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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014 THE WOODSIDE HERALD PAGE 1

Celebrating The HolidaysIn The 40’s

VOL. 81, NO. 52 WOODSIDE, L.I.C., N.Y. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2014 FREE

Saving TheHeart Of

Sunnysideby Crystal Wolfe

“Sunnyside Center Cinemas isloved by many in the neighbor-hood, and I support efforts in thecommunity to keep the theaterhere,” said NYC Council MajorityLeader Jimmy Van Bramer. “Lo-cal business is an essential part of

“Great Son”

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SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

by Crystal Wolfe

On Friday December 18th, thePS 343 Elementary School, locatedat 46-45 42nd Street, held an event,which included a concert and rib-bon cutting, to dedicate and re-name the new Sunnyside Schoolafter former Council MemberWalter McCaffrey. McCaffrey wasconsidered a “great advocate” andbeloved member of the commu-nity. McCaffrey died last year at64-years-young and was born,raised, and served all his life in hisbeloved Woodside Community.

He started as a chair of CB2,the Community Board 2 and thenbecome a councilman of the 26th

District from 1985-2001 as aDemocrat, representing Woodside,Sunnyside and Long Island City.While in the City Council, he servedas chair of the Franchises and Zon-ing Subcommittee, and was on thePublic Safety, Finance, Transpor-tation and Land Use Committees.Among his successful legislationshe was able to ban and restrictentertainment venues from resi-

dential areas and wrote legislationmandating security cameras at au-tomated teller machines for thepublic’s protection.

Earlier this year in May, resi-dents, community leaders and lo-cal politicians, honoredMcCaffrey’s life in a ceremony,which renamed 61st Street onWoodside Avenue as the “WalterMcCaffrey Place.” The former PS343 School, which opened up itsdoors in September, now the WalterMcCaffrey Campus is a 75,000 sqfoot school. Its capacity is 430students ranging fromprekindergarten to 5th grade. Thecampus features 20 classrooms, artand science rooms, a library, gym-nasium, and a rooftop playing area.Reportedly, McCaffrey held a greatfondness for Sunnyside and wantedto see the site serve as a location forthe school, so the renaming of it asthe Walter McCaffrey Campus is aparticularly fine way to honor aman officials and residents calledthe “great son” of the westernQueens neighborhood.

what makes a community strong.Losing the Cinema would be a lossfor our neighborhood.” On Sun-day, the week before Christmas,on a frigidly cold winter’s day,over 300 people of all ages anddemographics showed up to attendthe rally to preserve the business ofthe Sunnyside Center Cinemas onQueens Blvd and 43rd Street. Thepetition and rally was initiated byTy Sullivan, Director of Market-ing and Social Media, Pastor JonStorck of the Grace Fellowship

Church and Patricia Dorfman, In-terim Marketing Director,Sunnyside Chamber and founderof Sunnyside Artists.

When asked what promptedSullivan to lead the rally to savethe Cinemas he said, “Somehow Ialways get involved. I’m a com-munity organizer here inSunnyside and get very Mr. SmithGoes to Washington when I hearof things that are not making sensein the community.

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by Crystal Wolfe

On Wednesday, December17th at the St Raphael’s Church onGreenpoint Avenue, the UnitedForties Civic Association held theiryearly holiday event. After a run-down by Captain Travaglia of the108th precinct’s diligent efforts tolower crime rates in the commu-nity, Council Member Jimmy VanBramer swore in the United 40sofficers for their board positionsfor next two years: Don McCallian,President, Carol Burch and Eliza-beth Montenegro as Vice Presi-dents, Eileen Walsh and Bob Burchas secretaries, Mike Stemmer asTreasurer, Joe Gurrado and PaulSalow as the Sergeants at Arms,

Of Western Queens GetsHonored In Renaming Of School

Joe Bertie as the beautification di-rector, and Eileen Flynn as Mem-bership Coordinator. Some localmerchants contributed door prizesfor the attendees of the event and adelicious buffet was served pro-vided by Bliss Station Restaurant.

