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Ringing In The Holidaysby Luke Adams

Wednesday December 15th, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer enjoyed a holidayparty at Studio Square in Astoria, where approximately 200 people enjoyed music, cocktailsand hors d’oeuvres, along with the incredible views of Manhattan from the picturewindows. The wonderful company, the holiday mood and a surprise party added a ton ofenjoyment to the evening. (continued on page 4)

Betty Cassciro, Rigo Cardoso, Kate Brenan, CM Van Bramer, Laura Heim,Assemblywoman Nolan, Jeffrey Kroessler and Lily Gavin.

Welcoming Bishop Provenzanoby Luke Adams

On Sunday December 18th, All Saint’s Episcopal Church on 46th Street enjoyed a busyservice, which included welcoming the Rt. Reverend Lawrence Prevenzano, Bishop ofLong Island and 10 of their members received the sacrament of Confirmation. Pastor FatherJoseph Jerome had everything in order for the confirmation, the forth Sunday of Adventservice, including a packed church.

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Personal friend of Fr. Jerome, Marc Crawford Leavitt, Esq., stopped by to greet the Bishop.

A Very Merry108 Christmas

by Edwin Cadiz

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On Saturday, December 17th, the 108thPrecinct Community Council sponsored aChristmas party for the children in thecommunity. Community Council president,Diane Ballek and staff members of Assem-blywoman Catherine Nolan’s officeplanned the annual event. The children ofSunnyside, Woodside and Long Island Cityhad a great holiday party with Santa at theSunnyside Community Service Center.

There were holiday songs and giftswere distributed at this annual event. Thisevent was made possible with the generoussupport of local community organizationsand businesses in the Long Island City,Sunnyside and Woodside neighborhood.

The Community Council also receivedgenerous toy donations from caring indi-viduals in the community. The councilwould like to thank them for taking thetime to bring holiday cheer to children inthe community.

Santa’s elves included Officer Diaz,Officer Sorrentino, Frank Corrado, GertMcDonald, Claudia Chan, Robby Chin,Edwin Cadiz, Momo Ferguson, NolaniFerguson, Don McCallian and JamesBallek. In attendance were also CM JimmyVan Bramer, Joe Conley of CB 2, andrepresentatives from CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney and Senator MichaelGianaris’ office.


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Ringing In The Holidaysby Luke Adams

Jose Orango Esq. (VP LaGuardia CC), Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, and Lily Gavin(La Guardia CC Board Member).

Lily Gavin, Marie Konecko (State Committeewoman), CM Van Bramer, RigobertoCardoso (Chamber Board Member).

Surprise! Marian Villanueva, and JoeKenton (not in picture) present DanHendrick with a couple of surprise Birthdaycakes to celebrate his 41st Birthday!

CM Van Bramer, Gary O’Neil (AubergineCafé) and Dan Hendrick.

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A Very Merry 108 Christmas by Edwin Cadiz

Pantry In BlissvilleGets Food Delivery

On Thursday, December 15th, CM Van Bramer delivered over 1,000food items to the St. Raphael’s food pantry in Blissville. At the food dropoff, Van Bramer highlighted rising hunger statistics across the city andin the local community, stressing the need to continue donating to foodpantries this holiday season and beyond.

This is the Council Member’s second annual food drive and thedonations were even more generous than last year. More than 1,700items have been collected during his holiday food drive and delivered totwo local food pantries.

However, Van Bramer’s food drop off Thursday came at a time whenfood pantries across the city are seeing more New Yorkers who needtheir services. At the same time, the pantries face a decrease in supportfrom the state and federal governments and an increase in the cost offood. The combination has many food pantries in the city feeling thepinch. With this in mind, the Council Member urges the community tosupport their local food pantries and support the city’s less fortunate intheir time of need.

“Thanks to the gracious and generous donations from the commu-nity, many families will have the food they need this holiday season. Inour great city, no one should go hungry, and during the holidays manyfamilies struggle to survive. As neighbors, we should all do our share tokeep our food pantries stocked,” Van Bramer said.



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How to Cope With the‘Threat of Longevity ‘

You can’t predict how longyou’ll live. Nonetheless, youstill need to consider longevityas a key factor in creating, andfollowing, a long-term invest-ment strategy.

