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SERVING SUNNYSIDE-WOODSIDE AND LONG ISLAND CITY

“BUS LINE WOULD BECHEAPER AND BETTER”CHEAPER AND BETTER”

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Editorial by Mitch Waxman

Mayor de Blasio announced inhis recent State of The City presen-tation his intention to build a street-car line, which would stretch alongthe East River waterfront, connect-ing Southern Brooklyn to NorthernQueens. Calling his proposal theBQX, the Mayor and his representa-tives described building a $2.5 bil-

lion, 16-mile long trackway, whichwould require two new bridges - oneover the Gowanus Canal, and oneover Newtown Creek.

A return of streetcars to NYCis exciting news, but as always, thedevil is in the details.

The “Red Hook to Astoria chal-lenge” is what I call the long walkfrom Red Hook’s Gowanus Canal

to Astoria Park. About 11 -12 miles,it sounds worse than it is - you startat the Fairway Market in Red Hookand head north to the BrooklynPassenger Ship terminal, BrooklynBridge Park, DUMBO, then Vin-egar Hill - all lovely and interestingplaces to visit along the way.You’re forced east onto FlushingAve. to get around the Brooklyn

Navy Yard, and then back to theriver where you’ll cross underWilliamsburg Bridge, towardsBushwick Inlet and into Greenpoint,and the Newtown Creek. PulaskiBridge carries you over the creek,and back to the water at HuntersPoint South and Gantry Plaza parks.

TACKLINGMULTIPLEPROJECTS

by David Rosasco

Wrapping up a week wherethe youth gathered 4 times over a5-day period, there were morethan enough reasons for celebra-tion as to their achievements inrolling back the graffiti that spikedas a direct result of the desolatenight of the great snowstorm ofJanuary 23, but, as LisangelieRamos, 7th grade student at St.Sebastian School put it “it’s justpart of the mission”.

This mission of the youth,who are rapidly becoming indis-pensable to maintaining the pub-lic environment of the entireWoodside zip code, began theiroperations, interestingly enough,

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JUVENILE MIRANDA WARNINGSenator Michael Gianaris in-

troduced legislation that wouldreform Miranda rights in New YorkState for juveniles. The bill wouldrequire police officers to provide aplain language description ofMiranda rights to juvenile defen-dants under the age of 18 and re-ceive their affirmative consent be-fore proceeding.

“Miranda rights are worthlessunless they are understood by thearrested individual,” said SenatorMichael Gianaris. “Statistics makeclear too many underage NewYorkers are waiving their Consti-tutional rights because they do not

comprehend them.”Recent data indicates the an-

nual charging of more than 115,000pre-teens with criminal offensesposes an even greater challenge toMiranda warning comprehension.Furthermore, over 1 million juve-niles are criminally charged annu-ally, nationwide, with only roughly10% of juveniles found to exercisetheir Miranda rights.

In 2010, the American BarAssociation (ABA) adopted aresolution, calling for this re-form. The ABA notes that en-actment of this legislationwould benefit juvenile defen-

dants, police and prosecutors.Currently, juvenile Mirandawarnings vary substantially inlength and often use vocabularycomprehensible only to thosewith a college reading level. Thisproposal creates a standardized,short warning using terminol-ogy understandable at an el-ementary school reading level.

Senator Gianaris’ juvenileMiranda reform bill follows his mostrecent criminal justice legislation,calling to eliminate cash bail in NewYork State. He also proposed aninnocence commission to reviewand prevent wrongful convictions.

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9/11 FIRST RESPONDERSCELEBRATE PASSAGEOF THE ZADROGA ACT

Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY),Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Dan Donovan(R-NY) joined by 9/11 survivors and re-sponders to ring the closing bell at the NewYork Stock Exchange in honor of the passageof the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Com-pensation Reauthorization Act. Congress-woman Maloney, who introduced the legis-lation with Reps Nadler, Peter King (R-NY)and Donovan succeeded in attaching the leg-islation to an omnibus spending bill that wassigned into law by President Obama in De-cember. Several organizations that workedto pass the legislation, including Citizens forthe Extension of the James Zadroga Act, theFeal Good Foundation, the UniformedFirefighters Association, the Uniformed FireOfficers Association, and District Council37, joined more than a dozen responders,survivors and doctors for the event.

