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Press Epaper 042916

Vol. 17, Issue No. 17 • April 29-May 5, 2016
Photo by Trone Dowd
COMING SOON:
116TH PRECINCT
MAYOR’S
BUDGET
INCLUDES
FUNDS FOR
NEW SEQ
POLICE
STATION
ONLINE AT WWW.QUEENSPRESS.COM
BY TRONE DOWD
After years of delay and indifference from elected officials, Mayor Bill de Blasio allocated funds for the opening
of the long-awaited 116th Precinct.
News broke of the mayor’s approval Tuesday morning when he released his $82.2 billion executive budget
for the city. It will cost the city $70 million, which will
go towards establishing and staffing the new Southeast
Queens precinct. According to the mayor, the 116th will
bring “faster response times and improved crime fighting”
to its neighborhoods. The precinct will serve Laurelton,
Rosedale, Brookville and Springfield Gardens. The 105th
Precinct on the other hand will now only serve Cambria
Heights, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park, Floral
Park and parts of Queens Village.
The creation of the 116th Precinct will essentially cut
the current 105th Precinct, the fourth largest in the entire city encompassing 12.7 square miles of land or about
half the length of Manhattan, into two more manageable
halves. In the past, the 105th was known to have unusually long emergency response times, often times taking
33 percent longer to arrive at the scene of a 911 call
compared to the rest of the city. To help combat this, the
105th created a satellite office in Rosedale in 2007. Just
last month, the 105th received city funds to increase the
satellite’s resources as well as expand its hours from 16 to
24 hours. While the exact figure of investment was never
made public, the expansion was made to help improve the
efficiency of police in the area.
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News Briefs
Man Shot Four Times
After Party
A man was shot four times early
Sunday morning after an altercation
spread from a party on 90th Street in
Woodhaven out into the street.
According to the police, at approximately 4:17 a.m. in front of 8811 90th St., a 27-year-old male was
shot twice in the abdomen, once in
the knee, and once in the buttocks in
front of Equity Park during a dispute
with unidentified individual.
The victim was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition and is reported to not
be cooperating with police officers.
A Woodhaven resident who lives
north of the scene said of that block,
“This is a trouble spot.” He noted
that in recent years there was an
abandoned house a block away from
the scene at 87-19 90th St. where locals snuck in and used it to host parties. At one of those parties a young
man was beaten to death.
“People on that block are frustrated,” said the neighbor, adding that
police have been to the house from
Sunday’s incident many times.
As of Wednesday morning, a police spokesperson said the shooter is
still at large.
At recent civic meetings, Deputy Inspector Deodat Urprasad, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said
that he has assigned officers to the
Jamaica Avenue area as a way for residents and police officers to familiarize
themselves with each other.
The NYPD is rolling out a Neighborhood Coordinating Officer Program which would put officers back
on a beat. It has yet to reach the
102nd Precinct.
Residents have also expressed concern over gang violence re-entering
the community after a young man
was stabbed on Jamaica Avenue.
The victim was saved by the quick
action of the beat cops and some of
the young men involved in the stabbing were caught and although police believe it was not gang related
the incident still incited fear among
residents that gang violence may become a problem.
–Jon Cronin
Council Pushes State On
Climate Curriculum
The City Council celebrated
Earth Day with the adoption of his
Res. 375 - calling for New York State
to include climate change in the K-12
curriculum after the council voted to
pass it.
“To achieve long-lasting effects in
our environmental efforts, future gen-
erations must be engaged. Students
should be equipped with the knowledge and 21st century concepts they’ll
need to care for our planet,” said the
resolution’s sponsor, Constantinides.
“That’s why it’s so important that
they learn about the environment
and climate change throughout their
school day. We must work together
to make the future of our planet better for our children. This Resolution
seeks to include students as a key aspect of our efforts to combat climate
change.”
Climate change is limited to a
small portion of the science curriculum in schools, but Res. 375 calls on
the State to include climate change
in science, politics, economics and
history lessons.
During an event announcing the
resolution’s passage Friday, Constantinides was joined by state Sen.
Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) and
climate change education advocacy
group Global Kids.
“As the author of New York’s
Clean Energy Law and sponsor of
legislation to combat climate change,
I hold great pride in being a leader
for our environment and am proud
to support Council[man] Constantinides’ resolution,” said Gianaris.
“It’s time we began educating
one another on what’s really going
on with climate change and what
we can do,” testified Global Kids
Leader and High School for Medical
Professions Senior Brianna Johnson.
“In order to have a massive effect on
climate change, people must first
be well educated! Once we’ve been
educated, we can then and only then
fight to save what’s been destroyed
by climate change.”
–Yvette Brown
Auditions For SEQ
Fashion Show On Saturday
This Saturday, the upcoming “Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Show,”
will be holding open casting for their
event currently set for June 18th
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jamaica
Performing Arts Center.
Press of southeast Queens will
be co-sponsoring which will be this
year’s edition of the Jamaica Business
Improvement District Fashion Show.
The annual event will show off the
latest works of local featured fashion
designer Gamakache Black. Special
guests also include R&B singer Jeff
Redd. Sponsored by Resorts World
Casino NYC, the event will be fully
catered by Applebee’s and Harlem
Brewer who will provide beverages.
Casting will take place from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m. at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue.
–Trone Dowd
April 29-May 5, 2016 PRESS of Southeast Queens Page 3
Presstime
Man Attacks Congregants At Jamaica Mosque
Last Friday, elected officials stood
out in front of the Jamaica Muslim
Center, alongside the religious leader
to condemn the vicious attack that
left several members of the congregation bruised, battered and hospitalized on April 19.
As reported last week, police told
the Press of southeast Queens that
the attack was committed by 26-yearold Michael Voyard. During the traditional noon prayer, Voyard entered
the Jamaica Muslim Center located
on 85-37 168th St., yelling anti-Islamic slurs. One witness, Chowdhuary
M. Elahi, told the Press of southeast Queens that Voyard initially
started with a barrage of expletives,
questioning the Muslim faith with
force, before attacking.
“He came in and yelled ‘what the
**** [is the] Quran?’” Elahi said.
“He then started yelling, ‘I’m the
prophet.’”
According to Elahi, when someone told Voyard to be quiet while
holding a phone, that was when he
began to attack.
“The guy had a phone,” Elahi said.
“[Voyard], thought he was calling the
police. He was actually turning off
the phone to prepare for his prayer.
He said you’re calling the *******
police old man?’ before grabbing
him, putting him on the floor and
punching him over and over.”
The victim was identified as 69year-old male Salem Yafai. Many of
the congregants who were present
came to break up the fight. Elahi retaliated by swinging at others. A total
of ten people were injured, three of
which were seriously hurt. Yafai, was
hospitalized for serious head injuries
Photo by Trone Dowd
By Trone DowD
A sign outside the Jamaica Muslim Center calls for peace after a violent attack
on congregants last week.
including bruising, swelling, pain to
his left eye and forehead and a brain
hemorrhage.
Shortly after the attack, Voyard
fled towards Jamaica High School,
attempting an attack another Muslim
woman, Mazeda Uddin, before she
managed to escape with the aid of her
brother. According to police, Voyard
was found stripped of clothing on the
premise of Jamaica High School. He
was arrested around 2:30 p.m.
“I’m very happy with the relationship that we have with the JMC,”
Capt. Paul Valerga, Commanding
Officer of the 107th Precinct said.
“Thankful they were able to get in
touch with me and I was able to get
my officers here immediately. We
were able to arrest this person within
minutes after he left here.”
Police confirmed that Voyard was
high on drugs at the time of the attack. He was evaluated at the Queens
General Hospital Center for psychiatric issues. He has since been released on bail, which outraged some
of the members of the community.
“We have been calling our elected
officials and local activists to organize and let it be known that we are
not going to be hit and we are not
going to tolerate any hate crimes,”
JMC Secretary Mohammed Hussain
said on Friday. He pleaded with the
community to learn about the JMC
before judging who and what they
represent. “Hate begets hate. Please
do not come and attack us without
knowing us.”
Hussain cited the current condition of national politics for the negativity associated with Muslims in
America.
JMC President Mohammed Rahman told the Press of southeast
Queens that Yafai was to attend his
daughter’s wedding on Friday but
was unable to due to his injuries.
Rahman did however, confirm that
Yafai was in stable condition.
“Imagine if anyone with a Muslim
name would do this kind of act, it
would be focused all over the world,”
Rahman said. “With sorrow, I would
like to request that the authority
please take this issue seriously with
the sake of harmony and peace in
our community.”
Among the elected officials in attendances for Friday’s press conference was Councilman Rory Lancman
(D-Hillcrest), Councilman I. Daneek
Miller (D-St. Albans), Assembly
members David Weprin (D-Fresh
Meadows) and Alicia Hyndman (DSpringfield Gardens). The Jamaica
Muslim Center was also paid a visit by
Borough President Melinda Katz who
shared her concern with members of
the mosque earlier Friday morning.
“This mosque, this community
has delivered nothing but positive
things for as long as I’ve been a council member,” Lancman said. “I’ve
personally felt nothing but warmth
and friendship and hospitality. The
wonderful people of this Mosque, it’s
leadership, it’s congregants, deserve
to live amongst us and with us as
friends and brothers and sisters.”
