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2011 STATE OF THECITY ADDRESS

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg outlined his State of the Cityagenda for 2011 at Staten Island’s St. George Theatre, which wassaved from the wrecking ball and brought back to life. The Mayorspoke about the need to continue breathing new life into the economy,finding savings in the budget, and modernizing City government.The city has weathered the national recession better than other citiesby spurring new jobs in growing industries and by showing fiscaldiscipline at City Hall. The Mayor pledged to continue and expandthose efforts – and not raise taxes, despite pressures on next year’sbudget that will be greater than ever.

“We can look back, and continue funding a government operating system that was builtfor another era,” said the Mayor. “Or we can look forward and continue rebounding,continue growing, continue forging ahead and leading the nation. But we cannot do both.That is the choice we face. The State of our City is strong. But to remain strong, we mustmake the right choice. We must embrace the future. If you stand with me, I promise you wewill look forward – and move forward – together.”

Recovering Economy, Balanced BudgetLast year, at the State of the City, the Mayor spoke of twin challenges: creating jobs in the

midst of a national economic downturn and balancing our budget in a way that protected vitalservices and taxpayers. Over the past 12 months New York City has met both of thosechallenges better than almost any other city in the nation, creating jobs at nearly twice thenational rate by adding 51,000 private sector jobs.

Over the past three years, New York City has cut spending nine times and by approximately$5 billion, including $1.6 billion in budget gap closing actions this year. Mayor Bloombergpledged that he will not raise taxes to balance the budget this year. Instead, the focus will beon growing our way out of these tough times by shrinking the costs of government.

When You Stop Investing In The Future, The Future DisappearsAttracting the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

To continue attracting the next generation of entrepreneurs, the City will hatch morebusiness incubators in growing industries. The Mayor also pledged to push for federalimmigration reform that would help attract more innovators to New York City. The Citycontinues to attract leaders in education and medicine to our academic institutions andbioscience firms; New York City is looking to partner with a top university to build a newapplied science and engineering institution.

Ensuring Continued Livability for Current New YorkersThe City will create new reasons for people and companies to invest their futures in New

York. It will take the next steps in creating the next great neighborhoods in Willet’s Point,Hunters Point South, Coney Island and along the Navy Homeport in Staten Island. Newparks will continue to emerge at Governor’s Island and the Brooklyn waterfront. The StatenIsland Museum, the Whitney, the Queens Museum of Art and the Bronx River Arts Centerwill open new homes or facilities.

Modernizing City GovernmentMaking it easier for businesses to open and expand is just one part of a broader vision

for City government called Simplicity. This comprehensive vision will make City govern-ment smarter and more efficient. Simplicity is founded on the belief that government shouldbe organized around the needs of its customers – taxpayers, businesses, and anyone whouses City services.

Saving MoneyOver the past year, the Mayor’s Office has been working to consolidate the City’s real

estate holdings, vehicle fleet, accounts receivable, technology and back-office operations– steps that will save taxpayers half-a-billion dollars by 2014 and another half-a-billiondollars every year after that.

Improving Customer ServiceThe Department of Environmental Protection has begun notifying homeowners about

possible water leaks using newly-installed wireless water meters. A new class of livery carswill be established to make on-street pickups outside of Manhattan, just like yellow cabs.

Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan attended the opening of the expansion of theMuseum of Moving Image in Astoria. Pictured with Assemblywoman Nolan areCouncilmember Vallone Jr., Councilmember Rechhia, Rochelle Slovin (Director ofthe Museum), Council Member Van Bramer, Actress Brook Shields, State SenatorGianaris and Councilmember Crowley.

GRANDRE-OPENINGOF MMI INASTORIA

New $67 Million Expansion andRenovation Doubles the Museum’s Size

Cutting-edge Design Features 267-SeatTheater, Video Screening Amphitheater,Screening Room, Education Center andGallery Space. Last week, Council Memberand Cultural Affairs Chairman Jimmy VanBramer joined Mayor Michael R.Bloomberg, City Council Speaker ChristineC. Quinn, Museum of the Moving ImageChair Herbert S. Schlosser, Director Rochelle Slovin and Actress Brooke Shields for thegrand reopening of the new and improved Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria.