“Today more than 70,000 of respondersand survivors rely on the World Trade Cen-ter Health Program for medical monitoringand treatment for 9/11 related illnesses,”said Maloney. “The September 11th VictimCompensation Fund is also there to helpthese men and women become financiallywhole again. So many were cut down in theprime of their lives and lost out on years ofincome as a result of their illnesses. Theseprograms were established in 2010 when theCongress passed and President Obama signedinto law the James Zadroga 9/11 Health andCompensation Act. The bill was authorizedfor a period of 5 years. It was set to expire,but then, last year, brave men and womenlocked arms and took to the halls of Congressto make their case. They demanded not justto be heard, but for Congress to act, and theywon. Today we celebrate that victory.”

EXPLORING ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT GENERATORIN LONG ISLAND CITY

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochuland State Senator Michael Gianaristoured the Entrepreneur Space on Feb-ruary 16. The elected officials were cel-ebrating a recent $125,000 state grant to

the Long Island City food-and-businessincubator and spreading the word aboutthe venue, a roughly 5,000-square-foot,city-sponsored kitchen that businessowners rent to make their products.

(L-R) E-Space Director Kathrine Gregory; Matt Wallace from City Council MemberJimmy Van Bramer’s Office; Senator Gianaris; Lt. Gov. Hochul; and Rob MacKay fromthe Queens Economic Development Corporation, which administers the E-Space.

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200 HOMEBOUND ELDERLYDINE ON SPECIAL MEALS PREPAREDBY TWO RISING STAR CHEFS

Two hundred homeboundelderly New Yorkers feastedon meals specially prepared bytwo rising star chefs as part ofthe Chefs Deliver for Citymealsprogram.

A Citymeals on Wheels ini-tiative, Chefs Deliver brings to-gether a rotating cast of culi-nary stars who, once a month,lend their talents to Citymeals –cooking and often personallydelivering the meals to the doorsof New Yorkers who are toofrail to shop and cook for them-selves. Chefs Deliver waslaunched in January 2014 byCitymeals Board of DirectorsCo-President Chef DanielBoulud and Citymeals Board

Member Chef Charlie Palmer. Last week, Chef Barrio used

all local ingredients to preparehis menu of braised short ribswith purple potatoes, heirloomcarrots and caramelized cipollinionions with a side of orzo saladfor 100 Citymeals recipients.Chef Hergatt prepared 100meals of fried chicken, mashedpotatoes, braised carrots andgravy. After the chefs broughtsome of the meals to their iso-lated older neighbors, the re-mainder was delivered to re-cipients living in Astoria andRidgewood, Queens.

“With Valentine’s Day thispast Sunday, many of our mealrecipients who have outlivedfamily and friends were feelingeven more isolated and alone,”noted Citymeals Executive Di-rector Beth Shapiro. “Thismonth Citymeals was able tospread some extra love with thehelp of Chefs Barrio and Hergattwho graciously prepared thesespecial meals that were deliv-ered straight to the doors of ourvulnerable neighbors who needit the most.”

Citymeals on Wheels pre-pares and delivers weekend,holiday and emergency mealsfor over 18,000 homebound eld-erly New Yorkers. More than60 percent of Citymeals recipi-

ents are over 80 years old; 23percent are over 90; more than300 have lived at least a cen-tury. All recipients are chroni-cally disabled by conditionssuch as vision loss, diabetes,arthritis and heart disease.Nearly all need assistance walk-ing. It is estimated that 66 per-cent use a cane, 39 percent usea walker and 16 percent use awheelchair. Citymeals recipi-ents are also isolated: 57 per-cent live alone; 40 percent rarelyor never leave their homes; 8percent have no one with whomthey can talk. Many are also atrisk for malnutrition.

