiah Lutheran in
Flushing. 658-1021.
GLEE CLUB
Tuesdays Bayside Men’s
Glee club at All Saints
episcopal church, 214-35
40th Avenue, Bayside. 9616852.
SCRABBLE CLUB
Tuesdays at the east Flushing library at 3:30.
MEN’S CLUB SOCCER
Tuesday evenings Forest
Hills Jewish center 8-9:30.
263-7000.
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Tuesdays Fresh Meadows
camera club. 917-6123463.
FH SYMPHONY
Wednesdays the Forest
MEETINGS
KNITTING CLUB
Fridays, January 17, 24, 31
Glen oaks library at 11.
P-FLAG
Sunday, Januar y 19 PFLAG, a support group for
parents, families and friends
of lesbians and gays meet in
Forest Hills. 271-6663.
QUILTING CLUB
Mondays Alley Pond environmental center 2:30. $5.
229-4000.
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tuesdays, January 21, 28
roy Wilkins Family center.
347-7178.
CHESS CLUB
tuesdays Windsor Park
library at 5:30 and Howard
Beach library at 4.
7:30. 969-2448.
AMER. LEGION
tuesday, January 21 American Legion McKee Post 131
at 8 at 10-20 clintonville
Street, Whitestone. 7674323.
BEREAVEMENT
tuesday, January 21 Bereavement Support Group
at Holy Family in Fresh
Meadows. 7:30. 9692448.
TALK OF TOWN
tuesdays, January 21 learn
the art of public speaking
in St. Albans at 7:15. 6407092.
KNIT & CROCHET
tuesdays, January 21 Whitestone library at 2.
FH VAC
Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance corp. 793-2055.
JAMAICA KIWANIS
thursday, January 23 Kiwanis club of Jamaica.
527-3678.
Hills Symphony orchestra
rehearses at the Forest
Hills Jewish center. 516785-2532.
WOMEN’S GROUP
Fridays Woman’s Group
of Jamaica estates meets at
noon. 461-3193.
HEALTH
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT
do you provide care to a
family member, friend or
neighbor? could you use
some help yourself? 2685960, ext. 226.
SHAPE UP NYC
31 Briarwood library at
11:30.
CALYPSO CARDIO
Fridays, January 17, 24, 31
Laurelton library at 6:30.
ZUMBA
Saturdays, Januar y 18,
25 ridgewood library at
10:15.
TAI CHI
Bayside library. register.
ZUMBA
Tuesday, January 21 north
Forest Park library. register.
INTRO YOGA
Tuesday, January 21 Poppenhusen library. register.
HOLISTIC THERAPY
Tuesday, January 21 Sunnyside library at 2:30.
TOTAL WORKOUT
Briarwood library at 5:30 and
ridgewood library at 6.
CHAIR YOGA
Wednesdays, January 22,
29 Jackson Heights library.
register.
HEALTH CARE
Langston Hughes library
at 3.
C H A N G I N G H E A LT H
CARE
Thursdays, Januar y 23,
30 McGoldrick library at
1:30.
MEDITATION CLUB
Thursday, January 23 Glen
oaks library at 5:30.
DANCE FITNESS
M o n d ay, J a n u a r y 2 7
north Forest Park library
at 11:30.
ALZHEIMERS
Tuesday, January 28 caregiver support group in Forest
Hills. 592-5757, ext. 237.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alcohol, drugs, domestic
violence, martial issues,
depression, anxiet y, phobia, etc. Woodside clinic.
779-1234.
DOMESTIC VIOL.
24 hour domestic Violence
Hotline. 657-0424.
WAITANKUNG
Sundays 2-5. total-body
workout. Flushing Hospital/Medical center. Free.
Jimmy 7-10pm 347-2156.
QUEENS FOCUS
Christopher Constantino, executive director of Elmhurst Hospital
Center, has been named the senior vice
president of the Queens Health Network, which includes Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens Hospital Center
and several primary care clinics.
He will retain his position at
Elmhurst Hospital.
Army National Guard Pvt. Carlos
U. Mendoza has graduated from basic
combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of
training, the soldier studied the Army
mission, history, tradition and core
values, physical fitness, and received
instruction and practice in basic combat skills.
Mendoza is the son of Miguel Mendoza of Corona and Jane Reinhardt of
Wisconsin.
Air National Guard Airman Maurice Kemp graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The
airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training
in military discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and skills.
Kemp is a 2000 graduate of Aviation High School, Long Island City.
Local students were named to the
Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester
at SUNY Geneseo. They include:
Jackson Heights: Daria Craciun.
Maspeth: Cynthia Chan, Sarah
Yo.
Middle Village: Pierce Krauland,
Cindy Lin, Sarah Prieto.
Ridgewood: Jonathan Cardona.
Jamaica: Marylen Santos.
South Richmond Hill: Miguel Baique, Carolann Cely, Nicola Mohan.
Air National Guard Airman Curt
A. Abdool graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The
airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training
in military discipline and studies, Air
Force core values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and skills.
Abdool is the son of Angela and
Conrad Abdool of South Ozone Park
and is a 2005 graduate of Aviation
High School in Long Island City.
Shrisha Maskey of Woodside was
named to the Dean’s List for the fall
2013 semester at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H.
Gustavo Morales of Ridgewood
was named to the Dean’s List for the
fall 2013 semester at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury.