Weprin condemned the anti-Muslim rhetoric being promoted on the
national level of politics, citing that
it “goes against everything that the
United States stands for.”
“This should be an offense to all
Americans and to all decent human
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Council Members Mum on De Blasio Scandal
By yveTTe Brown
Mayor Bill de Blasio has been in
the hot seat recently for allegedly
skirting campaign finance rules in
raising millions of dollars in the
hopes of giving control of the State
Senate to the Democrats in 2014, according to reports.
By law, there was a limit that each
person could give that year to a campaign, the limit was $10,300, but
the same person could give about
$100,000 to larger political organizations, including state and county party committees. The committees are allowed to spend any amount on behalf
of the candidates, but everyone is supposed to pretend not to coordinate
efforts to get around the limitations,
according to The New York Times.
Risa S. Sugarman, the chief enforcement officer for the State Board
of Elections released a report, which
she sent on to the Manhattan district
attorney, stating that the de Blasio
team had committed “willful” and
“flagrant” violations of the laws by
using those committees. The letter came in response to a leak of a
confidential report by the board
that claimed that the team that was
formed by de Blasio had illegally
brought money to various candidates
through county Democratic Party
committees as well as a statewide
party committee, so that they could
evade the limits on the campaign
contributions.
As the controversy circulated, the
Press of southeast Queens reached
out to the Queens City Council delegation to get a comment on the matter, and while Councilmembers Eric
Ulrich, Donovan Richards and Rory
Lancman declined to comment, the
others did not respond as of press
time.
On Monday, the mayor was met
with some questions during a news
conference in Brooklyn, where he denied any wrongdoing.
According to reports, de Blasio
said “unequivocally” that no laws
were broken and that any suggestions made that he was looking to
circumvent state campaign finance
laws was “outrageous” and the big
question was what or who started the
inquiries. Along with denying doing
anything wrong, he added that a lot
of people are having their names tarnished and that he’s convinced that
the “facts will show that everything
was done legally and appropriately.”
De Blasio is also being looked at
for his part on the Campaign for One
New York, which is a non-profit that
was created by the mayor to promote
his agenda, along with two other
businessmen, who were involved in
raising the funds for donating them
to that group or his campaign.
Reach Yvette Brown at (718)3577400 ext.128, ybrown@queenstribune.
com or @eveywrites.
Katz Talks SeQ Investments For Fiscal year
By Trone DowD
Photo by Trone Dowd
Borough
President
Melinda
Katz visited Community Board 12’s
monthly general meeting last week,
updating her constituents of the latest changes and budget allocations
planned and already in place for
Southeast Queens neighborhoods.
“There’s a lot of things happening
in Jamaica and Community Board
12,” Katz said. “Really all of Southeast Queens. We are facing amazing
times.”
Katz referred to last year’s reveal
of the Jamaica Now Action Plan, a
plan meant to speed up the revitalization of Jamaica and it’s surrounding neighborhoods.
“This is going to open up Jamaica
so that our artists and our businesses
and our cultural groups get the respect that they deserve not only in
the community but citywide, and to
increase tourism from around the
world,” Katz said.
In addition to the WiFi that the
Press of southeast Queens reported
on last week which would bring free
internet to the neighborhood – a
first in the entire borough of Queens
– Katz is investing in libraries and
capital improvements for parks and
public facilities.
Among them will be a $7 million
allocation towards the 2,000 square
foot expansion of the Baisley Park
Community Library at 117-11 Sutphin Blvd.. Katz says that the allocation will “provide the additional
space needed to meet the community’s demand for quality library
services.” Among some of the improvements that the budget will fund
include bringing the space into line
with the Americans with Disabilities Act, making it accessible to all
patrons, as well as Teen and Cyber
Centers, furniture, flooring, lighting,
ceilings and television upgrades.
Last year, Katz allocated $3.5 million to the project.
Rufus King Park will also see a
number of capital improvements, including $500,000 for roof repairs of
the manor, and $220,000 for general
improvements and programs that
will be announced soon.
Seven storefronts that received a
$95,000 grant through the Sutphin
Boulevard Business Improvement
District in January 2015 have officially completed their funded makeover
in hopes of bringing more attention
to the commercial shopping area.
Katz said that there was money
put towards making the neighborhood safer.
Borough President Melinda Katz is investing millions towards several SeQ
public facilities.
“We put $97,000 in security cameras in Laurelton Library and that is
new and in the budget for 2017,” Katz
said. “We put $78,000 in Rosedale
Library for security cameras. We did
also fund [...], in St. Albans Library
$2.2 million for the exterior facade
and interior renovations.”
“At the end of the day it all
starts at home,” Katz continued.
“We want to make Jamaica a better community for families and for
our folks that are living here and
investing in the neighborhood. You
should be able to earn a living in
your own neighborhood and this is
apart of it.”
Reach Trone Dowd at (718) 3577400 x123, [email protected]
or @theloniusly
Borough Board Approves new JFK iBiD
By Jon Cronin
Map courtesy of the JFK iBiD
At last week’s Queens
Borough Board meeting the
board unanimously voted to
create a JFK Industrial Business Improvement District
that would advocate for the
air cargo and service related
businesses around Rockaway
Boulevard and JFK Airport.
Barbara Cohen, a consultant for the IBID planning
committee, said the initiative
which began in 2012, will create an IBID that represents a
significant job creater in the
area that she estimates provides 8,000 jobs for Queens.
“It is completely unique,”
Cohen said, adding that the
526 properties surrounding
the airport are often “overlooked and misunderstood.”
She noted that not many outside
of the industry know how it operates.
“No one knows how the cheese in
Italy gets to your corner deli.”
The NYC Department of Small
Business Services is in charge of all
BID formations in the city, though
she notes that this industrial area
is unlike any other neighborhood in
the city. She pointed out that the
A map of the industrial Business District.
off airport cargo companies are on
private property not under control of
the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey, though they do have a
stake in the IBID.
She said the community of industrial companies will generate
the $500,000 annual budget for the
IBID as well as develop programs,
advocacy, and job networking.
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everything anyone would
want to know. She believes
after two years of planning
“They’ve found their voice.”
Cohen added that they had
just a meeting with the City
Department Of Planning,
now they that they have approval by the borough board
they will move on to the City
Council then the mayor,
“We’re right on schedule.”
According to the IBID’s
website their purview is,
“to support the off-airport
air cargo and services district by providing technical
and professional services,
supplemental services and
improvements, and effective
advocacy and administration
for all district members,”
and, “to enhance the quality
of life and the recognition
of the diverse experiences of all who
work, visit and live within and adjacent to the district, and to encourage
members of the district to be ‘good
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Reach Reporter Jon Cronin at (718)
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A Big Win For Southeast Queens
Mayor Bill de Blasio has, justifiably, taken a lot of flack from
leaders in Southeast Queens – most notably for this administration’s insistence on continuing to overload our community with
supportive housing, which Southeast Queens already bears the
burden of hosting more than anywhere else in the borough.
When the Mayor was in our offices in early March, he defended
himself by saying residents of Southeast Queens need to look at
the good things he’s doing for us. This week, he put his money
where his mouth is.
The mayor’s budget includes funding for a new 116th Precinct,
to cover a command that includes Rosedale, Laurelton, Springfield
Gardens and Brookville – areas now covered by the 105th Precinct
way up in Queens Village.
Finally! This has been something our community has begged
for for what seems like decades. The 105th Precinct does the best
job it can do with the resources it has, but the command is too
large, stretching from Rosedale to Glen Oaks. Splitting it up is
not only good for the community; it’s good for the police as well,
giving them smaller, more manageable commands.
It’s just common sense, and we’re glad to see Mayor de Blasio
has joined our elected officials and our Borough President in
seeing that.
The 116th Precinct isn’t the only big win Southeast Queens
got in the mayor’s budget. More funding is coming to deal with
the constant and growing flooding problem in the community,
which has long been ignored. The budget includes more funding
for schools, emergency medical services and programs to treat
drug addiction. All of these things will greatly help improve the
quality of life of Southeast Queens residents.
But Mayor de Blasio shouldn’t expect this budget to mean
all is mended between him and the community. The issue of supportive housing is still on people’s minds and he shouldn’t expect
Southeast Queens to no longer be concerned about the unfair
burden we endure just because we got a new precinct and some
flood remediation. We won’t keep quiet about that.
Letters
Busting At The Seams
To The Editor:
The issue of overcrowded
schools in Queens and New
York City as a whole has been
a problem for years. As a fellow Queens native who attend
public school my whole life,
it frustrates me that the problem of overcrowded schools
has not been resolved.
School District 26 might
be the most overcrowded district in Queens, but there are
several other schools in New
York City that are overcrowded as well. Instead of calling
attention to the “most” over-
crowded district in Queens we
should be calling attention to
the issue of overcrowded public schools in New York City.
Building one or two new
school buildings is not going to
solve the problem. Classrooms
of 33 students are not an efficient way to learn. Denying
students a quality public school
education is a violation of their
human rights.
I urge everyone in the city
of New York to advocate for
an increase of classroom
space in our public schools.