PEPSI-COLA SIGNA DESIGNATEDQUEENS LANDMARK

This morning, New York City’s Landmark Preservation Com-mission voted to prioritize the Pepsi-Cola sign on the Long IslandCity waterfront for designation as a landmark. New York CityCouncil Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer released the followingstatement in response to the vote:

“I’m pleased and proud that the LPC has listened to ourcommunity’s requests to move forward in recognizing The Pepsi-Cola sign as the New York City landmark that it is. The Pepsi-Colasign has been an iconic part of the Long Island City landscape since1936. This staggering piece of pop art brings character to ourneighborhood and reminds current residents of Queens’ history as anindustrial powerhouse.”

A NIGHT ATTHE GARDEN

Troop 390 of Woodside enjoyed a nailbiting, edge-

of-your-seat game at Madison Square

Garden on Sunday, Scout night.

PHOTO ABOVE: Kazuki R, Noah J, Elias P and Tenzin V



FUNDING ANNOUNCEDFOR FOUR NEW SCHOOLSIN WESTERN QUEENS

On Monday, February 22nd, at Com-munity Education Council 30’s monthlymeeting, New York City Council MajorityLeader Jimmy Van Bramer announced $225million from the Administration to buildfour new schools in Woodside and LongIsland City. Over the last six years in office,Majority Leader Van Bramer has workedtirelessly with the School Construction Au-thority, local parents, and education advo-cates to build five new school facilities toeducate thousands of students in Sunnyside,Woodside, Astoria, and Long Island City.This announcement brings the total of newschools funded in Council District 26 un-der Majority Leader Van Bramer’s tenureto nine, procuring nearly 5,000 classroomseats for students in Western Queens.

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Back east to Vernon after Anable basin,which leads to 21st St.. Heading north, youwalk under the Queensboro Bridge, past theQueensborough houses, encounter theRavenswood power plant and RooseveltIsland Bridge at 37th Ave., and pass RaineyPark. Continue up 21st, past Socrates Sculp-ture Garden and Hallets Cove. I’d take 12thSt. towards Astoria Park rather than explorethe peninsula that NYCHA’s Astoria Housesdo, and the future Astoria Cove project willoccupy. 12th St. takes you to Shore Road

and Astoria Park. Walking underTriborough and Hell Gate, you eventuallyend up on the forbidden northern coast ofQueens at 20th Ave. It’s great exercise, andyou’ll see a lot of cool things on the way.

More or less, this “Red Hook to AstoriaChallenge” of mine is the scenic path, whichthe Mayor’s proposed streetcar, the BQX,would follow.

I’ve been pondering the crossing overNewtown Creek since the plan was an-nounced, and where a new light rail bridgecould be erected. There’s the Vernon Ave.St. end, which would allow a connectionwith GP’s Manhattan Ave. - a historic path.The Vernon Ave. Bridge stood here until1959 and carried trolleys over the LIRRyard to Hunters Point.Alternatively, at the mouth of the creek isSecond St., and on the Greenpoint side isWest St. - both of which are being developedas mega projects - LIC’s Hunters Point

South and Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Landing.The problem with the Vernon plan would bethe approaches to the span, and the fact thatunless it was built quite high – necessitatinglonger approaches – means this new bridgeneeds to be a drawbridge. Vernon Blvd. andManhattan Ave. property valuations are thehighest they’ve ever been, so I don’t see thispath as being likely. Also, you can’t see itfrom Manhattan.

So the question is, where the money willbe coming from? Does the City of NewYork really have $2.5 billion burning a holein our collective pocket? If so, I’d preferreopening several of our closed fire houses,creating hospital beds and school desks, orjust a select bus route or two to augment theG train, which pretty much mirrors the pro-posed route of this BQX.