Wenjun Qu of East Elmhurst and
Tony Perez of Woodside were named
to the President’s List for the fall 2013
semester at SUNY Institute of Technology.
Edward Yang M.D. has been
named chief of orthopaedics at Mount
Sinai Queens. He previously served as
regional director of orthopaedic surgery at Elmhurst Hospital Center.
Randsel Brannum of Jamaica was
named to the Dean’s Honors List for
the spring 2013 semester at Connecticut College in New London, Conn.
Emma Lee Lobenhofer of Astoria
and Jieke Jin of Corona were named
to the President’s List for the fall 2013
semester at SUNY Potsdam.
Local students were named to the
Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester
at SUNY Potsdam. They include:
Corona: Krystal Quero.
Long Island City: Sebastian Howard.
Middle Village: Steven Torres.
The New York Army National
Guard has announced the promotion
of members in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility
and leadership.
George Morales of Corona, serving
with the 107th Military Police Company, is promoted to private.
Vincent Acevedo of Glendale,
serving with the Company B, 1-69th
Infantry, is promoted to private.
Michael Camacho of Long Island
City, serving with the Company C,
1-69th Infantry, is promoted to private first class.
Reid Garcia of Corona, serving
with the Company F (Forward Support Company Infantry) 427th Brigade Support Battalion, is promoted
to sergeant.
Michael Alvarezalzate of Jackson
Heights, serving with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
369th Sustainment Brigade, is promoted to specialist.
The New York Army National
Guard has announced the promotion
of members in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility
and leadership.
Drexel Black of Jamaica, serving
with the 1569th Transportation Company, is promoted to sergeant.
Jonathan Williams of Woodhaven, serving with the 145th Maintenance Company, is promoted to
private.
Aaron Diaz of Arverne, serving
with the Division Signal Company,
42nd Infantry Division, is promoted
to specialist.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
872 ATL ANTIC HOLDING, LLC, a domestic LLC,
Queens County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail process to Rafael
Sondon, 130-24 Liberty Ave.,
Richmond Hill, NY 11419.
General Purpose.
________________________
mail a copy of process to
the LLC, 44-05 Francis Lewis
Boulevard, Bayside, New
York 11361. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.
________________________
TERED 12/19/13 NUNC
PRO TUNC – Index No.
10730/2013 SUMMONS
WITH NOTICE Plaintiff designates Queens County as the
place of trial, VIVIAN S. OTERO, Plaintiff, -against- EDGAR
R. OTERO, Defendant. – ACTION FOR DIVORCE – To the
above-named Defendant YOU
ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to
serve a notice of appearance
on plaintiff’s attorney within
thirty (30) days after the service
of this summons is complete
and in case of your failure
to appear, judgment will be
taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in the
notice set forth below. Law
Offices of DC 37 H&S, By:
JOAN L. BERANBAUM, Esq.,
Plaintiff’s Attorney, SHEERA
GEFEN, 125 Barclay Street,
New York, New York 10007.
NOTICE: The nature of this action is to dissolve the marriage
between the parties on the
grounds of (1) abandonment
of Plaintiff by the Defendant
for a period of more than one
year pursuant to DRL Section
170(2). The relief sought is a
judgment of absolute divorce
in favor of the plaintiff dissolving the marriage between the
parties in this action. NOTICE
OF AUTOMATIC ORDERS:
Pursuant to domestic relations
law section 236 part b, sec. 2,
the parties are bound by certain
automatic orders which shall
remain in full force and effect
during the pendency of the
action. For further details you
should contact the clerk of the
matrimonial part, Supreme
Court, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd.,
Jamaica, NY 11434 Tel (718)
298-0950. DRL 255 Notice:
Please be advised that once the
judgment of divorce is signed
in this action, both parties must
be aware that he or she will no
longer be covered by the other
party’s health insurance plan
and that each party shall be
responsible for his or her own
health insurance coverage, and
may be entitled to purchase
health insurance on his or her
own through a COBRA option,
if available.
________________________
I, the undersigned Referee
will sell at public auction
in the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin
Blvd., Jamaica, New York
11435, in Courtroom #25
on 01/31/2014 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
and State of NY, Block 11039
Lot 21. Approximate amount
of judgment $222,511.36
plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to
provisions of filed Judgment
Index# 21469/2012. Wyatt
N. Gibbons, Esq., Referee
Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC
Attorney for secured party
State of New York Mortgage
Agency 250 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Suite One,
Rochester, NY 14624 (877)
759-1835 Dated: December
17, 2013 1074606 1/2, 1/9,
1/16, 01/23/2014
Queens County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom
process against the LLC may
process to Lockhart-Estrada
Hardwood Flooring LLC
90-05 161 Street Apt 3A
Jamaica, NY 11432
________________________
SM TRADING MANAGEMENT LLC, a domestic
LLC, filed with the SSNY on
11/15/2013. 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, 73 25 173rd St., Fresh
Meadows, NY 11366. General Purposes.
________________________
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILIT Y
COMPANY. NAME: 44-05
FLB MANAGEMENT, LLC.
Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary of State of New York
(SSNY) on 12/03/13. Office
as agent of the LLC upon
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF 6015 MAIN ST LLC. Arts
of Org filed with Secy of State
of NY (SSNY) on 11/19/13.
County. SSNY designated as
agent upon whom process
may be served and shall mail
copy of process against LLC
to principal address: 60-15
Main St Flushing, NY 11355.