As always, UFCA collects toysfor the holiday season. Approxi-mately 150 toys have been or will bedelivered to groups in the area, in-cluding the children in the MetroShelter on Queens Blvd and one ofthe churches in Sunnyside. United40s will continue to participate inmany community events and effortswith particular emphasis on provid-ing clothing, toiletries, etc. to theBorden Avenue Veteran’s Resi-dence, and fetal blankets and cloth-ing to Elmhurst Hospital and willcontinue clean-ups and participa-tion in other community efforts as

done since its incorporation in 1997.

UNITED FORTIES

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School Playgrounds

New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer recently toured Woodside on theMove’s after-school 3-D Printing classes. With funding secured by Council Member Van Bramerstudents from PS 11 and PS 152 in Woodside are learning 3-D printing techniques free of charge.

Assemblywoman CatherineNolan applauds the Governor forsigning into law A.151-A regard-ing school playgrounds. This billensures that when playgroundspace is lost or potentially lost, thatthe school should do its best toprovide other open-air playgroundsor other alternatives.

“School playgrounds orschoolyards are critical to thehealth, well-being and academicsuccess of our children. Stu-

dents who are physically activelearn better, behave better and,in the end, succeed” said As-semblywoman Nolan.

Physical activity is very im-portant in combating childhoodobesity. It is important that ourschools provide both physicaleducation and recess to keep chil-dren healthy. This bill builds onprevious legislation passed in2011 which required the NewYork City Department of Educa-

tion to compile a report of theinventory of playground space.“Space is at premium in NewYork City which is why we needto recognize the importance ofoutdoor play space and protectschoolyards and playgrounds forour children to ensure that theyremain active and healthy.Thanks again to Governor Cuomofor signing this very importantpiece of legislation that willgreatly benefit our students.”

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Breakfast With Santa

On Saturday, December 20, 2014, Terry Adams and the Hunters Point Commu-nity Development Corporation hosted its annual Free Breakfast with Santa atRiverview Restaurant in Long Island City. The kids loved meeting and takingpictures with Santa Claus and letting him know their desired presents. Many a legoset and Frozed doll was discussed. The parents enjoyed a wonderful buffet breakfastgenerously contributed by the Riverview Restaurant.

Terry Adams, Brent O’Leary as Santa’shelper, John Dallaire and the local kids.



Thousands Of Food Items DeliveredTo Western Queens Pantry

On Thursday, December18th, New York City CouncilMajority Leader Jimmy VanBramer joined NorbertoSaldaña of St. Teresa’s inWoodside to drop off over 2500items of food to the St. Teresa’sFood Pantry. The drop-off wasthe culmination of CouncilMember Van Bramer’s fifthannual holiday food drive.

“The holidays are a great timeto remember not just good timesand cheer, but also a time to think

about those who have less andmay struggle to put food on theirplates,” said Van Bramer. “I wouldlike to especially thank the con-stituents who reached out to ouroffice and so generously supportedthose in need this year.”

Area residents donatedcanned goods and other non-perishable items at fivebranches of the Queens Library,including Sunnyside,Woodside, Long Island City,Broadway and Court Square.

Helping Those In Need

A recent report was released, showing that over six thousand familieswere in need of food assistance and highlighted the growing foodinsecurity crisis in New York. The Hunters Point Civic Association, runby Brent O’Leary joined forces, with the LIC/Astoria Lions Club run byJohn Dallaire, put together a holiday food drive program with the formi-dable goal of collecting 2,000 pounds of food for the local food pantries.

They teamed up with localgrocery stores and the superin-tendents of buildings belongingto the Emerald Guild Society forResidential Condos for collec-tion sites and marketing and wereable to surpass their goals andcollect a little over 3,300 lbs offood. These were then sorted anddelivered to Bread of Life FoodPantry in Queensbridge, The HourChildren Food Pantry in LongIsland City and the St. Raphael’sFood Pantry in Sunnyside. Brentsaid “he was amazed at the gener-osity of the area and proud to be apart of a loving neighborhoodthat supports each other.”