After a three-year renovation and expansion, the City-owned venue has nearly doubledin size to 97,700-square-feet. The program, which was held in the new 267-seat main theaterat the Museum on 35th Avenue in Astoria, featured a virtual Mayor Bloomberg in a specialdigital video presentation, demonstrating the institution’s advanced new technologies.

Just a few months prior to its reopening, Van Bramer was at the construction site helpingplace the final aluminum triangle on the newly designed rear façade with MMI DirectorSlovin. As Chair of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and InternationalIntergroup Relations, Van Bramer was instrumental in securing $2 million in capitalfunding last year to help complete funding for the renovation project, which has not onlyhelped double the size of the Museum, but it will also help the museum serve twice as manyschool groups each year.

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The situation is so dire thatdevoted teachers spend an averageof $1,200 a year of their own moneyto provide just some of the basicsstudents need to succeed.

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In addition to securing $2 million dollars in capital funding for the Museum’s renovations, Van Brameralso awarded a $20,000 Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) Grant to PS 150 Students in Sunnyside.

“Institutions like the Museum of The Moving Image help make New York City the Cultural Mecca of theworld,” said the Council Member and Cultural Affairs Chairman. “Queens is fortunate to have such aninnovative and educational resource like the Museum of The Moving Image in our backyard and I am sopleased to see its long awaited expansion and renovations become a reality today at their grand re-opening.”

The Museum of the Moving Image is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the explorationand interpretation of visual media, including film, television, and digital media. In addition to the 267-seatmain theater with a wraparound surface made of 1,136 blue, woven felt triangular panels, the new Museumfeatures the 68-seat Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room; 1,700-square-foot Video ScreeningAmphitheater; 4,100-square-foot gallery for changing exhibitions and another smaller exhibition gallery;redesigned lobby and new café; 10,370-square-foot landscaped courtyard garden (opening in the spring); andthe new Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Education Center. The Museum expects to achieve LEED Silvercertification through the incorporation of environmentally sustainable solutions throughout the building.

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tween 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., NYS SenatorJoseph P. Addabbo, Jr., is sponsor-ing a free Mobile MammographyVan at the Woodhaven-RichmondHill Ambulance Corps, 78-15 Ja-maica Avenue, Woodhaven. Anappointment is necessary. Call 1-800-453-8378, Ext. 1. Women ages40 and over are urged to have a freescreening for cancer as an earlyValentine’s Day gift to themselves.This is the seventh free mammog-raphy event the Senator has coor-dinated with the American ItalianCancer Foundation for women inhis district since October 2008.

“We know that early detectionof breast cancer can save lives.Once again, I worked with theAmerican-Italian Cancer Founda-tion to bring their MammogramVan to my district, offering free,vital health care services for womenages 40 and older, who have hadno mammograms in the last 12months, who either have no insur-

ance, or are insured by one of theinsurance companies that are listedon the attached document and willbe billed for services.” For womenwithout health insurance, serviceswill be paid for by the ScreeningPartnerships of the New York StateCancer Services Program (NYSCSP) or through generous contri-butions by the American-ItalianCancer Foundation’s donors.“However, even insured womenwill not be charged a co-paymentand will not receive a bill,” saidSenator Addabbo. On the day ofthe Mammogram Van visit, womenwith Medicare, Medicaid, or otherhealth insurance must bring theirmembership card. For more de-tails about the NYS CSP, call 866-442-CANCER (2262).

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For more information aboutMDS, please call 800-453-TEST(8378). Senator Addabbo adds,“I want to thank all the generousdonors who have funded theAmerican-Italian CancerFoundation’s Mobile Mammog-raphy Program: Avon Founda-tion Breast Care Fund, NationalBreast Cancer Foundation, NewYork City Council, New YorkCity Department of Health andMental Hygiene, The GreaterNYC Affiliate of Susan G. Komenfor the Cure®, and the New YorkState Department of Health.”

VAN BRAMER VISITS BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLTO ADDRESS FEARS ABOUT CLOSURE

On Tuesday, January 11th

Council Member Jimmy VanBramer met with concerned par-ents, teachers and students to ad-dress fears about the closure ofWilliam Cullen Bryant HighSchool in Astoria. In late 2010,Bryant High School received wordthat they were being placed on thePersistently Lowest Achieving(PLA) List and would have threeyears to turn their future around.As an alumnus and the local Coun-cil Member representing Bryant High School, Van Bramer met with parents, teachers and students at theirParent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting pledging his full support and any assistance possible in keepingthe school open.