Purpose: any lawful act.
________________________
Samdavid & Harry LLC Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy.
of State of NY (SSNY) on
11/7/13. Office in Queens
Co. SSNY desig. Agent of
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
102-10 Metropolitan Ave Ste
200, Forest Hills, NY 11375.
Purpose: General.
________________________
SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK –
COUNTY OF QUEENS EN-
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY
OF QUEENS MorEquit y,
Inc., Plaintiff, against Lorna
A. Gilbert a/k/a Lorna Gilbert; William A. Gilbert, III
a/k/a William A. Gilbert
a/k/a William Gilbert; et al,
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a
Judgment of Foreclosure and
Sale duly dated 10/3/2013
________________________
Lockhart–Estrada Hardwood
Flooring LLC a domestic
LLC filed with SSNY on
Notice is hereby given that a
license, number 1275034 for
liquor and wine has been applied for by the undersigned
to sell liquor and wine at retail
in a restaurant under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law at 36-35 Main Street,
Flushing, NY 11354 for
on-premises consumption.
(TSYZ Hotpot Inc.)
________________________
S A L - F R A N C O R E A LT Y
MGMT LLC, Arts. of Org.
12/30/2013. Office loc:
the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
Salvatore Salamone & Rosa
Salamone, 17-12 147th
Street, Whitestone, NY
11357. Purpose: Any Lawful
Purpose.
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14-09 150 Street, Whitestone NY 11357
718-767-0080
house for sale
MASPETH
Mint 1 Family For Sale in
Move-In Condition! 3 BR’s
2 Baths, Detached Garage
Asking $499,000
VISIT US ONLINE QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
917-623-6306
O’Kane Realty
longislandivf.com
house for sale
FRANKLIN
SQUARE
Mint Dogwood Ranch,
vaulted ceilings, Kitchen
with island Granite,
& tiles, big fam. room
3 brs, 2 bths. AGP IGS
Asking $530,000
Agent
516-851-4450
NH ASSIST
mortgage asst.
Helps Homeowners Negotiate
Their Mortgage Debts
at No Charge.
If you are behind on your
Mortgage we can Help.
Contact our Specialist
718-205-0200
Real Estate
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apt. for rent
ALL APARTMENTS
ASTORIA - LONG ISLAND CITY
JLANDLORDS WE HAVE TENANTS
CALL 718-766-9175
BAYSIDE - FLUSHING
LANDLORDS WE HAVE TENANTS
2BR...........$1950 VERY NICE
CALL 718-766-9175
COLLEGE POINT- WHITESTONE
2br condo...........$1550
CALL 718-766-9175
ELMHURST-WOODSIDE
SMALL 1 BR...........$1100
WE HAVE TENTANTS
FOREST HILLS-REGO PARK
WE HAVE TENANTS
House 3BR wd garage 1.5 ba...$2500
GLENDALE-RIDGEWOOD
WE HAVE TENANTS
CALL 718-766-9175
house 3br 2Ba lg lot washer dry...$2795
HOWARD BEACH-LINDENWOOD
studio.........$10001 BR.........$1100
2BR 2 PEOPLE...........$1300
2br ohb...........$1600
3Br 1.5 Ba...$1800 3br HAM...$1500
3BR 2 BA YARD UPDATED...$2250
KEW GARDENS-BRIARWOOD
2 BR...........$1500 3BR...........$1900
MASPETH-MIDDLE VILLAGE
1 BR....$1000 2 br hw fl....$1800
LANDLORDS CALL 718-766-9175
OZONE PARK-SOUTH OZONE PARK
1BR...........$1200 2BR...........$1350
2 br 1 ba...........$1500
ROCKAWAY BEACH
BROAD CHANNEL--ADVERNE
CALL 718-766-9175
RICHMOND HILL-WOODHAVEN
2BR...........$1400
LANDLORDS CALL 718-766-9175
JACKSON HTS-SUNNYSIDE
1 Br...$1150 2br...$1550 2 PEOPLE
LANDLORD CALL 718-766-9175
ROSEDALE-SP GAR-ST ALBANS
QV 3 BR..$1650 ROSE 3 BR..$1650
JERRY FINK REAL ESTATE INC
Call about our Buildings
718-766-9175
See pics at WWW.JFINKRE.COM
co-op 4 sale
BAYSIDE - Bay Terrace
1 Bedroom Co-op
Completely updated,
Hw floors, crown moldings,
balcony, pool
Asking $250,000
TMT Realty 718-229-5200
FARMINGDALE
1 Very Large Bedroom
Co-op W/New Air Cond &
Appliances. Convenient to
Shopping & R.R
Sunny & Spacious
ALICE 516-313-2987
CENTURY 21-PREVETE BASTONE
HOUSES BOUGHT
ALL CASH
ANY CONDITION
ESTATE SPECIALIST
718-217-2000
house for sale
ST. ALBANS
QUEENS BEAUTY
1 Family, 4 Bedrooms,
2.5 Bath, Finished Basement.
Only $390K.
Contact Ms. Gittens
Gittens Quick Sale Realty, Inc.
(718) 454-9000
properties avail.
START THE NEW YEAR
IN A NEW HOME!