Leslie Guzman,
Woodside
Another Week, Another Painful Music Loss
A Personal Perspective
By MARCIA MOXAM
COMRIE
The year is only four
months old but so far we have
lost some of the most important names in music: Natalie
Cole, David Bowie, Maurice
White, Merle Haggard and
perhaps most shocking of
all, Prince.
“No!” we all thought. “Not
Prince!”
My generation of music
lovers have been following
Prince’s career’s since his
debut single, “I Wanna Be
Your Lover” in 1979. I always
wanted to see him live and
finally did about 10 years ago
at Nassau Coliseum.
We went to see him with
another couple with whom
my husband has been friends
since childhood and he did
not disappoint.
Although long past the
stage where he was doing
those mind-blowing splits,
Prince nonetheless totally
rocked. He was touring in
support of the Musicology
album and the price of the
ticket included a copy of the
CD, another great effort in a
long, prolific career.
So not only have we lost
so many giants of the music
industry thus far this year,
but with Prince’s passing we
have now lost the three biggest music stars of the ‘80s
and ‘90s: Michael, Whitney
and Prince. Although Prince
never used his last name,
the other two need not be
identified here by last names
either. They were so big that
everyone knows who they are
by a single name.
Tragically, if rumors are
to be believed, Prince too has
died from substance abuse.
We don’t want to believe that
it’s possible, given that no one
ever heard of him using any
type of drugs or alcohol. But
he was ostensibly in constant
pain due to years of acrobatic
stage maneuvers so one never
knows if prescription pain kill-
ers could have been involved
as has been reported.
But whatever the cause of
this untimely death, nothing
can change the fact that Prince
was a “killa” guitarist, who was
a virtuoso on more than 20
other instruments, a terrific
songwriter and singer. Who
knew there were so many instruments in the world! Maybe
he invented a few.
In the second half of his
career, the purple-loving
funk master embraced the
Jehovah’s Witness church
and as such, retired many of
his famous tunes from his
concert repertoire due to
their racy lyrics, when asked
why by a journalist, the artist
responded that there are now
children in his audiences and
those lyrics were not appropriate for their hearing.
His faith likely had something to do with that decision.
But his song book is so vast
he could still entertain the
daylights out of an audience
without a “Darling Nikki”
or “Little Red Corvette.”
Fans didn’t mind. There is
something to be said for clean
lyrics.
But his religion is also
the reason it is so difficult
that Prince would have been
addicted to pills or anything
else. If this is true then it goes
to show that anyone can get
hooked on pain medicine.
Too many physicians
choose to write a prescription
rather than a script for physical therapy. This is a much
more effective form of pain
management for many people.
Too many of us see addiction
as being associated with street
drugs such as cocaine and
heroin; but in the aggregate,
the prescription variety can
be just as lethal.
Ironically, Prince’s debut
was hailed as the second coming of Hendrix. It wasn’t an
exaggeration for anyone who
saw him live. It is so incredibly sad that he too has died
(fairly) young.
Good night, Prince.
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Long Awaited 116th Precinct Moves Forward
(Continued from page 1)
Budgeting Around The Borough Of Queens
In addition to the new 116th
Precinct, the mayor has allocated
funds for a number of additional
projects that will affect the borough of Queens. According to the
mayor’s fact sheet, the administration focused entirely on improving and investing in public safety,
public health, education, fighting
homelessness, improving crumbling
infrastructure and the city’s transportation system. The mayor touted
that the budget is only $100 million
more than last year’s executive budget. Some of these capital improvements include the following:
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More funds will be allocated to flooding remediation.
• $778 million for a sewer system
buildout to address the chronic flooding that has long plagued Southeast
Queens.
• $292 million to rehabilitate the
Queensboro Bridge
• $357 million to accelerate work
on City Water Tunnel No. 3 to better
serve Queens and Brooklyn
• $5 million in FY17 – growing
to $9.8 million in FY18 – for 50 additional ambulance tours ensuring
faster response times for high-priority and life-threatening emergencies
in Queens and the Bronx.
• $5.5 million in FY17 – growing
to $11 million in FY19 – for a new,
comprehensive effort to prevent and
treat certain drug addictions across
the city.
to $310 million in FY18, with support from the State – to raise the Fair
Student Funding level for all schools
to an average of 91 percent (with no
school less than 87 percent) in FY17,
and 92.5 percent (with no school less
than 90 percent) in FY18.
• $17 million in FY17 for the
Mayor’s Equity & Excellence plan,
which will provide individuallytailored college plans and to ensure every high school student has
access to Advanced Placement
courses.
to $40 million in FY19 – to ensure
every elementary school is compliant with the State physical education mandate instituted in 2015.
• $66 million in FY17 – ultimately offset by $38 million in
savings – for the administration’s
comprehensive homeless services
plan, focused on prevention, rehousing and improving of available Homeless Shelters. This is
something that Southeast Queens
residents should keep an eye out
on.
• $10 million in capital funds
for land acquisition for two new
full-service animal shelters in
Queens and the Bronx.
• $1.5 million for vital Board of
Elections reforms, with the potential for up to $18.5 million more in
the years to come.
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The Mayor’s office said there
would be no time frame on when
the 116th will begin to serve the
community until the administration
decides on a location for the Precinct. When this reporter asked the
mayor’s office whether the new Precinct could open where the recently
funded and expanded 105th Satellite currently is, or what would happen to the satellite and its recently
scheduled expansions if a new area
is chosen, they reiterated that they
have not “identified a location for
the precinct yet.”
Elected officials were extremely
happy to see the long sought after
116th Precinct become a reality.
Councilman Donovan Richards (DLaurelton) called the news “a tremendous victory for eastern Queens
communities.”
“For nearly four decades, residents
of Laurelton, Rosedale and Springfield Gardens have been calling for
the 116th Precinct and the city has
finally delivered in 2016,” Richards
said. “Since I became the Council
Member for District 31 in 2013, the
creation of a new precinct has been
one of the loftiest goals that I set my
sights on. Now, thanks to the tireless
dedication of local residents and the
partnership with Council Member
Grodenchik, slow response times
will soon be a thing of
the past in Southeast
Queens.”
Councilman Barry
Grodenchik
(D-Oakland Gardens), who
fought alongside Richards in the fight for the
116th, called it the “culmination of 40 years of
community and political activism.”
“Before taking office I
made the establishment
of a new police precinct
in Eastern Queens a top
priority,” Grodenchik
said. “The creation of
the new 116th Precinct
is a watershed moment.
Its impact on the public
safety of our communities, from North Shore
Towers and Queens Vil- The Satellite Office for the 105th Precinct. It is unclear whether or not the 116th will be
lage to Rosedale and located here despite its recent funding from the city.
Springfield
Gardens,
geographical challenges that make it
Mayor’s plan “welcoming news.”
cannot be overstated.”
“Many families in [Southeast difficult to fully serve neighborhoods
The new precinct was something
Borough President Melinda Katz Queens] have long identified the in the southern half of its jurisdichad been pulling for for some time need for a new precinct closer to tion.”
The City Council will meet May
now, most recently last December the neighborhoods it protects and
when she met with New York City serves,” Borough President Katz 23 at 10 a.m. to discuss the budget
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. said. “The size of the existing 105th with the NYPD and the Mayor’s AdIn fact, budget requests for the 116th Precinct, which covers nearly 13 ministration in further detail.
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Day Trip For Hero Wives
Homeowner Help
Photo by Bruce Adler
Landlords and homeowners get assistance during a resource fair hosted
by Councilman Donovan Richards on April 20. The Departments of
Finance, Environmental Protection and Housing Preservation and Development meet with constituents face-to-face to assist with specific
problems.
The wives of NYPD officers who were killed in the line of duty pose for
a photo in front of the satellite precinct in Laurelton on Tuesday before
taking a day trip to Foxwoods in Connecticut.
Lego Masters
Borough President Melinda Katz welcomed members of the I.S. 192Q
robotics team to Borough Hall on April 22nd and congratulated them
on their victory in the recent citywide FIRST®LEGO® League robotics
competition. The Borough President also wished the kids from the St.
Albans school good luck as they represent New York City in the international FIRST® LEGO® League competition from April 27 to April 30 in
St. Louis, Mo.
Queens Faith
Temple in
Springfield Gardens
Meet With Their
Community
April 23 was a special day marked for Queens
Faith Temple. Its members went out into the
surrounding Queens area to meet and greet
with neighbors and learn what the church can
do to be more community-centered. By day’s
end, testimonies were shared, networks were
established, and all who participated could
rightly say, the day was truly a learning experience and a blessing indeed.
Police Blotter
103rd Precinct
in South Richmond Hill.
It was reported to the police
that on Tuesday, March 29 at approximately 8 a.m., the individual
entered a residential apartment of
a 27-year-old female victim within
the vicinity of Liberty Avenue and
121st Street. The individual removed property and fled in an unknown direction.
Anyone with information in regards to these incidents or anyone
who may have been a victim is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or
for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips
by logging onto the Crime Stoppers
website at nypdcrimestoppers.com
or by texting their tips to 274637
(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
Traffic Agent Arrested
On Saturday, April 23, at approximately 3:22 a.m., Keith Jenson, an
off-duty NYPD traffic agent, was
arrested and charged with criminal
contempt for violating an order of
protection, assault and harassment.