ASSOCIATED MARKET GOES GREEN

Local supermarket Associated locatedat 44-07 Greenpoint Avenue owned bySamuel Collado has taken a step into thegreen. Associated’s energy’s consumptionwas evaluated by Global Energy Efficiency,who work on solutions for a greener future,found areas in the market that could beimproved with energy efficient technology.

Now the market is green. The technol-ogy installed by the company is efficient inits nature and now the market is enjoyinghuge savings, in the thousands, off of theirCon Ed bill apart from the environmentalimpact they have created. The best part iscombining Associated with state incen-tives and Utility funds that are allocated forgreen projects, basically covered most of

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Efficiency are having an event called “GreenDay” (not the band) where the ‘GreenSquad’ will interact with the communityand Associated patrons on what green stepshave been taken and its significant impacts.They will also be educating their employ-ees on the Do’s and Don’ts on ways to maxout the best savings.

So join Associated and the ‘GreenSquad’ on January 31st between 4pm and6pm. It will be a day filled with greatactivities, and great information for every-one to learn and support green projects,which will secure a safer and cleaner futurefor all of us.

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2011 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESSBuilding on the City’s New Business Acceleration Team’s efforts to help restaurants cut

through red tape and open their doors faster, the City will offer those same services to smallretail shops. If a restaurant gets a letter-A grade from the Department of Health for overallcleanliness on either inspection or re-inspection, they will not have to pay fines for anyviolations found on that inspection. The Mayor also announced a new online forum to gathermoney-saving ideas from all New Yorkers.

Taking Charge of Our DestinyA critical part of modernizing City government is saving every penny by reducing

unfunded mandates such as pension and health care benefits. At the State of the City, theMayor announced a financial reform package that proposes a set of changes at the State levelthat would save the City money. This includes modernizing the contracting process, cappingthe amount of time a teacher can spend in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, allowing theCity’s Department of Finance to administer the collection of City income taxes, andreforming the out-of-control pension system. “This year, the average New York City tax filerwill be paying $2,400 more to cover pension costs than they did in 2001,” said the Mayor.“And next year, you’ll be paying even more.” Mayor Bloomberg tapped former Mayor EdKoch to help lead the push for pension reform. Among the steps that the City hopes the StateLegislature will take is consolidating pension systems, creating a new tier for futureemployees, and permitting pension benefits to be part of the collective bargaining process.

Fighting Crime, Creating OpportunityPublic safety is a centerpiece of the City’s efforts to continue growing the economy and

creating jobs. Crime is down 35 percent since 2001. To continue reducing crime, the Mayorannounced a comprehensive effort to prevent young people from getting off track and keepthem connected to family, school, and job opportunities. The City is focusing on truancy,opening a center in Harlem to provide services for children and parents. Three new familycenters on Rikers Island also will give incarcerated fathers more opportunities to spend timewith their visiting children. To make the nation’s safest big city even safer, the City willpartner with Governor Cuomo to continue overhauling the state’s juvenile detention system.A new partnership between the NYPD and Brooklyn clergy members will be expanded.Because summer jobs improve the odds of students graduating high school and attendingcollege, the City will compensate for cuts in federal funding to summer youth employmentprograms by raising private money to put thousands of young New Yorkers to work.

OUTSIDE OF THE RINGBy Joe M. Gurrado

On Thursday evening,The New York State Vet-eran Boxers Association,Ring 8, the largest boxingassociation in the world,held its monthly meetingat the Waterfront CrabHouse in Long Island City(the site of the NYS Box-ing Hall of Fame). Themeeting brings in approxi-mately 100 colorful char-acters including profes-sional and amateur box-ers, as well as many arearesidents who are fans ofthe sport. This month, the guest speaker was Teddy Atlas, professional trainer who hastrained such legends as Mike Tyson and Michael Moorer. Teddy spoke about andanswered many questions regarding boxing throughout the years. He also spoke abouta foundation he started, the Dr. Atlas Foundation, named after his father. Thefoundation helps people in need of medical attention especially children. It was aninformative and fantastic evening spent with wonderful people.