I’m also interested in how many peoplewe can pack into a streetcar, and if thenumbers back up spending our lucre onthe BQX rather than something which canactually accomplish the goal of NYC tran-sit – which is reliably getting people toand from work.

“BUS LINE WOULD BECHEAPER AND BETTER”

(The author lives in Astoria with his wifeand their little dog Zuzu and calls himselfa “neighborhood crank.” Waxman is aNewtown Creek Alliance historian, aphotographer, and leads walking tours ofLIC and Greenpoint, and summer boattours of NY Harbor.)


EARNING OUR DAILY BREADby Patricia Dorfman

A early meeting about a few of the do’sand don’ts of street vending, from flowersto falafel, drew 34 guests to the February23 Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce 8AMbreakfast at New York Style Eats on QueensBlvd, hosted by Mark Stroubus.Some came to generally network, and afew with specific goals. One memberwished to find out how to get a food cartmoved, and another asked for help on find-ing a location to put a cart where he wouldbe welcomed. City officials showed upready to help and listen.

Fred Riley of NYC Consumer Affairs cameout at 7am to walk around and see the ad-dresses he had been furnished of hot spots, andwill get back to us on some of the issues.The village hot spot near the 46th Bliss #7station attracts vendors on foot and on wheels,and locals wanted to find out what was legaland what was not. One chamber memberunable to attend wrote a letter which was givento Mr. Riley to request assistance.The city unit that handles food inspection isknown by the name of the Department ofHealth & Mental Hygiene and was representedby Executive Director James Middleton whohas almost three decades of experience.Middleton was very knowledgeable and hasmade himself available in the future.While access is restricted and there are waitinglists for licenses for which one may grow oldwaiting, one guest noted that the non-legalmarket was so large that complete enforcementwas nearly impossible. Sgt. David Porter of the108 Conditions Unit, answered questions aboutpolice enforcement procedure and explainedthe necessity of disposing of seized food.Merchants learned an intriguing fact that onprivate property, a licensed bricks and mortarstore could legally vend – meaning that if asuitable location here were found, local busi-nesses could participate in night bazaar orother selling opportunities. Greg Psitos ofSunnyside Florist attended with his stafferMary Prentis and he is currently working on atest-run fair that might grow into a regularly

scheduled market.We learned that the law allows a licensed

vendor to sell items that duplicate the waresof a bricks and mortar store. (Theoretically,one could sell suits on the sidewalk outsideof Brooks Brothers.) In the case of seasonalholiday trees, with a proper permit, only thepermission of the storeowner is required. Soif next year, we want our local florists to haveroom to vend on the street, we will have tohelp them get there first – we will need hotcocoa for the vigils.Some guests attended to keep in touch. Psy-chotherapist Jennifer Colton(jencolton.weebly.com) happily reported shehad finally found office space. New mem-bers Suleyman Yilmaz of TCCQ, and KoraySarikaya of Tripalla VIP Tours were madewelcome, and longtime Chamber member,top ophthalmologist, Debra Guthrie, MD wasindeed a “sight for sore eyes.” KennyMedrano, well known locally and recentlyhired on staff by Jimmy Van Bramer, at-tended with Van Bramer Chief of Staff Mat-thew Wallace. Swim Strong’s Shawn Slevin,whose organization teaches children to swim,invited all to walk with her group in thecoming St. Pat’s for All parade scheduledMarch 6 on Skillman Avenue.

New York Style Eats Mark Stroubusused to manage Chase Bank and was Cham-ber president in the past, has created a bus-tling business of New York Style Eats, openseven days a week, with big portions, com-fort food item, fresh ingredients, and withtake out and delivery. In addition to coffee,juice, platters of baked goods, egg, baconand cheese combination wraps were served,and he also made custom dishes as requested,including French toast and omelets.Adrian Bordoni will be guest speaker nextmonth at the Showcase Luncheon on gettingmore from your smart phone. Bordoni tooka survey of guests to determine IPhone vs.non-IPhone users (about half and half). Markyour calendar for 12:30, Tuesday, March22, for French fare at Bliss 46 Bistro at 43-46 46th Street!