We just want to see that a fair shake isgiven to the theater and we can keep somesemblance of the arts here in Sunnyside. Wewant to keep this community affordable andgive the families something to do with theirkids. We want to keep Sunnyside sunny andout of the darkness of greed.” Ty Sullivanled the rally with interludes of music fromthe local band Fish Detective, featuring origi-nal songs like the aptly titled “Be Nice toEveryone.” Sullivan motivated the audienceabout the importance of preserving the Cin-emas, firing the audience up with his warmidealistic enthusiasm and brilliant humor.

Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce Presi-dent Rigoberto Cardoso, owner of Pronto CarService in Sunnyside, who attended the rallysaid, “We strongly support the efforts of TySullivan, Jon Storck and Councilman JimmyVan Bramer to help Rudy Prashad keep hisCinema open. Rudy needs at least a year’slease to survive. Center Cinemas, wherelocals have gone for year’s means being ableto stay right here to see movies at a reasonablecost, dine and support our local economy.”

Sunnyside Center Cinemas, a dentist, PJHorgan’s and the Dime Savings Bank origi-nally occupied the commercial building.Reportedly Dime Savings Bank, whichowned the building a few years back assuredthe owner of the theater, Rudy Prashad whenhe found out online the building was forsale, that even if the building was sold hewould get a long term lease. In that goodfaith, Prashad confirmed he spent over$700,000 putting in 35 mm projectors and astate of the art sound system and digitalequipment. Prashad was negotiating a long-term 20-year lease with Dime Savings Bankin order to get a return of his investment onits repairs. During the negotiating periodDime Savings Building sold the building fornearly 7 million to 42-25 Queens Blvd.Corporation, a firm run out of Astoria.Prashad said he also put in a bid of $5.2million seeking to preserve the other smallbusinesses running out of the building aswell as the future of his own movie theater,but his bid was turned down.

According to the new landlord JohnCiafone, the Dime Savings Bank sold it tohim without affording him prior knowledgeof their assurance to Prashad about an ex-tended lease or the money he had alreadyspent on its repairs. The Sunnyside Dimebranch, which operated out of that building,closed this summer. The dentist’s office inthe building closed in September. TheCinema’s lease ends January 4th, 2015 and inthe beginning of December Prashad was toldthe firm did not wish to extend his lease,giving him a month to vacate the premises. Atthat time Prashad let his 14 employees knowthey are being forced to close the Cinema. “Iam not angry but I am disappointed for thecommunity because it is the only place inNYC where you can see a movie, popcorncandy and a drink for $10.” Many of hisemployees have been with him the entirety ofthe ten years he’s been in business.

Rudy Prashad is a retired NYC detectivewho has been in the movie theater businessfor almost 10 years. He owns several othercinemas, the Main Street Cinemas at 72-66Main Street in Flushing, Islip Cinemas on410 Main Street, Islip, NY, and the GrandAvenue Cinemas in Baldwin, NY. He’sattempting to relocate as many of his em-ployees to his other cinemas as possible. Forone lady in her sixties who has been withhim from the beginning, he has even told herhe will give her enough of a raise to coverher expenses in taking the 7 Train to hisMain Street Cinemas to work for him there.Some of his employees have already foundother work and he will have to replace themif his lease is extended. But he doesn’t thinkit’s fair to have a month-to-month lease or

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Curtains For Cinema

even a 6-month lease and then have to let theemployees go again if the landlord decidesnot to extend his lease.

“It’s a hard time for the employees tolose their jobs right before Christmas. Somany people have been coming into thetheater to express their anger and disap-pointment over the matter. This has been animportant part of the community,” said RudyPrashad. “I would love to stay. I love it here.I’ve made so many friends in Sunnyside. Ilove to see the families that come and now Ithink where will these families go? This iswhat drove me. I could have made moremoney by charging more but I thinkSunnyside is one of the best communities inNY and I wanted to support it.” “If I had toleave Sunnyside, I would leave NYC!” saidPastor Jon Storck at the rally.