HOWARD BEACH
• Lovely 3BR, 2 Bth Colonial near
Charles Park. Full Bsmt. $449,000
• Beautiful expanded Brick Cape
4BR, 3 full Bth, EIK w/granite
countertops, Fin. Bsmt. 1 car gar,
inground spklrs. $599,000
RENTALS
• 1st FL prvt. house, 3BR, sliders
& access to yd. $1,850
• 2nd Fl 2 fam, 3BR $1,700 credit
check & proof of Income Required
DeNiro Realty
917-892-9558
Patty DeNiro, LIC
OZONE PARK
1 Fam House $395K
LINDENWOOD
1 BR CO-OP $105K
2 BR CO-OP,
2 BTH, TERR. $129K
1 BR Apt. $1,150
FRED Associate Broker
718-902-0708
email:[email protected]
restaurant 4 sale
Restaurant For Sale
Howard Beach
“Mexican Kitchen”
Good Terms
Parking Available
Call Art:
480-991-7315
Real Estate
houses sold
houses sold
houses sold
$40/hr
body work
Health Services
body work
body work
PLUS 30 MINUTES
FREE FOOT RUB
718-224-0648
200-12 44 AVE BAYSIDE
massage therapy
Therapeutic Massage
By NYS Licensed
Massage Therapist
Nice Chinese Girls
718-559-2015
By Appt. • 7 days
Union St. Bet 37th Ave &
Northern Bld. Flushing
store for rent
商店租金碧沙。長約
平方英尺的地下室
1000平
和停車場。適用於寫字
樓及零售。空調和暖氣
。輕鬆訪問 L.I.E. 出口。
845-735-2796
re. professionals
ATTENTION
HOMEOWNERS AND
HOME BUYERS
What you should know about
selling or purchasing
real estate. Call us with any
question. We the real estate
professionals can help.
STRICTLY NO OBLIGATIONS!
Call: Gittens Quick Sale Realty, Inc.
(718) 454-9000
(Ask for Ms. Gittens)
Serving Queens, Long Island and
Brooklyn for over 15 years.
A FORBES AWARD
WINNING COMPANY.
body work
store for rent
store for rent
Appx 1000 Sq Ft.
W/Bsmt & Parking
Suitable for Office & Retail
A/C-HT Easy Access L.I.E. Exit
임대 베이 사이드에 대한
저장소입니다. 지하 및
주차장 APPX 1,000 평방
피트 사무실에 적합 및
소매. 에어 컨디셔닝 및
난방. 쉽게 접근 L.I.E. 출구.
STORE FOR RENT
BAYSIDE
845-735-2796
townhse for rent
845-735-2796
townhouse 4 sale
FABULOUS PRIME
BEECHHURST TOWNHOUSE RENTAL
HOT SPA
Pretty Asian Massage
Clean and Relaxed
Environment
Free Sauna •Table Shower
Whole House rental, 2br/1.5
bths, totally renovated, new
granite/SS appls Kit, ceramic
tiles, polished Hw Flr, Designer
Bath, lovely finished basement.
Huge deck for dining al fresco.
Available now, $2,500.
Call/email Meryl NOW,
Open 7 Days a week from
10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Call 718-961-2229
140-14 Cherry Ave. Flushing NY 11355
CHINESE
BODY WORK
(646) 330-3637
LICENSED
$30 MASSAGE
[email protected]
718-321-2235
143-25 41st Ave. Flushing
Health Services
body work
medical care
body work
GRAND OPENING
SAKURA CENTER
$40/hr Nice Bodywork
Friendly Girls
87-11 Grand Ave
2nd Fl. Elmhurst
718-672-8880
SAMLI SPA
BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE ROOMS
10AM-3PM 60MIN REIKI
BODYWORK PLUS 30MIN
FOOTWORK $40
45-60 162ND ST., FLUSHING
OPEN 10AM-11PM
CALL FOR APPT.
CHINESE
BODY WORK
Price Reduced to $50/hr
41-28 71st Woodside
718-397-5349
TREATING ALL
MUSCLE ACHES/PAIN
Enjoy relaxing bodywork
mixed w/Caribbean
bodywork for circulation.
7 Days/Week
Astoria Blvd. @ 21st
Call 917-338-9577
718-570-4255
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Dermatology
Rapid, Effective Treatment,
Confidential. HIV test.
Dr. D. Park, MD, Specialist
40-44 82 St., Elmhurst, Queens
(1 blck frm Roosevelt Ave. #7 Train)
Accept Major Insrnce, Credit Cards
718-429-3800
research study
A Clinical Research Study for
HEART ATTACK
SURVIVORS
HEART
ATTACKS
CAN
strike twice
GRAND OPENING
Learn about a local
research study of an
investigational drug for
Heart Attack patients
1 Hour $35
√ No-cost study-related care
and heart monitoring.
√ Participation is voluntary
You may be reimbursed for time
and travel.
BODYWORK
By Nice Asian Girls
11am - 10pm
718-205-2502
85-14 Queens Blvd.
2 Fl. Elmhurst 11373
Ins. Accepted
Call 212-777-6977
www.humanityhealth.com
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BODY WORK
ASIAN BODY SPA
$45 for 90 Minutes
Beautiful Asian Girls
Clean & Relaxed
Environment
Table Shower & Free Sauna
Open 7 days 10am-1am
We have parking 5$ Coupon
EUROPEAN
GRAND OPENING
718-767-1877
12-49A 150th St.
Whitestone 11357
BODY
WORK
347-336-3745
BEST BODY RUB
BY BEAUTIFUL
ASIAN GIRLS
$50/HR
917-588-8059
Nice Asian Girls. Private
Room/Table Shower Avail.