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On Wednesday, Janu-ary 19th Council MemberJimmy Van Bramer joinedlocal fifth and sixth grad-ers from P.S. 150’s after-school sports program runby Sunnyside CommunityServices, for a special be-hind-the-scenes clubhouse tour at Citi Field. The special visit included a personal meet andgreet with New York Mets players, including R.A. Dickey, Dillon Gee, Bobby Parnell,Mike Pelfrey, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole and Manager Terry Collins to celebrate the launchof the third season of Citi Field Kids. Van Bramer helped save the P.S. 150 After SchoolProgram from closing their doors when he secured $295,000 in funding for the program justa few months earlier. This once in a lifetime opportunity helps combine education andbaseball for youngsters.



At an IAS Part 14 of the SupremeCourt of the State of New York,County of Queens, at theCourthouse located at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NewYork on the 21st day of December,2010. *** P R E S E N T: HON.________ *** SUPREMECOURT OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK *** COUNTY OFQUEENS *** —————————X *** ELIAS RIZOS,Petitioner, -against- PALEROS,INC. d/b/a GRAND CAFE,Respondent, *** ————————X *** INDEX NO. 31459/2010ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ***Upon reading and filing theannexed Affirmation of PeterMammis, Esq., dated December20, 2010, the Affidavit of the

QUEEN OF ANGELS CHURCHWill be holding its FirstBlood Drive in conjunctionwith the New York BloodBank on Sunday, January30, 2011 from 9:30 AM -2:30 PM in the ParishCenter (43-18 SkillmanAvenue, Sunnyside, NY).For more information or toarrange an appointment,please call (646) 541-6526.

LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICEPetitioner, Elias Rizos, datedDecember 20, 2010, and upon allof the papers and proceedingsheretofore had herein, LET, theRespondent or his/her/i tsrespective attorney, show causebefore Hon. Marguerite Grays ofthis Court at an IAS Part 4 at theCourthouse, located at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NewYork 11435, Room 66, on January25, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in the fore /after noon of said day, or as soonthereafter as counsel can be heard,why an Order should not be madeand entered pursuant to BusinessCorporation Law § § 1104-a, etseq, dissolving the Respondent,Paleros, Inc., together with suchother and further relief, as thisCourt may deem just and proper.

SUFFICIENT CAUSEAPPEARING THEREFORE, it is,ORDERED, pursuant to BusinessCorporation Law § 1104-a(c), thatthe Respondent and its directorsand officers are directed to makeavailable for inspection andcopying by the Petitioner and/orhis counsel under reasonableworking conditions no later thanthirty (30) days after the filing ofthis petition all of the corporatefinancial books and records of theRespondent’s for the three (3)preceding years, including, but notlimited to all tax returns, bankstatements, receipts, invoices, andprint outs from the Respondent’spoint of sale system(s) along withcash receipts, ledgers, andjournals. ORDERED, that service

of this Order to Show Cause andsupporting papers shall besufficient if copies thereof areserved pursuant to BCL 1106 andCPLR 2214(d) via personal serviceat least ten (10) days prior to thereturn date of this petition set forthabove upon/to the Respondent andall interested parties listed in theschedule including state taxcommissioner and attorneygeneral; and i t is further,ORDERED, that this Order toShow Cause be published in theWoodside Herald once a week forthree weeks before the timeappointed for the hearing. *** EN T E R /s Hon. Martin E. RitholtzJ. S. C. *** SCHEDULE OFINTERESTED PARTIES 1.Shareholders/Directors of Paleros,

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The City Council passed twobills intended to improve the healthand well-being of animals acrossthe City. One bill is specificallyaimed at encouraging owners tospay or neuter their pets. The otherbill will prevent animal cruelty bynot allowing an animal to be teth-ered for more than three hours.

ELIMINATING ANIMALCRUELTY

The Council voted yes to a billthat will prohibit a person fromtethering an animal for long peri-ods of time. This would not allowfor an animal to be tethered for

more than three continuous hoursin a twelve-hour period.

This bill prohibits tethering formore than three consecutive hours inany continuous twelve-hour period.Any person who tethers the animalwould be required to provide food,shelter and water for the animal anduse an appropriate size tether.

“Tethering an animal for anextended period of time is crueland unusual,” said Speaker Chris-tine C. Quinn. “This bill will notonly prevent this type of unneces-sary cruelty, but also increase pub-lic safety for pedestrians through-out the City.”