According to published reports,
Jenson was arrested after allegedly
choking and beating his girlfriend at
her home in Jamaica.
106th Precinct
Apartment Robbed
The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance
with identifying the individual with
regards to a burglary that occurred
110th Precinct
over the ramp, landing approximately 25 feet below where it landed upside down in front of 32-11
Harper St. NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating.
Fatal Motorcycle Crash
On Wednesday, April 20 at approximately 11:41 a.m. police officers responded to a vehicle collision
in the vicinity of Whitestone Expressway and Van Wyck Expressway
in Flushing.
Upon arrival officers discovered
Kevin Tamasar, 32, unconscious
and unresponsive. He was removed
by EMS to NewYork Presbyterian/
Queens, where he succumbed to his
injuries.
Preliminary investigation revealed
that Tamasar was operating a 2008
Nissan travelling northbound on the
Whitestone Expressway when he
struck a median.
The impact forced the vehicle
113th Precinct
Cop Arrested
On Saturday, April 23, at 7:30 a.m.,
Richard Phipps, 42, an off-duty NYPD
officer was arrested and charged with
criminal obstruction of breathing, acting in a mannor injurious to a child,
assault and harassment.
According to published reports,
Phipps, a former Cop of the Month
in the 105th Precinct, was arrested
after choking his wife in front of
their teenage child.
Borough Beat
neir’s Tavern Seeks Landmark Status
By Jon CRonin
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neir’s Tavern in 1898, and today.
Photo by Jon Cronin
Woodhaven’s historic Neir’s Tavern, built in 1829, will be holding a
rally on May 7 to create awareness
for their cause and just maybe convince the City’s Landmark Preservation Commission to grant landmark
status to the nearly 200 year-old watering hole.
The bar was originally at the entrance of a local Woodhaven Union
Course Horse Racing Track that
was dismantled in the 1880s. Ed
Wendell, director of the Woodhaven
Historical Society, said it is the only
thing in the area remaining that designates the entrance and existence of
the racetrack.
In 2009, three days before the bar
was about to close, Loycent Gordon
and two other investors bought it.
Gordon then became sole owner in
2013 and said he is incredibly proud
to be part of the bar’s history. He
noted that although it is expensive
to maintain a structure, he wouldn’t
want to “diminish its soul.”
They placed the application for
landmark status last August. It was
reviewed and they were told the LPC
wanted additional information, like
more photos of the interior, for the
application.
“They haven’t denied us at this
point,” he said.
Gordon described the upcoming
rally, sponsored by New York Historical District’s Council, as, “More of a
get together to raise awareness.” He
is ecstatic that the list of attendees
keeps growing and expects a couple
of hundred people to show up from
the neighborhood.
Wendell said he would be writing
to the LPC on behalf Neir’s Tavern.
“It’s a worthy thing to do. There are
so few places like that left,” said
Wendell.
“If it was in Manhattan, it would
have been done long ago,” he said.
“If you look at where the old racetrack was, this place sat at the mouth
of that gigantic racetrack. What a
great place for that place to be. I
think it’s the top thing about
it. We have nothing left of that
racetrack. That’s pretty significant,” noted Wendell.
After nearly two centuries,
Gordon is only the fifth owner.
The original was a Mr. Colden
in 1829, then the Neir’s family
took it over in the 1880s and had it
till 1967, and then the Strauss owned
it until 2009, said Gordon.
He added that in July 1989 the
Martin Scorsese mob classic “Goodfellas” filmed a winter scene with
there with fake snow on the ground
and inside they filmed a slow close
up of actor Robert DeNiro smoking
at the bar.
In 2011, the movie “Tower Heist”
filmed scenes there with actors Ben
Stiller and Tea Leoni. Gordon said
that that director Brett Ratner loved
the bar so much he kept the exterior
shot with the name Neir’s Tavern in
the movie.
It is also where the original Queen
of Sex, Mae West, first began performing.
Hollywood fame aside, the bar has
survived repercussions from the Civil War, Reconstruction, two World
Wars, prohibition and the Great Depression.
Gordon pointed out that to survive
prohibition they became a speakeasy
in the 1920s with a hotel on top.
He said that they would hide gin
stills and whiskey in between the
first and second floor, which is why
if looking at it from the outside the
windows do not align. Gordon said
he even “got a confirmation from
old-timer that detailed how they did
it.”
Gordon, who is a lifelong Queens
resident, firefighter and teacher at
the FDNY Academy on Randall’s Island, said the bar, “is something for
the neighborhood and the fabric of
New York City.”
Of the borough itself, he noted,
“Queens is the last hold out for true
New York City,” and believes, “Neir’s
is a microcosm of the part of NYC
we’re trying to preserve.”
As a fun way to show support of
the preservation effort people will
be wearing suspenders on May 7. “If
you got suspenders wear ‘em to show
support,” said Gordon.
A&E
In Poetry, Kids Express Their Climate Concerns
By Lynn Edmonds
An Earth Day poetry contest
sponsored by Councilman Rory
Lancman (D-Hillcrest) at PS 164 in
Flushing showed students grappling
with the realities of climate change
in ways that Principal Lisa Liatto
called “very, very deep” and “dark.”
A poem by sixth grader Rahul
Chinapen, which was written as an
address from Mother Earth to humans, was an example.
“Can you hear me, do you even
care to listen to my cries/You came
at night like a silent thief and stole
the harmonious silence,” Chinapen
wrote.
Another piece by fourth grader
Victoria Zinczuk was similarly bleak.
“Here we go 300 years in the future…the lightest breeze/you ever felt
blow/you start to wheeze/There is
no air in the future/ that means that/
there is no trees,” Zinczuk wrote.
In many ways, the students had
good reason to be pessimistic.
Scientists like Johan Rockstrom,
Executive Director of Stockholm Resilience Center, argue that anything
more than a 1.5 to 2 degree change
in the average global temperature
could be a point of no return for our
planet as we know it.
But the flip side of such frightening
projections is that today’s generation
of children will have a great deal of
power in determining the future of the
species.
The challenge for educators is
teaching students the seriousness of
the problem without creating such
a daunting picture that they can’t
imagine solutions.
Photo by Lynn Edmonds
Councilman rory Lancman with the winners of Ps 164’s Earth day poetry
contest.
Principal Lisa Liatto said she
wanted students to remember, for example, that while deforestation was
a real problem, trees were also a renewable resource.
She hoped the students would
think about not just what is wrong
but “what can be done to help.”
But even as some of the poems
were seemingly bleak and a hopeless,
the act of writing in their own voice
in and of itself may have been a form
of empowerment for students. It allowed them not only to reinforce the
knowledge about the earth that they
gained in science classes, but also
to consciously choose how to relate
– emotionally and intellectually – to
that information.
Lancman praised the poems for
“show[ing] a range of thinking and
understanding about our environment, the challenges that we face and
an appreciation for Mother Earth that
I thought was really sophisticated.”
And ultimatley, Zinczuk’s poem
did include a solution.
“To prevent that/that future/we
must/reduce recycle and reuse/to
give the/earth joy!”
Lancman presented awards to the
top two winners in every grade. They
were: Radhe Patel and Hajar Oallout
(Kindergarten); Valerie Muller and
Gabriel Yusapov (First Grade); Rut
Patel and Avner Abramov (Second
Grade); Ashley Cueva and Greta
Fried Ice Cream Comes To Jamaica
By TronE dowd
One of the many popular vendors
known to bring their special brand
of treat to the annual Jamaica Night
Market will now be the newest eatery
to bring their unique goods to the Jamaica Market, where they will open
their first brick and mortar store
early next month.
Sam’s Fried Ice Cream, which will
be located at 90-04 160th Street, specializes in the seemingly oxymoronic
treat. Owned by two brothers, 33-yearold Sam Chau and 27-year-old Nelson
Chau, the store will mark their first
foray outside of the world of street
vending. The Chau brothers were born
in Hong Kong and now live in Queens
and have only been making fried ice
cream for four years. Last year alone,
the brothers participated in the Long
Island City Flea market, The Queens
International Night Market and several Manhattan street fairs.
The deal came about through
word of mouth, as the organizer and
creator of the Queens International
Market, John Wang, received word
of the greater Jamaica Development
Corporation looking for potential
businesses wanting to expand into a
vacant spot at Jamaica Market. When
hearing about the opportunity, Wang
said he “immediately thought” of the
Chau Brothers because of their “fun,
high-quality product that’s still accessible to a wide audience.”
The members of the GJDC board,
said they were pretty excited to have a
new business in the community, one
that many local shoppers will be sure
to appreciate. Mary Reda, director
of real estate operations for GJDC
said that she was “tremendously excited” for Sam’s Fried Ice Cream and
what they could bring to Southeast
Queens.
“We absolutely loved Sam’s Fried
Ice Cream when the Night Market
was in Jamaica, and are ecstatic they
are coming back to Jamaica as an independent business venture,” Reda said.
“These are exactly the kinds of businesses and ventures that will catalyze
the renaissance happening here.”