54-30 48th St. Suite 4
Maspeth, NY
CHINESE GUY
MASSAGE
WAXING TREATMENT
FULL DETOX
CALL ANYTIME
917-251-9689
718-961-2229
ELM SPA
$45/hr
Body Rub, Shower
85-12 Queens Blvd (Celler Flr)
Elmhurst, NY 11373
718-478-8898
HelenSpa
BEST
BODY WORK
Professional Services
in Flushing
10-8pm • 7 days/wk.
646-251-3921
RELAXING TROPICAL
BODY WORK
Feel the stress, aches
& pains melting away.
Independent Location
7days
Astoria Blvd. & 21st
Call 917-338-9577
SUNRISE SPA
Beautiful Friendly Girls
Foot Rub/Back Rub
Table Shower Now Open
75-13 Metropolitan Ave., 2nd fl
Middle Village, NY 11379
347-527-1768
Health Services
accupuncture
accupuncture
bathrooms
Home Services
bathrooms
construction
construction
Western Medicine Meets Eastern Medicine
Ronglan (Rhoda) Zheng, MD, PhD
Yali Li, MD, PhD
We use combined Eastern and Western Medicine Approaches
Acupuncture, Massage, Physical therapy
Ultrasound Guided Joint and Tendon Injections
We treat the following problems with success:
Rotator Cuff Syndrome, Tennis Elbow
Neck and Back Pain, Sciatica, Allergies
Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,Trigger Finger, Infertility
Most Insurance Accepted
(718) 961-9618 (Tue, Thurs & Sat)
39-07 Prince Street, 4J, Flushing, NY 11354
elder care consult
AHMED
CONSTRUCTION CO.
elder care consult
ELDER CARE SERVICES, INC.
Brickwork, Sidewalks, Waterproofing,
Roofing, Painting, Silicone Coating,
Steam Cleaning, Pointing, Sheetrock
MEDICAID PROFESSIONALS
Tel. 718-740-2532
Cell 917-862-1632
• Over 18 years experience filing Medicaid
Home Care and Nursing Home applications
• Apply for pooled income trusts
• Protect your home, assets and income
• Advocate for additional Home Care hours
• Nursing Home placement of your choice
• Full service including challenge denials,
JACK LIPPMANN recertification representation & much more
Free est.
HANDYMAN
SERVICES
handyman
Complete Installation
& MORE
♦ Painting
♦ Tiling
♦ Flooring
FREE Consultation
www.eldercareservicesny.com
108-18 Queens Blvd. Suite 801, Forest Hills, N.Y. 11375
(718) 575-5700
Home Services
appliance rep.
DEPENDABLE
APPLIANCE
SERVICE
Factory Authorized Manufacturer
Will Repair All Makes & Models
15%
Any Repair
Repair
15% OFF
OFF Any
with mention of Ad!
We accept all major CCs,
City, State, Fed, Military &
Senior Discount.
Call the Company that your
Neighbors & Manufacturers
Depend on!
718-966-6500
718-807-6313
drain/sewer
SEWER CLEANING
Pay Only $19.95 For
Preventive Maintenance
Call Now 516-325-6026
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bed bugs
WHO’S SLEEPING
WITHYOUTONIGHT!
Remove Bed Bugs,
REMOVE HEAD LICE
contracting
contracting
Lice & Mites!
Nontoxic Kleen Green Stops
pests dead, Safe for children
and pets.
Fast Shipping!
No Job Too
Big or Small
FREE ESTIMATES
YOUR AD
COULD BE
HERE
347-569-1366
718-357-7400
electrician
electrician
ext 151
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MURPHY’S
MAIDS
cleaning
Lic # 1001349
cleaning
Old Fashioned Irish Cleaning”
(718) 279-3334
Specializing in all phases of Domestic Service
(one time, weekly or monthly service)
P.A.P. IRON CORP.
fences/iron
furniture repair
furniture repair
fences/iron
STAINLESS STEEL
Commercial • Residential • Industrial
• All types of Fences • Gates
• Window Guards • Steel Decks
• Security Doors • Railings
• Stainless Steel Fabrication
Licensed • Insured • Bonded
Licensed
#1128982
718-297-5553
Wholesale Distributor
170-41 Douglas Ave., Jamaica | Showroom: 14408 A Liberty Ave., Jamaica NY
www.papironcorp.com
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
Home Services
contracting
COST RITE
CONTRACTING
Free Estimates • Licensed & Insured
• Kitchens
• Tile Work
• Painting
• Doors
• Bathrooms
• Sheetrock
• Wood Floors
• Carpentry
• Windows
718-945-6612
917-676-0021
Ken LIC# 1210212
gutters
Rocco’s Gutter Service
Clean & Screen, Gutters
and New Installation.
646-621-5719
contracting
contracting
heating oil
heating oil
heating oil
electrician
floors
painting
painting
painting
AFFORDABLE
ELECTRIC
No Job Too Small
25 Years Experience
Call for
FREE Estimate
Master Electrician
347-538-2318
QUEENSTRIBUNE.COM
J&S FLOOR SERVICE
•Scraping •Polyurethane
•Staining
•Bleaching White Floors
•Waxing •Stripping
•Repairs & Installation
We also do Painting,
Wallpaper Removal,
Tiling & Dry Wall
Reasonable Prices • Free Estimates
917-459-2421
718-464-4535
24/7
gutters
WOOD FLOORS
Sanding & Refinishing
Anthony’s 1st Class
Painting & Handyman
89¢sq.ft.