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because of its design or placement.The tether should also prevent

the animal from moving outsidethe owner’s property and preventthe animal from moving over anobject that could injure or stranglethe animal.

“Chaining a dog and leaving itfor hours is fair neither to the dognor the people who must walk pastit,” said Council Member PeterVallone, Chair of the Public SafetyCommittee. “This type of abusecan turn the nicest pet into an attackdog. With this legislation, we wantto send a strong message that this isno way to care for an animal.”

First time violators would begiven a written warning or a fine ofup to $250 if the animal is injuredas a result of the prohibited tether-ing. A person who commits arepeat offense within a year wouldbe guilty of a Class B misdemeanorcarrying a fine of up to $500 or byimprisonment of up to three monthsor both, depending on the severityof the crime.

Any person violating this lawwould also be liable for a civilpenalty of between $250 and $500.

“New York City is joiningtwenty other states in enacting com-mon-sense restrictions on animaltethering,” said Council MemberMaria del Carmen Arroyo, Chairof the Health Committee. “Teth-ering an animal can be vicious andinhumane to the animal. Tetheredanimals also pose a threat to publicsafety. This restriction will protectanimals and all New Yorkers. Iwould like to thank Speaker Quinn,Council Member Vallone, Jr., allmy colleagues and the animal ad-

vocacy organizations for workingwith the Council in crafting thiseffective legislation.”

This bill would empower au-thorized officers, veterinarians andemployees of the Department ofHealth and Mental Hygiene, agentsof the ASPCA, and any other per-son designated by the Commis-sioner of Health to enforce the law.This legislation does not apply tolaw enforcement animals.

ENCOURAGINGSPAYING ANDNEUTERING

This bill is intended to encour-age owners to spay and neuter theirdogs to help control the animalpopulation. The bill would increasethe fee for licensing dogs that arenot spayed or neutered from $11.50to $34.00. The additional $25.50per license will go to a dedicatedfund to subsidize animal popula-tion control programs. These pro-grams support services that includepet owner education, free and lowcost spay and neutering and otherveterinary services.

“Having a pet is a lot of fun, butit’s also a big responsibility,” saidCouncil Member Jessica Lappin,sponsor of the bill. “Part of thatresponsibility is making sure thatyour pet is spayed or neutered. Thisbill is a win-win. It encouragespeople to do the right thing for theirpets while raising money from thosedog owners who don’t do the rightthing. That money then goes to-ward a fund to help shelter and findhomes for the unwanted dogs thatoften result from unfixed animals.I want to thank Speaker Quinn andChair Arroyo for their work to bringthis bill to a vote today.”

“Raising the licensing fee forunaltered dogs will help encour-age pet owners to spay and neutertheir dogs and control the pet popu-lation,” said Council MemberMaria del Carmen Arroyo, Chairof the Health Committee. “Theadditional revenue will fund freeand low-cost spay and neuter ser-vices, public education campaignsand other veterinary services forNew Yorkers. We must ensure thatall New Yorkers recognize thevalue of dog licensing and that weall do what we can to control thepet population, thereby reducingthe number of dogs in animal shel-ters. I would like to thank SpeakerQuinn, Council Member Lappinand all my colleagues.”



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Dear Editor,

Kudos to New York City Coun-cil for passing a bill to prohibittethering animals for more thanthree consecutive hours in a 12-hour period and a bill increasingthe license fee for dogs who haven’tbeen spayed or neutered from$11.50 to $34.

Left tethered on doorsteps oroutside of stores, dogs are com-pletely vulnerable to careless orcruel passersby, including peoplewho steal docile animals and sellthem to laboratories for painfulexperiments or who use them asbait for dogfighting. In winter, dogswho are left tied up can suffer from

exposure and frostbite. In the sum-mer, hot pavement can burn dogs’paws, and if they have no shade orwater, dogs can quickly succumbto heatstroke.

The new dog license fee willalso save many lives by giving cityresidents added incentive to be re-sponsible and have their dogsspayed or neutered. Spaying justone female dog can prevent thebirths of tens of thousands of dogsover the course of several years,which means fewer unwanted dogsending up euthanized in animalshelters.

Let’s hope many other cit-ies follow NYC’s progressiveand compassionate lead onthese issues.

Sincerely,Elaine Sloan,

New York, NY

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