The Chau brother seemed just as
excited to bring their grassroots business to the growing downtown Jamaica area, citing that as venders they
were often times able to sell as many
as 700 portions of the fried Ice cream
treats to customers and hopes to carry
that success over to their storefront.
At their busiest, the brothers sold
up to 700 ice cream balls in a day
from a single booth.
“Even on the coldest nights at
the Night Market in Jamaica, we
sold plenty of fried ice cream and received amazingly positive feedback,”
Sam Chau said in a press release.
“We are nervous, of course, since
this will be the first time we are making the transition from street vendor
to brick-and-mortar. But Greater
Jamaica Development Corporation
has been a great pleasure to work
with. It’s nice to have a landlord with
a social and community vision and a
commitment to small business.”
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Hasko (Third Grade); Victoria Zinczuk and David Suleymanov (Fourth
Grade); Avi Yushuvayev and Christopher Salgado (Fifth Grade); Mena
Labib and Rahul Chinapen (Sixth
Grade); Alex Zavulun and Krish
Shah (Seventh Grade); and Aneesa
Derodel and Annebelle Smarth
(Eighth Grade).
Below is one of the winning poems,
by eighth grader Aneesa Derodel.
dear mother nature
Dear Mother Nature,
Does it agitate your nerves
When another tree is cut down?
Haven’t you gotten a headache
From the deafening scream of
jackhammers
Cracking into your bones?
How about when we replace your
flesh with factories
And toss plastic into your once
clean seas
And you have to endure our garbage in your bloodstream?
We’re not even sure if we’ll see tomorrow
But there’s always more resources
for us to borrow.
That’s what we say, but we will
drain you out one day,
Won’t we?
You must miss the good old days
When coastlines were adorned
with underwater cities
And forests covered you like a
warm blanket
And there were no fishing nets or
debris in the sea
Because you didn’t make us yet.
But I have a feeling you didn’t
know how easily we’d corrupt
When you put us on your carpet
of green.
Beaches are now infected with the
trash we’ve made,
And when they noticed you had a
fever
They shrugged it off and said “it’s
just the weather.
Nothing serious is going on here.”
They know you’re hurt, but they
don’t care
If for a profit, they’ll gladly tear up
the earth
If you don’t stop us, they’ll destroy
the world.
From someone who cares about
you,
Get well soon.
What’s Up
May 2
Let’s Talk - Fatherhood
Initiative
Hero or Villain: Raising SelfAwareness. During this session, we
will discuss the importance of a Father’s image in society and for their
children and discover how others
truly see us. All are invited!
Organized by the York College
Male Initiative, the event begins at 4
p.m. and will take place at the York
College African American Resource
Center. For more information, reach
out to Jonathan Quash by calling the
phone number (718) 262-3772
May 3
Snarky Puppy Live
The New York-based quasi-collective Snarky Puppy has gone from the
best-kept secret to one of the most
respected names in instrumental music. Although still “underground” in
many respects, the band earned its
first Grammy Award in early 2014
(for Best R&B Performance) and has
earned high praise from critical stalwarts like the BBC, Village Voice, The
Guardian, New York Times, and Washington Post, as well as the world’s
most respected musicians, from Pat
Metheny to Prince. Their most recent album, a collaboration with the
Dutch large ensemble Metropole
Orkest called Sylva, topped Billboard
Jazz charts. Don’t miss your chance
to see these one of a kind performers live.
The performance kicks off at 8
p.m. at the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College
located at 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd
in Jamaica. Be sure to get your tickets fast, as this is a one night only
affair. Tickets range between $20 and
$25. For more information, call the
PAC number, (718) 262-3750.
May 6
The Milton G. Bassin Performing arts Center & york College Theatre Present… Romeo
and Juliet
York College Theatre continues
its 2015-2016 Season of the Spoken
Word with Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, the classic tale
of two star-crossed young lovers.
Forced to grow up too quickly in a
city walled in by ancient hatreds, unyielding families, and self-serving governmental tyrants, it is a story where
secrets, pride, passion, revenge, and
fate combine to corner the purity of
true love in a besieged world with noway-out.
Featuring a number of York College students including Ashlee Al-
exander, Christopher Allen, Kevin
Cauvin, Jose Cruz, Claudia Gregory,
Alexis Haynie, Naimul Islam, Jaime
Coulter-Jacobs, Kelvin Mata, Jabaree Muhammad, Nkosi Nurse, Rauf
Rabbani, Christina Rivera, Diana
Ross, Sidney Scott, Turquan Smith,
Arline Tejada, and Enrique Valdez;
with Guest Artists: Mildred Gil,
Taren Hastings-Mangual, Clinton
Powell, Marlon Suarez; and York
College Alumni: Shatiek Johnson &
Solomon Peck.
Produced by Kwame Clarke and
with direction by Theatre Arts Assistant Professor Tom Marion, don’t
miss out on York’s latest production.
The production kicks off at the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College located at 94-45
Guy R. Brewer Blvd in Jamaica. Play
begins 4 p.m. sharp. The play will
continue into mid-May.
Performance Dates:
Sat
May 7, 2016 7 pm
Sun
May 8, 2016
3 pm
Tue May 10, 2016 Noon
Thu May 12, 2016 Noon
Fri
May 13, 2016 7 pm
Sat
May 14, 2016 2pm
Sun
May 15, 2016 3pm
General Admission is $20 while
students will receive a 50 percent discount. Patrons can buy tickets online
at www.YorkPAC.com
For more information, call the
Box Office at (718) 262-5375. Those
interested can also reach out to Indira Lajara-Santos over the phone at
(718) 262-5281 or via email: ilajara@
york.cuny.edu
dad and Tobago, Russian Bar from
Cuba and dancing Elephants from
the United States.
Here in Southeast Queens, Roy
Wilkins Park, located at Merrick
Blvd. and Baisley Blvd. in Jamaica,
will hold the festivities from April 27
to May 15. Get your tickets via TicketMaster today.
OnGOInG evenTS
airTrain Jazz Festival
The Sutphin Boulevard Business
Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, and the Jamaica Arts Council
present The AirTrain Jazz Festival.
Scheduled every Thursday evening
from October 2015 through May
2016, join us and enjoy the smooth
crooning and instrumentals played by
the community’s best as we provide
a cultural hello to AirTrain travelers.
The grooving begins at 5 p.m. and
goes on until 7 p.m., with two sets
and a break in between. The event
takes place on the Mezzanine Level
of the Jamaica AirTrain Station (9340 Sutphin Blvd. 2nd Floor)
For more information, please
contact Sutphin Boulevard BID at
[email protected] or reach
out to Greg Mays at (718) 657-2605
or [email protected]
Shape up nyC
New York City is offering free
fitness classes at over 50 locations,
many of which are right here in
Southeast Queens. Join us at the Detective Keith Williams Field House
located at 106-16 173rd St. in Jamaica for the following classes:
Chair aerobics
Scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to Noon
Low Impact aerobics
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to
Noon
Body Training
Fridays 11 a.m. to Noon
All classes are free. All are welcome and no registration is required.
For more information, call (718)
523-6912. For other Shape Up NYC
locations across the city, visit www.
nyc.gov or call 311
Jamaica Mosque
FuTuRe evenTS
univerSoul Circus
A big top spectacle of global proportions, the 2016 production of UniverSoul Circus takes fans of all ages
on an unforgettable journey of light,
sound and soul. Get ready for electrifying, edge-of-your-seat performances, including extreme motorsports,
back-flipping canines, twirling bicycles, disco-dancing pachyderms, freeflying aerial acts and much, much
more. Hailed as the most interactive
circus in the world, UniverSoul Circus opens in the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Newark and of course Queens.
As has become its trademark after 23 years, UniverSoul Circus will
present a multicultural/multinational
cast of rock-star performers in 2016.
Only under the UniverSoul Circus
one ring big top will you be lucky
enough to witness Olate Dogs from
Chile (winners of America’s Got Talent), Ethiopian Pole Act from Ethiopia, Aerial Duet from Colombia,
Bicycle Tricks from China, Airborne
Motorcycles from California, Caribbean Dance and Limbo from Trini-
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beings,” he said. “This country
was founded on freedom of religion and freedom of speech.”
Miller, who is in the Muslim
faith himself, also expressed his
dismay with the attack.
“I stand here today not just with
the elected officials and leaders in
the community, but with my Muslim brothers and sisters who come
here [...] as I have to come here to
worship and practice their faith.”
Miller pointed out the many
contributions that the JMC has
done for the community of Jamaica, including their work helping
the elderly and local youths.
“I think that the reason why we
have the response that we have from
the elected officials, from the administration of the Mayor to the bor-
ough president is because we have
come to value the Jamaica Muslim
Center for the beacon that it is.”
Miller said that he hopes those
who are involved in this attack and
others like it “are prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law as it would
be in any other community.”
The councilman also said that
he wants to see mental health issues and drug abuse problems that
are impacting communities across
the city handled in a way that keeps
people safe.
“We collectively as a city and as
a community have to be willing to
stand up and make sure all of our
citizens are protected,” Miller said.
According to police, Voyard was
charged with misdemeanor assault.