718-926-4621
DECK RESTORATIONS
$50 Per Room
handyman
ars
20 yerience
Expe
For all the Repairs You Need
Around Your House
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
HANDYMAN
flooring
flooring
Painting * Plumbing
Electrical * Yard Clean-Up
Basement & Garage Clean-Out
* Power Washing
* Gutter Cleaning
* Window Washing
* Cleaning Services
Your Friendly
HANDYMAN
Painting, Wallpapering, Tiling,
Clogged Tubs, Carpentry, Roofing.
No Job is too small for us!
We also alter clothes in your home
Call William (718-793-3531)
Lic. & Ins.
LOCAL
PAINTER/
HANDYMAN
No job too big or too small.
Free Estimate.
Senior Citizen Discount.
Work area cleaned daily.
Polite, professional service.
718-352-2181
PAINTERS & TILES R US
HANDYMAN
We Can Do It All
FREE ESTIMATES
Ray 718-791-7726
Stacy 347-276-0742
718-852-3481
347-457-0147
with your paint
I Will Beat Any Estimate
Interior & Exterior - Over 20 Years of Experience
BASEMENTS • KITCHENS • BATHROOMS
•
•
•
•
•
•
Painting/Skincoating
Bathrooms
Custom Tile Installation
Sheetrock & Taping
Flooring
Carpentry/Doors
•
•
•
•
•
•
Wallpaper Removal
Tile Repair
Water Damage Repairs
Wood Floors
Plasterwork & Moldings
Custom Decks
15% OFF Fully Insured • Free Estimates
with this ad
ALL WORK GUARANTEED!
Call Anthony 347-226-0202
LOW
PRICES
Home Services
plumbing
heating
home improve
ARNOLDO’S
TREE SERVICE
• Pruning • Planting
• Stump Grinding
• City Permits Obtained
• Prompt Storm Service
149-57 Beech Ave.
Flushing, 11355
landscaping
landscaping
P:718-463-7829
C:917-337-4062
PLACE YOUR
AD HERE
718-357-7400 Ext. 151
MY
HOUSE
HOME IMPROVEMENT Inc.
Extensions, Kitchen/Bsmnt
Bathroom, Tiles, Painting
Sheetrock, Carpentry, Cement
All Kinds of Woodwork
We do it all!All household needs!
NO JOB TOO BIG OR
TOO SMALL!
LOW
PRICES !
Call Adrian
718-974-6983
Lic & Insured #1282515
roofing
Windows
Falling Down?
windows
Glass Fogged or cracked?
Need Caulking
or rescreening?
Window & Door
Repairs & Replacements.
CALL DEN-MAR:
718-457-8068
den-marcontracting.com
License # 0672990
reglazing
Create A New Bathroom
Without Replacement
TUBS & TILES
REGLAZED
5 Yr. Guarantee
USE 12 HOURS LATER
All Work Done in Your Bathroom
FREE Estimates
Lic. H3804880000
European Reglazing, Inc.
516-932-8110
roofing
General Services
autos wanted
autos wanted
WANTED: USED CARS!!
HIGHEST CASH PAID!!
WE VISIT YOU!!
ANY YEAR CONDITION & MILEAGE
OR DONATE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
- PLUS CASH!
CALL JOHNNY: 516-297-2277
ANY CONDITION
autos school
autos school
ALL SEASONS AUTO SCHOOL
“Your Driver’s License Made Easy”
* 5 Hr New Driver Class AM/PM *
* 6 hr Point Reduction Class *
FREE HOME PICK UP
We Train 16 & 17 Years Olds
Weekends & Weekday AM & PM * New Model Air Conditioned Cars
Special Care to Nervous & Elderly Students * Cars Available for Road Test
Pay-as-you-go-plan & TLC Approved Classes
Highly Experienced & Trained Instructors * Lic. By NY State
DISCOUNT PACKAGES AVAILABLE
718-225-8438
41-23 Bell Blvd * Bayside
Visit Us @ www.allseasonsautoschool.com
DDC ONLINE COURSE @
www.allseasonssafedriver.com
art studio
rubbish removal
art studio
tree removal
RUBBISH REMOVAL TREE REMOVAL
• Clean-Ups
• Attics/Basements
• Garage • Backyard
• Stump Removal
• Prunning
E. Rivas Enterprises LLC.
718-801-4135 - Cell
• FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY INSURED
tree service
tree service
General Services
autos wanted
autos wanted
PLACE
YOUR AD
718-357-7400
Ext. 151
birth injury
art & design
BK Art & deSIGNS
Banners, Awnings,
Iluminated Signs, 3D Lettering,
Vehicle Lettering etc.
Interior & Exterior Sign Design,
Creation & Installation
Call Delphine: 718-414-2390
www.allsignsexperts.com
License # 452859519
legal
attorney
LEGAL
PROBLEM?
I KNOW HOW
TO WIN
FOR YOU!
Traffic Violations, Criminal
Law, All Business-Contract &
License Problems, Collections,
Employment Problems,
Landlord/Tenant
Joseph B. Maira, Esq.