Photo Credit:

Manny Gomez



File No.: 2014-5261/ACITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK BY THE GRACEOF GOD, FREE ANDINDEPENDENTTO:NYC Human ResourcesAdministration,Attorney General of the State ofNew YorkThe unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of RHONA SWAIN,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained.Rhumero Swain, if living and ifdead, to their heirs at law, next ofkin and distributees whose namesand places of residence areunknown 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 cannot beascertained after due diligence.Being the persons interested ascreditors, legatees, distributees orotherwise in the Estate of RHONASWAIN, deceased, who at the timeof death was a resident of 145-40133rd Avenue, Ozone Park, NY,in the County of Queens, State ofNew York.SEND GREETING:Upon the petition 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 ofRHONA SWAIN, deceased, youand each of you are hereby cited toshow cause before the Surrogateat the Surrogate’s Court of theCounty of Queens, to be held atthe Queens General Courthouse,6th Floor, 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, City and Stateof New York, on the 17th day ofMarch, 2016 at 9:30 o’clock in theforenoon, why the Account ofProceedings of the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $7,604.43and 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 pursuant

SUPREME COURT OF THESTATE OF NEW YORK –COUNTY OF QUEENSINDEX # 705496/15 FILED: 1/14/2016SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONSAND NOTICEPlaintiff designates QueensCounty as the place of trial. Venueis based upon the County in whichthe mortgaged premises aresituated. HSBC BANK USA,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR GSAA HOMEEQUITY TRUST 2005-7,A S S E T - B A C K E DCERTIFICATES SERIEES 2005-7, Plaintiff(s), against MICHELLESMITH, all possible unknownheirs at law of MICHELLESMITH if living, and if any bedead, their respective heirs at law,next of kin, distributees, executors,administrators, devisees, legatees,assignees, lienors, creditors andsuccessors in interest , andgenerally all persons having orclaiming under, by or through saiddefendants who may be deceased,by purchase, inheritance, lien orotherwise, any right, title orinterest in and to the premisesdescribed in the complaint herein;159 CORONA CORP, DRYDENDEAN V, CRIMINAL COURTOF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,NEW YORKENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLBOARD, NEW YORK CITYPARKING VIOLATIONBUREAU, NEW YORK CITYTRANSIT ADJUDICATIONBUREAU, NEW YORK STATEDEPARTMENT OF TAXATIONAND FINANCE, “JOHN DOE#1,” through “JOHN DOE #12,”the last twelve names beingfictitious and unknown to plaintiff,the persons or parties intendedbeing the tenants, occupants,persons or corporations, if any,having or claiming an interest inor lien upon the premises beingforeclosed herein, Defendant(s).TO THE ABOVE NAMEDDEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOUARE IN DANGER OF LOSINGYOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOTRESPOND TO THIS SUMMONSAND COMPLAINT BYSERVING A COPY OF THEANSWER ON THEATTORNEYS FOR THEMORTGAGE COMPANY WHO

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File No.: 2014-4046/ACITATIONTHE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF NEW YORK BY THE GRACEOF GOD, FREE ANDINDEPENDENTAttorney General of the State ofNew YorkTo:The unknown distributees,legatees, devisees, heirs at law andassignees of DANIEL HELLER,deceased, or their estates, if anythere be, whose names, places ofresidence and post office addressesare unknown to the petitioner andcannot with due diligence beascertained.Margaret “Marjorie” Heller A/K/A Margaret “Marjorie” Dawson,if living and if dead, to their heirsat law, 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 persons

to S.C.P.A. §1106(4); and whythe claim of NYC HumanResources Administration in theamount of $279,781.93 should notbe partially paid to the extent ofthe net distributable estate,Dated, Attested and Sealed 15thday of January, 2016HON. PETER J. KELLYSurrogate, Queens County ,Margaret M. Gribbon Clerk of theSurrogate’s Court GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ. (718) 459-9000, 95-25 Queens Boulevard,11th Floor, Rego Park, New York11374This citation 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 2/5/16, 2/12/16, 2/19/16, 2/26/16