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Our Lives
we need Black Leadership In Police
By Trone DowD
File Photo
This week marked a flagship moment for Southeast Queens. After 40
years of pushing and pleading with
the leadership in the New York City
Police Department and numerous
mayoral administrations, the massive 105th Precinct is finally catching a break. By establishing the 116th
Precinct, the 105th’s massive region
equivalent to about half the island of
Manhattan will now be made more
manageable, giving residents who live
in Springfield Gardens, Rosedale,
Laurelton and Brookville a more functional and responsive police force.
The elected officials, from Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton) to Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) to
Borough President Melinda Katz,
should all be very proud of their efforts to get this done. As they mentioned in their perspective responses
to the mayor’s $82.2 billion budget
plan, the 116th has been a long time
coming. It is just another development in a series of changes that have
come to the NYPD. From the reduction of stop and frisk, to the slow roll
out of the Neighborhood Coordinat-
Funding for a 116th Precinct is a
great opportunity for black officers.
ing Officer Program bringing community policing back to the beat, the
city’s police force is going through a
drastic change that should all be a
collective step in the right direction.
But there is one aspect of the
NYPD that has yet to be addressed:
diversifying leadership within the
department. And with the announcement of a new precinct here in
Southeast Queens, what better way
to address this issue than by starting
with the new precinct.
The NYPD has always been great
about recruiting diverse groups of
men and women to the force. According to an article published by the New
York Post in 2014, the police force is
about as diverse as the city of New
York itself. According to numbers
provided by the NYPD, Caucasians
make up 51 percent of the department, while Hispanics make up 26
percent. Blacks make up 23 percent
while Asian Americans round out the
statistics representing six percent of
the force. But while the force has been
seeing more color than ever, men and
women of color in commanding officer roles decline significantly.
As pointed out by founder of the
anti-violence non-profit Keep Our
Streets Safe, Sugar Wright during last
week’s York College discussion titled
“Do Black Lives Matter to Black People?,” having a commanding officer
that reflects the community they’re
responsible for and one that is able
to maintain a close relationship with
the commissioner of the Department
can only benefit the people the police are sworn to protect.
This is not to say that current commanding officer that don’t necessarily
look like the man and women of their
jurisdiction aren’t effective. One needs
to look no further than the 103rd
Precinct’s C.O., Inspector John Cappelmann, or the 113th’s C.O. Deputy
Inspector Frederick Grover, to see
the relationships these leading men
have been able to establish with their
constituents as well as the outstand-
ing reputation and trust they’ve built
with the community. They deserve
all of the credit in the world for performing their duties with the utmost
efficiency, as many Southeast Queens
residents would agree.
Moving forward however, why not
bring new faces and leadership that
do reflect the community? In a unique
situation such as the opening of a brand
new 116th Precinct, why not hire a
commanding officer that looks like
more than 55 percent of the population. Whenever current leadership in
the 105th or the 103rd or the 113th step
down, why not find a successor that can
relate to the people they serve. Why not
appoint someone who may have grown
up in the neighborhoods others might
see as troubled or problematic on the
surface? Why not give minority officers hungry for opportunity and ready
to reach for the brass ring a chance to
thrive in their careers?
The NYPD has been making tremendous steps in the right direction.
By appointing more men and women
of color in leadership roles, the force
can take yet another.
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A Perfect Place for bbQ in SeQ
by Trone DowD
While most restaurants
bean,” Agg said. “We have
brag about their dishes just
a diverse staff.” Agg said
With the weather warming up and to get people into the door,
that the cooks of Rib Shack
the trees beginning to bloom, it has Rib Shack has the long time
often offer a little bit of
never been more apparent summer- faithful customers to back
flair to the dishes, creating
time is right around the corner. And them up. Starting as a small
something wholly unique.
with the new weather comes the old time shack in the neighborSome of the inspiration
traditions: for many, summer time hood of Jamaica back in
one might see comes from
means breaking out the grill for all the 1960’s, Rib Shack has
Indian, African-American
sorts of cuisines made just for the truly come a long way since
and even French cuisine.
seasonal solstice.
then.
“The menu is always
But let’s say you don’t want to
“When we first started,
changing” Agg said. “We
worry yourself with the massive prep we were nothing more than
try to keep everything chef
time that goes into a day of fun in a stand, no larger than the
inspired. So you’ll often see
the sun and barbecue with the family. cashier area,” restaurant
some new ideas, something
Well the Press of Southeast Queens manager Patrick Agg said.
that we think will bring in a
has you covered! Here’s one spot that “All that stood here was
new crowd of people.”
will get you that great homemade a tight area for employees
Over the years, as the
barbecue taste without having to pull and a huge grill for them to Poor Freddie’s has been an SeQ staple since the 1960’s. members of the comout the barbecue equipment.
cook on.”
munity and long time
Poor Freddie’s rib Shack
Despite the fairly humcustomers of Rib Shack
Located in Jamaica
ble beginnings however, the home sake: barbecued ribs.
began mature, one of the way the
“Easily our most popular dish restaurant adjusted with the times
Address: 157-06 Linden blvd
soul food inspired stand made a huge
is our pork ribs,” Agg said without is adjusting their delicious but high
Hours: 11 a.m. to 12 a.m., Mon- splash in the borough.
day through Friday
“Lines would often stretch around pause. “If you sit here to eat, you’ll calorie foods is by offering healthy
Any passerby of the long time the block, all people looking to try hear the cleaver banging the chop- alternatives. In Southeast Queens
ping board. When you hear that, in particular, Heart Smart facilitaSoutheast Queens mainstay will our specialty dishes,” Agg said.
quickly notice the bold proclamaAnd of the specially dishes, there you know that our ribs are being tor Dr. Cheryl James heart disease
tion made right in front of the res- are quite a few that customers have prepared. They’re cut fresh and has become the number one health
taurant: “Rib Shack, the Best Ribs grown to love. Their most popular? smoked.”
issue and cause of death. Heart disIn fact, smoked is just half the ease however, is something that can
on Earth!”
As expected, the restaurant’s namestory. The ribs are slow cooked for be fought off with smarter dieting
long hours, often times starting at decisions. This is why Rib Shack
4 a.m., cooking until the restaurant proudly holds up a sign that says,
is open for business at 11 a.m. The “Take Control of Your Heath, eat
ribs can be served dry or with Rib more Fish,” reminding patrons that
Shack’s signature BBQ sauce, one there are always healthy options on
that this reporter can best describe the menu.
with the term “sweet heat.” Fans of
“Mostly our elderly customers,
soul food with a kick will certain- they’re having a lot of problems with
ly enjoy their special, made-from sodium and diabetes,” Agg said. “So
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Patient Relations. We are excited to scratch topping.
we brought in new items like steamed
Rockaway, announces the appoint- add someone of her caliber and expeThe long prep time goes for all of vegetables and salmon. We encourment of Margaret Frantz as the com- rience to our leadership team.”
Rib Shack’s signature dishes, which age them to help stay conscious of
pany’s first Chief Patient Experience
Margaret has a law degree from are all made from scratch. The peel- their diets. Even if it’s eating ribs for
Officer, effective immediately. In Syracuse University and spent 18 ing and washing and cooking of veg- five days and eating fish on one, it’s a
this role, Frantz will be responsible years as an international flight at- etables and baked goods begins at 4 start. We want to offer a balance.”
for leveraging best practendant and purser for a.m., fresh for the hundreds of paying
Poor Freddie’s Rib Shack is a long
tices that have been deAmerican Airlines. She customers the restaurant serves ev- time Southeast Queens staple. It is a
veloped to help ensure
graduated from Drew eryday. Some of their other popular local business that has come from
patients have the best
University Theological dishes include their collard greens, humble beginning and is proud to
experience possible.
School with a Master sweet potatoes, banana pudding and be serving the surrounding neighbor“St. John’s has fabuof Divinity and was of course, their peach cobbler. They hoods for as long as it has. They even
lous caregivers and
on her way to becom- even serve potato salad, on that is be- offer catering for local businesses
physicians who put paing an ordained minis- loved by many in the store. One cus- and events, something that the peotients first and deliver
ter in the Presbyterian tomer told this reporter, “the potato ple have been more than happy to
high quality care. The
Church when she came salad is something special.”
take advantage of.
creation of this new poto St. John’s as a ChapAgg bragged that Rib Shack had
“We are community oriented,”
sition will enable us to
lain intern in the Clini- a top secret ingredient that makes Agg said. We create food that we
Margaret Frantz
identify and implement
cal Pastoral Education their version of the popular barbecue think the people will love. We try
practices that help ensure the patient program. When that program was side unique from everyone else. Al- to make food that is good for your
experience throughout the Hospital finished she stayed on as Patient though this reporter tried to pry, Agg health and good for your soul.”
matches the high level of care we Advocate and gradually grew the insisted that the special ingredient is
Reach Trone Dowd at (718) 357provide,” said Jerry Walsh, the Hos- department until she became Direc- something that customers need to try 7400 x123, [email protected]
pital’s CEO. “Margaret Frantz has tor of Patient Relations, supervising for themselves.
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a broad background in patient care a department of four Patient AdvoWhile it may seem mostly SouthCurious about Poor Freddie’s Rib
and she is familiar with the Hospi- cates.
ern inspired, the inspiration from Shack? Mention that you read about
tal’s culture, having worked in her
Margaret reports to the Senior VP, which they draw doesn’t stop there.
them in this edition of the Press and
previous role here as Director of COO, Christopher Parker
“There obviously a little Carib- get a free potato salad with any order!