MAIRALAWOFFICE.COM
Call cell ANYTIME
718-938-3728
bus tours
COMPUTER
HELP
computer svcs
General Services
dating service
dating service
office furniture
funeral services
funeral services
tax prep
office furniture
Software/Hardware
Problem Fixing,
DSL/Cable Connection
Internet Troubleshooting,
Data Recovery, Tutoring,
Upgrades,
Performance Tuning,
Networks
Home or Office
Michael
718-261-8314
bus tours
RICK SKUTCH C.P.A.
tax prep
Income Taxes Prepared
Personal-Corporate-Estate - Trust
WE SOLVE TAX PROBLEMS
ANY RETURN, ANY YEAR
56-43 219th St., Bayside
718-225-2209
email:[email protected]
www.rickskutchcpa.com
tutoring
tutoring
tutoring
pet sitter
wanted to buy
wanted to buy
PET SITTER AVAILABLE
Local dog groomer with 27 years
experience will pamper your pet in my
home or yours: Fenced in yard,
Daily walks available, Unlimited Hugs
and kisses, References available,
Boarding charges $25 & up per day.
Lisa- 917-478-5493
live entertainment
CASH FOR RECORDS
VISIT US AT:
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taxes
taxes
LOUIS CARINO
video transfer
Year
Round
Service
TAX ACCOUNTANT-FINANCIAL PLANNER
“Over 20 Years Of Personalized Service”
•Preparation Of All Business & Personal Returns
•Bookkeeping & Payroll Services Available
•Financial Planning Available
•E File Provider
Tel (718) 767-6597
Cell (917) 373-5975
Fax (718) 747-6149
[email protected]
PL ACE YOUR AD
718-357-7400 Ext. 151
166-26 Powells Cove Blvd. Ste 4D•Beechhurst, NY 11357
video transfer
Old Clocks & Watches Wanted
By Collector, Regardless of Condition - Highest Prices Paid
917-748-7225
video transfer
SAVE THE MEMORIES
TRANSFER SERVICE
Blues, Rock, 50-80’s
Collector travels.
Also wanted, CDs, Coins &
Hi-end Stereo Equipment
HIGHEST CASH PAID
203-377-3449
tutoring
Home Tutoring
Its a New Year but what
about your old memories.
Experienced Teachers
Reasonable Rates,
Elementary Thru College,
All Subjects & Exams
DON’T LOSE THEM
SAVE THE MEMORIES
HIGH GRADE
TUTORING SERVICE
Everyone has old photo albums, VHS videos, 8mm, Super
8, and old 16mm films. We transfer them to DVD bringing
old memories back to life. We also transfer 35mm slides
and negatives to DVD. Plus, we also transfer LP records,
45’s, 78’s, audio cassettes and reel to reel tape to CD.
Plus much more!
So Don’t Delay. Call Joe Labo now.
S a v e t h e Me m o r i e s
718-835-2595 and have the best holiday ever!
Free pick-up service available in most areas. Min. $100 order
Call
718-740-5460
Ph.D.
PROVIDES OUTSTANDING
TUTORING
in Math, English, S.A.T.,
Regents. All levels.
Dr. Liss 718-767-0233
VISIT US AT:
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General Services
astrologist
PSYCHIC
Spiritual Sessions
with Benjamin
Designing your Past,
Present, Future,
Returning Lost Love
and energy
1-561-860-2623
psychic
psychic
JADE
Tells All! Sees All
Reunites lovers/families
forever! Removes curses.
Brings good luck! Spiritual
protection. Immediate
Answers Guaranteed
1-646-683-3825
PROFESSIONAL VIDEO TAPING
AVAILABLE.
5 HOUR BLOCK PARTY PACKAGE, MOON BOUNCE,
CLOWN, COTTON CANDY, 5 HOUR DJ
516-785-1976
We are
having a
Super Sunday Party Feb. 2
starting at 5pm & during
game domestic beer will be
$4, import beer $5 and
drinks will be $6. We will
have complimentary buffet
during game with our own
half time
entertainment.
psychic
God Gifted Spiritual
Energetic DJ’s. Professional Sound Systems. Light and Smoke
Show. $295.00 Wedding Specialist. Karaoke Available. Waitresses, Waiters & Bartenders. Guitar Sing-a-Long,
Children’s Pop Show, Clowns, Characters. Reasonably Priced
clubs
psychic
Reader/Advisor
DJ’S SHORT NOTICE
Located in Manhattan
psychic
clubs
personals
ATTRACTIVE LADIES
WANTED FOR
BODY WORK
Private Location
718-898-8037
Free Foot Massage
“Lucky
You”
Call For Details
clubs
FREE READING
2014 New Year Blessings
1-203-999-1514
Mother Hope Spiritual
Healer, Solves impossible
problems! Reunites lost
love! Finds Soulmate!
Restores passion. Clears
negativity. Removes Obeah
Guaranteed Results
“Enjoy”
Adult Services
adult
JASMINE
Reunites Lovers
Remove Obstacles & Curses
Promotes Good Luck,
Love Cleansings.
Helps w/career, worry & sorrow.
Call for 1 Free question by phone
Call 24/7
316-587-7582
adult
Get HELP Now!!
Solve all problems!
Can’t Sleep? Worrying?
Relationship/Lonely?
Finance, divorce,
marriage, unhappy?