FILED THIS FORECLOSUREPROCEEDING AGAINST YOUAND FILING THE ANSWERWITH THE COURT, ADEFAULT JUDGMENT MAYBE ENTERED AND YOU CANLOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TOAN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THECOURT WHERE YOU CASE ISPENDING 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.YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED to answer theComplaint in this action and toserve a copy of your answer, or, ifthe Complaint is not served withthis Summons, to serve a notice ofappearance on the Plaintiff’sattorney within 20 days after theservice of this Summons,exclusive of the day of service (orwithin 30 days after the service iscomplete if this Summons is notpersonally delivered to you withinthe State of New York); TheUnited States of America, ifdesignated as a Defendant in thisaction, may appear within (60)days of service thereof and in caseof your failure 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 on a mortgage datedAugust 24, 2004,, executed byMICHELL SMITH toGREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING, INC., to secure thesum of $346.750.00 and recordedin Document 2004000735362, inthe Office of the CLERK of theCounty of QUEENS on November29, 2004, which was ultimatelyassigned to HSBC BANK USA,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR GSAA HOMEEQUITY TRUST 2005-7,A S S E T - B A C K E DCERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-7by assignment of mortgage datedFebruary 12, 2015, coveringpremises known as 219-48 143rd

Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11413(Block 13083 and Lot 65). Therelief sought in the within actionis a final judgment directing thesale of the premises describedabove to satisfy the debt describedabove. To the above namedDefendants: The foregoingSummons is served upon you bypublication pursuant to an Orderof the Hon. Leonard Livote, Justiceof the Supreme Court of the Stateof New York, and filed along withthe supporting papers in the Officeof the Clerk of the County ofQueens on January 12, 2016. Thisis an action to foreclose on amortgage. ALL that parcel of land,with the buildings andimprovements thereon erected,situate, lying and being in atSpringfield, in the Ward Four ofthe Borough and County ofQueens, City and State of NewYork, Block 13083 and Lot 65,

said premises known as 219-48143rd Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11413.YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ONNOTICE THAT WE AREATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANYINFORMATION OBTAINEDWILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. By reason of thedefault in the payment of themonthly installment of principaland interest, among other things,as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff,the holder and owner of theaforementioned note andmortgage, or their agents haveelected and hereby accelerate themortgage and declare the entiremortgage indebtednessimmediately due and payable. Byvirtue thereof, plaintiff hasheretofore elected and by thesepresents hereby elects to acceleratethe entire unpaid balance of$296,388.74 to be immediatelydue and payable under themortgage herein foreclosed, plusinterest at the rate calculated inaccordance with the provisions ofthe note from May 1, 2014,together with unpaid late chargesin the amount of $398.76 that haveaccrued prior to this action as ofFebruary 5, 2015. UNLESS YOUDISPUTE THE VALIDITY OFTHE DEBT, OR ANY PORTIONTHEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY(30) DAYS AFTER YOURRECEIPT HEREOF THAT THEDEBT, OR ANY PORTIONTHEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THEDEBTOR JUDGMENTAGAINST YOU AND A COPYOF SUCH VERIFICATION ORJUDGMENT WILL BE MAILEDTO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBTCOLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE,UPON YOUR WRITTENREQUEST, WITHIN SAIDTHIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD,THE HEREIN DEBTCOLLECTOR WILL PROVIDEYOU WITH THE NAME ANDADDRESS OF THE ORIGINALCREDITOR. IF YOU HAVERECEIVED A DISCHARGEFROM THE UNITED STATESBANKRUPTCY COURT, YOUARE NOT PERSONALLYLIABLE FOR THEU N D E R L Y I N GINDEBTEDNESS OWED TOPLAINTIFF/CREDITOR ANDTHIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE ISFOR COMPLIANCE ANDINFORMATIONAL PURPOSESONLY. HELP FORHOMEOWNERS INFORECLOSURE New York Staterequires that we send you thisnotice about the foreclosureprocess. Please read it carefully.SUMMONS AND COMPLAINTYou are in danger of losing yourhome. If you fail to respond to theSummons and Complaint in thisforeclosure action, you may loseyour home. Please read theSummons and Complaintcarefully. You shouldimmediately contact an attorneyor your local legal aid office toobtain advice on how to protectyourself . SOURCES OFINFORMATION ANDASSISTANCE The Stateencourages you to becomeinformed about your options inforeclosure. In addition to seekingassistance from an attorney or legalaid, there are governmentagencies, and non-profit