Patricia Dorfman, who also attended therally added, “This is not just about the the-ater. This rally is about saving Sunnyside asa pleasant place to live and not a suburb ofManhattan where our streets are jammed,our small businesses are priced out and ourfriendly, small town life is over, and most ofthe profit goes to outside brokers, develop-ers and owners.”

The new landlord, Mr. John Ciafone sym-pathizes with Prashad having already spentso much money on repairs based on the verbalassurances of the previous owner that hewould have an extended lease in order to geta return on that investment. Unfortunatelywhen his company bought the building, thelevel of repairs, which were necessary tobring it up to standard building codes meansit will have to be demolished as the repairs areneeded from the foundation up. ReportedlyCiafone is considering adding back a movietheater in the new building and having afford-able housing on top of the building. Heunderstands the community’s fear of losingthe relic, but legally the repairs must be made.

“Rudy Prashad has been a wonderfultenant and we are willing to extend the leasefor 6 months and sit down and talk about hisCinema reopening there after the repairs arecompleted,” said John Ciafone. 6 months isall Ciafone can give Prashad because at thattime the repairs will be made. Reportedlyseveral other major movie theaters haveapproached Ciafone about buying out thebuilding but he is willing to give Prashadfirst rights as his Cinema has worked hard tokeep pricing down as much as possible over

the years. At the rally, Ty Sullivan andPrashad were very respectful toward thenew landlord and all parties hope to get thisresolved for the greater good of Sunnyside.

Prashad wants to let the community knowthat whether he is able to stay or must go, heis offering the same rates and the samemovies at his other location in Queens at theMain Street Cinema. Saturday, December26th at 10 am at the Sunnyside Center Cin-

emas he’s offering a free showing to movie-goers, on a first come first serve basis. Hope-fully a deal can be struck to satisfy bothbusiness owners. But the Sunnyside CenterCinemas is also part of a larger picture, of thefuture of Sunnyside. To keep this the “smalltown in the big city” relics like the SunnysideCenter Cinemas must be preserved, for it isthe small businesses such as this one whichmake up the heart of this community.



Public Legal NoticesFor more information, Email:[email protected]

LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICE • LEGAL NOTICESUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF QUEENSSUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSAND NOTICE Index No. 704558/2014 Date Filed: 11/23/2014Nationstar Mortgage LLC,Plaintiff, against Bibi Hatta, if shebe living or if she be dead, herspouse, heirs devisees, distributeesand successors in interest, all ofwhom and whose names and placesof residence are unknown toPlaintiff; City of New YorkEnvironmental Control Board;City of New York ParkingViolations Bureau; City of NewYork Transit Adjudication Bureau,State of New York; and “JOHNDOE #1” through “JOHN DOE#10”, the last ten names beingfictitious and unknown to thePlaintiff, the person or partiesintended being the person orparties, if any, having or claimingan interest in or lien upon themortgaged premises described inthe complaint, Defendant(s).PROPERTY ADDRESS: 104-37108th Street, Jamaica, NY 11419TO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS: YOU AREHEREBY SUMMONED toanswer the complaint in this actionand to serve a copy of your answer,or a notice of appearance on theattorneys for the Plaintiff withinthirty (30) days after the serviceof this summons, exclusive of theday of service. The United Statesof America, if designated as adefendant in this action, mayappear within sixty (60) days ofservice hereof. In case of yourfailure to appear or answer,judgment will be taken against youby default for the relief demandedin the complaint. NOTICE OFNATURE OF ACTION ANDRELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECTof the above captioned action is toforeclose a Mortgage to secure$504,000.00 and interest recordedin the QUEENS County Office ofthe City Register on January 16,2007 in CRFN 2007000028572covering premises known as 104-37 108th Street , Jamaica, NY11419. The relief sought in thewithin action is a final judgmentdirecting the sale of the premisesdescribed above to satisfy the debtsecured by the Mortgage describedabove. Plaintiff designatesQUEENS County as the place of