And your projected lifespanmay be longer than you hadthought. Men who turned 65 in2010 can expect to live another18.6 years, while women whoreached 65 that same year cananticipate another 20.7 years,according to the 2011 SocialSecurity Trustees Report. Andthese figures are just averages;depending on your health andfamily history of longevity, youcould well spend two, or eventhree, decades in retirement.

Possibly because people arenow realizing they may have tosupport themselves for far longerthan earlier generations did, theyseem to be growing increasinglyconcerned about running out ofmoney in their later years. Infact, in a poll of people ages 44to 75, sponsored by Allianz LifeInsurance, 61 percent said theyfear depleting their assets morethan they fear dying.

So, if you’re concernedabout outliving your resources— or if you think that you maybecome one of those people —

what steps should you take, bothnow and during your retire-ment? Here are a few ideas:

Keep investing. Put away asmuch money as you can affordfor your retirement. Take advan-tage of tax-deferred accounts,such as your 401(k) and tradi-tional IRA, or tax-free accounts,such as a Roth IRA. (Roth IRAearnings are tax-free providedyou’ve had your account at leastfive years and you don’t starttaking withdrawals until you’reat least 59-1/2.) And keep invest-ing, year in and year out, despitethe inevitable market volatilityyou’ll encounter along the way.

Re-assess your retirementage. If you enjoy your work,you might consider staying atyour job a few years later thanoriginally intended. Those ex-tra years of income, not to men-tion extra contributions to your401(k) and potentially biggerSocial Security payouts, canmake a big difference to yourretirement lifestyle.

Delay taking Social Secu-rity. As the laws now stand, youcan start taking Social Securityas young as 62, but your monthlychecks will be bigger when youreach your “full” retirement age.You’ll get your biggest monthly

Social Security checks if youwait until age 70, when they“max out,” but many peoplefeel that waiting that long maynot be worth it, when weighingthe lost years of any paymentsagainst the unknown variableof life expectancy.

Calculate your “withdrawalrate.” Once you retire, it’s es-sential that you know how muchcan withdraw each year fromyour investments without run-ning out of money. Your with-drawal rate depends on a vari-ety of factors, including yourage, size of portfolio, risk toler-ance and retirement lifestyle. Afinancial professional can helpyou calculate your initial with-drawal rate and adjust it as timegoes on.

The possibility of outlivingyour resources is not a pleasantthought. But by taking the stepsdescribed above, as well as oth-ers, you can go a long way to-ward taking the fear out of lon-gevity, leaving you free to fullyenjoy an active retirement.

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Standing Up forQueens Hospitals

Local hospital closingshave affected residents’health, access to care

On the heels of a recent reportthat examined the status of strug-gling health care facilities inBrooklyn by the GovernorCuomo-established BrooklynHealth Systems Redesign WorkGroup, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) urged theGovernor to join him in workingto ensure sufficient access tohealth care in Queens and theBronx, which have also faced theclosure of numerous hospitals.

“While the proposals from thisworking group may not be theanswer for every situation, I wouldlike us to begin a conversation onhow best to address some of thesimilar issues we are facing inQueens and the Bronx. This is ahigh priority for residents in theseareas, and I hope we can worktogether to address the concernsof these communities,” writes Rep.Crowley in the letter.

A number of hospitals inQueens have closed over the past

several years, including St.Joseph’s Hospital, Parkway Hos-pital, St. John’s Hospital Queensand Mary Immaculate Hospital.From the loss of economic en-gines in the community to hin-dering patients’ access to care,these closings have had a severeand direct impact on Queens.

“It is time to start the searchfor innovative ways to supportstruggling hospitals, or new typesof care facilities, in areas thathave seen hospital closures,” con-tinued Rep. Crowley.

Rep. Crowley has been astrong advocate for urban hos-pitals and specialty care centersin Queens and the Bronx, fight-ing to ensure residents have ac-cess to quality care. He was aleader in the effort to keepWestchester Square MedicalCenter in the Bronx open, hasworked to ensure fair Medicarepayments and, in conjunctionwith his New York Congres-sional Delegation colleagues,has called for the protection ofhospitals and health systemsfrom the threat of spending cuts.