organizations that you may contactfor information about possibleoptions, including trying to workwith your lender during thisprocess. To locate an entity nearyou, you may call the toll-freehelpline maintained by New Yorkstate Banking Department at 1-877-Bank-NYS or visi t theDepartment’s website atw w w . b a n k i n g . s t a t e . n y . u sFORECLOSURE RESCUESCAMS Be careful of people whoapproach you with offers to “save”your home. There are individualswho watch for notices offoreclosure actions in order tounfairly profit from ahomeowner’s distress. You shouldbe extremely careful about anysuch promises and any suggestionsthat you pay them a fee or signover your deed. State law requiresanyone offering such services forprofit to enter into a contract whichfully describes the services theywill perform and fees they willcharge, and which prohibits themfrom taking any money from youuntil they have completed all suchpromised services. Section 1303NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGEROF LOSING YOUR HOME If youdo not respond to this Summonsand Complaint by serving the copyof the answer on the attorney forthe mortgage company who filedthis foreclosure proceeding againstyou and filing the answer with thecourt, a default judgment may beentered and you may lose yourhome. Speak to an attorney or goto the court where your case ispending for further informationon how to answer the Summonsand protect your property. Sendinga payment to your mortgagecompany will not stop thisforeclosure action. YOU MUSTRESPOND BY SERVING ACOPY OF THE ANSWER ONTHE ATTORNEY FOR THEPLAINTIFF (MORTGAGECOMPANY) AND FILING ANANSWER WITH THE COURT.Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80Business Park Drive, Suite 110,Armonk, NY 10504. 2/5/16, 2/12/16, 2/19/16, 2/26/16



interested as creditors, legatees,distributees or otherwise in theEstate of DANIEL HELLER,deceased, who at the time of deathwas a resident of 144-35 38thAvenue, Flushing, NY 11354, inthe County of Queens, State ofNew York. SEND GREETING:Upon the petition 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 ofDANIEL HELLER, deceased, youand each of you are hereby cited toshow cause before the Surrogateat the Surrogate’s Court of theCounty of Queens, to be held atthe Queens General Courthouse,6th Floor, 88-11 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, City and Stateof New York, on the 24th day ofMarch, 2016 at 9:30 o’clock in theforenoon, why the Account ofProceedings of the PublicAdministrator of Queens County,as Administrator of the Estate ofsaid deceased, a copy of which isattached, should not be judiciallysettled, and why the Surrogateshould not fix and allow areasonable amount ofcompensation to GERARD J.SWEENEY, ESQ., for legalservices rendered to petitionerherein in the amount of $4,237.47and 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 whyeach of you claiming to be adistributee of the decedent should

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not establish proof of your kinship;and why the balance of said fundsshould not 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 27thday of January, 2016 HON.PETER J. KELLY Surrogate,Queens County Margaret M.Gribbon Clerk of the Surrogate’sCourtGERARD J. SWEENEY, ESQ.(718) 459-9000, 95-25 QueensBoulevard, 11th Floor, Rego Park,New York 11374This citation 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 2/12/16, 2/19/16, 2/26/16, 3/4/16