People
St. John’s names Margaret Frantz Its
First Chief experience officer
Faith
enacting Change Requires your Commitment
By Rev. PhiliP CRAig
Greater Springfield Community
Church
Scripture: Romans 12: 1-2
One of the most difficult things
I find Christians are struggling with
is commitment. Why do you suppose
there are close to 100 million church
members in America yet they are not
making more of a moral and spiritual impact in this country? Why is
it that on Sunday morning thousands
of churches have more empty pews
than full? Why is it that the average Sunday school in America has
less than 66 children in attendance
and that the average worship service
has less than 85 in attendance? And
since we’re on attendance, why is it
that only 50 percent of church membership attends church?
If Christians really believe in a real
Heaven and a real Hell, how can we
be so silent? I have come to a conclu-
sion that although Christians
the ground is no longer an opbelieve in God and believe in
tion. When the pilot crosses
what the bible says, I don’t
a certain point on the runway
believe they have made a
he can no longer change his
commitment to Him. There
mind. He is either going to
is a difference between
be committed to the
a decision and a comtake-off or reap the
mitment.
consequences.
Perhaps
this
Unfortunately,
can’t be seen any
churches are filled
clearer than it is
with
members
in the failure rate
who have never
of marriages in
gotten off the
Reverend Phil Craig
America. Accordground. They have
ing to statistics at least 50 percent of been sitting there revving their enall marriages will end in divorce, and gines and making noise, but getting
that’s with Christians included. Why nowhere. They have been planning
do you suppose this is happening? on it, meaning to, wanting to, trying
These couples made a decision, but to, going to, aiming to and hoping to,
did not make a commitment.
but never getting off the ground.
This past Monday along with my
As a Christian you need to be comwife and son we were flying back mitted to these three areas: Being
from Florida and as I sat in the plane committed to your personal growth,
I come to realize when the airplane committed to your local church and
is speeding down the runway, there committed to the ministry God has
is a certain point where staying on placed inside of you. Paul reminds us
in Romans 12: 6 when he says “we
have different gifts, according to the
grace given us.” Ministry means putting those gifts to work. We need to
be part of what the church is doing
not just being a spectator.
I would like to challenge you today to be committed to change. Be
committed in making this world a
better world. It starts with your commitment with God and God will direct your paths with visions, dreams
and instructions for your journey.
Remember the race isn’t given to
the swift or the strong but to the
one who endures to the very end. Be
committed and finish the race God
has placed you in and He will reveal
to you His good, pleasing and perfect
will. God bless you!
177-06 129th Ave, Jamaica NY 11434
718-527-0100
www.mygscc.org
Email Pastor Craig at Phil.craig@live.
com
Notebook
Tuesday’s Children
Queens village FD Participates in Tuesday’s Children event
By Jon CRonin
Raymond Tommins, 8, (Top) of
ozone Park learns the proper use
of a fire hose. ethan Martin, 10,
of Rahway, nJ, gets suited up.
steer a fire truck. “I saw the one on
Cross Bay Boulevard, but never went
inside,” he said.
John Write, 14, a Rockville Centre
resident whose father passed away
Photos by Bruce Adler
As a way to help future generations understand that there are those
in the world that still care, Tuesday’s
Children, a not-for-profit dedicated
to helping the children of those effected by terrorist attacks and military engagements, gathered children from eight to 18 to have a day
together talking, eating, and having
a bit of fun.
Engine Company 304 and Ladder 162 in Queens Village graciously
opened their doors on Thursday
morning to the Tuesday’s Children
program “Take Our Children To
Work Day”. They taught the kids
about all the equipment on their
truck, how to use the oxygen tanks,
proper use of the hose, donning a
uniform and how firefighters raise a
car with balloons.
Raymond Tommins, 8, Ozone
Park, whose father, he said, used to
work for the FDNY and now works
the NYPD. He said of his experience
at the fire house, “It was really fun!
I got to play with the hose.” Raymond had never been in a fire house
before, much less taught to how to
on Sept. 11 2001 in the second tower
has been going to these events for a
few years along with his older sister.
He was able to connect with friends
at another Tuesday’s Children event
in Manhattan. “I got to see some
friends who lost people too.”
Rob Pycior, a 22 year-old Rutgers
University grad student, has been involved with the program for the past
four years. Pycior, whose father was
killed in the pentagon on Sept. 11,
2001. He initially got involved with
“Take Our Children To Work Day”
then later transitioned to “Project
Common Bond” also run by Tuesday’s Children that brings together
15 to 20-year-olds, “who know what
it’s like to have a moniker attached
to your name,” said Pycior. He said
the latter program brings children together from all over the world.
Pycior, an East Windsor, New
Jersey native, now participates as
a chaperon for these events, “They
always open their doors for us,” he
said of the Queens Village fire department.
The program was conceived
just after the 9/11 attacks and has
branched out to those who have lost
a parent, children of first responders
and children of those in the military.
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF QUEENS NYC TL
2009-A TRUST and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Collateral Agent and
Custodian for the NYCTL
2009-A TRUST, Plaintiffs
against RENEE JOHNSON,
et al Defendant(s). Pursuant
to a Judgment of Foreclosure
and Sale dated November
12, 2014 and entered on
November 26, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at
public auction at the Queens
County Supreme Courthouse
88-11 Sutphin Blvd in Courtroom # 25, Jamaica NY on
May 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
premises situate, lying and
being in the Borough and
County of Queens, City and
State of New York, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the corner
formed by the intersection
of the easterly side of 220th
Street and the present northeasterly side of Springfield
Lane; being a plot 47.80 feet
by 100 feet by 121.25 feet by
124.08 feet. Block: 13454
Lot: 6 Said premises known
as SPRINGFIELD L ANE,
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS,
NY Approximate amount of
lien $ 8,783.82 plus interest
& costs. Premises will be sold
subject to provisions of filed
judgment and terms of sale.
Index Number 2794/2011.
DIANA C. GIANTURCO,
ESQ., Referee Seyfarth Shaw
LLP Attorney(s) for plaintiffs
620 Eighth Avenue, New
York, NY 10018
________________________
INDEX NO.: 708811/2015.
Date Filed: 3/28/2016.
S U P P L E M E N TA L S U M MONS WITH NOTICE
MORTGAGED PREMISES:
194-34 115th Avenue, Saint
Albans, N.Y. 11412. SBL #:
11034 – 23. Plaintiff designates QUEENS County as the
place of trial; venue is based
upon the county in which the
mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF QUEENS REVERSE
MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS,
INC, Plaintiff, -againstUNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE
ESTATE OF VIOLA SMITH
A/K/A VIOLA K. SMITH,
if living, and if dead, the
respective heirs at law, next
of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees,
devisees, legatees, assignors,
lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally
all persons having or claiming under, by or through
said defendant who may
be deceased, by purchase,
inheritance, lien or otherwise
of any right, title or interest in
and to the premises described
in the complaint herein, and
their respective husbands,
wives or widows, if any, and
each and every person not
specifically named who may
be entitled to or claim to have
any right, title or interest in
the property described in
the verified complaint; all of
whom and whose names and
places of residence unknown,
and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the
Plaintiff, ET AL., Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED
DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the Complaint in this
action and to serve a copy of
your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this
Summons, to serve a notice of
appearance on the attorneys
for the Plaintiff within 20 days
after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day
of service (or within 30 days
after service is complete if this
Summons is not personally
delivered to you within the
State of New York). In case
of your failure to appear or
answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default
for the relief demanded in
the Complaint. NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF
LOSING YOUR HOME IF
YOU DO NOT RESPOND
TO THIS SUMMONS AND
COMPLAINT BY SERVING
A COPY OF THE ANSWER
ON THE ATTORNEY FOR
THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS
FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND
FILING THE ANSWER WITH
THE COURT, A DEFAULT
JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE
YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO
AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO
THE COURT WHERE YOUR
CASE IS PENDING FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
ON HOW TO ANSWER THE
SUMMONS AND PROTECT
YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING
PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL
NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST
RESPOND BY SERVING A
COPY OF THE ANSWER ON
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE
COMPANY) AND FILING
THE ANSWER WITH THE
COURT. THE OBJECT of
the above captioned action
is to foreclose a Mortgage to
secure $457,500.00 and interest, recorded in the Office
of the Clerk of QUEENS on
September 12, 2011, in CRF
NUMBER 2011000322014,
covering premises known
as 194-34 115th Avenue,
South Ozone Park, New
York 11420 – BLOCK LOT IN
WHICH INDEXED: BLOCK
11034 LOT 23. The relief
sought in the within action
is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises
described above to satisfy
the debt secured by the
Mortgage described above.
The Plaintiff also seeks a
deficiency judgment against
the Defendant and for any
debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied
by the proceeds of the sale
of said premises. TO the
Defendant(s) UNKNOWN
HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF
VIOLA SMITH A/K/A VIOLA
K. SMITH, the foregoing
Supplemental Summons
with Notice is served upon
you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon.