Serious Father
Mercy:718-219-6910
adult
Adult Services
clubs
clubs
adult
YOUNG ASIAN BODYWORK
Energetic Excellent Body Rub
Back: $35 1hr Foot: $25 1hr
Relief from Pain • Stress
Fatigue & Insomnia
1) 36-18 Union St. Flushing 347-978-3778
2) 43-46 162nd St. Flushing 646-937-1909
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A Grand Old Time
By all accounts, Melinda
Katz's inauguration as Borough President was a successful event that filled the LeFrak
Concert Hall at Queens College. Close to 200 people were
reportedly turned away to the
hottest ticket in town, with
appearances from Mayor Bill
de Blasio, Council Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito and
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
While everyone in attendance seemed to have fun,
the children of Katz and her
partner, Curtis Sliwa, seemed
to be having the best time.
After getting some time in
the spotlight on stage, Hunter
and Carter were brought up
to the balcony, where they
watched mom get sworn in,
smiling and waving the whole
time.
A Rare Sight
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CONFIDENTIAL
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Time For A
Change
Hoops Diplomacy
Queens was well-represented
in a recent "diplomatic" mission
to North Korea.
Ten former NBA players
made a trip over to North Korea
last week to play a basketball
game against a team from the
third world country.
Among the American players on hand was Queens native
Kenny Anderson, who graduated from Archbishop Molloy
High School. Others included
organizer Dennis Rodman, Vin
Baker and former New York
Knick Charles Smith.
The point of the trip was to
provide a birthday present to
North Korea’s supreme leader
Kim Jong Un.
Clips seen from the game
first show Rodman awkwardly
singing “happy birthday” to Kim
Jong Un while the North Korean
citizens clapped along in perfect
harmony.
Watching the game action,
the height of the NBA players
made it look like they played
against an elementary school
team. These players are well past
their prime though, losing to the
North Korean team 47-39.
The players may have been
compensated for the game, but
it does nothing to change what
is going on in a country that remains isolated from the world.
Zachary Alexander
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It's not often that you catch a glimpse of Curtis Sliwa without
his red beret. The noted Guardian Angel and Queens' new
first gentleman slipped to the back of the room during the
Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem at Melinda Katz's
inauguration, but was seen by a QConf reporter. Who knows
when you will see a shot like this in the wild again.
Designers OF QUeens
It’s a new year, with new
elected officials taking over,
but government voicemails
and letterhead say otherwise.
According to the message
when QConf called State Sen.
Jose Peralta’s office late last
week for comment on a story,
his staff is currently away on
holiday break.
Over in Flushing, Community Board 7 sent out its agenda
for its Jan. 13 meeting, which
proudly proclaimed Helen
Marshall as Borough President and Barry Grodenchik
as Deputy Borough President.
We hope they won’t be too
surprised if they call Borough
Hall and instead get Melinda
Katz and Leroy Comrie.
To top it all off, a call in to
City Hall more than a week
after Bill de Blasio was sworn
in as the City’s 109th Mayor
discovered former Mayor Mike
Bloomberg welcoming the
caller to City Hall. We know
that de Blasio said he would
be a Mayor that represents the
outer boroughs, but maybe
he should spend some time
recording a new greeting.
Maybe everyone is just
waiting for the annual Blue
Book – The Official Guide to
Queens (set to be released Jan.
30) to come out before they
make any changes.
Zachary Alexander’s interest in fashion design started
at the age of 13, while watching designers create outfits
in a short amount of time on
the first season of “Project
Runway.”
“After those few episodes I
then started to begin teaching
myself to sew and after years
of trying to perfect my craft, I
then began to start designing
and finding my niche at the
age of 16,” he said.
Fast forward a few years
and Alexander, a modern
dancer and former costume
designer, is getting his name
and his designs out there by
continuously creating new
outfits and looking to get
involved with some flea markets in Queens. After reaching out, he got a response
from one of the organizers
of LIC Flea. He met with the
organizer, showed his work
and began selling in the
middle of July 2013.
“I was nothing but ecstatic, nervous and glad that
someone had been interested
in my clothing and wanted
to meet with me,” Alexander
said. “After that moment,
I had found my home for
selling my work and getting
Zachary Alexander out to the
public.”
The Forest Hills designer
said that growing up in a
suburban neighborhood in
such an urban hub as New
York City was inspiring for
his designs. Walking through
the neighborhood’s gardens,
Alexander passed by many of
the Tudor and Gregorian-style
homes and came up with stories about the day-to-day life
of a girl living in one of those
houses. This would kick off
his design process.
Once that creative process
gets going, Alexander settles
on a few themes he likes to
focus on, which are nature,
femininity and Americana.
He said the experience of
growing up New York leads
him to think about what it
is like to grow up in a rural
place, like the mountains of
New England or the Great
Plains.
“Nature is a very organic,
ever changing aspect of the
world and I feel because it
is so different and can be
very surprising at times;
that is very inspiring to me,”
he said. “Also as a man, I
have a strong connection to
feminine shapes and drawn to
very classic lines. I'm not too
much of a fan of restriction
and conformity and I feel that
should be the same for the human body. I am also formally
trained as a contemporary
modern dancer and I have
always loved seeing the body
move and the flow of the garment, so that also plays into
most of my designs.”
Alexander and his designs
will return to LIC Flea in April
2014, though he plans to
reach out to Brooklyn and
Manhattan flea markets as
well. He also wants to work
with some textile designers in
the late fall so he can create
his own fabrics from images
of flowers and trees.
“I don't know what the
future holds for me but I stay
optimistic and hope for the
best,” he said.

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