Notice is hereby given that anOrder entered by the Civil Court,Queens County on FEB 03, 2016,bearing Index Number NC-001046-15/QU a copy of whichmay be examined at the Office ofthe Clerk, located at 89-17 SutphinBoulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435,grants me (us) the right to: Assumethe name of (First) BRANDON(Middle) JACOB (Last) GARCIAFORLONG My present name is(First) BRANDON (Middle)JACOB (Last) FORLONGGARCIA (infant) My presentaddress is 41-25 53rd Street, Apt.#7, Woodside, NY 11377-4281Myplace of birth is QUEENS, NYMy date of birth is September 03,2015

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It is with sorrow that weinform the community that 71-year-old Carolyn O’Connellpassed away on February 12th

from a complication involving

MS. CAROL

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an infection.Ms. Carolyn had undergone

an operation to remove a tumorlast month and was recovering at arehabilitation center when com-plications from an infection set in.

Ms. Carolyn was the basket-ball coach the Boys and GirlsClub for eight years through 2013.She coached countless boys’ trav-eling basketball teams in the nameof the Club.

“She left and indelible markon the landscape of basketball inAstoria and Queens. Our dearfriend will be sorely missed,” saidMatthew Troy, Executive Direc-tor of the Variety Boys & GirlsClub of Queens.

The wake was held at QuinnFuneral Home in LIC.

The Club hosted a basketballtournament last weekend and helda moment of silence at 11am tohonor Carolyn’s memory.

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just across the border in Jackson Heightsat 74th Street and Broadway on Wednesday,February 18, knocking down significantgraffiti, then proceeding to cross back overthe border into Woodside for more of thesame at 72nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue.Deanna Quinn, one of an increasing numberof adult residents who seek to join in the funof restoring an entire United States zip codeobserved, “It was thrilling to take down allthe graffiti and to see how much work hasalready been done to keep it so.”

Friday, February 19 saw more elementsof the team travel along Woodside Avenuefrom 63rd to 72nd Street taking down anyresidual graffiti remaining after multipletransits over the course of one month ofremediating the damage done during thenight of the great snowstorm, then pro-ceeded north onto 72nd Street, ultimatelyarriving at 41st Avenue, conducting bothgraffiti removal work and cleaning of thetree grove at 71st Street, then heading westalong this road then south back ontoWoodside Avenue at 66th Street, with AlexRodriguez, another adult resident who wantsto serve stating “I’m still amazed at howmuch graffiti was placed on one night, but

removing it plus cleaning the streets makessense in terms of the project goals.”

The main event for the week occurred onSaturday, February 20, with large numbersof youth and missionaries from The Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fanningout to clean under the 61st Street station, a sitewhich often diverts the youth due to itsrelative disorder, then powering westwardonto Woodside Avenue until its terminal endat Northern Boulevard, eradicating even moregraffiti and restoring the walls and commonareas to their original pristine condition,with Michael Maye, 8th grade student at St.Sebastian School and a leader of the missionremarking “I’ve got this, and so does mycrew.” Further cleaning operations by themissionaries continued on until nightfall.

Any remaining significant graffiti onunpainted brick surfaces was removed onSunday, February 21 along Woodside Av-enue between 61st and 65th Streets deployinga pressure washing unit.

Juan Verdugo, 7th grade student atIS10, another youth veteran of the ef-forts, shared the same sentiment as hecovered the last of the graffiti on Satur-day, stating “I’ll handle that.”


WOODSIDE YOUTH TACKLING MULTIPLE PROJECTSALEX

GRAFT TAKES OVER CHURCH

The rock group Graft, led by local resident Tony Rohling, filled Sunnyside ReformedChurch with music by the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Neil Young onSaturday night. The four-piece band got the crowd moving and grooving to hit coversongs from the 1950s to 1980s.

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