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File No.: 2011-1184/ACITATION THE PEOPLE OFTHE STATE OF NEW YORK BYTHE GRACE OF GOD, FREEAND INDEPENDENT VirginiaMae Starke, Eddie Hicks, Estateof Louis Capell Taylor, AngelaTaylor, Estate of Warner ThomasTaylor, Barney Taylor, Sr. ,Thomas Taylor, Reginald LewisTaylor, Jean Taylor Payne, RobertGrey, NYC Human ResourcesAdministration – Department ofSocial Services Attorney Generalof the State of New York To: Theunknown distributees, legatees,devisees, heirs at law andassignees of LILLIE FRANKLIN,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of LILLIE FRANKLIN,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 106-30 RoscoeStreet, Jamaica, NY 11433, in theCounty of Queens, State of NewYork. SEND GREETING: Uponthe peti t ion of LOIS M.ROSENBLATT, PublicAdministrator of Queens County,who maintains her office at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica,Queens County, New York 11435,as Administrator of the Estate ofLILLIE FRANKLIN, deceased,you and each of you are herebycited to show cause before theSurrogate at the Surrogate’s Courtof the County of Queens, to beheld at the Queens General

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Courthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the 2ndday of February, 2012 at 9:30o’clock in the forenoon, why theAccount of Proceedings of thePublic Administrator of QueensCounty, as Administrator of theEstate of said deceased, a copy ofwhich is attached, should not bejudicially settled, and why theSurrogate should not fix and allowa reasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $1,854.46and that the Court fix the fair andreasonable additional fee for anyservices to be rendered byGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.,hereafter in connection withproceedings on kinship, claimsetc., prior to entry of a final Decreeon this accounting in the amountof 6% of assets or income collectedafter the date of the withinaccounting; and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow an amountequal to one percent on saidSchedules of the total assets onSchedules A, A1, and A2 plus anyadditional monies receivedsubsequent to the date of thisaccount, as the fair and reasonableamount payable to the Office ofthe Public Administrator for theexpenses of said office pursuantto S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe petitioner should not beauthorized to retain the sum of$5,000.00 to satisfy the contingentand possible claim of Robert Greyfor a period of six months from thedate of the decree to be settled

hereon; and why, upon service onthe petitioner of an order from theNew York State Supreme Courtfixing the legal fees andcommissions of Robert Grey forservices rendered to the decedent,petitioner should not be furtherauthorized to pay Robert Grey saidamount not to exceed $5,000.00;and why if Robert Grey shouldfail to obtain an order from theNew York State Supreme Courtfixing his legal fee andcommissions for services renderedto the decedent within six monthsfrom the date of service of thedecree to be settled hereon, theamount retained by the petitionershould not be distributed as setforth in the petition; and why theclaim from the New York CityHuman Resources Administrationin the amount of $224,176.77should not be paid to the extent ofthe net distributable estate; Dated,Attested and Sealed 8th day ofDecember, 2011 HON. PETER J.KELLY Surrogate, QueensCounty MARGARET M.GRIBBON Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000.95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11thFloor, Rego Park, New York11374 This citation is served uponyou as required by law. You arenot obliged to appear in person. Ifyou fail to appear it will beassumed that you do not object tothe relief requested unless you fileformal legal, verified objections.You have a right to have anattorney-at-law appear for you.Accounting Citation 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 1/6/12, 1/13/12

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Romero (age 15) and I want tosay that I am apart of two non-

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profit organizations inSunnyside/Woodside, Queens.The Boy Scouts and the KeyClub. We are always lookingfor a way to help out our fellowfolks in the community andleave a smile on everyone’sface. We would be honored tohelp anyone in need during thisjolly good season. Please usethe email addresses below tocontact our scoutmaster EddieAvila, Peter Ross or the Presi-dent of the Key Club, Alan. If

you have any good ideas or ifyou know anyone who won’tmind teens helping them out,we look forward to hearing fromyou! Peter Ross [email protected] orGustavo [email protected]

We are energetic and will-ing to help!

Sincerely,Gustavo Romero,

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Sunday School YoungstersSteal The Show

Shepherds, angels and a few wise men visited SunnysideReformed Church last Sunday. They sang songs, played piano andemoted in front of the altar as part of a recreation of Jesus Christ’sbirth. And judging by the wide smiles on the faces of the adultswho watched from the pews, they will be invited back next yearat about the same time.

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Dance-A-Thon

The 8th Grade class from St. Raphael School in Long IslandCity gladly shared the joy of Christmas by sponsoring a schoolDance-a-thon to raise money to buy Christmas presents for thechildren of families who visit St. Raphael Parrish’s Food Pantry.

Welcoming Bishop Provenzanoby Luke Adams

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Father Jerome and CM Van Bramer (who attended service) photographed with those who had taken theirvows of Confirmation.

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