Cheree Buggs of the Supreme
Court of the State of New
York, County of Queens,
dated February 11, 2016.
Dated: New Rochelle, NY
March 14, 2016 MCCABE,
WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C.
/s/_________________ Natalie Giraldo, Esq. Attorneys
for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot
St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle,
NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900
f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR
HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE
LAW REQUIRES THAT WE
SEND YOU THIS NOTICE
ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE
PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT
CAREFULLY. SUMMONS
AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE
IN DANGER OF LOSING
YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL
TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
IN THIS FORECLOSURE
ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE
YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ
THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU
SHOULD IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT AN ATTORNEY
OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL
AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN
ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES
OF INFORMATION AND
ASSISTANCE. The State
encourages you to become
informed about your options
in foreclosure. In addition to
seeking assistance from an
attorney or legal aid office,
there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for
information about possible
options, including trying to
work with your lender during
this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the
toll-free helpline maintained
by the New York State Banking Department of Financial
Services at 1-800-342-3736
or visit the Department’s
website at www.dfs.ny.gov.
FORECLOSURE RESCUE
SCAMS Be careful of people
who approach you with offers
to “save” your home. There
are individuals who watch for
notices of foreclosure actions
in order to unfairly profit from
a homeowner’s distress. You
should be extremely careful
about any such promises and
any suggestions that you pay
them a fee or sign over your
deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for
profit to enter into a contract
which fully describes the
services they will perform
and fees they will charge, and
which prohibits them from
taking any money from you
until they have completed all
such promised services.
________________________
SUMMONS, NOTICE AND
BRIEF STATEMENT OF NATURE OF ACTION CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF QUEENS Index
No. 706870/2015 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC
d/b/a CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff,
-against- NATALIE WILSON;
MELBA MOORE; CHERYL
STRODDER; JACK MOORE;
MALANA MOORE; RONNIE
MOORE; ALL UNKNOWN
HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
OF CREOLA MOORE ANY
OF HIS, HER OR ANY OF
THEIR SUCCESSORS IN
RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST; et al. Defendants. TO
THE DEFENDANT(S): ALL
UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF CREOLA
MOORE ANY OF HIS, HER
OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE
AND INTEREST YOU ARE
HEREBY SUMMONED and
required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to
the complaint in this action
within twenty (20) days after
the service of this Summons,
exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days
after service is complete if
the Summons is not personally delivered to you within
the State of New York. The
United States of America, if
designated as a defendant in
this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of
service hereof. In case of your
failure to answer, judgment
will be taken against you for
the relief demanded in the
complaint. Trial is desired in
the County of QUEENS. The
basis of venue designated
above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in
the County of QUEENS, New
York. NOTICE: YOU ARE IN
DANGER OF LOSING YOUR
HOME IF YOU DO NOT
RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
BY SERVING A COPY OF
THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO
FILED THIS FORECLOSURE
PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT A
DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY
BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN
LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK
TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO
TO THE COURT WHERE
YOUR CASE IS PENDING
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.
SENDING A PAYMENT TO
YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS
FORECLOSURE ACTION.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY
SERVING A COPY OF THE
ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
(MORTGAGE COMPANY)
AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. The
foregoing Summons is served
upon you by publication
pursuant to an order of Hon.
Rudolph E. Greco, Jr., Justice
of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York, signed
on the 21st day of March,
2016 in Jamaica, New York
and to be duly entered in
the QUEENS County Clerk’s
Office, in Jamaica, New York.
The Nature of this action
pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real
property owned by the above
named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in
this action. The above named
defendants have failed to
comply with the terms and
provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments
secured by said mortgage,
by failing and omitting to pay
the balance due and owing
and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action.
Plaintiff is seeking a judgment
foreclosing its mortgage
against the real property and
premises which situates in the
BOROUGH OF QUEENS,
COUNTY OF QUEENS, CITY
AND STATE OF NEW YORK
and is commonly known as
104-39 205th Street, Jamaica
aka Saint Albans, New York
11412 and all other relief as
to the Court may seem just
and equitable. DATED: April
7, 2016 SCHILLER, KNAPP,
LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP
BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER,
ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff
950 New Loudon Road
Latham, New York 12110
Telephone: (518) 786-9069
________________________
You Can E-Mail Your Legal Copy to
[email protected]
to Place Your Legal Advertisement
or Call the Queens Tribune
at (718) 357-7400 Ext. 149
SportS
Press of southeast Queens
Down On The Korner:
New Book looks at Classic Mets Postgame show
By DaviD Russell
every night,” Rosenman said. “They would
show replays. Video
replay was fairly new
back then. Those are
my most vivid memories of the show.”
Part of the appeal
from viewers and the
player of the game,
was Kiner’s easygoing personality. “Even
though he was a Hall
of Famer, he never
acted like it,” Rosenman said. “He really
understood what it
took. Plus there was the simplicity. Now everything is overanalyzed.
There was no exit velocity, no saber-
Kiner’s Korner was a staple of
New York baseball for three decades. From the beginning of the
Mets in 1962 into the 1990s, Hall of
Fame slugger and Met broadcaster
Ralph Kiner hosted the memorable
postgame show, which is the subject
of the new book “Down On The
Korner” by Mark Rosenman and
Howie Karpin.
“A week after Ralph passed away,
I was moving and I found 150 Betamax tapes,” said Rosenman, who was
looking for a subject to write about.
“The first one I saw was Opening
Day 1985, and I fast forwarded the
game. I watched Ralph with Gary
Carter and Mookie Wilson on Kiner’s Korner. Tons of books have
been written about Kiner, but none
focused on Kiner’s Korner.”
Kiner hit 369 homers in his career, but spent most of his time on
losing Pittsburgh teams. The losing
made it an easy adjustment to call
the Mets. Kiner would interview
the hero of the game, usually an
opponent in the early to mid-60s.
The players were glad to go on for a
whopping $50.
“What makes the show so cool
is that it’s a big part, for any fan between 40 and 60, of what the Mets
were,” Rosenman said.
The Mets ended the 1960s with a
shocking leap from perennial laughingstock to 100-win World Series
champions. “I remember 1969 as a
nine-year-old watching Cleon Jones,
Tommie Agee, Bud Harrelson and
the Miracle Mets on the postgame
metrics. You showed
the hit and talked
about the hit.”
Kiner was known
for his malopropisms
(“It’s Father’s Day
today, so to all you fathers out there, Happy
Birthday”) and, in his
earlier days, for dating
Elizabeth Taylor, Ava
Gardner and Janet
Leigh. Jamie Lee Curtis, Leigh’s daughter,
once met Kiner and
gave him a hug and
said, “Daddy, I’ve finally found you.”
Sadly, most of the episodes were
erased over the years. Most of the
remaining videos can be seen on
Rosenman’s YouTube channel. Certain episodes have popped up over
the years. Kiner interviewed Phillies
pitcher Jim Bunning, after Bunning
threw a perfect game on Father’s
Day in 1964. The tape was thought
to be lost until it was found by a
WOR producer in the late-80s. After
David Cone pitched a two-hitter on
Father’s Day in 1988, the producer
surprised Kiner, and a lot of viewers,
by showing the final three outs of
the perfect game and the postgame
interview.
The three decade run was incredible for a show with a simple concept.
“It captured baseball for me from two
years old to the time I sent my kids
off to college,” Rosenman said.
Mets Return From Road Trip With a Win
By DaviD Russell
The Mets slow start seems to be
behind them after a successful road
trip and a return to Flushing. One
of the very bright spots has been the
new middle infield with Asdrubal
Cabrera at short and Neil Walker at
second base.
“In this game, it’s hard to have expectations and have them met,” said
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson prior to Monday’s 5-3 win over
the Reds at Citi Field. “At the same
time, it’s also hard to be surprised, so
I think we’re pleasantly pleased with
the way they’ve played.”
Walker, a switch-hitter acquired
from Pittsburgh, matched Jeff Kent’s
team record for most home runs in
April by a second baseman. On Monday night, his two-run blast broke a 3-3
tie and had fans chanting his name in
the top of the eighth. “Some of the
balls he’s hit in the other places, the
other parks, they’re home run parks,
we don’t play in one but he continues
to do it here,” said Mets manager Terry Collins. “I hope he keeps doing it, I
hope he stays red hot. He’s in a good
spot in the lineup to produce runs because those guys have been getting on
base ahead of him. He’s just swinging
the bat great. Especially right-handed,
that’s been a big plus.”
Walker’s fast start has taken a little
focus off the flame throwing pitching
staff. Noah Syndergaard, who has be-
come a fan favorite in part because of
his ‘Thor’ moniker, has 38 strikeouts in
his first four starts, tying Pedro Martinez’s team record for most strikeouts
in the first four starts of a season.
The Washington Nationals look
to bounce back from a disappointing
2015 season and challenge the Mets
for the division title. The Nationals won a 16-inning game to end the
weekend with a 14-4 record. Although
it’s a long season, it’s never too early
to start scoreboard watching.
“Am I aware that they came from
behind in the eighth inning the other
day and tied the game in the ninth
and tied it again in the 15th and won
in the 16th? I’m mildly aware,” Alderson said.
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