trial. Venue is based upon theCounty in which the mortgagedpremises is situated. NOTICEYOU ARE IN DANGER OFLOSING YOUR HOME IF YOUDO NOT RESPOND TO THISSUMMONS AND COMPLAINTBY SERVING A COPY OF THEANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYFOR THE MORTGAGECOMPANY WHO FILED THISFORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU AND FILINGTHE ANSWER WITH THECOURT, A DEFAULTJUDGMENT MAY BEENTERED AND YOU CANLOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TOAN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THECOURT WHERE YOUR CASEIS PENDING FOR FURTHERINFORMATION ON HOW TOANSWER THE SUMMONS ANDPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.SENDING A PAYMENT TOYOUR MORTGAGE COMPANYWILL NOT STOP THISFORECLOSURE ACTION. YOUMUST RESPOND BY SERVINGA COPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING THEANSWER WITH THE COURT.Dated: October 22, 2014 FrankM. Cassara, Esq. Shapiro, DiCaro& Barak, LLC Attorneys forPlaintiff 175 Mile CrossingBoulevard, Rochester, NY 14624(585) 247-9000 Our File No. 14-033026 Premises known as 104-37 108th Street , Jamaica, NY11419. All that certain propertysituate, lying and being in the inthe Borough and County ofQueens, City and State of NewYork, Block 9531, Lot 62 12/5/14, 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14

File No.: 2014-80/A CITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK BY THE GRACEOF GOD, FREE ANDINDEPENDENT NYC HumanResources Administration,Attorney General of the State ofNew York To: The unknowndistributees, legatees, devisees,heirs at law and assignees ofESTINISLA MALDONADO,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence be

AMENDED CITATION File No.2014-1112 SURROGATE’SCOURT, Queens COUNTY THEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OFNEW YORK, By the Grace ofGod Free and Independent TO:Regina Balkunas, George C.Bojsa, Maria Young, JosephSzewczyk a/k/a Joseph Schaff,Thomas Szewczyk a/k/a ThomasSchaff, Queens County PublicAdministrator, and PETERSCHAFF A/K/A PETERSZEWCZYK, JOHN SCHAFF A/K/A JOHN SZEWCZYK, andJOSEPH SZEWCZYK A/K/AJOSEPH SCHAFF, if living and ifdead, to their heirs at law, next ofkin and distributees whose namesand places of residence are

ascertained. Julio Almonte, ifliving and if dead, to their heirs atlaw, next of kin and distributeeswhose names and places ofresidence are unknown and if theydied subsequent to the decedentherein, to their executors,administrators, legatees, devisees,assignees and successors ininterest whose names and placesof residence are unknown andcannot be ascertained after duediligence. Being the personsinterested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of ESTINISLAMALDONADO, deceased, who atthe time of death was a resident of41-10 10th Street, Long IslandCity, NY 11101, in the County ofQueens, State of New York. SENDGREETING: Upon the petition ofLOIS 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 ofESTINISLA MALDONADO,deceased, you and each of you arehereby cited to show cause beforethe Surrogate at the Surrogate’sCourt of the County of Queens, tobe held at the Queens GeneralCourthouse, 6th Floor, 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, Cityand State of New York, on the15th day of January, 2014 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 $2,173.23and 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 on

unknown and if they diedsubsequent to the decedent herein,to their executors, administrators,legatees, devisees, assignees andsuccessors in interest whose namesand places of residence areunknown and to all other heirs atlaw, next of kin and distributeesof ANN SCHAFF, the decedentherein, whose names and placesof residence are unknown andcannot after diligent inquiry beascertained. A petition havingbeen duly filed by Peter O’Donnellwho is/are domiciled at 39Homewood Drive, Manhasset,New York 11030 YOU AREHEREBY CITED TO SHOWCAUSE before the Surrogate’sCourt, Queens County, at 88-11Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NewYork, on JANUARY 29, 2015 at9:30 o’clock in the fore noon ofthat day, why a decree should notbe made in the estate of Ann Schafflately domiciled at 80-23 89Avenue, Woodhaven, NY 11421,United States, admitting to probatea Will dated November 23, 2010(and Codicil(s), if any, dated), acopy of which is attached, as theWill of Ann Schaff, deceased,relating to real and personalproperty, and directing that: [X]Letters of Administration c.t.a.issue to Peter O’Donnell [X]Further relief sought (if any): Thata bond be dispensed with. Dated,Attested and Sealed, November25, 2014 HON. Peter J. Kelly,Surrogate Margaret M. Gribbon,Chief Clerk Lisa M. Sconzo (Nameof Attorney) Laurino Laurino &Sconzo (Firm) (516) 248-4771Telephone, 229 7th Street, Suite201, Garden City, New York11530 (Address). NOTE: Thiscitation is served upon you asrequired by law. You are notrequired to appear. If you fail toappear it will be assumed you donot object to the relief requested.You have a right to have anattorney appear for you.12/12/14,12/19/14, 12/26/14, 1/2/15

Schedules 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 claim from NYC HumanResources Administration in theamount of $562,656.68 should notbe paid in partial satisfaction oftheir claim; and why each of youclaiming to be a distributee of thedecedent should not establishproof of your kinship; and whythe balance of said funds shouldnot be paid to said allegeddistributees upon proof of kinship,or deposited with theCommissioner of Finance of theCity of New York should saidalleged distributees default herein,or fail to establish proof of kinship.Dated, Attested and Sealed 21stday of November, 2014 HON.PETER J. KELLY Surrogate,Queens County Margaret M.Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’sCourt GERARD J. SWEENEY,ESQ. (718) 459-9000 95-25Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor,Rego Park, New York 11374 Thiscitation is served upon you asrequired by law. You are notobliged 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 12/12/14, 12/19/14, 12/26/14, 1/2/15

2015Sat., Jan. 24th (11AM) Membership Brunch

Friday, March 6th

Thursday, April 16th

Friday, May 15th

Ridgewood Democratic ClubMonthly Schedule

All meetings are at 7PM, unless otherwise noted

Thank You For Your DonationsI wish to thank everyone in Woodside for his or her kindness and

generosity. With your donations I have raised enough money to start myEagle Scout Project. My goal is to get my project completed by the endof December. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

God Bless You All,Christopher DeSimone



Graffiti Removal SuccessCouncilman Eric A. Ulrich (R-Queens) and Queens Economic

Development Corporation (QEDC) today touted the success of theirjoint graffiti removal initiative implemented this past October.For FY2015, Council Member Ulrich allotted $25,000 in discretionaryfunds to QEDC to eliminate graffiti at six major corridors — WoodhavenBoulevard; Jamaica Avenue; Atlantic Avenue; 101st Avenue; LibertyAvenue; and Rockaway Boulevard.

91st Street Before And After

Via its Neighborhood Development Division, which pro-motes economic growth by supporting community busi-nesses, QEDC has been working with Magic Touch Cleaningto carry out the anti-vandalism mandate.To date, Magic Touch Cleaning has removed graffiti from 60 locationsthroughout the 32nd Council District and this work will continue into 2015.“Graffiti is a crime and something that lowers property values anddiminishes our quality of life,” said Councilman Eric Ulrich. “Thisinitiative takes a proactive stand to nip this problem in the bud andrevitalize our small business corridors. We do not need these eyesores inour community. My constituents deserve better.”“Graffiti is a scourge that negatively impacts residents, businesses andentire neighborhoods, so it is our pleasure to help clean it up,” statedQueens Economic Development Corporation Executive Director SethBornstein. “We enjoy working with Council Member Eric Ulrich andMagic Touch to be proactive in our fight against vandalism that discour-ages shoppers, encourages lawlessness, and destroys community spirit.”

93rd Street Before and After



Various residents have spotted ahawk flying around Sunnyside lately.The bird of prey seems to be relaxedand enjoying his holiday stay in theneighborhood. He posed for a camerawhile hanging out on a fire escape toan apartment building on 50th Street.

ThisNeighborhood Is

For The Birds

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Holidays In The 40’sPhoto Credit: Joe Gurrado

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